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THE CAIRO BULLETIN, UHUflSDAY MORNING. tRLMRY M,Hi
6
THE SECOND DAY
VERY BUSY ONE.
(Concluded from Fifth Pase i
juhwmmji-.- on Friday, liefoiv ih first
Monday in April of pach year to In
struct ttu'iD as to the manner nf as
sessing I think this is one of th
must inixrtant meetings of the year,
aiid should lie so considered hy the
Board of Assessors.
It is just to the tax payer that ev
ery citizen should be equally assessed
according to the amount of property
he nossesaea. At this meeting the
sssessors should be instructed that
every piece anil parcel of proper!;.
should )e assessed at its fair casii
value, and not what it would bring
if put up a' forced sale, as so many
people contend whnn the assessors
interview them.
I have noticed in my work, in
handling the assessor's hooks, that
some assessors still value horses at
'id and fifl dollars: another will value
horses, of a Unit ihe same value, at
front $1"" to $U'."i Some would val
ue hogs at one dollar ter head, re
gardless of the size, another would,
value them at so much per pound,
in. I so on with the same decree of
variance with all other articles sub
ject to taxation It may readily be
seen how unjust an assessment of that
kind would be. Kaeh assessor assess
ing property at a different value to
conform with his own views, or to
suit the party being assessed, and
by this means making the assessments
in the different townships very un
equal, that it is not to he wondered
at that when the Hoard of Review
meets and trys to adjust the matter,
they find that about the only thing
they can do is to raise or lower each
township a certain per cent, which
may be readily seen i a hazardous
way of equalizing taxation. becattM
the property is not within their view.
The land has been assessed upon the 1
same theory as the personal property
and the boards have on their hands
a most difficult and perplexing proli :
leni- With due consideration and r j
.spect for the different hoards of re-
view present, I venture to say. that
when this state of facts presents it
self, you have utver been able to do
equa: justice to all parties concerned,
and never will lie able no to do. II
th assessor jues from house ti
house ami from farm to farm and
views the property, both personal aod
real, ami fails to place upon the same j
a fair cash value, how can the board
of review, composed of persons who
have never seen the property, raise or
lower the valuation with any certain
degree of equality.
I would there tore suggest that OBe
of the greatest improvements that 1
can be made in the enforcement of the
law as it now exists, is to reach
definite basis of valuation of all per j
sonal property, and thai the assessor
should be so thoroughly informed
concerning the baais fixed that if any !
two or more of them were called up
on to assess a particular piece of prop- .
erty. they would have practically the
same Ideas as to Is proper valuation
for taxation.
The snliieci of bridges has aval I
lieeti and will ever be one of vail
importance to the development of i
every country. History lells its thai
he ancients were builders of things ;
liermanent and durable as well.i
beautiful, and so successful were thej
in accomplishing the former that, to-
rltj. their edifices stand r monuments
to their memory and are the pHde of
the peasantry and nobility of then
countries. In Greece. Koine ami
France, the bridge of l.'.u years ago
present a true type of what is today
the personification of architecture and
durability, and no where was to be
found the oft familiar wooden iirlde
with possibly one exception, in 'Ho
i aliens at the bridge," where we learn
But meanwile ax and lever hate
manfully been piled,
Amino the bridge hangs inio-ring
2 above the boiling tide.
-But with a voice like thunder, fell
every loosening beam.
And like a dam. the mighty wreck
lay right athwart the stream.
manfully been plied and now the
bridge hsiiL's tottering above the boil
ing tide, but w ith a voice like thunder,
tell every loosening beam, and like a
dam. the mighty wreck lay right
alawan ih stream."
All work of this kind must coma
through a stage of development and
decay which leads In new experiments
which may bring success Or. perhaps,
failure, yei in all stages, no matter
the cost the best should be the ideal
and should be adopted by 'hose who
have charge of this part of the peo
pie's huslnes. We cannot ad agree
upon what is tst nor was it intend
ed that we should, but. if each lioard
to which this duty has leen commit
ted will use theii best judgment to
erect the beat t ructu ret the question
will soon lie solved. One hoard of
commissioners may say a steel
bridge with steel pillars would be the
most substantial and so It may while
another board would decide that a con
create rnlven with like foundation
would answer tbe best purpose, and
so il mif'lu wha ti desire to impress
Bo- Is. that each hoard should con
struct the very best bridges consis
tent, with the j-evenue under its con
trol for such purpoMa, and not to
build cheap bridges at the expense
of usefulness.
Now. Mr. Chairman. I WMM snak
of the sacred duty iiit posed upon man
kind by our Creator, and sanctioned
by the municipal laws of every land
a duty accepted, ajid willingly per
fronted by every man within whose
breast exists the proper feeling (or
those who are less fortunate. 1 refer
to the can1, mainiainance and edu
cation of the less fortunate of so
ciety tn the care and .support of
those, who. by the heavy weight of
ige. the gnawing tioth of disease, or
Il,p t.augbtv frown of dame mlsfor
tune have been reduced to a help
less and pennyless condition, to the
education and protection of those
vouths. who. by the sweeping nd tin
relenting hand of death or from the
shaping or other unkind and cruel
ircumstanoes have been deprived
if the tender loving care of the mother
md the strong protecting arm of the
at her. Aside from other reasons,
he duty of caring for the poor, the
weak and helpless, as dictated by the
eternal doctrine of Brotherhood ff
nan and Fatherhood of liml " Again
the principle of self-preservation is the
first law of ihe individual. al since
society i.s composed and made up of
tidividuals. so also Is it the first and
'undamental principle of society to
irotect itself by protecting its weaker
nembers. to support itself by support
ng those who are unable to support
hetnselves. and to preserve the whole
ny preserving the parts, and since the
veil leing of the poor is a matter of
Mlblk concern, and should be of uni
versal interest. Our state legislature
n its wise discretion has decreed It
esi that the state should assume the
nirden. and has provided that each
county should care for the ones of its
(Concluded Tomorrow l
AWFUL EXPLOSION
WRECKS A TOWN
almost 500 Quarts of Nitroglycerine
Shattered Windows Fourteen
Miles Away.
By the Associated Press.
Lima. Ohio. Feb. Hi Three thou
and residence windows were broken,
he sidewalks of the business section
ined with plate glass fronts, house
iold goods turned on end and live
tock nearby killed by the shock, is
he general total of damage resulting
"mm three nitroglycerine magazines
letting go almost at the same time
in the Boos farm, three miles north of
.inta
It is estimated that t iiiarts of
he sensitive compound let go and the
loles in tin ground in which a battle-
hip might be swallowed tell the story.
The explosion shattered a number of
date glass windows in Delpboa. a ills
ance of 14 miles.
BIG FIRE AT OSWEGO.
By Associated Press.
Oswego N. Y. Feb. 10 Fire In ihe
larch factory of the Corn Products
onipany tonight caused a loss of a
nillion dollars. The fire was con
ied to the building in which itjarlg
fated. Two tin men were injured Win
,atll .
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AlCXBflQCr COUtltV
National Bank
Commercial Avenue and Eighth Rt
CAIRO, ILL
Capital - - $100,000
Surp.&Und, Pro. 50000
OFFICERS.
K. A. BI'DEft. Pr-idrnt.
i. h. QAUJOAN, Oavfclav,
K. BpMwr Am. ahu r
DIRECTORS.
K a Brpaa,
Th Hovd..
c. m. Baraat an
Wm. Ki i he...
Ctfl. h i I HTS. Jl
0. H. GLLIUV.
W. f.. fllWHOM.
C. O. PT!KH
C. V. JfKfF
I M illHHKHt
Accounts of corporations sad Indlvtdssl
spatially solicited, ichsnts farolsbad
la any part of tbs world.
Alexander
B. A Blddrr, Pre
Too- aovd v . t
County
J H UtuJStaOuh.
r. SpSscsi AsttOM
Savings Bank
CAfHO ILLINOIS.
Surptas k I mi. Prolil
Strictly a Savings Bank
Interest paid on Time Deposits at
rate of three per cent per anaam.
EX-MAYOR ROCHE
DIES SUDDENLY
Former Chief Executive of Chicago
ies Suddenly During Atack of Ver
tigo in Office of Old Friend.
By the Assocated Press.
Chicago. Feb. in John A Itoohe.
a former mayor at Chicago, died sud
denly this aiternon during an attack
of vertigo. With which he was si,-zed
while in the office of W R. Patter
son. fditor-in chief of tfie Chicago Tri
bttM.
OLMSTEAD
Wilis F. Friganza. superintendent
of the Cairo Telephone company was
here this week repairing the line
that was damaged during the recent
storm
lajwyer Fred Hood la in Mound City
this week.
Am.i Songer made a business trip
to Cairo Monday
' Charles .Marshall of ilclknap made
a business trip to this place yester
lay
Mrs R. J. Caster has returned BOOH
after an extended visit with her par
cuts in tlolconda
John Kischner made a trip to Mound
Ciy Monday.
Dave I'iK'hurch. of New Uurnsides.
is visiting his sou. John I'pehurch. at
this place.
Miss Jessie Krai, of New Jersey is
here visiting relatives and friends.
The Big Four has a steam shovel at
worh between Oliiistead and America.
The new butcher shop recently open
ed hy Thomas Tucker is Mai
flourishing business.
Mr. W'j. Whitaker has recently beep
appointed audit lor the Home Insur
ance compuii) of New York.
The team shovel which was
it-nig brought here to do some work
on the Big Four, was ditched south of
the city and badly wrecked. The
shovel Is a ponderous piece of ma
chinery and weighs much more than
the engines on the road and the
track over which It was passing
caved In on one side and the shovel
turned over in teh Illch alongside of
ihe track. A wrecker was ordered at
once from Indianapolis as those now
in use on the road are too small to
Handle such large piece of machin
ery. The accident octuned about ::
o'clock yesterday afternoon, but cans
ed no delay of traffic. It will require
several weeks to raise and repair the
shovel.
MOUND CITY ITEMS.
The Polk Canning company has
alaitit rounded out its contracts with
the corn and tomato growers Tor the
seil; on of tn. The aggregate is prac
tically four hundred acres as to to
ma tod and two hundred acres as to
eon).
i Miss Anile Earle. who has been a
tufferet from bronchitis for three
weeks past. Is Improving, but the
change for betterment is very slight
Messrs. Bolar & Campbell, who have
' put a lug into the .Mound City ha,
bor. have bei-n assured of sufficient
work in the towing line to make their
venture a ratifying success.
Men of capital, whose names can
not now be publicly made nown. are
negotiating for the purchase of pith
teen or twenty city lots on nprjejf
Commercial avenue on which they
will erect cottages on each of tag
lots of four or live rooms per struc
ture At no time in the history iH
Mound City could a movement of the
iort have been more anspieious The
employers of the .Metal Bouud I'ack
age Co could occupy all the.-e. and
the siipplv bo not yet filled to the ex
tent of Ufl per cent. Independent of
: this, when the chair factory begins
active operations in the early days
of March, there will be a stiff demand
for cottages that cannot ismidhly be
met In due season
William Burnley is the "happy dad"
of a ten-pound heir of the male per
suasion. The original and only" Kli Perkins
Id billed for Mound City for Wednes
day evening the I'ith.
Judge W N. Wall, his father. I. B
Wall, and top Hughes are in New Or
leans attendant upm Mardi Cra; its
tivitie,
GRAND CHAIN NOTES.
F. W Potter of Albion was on our
streets Wednesday.
Mrs. fJtttl Km of Cairo la visiting
her uncle W H. Ciippen.
Mrs. (I M. Smith, county superln
t-ndeni visited the school here Wed
nesday.
Ben Kvers of Thebes is here for a
few da; s.
Frank Lombard of !oiigUs was
iiere Wednesday.
U Moore has had the flouring mill
at this place put in repair and will
open ready for business Thursday
The infant son of Klmer tiray is.
reported quite sick.
Miss Mamie Mctilll is on the -ck
llsf.
Liiri Kvers i f BelkQ'in was down on
I'u-ine.s Wednesday.
C000 THINCS TO EAT
Breakfast.
Fruit
(Ulatob'a Barley Food
Sugar and Cream
l.iver and Bacon
Delinonico I'otatoes
Thiu Corn Bread Coffee
Lunch
Potato Cliowd. t
Nun's Toast Tea
Dinner
I npbell's Moch Turtle Soup
Sliced Cold Pork
Mclllhenny's Tabasco
Rlced Potatos Squash
Apples and Nut Salad
Wafers Choes.
Bice I'uiiding
Coffee
ANNUAL STATEMENT.
Col. Jacob L Or.'ene. president of
the Connecticut Mutual J.ife Insur
ance company whose ."i8th annual
statement aipears elsewhere, has al
ways held that straight" insurance
was the only absolutely sale business
for a purely mutual life insurance
company to engage in. Ilts company
has alwavs been conducted on those
lines with the intent of giving to the
liolicy holder an absolutely safe in
vestment, rather than one with specu
lative and "trading stamp attach
ments. "To defend and provide lor
the widow and orphan" is his idea
for the main providence of life aaauf
ance. It is on thosl conservative lines
that the company has beta and tUQ
is conducted. The fstlicy hold
ers representing an insurance of over
$Uiii.ddn.tH)o in force will then-lot be
ratified with his report which shows
I steady increase in earnings, in as
sets and in surplus, the latter ex
ceeding $-U,i2i'.ini on the extremely
conservative basis on which it is es
tiuiuted. and which under the stand
ard allowed by many states would
show about three million more of
available surplus over all liabilities.
$5.00 IN GOLD FREE
A Cash Prize to the Reader of The
Bulletin Making the
Best Guess.
A prbe of Five Dollars In Cold la
iffered to that reader of The Balletic
suktdBf the best guess as to exa"t
lumber of words In an advertisement
o appear In next Sunday's Bulletin
The advertisenitn will be that of
Meters. Moth & White, of 80.V807 Coin
ruercial avenue, and it will occupy
one-half page space in the Issue of
Sunday. February 14th.
The announcement of the winner
in the guessing contest will be made
in the same edition.
The conditions of the contest are as
follows:
Guess must be made on coupon pun
ished in The Bulletin.
Coupon must be filed at The Bui
letin office not later than 0:00 o'clock
a.m Saturday. February. Sttfc,
Any reader of The Bulletin residing
in Alexander. Pulaski, t'nion. Johnson
or Massac counties, Illinois, Ballard
county, KefftOCky or Mississippi conn
ty. Missouri, may contest- ;y i
If one or more price mart cict tr
each will be counted as one word
"49c." "1 95" each count as one ord
' Two dollars" counts as two words
Each figure counts as one word, I. e:
"oO.OOfl" and "18th" each count as one
word. Each initial counts as one
word, as do the characters "ft." "ftc."
or "Etc " Compound words, such as
one-fourth count as one word; ' one
and one-fourth' will count as three
words. r4JM
Should there be more than one cor
rect gnesi of the exact number of
words tbe prize will be divided.
In event of no correct guess that o'
he (,ne or more nearest the exact num
ber will win similarly.
Coupons must be contained In
sealed envelopes and addressed to the
"ADVERTISING DEPARTMENT" The
Cairo Bulletin. Cairo, Illinois.
The contest Is open to all. Follow
the conditions carefully and guess as
often as you like.
Use this coupon:
J ROTH ft WHIT6 GUESSING
2 CONTE8t.
The number of words to be
Mfc contained in the advertise
3j MESSRS. ROTH ft
Will i K. to be published in
5 " ie i .i- . Rulletfa of Run
''iy. February 11. MU. will
NEWS OF THE WEATHER
Indications tot Cairo and vicinity t.
day: tienerally fair: colder; brls
hotihertv winds.
s-tHl
The high or cold wave continues
central in the northwest. with undimin
ished force, in fact, it has Increased
lUgttUjr since Tuesday morning. Pres
sure attending the odd wave ranges
unusually high. Bismarck reported a
barometer reading t reduced I of 31.0
inches Very low temperatures pre
vail throughout the northwest; else
where there has been no material
change since Tuesday. A disturbance
was central yesterday morning in
southern Alabama, moving eastward.
Within the last 91 hours.precipitatioti
jjetHJil light, has occurred in Bid
die and easleru Telllli sse Illinois. Mi.s
Mauri, in the tiulf states, in Oklahoma
Kansas. Nebraska, and eastern South
Dakota
From Washington.
WMMltgtaa, 1 ' Feb. fl. -Illinois
-Fair, continued cold Thursday: Fri
day lair, warnur: freak north o
northeast winds
Missouri Fair. continued cold
Tbur.-day; Friday fair, warn i f
ADVERTISING GROWTH.
Possibly there is no line of Indus
try in the United States that
has gfowa in such proportion In re
cent years as that of general ndver
lisini; which includes publicity in
newspapers and magazines and out
door display advertising, and through
its tremendous force the entire basis
of modern merchandising has been
ievo!uiioni.ed.
The Chicago papers of the current
Week devote much space and tinfe
'o the wonderful growth of the ad
vertising business as a whole, and to
that of Lord ai Thomas is particular,
twing to the retirement of Mr. I) ft.
Irri, the senior member of the firm,
who leaves active business life with
a rich competence.
The business of lord ft Thomas
has leen one of the mot agaressive
and progressive of its kind In the
country, timing in recent years been
under the active managemnt of Mr.
A. L Thomas, whose judgment on
advertising maters is considered as
anthoritative by Ihe vast body of pub
licity users. .Mr Thomas has suc
ceeded Mr Lord to Ihe prc-idency and
will continue at the head of the firm.
Mr. C. R. Erwin. the new v ice pres
ident kas beeia connected with the
company for l' years and la therefore
a veteran in the field; a.-sociated with
him and Mr. Thomas is Mr. A. I).
Laski r. the si.cretarj and treasurer.
Thirl) -flvc years of wide experience
:n kftAdllDg the publicity of a large
proportion of America's most success
ful advertiser ' have I' ted lird ft
Thotnts to give most tidicious and
profitable service to enterprising bus
iness firms In every line.
The main office of Lord ft Thomas
ire in the Trade Building. Chicago,
and Its eastern branch in the nier
ican Tract Society Building, New
York.
Ba.cka.che.
PaJn ir Side.
Hips and Groin
In most cases are direct result of
WEAK KIDN KYS and IN I-I.AM M A
TION Of THE BLADDEK. The
strain oil the Kidneys and tnflatneQ
membranes lining the necl- of the
Bladder protu ing these pains.
Lark's
Kidney
Globes
WILL CURE IT.
Two .dost s jiivo relief, ard one boa
will cute n rdmary case of Kid
ney r Bladder Trouble. Removes
Gravel, cures I)ialeles, Seinitnil
Emissions. Weak and Lame Bark.
Rheumatism, aud ell irrejtiilarttits of
the Kidneys and Bladder, in both
men iind women. Sold at 60 cents
tier hoi on the No Cure Ko ftjf 1 ,a-.is
by Haul G. S bull & Sons, to? Cuti)
w .1 Ave , and Hany W. Svkuh
Drujf Co. . lSih & C'-Mumeri is! Ae.,
ole agents ior Cairo; or sent bv tnsll
upon receipt Of prirc by I.:rt Medi
me Co.. Liiuisvillc. Kr.
TO
vhV 4? f
dip
Liberal
Accommodations
and Courteous Treatment
I xtemtcJ loCustomers by
. . City National Bank . .
CAIRO, ILLINOIS.
Capital and Surplus
$296,000.00
6uvi Ohiu
l.O(
Worms!
For 20 Yttrs Has Lid ill
f
OX.S BY Alii.
Jtparf d by
SOLD BY SCHUH DRUG CO
aj AAAikAAA A aft ft t AlftA
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FREE!
A $250 Upright Piano for the Most
Popular Young Lady of Cairo.
The Bulk-tin's contest p determine the most pomlar
yonnjf lady in the i it ( Cairo, is suKktL ui lite (ollowittg
conditions :
Ail) jtnnanicd lady, a resident of Cairo a,il over four
teen years of age is eligible to the contest aid ,the one re
ceiving the largest number oi votes will receive the hand
some upright piano now on displav at I'.uchanan's Music
Store, 711 Coinmercial avenue.
Only the i on pons published daily in Tke Bulletin way
be used as ballots, each counting as one vote. As an in
ducement for paid up subscribers to The Cairo Bulletin any
person bringing to The Bulletin office a subscription for
three months accompanied by Si. SO, newspapers containing
50 COttpons Drill bfi given; for six months subscription or
$3.60, 125 newspapers Will be given; for one year's sub
scription at the Itgttlftr rate, .Mi newspapers will be given.
This arrangement applies to ail snbacribers both new ami
old.
Kach ballot must be complete; if the border or dale line
at bottom of ballot is cut oft the vote does not count. Kach
ballot must be cast not later than 7:00 o'clock of the Satur
day night in which week the coupon is published.
The vote will be announced in The Bulletin from time
to time, ami all ballots will be preserved at The Bulletin
office, 70.i Ohio I,evee, for one week after publication.
During that time any contestant is privileged to examine
the ballots.
The contest will close at ():0O o'clock Saturday night,
March 26, 1904, and the name of the most populai young
lady as determined by vote, will le published in the big
Baiter Number of The Bulletin. The 250 piano will be
delivered the day following the publication of tbe award. )
1
f ONE VOW
For the Most Popular Young LaJy of the City of
Cairo. As the recipient of The Bulletin's free
piano in accordance with the terms of the
'Popularity Contest, I vote for
m
VOID UNLESS DRPOS1TED AT
PLACE BEFORE 7;O0 P. M.
Ballot boxes have been placed at the following addresses
where votes rnnv he east:
Buchanan's Music Store
Herman C. Schuh Pharmacy Co
Harry W. Schuh Drug Co. -VI.
C. Metzger, Drug Store
Hebsacker Grocery Co.
A. T. De Bann
Carl Hebsacker, Drug Store
Office of The Bulletin
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la ts longest so does (he
Remington operator.
The Remington does not over
work the operator. The opera
tor cannot overwork the Kem-
iff ton.
The flimingion Typtwriter Co.
WHITE'S CREAM
VERMIFUGE!
S.-iuu uutarup.
Worm Remefot. mZ&Uti
DJlVJCiOIISTSI
JAMES F. BALLARD, St. Louis.
ft ftrt
A REGULAR BALLOTING
SATURDAY, FEB. IJ, l4.
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- 801 Washington Ave.
1715 Commercial Ave,
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301 Twenty-eighth St.
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703 Ohio Levee.
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