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The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
ECONOMY in GOVERNMENT.

In his recent annual message to
Congress President Taft shows that
his efforts to bring about economy in
the administration of government
have been at least partially success
full The President has instituted
some notable reforms and the govern
ment service has not only not suffer-
cd because of the economies practiced
but 1t has actually been more efficient.
y administered. The President Is la.
boring earnestly to bring about a
aigher degree of efficiency at a reduc.
ed cost in the ADMINISTRATION Of If.
fairs.
Durlng the past year In Some dc.
notably in the uoyy de-
partmant, less money was expended
han was appropriated. This marks
new epoch In tho administration Of
government a. Washington. rhe al
most ,nvariRble rule heretofore has
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23

/ been deficit. The appropriations
nave increased with the years but
nave not kept pace with the expendi-
lures. This time thanks to the dill
gent efforts of the President, we wit
ness the unusual request for authori-
y to return to the treasury funds ap-
propriated but not expended.
! The Postmaster General is conf
dent that the postofice department
win be self sustaining this year for
the first time In decades and that has
been accomplished without an in
crease in postal rates or without in
anywise impairing the efficiency OF
the service. II the Presidents rec
ommendation that the entire postal
department be placed under the civil
service is carried into effect we shall
see further economies in that divis-
ion OF the government The less pol
itics the more business is the rule
not only in private but In public az
fairs.
Our government Is too extrayag-
ant. It pays too much for the service
1t secures. It's financial affairs nave
not been scientifi ALLY administered.
While the boast of Senator Aldrich
that he could save 5000, 100000 year
in the administration of this govern
ment is probably a little wide Of the
mark there is unquestionably meas
ure OF truth in this statement. Waste
and inefficiency and extravasance
have SO long been characteristics of
public administration that the people
lake little note OF them and take
as matter Of course that a con-
siderable per cent of the taxes which
hey pay for the support OF govern.
nent will be wasted. The ideal gov
is one where its servants
i've the same service that they would
% required to give II they were in
ne employ Of scme private or quasi
ublic corporation. It is probable
hat we shall not soon attain that
Teal but the Presidents effort are
TIE right direction and It viii be
fatifying to the American people to
nov that they hnye been meaeuraDly
lccessfui.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
ROAD BUILDING.

q The building of the proposed trans
:. State highway, will not only prove
, great benefit to the people of thu
counties which it traverse and ulti
: mately return splendid dividends or
the labor and money invested but il
, will give an inspiration to road build
] ing all over the State. Tennessee
cannot gain In population and develop
the great natural resources which
lay within her borders without good
roads. Transportation facilities have
been too limited in Tennessee and
this no doubt Is one of the reasons
why our population made no better
increase than 1t did during the past
decade.
Tennessee must attract more peo-
ole to Its borders. There is entirely
too much vacant land within the
State, land that is succeptable Of cul.
tivation most profitably. But we can
not get people back to the farm" un.
less we make the farm attractive az
we'll as profitable. People will be
slow to leave the cities to go to
country where there are no roads.
Bad roads are not only inconvenient
but they are expensive. One Of the
heaviest taxes that the people OF this
country, and especially Of Tennessee,
pays Is the mud tax. 1t ranks right
along side the tax that we annually
pay to the tariff robbers of the East.
There has been some splendid work
lone on the roads OF this country dur
ing recent years, but the people have
not got about 1t In a scientific way.
This county should have an experience
ID engineer to lay OF all new roads. !
There Is hardly a road In the county {
hat could not have been laid off to I
better advantage. There would have
been q saving In grading and the {
Dads would have been straighter and Z
renee much shorter. We should prof i
By the mistakes OF the past. And l
where there IL not sufficient local SEN 2
iment for tho construction Of road C
o give the rights Of way the author &
ties should go allow about opening up g
ew highways. b
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
IS THERE A SANTA CLAUS

We take pleasure in answering a
once and thus prominently the com
munication below, expressing at thu
same time our great qualification tina
it's faithful author is numbered among
the friends OF the Sun:
Dear Editor am eight years
old.
Some OF my little friends say
there ia no Santa Claus.
Papa says "If you see it in the
Sun it's So"
Please, tell me the truth, 10
there a Santa Claus.
VIRGINIA O'HANLON.
rs West Ninety-first street.
Virginia, your little friends are
wrong. They have been affected by
the skepticism Of a skeptical age.
They do not believe except they see.
Thy think that nothing can be which
is not comprehensive by their little
minds. All minds, Virginia, whether
they be mems or children's are little.
In this great universe OF ours man is
/ mere insect, an ant, in his intellect,
Is compared with the boundless
world about him, as measured by the
Intelligence capable of grasping the
Whole of truth and knowledge.
Yes, Virginia, there is Santa
,laus. He exists as certainly as love
nd generosity and devotion exist,
nd you know that they abound and
i've to your life Its highest beauty
nd joy. Alas! how dreary would be
10 world II there we're no Santa
iaus! It would be as dreary as II
iere were no Virginias. There
ould be no childlike faith then.no
oetry, no romance to make toler-
DE this existence. We should lave
, enjoyment. except in sense and
ant. The eternal light with Which
Hlls the world would DO /
/
Not believe in Santa Claus! You =
light as well not believe in fairies! 2
~ might get your papa to hire n
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men to watch In all the chimneys on
Christmas eve to catch Santa Claus
but even if they did not see Santa
Claus coming down, what would that
prove Nobody sees Santa Claus,
but that is no sign that there is no
Santa Claus. The most real things
/ in the world are those that neither
children nor men can see. Did you
ever see flares dancing on the lava?
OF course not, but that's no rroof
that they are not there. Nobody can
lconceive or imagine all the wonders
there are unseen and unseeable In
the world.
You tear apart the baby's rattle
and see what makes the noise in
side, but there is a veil covering the
unseen world which not the strong
est man, nor even the united strength
of all the strongest men that ever
lived, could tear apart. Only faith,
fancy poetry, love, romance, can Push
aside that curtain and view and pic
ture the supernal beauty and glory
beyond.,Is it all real? All, Virginia,
in all this world there is nothing else
real and abiding.
No Santa Claus! Thank God he
ives, and he lives forever. A thou
sand years from now, Virginia, ray,
EN- times ten thousand years from
low, he will continue to make glad
he heart of childhood From the
Jew York Sun of Dec. 81, 1897.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23

! mate consumer bat for the pEodaesr
And e Is the producer Who has tn,
} most potent voice in the shaping q
} the politics Of this country. II th.
; reduction Of the cost Of living vii
lessen the profits Of the farmers and
the other great producing classes Of
this country and II is diHHcult to IN
deFstaHd how the price Of the neces-
saries Of life is 70 be cut down with
out lessening the returns TO the pro
dueers there will be a howl that win
drown the cry OF the disconnected
who are pleading for cheaper food
and raiment The Democratic Con-
gress viii face a real problem when
IL undertakes the task Of reducing
the price to the consumer and a. the
same time conserving the profits Of
the producers. As a matter of fact
Office hunters and sensational Iourn-
alists have generated an alarming
amount Of rot about the power Of the
Congress to reduce the cost Of living.
Unless the government goes into the
business of buying and selling and
establishes a paternal monopoly con-
gress is going to find that there is a
law regulating the price of the neces-
ssries Of life beyond the power at
Congress to repeal or amend.
The protective tariff is an iniQuity.
If we had our way we would ultimate
ly level every custom house where
tariff taxes are collected and QUE leg
islation would all be enacted with
that end of view. We hold to the
Jeffersonian doctrine of free COM
merce with all nations and protection [
for projections sake is nothing less /
than legalized robbery. But IT is /
doubtful il there are a dozen Demo |
Gratis in Congress who viii act upon
this idea. They are all for free trade !
when it does not affect some power
ful interest within their own particu-
ar locality. And there are few dis
riots where some interests are not
he direct benehciaries of the protec-
i've tariff. Hence as long as maj
,rity of the members of Congress re-
sard the taritr as a local issue when
{ comes to making schedules,no mat
er what they may have said on the
lump, there ia little hope for genuine
eform We are not expecting any
eduction In the price Of the neces-
aries of life from Congressional &C
Ion and 1t would not be fortunate II
be cost OF living did decline from
hat cause. There are some things
'orse than high prices and one of
lem Is the arbitrary intermeddling
I government with private business
lterests with the view to an arbitrary
rice range.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
THE GOVERNORS PATRONAGE

There is no doubt that many re
forms should be made in the admins
tration Of more than one department
of the Tennessee state government
These reforms would make for econo
: mic and efficient administration but
/ any effort to deprive the Governor
} elect of proper and legitimate control
of the patronage pertaining to the
office of chief executive under the
J false cloak Of reform" will not meet
the approval even of his political OPP
ponents. The Chattanooga Times,
which is bitter partisan of the Pat
terson faction and which vigorously
opposed the election of Capt. Hooper
takes the correct and sensible view
OF the matter WIN 1t says:
The report coming from Nashville
to the effect that movement is on
foot to deprive Gov. Hooper Of GER
tain percentage of patronage now at
his disposal, with especial reference
to the agricultural department. is
disquieting, and, we trust, is without
foundation. We have always held
that the department heads appointed
by the governor should be subject to
ratification by the senate, but we
should hate to see o change now
wherein 1t might in other circum-
stances be desirable. Capt. Hooper
was elected governor by a majority
of the people OF Tennessee, and any
attempt to "starve" his administration
or to abridge his executive prercga-
tives as a penalty for his politics
would be unjust and highly improper.
and we do not believe would be APP
proved by the people.
There may be reforms needed,and
hire doubtless are, In the agricultur-
II department, but there is not the
slightest reason for the proposed In
lovation of taking the appointment q
# the commissioner from the cover Q
Tor and putting the power Of electing y
he same In the hand Of the legila- Il
ure. II would not be bad idea to
i've Gov Hooper thefullest possible
altitude In the administration OF pub G
&c affairs. Sometimes change OF a.
arty administration works well and al
alls attention to needed changes IN g
he service that later are made TO the al
reat satisfaction and advantage Of It
le public. @
let Gov. Hooper try bis hand with th
10 machinery as It exists, and learn "
ON the rcsults its weaknesses and pc
herein changes are required to get al
At any rate the PROPOSE nc
IN to curtsil the governors aprtint- 81
& power simply because he Is a re ca
lblicsn VIII not be beneficial either ey
the state or the democratic party.
ave have elected republican tn n!
governor under the existing laws 70
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
TAFT,s APPoINTMENIs.

Presidents Taft has demonstrates
that he is possessed Of courage, thai
he is moved in the discharge of bis
duty By the very highest patriotic
impulses and that he is above petty
partisan feeling, in his selection OF
members Of the nation highest Judi
cial tribunal No President has ever
shown a higher appreciation OF the
great responsibility of the ONCE
which he holds than William H. Taft.
He will go into history as one Of the
best, IL not the best President that
this county has had since the great
war between the States.
President Taft has appointed two
Confederate soldiers and three Demo
Gratis to seats on the Supreme Court
of the United States. No other Presi-
dent in a single term has ever done
30 much to allay sectional feeling. No
President, not even Cleveland, has ev-
er striven so earnestly to do justice
TO every section OF the common coun-
try. Had Taft, Republican, been
President twenty years ago every yes
tige Of sectional feeling would have
vanished. In view OF the Presidents
constant recognition of the South, his
broad patriotism, his love of the ma
ton and his patriotic refusal to enter
tain the slightest sectional animosi-
ty, those who In the recent campaign
in Tennessee sought to arouse sec
tional hate and kindle anew the fres
OF internecine strife ought to hang
their heads in shame.
In the future the South will be
Democratic, IL 1t 10 Democrat
tcs because II believes In
the policies and principles Of the
Democratic party. No appeal to sec
tional feeling. no effort to arouse ami
mosities Of the past will avail to keep
this section in the Democratic fold.
New Finland will be Republican, If it ,
is Republican because 1t believes In
the Republican party and not because
OF any tradition nor hereditary pas !.
sion. President Taft has once more
made this a great nation, where every
State and every section stands on q :
perfect equality with every ether
State and section.
The President makes little display.
He Ia not given to moral lectures. He
apparently is not possessed OF an am
bition to reform the universe between
suns, but he is quietly, honestly, ear. 5
lestly and energetically striving to g
10 his whole duty by all the people of q
his nation. There never was Pres On
dent who had higher conception Of Ii
lis great Office than Mr.. Taft. There "
las never been President who was In
,uided more by patriotism or who ca
ought more earnestly to measure up Oh
D the full responsibilities of his la
lighty station. Slowly perhaps but 70
urely the American people, all of be
hem, North and South, East and tn
1est, are coming to love Mr.. Taft. wi
he Herald does not always agree I'M
it'll the President, but 1t honors him de
n his integrity and for his big heart
mess, for his devotion TO- duty, for ole
8 great love OF humanity. He is q toe
an as we'll az great President. g.;
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23
COST OF LIVING.

LATE Young, the new Senator from
Iowa. was not very far wrong when
he warned his colleagues that II they
commenced to tinker with the tariff
schedules with view to bringing
down the cost OF living they we're
likely to hear from the agricultural
interests OF the country. He said he
was not there to plead for tho ulti.
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and state regulations; let us now
carry out our own decision and give
him chance to succeed or fail on his
merits. We have no right to impose
arbitrary distractions or artificial
restrictions simply to embarrass him
to make the success of his admins
tration impossible
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1910-12-23

Never can tell yhen you mash On
ger or @suor cut, bruise, bur- or
scald. BE preprred. Or. Taomas' EleH
trio Of instantly relieves the paln--
QUICKLY cures tie wound.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-06-25
Dover Notes

Frank Zeyzing of Kansas City
spent Sunday here.
j. F. Winn of Lexington was
here Tuesday.
j. Q. Plattenburg of Lexington
was here several days this week.
Mrs. Glenn Vaughan and
children of Higginsville are here
this week visiting relatives.
F. L. Cox and Bob HARDWOOD
had business in Lexington Thurs
day.
Miss May Harwood came down
from Kansas City Sunday morn
ing to spend a while at her
home here.
Mrs. w. G., Harwood shopped
in Lexington Tuesday.
Mrs. Virginia Johnson and
daughter, Miss Bess, are visit
ing relatives here this week.
H. L. Corbin and c. E. Hodges
were in Lexington last Friday.
Mrs. Ed Donnelly visited her
daughter, Mrs. Greed Butler, at
Malta Bend Saturday.
F. B. White and wife of Lex
ington were here Thursday.
Miss yena zeyzing went to
Kansas City Sunday evening for
a two weeks visit with rela-
tives.
Joe Phillips and wife came
up Wednesday evening from
st. Louis where they had been
visiting. They were given a
reception at the home Of Mr..
Phillips father on Wednesday
night.
Mr.. and Mrs. Curtis Vaughan
and Mrs. Geo. Zeyzing spent
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Misses Florence and Estelle
Cullum returned Sunday from
a few days visit in Kansas City.
Dick Sailing, Joe Grady and
John Price returned Saturday
from Mexico, Mo-, where they
have been attending a meeting
of the state association of Elk
clubs. G. C. Marquis was re-
elected secretary. The next meet
ing will be held in Macon, Mo.
Miss Theodocia Norris went to
Kansas City Saturday for a
brief stay.
Glenn Shelton of Abilene, Tex
as, who has been visiting his
parents, Prof. and Mrs. j. G..
Shelton, left Monday for
home.
Walter Glasscock Of Kansas
City spent Sunday in this city.
Mrs. NJ. A. Brannock Of Kan
sas City arrived Saturday night
to visit her father, j. P. Hall.
Cyrus Campbell of st. Joseph
who has been visiting his par
ents for the past two weeks, re-
turned Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. AL Weber left
Saturday for Larned, Kansas, and
an extended visit through the
West.
Mrs. Chas. Weber left Sunday
for Larned, Kansas, to visit rela-
tives.
Sanford Sellers, Jr., who has
been attending the Chicago Uni
verslty, returned home Sunday to
spend his vacation.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Sims and
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Mizell went
to Kansas City Sunday morning
for a short visit.
Miss Katherine Fisher went
to Marshall Monday for a
brief visit.
Mrs. Harriet Young of Kansas
City arrived Saturday night to
visit her sister, Mrs. B. NJ. Boul-
ware.
Leo Shinn went to Kansas City
Sunday morning to spend the
day.
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Tuesday in the country with
Mrs. Harvey Vaughan.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bob Webb of
Corder were here Monday after
noon.
Gilbert Keinsmith and Charlie
GrindStaff of Corder had bust
nesS here this week.
Mrs. Sehrivner and daughter of
Alma spent Monday with Mrs.
Eugene Zeyzing.
Mrs. Bette HarwoOd went to
Lexington Tuesday to make a
short visit with her sister, Mrs
John Meng.
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corder Notes.

The heirs of the John Wilson.
deceased, estate sold their farm
of 200 acres located north of Cor,
der to Fred Rethmeyer and
AlOus Bauerle Wednesday. The
deal was made through John
and VIVA Wilson, who were the
agents for the place.
Miss Margarita Corder left
Thursday for Cascade, Colorado,
to the Y. W.'C. A. conference
from Stephens college of Co.
lumbia. She will also visit in
Colorado Springs,
j. A. Peoples of Columbia was
in this city this week,
j. l.. Burke is remodeling his
house this week and is also max
ing other improvements about
his place.
ChaS. Ernstmeyer and wife
moved to Corder this week from
Kansas City and will live here.
Miss Mary Carlton is visiting
IN Kinta, Oklahoma
+ A goth Boom" picnic was
held Wednesday night at the
city hall.
DR.. and Mrs. Lewis Carthrae,
Sr, returned home this week
from St. Louis, where they have
been visiting for the past two
weeks.
The Corder band will give a
moonlight picnic at Lieser's park
next Saturday night.
Thomas D. Bowman returned
Monday from a trip to Cape
Girardeau.
The Houstonia baseball team
was defeated by Corder last Sun
day on the Corder diamond. All
present reported the game as ex-
ira good. The score was 4 to 2.
K. P. Kramer and children at
tended the funeral of Miss Sophia
Settery in Kansas City last Sat
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Proctor Camp
bell announce the birth of a
daughter, Sunday, June 10.
Claude Marquis of Lexington
was in town this week.
An excellent literary programs
was rendered at the Childrens
Day exercises last Sunday night
at the Methodist church. An
unusually large audience was
present and seemed to enjoy the
program very much.
Mrs. j. 0. Moorehead and Mrs.
j. w. Lewis returned this week to
their home in Geary, Oklahoma.
Rev. w. H. Suddath is now
visiting in Cooper county with
friends.
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Mr.. and Mrs. E. A. Ludwig
and infant daughter of Spring
field, Mo-, arrived Sunday to
visit relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. P. Warren
and three children, and Miss
Mayme Stewart went to Hig-
ginsville Saturday night for a
Few days visit.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-06-25

Lexington was right there
when it came to putting up a
guarantee to get the aeroplanes
to stop here in the st. Louis
Kansas City race. With a
little more organization of eff
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fort this city would jump along
with surprising strides.

Mayor Brown of Kansas City
seems to be more of an individ-
ual than some former Police Com
miSSioners, Every once in a
while he demonstrates that he
thinks occasionally without look
ing to Hon. Thomas r. Marks
for his ena.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-06-25

Miss Katherine Fulkerson re-
turned Saturday night from a
few days visit in Kansas City.
Dir. and Mrs. Lynn B. Gordon
announce the birth of a daugh-
ter, Saturday, June Is, 1910.
Everything in seasonable veg
etables at G. L. Kenney's Gro
Gerry.
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The Pseudo Harvest Hand.

College boys are in great de-
mand in the Kansas harvest fields
this year.-News Item.
Away to the harvest field
With its enormous yield
There is the place l will spend
my vacation
III get healthy exercise
Some fun, too, | surmise
All with a good, steady remun-
GRAFTON.
Good country grub III eat,
III never mind the heat
III masticate anything on the
table.
Surely I'll get along
| am all sound and strong
Cheerful and hearty and willing
and able.
So goodbye, my mother dear,
I'll be good, never fear.
I'm off for the land full of milk
and of honey
I'll have a jolly time
On this big lark sublime
get a good, healthy tan and
some money.
Back from the harvest field
Sunburned and sore and peeled
Gee! but that was sure some
punk old vacation
Never again for me
l hope I'll never see
Anything like such an awful SUI
dation
A farmer said he'd pay me
Three bucks a day, but he
me two dollars for
boarding and lodging
Then since the settlement
Was on the day l went
| kicked in vain. There was no
chance for lodging.
You see on a rainy day
| was supposed to pay
rates for my eating and
sleeping.
But | at such a time
Garnered an awful lime,
pof edrneu nOCnlng. How S
that for book keepingQ
After a month of this
l had a prophasis
And got my pay-six dollars it
came to.
In a disgruntled state
| came home via freight,
Full of malaria, foot sore and
lame too.
So here | am, mother mine,
Give me the turpentine,
Quinine and whisky. To bed /
am going.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1910-06-25

The big fight on July 4 will be
at Reno, Nevada. Heretofore
Reno has enjoyed the reputation
Of being a great haven for dis
pleased better-halves after big
fights.