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VOLUME 7, NUMBER 29
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Governor Frantz of Oklahoma has
Issued a proclamation calling the Ok
lahoma election for September 17.
The people will thon decide whether
they will ratify or reject the proposed
state constitution. They will also
voto on stato-wldo prohibition and
will eloct state, congressional, judi
cial, legislative, county and township
officers.
In an answor filed in a lawsuit at
Clinton, 111., Vespasian Warnor, com
missioner of pensions, alloges that his
stopmothor is of negro blood, and
that his father was deceived in mar
rying her, in the will contest at Clin
ton, 111;, ovor the Warner estate of
nearly $2,000,000.
'Keep in de Middle ob de Road,'
'The Old Lob Cabin in the Lane and
'Signal Bells at Sea.' "
Governor Cummins of Iowa says
that his state will bo first for Roose
volt and noxt for Taft. He says he
will advocate the adoption by the
republican national convention of a
unequivocable declaration- in favor
of tariff revision in the republican
national platform in 1908.
Colonel Will S. Hays, the veteran
river editor and song writer on the
Louisville Courier-Journal, died at
lie age of seventy years. An Asso
ciated Press report says: "Colonel
Hays has always claimed the author
ship of the original words of 'Dixie'
and that he was responsible for the
arrangement of the music. His ver
sion of 'Dixio' was written at the out
break of the civil war, but the wordg
were considered so seditious that the
writer was arrested and compelled to
change them. By that time, it is
said, Dan Emmett, the minstrel, had
written his song and his publisher
had it copyrighted. Colonel Hays'
most famous song was 'Molly Dar
wiling,' the sales of which reached two
A Now York dispatch says:
"Frank Tilford, of the well known
firm of Park & Tilford, took a
uniaue way to celebrate his birthday.
Ho invited 760 'little mothers,' poor
girls whe bear some of the burdens
of their iamilies, to take a trip to
Coney Island, where they were In
troduced to the wonders of the re
sort at Mr. Tilford's expense. The
celebration was a pleasing success
to Mr. Tilford and his guests."
spend yer tolme nights? Yo'ro out
iv'ry avenin' fur two weeks," he
said.
"Shut up, Mike! I'm gettin' an
edlcation," she answered.
"An' phwat are ye learnin'?" said
her indignant husband.
"Why, tonight we learned about
the laws of compensation."
"Compensation," said Michael.
"What's that?"
"Why, I can't explain; but fur In
stance, if the sense ot-smell is poor,
the sonse of thaste Is all the sharper,
and if yez are blind, we can hear all
the better."
"Ah, yes," said Mike, thoughtfully.
"I see it's loike this. Fur instance,
if a man is born wid wan leg shorter
than the other, the other Is longer."
Sunday Magazine.
Japan has assumed a complete
protectorate over Korea and the
Korean government is a thing of the
past.
The Nebraska supremo court has
held that under the new primary law
fusion between political parties is
permissible.
United States Senator Pettus of
Alabama died suddenly. Thus Ala
bama loses both its senators within
a few weeks. Former Governor
million copies In Europe andAmer-1 Johnston, will, succeed 'to .the Pottu,s
ica. . Among his other songs were place.
PICKETT'S OLP FRIEND
The day after the great fire fol
owing the fall of Richmond, Lin
coln, with a small bodyguard, walked
through the streets of the charred
city. As he approached the Corner
occupied by General Pickett's resi
dence he directed the guard to wait,
and to their astonishment, ran two
stops at a time up to the door and
rapped. The servants had fled. The
"baby bride" had never seen Presi
dent Lincoln, but she had road his
letters to her husband and from him
had learned to hold him in the high-1
awaited the leaders of the confed
eracy. With all the proud dignity she
could command the baby bride re
plied: "General Pickett is not at home."
The stranger seemed disappointed
and as he turned to go remarked:
"I am Abraham Lincoln, an old
friend oi George's."
"Not President Lincoln," she ex
claimed. The tall man shook his
head, repeating:
"No, just Abraham Lincoln,
George Pickett's old friend."
Following the instant promptings
est esteem the great northern prosl- 0f the heart which still governs her,
dent. With her baby in her arms she
opened the door, says The World To
Day, and looked up at the tall gaunt
man with the sad face and uncouth
ways.
Without a word of explanation he
asked:
"Is George Pickett about?"
To hear the husband's name bereft
.-of its title by a Yankee at that mo
ment was almost the limit, especially
as many a rumor had floated about
Richmond concerning the fate which pleased.
the baby bride thrust her baby Into
the arms of the gaunt Yankee, as
her best effort to express her vener
ation and confidence, saying:
"I am George Pickett's wife and
this is George Pickett's baby."
Bentonville (Ark.) Democrat.
LAW OF COMPENSATION
Bridget had been going out a great
deal, and her husband Mike was dis-
"Bridget, where do ye
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THE PRIMARY PLEDGE
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r I promise to attend all the primaries of my party to bo-held between
now and the next Pemociatic National Convention, unless unavoidably
' prevented, and to uc my influonce to secure a clear, honest and straight-
. "' forward declaration of the j arty's position c,n every question upon which
the voters of the party desire to speak.
Signed f
Street : . . .Postoffico. . . , . . . . , . ,. . . . .,, .'
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County Slate Voting Precinct or: Ward. . .-.-, . .
Fill out blank and mail to Commoner Office, Lincoln, Nebraska.
NO PREJUDICE THERE
Few men make such an Impress
upon their day and generation that
at their death there is a spontaneous
movement to erect In their honor an
enduring memorial as a mark of the
esteem in which they have been held
by their fellow citizens. When such
a monument Is erected it Is consid
ered a note-worthy event In the his
tory of a community. For a negro
to be so honored is an event of such
rare occurrence that it Is worthy of
more than passing mention, and this
Is offered as an excuse for a brief
statement of the facts concerning the
erection of a monument to Joseph
Levan by the people of Sumter.
Joseph Levan was born a slave In
1830, and 'was tlie property of Mr.
Anthony White, Sr., of this county.
He was trained to be a house servant,
and by the time he was grown he
was a lirst class cook, barber ana
handy man generally. When the
war broke out and the first company
was organized in Sumter to go to
Virginia, Joe was hired from his
master by Lieutenant J. DIggs Wil
der, who carried him to Virginia to
serve him In the dual capacity of
body servant and cook. This com
pany took part in the battle of Bull
Run, and Captain J. S. Richardson
was wounded. Joe was then com
missioned to wait on him while he
was in the hospital. When Captain
Richardson was able to return home
Joe rejoined the company at the
front, and continued in the service
of Lieutenant Wilder for two years,
serving him and other members of
the company with a devotion and
zeal that won for him their lifelong
friendship. After the war, Joe
opened a barber shop In this town,
which he conducted continuously un
til his death, in 1905. He had a
patronage that rival shops could not
win away from him, and as long as
"Joe, the Barber," was able to work,
his was the most popular place of
the kind in town, notwithstanding
the fact that numerous better
equipped "tonsorial parlors" were
established from time to time.
He never performed any single
spectacular service, but was simply
faithful, courteous, honest and indus
trious throughout his life. He asked
no favors from any man, and was
content to earn an honest living at
his trade. In manner, ho was polite
and respectful, without a trace of
servility, reserved and dignified in
deportment, and his word was bet
ter than many a white man's bond.
When he died there was general
regret in this community-, and his
funeral was attended by hundreds of
his white friends. The suggestion,
made ill a local paper, that a popular
subscription be started for the-purpose
of erecting a simple monument
to mark his grave, mot with im-
hands of Mr. J. Dlggs Wilder, adln-
tant of Camp Dlclc Anderson, United
Confederate Veterans, of which Joe
wag an honorary member, to pay
for the monument No collection
wm taken up and no effort was made
to raise a largo sum by soliciting
subscriptions, every dollar being sent
or carried in porson to Mr. Wilder,
who was named m tne original sug
gestion as the proper custodian of the
fund. At the first meeting of Camp
Dick Anderson, subsequent to Joe's
death, a committee was appointed to
superintend the erection of the mon
ument. The committee discharged
this duty promptly, and shortly be
fore the anniversary of his death
the stone was erected on Joe Le
van's grave In the negro cemetery.
The monument, which is simplo
and unpretentious, is made of light
bluo marble, resting on a square
base, and is in all about nine feet
in height. The inscription reads as
follows:
Joseph Levan,
The Village Barber,
Born 1830,
Died December 18, 1905.
He was Faithful as a Slave, and
Respected as a Freeman.
This Stone is Erected by His
White Friends as a Tribute
to His Worth.
-Sumter, S. C, correspondence of
the Charleston News and Courier.
The Handy Doctor in Your
Vest Pocket
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Enamel Box - "
, When carried in your vest pocket
it .means1 Health-Insurance.: -' 5",iC
It contains Six Candy Tablet3 of pleasant
taste, almost as pleasant as Chocolate:
Each tablet is a working dose of Cas
carets, which acts like Exercise on the
Bowels and Liver.
It will not purge, sicken, nor upset tho
stomach.
Because It is not a "Bile-driver," like
Salts, Sodium, Calomel, Jalap, Senna, nor
Aperient Waters.
Neither is it like Castor Oil, Glycerine,
or other Oily Laxatives that simply lubricate
the Intestines for transit of the food stopped
up in them at that particular time.
The chief cause of Constipation and
Indigestion is a weakness of the Muscles
that contract the Intestines and Bowels.
Cascarets are practically to the Bowel
Muscles what a Massage and ColdN3ath
are to the Athletic Muscles
They stimulate the Bowel Muscles to
contract, expand, and squeeze the Diges
tive Juices out of food eaten..
They don't help the Bowels and Liver In
such a way as to make them lean upon
similar assistance for the future.
This is why, with Cascarets, the dose
may be lessened each succeeding time
Instead of increased, as it must be with all
ther Cathartics and Laxatives.
Cascarets act Hke exercise.
If carried in your vest pocket, (or carried
In My Lady's Purse,) and eaten just when
you suspect you need one, you will never
know a sick day from the ordinary Ills of lite.
Because these Ills begin in the Bowels,
and pave the way for all other diseases.
"Vest Pocket" box 10 cents. 737
- Be sure you get the genuine, made only
by the Sterling Remedy Company, and never
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