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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-24

treasurer.
Michael Gaynor, politician
Harry Free nan. clerk Of the nro-
bate cour. and formerly chief clerk
for former County Treasurer IT. II.
Whitlock, whose conduct OF mis- office
is being investigated BY the grand
jury.
-Four others, said to be ward and
precinct workeds
The Alleged Confession.
Frankehergar's testimony before
the grand jury brought out for the
FIRST glSfie the fiiil Story Of the inter-
view be claimed to have bad vita
City Attorney Jones. The conyersa-
tion which the newspaper man,
backed by his colleague, Martin. toli
the grand jury he had with Jones, APP
lproxi1nately was as follows
Frankeberger; I'VE nave come t0
see you about this election business"
Jones tsmiling) BE careful |
have a shot gun In the closet there
| Martin: We're not looking for
shotgun, Mr. Jones"
Frankeberger: Il met the old man
(the reporters fatherin-law) this
morning and he was telling me about
Iyour election day offer In the back of
his shop lie said you showed him
your poll list"
Jones. Eyes, did have ole OF
those lists, but | hayn't got It any
mere
| Martin: Mr. Jones, did you nave
a list OF bought votes and the amount
| Paid for them?"
| Jones: "Yes, had partial l.st
lpf those, but haven't got Il any more
| burned it.n
| Erankeberger Can you remem-
ber tae names of any Of those votes
Ion your list?"
Jones: Not right of, bat might
have ny memory refreshed by some
Of those ward captains there, in the
second Of the seventh"
Frankberger: Ieseure was before
the grand jury and he lost bis
memory"
Jones; "Well, ! could refresh his
memory on 4 few points. IL was q
: mind to. There are lot of those
fellows whose memories could be re-
freshed on this thing"
"The Old Man" Saw IL
This conversation, said MIR. FraRke-
berger, took place about f0.f5 d. m.
last Saturday at Jones office.
The newspaper man explained to
. the grand jury the reference In the
alleged conversation to the "old
mar" and the supposed eleesion office
in the latter's SHOP. The tod man"
referred to, Frankeberger testified.
was his own fatherin-law, FL M. Mar.
tin Mr. Martin. who is not related
to the newspaper man of the same
name, has butcher shop In the sec-
ond precinct of the seventh ward.
This Is what Frankeberger told the
Jury transpired there His authority
for such a statement being according
to his testimony, the statement OF
his father-in-law: That Jones en-
gaeed the rear room OF the shop as
an election ofifce.n 1t being two
: doors eco feetl from the polling
booth, Here, said the witness. Jones
persosally met the voters on elec-
tion day, Instructed them. how to vote
ana, it was testified, paid them for
their votes. Mr.. Martin. said his
son-in-law, the witness tulay, told
hin he knew this happened because
: he scraned OF some 81 the paint on
lths glass panel OK the door. anat look
ling through watched tae work
Erased tiss Nayne-
NJ Two weeks ago, Or thereahnuts, the
\ witness said. his fathcr.in-law sola
him Joues showed him tthe bntcher)
J the poll book Ne had used To check
= on the voters he Is charged vita hav-
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-24
cAvE.lN KILLS TWO MEN,

Boston, Jan 23-The earth sides
of an uncompleted cellar caved ii
on half dozen worXmen in SCUM
Boston today, and herore the re,
mainder of the workmen could az
out their companions two were dead
end four had to be taken to the hos
pital for treatment.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-24
NEWSPAPER MAN TE5TIFIEs
BRlBE WAS OFFERED HIM
Contingent ON His ReIraining from Telling
Story to Grand Jury--Eleven Witnesses
Examined Yesterday---IW More
SubpOenaed---Speaker Cannon
S0n-in-LaW Among Them

Danwlle, l1l., Jan. 23--The Verm9.
ion county grand jury heard Dan
yille's city attorney accused or hav-
Ing admitted buying votes and was
given a list of thirty possible Wit
nesses by the accusers.
The city attorneys alleged trafiick-
ing In votes. it was testified, was IN
the interest Of the present sheriff ~
the last general election.
The jury heard eleven witnesses,
and twelve. including Speaker Can
mons son-inlaw, are subpoenaed for
tomorrow. ,Sss
The fact that an Investigation may
disclose irregularities in the election
Of the states attorney. end even the
court Itself, has not stood in the way
OF their orders TO have the search
complete ami all the officers CON
cerned nave openly announced they
want the inquiry 70 30 10 the bottom
Of affairs regardless Of the result.
Reporter Was Approached.
one of the newspaper men who
were Witnesses today told the inquisi
tors that he nad been approached by
persons Offering him yacation and
several good things" ii he would not
20 before the grand jury with his
story.
II had not been expected the al
legged vote traffic would be inyestl
| gated So soon, and there were man,
routine matters to lc looked into bl
the grand jury, but the climax OF th'
situation was preeipitatei when tw'
newspaper reporters last week sen
broadcast the story pnrporting %tt
contain Confession" from City AIT
torney Frank W. Jones that he hat
purchased votes, which story was de
MED by Jones, and they demanded Il
be allowed to 20 before the gran,
jury and tell their stories. When i
became known that they would insls
on being heard several forthwith sub
Ipoenaes we're Issued, and nine othe
i persons appeared later and we'
heard.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-24
cog s1z- 20 q 5sssSI fSb4g sstck4i ]
psESz AsxcsS,SoT \ zoe

to fly from Key West Is Havana, re-
turned here this afternoon from the
Cuban City where he hes selected q
laadipg place. fyhlie It originally
was announced tkat McCurdy would
start tomorrow, he said Pie would set
sail about daylight Wednesday.
Platforms will be bAit on the decks
Of the TORPEDO boa. destroy ers whica
nave bren detailed to convey bin, II
permit him to make fresh starts II
lie falls Into the water The beats
VIII be stationed ten miles apart be
ginning at Sand Keys,
The start will be from the railroad
terminus, MeCurdy said he expectec
to fly about 1000 feet high.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-01-24

Two weeks ago, Or thereahnuts, thc
witness said. his fathcrinaaw sola
him Joues showed hin (the hatchery
the poll book Ne had used 10 check
on the voters he Is charged with hAv-
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Tho Sin Of Lafe Young.

In vain does the Hon. Lafayette
Young of Iowa an air Of bon
homie and simplicity and refer to the
senators al boys" His speech b.
trayeth him:
II am not SO much concerned about
inequalities as I am concerned about
business"
Concerned about business; what nm
seemly, what almost blasphemous lam
guage for a senator to hold! Is 1t not
the duty of the congress to legislate,
and Of every public man who knows
when he is we'll on to bloviate. against
business?
As for the tariff, the Hon. LATE
Young dares to forget that Americas
sweetest eirenist, noblest practical
ethicist and rarest occasional thinker
has found the tariff e moral issue"
and will stick to that moral issue like
a wart to . wart-hog. at least until
some more moral issue diverts his a.
tention.
Business IL immoral. II the Hon.
LATE Young has any friends they
should bring him up to date or send
him back to Des Moines.-New Yorh
Sun.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
Tho Bath Trust indictments.

tU0 6QbV bb6o@
President Taft gives warning in his
message of a vigorous enforcement of
the Sherman act against all dangerous
or harmful trusts. There Is to be no
running amuck," of course, but the
question OF desirable notifications Of
the act il not to be permitted to block
the prosecution Of wilful builders Of
oppressive monopolies.
The Detroit indictments In the bath
tub and sink trust furnish an illustra-
ton of the meaning Of the trust para
graphs of the message. Assuming
that the department of Justice has the
facts straight" the defendants could
not in any event expect the smallest
benefit from amendments Of the Sher-
man law. II they had no other pur-
pose than that Of fleeing consumers.
destroying competition. debating to
jobbers, raising prices regardless Of
any economic considerations; II there
was no thought Of saving and improv-
ing and sharing gains Of combination
with consumers. then the trust was Of
the sort that should be dissolved in
the interest Of honest and legitimate
commerce. The criminal indictments
are Of the sort that bring home the
truth that conscious violation of the
law means personal .guilt-Chicago
Record-Herald.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS ARE
PLANNED,

Many counties of the state are plan.
ming to establish an agricultural high
school next year, and State Superin-
tendent of Education Powers has been
given this branch Of the educational
system Of the State a great deal of his
time recently.
About twenty county agricultural
high schools have already been estab-
lished, though all are not open at this
time, but text year there will be a
general movement along this line and
nearly every county in the state will
have its agricultural high school be-
fore the next school term begins.
The people of the state are showing
more interest in this branch of the ed.
ucational system than any other, at
this time, and the county supervisors
OF those counties where they have been
established have been liberal and
prompt in the matter Of levying a spe
cial tax for these schools. Towns OF
the various counties compete for the
location of the school, and, in this way
the institution gets a good financial
start.
In the rural districts, where they
have only the elementary schools, the
work of consolidation Is progressing
thus affording better opportunities tt
the school children, but the parents ar,
more interested in the high school
They want their children to secure al
education, and are taking up the agri
cultural high schools as the bes
means available. This gives ever!
county high school advantages. some
thing but few Of them have enjoyed
Observation-Disclosures Post.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
SHALL MEATS be uNTAxED7
Dominant Party Has Il In lts Power -
At Once SECURE Relief From
Extortlon.

II there had been ton lines In the
presidents message on the high cost
Of living. with . RECOMMENDATION u
simple justice that meats be placed on
the free list, does anybody suppose
that the beef trust would have adI
vanced pricesf A cornered market r.
spends quickly to every impulse and
tendency. The protest at the polls IN
November was understood. 30 also
was the silence at the White House IN
December. Both found . response In
the monopoly's price list.
A like degree Of intelligence on the
part Of the peoples representatives at
Washington would develop . policy ~
to this particular trust which could b
carried out In so days.
Strangely enough In the legislative
department the Insurgsnt Republicans
appear to have agreed to attack only
the wool schedule Of the tariff. OF
this Senator Aldrich said on May I.
1909: 1T II the very citadel Of the pro
tective system. To reduce that y 70
destroy the whole system"
In . way every important tariff
schedule is . citadel Of monopoly and
bargaining. but meats are a. yet only
an outpost and those who would servs
the people in their need will not 81
haust their energies upon . strong
hold when the weaker defenses Of IN
iniquity quite as Objectionable invite
assault. The tariff citadel may be i'm
pregnable. The camp Of the b.
leaguered meat trust should be rushed
in q hurry.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
CAN DO NO REAL GOOD
IDEA OF TARIFF COMMISSION A
MERE sUsTERFU0E.
Well Described BY the New York
Journal Of Commerce ~ = "pe-
iuslon and q snare"-9ub-
Jset Too Partisan.

The New York Journal Of Com
merce, which has always doubted the
value Of the tariff commissions worth,
thinks that It Is better to keep the
present tariff board than to adopt any
of the changes which have been pro-
posed IN congress. OF the Longworth
bill for . bipartisan commission Of hve
members, not more than three Of
whom shall be Of the same party. It
says:
That kind Of device 10 . delusion
and a snare. and unless We q have
q. tariff commission made up Of eco
nomic experts and free from partisan
bias, we may a. we'll leave the matter
to the regular committees Of congress.
II will come to the same thing in the
end. The majority Of the committee
will control the Investigations and the
recommendations, and the minority
will be impotent-"
Concerning the suggestion that the
work be turned over to a tariff bu-
reau with a single head In M Of the
administrative departments. prefera-
bly, the treasury. the Journal says:
THAT would be no less one-sided.
So long as the administration is de-
voted to a certain tariff policy its bu-
reausw would work for the support and
not for the reform Of that policy.
There would be no independence in Its
inquiries and no value in its recon
mendations. The bureaus Of the vari-
GUS departments have all along been
working In tehalf Of the established
tariff. The consular service of the
state department, the bureau Of manu-
features and the bureau of statistics
In the department of commerce and
labor are continually furnishing ma
terial to support the policy Of the ad-
ministration.- which has heretofore
been the policy Of congress In tho
matter Of tariff. as of everything else.
Independent investigation and compe-
tent criticism are not to me expected
Of an oflcial bureau"
In other words, IN the of1cial bu-
reaus, as In congress, party policy is
regarded o. of a good deal more impor-
lance than public policy. Like mas
ter. like man, and the important thing
In the eyes of bureau or other politi-
cal employees is, first, to hold their
Jobs, and, second, in order to hold
their jobs, to keep the party in its job.
To attain this end it must be made to
appear that whatever the party does
is right. Thus 1t can hardly be ex-
pected that a bipartisan commission,
which can be controlled by a majority
Of partisans. or a partisan bureau.
would be of much service in the IN
vestigation Of a subject SO intensely
partisan as the tariff.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

One Thing That = Woman Has No
Right to Expect From
q Man.

II always believe" he CALAMITY
said. "in yielding to the ladies'"
Il suppose you always give way to
your wife when you and she happen
to have an argument"
Invariably"
"And you level fail to relinQuish
your seat in the car when it happens
that some oma would have to stand
unless you did so?"
Certainly"
"Do you take OF your hat when you
get into an elevator where there are
ladies?"
Il never fail to do that"
III you had secured the last lower
berth in a sleeper would you give it
up to a lady who would otherwise
have to occupy an upper?"
"Of course. I have done it fire..
quently."
in case you stood in line in front
Of a ticket window. would you be
willing to go away back to the end
so that some woman might have your
placer"
"Say, what do you think l ana
fool?"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
LIVE At HOME.

l urge every farmer to raise his
home supplies this year. Do not think
for one moment that our cotton con-
ventions and warehouses will obtain q
fair price for our cotton II we fail to
grow our home supplies. All co-opera-
tive schemes OF holding OF selling will
be Of but little benefit to the farmer
who Is in debt for his living and the
feed for his stock. There is one rem.
edy, and only one remedy, and that
IL to live at home and practice the
most rigid economy until we get out
Of debt. The growing Of all farm pro-
ducts necessary for home consumption
will force the price Of cotton up to 20
cents per pound. and at the same time
enable us to keep cotton money
at home to build comfortable homes,
good school houses, churches and SO
on, pay better school teachers better
salaries to teach longer terms, con-
struct good roads, equip our farms
and homes better, and so forth.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
WILT-RESlSTANT VARIETIES OF
COTTON,

The United States Department of
Agriculture has this season had grown
under its supervision a quantity of
cotton seed of w~ilt-resistant varieties,
Dixie and Dillon, in order that farm
ers in infested territory may be able
to purchase reliable resistant seed.
The quantity available to each appli-
cant has been limited to five bushels
on account of the small amount grown
under the governments supervision.
The price is 81 per bushel, freight or
express to be paid by the purchaser.
Farmers who have wilt-infected land
and desire to purchase ICED Of either
the Dixie or Dillon variety should
write to Mr.. W. W. Gilbert, Bureau of
Plant Industry, Washington, d. c..
stating the variety and quantity OF
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
CLASSICAL,

While n thing essential to q cult
ured lawyer is a thorough knowledge
of Latin, it is not necessary that he
should parade his classical knowledge.
for he might be taken down a peg"
as was the young lawyer who displayed
his learning before an Arkansas jury.
His opponent replied: Gentlemen OF
the jury, the young lawyer who just
addressed you has roamed with Romu.
Ius, canted the Cantharides, ripped
with Euuripides, socked with Socrates
but what does he know about the lava
Of Observation-Disclosures RECORD
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

The present tariff law was enacted
In pursuance Of q pledge to revise the
tariff downward. The violation Of the
pledge was 30 fragrant that . number
Of Republican senators and repre-
sentatives voted against the bill on it,
final passage. Such IL the record, and
such are the results Of tariR revision
ny the friends Of the tariff. In not one
OF these cases was faith kept with the
people. In not one was there fair.
reasonable and downward revision Of
thsytarin.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
SEED BREEDING.

G. H.. Afford, special agent OF the
Farmers Cooperative Demonstration
Work, with headquarters in Jackson.
has mailed the following letter to the
special agents in his territory /:
THE demand for good seed, corn
and cotton, can, as you know, hardly
be supplied. Next season this demand
will undoubtedly be ever greater. Now,
in order that we may be able to help
supply this demand and also be Of
some help to two or three good farm
ers in your country, I make this sug.
gestion:
MAKE arrangements with from one
to three first-class, responsible farm.
ers to establish as many seed farms in
your county. These men should pref.
erably be demonstrators of yours.
With cotton, have them begin with
Cleveland, Cooks Improved, Triumph,
S%impkins, or Kings Re-Improved.
Have them plant a seed patch on very
fertile soil well prepared. See that
the crop is we'll cultivated and the
seed carefully selected insthe field next
fall according to u instructions.
When carefully selected and ginned
these seed should sell for 50 per BUSH
ell. Then the general run of the seed
patch could be sold for 81 per bushel."
Follow the same general plan with
reference to corn, except that 1t Is ad.
visable to take the best variety grown
in your county for a number Of years
and use every known scientific method
to improve the corn. Please explain
to these men that this means some,
thing to them financially and that they
will also be materially benefiting agri'
cultural conditions in the county. We
will lend our endorsement to and help
to sell the seed, wherever we are sure
our instructions have been carried
out"
Now, II there is a special agent Of
the Farmers Cooperative Demonstra-
ton Work In your county, and you de-
sire to be one of the two or three men
selected, get in touch with him at
once.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

tu0 WSob st00s ass0 ~
The total business Of the six great
meat-packing companies amounts to
$945, 900. 900 a year. The profits, ex-
elusive Of those Of the National Pack
ing company. are set at $23.379.s44.
Estimating the profits Of the National
Packing company as equal to those
Of Sulzberger & Sons. the total would
be raised to about $25.000.0 900.
Some Of the detailed figures are ~
impressive as the totals. When . con-
Germ like Swift 4 Co, can progress
from q 100000 900 capital to upward
Of $4,000, 900 in about sixteen years;
when Armour q Co.. after paying big
dividends. can pile up q surplus Of
$73, 900, 900: when other companies IN
the combine make almost 10 notable
showings. II IL clear tho profits I'm
enormous.
With such figures before them, how
can even the standpatters Of congress
pretend that protection 10 needed for
the meat trust7 The tariff confers
monopoly Of the home market and the
monopoly is used to exact from the
people excessive prices for one Of the
most important n~ecessaries Of life.
Those are the plain facts Of the
matter. There is no need for m elab-
crate Investigation by a tariff commits
sion with q year Of delay. There 10
time enough for this congress to r .
peal the tax on meat and give the peo-
pie immediate relief.-New York
World.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

It is observed that every Demo
cratic member suggested for the next
way and means committee of the
house, except one. is a lawyer. The
exception is M. R. Denver Of Ohio, who
is classed as a farmer banker" That
there should be men of affairs on such
a committee as well as lawyers would
naturally be supposed.
The makeup Of this committee. how.
ever, is typical Of that Of congress,
Few occupations save that Of the legal
profession r represented In the
house. This lopsidedness of representa-,
ton Is unfortunate. But until more
business men are willing to take part
in public life. It seems inevitable.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
CHEATED FOR YEARS.
Prejudice viii Cheat us Often II We
Let u.

You will be astonished 10 fnd how
largely you are Influenced In every
way by unreasoning prejudice. In
many cases you win also find that the
prejudice has swindled you. or rather.
made you swindle yourself. A cast
in illustration:
." have been . constant user Of
Grape-Nuts for nearly three years."
says a correspondent, "and / am hap
py to say that / am well pleased with
the result OF the experiment, for such
It has been.
"Seeing your advertisement in a.
most all Of the periodicals. for q long
time I looked upon 1t az q hoax. But
after years Of suffering with gaseous
and bitter quotations from my stom.
ach, together with more or less loss
Of appetite and flesh. / concluded to
try Grape-Nuts food for . little time
and note the result.
Il found 1t delicious, and II was not
long till I began to experience the
beneficial effects. MY stomach NJ
sumed its normal state. the eructa-
tons and bitterness ceased and I have
gained III my lost weight back.
Il am 80 well satisfied with the
result that 10 long ~ / may live and
retain my reason 0rape-Nuts shall
constitute quite . portion Of my daily
food"
Read 1.-THE Road to W~ellville." II
pkgs. There's . Reason."
Ever read the ab0vg IsttePf a new
enc appears fron t1m3 - tiue. Thsy
e. .s.. s:ssass' trss' s.eAf-ls = Aens.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27

Well, well, II Judge Anderson 10
served the o~pprobrious epithsts he
was favored with from the greatest
man that ever was, what will be fitting
phrases for this Same man to apply TO
the members of the Supreme court Of
the United statss. all OF whom have
united In rejecting the fantastic inter.
probation Of the Law evolved By the
mighty Bonaparte Of Baltimore TO get
an alleged libel. published In New
York. under the Jurisdiction Of the to
sral courtsf
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-01-27
INVOLVEMENT g

A little boy was entertaining the
minister the other day. The minister,
to make congenial conversation, in
Quired:
Have you a dog?"
Yes, sir; a d~achshund," replied the
lad.
where is he?" questioned the DOM
5nie, knowing the way to a boys heart.
Father sends him away for the win
ter. He says it takes him SO long to
go in and out of the door, he cools the
whole house off."-Blua Bill.