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The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23

Jacksonville, Fla.-The State OF
Florida pays out more money per
capita for the support of dependent
ex-Confederate soldiers than any 9TH
or Southern State. This fact should
be sufficient to convince ex-Confeder.
ates everywhere that when they and
their descendants visit Jacksonville
on the occasion of the oath annual
reunion of the United Confederate
Veterans Association that they will
be In the hands of their friends. The
eunion will be held May 6, 7, 8.
The handsome total of 100000 per
annum is being paid by the state for
support of ex-Confederate pensioners.
The average yearly amount paid to
each person on the pension list, ac-
cording to the latest report of the
State Board of Pensions, is si2125,
while the average paid to old soldiers
is $122.30. Widows of Confederate
soldiers draw an average of s120 per
annum. Since the report from which
these figures are taken was made, the
legislature has passed still more lib
erai pension law, which will authorize
additional payments Of approximately
$4,000 . year, making the total $3.50,
600 per annum paid to Confederate
pensioners by the state.
There are 2,S33 soldier pensioners
on the rolls of the state and 2,227
widows of Confederates, making to-
tai Of 1850. The fund to support this
pension roll is raised by tax of four
mills on the assessed property of the
taxpayer.
Florida is not only caring for the
living but the memory of the dead is
also kept green. Throughout the state
handsome Confederate monum ents
have been erected by both public and
private means. All told there are
twenty, or possibly more, handsome
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23

Confederate monuments in the state,
and others are yet to be erected. A
maintained at Jacksonville. Last year
the state appropriated $4,000 to the
Confederate soldiers home in this
city. Two Confederate monuments
have been erected here, and monu-
| ment may be dedicated to the Women
of the Confederacy during the coming
reunion.
This brief exposition of the work
that Florida is doing for tie ex-Con.
federate soldiers, living and dead, is
proof that the people of the state will
extend warm and generous welcome
to the old soldiers and their friends
on the occasion of the Jacksonville
reunion Florida, while situated far
South of the great theater of war of
1926, felt the shock Of the conflict.
Jacksonville was occupied four differ
ent times by the federals. The pur.
poses of this occupancy, according to
official reports on file in archives Of
the War Department, were to keep
the ST. Johns river open from its
mouth to the head of navigation and
to arm the negroes for service in the
Union Army. The small Confederate
force in East Florida in 1853 was com.
manded by Gen. Joseph Finegan. On
March 10, 1863, Gen. Finegan issued
proclamation here in which he said:
Il feel it my duty as brigadier-gen.
eral commanding this district to in
form the people of the district and of
the state that our INSCRIPTIONS enemy
has landed large force of negroes,
under command of white officers, at
Jacksonville, under cover of gunboats.
He is attempting to fortify the place
SO as to make it secure against at
tacks. The purpose of this movement
Is obvious and need not be mentioned
in direct terms. 1t is sufficient to in.
spire the whole body Of people with q
renewed and sterner purpose of resist.
ance. | therefore call on such of the
citizens as can possibly leave their
homes to arm and organize themselves
into companies without delay and re-
port to me-"
Gen. R. Saxton Gu. S. Al in re.
port to the War Department dated
March IA, 1863, says: The object OF
this expedition was to occupy Jack
sonville and make it the base of opera.
tons for the armiGg of negroes and
securing in this way possession OF the
eEti!s State of Florida"
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23
The Highest Valued Horse.

Desire to possess leads to extraordi-
nary offerings at times. as witness NJ.
Matacheff, Russian sportsman. who
recently offered more than $2T5000 for
the English race horse. Lemberg. This
is the highest valuation ever placed on
a horse, and it is interesting to know
that the owner. who races on the Eng
lie, refused to part with his pride even
at that fabulous price. Lemberg 4
great winner was foaled in 1907.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23

The population of Jacksonville 10
about $4,000. The assessed value Of
taxable property is $5S,OO0, 1000. Twelve
years ago it was but $13,OoO,OOO, show
ing an increase of more than 400 per
cent for the period. The municipal tax
levy is 11.5 mills, one of the lowest in
the country.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23

Jacksonyille's bank clearings for
1912 were $16S,422,3SS. Aggregate
bank deposits approximate s22, 000, 900
Number Of banking institutions, &c.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23
ADDRESS ISSUED TO r..
LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE URGES coNTiNu--
ORGANIZATloN
COUNTY CONVENTIO
Exhoed to Be On Guard
to Good Government Forces.

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% w meet ne s %m endorse candidate Supreme
meet at til.
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Committee that the
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grind and by . limited number of their close
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s State ee sop s nd @ an s @ e. TsGs t~sa
years harmony as that .ug
this resulted the loss of the
sss nd the t' s @ s
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there ground to stand in the
more who ther @
s the ane demen ta
good few good men are begued into this scheme by their
and file # 9a % will
stl until it is all shot to pieces
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to month n was some held
platform Regular
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the s s
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m e ePf qG na sn 1n @
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they % not s % the sas * 50
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work tremendous human those who have opposed
QUESTIONS At ISSUE 49,.
Wnsms shq n 1sa se he
Independent Democrat This the egars nave ann e uo
~ the by a% I ee R Ent w ms
Independent place promises above performances and words
@ s nF st n s o a. %s s
for law nforce government? III;
enforcement bills being pressed in the
election law of 1913 being enacted
by gag rule House?
when this election law being contested In the courts
men mss to V e eSs e sr
honest conscientious better
woud Destroy St Rr
so suds tG the ss f
ralying point.
Reports indicate beyond question that the
.d GREAT resa for ats
Regular
ally
political mistake of being ured
In continuing Independent Independent
National
movement prevent Independent Democrats from giving
l.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23
FLORIDA GENEROUS
TO VETERANS
Pays Out N ore Money to Sus-
tain Old Soldiers

Than Any Other Southern State and
Builds Monuments to Memory
Confederate Reunion May 6, 7, 8, at
Jacksonville.
The Newport plain talk. (Newport, Tenn.) 1909-1939, 1914-04-23

Legislative Committee.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
PREPARE FOR PROSPERITY.

THERE never was a time In the history
of the United States when the Ameri-
= can farmer has had the opportunity
Of a continued prosperity within his grasp
as at the present. The nations at war in
Europe have to be fed and they will con-
tinue to require more food than they can
produce even if the war closes quickly.
The Kansas farmer is planting every
available acre to wheat, it already being
reported that the 1915 acreage will exceed
all previous years by three million acres.
It is estimated that 30 per cent of the
able bodied men of Europe are now at
war, therefore, they will be unable to either
plant or reap a harvest, and the present
demand for American breadstuffs exceeds
the supply. Never in the history of the
Northwest was the available supply of
wheat so small at this time of year.
There is every reason to believe that
when the next harvest comes the American
farmers crop will find ready market at
even a better figure than today.
Not only will wheat be in demand, but
every product Of the American farm will
find a ready market, for there is bound to
be a steady demand for all kinds of food
stuffs long after the war closes.
Farmers of the Pacific Northwest should
heed this call of Europe for American food
stuffs and be prepared to reap the bene-
fits that war-stricken Europe offers.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

the super-dreadnoughts are just so much
floating junk. And when we figure the
millions it costs to build each unit, and
the other millions it costs to keep them in
active commission for tho few years that
elapse before they are ready for the scrap
heap, it must appeal to everyone, who does
not believe that a battleship is the noblest
work of man, that we have spent a great
deal Of money u~selessly and foolishly.
There are plenty Of enthusiasts who
would have had the Government build four
battleships Of the frst-class type annually
during the period mentioned. And it is safe
to say that if we had done that there would
have been strong advocacy Of even a great
er number. Now, the chances are, that the
more we had built the more money We
would have thrown away. And with a fleet
of sixty battleships Of the highest type,
would we be any better off than we now
arei Would they have been any greater
assurance Of peace to us, in this world tur-
moilf
1t may be said that the potency Of the
submarine is overrated but it is just as
fair, and a little more reasonable to say
that we do not realize what a revolution in
sea-fighting this arm of the naval service
is destined to work.
From all recent developments there Is
genuine consideration of economy which
should urge Congress to go slow in this
business Of battleship building. All opinion
of enthusiastic naval men and others to the
contrary, we have made no mistake so far
in inclining toward that policy.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
POULTRY N EGGS.

CHOULD the second largest industry in
y the United States be rated as a "side-
line' by the majority Of farmers of
the Northwest Should an industry that
is valued in Oregon more than four millions
greater than the fruit, vegetable, wool, hops
and salmon industries combined be neglect
ed by the rancher9 Ii so, there is some
thing radically wrong somewhere.
Too many farmers are accustomed to
thinking that as long as they have room
enough on the property upon which they
are raising cattle, fruit or vegetables they
Knight as we'll raise a few chickens. If
seen In their comparative value to the state,
chickens might be given first attention and
the other possibilities Of the farm might be
devoted to the raising of the fruit, vegetables
or cattle.
Poultry and eggs were worth $41, 10000
to the State Of Oregon last year. Fruit,
wool, hops, salmon and vegetable industries
combined were worth but $37 200, 220. The
value VI lHe great grain cTOpS W ILLS SIdle
is rated at but $38, 100000. With the single
exception of cattle, which is held at $42,-
100000, poultry and eggs in Oregon are
worth more than any single livestock hold
ing. This industry is valued at more than
the dairy cows, horses and mules Of the
state combined, and nearly twice as much
as all the hogs, sheep and goats in Oregon.
An industry such as this is worthy of the
serious consideration of every farmer.
Poultry and eggs should no longer be rated
as a "side-line," for they represent one Of
the greatest industries in America. Visit
the next poultry show, under the auspices
Of the Oregon Poultry and Pet Stock Assc-
citation, to be held in Portland the week of
December GLIB, and see for yourself this
states prosperity as rated in chickens,
ducks and turkeys.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
THE CATTLE

THE FOOT and mouth disease has NOS
yet appeared in the Pacific Northwest
and we hope it win not but now =
the time to guard against il. Everyone
should heartily cooperate with the author
tiles in preventing the spread OF this dread
disease.
The disease is almost as ancient as ths
history Of man, yet there has never bean
found a successful remedy. While not
necessarily fatal, it almost invariably GRIP
pies the animal affected to such an extent
that it has to be killed. It is ~vrulently CON
tagious, often affecting other animals Tho
only effective way to prevent its spread
is to kill the animal and bury its carcass h
quicklime.
It usually starts with a blister on To
upper part of the hoof, which the animal
licks, thereby affecting the mouth, often
causing the tongue to drop off.
It may be carried to any distance By
other animals, and some authorities say i
is often transmitted from one herd to an
other upon the shoes Of man.
The present epidemic is said to be tn
most severe that has ever appeared IN
America, therefore, it behooves everyone u
cooperate in stamping out 8 disease that
knows no remedy save the killing Of the
animal affected.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
HOW LONG CAN CALIFORNIA STAND
TITO

NREGON and Washington having voted
~ out the liquor traffic and California
having voted to keep it, the saloons
and breweries and whisky houses Of Oregon
and Washington are preparing to move into
California.
Glow long can California stand that
handicap?" asks the Kansas City Star.
Estates and cities of the Pacific Coast,
like states and cities elsewhere, are in
rivalry. They are competing for industries
and for homes founded upon industry and
thrift. 1t takes more than the money of
tourists seeking a "good time away from
home to build states and cities.
"The restriction of the liquor traffic grows
by what it feeds on. 1t is quite impossible
that Oregon and Washington (each having
its great and growing city, can shake off
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
JUST A SUPERSTITION.

CUPPOsE we had built all the first-class
= battleships that the big navy cham
pions have been clamoring for during
the past fifteen years; would the wisdom
of that course be indicated by present-day
naval Developments
If Germany shall make out a much
stronger case for the submarine than she
has thus far, we will not have long to wait
for the proof that the dreadnoughts and
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
WHERE SLANG WOULDN'T WORK.

IT Is RELATED that a citizen Of Topeka
Kansas, cabled his daughter at CARTS
bad, at the beginning Of the war to
"beat it to London; and the message
failed Of transmission because the censor ~
fused to pass any messages that were not
written in plain English.
$50 to London" would have been a dol
lar cheaper at the current rates, and it
would have said all that the slang phase
"beat it" intended to say. That Topeka
citizen paid for his lesson in the advantage
Of plain honest English diction as superior
to the %crop-haired variety that we get from
the stage and the street
1t may be, doubtless it would prove to be,
if we were to weigh the efficiency Of the
average slang phrase, as compared with the
legitimate English it displaces, that the lat
ter is briefer, more expressive and alto
gether preferable if we wish to be under.
stood at once and without question.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
Home and Farm Magazine Section Editorial Page
Timely Pertinent Comment Um Men and Affairs Following the Trend of World News; Suggestions Of Interest to Radmf
Hints Along Lines of PouadyeF Farm Thought.

the economic waste and the poverty, vtee
and crime attaching to the liquor traits
without profoundly influencing their neigh
boring states"
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

The dairy COW is a machine and her eff
cheney is determined by the amount Of
profit she returns on each dollars worth
of feed consumed.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

Now a Texan insists that the cotton crop
could be all used up if night shirts were in
troduced in South Carolina and socks in
Arkansas.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

Some do lots of work without planning,
some do lots Of planning and no work. A
combination of plan and work gives best
results. IN 49,,
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

Do not put off the sowing Of cover crops
until after the fruit has been gathered.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

The Duke of Manchester should be com
paratively undisturbed On the firing line If
that place is as inaccessible to creditors IS
to correspondents.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

Luckily General Sherman is not here b
be sued for damages on account of the asper-
sion he is alleged to have east upon a GER
tain place.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

There was a time when women wore three
petticoats. Doesn't this suggest a way out
for the suffering cotton statesi
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26

At least one Of the troubles a president Of
Mexico doesn't have to contend with ID
ennui.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-11-26
TO ADVERTISERS.

TO ADVERTISERS.
Advertisers in this locality who wish
to fully cover all sections Of Oregon and
washington and a portion of Idaho will
apply to local publishers for rates.
General advertisers may address O. La.
Burton, Advertising Manager Of Farm
Magazine Co., Publishers Oregon-Was ssh
ington-Idaho Farmer, All Panama Build
ing, Portland, Oregon, for rates and in
formation.
TO READERS.
Readers are requested to sem letters
and articles for publication to The Edi-
TOR, Oregon-W Neutrality-suspicious. Farmer,
Al Panama Building, Portland, Oregon.
discussions on questions and prob
lens that bear directly on the agricul-
tural, live stock and poultry interests Of
the Northwest, and on the uplift and
comfort Of the farm home always arc
welcomed. No letters treating of reli-
gion, politics or the European war arc
solicited, for the Farm Magazine pro-
Claims neutrality on these three matters.
Comparatively brief contributions are
preferred to long ones. Send us also
photographs Of your live stock and farm
scenes that you think would be of gen
eral interest. We wish to make this
magazine Of value to you. Help " to
do it.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-24
the work OF the coaches, was at fault.
1t is declared.
Y. M. c. A. ITEMS
Movinq Pictures.


Some time ago the Young Mems
Christian Association purchased a fine
Edison picture machine for the pur-
pose of using it in connection with
the Sunday afternoon meetings and
in giving series Of educational films
and lecturers.
The first Of this series Of educa-
tional subjects will be presented this
week, THE Last Days of Pompeii,"
will be rum This film represents 10,-
900 people in two hundred and sixty
big scenes, with eight reels, divided
into prologue and two parts.
This is excellent educational enter
tainment and must prove interesting
and entertaining.
The subject will be followed by q
series Of educational films on tho
following SUBJECTS: The manufacture
of paper, piano manufacturing, the
coffee industry. automobile manufac-
turing, and other films on history,
travel, sociology. health, etc. The
dates will be given later.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-24
MOTHERS, DO THIS
When the Children Cough, Rub
Musterole on Threats
and Chests

No telling how soon the symptoms
may develop into Group. or worse. And
then's when you're glad you have jar
of MUSTEROLE at hand to give
prompt, sure relief. 1t does not blister
AS first aid and a certain remedy
there's nothing like MUSTEROLE.
Thousands of mothers know it. You
should keep a jar in the house.
It is the remedy for adults, too. Re
lieves Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Tonsil-
tits, Group, Stiff Neck. Asthma, Neural
gia, Headache. Congestion, Plcurisy.
Rheumatism, Lunbago, Pains and Aches
of Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore Mus
cles, ChiIblains, Frosted Feet and Colds
of the Chest Git often prevents Pneu-
monia).
At your druggists, in Csc and Soc jars,
and special large hospital size for $3.50.
Be sure you get the genuine MUS
TEROLE. Refuse imitations-get what
you ask for The Musterole Company.
Cleveland. Ohio.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-24
CITY NEWS.

Thanksgiving service will be held
at the Swedish Lutheran church at
1870 p. m. E. A. Olson, the pastor,
will speak.
Beginning on Sunday morning
next and continuing for four weeks,
| the Rev. John c. Sage will conduct an
ADVENT mission at st. Johns church.
Special sermons will be preached and
addresses made
James Sprott of Danville, H..
sends TO The Gate City copy of the
report of the Danville branch of the
Soldiers Home. There are 2,079 in
the home, according to the report. A
Ibig Thanksgiving day spread will be
enjoyed by the members Of the home
| Thursday
Fort Madison Gem City: Fort
Madison people had their first oppor-
tunity of seeing ice in the river yes
terday, when quite jam was to be
seen above the bridge. The slightly
warmer weather had loosened it from
the creeks. bays and from the north
ern districts and sent it floating down.
1t found 1t hard going when it reach
ed the bridge, however, and piled up
In quantity there. Duck hunters were
unable to get out fo- their sport and
even launches could not get through
the foe directly above the bridge
More than one row boat was caved IN
or damaged when their owners at
tempted to run them out into and
Through the ice.
Quincy Journal: The Illinois
State Bar association will hold its
1915 convention on June II and II, in
this city, according to final action TAX
en- by the executive committee, at a
meeting held the latter rart of last
week in Chicago. Attorney George H
Wilson of this city attended the meet.
ing OF the executive committee, and
ne was made head Of the committee
on arrangements. The local bar asso
citation will have charge of the many
details relative to the meeting, and
plans for the session will be consider
cd more fully at an early date. The
convention last summer was held In
Chicago. and both Rockford and Alton
presented invitations, as well as Quin
cy, but the hotel accommodations OF
this city surpass those Of the other
two cities and Quincy was accepted
attorneys from all sections OF the
state will attend.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-24
Y.W.C.A.N NOTES
Mis-. crlttenden Entertained.

At o'clock Miss Frances Critten-
den was entertained at luncheon by
the Y. w. c. A. board Of directors.
Places were laid for twenty.
After the luncheon Miss Crittenden
smoke to the board on association
work along different phases.
KensIngton.
From 2:3O to o'clock there was
the kensington, at which Miss Critten-
den met the AT Home" members OF
tho association and their friends. The
following delightful program was rem
dered:
Piano solo-Miss Clara Fry.
Vocal solo-Mrs. E. g. Wollen-
weber.
Talk, "The Meaning of Membership
Crittenden.
Observation-Disclosures orchestra.
After the program, light refresh
ments were served and the event
nroved a delightful occasion, hos
tesses and guests receiving mutual
pleasures, every feature proving a de-
light.