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The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
MELISSA WOULD HAVE NO PESs
 MIST AROUND THE HOUSE.

If you have tears, prepare to shed them now" said Mrs. Merriwid, ad- dressing her maternal maiden Aunt Jane. If you have signs to heaye, heave to. my hearties!-jus so long as they aren't too heavy and you don't run any risk of straining your self"
 Why should I?" inquired Aunt Jane, without taking her eyes from the needle that she was threading.
 On general principles, dearie," re- piled Mrs Merriwid Its a world of sadness and sorrow where the four fiusher is exalted, as one might say if one used slang, and where honest merit gets it about half way around between the front and back collar buttons, to adopt a metaphor. We are decadent, degenerate, tainted, auntie. The trail of the serpent is over it all and the canker is at our hearts. It's perfectly scandalous!"
 Aunt Jane knotted her thread, and her niece, who had pumped her comedy person upon the lounge and was arranging the cushions to suit her angle of reclination.
 That was Mir Megrim, wasn't it, Melissa?" she asked.
 Tt was MT. Megrim, auntie, as you surmise,' replied Mrs. MerriWid MT. Megrim, all dolled up and looking too sweet for anything. He would be a handsome man if he didn't show so much of his lower teeth, don't you think? But when society is rotten to the core and the spirit of greed dominates the nation, it's hard for a man of any sensibility to keep his lip from dropping I'm afraid some time he will step on 1t and have a seri- ous fall. It would naturally be seri- ous, if he had it''
 Aunt Jane made a few stitches and remarked that frivolity was not an altogether commendable thing in her opinion. She quoted Longfellow to the effect that life was real and life was earnest.
 And then some, dearie,' said Mrs. Merriwid Its vale of tears and hollow mockery, and one-ahem!-
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
5EhIOU5 J..1aHH..5E:55
 AGAIN!55T FISHER
SECRETARY OF INTERIOR IS AT PACKED BY OIL INTEREST.
 AND oTRERs.
SAYS STANDARD OIL AIDED
Counter Charges Made by Secretary. Court to Take a Hand
 In Matter.

Western Newspaper Union News Service. Washington.-Charges that Secre- tary of the Interior Fisher attempted to coerce the Osage Indians into leas- ing valuable oil fields to the Stadard Oil Company and a counter charge by the secretary that the Uncle Sam Oil Company attempted to acquire the fields under circumstances which were threatening proceedings by. At torney General Wickersham were air ed last Saturady before the house Committee on Indian Affairs.
 The fight between the Interior De partment, the Uncle Sam company and members of the Tribal Council of the | Osage Indians, who were deposed re gently by Secretary Fisher and whose actions have been referred to the De- l partment of Justice for investigation, was thrust upon the attention of Con- gress and the courts by representa- tiyes of the oil company, whose leases upon Osage lands in Oklahoma were not approved by Secretary Fisher, and representatives of the deposed tribes men.
 Some of tho deposed members of the Osage Council secured from the dis trict court a mandamus against Secre- tary Fisher to compel him to show cause why they should not be rein stated.
 The basis of the charges against the secretary of the interior was that he had aided the Standard Oil interests by refusing to approve the Uncle Sam leases. A bill is now before congress to validate them. In counter state ment, filed with the committee when the hearing began, Secretary Fisher declared that the actions of the of ficials of the Uncle Sam Oil Company and the council of the Osage tribe in they had been referred for investiga- tion to the Department of Justice and because of this fact could not dis. GUS them publicly.
 The Department of Justice has trans mitted to the United States district attorney at Guthrie, Okla, the reports and documents from Secretary Fisher alleging that "undue influence" had been used upon the deposed members of the Osage tribe in the negotiation of the leases. If the investigation by the district attorney warrants such ac tion, the case will be laid before the grand jury in Oklahoma.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Western Newspaper Union News Service
 Little Rock.-On Wednesday of last week Gov. George w. Donaghey de- livered his farewell message as chief executive of the state of Arkansas.
 The message was long one and as part of it has already been published only the gist of it is given below.
 Mir. Donaghey speaks of the pres ent duties of an executive and says that the duties are too many and too small to engage the entire time of the governor. As he expresses it, the work Is to much of clerical nature.
 He said in this regard:
 "The idea of putting the governor on 12 or Is different boards, and in one instance expect him to keep up with the price of hay, in another to keep in touch with the mule market, and in another make him the purchas- CT of $200,000 worth of meat, dry goods, clothing, boots and shoes; to again demand that he sit in his office and listen to the pleas of the attor- neys, families and friends of more than a thousand convicts, and then charge him with full responsibility for the conduct of both the executive and legislative departments of the state, is only illustrative of few of the present demands made upon him."
 In speaking of pardons issued by him, Gov. Donaghey said:
 q have not pardoned criminal con- victed of murder in the first degree.
 q have not given a pardon in but one case for the illegal sale of liquor.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
LaFoIIette Fiohts Bill,

Washington-Afte vigorous fight, led by Senator LaFollette, the confer enee report on the Burnett Dillingham; immigration bill was rejected by the senate because of a clause which, it was claimed, would exclude a majority of Jewish immigrants from Russia and Roumania. At the request of Senator Lodge, the bill went back to confer ence. Control that Russia and other countries might exercise over immgra- tion to the United States also led the senate to refuse to accept the report.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

thing after another That's MT. Me grim's idea of it, and at that, life isn't as bad as the people who are more or less enjoying it. It wasn't so ab- solutely awful before the fatal epi- demic struck Virtue and Honor and Decency and Justice and Truth and carried them off, but now it's some thing fierce. Whats business?' says MT. Megrim. I pause for reply Give it up? Robbery. That's what 1t is. Cheating and robbing, extort- ing all that the traffic will bear. What do we find in politics? Do l hear any reply? l can answer in one word: Graft. Demagoguery, maam. Men dacity, ma'am. The politician of the present day, from president to pound master, Is either a self-seeking ras- cal or a mischievous, dangerous fa- natic Have We any literature, any art? We don't even understand the meaning of the words. The publishers are turning out tons of rot every year and we read it because We are incapable of properly appreciating
 
 and thunder rot, erotic rot; not worth tEe paper it's printed on. Whats medicine? Humbug and quack- cry. Whats education? Faddism. What are our preachers? Hypocrites or sensation mongers. What are our judges? Venal vampires, ma'am.' Oh, it's cheerful outlook, dearie, be- ieve me, if you take MT. Megrim's word for it.''
 Well, it seems to me there's a good deal of truth in what he says, !" remarked Aunt Jane.
 And the worst of it is the hope lessness of conditions" said Mrs. Merriwid. "The rich are getting rich CT and the poor, poorer, and the cost of living higher, every day, and wouldn't wonder if, the mean tenn perature of Tophet is steadily rising, too I declare, auntie, I feel quite discouraged. Two pr three weeks ago I was pretty light-hearted, for a lady in half mourning. The world seemed to be good little old world, after all, tra la. thought I heard quite few little bids warbling mer- rily. and 1t seemed to me that the sun shone brightly every once in a while. Then. MT Megrim came along, and the band played the Dead March from Saul. The sky became over cast, gloom envsloped everything, ravens crooked faally and wet blan- kets fell wit, full, soggy thud all over the sf began to realize that ali was Nezation of apigft
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

lie here by the house Committee on Expenditures in the treasury depart ment, which has undertaken an inves- tigation of the situation.
 Mir. Cabell describes the conditions in the case as "a history of frauds against the government embracing de bauchery of employees, bribery of rev enue officers and successful theft.'
 The commissioner declares that Judge Boyd has issued three injunc- tion to restrain the government from seizing and selling the whiskey for taxes.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
.-..,e.~~,.
 +surnS HIS LAST MESSAGE tEWs PROGRESS UNDER HIS biNisTRATIoN-sAYs WORK IS VERY ExACTlNG. <. .'
 BOARDS TAKE MUCH TIME Says Work Is Too Much of Clerical Nature-Makes Several
 Recommendations. DEFENDS PARD0N ACTIONS Says He Has Never Given Liberty to Convict Without Personal
 Investigation.
Says Work Is Too Much of Clerical Nature-Makes Several
 Recommendations.
DEFENDS PARD0N ACTIONS
Says He Has Never Given Liberty to Convict Without Personal
 investigation.
Ire Salient Features of Gov. Dona, ahey's Message Are:

Recommends that the ballot be (taken from the ignorant negro. Favors the limiting of campaign }expenses to reasonable amounts.
 Favors placing the city of tiol } Springs under federal control.
 Favors a special Democratic pri- }mary to select a successor to the late United States Senator Davis.
 Urges that the State Capito. { Commissions plans for the new ] capitol be carried out.
 Urges that the State Capitol claims of Caldwell 6 Drake, form CT contractors of the capitol. ] Urges all possible assistance for { the four state agricultural schools, { Urges that the state reform school be removed to a place where {more fertile land for farming can } be obtained.
 Urges separate reform school for lyouthful negro offenders. ) Recommends that all possible aid De Sli iSh tlS &9IhdiocSo uUOl SulO Isis Sanatorium.
 Asks that all possible aid be } given drainage and land reelamma- tion projects.
 Says state needs new banking law.
 { Recommends that enabling clause {of the initiative and referendum be ] amended SC as to decrease the cost of advertising.
 Urges the legislature to pass z minimum number of special acts. ] Recommends that the governor { be relieved of some of his duties as me,nb Der of state boards. ] Recom5acnds that the law bs amended so as to allow convicts to } testify in certain c2ses, withou { the necessity of the governor par. { doning them.
 Says the best way to reduce ] crime, is to prevent th sale of { liquor, regulate the eale of fir arms and enforce the penalty for carrying weapons.
 { Recommends that the commis sions of officers negligent in the }preventing of lynchings be revoked { Urges the enactment of better laws for the protection of laboring , men.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Lobbyists Must Register.

Columbus, O.-By unanimous vote byist bill, which requires lobbyists to not only register with the secretary of state, but also compels them to make reports concerning their compensation and what interest they have in propos- ed legislation. The senate adopted the joint resolution reaffirming Ohio's ac- ceptance of The amendment to the fed eral constitution providing for direct election A >atsstes senators.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Timber BeInq MonopoIized.

Washington.-The concentration in to the hands of few powerful inter- ests of an enormous percentage of the timber lands of the United States has created a problem so grave for the na- tion, in the judgment of Luther Conant, Jr, commissioner of corpora tions, that he recommended to Presi- dent Taft that the existing national forest not only be retained by the fed. eral government, but increased as far as practicable.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Washington. drastic provision aimed at the powder trust following testimony alleging that the DuPont Powder Company maintains lobby here and spends hundreds of thous- ands of dollars in Washington is a feature ofx the fertilization appropria- ton bill returned 10 the house. The bill, which carries an aggregate of s5,218,250, directs that no part of the appropriation shall be expended flor powder otqer than shall arms powder, at a prics in excess of 5S cents a pound"
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Ras Solution of Money Question.

Washington.-An organization of 20 geographically located clearing houses with authority to issue loan certifi- cates convertible on demand into gov ernment currency on 50 per cent of their face value was proposed to the the natural solution of the currency problem by w. A. Nash, president of the Corn Exchange bank, New York
 MT. Nash declared there was no ne- cessity for central bank; deprecated the idea of copying European methods
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Allen Execution Postponed.

Richmond, ,Va.-Floyd and Claude Allen, the Yso Hillsville gunmen sen fenced to die for their part for the Carroll cefnty courthouse murders last year, wdre again reprieved by doy. Mann. They were to have been cleo trocuted last week. Gov. Mann later decreed that the Aliens shoald bs electrotuted Friday, March z, unless otherwise ordered The govsrnos agreed to hear argument February in favor of commu'kt9
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
l: M  uA GWe 
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Blame for Unrui C

Where the family
 and the children are in
 of the reins and do the
 conduct can you expectSwoe tend school? The founod o public school are laid upe.::'' No teaching worthy the i;;S conducted without it. AN amount of time, for which V CTS are furnishing the mon which they are continually Y is expended in the determii to bring these unruly childre taxpayers to a state Of -su Oftentimes, corporal punishm sorted to in order to enfor ence, and rightly so. Parel failed to make their children home have no right to compl they are punished at school. ban Life.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Aviation Bill in Congress.

Washington.-Th progress of avia- ton in the United States received an impetus when the senate passed bill indorsing President Taft's appoint ment of a commission to consider the establishment of a national aerody- namical laboratory and appropriating $5,000 for the work of the committed
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Woman Lenislator Dead

Salt Lake City, Utah.-Mrs Edith Ellback Reid, member of the Utah leg islature, died of nervous prostration She was elected on the Republican ticket at the last election
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
COURT FRAUDS CHARGED
Report Alleges scande in Federal Dis
 trict Court-"Successful Theft"

Washington.-A sensational report by Roal E. Cabell, commissioner of in ternal revenue, to Secretary MacVeagh teeming with caustic criticism of al leged whiskey frauds in North Caroli- na. and of the course of the federal court, presided over by District Judge Boyd of Greensboro, N. G., in deal ing with the conditions was made pub
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

London smart set is cultivating the smile that won't come off, three cornered, creation with the aid of a harness. Heroic methods to over come the contention they they can't zee joke
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

An electric current of 100 volts has food value of porterhouse steak. At that rate criminals who are electro outed may die with the sublime knowledge that death is due to high living
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

ington is said to have just come to light What a fine thing to hatch some of the cold-storage eggs of the vintage Of '76A
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

An English author declares that Americans cannot understand the English pronunciation of words. In that case the English actors ought to brush up on pronunciation before they come over.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

:, German robbers are employing a moving picture machine to. assist in their work. Probably they sell the < film of the holdup after 1t is perpe-
 trated.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Cornell has perfect woman in one of the co-eds. After her graduation she will take up market gardening, thus continuing her perfection by demonstrating her ability to support family.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A case of criminal indigestion has been brought to light in New York where a deaf-mute was arrested for eating a ninety-dollar diamond ring. He is now suffering in consequence from too rich diet.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Some Chicago girls have organized B matrimony club with the basic prin- ciple that man must have $5,0O0 a year to be even considered Wonder If they've outlined any plan for round Ing up the S5,000 eligibles yet.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Man, according to the editor of Harper's Bazar, contributes nothing to the home but money. True! But money is handy thing to have around a1home.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A Milwaukee judge refused to find couple guilty of assault and battery for striking bore who insisted on making an after-dinner speech. 9th er postprandial experts should profit by his example
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Illinois judge, deciding whether poker was pleasure or work, held 1t depended on who was whining. The conclusion being that 1t is pleasure for one player to work another.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Gan you brace yourself for ter rible shock? Pharaoh, says an Eng fish professor. was only fat. old man after all.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

MT. Edison plans moving pictures that will talk, somebody having told him that we do not have talk enough already
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A sense of the V to some people so and some people Il but there is one Ii of Boston that ha 1t. He was discuss
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A New York artist has discovered a living Mona Lisa. Still, many will fail to see that as a compliment to her beauty.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Man Made of Horsesf

Some years ago MT. Do village smith of Ellensburg, to work to construct a gian a man out of old horseshoef accumulated in the course Up to date he has complete which are composed of no 35,000 shoes. MT. Dough- ming to wonder if he will the figure, as the coming o has an appreciable effec shoeing trade and materi quaint colossus are not c fast as they used to do. horseshoe man." even
 plete form, is one of tk. town.-Wide World. A
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A pretty young matron of New Jer sey fractured an arm and two ribs trying to kiss a youth of fourteen years. Callow youth!
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Tea has been used as beverage in China for more than 2.000 years Eng land, though reputed tea-drinking Anation, is quite outdistanced
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A Pittsburgh woman .says her hus- band has not given her cent in thirty-eight years. No wonder Pitts burgh is full of millionaires
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

A Paris banker who lifted" ESQ., 9oo,000 again showed financial dexter ity by jumping a $40000 bail bond
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Nature intended woman to be supe- rfor to man, says a Viennese anthro- pologist, who adds that nature carried out her intention.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Sending bricks through the mails may yet come to have a certain sig nificance-for instance, in answer to the letter of a dun.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

In the fight against mosquitoes 'cle Sam is going to use goats, oh will thus become useful as well rnamental
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

gardens on their stations. The .devel- opment of the movement to use the roofs grows more interesting every
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Chicago professor ranks griddle
 above Greek. and lobster salad
 \ Latin where girls are concern Mounds like cooking instructor.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

sDoes your wife know that tobacco E cholera germs?" asks the Pitts ksh Gazette-Times No use. They
 Ar roost on the parlor curtains
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

gsA Duluth man held off a pack of evolves with four cigars. Gift cigars sometimes come in handy.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
No, there

| No, there
 athwart
 it from Il
 Did ' particular
 Aunt Jan ness.
 He nis say it, r forgot hin ments and of married I genial com unnistakab
 " Forget firmly. yet to abysses well as I dt tics are. Yt stupidity, tn, pravity of m fckleness, ( tional folly { fectly absurd thing but mis union-except know what (
 " There art Merriwid,' he
 q said. My crazy to thi1 grim, Pm col tell you whs home, or bett taurant and cucunbers an and Swiss ch you've eaten your dear, d, got mad at {
 Poor man ingly. "I wor judicious in t Well, I th Merriwid ans time, anyway Sea peach an | lemon" !"
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The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Memphis, Tenn.-Crushed to death in car of lumber, the body of a man believed to be Carl s. Cox of Green wood, Okla, was found by laborers
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Moard of review of the Nation Ring association holds that a cannot determined by
 Aold, certain
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
An EasIer

There is alwaSRrt said the sage
 "Aw, yes," yawniI youth with the curly sbut 1t Is 50 blame at the bottom and Judge.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

that he had done CT how much he Now, the boy is I and SC the price I small. To him ever.
 But a boy I \ a week for workj CT. He worked
 he got sick and
 you think of a fe that salary ?"- "-B Evening Herald.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03

Rdtr the ways of the eggs, we sflVen to the conclusion that this Aen-pecked country.
The Green Forest tribune., 1913-01-03
Hard tC

Copyright. 1912.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1913-04-10
GO AFTER BOYER
AT LEAGUE MEETING
Citizens League Join Anvil Chorus
and Resolute Against
Him.

Some thirty odd members of the
citizens league of Newport met at the
court house last Friday night and pas
sed resolutions condenipg the action
of Representative G. +. Boyer at New
port. Several speeches were made in
which local and state questions were
discussed.
The resolutions were as follows:
/. We deplore the conditions now
existing in Tennessee, but we believe
that They are not chargeable to the ad-
vocates oflaw enforcement and decency
Ordinarily the majority OF any legis-
lative body should be permitted TO
legisIate and assume responsibility for
the laws enacted. This is always true,
we believe. where the people are free
to express their approval or disapprov-
al of the action of the majority at the
ballot box. But when a majority of a
legislative body determines TO pass
laws inimical to the public interest
and obnoxious 10 the decent Jaw abid-
ing people of the state and at the same
time fasten upon the peoples an election
law that prevents a free, fair and
honest expression Of public sentiment
at the ballot box, we believe IL is legit-
inate and altogether justifiable To en-
ploy ell parliamentary tactics known
and practical by legislative bodies TO
defeat such legislation, and under the
circumstances now existing in Tennes-
see we endorse the action of the minor
ity taken to defeat such Legislation, be-
lieving that the course pursued by
them is the only course which could
prevent The enactment of an election
law which would Dlacefuture elections
in the hands of the liquor interests and
"back tax grafters'i in Tennessee.
.. We condemn the action OF our
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