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ABILENE WEEKLY REFLECTOR, ABILENE. KANSAS, SEPT. IB, 110.
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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBKR 15, 1910
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Now the Bchool boy swaps Indi
gestible green apples for undigested
school books.
A new Iraft'hunt is on In New
York, where theer shoufs be day and
Bight gangs of probers. .
In vlewof the prevailing unrest,
the time has gome by when any con
servative statesman can safely neg
lect the cattle shows.
If you w7ntto6ee how you look
after that green corn, observe Tac-Dy
carefully after she has had hr whis
kers In the milk.
AmenicanTourlsU spent 250,000
000 abroad the past (summer, much
of It advertising In the competition
for social success.
The Conservationists at the St. Paul
Congress must have been perplexed
by tha number of would be fathers
of this lusty infant. ,-,
With bo many swFftly moving auto;
mobiles the K'tflets will have to go
on the railroad tracks for; com
parativcly safe place to play. :
If T. R. so much as mentions the
chapter and verse where any of the
Ten Commandments may be found.
Wall street gets the blue shivers.
If Dr. Cook, who has been seen In
the Chill mountains, wants an Incon
spicuous place, let him try an un
toahlonable rtreet In a city suburb.
Five out of twelve members have
toted Mr. Balllnger out, but he will
hardly have to sleep under a hay
stack tonight unless the whole com
mittee acts.
1 T. R. favors the "New natlomal
4sm," but the politicians will settle
the question according to whether
they have more friend at Washing
ton or the state capital.
The stock market has bad the stuf
Cnt: knocked out of it, but tho-ie who
know the difference beween a poker i
ehlp and a bank deposit have not
suffered much.
More swimming records have been
broken this past summer than since
O'Orady awam out and Prof. McOlnty
eonducted bis famous explorations of
the bottom of the sea.
The Joy which pater famtlias feels
n welcoming bis family home from
. the summer resort Is modified by the
reflection that there are some rules In
the cook book yet untried.
Up toabout October 1, the Repub
licans usually scrap. After that they
calmy overlook family disagreements,
rather than see a bankrupt party ap
pointed receiver for Unci Sam.
From the number of Congressional
speeches now beng sent through the
malls, most of them known only to
the Congreslwnal Record type set
ters, we Infer a prosperous sesson for
the Junk man.
The success of the aviators In drop
ping oranges on targets at the Har
vard meet last week. Is a suggestion
that la future It may be needful to
spend more money for smart dlplo
r all its and Ires for war ships.
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Railroad employes are tolling the
Commerce Commission that rates
should go up, that advanced wsges
.hocld be paid. If th new rale
re asRtinticd, !U they ask another
- en tnuont of bettor earalr-gs?
WARRING ON IXHEIUTANICE TAX
Working towards the repeal oi vim
inheritance tax law of Kansas, Mrs.
Emma Banker, widow of Judge Pobt.
A. Sankey, who estate Is one of the
largest yet probated In Sedgwick
couoy. Is making a state wide cn
vass for signatures to petitions being
sent to every town In the state. Judge
Kankev's estate amounts to $187,856.
Mrs. Sankey will use all her ef
forts to have the law repealed berore
the tax becomes due. Her husband
died In the spring of this year. The
Inheritance tax payment fall due one
year from the date of death.
The petition which has been drawn
by Judge Helm of Wichita, at the re
quest of Mrs. Sankey, will be sent to
Influential members of the state leg
islature, In order that they may re
peel the Inheritance tax law. It Is
as follows:
"To the Legislature of the State of
Kansas:
"The undersigned petitioners, citi
zen of the state of Kansas, respect
fully ntltlon your honorable body
to para an act at the next general
session of tho legislature repealing
chapter 248 of the session laws of
Kansas for the year 1909, said act
ti aniMad: 'An act to provide for
the assessment and taxation of lega-
oi and successions, and to prescribe
the manner and method by which to
collect the taxes for which such pro
vi.inh la herein made,' for the reason
that the tax provided for In said act
la unlust and oppressive to wiaowB
and orphans of this state.
"Your Detitloners believe tnat eaio
t i. entirely out of harmony wnn
the principles and provisions contam-
orf in our state constitution mienaeu
nmtort tha Interests of the home
and family, and that such law ought
not to have any place upon the stat
utes of our state."
tin Rankev's reasons and argu
ments are best stated In the follow
ing extract from the letter which
she Is sending to be banks where
she Is sending the petitions to be
signed.
n.w York has a similar law wun
an exemption of one million dollars,
while In Kansas our exemption Is but
five thousand dollars, which taxes all
estates, working a hardship on the
wlri-nwa and children. This tax be
comes a Hen on the property and re-
malms such until paid,
with the nresent exemption every
family owning a farm or other prop
erty sooner or later becomes a suo-
Ject to .this tax.
"Judge Wilson oi tne oniric
a.rfwl,.k county, called my atten
tion to case at Abilene, Kan. The
hnahana and wife were taken sick
about the same time. Thirty days la
ter the huBband died, tne esinie uc
nininii taxable, leaving the children
to pay a double tax, which was as
sessed In lesii than three momns
time.
"There are three hundred of those
notitinna In circulation In Kansas.
When they are returned It Is ho.iwl
sufficient pressure may be brought to
bear upon our next legislature to re
peal the present law, or at least
tha eremntlon to one hundrod
thousand dollars which would not
Include the smaller estate, nor wora
a hardship on the widows and or
phans In Kansas.
Te'cnal!y, I believe thai the di
rect heirs of the deceased should be
exempt from this tax as It is In Iowa."
IT WORKS ROTH WAYS. ;
WSth entire appreciation 6t1t
timeliness and truth, we quote the
following extract from an editorial
of The New York World:
'It Is well to remember that
wrong-doing occupies newspaper at
tention largely because It Is excep
tional If we were all thieves and
swindlers and debauches we should
have no Interest In each other. Honor
and decency are still th rule, and
newspapers which recognise the fact
and on occasion prove It perform as
hlsh a nuWic service as when they
expose th corrupt and th false."
This is well raid. It states some-
thlna which Is too often forgotten.
It realises that notoriety Is one of
th punishments of dishonesty.
A country Is said to be happy when
It has no history. Something of th
sam sort might be said of a man.
who has th good fortune to keep his
nam out of th papers.
But th rul works both way.
The World Is a tips of paper which
sees great deal of wrong that dns
not exist, thst exaggerates nappea
lngs and Implies motives that do not
l!t. .There 1 scmethlng to be
said tor the paper that treata wrong
doing aanely and strives to build p
confidence In mankind rather than
destroy It.
Taft and' Roosevelt could ot be
expected to continue Indefinitely
without differences. A high geared
automobile and i mas4T track wag
on are each admirable in their own
way, but they donf always bitch at
trT!!t) coojptnloBa.
u'FmTF.RN FARM VALUES.
It Is reported that practically -all
the, aarlcultural schedules of the cen.
aim have been reeclved at the bureau
In Washington. They have not been
fully tabulated, but the process
.aid to be so far advanced that
rAneral statement of the saHent fea
tures about the principal crops, areas
cultivated and values of lana can
h. made, savs the New York -Journal
of Commerce. Among other things it
Is stated that returns (.'how an enor
mous growth of land values, pracu
canr In every section thus far stud
led and that In some BecIons "the
returned land values win muicm
an almost phenomf al Increase.
n states the figures are said
"show an Increase of two and one
half times or nearly that" since the
rPTinun. This Is not "most
,.i,.n"' where new lands have been
taken up and brought under culti
vation but "In the middle, wesi. ,
Thia if verified, must be consldr
ered an Interesting and significant
fact, and it provokes the inquiry
what has caused wuch an advance
..rixiiitiiral land values. It may
that It Is due to Increasingly
mmhle croos. but what are they
due to? The cause, where the ad
vance has been greatest, Is not ln
miantlty of land under culti
vation, and according to all accounts
It Is not Improved cultivation Bna
vieM due to mtire Intelligent
.iriiifullv directed industry H
. minitf hlah orlces ootaineo ror
products, and these are Que uj in
creased demand in propomuu .u
supply. ' '
in other words It Is the growth
of population and the development of
i.,.trioi aifit commercial communi
ties, the multiplication of markets
and better means of access to ineu.,
Increased deman l
aiaU vwM-a
for farm product out of proportun
to the Increase In supply, that ha,J o
.tr enhanced the value of lands
in the middle west. The same forces
increase the value of land m me
Industrial and commercial communi
ties themselves. If the census ascer
and reoorted the value of all
lands Independent of buildings and
Improvements provided by capital -
..I... .hmiM have a measure of
the vast heritage of wealth produced
by the people as a whole ratner inau
by Individual effort.
goodIorabTlene, too.
Lawrence Gasette: There Is one
reform that efoould be worked In
tjisrance: and not only In Lawrence,
but in every other town and city'aw
well. . It Is the custom w have oi
permitting horrible looking, mis-
selves about the streets to the horror
of all. and allow them either to beg
nr to aall worthless things. It Is
the humanity that Is In us that per
mlti these unfortunates to exhibit
themselves to the public, and while
we shudder at their appearance, we
fool that they should be given the
best opportunity possible to secure
the best the world affords, it is
mistaken charity. The world owes
the unfortunates all a living, but the
world also owes projection to. It
self. If we could cure them, If we
could help them, even, by permit
ting them to exhibit themselves It
wtuld be different. All they can
do at the best Is to make enough to
lr en their souls within their poor,
miserable bodies, and w should
have too much charity to permit
them to wear themselves out In the
struggles for this. It Is the duty of
society to protect Itself against
these unfortunates Just as It Is the
duty of the state to care for them.
It Is burden that we ettould D
more than willing fo bear, not
onty for he unfortunates them
selves, but for the aelflBh reason oi
protecting socieu
them abroad. It Is alike unjust to
them, and to us, and In every state
and communis llbeal provisions
should be made for their supp-rt.
THE WAVES OF NEWS.
Tha Exchanae Editor of the Ga
sette goes through many newspapers
in the course of a week, his trusty
shears In hand. These papers come
from all Darts of the country, ana
represent all shades of political and
religious conviction. If man baa
time to read them all he would know
more than an encyclopedia In
year, for American newspapers are a
araat educational institution. It Is
surprising how -much first-class stuff
Is printed on their local and editorial
Pe.
There I one curious thing that
the Exchange Editor has noticed a
hundred times, and that Is that the
news comes In wsve. For instance,
a paper In 8cheneclady, N. T., prints
a wife-beating story with an appro
priate heading la Urge type. Some
Tired Father of that towa go home
and Is annoyed by his wife's house
keeping arrangements, and rebuke
br with a chair, or break a large
platter over her head. Th exchar
edttor Uiea picks sp a paper treaa
towa ia PstsiMulvsola afid flni!
eiactiy s'ai'iar I'ory teBwniBg
J. '.to
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we have a wholesale and manufacturing house behind us, that, gives you
such a splendid opportunity to buy ypur clothes at those prices. We give
the greatest values for your money that you can buy anywhere. .
"Value Our Cry"
v In our Hats we have color, style
and shape to suit all classes and ages
of men.
The great Walk Over Shoe will
also be found at this store.
Dealers in Up-to-Date Clothing, Hats, Shoes
and Furnishings for Men
JOUM
Tired Father of that place. And a
atory of the same sort will loom up
in nearly every paper that comes to
the office, for perhaps two or three
weeks. - ' .
,A csooked cashier story ame
from Abilene the other day, follow
ins hard udou the story of a similar
atorv from Ohio. The exchange edl-
!tor is fully expecting to encounter
a deluge of such news during tne
next few weeks. It is as sure to
come as 'night Is sure to follow day.
Th whv and wherefore can't be ex
plained, but the fact is inevitable.
Emporia Gasette.
THE VILLAGE DEACON.
The Inscription they put on a
man's tombstone isn't going to help
much' Over Yonder.
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'Deacon," said a man the other
day, "why don't you take a vacation!
You have earned It and we are en
titled to" the rest" .
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There Is Just ono trouble with the
avpraze aood housekeeper: sne
can't get the Idea out of her head
that if ahe had a few rolls of paper,
a big brush and the right kind of
I School Shoes !
Dress Shoes, Working Shoes, Shoes
of Every Style and Quality
at Right Prices.
The largest assortment of Shoes in Central
Kansas. We make no fake claims but do under
sell on good honest Shoes.
'20 faCed Saved ta Even? Cstest
of Third and
X 1 WCUIJ jiau ....
I w nncirivelv undersell any
catalog or fake auction store. A failure to do
so on our part and we will give you a new pair
of Shoes FREE.
SHEARER'S-'-SHOE-' STORE
Or. I'i ar.4 I a !
Abilene'
OPPOSITE
This is the store that will" give you the low
est possible price on anything you buy. We
will sell yov a Suit for 7.50 worth 12.50, one for
10.00 worth 15 00, one for 12 50 worth 17.50, one
for 15.00 woath 20.00, one for 17.50 worth 22.50
nnHsnon iin. We can do this for this reason:
Largest
from in the
EDDY, JR., Itlgr.
paste she could make the dining room
look better than any painter on earth.
I still in.(st that a bald head
fringed with gray is not as big; a
handicap at being fat when it comes
to playing the game of hearts . ..
..
It makes ao difference what
church a man belongs to, he can't
help lying about his automobile.
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I was figuring the other day the
.mn.int rf labor I had performed
since I started out to reform the
world about a dozen years ago. 1
was surprised to find out that It
amounted to over four hundred col
nt advice alone. That means
about eight hundred feet of slmon
pure receipt for being wvea. "
any it that long string of advice hSB
ever been heeded I have failed to find
i. u it has ever made me any
money somebody else got tt and
spent it long ago If It has maae me
tri-nria they have failed to come
around and tell me about it and pm
.ia in mv breast. But line a..
philosophers, I have tolled away in
the heat oT summer ana w mi
of winter. Like the felow who works
r..'Ba.W $
J
Mil Store
BREWER'S
For Extra Pants don't fail to see
us as we can save you money.
stock of Pants to pick
city.
nn lila nAmatiial mitfnn InvAnttan T
hope Borne day to grab Success by the
tall and have downhill pull. I
know that I have never taken any of
my own advice unto mybelf. I have
waited in vain to see how it would
work on the other fellow. But I am
not discouraged. . I shall keep on
irlvlnfl, fiilvlr. anil wnphlnor nut thA
great problems ot (reform. , When
the walls of Jerlco fall I shall Jump
up on the ruins and claim it was the
blast of MY trumpet that did the
business.
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It is funny, how men who have
been a dismal failure in everything
else they ever tackled will imagine
they are a howling success In politics.
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Then agin,., the fellow who has
made a failure, of everything he nan
tackled all the days of his life Isn't
going to be the person who will Jump
In and save the country at the elev
enth hour.
the energy that la wasted In the
average game of high five in two
hours by hammering the table when
playing the Jack catcher would drive
enough nails to build a good sized
barn.
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My friend, you apear to have for
gotten that there Is an old TUle of
live and let live. Yon seem to think
that you should have all the business
In the community. You Judge all
men by the amount ot business they
give you. It a man falls to throw
yon "all his game you Imagine he Is
"against" you. Yon forget that
there are other fellows In buslnesii
In the community. When yon do
l th Miimk of business TO a ought
to be thankful tor small favor.
Smllf, and be alad over the little
things and the big things will soon
come your way. All the business
and prosperity. In this community
waa not made for yon alone The
Lord had several other fellows in
mind when he made the good things.
Tnn will find your path a whole lot
smoother In the long run it yon will
occasionally kick a atone out of the
pathway of your competitor instead
of trying to stop him. Yon can
sever reach the top by pulling other
fellows down. The fellow yon boost
today may booss yon tomorrow, and
at a time when you are beginning to
slip. Yoa want to IIt yooself. hot
at hta same time don't growl and
he!lTrhe because the other felow la
doing the same thing. t
Bert Walker. J . I