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FOUNDED JAN. 20. 1831.
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be Irregular please notify the office. Either telephone 176.
Uncle Sam wants 3000 more bluejackets to man his war-
ships. Here’s a fine chance to see the world and get valu-
able experience. -
Trust magnates recently having had it brought to their
attention that cleanliness is next to Godliness immediately
shoved up the price of soap.
Mr. Kindlen of Kansas is a kandidate for kounty klerk
and a split is reported in his party. If he loses bet he’ll
feel all cut up. The Issue is a burning one.
Morse threw his steamship bonds overboard a dispatch
says. Wasn’t there enough water in the stock to float t
them without such an extreme measure?
A Fort Worjh justice of the peace has decreed that a
pointer dog of good breed is worth $175 and he gave judg-j
ment for that amount in favor of a man whose dog was
run over by a street car.
There is at least one state in the union that takes the
president at his word and that is Kansas. “When the
president says a thirds he means it" remarks the Sunflower
state with tears of pride showing “so we are all for Bill
Taft. ’ Next.
The man who wants to get 4nto print now will have to
quit an affinity to go back to a wife. Since Earle’s exploit
affinity have become so numerous as to become
a drug and now they get lost in the market reports when
the newspapers go to press.
It sounds quite royal 'dontcherknow to read of the pre-
parations made for Secretary Taft's trip through the La-
drone country. Pilot engines soldiers guarding tracks and
all that sort of thing. Must make the anti-imperialists have
somber visions of the future.
And now a senator is offering a cash prize of $lOOO to
the man woman or child who can advance the best argu-
ment for a third term for President Roosevelt. Many will
argue that the reasons are so evident that the replies
should be limited to those from children.
There seems to be little doubt that the San Antonio
International fair which opens November 9 will be all that
its name Implies and into the bargain the best fair that this
section has ever promoted. And every one of us can help
to make this success even greater than present in-
dications promise.
Nearly all the work preliminary to the opening of the
fair on November 9 is finished and now the exhibitors who
have heavy exhibits to place are hard at work for the fair
this year is to open at the tap of the gong and will have
no Jamestown trimmings. It will be all there when the
first visitor pays his money just two weeks from today.
Many languishing friendships will be revitalized just
about this time of the year—fair time. Friends too busy
to write during the other nine months suddenly remember
old friend Jim in San Antonio and write that they’ll be
up about November 9. Well taking a broad view of things
it’s a pretty good way and a pretty good time for a reunion.
JUST THINK THIS OVER.
While felicitating St. Louis upon the success of its
balloon ascensions and remarking upon the value in adver-
* tising that the city received the Times of that city lays;
down a few remarks that it would be well for every San
Antonian to ponder over and subscribe to now that we are
on the eve of the opening of our great fall fair. One ad-
vantage to a town the Times says. Is to advertise itself in
such a way that many thousands of people will come to see
the spectacle it has to offer and to stay to see what else'
there is to show theatrically commercially and otherwise.
Once so advertised the town becomes a part of the attrac-
tions of the lives of these people who soon or late will
become jts visitors and regular customers. That is the
kind of visitor St Louis wants—one who will go away
pleaaed; pleased with his little hour in town satisfied that
he has been well treated; satisfied that nobody has tried to
rob him; satisfied that if he had felt disposition to be
moderately congenial and with due decorum no one would
have felt offense and that all the time the keys of the city«
safely ‘ would have rested in his own pocket.
TWENTY-SEVEN CENT COTTON.
While cotton raisers fanners union leaders and the
southern public in general is talking higher cotton and
bending every energy to accomplish a fifteen-cent staple
there are those who quietly and without the blare of
trumpets reach the dizzy height of twenty-five and twenty-
seven-cent cotton.
This has been accomplished without combination or co-
operation or frenzied finance and the men who pay the
twenty five and twenty-seven cents a pound do so gladly
The secret is long staple and scientific culture. Specialties
always command top prices whether in the scientific com-
mercial or agricultural world as the story of these Miss-J
isstppi planters shows. The Yazoo City Sentinel records
the sale of a large lot of cotton at 24 cents involving a
total of about $7OOO. This deal has now been eclipsed by
a farmer in the eastern part of the county who brought
tn 70 bales of long staple cotton which he sold at 27c per
pound- The total amount of money received for the cot-
ton was $9867.70 the total weight being 36510 pounds.
This fanner raises nothing but long staple cotton and
usually has several hundred bales to sell every season.
His cotton invariably brings the top price.
One of the largest and most successful planters in the
northwestern part of the county sold 12 bales last week
at 24c and 24 bales at 19c and others sold smaller quan-
tities at 22 l-2c. 24c and 20c.
Thus it will be seen that notwithstanding the decline
in the price of cotton the splendid grades that are being
raised continue to bring a good price.
The kind of cotton that the Yazoo county farmers are
raising is the sort that does not fluctuate in price and
with which the market is never overstocked.
PITTSBURG'S PROBLEM.
Pittsburg is about to reform —again. This time there is
I to be no great gathering of the world’s greatest all under
one roof with twenty-one sober millionaires—twenty-one
! count ’em—at one table and every chorus girl ninety miles
away. No such puerile effort to impress the unthinking.
| Pittsburg has been delving deeply into the graver higher
more essential things of life and put her finger plunk
upon the origin of evil and the height of folly. In plain
words Pittsburg says that the pernicious pompadour must
go. One story two story mansard roof and mission style
with or without wings rats puffs or gas bag attachments
every proud ‘pomp’’ in the city must be crushed wiped out
swept away. Department stores led the crusade and posted
notices to the effect that all girls must reject the rat or
jump the job.
In one place the maidens refused to take down their hair
and accepted the lemon colored discharge ticket and
marched twenty-one strong from the store with cheeks
aflame and hair triumphant ready to sacrifice all to stand i
by the switch.
And now comes a Pittsburg society woman with a de-1
nunciation of the design of Madame Pompadour and there|
has followed a bitter war of ■words in which side combs and I
the small-of-the-neck pug seem to have the best of it. Fami-
lies may be rent asunder old friends part society in convul-
sions and department stores out of business but Pittsburg
whatever the cost will play the game until the last hair-
splitting argument Is heard.
STANDARD OIL AND THE BANKS.
The loaning of money and general interference in the
banking business of the country by the big corporations is
fast coming to be looked upon as an unmitigated evil cal-
culated to have an extremely bad effect upon the finances
of the nation in times of stress.
To what extent the Standard Oil company has loaned its
tremendous surplus and thus recruited adherents numer-
ous and powerful in every large center of the United
States is not definitely known but something of the scope
of the Standard’s money-lending is made clear by the re-
cent utterances of William G. Rockefeller.
The business head of the oil company admits' that he
has loaned in one year to “interests” outside of the oil
business the vast sum of $34760000 all of which repre-
sents extraordinary profits of the giant monopoly. It was
one of the devises of the trust to use the excess profits of
the oil business to make more profits in Wall street and
Increase its power in stock manipulation.
In pointing out the evils of this practice the Journal of
Commerce takes up the cudgels for the bankers and de-
clares :
“The objectic® to the accumulation of an excessive sur-
plus for the purpose of lending it or speculating with it is
that of disturbing legitimate banking operations. There is
no record of these borrowings and lendings and no means
of estimating their effect in the money market When our i
bank statements show an increase or a decrease in loans'
their significance is impaired because there is so much
loaning on call and on time which is not done by the banks
do a great deal of Injury. It would be well if corporations
of different kinds could be induced or compelled to attend
to their own business and the banking business could be
done by responsible and well-regulated banking institu-
business the vast sum of $34760000 all of whic hrepre-
duct of business of all kinds and the results would be far
more equitably distributed to the general benefit of the
community at large.”
SCORE ANOTHER FOR THE THIRTIETH.
Another of the laws enacted by the Thirtieth legislature
from which great benefits to the good roads movement
were anticipated has been given a knock-out blow by the
attorney general’s department. This act Introduced by
Representative Gafford of Sherman was apparently passed
simply because the theory seemed to be a good one or it
was emasculated in the committee room and then rushed
through with every saving clause cut out.
This law sought to create improvement districts in the
country much the same in character as those of this city.
The majority of the farmers welcomed the measure and
urged Its passage but—
No provision was made for the Issuance of bonds for the
security of the men who advanced the money; no officer
was given authority to collect the necessary tax; no officer
was designated as custodian of the funds; no authority was
given for an improvement district to incorporate.
So another fond hope is dashed and the famous Thirtieth
has one more failure to perpetuate the memory of its
carnival of foolishness.
THE TRUTH IS ENOUGH.
It is only a short time now until the International Fair
at San Antonio opens and of course all Pearsall is go-
ing. What are you going to say to the strangers you
meet about this grand country of ours?
ONLY STRANGERS CAN FIND ’EM.
(Vai Verde Herald.)
The lid Is on in San Antonio but there are holes in the
sides of the old pot that you could throw a dog through.
WHAT WOULD NASHVILLE DOf %
(Nashville Tennessean.)
Secretary Root safely passed San Antonio on his way
back to civilization. Houston was the place we feared he
would never get by intact.
YES. WANTS IT ALL IN TEXAS.
They have discovered in Texas a man who is 102 years
old. He is doubtless the man “whose body is in Texas”
and who is waiting to recover his soul from Tennessee.
SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 1907. THF SAN ANTONIO LIGHT. SUNDAY OCTOBER 27 1907.
(Pearsall News.)
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Had Ears But Heard Not.
AL G. FIELD the minstrel mag-
nate who comes to the Grand
next Saturday and Sunday is
noted in his home town not only as a
ready speaker at functions and din-
ners of a public nature but also as a
good practical joker. In fact it is a
matter of record that Mr. Field is not
one bit partial in his selection of vic-
tims for the butt of his fun. Some-
times the joke has been turned as in
a recent event where the minstrel
man was handed a real lemon accord-
ing to Charles Phillips advance man-
ager who is now in San Antonio. Re-
cently a number of Mr. Field's friends
attended a township fair in a little
city near Columbus Ohio. In addi-
tion to the many “pumpkins” and
such a Chautauqua was held in the
Auditorium. All of the inmates of a
deaf and dumb asylum were invited
to be present the following day as the
guests of the Fair association and a
speaker who could address the gather-
ing 1n the sign language was Invited
to entertain them. The friends of
Field attending the fair called the
mnistrel man on the long distance
telephone and pretending to be the
managers of the fair invited him to
be present the following day and
make a few remarks to the school
teachers and scholars of the county.
He begged to be excused on the plaa
that he was busy but the other end
of the telephone wire was insistent
and he finally agreed to be on the
grounds at 4 o'clock the following day
and make a talk of 40 minutes so as
to get back in time for the night’s per-
formance.
PILES
"I Save with pllM Im U<r*y Hi run
Ono year Im April I began tnklo< Caaeareu
for eonatlpaUoa. In th. cenree of a >aA 1 noticed
F'ff »»« at the end nt ala
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"uedor. form. I am entirely cured and
feei Ukai. new man. Source Kryder. Napoleon. Ol
Best For
Palatable Potent TaHe OoM. Do Good.
Weaken or Grip*. Itr Ur. Kk. Nara:
•old in bulk. The <*nulne tablet ataiaped CC C.
to cure or your money back.
Sterling Remedy Co. Chicago or N.Y. 593
ANNUAL SALE TEN MILLION BOXES
He arrived at the grounds in time
and was busy explaining to the gate
keeper that his automobile and party
were expected and should be passed
through the gate free when the con-
spirators got there just in time to pre-
vent the whole plot being exposed.
Field was the grounds
and kept busy looking at pigs and
chickens until the regular Chautauqua
deaf and dumb lecturer had got
through and when he had ceased
Tried Some of His Jokes.
Field was rushed through the back
way to the stage. As he reached the
platform one of the conspirators
stepped forward and said that al-
though the hour was late the next
speaker was one whom they all would
remain overnight if necessary to hear
and that he had the honor and pleas
ure to present Mr. Al G. Field. Turn-
ing to Field the Introducer said
“You’ll have to wake 'em up Al after
what I’ve said.”
Not a handclap or sign of recogni-
tion greeted Field as be stepped for-
ward but undismayed he began his
address by assuring them of his pleas-
ure in being present; that it had al-
ways been a pleasure to him to ad-
aress an Intelligent audience laying
stress upon the fact that he was em-
barrassed. that he was unable to ad-
dress them upon a subject more to
their liking. Bouquets of this kind
brought forth no response from his |
hearers.
Then Field told one of his latest ■
jokes many of the auditors yawned I
none laughed. By this time the mln- i
strel man was beginning to get a lit- i
tie annoyed and pretending to take a |
drink of water he said aside to one
of the pseudo managers “What the
dickens to they want?"
He then started on another tack and
told of the greatness of the men and
women engaged in teaching the young
idea how to shoot. About this time
one of the lady attendants herself
deaf and dumb noticed it was time to
depart for the asylum and standing
up with her fingers working nimbly
she had the whole crowd on its feet
moving toward the door. Something
dawned on the mind of the minstrel
men and turning to where the “com-
mittee” should have been sitting he
found the stage deserted. He soon
found the real managers and was con-
vinced that they knew nothing about
the joke. Mr. Field appeared molli-
fied and led the officials to believe
he was the jolliest of the jolly but his
chauffeur who drove his car home-
ward said the night air was punc-
tured with remarks that would not
sound well In the sign manual.
STRAINED RELATIONS.
DUCKS have been plentiful at
Mitchell’s lake the last two
weeks and the members of
the club which controls that excellent
game preserve have had an abund-
ance of sport bringing down scores of
the fowl.
There has been other fun at the
lake that was not of the ordinary
kind and concerns one of the biggest
most jovial and poular of the club
members. He had been too modest to
tell all the particulars but friends
who were eye witnesses have sup-
plied all the interesting details and
passed the word around that the
scene was not one soon to be forgot-
ten.
His Language Was Forceful.
One evening during the week Al-
bert Steves one of the most ardent
and enthusiastic sportsmen In this
part of the state with a number of
members of the club was at the lake
having a fine time killing and gather-
ing in the ducks.
Boats are owned by a large number
of the members and that owned by
Mr. Steves is of a light draft though
substantial in construction. He was
in the boat and his weight which is
not a trifle sank the craft down into
the water below the safety mark. He
bad no trouble however as long as
he sat squarely in the center and did
not shift his cigarette too suddenly to
either side of his mouth. He was hav-
ing splendid success after the ducks
and in a moment of enthusiasm he
forgot everything but his desire to
take in a fat one he had brought
down.
Then the catastrophe happened.
The boat whirled over Mr. Steves
found himself floundering In several
feet of water his gun at the bottom
of the lake his birds scattered on
the surface of the water and a crowd
of jeering friends saluting him from
the bank and boats offering all man-
ner of advice as to the best way to
proceed in the emergency.
What he replied has not been quot-
ed by any of those who saw the inci-
dent. but its eloquence and fervor are
attested by several who were within
hearing. At any rate the victim of
the accident succeeded in recovering
his gun gathered up his birds again
looked scornfully at his jeering asso-
ciates and started tor home.
It is thought the entente cordiale
will soon be fully restored.
Origin of the “Suckers.”
Col. Clark E. Carr of Galesburg tn
a speech to the old settlers of Knox
county at Knoxville said: “I have
been asked to tell why Illinois people
are called ‘Suckers.’ In the early set-
tlement of Illinois there were no people
living north of the Ohio & Mississippi
railroad. But the lead mines had
been discovered up at Galena. The
people in the south part of the state
worked their farms in the summer and
went up th e river to the head mines in
the winter. Thej- went up about the
time the sucker fish went up and they
used to say: “The suckers are com-
ing’ and that is how we got our
name.”
His Words Belled.
(Chicago Record-Herald.)
“I thought you said you never
gambled.”
“T never do.”
“Then whv have you bought that
basket cf canteloupes?”
KEEP IT HANDY
It is a splendid idea to always keep
a bottle of the Bitters in the medicine
chest for some member o f the family
may be taken with a sudden attack of
Stomach. Liver or Bowel trouble. A
few doses of the famous
Hostetter’s
Stomach
Bitters
H Be sure to always
Slkeep it handy.
I taken at the first
symptom will give
I (prompt relief. It
l has a 54 years'
I record back of IL
Ijand we guarantee
pure it cures
BL Flatulency
Rsick Headache
ffclndigestlon
& Dyspepsia
Ml Costiveness
Colds
and Femala Illa.
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