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CHARLES COWARD HlCKt
Kntefe at InJt'jH'iiiJfnre, Ore, post
office a seetllltt t ak matter.
uberlpUon-, 1.S0 Per Year
DH. BROUGMER ON GOSSIP
ln.)-M'ml' tu U - aUuu.lantly sup
I'IIih vith a. andaliiieiiiers of the M
t ciri-'r It la fining that the t
won of Or. I rou.i!itr ! irini.-.l lit
r usually at the UtMiiul uf lmal of
Ine lylitf Wliil ft rilriiitl
lti, ttlllh dUlHmUUm that Is blih
I llllni lo ink 10 Umw lie. If bjr
pulling down ottitr.
i nrtrr rvuUr guaaip yH
White ib ) aiJ lrU i
At'f", .n! by Hr ttry, 4li
Mory u rj,-4 eky t the p
of the n l by Medn lru
Tbe fla aa bouKhl with lha
thai uM Sol Impugn Ihe ntotUra of Hume,, t.OlaltieJ from the Jubilee rn-
el lu re. To hr her lata you ouM
think she uiulj r-l lh tuluJe and
mot t r r of utbri nj Vuu k'S'y
huw thry autel You would think
he had X ray eyes 8 he ran ti ll
you hai Inkee tlae behind all
and curuhia and Inalnuat the untl
illabolial things without hlng any
rean fur It whatever nerid her
own corrupt Imagination and Ihe cvu-1
Irrtainiiiflll brld UlldT llielr aili"
few rae ei and ihr atlll
matnj tNiut l r library buoaa.
m. pir Tb.re I. little hop if ita h ,f wr , ,,
benefit tin; tlii-Kd low order Mt or;an
Urns: iiid t a likely i t itulte
thfin to jiuliT vloleaee. TltU s.r
tuoti a dt liwrrJ Iat week at h
White Tt-ntpU In the ilty of Portland
from the test: 'Thlu shall not b.-ar
fale It runs attains! thy neighbor "
These araiidulinoni;ir of both -x
In inilcpiiidi tm- art o U known t
rt'kulent of tln lty that --ii Iho
h-y aiitnt t4k tlif rmon honiJ
to thctnix'lv.-a It will tie gratifying to
hlKhiuinl'.l t'liUi'ii (hat In purau
in thi'lr rttllliu of evil they e'rv?
only to mnijiilf)' tho nobli-r lrtu.' in
thi'in thy would aok lo ruin. Th
olijcct of prlsti'ii( acandiil I it unuidly
and itli f-w -xi''tion a nicmbi-r
f iht v.ry bfitt cltiti'nulilo.iuen and
wonifQ who try to accomplish tbluK
of noble t-nd.
SrandiilinonK'Tti, like all low ord r
f ornnlsniM, brcod rapidly. Many
4-rslwhil)' Kxd illln-iia fall Into the
dt-plorablo hublt from Inti-riouriie wit
titth'tattlo peddli-rs. Iicttcr turn a
u'f -ar to their poildlliiKu Mul avoid
eoniaruination. Nobl' tiilnded uien and
women are lnaultoil from an ut
tempted audience oui;ht by a au-lalmongcr.
"The ninth comiuaiulment require
loyalty to the truth and I Intended
to protect a good name and reputa
tion from the base slanders of lying
men and women. It ia the law of
truthfulness 'and justice. The bible
rt t't a Uc abe would bat doing
aliat ah luipitia lo other. If a
'nan rr a woman a rta that certain
thinjta are taking place when they
have no foundation for It hairier.
It ia kluiply a revelation of their own
corrupt tiiialiiatiou. It la only the
uiU'itr and the tctoua who tan an
a rt Hint tlx re waa wroti !i thinii
Of 'which they know llolhlllK wliul-
tut. To twlat clrcuintaticca for the
purpoae of atutcrtlug wroiiKloiug but
advertiite one'a own indecency aud
vulgarity, "
lloarati rouKha and tufty rulda lit
Uiay develop Into pneumonia over
nlcht ar quitkly cured bjr r'ulcy'a
Honey and Tar, a It aoothea liiflnm-
t J niettit-rauea, hal Hie lutiga, and
; U iho rold from the ayatem. V
M. Kirkland.
ilrtte I ha following t.ffl.era fT lb
n on Irlday tutng:
Vrt Haiti llenklc, W. M.
I' U. Kliklaud, V, .
Mm. Lulu Jllff. A. M.
Vr. Helen Kl'kland, Bwrclary. ,
Mra. I-Lua UU, Treaaurer.
Mr :dna Duller, Con.
latdo Wlli-o. A. r.
is full of Dcathing denunciations of
those who break it. Tu Psalmiht
eays.'Tbe throats of liars are an open
sepulcher. With their ton sues they
have used deceit; the pjisou of asps
is under their lips. Their mouth la
full of cunning and bitterness. Deso
lation and misery are in their way."
There is no denying the fact that
the tongue may become a terrible
power for evil.
.While gossip is usually petty it is
by no means "insignificant, for there
Is no character so low and contempt
ible as that person who destroys the
reputation of another and rejoices in
the awful havoc wrought. Let us no
tice some of the characteristics of
this hydra-headed monster.
No person of great intellectual ab
ility would spend his or her time in
that "abominable tittle tattle" which
seeks only to ruin the reputation of
another. The man who mends the
crack in a pitcher is worth a hundred
times as much to the world as one
who simply spends his time pointing
.it out. It takes brains combined
with real manhood and womanhood
to establish a worthy reputation, but
it takes no brains at all to destroy
it. The less brains, the less charac
ter, the less heart, the less soul
man or woman has the more will he
or she be a contemptible gossip.
His prejudice never lets him see
the noble traits of character in the
obejet of his contempt but he can
see every little mistake and magnify
it a hundred fold. He can see the
mote in the other fellow's eye but
he can't see any of the good and
1' autlful things. I care not how
r at or how good a man may be
ijr Jthus Christ himself did not es-
cape the prejudice that kept his en
emies from seeing anything worthy
of commendation in his character,
The enemies of Jesus saw nothing
good in him. They lied about him;
they slandered him, and finally cruci
fied him. We need not expect to re.
ceive any better treatment from pre
judice today than Jesus Christ did.
The things that we love to talk
.about are things that we love. Jesus
said, "Out of the heart are the issues
of life." People cannot repeat scan
-dal continually without revealing
their own corrupt nature. To enjoy
talking about the faults and weak
nesses of others shows our own in
nate depravity. Nothing is more dis
.gusting. It makes me think of a lot
of flies gathered around a putrefying
sore. There they are buzzing ar
ound that sore spot, irritating and
poisoning It, but doing nothlAg to
heal it. Nobody who is not corrupt
at heart would love to talk about the
sins and gloat over the faults of
others.
It makes one smile to hear a piece
of coal say to the sun, "You have
.got a spot on you." Here is an old
.gossip slandering the character of
nearly everybody and ruining repu
tations and in the eyes of God such
-a gossiper is worse than a thief, an
adulterer or a murderer. Before the
judgment bar of God I would rather
be the one gossiped about than the
one who had done the gossiping.
Jealousy, envy, spite and hatred
GREATEST POLK COUNTY PAPER
The KntcrprUp la perhapa the
I) w eekly new apaper In I he alate of
Oregon which will print the presi.
ili'iifa tness.uKe.and which will itlve
a4 much space to the document as
the KnterprUe has. Thia will cull at
tention to the fact that tin lr-
pr'ae U printing aa much newa mut
ter as any other two papers In P"lk
county combined, our new service j
ia all local and uioxt all of it per-;
tains to Polk county. Nothing but
live newa. . .Many uf the remler
of the Enterprise are coming to our
office to congratulate us on the p
per we are publishing. The editor Is
grateful to them for their encourage
ment. The Enterprise has a record of more
tlin two hundred and fifty new en
tries on the subscription list,. Just
recently this office has been compell
ed to buy additional mailing galleys
in which to take care or the growiugj
li:;t of subscribers. Every old mull-'
i.if galley iu the house has been fill
ed a:id tii names squeezed closer to
iether until we were fcrced u l-uy
additional galleys for the long list of
names. The circulation Is the largest
of any paper ever published in Inde
pendence, and is only Just beginning
to grow. From this time on it will
be interesting to watch the Enter
prise grow.
PROSPECTS LOOK BRIGHTER
There Is little doubt of the success
of the union high school. There are
some people In Independence who are
opposed to the project, but there are
Bo many who are in favor of it that
there seems little excuse at this time
for failure to procure so importaut
an institution. It means so much to
the development of this immediate
section that to pass it up from shear
neglect to comprehend its great edu
cational advantage would prove a dis
aster we can ill afford to allow. It
would be difficult to work the matter
up to the promise that it gives now
at any time in the future. It is eas
lly within grasping distance today.
jail we give it up?
If there are members on the com
mittee who are opposed to the school
it is expedient to call another meet
ing and have men placed on the com
mittees who are favorable to the
project. The school must be estab
lished unless someone can show good
and sufficient reasons why it should
not be. Thecolumns of this paper are
open to discussion of the matter from
anyone who has well-founded opin
ions to publish.
Beware of Frequent Colds.
A succession of colds or a protrac
ted cold is almost certain to end In
chronic catarrh, from which few per
sons ever wholly recover. Give every
cold the attention it deserves and
you may avoid this disagreeable dis
ease. How can you cure a cold?
Why not try Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy? It is highly recommended.
Mrs. M. White of Butler, Tenn., says,
"Several years ago I was bothered
with my throat and lungs. Someone
told me of Chambeerlain s Cough
Remedy. I began using It and it re
lieved me at once. Now my throat
and lungs are sound and well." For
sale by P. M. Kirkland.
PUBLIC SCHOOL RAISES FLAG
Bought with Funds Raised From Ju
bilee Entertainment.
the public school raised their n
i4.foot flag .e-nesday afternoon of
last week. All the pupils marched
out keeping step to the music of the
pian0 played by Leona Sperling. Al
though the day was quite chilly they
remained in orderly lines while the
tollowing program was given:
!ong( by seven seventh grade girl"
Kecitation.. Barbara Frietch'e
Vale Hiltebrand
Speech Hon. B. F. Jones
Salute to the flag by each grade sep-
A Personal Appeal,
If could talk lo you wraoiially
about the great merit uf Foley's Hon.
y and Tar, for rpuxha, cohla and
lung, trouble, you never could bo In-
d need to experiment with unknown
preparations that may contain some
harmful ilrii. Foley's Money and
Tar coats you no more and him a
record of forty years of cures, P, M.
Kirklumt.
far Iciema, Teller and lalt Rheum.
Tbe luleuso Itching cUaraterltlc
of t bean ailments la almost instantly
allayed by Chamberlain's Halve.
Many eer canes have bvu cure-l
by H. For sale by l. M. Kirkland.
Type for Sale.
The Independence Kulerprltu has
I. 'ft lbs. new body typo for sal.
t'sed less than sll months. Will sell
It for half coal prleti. Write today
about It.
Eastern Stars Elect Officers.
For Sal.
One driving horse, one work brs'
two cows, two lalvca, one 3 wag
on, one llecrlng mower, one tlnrh
walking plow, one harrow, one set
double work harness, one IniKKy, one
single hum. 'Ma. one rreaui separator.
and some hay. J. I.. Viml.nan, Iu-
Adah Chapter No. 31, Euatern Siar. dependence, OrcKou
Barr's Jewelry vStore
i
.4 I.. . .
THE CENTER of
ATTRACTION
FOK HOLIDAY S1IOPPF.HS.
Many are surprised ut the txtenslve stork and creat variety of
Gift Goods we are showing I his year, und our low price for IiIkIi
quality goods is a great Inducement to all who are looking fur
nice things to give to friends und relations for Christ mas.
Our stock of Uruielets and Kingx l especially worthy of mention.
We buy these direct from the factory aud can save you money and
show nice new snappy goods.
As a speciul inducement to Polk county customers, and to try
this paper as an advertising medium, we will give G per cent off on
any purchu.ie except Howard and Hamilton Wutehes. If yon will
bring this ad before December 2:. 1908.
BARR'vS
Jewelers
State and Liberty Sis., Suletn.
NOW ON DISPLAY
Largest Stock In the county Boohs,
Bibles, Post Cards, Albums, Dolls,
' Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets, Games,
Drums, Christmas ,Tree Decorations.
Call and get a FREE CHANCE on the
$10 Doll you don't have
to buy
Craven & Moore
phone 25i Independence Or i'Immuo
MOORE'S CASH STORE
If HEABpuArams HI
Mew Goods, Mew Goods
And the Prices Beat a Special vSale
Men's negligee Shirts, 25c to $1.60
Ladies' and Men's Slippers, 75c to $1.75
Books for the "kids", 2c to 20c
Box Writing Paper, 10c to 75c
Phonograph and seven Records, $25
Ladies' Umbrellas, from 75c to $5
I ' Suit Gases, from $1.75 to $9 00
Lots of new goods on display. Call and see them
MOORE'S CAiSH STORE