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The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
Pennsylvania.

LANCASTER, PA, Jan. 10, 1912.
The past week was an active one
among the packers of Lancaster coun-
tvs new crop, and in some sections
fully half the tobacco has already been
contracted for. The entrance into the
field of representatives of several large
outside firms, including the United CT
gar Manufacturers Co. and the Ameri-
can Cigar Co., has stimulated buying
and raised prices as well. Many sales
were reported at eleven and four cents.
Liberal as these prices are, any num-
Der of offers were refused, twelve and
four cents being demanded.
At eleven cents some of the more
conservative buyers, who are still hold
ing back from making contracts, gues-
ton the wisdom of those who are buy
ing, as it means that fifteen cents will
have to be realized before the buyers
can begin counting on profit. Apart
from the pole-burn problem, the crop
possesses first-class commercial quail
ties, being of good texture, fine color
and has nice bouquet. And it's burn
ing properties appear all right, too. A
very reasonable cause of complaint is
the refusal of many of the growers to
strip clean.
A leading Lancaster packer declared
it to be his firm conviction that in spite
of all the buying now going on there
would quickly come a reaction, prices
dropping to what is considered rea-
sonable figure, ten and two cents, be-
cause the crop is such big one that
. the market will be ruled by this fact.
He bought some of the eleven-cent ar
ticle himself, but only from growers
who gave him the value of his money
in clean stripping. A few crops were
reported sold during the past few days
as low as eight and nine cents-as good
tobacco as any, but there were partic-
ular reasons why the owners wanted to
dispose of it. County packers in many
instances have been setting the pace in
buying. as they are able to pay a trife
more than their city brethren by rea-
son of their warehouse and labor ex-
penses being lower.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

COMMENTING on the decision of the
supreme court in upholding the income
tax law, the Madison Democrat says:
'In material betterments of any kind
Wisconsin people have precious little
indeed to show for what very soon must
be the practical doubling of their taxes
within little more than single decade.
So-called reform has made mighty
strides, so we are told, without some
how, the public being able to discern
exactly where or how, but concurrently
taxes have outrun it so far, and con-
tinue to gain on it so fast, that the
common lot of simple 1.-THE payers at
last are beginning seriously to ask what
all the queer business is about anyway
and what at last is to be the end of
it. Augmenting taxes are beginning
to affect the understanding and to
arouse a curiosity which may lead to
revolutionary consequences. Govern
ment is becoming excessively expen-
sive. We are getting altogether too
much of good thing"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

AS A progressive republican news
paper we believe in President Taft. He
is not a politician. He has made polit-
ical mistakes, but so did George Wash
ington and Abraham Lincoln. He has
made political enemies, but so did
James A. Garfield and the martyred
Mckinley. But he has stood for the
right as he sees the right He is the
first republican president who has had
the courage to demand that tariff in
equalities,- when so determined by a
competent authority, should be elm
mated. He is the first republican pres
ident to advocate the taking of tariff
out of politics and meeting the issues
schedule by schedule, on an economic
instead of political basis. Under his
administration the antitrust law for
the first time became actually opera
tive, and lie now proposes to use the
power of the government for the en-
fOrcement of the law, and advocates
additional legislation for the control
and regulation of trusts. All the pres
tige and power of his administration
are behind other vital progressive leg
islation directly in the interest of the
people whom he seeks earnestly to
serve. In this connection we have no
quarrel with Senator La Toilette and
the clique responsible for his parade
through Ohio. Every man, be he dem
ocrat, republican or socialist, has a
right to campaign for the presidency.
But the assumption that La FolIetteism
is progressive republicanism or that
progressive republicans are of neces-
sity for La Toilette is the rankest
sham. If Senator La Toilette were a
real progressive republican he would be
backing up the president in his fight
for honest progress and aiding in his
defense against the powerful and sell
fish interests who seek the presidents
destruction because of his service to
the people. Dayton co. Journal.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

We will need between now and
April 1st from $50, 900 to $75, 900 at 5
per cent to take care of our first mort.
gage loans on Rock, Dane and Jeffer-
son county farms. The loans will range
from So, 900 to SIS, 900 each. We have
considerable sums of money ranging
from 1000 to $4, 600 and are looking
for larger amounts at this time
North, Wentworth & Blanchard
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A NEW office has been created and a
Milwaukee man attached to the states
pay roll whose title is an expert on
the personal efficiency among en-
ployes of the state. We thought it
might be coming to this with so many
commissions and job holders to watch.
The new appointee ought to be given
an ak with full power to WELD it.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
First publication Jan. 10, 1912 ]
Notice OF Hearing.
@pATE OF WISCONSIN

CTATE OF WISCONSIN.
- County Court for Rock County-In Probate.
Notice is hereby given that at special term
of the County Court to be held in and for said
County at the Court House, in the City of
GAINESVILLE in said County. on the third Tues
day. being the Goth day of February, 1912. at 9
O'Clock a. M, the following matter will be
heard and considered:
The application of G. w. blanchard for the
adjustment and allowance of his account as
administrator of the estate of William Griep,
late of the City of Edgerton, in said County,
deceased, and for the assignment of the resi-
due of said estate to such other persons as
are by law entitled thereto.
Dated Jan. IT, 1912.
BY the Court:
J. w. SALE, County Judge.
G. w. Blanchard. Attorney.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKETS.
Continued From PAGE ~

William Hitchcock of New York has
bought twenty-one acres of tobacco
land in Warehouse Point, Conn, from
Franklin M. Thompson for $13, 900. Mr..
Thompson has sold Ernest Osborne of
Warehouse Point nine acres of land for
$4,000. A few years ago the land could
have been bought for $50 or $75 per
acre.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

CONGRESSMAN COOPER makes no Sc
cret of the fact that he favors Taft for
president. Then why should he expect
to figure as La Toilette delegate to
Chicago? = Milwaukee Journal. And
that is another reason why the ambi-
tious young progressive mayor of Ra-
cine thinks he would like to try for
COOper'S seat in congress.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
Sacrifice Not His.

Note in the Ceylon Independent:
Dear Sir-Mudalizar Harry Jayawar-
dana has evidently forgotten that he
handed me his hat at the cremation
of the late high priest. | am sorry |
failed to inform him before that, car
ried away by the sentiment OF the
moment, flung it to the burning pyre.
hoping for future merit May the merit
be his, as he was the owner of the
haiti"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A husband, in referring to his wife
as perfect" says that in thirty-six
years she has never called him a liar.
The wife must have husband that is
perfect, too.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
An Invitation.

You are very welcome to test de-
licious MEXOJA- coffee free of cost at
J. w. Conn's, Edgerton, Friday and
Saturday, Jan. 10 and 20. You will not
be urged to buy the coffee, but we now
urge you to accept our invitation.
MEXOJA is a rare blend of Sac
Paulo and Mexican varieties. At first
the name is bit hard to remember,
but the pleasing flavor isn't.
MEXOJA SALES DEPT, Chicago.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

THERE is one plank at least in Gov.
Harmon's platform that ought to COM
ment him, which is his promise of econ
omy in public affairs. He says: Gov
eminent is costing too much. My Yankee
blood revolts at the idea of spending so
much money in country where we
have neither kings nor dukes or other
folderals. /"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

If horses were as intelligent as
many persons appear to think they
are, many an over-worked and under
fed equine slave would seize the first
good opportunity to kick it's brutal
driver to death. :.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
Fulton Lecture Course

The 4th number of the Fulton lecture
course will be given Monday evening,
Feb. 9Th, at which time all will have a
chance to listen to Mrs William Calvin
Chiffon, one of the best known enter
tainers of the South and a very bril-
liant woman. Music will be furnished
from the state university. This prom
Uses to be the best number and all
should attend. St2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

ANYWAY, Woodrow Wilson is frank.
Just few years ago he wrote letter
elegantly roasting Colonel Bryan, also
denouncing the referendum, recall and
about all the other modern political
CONTRIBUTIONS for which he now pleads.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

WISCONSIN has one dairy cow to g.
acres of improved land, Michigan one
to 1877 acres, Iowa one to Fl acres,
Maine one to Is acres and Colorado one
to 1876 acres. Of total cattle Wiscon-
sin has one to "A acres, Iowa one to
sc acres, Michigan one to 8.6 acres and
Maine one to 90 acres
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A Chicago man on his wedding day
signed an agreement to permit his
wife to do as she pleased. Most of us
do the same thing, merely waving the
fcFmality.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

The Georgia weather prophet who
predicts a warm winter evidently is
making a play for popularity We
shall refrain from heaping praises on
him until we have ascertained the
size of our coal bill.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

What is the social standing OF a
husband whose wife supports him."
ask Chicago charity authorities. Over
in England they are known as gentle
men.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Mary Anderson says a happy home
beats success on the stage. Well, for
that matter, happy home beats any
thing else that can be mentioned.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A Pittsburg rich man has gone to
Jail rather than pay So fine Still
a twO-dollar martyr isn't worth a
great deal of sympathy
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A weather prophet predicts that
the coming winter will be very warm.
But not so warm as the remarks he
will make later If he fails to fill his
coal bin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A ST. LOUIS exchange says Senator
La Follette's chief trouble continues to
be the difficulty in laboring as an as
sistant democrat without openly taking
the full degree.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
Ohio.
DAYTON, o., Jan. 10, 1912.

DAT ION, o, j dH. To, IJIZ.
There are still differences between
tobacco growers ard packers and as
result the crops are not being contract
ed for very rapidly. There has been
moderate trading in old goods of the
thinner Spanish variety lately, but the
volume was far from what has been
experienced in some previous seasons.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A Philadelphia minister recently got
a check for wedding he performed
20 years ago. Most ministers, how
ever, will continue to prefer the cash
down.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Suing girl for not marrying him
may be New York mans idea of the
correct thing to do. Our idea would
be to offer her a rising vote of thanks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A fashion magazine says "a perfect
fit is fatal to stout woman" Still
it would be as we'll if she should re-
frain from having fits of any kind.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

The Kansas judge who rules that
there is no such thing as love at first
sight evidently was troubled with his
eyesight in his early youth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Fire broke out in a "bone-drying
room" in the Chicago stockyards, but
the loss is only about $4,000 bones,
otherwise plunks.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

At last man has secured divorce
because his wife played solitaire. We
await the day when the motorcycle
will figure in a similar suit.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

The use of the aeroplare in war is
actual. 1t has scared the fight out Of
some Arabs that had never seen one
Fine business, unless the aviators fall
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

An English highbrow announces
that he has discovered what causes
the human heart to beat. Wonder If
he has fallen in love?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Rats and puffs must go, according to
fashion expert, but the dear ladies
may be depended upon to wear some
thing just as foolish.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

For SALE-New % fit. launch, in.
planking, strong and safe, never in the
water, two-thirds price if taken at
once Bicknell Mfg. & Supply Co.,
GAINESVILLE, Wis. 8t2
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Kansas City hospital authorities are
looking for a plumber who has had
the smallpox. 1t would be easier to
find some with the hookworm.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Some women to their grief continue
to use the stocking bank despite the
fact that postal banks have been es-
tablished.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

We never have tasted any of it, but
we presume that the whisky which is
made out Of bananas slips down
smoothly
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Our notion of the 'meanest man" is
the one who sues girl for breach of
promise.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Savin' up for your Thanksgiving
turkey?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Rural prophets, who find on exam
nation that last winters underwear
is worn pretty thin, predict an open
winter.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

If doctor can keep you from eating
what you want?
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19
Good Advice.

Don't brag before you make good,
and after you've made good you won't
need to.-Life.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Those triumphant Chinese rebels
wish that Confucius could see them
now
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

the fashions for men, and Paris does
some work on the side for women.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

The one surprising thing about the
award of a Nobel prize to Edison is
that he wasn't given 1t before.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

A court finds that a woman who
swears is not necessarily insane. But
she may be mad
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

The army worm is reported from
Kentucky, SO the kissing bug is
probably not far away.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Try to reconcile yourself to those
fuzzy hats. They are not SO bad as
they look.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Nobody loves a millionaire, accord
ing to Eugene Zimmerman, but most
millionaires love their millions
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

Aviation has one advantage over
baseball-wet grounds do not en-
barass 1t In the least.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1912-01-19

CHEER up, it will be warmer next
summer
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-29
After Doing Service Nearly $50 Years
at orion, London, 1t Is Demol-
ished by Dynamite.

London.-A 150-year-old windmill,
which formed a prominent landmark
at Orion, Waterville, near Peterbor-
ough, has been blown up by dynamite.
The windmill, which stood as steady
as the day when it was completed,
was some years ago fitted with an al
ternate steam plant. But the tendency
of the times has been toward the ex-
tinction of small country mills. For
some time it had been without mil
Ter. Recently 1t had become the re-
sort on Sundays of youthful gamblers.
The authorities of Pembroke college,
Cambridge, to whom it belonged, had
received SO many complaints that they
decided to have 1t destroyed. Ten
pounds of dynamite were distributed
round the base Of the mill, the sails
of which had been removed. The
machinery. though rusty, was still
standing. A time fuse was lighted;
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-29
OLD PENAL COLONY
How Australian Settlements
Have Been Transformed.
Crimes Carnival Ended-Descendants
OF English MaIefactors Thrifty
and Law-Abidlng and Thair
Origin Forgotten.

melbourne, Australia.-The position
which the Australasian colonies are
gaining in the world, particularly
since their federation on the plan OF
the United States, has attracted the
attention OF the world to them and re-
called the singular and striking fact
that great penal colonies, where at
one time disorder and crime prevailed,
nave become orderly and strictly self
governing communities.
The story of the penal settlements
of Australia and Tasmania, and the
carnival OF cruelty and OF crime that
attended the convict system, is most
remarkable in the light of subsequent
events. The crimes for which con-
victs We're sent from England to
Botany bay and Van Diemen's land
We're in great part abominable, and
the expiation was certainly terrible.
The convicts were put at work in
the broiling Australian sun OFTEN
they worked in chains, and the chains
were not counted as diminishing their
capacity for hard labor. Even the
best conducted OF them were let out
to farmers and the proprietors of
sheep ranges. If these farmers hap
pened to be humane, the convict might
be reasonably happy. But in many
cases the farmer regarded his con-
vict helper as slave, as indeed he
was, and beast of burden, to be used
as cruelty as possible.
The result was that as many of the
convicts as could do so escaped to the
woods and became "bushrangers" or
bandits. They preyed on the natives
and on the settlers, committing rob-
berries that were not infrequently at
tended with murder.
They became such terror to the
peaceful settlers that when Mike
Howe proposed peace, in which he
was to be treated as a gentleman
they were very glad to make the ar
rangement. But the encouragement
at Sydney refused to give his sane
ton to the pact, and Howe took to the
bush again. He was pursued by
troops. and in a dreadful hand to
hand conflict was overcome and be-
headed by a gigantic soldier known as
big Bill
Howe's followers continued the war
relentlessly. but at last there came a
change The convicts tired OF bush
ranging and little by little settled
down to good conduct. The system OF
penal settlements was abolished. Nc
more convicts came out from England
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-29
Easter in Jerusalem

The immense throng of pilgrims of every hue
who crowd the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in
Holy Week and who wander amid the sacred
places throughout March and April is a spectacle
unique of its kind and to be compared only with
the Moslem pilgrimages to Mecca and Medina that
are beyond reach of the ordinary tourist. Here
fairbeared Russians from Moscow herd with yell
low Copts from the Nile valley and pale Rouman-
ians mingle on the banks Of Jordan with bushy
headed Abyssinian blacks
From the moment the visitor lands at Jaffa,
where the only convenient hotels are kept by Ger
mans and situated in the German colony, he is
made to realize the weight of German influence
in Palestine. 1t dates, in fact from the visit of
the German emperor for whom, lest he should
fulfill old prophecy, a special gate built
into the Holy City. The tradition that any
ruling monarch who should enter Jerusalem by
of the ordinary gates horseback would
stay its king
A month in the Holy Land, with Holy week in
Jerusalem offers difficulty. On landing at
Jaffa wither he is carried in night from Alexan-
dria Port Said. he may proceed by next morn
ing's train to Jerusalem. 1t is not attractive
Journey but it lasts only three or four hours and
runs through the stony vale in which David slew
Goliath. In the Golden City itself. where the
Church of the Holy Sepuichre is the center Of at
traction everything lies within easy reach OF the
hotels the street of David with Mount Zion; the
Garden of Gethsemane, the waillng place of the
Jews beside the walls and the Mosque of Omar
the last majestic mosque, held of great sanctity
throughout Islam. patterned with sulsndnr OF
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-29
a20R9H ne G6Ez5Nz0T

take as their objective old St Johns church OPP
poste the White House This century-old church
is commonly known as the Court church" or
Church of the Presidents" and it merits the title
for though President Taft is not member, he
occasionally worshps there with his wife, as did
every President from Madison to Lincoln. 1t is
almost useless for strangers to hope to gain adj
mission to st. Johns on Easter for the church is
a tiny one and so inadequate, indeed, for the &C
conmodation of those who are ambitious to be-
long, that the pews when transferred are put up
at auction and bring a premium of thousands of
dollars each. However, the congregation on the
outside watch the arrival Of Mrs Taft and her
daughter. who members of the church and
Who If the day be fine may walk across the park
from the White House with their Easter guests
And the onlookers can also see among the wor-
Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1912-03-29
Nearly All Dishes Contain Sufficient
Liquid to Serve Purpose OF Sys-
tern, Says Physician.

Paris.-ssWe drink too often" was
the burden of lecture given before
the Academy of Science this week by
DR.. Paul Fabre, which has attracted
a good deal of attention.
DR.. Fabre declares the human body
really requires extremely little Ii
quid. except in cases of low diet or
great muscular exertion, and he in
Weighs against the array of glasses
of different shapes and sizes placed
before each guest at dinner as a relic
of barbarism.
It is easy and vastly better for the
health, he says, to drink nothing at
meals, and he points to the fact that
stout persons undergoing obesity
treatment are able to do this, as evil
dence Of the truth of his contention