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THE BANNER, FRIDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 24, nil.
IE SEVEMH BACK"
A Sketch of the Next Ooveroor of Georgia Written
By Hon. Pleasant A. Stovall of the
Savannah Press.
Sitting In hi* office In the seventh
dory of the Peter* building In Allan-
t* Hoke Smith upend* the*e hazy
February dan entertaining company.
From morning until night there 1* »
■tream of vlultora who are anxious
to talk to him confidentially. The
visitor 1* ushered into a little hack
office overlooking the railroad track*,
where the *team and smoke from the
passing trains brighten and blacken
the window pane*. There are al
ways two or three men on hand with
the governor-elgpt. Many of them
are members of the legislature from
different part* of the state who are
anaious to find out Hoke Smith s at
titude toward the senatorshlp. Some
of these are suggested candidates
themselves, and they have come to
find out what the big fellow really
means to do In the premises. The
host Is affable and fluent, ?e passes
around the cigars and then he begins
to talk about everything In the world
except the senfftorshlp. His favorite
theme Is to deliver a homily upon
Georgia, Its great resources and Its
brilliant prospects. The man never
shows off to better advantage than
when he Is preaching about Georgia.
The state of Georgia, Its work for
good roads, Its wealth of country
schools. Its prospect of paying the
teachers and always Its duty to teach
agriculture In the high schools, the
district colleges, the state university,
the summer schools and on the farm
Itself. Every day on the seventh
Door back Hoke flmlth makes an elo
quent and Inspiring address upon
Georgia.
1 remember more than a year ago
n writer from Collier’s magazine
wrote a pen picture of this law office
In the skyscraping district of Atlan
ta. He paid a tribute to the huge
man "whose personality fills the
room and crowds the furniture
against the wall.” Then he describes
how Hoke Smith "arose with impul
alve enthusiasm, unrolled a wall map
of the state, got an umbrella for a
pointer and began.
“Georgia Is the largest state
east of the Mississippi—yon
didn't know that, did you? It
stretches from the mountains of
the north, where the climate Is
much like New Hampshire's—
didn't know that, did you?—to the
semi-tropical counties of the Gulf
coast, where we can grow oranges
and pineapples. In the north we
have an altitude of five thousand
feet, hills covered with a wealth
of hard wood. A little farther
down we bare* the red-clay soil.
■'Here In MlUoh county"—the um
brella ferule moved to a point In
the northern third of the state—
"I know a farmer who raised
twelve bales of cotton on four
acres of land (the market value
of that four-acre crop Is $800).
Here In, Newton county I know a
farmer who raised last summer
seventy-five bushels of corn per
acre on a ten-acre field—you
didn't know that the South Is as
good a corn country as Iowa, did
you? Here In the wire-grass
country”—the umbrella point
moved to the southeast corner of
the map—"we are selecting big
tracts of ridiculously cheap land
and promoting colonies of farm-
, ers from the Middle West. Geor
gia, sir, Is going to support twen
ty million people and raise enough
extra to help feed the big North
ern cities. My slogan Is: ‘Good
roads, good schools, good farms—
more white people.’ ”
may have combined to bring about a
change which has come over the spir
it of his dream.
Twenty years ago when he came
back from Washington City after a
three years' term in the cabinet of
Orover Cleveland he was keen to be
elected to the senate. He was fired
with government work and familiar
with all the details of the Job.
w(is full of ardor for forensic strife,
.lust to keep himself In practice be
leaped into the campaign against free
silver and debate^ with Speaker Crisp
In every part of the state. Not him
self a candidate for the senate, he
contested every Inch of ground with
the silver champion and bore himself
surprisingly well In his first efforts
before the people.
Since then he has been hard
work In the law office with an occa
slonal foray In politics. He has
sounded the depths and shoals of po-
lltlcal life, lie has enjoyed Its hon
ors and experienced Its defeats. He
has been the center of enthusiasm
nnd the object of popular distrust by
turn. Two years ago the business
men In the skyscrapers In Atlanta
turned down his petltfon for re-elec
tion. Insist August the bankers and
merchants of that city met him at the
train the night before the election and
escorted him on foot to hi* home
West Peachtree street, cheering him
to victory. He has spoken In every
county In Georgia and won varying
opinions from all sorts of people. He
Irankly says that the senatorshlp does
not seem to him to be the big prize
It once was. The gaudia certamlnls
has dwindled In his breast. He has
made a competency and he does not
want to fritter It all away In politics.
He craves some time for reading and
leisure and appeals to the people on
other lines than politics. He does not
care about pressing his own claims,
naturally. As years crowd upon us
the things which loom big and bright
In early life sink below the horizon
Possibly as Goldsmith said, Hoke
Smith would like to crown ‘‘a life of
labor with an age of ease." He has
written his policies upon the statute
books, nnd for two more years
going to stand guard upon them In
the governor's office. The man with
whom he was brought Into sharpest
rivalry In Georgia, and who In two
campaigns managed the race of his
oponent, now lies prostrate In the
hospital, his recovery a. matter of ex
treme uncertainty. And so his own
ambitions and his animosities, If be
ever cherished them, *Te fading away.
We should not say that Hoke Smith
I* "broken with the storms of state,
but rather that the humor In the blood
Is modified and "waits upon the Judg
ment.” Those who have been near
to Governor Smith and talked with
him do not believe that he cares
farthing about stirring up another
dissension In the senatorshlp fight
Rut for the peculiar position In which
he Is placed It Is probable he would
be elected easily without the heated
strife of his past two campaigns,
A New Club To Be Organ
ized at the University of
Georgia Composed
of Foreigners.
The Northern correspondent had
taken a long Southern trip to Inter
view Hoke Smith, and that Is what he
got. The men who visit him now
from all parts of the state are getting
tbla every day In amplified and em
phatic form. If Collier's correspond
ent wanted to hear about politics
then be did not bear It, and the visi
tor now who goes up to sound the
governor-elect upon the senatorial
situation comes back uninformed
When Hoke Smith went out last
spring and summer to his gubernato
rial campaign he made "Georgia" the
burden of his speech and that was
the time to mention politics. That
was what he went for presumably, but
he found a more Interesting theme.
Always Georgia and an apotheosis of
her limits and her possessions. From
Quitman to Quartz, In Rabun county,
hetalked about ‘‘Georgia." Some
times he forgot about the "reaction-
ar.es" and lightened up on the “lobby
ists” In the overshadowing theme
which claimed his attention and
loosened his tongue. So It Is today
apparently; be has put aside the sen
atorshlp and la preaching deep plow
ing and fertilization. He talks farm
ing with Colonel Peek of Rockdale
and discuss sclentififlc methods with
Dr. Soule of Athens. He astonishes
the farmer-politician In the legisla
ture by knowing more about their
planting operations than they do
themselves. He says he has several
hundred acres In Fulton county which
he Is breaking up for spring planting.
Most people had an Idea that he was
spending his time writing letters to
tbs legislature. But so far as I can
see this Is a mistake. Several things
Hoke Smith realizes that he has
some good friends who may get Into
the race. There Is Murphey Candler,
who has managed two campaigns for
him and who has been his right bow
er In the legislature. Then there Is
Congressman Hardwick, who has
brought on the bitterest fight of his
life by his loyalty to Hoke Smith,
There Is Judge Covington, who has
supported him eloquently upon the
hustings and upheld his policies In
the legislative halls. There Is'Judge
Lawson, of Eatonton, who presided
over his convention and who has al
ways advanced the policies of Pro
gressive Democracy. Judge Law-son
was at one time a member of con
gress from the Eighth district, a Judge
upon the bench, a member of the
censtitutioi^I convention and was
spoken of as a candidate for governor
last summer. So far as can be seen
Hoke Smith has not espoused the in
terest of any particular man. It may
be that he realizes that Atlanta and
North Georgia could not In fairness
monopolize all the high offices,
all events he is keeping himself In
the background and guarding the
properties of the situation. Whether
he thinks that any one of these men
can land the senatorship is uncertain
."hose nearest to him have expressed
au expectation that South Georgia
would insist upon a candidate. So
far with one exception those suggest
ed from this Bectlon have not been
of his "school of thought.” He has
made no suggestion about a primary,
nnd If he w-ere a candidate he would
probably show more interest In pre
liminary arrangements.
So those who have seen him and
talked with him nnd those around
him have gotten the Idea that Hoke
Smith Is not a candidate for United
States senator, and that he does not
expect to put himself In a place where
he could be voted for. Of course if
the legislature should Insist upon
electing him he would have to consid
er whether he could put aside the
proffer. But by the time the legisla
ture meets that body may be pretty
thoroughly canvassed by the dark
horses In their own interest and the
A new organization Is to be form
ed at the University of Georgia to be
known as the "Cosmopolitan Club,"
the members of which are those stu
dents who are of foreign birth and
whose homes are In countries outside
the United States proper. There are
four natives of China regularly ma
triculated at the institution this term,
one from Japan Is taking a course,
one from Cuba Is on the list, two
Russians are members of the col
lege community and there Is one Ital
ian—the latter, by the way, and one
of the Chinese students, being good
baseball players. Last year there
was a prominent young business man
of high family in India who was at
the State College of Agriculture
studying cotton culture and cotton
grading. The oldest state university
In the Union Is drawing special atu
dents from many lands and In the
more than a century of history there
have been no less than 175 foreign
ers who were entered aa students
here. The Cosmopolitan club will
have a membership of about a dozen
Including several honorary members
from the faculty and the city.
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CINCINNATI AUTO SHOW.
Cincinnati, O., Feb. 20.—Cincin
nati's first large auto show opened In
Music Hall today and will continue
through the week. The exhibition Is
held under the auspices of the Cincin
nati Automobile Dealers' Association.
Indications point to a large atendance
of visitors from points In Ohio, In
diana, Kentucky and West Virginia.
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AN INTERNATIONAL
CONFERENCE AT CAIRO.
Cairo, Egypt, Feb. 20.—Eighteen na
tions, including the United States, are
represented at the fifth international
ongress for the amelioration of the
lot of the blind which opened here to
day. The conference will give spe
cial attention to measures for combat
ing the spread of ophthalmia. Miss
Ttta J. Griffin, of the Library of Con
gress at Washington, is one of the
few women delegates attending the
conference.
THE CATTLE TICK
Bureau of Animal Indus*
fry Gives Directions
How To Get Rid of
the Pests.
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governor-elect may be eliminated as
l possibility.
Can It be that Hoke Smith is look
Ing over the heads of the senatorial
gladiators, gazing through the
dows In the seventh floor back where
the steam and smoke etch their lights
and shadows upon the pane? There
mny be something else In his mind
The South may be In a position to de
mand the vice presidency from the
next national Democratic convention
Mr. Bryan, who lectured in Atlanta
last night upon his Bible theme, was
Introduced by Hoke Smith. Mr. Bry
an even mentioned the governor-elect
as a presidential possibility, it may
be that Hoke Smith has something
bigger in his mind than the senator-
ship. The state convention last year
Indorsed film ns a presidential possl
blllty. So when he delivers his mon
ologues upon'agriculture and purpose
ly Ignores politics to the visitors who
crowd Into his office day by day "he
may be breaking up the field" for a
broader and bigger contest. Possibly
he might be willing to preside over
the senate, for Democratic victory Is
pretty certain this time nnd Georgia
HI have preponderating Influence In
the convention. She is at least enti
tled to second place. When Hoke
Smith unrolls the map of Georgia and
speaks rapturously of the biggest
state east of the Mississippi to his
wondering callers he may realize thaf
Georgia, the youngest of the thirteen,
la one of the most powerful of the
forty-five; and that the state which
gave the vice president to the Con
federacy may now be ready to furnish
the office of "second In command’’ to
the United States. P. A. 8. .C,
Washington. D. C., Feb 20.—There
are four practical metbodi that may
be employed In freeing cattle and paa-
tures of Texas fever ticks: (1) Pick
ing or brushing off the ticks; (2)
smearing or spraying the animals with
a disinfecting solution; (3) dipping
tlie "tlcky" animals In a vat contain
ing a solution capable of killing the
ticks without Injury to the cattle
(4) a systematic pasture rotation
whereby the ticks are eliminated by
changing the cattle to one pasture af
ter another, allowing the ticks to drop
off, and preventing new ticks from
getting on the cattle.
In sections where there arc large
herds and ranches, dipping or spray
ing on a large scale has been success
fully carried out, ellher alone or In
conjunction with pasture rotation,
while In other sections, where the
cattle on farms consist of only a few
head, hand dressing with oil has been
found to be the most practical plan.
The methods above suggested, there
fore, auuply to different sections of
the country, and the stockman or far
mer should select the one which is
best suited to his particular ease.
Picking on Brushing Off the Ticks,
Where the herd Is small the ticks
may be picked off by hand or scraped
off with a dull' knife or currycomb.
Tbla should be done at least three
times a week in order to remove all
the largo ticks before they mature
and fall off, aa by this Bystem tbe
smaller tlcka which at first escape de
tectlon will be found before they are
fully developed. After removal the
tlcka ahould be destroyed, preferably
by burning. Care ahould be taken to
go over the animals thoroughly, and
after once going over they ahould
not be neglected, as tlcka may be
picked up from time to time. If thla
work la thoroughly done and no tlcka
allowed to fall off and lay eggs from
June 1 to the end of November, tbe
cattle will be free from ticks and the
pastures clean.
Smearing or Spraying.
Greasing the animals all over
thoroughly with cotton seed oil, fish
oil, or Beaumont crude petrolem will
assist In preventing the ticks from
getting upon them and destroy the
ticks already on them. This method
Is practicable when only a few ani
mals are to be treated. A mixture of
1 gallon of kerosene, 1 gallon of cot-
ton sed oil, and 1 pound of sulphur
has proved effective when used two
or three times a week during the lick
season. It should be applied with a
sponge, syringe, brush, mop,
broom.
Where a larger number of cattle
are to be treated, but not enough to
v.nrrant building a vat, spraying has
given good results. The necessary
equipment consists of a force pump
such as Is used by orchardlsts for
spraying trees, with a barrel In a wag
on or on n platform and a hose with
an ordinary nozzle. A 20 per cent
emulsion of Beaumont oil or a 5 per
cent solution of any of tlie standard
ccal-tar dips mny be used. The spray
ings should be continued throughout
the whole season and If thoroughly
done will leave the cattle and pas
tures free for the following year,
Dipping In a Vat.
Where a large number of animals
are to be treated, dipping In a vat Is
z convenient and effective method.
Beaumont crude petroleum Is consid
ered the most satisfactory dip and
mny be used either alone or In a 20
per cent emulsion. Animals that have
been dipped In the oil, especially dur
ing warm weather, should not be
driven any great distance Immediately
afterwards, and should be provided
Ith shade and an abundance of wa
ter.
Pasture Rotation.
Tills system of eradication appeals
tc many farmers and should be fol
lowed whenever practicable or eondi
tlons will permit. It consists in plac
Ir.g tlcky animals in a small pasture
for a period of 20 days. During tbat
time a considerable number of ticks
will drop off. Then transfer the cat
tle to a second small pasture for an
other 20 days, and If all of the ticks
have not dropped off, to still another
pasture, if the full time has been
used, 60 days will have been consum
ed and the slock Is then ready to be
placed on tick-free pasture. The ob
ject of moving cattle from pasture to
pasture at Intervals of 20 days Is to
cause all the ticks to drop off and at
the same time to prevent the animals
from becoming Infested again with
oung. or seed ticks. Twenty days Is
less than the shortest time within
which seed ticks will appear from
eggs laid by ticks tbat drop off. and
all of the ticks present on tbe animals
will have dropped off in the 60 days
The young ticks, when hatched, will
starve If no cattle are present In the
aslure for them to get on.
Full Information aa to bow to get
rid of the ticks, Including directions
for the preparation of dips and sprays,
the arrangement of pasture, etc., may
be obtained free on application to the
Bureau of Animal Industry, Depart
ment of Agriculture, Washington, D.
Senator from NewYork Gets Telegram
Every Minute From His Constituents
New York, Feb. 20.—Political con
ferences that may determine much of
parly policy and power In the next
national campaign are today constant
ly being called behind closed doors
In tbe hotels, headquarters and resi
dences of this city. With Roosevelt
and bis erstwblc enemies of tne Old
Guard read* to regenerate the repub
lican party In the Empire State, ev
eiy effort Is being made to bring them
together on a working basis, which
It Is hoped may result In rolling up
Irom New York in 1912 one of tbe
greatest G. O. P. pluralities In many
years. Juat as earnestly. Governor
Dlx, Mayor Gaynor, Murphy and a
few Independent democrats are con
ducting conferences here with tbe atm
of straightening out and strengthen
ing the democratic force# to hold ond
awing the state in tbe crucial contest
for the next president. For the next
twenty months It now seems certain
that thla city will be the scene of un
precedented political plot* and pow
wows.
After Arm*.
To pluck from the pockets of thous
ands of “pistol toters" and "knife
packers" the murderous armament
that now -threatens the life of every
inhabitant of Gotham, la the object
or a vigorous crusade that has been
begun by tbe police today. Bushels
of ugly knives and loaded revolvers
are being brought Into headquarters
by the detectives who find In each re
sort they raid an arsenal of concealed
weapons. 8quads of sleuths are now
being specially detailed to acour the
shady streets of the underworld for
(he gun and dirk carrier In whose
wake murders are dally discovered.
If the carrying of these concealed
means of murder can be restricted
somewhat, the police believe tbe
chances will he appeclably reduced.
Working Wires.
Bombarding Senator Depew with
telegraphic protesti at the rate of
one message per minute for a lull 24
hours, the people of this town have
today established a new record In reg
istering public opinion on the Wash
ington wire. While Wall street Is
complacently watching the attempts
of the postol authorities to throttle
the magazine's that have dared to tell
the truth about things, the millions of
the middle classes here are demand
ing of their representatives In con-
gress the defeat of the amendment
slipped secretly Into the appropriation
bill to cripple and cow the medium
priced periodicals that they read.
BANKER CHARGED
WITH LARCENY.
Alezander, Va„ Feb. 20.—C. Jones
Rlzey was arraigned In court here
today to answer to charges made
against him ns a result of the failure
of tbe Virginia Safe Deposit and
Trust Corporation, of which he was
president. The concern went Into the
hands of receivers December 29 last,
together with Its eight branches scat
tered throughout Virginia. The in
dictments charge nixey with larceny,
making false statements as to the
financial standing of the bank and
falsifying the accounts of the Institu
tion.
MU MISTAKE
Damage to Stock
Greater Than First
Estimated.
Hundreds of thousands of written, |oy H Eptiog Co. Find
wired and spoken objections to thus * r ®
placing any part of the press in the
power of a postal bureaucracy have
today been made to each senator and
representative by their constituents
in this city. Facts and figures show
ing that the proposed postal tax would
either bankrupt the popular magazines
or deprive their reader* of much of
the costly reading matter with which
they are now furnished are being
cited by this army that is training Its
guns on Washington. If every man
throughout the country who want* his
home reading unmuzzled will tell his
representative at Washington so, it
Is declared that this battle of the
readers will surely be won.
Traffic Trap*.
Strict measure* to suppress the
careless drivers who menace life and
limb at every turn of this town are
today being considered by the author
ities. following the tsxl accident to
Carrere, the architect, who call 111
be spared here. Investigation of this
latest traffic collision tells the usual
tale of a chauffer who spun blindly
about a corner, taking a chance that
no street car was coming on the
main right of way. From every angle
these mad motor and horse drivers
are constantly darting out of side
streets at the car and carriage lines
on theavenues that cannot with the
utmost caution avoid the collision
they Invite. Out of all such accidents
Ir. the last year official Investigation
Aearlo |bawr?-s-lssom fhr emf cfw
has showed that over 80 per cent were
due solely to the carelessness or the
reckless violator of traffic regula
lions, and lesa than 20 per cent at
trlbutable In any way to the much
tried molorman. who cannot be en
dowed with second sight.
Arming Agents.
Making ready to range through the
country next summer seeking whom
they may devour, hundreds of embryo
book agents have today begun spring
training under the tutelage of the big
subscription publishers In this city.
Dally clases In the calisthenics
drawing sample volume* from hidden
l ockels and branlshlng bindings lie-
lore the eves of fullering victims arc
now attended by these disciples. Elo
cation and argument that should br
proof against any rebuff are also be
ing practiced, with spartan tPsts In
nerve command. By the time the vlo
lets bloom again this army of hopeful
book peddlers Is to be ready to br
deployed over the continent for Its
annual summer search for cola.
LaGrlppe Coughs.
Strain and weaken the system and
if not checked may develop Into pneu
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WEST VIRGINIA LABOR BODIES.
Charleston. W. Va„ Feb. 20.—Sev
eral score of delegates representing
lardes unions throughout the, state
assembled In this city today for the
fourth annual convention of the West
Virginia branch of the American Fed
eration of Labor. The convention
will last several days and will cog.
slder legislative measures and other
matters of Importance In the case of
labor. The annual reports of the off!
cers show that the state federation
made gratifying gains In membership
during the past year.
WASHINGTON MASONIC
ASSOCIATION MEETS
Alexandria, Va., Feb. 20.—High de
gree Masons from many sections of
the country have Journeyed to Alex
nndrla to take part In the meeting
called to form a permanent Masonli
Memorial Association which shall coni
memnrate George Washington's con
nection with the order. The meetln 1
began today and will continue until
Wednesday, on which day the Masonr
will makfc a pilgrimage to Mount Ver
non to pay their respects to Washing
ton on the anniversary of his birth
Returning to Alexandria latp on Wed
nesrlay afternoon the delegates wll
hold a reception In honor of Prcsidcni
Taft, who will deliver an address.
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TO INSTALL NEW ARCHBISHOP.
Ottawa,Feb. 20.—Arrangements are
practically completed for the format
Installation of the Most Rev. Charles
Hugh Gauthier as Roman Catholic
archbishop of Ottawa, In succession
to the late Archbishop Duhamel. The
ceremony will take place Wednesday
and will be attended by many dlgnh
taries of the church In Canada and
the United States. Mgr. Stagnl, the
new papal delegate to Canada, will
officiate.
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SUPREME COURT RESUMES.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 20.—The
supreme court of the United States
reassembled today, following a recess
of four weeks. Interest In the meet
ing of the highest tribunal was height
ened by rumors current for several
days that decisions In the Standard
Oil, American Tobacco and Corpora
tion* tax cases may he handed down
at an early date.
Wife Got Tip Top Advice.
"My wife wanted me to take our
boy to the doctor to cure an ugly
boil," writes D. Frankel, of Stroud.
Okla. "I said, ‘Put Bucklen's Arnica
Salve on It.' She did so, and It cured
the boll In a short time." Quickest
healer of Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns,
Bruises, Sprains, Swellings. Best
Pile cure on earth. Try It. Only 25c
at W. J. Smith & Bro., and H. R.
Palmer & Soni.
PRESBYTERIANS TO MEET.
St. Louis, Mo.. Feb. 20.—About 2,.
000 delegates, representing practically
every Presbyterian church In the Uni
ted States, will attend the fourth an
nual convention of the Presbyterian
Brotherhood of America, which will
meet in this city next week. The:
will represent the four branches of
the Presbyterian church, the Presby
terian church of the United States of
America, the Presbyterian church ■
the United States, the United Presby
terian church and the Reform Presby
terian church. The total membership
of the organization is 48,000 represen
(olives and 870 affiliated organlza-
tlons.
We must acknowledge that on the
spur of the moment, we accepted the
proposition of the pfOualer for tbe
fire Insurance companies for tbe dam
ages he thought would compensate
us for tbe losses from smoke only,
from the fire next door to ue.
This was a matter of opinion and
»e make no complaint against the
adjuster for the various Fire Insur
ance Companies.
The difference of opinion results
that we made a sad mistake.
We find our damages more lerioua
.han at the first glance.
-We have no.further claim against
the various Insuranoe companies, and
must therefore swallow our losses to
the best of our knowledge.
Although only smoke, yet edges
slightly damaged disfigured the value
of the goods.
Wbat Is the most advisable In such
a case?
Make apologies for year hence or
sacrifice, and sell all the goods at
once?
We are to stay here In business in
the city.
Sell out everything and suffer the
losses, so as to replenish a new stock.
This resolution Is the final.
Come and buy regardless of actual
coat.
We must suffer the loss. In toto,
though the Insurance companies
promised to pay a part. Sale for the
next few days, until the money Is ex
hausted the Fire Insurance Co. prom
ised us. JAY H. EPTING CO.
It
Pneumonia Follows a Cold
But never folows tbe use of Foley’s.
Honey and Tar, which checks tbe
cough and expel* tbs cold. M. Stock-
well, Hannibal, Mo., says: "It beats
all the remedies I ever used. I con
tracted a bad cold and cough and was
threatened with pneumonia. One bot
tle of Foley's Honey snd Tar com
pletely cured me." No opiates, Just
a reliable household medicine. For
sale by all druggists. X
BOARDMAN-MUNN WEDDING.
Washington. D. C„ Feb. 20.—At ono'
of the most fashionable weddings the
npltal has seen this winter Miss Cur
rie Louise Muni), who was at one
time reported engaged to Theodore
Roosevelt, Jr., this afternoon became
the bride of Reginald Board man. a
member of one of the leading families
of Boston. The wedding ceremony
• aa performed at St. John's Episco
pal church by the rector, the Rev.
Boland Colton Smith, D. D. Follow-
'ng the cerepiony at the church there
v as a large reception at the home of
he bride's mother, Mrs. Charles A.
Unnn, In Scott Circle.
Life Saved at Oeath's Ooor.
"I never felt so near my grave,"
writes W. R. Patterson, of Welling
ton. Tex., as when a frightful cough
and lung trouble pulled me down to
100 pounda, In spite of doctor's treat
ment for two years. My father,
mother and two slaters died qf con
sumption, and that I am alive today
la due solely to Dr. King's New Dis
covery, which completely cured me.
“Now I weigh 187 pounds and have
been well and strong for years.”
Qnlck, safe, sure, It's the best reme
dy on earth for coughs, colds, la-
grlppe, asthma, croup, and all tbroat
and lung troubles. 50c and (1.00.
Trial bottle free. Guaranteed by W.
I. Smith ft Bro., and H. R. Palmer ft
Sons.
ARMY WEDDING IN NEW YORK.
Kew York, Feb. 20.—The presence
numerous army officers In full
dress uniform gave a brilliant selling
to the wedding In the Church of the
Heavenly Rest today, when Miss
Nancy Evelyn Harris, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. William Hamilton Harris,
was married to Lieutenant John H.
McDowell, U. S. A. Lieutenant Me-
Dowell belongs to the Fifth Infantry,
now stationed at Platsburg, N. Y.
Remember the Name.
Foley's Honey and Tar for all
coughs and colds, for croup, bronch-
itle, hoarness and for racking la-
grippe cough. No opiates. Refuse
subsltutes. For sale by all druggists.
Tortured for 15 Yesre.
by a cure-defying stomach trouble
that baffled doctors, and resisted sit
remedies be tried, John W. Modders,
of Moddereville, Mich., seemed doom
ed. He had to sell his farm and give
up work. Hie nelghbore said, "he
can’t live much longer.” "Whatever
ate distressed me," be wrote, "till I
tried Electric Bitters, which worked
euch wondera for me that I can now
eat things I could not take for years.
It’s surely a grand remedy for stom
ach trouble.” Just as good for the
liver and kidneys. Every bottle guar
anteed. Only 50c at W. J. Smith ft
Bro., and H. R. Palmer ft Son.
WEDDED AT OTTAWA.
Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 20.—A large and
fashionable assembly filled Cbrlst
church eathelral this afternoon at the
wedding of Miss Edith Wade, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mri. A. Recester Wade,
formerly of Winnipeg, and Mr. W. F.
C. Devlin, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. .1.
Devlin.
Winter's going to be lolling 'round
In the lap of aprlng first thing you
know.