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The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
JACKSON.
PYRoTECHNICS IN THE CAUCUS
Members Not Ready for the Elimination
Process.

Members Not Ready for the Elimination
Process.
There was more of the pyrotechnlc
blended with the dramatic at the open
ing of the caucus Thursday night. 1t all
came about following the introduction
of resolution by Senator Vance, of Pa
nola. This was to the effect that this
caucus adopt two rules in order to ex-
pedite matters. The first rule was that
only votes cast for those who are bona
fide candidates before the caucus be
counted in the general summary.
The second rule proposed was that
from and after the adoption of the reso-
luton the candidate receiving the lowest
vote shall be dropped, this process to
continue until one candidate shall have
received majority of all the votes cast.
Mr.. Vance explained that this resolution
had been inspired by no one, nor was it
in the interest of any of the five candi-
dates. He was just as loyal to the can
didate whom he had been supporting
tMr. Kyle as he was at the start, but
he was also loyal to his duty as a legis-
lator, responsible to the people of Mis-
sissppi, and this affords an opportunity
to break the deadlock.
Mr. Boddie promptly moved to table
the resolution, seconded by Senator Ma
hon.
At this point the confusion was some
what distracting to the average man, but
the veteran chairman of the caucus, SEN
ator Dean, kept his head and rightly en-
forced the rules, refusing to allow
amendments after the motion to table
had been put. The motion to table was
sustained by decisive majority of 1903
to 81.
Next came Senator S. Joe Owen, with
resolution proposing a committee of
five, one representing each bona fide
candidate, who should confer with them
and receive their assent to the plan of
elimination and report the result at the
next sitting of the caucus. After fer
vid appeal to the house in support of his
pain by Mr.. Owen, the motion to table
was put to viva voce vote and was de-
clared carried by the chair.
The caucus then settled down to bal
loting, with the following result:
Fifty-sixth Ballot-vardaman, ~;
Percy, As; Kyle, 1s; Byrd, II; Street,
IL; Anderson, 8.
Fifty-seventh Ballot-Vardaman 70;
Percy, A; Kyle, 21; Byrd, IA; Street,
Il.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Governor Wants Expense Fund.

The Governor sent special message
urging the Legislature to provide more
generously for the maintenance of the
gubernatorial home, not only in the
physical and structural details, but in
the matter of lessening the expense en-
tailed on the executive by virtue of Of
fetal functions, which he is called upon
to provide and for which the salary of
the Governor is wholly inadequate to
meet. The message was accompanied
by report of the capitol commission on
the recent improvements and expendi-
lures made necessary thereby.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Great American Snowman Paid Doc.
tors to Certify to His Sanity When
He Wished to Make
His Will.

While P. T. Barnum, the great show
man, not only humbugged the Ameri-
can people, but also openly confessed
it, saying that they were fond of be-
ing humbugged, there was one Ameri-
can citizen whom he was careful new
er to humbug, and that one was Phin-
cas- Taylor Barnum. Yet, discreet and
cunning though he was as a business
man, almost invariably getting the
best of every business deal in which
he took part, with the result that he
accumulated fortune of some four
or five millions of dollars, there was
a time when he all but humbugged
himself as completely as he ever did
the American public.
was esteemed one of the ablest,
shrewdest and most honorable lawyers
practicing before the New York bar.
was sort of general counsel for Mr..
3arnum for years, with satisfactory
financial results to both parties con-
cerned.
One day Mr.. Barnum, all excitement
and enthusiasm, bounded into Mr..
Platt's office He pulled from peck
ct what looked like legal paper and
waved it before the lawyer.
'Mr. Platt.' he cried, I've hit upon
a plan which will put stop to any
attempt to contest my will in case any
one should be disposed to go to law
over the way have left my money.
Whats the occasion of all this pre-
caution?" asked Mr.. Platt.
"Well, you see," was the reply, i
notice that there are good many Will
contests these days. There was one
recently down in Connecticut, near
where | live. They actually broke the
will on the ground that the maker OF
it was not mentally competent-didnt
know what he was about-when he
drew up the will !.
Now, when I read of that, SAID
to myself. Nobody has ever accused
you, P. T. Barnum, of not knowing
what you're about while you're allVe'
but there is no telling what they may
say Of you after you're dead. YOU'D
better fix 1t SO that they can't COOK
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
why He Was Lonesome.

Tommy. whose varying points OF
view are illustrated by the Farm Jour
nal, had not yet learned the Golden
Rule. Neither have good many Of
his elders.
Il should like, Tommy" said his IA
Their. that you might find some boy
to play with you. Now what's the
matter with Johnny Jenkins and the
little Dobbs boy?"
Pooh! Why, they're a whole year
younger than am" said Tommy, con-
temptuously. Il couldn't play with
them!"
well. there's Jack Spear and Willie
Harlow. Won't they do?"
Eyes, but they're year older than
l am" said Tommy, wistfully, $50 the
mean things won't play with me"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Tick Costs the State So, SOC, 900.

Prof. Archibald Smith, in the bulletin
OF the Mississippi live stock sanitary
board, of which he is the secretary and
executive officer, in discussing the effect
vi the cattle tick on the industry in this
State, estimates that Mississippi's share
of the loss in connection with the rest
of the tick-infected States is over $2,-
100000 annually. The estimates of the
Federal Department of Agriculture and
of the writers on the subject are based
on the difference between the value of
beef cattle and the products of dairy
cattle, on which, the, estimated annual
loss is over 10000 900, this estimate ap.
plying to the tick-infested States of the
South
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Finances in Good Shape.

The Board of Mississippi Levee Com
missioners has appropriated $3.50 to the
support of the Lakes to the Gulf Deep
Waterway Association, and $3.50 was
also appropriated to the National Rivers
and Harbors Association.
The books of the board have been ex-
amined by public auditors and the result
shows that from July l to December 81,
the cotton tax collections from each
county in the district was as follows:
Washington county, 1856 bales; Boil
var, 1865 bales; Issaquena, 3,327
bales; Warren, 2,027 bales; Sharkey, 81
357 bales; making total of 53,635
bales paying tax of $53,635. The
levee ad valorem tax was as follows:
Bolivar, S6,957.94; Washington, &c.,
$1,000; Issaquena, S1,1os.2s; Sharkey,
81, 1850; Warren, $25s.10, total of
$2e,649.10. The income of the board
from railroad tax was $5s,564. Figur-
ing that July l, 1909, the board had
cash on hand amounting to $175, 936.12
the total amount of cash handled DUR
ing the six months referred to was $780,
S11.50.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Meritorious Measure.

The house went on record in the mat
ter of disposng of two measures, one a
most meritorious one which was passed
without dissenting vote, and which
opens the way to taking tardy first
step toward erecting a permanent state
memorial to the women of the Confed.
eracy. The bill to authorize the crea-
ton of commission to carry out the
plans and purposes in accordance with
those adopted by other Southern states
was passed without dissenting vote.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
FillmoreKept Weeds $40, 900

"He became the owner of 100 shares
it's consolidation with what is now the
New York Central system. The stock
appreciated in value until 1t was at
last worth par, so that Mr.. Weeds in
vestment represented about $4,000.
Il don't know what the reason was,
but Mr.. Weed did not hold the stock
in his own name. 1t was held in the
name of the president of the railroad,
Mr. Mcintosh. l have always pre-
sumed that Mr. Weed bought the
stock of Mr.. Mcintosh, and, possibly
because of his political leadership, he
did not wish to carry it on the books
in his own name.
AT any rate, not until some time
after the widow of this railroad presi-
dent had become the second wife Of
Willard Fillmore, who was then an ex-
president, did it occur to Mr.. Weed,
who was VIGOROUSLY careless about
! money matters, that 1t might be we'll
to have his stock transferred to him.
He thereupon wrote to Mrs. Fillmore,
| WIZ woo a lhOSL tndl WOludus
stating that block of 100 shares of
stock in the Albany e Schenectady
| railroad, of which he was the owner,
had always been held in the name of
Mr.. Mcintosh for reasons that were
satisfactory to both of them. But
now he thought it expedient that the
stock be transferred to him by her as
hn - he lie
Mcintosh
Mrs. Fillmore, who was ready
enough to take Mr.. Weeds word.
| showed his letter to Mr.. Fillmore, as
a matter of courtesy, probably.
Surely, in a transaction of this
kind said Mr.. Fillmore, there should
be some acknowledgment, some docu-
mentary proof of real ownership. Mr..
Weed cannot object if you write to
him and say that you will be glad to
transfer the stock to him If he will
| show you some memorandum showing
| that the ownership was really in him.
That settled 1t, for Mrs. Fillmore
was devoted to the ex-president, and
she so wrote Mr.. Weed In reply Mr..
| Weed simply said that he had no
memorandum. His relations with Mr..
Mcintosh had been close and conf
Dental and mutually trustful, and 1t
had never occurred to either of them
that it would be necessary to put any
obligation into writing If his simple
word was not sufficient to prove his
ownership of the stock, then he would
not carry the matter further.
once again Mrs. Fillmore consult
ed her husband. Yes, yes he said, I
don't doubt Mr.. Weeds statements in
the least, and | feel, that he is not try
ing to take any unfair advantage of
an opportunity. Still, feel that it is
not just that so great an amount as
| $4,000 should be paid on the simple
word of another. l would advise you
to write Mr.. Weed that you are sorry,
| but you cannot surrender the stock
unless he first shows documentary ey-
idence of ownership
This Mrs. Fillmore did; and Mr..
Weed, with scarcely thought of the
lost stock. but deeply hurt that even
his old enemy, Mr.. Fillmore, should
apparently doubt his word, let the
matter drop for good and ALL"
Copyright 1909 by e, J. Edwards
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Does He Love Anybody9

Won Moltke had some few human
failings. He loved his wife devotedly,
but conquered his alma mater, Dem
mark, even after she had educated him
for the military service out of her
poor. stingy pocket But Kitchener is
a machine man only. He loves neither
man nor woman. His spear has
never known brother, as its sharp
point has hewn asunder the bodies
and souls of the sons of women. Bos-
ton Post.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
THE STORY OF THE PEANUT
SHELLS.

AS everyone knows, G. w. Post OF
Battle Creek, Michigan, is not only .
maker of breakfast foods, but he is q
strong individual who believes that the
trades-unions are menace to the lib
erty of the country.
Believing this, and being natural
born" scrapper for the right, as he
sees it, Post, for several years past,
has been engaged in a ceaseless war
fare agains. 1.-THE Labor Trust" as he
likes to call it.
Not being able to secure free and
untrammeled expression of his opin-
ions on this subject through the regular
reading pages of the newspapers he
has bought advertising space for this
purpose, just as he is accustomed to
for the telling of his Postum story"
and he has thus spent hundreds Of
thousands of dollars in denouncing
trades-unionism.
AS a result of Posts activities the
people now know whole lot about
these organizations: how they are
honeycombed with graft, how they OBJ
struct the development of legitimate
business, curtail labor's output, hold
up manufacturers, graft upon their own
membership, and rob the public. Natu-
rally Post is hated by the trades
unionists, and intensely
He employs no union labor. so they
can not call out his men, and he defies
their efforts at boycotting his products.
The latest means of getting" Post Is
the widespread publication of the story
that car which was recently wrecked
In transmission was found to be loaded
with empty peanut shells, which were
being shipped from the south to Posts
establishment at Battle Creek.
This canard probably originated with
President John Fitzgerald of the Chi
cago Federation of Labor, who, 1t is
said, stated it publicly, as truth.
Post comes back and gives Fftz-
gerald the lie direct. He denounces
Fitzgerald's statement as a deliberate
falsehood, an underhanded and coward
ly attempt to injure his business, hay
ing not the slightest basis in fact. As
such an effort it must be regarded. It
Is significant that this statement about
''the peanut shells is being given wide
newspaper publicity. In the patent
inside" of an eastern country paper |
find it, and the inference naturally is
that labor-unionites are insidiously
spreading this lie.
An institution Tor mani which
will resort to moral intimidation and
to physical force, that will destroy ma
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Meaning of Cemetery.

1t is not correct to say that Gene
terry" means the city of the dead"
The word is from the Greek "Koime-
terion," meaning sleeping place. not
the place of the dead. There is nothing
in the thinking that it was originally
intended to convey the idea that the
departed were really dead any more
than there is in the old Hebrew term
for Bethaim"-the house
Of the living.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
The DIAGNOSIS.

I'm little in doubt about your
case" said the honest NJ. d. Its
either appendicitis or stomach ache"
How can you determine which it
ISL" queried the sufferer.
by getting a line on your rating
from the commercial agencies re-
piled the pill dispenser
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Appropriation for I. L. q c.

The senate finance committee has made
a favorable report on the Industrial In
stitute and College appropriation for the
ensuing biennial period. The measure
as originally drafted asked for appro-
priations aggregating $4,000. The com
mittee cut out sci 900 of the amount
and reported the bill favorably as
amended The budget includes $50, 200
for new dormitory and $4,000 for a
new dining hail. Tho remainder is for
support, incidentals and repairs for 1910
and IL.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
May Not Sue.

1t is understood at the capital that
it is not the intention of the board of
commissioners of the azoo-AIississippi
levee district to institute legal proceed
ings in order to collect the privilege tax
due from insurance companies under the
recent decree of the Supreme Court, pro-
yided the companies promptly pay up
the assessments against them. The de-
cree was rendered in the case of the
levee board against the Royal Insurance
Company, in which the liability was
fully established, and following up that
decree it will be in order to collect the
privilege tax.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
First out

How does Smith always manage to
wear such good hats?"
He always leaves the restaurant
before anybody else has finished his
luncheon"
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
I. i. and c. Appropriation.

The senate passed the bill for the i'm
provement, maintenance and support of
the Industrial Institute and College, vot-
ing down all amendments and passing
the measure by vote of 36 to 8.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
Prohibit Mortgaging Crops.

Agricultural revolution for Mississip-
pi is advocated by Gov. Noel in special
message to the Legislature, urging the
enactment of a law prohibiting the Civ
ing of mortgages on growing crops. This
custom is at present the basis of the
agricultural system, and the law, if en-
acted, will practically abolish the credit
system in the rural districts.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24

A man never realizes how many
faults he has until he has been mar
ried two or three years.
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24

Elephant--Why does Longneck run
around with his head SO close to the
ground?
Why, he's afraid that II he
raises it he'll bump his head into one
Of those airshipsi
The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1910-02-24
The Best MUSIC.

There is no laughter like the laugh.
ter OF children.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08
Deming Pioneers Have 80 y
Birthday :. ~

John Corbett, who was here when
Cooks Peak was a hole in the
ground, and Joe Mahoney, who has
seen the Floridas grow from the
plains, had a joint birthday Mon
day, but both celebrated the event
in the usual business way.
Time was when these two worthy
gentlemen used to consider it quite
the proper thing to have some
"doin's" on these joint birthdays,
but the years come around so much
oftener than they used to, the GUS
tom has fallen into disuse. Don't
get it into your head that old age
has any idea of visiting these gen.
tlcmen for years to come. They
are just in the prime of life. Our
99.9S pure water is almost a spring
of perpetual youth.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08

outside of his mother tongue. How
he got the job and made good is
simply characteristic Of all his after
achievements.
His is a wonderful story. Few
men have been tossed higher and
dropped lower by the capriccs Of
Fortune ne-and running through all
his checkered career is that tails
man of pluck which compelled the
tickle goddess to smile on his daring
schemes and gigantic plans whether
she would or no. America. China,
Korea, Egypt all these countries
have been the scenes of his prodig-
ious activities, and the sources
whence wealth has flowed into his
treasure house. impossible In the
adjective of FOOLS" is an old copy
book motto attributed to Napoleon,
and it would seem to have been also
the motto of Hunt in his undertake
ings.
This erstwhile school teacher num-
bers among his friends rulers and
potentates, and many other great
ones of the earth, But even now
he is signing for new w2rlds to
conquer. .u,a ,oe e..
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08
GOVERNOR MILLS
COMING TO DEM|NG
Deming's Chamber of Com
merce Representatives
Royalty Entertained
I.AUCHREN AND LESTER
Given the Glad Hand and
Volumes of Valuable
information.

Acting President c. j. Laughren
and Treasurer Lee o. Lester, of the
Chamber of Commerce, attended
the reception and banquet rendered
by the Las Cruces Chamber of Com
merce to Governor William j. Mills
and members of his official family,
Friday evening.
The representatives from Deming
were given seats of honor at the
Governors table and otherwise
duly honored. Everybody had a
good word for the Mimbres Valley
and Governor Mills is coming over
here himself to imbibe some of our
inspiration, take in big chunks of
our life giving atmosphere and
drink, ever and anon, cooling
draughts of our 99.9S pure water.
The big-brained, big-hearted jur-
ist-executive told Mr.. Laughrcn,
during the course of an hours in
tervicw, that he would be mighty
glad to grab Dcming by the hand
and sit in with the bunch of boost
ers, known to the world ms the
Chamber of Commerce, whenever Il
date agreeable to both parties can
be arranged. He was exceedingly
cordial in his manner and meant
Just what he said. He will come.
and when we show" him. the head
of New Mexico will mix. Mimbres
Valley with his daily diet. The
Governor is n sure-enough booster
when you get him Interested, and
now its up to us to get him inter-
ested.
The boys are planning to drive
the executive party out to some of
the big wells and ranches and show
them that the Mimbres Valley is one
of the really fine propositions in
New Mexico.
Definite announcement will bc
made in the city papers as soon as
the Chamber of Commerce fixes the
date.
Everybody commence toe boost
right now for Governors Day"
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08
The Man Who Enthused
Roosevelt.

Human Life for April has a rip
ping good story of Leigh j. j. Hunt
the man who cnthused Ex-President
Roosevelt with the African hunting
fever.
If there is any single quality that
is dear to the American heart it is
pluck pluck was about the
whole stock in trade of Leigh Hunt
when, youth of seventeen, he APP
plied for a position as teacher of
foreign languages in the Mt. Pleas
ant, Iowa, schools, although he
didn't know n word Of any language
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08

'The man who can bottle up his
wrath at all times is corker.'
We have several such men in our
establishment, and they can also
bottle up any thing you may want
in good, pure, fresh drugs.
They are also "corkers" in many
Why's. especially are they corking
good reliable and obliging fellows.
We positively guarantee our mer-
chandise to be right, both in quality
and price. If you are not already
n customer of ours, we want you to
to be one. Come and satisfy your
self that this is a corking good
place to trade. Palace Drug Store
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08
PIEPLANT CuSTARp PIE.

Stew a pint of finely chopped pie
plant in a very little water until
tender, press through a colander,
add n cup of sugar mixed with one
tablespoonful of flour and two well
beaten eggs. Line plate with
paste, brush over with the white of
an egg, pour in the pieplant mix
ture and bake in a quick oven with
out top crust. Add a meringue
of the white of an egg beaten stiff
with a spoonful of sugar or serve
with whipped cream over the top.
Deming graphic. (Deming, N.M.) 1903-1948, 1910-04-08
WATCH DEM|NG
I'LL hII All
i Xiii HII
BY a Vote of Nearly Five to
One School Bonds
Carried
DR.. STEED REELECTED
Deming Naturally the Educa-
tional Center of South
. western New Mexico.

That Deming believes in mo
Steps Backward" was again firmly
evidenced at the election Monday,
when District No. ! voted by nearly
five to one to issue $4,000 in five
per cent bonds for the purpose of
erecting a modern school building
to meet the growing demands of
our splendid educational system.
The school board, with Alex A.
Smith and V. X. Hon as clerks, con-
,ducted the election in tn Bank of
Deming building and steady stream
Fof'voters, brought the ballot up to
.2&, with only a few errors made in
marking.
The day was ideal from a wealth
er point of view and everything
moved off quietly and in order.
The vote as officially announced is
as follows:
In favor of bonds. .......... 230
Against bonds. .......... 80
Majority in favor. or.........lS0
There was a slight contest on
school trustee for three years with
two excellent gentlemen as candi-
dates, the prestige of DR.. Stecd's
satisfactory service on the board
won the day, however, by a large
majority. The vote stood.
DR.. p. M. Steed. ..........., 233
Hiram b. Strickler .......... AZ
DR.. Stccd's majority ..... lSt
The only thing that remains to be
done now is to vote the additional
tax levy of five mills in order To
pay interest on the bonds. 1t is
only matter of form and plans will
not be'dclayed on this account.
Watch Deming grow.