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The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
CAN .cussv ovER TELEPHONE.

Not Basis OF Action For Damages,
Iowa Supreme Court Rules.
Des Moines. Iowa. Profane and
harsh words--.cuss words" in fact
when heard over the telephone, are
not basis for legal damage action in
Iowa. This decision OF the Iowa Su.
preme Court was handed down in a
case in which Nettie Kramer, Of
Franklin county, sued Henry Kicks
meier for damages on account Of
fright. shock and humiliation"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
balkan PEAcE sY MARCH !

Secret Negotiations Between Turkey
and the Allies In Progress
London. Turkey and the Balkan
allies are secretly negotiating and that
peace is likely to be concluded the
first week in March is reported here.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1913-02-28
HAS WALKED 1000 MILES.

VT 8Se'.sS Vs.'S'' = S~H'''S ~" ~''SSS
For the Army.
J. st. Louis. Sergeant John M. Walsh,
u. S. A., arrived at Jefferson Barracks
on foot after 7,000-mile tramp across
the continent and back under orders
to test army shoes. The sergeant left
New York April 10 and is returning
from California. He resumed his
journey with Fort Ben Harrison Qnd.)
his objective point
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

From the Philadelphia Inquirer
There have been multiplying evil
dences that Nature, however gen
erous she may have been to Will
lam Jennings Bryan IN the be-
stowal of her gifts, never intended
him to occupy the position Of Sec
rotary Of State in the Cabinet Of
the President of the United States.
This is a post, above all others,
which requires unusual tactfulness,
knowledge Of the ussges Of diplo-
macy, and a keen and delicate
sense Of the fitness Of things.
Many persons, who have no de-
sire to be unfair to Mr.. Bryan,
have gravely doubted whether he
possessed any Of these qualihca-
tions, and his latest announce
ment that he proposes to lay down
the duties of his high office for six
weeks in order to devote that time
to a profit-making tour of the
Chautauqua lecture circuit Will
absolutely confirm their misgivings.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Lecturing Instead of
Tending to His Duty.
(From the CleyeIand LEADER

(From the Cleveland LEADER
Affairs in Mexico, If not in
Washington, appear to be in a con-
dition requiring careful handling.
The President has returned to the
capital from his Summer holiday.
Utmost solicitude for national in
terests would seem to necessitates
the presence Of the head of the De-
partment of State. Instead, We see
him far away addressing Chautau-
qua audiences under the stern COM
pulsion of necessity-tne homely,
universal necessity Of earning a
living.
Secretary Bryan should now go
a step further in candor and tell
the people how much it will cost
them to engage his entire atten-
ton to their affairs.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"NOf a Bad Season for
the Canny Secretary. "

From the DenUer Republican,
Mr.. Bryan's lecture season is
about over The rain Of the equi-
nOctial is beating into pulp the
posters which announced the APP
pearance of the Greatest Amer
lean Statesman" The jugglers,
acrobats, yodlers and magicians
with whom he has been appearing
are turning to the more profitable
winter circuits. The Chautauqua
tents are being struck, and soon
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"A Dangerous Man-Why
Did He Enter Cabinet?"

From the Boston Traveler)
AS a leader of the plain people,
standing on the outside and telling
what ought to be done, william
Jennings Bryan was for years in a
class by himself. AS a Cabinet Off
clal who is leaving grave duties to
be attended to by his subordinates,
while he explains that he must lee
ture in order that his annual in
come may not fall below a speci-
fed total, he is a melancholy figure.
He is more than that-he is a dan
gerous man.
Why did Bryan enter the Cabi-
net? Why is he remaining there?
The Acknowledgement discredited
himself in the California matter.
The Secretary of State is doing
more than that-he is discrediting
the country. He should resign or
attend to business,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Has Already Brought Con-
tempt on Administration

he now gayly deserts the work
for which the United States pays
him $4,000 a year to discharge
his rhetoric and collect dollars on
the road
Since Mr.. Bryan seems to have
no sense Of public obligation, Of
official responsibility or Of loyalty
to the Administration upon which
his evasion Of his functions has
already brought ridicule and is in
more than fair way TO bring CON
tempt; since the mighty mouthed
Democratic protagoniSt of all the
political and moral virtues Is CON
tent to be a loafer and n shirk,
what IS Mr.. Wilson going to do
about it?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
HIS COURSE IS CALLED
WHOLLY |NDEFENS|BLE

he questioned the propriety of de-
partmental officers writing articles
for the magazines In exploitation Of
scientific and other discoveries. He
held that department officers
should not allow themselves to be-
come literary beneficiaries of their
own inside knowledge. What would
he have said If his Secretary OF
State, publishing a journal, had
issued a prospectus, asserting that
It would make a speciality of news
of our International affairs. And
If that officer had In addition been
routed with popular entertainers,
on a peculiarly lucrative gate re-
ceipt contract?
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Uncle Sam and the
High Cost of Grape Juice.

From the Chicago Daily NetoS.J
As for the compulsion, the eco
nomic urge, that ostensibly drives
Mr.. Bryan to this course, 1t should
cause Uncle Sam to feel a measure
Of remorse or some similar emo
ton. It is probable that he is not
paying his chief lieutenants enough.
Possibly he has been too busy to
consider the high cost Of grape
juice and all the other concomi-
tants Of diplomatic life in Wash
ington.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Says Bryan Is Beyond
Any Sympathy of Ours.

from The chicago Trfbune)
Mr.. Bryan is as cheerful as JOB
and as immune as Shadrach. He is
beyond our sympathy, but It is i'm
possible to escape the uncomfort-
able feeling that he is exposing US
as a tight-fisted nation.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

It, as he chose. But having taken
1t. the plainest dictates of ordinary
business obligation required that he
give his entire time and services
to his task.
Instead Of which he has from the
start neglected his duties In fash
Ion little short of scandalous; and
now proposes to add insult to in
Jury by operating a private bust
ness venture for his own private
purse.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Does He Feel the
Net Thrown Round Him?

From the Jacksonville (FIG.) Times
Unton.)
Is It not plain that Wilson was
wise in offering a seat in his
Cabinet to Bryan? Do not proofs
multiply that Bryan feels the net
thrown about him?
1t seems the character Of Mr..
Bryan's associates makes no diff
ference, else we might inquire
whether lot of people who give
cow-calls and are called Tyrolese
yodlers are fit companions on the
stage for our Secretary of State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
''The More He Talks the
Worse Light He Is In. &"

From the Neto York Tribune.D
The more words Mr.. Bryan
speaks in defense Of his Chautau-
qua undertakings, the worse light
he places himself in.
From a purely business point OF
view Mr.. Bryan's performance is
little short Of impudent. Mr.. Bryan
was under no contract or obliga-
ton to serve as Secretary of State.
He could take the office or decline
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Was Never Intended to
Occupy a Cabinet Post

handy to sign state papers, is get
ting the front page In his endeav-
ors to explain the difference between
a ''yodeler'' and a plain singer. 1t
appears that as a "filler-in" for
Bryan in his tour there is a band
Of Swiss singers, and Mr.. Bryan
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
6<o- me R4AAOElA4 noRzH Anzetc4p

light zone" between Summer and
Winter in Chautauqua, is giving
wonderful exhibitions battling with
an ina giDary Beast" so as to keep
his hand in. There must be cal.
cium in the air breathed by the
true Chautauquan, else he is fish
out Of water, gasping for breath
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
"Carts His High Office
About u. S. on Wheels"

From the Portland (0r) oregoriaDJ
Secretary of State Bryan is
obliged to exc out lean existence
as the highest officer but two In
the United States Government by
resort to the lecture platform
1t seems that 5000 and less
was enough for great aristocrats
like John Hay, Elihu Root. Daniel
Webster, Thomas Jefferson and q
long line Of illustrious Americans
who preceded Mr.. Bryan.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
(From the Boston Herald


Viewed in its most favorable
light, Mr.. Bryan's course remains
wholly indefensible. The New
York Evening Post remarks that
Bryan's cutting off an interview
with the Japanese Ambassador, to
make connections with a Chautau-
qua engagement, did not look we'll.
The story. as it travelled over the
world, would do our diplomatic es-
adjustment no good. 1t would add
nothing to our dignity as a nation,
or to our standing before the civ
ilized world.
All this IS inccntrovertible. When
Grover Cleveland was Prc-ident
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
from the Ne,o York Sum-

From the Neto York Sum-
Mr.. Bryan's excursions from
Washington and his post of duty
to crafty his incurable cacoethes
loquendi or Yawp's disease have
become more than a Joke. They
are a scandal. A Secretary Of
State whose department is crowded
with grave and delicate interna-
tional controversies neglects the
country's business for his pleasure.
Ambassadors of foreign nations
must catch him, if at all, at ban
uuets in other cities or between
trips at Washington. Having had
little but vacation since March 4.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

serves as a press agent for the
curtain raisers.
1t is seldom that q foreign troupe
of vaudevillians can secure a Sec
rotary of State to extOl its merits
in print Mr.. Bryan's closest rival
on the circuit. having nothing else
10 do in the slack season, the "twi-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Should Quit One Job
or the Other at Once.
From the Baltimore Netos.)

After two months observation
of Mr.. Bryan's way Of tearing
about the country, taking wild
automobile rides in order to keep
his engagements, appearing on the
platform with any and everybody,
we a"e quite certain that the av-
erage American citizen is ready to
conclude that Mr.. Bryan is on the
wrong tack and that he should
either quit the lecture platform or
quit his Government job,
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
A Little Sarcasm
from Columbus, o.
from the Columbus (Ohto) Foe
ming DtSpdtdk)

(From the Columbus (Ohto) EUe-
ming Dtspdtdk.)
1t seems to be taken for granted
that no other nation would pur-
pOsely "act up in the good old
Summer time and make 1t neces-
sary for the department to do
something.
That may be an unwise risk to
take, but what do the critics wantf
Do they think that Just because
they have to remain in Washing
ton and watch Congress, the State
Department offiaials should also
linger? And the people at a score
Of ChautauQuas waiting to hear
the eloquence of Mr.. Bryan? As
President Wilson would say,
"Tut-tut!"
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
AT Last the Foot of the
Secretary Has Slipped"

From the st. Louis Times.J
We believe that the Secretary's
foot has slipped at last. We be
lieve he has made it plain that ne
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
Should Resign, Says
the Philadelphia Ledger.
(Front the Philadelphia Public
Ledger

LedgeTJ
If Mr.. Bryan is not satisfied with
the $4,000 salary paid to the Sec
rotary of State he should resign
his post and betake himself in per-
feet propriety to the Chautauqua
lecture platform, where he may
earn money to his hearts content.
He knew what the salary was
when he accepted the office, and If
$4,000 seemed to be meagre to the
unreconstructed boy Orator of
the Platte" who has known DAYS
when $4,000 or even $1,000 was a
considerable annual income, he
should not have accepted the re-
sponsible post Of Secretary of State.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
WHAT THE PROMINENT
PAPE rs IN THIS
COUNTRY HAVE To SAY
Editorial Comments from Atlantic to
Pacific on the Activities of the Pre-
mier of the United States on the
Lecture Circuit.

The following excerpts from editorial pages of of
the most influential newspapers in the country give ade
quae how the nation regards the mercenary circus
activities of William J. Bryan, Secretary of State:
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28

there will be humping steam pipes
in town and glistening pumpkins
in the frosted fields of the coun-
tryslde. But it has not been such
a bad season for our canny Secre-
tary of State.
A mild estimate puts his lecture
returns since last March at some
thing over five thousand dollars.
Altogether it should not be
discontinued face which Mr.. Bryan
turns officeward. One can do plenty
OF things with five thousand In
velvet"
cares far less for the brow Of labor,
save as material for an oratoricaI
peroration, than he cares for the
Bryan feathered nest, the Bryan
Golfers, the Bryan lands and fine
linen.
This must be the conclusion of
the people as a whole. We are
curious to know what President
Wilson's conclusion will be.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-09-28
He Has Chautauqua
Itch and Has 1t Bad.
From the DenUer Times.

Just dOw Mr.. Bryan, who is
treading the Chatauqua circuit close
20 Washington, so that he may De
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
OVER FOUR MILLIONS SPENT
 ON EDUCATION IN ARKANSAS
Of This the Teachers Received Over Three-FOurths for Salaries
 Balance Gains.

Little Rock, Sept IS (SpeciaD.- According to the figures compiled by the State Department of Educa- tion, there was expended during the year ending June 30, 1913, in Ar kansas for educational purposes, a total of $i,279,l 9,l79.7S. Of this amount the teachers received in salaries $3,38l, ,29il5. There was 35l,3l6.76 spent in building and re- pairs The total amount of receipts for the same period was 8, ,759, 752.- 91 leaving a balance on hand July 1, 1913, of S1,l8O27L55. This is an increase over the balance of year ago, which was Sl, ,iS662.96. The common school fund and poll taxes, which are paid into the school fund, yielded $l,iS5,6ll.l8.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
SENATORIAL CAMPAIGN WILL
 BEGIN IN | SHORT TIME
Senator Clarke Is Home and Justice Kirby Will Open His Fight
 Next Month.

Little Rock. Sept IS Special - The campaign for the United States Senate will be started very soon. Senator Clarke is here, but has not announced how long he will stay, or what his plans are for the cam paign.
 Associate Justice Kirby, how ever expects to begin an active campaign of the state next month, and to continue it until the pri- maries. He made the following statement last night:
 "I propose to begin my campaign in October I do not know just where I will make my first speech. I have not determined that yet, I intend to make a thorough canvass of the state. and hope to be able to speak in every county. l can see no reason why I should delay the opening until January, and 1 do not to let any consideration stand between me and the most ac- tive campaign that can be made.
 Arkansas needs the services of a senator who is in sympathy with the rights of the common people, in touch with the conditions that exist in the state, and in harmony with the principles and leaders of the Democratic party"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
NEGROES AND Is
 FORCED TO LEAVE CITY

Wynee, Ark, Sept l8.-Because his hotel furnished supper to about 1000 negroes en route 10 a Baptist convention in Nashville. Tenn. Manager C. H. Dickey of a well known hotel of Wynne has ceased to make Wynne his place of resi- dence. Mr. Dickey decided to leave Wynne after he had been advised by a committee of citizens that there were other communities where his presence might be more desired Mr. Dickey left at an early hour this morning.
 The negroes arrived Monday night on a special train. and alight- ing al the station, where the hotel is located. crowded into the dining room of the hotel. This hotel has white girl walters, who were forced to wait on the negroes. and this soon led 10 many murmurs of com- pl1int X meeting was hcId and a committee named 10 advise Mr. DicAey of llo wrath of the citizens and their desire that he leave Wynne on the first train.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
TAX COMPASSION
 HAVING TROUBLE
Inequality of Assessment in Various Counties a NeXing PrOblem-Bur- den of Taxation Not Equitable
 Many Arkansas Apples.

Little Rock. Sept. l9-David A.. Cafes, of the State Tax Commission. is in the city from his tour of the state, and will go to Pine Bluff to- morrow to confer with the Jelfer- son County Board of Equalization. He reports that he finds nine out of ten of the county judges and about two out of three of the boards of equalization ready and willing to cooperate with the commission in the equalization of the taxes.
 In some counties, however, he has found conditions very discouraging. In Calhoun, for instance, he found that all lands, improved and unim- proved farm lands and cut-Over lends have been assessed uniform ly at S2.5O an acre, regardless of their value, and timber lands at about S6 an acre. This year the as sessor attempted to rectify the dis crepancy and increased the assess menl of farm and cut-oNer lands .n ~t.ot -5 au acre, .u. .he board of equalization came along and un- did his work by placing It back at the old figure.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
SOME OLD SEED CORN.
Brought to Polk County From Ten
 nesSee in 1856.

Joe T. lowry. who lives three miles north of Vandervoort, was in Mena Wednesday and called on The Star. MT. Towery left with this office an ear of corn which was brought to this county from Lin coln county, Tennessee, in 1856.
 The corn was grown during a drouthy year and did not fully ma ture. yet the ear is exceptionally well formed, is twelve inches long and contains twenty-two rows or grain.
 Mir. Towery has used some Of the same lot as seed with marked suc- cess. and each year uses the best or the crop for seed for the next sea- son.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
ATTORNEY GENERAL
 AND AUDITOR MIX
Lock Horns in Legal Battle Over Authority of State to Borrow Money From One Fund
 to Another.

Little Rock, Sept. IS Special - State Auditor L. L. Coffman takes issue with Attorney General w. l.. Moose on the provisions of the law which the latter has construed to prohibit Mr. Coffman's plan of bor- rowing money from the state capi- tol fund to carry on the current eX- penses of the state government and institutions. In a statement just issued he says:
 "The governor having stated posi- lively that he would not under any circumstances, call a special session of the legislature, I had given up hopes of remedying the depleted condition of our general revenue fund by that means and had con- sidered the whole matter closed.
 But in the light of the opinion of the attorney general that the method proposed by me, viz, to borrow from the capitol fund, would be unconstitutional, 1 feel that I owe it to myself and the many people throughout the state who have urged the same course, to show that there is absolutely noth- ing in the constitution which the proposed remedy would contravene.
 Tt is not necessary to be law yer to read and conslrue the very few lines upon which the attorney general bases his opinion. Article i5. section fl, reads: No moneys arising from a tax levied for one purpose shall be used for any other purpose.
 Common sense alone will tell you that the word used in this sentence is synonymous with spent, and when you read the sentence, " no moneys arising from a tax levied for one purpose shall be spent for any other purpose you have exactly what the framers of it intended it to mean.
 You had as well argue that the particular pieces and denominations of money which were paid into the capitol fund must be set aside and kept intact, for otherwise it would be used by the treasurer for pay ing out money for warrants drawn on other funds.
 The attorney general himself sat upon a board only some sixty days ago and voted to lend part of this same capitol fund and part of the pension fund as well, to certain banks throughout the state under authority given him by an act of the legislature. His very action in so doing bears out my construction of the constitution that the word use means spend and that he did not consider that he was violating the constitution in merely lending from these funds, knowing that the money would be replaced and eventually spent for the purpose for which it was levied. What, then. is the difference between lending the capitol fund 10 a bank and lending it to the general reve- me fund?"
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25

LiUIe Rock, Sept. lq.-Fiye bar rels of apples donated by the farm CTS of Northwest Arkansas are to be given away a, one of the lea- lures of the publicity bureau to be conducted in Boston during the session of the American Bankers Association October 5-l0.
 George ". Rogers, cashier of the Bank of Commerce, Little Rock, will have charge, with others, of the work. and expects great things from it. In a letter to Commissioner John II. Page he says:
 The bankers assure us that the apples to be given away in Boston by the Arkansas Publicity Bureau will excel in every way, shape and manner the far-famed apples that tempted Mrs. Adam. We also eX- pect to give away as souvenirs Tn this great cotton manufacturing center 2,500 open bolls of cotton samples of Arkansas wonderful mineral resources to advertise the great health and pleasure resort of Hot Springs, and other sections of the state. The railroads will CO., operate and furnish us with a large amount of valuable Arkansas ad- Vertising matter
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25

The healing demulcent qualities of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound are not duplicated in any other medicine for coughs and colds. Any substitute offered you is an in ferior article. Refuse to accept 1t, for it cannot produce the healing and soothing effect of Foley's Honey and Tar Compound. Insist upon the genuine, which contains no opiates. Jackson Drug & Furniture Co.-Adv.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
FOLK GETS X JOB IN
 THE STATE DEPARTMENT
Was Not Applicant, but Was Friend of Bryan-Will Become Counsel
 Tor for Latter at Washington.

Washington, Sept. i8.-Former Governor Folk of Missouri was to- day appointed solicitor for the State Department. Folk was not an applicant. It is presumed his con- sent to accept was obtained before the appointment was made.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25
JEWS WOULD STOP ISLANDER.
ah'i-Defamation League Organized
 at Chicago Meeting.

Lllcago, Sept. iS.-Widely known Jews met here yesterday and or ganzed the Anti-Defamation League of America, whose object VIII be to stop by appeals to reason ana conscience, and, if necessary, ny appeals to the law, the defama- u0n oi the Jewish people.
 me new organization will be con- uueted under the auspices of the otoer of B'Nai B'rith. a Jewish phllanthropic organization with a membership of thirty thousand, @ auu Will have branches in every large city in the country.
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25

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 anniNE roai is a powerful liver cor str;vSant' st;nt' It purifles the system, i,btillulates iba the vital organs and puts I,s pn; body in fine, vigorous condition, pho rtnce Doc. Sold by McNerney's
The Mena weekly star., 1913-09-25

OFFICERS

EDWIN B. COX, Cashier J. H. COX, President w. I. GREEN, Asst. Ca EUGENE COX, Vice President Walter Nance, Asst.