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VOL XVI—No. 171
DAILY NhWb, EsutmiDcd IVO I
DAILY PROGRESS. Embll.hed 1896 J
ApriTi.^OV
HATTIESBURG. MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY AFTERNOON. JULY 26.1912.
Member ol Associa tel Press
WILL DEAL MAINLYßW
WITH THE
TARIFF
DOWNWARD REVISION ALL ALONG
THE LINE WILL BE KEYNOTE
OF WILSON'S SPEECH.
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WEST AND SOUTH WILL
BE TREATED ALIKE
Nominee Listened to Many Suggestions
But His Own Way—Trust Question
Considered of Secondary Importance
—Acceptance Speech Short.
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Sea Girt, N. J., July 26 Governor j t 0
Wilson makes uniform downward re- : sees
vision of the tariff the central issue in
his speech of acceptance, which was ^ en
particaily completed Thursday, accord- a
ing to information received here. ! &
Regardless of where the revision ^
may hit, the governor will hold up |
higher protection as the cause of most,
of the economic evils that exist, it is
I were
understood, and make his campaign ^ t p
on the straight issue that the duties c | a
on all necessities must be cut.
ers,
. Those who are close to the governor j
expect that he will not discriminate
in favor of any special interest or any [ ea
locality. The South and West will be tion
treated alike, and the commercial in- j raen
terests of those and all other sections i un
will be included in the demand for the j that
abolition of high duties.
The governor is expected to take j
the ground that the tariff is a moral j wag
question that must be met squarely | w
and settled once and for all. He ;
listened to the advice of all who have
urged that he go slowly and cautiously,
not to offend any of the big Inter
ests. He also listened to those who
suggested free trade.
But when he tackled the problem In
the preparation of his speech a few j ||q
it is said he went his own. f
so as
•days ago
way.
his statement will be unequivocal »"
raise the issue so plainly that there
be no doubt regarding the course
can
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he proposes to follow.
After three days of constant work
the document, the governor will
return here today with a draft of his
The final revision will be
on
speech.
made Friday night and Saturday. Few
have been taken Into confidence In the
preparation. The speech probably will
be short, as compared with former
speeches of acceptance. The trust
problem will be dealt with as second
ary to the tariff.
has several appolnt
The governor
ments for Saturday, Including one with
delegation from Brooklyn, which will
to repeat the request that he
the New York State campaign
meeting in the Brooklyn Acad
a
come
open
•with a
ferny of Music.
It has been suggested that the gov*
make speaking trips In each of
ernor
the states which presented a candidate
for the presidential nomination. This
would include a tour of Connecticut
with Governor Baldwin, of Ohio with
Governor Harmon, of Mlssluri with
Speaker Clark, and Virginia or North
South Carolina with Underwood.
The programme has not been approv
but Is receiving favorable consid
and
ed,
eratlom
Ha ^ redS . ° th'lnkine the governor
girt Thursday hl li tll Wh.te House
Sy r wllked around the lawns and |
visited the state encampment near-by,
Vi8lt their
not rewarded for
but were
trouble by sight of a single statesman.
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A UNDERWOOD THINKS
AGREEMENT likely. «
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(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 26.—
« expected passage by the Senate <•
<• of the La Follette wool bill pre- ❖
situation which Under- ❖
thinks the two branches «
He said today ❖
The un- <r
•> sents a
wood
« can agree upon.
he thought there would be little <r
* difficulty in agreeing.
* call the Ways and Means Com- «
•> mittee together next week to <•
4 take up the btti.
He will ❖
The socialist of the state of Wash
ington have nominated Miss Anna
Maley for governor.
MAINLYßW Hger Sympathize
rs
Make Demonstration When
Counsel Arraigns Officer
In the Circuit Court Thursday the
case of the City of Hattiesburg vs.
Noah Shackelford consumed most of
the day. This was an appeal from the
city court, where Noah was tried and
convicted and sentenced to pay a fine
of $100 and cost and to serve 30 days
in jail.
Suise Shackelford, the wife of Noah
Shackelford, had four appeals from the
city court on that number of convic
tions for retailing, in each of which
she was fined $100 and cost, but with
out prison sentence. She plead guilty |
in two Puses and the other two were i
dismissed with writ of "procedendo," I
I which being interpreted means those |
I two cases go back to the city court I
j t 0 be disposed of there, as that court |
: sees fl t .
Jn the trial of Noah Shackelford, the
^ en tire morning was given to selecting
a jury. He was represented by Davis
! & Davis and Currie & Currie, while
^ Clyde Conner represented the City of
| Hattiesburg.
argued by counsel for the defense, who
is
The case was warmly
I were unsparing In their criticism of
^ t p e city's method of employing spe
c | a [ detectives to run down blind tig
ers, claiming that police surveilance
j should be left to ferret out such law
infractions. Several times during this
[ ea t ure 0 f the case quite a demonstra
tion of approval of counsels arraign
j raen t of the chief of police took place,
i un tii the Court warned the offenders
j that unless it was stopped, those par
tlcipating in It would be punished.
j when Clyde Conner arose to speak he
j wag apparently filled with indignation,
| w hich soon found expression, when he
; turned towards the section where the
demonstration had b een marked, and
said: "You who thus seek to influ
ence the minds of a jury trying such a
case, are body, boots and breeches a
part 0 f the blind tiger element, and
In wou j^ p e glad to see a violator of the
j ||q Uor j aV y released, even though be
f wâg clearly proven to be gu nty."
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W1I 1 TFST ÀNTI-FRAT LAW
V V 1 Lj 1 All 111 Ixrt i xjCx " *
GREEK LETTER FRATERNITIES
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j Jackson, Miss., July 26—A move
; ment will he started early next month j
among members of Greek letter fra- ;
ternities in this state to subject to
legal test Russell anti-fraternity law,
passed at the last session of the legis- j
lature, under the provisions of which a
all fraternities, societies and similar
organizations In the educational In
stitutlons at Oxford, Starkville, Col
umbus and Rodney were abolished.
The fraternal leaders have been as
sured by able legal talent that the
measure is clearly unconstitutional;
that It Is beyond the power of a legis
latlve body to enact a statute of this
SENATE DEMOCRATS
SUPPORT HOUSE
EXCISE BILL
(By Associated Press.)
Washington, July 26—Democratic
Senators in caucus today determined
to support the House excise tax bill,
| virtually levying " tox on^all
persons and copar n p g
ness of more than five thousand dol
lars a year, to reject t e ora nco e
tax hill offered as an amen _ i
There was some opposition to this
course.
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ORDER PLACED
70-ED. STEEE RAIES
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C. Z. Stevens, manager of Hattles
is in re
burg Traction company,
ceipt of advice from the New York
office of the Doherty companies, that
order for more than a mile of 60-.
foot, 70-pound steel has been placed
with the American Steel Company for
the extension of their line to Tuscan
It is the purpose of Mr.
avenue.
Stevens to get the extension down to]
the Woman's College at the earliest
against Roy St. Clair, charged with
breaking open a car on G. & S. I.
| R. R. He was committed to jail to
i await sentence.
I E. A. Smith, the Palmer's postmast
| er, charged on affidavit with carrying
I concealed weapons, appealed from the
| magistrate's court at McLaurin, plead
guilty and the fine of $76 and cost
fixed by the magistrate was made final,
This morning Burrell Walker, a ne
gro about 50 years old, charged with
burglarizing the G. & S. I. depot at
Brooklyn, plead guilty and was re
The case attracted much attention,
and the proceedings were much in
keeping with the thermometer, as it
stood during the trial, way above 90
degrees. The jury was out for several
hours and finally reported to the judge
there was no chance for an agreement,
whereupon they were discharged. It
is reported the Jury stood eleven for
conviction and one for acquittal.
A verdict of guilty was entered
of
manded for sentence.
A. C. Lennartz, charged with steal
ing rubber auto tubes from Graham's
allowed to plead guilty
garage, was
to petit larceny; and sentence was de
ferred to another day.
j
Aller Birge, having six cases
appeal from the city court, where she |
convicted for retailing, plead j
guilty on one case where the fine was j
$50 and cost and on another where |
the fine was $100 and cost,
other cases her appeal was dismissed
and the cases sent back to the city
subject to the action of that court.
The case against Robert Edmonson,
indicted by the last grand jury for
disturbing religious worship at Eaton
ville, was nolle prossed. The same
disposition was made of the indict
ment against Ida Bolton on a charge
of assault and battery on Jennie
on
was
In the
a
a
Barnes.
vs. Clem Dantzler, for retailing, is now
on trial.
The case of City of Hattiesburg
character, infringing on human rights, !
j and that it could, with just as much j
; reason and justice, enact laws abolish-1
ing the Masons, Knights of Pythias, j
Elks, Owls, Eagles, Bats, Cranes, Bull
j frogs, Butterflies, or any other kind of
a fraternal body.
The institutions at Starksville,
ColumbuB and Rodney are not at all
Interested In the measure, but there
has been a decided feeling of discon
tent and unrest at the University ever
since the fraternities were abolished,
Students and former students of that)
institution are backing the movement ;
to fight the law.
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ROOSEVELT TAKES
SHOT AT HOUSE
Criticizes Democratic Majority For
Position on Battleship
^ Associated PnttA
^ ^ Ju , y , 6 ._ Roosevelt to .
day attacked the Democratic majority
^ Houfje fQr re(using to ^ t the
battleship program. He declared
t h e upbuilding of the navy must con
^ tM# CQUntry t0 malntaln the
position among nations. "It they ar*
logical, he said, they should also
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vote to abandon the Panama Canal,
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because it must be protected by forti-j
ficatlous and an adequate navy.
Program.
INVESTIGATE CUBAN
AND MEXICAN REVOLTS
.
Washington, July 26. An invest g -
tion to determine whether any persons
j or organizations in the United States
have been engaged in fomenting rev
olution in Cuba or Mexico, was direct
ed today by the Senate.
(By Associated Press.)
STREET RAILWAYS
WILL COMPLY
WITH LAW
SEVERAL COMPANIES PREPARING
at
way lines in Mississippi are making
plans to have their equipment over- ^
hauled to comply with the provisions |
of chapter 148, laws of 1912, requiring j
that cars be vestibuled and provided
with heating apparatus.
Nearly all of the traction lines in
the state operate only vestibuled care,
but it is doubtful It (here are more
than a half dozen care in the entire
commonwealth provided with heating
apparatus. While managers have no
intention of resisting this clause of
TO IN8TAL HEATING AP
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the new law, they frankly regard It :
as a bit of foolishness, because of the j
very mild climate in all parts of Miss-,
issippl during the winter months, and
the fact that there is not a street rail- j
way line in the state that requires
more than twenty minutes to send a f
car from one terminal to another.
PARATU8 IN CAR8.
Jackson, Miss., July 26—Street rail
:
Heating apparatus will be of little
comfort to either the conductor of the j
motorman, they argue, and the general
installing electric heaters under the j
seats will be comparatively small. The ,
Jackson Light & Traction Company ^
has a number of nfw cars enroute
from the factory, ail of the latest
Brlll type, fully equipped with heaters,
de
public doesn't care about it one way i
j of the other. However, the cost of ;
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(Uy Associated Press.) ' ed
York, July 26.—Search for Dor- !
cas Ijams Snodgrass, who disappeared
from her Mount Vernon home a week '
ago last Wednesday continues without be
. - avail The notice are investigating 1
i the incident of an automobile passing
! contain - 1
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of
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SEARCH FOR MISS
: The
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FUTILE
New
through Greenwich, Conn.,
ing two men and a shrieking girl the
! morning of the day Miss Snodgrass
j disappeared,
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FOR GOVERNMENTi
Snap Division In House Of Commons
Lacks But Three Votes Of
Change.
(By Associated Press.)
London, July 26.—The British Gov
ernment was nearly turned out of of
fice by a snap division In the House
of Commons this evening, three votes
saving it from defeat,
dance was small.
George moved that Monday be dévoted
to a discussion of supplementary ap
propriations. The opposition protested
and forced a division. By the dint of
hurried search through the lobbies
I the Government whips just managed
to save the situation.
The atten
Chancellor Lloyd
Is
to .
the
con
the
ar* ^ EducaUonal Committee of the
also , , «
«î Commercial Club has announced a
».*4 public meeting for Sunday afternoon
forti-j ^ the Audl torlum, to be pre
^ by D] . } D Donaid. for
which an interesting program has
been prepared. Among other features,
Dr. R. N. Whitfield, representing the
Rockefeller Hookworm Commission,
will make an address on some feature
of his work now being carried on in
this county.
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EDUCATIONAL MEEEiNfi
SUNDAY AFTERNOON
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Democrats and Progressives
Pass LaFollette Woolen Bill
Surprising Machine Repubs
Washington, July 26—Ten progres
sive Republicans overthrew the reg
ular Republicans in the Senate late
laBt night and joined with the Demo
crats in passing the La Follette woolen
tariff revision bill as a substitute for
the Democratic measure framed by the
^ House of Representatives. The La
| Follette bill was adopted by a vote of
j 47 ( D 20 , less than two hours after the
into
ed
the
Republican leaders had achieved what
they believed was a victory when a
compromise submitted by Senator bill
Penrose was passed in the committee
The sudden termination of the wool the
tarift fight came as the climax of a
day full of surprising events. The
I Democratic House bill for a revision
It : of the wooI tarlfr
was technically be
j f orf > the Senate. The progressives to
fl rfR voted for Senator Cummins' sub- •
s tit u te, the rates of which were slight- ! ly
j j y above those of the Democratic bill. ; a
They were defeated 14 to 57. Then 1 of
a f g e nator Penrose came forward with !
of the whole.
: a compromise measure, considerably
higher than the Democratic bill, but
j w hich regular and progressive Re
publicans believe they could agree up- !
j
Led by the defeated Senator Cum - 1
j mins, who said he would accept the !
, Penrose bill as a "step in the right j
^ direction," all but three of the pro- j
gress i ves rallied to the support of the |
p enroge measure and It was adopted
by the narrow margin of34 to 32. This
took place in committee of the whole, j
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: The amended measure then passed
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"Tuni I QÏ-IATT CTF AI " /TAPT !
A ilvy U O il/vLj I J I L/\Li y 1 At 1 ,
ELECTORS) SAYS ROOSEVELT
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Oyster Bay, N. Y., July 26—Six j this
staunch Republican States have adopt-j
' ed a plan, Colonel Roosevelt said last
! night, for the bodily capture of the |
Republican organizations by the Na- j
' tional Progressive Party. The States j
be named are Kansas, Minnesota,
1 South Dakota, Idaho, California and]
Washington. |
- 1 In each of these States, according to
Roosevelt leaders who have talked as
with the ex-President or his aides, the 1 til
1 Republican organization is in control ; at
of the supporters of a new party to an
! extent sufficient to enable them to |
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i transfer the organization virtually in- j
tact to Colonel Roosevelt's support. In ,
I each case it is the intention to retain '
the name Republican and place candi- ,
dates for Congress and State offices on '
the regular Republican ticket. | of
States In which the law requires |
that the names of Taft and Sherman (
be placed on the ballot as the Republt !
nominees the Roosevelt candidates j
for electors will go In a separate col-,
Where the law does not exact j
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In
umn.
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SHOOED SEEK A
MATE INCOGNITO
Is Parson's Advice To Miss Helen!
Gould—Old Maids Menace
To Society.
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(By Associated Press.)
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Grand Junction, Colo., July 26.—,
Undaunted by the ^comment of Miss
Helen Gould upon a recent sermon,
when he asserted old maids should be
isolated on a barren Island as a waste '
product, Rev. Elmer Huffner, of
First Christian Church today insisted,
that old maids are a detriment
to society and advised Miss j
menace
Gould to seek a mate incognito in the j
"She is a noble woman," 1
hack woods,
he said, "but her nobleness would be
greatly enhanced were she married."
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PUTTING FINISHING
TOUCHES TO StEECH
(By Associated Press.)
SeaGlrt, July 26—Governor Wilson '
is today putting the final touches to :
his speech of acceptonce. After spend
ing a few hours here he will go into
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seclusion again until early Monday.
into the Senate proper. In the mean
time, Senator La Follette who, with
Senator Clapp and Kenyon, had Join
ed the Democrats in voting against
the Pensore substitute, saw an oppor
tunity again to pass his bill of 1911.
which President Taft has vetoed.
There was a quick rally of progressive 1
forces and the La Follette bill was in
troduced as a substitute for the al
ready amended bill. It became the
substitute for the Democratic House
bill and as such the Senate finally
passed it, 47 to 20.
The progressives who Joined with
the Democrats In adopting the La Fol
lette substitute were Borah. Bristow,
Clapp, Crawford, Cummins, Gronna, j
Kenyon, La Follette, Poindexter and j
Works. The amended bill goes back I
to the House of Representatives and , are
• the resulting tariff situation is exact-!
! ly that which followed the adoption of j
; a woolen tariff in the special session
1 of 1911. The La Follette bill Is the
! same as passed then by the Senate, '
with a raw wool duty of 30 per cent ;
and an average duty of 55 per cent, j
on manufactured goods. The House j In
! bill is the same as then passed by the |
j House with the raw wool duty of 20 j
- 1 per cent. Out of these two measures ;
! the conference committee last year
j evolved a compromise which President
j Taft vetoed because the Tariff Board j
| had not completed its woolen investi
gation. A conference committee will i
again take up the two bills and attempt !
j to frame a substitute to send to the ,
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President.
this the Roosevelt candidates probably 1
will be placed under the regular Re
publican emblem on the theory that {
Colonel Roosevelt is the legitimate
nominee of the party. This claim goes (
back to the meeting in Chicago the !
night the Republican National Conven- (
Hon adjourned. (
| was Colonel Roosevelt's expecta- j to
tion that no decision would be reached <
as to the procedure in these State un- .
1 til the general situation was discussed ;
; at the Chicago Convention of the new
party. j
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CARDIFF'S NEW MUSEUM.
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' Cardiff, Wales, July 26—The corner- j
, stone of (he new National Museum .
' here was laid today in the presence j
| of representatives from Museums of j
| all the countries of Europe and dele -1
( gates from the United States and Can-,
! ada. The King performed the cere- j
j mony. Dr. Frederic A. Jucas. director (
of the American Museum of National I
j History represented the United States. ]
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In
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White Plains, N. Y., July 26-Justice | *
Keogh today, refused to release Harry |
In the eyes of J
HARRY THAW MUST
REMAIN IN
ASYLUM
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Thaw from Mattewan.
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! the law Thaw Is still insane and must
rema j n j n the asylum where he was
p]ace( j February the first, 1908 after 1
kming Stanford White. The court 80
tQok the 8round that Thaw's release 1
' would be a menaee , 0 t h e public. j e<1
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! Washington, July 21.—A quiet move
1 ment, begun some time ago aiming at
i a tightening of the bonds of sympathy
] among states of the Western Hemis
phere, is beginning to take tangible
form and in the near future It is ex
pected a great Pan-American confer
ence will be held probably here, al
' though another place may be selected,
to : The plan is to link the Latln-Amerl
can states In closer communion to thq
into United States by encouraging public
men of both section*.
SEAGIRT MECI
OF HOPEFUL
DEMOCRATS
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INCIDENTS IN LIFE OF THE PARTY
NOMINEE AT HIS BEAUTIFUL
8UMMER HOME.
MAINE AS CERTAIN
AS MISSISSIPPI
Visitors Take on Superabundance of
Enthusiasm — Every Post Bring*
Promise of Support From Doubtful
States— Wilson Refused to see Smith
are true, our heartB are Highland,
Au< ^ our dreams we see the HeB*
rides."
Every democratic visitor at
beautiful seaside haven get a heart
full of hope that in fact rather than in
(By Walter Cain.)
Sea Girt, N. J. July26—"Our heart*
dreams he is to realize the Hebrides.
And visitors are decidedly the
In a stately great white home pro- 1
| vided by New Jersey for her gover
j nors throughout the heated seasons,
; Woodrow Wilson and his two families
live. The first is his domestic family,
consisting of his wife and thres %
j daughters, the other his executive fam
ily, consisting at present of half hun
i dred or more of secretaries, typewrit
! ers, stenographers, copyists and the
, like. This second family occupy •
' commodious structure very near the
- Governor's house, which is the home
! of the officers of the Nation»! Guar«
, of New Jersey during the extensive
: mile from the sea and is in the center
jof a lawn or park of about twenty
1 acres, which is kept in perfect condi
tion by the State's landscape garden
{ ers. The house is in a grove, through % :
which graveled driveways wind
( amongst flower plots and box hedge
! rows. In front of the bouse, which
( has a long wide piazza or rambling
( porch, are two brass cannon pointing
j to the rifle ranges some two hundred
< yards away. The house was evidently
. planned by an artist and Is perfectly
; ndapted to luxurious comfort. The
Wilsons employ negro servants of the
j vintage and general appearance of
, anta-bellum days. One of these, the
1 butler, is a portly old fellow with gray
hair, side whlsters and courtly man
ners that make him an object of
rule.
j
. special note about the place,
j The Wilsons live simply, are happy
of j within themselves and delightful neigh
-1 hors. For some time, the establisb-
Can-, ment has been In a state of selge. T>el-
j egatlons come and .stop a while and
( go to make way for others. Noted
I men of the nation drop off the tr*ta|
] at the attractive little station wh^^
— j is very near the spot they seek, st^B
I over to confer, drink a cup of teaHH
ter the conference ends, chat a while
j with the ladies and then away again,
j The splendid drive ways all through
this section makes automobile travel
easy and almost any hour during the
day one may see a dozen or more be
sides the big park or drawn up directly
In front of the house while their own
ers gaze upon the home of the demo
I cratlc nomlnee or «»water about the
| * rounds ° r even wander 1n and Beat
| themselves for a rest on the porch. To
of J ex * en t open house is the order.
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A Very Busy Man.
It is very difficult to reach the Gov
ernor himself without an appointment,
80 VPr ? b,ls V ls h, ' w ith his corre
1 spondence and the addresses he is call
j e<1 upon to make - But when you a °
| get to him you find a cordial geeting
| a " d a man ' BeT,ous but Bxtreme,y
; ''ourteous. and intensely Interested In
j everything that Is told to him. He ls
, ' naffe<:te d. never dresses or acts a
j part, hut, it ls easily apparent,
j thorougly appreciative of the vastness
of the responsibility of the task hi*
political party assigned to him. Ha
listens, as I have stated, eagerly and
ls never at a loss for an observation
when one ls called for. This is due to
the fact of his sincerity. It is only
the insincere man who must study be
fore he replies. Though hardworked,
he shows little fatigue. His physics!
condition is the product of perfect hah
its.
NswsPaper Boys Optimistic.
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