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Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
Mr.. Taft's Ancestry.

The discovery is claimed to have
been made that the ancestors of
President Taft came over in the May
flower. If that is true, it is of more
advantage to descendants of known
and acknowledged Mayflower passen-
gers than it is to Mr.. Taft. When a
man arrives at the position of pTesi-
dent, he is not troubled much about
his ancestors. In the case of almost
every president of the United States
within the'4ast sixty years it has been
discovered that he was of noble il
not royal descent Even the humble
Lincoln, who in his lifetime could not
trace his ancestry beyond his grand
father, was found to have sprung from
an upper middle class family which
cut some figure in Lincolnshire, Eng
land, some centuries aforetime. Like
wise Grant, of hardly less humble ORR
gin. was found to have descended
from a Scotch thane of some note.
Mckinley did not escape the tracers
of ancestry, to whom good Ameri-
can, having risen by his own strength
of character above the dead level
about him, is not sufficient
Whether the ancestors of Mr.. Taft
came over in the Mayflower or wheth
er they came in some unknown vessel
after a stipulated period of detention
at Botany Bay. will neither add to
on the one hand. nor detract from. on
the other. the sound Americanism of
the president
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
HOlSTLAW TRIES AGAIN
To Break Out of the Illinois Legis
lsture.

Springfield. Ills. Jan. State Sen
ator ID. w. Holstlaw. who confessed
last June to receiving $500 i'm con-
nection with the election of Senator
Lorimer and who at that time tried
unsuccessfully to resign from the up
per house of the legislature. has
written his second resignation, this
time to Governor Deneen.
The first resignation was declared
to be legally faulty.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
WYOMING WIND.
The Strange Things That Happened
to Citizen of Cheyenne.

Cheyenne, Wyo Jan. IA terrific
wind today unroOfed several build
ings. overturned vehicles in the
streets, paralyzed business and
caused injury to a number of per-
sons. William Long. i'm an aerial
flight, was blown across the railroad
yards on the soaring roof of a box
car and escaped with a broken leg.
George e. Gardner was blown under
a train and lost an arm.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
THE BURKE TRIAL.
Threatening Letters Received by
Lawyers and Witnesses.

Santa Rosa, Cal, Jan. THE CT
forts of the defense in the Burke case
at today's hearing To put in evidence
of Luetta Smiths insanity and bad
general reputation was temporarily
blocked Judge Seaweil said he
would hear arguments on Monday as
to the admissability of such testimony.
Lawyers and witnesses are both re-
ceiving abusive and menacing letters.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury,

mercury VIII surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering Il through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
lions from reputable physicians. the damage they
will do Is ten fold TO the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
nv F. J. Cheney 4 Co, Toledo. o. contains no mer-
curry. and IL taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system In
buying Hairs Catarrh Cure be you get the
genuine IL Is taken internally and made in Toledo.
Ohio by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle.
Tale Halls Family Pills for constipation
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08

her husband, she would have suf-
fered more in years to come for the
wrong inflicted upon her husband,
children and parents. The punish
ment might have been long delayed,
but it would have fallen at a tim.
when
Reason speaks more loud than Pas
sion,
And the truth wears no disguise"
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
NEW BILL AGAINST ROADS.

washington. Jan. 7.-Representative
Knowland of California introduced a
bill in the house today making il un-
lawful for a railroad 90 control either
by lease or stock ownership a steam
ship line with which it may. or does.
compete for traffic.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
GUERRERO CAPTURED.

Mexico City. Jan. An official
dispatch received late tonight an
nounces the occupation by the federal
troops of the city of Guerrero. Gov
eminent officials. said reports from
all parts of Chihuahua are to the
effect that the revolutionists are
seeking safety in flight and that lit
tie. if any more fighting is to be
expected.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08

The punishment yesterday OF II
woman's sin, il she was guilty. was
awful in its suddenness-and its
bloodiness. but it fell upon her far
more mercifully than upon her or
phaned children and her aged par
ents. Had she escaped the bullets of
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
AMBASSADOR STRAUSS RESIGNS.

Washington. Jan. Oscar Solomon
Strauss of New York, former cabinet
member and for more than year
and half American ambassador to
Turkey. has resigned William l.
Rockhill. the present ambassador to
Russia will probably succeed him.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08

here. confessed today to having been
treasurer for Madero. the leader. He
had resisted all efforts to force him
to reveal his exact connection with
the rebellion until told that the cause
was utterly lost.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
AN ARIZONA POSTMASTER.

Washington. Jan. 7.-(SpecialD-
Charles Meyer has been appointed
postmaster at BELLEVUE. vice S. L. Glib
son, resigned,
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
THE WEATHER TODAY.

Washington. ID. G. Jan. Fore
cast for Arizona: Fair Sunday and
Monday; not much change in temper
allure.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08

to the legislative. executive and judi
cial appropriation bill. Two days more
may be needed.
Arizona republican., 1911-01-08
THE REBEL TREASURER.

! Mexico City. Robes Dominguez
sentenced to fifty days Imprisonment
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19

their health is correspondingIv Iess
we therefore respectfully submit that
IN nowise can the Hosiery mill be con-
sldered public nuisance and in no.
wise can it be considered dangerous
10 the health of its employees, other
prisoners confined in the penitentiary
or the public at large.
Inc contract with Mr.. Graham was
entered into by this board under the
express authorization of the general
assembly of this State, and in their
the legislative committee on penal
last report to the general assembly
ana charitable institutions expressly
round that the price paid by Mr.. Gra-
na" lor the services of the convicts
was a just and reasonable one. and
there is no reason for the State TO
make complaint upon this ground.
lhe attorney general and assistant
attorney general were both with the
board yesterday and advised us full
L
ter. The boards conclusion has been
reached by applying the law so Civ
on 1T to the facts as it knows them TO
exist.
After the most careful consideration
the board Of directors unanimously
conclude that the contract is binding
upon 1T, both in morals and in law
and that it is its duty to stand by the
contract according to its terms. 1t
VIII, however, call the matter to the
attention of the general assembly
When 1t next cOnvenes and request
that body to instruct the board with
reference thereto, which Instructions
viii. of course, be followed by the
board.
In conclusion the board calls atten-
ton to the fact that citizens are al
lowed to visit this institution unan-
nounoed and inspect all departments
including the hosiery mill. The board
encourages such inspection and feels
confident that it has and will convince
all who make it that this institution is
sanitary, clean and healthful in all of
us departments, that the prisoners
are treated humanely in every re-
spect, and that in every particular the
institution is a model one for the ac-
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tuberculosis among the employees Of
the mill. while from 1906 to 1910. in
elusive, after the tuberculosis hospital
had been established, the fatality of
this disease was reduced to a total
Of 22. During this period there have
been from 200 to $50 convicts en-
ployed regularly in the mill. 1t must
be remembered that many OF these
unfortunates contracted this disease
before coming to the penitentiary and
IT is common occurrence for the
county chaingang to send in prisoners
because they have the disease. A
great may also come from the county
jails.
The tuberculosis hospital. which
was highly commended by the board
of health, A. as perfect as could be
desired. The convicts suffering from,
or threatened with, tuberculosis, are
Immediately placed in this hospital
and given the best treatment that
medical science can devise. In their
recent inspection Of the prisoners, the
board of health, in an examination of
20 prisoners. found only one case, in
which a meteorological examination
confirmed tubercle bacilli. The great
improvement in the health Of the in
mates Of this institution has no doubt
been largely due to the new cell
building and sleeping quarters COM
pleted in 1902. The old building was
damp and unheated. but even the
board of health makes no complaint
as to the new one, excepting to rec
ommend certain changes, especially in
the toilet arrangements, which will he
adopted. During the last year, from
the prisoners employed in the hosiery
mill, which averaged from 800 to $50,
there were three who died Of tubercu-
| losis. OF course. 1t is impossible to
say whether these unfortunates con-
tracted the disease while working in
the mill or elsewhere, and it is
equally unfair to charge their deaths
up against the condition existing in
the hosiery mill. The only objection
to the hosiery mill offered by the
board Of health in their recent inspec-
ton was that the work Of the en-
ployes is combining. outdoor work be-
ing preferable. The board did not
find fault with the sanitary or other
arrangements in the mill, but merely
concluded that the work required of
the convicts in the mill was too con-
fining.
The convicts employed in the no
siery mill work on an average of 10
hours a day, and while the work Of
some Of them requires a close atten-
tion to the knitting machine It is no
more confining and no more detri-
mental to their health than is similar
work done by thousands OF free white
people In the numerous cotton and
Knitting mills throughout this State
and in this section. In fact we re
conhdent that the sanitary condition
and the supervision Of the health of
the convicts working in this mill Is
much better than that enioyed bv
employees in private industries OF sim
liar character. and that the danger TO
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19

complishment of the purpose of its
creation and existence.
We are most respec fully,
A. X. Sanders,
Chairman.
w. H. Glenn,
j. b. Deas,
John G. Mobley,
Jasper NJ. Smith.
Board of directors of the South Caro-
lima Penitentiary.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19

under the exclusive control and SUPER
vision Of the board of directors and
the place in which they work being
likewise under the exclusive control
and supervision Of the board of di-
rectors.
IL is clear, therefore. that If any
unsanitary conditions exist in the hos
iery mill, IL is the fault of the board
OF directors and not Mr.. Graham. as
the board of directors assumes the
duty OF supervising the mill and keep
ing II in repair, as we'll as controlling
the convicts that work therein.
1t has never been claimed that Mr..
Graham has in anywise failed TO
strictly comply with his part Of the
agreement. and the communication
from your excellency indicates your
opinion that we should rescind the
contract because OF the unsatisfactor
and unsanitary condition supposed to
exist in the mill. charegable to this
board and not to Mr.. Graham.
Strictly in reply 10 your suggestions,
We would respectfully call your at
tention that the conditions in and
around the hosiery mill, as we'll as
those i'm all other departments Of the
penitentiary. are sanitary, clean and
as healthful as is possible to make
them. Insofar as concerns the hosiery
mill. all portions of the building it.
self, are kept perfectly clean, the
toilet arrangements are sanitary and
the convicts are given plenty of air
space. In fact. insofar as concerns
the health Of the laborers, the condi-
tions in the hosiery mill are as good.
II not better, than those Of any knit
ting mill or cotton mill in this State
or section. SO true is this, that the
hoard of health itself. in their recent
inspection, not only found no fault
with these conditions, but declared
that they We're as good as we had
indicated. The hosiery mill is a brick
building constructed a few years ago.
II has large windows. close together
on each side. kept open at top and
bottom for the free passage of air
through the whole building. The
woodwork is kept we'll painted. the
brick walls are regularly whitewashed
and the floors and steps kept as clean
as soap and water and scrubbing can
keep them. We believe II is a fact
as said by a member Of the board
OF health. that the building could not
be made more sanitary, IL the present
floors were taken up and new ones
put In. IL the walls were washed with
carbolic acid or IL the entire build
ing made anew. II 1t Is necessary
that the hosiery mill be abolished
because IL is not sanitary. then every
building within the walls should he
torn down and the institution de-
stroyed Instead Of tuberculosis be-
ing on the increase, the condition.
with reference to this disease, has
steadily improved. This is true as
to the deaths from this disease among
those employed in the hosiery mill
"a we'll as in other departments within
the walls. From 1900 to 1905, in
elusive. there were 5s deaths from
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19

Those Who Take Foley Kidney Pills.
For their kidney and bladder all
ments' and for annoying urinary ir-
regularities are always grateful both
for the quick and permanent relief
they afford, and for their tonic and
strengthening effect as we'll. Try Fo-
ley Kidney Pills. W. w. Sibert.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19
HappieSt Girl In Ldncoln.

Lilcoln, Neb., girl writes, II had
been ailing for some time with chron-
lc constipation and stomach trouble.
began taking Chamberlain's Stom-
ach and Liver Tablets and in three
days l was able to be up and got bet
ter right along. I am the proudest
girl In Lincoln to find such q good
medicine" For sale by all dealers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19
Parsons Poem A Gem.

From Rev. H. Stubenvon, Allison.
La. In praise Of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills.
They're such a health necessity.
In every home these pills should be.
II other kinds you've tried In vain.
USE DIR. KINGS
And be we'll again. Only Csc at
Sibert's Drug Store.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19

A pair Of girls shot three holes In
or through a New York Millionaire
and it is likely that a jury will see
through him.-Columbia State.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-07-19

Inc naked truth is the only thing
'hat would shock Washington during
weather like this.-Wilmington Star
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-07-18
Bv Count ALBERT Statesman. Who Is 1r



7YR has the old world got say to the world? WE'LL
q I think it is this
w. Americans come from the old world too. You were
BORN UNDER A HAPPY STAR. That old world
has gacies tradition which its pride and its burden When
your ancestors old world they privileged take
with the very best of these traditions and to LEAVE Be
HIND WHAT IS THE BURDEN OF THEM.
with you the very best things the very highest point of
DEVELOPMENT old world had attained those days. You
took with you the SOUND, HEALTHY, VIGOROUS TRAD[
TIONS OF BRITISH LIBERTY You DEVELOPED them
and YOU adapted condition found in the hemisphere
which you You people who left behind what
was burdensone the traditions of the old world The mutual ami
1noes dsru the call for blood again you enabled to
leave behind you of all the inheritance of hatred of angonm
and anmosiies.
ON BEHALF THE WORLD SAY THIS: WE OF THE
OLD WORLD OUT OF THE DEVoURING WASTE
OF THE ANCIENT DIsTRUsT, APPEAL
TO YOU OF THE ASSISTANCE TO DO AWAY WITH THE
HATEFUL HATRED AND WAR AND ANTAGONIST BE-
TWEEN MEN BRETHREN.
This the object of my mission to America This what think
spirit the old world has the spirit of the world
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-07-18
There Is No Such Thing
AS American Music.

BY Golden West"
~ HERE is 10 such thing as American music
THEY NEGRO MUSIC IT is ALMOST
~ THE sAVAGERY SOUND. THE CRITICS RECEIVED
WELL, WHOLE BUT HERE AND
THERE SOME eRoTEsouE COMPLAINT WAS MADE THAT
THERE is NOT ENOUGH "AMERcAN MUSIC" IN MY SETTING.
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-07-18
AIdI ONOU1 S6~1
Blighting
Our
Nation.
By Cardinal JAMES GIBBONS
of Baltimore.

v HERE is a SOCIAL
& SCOURGE more blight
~ ing and more destruc-
tive of family life than
Mormonism. 1t is the fearfully
increasing number of divorce
mills throughout the United
States.
These mills, like the mills Of
Fitzgerald enterprise. (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1895-1912, 1911-07-18

Continued in our next.)
The Republican journal., 1911-02-09

agascar, Belgian Kongo, the Canary
Islands, French Oceania. Asiatic Russia,
Persia, Alden, Hongkong, Dutch East
Indies, Paraguay, Peru, Dutch Guiana,
Haiti, Santo Domingo, Dutch West In
dies, Egypt, Turkey in Asia and Europe,
Siam, Korea and Liberia.
Typewriters are another example of
complicated machines exported to dis
tant parts of the world with confidence
that they can there be successfully oper-
ated without return to the manufacturer
for frequent repair. The value of type
writers exported from the United States
since the fiscal year 1897, when they
were first shown in the statement of ex-
ports of the Bureau of Statistics OF the
Department of Commerce and Labor, IS
over sixty million dollars, and in 1909,
they, went to no less than 80 different
countries, colonies and islands, including
Greenland at the far north, New Zealand
at the far south, Morocco in North Afri-
ca, Siam in the extreme Orient, Ecuador
and Bolivia in South America, the Azores
and Madeira Islands in the Atlantic,
Dutch East Indies, and French Oceania
in the Pacific; Bulgaria, Servia and Rou-
mania in Europe; and Persia. the Straits
Settlements, and Korea in Asia.
Cash registers are still more recently
developed item in our lists of exporta-
lions, yet they were sent in 1909 to more
than so different countries, including
nearly score in Europe, practically all
parts of North and South America, to
China, Japan, Asiatic Russia and Straits
Settlements in Asia; to Australia, New
Zealand and Philippine Islands lin the
Pacific; and toivarious sections of Africa
The automobile, which seems to require
careful and expert attention even in thu
country in which manufactured, goes il
large numbers to all the grand divisions
and many of the principal colonies ant
islands of the world. The 1909 figure
show exports of automobiles to II differ
The Republican journal., 1911-02-09
Exports of High-Grade Ameri-
can Manufacture.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Jan. 30, 1911.
No greater tribute to the talthfulness
and efficiency of the American workman
and American manufacturer could be
found in a condensed space than the
records of the Bureau of Statistics, De-
partment of Commerce and Labor. winch
show the expectations of what may
properly be termed "high-grade' manu-
features from the United States. People
in all parts of the world are purchasing
every month, and practically every day
of the year, the most complex products
of the American workshop, such as type
writer's, sewing machines, cash registers,
scientific instruments, telegraph and tele-
phone apparatus, musical instruments
automobiles, and other articles requiring
sunerjor skill in their manufacture. Artl-
cles of this class are transported TO the
most distant and out-of- the-way places OF
the world-the islands Of the ocean and
the distant interiors of the great CONT
nents-with the calm confidence that
they will not only render the service for
which they were manufactured but con-
tinue that service for such length OF
time as to justify their transfer from
tie place of manufacture to distant
communities not provided with experts
and facilities for repairs. That this con-
fdence in the products of the American
workshop is justified by experience is
indicated by the continued, and in most
cases, growing export trade in these
articles.
Take sewing machines as an example.
A hundred million dollars worth OF these
machines have been exported from the
United States in the last quarter OF
century, going to every part Of the world
In the single year, 1909, for example, the
countries, colonies and islands to which
sewing machines were sent included Mad
The Republican journal., 1911-02-09
F F. r.

We heard man say the other morning that
the abbreviation for February-Feb.-means
Freeze every body, and that man looked frozen
in his ulster. 1t was apparent that he needed
the kind of warmth that stays, the warmth
that reaches from head to foot, all over the
body. We could have told him from personal
knowledge that Hoods Sarsaparllla gives per,
manent warmth, it invigorates the blood and
speeds it along through artery and vein and
really fits men and women, boys and girls, to
enjoy cold weather and resist the attacks OF
disease 1t gives the right kind of warmth,
stimulates and strengthens at the same time,
and all its benefits are lasting. There may be
a suggestion in this for you.
The Republican journal., 1911-02-09

ent countries in Europe, to practically all
of the countries and larger islands of
North America, to every country OF
South America; to China, India, Straits
Settlements, Dutch East Indies, Hong
kong, Japan, Asiatic Russia, and Siam
in Asia; and to Egypt, Portuguese Afri-
ca, Canary Islands, French Africa and
British East and South Africa in that
grand division; the valuation of this class
of exports having rapidly increased until
the figures of the calendar year 1910
alone show total of eleven million
dollars.
Musical instruments of American man
ufacture, including organs, pianos and
pianolas, are evidently popular, the
countries to which pianos and organs are
sent being approximately rs, and even of
pianolas the exports are numbered by
tn ousands, and the countries to which
they go approximately half a hundred,
including China, Japan, Siam, New
Zealand, the West Indian Islands. the
countries of Central and South America,
and dozen or more of the countries of
/ Europe.
Thus one might go on indefinitely
enumerating the products of the Ameri-
can workshop of high quality and com.
pick character, such as electrical appli.
ances, monographs, Woodworking ma,
chinery, shoe machinery, woodworking
machinery, dental goods, Photographic
goods, mowers and reapers, and many
other articles of this class, forming {
very considerable percentage Of the eigh
hundred million dollars worth of manu-
features exported from the United State
last year.
The Republican journal., 1911-02-09
POOR BROWN.

"Sorry, Brown" said the doctor,
after the examination. ''You're in a
very serious condition. Pm afraid I'll
have to operate on you"
"Operate!" gasped Brown. ''Why, l
have MT any money for operations. Pm
only poor working man."
'Y cure insured, are you not?"
Eyes, but don't get that until after
Pm dead
ooh, that'll be all right" said the
doctor consolingly.
The Republican journal., 1911-02-09
A MONUMENT FUND.

The meanest man in town having died
and been duly buried, bunch of his late
acquaintance and neighbors were dis
cussing the kind of party he was.
'We ought to raise fund to build him
a monument, one man suggested.
''Rats!" chorused the crowd in protest
"Who'd give anything to build him a
monument"
Everybody would" insisted the first
speaker. "We'd raise it by unpopular
subscription.