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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
Imitation Sandstone.

The Prussian government has
erected at stettin a building composed
Of imitation sandstone, granite and
marble. The sandstone forms the
greater part of the exterior. The
framework is of brick.
All the blocks, window frames, stills,
columns, roof, balcony and portal
ornaments are of imitation stone, and
they were SO exactly cast and mum.
bered that they were fitted together
ard set with little or no chiseling.
The pressing or stamping of the
nodded pieces was done by hand.
From three to four weeks were re-
quired for drying.
The cost is said not to have ex-
ceeded half that of natural stone, and
the durability is believed to be equal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
THE YEAR 1912
By GEORGE FITCH.
Author of AT Good Old Siwash."

The 1a12th year since the world
stopped counting backward and be-
gan 70 lock forward is just drawing
TO a close and has been completed on
schedule time without any hitch
whatever.
For many centuries the years have
been completed exactly on time. This
is fine illustration of the exeel-
lenee of the organ ration OF the uni
verse hus sad reflection on the
modern hotel which cannot get up a
35 plate banquet and serve it before
the soup is cold.
The year 1912 was one of the Ions
$50 day modes and was successfully
negotiated by upwards OF $50. 000,-
600 people. Upwards of 100000
human beings retired from the uni
verse during the year. while about
$4,000, 100000 new members of So
titts htic duHiitltu. uiS SHOWS q
satisfactory growth and should N
courage the building of large nun.
Der OF new automobile garages dur
ing the next year.
The year 1912 was one of the most
inadequately heated years.aof recent
times. The Thermometer remained
persistently at zero until March. Over
1000 theatrical companies weF
frost-hitten before June. Wood fire.
were comfortable in July and in
Noyewbe* the greatest snow in the
history of America fell. completely
burying the largest president and
the most terrific president the
country has ever f9.I
The year 1912 saw great progress
in many ways Aviators, office
the p-ice of gasoline and
the cost of living reached hitherto
attitudes and automobiles
became so cheap that no man with
$500 will be safe henceforth 1t was
a healthy year for kings, the death
rate being very low. but the most .
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

toned. there Is a ,lamertable lack OF
water and no place for the people TO
battle. If cleanliness is next to Cod
illness, then we need missionaries a;
the County Poor Farm, more than
China does. Can you imagine any OF
your own Family in their old age or
because of misfortune. in such 4
place. These people have known
better days and some of them have
been someone's mother or Father,
while we who have duty in this
matter have allowed such a state of
affairs to exist. Most of them arc
quite old. With not many years more
to live, and to think that they should
be compelled 70 spend their las.
years in a place absolutely lacking
in not only comfort hut in the yors
essentials.
Last, but not least, We were told
that the little old lady with the kind
smiling face tan spite of her age and
the partial blindnessl and the
cripple girl did the cooking for the
other thirteen inmates. Do You
wonder now over the dirty bedrooms
and the poorly fed people? Look at
the institutions for the unfortunate
in other states. Is there another
such institution az the Alexander
County Poor Farm tolerated any place
else in Illinois or in any other state?
We doubt it very much. AS things
are now, the place needs a better
heating equipment, water supply, re-
pairs, furniture and a couple of paid
servants mot the inmates them
selves, who are too feeble or crippled
for such work. to cook for them,
keep the rooms clean and see that
the inmates themselves observe some
rule as, to cleanliness. With things
as they are now, the above improve
ments are impossible, only COM
rlete renovation will do.
Where are the public spirited men
and women of our city and Alexander
county that they have tolerated this
disgrace and how much longer do We
intend to continue with this Grimm
ally Indifferent attitude? Things
have reached a place where some
thing must be done and it is your
duty and eyeryone's to help and see
that 1T is done, not in the next two
or five years, but this New Year.
What better New Years resolution
coaid Alexander county and Cairo
make than to resolve to help these
poor unfortunates by giving them a
decent sanitary place to pass their
last years in? C. Fl
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
ing Co, T. G. BaXter estate, Leorgl
Fl. Goodman Co.
Hotel Runner Bonds.
Halliday Hotel Co.
Plumbers Bonds.
John 0'Shea
Pawnhroker Bonds.
Ben Mfehaels.
Application for Transfer Liquor
License.

Sam West, 1915 Washington TO l.,
Herbert Co.
All applications for retail licenses
were referred to the Police, Jail and
Fire Committee, while the bonds
went to the Finance Committee.
On melton, the two committee
win hold meeting this afternoon at
$500 O'Clock to pass upon them
This concluding the business be-
fore the council, an adjournment was
taken
In connection with the transfer
and location OF one Of the appliea-
tons for 4 drsmshop license to 1918
Poplar street. there is talk that q
big remonstrance will be FLED by
residents Of the neighborhood pro.
testing against such a proceeding
This remonstrance will probably be
presented at the specia. meeting to-
night when final action will be taken
f1llowing the reports lof the two
committees TO which the applications
and bonds were referred last night.
There are still FIVE applicants to be
presented before night else expire by
limitation.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Paddy Dolan bought a watch from
a jeweler out home, with a guaran-
tee to keep it in order for twelve
months according to standard time.
About six months after the purchase
Paddy took it back because 1t had
stopped.
You seem to have had an acct
dent with it," said the jeweler.
"A small one, sure enough, sir.
About two months ago | was feeding
the pig and the watch fell into the
trough
But you should have brought It
before
Sure, I brought 1t as soon as | could.
We only killed the pig yesterday"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
tcopyrigh. 1912 by George Mathew Adams ],

expenditures are annually made.
Herewith is published an article
from the pen of one OF these ladies
and she expresses regrets that her
supply OF adjeetives is not sufficient
\ strong and vcluminous to actually
portray the startling condition Of
Affairs when she made the visit.
Wake Up, Alexander Co. axl Cairo.
In no other town in Southern
Illinois are there more generous,
kind-hearted people when their sym
pathies are aroused, than I'm Cairo.
Look at the Christmas fund for the
Orphan Asylum in which everyone
participates and many other chari-
ties which the people of Cairo will
ling give their time and contrihu-
tions to.
You look at the one object which
needs and has needed the attention
|of the public for years, that most
pitiful and tragicai of all charitable
institutions, the county poor farm.
Do yon realize that the poor farm Of
Alexander county is disgrace to
|t9eTE citizen in this county and that
I've are responsible for conditions as
|they are. through our indifference
land neglect? We who are fortunate
enough TO have our health and are
thus able to provide home for our
|selyes and loved ones, do not know
that such will always be the case,
then what? Have we, then, AMY
fright to regard this matter with
such indifference? Alexander coun-
|ty is a county which can well afford
an institution for its unfortunate
which would be a credit TO our coun-
ty and not such a place which is
uow called the County Poor Farm.
The following is true description
with no exaggerations, from a recent
visitor to Alexander county's So
called poor farm:
At present there are fifteen in
mates at the asylum, all of them in
some way Ineapacitated for active
work, either through blindness. In
trinity. or MANNED in some way
Like the majority OF people in Cairo
the County Poor Farm was mere
name to us and what we said has
made a lasting impression on us
The exterior is not 30 hopeless look
Ing, but when YOU enter the living
room CwlricG has the only stove to
heat two-story building. besides the
cook stove) with its bare, smeary
walls, the plaster cracked and OF in
some places, its carpetless floor with
large cracks between the boards and
the furniture which consists of soma
chairs around the stove, a table in a
corner with no newspapers on It and
only one old issue of magazine. you
haze the entire fill-sfneiiiug) at
mospncre Of the whole place. that OF
hopeless poverty and discomfort. aud
this is Alexander county's Poor
Farm,
1t is almost impossible to describe
the dirty. ilI-smelling. unfurnished
hsd reons which were as cold as II
was out do5rs and contained nothing
but a cot. on which were some very
dirty and repnlsive looking blankets.
Not oace did we see brush, a comb
or bar OF soap in any OF the rooms
and enc iook al the majority OF the
inmates WAS a confirmation of this
suspicion.
Beside the lack of any heating,
outside Of the stove before men
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

disastrous year on record for the
Republican party. which split with
a loud report in June and has re-
manned enthusiastically aud infex-
IDLY in fragments ever since.
In 1912 science dis veEad that
ieebergs are impery els TO steam
ships even when rammed at full
speed Andrew Carnegie get poorer
IN 1912. but SO many other mag
mates got riches that The slack was
more than taken up. The art Of
murder was considerab y improved
turing the year in New York and
many we'll dressed young men
achieved fame by the frank and
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
500 MINISTER'S
Want ALL DARK
PLACES CLOSED
Mayor Harrison and Chief of Police
McWeeney Of Chicago
Refuse to Comply.

Associated Press Dispatch
Chicago, Dec. S0.--Fi,e sr8i
ministers today marched 70 t "
hall and failed in their effurta
tain tAe promise OK Mayor Aa a
and Chief of Police McWet alt
all dark" places be clossd
O'clock New Year morning. tpa sht
planned action to enforce 4he e
nfands A committee was arr atc&
To employ counsel to take eu-
foreemsnt OF the closing ord &
into their own hands and If ei-
sdry start Impeachment procse'lAng :
against the Mayor and Chic
Police.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
fWhsn the attention Of The Bull
lstin il called to any misststemens
81 fact or to arv error concerning
any man or thing, corrections viii
sheerfnlly be madc.)
Money Trust Investigation.

The keen interest which was man.
Tested in regard to the investigation
Of the 80 called money trust reached
It's climax when ]. Pierpont Morgan
gave his testimony few days ago.
As was to be expected the King
of Wall Street. denied that any
such thing asa "A Money Trust ex-
listed, but when the enormous wealth
and industrial property which he
controls is considered it is found
that there is not great deal OF in
dnstrial property of large value in
the country but what Morgan IS
more or less interested in. Testi-
mony before this committee shows
very plainly that the large bankers
are trying all they can to get abso-
lutte control of the issue and circu-
lation of all the money. II is the
function of the Government to issue
money and this function belongs to
the Government alone.
But the bankers of the country are
trying their best to usurp this func-
ton, and thereby control the affairs
of the nation.
1t ID beginning to dawn on the
finaneiers among our statesmen at
Washington that the supply OF
money is absolutely inadequate.
This country now has accumulated
wealth aggregating iae billion dol
lars st15O.O0o,O00.oOol and there
has been an inadequate supply Of
money for some time with which 10
carry on the business of so wealthy
a country as this.
About seventy years ago group
Of our greatest statesmen said thaT
there should be about one dollar In
money for each thirty dollars in
property and following out that
ratio we should have five billion dol
lars In circulation with which to do
business with the $50 billion dol
lars OF wealth.
There should be at least fifty dol
lars per capita circulation and II
such were the case there would never
be any panics or hard times in the
country with its great resources and
energetic population
In the thriving republic Of France
there is a circulation of forty dollars
per capita, that Is, there is forty dol
lars tS401 for each man, woman and
child In France and only thirty five
1885 here. This is the largest per
capita circulation In the world, anil
MS France Is dense1y populated forty
dollars per capita circulation Is equal
to about fifty dollars in this country,
and as result of this large circuia-
ton France has never been known to
have q panic In times OF peace, and
her people are more prosperous than
any nation in Europe. There is a
splendid openin at Washington for
some statesman to distinguish
himself by placing our finances on a
scientific and business like basis.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

at said company's Office, No. 1905
Commercial avenue, in the city of
Cairo, Illinois, on Monday, Jan. 90,
1913, at 8 p. m, for the purpose of
electing a board of directors and
transacting such other business as
may properly be brought before said
meeting.
r. j. GREANEY,
Secretary.
Cairo, i'll. Dec. %, 1912. I'd
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
Latest Sin Hosiery and Shoes.

New ideas in hosiery and in shoes
are constantly appearing. Despite
the protests of medical men, stockings
ere still cobwebby. The lates. idea
appears to be the netted silken hosi-
~. which. when drawn on the foot,
we the appearance OF fish scale.
aw tEa mosh INTO hish relief an
ockiEg CT - Iiah s'lh Is Wei'E
T. the urSer hose be black
re' sc-lr BE- in white.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
HUMMER TRAIN HoLDUP
MEN INDICTED BY GRAM
~ JURY; WERE fDENTIFTTE,

Associated Press Dispatch.
Springfield. IT.. Dec so.-Jorn
lartnett ana Elmer vigus. Just ons
week after the Chicago and Alton
Hummer" was held up near IL s.
Junction and an attempt made g
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
STATE BUILDS AZ MILES
OF HARD ROAD IN YEAR

Bloomington, ILL.,, Dec. 30.--Forty-
two miles OF new hard road have
been constructed in Illinois under
the supervision of the state highway
commission during the past year and
twenty miles of hard road con-
structed in former years have been
improved. The expense was $780,
0n0.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

blow up the safe in the express car.
We're indicted by the grand jury and
charged with the crime. The men
have ben identified by membrs of
the train crew.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Mr.. Morgan felt that control Of
the great Equitable Life Insurance
Co would be safer in his hands than
in those Of Mr.. Ryan. That is the
way w J BRYAN felt about the con-
vention at Baltimore.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

i Is said that Gov. Wilson
sstecred the heat" part Of the va
back from bermuda: a little prellm-
mary practice for the heavy w8rs
on the ship Of STATE. no doubt
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

leave,
The most downcast and heart
broken Of all the prisoners was Presi-
dent Ryan, upon whom the hand OF
the court tell heaviest. Already a
gray man of So years, Ryan seemed
most to become more aged when his
sentence Of seven vars was pro-
nounced. He declined to talk to
anyone.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Cairo ladies. who recently made a
visit and a thorough personal III
speetion Of the institution for which
the people OF Alexander county are
literally taxed and for which large
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

London suifragettes have been de-
stroying the addresses on Christina;
mail IN the letter boxes 1t is dir
heult to see why the cause of uAI-
versal suffrage should find il neces-
sary to declare war on Santa Claus
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Five desirable lots, Nos. 2401-3-
ST. Sycamore and one lot No. 4OS
Twenty-fourth ST., making the
plat 100 feet facing Sycamore.
1875 facing Twenty-fourth St., all
street and sidewalk improvement
paid up to Dec. 1. 1912. A de-
eirable residence property. Terms:
$1,000 cash; $1,000 in 5 years.
Enquire ED. J. MALEY,
311 Ohio st.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

There Is no doubt that Mr.. Bryan
would make one Of the most eloquent
secretaries Of the treasury kIiokn TO
American history.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

ahove-board way in which they
eradicated each other
The year 1912 not only achieved
considerable local fame but will be
remembered in history for many
thousand years. 1t will be one of the
dates which the tired school boy of
the year $500 will be reuiqred to
remember because of the awakening
OF China, the putting TO sleep of Tur-
key and the surrounding and capture
of the South Pole.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

The Sick Man Of Europe" whit.
mgls calls attention to the fact iha
he trurkesl needs a physician. moi 4
surgeon.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

4 Luther Burbank can bring ont
the cryless baby. he'll do more /,
abolish race suicide than all tn
mothers clubs Ia the world.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
The Sabbath.

A world without Sabbath wouia he
IKE a man without 2 smile l''-o >
5uy r,er without Sew stH 3i&e q
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
Rusinhes.

"Mirandy, Mirandy! Git up! aey's
ten automobiles gone by a'ready this
n1crnin', an tn chickens amt been
turned out into tn road yit!"-Judge.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Wonder why Mr.. Taft didn't try
to get job somewhere as eontribut-
ing editor.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Chicago is going to have an egg
parade. Never knew those Chicago
eggs were old enough to walk.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Revised motto of the New York
sllifragetts: Walking is good--for
those who like it,"
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS

the annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the New York Store Mer-
eantife Co, Cairo, H., VIII be held
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Bryan's patience is no mean match
for that of Job.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

Congress draws its salary just as
if it were real busy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31

So far, nobody has accepted that
challenge to start a panic.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS
II you fail to receive your

papsr by 2 . m. on week
days and s a., m, on Sundays,
telephone to The Hulletin OF.
Ace, No, So, either phone and
one will be sent to you ~
special messenger.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
POOR FARM SAID
TO BE DISGRACE
TO THIS COUNTY.

Concluded from First Page
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
Rare One. Too.

To be able to say nothing when Il &
kost to ssep still is gift
"A
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
DYNAMITE GANG
SING ON MARCH
TO COUNTY JAIL

Continued from Page one)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1912-12-31
CITY OF CAIRO w
NOW POSSESSES
A BULKY PURSE

Concluded from Page one.)
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1912-04-05
STANDARD OIL HAS
DECLARED ITSELF
FOR UNDERWOOD
William Rockefeller, Active and
Financial Head of Combine
Says Underwood Is His
Choice
BY RALPH SMITH.

WASHINGTON. d. c., April L.
When William Rockefeller. brother Of
John d. Rockefeller. and the real active
directing and financial head Of the
Standard Oil company. declared in
favor OF the nomination of oscar w.
Underwood as the Democratic nominee
for the presidency. there was little
surprise in political and legislative cir
cles in Washington. That the active
and militant head Of the Standard Oil
company trust should express his pref
erence for Mr.. Underwood was in the
nature Of the very fitness of things
Mr.. Rockefeller is a lifelong member
OF the Republican party. who has never
voted for Democrat; but this fact did
not embarrass him in the least in de-
elaring that Mr.. Underwood is mis-
choice above all others for the presi-
dency OF the United States Mr.. Rookie
feller's declaration in favor of the Ala
bamian was no haphazard remark. but
was furnished TO the Associated Press
and carried by wire TO its thousands Of
clients in every state in the union.
The Associated Press telegram, which
better than anything else. reveals the
true Underwood candidacy. is given
herewith:
SAVANNAH. Ca. March s.-wiI-
liam Rockefeller. in an interview to-
day. stated that OF the men most prom
tnentiy mentioned for the presidential
nomination. either Democratic or Re-
publican. he favored Majority Leader
Underwood. OF the house of representa-
tives. His second choice is President
Taft"
He declared that former President
Roosevelt is foe to good govern
ment," and a dangerous man"
Standard oil and other big business
is certain OF the denomination Of Pres
ident Taft. and this element is now
ruggling to control enough state
delegations TO the Baltimore conven-
ton to nominate a candidate who will
be equally desirable Big business is
fighting in every part of the country
for control Of the Democratic party in
the hope Of defeating the nomination
Of a real progressive at Baltimore As
is disclosed by Mr.. Rockefeller, the
Alabama congressman meets the I'M
qualified approval OF that element.
II is a natural deduction that the
candidacy of Mr.. Underwood typifes
the Standard Oil companys conception
OF good government. which. in the last
analysis. is;
Let us and our affairs alone"
Under that policy. the Standard Oil
company has hourished like the green
bay tree.