Jacksboro Gazette. (Jacksboro, Tex.), Vol. 23, No. 38, Ed. 1 Thursday, February 12, 1903 Page: 2 of 4
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JiCKSBORO GAZETTE.
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rUBLUHBD ITUY THUH8DAY BY
J. N. ROGERS & COMPANY.
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An Act to render more^f ffeoMve
and t ffioient tbe prFjfent road
laws of the State o&’Ttx^p, in
its application and ojjfbratinn in
the County of Jack, and to au-
thorize and empower the said
County of Jack to issue bonds
for the construction- and main-
tenance of public roads and
highways within the said conn
ty-
For the purpose of constructing
at least eight good, efficient roads
from the county seat to the couu
ty line of said Jack County, so
that all citizens may as near as
possible have the equal benefit of,
the roi-ds.
Mr. Daugherty’s Bill and Good
Roads for Jack County.
On another page in this issue
will be found the bill introduced by
Ron. G. F. Daugherty in the Leg
islaturo on Jananry 29, to enable
tad authorize the commissioners’
court of Jack county to levy a
special tax and issue bonds for
the construction and maintenance
gfroads and bridges in Jack coun-
ty-
This bill will no doubt become a
jaw in » few days. The Gazette has
been for many years an advocate
for a system of good roads for
Jack county, and is now in favor
of issuing bonds to the amount
Of $50,000, or enough to construct
at least eight good roads from
Jacksboro to the county line, so
that every town and community
in every direction may have full
■benefit of them. This will save
the farmer more in the economy
of hauling his produce to market
than the increase of his tax. By
issuing bonds nnder the provis-
-ioas of this act the roads could be
started in a few months, when,
with the tax and without the
bonds, it would be about three
years before an available amount
of tax could be collected to begin
work, and then the work would
necessarily progress very slowly
ou account of having to wait from
yeair to year for the accumulatio n
of ready funds with which to
build.
This bill when it becomes a law
authorizes and empowers the
commissioners’ court to levy a
special road tax and issue bonds
for the construction of roads and
bridges. While the court is in
favor of doing this, the members
wish to act in accordance with the
will of their constitnenoy, and
heuoe they request that tax-pay-
ers from all parts of the county to
express their wishes in the matter
to the court as early as possible.
The Gazette is decidedly oppos-
ed to aDy move of the court that
would’conatiuct roads only a few
miles from the county seat. Let
them be built for the benefit of all.
The Gazette is decidedly in favor
of the commissioners’ coart em-
ploying a practical and efficient
road engineer to lay out all the
work on the roads in the county
and see that the work is properly
done. While we are planning for
onr road system let it be done on
a broad and liberal basis, one that
will meet the demanes in every
way. If we lay a good foundation
now, in after years we will not
lit. This work is not only
ourselves, but for future gen-
ions and we should do it well,
and not allow any false economy to
weaken what should be one of
tife grandest enterprises aver un-
dertaken fn Jack county,
iryou favor the issue of bonds
i. construction of good roads,
cut oat the following peti-
j should you fail to receive a
ak. petition, sign it and get
yourineighbora to do so, and send
to:ihe'county clerk to be filed for
presentation to the commission-
ersf court.
m
3rable Commissioners’
lack County, Texas :
undersigned citizens
and taxpayers of said county,
would respectfully represent to
ydnr honorable body, that we are
irir favor of the issue of bonds un-
der the provisions of the bill in
troduced by our representative,
Hon. G. F. Daugherty, entitled,
Why People Trade With For-
eign Houses.
Home merchants are often puz-
zled, and why wonder it is so many
people persist in sending away
from home to trade when, often,
the home merchant could give
them just as good bargains. The
following item from the Mail Order
Journal explains the problem
quite satisfactorily :
“ Texas, it is estimated, grows
one third of the cotton crop in this
country. Taking this for granted,
one-third of the enormous snm re-
alized on cotton has gone back to
Texas. Add to this the enormous
sums realized on the other farm
products, including cattle—and
Texas is a large state—a faint idea
can be conceived of the wealth
that belongs to the Lone Star
State’s farmers. The question
uppermost in mail order circles is:
Are you getting yonr Bhare of
these millions t ’’
“Are yon getting yonr share of
these millions ? ” The advertising
journals and advertising compa-
nies, large and small, continually
keep this matter before the large
houses of the cities, until they
must advertise whether they so
desire or not. At first it is not a
matter of preference with them,
bat is made obligatory upon them
to receive and retain the influence
of the advertising people, and by
degrees they learn that is it largely
in their interest to do so, and in
this way they become extensive
advertisers. They know the
names and postofflees of the well-
to-do farmers in every county in
Texas. Where can you go and
not find one of the catalogues of
some of these big bouses, which
contain lists of everything needed
n the home, drygoods, groceries,
furniture, hardware, and all kinds
of notions, in fact everything !
The home merchant must com
pete with these “bargain offers”
ust the same as the country news-
papers must compete with metro-
politan papers and big printing
houses. They must do it by offer-
ing their goods at the best prices
they can afford and let the people
know they are doing so, by some
method, in whatever way they
deem best. It does no good for
merchants to complain of these
facts, the most they can do for
themselves is to push their own
business, no one else can do it for
them because no one understands
it. It makes no difference bow
true the papers of a town are to
its business interests they cannot
bring trade to a town unless the
merchants and business men gen-
erally are interested in pushing
their business into every neigh-
borhood in the territory which
rightfully belongs to them. It is
true that papers cau do a great
work in making towns popular
with the people, but they cannot
win trade for individuals, that
work must be accomplished by
the merchants themselves.
The Gazette admits that the
money taken away does not build
up home enterprises, but many
people are going to trade where
their patronage is sought either by
traveling agents or by advertising,
and the home merchant mast ineet
the condition. People go from
home to trade because they are
constantly offered what they
consider “bargains”.
The Mail Order Journal’s ques-
tion, “ Are yon getting your share
of these millions f ” is just as ap
plicable, in a limited way, to Jacks-
boro, as to Chicago, Kansas Oity,
or New York.
The New Governor.
Houston Post: Colonel Ltnham’s
easy victory in the race for gov-
ernor, which office he has now as-
sumed, was a striking tribute to
the popularity which he erjoys—a
popularity which is based upon
intimate knowledge of his private
character aud public virtues, and
not upon the indiscriminate admi-
ration which comes to some men
through force of exceptional mig-
nefisrn or by reason of ch zziing
effort. Texas esteems him for his
amiable nature, his integrity, his
courage as a soldier, his conserva-
tism as a lawmaker and his clean-
ness of private life and public
record.
He comes into office, therefore,
with the cordial sympathy of the
vast majority of the people who
regard him more as a personal
friend than as an awesome ruler.
He comes at a period when the
State’s affairs are in prime condi-
tion. To use a homely metaphor
befitting the practical quality of
the past administration, Governor
Sayers has been a most excellent
housekeeper. The new governor
will find the figurative capitol
swept and in order. This is not
to say that there is nothing to do,
3ut that everything is in place for
proper doing.
Altogether the circumstances
could not be more encouraging to
a wholesome and faithful adminis-
tering of public affairs.
It is gratifying to note in Gov-
ernor Lanham’s inaugural address
a frank appreciation of this condi-
tion. It implies that he enters
upon the work with no notion of
startling innovations. It is to be
remarked, also, that Governor
Lanham’s knowledge of State af-
fairs is not gathered from a read-
ing of department reports. He
spent a large part of last summer
and fall in visiting all sections of
Texas and familiarizing himself
with material conditions and gov-
ernment institutions. He is there-
fore thoroughly at home and takes
up the work without the slightest
awkwardness.
His inaugural address breathes
the lofty ^spirit of consecration to
public duty which has been the
distinguishing quality of his pub-
lic life. This occasion was not the
time for a specific announcement
of policies, bnt he said enough to
indicate that he will not be a neg-
ative quantity in respect to the
problems which touch seriously
the public welfare. We have a
very plain hint that he will press
firmly for legislation in restraint
of monopolies and it is not to be
doubted that he will meet as
boldly the simpler problems of
administration that will naturally
arise during his term.
The Post is but, voicing public
opinion when it says that Texas
confidently expects a continuation
of wise and watchful government
aud Governor Lanham may be
assured of receiving that well-
wishing co-operation which is the
first element of success.
PEGIAL SALE
AT
AYNES DRY GOODS CO.’S,
We are making a special effort to clear our
shelves at once to make room for our spring stock
that will be coming in before you hardly realize
that winter is going. We have arranged some
very enticing bargains to attract you. Among the
many good things we might mention:
A case of men’s fancy stiff shirts, regular price $1.00 for 50c
“ “ “ “ plain white “ “ “ “ 1.00 “ 50c
“ “ “ “ unlaundered white shirts, some of
them E and W’s for 33 l-3c
100 pair ladies’ shoes, all styles, No. 3, choice $1.00
Ask to see that special value in
Dleached domestic at 5 cents. It’s
the regular 8c quality.
AYNES DRY GOODS CO.
The Gazette is the paper for yon
Eczema, Psoriasis, Salt
Rheum, Tetter and Acne
Belong to that class of inflammatory and disfiguring skin eruptions that
cause more genuine bodily discomfort and worry than all other known
diseases. The imparities or sediments which collect in the system because
of’poor digestion, inactive Kidneys and other organs of elimination are
taken up by the blood, saturating the system with acid poisons and fluids
that ooze out through the glands and pores of the skin, producing an inde-
scribable itching and burning, and “loan cheerfully endorse your 8.8.8.
the yellow, watery discharge forms ae a cure for Eczema. I wa# troubled
into crusts and sores or little brown with to\ 88 ttrl!d
and white scabs that drop off, leaving nBinsr a few bottles of 8.8.8. was entire-
the skin tender and raw. The effect iy relieved. Wm. Campbell,
of the poison may cause the skin to 813 Central 8t., Wichita, Kan.
crack and bleed, or give it a scaly, fishy appearance; again the eruptions may
consist of innumerable blackheads and pimples or h
ard, red bumps upon
Purification of the blood is the only remedy for these vicious skin
Washes and powders can only hide for a time the glaring
blemishes. S. S. S. eradicates all poisonous accumu-
lations, antidotes the Uric and other acids, and
restores the blood to its wonted purity, and stimulates
and revitalizes the sluggish organs, and the itnpuri
ties pass, off through the natural channels and
S. S. S. is the only guaranteed purely vegetable blood
Mrifier, It contains no Arsenic, Potash or other harmful mineral. •
I^RZrite us about your case aud our physicians will advise without charge.
W* have a handsomely illustrated book on skin diseases, which will be sent
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the face,
diseases
relieve the skin.
A Broader View of Education
Dallas News: To farm or not
to farm is the question with miny
young men who, having been rais-
ed in the country, and, returning
home from school, wonder what
they are most fit for. “ In many
cases schooling takes the farming
desire out of boys, and this is
where it does harm,” adds the
Drovers’ Journal. We need more
schools whose curriculum is such
nhat the boy raised on the farm
will like all the better to stay
there, and that those raised else-
where will be so fascinated with
bucolic life that they will want to
get out of the smoky, nerve-rack-
ing city and grow grain and live-
stock. We need schools and
teachers that will show young
boys and girls that the right place
to get health, wealth and happi-
ness, is in the country, where the
singing of the wild birds is better
than any opera that was ever writ-
ten, and where the flowers paint-
ed by nature’s magic hand are
more beautiful than any collection
of canvases that ever hung in
gallery. Possibly fate has so de-
creed that the desire for change
means progress, for if every one
had remained content in his na-
tive surroundings America would
not have been discovered and we
would still be going to njill with
stone in one end of the bag.
However, those who have been
on both sides of the fence have no
hesitancy in pronouncing rural
life in general preferable to city
existence.
What the Journal says about
miseducating young farmers
quite as true regarding the mis ed-
ucation of young mechanics, mer-
chants, seamstresses, common la
laborers or cooks. To ere is no
kind of misdirection more serious
than such miseducation. Ir
telling as one of ihe chief curses
in this country today. In some
of the old countries every boy
born to his calling. If o..e’a full
er is a lord one is suppaaod to
Over=Work Weakens
Your Kidneys.
Unhealthy Kidneys Make Impure Blood.
All the blood in your body passes through
your kidneys once every three minutes.
The kidneys are your
blood purifiers, they fil-
ter out the waste or
impurities in the blood.
If they are sick or out
of order, they fail to do
their work.
Pains, aches and rheu-
matism come from ex-
cess of uric acid in the
blood, due to neglected
kidney trouble.
Kidney trouble causes quick or unsteady
heart beats, and makes one feel as though
they had heart trouble, because the heart is
over-working in pumping thick, kidney-
poisoned blood through veins and arteries.
It used to be considered that only urinary
troubles were to be traced to the kidneys,
but now modern science proves that nearly
all constitutional diseases have their begin-
ning in kidney trouble. i».-
If you are sick you can make no mistake
by first doctoring your kidneys. The mild
and the extraordinary effect of Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root, the great kidney remedy is
soon realized. It stands the highest for its
wonderful cures of the most distressing cases
and is sold on its merits
by all druggists in fifty-
cei.t and one-dollar siz-
es. You may have a
sampl i bottle by mail Home of Swamp-Root,
free, also pamphlet telling you how to find
out if you have kidney or bladder trouble.
Men .ion this paper when writing Dr. Kilmer
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
Don’t make any mistake, but remember
the name, Swamp-Root. Dr. Kilmer’s
Swamp-Root, and the address, Binghamp-
;on, N. Y., on every bottle.
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Practical
Politics I;
have been born a nobleman. Tbe
son of a cobbler mast be a cob-
t)ler. This scheme of adhering
rigidly to one line and of making
it a family affair, and of even nam-
ing tbe family for one’s trade came
of the stress of poverty, the exac-
tions of caste, the power and pa-
tronage of military masters and
monarchy. Naturally we have
from the first had a growing dis-
taste for this sort of thing. We
began with the assertion that all
men are created equal. The falla-
cy into which we have fallen is
that, in order to prove this to be
true, our boys and girls must not
be taught any of the trades, but
must be given the same kind of
superficial e ducation, and sent up
through the same chute to the
top (!) to find room in over-crowd-
ed professions or easy lines about
the towns.
It is quite true that we have
done something to add to the re-
spectability of the farmer. He is
with us not merely “ the man with
the hoe.” It is equally true that
under our encouragement and pa-
tronage mechanics has become a
calling of which the best man
needs not be ashamed. Other
lines have been lifted up. While
this is so, there can be no ques-
tion that young men and women
are still being educated away
from the trades because of the
survival of the old sentiment or
prejudice by which other coun-
tries are cursed. We have done
much. We should proceed to do
more.
Of course we are not going to
fall back into tbe old habit of
binding out every son of a cob-
bler to the ancestral last. The
bar will not and should not be
made np soiely of the sons of
judges or lawyers. The way must
be left open for young men and
women to enter the learned pro-
fessions when they are especially
fitted for them regardless of their
origin. Nobody in this country
would stand for a rule to limit the
field of any free American. While
we feel this sentiment strongly,
it should not be permitted to lead
us farther toward an opposite ex-
treme. There are some bright
young men on the farms who
should continue there. There are
some apt and fine looking sous of
mechanics who should make me-
chanics of themselves. Many a
cook has a daughter who should
be a cook. A system of educa-
tion that inclines every handsome
lad with a loud voice play lawyer
or to preach, that moves young
men and women to despise the
callings for which they are suited,
and iu which they must hope to
find success, should be modified
without delay. Ambition is all
right. We have merely to see to
it and arrange matters so that it
will not be so generally misdirect-
ed.
The required change need not
be radical. It implies a broaden-
ing of the field of education. That
is all. The interest of the student
must be aroused by timely lessons
bringing out the attractions of ag-
riculture. The book of nature
tnust be opened, disclosing bean-
ties and wonders not to be found
elsewhere. The young farmer
must be led to take an intelligent
interest in his own marvelous do-
main. Surely there is quite
enough in mechanics, in tbe light
of modern development, to claim
the interest and devotion of the
best and brightest of our young
men. This truth most b«» brought
out in .tho schoo’s. The old plan
of training apprentices is not in
vogue in this country. If the pro-
fession of the doctor is one of the
most beneficent, surely the cook,
fully educated and equipped for
the most scientific service, comes
next. There is no reason why
the practical duties of life should
not be emphasized and rendered
more attractive even as a matter
of education. There is no reason
why the State, in its helps to edu-
cation, should not multiply the
interests and thus broaden life’s
scope and purpose. This certain-
ly can not be done by a narrow
teaching which inclines the schol-
ar to despise the life he or she is
going to have to live, to imagine
vain things and to hope wildly for
the unattainable.
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England’s Gable Across
Pacific.
Review of Reviews: The Brit-
ish Pacific cable is already laid
and virtually in operation. Its
terminals all lie within the domin-
ions of King Edward, so that now
England’s cables encircle the
earth, and can, without hindrance
or knowledge of Slav, Goth, or
Hun, advise John BulL that his
drums are still beating beyond the
Roman pale. Of old it was said
of the traveler that he dragged at
each remove a lengthening chain ;
but nowadays the Englishman has
to add, as his empire grows, but a
link or two in bis cables. What
if the distances are immense ! En-
gineering feats lose their difficulty
in times when projects three
miles up in the ambient air com
pete with enterprises three miles
down in globigerina ooze of ocean
floor. From Vancouver to Fan-
ning Island iu 3,240 nautical miles ;
Fiji to Norfolk Island, 961 miles;
Norfolk Island to Brisbano,
Queensland, 834 miles; and to
New Zealand, 537 miles. And
there you are; for Australia,
reaching out to Ohina, India,
South Africa, Egypt, and England
has already her lines of deep-sea
communication set np. In reality,
England has alternative routes all
the way around now; and when
our cable is in operation she will
have one more, just so long as
blessed peace shall exist between
the two great kindred civilizing
countries. For the construction
of the deep section from the coast
of British Columbia, a specially
heavy cable has been necessary,
the copper conductor being not
less than 500 ponnds to the knot
giving an electrical “ resistance ”
of about two ohms to the nautical
mile. The oopper alone in that
skipping-rope for mermaids at-
tains a weight of about one thous
and short tons,—-no slight mass to
sling across 4,000 statute miles in
2,700 fathoms of surging wave.
Some pieces at tbe shore end run
to a weight of 21 tons to the mile,
and at least twelve different types
of oable are strung along the
whole route. It is worthy of note
by way of technique, also, that
the copper core is one large cen-
tral wire overlaid by four flat
strips applied spirally, yielding
better results than the conven-
t ional stranded, cylindrical form.
Truce Items.
Our community was visited last
night with a fine rain.
Farmers are very busy breaking
ground, sowing and making prep-
arations generally for a crop, in
fact, most of them have their
ground already broken. As a
general rale farmers are making a
big effort to make something this
year, and it is hoped the Omnipo-
tent will bless them with plenty.
School is moving along as fine
as could be expected. Several
have dropped out, but others are
taking their places, so the school
' 8 still large in numbers.
Msssrs. Charley Brown, John
Baker and W. B. Dobson report
to have enjoyed a very delicious
feast with “Squire” Baker of Veto
community recently, a sixteen
pound turkey being one of tbe
attractive features.
Prof, and Mrs. J. E. Scott visit-
ed this community Saturday and
Sunday.
Rev. Good will preach here
next Sunday at 11 and Rev. Walk-
er at night-
Mr. Jesse Ferguson of Yonng
county was among the visitors to
this community last week.
Mr. John Baker who had been
attending school at Olney and
Miss Cora McMannis one of
Friendship’s prominent young
ladieB were married the past week.
Their many friends hope them
success aud happiness
Remember the, spelling bee is
next Friday night and be. sure to
attend.
Our community is carrying on
quite an interesting and beneficial
Sunday school at this place.
Success to the Gazette.
To Cure a Gold in One Day
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine
Tablets. All druggists refund the
money if it fails to cure. E. W
Grove’s signature is on each box.
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OABTORIA.
Bear* the Kind YouJtaw_Always Bought
Bigaatare
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. . By . ,
WILLIAM H. HINRICHSEN <»
Bryson News.
Mrs. Lowe and daughter Miss
Verda of Cedar Hill, Texas, are
visiting the family of Mr. H. E.
Bryson.
Several of Bryson’s young peo
pie attended the Sunday school
convention at Pleasant Hill last
Sunday. All came home rejoic-
ing over the enjoyable and profit-
able trip. Bryson secured the
next convention. We are indeed
glad. The Sunday school canse
can not be agitated too much. If
more interest would be taken by
everyone our people would be
better off religiously, as this is a
means of teaching the scriptures
to old and yonng.
Mr. Chambers of Bryson has a
bull, 20 months old, which weighs
1300 pounds. Who, in Jack coun-
ty, beats thiet
The young people gave a social
one night last week to entertain
Miss Lowe. All had a nice time.
U. C.
$100 Reward $100.
The readers of this paper wil
be pleased to learn that there is
at least one dreaded disease that
science has been able to cure in
all its stages and that is catarrh.
Hall’s Catarrh Oure is the only
positive cure now known to the
medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional disease, requires
a constitutional treatment. Hall’s
Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system, thereby
destroying the foundation of the
disease, and giving the patient
strength by building np the con-
stitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its cura-
tive powers, that they offer one
Hundred Dollars for any case that
it fails to cure. Send for list of
testimonials. Address, F. J-
CHENEY, To'edo, O.
8old by druggists, 75 ?.
Hall’s Family Pills are the best.
VI.—Work In County and Pre-
cinct Committees.
HE candidates being nominated
and the platforms put forth,
the active work of the com-
mittees begins.
The first work taken up in these
lessons will he that of the county and
precinct committees, which will be
handled together, for so closely are
their duties interlaced that it is almost
impossible to deal with them sepa-
rately.
The work done by the studeut up to
this time is that usually assigned to
the precinct committee, and, while he
should still keep in touch with the pre-
cinct work, he should, if possible, get
an assignment for work in the county
committee also. If he can afford it, he
should volunteer to give his whole
time to politics during the campaign;
if not, he should proffer his services
for a certain number of hours each
day. His proffer will certainly be ac-
cepted, and he should enter upon his
duties with a determination to obey
all orders and to perform any drudg-
ery assigned him. He should provide
himself with a private record, in which
he may enter anything that he may
not be able to carry in his memory
and should faithfully keep it up to
date. He should read the newspapers
carefully and should keep a political
scrapbook for his own use.
Organizing the Committee.
The first work of a committee after
the nominations are made is to perfect
its own organization. The committee
may have been organized before, of
course, hut even then there are usually
gaps to fill or changes to be made. In
any event the lists of officers, sub-
committees or bureaus are to be com-
pleted, and the student should observe
the work closely in order that he may-
become familiar with the duties of
eaeh.
The officers consist usually of a
chairman, a secretary and a treasurer,
though some committees add vice
chairman, assistant secretary, etc.
The work of the campaign Is usually
divided up and assigned to subcommit-
tees. These subcommittees take charge
of the finances, the distribution of lit-
erature, the speakers, contests, etc.,
and the entire work is usually super-
vised by an executive committee much
smaller than the general committee
and made up of men,, who can devote
considerable time to the campaign.
Sometimes a campaign committee Is
also selected without regard to the
membership of the committee, with
duties regulated by custom or special
direction of the organization.
Healing Sores and Settling Contests.
The first work of the committee aft-
er completing its own organization is
to put its political house in order. Con-
tests between candidates are quickly
decided, and all sores left by the con-
ventions and primaries are healed If
possible. While this is being done the
general plan of the campaign is
mapped ofit.
Scanning Candidates and Platforms.
Candidates are carefully scanned.
The weak and the strong points of
each are noted so as to be made as
useful as possible to the whole ticket.
Candidates are brought together be-
fore the committee and plans discussed
and agreed upon, so that all will work
81 perfect harmony. »■ . .•
AU the purely formal work is got out
ofitlie way as /early; as -.possible. The
legal eligibility of each candidate
should be investigated and recorded, so
as to be ready In case it is attacked.
» Nomination papers,. If required by
laW, should be'-filed after belfig sub-
mitted to good legal Inspection. Com-
plete UstS of township, ward,; precinct
and other subordinate committees
should be inade, and from the poll
hooks, if ready, alj possible data for
the use of the committee should be
compiled, classified and arranged for
easy reference.
Scrapbooks should be posted up, suit-
able stationery, blanks and books pro-
vided and everything got ready as if
for the ’opening of a new business
house.
In this formal work the student
should participate under the direction
of the officers or subcommittees of the
committee, and he should endeavor to
learn as quickly as possible the system
of bookkeeping used. He should be
painstaking in his work and strive for
accuracy and neatness rather than for
speed. That will come later.
His experience up to this time will
prove valuable, and he should con-
stantly review the work he has here-
tofore done. lie should keep in close
touch with the people In his own pre-
cinct or district and should watch over
their interests. He should endeavor to
secure them their share of speakers,
literature, etc., and should there be in
his district any man unusually well
equipped for political service he should
endeavor to have him recognized by
the committee. To young and ambi-
tious speakers or writers ho should
give special attention.
At headquarters he will meet the
prominent politicians of the county and
he should endeavor to become well ac-
quainted with each and should, in
fact, miss no opportunity of extending
his acquaintance, studying carefully
the abilities, character and ambition
of eaeh man and so impressing the
man’s appearance upon his memory as
ft> be able to recognize him instantly,
no matter under what circumstances
he may meet him.
it is a good plan to make a list of
the leading men in eaeh locality, sc
arranged as to be easily referred to.
The list will in time become useless, as
it is memorized, but it will be con-
venient until that time arrives.
Organizing Clubs.
The work of organizing campaign
clubs is in the meantime going on.
This work is usually assigned to a
subcommittee, the members of which
may go in person into each locality,
may send an agent for that purpose
or may manage the affair by corre-
spondence. The student should study
the plan adopted by the committee and
should attend as many of these meet-
ings for organization and later meet-
ings as possible.
A campaign club should always be
auxiliary to tbe committee and should
under no circumstances be recognized
unless it be devoted to the success o£
the entire ticket Clubs organized i i
the interest of particular candidates
should not be encouraged.
The student should promptly ally
himself with the club in his own local-
ity and should take an active part in
its work. If it be a club for discussing
the issues, he should take part in the
discussions; if it is a marching club,
he should march. There is information
to be gained in carrying a torch and
wearing a campaign uniform which
can be obtained in no other way.
Collecting Campaign Fund*.
The finance committee is now at
work collecting money for campaign
purposes, and should the student be
assigned to this department be should
not refuse to take a territory of reason-
able size. Being well acquainted in
his own district, he can sobdtvpttjik
scriptions therein, and, while he may '---
regard the work as unpleasant, he
should not shirk it He will find that
the finance committee, as a rule, ex-
pects to gather its funds from three
general sources:
First.—By assessments on the local
candidates, generally in proportion to
the salary or importance of the office
each seeks, modified by his ability to
pay.
Second.—From men specially inter-
ested in tbe result such as those ex-
pecting appointments, contracts or
other patronage.
Third.—The general public, who con-
tribute for purely patriotic reasons iu
proportion to their means or inclina-
tions.
The first and second classes usually
make their contributions direct to the
committee at headquarters. Members
of the third class may do the same,
but usually solicitors call upon them.
No regular plan for this work cau be
given, but tbe solicitor should call
upon every member of the party in his
territory, state his case and give him
an opportunity to subscribe. Tbe work
is much like that of soliciting funds
for any other purpose and is carried
on in substantially the same manner.
At this point you should make a
vate review of your work sines
nominations were made and
hare the following information ;
tongue’s end: - - .. ... I'
The names and addresses of alWthe-—-
candidates of the two principal par-
ties for whom you will have the right
to vote.
The names and addresses of the prin-
cipal condidates on all the tickets in
the field.
The names and addresses of all can-
didates for congress in your state.
The names and addresses of officers
and members of your natioual. state,
county and local committees corrected'
up to date.
The names of subeommittcemen of
your county, with duties of each.
You should be able to give an ab-
stract-of tbe contests for nominations
still unsettled aud tbe names, location
and approximate membership of each
campaign c-lub in your eounty. with
tbe names aud addresses of their prin-
cipal officers.
Write an abstract of conditions fu
your county, giving reasons for your—.
opinions, to be preserved for future
examination.
You should know the names and ad-
dresses of several prominent men of
your own party in each precinct in
your county. Make the list as urge as
possible, putting in only such as yon
know personally and whose appear-
ance you can recall.
You should have the names of nil
the newspapers in your county sup-
porting your party ticket, with names
of editors and publishers, and you
should be able to describe in brief any
unusual incidents of a political nature
that have occurred since the opening
of the campaign.
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An Easy Problem.
Hubbard Lawton, familiarly known
as “Hub,” was by common consent the
most shiftless man in rineville. The
most easy going woman in the town
was Lucy Harmon, who did a little
dressmaking when tbe fit seized her;
but as a rule she sat tranquilly on her
front doorstep In summer, and in hot'
front window during spring, autunn;
and winter, doing nothing whatever
with great contentment of mind aud
body.
Hub required financial aid from his
relatives every month, and'it was un-
derstood that Lucy received contribu-
tions from her neighbors without any
false pride. When it was announced
by Hub that he and Lpcy were soon to
be married, a plain spoken neighbor
asked a pointed question:
“How are you and Lucy expecting
to live?” she inquired. “Who’s going
to earn your bread aud blitter, flub?
Lucy’s folks nor her neighbors won’t
feel any call to fold her when she's
married to an ablebodied man."
“Why,” said Hub reproachfully. “I
don’t know what folks are thinking of!
Half a dozen people have asked me
that same question. I can almost sup-
port myself, and Lucy can almost sup-
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