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THURSDAY. SEPT. 30, 1909.
19Q9SEIPTEMBER 1909
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DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
STATU TICKirr.
Tor Supremo Judge,
IIKNJAMIN l OOOO,
JOHN .!. HUr.I.lVAN,
JAMK3 It, DKAN.
Tor UeKntn of tho University,
UHAItLRST. KNAl'l.
ItAKNKV K. NKWIIIIANOII.
COtJNTV T1CKHT.
Tor County ijlurk.
rjOIIN II. ICN1KST.
Tor County Treasurer.
Klti:i) MOLLHINO.
Vot rtieria,
OALVIN M. COX.
Tor County Juduo,
h. A. IillltltY.
1'ur Suimrlutemlont of Public Instruction,
nni.iiA m. uitim
Vat Corousr,
DIt. (3. W. MITOIIHM
Kor County Surveyor,
l K. J1AM1IMN.
1 or t uiuuy Coinmlti'.toiior I'lrst ItUtrlot,
W. A. HOOD
CALVIN M COX
Democratic Candidate for Sheriff of
Box Butte Csunty.
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Box Butte Sunday School
Convention, Oct 5 and 6, '09
Program
Tuesday, October 5th
3:00 p.m. Devotions, conducted by
Rev. Benj. Kuhlerof Hcmingford.
3:15 President's address and re
ports of standiug committees.
3:45 Address.. Miss Margaret E.
Brown, Grand Island, Elementary
Supt. of Nebraska S. S. Ass'n.
4:15 Address.'Better Engines and
Hotter Fires," by Rev. Chas. H. B.
Lewis of Lincolu, Gen. Secy, of the
Nebraska State S. S. Ass'n
753 P.m. Song service, led by Miss
Liva Lichty, music supervisor of the
Alliance city schools. Music by Al
liance high school orchestra, Prof. H.
G, Williams, director
8;oo Address , .Miss Margaret E.
Brown.
8:30 xddress..Rec. Chas. II. B.
Lewis.
Wednesday, October 6th
9 a.m. Devotions, conducted by
Rev. H. P. V. Bogue-
9:15 Business sessiou; election of
officers and appointment of commit
tees. 945"C6nference, couducted by Rev.
A. L. Godfrey of Alliauce.
10:30 Open Parliament, couducted
by Rev. Lewis.
W. C. T. U. Notes
The ladios of the W- C. T. U. will
hold a parlor mooting nt the homo of
Rev. Vallow on Friday evening of next
week. A fine program will bo render
ed and light refreshments served. All
will be welcomed.
Why General Grant Doesn't Drink
Those who never saw General Ulysses
S. Grant came pretty near seeing him in
his illustrious son, General Frederick
Dent Grant, The heavy jaw, covered
with grizzled, close cut, reddish brown
whiskers, small, inscrutable eyes, large
forehead, heavy frame, of tho great gen
eral are all there In his son. But the
physical features of the man are not of
so much interest to the readers of The
Defender as what the man General
Grant said, in a two hours' interview
with a Defender representative, Thursday,
May 3, on tho question of all questions,
tho drink question.
This is tho way the Interview began:
"General Grant, I am here to get an
expression from you on the drink ques
tion. I don't ask you to discuss the ques
tion as an official of the United Slates
army, but as a man who has seen and
done much in the world in short, a man
of affairs. Have you a message to give to
the youog men of tho country on this
question? What are jour definite opin
ions on thoquestidn, anyway?"
It was a pretty long opening sentence,
but the interviewer had been memorizing
it all the way over to the Island, and didn't
want to forget anything. So out it all
went, instanter.
"All right," said General Grant. "I
wltl discuss that question, not as a
general In the United States army, but as
an individual. Have I a message to the
young men of this country? Here it is:
"Tell the young men through your
paper that General Grant does not drink a
drop of liquor has not for eighteen
years; because he is afraid to drink it."
"Now, you listen, " continued the gen
oral. "When I was a boy, at school, nnd
at West Point, I was made a pet because
of the greatness of my father. I was given
every opportunity to drink, and 1. did
drink some. As 1 got older and mixed
with men, war-scarred veterans who
fought with m father would come up, and
for the sake of old times, ask me to cele
brate with them the glory of the past
events, and I did some. Then when 1
was made minister to Austria, tho customs
of tho country and my official position
almost compelled me to drink, always. I
tried to drink with extremu moderation,
because I knew that alcohol is the worst
poison a man could take in his system;
but I found out it was an impossibility to
drink moderately. I could not say, when
drink was placed before me, 'No, I only
driuk in the morning,' or at certain hours.
The fact that I indulged at all compelled
mo to drink on every occasion, or be ab
surd. For that reason, because moderate
drinking is a practical impossibility, I be
came an absolute teetotalera crank if
you please. I will not allow it even in my
house. When a man can say, 'I never
diruk,' he never has to drink, is never
urged to drink, never otleuds by not
drinking. At least that is my experience."
Then he straightened up and in a louder
voice continued:
"In many respects a hard drinker is a
safer man in the army and elsewhere,
too than a moderate drinker. That is,
one who gets drunk once a year or so.
You see, a hard drinker is known. No
important commission is ever his to exe
cute. Dut your moderate' driuker, why,
he's apparently capable. On the surface
he's all right. Consequently he's given an
important duty to perform. Then he
drinks. He's sure to just at that critical
time, to steady his nerves infernal
idiocy and fails ignominiously to himself
and his family and disastrously to others.
Have I made it clear?"
"You have called drink the greatest
curse of Christendom, general. That's a
strong "
"A strong term, jou were going to say,"
interrupted General Grant, bending over
his desk and almost jabbing that pince nez
of his into the interlocutor's face. "Strong,
you say? ou can'i make it too strong.
Listen: Drink is the greatest curse, be
cause practically all crime and all disaster
are the result of it. Nearly every great
calamity in the country, barring accidents
of nature, is due to drink. There's a
railroad accident; say twenty people are
killed. Some man had a case of nerves or
went to sleep; and I wager that, if the
truth were known, an empty flask could be
found near the cause of the accident.
Ninety-five percent I will make it no
less ninety-five percent of desertions and
acts of lawlessness in the army is due to
drink, but I'll speak of that later. Vice is
simply drink in another form. Who ever
heard of a saloon completely divorced
from the 'white slave traffic,' or a house
of infamy without a bar? When I see a
man go down the street under the in
fluence of liquor I know that man is not
only a drunkard, but he is morally wrong
is incompetent, not dependable, ir
responsible. Drink is alluring, is damn
able; it is a monster of "
Tho general broke off and quoted that
famous quotation of Pope, thumping the
desk before him at the end of each word
in the last line, "We-first-endure, then
pity, then-embrace."
"If I could" and this was said in a
mighty hushed and solemn voice "if I
could, by offering my body a sacrifice,
free this country from this fell cancer, the
demon drink, I'd thank the Almighty for
the privilege of doing it."
"You mentioned a moment ago, general,
that ninety-five percent of the desertions,
etc , of the army, is due to drink. The
official statistics for 1905 give thirty-five
percent; do they not?"
The general held np to view a bunch, a
hundred or more, of court-martial reports
which he received during the month of
April.
"Let mo read a few of them to you," he
said. "Here is one, the first one, By
this report we learn that Corporal B
has been absent for thirteen days. His
conduct heretofore, has been good. No
reason given for his action. Now, down
here under the 'remarks,' we further learn
that he was a 'moderate drinker.'
"Now, my experience tells me this, that
while Corporal B is under tho charge
of desertion, it really is drunkenness. It
is more than probable that, on receiving
his last pay, he entered some low joint,
was drugged, or drank to excess, woke up
next morning his money gone, disgraced,
and not daring to come back because of
his loss of self-respect, took French leave.
"Take other cases. Private Y ,
'asleep on guard,' Privato R , 'dis
obedient.' Both men were undoubtedly
drunk, because they would't do that when
sober. But the charge against them is
not drunkenness; it is respectively 'insub
ordination' and 'dereliction in duty,' But
I know in both cases it was drunkenness,
and therefore put it down as such.
"Give me tho sober man, the absolute
teetotaler, every time. He's dependable.
If I had the greatest appointive power in
the country," emphatically concluded the
general, rising, "no man would get even
the smallest appointment from me unless
he showed proof of his absolute teetotal
ism. As it is, my own appointees, the
members of my staff, not one of them
touches a drop, They know better."
"Then if you are not a Prohibitionist,
General Grant, what are you?" The De
fender. Selecting Seed Corn
Now is the time to go into the corn
fields and select the seed for next spring's
planting. There are several reasons why
-seed should be selected at this time. A
study of the growing ear on the stalk is
very important. The contrast in height
of stalk and height of car will be found to
reproduce in a marked degree from year
to year. In eastern Nebraska four feet
from the ground is a desirable height for
the ear, while farther west in the state the
distance will gradually diminish. The
size and length of the shank bhould be
taken into consideration. A large shank
shows a lack of breeding and is usually
accompanied by a large cob. A very
slender shank will sometimes break and
allow the car to fall to the ground before
it is picked. An upright ear is to be
criticised, as rain enters the husks and
favors rotting.
The stalk should be studied. A weak
nnd sender stalk is undesirable A stalk
large at the base, gradually tapering indi
cates strength and vigor Too much
foliage is not desirable. Such a corn
plant will make gcod fodder but does not
usually produce the best ear. The ma
turity of the ear should be considered.
Those showing early signs of maturity
should be selected, even if they are a
little smaller than other ears which are
slow in maturing.
By going through the fields at this time
and selecting three times more seed than
will be needed, and hanging it up where
it will dry out thoroughly, before freezing
weather, will also insure seed with strong
germinating power. During the winter
the seed can be gone over carefully, and
those ears having undesirable features and
low germinating power can be thrown out.
Curly Notes
A. E. Hann went to Burca Thursday
to be gone several days.
Tho Curly Sunday-school has re
ceived new song books which are a de
light to all.
Mr. Wagner, who has been working
in the hay field' up ou tho Niobrara,
returned home.
Judging from reports, the Curly
school is doing good work and has a
large attendance.
The farmers in the Curly vicinity re
ceived a carload of coal at Heming
ford, Mr. Chandler acting as foreman.
Mr. Winter introduced himself a
few nights ago and the thermometer
went down to 26 degrees, As a result
the potato harvest will soon begin.
D. E. Wallage, director in Dist. 52,
returned home from the Platte valley
last week and expects to have the new
school house iu the district completed
this week.
Owing to the scarcity of range, G. O.
Howaid is going out of the sheep busi
ness. He has sold the greater part of
his band and expects to ship the re
mainder soon.
Wanted Two or three carpenters
thirty cents an hour and board, In
quire at Hemingford postoflice. Henry
Lovelaud, Hemingford, Nebr, 42-tf
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