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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
About a Mattress.

A mattress should be turned every
day. but unless the turning Is done
carefully II is liable to work the STUFF.
fing out OF shape. To prevent this
sew handles of ticking or webbing to
the sides and you will be able to turn
the mattress without straining the
ticking.
When one of the rosettes shows
signs OF coming off. 1t should be I'm
mediately stitched in position, for the
stunning will rapidly work out OF place.
and the mattress will lose its shape.
New rosettes may be made out OF
old kid gloves and sewn on with fine
twine with long upholsterer's
needle.
BY following these hints you will
greatly prolong the life OF your mat.
tress.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

Among the new TUNES that have
been devised In the midsummer is one
that is directly copied from the Tan,
agra figurines. These little statues have
given many Ideas to the dressmakers
this season, since the classic styles
have been so much In fashion.
The drapery must be thin and sup
pie. 1t II over a, skirt of Itself or ons
Of another fabric. The idea 10 not
only kept for elaborate gowns, but Il
used with lowered organdies.. with az
ured narquisettes and with allover
lace and messaline. which 10 COMING
back into faAhion.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

Skirts, especially on lingerie dress
es, are showing more fullness.
Double veilings are being used to
give lovely iridescent effects.
Velour hats are proving strong IA.
vorites In early fall millinery,
The vogue for black and white ALI
ances shows but little abatement.
The jumper design has been furi-
ousIy revived for dressy shirtwaists.
Collarettes of black or white tulle
are used to wear with afternoon
gowns.
Extensive use is made OF all kinds
OF laces. and even lace robes are COM
Ing to the front
Blue and white combinations are to
have place In fashion. especially In
wash fabrics.
Gowns OF all-over lace--some OF the
exceedingly costly--have the highest
approval In fashion.
Tulle and lace are largely used for
fichus on evening gowns. These are
edged with bead fringe.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
Separate Waists.

The waists to be worn with tailored
suits this fall, both In design and
trimming effects, are influenced by
the East Indian note SO much In
evidence since the coronation. They
are made of chiffon. wolfe and crepe
dc chine in the suit. shades, and are
embroidered with the new worsted
embroidery and striking bead-work
trimming, which are decidedly Hindu
In character and coloring. This will
make most attractive home work for
women who. delight In fashioning
their own blouses and adding tndi.
vidual touches OF hand work to them.
---Harper's Bazaar.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
A New Matchmaking o.ms.

A hostess entertaining In honor OF
visiting guest passed cards bearing
the last name of her friend. The COM
pany was told to make as many words
from the letters composing the name
as they could In twenty minutes. A
prize was awarded for the longest and
shortest lists. This proved a very
pleasant introduction and served as
an ice.breaker, as the people were al;
most all entire strangers. This
scheme Ia a good one for church so:
cisls, which are apt to be stir II not
conducted along the same lines as q
private party.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
same medium employed by his par.
cnt.


So numerous have, become appli-
cations for divorces in Kansas City
that the judges OF the Circuit Court
have decided that some action must
be taken to stop the rush, and II Is
suggested that the Board Of Public
Welfare employ an attorney or at
torneys to investigate each suit filed.
Reno had better be careful OF its
laurels. or they will be wrested from
the Nevada City by Kansas City.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
An ACCOMPLISHMENT.

Three or four Of the clerks in city
Office were recently amusing them
selves-of course. In their employers
time They were deeply intent ON
trying to balance cards, instead Of
accounts. on their fingers, cornerwise.
when. Just as one Of them had largo
card nicely balanced. the door opened
and In walked the head Of the firm.
why, Hogan, am surprised" hs
sternly observed. However. can you
do IT." M a
Practice, sir!" Hogan replied. car
ried away. "Practice!"-Tit-Bi Bits.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
An indian Party.

Now that SO many children have
Indian suits, try this for party: Put
up one or two wigwams and send the
invitations on paper arrows through
which a feather 10 thrust. Have them,
delivered By the little Indian who is
to be the host. Girls may be dressed
az squaws.
There are Indian postcards. which
would make very good place cards or
souvenirs. For refreshments serve:
Corn Meal Mush With Milk.
Fish or Some Kind OF Game.
Corn Mullins
Indian Meal Pudding.
made In individual ramakins.
Make contest OF stringing beads
and have a game OF archery.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
HUMOROUS QU|Ps
GOLDEN SILENCE.

Piebald was not bad horse to look
at. She had nice white-and brown
coat nice hishy tail. and a nice gen.
tie manner But she possessed one
incurable drawback. She couldn't
see This her new owner discovered
day too late. He visited the horse
dealer from whom he had Dough. the
stsed and demanded an explanation.
She's stone blind!" he exclaimed.
Il know she is" replied the dealer.
Outlook here, man--you never
told me anything about I'll" spluttered
the irate purchaser.
We'll, you see. 1t was rather 4
delicate matter. answered the dealer.
coughing slightly. The man from
whom bought her didn't tell me him
self, so l thought" he added, lower
ing his voice. "he didn't want It
mentioned"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
Salad pyramids.

About one pound of cold new pota.
toes, one cooked beet, one cucumber
a little grated horseradish, and some
salad dressing. With a round cutter
cut out equal sized rounds Of potato
beet and cucumber. the slices to be
about one-eighth of an inch thick. Ar
range them in alternate layers in
mounds or pyramids; the top layer
should be rather smaller rounds. Put
a heap of very finely chopped grated
horseradish on the top Of each. Ar
range the pyramids in bowl and pour
the salad dressing round.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
EutIiitLsa

Once an old lady strung q clothes
line across railroad track to wreck
train which made too much noise.
Once King Canute gave some In
structions to the tides.
Once France tried to make Fat"
money as good as gold
And now court has forbidden Nat
Goodwin to marry again
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

Loose fitting and easily donned, yet
OF ultra smartness OF effect, is this
utility coat Of worsted mixture In
mixed gray tones, faced with navy and
white pin stripping. This prominent
facing pattern shows on the wide
cuffs Of the large but conveniently
shaped coat sleeves and In the cape
collar which cover the shoulders and
affords additional protection to the
back. The trotter skirt. peeping from
below the hem of the coat. is OF white
mohatr striped with navy blue. and
the correct autumn model in coque
feather covered sailors is trimmed
with plated white sash ribbon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
stIll Looking.

'DecIded where you are going on
your vacation yeti"
mo; can I seem to find the right
spot"
What sort of place are you look
ing for?"
"A place where my pocketbook can
enjoy a vacation as well ~ it,
owner"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

The Duke of the Abruzzi is having
more success in his engagement with
the Turks than he had in his engage
ment with Miss Katherine Elkins.
The Duke is brave man as well as
a rich man He is one member of
the royalty who really received the
support of we Americans In his eff
forts to win Miss Elkins.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

In Indiana the courts have decided
that the washing and ironing of a
hirt Is neither trade or commerce,
nd therefore laundrymen cannot be
punished under the Sherman act for
forming an Illegal combination. If
this is the case. perhaps the status
relating to grand larceny and rob-
berry, can be applied.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
a Glrl,s way.

why do you keep asking me to be
your wife. You surely wouldn't want
me to marry. you II didn't love
you"
I mo, ] don't want you to marry me
II you don't love me-; but I can't help
thinking the practice I'm getting In
asking you may some time come In
handy. Now I'm going to give you an.
other chance to turn me down"
oh, well, II you're determined to
have me ! suppose may a. well ray
yes"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
UNCLE WALT
THE POET PHILOSOPHER

Say do pillow peddle glue you buy SELF
Whateer be the work do. be
there's entirely mortal grand
DO THINGS and good be he
WELL things the best he | young herded
hens, and guarded them hawk and
night their
And people stopped my
howls they'd
ow1s?
muley shaved the
stunt with plows
I'm do this job well in
with dsive yell" That's been
live inefficient Jaws have not
enough
.. .s:TE - ..- LDa.hHla.oY
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
A aRed Hot" social.

A "Red Hot" Social.
Try this the FIRST real cold day and
you are wondering how to warm up a
church social which promises to be an
Icy affair Issue posters on scarlet
cardboard. decorate with red cheese
cloth, red shades, and train good
lusty chorus to sing, "A Hot Time"
Dress the reception committee and
walters In red. have the admission
Is red cents" Serve red hots" wien
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
White Crochet Button.

Small and large buttons made Of
white cotton thread coarsely crocheted
are now In 6rst fashion. They are
placed on blouses, on one-piece frocks,
on top wraps, in every size. They are
used on blouses instead Of pearl but
tons and on white linen skirts.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
Come, Mr.. Dickens!

Nearly sixty years ago, Charlie
Dickens, the noted English author
visited Cairo. What he though
about Cairo's status as city, subse
quently appeared in Martin Chus
slewit," of which he was the author
This is what he wrote in part;
At length, upon the morning
of the third day. we arrived at
a spot SO much more desolate
than any we had yet beheld,
that the forelonest places we
had passed, were, in comparison
with it. full of interest. AT
the junction of the great rivers,
on ground so fat and low and
marshy, that at certain seasons
of the year 1t is inundated at
the house-tops, lies a breeding
place of fever. ague and death;
Wanted in England as mine Of
Golden Hope, and ,speculated in,
on the faith Of monstrous repre-
sensations, to many peoples
ruin. A dismal swamp, on
which the half-built houses rot
away; cleared here and there
for the space of a. few yards
and teeming, then, with rank
unwholesome vegetation, in
whose baleful shade the wretch
ed wanderers, who are tempted
hither. droop, and die, and lay
their bones; the hateful Missis-
sippi circling and edying before
it, and turning off upon its
southern course Shiny monster
hideous to behold; a hotbed Of
disease, and ugly sepulcher,
grave uncheered by any CLEAN
of promise; a place without
single quality, in earth or air
or water, to commend it such is
this dismal Cairo.
The old residents of Cairo hav,
always believed Charles Dickens
description of Cairo has acted as ;
detriment to the city's growth an,
many of the younger generation, VIII,
are familiar with the authors des
cription in Martin Chusslewit,, ar
Of the same opinion.
Martin Chusslewit" was In grea
demand following its issue by th
publishers and probably was rea
not only by residents in all section
Of the United States, but by man
English readers in Europe.
In March, 1855, the Trustees G
Cairo published and circulated
phamphlet, a copy Of which is give
space In Lansden's History OF Cairo
A paragraph headed, Health {
Cairo refers to the visit of Charlie
Dickens, 1t states in part:
Health of Cairo-So much
has been written on the un-
healthiness OF the western
cities; 80 many terrible pic
lures have been painted Of the
fever-stricken and ague-suffer-
ing Inhabitants. 80 many fancy
sketches have been drawn Of the
fearful mortality. which has at
tended the pioneers Of civiliza-
ton on the banks of the Missis-
sippi--that the truth has hard
battle with Misrepresentation
and prejudice In her efforts to
establish the facts, Yet we can
scarcely wonder at this when we
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
His View.

Willis-Do you think man should
be allowed to hold the highest honor
in the United States more than four
yearsf
Gillis-Sure thing I say, IL q man
can top the league in batting for ten
or even fifteen years, let him stay In
the game for the good OF the sport
Puck.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
September Circulation

The above Is correct statement
of the circulation of The Cairo
Bulletin for the year 1910 and TO
the month of September 1911.
CLYDE SULLIVAN,
Business Manager.
Subscribed and sworn to befor,
me this fifth day of October 1911,
LEO J. KLEB.
Notary Public.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

A retail druggists association oil
Michigan has adopted resolutions
supporting DR.. Wiley. The drug
gists probably are convinced in the
truth of the statement that the
chemist is a good friend and bit
ter enemy"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
Modest Fame.

He opens the directory
With something of an air;
His bosom swells with MODEST pride,
Because hts name II there.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

The lypehing trials at Coatesville.
Pa, promise to be fashionable. "
Admission to the courtroom will be
by card only.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
Circulation Statement.

Average number OF compIete
and perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletin printed daily
and Sunday during the
year 1910 ............. 2
Average number, of complete
amp perfect copies of The
Cairo Bulletin printed daily
and Sunday during the
month of September 1911 Q
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09
M9kFfGHEN
I2sEGABINET

HE noblest thing you ever did
- the noblest emotion you eve'
felt, the deepest and most self-sacrihcins
love ever in your soul-that Is your true
self still through all the baser lie into
which you have fallen
Phillips Brooks,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

He--Let's be engaged.
She--All right. Jimmy, but it's
only fair that tell you that I've spent
the dime you seen me have yesterday.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-10-09

Fortune knocks at evsrN
mans door. ...
Jagson-Yes, but Its knock sounds
so much like the installment mans
and the gas collectors knocks that I'm
afraid to take chance and open the
door.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. A. Buckley,
of Hartford, Conn.,, spent a part of
their honeymoon at the Hotel Clar-
endon. leaving recently for lower
East Coast resorts.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
The Porcupine.


Mother Nature surely must have set
out to make "something different" the
day she invented the porcupine. Here
was AN animal with pathetically
mild disposition. without cunning or
courage and almost rs slow and clum-
sy as turtle. 1t would have been
absurd to give him weapons Of de-
Tense: he would never have the energy
to attack anything. so be was given a
coat of mail in which he might walk
abroad among his enemies and yet be
as safe as though he were behind a
wall Of steel. His upper parts. from
his nose to the tip Of his thick. muscu-
lar tail. are covered with a mass Of
sharp pointed quilts intermixed with
coarse hair. Each quill IS provided
with number Of minute barbs point
ing backward. so that when it is once
inserted in the flesh of any animal the
mere movement Of the muscles will
cause it to work deeper and DEEPER
Suburban Life.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
twenty-five Years Ago Sunday
AN ANCIENT CUSTOM.

Wassailin9 Of Apple Trees Still OBJ
served In Parts Of England.
What is the wassailing of apple
trees?
This is an old custom, fast dying
out. but still observed In parts of
Somerset and Devon. At Wooton-
Basset. near Minehead, the ceremony
takes place on old Twelfth eve. All
assemble at the farmhouse and after
q hearty meal form q procession to
the nearest orchard. the master in
front with a light and men with old
guns. blunderbusses and anything that
makes noise in the rear. Plenty of
cider Is taken and some pieces of
toast.
When the orchard is reached a ring
Is formed. and the master. in the CEN
ter. seizes a branch and sings q verse
beginning "Oh. apple tree. I wassail
thee. in hopes that thou wilt blow. I"
Then all shout in chorus:
Hatfuls. capfuls. three bushel bagfuls,
Barn f1oorfuls. tullet holefuls
And little heap under the stairs.
Then follow cheers. drinking of
healths. shouts Of Nov, Tom Pod. we
wassail thee:' and the placing Of the
pieces of toast. soaked In cider. among
the branches for the robins.-London
Answers.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
Her Artistic Instinct.

The girl was a dainty thing in pink.
evidently a stranger in Boston. The
fellow had Harvard written all over
him. They were standing In the de-
livery room Of the public library, and
he was explaining to her the deco
rations by Edwin Abbey which illus
trate the legend Of the Holy Grail.
AS he talked he glanced occasionally
at his fair listener and seemed pleased
to find her apparently lost in rapture
Finally. when his stock Of knowledge
was exhausted. he exclaimed:
why. | never before knew that you
were 50 interested in art"
For a moment longer she continued
to gaze at the painting: then. with Il
tremulOus sigh. she turned to him
with:
Il have been wondering how many
pieces it would make if cut up into
one Of those picture puzzles. "-Har-
per's Magazine
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
A BIRTHDAY PARTY At
THE SARATOGA Inn,
A PLEASANT SURPRISE GIVEN
MRS. JOHN G. TAYLOR, A GUEST
OF THAT HOTEL, ON HER 10TH
ANNIVERSARY.

One of the most enjoyable social
events ever held at the Saratoga Inn
took place last evening. 1t was in
the nature OF birthday surprise in
honor OF Mrs. Taylor, wife of Col.
John G. Taylor. Of Baltimore, who
celebrated her 10Th year.
The dining room was beautifully
decorated and a large cake with as
many lighted candles to represent
Mrs. TaylOr's age was a grand spec
tacle in the spacious dining room
Music and toas;s We're enjoyed, also
card games to further the Pleasant
evening. Mr.. Mcguire. the proprie-
tor. made the affair one to be re-
membered for some time.
Among those to congratulate Mrs
Taylor and to wish her many more
years We're Col. John G. Taylor. Mr.
and Mrs. James H. Baker, Mrs. r.
\. DUprey, Mrs. c. {. Jennings.
Mrs. F. F. Moore, Jacob Sehnitt
Geo. w. Marlette, Miss Driscoll,
Miss Barker, Mr.. ana Mrs. Harmon
d. Swiis. Mr. and Mrs. &. ID. Vim
cent, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. r. Joyce.
+. L. Vincent, Robert Humpllrieo,
Mr.. and Mrs. f.. w. Wolfe.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
NEWS OF THE HOTELS

L. 0. Stevens, of Atlanta. Ga. is
among the guests registered at the
DespIand.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

Among the arrivals Friday at the
Hotel Clarendon were C. E. Case.
Cleveland; Mr.. and Mrs. William
Burbridge, Jacksonville: Mr.. and
Mrs. Geo. A. Clare, Preston, Ont. !;
Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Churchill. l.. B.
Boyd, HinsbOro, Ohio; DR.. and Mrs.
5. 4. Bond, Amherst. Mass; Miss
Bond, Baltimore; Mrs. Lawrence De
Gayler, Mrs. Chas. A. Ward. Miss
Marie De Gay.er, Chicago.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

Quite a number of the Mount
Washington guests were among the
weeks arrivals at the Hotel Claren-
don, and there are more to follow
in the near future.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
Fifty Years AGO Sunday.
Jan. q.

IuSy tedCS ago SUNDAY.
Jan. q.
John A. Dix. secretary Of the
United States treasury, sent to
subordinate In New Orleans
the famous order. III any man
attempts to haul down the
American flag shoot him on the
spot" The dispatch fell into
the hands Of sOr.therners. but
was duly delivered.
Twenty-Five Years Ago Sunday
Queen Victoria very reluctant
" accepted the resignation OF
the Salisbury cabinet and sum-
moned Mr.. Gladstone for con-
sultation about a new cabinet.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

New arrivals at the Austin include
Mrs. Bramer, Mrs. Cavill and S. J.
Middleton, Pontiac, N. j.; Frank L.
Robinson and Fred G. Robinson, Ell
Dorado; F. p. ZaHinger and wife,
Ohio; Mrs. o. N. Healey, Mrs. Elona
+. Elgea. Mrs. Clara Robson, Gin
clnnati; L. Funjan and wife, Rich
mond, Ind.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

Holding Wake-Oitto Girl.
Miss Lovele.h-The professor was
telling us today about the moon. He
says the moon is dead body. Jack
Spooner1That so? Then suppose we
sit up awhile with the corpse.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

Late arrivals at Schmidt's hotel:
Charles T. Page, Atlanta: D. l.
Shimmin. Jacksonville; E. A. Rooe
and wife, New York
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28
March Of Progress.

1--WE are thinking Of putting an ele,
trio sign over the church.
1T might he Il good idea"
but there are factions. We can /
decide whether to feature the ln;nist er
or the soprano Of the choir Pitts
burg Post.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-01-28

Guests at the Ridgewood include
Mrs. c. w. Wentworth, New York;
DIR. c.. E. Humphrey and Miss Fan-3
ME Humphrey. Bethlehem. Pa; B. E.
Dryden and F. C. Ca,kins, Atlanta.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1911-03-15
TELL Of SOUTRS
GREAT PROGRESS
Southern Commercial Congress
Opens at Atlanta.
TAFT AND ROOSEVELT THERE
Presence Of Prominent Men From All
Sections Adds Dignity to important
neutrality-suspicious. Growth
of Fifty Years.

Atlanta, Ga-The presence Of Pres
ident Taft. Col Theodore Roosevelt,
Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Sec
rotary of War Dickinson. Woodrow
Wilson, governor Of New Jersey. to-
gether with all the governors OF the
southern states and some of the fore
most business men of the nation at
the opening OF the Southern CONNER
cial congress here Wednesday added
dignity to a convention whose i'm
portaEce to the country at large and
to the South in particular will be sec
ond to none. Coming as it does just
fifty years after the division OF the
states In civil strife. 1t exemplihes
that great commercial union that has
sprung from che ashes of dead revo-
luton to bind the North and the
South firmly In the bonds OF mutual
interest.
Three men Of worldwide reputation
occupied the attention Of the conven-
ton with actresses Of much interest.
Secretary Wilson delivered a speech
on agriculture in the South, George
Westinghouse spoke on Electricity In
the Development Of the Soath" and
George W Perkins addressed the con-
vention on business Efficiency IN
Southern Progress"
During the three days of the con-
veLdon many speeches we're deliver
ed These discourses were headed by
q speech from Senator Duncan U.
Fletcher of Florida on The Southern
Renaissance The second speech Of
national importance viii be by Sen
ator Money OF Mississippi on "The
Obligation of the Panama Canal"
The third national utterance was
from the lips OF Former Senator
James Gordon OF Mississippi. who
brought a message From Yesterday
to Today" He was followed by Dr.
Clarence j Owens, comamnderin-
chief of the United Sons of Confed-
crate Veterans, who spoke on To-day
and Tomorrow Colonel Roosevelt
was the fifth speaker President
Taft made the closing remarks of the
convention. taking for his topic, "A
Greater Nation Through a Greater
South"