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The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-14
Kinston, N. c., July 4, 1910.
Mr.. E. G. Duncan, Raleigh, N. G.

Dear Sir:-I wrote you letter in
curing about an important matter,
and on the left-hand top corner of
the envelope there was marked "To
be returned in five days if not de-
liyered." Many five days have pass
ed and the letter has not been re-
turned. 1 wrote you again inquiring
if you received the letter. You have
not condescended to reply to this in
quiry either. I wrote you about a
matter which you know was impor-
tant to me, and to which, on account
of your position, it was your duty to
reply one way or the other. You
had previous to the writing of these
communications assured me that you
would give the matter concerning
which / wrote due consideration and
| let me hear from you when the time
came to act.
The subject matter was the ap-
pointment of a postmaster at Dover
n. c., as you we'll know. Since
cannot get a reply from you, I am
going to ask some paper to publish
this public letter to you, which you
may read or not as you see fit, but
1 want the public to know the facts.
Mrs. L. H. Outlaw was postmis-
tress OF Dover until she died. She
left eleven children. She had given
the patrons of the Office and the Gov
eminent faithful and honest service,
and her husband and her people had
faithfully upheld the credit of the
administration and also done every
thing within their power to advance
the principles of the Republican par
ty. The record of their work speaks
for itself. If similar faithful work
had been done for the party by 9TH
ers who have been honored by the
National administration with posi-
tions of honor and profit in the East
to-day our great State would be in
the columns Of the great National
party of progress. But it seems that
you and your machine men dislike
and try to punish men Of character
and standing like Mr.. l.. H. Outlaw,
who give freely of their efforts and
time to build up their party and who
are men of such standing and char
acter that the fact that they hold
positions under the Government is a
credit to the administration.
One of your leading machine men
in Craven County boosted that he
would see to it that Mr.. Outlaw
should not be made postmaster, but
that a ring man who would do the
bidding of the bosses should be ap-
pointed. Your boss in this county,
who has succeeded in making the
party grow smaller except in a few
townships where men like Mr.. Out
law have done their duty, is reported
to have said that he would not have
such a man as Outlaw in the Office,
but wanted one of his kind that
would take orders from him. So
you and he proceeded to pick a man
who did not need the office, who is
not identified with the patrons OF the
The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1910-07-14

Will No Longer Follow
a Ring Boss" Who Has Shown
Contempt for the Good of His
Party as Well as His State, and
Whose Conduct is Such that the
Party Cannot Gain Sufficient Re-
cruits to Win Under Such False
Leadership.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
The Rare Gift of Courtesy.

Courtesy includes not merely social
kindness, graces of speech, absence OF
rudeness, but honorable treatment of
all business associates, and of all the
fellow citizens with whom a man OF
affairs may have business to transact.
1t is not American to keep one citizen
waiting all day at the door because
he is poor, and to grant another citi-
zen an interview because it is be-
lieved he is rich. Wisdom is not con-
fined in a purse, and frequently much
wisdom may be learned from a poor
man.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18

or filed during the period beginning
January 2S, 1910, and ending October
2S, 1910, which. covers nine months.
AS a contest cannot be brought against
a homestead entryman who is absent
from his claim under. a leave of alb
sence at any time during the period of
his leave of absence, or until six
months after the expiration of the
leave Of absence. This will make ii
October 2S, 1910, before any new con-
tests against homestead entrymen can
be brought in the territory of New
Mexico on a charge of abandonment
Roswell Register-Tribune.
This, however, will not prohibit con-
test notice of entry on other grounds
such, for instance, as that the en-
tryman never established residence;
filed only for speculative purposes;
only makes occasional visits to the
land-not maintaining residence in
good faith, ETC.; has perfected home
stead elsewhere; owns more than 160
acres of land by deed elsewhere" and
many other legal grounds not effected
by the act of January last, nor by the
ruling of the local land office above
referred to. If you are in doubt as to
the application of the law, consult an
officer.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18

farming, learn all we can from our
friends and neighbors, take a course
at the agricultural college if we are
able. Get all the experience we can,
but do not follow what any one teaches
to the letter, treat all we have been
taught as a mere starting point, and
with that as our stock in trade, COM
mence to learn for ourselves.
In fact, if the merchant, the profess
sional man or the mechanic used as
little skill in his occupation as the
average farmer he would be an in
glorious failure in less than six
months.
On the other hand if we will apply
the same careful attention to all the
details connected with our farming,
put in one half as many hours of pa
tent hard work as is required to
achieve success in any other occupa-
ton, we will become successful be-
yond our greatest expectation.-Wi
lard Belknap, in New Mexican
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
Pen Point Material.

Iridium is a hard, brittle, silver
white metallic element belonging to
the. platinum group, discovered by
Tenant in 1903. Sometimes found
native and nearly pure, but generally
combined with osmium. 1t is, with
the exception of osmium, the heaviest
metal known, and is used for pen
points, contact points in telegraphy
and points of scientific instruments
liable to wear. Its specific gravity
is 22.4
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
The Wisdom of the Serpent.

The serpent tempted the woman not
because she was the weaker, but be-
cause she was the leader; not because
of her subordination, but on account
of her superiority. She was the
stronghold of the fortress, and to
win her was to win all. She held the
key to the situation. She was the
keeper of the castle. Where she led
for good or evil the man would follow!
From a Sermon by Rev. Mr.. Kerr
of Chicago.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
NOTICE TO CUSTOMERS.

AS Mr.. Cooper is no longer
connected with the Kenna Mer-
camille Co., it becomes necessary
for US to make set Elements witk,
our customers in order that our
books may be properly balanced.
If you have an account with us
please call and settle, either by
cash or note. Resp,
A, Fry, Mgr,
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
Pity sh. Walked Him.

Maj. Young went to sleep Sunday
In church just before the hat was
passed. He snored for awhile in d
lady-like manner, but suddenly let out
few links that sounded like from
bone solo. At that point in the pro
gram his wife jabbed him one in the
Stats with her elbow which awakened
him sufficiently to remark: Get up
and build the fire yourself."-Riverton
(Wyo) News.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
Thirst for Novelties.

The curse of modern life-the thirst
for the new, the rage to get out of the
old SKINS the blight on our litera
tire, our art, our drama, our manners
even our morals. 1t is passion with,
out aim, or conviction, or feeling-a
mere restless itch to get free from old
habits and to get into something I'M
common, 1t hardly matters what, If
only 1t can announce itself as "uncon-
Ventional."
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
Notice for Publication.

Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Of.
fee at Roswell. N. NJ, January 22, 1910
Notice is hereby given that Robert E. Muncy
of Ell1ins N. NJ who. on April 90. 1908. made
homestead entry No. 1872, Serial No. Oi477i.
for NWH Section 8. Townships South, Range
90 East, NM.P. Meridian has filed notice of
intention TO make final Communication proof, to
establish claim to the land above described,
before H. p, Lively. U. S. Commissioner in his
ONCE at Elsins. N. NJ. on the 5th day Of March
1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
James o. Hicks. William Kelley, w. Fred
Reinhart, John W, Hamm, all of Elkins. N M.
Jan. 2s-March4 I. C. Tillotson. Register
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
Three Months Leave of Absence Grant
ed HOmesteaders Under Late Act Of

ed HOmesteaders Under Late Act OF
Congress.
The United States Land Office at
Roswell, N. NJ, has been officially ad-
yised by the General Land Office at
Washington of the law passed by con-
gress and effective January rs, 1910,
which affects in an important way all
aomesteaders in New Mexico.
This law, which is applicable only
in the states of North Dakota, South
Dakota, Idaho, Minnesota, Montana,
Nebraska, Colorado, Wyoming and New
Mexico, provides:
(a) All homestead entrymen or set
tiers are granted a leave of absence
for three months beginning January
%, 1910
(b) All homestead entrymen who
made application to enter after June
|, 1909, are allowed until May Is, 1910,
to establish residence on their claims.
(c) All declarants who made sol
diers declaratory statements after
June 1, 1909, are given until May Is,
1910, in which to make homestead ap-
plication and establish residence on
the land.
Cd 1t is especially provided that
the law will not be held to defeat the
adverse claim of anyone making entry
over a soldiers declaratory statement
who prior to Jan. 2S, 1910, had estab-
lished bona fide residence on the
land entered
(e) 1t is also especially provided in
this law that the period of commuta-
ton or actual residence under the
homestead law, shall not be shortened
Entrymen who have taken advantage
Of this extension cannot submit com
mutation proof until they have main
tanned substantially continuous resi-
dence for fourteen months from the
date residence was established; and
to make five year proof on homestead
entry entrymen cannot claim credit
for constructive residence for more
than the usual six months prior to the
date actual residence was established.
This means that any entrymen who
take advantage of the three months
leave of absence granted under this
law, cannot claim credit for residence
during the time they are absent under
such leave, the period of their absence
being eliminated from consideration
in cases of both final and commuta-
ton proof
While the instructions received by
the local land office in regard to this
law do not contain a complete inter-
probation of the law, the Register and
Receiver is of the opinion and will
hold that no contest affidavits against
homestead entryman where the
charge is abandonment can be brought
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
Advertised.

List of letters remaining in
in the Post office at Kenna, N.
NJ, over 30 days on Jan. 81 1910.'
If not called for on or before
April LIST 1910 will be sent to
the dead letter office, Washing
ton, D. @.
Mr.. A. Il. Pannell.
Mr.. f. @. Scott
When calling for any of the
above please say ADVERTISED
CLAUDE j. MARBUT,
Postmaster.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18
NOTICE OF DISSOLUTION.

Notice is hereby given that
j. A Cooperhas sold his interest
in'the Kenna Mercantile Co to
his partner and the management
Of the business has passed into
the hands of w. A. Fry, exclu-
sively. Mr.. Fry will continue
the business for the Company,
pay all bills and collect all ac-
counts. Resp. j. A. Cooper,
w. A. Fry.
e. B. Prothro is with us again
preparing to put out a big crop,
He sowed a field of Alfalfa last
fall, but the conditions were not
favorable and he failed to get a
stand-in fact very little of it
came up. He will try the pro
ject again this spring, planting
about twenty acres, and we hope
he may make a success.
The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1910-03-18

Kaffir- corn Seed for Sale, at
kSnna Mercantile Co.'S. Home
grown, hand cleaned and graded.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
RAILROADS CHANGE TIME
OF THROUGH TRAINS
Union Pacific, the Northwestern
Lines and Milwaukee ADOPT
New Running Schedules.

Revised train schedules went into effect
Sunday on the Union Pacific. the North
western lines and the Chicago. Milwaukee
and st. Pau railroad. The new time table
will affect Omaha in the following man
ner, several corrections having been made
in previous announcements:
The San Francisco Overland Limited
train No. l will leave Chicago, via the
Northwestern and the Milwaukee roads, at
z p. m. and will leave Omaha for the west
at Sis a. m. Through sleepers from Chi
cage to Denver will no longer be handled
by this train. Eastbound the train will
arrive in Omaha at 1870 p. NJ.
Trains Nos. 8 and 10, the China and
Japan fast mail, will leave Omaha west
bound at 4:10 p, m, and from the west at
6;45 a. m. Trains Nos. s and s, the Ore
gon and Washington express, will arrive
from Chicago at 1928 D. M, and from the
west at $3.50 p. m.
Trains Nos. II and IS. the Chicago-Port-
land Special, will leave Omaha westbound
at 12:40 p. m, and from Portland at $40
p. m. The through time from Chicago to
Portland will be seventy-two hours.
The Denver Special on the Union Pacific
and Northwestern VIII arrive from Chi
age at 6:S2 a. m, and from Denver at
1880 a. m. A similar train, via the Union
Pacific and the Milwaukee road. will
reach Omaha from Chicago at 1888 p. m,
and from Denver at 7:42 a. m. This train
is the Colorado Special.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
House Democrats
Meet in Caucus
James and Rainey Chosen as Mem
bers of Ballinger Inquiry
Committee.

WASHINGTON, jan. 16,-The action Of
the caucus of democratic representatives
in the house chamber last night indicates
that the house members of the Ballinger-
Pinchot investigating committee probably
Will be the following;
Democrats-James of Kentucky and
Rainey of Illinois chosen tonight.
Republican Regulars-McCall of Massa-
chusetts, Olmsted OF Pennsylvania, Stew
ems Of Minnesota, generally reported to
have been selected.
Republican Insurgents-Madison Of
Kansas. generally understood to be the
insurgents choice.
The democratic caucus lasted two hours,
though all but half an hour of the ses-
sion was devoted to experimenting and
balloting on the selection of $1,000 spe-
cial messenger to the minority, j.. j.
Speight of Alabama. urged by Repre-
sentative Clayton being chosen.
The caucus unanimously adopted a
resolution presented by Mr.. Hardwick OF
Georgia declaring that democrats
throughout the country are urged TO take
an active part in procuring the ratifica-
tion Of the income tax amendment to the
constitution"
This amendment is now being fought
out in the states.
There were about 1875 democratic repre-
sentatives present, Mr.. Clayton OF Ala
bama presiding. Mr.. Fitzgerald who voted
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
ONE OF OLDEST RESIDENTS
OF DOUGLAS COUNTY DEAD
Thomas McGArvey Expires Rt Home
After FIfty-Five Years Of
Active Life Here,

Thomas McGarvey died at his home,
5000 Howard street, yesterday morning
after a life of fifty-five years in Doug
las county, twenty-thTee years of which
were spent in Omaha, He is one OF the
eldest pioneers of the county. He was SO
years of age. Surviving Mr.. McGarvsy
are three daughters, Misses Margaret and
Mary of Omaha and Mrs. Anna Beal OF
Cripple Creek, Col; and two sons. John
MeGarvey of British Columbia and
Thomas McGarvey of Cripple Creek. Mrs.
McGarvey has been lead for a long time.
The funeral win be held Monday at $3.50
a. m. at the residence to st. Peters church
where the service win be at 10 o'clock,
Father Dowd celebrating the mass. Burial
win be in 81. Marys cemetery, South
Omaha.
Mr.. McGarvey owned a large farm IN
McArdle precinct where he lived many
years.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
PROCEEDINGS OF THE HOUSE

inaugural Amendment is Referred
Back 10 Judiciary ~Committee.
WASHINGTON, Jam. 16-The fight be-
tween two committees over the jurisdiction
OF the measure proposing u constitutional
amendment to change the date of the
presidential Inauguration from March 4 to
the last Thursday in April resulted today
In the house referring the matter back To
the judiciary committee. which had re-
ported It. The action was a temporary de-
feat of the advocates Of the Henry resolu-
ton. but Mr.. Henry later announced that
an effort would be made to reach an
understanding with Chairman Gaines of the
committee on election of president and vice
president, which had reported an almosN
identical measure, and that the judiciary
committee would take up the Henry resolu-
ton and report II back to the house within
ten days. The battle was fought In a con-
fusion of parliamentary tactics.
The house received the report OF the
territories committee recommending state
hood for New Mexico and Arizona ana
Chairman Tawney of the appropriations
committee announced that he would try to
bring up the urgent deficiency appropria-
ton bill next Monday.
After eulogies by a number OF members
on the late United States Senator Shoup
NJ Idaho the house passed a concurrent
resolution accepting the Shoup statue Just
placed in statuary hall OF The capitol.
The senate was not in session.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17

has been the best on the floor and the
ablest presiding officer"
He's overlooking the fact that the next
house Of representatives will be demo-
cratic and that the democrats will choose
the speaker" was Minority Leader Champ
Clark's comment on Mr., Diekemas an
nouncement. AS to the opposition that
other possible candidates might encounter,
1t was suggested today that Mr.. Mann's
activity on the floor, his vote to recommitt
the tariff bill and his position of fearless
independence as to other party measures,
might figure in the event he sought the
speakership; hat Mr.. Olmsted comes
from an ultra high tariff state and that
Judge Smith has troubles in his own state
delegation.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
Patent May Not
Be Patent if Not
ar invention
Willard Eddy Draws Distinction in
Talk to Bar Association-New
Officers Named.
President-Frank l., Weaver.
r. Baird.

Treasurer-Jacob l.. haley.
Executive Council-M. A. Hall John a;
Charles f.. Foster, 9. q. MCDONALD
and Henry Maxwell
These were elected officers Of the Omaha
Bar association at Its annual meeting held
at the Commercial club rooms last night,
attended by about fifty members Of the
Omaha bar and presided over by President
Arthur Wakeley.
The report OF the treasurer showed the
receipts during the year to rave been tS24.T4,
expenditures S162.45, leaving a balance on
hand Of S162.2 %. Members in good standing
number forty-nine.
The feature Of the evening was an ad-
dress by willard Eddy upon the subject Of
Patent Laws" At the outset he said that
while the trusts we're a bad thing in their
way, and that II began to look as II their
claws were to be somewhat clipped, there
was one form of monopoly not thoroughly
undefstood-the patent laws, a subject OF
interest to every lawyer. There is a pat
ent issued to some Nebraskan for every
working day of the year. said Mr.. Eddy,
but one hundred times more thar hat
number of patents are issued Elsewhere
throughout the country. 1t frequently
occurs that great interests are involved in
some patents, while many others are worth
less"
He spoke OF the enormous value Of some
patents, notably the cotton gin, the reaper,
and the telephone and telegraph. All pat
ents, he held, were subject to more or less
litigation, and cited as one Instance an
automobile patent, the record Of litigation
OF which comprised thirty-six large octave
volumes. He then went into the early his
tory of patents and patent laws, showing
that the first formal patent law enacted In
the United States was in 1880. He showed
also that 5000 practitioners were registered
to practice before the United States patent
office. He deprecated the red tape that is
woven about all patent procedure. He
showed the distinction between an inven-
ton and a patent, the latter being the legal
grant and right to receive a benefit from
an invention. He told that a patent Issued
for a thing not an invention was void, and
went into some length describing the real
and legal meaning of an invention.
Thanks were extended to Mr.. Eddy for
his address, following which the meeting
adjourned to enjoy a light luncheon pre-
pared by the entertainment committee.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

o. G.. Olson leaves Omaha Sunday morn
ing to take charge OF the Denver office Of
the Midland Glass and Paint company, as
a
Postmaster d. +. Thomas is slowly re-
covering from his recent ailment OF the
eyes, and Is able TO resume his duties for
a short time each day.
o. Emerson Taylor, recently appointed
American consul to Stavenger, Norway,
passed through Omaha yesterday on his
way TO his new post. He formerly lived at
Tekamah, Neb.
s. E. rrieber OF Denver, 8. NJ. Huffman,
e. N. Gallagher OF Lincoln; r. ]. Call OF
BOYD Of Frederick, OkI.; F.. NJ. Gross OF
spauiding. C.. e. Albert OF Fremont. II.
A. Lana f Miller OF Madison. Father
Qulgley OF Valentine are at the Paxton.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17

against the proposition of having the
house select its own members of the COM
mittee was present at tonight's caucus.
There were no fractional discussions.
The republican caucus for the selection
Of their members on tho committee Will be
called Immediately after the presidents
signature to the Ballinger-Pinchot m
quiry resolution that is now in conferences
between the two houses, 1t is possible the
caucus may be held either Monday or
Tuesday night,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-01-17
A TraveIIng saIesman.

II. F.. Beers, ST. 7th ave.. Peoria. Ill,
writes: Il nave been troubled for some
time with kidney trouble, so severely at
times / could scarcely carry my grips.
After using one bottle of Foley's Kidney
Pills I have been entirely relieved, and
cheerfully recommend them TO all" Foley's
Kidney Pills are healing and antisceptio
and will restore health and strength. soid
by all druggists.