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tenn. When we take that out, less
money is required to develop the
Lakes-to-the-Gulf deep waterway than
is required to develop the Ohio river
for depth of nine feet, according to
Mr.. Cooley.
Further quoting this able student:
The empire OF alluvium is right here.
Some of our people are going to the
far west. some are going up into Cam
ada hunting for lands, and we have
/ them at our doors-the richest in the
world. We have Ave thousand square
miles Of land in the state of Illinois
that only require drainage or pro-
lection, an area greater than Con-
necticut, greater than Porto Rico-in
Illinois alone. South of these we
nave this twenty million acres of
land. There was never cultivated in
the best days of the Pharaohs in all
Egypt over five million acres Of land.
Here, under a climate as favorable,
are four Egypts between Cairo and the
Igulf Egypt in her best days carried
ten million population, as estimated
by historians. BY the same token this
area will carry forty million people.
Take the gulf margins from Mobile to
Galveston: there are several million
acres Of land that you can add to it,
to be reclaimed from the gulf Go up
these tributaries for hundred miles
and add their bottom lands and you
will have over thirty million acres. l
submit to you the proposition that
within these limits and on the mar
gin of the Lakes-to-the-Gulf waterway
territory and in the bread ends OF the
tributary valleys, you have an extent
LOT alluvial land, subject to overflow,
OF greater intrinsic valre than all the
lands that can be reclaimed from the
100000 square miles in the semi
arid region, estimated at fifty million
acres About six per cent of that
semf-arid region is all that is to be
reclaimed or redeemed for agricul-
ture. Here are these lands along these
waterways and on the coast of the
gulf, which are to be redeemed, with
soil nine to twenty feet deep, low-ly-
| ing, with mild climate, capable of
producing all the products to which
the climate is suited"
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mile rate received on all the railways
of the country during a recent year
averaged II of cent per mile. The
| government reports Of the business
passing through the Salt Ste. Marie
canal, connecting Lake Superior with
Lakes Huron and Michigan, and which
carries traffic more than twice as
great as does the Suez canal, shows
the average cost of carriage of 80 Of
l mill per ton mile. The average rail-
way rate cost Is thus shown to be
nine and one-half times as great as
the water rate through this canal
The country which can project an
arm of the ocean through the land
to it's very center, as a ship canal to
the great lakes would be, will add
enormously to its industrial and COM
mercial possibilities. What, then. is
the one thing lacking to make the
great interior valley the greatest in
dustrial and commercial section OF
the world? Deep water transporta-
ton from the gulf lakes to the Allan
tic and to the Gulf of Mexico Is this
thing possible? Yes Is it feasible?
Yes"
Mr.. Austin also observes that the
carrying power of the ocean is now
twenty-five times as much as at the
beginning of the last century, and
has actually doubled in less than
twenty years, while the worlds great
est railway system has been created
within the memory of men now liv-
ing AS the result of this enormous
increase in the carrying power, many
articles formerly considered as not
possible subjects CT international com
merce, are now passing from conti-
nent to continent and country to coun-
try in enormous quantities, and the
International commerce of the world
is twenty times as much as In 1880,
and has doubled within the last
twenty-five years.
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Ten Years From Now.

Ten years from this day, with the
completion of the Panama canal, the
commerce of the United States will
probably be five times as large as it
is today.
In reference to the engineering
work to be done on our deep water
way system, the criticism has been
too often our engineers have not had
the gift of Imagination and foresight
in reference to the construction OF
permanent works for all time and all
men. Captain Eads, in throwing the
great bridge across the Mississippi,
was a genius in engineering, and he
displayed genius in building the jet
ties at the mouth of the Mississippi.
Ferdinand de Lesseps, when he stood
out against the Judgment of his pro.
canal, was also a great genius in his
work. These expressions are borrowed
from Governor Deneen, of Illinois, but
| now use them for another purpose,
to show that great undertakings,
which have since become realities,
were first over Swallowed with duobt.
But the people know there is no i'm
possibility in this undertaking, and
their wish is for the speedy consum-
nation of the great inland waterway
from the lakes to the gulf. AS Gov
ernor Deneen also remarked, believe
further that in these large affairs, in
these great structures that have been
erected, the genius of the multitude
had a keener conception of the ulti-
mate end than the leaders of the day.
This is the time for this organiza-
tion and those whom it represents,
the people of this great Mississippi
valley, to say, I'VE want this water
way and we must have 1t. The devel-
opment of the country demands it.
The interests of our business call for
it. 1t is a transportation proposition.
Transportation turns possessions in
to wealth Transportation is that
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GETs-lT For (Gorns
Really a Wonder
New Way, Painless, Safe and Sure.
"Quit That! eETs-IT Wi,mc.pAnv


me new kind of corn cure; the only
sure kind; the only easy, safe. pain.
less kind is here. It's what corn-pes.
tered people have been looning for
ever since the age of shoes. Does it
really do the work? Well, Just one
trial will prove it.
The name of this big surprise Is
GET SIT" because 1t gsts It. You
dent have 20 wrap your toes in band.
ages. There are no plastsrs. no
saves. What is more. "GETs-IT,'
WI never, absolutely san. hurt or
make true flesh sore, as many other
corn things" do. If 1t gets on the
skin. 1t won't, can't hurt or injnre the
flesh. Apply 1t in two seconds. It's
guaranteed, or your money is refund.
ed.
Your druggist sells 'GETS-IT". 25
cents per bottle, or direct of you wish
From E. Lawrence & Co, Chicago
Sold in Keolsuk by Wilkinson & Co.
and Englehardt & Co.
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Effect of One Bottle.

Crandall, Tex.-"After my last spell
OF sickness" writes Mrs. Belle Teal.
of this city, II remained very i'll, and
stayed in bed for eight weeks.
couldn't get up, all this time. and
though my doctor came to see me
every day, he didn't do any good.
had taken but one bottle of Cardui,
when was up, going everywhere, and
soon | was doing all my Homework. +"
Cardui helps when other medicines
have failed. because it contains in
gradients not found in any other med-
cine. Pure, safe. reliable, gentle
acting is the ideal medical
tonic for weak, sick women. Try it.
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With the opening of our deep water
way system and the Panama canal
the products Of our inland country
will find an ever-expanding market in
the Orient, and by faith can see
great steamship lines built up by the
people of the Mississippi valley that
will go out of the mouth of the Mis-
sissippi river carrying exclusively
the products of the farms and factor
les Of this greatest inland empire on
eartn.
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which changes people from savagery
and barbarism into civilized state.
Things have no value if you can not
move them. Therefore, transporta-
ton is at the bottom Of all wealth. AS
the great central part of our nation
is growing it demands transportation.
This waterway can be built. 1t will
pay when it is built. We are ready
to pay for it. The people insist that
congress expedite the work. In this
manner did Edward A. Has
cago, recently express himself and
know of no more concise way of stat
ing simple truths.
Fourteen feet of water shall be al
lowed to flow through a channel from
the great lakes to the Gulf of Mexico
before the Lakes-to-the Gulf Deep
Waterway Association, sounds the
slogan. st has begun" and twenty.
four feet before the association de-
clares, 1T is finished"
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Try Resinol free

Reslnol Ointment with Rssinol
Soap, is an ideal healing house
hold remedy. not only for severe
skin hurnors. but for such COM
mon troubles as pinples. dam
drufY. sores. boils. ulcers. burns.
scalds. cuts. chafings and piles.
Your druggist sells Resinol Soap
(25c) and Resinol Ointment t5oc
and 81 but for r generous sam
pie Of each. write to Dept. s-B.
Resinol Chem. Co.. Baltimore.
Md. Try RcsInol Shaving Stick.
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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
PHYSICIANS.
DR.. w. p. SHERLOCK.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office is North Fifth Street. in the
Howell building.
Office Hours--10 to IL a. M; 2 to s
p. M; evenings, Z to 8; Sundays, II
TO l p. m.
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Low Freight Rates.

OF especial Importance these days
are low freight rates when business
is conducted ON small margins of
profit. The worlds business is being
conducted on constantly reducing
margin of profit, which is well and
good SO long as the people receive
the advantages of this process. Cheap
transportation is then an absolute re-
quisite to the success of this great
industrial and commercial valley.
o. P. Austin, chief of the bureau Of
statistics of the department of COM
merce and labor at Washington, says:
"The price of transporting wheat by
rail over the 1 900 miles of railway
between Chicago and New York has
averaged 10 cents per bushel during
recent period of seven years Dur
ing the same seven years the price
of transporting wheat across the At
lantic from New York to Liverpool,
distance of 5000 miles, has aver
aged 8 cents per bushel, or cent per
bushel for each 1000 miles. On the
railways, 10 cents per bushel for 1000
miles; on the ocean, cent per bushel
for 1000 miles.
Another striking illustration of the
cheapness of water transportation is
found by comparing freight rates on
the great lakes with those on the
railways of the country. The ton
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DEEP CHANNEL
FOR The RIVER.
J, Ksvanauah'. Plan Is Carried Out,
the Mississippi Valley VIII
See Great
Changes.
MoMENToUs PROJECT
proposed to Transfer Panama Canal
Construction to the River and
Work Wonders for
the Future.
MoMENToUs PROJECT

The transfer OF the thousands of
vorkmen and the extensive machinery
nov at work on the Panama canal, to
the Mississippi river after the canal
is completed, to make fourteen foot
channel from the lakes to the gulf,
is the plan of William X. Kavanaugh.
president of the Gulf
Deep Waterway Association, which
opened it's annual convention Monday
at Little Rock, Ark. In his address at
the opening session in the morning, he
broached this great project which
would work remarkable change in
the Mississippi valley. In part, he
said.
1t is essentially fitting, now that
the Panama canal is being completed,
that the eyes of the people OF this
country be focused upon the Lakes-to-
the-Gulf deep water project. Indeed,
do not believe that the Panama can
al will be of that benefit to the people
Of the United States that its cost
would indicate unless this deep water
way project is successfully and quick
" completed. 1t has even been as
serted that without the completion of
this deep waterway system the Pan
ANA canal might even be detriment
to the people living far inland along
the Mississippi valley. To them the
cost of the necessities OF life would
ho or ,puch oraotox than IN those l;x,
ing along the seacoast that the canal
would prove an injustice to all inland
dwellers. The people who dwell with
in the confines of this valley know the
underlying truths Of what | have as
serted, and they want this project
completed.
Now is the psychological time to
strike the most telling blow for this
great cause of the people of the Mis-
sissippi valley. And how may it be
done? BY transferring the machinery
and organization OF engineers and la
borers from the completed Panama
canal to the Mississippi river. Be
fore another annual convention OF
this association it is likely that the
first ship shall have passed through
the Panama canal from one of the
great oceans to the other. The com
pleting of the canal will have been
the greatest task ever finished by a
nation. But we know that this power
ful and rapidly developing nation will
not be satisfied to stop with the canal
as Its greatest achievement A few
generations hence this nation will have
completed tasks that make the Pan
anna canal look small in comparison.
The perfecting Of mere 14-foot chan
mel from the lakes down the Illinois
and Mississippi rivers to the gulf is a
small task compared with the building
OF the Panama canal. Therefore, why
should the federal government hest
tate in beginning it Immediately, at
THIS psychological time?
Great Territory.
This movement is not political. 1t
IS non-partisan in every sense. The
interest of the people Is deeper than
polltics; and the people have the pow
er to work their will in congress. In
the continent OF North America be-
tween Mexico and the northern limit
at which what borIa,y opd ro+,+oac
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Great Territory.

Ihls movement is not political. 1t
is non-partisan in every sense. The
interest of the people Is deeper than
Politics; and the people have the pow
er to work their will in congress. In
1he continent of North America be-
tween Mexico and the northern limit
az which wheat, barley and potatoes
VIII ripen, there is an area of $40, 900
square miles, of which 2,765,0Oo lie
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Wltnin the greater Mississippi valley,
an area almost as great as the whole
or Europe. hlr. Cooley, our consult
Ing engineer, says: This is the great
est single estate for the habitation of
man laid out on this globe. It's econ
omic value Is equal to that of ten
countries like France Or Germany. On
the basis Of the population of France
1t would support over four hundred
million people: on the basis of the
population of Germany over six hun
dred million: on the basis of the pop
ulation in parts Of China and India
over one billion, number equal to
all the people of this world today"
Illinois has already expended more
than s65,00o,000 upon that portion OF
this deep waterway system which lies
along the Des PLANES and Illinois riv-
ers, and is willing to turn over the
completed work to the federal govern
ment.
And thus understanding the import
ance, economically, of the Mississippi
valley, emphasizes the appearance of
the Panama canal as very small
appurtenance, after ALL
And is it not still more apparent
that the completion of this deep wat
erway merely requires the expendi-
ture of some of the peoples small
change in permanent investment
which will return many hundredfoId
dividends?
The Southern Levees.
A very important phase of this
Lakes-to-the-Gulf deep waterway has
been stressed by the recent record
breaking floods in the Mississippi
valley. These floods have been more
damaging than any gone before.
Portions of fourteen parishes in Louis
lana were under water at the same
time. / am in favor of the federal
government taking over these levees
and perfecting them along the most
advanced scientific principles. In
many places / am convinced that it
would be worth while for the govern
ment engineers to consider putting in
concrete cores. II we are to have a
good channel in the river it is neces-
sary that we have good levees along
river banks. The two projects are
inseparable. There are, in the valley
from Chicago to the CUFFS, 900
square miles of land-more than TO-
100000 acres subject to overflow. All
but two or three thousand square miles
of this land is south of Cairo, in what
is known as the delta region, and nine
ty million dollars of the estimate
which has been made by the board of
engineers are for the revetments to
hold the banks, in order to conserve
these lands and protect the levee sys-
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THE UNKNOWN FUTURE

We take just pride in our present
enterprise and achievements, but we
may believe that the commerce Of
the future will as far exceed that of
the present as the varied production,
the vast extent Of commercial ex-
changes, and the means of cOmmuni-
cation of today, transcend the hopes
and even the dreams of Washington.
Governor Charles E. Hughes.
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THE SUCCESSFUL MAN.

I notice that most successful men
are those whose minds are always
cool, who, no matter how swift the
movements of their bodies, are able
to deliberate cOolly and to produce
calm, sober judgment even under
disturbing circumstances. 1t is not
the man who reaches the corners first
who wins, but the man who knows
exactly what he is going to do when
he reaches the corner.-GoVernor
Charles E. Hughes.
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HAD TO MARRY OR PAY TAX
IN England, Not Very Long Ago, Bach
oIots Contributed to the Revenues
81 the Country.

This is leap year, but the meaning
IL not so vital now as it once was.
For instance, says the Kansas City
Star, in England in the old days,
there was taxation for the man who
avoided marriage, either from choice
or necessity.
In Sir John Sinclair's History of
Of the Public Revenue of the British
Empire" we find that in the time of
William III (1644-17O2) taxes were
imposed on marriages, burials, births,
bachelors and widowers. Tables of
the rates imposed on different classes
are given, showing that a duke, for
the privilege Of remaining unmar-
ried, was required to pay an annual
tax of 912 lis ($61.OS); a mar
quis paid 41O Is ($4S.94) an earl,
e7 lis ($36.73); viscount, f6 IS
($30.66) ; a baron, f5 Is ($24.59) !;
q baronet and Knight of the Bath,
f3 les ($1s.45) "a knight bachelOs
GO lis ($12.3S); the kings SER
geant-at-law, f5 Is ($24.59) /; other
sergeants-at-law, 93 les ($1s.45) !;
esquires, FL Is ($6.S1); gentlemen,
Sc ($1.44); doctors of divinity, law
and physic, FL IS ($6.31) /; persons
Of f25O (s1,217) per annum, or
5000 ($2,922), personal estate, IS
(@1.44); persons not otherwise
charged, 9s ($O.4s). The aggregate
revenue derived from this source was
an average of 951,61s ($251, 3SO)
per annum, which was an important
item at time when the revenue of
the kingdom was only about five and
. half millions ($27, 6OO,OO0l per
0nnum. :
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SAW WAY OUT OF DIFFICULTY
Shifting Of Positions Resulted In Com
fort for Three Out of Four
Parties Concerned.

Every one smiled as they entered
the train. The grandmother was so
stout and the granddaughter a child
Of twelve, SO slim and unusually tall.
In no instance was there a place with
two seats vacant. The best they could
do was each to sit in q half section
with some one else. The grand.
mother pumped down beside fat
man, to the immense discomfort of
both. The granddaughter, slim as
. sapling, found a seat with an un-
derstudy for the Human Skeleton.
She looked around and saw her
grandmother rapidly becoming apo
plectic. At the same time she saw
way out of the difficulty. Crossing
the aisle, she grasped her relative
6rmly by the two hands and tugged
1t her vigorously. ''Here, grandma"
she said in her high, young voice,
you sit with him-he's thin" (She
indicated the unfortunate youth who
had been her own seat mate.) an
sit with him (she indicated the fat
man, who was slowly regaining his
normal size as grandma's bulk was
removed) because Pm thin. And
well all be more comfortable. And
they were, except possibly grandms's
newest neighbor.
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kNDsHuNT FOE KIcHaIRL

OMEN the hunt for a rich wife ends when
the man meets woman that uses Electric
Bitien. Her strong nerves tell In bright
brain aud even temper. Her peach bloom
complexion and ruby lips result from her
pure blood; her bsight eyes from restfll
sleep; her elastic step from firm, free
muscsls, ali telling OF the health and
strength Electric Bltles give woman aud
Tie ffeedom from indigestion. baekaebe.
faintlng and dizzy spells they promote,
Everywhere they are w0man's favorite re-
medV. II week o. aillng try them. 900 az
b y. ho0eaohy.
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General Directory.
STATE OFFICIALS.

GovernOr-Alber w. Gilehrist.
Secretary Of State-H. Clay Crawford
Attorney General Park Trammell.
Com Agriculture-B. & McLin.
Treasurer-Wm v. Knott
Supt. Public Instruction w. n HOllO'
way.
COmptrOIler-A. c. Groom
supreme Court-ThOs. N. ShAcklefOrd
Chief Justice: Al. II. MabrV. Clerx.
Railroad Commissioner. Hudson Burr
Chairman; r. q. Dunn, Clerk.
Judge first judicial circuit. Emmett
Wolfe. Pensacola.
State Solicitor tirst judicial circuit q,
L. Wilson.
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OUT OF HER LINE.

The horny-handed son of toll who
had just inherited a fortune went to
see a manicure.
"Can you do anything with these,
ma'am?" he asked, exhibiting his
hands.
eyes, sin" she said, "after you've
gone to a surgeon and had those
cracks sewed up. 1 don't NEEDLE
with jobs that belong to the regular
practitioners"
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BANNER and Semi weekly Atlanta
Journal, per year s1.7s.
BANNER and Thrice s-week New York
World, per year, tl.66.
BANNER aud Semi-weekly Times TN
n and Citizen, per year, ei.5O.
BANNER and Home and Farm, per year
e1.2s
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MAKES rnE NArloN aAsp.

The awful lIse Of injuries on Fourth Of
July staggers humanity Set over against IT
however, is toe wonderful healing, By
Gucklen's Arnica salye, Of thousands, who
suffered from burns, cuts, BRUSHES, bullet
wounds or explosions. It's the quick heal.
er Of bOils, ulcers, eczema, sore llps or piles
25cts at 5. .E, McGcachy.
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HER FAULT.

eff I have a fault" said Mr.. Hem
peck, "it is that"
eff you have "a fault?" Mrs. Hen
peck broke in. 'Ha, hal Excuse me
for laughing. If l have a fault it is
that l sometimes permit my sense
of humOr to get the better of me-"
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Paalamoe nlrecserT.

Office hours 1850 .. N. TO 700 q M; ex-
cept SUNDAYS
East-bOund mail closes At 1920 am
West-bOund nail closes At $40 pm.
Mail from Vernon arrives at 10 M,
and leaves on arrival Of the east bound
mall.
Sunday hours: 1850 m, to 1880 p. m,
Money Orders issued at all hours when
Office Is open, except Sundays.
J p SCHELL p. M
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WASHINGTON COUNTY OFFICERS.

Circuit CIerk-W. c. Jockey, Vernon.
County Judge--L A. HutehIson Vernon
Sheriff.. g. Allen, Chipley.
Treasurer-H. B. Tiller. Vernon.
FAX Assessor-J.J. Williams, Chipley
Tax COlIeet0r-W. b. GaIner. Ec0nhna
Supt. Public Instructi0n-B. II Gamer
Wausau.
supervisor of Registration II. NJ
Simmons, Greenhead.
County ROIIcitOr- A. d. Carmichael
ChIpley.
County SurveyOr-ThOs. Collins, Cary.
VILE, Fla,
County Commissioners:
1T. HIghtOwer. Chairman. Vernon.
A. C. Gilbert ChlDley.
y. L. Davis, Wausau.
J. II. Porter MlllVille
u. +. Gum. Santa Rosa.
school Board:
g. B. Bush. Chairman. Orange Hill
3. J. Galner. st. Andrew.
w. r. Russ. Vernon
cHIPLEY CITY OFFICIALS.
MayOr-A. ID. Campbell.
Marshal-JOhn Roberts,
clerk and Treasurer-W. w. Cook.
COuncll-A. ID. Carmichael, chairman
C. b. Dunn. J. 4. MeGeaehy, G. y. Thar
w. o. Butler, JT.