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ters of a number of cities, including the law governing the city of Wash ington, D, C.; a copy of the act creating the taxing commission for Memphis, Tenn, after the great yell low fever epidemic of 1878, and a copy of the so-called model charter of Baltimore, Md.
 The commission features of the new charter were suggested and drawn by ME. Smith, and the controlling idea was the creation of governing body which should conform, as near as pos sible, to the organization of great business corporation, providing the duties, sharply defining the responsi- bilities, and through the heads of the various departments, concentrating both power and responsibility.
 In presenting the proposed charter to the legislature for adoption, the Deep Water Committee" issued re- markable address, setting forth, in strong language the urgent needs of Galveston. This adress, which was written by MT. R. Waverley Smith, stated in part: We believe that mu- nicipal government, as it has been administered in this community for the past 20 years, is failure. It did not require the storm to bring g realization of this fact, but it brought it home with greater force upon us. We are seeking relief from the mum icipal destruction and despair star ing us in the face It is a question with us of civic life and death. This committee has labored diligently and earnestly to prepare and present 1 to the people of this city, and to the { legislature, remedial legislation ade- quate for the grave emergency con- i fronting us. Months have been given , to it's preparation. It is hoped that the central idea of. the new charter that of a commission-embodies the practical solution of that hitherto unsolved problem: how to govern, cheaply and we'll, municipal cor poration. We are asking for char ter, placing the entire control of the lccal government in the hands of five commissioners. designed to benes fit the people rather than to provide sinecures for politicians The pas sage of the Commission Charter bill through the legislature was accom- plished only after long and bitter fight. As two-thirds vote in favor of the bill was not secured, 1t did not go into active operation until 90 days after the legislature adjourned. Il was just I2 months after the great storm Of Sept 8. 1900. before the city government passed into the hands o1 the board of city commissioner. the ]. new chartsr becoming effective Sept 1s. 1so1-
 l (To Be Continued Next sunday:)
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education which resulted in the plat form demand for state aid in the grade1raising work was also conduct ed under the direction fthis organi- zation. Subsequent to the passage of the grade-raising act, it also recom- mended to the governor the appoint ment of the personnel of the grade raising board, and also aided in a great measure the movement which resulted in the United States govern ment's extension of the seawall. MT. George Sealy, then universally recog- nized as the leading citizen of Gal weston, banker and a man of great personal popularity, was chairman of the Deep Water Committee in the lat ter part of 1900, when that organiza- tion decided to take hand in the up- building and restoration of Galveston, and was especially active in the in- auguration and carrying out of the many comprehensive and far-reach- ing plans then outlined for the up- building and restoration of Galveston.
 After the storm of 1900, 1t was sug
 gested that the first step necessary to a complete rehabilitation of Calves ton, was a thorough reorganization of the city government. It was seen and understood. as every keen obser- yer knows, that an efficient city gov ernment encourages the people, sti- mulates them to activity, invites capi- tai and creates prosperity The Deep Water Committee, therefore. decided that there was an imperative neces- sity that the charter of the city be completely overhauled and applica- tion should be made to the state leg islature for new charter along broader and better lines knd that some action should be taken looking to compromise with the holders, oi the city's bonds, as to the interest on the outstanding bonds for a period of five years.
 MT. R. Waverley Smith, president of the First Nationsl bank of Gal weston. lawyer by training, and who for four years prior to that time had held the office Of city attorney, and who was z. member of the Deep Water Committee, and now it's chairman n
 suggested the appointment of com
 mittee from that organization te thoroughly revise and remite the city charter. Accordingly a sub-com. mi.tee of three form ssid organiza
 tion was appointed, cosisting O
 Mir. Smith. Col Walter Gresh
 hiam a iawydr and t,r
 pointed. consisting of Mr. Smith, Col Walter Gresham, a lawyer and for mer member of congress, and MT. F D. Minor. lawyer Of high character and splendid ability. This subc1m mittee procured copies Of the char
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debtedness bonds, to meet this over expenditure. As city taxes were not due until October, the city borrowed regularly from $5O,00O to $1OO,O00 to tide over the summer months. The city treasurer received a salary of but $100 per annum, but he had the handling of all the city's funds, az gregating quite large sum, and the city received no interest thereon. So far es the writer knows, from the date of it's incorporation, March, 1889, seventy years, Galveston has never had a dishonest man as it's mayor. The city's greatest trouble has been with it's boards of aldermen, their political jugglery, their caucuses and their speech-making.
 On Sept. 8, 1900. the great storm struck Galveston. At that time the ely was practically bankrupt. It had defaulted in the payment of interest on it's bonded indebtedness. Scrip s,alable only at big discount was being issued to meet current bills. The city hall, fire engine-houses, waterworks station and the public buildings were in ruins and the wooden block street pavement in a most deplorable condition. Accord ing to the city auditors report, the floating debt of the city on Jan 1901, was $2N.974.54. Fractional I strife, jea1ously an dissension pre- vailed in the city council. Many dis gusted taxpayers were refusing to pay their taxes, which only tended to aggravate matters. A grave situa- tion confronted the city. The people realized beyond any possible doubt that in order to restore confidence and to make Galveston a safe place to reside, that prompt steps looking to the protection of the city against possible danger to life and property from storms and hurricanes, were absolutely necessary.
 <, Under the state law no city ol county bond can be sold Or disposed of by any city or county at less thar par. The outlook for Galveston was dark. It was indeed face to fact with question of civic life ane death.
 Origin Of The Commission Plan.
 There Is in the city of Galveston business organization known as thu Galveston Deep Water Committee whose members have directly. ant indirectly accomplished more for tn welfare of Galveston than the unor ganized efforts of the balance of th' citizenship combined While it ma, not be generally known nevertheless f. is true. the Galveston commission form of city government 's due en tirely to the efforts Of members :; that organization. The campaign Q
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WINNING WAYS.

The people who win their way into the inmost recesses of the hearts of others are not usually the mos: Lri.,.ant and gifted. but those who have Ic..cer sympathy. gentle patience, self forgeau.ness and that indelnab''c lacu,,y of eliciing the better rstu1e ci o-hcra.
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Putting In tho Time.

Putting h tho Time.
 A gentleman was engaging a general man and telling him what he wanted him to do "Yeu will have to clean the windows and the boots and the knives and go messages. chop wood cut short crass, mind the horse and pony. look after the garden and keep tho horse supplied with vegetables and do any oh job that is required. and If suitable vou will get 10 shfllings week.
 ''Is there any clay in the garden = asked the man.
 "What makes you ask that?' asked the gentleman.
 ''I was thinking could make bricks In my spare time." said the man. London Mail
 Laid In . Stock.
 When the late Pierre Lorillard was . boy. his mother being annoyed by moths that destroyed the woolen cloth. Ing and other material of the house bold. agreed to pay him cent apiece for every moth he would kill in the house and bring to her. The same bargain was made with his brothers. Jake. George and Louis. II, course of time Mrs. Lorillard noticed that. while the other children collected from her It intervals from 10 to 25 cents. Pierr. drew on her frequently for 3l at . ume. indorsing his drafts with ltk' 0ead moths. investigation reveal-o the bent 0f the futurc financier n' we'll as his early adaptability to meth eds governing the requirement. 2: wealth. Having procured from fur Tier some pieces of fur thrown ava, because they were infested witf moths. Pierre secreted them h n ole chest in m unused closet. TheFs the quickly accommodating moths wers banked. 0 be draWn mon whenevel n inventoe and per1eetee q the = 11DslBe seqniss1 Dech 1neeeg.
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Man the Brute.

E'They do say" remarked Brown as he pushed back his chair from the din. never dOne."
 "And they are right when they say so," rejoined the wife.
 But what makes you think of 1t at this moment?''
 That shoulder of muttonw replied Brown as he made rapid exit.
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\ RELIABLE MEDICINE
 NOT A NARCOTIC

Mrs. F. Marti. St. Joe, Mich. says. Our, little boy contracted severo bronchial trouble and as the doctor's medicine did not cure him, gave him Foley's Honey and Tar Compound in whfch have great faith. It cured tho cough as well. as the choking end gaggfng spells, and he got we'll ins q short time. F'oley's Honey and Tar Compounds has many times saved u9s much trouble and we arc never wttla- out 1t in. the hor1es'
 For sa1e by w. L DeWoody z Co
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about to leave the city, the writer asked MT. Turner what his conclu- sions were. His answer in substance was as follows: "The Galveston plar is a splendid one; the plan is super for to the men ip office. While your mayor=president and commissioners are excellent men, are capable and attend strictly to business there is reallybut one exceptionally strong man in the board. In brief, think that the plan itself is largely re- sponsible for the splendid showing made by your city government.
 "There is another point I wish to mention," said MT. Turner, "and that is that my investigation into the character of the population of your city discloses the fact that you have a very large number of laborers re- siding here. One-fourth of these are negroes, and large number of the remainder are foreignIborn. You have a large number of saloons, and saloons usually partihipate in poli- tics. I also find that there are a large number of merchants and bank CTS in Galveston, but the middle class, the backbone of every com- munity. is the smallest in proportion to your population, of any city that l have yet visited.
 "Now, if under this condition Gal weston can pr,duce and maintain an ideal system of city government, then any other city in America, by adopting the Galveston plan. can do likewise"
 A Glance Backward.
 The history of city government in Galveston prior to the adoption of the commission plan would be but a re- petition of the history of city govern- ment in other cities-good, bad and indifferent. Originally Galveston was governed by a mayor elected by the votes of the entire city, and twelve alderman elected by the respective voters of each of the twelve city wards. This was very unsatisfac- tory plan, and 1t was changed by an act of the state legislature, calling for sixteen aldermen-four elected at 1 large and twelve by wards. Four years of this system demonstrated that as an improvement it was a rank failure. The number was re- ducod back to twelve, and like the mayor they were. elected at large by the entire vote of the people This
 was an improvement. but still un'
 satisfactory. The annual budgets
 during the last few years under the aldermen system regularly exceeded l the income and produced an annua
 deficit of $10o, ,0oo Every two year. fthe lssislature vas asked for author I Iity to issue $2oo.ooo in floatins h
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Constipation ceua.s headachea. |narsea. dixziness, lanSuor hea1t |ralritation. prastir physsce xrspes. |sssken, weaken the, bowele epd AQn.t |cslc poap's Regnl n aet xSnkl3 an(. |ep.e constipaston. II oasit1 E
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The Galveston Plan. (By E. R. CheesborOugh.)

In 1906, at the earnest request of the writer. McClure's Magazine sent George Kfbbe Turner to Galveston with instructions to make a complete study of the commission plan Of city government. adopted in 1901. MT. Turner's article. . striking story, was published in the October. 1906 nurh- Der of that magazine: When he was
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08

Among the freak bills introduced
in the various state legislatures
were two in Massachusetts -fre
proposing a tax on bachelors and
another taxing childless wives.
Aside from inviting the presence
of the foolkiller these measures
present the Objectionable feature
of leyying tribute on the unfortun-
ate. There is no bachelor who
doesn't frequently deplore his lone
Illness and no childless wife who
doesn't long for the joys of mater
nifty. In another state there is a
bill pending providing that married
men shall wear rings on their
thumbs, it being alleged that the
benedicts have a way of flirting
which is quite disconcerting to the
uniformed females who do not know
them from single men. This might
be all right but for the trifline cir
cumstance that the married men
might remove the ring to continue
as pay deoeivers without detection.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08
WHITE CONv|CTs
WENT ON STRIKE
CONVICTS ON STATE FARM RE-
FUSED TO WORK
Said They Were Overworked and
Underfed-Refused to Come Out
of Their Cells Monday Morning
Went to Work Monday Evening.

Jackson, Miss, June 5.-Fifty-tw0
white convicts on the Rankin State
Farm, eight miles east of Jackson.
went on strike this morning.
claiming that they were being over
worked and poorly fed. The pris-
loners refused to go to work at the
usual hour when prisoners are sent
to the fields.
Sergeant Mccoy, who is in charge
OF the farm, locked the prisoners
up in their cages, and sent word to
Prison superintendent J. C. Gath
ings, who left Immediately for tina
scene of the trouble, and he is now
making thorough investigation OF
the grievances of the convicts.
The ring leader of the strike ac-
cOrding to word received from Ser
geant Mccoy, are all noted prison
ers, several of them serving life
terms for murder. The strike, he
says, was organized by Dan Maybee,
Will Sorsby, Jack Durbin, Frank
Dewitt, Charles Beardon and w. L..
Little. While admitting that in
tensely hot weather makes work
rather unpleasant in the field, Ser
geant Mccoy denies that the pris-
oners under his care, about twenty
five in number, have been over
worked, and vigorously asserts that
they are we'll fed and properly cared
for.
The above is taken from Mon
days daily papers. It appears that
the strike did not last long as
gentleman who visited the state
farm Monday evening reported in
Brandon Tuesday that the convicts
were it work, Superintendent Gath
ings who was sent for, broke up the
strike in short order.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08
lacquered surfacing accounts fo

lacquered surfacing accounts for
the high cost.
Nor are these departed Celestials
kept here for few days, my guide
told me, the geomancers or for
tune-tellers being employed all this
time in finding a suitable site for a
grave. These miserable scoundrels
pretend that the soul of the dead
man will not rest unless he is buri-
ed in just the right spot and in just
the rioht kind of soil Perhaps no
professional man in. China ears as
much as these fakirs. Sometimes
it happens that after man has
been dead two or three years, his
family suffers a series of misror-
tunes. A frequent explanation IN
such cases is that the wrong site
has been chosen for the dead mans
burial place. Another geomancer
is then hired and told to find new
grave where the soul will rest IN
peace. Of course, he charges a
heavy Clarence Poe, in Stark
Vile (Miss.) Progressive Farmer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08
your MISUNDERSTANDING.

How you may profit by it. Take
oley Kidney Pills. Mrs. E. G. Whit
ing, $50 Willow St., Akron, o.. says:
For so,r.c time | had very Sc
rious case of kidney trouble and |
headaches. ] had specks floating
before my eyes and / felt all tired
out and miserable. I saw Foley
Kidney Pills advertised and got a
he.itie and tack them according t.
directions and results showed al
most at once. The pain and dizzy
headache left me, my eye-sight be-
came clear and today, | can say |
am a we'll woman, thanks to Foley
Kidne yPills.
For sale by Brandon Drug Go.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08
FLORENCE.

word 10 the citizens and all
who MAJ be interested. The fali
association vii meet at Florence on
Saturday. June 18th, at p. m. we
shall expect a large attendance at
the meeting and we urge you 10
come. The Farmers Union meet
;np will be on the same date at 8
o'clock. Now some one may De
ready to say that he doesn't belong
TO the fair association and IS not
interested. but if you are Wiling
to encourage farming, stock raising,
efc something in which every pro
fession is concerned, you should at
tend this meeting and do your part.
We are sorry to note that NJ.
mo T.. Evans is still confined TO MS
room.
prof Jones, who has been cleo
tod principal of the Florence hlgh
Schnol was with us the past week
looking after the interest OF tne
school, e
Mr. G. S. Ritnour is moving from
Jackson back to Florence. lie IS
going to put up a general repair
shon. He will run his machinery
with a gasoline engine.
We have a small mill at Florence
onerated by Mr.. julius Afford.
Squire Williams had quite q
crowd at his court Saturday, the
case being a road case. Some o.
the members Of the board OF su-
nervisors r were present. It seems
fhaf 4 certain new road had Deen
Granted by the supervisors on q Pc
f;tion by Mr.. w. G. Johnson anu
through IlSr some misunderstanding Inc
road 70 was not opened up by the over r
seer Of the road as Mr.. Johnsoll
ff,ouehf the committee had lald =
off e Major Pat Henry. o1 Branuoli'
snas uaas. the attorney for the defendant !,
the ri road overseer Alter tne
0ev;dence was heard the defendant
was acquitted. a - tbo
" children's day was observed at tlle
Methodist church here with beau
tiful program
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08
Beat Sunday School Convention to
be Held at RehobOth, Miss,
July 6, 1911.

Devotional exercises-Rev. J. F.
Campbell.
Music.
Address of welcome, by Miss JOSIE
O'Neal.
Response-Lee Noel.
Music.
Presidents annual address. Il.
O'Neal.
The influence the S. S. has IL
bringing universal peace-H. T.
Barksdale, DR.. S. f. Neal. Waiter
Wilmington, Mr.. D. Measles.
Music.
Reading, by Miss Ne'l Denson-
Essay, by Miss Cert ude Holmes
Sunday school enthusiasm al
nome.-B. O. Meadoy $ 4. ;. Stew
art. J. G. aobinson, Sr.
Mrsi1.
Reading, by Miss Tatie Worley
Defamation, by !. J. kersn.
kacess for dim y.
Round table ia *, conducted Dy
q. G.. Robinson.
Reading, by S. A.. Watts.
Reading, by Miss Marie Kersh.
Song.
Reading, by Mss Flourney Barks-
dale.
Selection of place Of next meeting
Election of officers.
Report of Sunday schools.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08
JUDGE BLOUNT WILL
DEBATE WITH ALLEN
JOINT DEBATE WILL BE HELD
AT WINONA.
Large Crowd Expected to Hear
Judge Blount and Private" John
Allen Discuss the Present Senate
rial Campaign.

Jackson, Miss, June 5.-The joint
debate between Private" John Al
len and Judge I. T. Blount, to take
place at Winona on next Thursday,
June 9Th, is expected to attract the
largest crowd that has assembled
at a political gathering in Missis-
sippi this eyar.
Political leaders from all parts
of the state will be in attendance.
and it is likely that the Vardaman
and anti Vardaman factions will be
about equally represented.
Private" John Allen announced
ten days ago that he was willing
to meet any reputable follower of
Ex-Governor Vardaman in joint de-
bate anywhere in Mississippi" and
Judge Blount's acceptance is the
first reply he has thus far received.
1t was announced in a dispatch
from Lauderdale Springs a few days
since that Mr.. Allen had declined
to meet State Senator Hebron, who
is acting as Mr.. Vardaman's cam
paign manager. This report was
erroneous. Mr.. Allen did state that
he could not meet Mr.. Hebron at
that place on June ist, owing to
the fact that he was TO attend the
marriage of his niece on that date
at Tupelo. He has not received a
reply from Senator Hebron, or any
intimatien from that gentleman
that he wants to engage in joint
debates.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-06-08

There are many yet to be aroused
and brought into the ranks of those
who are marching forward to bet
ter things. The average farmer
made last year only 40 pounds ol
lint cotton to the acre. He ought tC
do better than that. he can do bet
ter, and he must-for the sake OF
the south!
Go after this farmer who is stand
ing still; get him to moving; take
him out to the Farmers Institute;
interest him in the farmers union
and most important of all, get him
to reading. Lend him the bulletins
lend him any literature you can, but
in any case, get him to reading a
good farm paper as we'll as his local
paper.
The south is marching forward
and we need every man in line
Siarkville Miss Progressive Far
:her.