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Sharp County record., 1898-06-10
THE OLD QUESTION,

If the civilization of a
country was to be judged by
the condition of its public
highways, we people in this
part of the moral vineyard
would be counted barbarians
and some kin to Weyler. If
Our ability to make progress
was to be weighed on the
same scale, we would be as
far in the rear as the Populist
party is in Arkansas, and as
stagmant as a frog pond.
The editor does not know
much about good roads.
Having lived among the fer.
til hills Of North Arkansas
all our life, we have never
been bothered by them, and,
therefore our knowledge cf
the actual blessings derived
from good roads is limited.
IT is not a shame that the
people tolerate bad roads, it
Us rather a mistake. We
notice the statistics of other
states that have good roads
show that the cost of making
them has been nominal when
the benefits~and !, ?d5ssTt.~ss :, 81 :, :,
o''a'neu IRE take4s INTO con-
avslderatiou, Another notice
able thing is that under the
present system Of road work
ing, not a quarter of a mile
of road is made good to stay
SO. Why not try some other
method? The toothpick and
penknife method is worn out
ard besidesit has worn the
roads out. There is an
amendment to the state con-
stitution to be voted on at
the general election which, if
it carries, gives the county
court together with a ma
jority Of the justices of the
peace power to levy a tax
not exceeding three mills on
all taxable property in the
county which is to be used
in making and repairing the
public roads and bridges,
provided a majority of the
electors want it. We see no
objection to this amendment,
1t gives the people a chance
to have good roads if they
want them and by the only
method by WHICH they can
be had. 1t is q step in the
right direction, A man re-
markeQ 10 Us the Qtlef Gay
that it would take ten years
if we had q road tax to re-
pair the roads Of Sharp
county. That a mistake.
But, in ten years from to-day
if the roads are worked all
the time as they are now,
every one Of us will have to
chip in and build a road so
as to get out Of the country.
IuEInIy.y
Sharp County record., 1898-06-10
Admiral Cervera declared

AufnITdI VETVtTd utCIdTEu
he would never, never, meyer
60 back to his native land
until he had given the yankee
Pug pig a. good drubblng. It is
an evident fact that the
gentleman is in no way home
sick yet.
Sharp County record., 1898-06-10
County Democratic Ticket.

For Representative
THoS, |. HERRS.
For County Judge
JAS ". SMITH.
For Circuit Clerk
H. 3. HILL.
For Sheriff
j. T. WILKINS,
For Treasurer
6. ". SHAVER.
For Assessor
GCN M. SULLIVAN.
For Surveyor
C. D. RITCHIE.
Sharp County record., 1898-06-10
Address J. II. D.
Draugl1on's
PraCtiCal..."
Business. .."
NASHVILLE. TENN, GAlVtSI''S

NASHVILLE, ItnN', VA''''l u
Bookkeeping, shorthana' horIi.'I
The most thorough, = pl ~, ID
schools of the kind ~ IIn,A w
baironiiscd ones In the I. ,s.Srs sVuS' n
ers, merchants, il,s% inlll,ls,,', WA !
weeks IN bookkeeping o%s
twelve weeks by the {, OId 1,,sa, r1i
President, Is author oil, o. y'iS NAL
Of bookkeeping, "DouO'' n.T| ~
Home study. We INvI.s haveI w
study, books on boqkkssIR,'Es| Ok, eyIr,
shorthand. Write for p,,Wa, , rVpa,l
Extract. "PRoT, DhAvUi .'0,,, M
keeping at home from maa,yySSy,cl yS I
a position as night 'Gssc,fla NJ
LispFIN0wELL, ( ssE',g M
Wholesale Grocers, so',u soI., si ssin|
Mention Mh %P' v"
Sharp County record., 1898-06-10

SIMPSONS vessels seem to
be committing suicide,
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08
ENGLISH WAR CRITICS.

The English critics are sizing u
h Santiago situation. One of tn
highest officers of the British Arm,
considers hat General Skaters ad
vance OH Santiago was imprudent
when his force was numerically in
terror to the requirements of the cap
ture of the town by storm.
He declares that Shafter, on land
ing, ought to have taken up a strong
position, fortified it and waited 70,
relntorcements and siege guns before
attempting to carry the Spanish city.
He believes that Shafter was in a
crltlca! position after Fridays battle,
and was only delivered by Cevera's
folly i'll pushing out of the harbor,
and allowing Sampson to win a vic
tory on the easiest terms.
This high official considers that the
American campaign was not well
planned, and that the serious loss of
lite was unnecessary.
Other officers, while crediting the
army with splendid dash, valor and
tortltutde, are disposed to criticise
what they consider to be grave indis.
c1etlons IN the War Department in
Washington in publishing Skaters
urgent call for reinforcenents and
III pronouncing a conflict in which
the American troops gained and held
advanced position as a ''drawn bat
tie"
Naval experts have nothing to saw
IN criticism of Simpsons fleet. and
marvel at the faculty with which
Cervera S powerful vessels were driv-
en- ashore and destroyed. The opin-
ION expressed by journals like the
Globe, that Sampson ought to have
entered Santiago Harbor several
weeks ago, and that there has been
lack Of cooperation between the
and military authorities, is not
shared by any expert who is familiar
with the approaches of the inner bav
he handling of the American feet
IS considered by skilled officers Of
the British Navy as beyond range Of
criticism.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08
SGHLeY'S VICTORY


A dispatch from Washington saws
that 1t is proposed to advance Samp-
son to the rank of Rear Admiral,
This would advance him over Como
dore Schley.
He is not entitled to this advance
as the American fleet was under
ochleys command not Sampson s
when 1t wiped up the Spanish feet.
Schiey was on the bridge of the
Brooklyn directing the battle which
annlhilated the Spanish navy while
Sampson vas seven miles away on
his flagship, the New York, headed
f~orJurague.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

Bryan in an interview with the
New York Journal says:
Several newspapers have published
the statement, and even attributed it
TO me personally, that it was nv Dur
pose 10 organize a o-called silver
battalion, aud that my command is .
political organization. 1 think that
II is due to the regiment that this be
corrected. have never made such
a statement, nor is that a fact
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08
ISAAC OLCOVICH.
For Sale or Rent.

Inc house near the East corner DIDO
site to Mrs. Barkley'S. is for sale or REM
s. per month rent or 500 cash for tho
property. For particulars Inquire OF
NrS.o Roberts or Mrs. T. f. PARROT
Ioo' broadway, San Francisco. or of Miss
Mary +. Roberts at Carson CITY.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

| When the children are
hungry, what do you give
them? Food.
When thirsty? Water.
Now use the same good
common sense, and what
would you give them when
they are too thin? The best
fat-torming food, of course.
Somehow you think of
SCOTS Emulsion at once.
. FOR a quarter Of a century
1t has been making thin
children, plump; weak child
ren, strong; sick children.
healthy.
SOC, and $r.oo, all druggists.
0Noli BOVINE Chemists. New York
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

III the District Court of the Firs
Judicial District of the State Of Ho
vada' in and for the County Of Or
m>by.
III the matter of the estate of Uann.
DuIy' deceased. Order to show canse
why Order of Sale of real estate should
not be made.
William WOOdhurn. the adminis+ro+o
OF the estate of Hanna Duffy deceased
haVlag filed his petition herein duIv
Ntfltled. praying for an order of sale nt
al the real estate, of said decedent. for
me purpose therein set forth.
ii is therefore ordered nv 4bo so;I
court, that all persons Interested in rho
estate Of said deceased. appear before tho
S"ll district Court on Tuesday. the 10Th
day of July. \. d. 1898, at 10 o,cIocl, j.,
'he forenoon Of said dav, at the Co,r+
Room OF sad District Court at tho Citv
vi larson, IN County Of Ormshv. TO SHOW.
cause why an order should NOT ho
granted to the said Administrators 10 sail
;" murh of the real estate of the ..i,3
deceased as shall be necessary.
ana that a copy of this order ho ,.1.
IIShed at least two successive weeks in
the MoKNING APPEAL a nousn.nou
printed and published in said or,oIr
County.
c. f. MACK, District Judre,
Dated June Dist, 1898.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

The official Spanish report of Sun
days fight says:
Admiral Ceveras fleet sustained
for an hour the fire of the Amer
lean fleet, 1t then disappeared
westward, followed by the Amer
lean squadron.
The official report is correct, save
IN the matter of direction. he Snan-
1sh fleet did not disappear westward.
1t disappeared dOwnward.-Stockton
Mail.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08
An ~inVesf,rno+.

We wish to call the 4 rnJion of orr
patrons TO the fact hat We are making
arrangements to handle sonne ofthe now,
issue % United States 3 per cer+ bonds
ana W''' ne pleased to serve OR clients
ana friends. should they wish TO invest
IN theNe securities. They will be fur
nlsA"d without commission at current
rates and within reasonable time after
the Bonds are issued by the government
line Bullion and Exchange Bank.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08
NOTICE..

In the District Court of the First
Judicial District of the State Of No.
Vada' IN and for the County of Or
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

SOC. and 500, all druggists.
SCOTT BOVINE, Chemists. New York
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

The Spanish ship Alfonso XIII has
been sunk trying to run the Havana
blockade. The ship is a total loss
and the crew has gone to Davy Jones
locker.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1898-07-08

The resolution to annex the Hav
allan Islands has passed both houses
OF Congress, aud only awaits the
Presidents signature. It wac .
great knockout to Speaker Raed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
The Criminal calendar.

The case of the state against VIM.
and James Vassar, charged with the
felonious shooting of VIM. Welch four
or five miles south of Keytesville while
the three parties were out hunting on
the goth of December, 1897, was
called in Justice J. M. DeMoss' court
at Keytesville last Monday. Eight
witnesses were examined-three for
the prosecution and five for the de-
fense-viz: For the prosecution, VIM.
Welch, A. D. Hurt, Jr., and Ben
Jones; for the defense, VIM. Vassar,
Henry Utter, Ollie Cox, Jasper Lam
caster and James Vassar. The testi-
mony was, of course, conflicting. but
the state made out a sufficiently strong
case against James Vassar to induce
Justice DeMoss to believe that he was
guilty of the charge against him, hence
bound him over in the sum of $4oo,
with Sam and Jack Allega and DIR. c.
H. Temple as securities, to appear
before the grand jury at the next April
term of circuit court at Keytesville.
There was no testimony adduced to
show that VIM. Vassar was a party to
the shooting of Welch, and the case
,x,ae
1t was proven at the preliminary
that the Vassar boys were only about
three or four feet apart and that Welch
was standing almost directly east OF
them, while the tree in which the Vas
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
The Tomb.

ALLEGA:-Jame5 r. Allega, resi-
dent of Brunswick township since his
early boyhood, died of pneumonia at
his residence near Brunswick last Sun
day, aged 10 years, S months and I 2
days. The deceased was native OF
Kentucky, but removed to Charlton
county with his parents when lad
only years old. Mr.. Allega was
the fifth of family of II children.
He was painter by trade, but since
1850, the year in which he was mar
ried to Miss Mary Wright, whose
parents were also among the pioneer
settlers of this county, he has followed
the occupation of a farmer, and owned
at the time of his death a valuable
farm of $40 acres.
He was citizen who stood high in
the community, and had been an
exemplary member of the Christian
church for long time. He had no
children. His wife died several years
ago.
PENIcK:-Chas. Penick, who was
among Brunswick townships most
highly respected citizens, died of old
age and general debility at his home
near Brunswick last Sunday. Mr.
Penlck was 81 years old, and had
lived in Charlton county for some
thing like 70 years. Six or seven sons
and one daughter are left to mourn
his death, his faithful wife having pre-
ceded him to the glory world.
WAC. ]. Via, one of Salisbury's
best known and most popular citizens,
died of pneumonia yesterday morning,
a malady he contracted two weeks ago
while getting up ice. He will be sadly
missed in the town and community.
The deceased was about 6I or 81
years of age, and leaves a wife and
three or four children. He was not a
member of any church, but he always
endeavored to follow the golden rule;
"Do unto others as you would have
others do unto you." Interment will
take place at Salisbury this afternoon.
Peace to his memory.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
w. A. LeSSIey'S Sale.

A public sale took place at w. A.
Lessley's 3 1-2 miles west of Keytes-
vile last Monday, which was largely
attended, and fairly good prices pre-
vailed. (
Corn sold for 20 cts a bushel in the
crib; hogs brought $3.67 1-2 a hun
dred; COWS from SIS to $50, three. ot
them selling for over $40. A 4-year-
old horse belonging to Frank Dejar'
nett balanced the financial scales al
$7I.
1t is the intention OF Mr.. JLessle,
and family to move to Welch, 1. T..
in the near future, where he expect:
to engage extensively in farming oper.
atoms.
The farm vacated by Mr.. LESLEY in
this county will be occupied by Edwin
Gro1an, Mr.. GroGan having bought
the place several months since.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
Entrance.

In addition to this elegant modern
banking building, which viii be last
ing monument to Mr.. HilPs enter
prise, he will also erect five new brick
business houses between the COURIER
office and L. E. Cooks store-room, for
every one which he has already secured
tenants. The old frame buildings
that are now on these lots have long
been an eye-sore to our town, and
there will be great rejoicing when tney
give place to neat brick business
houses. Then we can truthfully say
that no town in Missouri has better
or more desirable class of store-rooms
in proportion to its size than has Key
tesville.
Ex-Sheriff 0. B. Anderson and
Judge w. w. Rucker have also
caught the improvement fever, and will
convert the brick building, now occu-
pied by J. C. Ward as a barber shop
and residence combined, between the
COURIER office and Sneed's hotel, into
a commodious store-room.
Besides these commendable I'M
provements it is by no means improba-
BILE that Key tesville's street railway
will be converted into an electric line
before the frost flies next fall.
Fellow-citizeos, don't stand back and
watch Keytesville boom, but pitch
right in and help her boom. If you
can't build something, repair some
thing or paint something, you can, at
least. speak an encouraging word for
those who are trying to make ga live
time In the old town."
A new era of improvement and
.'git-up-and-git" is dawning upon
Keytesville. Will you get on the tidal
wave and ride on to fame and fortune,
or will you continue to travel In the
old routes and require some one to
stick pin in you to discover whether
you are dead or alive2 If the latter is
your intention, you had better stand
aside for you will surely be run over
by KeytesvilIe's colossal of push and
progress, if you don't get out OF the
way.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
Wedding Bells.

WILLS: = Philip Walton
and Miss Ella Wills, a colored couple
of Salisbury, were married in that city,
Wednesday, February 18th, Rev. N
T. Gamble officiating.
HAsKIN-VENABLE:-A long-looked-
for event took place, Sunday, Feb
9Th, at 10 o'clock a. M, at the resi-
dence of the brides brother, J. J.
Venable, eight miles west of Keytes.
vile, when J. Alien Haskin, a pros
porous farmer and a young man OF
sterling worth, led to the hymeneal
altar Miss Annie E. Venable, charm
ing young lady, who is loved and re.
spected by all who know her.
The marriage ceremony was per.
formed by Rev. NJ. B. Hurt of Liberty,
Mo, in the presence of a few relatives
and intimate friends.
The attendants were Misses Mamie
Erwin and Ida Lewis and Messrs
Clayton Haskin and James Atterbury.
Immediately after the ceremony the
bride and groom and their guests at.
tended church at Bluff Point, after
which they returned to J. J.. Vena'
ble's, where an elegant dinner wa:
served. Numerous friends join the
COURIER in wishing this popular
young couple long and prosperou!
life.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
KeyfesyfIIe's Boom i.

Keytesville is going to have big
M and more substantial growth dur
resio>1 8o8 than for any one year within
torneyistory, and she expects to make
the fir other town in Charlton county
of herned of itself before the dew shall
wnhe daisies.
Ead ! begin with, Mr.. VIM. E. Hill,
,aor. r of the Bank of Keytesville, one
r.r-o,fariton county's solid financial
.h;,dre,ions, will be the chief promoter
tesville's 1898 boom. The
ne that he now occupies with the
Huoson oKeytesville will be remodeled
Mialh o.@ and fitted up in modern
natveS'eu. u be nothing short of ele-
to simply tina The aooT will he torn
halVeS'eu" ." In with gravel and sand,
c. H. Lybae handsome tiIing floor
his pocket-booA new vault will also be
or Sc in money! other up-to.date bank
one day last furnishings. The front
was shoeing hdn will be used for the
namsat atef Daess proper. In the rear
ST the bank office there will be con-
sultation room, and back of the con-
sultation room private Office.
Below we submit the plan of the
building as drafted by Judge o. F.
Smith: The plan:
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
Tragic Death of Gus Leftwtch.

1t is, indeed, with a feeling of deep
sadness and lasting regret that we are
called upon to chronicle the tragic
death of brother editor, genial,
whole souled Gus Leftwlch of the
Gallatin Democrat, who died at his
residence in that city last Sunday
morning at 8 O'Clock from the effects
of arsenlcal poison, supposedly con-
tanned il the coffee he drank for
breakfast last Saturday morning. Mrs.
Leftwich was made very i'll from
drinking some of the same coffee, and
had a narrow escape from death.
Gus Leftwich was one of the best
known, most influential and successful
newspaper men in North Missouri,
having been editor of the Miami
Neaos and Richmond C0nserOat0r be-
fore purchasing the Gallatin Democrat
last April. He was enrolling clerk of
the last general assembly and twice
president of the Southwest Missouri
Press association. His death came
like thunderbolt to Gallatin's clti-
zens, and was a severe shock to the
newspaper fraternity, with which he
had been associated FL years.
No other than accidental is obta ma
bic as to the cause of poisoning. Two
boxes of rat poison had been kept on
the shelf near the coffee pot. Burial
took place at Miami, Mo-, last Tues
day.
The deceased leaves several children
by former wife and a second wife
with a small babe, to all of whom is
extended the slnceresr sympathy of
many friends and relatives.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1898-02-18
M. y. Lain,s Powder Joke.

M. y. LaLn>S P0Wder Joke.
If you had been in S. M. Whites
grocery store in Keytesville last Mon
day night you would, perhaps, have
been as gray or graYer than County
Clerk R. d. Edwards, and would have
also experienced the unpleasant sensa-
ton of your heart trying to jump out
of your mouth.
Of course If was put up job, but
In order to work it successfully two or
three others had to be let into the Sc
cret.
Mr.. Lain, who is jolly Clark town.
ship farmer who never misses an OPP
portunity to have a good laugh at
somebody else's expense, arranged
with Gene White. S. M. Whites clerk,
to cali at the store for pound Of pow
der, and after the powder had been
weighed out Mr.. Lain was to ask for
shot of q certain number, which Gene
was to tell him he did not have, and
then controversy was to arise be-
tween Gene and Mr.. Lain over the
powder, and Mr.. Lain was '.to raise
thunder" about taking the powder un-
less he could get the shot there, too.
Gene, IN the play, was equally obsti-
nate and told Mr.. Lain that the pow
der had been weighed out and he just
had to take it whether he wanted to do
so or not. Mr.. Lain, seemingly,
grew warmer and warmer and more
and more emphatic, still Gene refused
to take the powder back, and finally
Mr.. Lain, in sheer desperation and
anger, said that he would throw the
- stuff IN the stove. Think of
it; starting toward the stove with a
pound of powder and a positive de-
termination to throw it in!
County Clerk Edwards grabbed Mr..
Lain with all of the strength he could
command, and excitedly calculated:
my God, man, don't do that; think
Of what you are do1ngv Consterna-
kion reigned supreme. Everybody
ehs war g tEk rsn over one
other in trying to get our, but Ifr.
Lain was utterly Indifferent to the "ter-
ror" of the surroundings or the fearful
pleadings of Mr.. Edwards, and with a
Herculean effort tore himself from the
embrace of the man who dared to
thwart him in his determination to
vent his spleen on Gene White by
throwing the powder in the stove Like
madman, whose only purpose was
dark and dire revenge, he dashed on
and threw the package he carried in
his hand into the stove. A moment
later, flash followed, and "Mord"
Lain, oh, where was he! Standing
there by the stove laughing heartily
enough to spit his sides. The pack
age he had thrown into the stove was
sawdust, which had been adroitly snb-
stituted for the package of powder.
But where were the occupants of the
store? you ask. They, with the ex-
ception of those who had been posted
on the joke, disappeared, and it is
supposed that they went straight up,"
as the last heard of them they were all
saying their prayers, and rushing fran
tically toward the door.