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The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

President Taft was out for his aft
ernoon walk in Washington one day
when a flaxen-haired little girl ran out
in front of him, held up her finger,
and exclaimed, in a shrill voice:
Il know who you are!"
The president, thinking it not at all
unusual that she should possess this
information, but willing to crafty her,
asked:
We'll, who am -"
"Aw,' she said teasingly, you're
Humpty Dumpty. Maya
zine.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Mothers LinouaI Attainment.

The mother of a little boy in Kan.
sas City, Kan, recites negro dialect
stories charmingly. Her small son is
quite proud of her accomplishment
and frequently boasts of it. One day
recently, when some Of his playmates
were Wanting the achievements of
their several mothers, the little boy
braggingly remarked:
My mother is smarter than any Of
yours she can talk two languages"
What are they?' demanded his
companions.
white and colored."
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

In a recent number of the Daily
Consular Reports are collected memo
randa from cities and towns in vari-
Gus distant parts OF the word showing
the universal quality of the popular
interest which the moving pictures
excite, England, Japan, Turkey, Mex
leo. India, Australia and the islands
of the sea all have the same story to
tell; wherever the cinematograph
goes it finds an instant and sustained
welcome.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
How ne Lett.

The servants were discussing the
matter below stairs.
Master and mistress 'ad something
of row last night, ! ear said the
butler ponderously.
You should have heard en- an
swered the parlor maid in a shocked
tone. "Scandalous is what ! calls Il, =
They tell me e ran out cranked is
motor car and left in it,
NO" said the maid, positively, che
didn't leave in his machine; | dis
tinctly heard the mistress say he left
in a huff."-London Answers.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

with reference to steaming processes
and hot congresses.
In order TO cleanse the skin scrub
the neck with hot water and the best
imported bar CASTLE soap obtainable.
After the hot scrub battle the throat
with cold water. Some women even
use ice-cold water, and ice packs for
ten minutes. The cold treatment
tones. tightens and imparts brilliancy
to a skin that is relaxed from the hoi
scrub.-Rarper' Bazaar.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Took Slot Machine at Its Word.

A Kansas City woman recently took
her two small daughters to make their
first visit to her husbands people, liv-
ing in a small Kansas town. Naturally
she was anxious to make as favorable
an impression as possible. So the two
little people, on going on an errand to
the depot, were cautioned to be on
their very best behavior. To the
mothers surprise, they returned Wig
orously chewing gum. AS they had
no money, she asked them where they
got it,
oh" explained the older one, lit
said on the slot machine, ASK the
agent for pennies, so we did"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Sell Off the Cockeress.

Don't keep lot of growers around
Fatten them before they get too old
and serve them up for dinner Do
not sell them to the huckster at three
cents per pound, when by two weeks
isolation and feeding they will furnish
prime roasts.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
The Cranberry cron.

1t is claimed that Massachusetts,
leads the cranberry output, with an
average crop of about 100000 bushels
annually; New Jersey is close Sec
ond. with about 100000 bushels, and
Wisconsin ranis third, with an aver
age Of abor' 100000.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

Tn a self-mRde man." said the
proud individual
We'll, you are all right except as to
your head" commented the listener.
Flows that?'
THE part YOU talk with is too big
for the part YOU think with"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

A good pasture for hogs is one
which is tender and nutritive. Blue
grass makes a good pasture during the
spring and late fall. Rye and blue
grass make little winter pasture
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Doctor Endorses chudren's Remedy.

DR.. d. r. Rothrock, New Berlin, Pa,
writes that he has used Kopp's Baby's
Friend with excellent results. He con
siders it the best remedy for children.
Invaluable in Teething Troubles. Wind
Cole and Diarrhoea. sizes, Toe, Csc,
soc, at druggists or sent direct. Kopp's
Bahy's Friend Co, York, Pa. Sample
by mail on request.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
mother or
LARGE FAMILY
Tells How She Keeps Hex
Health - Happiness For
Those Who Take
Her Advice.
Scottville, Mich -"I want to tell you
how much good Lydia f.. Pinkham's Veg

etableCompound and
Sanative Wash have
done me. ] live on a
farmandhaveworked
very h ard. l am
forty-fve years old,
and am the mother
of thirteen children.
Many people think
it strange that | en-
not broken down
with hard work and
the care of nv fam.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

at once for whom it contains letters
without having to examine each let
ter separately, thing which always
has to be done when letters for diff
ferent people are placed in rack mix
ed together
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

lined with sateen and bound at the
edges with narrow pale green ribbon.
Two smart little bows and long
loop of the same ribbon are attached
to the bag at the top, for singing 1t
over the wrist.
On one side, in the center, there
is a small hole, finished off with a
buttonhole stitching in pale green
silk, and through which the wool or
cotton may be drawn at will.
On both sides of the bag simple
design of pale green leaves is en-
broidered, and this design can quite
easily be worked from our sketch.
in The first place, an exact circle
should be marked upon the material
with tailor's chalk, and then it is a
simple matter to draw the little
leaves on either side of the line az
indicated in the illustration, and af
forwards embroider them with pale
green silk of various shades, and this
must. of course, be done prior TO max.
ing up the bag.
A work bag of this kind is always
well worth the trouble of making, as
though the wool or cotton can be
easily drawn off as required, the ball
cannot possibly escape and roll about
the floor, a mishap which so often
happens with an ordinary little bag.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Forming Of Fruit Buds.

Many farmers VINO have been grow.
ing fruit for years do not know that
the apple and most other fruit trees
form fruit buds in the late summer
months
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
For SWIMMER TfyA0ACuFs

Hicks CAPUDINE is the best remedy--Sa
matter what causes DEMONSTRATION from the
heat, sitting in draughts, feverish condition,
etc. 10c., 25c. and soc. per bottle at medicine
stores.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

When a couple is engaged they look
at each others virtues with magni-
tying glasses, which are thrown aside
On their wedding day.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
N0AD@ND(E9zS7
@)E0ID HE@G}3AAss4zE
TOT LIE TQ1.Ai

To remove canker in the mouth,
touch it frequently with bicarbonate OF
soda-the ordinary kind used in bak-
ing.
To remove rings from a finger swol-
len by their tightness, dip the finger
in ice cold soapsups, and the ring will
come off easily.
A sponge for washing and bathing
purposes is not sanitary, as it is i'm
possible to be thoroughly cleansed.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Lice on Horses.

For lice on horses use good louise
powder generously wherever lice ap-
pear and blanket closely for IL to Is
hours. This kills most of them. Re-
peat If necessary.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
PIE LETTER RACK
USEFUL CONTINUANCE TO
HAVE IN HALL.
Nv Arranged, 1t Shows at a
. lust What the Obligations
correspondence Are and
How to Meet Them.

sketch shows a simple, neat and
made letter rack for the hall.
. foundation a piece of board
IA inches in length, six and
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Fittinu Crime.

He-I know who egsed you on to
this.
She-Who egged me on?
He-That old hen.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Its Rank.

DO you think telephone operation
can be classed as a profession?'
We'll, it certainly is a calling"
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
Executions.

Eater Famillas-History repeats It.
self,
Smart Child-Not when it's my les
son.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23

Natica-You aren't thinking of mar
ryiug Reggy, are you?
Evelyn-Of course am. Hasn't
he a future?
Natica-Yes. to be sure. But why
jeopardize it?
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
HOLD WOOL OR COTTON
ting Bag Useful for the Home or
Much in Demand for Sales
at Bazars.

|ags for knitting woods or crochet
tons may be reckoned among those
ngs which are always useful at
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1912-08-23
JUST MATTER OF ECONOMY

ed together.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
CONVICTIONS TORE POWER
Full THAN LOCAL PRESSURE

(In the U. S. House of Representatives,
April 81, 1917
Two years ago, when the proposition
came before the House to cut the tariff
on iron and steel products, in many
cases about half, I favored the PROPOSE
ton because l thought it was just and
fair, but some of the protected interests
in my district met and passed rcsolu-
tions, and resolved hat they would re-
buke me if 1 voted to reduce the tax
on iron and steel. I voted to make the
reduction Applause on the Democratic
side], but they did not turn me out of
Congress Applause on the Democratic
side], and they will not turn you out
of Congress if you stand true to the
people you represent. Applause on the
Democratic side.] The distinguished
gentleman from Illinois IMr. CANNON
when he addressed the House several
days ago, stated that the United States
Steel Corporation was in favor of this
bill and asked if 1 did not know it,
or if that was not the reason why I
favored it. As / then stated to the
gentleman from Illinois, I was not in
formed as to the wishes. of the United
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
ALABAMA AND
1R. UNDERWOOD

But the present leader of the House
is not impulsive. In truth, that fact
explains his leadership. He is a man
of calculation. Had he not been, he
could never have piloted his party
through the difficulties of the extra ses-
sion. His task then called for a calm
vision and a single purpose. Had he
been a s~pellbinder and a scatterer he
would have wasted his opportunity.
Were Mr.. Underwood to set his heart
on the White House and maneuver for
a stay under that famous roof he would
play hobs with all the reputation he has
Just acquired. His vision would be-
come confused, and everything would 60
by the board. He could not serve two
masters, and his work in the House has
the first and highest claim on his at
%tention.
This does not mean that Mr.. Under
woods name will, as the result of his
reply to his House colleagues, disap-
pear from the Presidential speculation.
Of course, it will not. 1t is there to
STAY, with the other names now on
many pens and tongues. The matter OF
the nominee is in the lap of fate, and
we shall all have to wait for the deci-
sion.-The Washington Sunday Star,
December, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
OSCAR UNDERWOOD

The appearance of Oscar Underwood
here last night, in advocacy of the Dem
ocratic principles he has done s much
to advance, was an event not only highly
gratifying to his party associates in
Louisville, but of exceptional interest tol
the community in general.
It is not often that a man returns to-
the scenes of his youth to speak with
such authority, from so commanding a.
position, won on his own merit. It has
not been Sc long. as the years ago-he Is
not yet 50-since Oscar Underwood was
a schoolboy here; he comes back now
the recognized and applauded leader Of
his party on, the floor of the National
House of Representatives, the head OF
the great committee which shapes the
fiscal legislation of the country; a new
chieftain of Democracy who has arisen
at a crisis when the old party seemed
all but leaderless.
Bravo, Oscar Underwood It is a
bright day for Democrats when they are
fortunate to find and quick to acclaim
such a charlottesville Coarier-JoarH.
nal, reprinted in Age-Herald, Birming-
ham, Ala, October IS, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
UNDERWOOD SOUND ON ALL PUBLIC QUESTIONS
VIEWS ON RECIPROCITY, ANTITRUST LEGISLATION
MERCHANT MARINE, PUBLIC SERVICE, THE TARIFF

in favor of American ships. It was the
policy of the fathers; it built up our
merchant marine from a point where
it was carrying II per cent of our CON-
merce to a point where it was carrying
90 per cent of American commerce in
a period of seven years. 1t does not
place additional burdens on the people;
it is not a policy of doubtful constitu-
tionality; it is a policy that has been
tried and proven effective. It is a pol
icy by which we can restore the Amer
lean flag to the seas and the American
ships to our commercial trade. 1t is a
policy that will enable us to build up
the export trade of the American peo-
pie. 1t is a policy that will enable Is
to find foreign markets for our surplus
products in agriculture and manufac-
ture. 1t is a policy that will restore the
balance of m as we'll as trade to
our Nation. 1t is a policy that will
ultimately overcome the necessity of u
paying a foreign balance in gold to
European nations and will bring pros
perity to all lines of industry.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
H EnAN TO WIN

The Mobile Register declares that
the relief of ninety millions of people
from tax extortion is the issue, and the
issue is personifed in Oscar w. Under
wood. What more fitting, therefore,
asks this paper, than that the man who
is the personihcation of the issue should
stand before the President who vetoed
the bills drawn by Mr.. Underwood seek
ing to give relief to the American peo-
pie? What more fitting that the can
didate should be Mr.. Underwood, stand
ing for tariff reduction as against Mr.:
Taft standing in defense of present tariff
laws? What more fitting for the Demo-
cratic party to nominate a man who can
win-for this is the time Democracy can
win. Powerful political leaders OF
thought and those journalistic opponents
of Democracy throughout the country
should take note of Mr.. Underwood.
They should investigate; and with party
LOYALTY frm-with sectional prejudice
eliminated, learn to know the man and
the principles for which he stands. The
Southern press, especially, should rally
with unhesitating vigor to support and
use their influence for the man who has
done more than any living Democrat to
rcunite Democracy, and who can, as a
Southern Democrat in the White House,
establish forever a reunited country
Richmond Journal. reproduced in the
Adrrr'iscr, Montgomery, Ala, January
20, 1912.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
RECIPROCITY
(In the u. S. House of Representatives,
April 81, 1917

(In the y. S. House Of Representatives,
April q, 1917
Our agricultural implements supply
the farmers wants beyond the seas.
Our boots and shoes are worn by peo-
pie who speak many foreign languages
and who tread the highways of the
Occident and the Orient. The looms Of
our factories clothe the people of dis
tant lands. The freight of our foreign
rivals is carried to market on American
rails, drawn by American engines, across
chasms spanned by A~merican-built
bridges. [Applause.l The harvests OF
our farmers feed the toiling masses of
Europe. We would be the unrivaled
masters of production and industry in
every land where free competition can
be obtained if we would but strike off
the shackles that bind us to the dead
and unnecessary economic system main
tanned by the Republican Party, that
creates false standards and wasteful
conditions at home. Applause on the
Democratic side.]
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
UNDERWOOD

Every public speech that Oscar W.
Underwood, Democratic leader of the
House of Representatives, makes brings
him closer to the people as a presiden-
Lonpworth, a Republican, said of him
at the dinner of the Pennsylvania So
ciety in New York on Saturday night
is coming to be generally felt by the
public. ,
"Not for many years." said Colonel
Roosevelt's son-in-law, "has so forceful
a personality come to the front OF his
party as the present leader of the House;
Not in my time, certainly, and not, as L
believe, in modern times, has the Demo-
cratic party developed a man possessing
in so full degree the qualifications for
real leadership as it has this year in the
person of Oscar Underwood."-The Jer-
sey Journal, Jersey City, N. J., Decem-
Der II, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
UNDERWOOD AS CANDIDATE

If Oscar Underwood, when he was
made Chairman of the Ways and Means
Committee, had been as we'll known
throughout the country as Champ Clark
or Judson Harmon or Woodrow Wilson
he would have gone into the Democratic
convention far in the lead. He was at
that time, however, little known and
this fact may give to the Speaker a part
of the prestige that Mr.. Underwood
otherwise would have had.
Mr.. Underwood is we'll known now,
however, and will be better known be-
fore the convention meets or the States
elect delegates. Taking it for granted
that he will conduct the tariff fight as
we'll during the regular session as dur.
ing the extra session, Mr.. Underwood
will be much stronger at the end OF the
regular session than he is now. If we
Judge by results we must conclude that
no Democratic leader has ever had his
forces so we'll in hand as Mr.. Under
wood had during the last session.-lhe
Florida Times Union, Jacksonville, Fla,
October "a, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
PROJECTIONS INIQUITIEs
(In' the U. S. House of Representatives,
April II, 1911.)

April u, 1911
The protected interests of this coun-
try know we'll that this bill will make
a break in the dixie; that whenever the
protective tariff is removed and the
Northern farmer stands out alone with
out pretense of protection to his prod
ucts that he can no longer be counted
on to stand in the ranks of the monopo-
listic interests of this country. That is
why they are afraid of it. It is not so
much what is in the bill, but they know
that the death knell of the projections
system will have sounded-that prptec-
ton that means the protection of enor-
nous profits and the creation of mo-
nopolies in this country-when the
farmer understands and abandons the.
Republican Party to those alone who
have fattened upon his %hard-earned dol
lars. They are using, my friends, every
effort in the districts on that side of the
House and in your district, my fellow
Democrat and in my district to break
the column. I have protected interests.
in my district, but I do not represent
them. I represent the great mass of my
constituency who want honest treatment:
and fair play.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
UNDERWOOD OVER AGAIN

The rapid rise of Oscar w. Under.
wood in the discussion of Presidential
possibilities is full of significance, and
may we'll cause CONSERVATION in the
Wilson, Clark and Harmon camps. AS
a distinctive Southerner, his boom espe-
cially is a menace to Wilson, who ap-
pealed strongly to the sentiment of that
section, in which he was born and spent
his early years. In the s%oundness of
his Democracy, the statesmanlike judg-
ment and moderation he displays in
dealing with the issues of the hour,
Mr.. Underwood has no superior among
his rivals. He avoids indorsing very
questionable issues to which Wilson
committed himself somewhat incontl-
nently.-The Troy Press, New York,
November %, 1911.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
WHY | AM FOR
OSCAR UNDERWOOD

changed, before the present system OF
representative government and legisla-
ton could be changed for direct law
making.
When, do you suppose, we could elect
a Congress that would give the people
the opportunity to vote away the pre-
negatives of Congress? -,
When, do you suppose, there would
be "a States ready to adopt the new
system?
When, do you suppose, would the
small States be willing to surrender
their equality, in the Federal Govern-
ment?
When Wilson and Bryan pirate of a
national initiative, referendum and re-
call. they make themselves demagogues.
Can either of them tell us how Direct
legislation can be applied, nationally,
in such a manner as to preserve the
sovereign equality of the small States
If either of them can, l should be
glad to publish their plan.
1t will be time enough to talk about
national Direct legislation and the recall
after we shall have tried it, in the
States.
(1O) Lastly, I am for Oscar Under.
wood because his record, public and
private, is unstained; his character ele-
waited and spotless; his leadership su-
perb; his work and purposes patriotic
and practical; his sympathies, for the
oppressed. He doesn't stoop to dema-
gogy to win popular applause; and he
doesn't cater to wealth and power, as
the standpatters of both parties do
Tom Watson, in The JeferSonian,
Thomson, Ga, January Is, 1912.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
UNDERWOOD THE MAN
OF THE HOUR

But MI. U~nderwood's rise in public
favor has not been spectacular. His
is not the kind of popularity that will
decline. It dawned suddenly but its
dawning was rather the awakening OF
recognition than the discovery of a new
star. Mr.. Underwood and his ability
had been there all the time, but they
had not been called into action. OPP
portunity revealed the man and the
leader.
His leadership and his qualities are
of the stuff that will last. He may never
be President of the United States. He
may never be given the nomination by
his party, but his usefulness to the party
and to the people will not be destroyed:
He is hanging no hopes on the reward
that may come to him from the party |:
Mr.. Underwood's public record is TN
usual for its clean brilliancy. 1t stands
without a flaw. Critics may search it
through and through and Mr.. Under
woods smile would never waver. His
party record is just as clear. His pri-
vate life is without a blemish.
lie is peculiarly fitted by nature and
training for the leadership of men and
the administration of executive func-
tions. He comes of good stock, if that
means anything in this peoples repub-
lie. His education was thoroughly
rounded. His character we'll poised.
His training has been broad and wise.
He is thoroughly practical. His aca-
demic education has been b%roadened by
we'll directed experience and constant
application to useful research.-Walter
Harper in the Birmingham Age-Herad.
January 7, 1912.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1912-04-03
SOMETHING OF ALABAnA'S
CANDIDATE FOR THE
PRESIDENCY

Whoever was floor leader of the De-
mocracy was good enough for MI. I'm
derwood during all the long years that
party was in the minority, and day after
day, whether. that leader was Joseph W.
Bailey, of Texas, John Sharp Williams,
of Mississippi, or Champ Clark, of Mis-
souri, the gentleman from Alabama was.
always at his leaders elbow, ready and
eager to do anything he could to help.
Other statesmen might try to black their
party leaders eye, but MI. Underwood
was never known to extend anything
but the helping hand.-George E. Miller,
Staff Correspondent, in the Detroit
Nezps, October "a, 1911.