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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01

When you have a bilious attack give
Chamberlain's Tablets a trial. They
are excellent. For sale by all drug
gists.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01

Deacon Hemphill ceased to knock
Woodrow Wilson long enough TO notify
hog is more refined than hogs of other
states.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1912-02-01
Where Was His
Membership Card?

Several years ago membership cards
to the Buttinsky Club were circulated
over the country, and holder Of one
of these cards was privileged to butt
in at his pleasure to any kind, private
or public, secret or open conversations
or meetings We mention this merely
to show that under certain conditions
one is privileged to 'butt-in" to things
which do not concern him.
Henry Watterson has avaiIed him
self of the privilege which holders of
these cards enjoy without showing ,
card emitting him to membership. He
has attempted to make a mountain
out of mole hill by putting a wrong
construction upon what Governor VII
son told Editor Harvey.
That Editor Harvey and Governor
Wilson thoroughly understood each
other is borne out by the correspond
ence between Wilson and Harvey as
published in yesterdays Journal. The
final letter, just before Harvey ex-
planned to his readers why he had
taken from the masthead of Harper's
Weekly the name of Woodrow Wilson
for president, shows that Watterson's
'.buttinsly''' stunt was uncaIled for
and was undignifled. The letter says:
January Is. 1912.
my dear Governor Wilson: Thank
you sincerely for your most handsome
letter. / can only repeat what I said
before: That there is no particle of
personal rancor or resentment left in
me. beg you to believe that 1 have
not said one word to anybody of crit
tcism of you.
Il have to print a word Of explana-
ton to the Weekly's readers, but it
will be the briefest possible.
Very truly yours.
GEORGE HARVEY"
Watterson had a perfect right to
support some other man than Wilson
for president. He could have done
that and have retained the respect Of
his admirers throughout the country
who have not only admired him be-
cause of his talent as writer, but be-
cause heretofore he has usually APP
peared to be fair.
Now it is different His friends can
not longer respect him for he has
done many times worse than what he
accused Wilson of doing, He has
demonstrated that he not Only is IN
migrate, but he has deliberately tried
to ruin one man and in doing this ne
has hurt himself
There was not the slightest occa-
sion for Watterson to take a part IN
the Harvey Wilson affair, and it is
well that he has injured only himself.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

on streets Of the business district. II
north side streets have to lose their
identity and be known by numbers to
crafty q city map department whim,
then down town streets must be mum.
bered streets also. Chicago avenue,
Division street, North avenue, Web
ster avenue, Fullerton avenue and
Belmont avenue are as well known
as Washington. Madison, Monroe,
Adams and other down town streets.
II one change Is made the other must
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

First street; Lake street as Second
street; Randolph street as Third
street; Madison street as Fifth street;
Monroe street as Sixth street; Adams
street as Seventh street; Jackson
Boulevard as Eighth street; Van Blu.
rem street as Ninth street, and 30 on
down to Twelfth street. II the ridi.
culous proposition to change the
names Of north side streets to mum.
bered avenues goes through. II
strangers find It so hard to find north
side streets. they are equally at sea
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

follow. There Is no reason anyway
II this argument Is followed out why
Twelfth street should be the first
numbered street on the south side.
Did you ever keep tab on the num-
Der Of wrong.number phone calls you
got In q day?
The busy signal 10 often another
name for calling the wrong number.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

Of his call, for so confusing is the
array Of titles and numbers In the
telephone directory that It 10 often
difficult to decide upon the department
that 10 wanted. Frequently the infor.
nation bureau at q railroad station,
when appealed to, refers the inquirer
to another telephone number In the
same building. This necessitates the
payment Of second toll. Telephone
operators are careful to prevent the
second call from being made without
the payment Of q second nickel.
Both the railroad companies and the
telephone company should do their
best to see that the arrangement Of
department names In the telephone di.
rectory Is suficiently clear to enable
inquirers to call the first time for
the number they really want.
The city ought to have bureau Of
complaints to which appeals for the
improvement Of faulty conditions Of
service might be made by patrons Of
local public utility corporation.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13
~

Chicago Daily News editorial, De.
cember 10, 1911:
II has been the aim of the telephone
company to do away with unlimited
service as far as possible and to re-
quire all users of its instruments to
go on the measured service basis. Op-
position to the measured service plan
is aroused whenever a patron OF the
telephone company is made to pay
two tolls where one should be sum.
cient.
The ordinary person in attempting
to telephone to railroad passenger
station, for example. Is likely to ask
for the wrong number for the purpose
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

G. M. Moderwell .......... Rep.
Everett Marsh .............R Rep.
George e. Foss. I'll Gordon
ter. Rep.
G. DeLang, Glencoe. ........ Rep.
George p. Enghard, Evans.
TON .................. .Hep.
r. J. Finncgan, 6s1S Mag.
noliA av. ................D Dem.
Washington street will be known as
Fourth street; South Water street as
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

It Is reported that the telephone
company has hit upon new scheme
for the extraction of the nimble nickel
from the clothes of customers.
The new scheme Is called the
short ring"
Heretofore when call was made
the telephone bells jingled long
time or until they were answered.
Now, in some parts of the city they
are barely tapped.
OF course IL the party called does
not hear the mild ring or takes the
sound for Crossed wire." or "mis.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13
~

local public utility corporation.
A gentleman named Bemis, who is
called telephone expert. has hand.
ed in q report to the City Council
favoring the installation Of nickel
first telephones.
The report Of Mr.. Bemis shows
that there are 145.920 nickel.in.the.
slot phones now In use in Chicago.
Mr.. Bemis, as expert, wanted to
find out Just how the users Of the
nickel.in.the.slot phones liked the
service 30 he wrote to 150 out Of 145..
920 subscribers to find out.
Think Of It! He wrote to $50 out
Of 145.920. and that ought to satisfy
anyone that the report deals In facts.
But he only received thirty.one re.
piles.
The balance OF the one hundred
and fifty asked, were too indignant to
make reply.
Only thirteen OF the thirty.one who
answered expressed themselves as
satisfied with the service. while
eighteen replies were unfavorable to
the service.
But we will let Mr.. Bemis' report
tell its own story.
"Of $50 inquiries made into the use
Of this phone" says Mr. Bemis In his
report. "only thirty.one replies were
received to date. Presumably the 119
not replying had no very serious com.
plants to make. or the thirty.one
replying, thirteen were entirely salts.
fed, several referred the nickel frst'
to the nickel last type on account Of
quicker service. The objections urged
In the eighteen unfavorable replies
were either that central could not be
reached without the depositing Of q
nickel In case OF hre or robbery or
other emergency. or the loss Of occa'
sional nickels and consequent annoy
ances connected Herewith.
"The emergency objection appears
worthy OF consideration. In July,
1911, there were 1,S46 calls for police
and S27 calls for the fire department
or q total Of alta such emergency
calls on the $4,000 nickel hrst' phones
then is use"
But, then. Mr.. Expert Bemis favori
the extension Of the nickel frst
phones because the poor telephone
company will be able to save $4,000
to $4,000 year by installing them!
In conclusion the report says:
"While II has not been possible II
the time at hand to make an ex
haustive study OF this important ques
tion, It is believed that II the commit
tee would require the company Il
provide upon request suitable de
vice for emergency slugs, and a full
printed explanation to be posted OF
every phone. telling how to use tn,
phone and also how to safeguard th'
nickel, It would be we'll to permit ,
further extension Of the nickel first
phones II the company can thus saw
the $4,000 to $4,000 year that l
believes 1t is low losing from tn,
failure to collect on nickel last
phones"
Mr.. Bemis' report, when It is ana
lyzed Is the strongest possible argu
ment against nickel first phones o
an increase of rates.
Are the aldermen with the peopl
or the telephone company?
The public 10 watching this Agh
with great interest.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

take" the caller has to try II over
again and drop another nickel.
This nickel movement IL q great
thing.
In fact, in Chicago the telephone
company has discovered the richest
nickel mine on earth.
~
Penny telephones are to be estab.
lished in Detroit and there Is no good
reason why they should not be estab.
lished in Chicago. The following
dispatch from Detroit explains itself:
Reduction Of local telephone rates
80 per cent for the average user,
elimination Of the distinction between
residences and business telephones
and the establishment Of a rate Of
$3.50 per month and 1 cent each for
outgoing messages in excess Of 200
per month on single party lines, with
no limit on incoming calls are pro.
vided for in an ordinance, on which
q common council committee began
hearings"
~1
The woods are full Of congressional
candidates. Here they are By dis
tricts:
I'M. B. Madden. ys2s. Michi.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

antitrust law. One Of them provided
that when any patent granted By the
government 10 used to build up . trust
or combination the patsnt shall b fer
foitSd."
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

The telephone monopoly In Chicago
has grown to be an unbearable nuis-
ance.
The service 10 rotten.
The scandal attendant on the pass
age OF the telephone ordinance by the
council Eve years ago is not forgot
ten.
The passage OF the present ordi-
nance win result in something more
than scandal for the facts will be
easier 10 get at.
Any alderman who votes for an In
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1912-01-13

The telephone monopoly ooliGes The
ussrs Of nickel phones to guarantee :
cents per day. II the monthly dsposiN
Of nickels fails short Of tho GuAfanteo
the company makes the phone renter
nay the difference. Il there ohould
happen 70 be IN excess q aiekelo the
company sobblss them Ill. TIE phone
ronter gets no credit for that excess.
That's the logic Of the monopoly.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
GOV. BREWER MAKES BOZ. ROW
MONEY WILL BE ADVANCED TO
STATE AT A LOW RATE.
Gov. Brewer Managed to Place the
Loan Authorized by Legislature
With New York Bankers at
Az Per Cent Interest.

Jackson.-Gov. Earl Brewer returned
from New York where he succeeded in
negotiating a loan of 100000 to meet a
prospective deficit in the state treasury
anticipate by the legislature.
Gov. Brewer tried to negotiate the
loan with banking institutions within
the state prior to the New York trip,
but the best offer he could get was 6
per cent interest, and nom of the
Mississippi financiers seemed. to be espe-
cially anxious to loan to the state at
that figure.
Gov. Brewer negotiated the loan
through Il friend whom he met in Boston
last summer while attending the meet
ing OF the American Bar Association.
The money was secured at Az per cent
interest, which means a saving of about
$4,000 or $4,000.
Gov. Brewer had hardly touched the
platform at the union station until he
was swallowed up in a maelstrom of
politics. Delegates were arriving on
morning trains from all directions, and
the governor was carried along over to
the Edwards where the political pow.
wowing was started at daylight. He
did not get an opportunity to make
connections with breakfast and renew
acquaintance with his family until
nearly 9 o'clock.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
SCHEME NOT APPROVED
PRESIDENT HIGHTOWER OF FARM
Frs UNION SPEAKS PLAINLY.
Certain Stock Selling Statesmen for Spec
ulative Schemes on Cotton Are
Using His Name Without
Authority.

Hon. G. Il. Hightower, six years presi-
dent of the Mississippi Farmers Union,
president of the Farmers Warehouse
Company at the present time, and presi-
dent-elect OF the Mississippi A. & NJ. Col
lege, issued a statement to the effect
that he was being quoted as approving
certain schemes to control the cotton
crop, which involved certain speculative
features. The latest report came from
Alderman, in Choctaw county, where
agents of the concern were trying to sell
stock and were using Mr.. Hightower's
name literally.
Il have never given my endorsement
to any such scheme said Mr.. High
tower, and never will. Anybody who
SO quotes me is not telling the truth.
The only plan | have ever given an ell.
dorsement to as one that would possibly
control the cotton crop, is that practiced
by the Farmers Warehouse Company of
Mississippi, which has just been endorsed
by National President Barrett of the
Farmers Union and the state presidents
OF the eleven cotton states. That plan
is my own, and it is the gradual market
ing OF the cotton directly to the user by
the farmer through his agent, the ware
house system, which he owns, and there
is 10 speculative feature in it."
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
NOT AGAINST ATHLETICS.
President,Elect Hightower of A. & II.
College Is Specific.

Observation-Disclosures George K,
Hightower, who assumes the presidency
OF the Mississippi Agricultural and Me-
ehanieal College at S%tarkville on June
IL, is considerably worried at persistent
rumors that he is opposed to collegiate
and Intercollegiate athletics.
Il wish you would say for me-" said
Mr.. Hightower, that there is not a
word OF truth in that. l have just been
advised the m is being circulated
now in Meridian, with the intention,
suppose, of discouraging attendance at
the A. a NJ. if possible. There is no
reason for making such a statement, and
| want to say emphatically that l am
not opposed to athletics at all, and have
no intention of interfering with the
plans of the boys. | believe they should
have recreation, and | shall certainly do
nothing to curtail any reasonable enjoy
ments they have"
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
DEMOCRATS IN Convention
BALTIMORE DELEGATES PUT UN.
DER UNIT RULE.
Platform Favors Repeal of Fifteenth
and Modification of Fourteenth
Observation-Disclosures Six-Year '
Term Amendment.

Jacksonville Mississippi Democratic
convention ratified by election twenty
delegates to the national convention in
structed for Underwood for president,
so long as his name shall be before the
convention; adopted = bitterly-contested
resolution placing the delegation under
the unit rule" on all matters at Balti-
more, and adopted a platform including
the following:
Indirect Endorsement nationally of the
initiative, referendum and recall, but de.
ploring the impossibility of their APP
plication to Mississippi affairs, because
of the large number of negro voters OF
this state.
Declaring for the repeal Of the fifteenth
and modification of the fourteenth
amendments to the federal constitution,
mot to deprive the negro of his just
dues, but to benefit him in the preserva-
ton of a white mans civilization"
UNFOLDING the proposed amendment
for limiting the presidential term to six
years and rendering a president ine,igi-
bic to reelection.
Favoling the establishment OF a par.
cells post.
Demanding that the government un.
dertake l~eveeing and use other means to
prevent Mississippi river overlows.
Delegates elected include a change in
the Third congressional district, where
j. II. Haley withdrew when o. G. John
son contested Haley's election. The state
executive committee declared johnson
the successful candidate. The list Of
delegates, with their addresses, is:
At Large-John Sharp Williams,
Yazoo City; James X. Vardaman, Jack
son; Earl Brewer, Clarksdale, and c..
II. Alexander Jackson.
By Districts, First-G. T. Heard,
Bonneville; T. A. Boggan, Tupelo.
Second-A. G.. Anderson, Ripley; Hall
Sanders, Tallahatchie. ,
Third-O. G. johnson, Clarksville; A..
F. Gardner, Greenwood.
FOURTH. j. McClelland, West Point;
Henry Hart Grenada.
Fifth-Floyd Lopez, Newton; T. Q.
Brame, Macon.
Sixth-Frank H. Lewis, Scranton; J.
X. Talley, Hattiesburg.
Seventh-D. G. Bramlette, Jr., Wood.
vile; w. P. Cassidy, Brookhaven.
~Eighth-Ben H. Wells, jackson; R. NJ.
Kelly, Vicksburg.
One of the following a~lternates at
large will be chosen to attend the Balti-
more convention in place of Mr.. Alex
ander, who died shortly after the con-
vention adjourned.
G.. A. Hobbs, Brookhaven; Theodore
Bilbo, Poplarville; j. w. Cassidy,
Brookhaven; Douglas Robinson, Green
wood.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24

vanized tin, with a hollow
through the center Of such a SD
heat from a lamp can be turl
with an elbow. On the top Of !
snder there should be a screw D
quitting in water. The tank wheI
with water is heated by the hot|
the hollow tube. This centel
should be long enough to !
through the brooder box and |
lamp set outside. The box sho|
carpeted with paper or litter, thl
put in place and filed with |
water, the lamp put in positid
the brooder allowed to warm
fore the chicks are put In. vi
position the cylinder should \
inches from the bottom. Att
heat is up the lamp may be |
very low. If the chicks are tool
the cover may be raised and 1
slipped under the edge to give|
air. Don't overcrowd. Give pla
warm water in cold weather.
overhead. Give plenty OF grit.
clean. It's a joy to raise chick
this method, and these brood
properly cared for will last for
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
MARGIN OF PROFIT AND
Record Of the Cost of Productld
Sales viii Determine Whet,
Hens Are Paying.

9 A flock Of hens should be m
pay a good dividend on the
ment. If they do not do this Y
something radically wrong
where along the line.
If you have kept a record
cost of production and the sal'
will be able to tell whether
your hens are paying. Hens u
laying an average of 50 or ~ pc
are doing we'll and will MAKE
showing on the right side OF .a
book. Any averages above l u
be so much more gain anu WIN
than justify keeping the pros
If they fall way below TINS
you better investigate anu ~
the cause of the trouble II u
that you have a poor STRAIN y
that you are not feeding 'no
kinds of foods or in sulicien'
titles, or that you are not gi,ins
the proper attention that 'ne.
have In order to be great p'0''
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
REVIVE COTTON ASSOCIATION.
Spectre Talk Only for Ulterlor Motive
Says Hightower.


Decentralization G.. R. H~ipbtow.r
OF the Mississippi Farmers Warehouse
Company has received letters from bus.
mess associates and other source which.
he states, indicate quite clearly th.t
some persons are attempting to revive
the cadaver of the erstwhile Southern
Cotton Association, and for Interior mo-
tives. One such letter received bv him
from a correspondent in Choctaw county,
stated that the writer had been az.
preached by the so-cslled Representa-
tives OF the Southern Cotton Associa-
ton" who claimed that they represent
ed his (Hightower's) plans and projects
Tor handling the cotton crop. The writer
OF the letter says in closing:
If You are acquainted with the prom
o%sition, may ask if you think it good
Tor the cotton grower
As stated by Mr.. Hightower, the only
proposition which has for it's object the
handling and financing of the cotton ana
Its products from the grower to the
spinner or merchant, is that embodied in
the r armers Warehouse Company sphere
OF operation, and that there are men
VINO are quite ready to spring some
other scheme under the same alleged
directorship, he is quite certain. As he
is informed, Farmers Union locals in
inherent sections of the state, who are
IN touch with the warehouse system
are quite likely to turn down any prop-
ositlon which does not wear the stamp
n countersign of the Warehouse Com
pany.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
MISSISSIPPI ROADS
MAKE BIG PROFITS
ACCORDING TO REPORT TO RAIL
ROAD COMMISSION.
HELLO" COMPANIES DO WELL
Gulf and Ship Island Clears Over $4,000
a Month and the Mississippi Gen.
tral Does Well-So Do Two
Phone Concerns.

.Jackson.-Several of the public SER
ice corporations have made their report
to the state railroad commission OF bus
mess done during the quarter ending
March 81, and in each instance there
seems to be a good, healthy volume OF
profits.
The Gulf and Ship Island reports that
during that quarter its total revenue
was 5000, S41.S2. For the corresponding
quarter last year its total revenue was
S512. 2SO.9S. Its total operating ex-
penses were for the last quarter 1884,
1sS.O5; for the similar quarter last year
1864, S4s.1S.
The net operating revenue-the cold,
hard cash, the velvet-the profit, there
fore, for three months operations OF
the Ship Island road was $1~49,353.77;
last year it was $157,432.S0.
The Mississippi Central railroad also
does tolerably well, considering it is a
small concern. The report for the last
quarter shows that it's total receipts
were 93,6S7.30. Its total expenses
were $135, OO7 90, leaving a net oper-
atlng revenue, OF u clear acltnal ProlI VI
$50, 0sO.39.
Two highly diverting reports are filed
by the native homegrown or wild va
riety of telephone company. One is the
Little Spring Telephone Company" OF
Franklin county. This concern admits
having a capital stock of $500. Its to-
tai receipts for the quarter were $157.50,
and after operating expenses were de-
Quoted, there remains a profit of $3.50.
Also the report of the -. Q. Byrd
Telephone Company of Ollie, Mss" is
received. The report does not disclose,
Or anything else much, except that the
total receipts Of the concern for the last
quarter were $3.50 and the net earnings
were S92.s0 which beats the Little
Springs company.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1912-05-24
ON LIVE STOCK DISEASES.
Mississippi's Agricultural Commission
Has Bulletin for Distribution,

Observation-Disclosures of Agricul-
ture Blakeslee, ex-officio chairman of the
Mississippi live stock sanitary board, has
just received from the printers a PAM
phlet containing in convenient and com
pact form the laws, rules and regula-
tons governing the determination of
contagious diseases of live stock in Mis-.
~sissippi. This is for free distribution
and may be had for the asking.
Among the features of this work is a
map Of the state so arranged that the
reader may tell at a glance just which
counties have been cleared, which have
been partially cleared, those in which
boards of supervisors have provided
funds for start, and those which have
taken no steps for the eradication of
ticks or for coming with stock diseases.