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Insane persons often have weird
fancies, which are very real to them,
and they sometimes say funny things
in the most serious way. A former at
tendant at the Indiana hospital for the
insane tells of a man who imagined
himself to be Satan. One day as
approached him" says the ex-attend-
ant, he shouted, Wow! Wow! l am
the devil; | am the devil; what time is
it? | drew out my watch and said,
About 4 o'clock Four o'clock he
exclaimed, and l promised to be in
hell at 6!"-EXchange
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26
When Art Failed.
(Fliegende Blaetter !

And so your young wife serves you
as model. How fiattering She must
be immensely pleased"
Well, she was at first; hut when
We had spat and painted her as the
goddess OF war, she went home to
mother"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

The Philadelphia Record fears a
'Ieacticn" in New Jersey against Will
Eon and his policies. 1t says both Old
party machines are lining up to that
end.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Some men don't know a psychol-
ogical moment when it meets them.
They are actually afraid to kiss d
pretty girl when she has puckered her
lips for the operation.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

President Buchanan, a vacillating
thinner, is remembered with pity or
Contempt, says the Tampa Tribune 1t
Predicts d like fate for Taft.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

The gunboat Albany is to protect
American interests in China. Another
good advertisement for the metropolis
Of Dougherty
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

For a combination of town and coun-
Try life Americas, in the heart of the
South's finest agricultural district, IS
not to be eXcelled.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Cities OF 10000 have surrendered
their league franchises but Albany
holds on for another season. That
town sure shows grit"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

The mother-in-law isn't such a bad
article after all. In forty per cent. Of
divorce cases, it is estimated, she
siGes with the sOn-in-law.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Is it a race between the Browns:
1t old not look that way, but Plain
Dick" does not seem to be holding his
own.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Lift up, look up is pretty good
motto in municipal affairs as well as
in private life. Lift up every enter
prise that needs help, look up every
good thing you can say about the
town.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

The man who is always right, and
knows it all, is seldom a pleasant
companion or a permanently success
ful individual.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

The "Progressives" in China seem
to be getting there. Even the capt.
ital may fall into their hands soon.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Given the new hospital and then
Few theatre, and Americas will De
thoroughly equipped in every way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

It is easy to predict a bright future
for Americas The outward signs all
point that way.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Few of Taft's speeches on this trip
have awakened general attention or
provoked admiring comment.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Rocky is the road to the governor
ship for the man who espouses the
cause of whisky.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

The minis ets are beginning t. l.r1-
hast Russell. They say he began it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Teddy is afraid to open his mouth
for fear he might say something.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Gen. Booth likes noise. A regular
Albanian in spirit!
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26
Americas, Ga, October p, 1911.

Unity makes towns grow, not dis
cord
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

OFFICIAL ORGAN:
City of AmerIcus.
Sumter County.
Webster County.
Railroad Commission Of Georgia For
Third Congressional District,
y. S. Court Southern District OF
Georgia.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1911-10-26

Yours truly,
w. H. FETNER.
Chairman
Chairman.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
euLLlne The COTTON MARKET

Throughout the Southern states
| there is KEEN interest in the report
! from New York that fifty million dol
/ lars have been pledged By q group Of
bankers OF that city Tor advance
llcans on the 1871 cotton crop De
tails of the plan to govern these
Ilaoans are lacking in fact they are
said to have not yet been worked
ont. The purpose of the financiers
| is. however, or So the report goes. TO
iplace the loans through committees
named in eacn of the cotton states
by the governor or the commission
er OF agriculture These committees
| will be empowered to sell when cot
ton reaches twelve cents, and viii
| be compelled to sell when il reaches
| thirteen cents The cotton will he de-
! ilivered into their control and safe
keeping on the execution of the loan,
1.-THE staple being taken as collateral
twenty-five dollars per bale will be
advanced to the grower and no in
Iterest will be charged OH the loan,
but a charge OF one dollar per bale
Iwir be assessed TO cover expenses OF
grading and handling The cotton
Twin be sold to the best advantage,
the grower retaining the right to
designate the day of sale prior 10
January |, 1913. The grower win
participate in any advance in the
Iprice to the extent OF three-fourths
iof the rise of the market, the other
Ione-fourth going to the pool OF bank
ers NO matter what the merits OF
the plan may be its development will
of course depend upon the number OF
planters participating and it should
eb borne in mind that large percent
age OF the crop has already been
marketed
When those most competent to
speak are reserving Judgment on the
plan until all the details are known,
il is. Of course. not for us TO under
take to express an opinion But to
our mind there occurs one thing
which we think ought to be said.
The scheme has every appearance OF
being a speculation. In fact, it's
ayowed purpose is to provide for 50
handling this years cotton crop as
I oadvance thep rice. In the event
that result should be accomplished,
one-fourth OF the advance effected
would not be an unreasonable profit
for the pool furnishing the capital |
But suppose next years crop should
also prove to be a bumper one, with !
the result OF forcing down the price !
of the staple below what it Is now. /
Would the pool be called upon 20 |
share any Of the loss? II so. what +
per centage? The risk ought not 10 !
be all on one side.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
Tle WOMAN IN THE CASE,

A young clerk In Indianapolis was
arrested the other day for trying to
extort $500 from a man. The police
chief asked him if there was WON
an in the case.
.Yes. there is a woman in the
case" ansW cred the boy. Seven dol
lars a week and Woman that needs
the money. The woman is my motl
err
without condonin2 the crime, II Is
possible 10 feel a deep sympathy Tor
the young boy More times than we
realize, theft is the result OF ter
rible anguish on the part Of a man
whose heart bleeds 10 see devoted
wife or mother in need OF food OF
clothing which his own meager earn
ings can not supply.
Some day we viii begin 10 ask why
it is necessary for men 10 toll their
lives away for a pittance which can
not keep soul and body together.
And when we remedy that condition
we will have gone very long way
toward making additions TO our pris-
ons unnecessary
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
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THE cRucieLE OF LIFE


tClnton, Ua) Advertiser)
Sunshine and shadow, blue sky and
gray,
Laughter and tears, as we tread on
our way
Hearts that are heavy, then hearts
that are light.
Eyes that are misty and eyes that
are bright:
Losses and gains in the heat OF tae
strife,
Each in proportion to round ont this
life
Into the crucible stirred by the years
Go all our hopes and misgivings ana
fears:
Glal days and sad DAYS our pleasures
and pains,
Worries and comforts, our losses and
gains:
Out of the crucible shall there not
come
Joy undefled when we pour off the
scum.
Ont Of our sadness and anguish and
Ont Of the travel and burdens we
know,
Out of the shadow that darkens the
way
Out of the failure that tries us today
Have you doubt that contentment
viii come
When you've purified life and discard
ed the scum?
Tinctured with sorrow and favored
with sighs.
Ioistened with tears that have flown
from your eyes,
Perfumed with sweetness of loves
that have died,
Leavened wirn failures, with grief
sanctified
'acred ard sweet is the Joy that
must come
From the furnace of life when you've
poured off the scum.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
IhE hoMEsEEkER

Some 5000 men aud women attend
ed the Chicago land show on the op-
ening night and gazed on the exhibits
with glistening eyes. The hunger
Tor homes OF their own was written
on their faces,
What sort OF people were they?
Not the hopeless poor Of the tene-
nents nor recent foreign i'm pigrants
For the most part. thesy were enter
prising, industrious folk in receipt If
q fair income-street car men. police
men, firemen, clerks bookkeepers Of
aicemen generally.
There's a reason In IL.
These people realize that every pass
ing day brings them nearer 10 the
deadline Of a.. when they viii be re-
tired in favor Of younger men; tnat
they can net possibly save enough
from their salaries to amass a com
petence.
What lies beyond The land with
its promise OF independence and com
fort in old age
There's your true h0meseeker
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
SWEEP OF TIE SINGLE TAX.

The coming erection for provincial
parliament in Ontario viii be fought
out on the single tax issue. which is
becoming Immensely popular in Can
ada Already they have the land val
ue tax in several cities OF British
Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan
But those are new countries Ontario
is the first Of the old communities 10
consider tnis departure
The single tax in its purity-and
almost everywhere 1t ism yet take
in diluted form would give the earth
10 those willing to use it, This
would be the result O. taxing into
the public treasury the full rental
value Of the land itself leaving i'm
provements and personal property
free Of aXatlon
For man who has been in his
grave number Of years Henry
6eorg IS a fairly influential citizen
OF the world
One Of the dead but sceptered SOW
ereigns
Who set rule our spirits from their
arms
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
Just Think OF II
.nLi can Innnn1A

Il
| Virginia Brooks, arch enemy Of
vice. has adopted radical method
for getting rid OF it in West Ham
mond, Illinois She has procured a
| list of the owners of houses devoted
to the social vice and she proposes
to have their names printed on post
ers in big type, and nave the same
stuck up in prominent parts Of the
town, so that the people may know
who il is that is responsible for the
social evil in that place
| The boldness of this plan lies i'll
the fact that some very prominent
people are going to be intimately as
lsociated with this vice. Their names
will be set mp before the public
gaze. 50 as to inform all the people
who among them are in practical part
lnership with the bawdy house This
| information is all matter of rec
ord and can be easily ascertained
and there seems TO be no particular
reason why the social vice should
entrench itself behind a public Sc
lcrecy.
1t is a distressing thing for a
community to have any member OF
Its prominent citizens interested in
the business of vice, for it not only
luphoids that vice, bnt it weakens the
real obligations Of a mans citizen
Iship. 1t is bad anyway you look at IT,
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
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Dates.
Sprin gheid Republican,


lSpringheid Republican,
|. If s.Mary Chamberlain hadn't been
80 ready 10 smake a. date with every
Trom. Dick and Harry who invited
'her to ga oalt with him; she woukh I
have needed To go on the witness
stand and tell grinning roomful OF
men how hard II was to scrape her
self loose from the tar her young
men friends poured on her Mary
was too much given to making
dates"
Lots of other girls are like Mary.
This making date" business has
gotten TO a point where about the
rst thing a girl thinks of when she
Is old enough to eat al the table With
ont wearing bib is TO make q
date. with some y3ungster as rattle
Drained as she The date.makmg goes
un in season ana out. and some times
The girl gets through ii with nothing
more than her common sense missing,
while very often her dates cause her
10 marry the kind OF fellows who
make dates with silly girls
This date-nakng. we are inclined
to think can trace its rapid increase
I othe fact that another kind of dates
has grown unhappily fewer in recent
wears. There was time wher
father made dates with his salloN
1 on in the woodshed. and kept them
every one. And about the same time
mother was remembering date with
daughter upstairs, where a frmsoled
hoe kept the maid from thinking the
flair monotonous, There are not SC
many Of those dates made nowadays
we sorrowfully confess. which leaves
son and daughter more time for get
ting mixed up in their own kind
We ought to revive the oId-fashion
ed date-making 1t would save loi
|of Mary Chamberlains from having
TO 90 into court and tell things thai
other members of the family forget
to brag about afterward
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

ness lie was IS years old with fix
ed habits. when it came. and where
as he used to go to bed and sleep
soundly he now lays awake and wor'
ried about that money Everybody
was after him Tor a slice OF IT, He
put most OF it in land AT SIS an acre
and the land has risen. showing a
profit of 100000 He is no happier on
that account.
The truth is that it is quite an art
TO enjoy money. 1t is difficur to &C.
quire the ART if you are past middle
life Happiness comes largely from
within. and $4,000 in the hank or in
land doesn't put anything in your
soul that wasn't there before.
Now we should advise yon--but
first get your $4,000, That will
be time enough for advice. won't il?
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
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Those who make us laugh are great
President Fallieres.
In these DAYS genius can not play
the ostrich.-Lord Roseberry-
AS soon as you feel too old to do
a thing. do it-Margaret Deland.
A baby is tolerable only because
it's so little.-JJames Crichton-Brown
European politeness is traditional
and mostly traditional.-Thomas a
Edison
A common telegram is miracle;
only we've got used to it.--Guglielmo
Marconi
A philantnropist is often man
with more money than sense e.-An-
drew Carnegie.
No nation can stand PERMANENTLY
higher than the level of its women r
Sir W N, Ramsay
No child vet was born with taste
for alcohol tea and pickles. pr
Woods Hutchinson.
The only people who don't make
mistakes are those who 10 nothing
which is the greatest mistake OF all
General Booth.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
iE Xou nAn $50 oon

What would YOU do II you suddenly
fell heir 10 s50.9e0s A question OF
merely academic interest 10 most OF
us. but 10 Elizur Sage Of Rensselaer,
Indiana. il vas i've issue
He is the man who once negotiated
a Joan Of $50 from mis- uncle and hen
declined a dime museum offer OF 5000
q week TO pose as the man VINO bor-
rewed $50 from Russell Sage
Before b. GOT his legacy Elizur
Sage made ) living 81 hard wprk on
his farm. he festifIes fhaf The s50.-
80 broaght rim no particular happi.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
FEDERAL AID AND GOOD ROADS

| We regret that serious difference
OF opinion should have arisen IN the
Good Roads congress as to the advis-
ability OF asking federal aid Tor road
building, saws the Richmond Leader.
j federal ala implied federal control.
we would he uncomWOmisingly OPP
posed 10 asking or accepting it. but
We cannot perceive taat this is AT all
necessary result This aid may
be given withoue in any wise inter
fering with the paramount authority
OF the state Virginia pays annual
~ into the federal treasury, directly
and indirectly, taxes reasonably esti-
mated as smounting TO between $50
000. 600 and $40 600 600 She is.
therefore. entitled TO have returned
- her In some form her pro rata
share OF the unused and unneedeu
surplus income OF the government.
Noreover-and this is especially inn
portant to keep in mini-the federal
government aas had the sdminisra-
zion and disposal OF a vast public do
main in tiie West. the common prop
erfv of the states. and especially Qi
The older states THESE states nave
a pecrliar right 10 have Al least some
part of the vast sums derived from
the sale Of these public lands devot-
ed 10 urgently needed work OF pub
Hc improvement within their own
borders. Millions derived from the
vast iemain that was the common
of all. have been expended
for public improvements witain the
state beyond the Mississippi. Is il
not time that some OF il were eK-
pended in the East2
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
State of Ohio, City of Toledo.

Lucas County.
Frank j. Cheney makes oath that
he is senior partner of the firm OF +.
j. Cheney & Co, doing business in
the City OF Toledo. County and State
aforesaid. and that said firm will pay
the sum Of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case OF
{ atarrh that cannot be cured by the
use Of Halls Catarrh Cure.
FRANK J. CHENEY
Sworn TO before me and subscribed
n my presence, this eta day of De-
ember, A. D., 1856
A. w. GLEASON,
(SEALl Notary Public
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken intern
ally, and acts directly on the blood
ana mucous surfaces Of the system
Send for testimonials free
f. j. CHENEY & CO. Toledo, o..
Sold by all Druggists 75c
Take Hairs Family Pills for consti-
patton.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

Surgery has reformed Frederic Nor
ris. OF Yonkers. whose entire nature
changed" when he fell from fire es-
cape and landed on MS head. Rellg-
iously inclined persons who have be-
come instantaneously ana outrageous
lv profane upon striking a thumb in
stead Of a tack. with a hammer, can
believe the story OF the transforma-
<f1,n
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

pAt The present rate of filing on
.homesieads ia western Oklahoma,
there will0be no vacant government
land in this state in the near future.
Five hundred and sixty acres we're
homesteaded in Roger Mills county
Mednesday, as shown by filings in
the local government land office. and
IN Dewey and Ellis counties the land
rs being iiied on rapidly Persons at
Claremore have secured several quar-
ter sections near Grand in former Day
county At the present time only
about 1900 acres OF vacant land re-
main Much OF the land now being
filed on was taken before but the en-
tries were later cancelled, thus let
ting the land go back to the govern
ment
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

DR.. Spalding. who advocates get
ting your clothes four sizes larger
than a fit may perhaps be employed
by the writer's OF Schedule X
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

One thing is being proven al least;
The city police department is sell
sustaining and then some
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

Mr.. Biankenburg is going To try to
purify politics in Philadelphia, but
New Workers. will be amply satisfied
ii they can achieve pure fooo
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

Governor Brown declares that
hanging is matter Of total inliifer-
ence to him Maybe the Coy has
o hunch that reprieve is due.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

The Vine street glIich is to be
transformed into bower of beauty
that is. If the Rock Island sees the
way clear 10 contribute 10 the cause.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

The elopment OF a Manchu princess
with an actor may merely mean that
she rats are leaving a sinking ship
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

The statistics OF railways accidents
in America for a year are published
and will he of interest TO students OF
homicide in America
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

Nursing Motners ana Malaria.
The Old Standard GROVES TASTE
LESS CHILL TONIC, drives out ma
laria and builds up the system For
crown peop,a and children. .0c
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

Attorney John Burton of Oklahoma
City has filed a supplemental petition
in the United States circuit court here
asking a review in the case of Bur
ton VS.. Milton Parker and. others, in
volYing the same tract Of land in Ok
lahoma City which is claimed by the
Henry Howe heirs OF Atchison. Kan.
and on a portion Of which the erec-
ton Of state capitol has been com
templated. Burton alleges that false
testimony was presented to the court
and also that the testimony was ac-
cepted ~ persons who. in 1891. were
convicted OF perjury in land cases
IN the federal court He asks that
these portions of the records be strick
en-
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01
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OVER THE STATE 9
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r. c. Baird, returning from South.
eastern oklahoma hunting trip, has
brought back a $50 pound bear that
he killed in the mountains.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-12-01

MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS,
United Press Leased Wire Service.
The evening world., 1911-06-26
WOMAN FAG|N
WITH GIRL PUPILS
! HUNTED BY POLICE
Amazing Story Of Instruction
in Stealing Told by Two
Little Prisoners.

A woman Fasin who conducts a
,chooi In shoplif,ing for little children
somewhere In Heil's Kitchen. and who
Is said by the police to have turned
out" hfty small girls as expert thieves
Is sought by scores Of detectives to-
day. II the story told by two ten-year-
old girls. arrested In a sixth venus
department store. Is true. this woman
has a course OF experimental sprouts
for child shoplfters a. amazing - any
described by Dickena.
The two children. Helen Birmingham
Of No. ba West F1ftieth street and Mary
Murphy OF No. 81 West Fifty-second
street. are in the custody Of tho Gerry
Society. Miss Marie Young. store de-
teotive. says she saw the girls steal
ssU worth OF silk and linen slips. The
bulk Of the property vas found pinned
under their skirts.
Under the bib Of q t~hree-year-old