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copies. instead, of carbons, are kept. 1t
is but natural that each President upon
retiring from office should take with
him from the White House most of
the letter press books that have ac-
cumulated during his administration.
In many Instances carbon copies are
also made, for not infrequently the
President desires to send copies of a
letter to several quarters.
The White House stationery is digni-
fled and distinctive. being made OF
plain white linen bond of the finest
quality, and for almost all purposes
there is used double sheet of note
size which in three folds fits snugly
into an envelope a size or two smaller
than those most favored in ordinary
business practice. The paper stock used
is so tough and strong. though of fine
surface, that it will stand up" under
almost any amount of rough usage In
the mails. The average person may ut
tie appreciate the texture OF the White
House stationery until he casually at
tempts to tear across a sheet or enve-
lops preparatory to tossing 1t into the
waste basket. Then re may find 1t all
but necessary to resort to scissors.
The only inscription on either letter
paper or envelope is 1.-The White House,
printed In small caps or block letters. All
White House typeWrltefs are iitteu Will
blue ribbons to match this ink. Penned
signatures are almost invariably In black.
OF course no postage is paid ON outgoing
mail and the words "The White House,
which serve as frank, result, as to do Or
binary stamped envelopes in the saving
of some time in the mailing ROOM
The President of the United states
subscribes In effect to the policy of the
man who has no mail delivered by car
rier at his place of business. but instead
rents a lock box at the local postoffice
or nearest postal station. No mail IS
delivered by regular carrier at the Wnite
House In fact the President has his
own special postman, member OF tue
messenger force at the executive offlces,
who is provided with horse and buggy
and who makes two or three trips daily
to the Washington postoffice despatchins
the outgoing mail and returning with the
incoming. The final trip of the day is
made at comparatively early hour III
the afternoon, a circumstance which, or
course. facilitates the task of replying TO
most letters on the day on which they
are received.
The office force is called upon to han
die one class of correspondence which
has no counterpart in the operations OF
the ordinary business institution. This Is
the social correspondence and 1t is OF quite
heavy volume during the winter months
when formal dinners, receptions and other
entertainments are held at the White
House in rapid succession. All this WORK
is under the personal direction of So
cial clerk who is a specialist In his line
and who is fortified for his task by a
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in the case of the present executive, who
dictates answers to more letters than have
most of his predecessors. The winnowing
process to which the letters are subjected
starts with the mail clerk, who opens all
incoming letters except the very few mis-
sives which in accordance with pre-
arranged plan bear upon the envelopes
autograph initials or other insignia which
serve as secret "passworos." Indicating
that these particular letters are to pass.
to the hands of the President unopened.
For the response to a considerable por-
tion of the letters received the mail clerk
Is able to arrange without troubling the
President or his secretaries. Among the
correspondence taken out by this first
sitting process there may be cited those
inquiries on any subject which may be
prominently in the public mind and to
which the White House makes a more
or less stereotyped response. This will
suggest to the practical business man
form letter. work. and yet, as a mat
ter of fact, the White House makes very
little use of what is commonly known as
the form letter
Not only is the filled in form letter un-
known in White House practice, but even
in the case of letters of reply which dupli-
cate one another in general purport every
effort Is made to vary the phraeology
as possible. Incidentally 1t may be men,
toned that letter signature by proxy or
/, the rubber stamp method is unknown at
the White House. Every person who re-
ceives letter bearing the signature of
the President can rest assured that the
chief magistrate personally penned the
name.
/ Letters which cannot be handled by
| the White House mail clerk on his own
responsibility are passed on to the secre-
| tary to the President or one of the two
assistant secretaries. The apportionment
| of the mail among these three aids is
governed not by their relative rank, but
rather by system whereby it is sought
to have each subject of general corre-
spondence handled in all cases by the sec
retary who has specialized on that par
| ticular matter 1t is only an occasional
letter that the secretary to the President
cannot dispose of without consulting his
chief.
These communications which do
seem to merit the personal attention
of the chief executive he has ready
for the President the first thing each
morning. The President may dispose
of a letter that requires his, personal
attention by debating a reply, or as
is more often the case, he may re-
turn all the papers in the case to his
that will guide the secretary in franz
ing reply in accordance with the
Presidents wishes.
Six stenographers are kept busy typ
Ing the letters dictated by the Presi-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
SYRUP Of FIGS FOR INDIGESTION,
B|LIOUsNEsS AND CONSTIPATION.
Better than castor OIL cal0me or cathartics to cleanse
your stomach, liver and 30 feet of bowels. Harm
less Laxative for men, women and children

Primitive folks did not need laxa-
tives. They lived outdoors, ate plenty
of fruit. and all of their food was
coarse. We modern people are differ
ent. We exercise too little. eat little
fruit. and our food Is too fine--too
rich.
We simply can't have our ten yards
Of bowels clogged up, liver choked
with sour bile and stomach full of foul
effete matter and feel we'll. 1t means
that the food and waste retained in
the stomach and thirty feet of bowels
ferments--decays. The decay creates
poisons. gases and acids, and those
poisons are sucked into the blood
through the very ducts intended TO
suck in the nutriment. Then we have
sick headache. become dull, bilious,
tongue coated, nervous, meals don't
digest. and we feel miserable all over.
So we must make our choice Ne must
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16
HANDLING THE MAIL
Of THE PRESIDENT
Hard to Deal With Because
1t Varies so Greatly
WHITE H0ITSE PAPER
WHITE HOUSE PAPER
Rule That Every Letter Must BE An
swered Within "a H0urs-Rubber
Stamp Method Unknown in
the Executive Mansion
From Business.

From Business.
Never was there business office where
the machinery, human and mechanical,
was more completely hidden or where a
more noiseless office routine prevails
than in the headquarters of our national
executive. 80
The prestige Of the establishment as a
model of its kind. rests on the circum-
stance that possibly nowhere else In the
world is so much mail handled and SO
many callers received by so small an
office force. or so heavy volume of bnsi-
ness done in such limited quarters.
The total business staff, including usn-
ers. messengers and so on. numbers little
more than no. And the modest one-story
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live like primitive folks. else we must
take artificial means to move the ex-
cess bile and waste matter on and out
of the system.
The safest, most harmless and effec-
tive stomach, liver and bowel cleanser
and regulator for men. women and
children---is delicious Syrup of Figs,
which doesn't irritate, gripe or weaken.
It's effect is the effect of fruits. 1t il
composed entirely of luscious figs, sem
ma and aromatics. Don't think you are
drugging yourself. Syrup of Figs can
be constantly used without harm.
Ask your druggist for syrup of
Figs and Elixer of Senna," and see on
the label that 1t is prepared by The
California Fig Syrup Company. This
is the only genuine--the old reliable.
Refuse with contempt the so-called
Fig Syrup limitations sometimes offered
to deceive you.
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annex to the White House does not rep
resent more than a fraction of the floor
space occupied by many large corpora
tion.
Handling the White House mail is one
of the heaviest responsibilities of the
business done there. It Is doubtful il
there is any other place where the in
coming mail varies so tremendously from
day TO day. In addition there is a rule
that every letter addressed to the Presi-
dent shall be acknowledged from the
White House even though 1t is referred
to some government department.
Moreover, there is a rule also to the
effect that every letter received must be
answered within "a hours unless excep-
tional circumstances make this impossi-
ble. This policy of promptness taxes
the resources of the White House pusi-
ness establishment when, as sometimes
happens. the daily receipts jump to 1000
letters or more.
1t is only fair to say, however. that
such circumstances are exceptional, al
though many newspaper readers have
been led to believe that the President re-
eeived at least a thousand letters every
day of his occupancy of the office. As a
matter of fact, there are weeks at u
stletcH WneH uHuer noiildl cohultions tue
daily mail will seldom exceed 200 letters
and the average for long intervals dur
ing the present administration has been
In the neighborhood of $50 letters a day.
But this normal volume may be quickly
changed to the abnormal. The appear
ance of some new nationA issue, an in
ternationat crisis, an important decfara-
tion of policy by the President, a pro-
posal of new legislation or any one of a
number of turns of affairs is likely to
bring down upon the White House an
avalanche of letters of inquiry, advice,
coInmendation and criticism.
Needless to say, the President sees but
fraction of these letters and he replies
personally to only limited number, not
more than 10 per cent of the total, even
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dent, his secretaries and mail clerk,
and this corps must when the volume
of mail is unusually heavy be sup
plemented by men tthere are no wom-
Ell employed in the presidential busi-
ness offices) detailed temporarily from
one of the departments. Letter press
The Birmingham age-herald., 1913-03-16

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II provides the only way discovered for
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We or range, or a gas water
ter for the new house, place the
er now as well as make the
chase. This will allow us to run
lines in advance and set the
ter or stove; Then you will
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The Cuthe Truss has thoroughly proved its
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surgeons in the U. S. army and Navy now recon-
mend instead OF advising operation. 1t has brought
complete recovery in hundreds Of cases after opera
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neither the men, the wagons nor
the teams are available. It is there
fore out of the question to fill the
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us by placing them early.
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24

with the most abundant crops, now
ripening, and every line OF manufsc-
ture Is hourishing. There is no
reason whatever for any tiRhtness in
the money market. We say let the
President hold Congress in leash
until the new currency bill is enacted
into law TO go hand-in-hand with
the Underwood-Simmons tariff reform
bill. The people will then be emanci-
pated from the tyranny of not only
trusts and protected manufacturers
but also from the powers that hold in
hand the finances OF this great nation.
The people are now In the saddle, and
let the people rule. Senator Varde-
man will misrepresent his people il
he advocates an adjournment of
Congress before the money question is
settled.
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
STOMACH TROUBLES
Dir. Ragland Writes Interesting
Letter on This Subject.

Madison Heights, Va.--Mr. Chas. A.
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After taking Black-Draught for a few
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Nervousness, nausea, heartburn, pain
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To get quick and permanent relief
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Its 75 years OF splendid success, in the
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The Jones County news., 1913-07-24

sold for every bale actually grown?
Is not prices regulated by the law of
supply and demandY Don't you know
that when an unreasonable amount of
any commodity is kept on the market
and sold daily at auction, it can only
tend 70 reduce the price2 Besides, as
every one knows, those Wall street
gamblers are no friends to our
Southern cotton-growers, and their
only greatest aim is TO batter down
prices, SO that they can secure for
their friends and fellow-conspirator
the cotton mills, raw material at the
lowest price possible. Buy this com
bination, ever since the civil war, our
farmers have been forced TO sell their
cotton at about and often below cost
OF production. That bill to tax the
sale OF cotton futures, and which will
go long ways toward unrooting the
nefarious business, can but be of
inestimable benefit 10 our Southern
farmers, and SO fas from serving to
reduce the price, will enable them to
demand the real value and fair price
for their staple. Mill men must
then buy q supply Of cotton direct
from the growers instead of dealing
with these gamblers Don't every
farmer know that the more middle
men are pumped out in disposing OF
MS crops the better for him? Presi-
dent Wilson and that Democratic
Congress are doing some great work
for the masses, and our Southern
cotton growers are coming in for a
full share of the blessings.
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
Take Plenty OF Time to Eat.

There is saying that rapid eat
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formed the habit of eating too rapid
ly you are most likely suffering from
Indigestion or constipation, which
will result eventually in serious ill
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thoroughly masticated and insali-
vated- Then when you have fullness
OF the stomach or feel dull and stupid
after eating take one OF Chamberlain S
Tablets. Many severe cases OF
stomach trouble and constipation
have been cured by the use of these
tablets. They are easy to take and
most agreeable in effect. Sold by
HYDE Drug Co,
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
UNCLE sAM ANp MEXICO

We do not believe that under any
other administration than that Of
Secretary OF State Bryan would the
United States have quietly submitted
TO such a reign of anarchy and bar
barity as prevails in our neighboring
Republic OF Mexico. Since the de
position Of President Dlaz, Mexico
has been 10 turmoil, and neither
life nor property are safe. The
American dag has been insulted and
our citizens robbed, nistreated and
even murdered. The millions OF
Americans capital invested in Mexico
is practically conhscated, for the in
yestors can get no satisfactory re-
turn. First Que faction has control OF
the government and then another
faction. We now see that Europe is
aroused and a demands is made on
the United States to enforce peace Ia
Mexico, under our Munroe doctrine,
or the covert thrsats is made that
other countries will intervene.
Were a firm hand and bold heart
al In charge OF the Department of
State, that Mexican muddle would
have been settled long since, even
we're IL necessary for our troops to
invade Mexico, as we did Cuba.
But Mr.. Bryan Is preaching a peace
at-any -sacrifee policy, and OF course
he cannot be so Inconsistent as to
involve this country in war. He
must make Uncle Sam practice what
Secretary of State Bryan breaches.
Our people are brave a. we'll as just,
and the country will not tolerate any
such pnciiic policy as that eminating
from the authorities at Washington,
In face OF such strong provocation.
PR. Bryan either should resign, or
make reyolutionizing change in his
policy II he does not resign, then
President Wilson should ask his
resignation aud name some man as
his successor who has backbone and
will not submit To see this great
nation browbeaten and insulted by a
mob of half breed savages. The
American people are getting both sick
ana disgusted with the policy per-
sued by MIR Bryan toward these
Mexican insurrectionists, Unless the
United States acts quickly, and with
a firm hand, there is danger of our
country either being made to both dig
dirt and eat II, or become involved In
war with one or more great European
powers. Every little chinquepin
county. like Japan and Mexico,
seems to feel licensed to threaten
and defy Uncle Sam. Secretary of
State Bryan is out OF his place, and
hs should be replaced by some man
who holds the glory and honor of his
country above all else.
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
TAXING FUTURE SALES OF
COTTON.

We cannot too strongly endorse the
amendment attached to tue new tariff
bill hxing a tax on these Wall street
gamblers who are speculating on the
great agricultural products of our
country. When this bill becomes a
law, tax of one-tenth of cent will
be levied on every pound OF cotton
sold and where the staple is moi
actually delivered, We are not sur.
prised to see the papers OF New
Orleans and other gambling centers
opposing this bill, for its deliver a
solar plexus blow to one of their
principal sources for making easy
money. If our memory does not
mislesd us, New Orleans was the
home OF the Louisiana Lottery. a
gigantic gambling institution, sup
pressed 10y congress. And yet whel q
that lottery made one penny in its
gambling scheme, the selling OF
futures 10y Wall street and other
centers, robs the people of hundreds OF
dollars.
1t is all nonsense to pretend that
this bill will tend TO lower the price OF
cotton to the farmer, How can any
thing tend to help the price of the
staple when thousands of bales are
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
THE NEW CURRENCY BILL

We are glad to see President Will
son insisting on Congress passing a
currency reform bill before adjourn
ment. This Is absolutely necessary
to dove-tsil in with tariff reduction,
or the great money powers, whose
interests have been attached will
certainly take advantage OF the sltua-
tion to bring about financial
ssringsney, II nots money panic. A
few men can now control the entire
urrency issue of the country and
paralize every enterprise in our broad
land. This they are now preparing
to do, and unless this power is taken
from their control, the country will
be given an object lesson, as during
the Cleveland administration.
The Democratic Congress Is doing
a great work for the masses In lifting
that burthen imposed by the robber
tariff bill, but in order to clinch this,
and save the country from the ven
geance OF an enraged money power,
who hnds so many of its privileges
taken away, a revomtionizing change
must be made In our dancial system
by which the money issue will be
controlled by the General Government
and not by certain interest and mai.
viduals.
Panics are unknown In England and
the Old World, but In the United
States a few individuals, when even II
suits their selfish interests, can with
draw from circulation the currency OF
the country and paralixe every busi-
ness and enterprise. What this
country needs is flexible currency
our money, taken from the control OF
individuals and let the General Gov
ernmsnt dictate its issue and circnla-
tion.
The country is this year blessed
The Jones County news., 1913-07-24
COL. BRYAN AND THE AL
MIGHTY DOLLAR.

Secretary OF State Wm ]. Bryan
gives an excuse for neglecting impor-
tant public duties Ia Washington TO
travel over the country and deliver
lectures for which au admission fee is
charged, Is that he cannot live 10
Washington on his salary of one
thousand dollars q month. We re-
member when Bryan attended the
Chicago convention and made his
Gross of Gold and Crown ofThornsn
speech that be and his wife we're stop
ping at cheap boarding house, pay
ing not exceeding " per day each
His fortune is now estimate at from
half million to a million dollars,
all OF which money he made from the
notoriety given him by the Democratic
party. We further remember that
unpleasant story of w. j. Bryan
trying TO get large amount of
money left him by an old man on
whom he had no claims but which in
tance the courts denied him. We
also call to mind that Col. Bryan,
after this first defeat, sold his elo-
quence and popularity with the public
to Bunch McBee to deliver a series OF
lectures, but after visiting only two
or three places popular censure and
small audiences caused him TO discon-
tinue his lectures.
All the other Cabinet officers live
In Washington on their annual salary
OF $1,000 and we do not understand
why Secretary of State Bryan should
not do the same. Those grape juice
entertainments he gives cannot be
very costly. 1t really seems that
Col Bryan is In politics for the
money II brings, and he has an eye
on the almighty dollar instead OF his
public duties. If he cannot live In
Washington on the handsome salary
paid, then he ought to resign his
Office and return to the lecture plat
form. From the anarchy prevailing
in Mexico, aud the manner In which
Japan assumes to dictate to our Re
public, Wm. J. Bryan is stupendous
failure as Secretary of State, and the
best service he cannot do his country
will be to tender his resignation.
A proud and brave people do not
relish the public statement that their
highest officers must seek some out
side source of income to live. Uncle
Sam denies rural carriers the privi-
lege of making a few extra dimes do
ing outside work, and the same rule
applies to all other Government
officials. What sort of an example is
that set them by the Secretary OF
State. Feed the little and the big
fellows on the same kind OF bait If
Mr.. Bryan has the right to do outside
work, the same privilege should be
accorded every other man in Uncle
Sans employ.