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Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18

buildings the main part being four stories in
height. Here $50 hands find steady employ
ment under J. NJ. Scott, who serves in the ca
pacity of Superintendent. He is skilled and
experienced mechanic and has competent
foremen under him in the various depart
ments.
The product of the mill consists largely OF
Carpet warp, Twine, Rope Batting, Mop
Yarn, Wick. Clothes Lines, Staging, Trot l. ne.
etc the firm, however. making a specially ~
the famous "Maysvlle" brand of Carpet
warp. This warp has gained wide and envi-
able reputation among weavers generally and
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18
JANUARY q WOOD CO.
A. M. y. Cochran President, X. A..
Cochran secretary The Mays
ptIie Cotton MUS.
INCORPORATED.

One Of the leading manufacturing industries
of Msysville, and one that is known through
out nearly every state in the Union, is the
January n Wood Co. This business was es-
tablshed by william Shotwell in 1884, who
built the rear building of the present extern
sive plant, whlsh is now known as the old
part. Shotwelrs career was short lived, aud
william Goslln succeeded him. The latter
carried on the business for several years, and
in ls44 it passed into the hands of Henry Lee.
In the same year a large main building was
erected and the business increased. Mr.. Lees
proprietorship lasted until ls4S, when Messrs.
Shultz, Manner, Stillwell 4 January became
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18

1t has been demonstrated beyond II 'uht
thai for chewing purposes no other section Of
country produces more desi able tobacco
than that raised in Mason and surrounding
counties. }. n. Rains & So began the man
ufacture OF chewing tobacco in Maysville in
1855 at their present location on Maddox ave
nue. between Third and Fourth streets. Tue
factory is two.story brick, 40HsO feet, ana
here rs high as ID hands are employed i'm the
manufacture of our local product into twist
and plug tobacco. their specially being twist.
The brand that has gained Il wide repu alton,
and one ia which the firm pride themselves, is
the "Raincrow" The firm uses the best Of
goods in the manufacture of this tobacco, and
wherever they establish trade tor IL I. yy
have permanent customers. They a,so uGkc
the "Bucksho" twist and the LADY Slpprr'
brand OF plug. The members Of this firm so
compose the firm OF j. n. Rains " Co, To-
which business they devote II great en- of
their time,
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18
JAMES STEWART.
No. "a East Third street.

Mr.. Stewart is a practical cigarmaker of %
years experience who, realizing the increased
activity in the cigarmaking industry, estAb-
lished himself in business May e. 1899. Indus
try and tact always win, and in less than a
year he has made a market for his goods In
Maysville and vicinity, the demand steadily
increasing from the first. At present he has
two hands employed at the bench and 1t is Inn
possible for him TO keep up with his orders.
New Issue Is the brand OF cigars In which he
lie building up reputation. and this factory
bids fair TO rank among the leading and most
prominent concerns OF Maysviile.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18
JAMES S. REDMOND.

practical cigarmaker, began business for
himself in 1888, and four years ago engaged in
the grocery business in connection with his
factory. He has retail store in connection
with his factory at No. l25 West Second street,
his leading brand being New Portorico and his
trade largely local. shipping some TO sur
rounding cities. His grocery is adjoining at
1854 West Second.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18

ran succeeded to the Presidency. The Mes RS.
Cochran are grsndsons of MIR. January, who
so ably conducted the affairs of the business
for years.
Some idea of the business done may he
gained from the fact that last season they
used 1000 bales of cotton, which will average
about $50 pounds to the bale, and the
output amounts to 100000 pounds of manu-
featured goods annually, with a dsbursc.
ment of nearly s45 600 in wages, which rever,s
to the tills of our merchants. The mi l. have
not lost day for over three years Except at
short intervals to make necessary repa rs.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1900-01-18
FRANK |. STEWART.
CIGAR FACTORY.

Frank L. Stewart, who conducts cigar fac
tory at No 339 East Second street, is native
of Maysville. He lie cigsrmaker of many
years experience. and Ave years ago engaged
in business tor himself. His special brands
are Reality and Sweet Rose in tive-cent goods
and he manufactures the Edorado as 2'for'
five for his own trade. His trade is largely
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proprietors. One af'
ter another of these
gentlemen drew out
of the concern, and
in 1851 the mill be-
came the property of
A. NJ. January and y.
w. Wood, under the
firm name of Janua-
ry & Wood, through
whose management
1t grew and prosper
ed until its present
prominent position
has been attained.
The power is sup
piled by three Gu
gines. the largest one
of 500 horsepower
beinga fine and nam
moth piece of mocha
nism. The plant in
cludes several large
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-20
MANY PERSONS DROWEED.
The German Training Frignt" G::ci-
scnau FOundered 65 Miles North
west of Gibraltar.

Madrid, Dec. 17.-The German train
ing frigate Gneisenau has round.rtd
off Malaga. 65 miles northeast of Gi-
braltar. Private dispatches say that
about 100 persons were drowned.
According to the nava! pocket
book. the Gneisenau, which was built
at Dantzic in 1879. was an iron YES
sci, shcathed with wood. and had a
displacement of 2,S56 tons. She was
242 feet 0 inches in length and As feet
II inches in the beams, having a mean
drauoht of 10 feet inches and coal
capacity of 400 tons. Her speed was
- knots. Her armament con sisted of
II j.9-inch Krupp breech-lC"tiers, two
H-inch quick-tirers. one boat or field
gun and several torpedo tubes. she
was used for training boys.
The Gneiscnau foundered al the en-
trance to the port of Malaga. where
she was about to take refuge RON
the terrible storm prevailing. at the
present time only the masts of the
vessel are visible.
A large number of the cadets can
De seen from the shore cinging to
the rigging. They are shouting and
signaling for help. The captain and
many of the cadets have been drown
ed. 1t is believed that 40 who had
left in one of the ships boats, and
have not been seen since, are also
lost. The total loss is now thought
70 be- not less than 100. Some dis
patches say l40. Forty of those saved
are badly hurt.
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NO CHRISTMAS VACATION.
Judge Evans Will Hurry the Sells
Divorce Case, which VIII Occu-
py Two Weeks Longer.

Columbus, o., Dec. 15.--1t was II
o'clock Friday morning before the
trial of the Sells divorce case was re-
sumed. The first witness was John
r. West, of Logan, who now lives in
the house in which Mrs. Sells par
ents formerly resided. One of the
witnesses for plaintiff swore that
when Mrs. Sells and Lyons were at
the home of her parents they slept
in bed rooms with connecting doors.
This witness said there were no such
to the character of Mrs. Sells.
Mrs. Melissa Croft. formerly a do
nestle at the Sells residence. was put
on the stand. She was with Mrs.
Sells in 1Ss9-9O. when Ned Raymour
is said to have made frequent calls.
Witness said that in the time she was
at the house Mrs. Sells had no gentle
men callers.
Judge Evans announced Friday
morning that the case would be hur-
ried from now on and that the court
would take no Christmas vacation.
No court will be held on Christmas
day. but there will be sessions on all
other days of the week. Attorneys
for defendant say all the evidence in
chief will be in next week. Evidence
| in rebuttal and sur-rebuttal and ar
guments will take another week. so
1t is expected that the case will oc-
cupy two weeks more. Mrs. Sells
will take the stand probably on Tues
day
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HIRE }. help F2CCIEM.
ns We'll rs IiOusrk t-cr>
in the Large CiliCs.

1t is the hired-help problem that I
have not yet been able to solve. | have
to pay good prices. Day hands have
commanded $1.50 day right along
this summer. and it is mostly unrelia-
BILE help at that So if desire to reap
any profits on their labor at ordi-
nary prices of produce have to look
after them pretty closely, and if pos
sible work with them right along. I
contracted to have my corn cut at
$1.50 an acre rather than pay 81 so a
day. The corn was heavy, but the
man cut five acres in about 3b DAYS.
At day wages it would have taken him
f1vc or six days to cut that number
OF acres. Years ago, | remember.
when we had hands cradling and bind
ing grain or digging potatoes. the
practice was to ''race" it; that is, to
see who could cut or bind his swath
or dig his row of potatoes the quick
est. 1t kept everyone on the move,
and the work progressed at good
rate. The employer never had reason
to find fault with his men for idling
or shirking. Every hand was ready
to give his best service, and the "rac-
ing" feature seemed to be a great
stimulus: indeed, rather an enjoy
ment. But times seem to have
changed. Many of the helpers of the
present day work only for what they
can get out of the job.-Farm and
Fireside
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BOTH ARE VALUABLE.
Cotton Seed and Cotton Seed Meal
Worth All They Cost, Eapecial-
IL in the Great southwest.

At the present prices that are pre-
vailing for cotton seed and cotton
seed meal. the latter is the cheaper
and better feed Every grower of cot
ton should also be something OF
stockman. since he is producing one
of the very best of stock foods, and
should utilize 1t at home so as to keep
up the fertility of the soil.
just when. to feed cotton seed and
when to feed cotton seed meal lis
question which troubles many farm
ers. In SO far as the feeding value
goes. it is true for all practical pur-
poses that when what is received for
a ton of cotton seed will pay for
75O pounds of meal it is economy tc
buy meal At the present prices it
will do more than that, and no cotton
seed should be fed this fall.
The addition of about two pounds
of cotton seed meal per day to the
ration of corn or Kafir meal usually
fed to steers that are being fattened
is profitable, especially when corn or
Kafir stover is used for roughness.
The cotton seed meal supplies the
flesh and growth-making materials
which corn and Kafir corn lack and
produces better growth and more
rapid gains. 1t is better for this pur-
pose than cotton seed because the oil
which is taken out at the mill is not
needed in the feed of cattle that are
being fed on corn or Kafir. If the
stockmen and dairymen of the north
ern and eastern states can afford to
pay high freight and still use cotton
seed meal as feed for their cattle, it
would certainly be profitable for Okla
homa farmers to make use of all that
is grown here ard keep our fertility
at home.
Every ton of cotton seed meal is
worth what il costs as fertilizer. and
whcH fed to cattle all this fertility is
kent at horne. where it belongs.-Na.
.iG.a. Eu: n.
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Two COlored Men Put to Death
by Infuriated Citizens at
Rockport, Ind.
Rad BRUTALLY MURDERED A BARBER
The Mob Took the Culprits From the
Jail and Hanged Them to
Nearby Tree.
One of the Murdercrs Confessed,
duplicating the other Onc-The
Swinging Bodies Were Eilled
Fun of Bullets.

Rockport, Ind, Dec. 17.-Two Ne
groes. Jim Henderson and Bud
Rowlands, who waylaid, brutally muir
dered and robbed Hollie Simons,
white barber, early Sunday morning,
were lynched in the Jail yard by
mob of 1000 frenzied citizens Sunday
night. The Negroes were arrested
early in the morning. and, although
Rowlands' clothing had blood stains
on it. the men claimed they were in
nocent of the crime.
As soon as their arrest became
known and it was proven beyond
doubt that they were the guilty par
ties a mob of bloodthirsty citizens
armed with sledge hammers. ropes
and guns were running to the Jail.
Using telegraph pole as "A batter
Ing ram and caved in the side wall of
the Jail. the door of Rowlands cell
was then quickly broken in with
sledgc hammers and he was dragged
from the Jail to the east side of the
court ward. where a moose was placed
about his neck.
He was given time to make Il state
ment. in which he implicated Jim
Henderson and another Negro. Row
land then begged piteously for mer-
cy. but the mob swiftly swung the
confessed murderer 10 "A tree and rid
died his body with bullets.
Leaving the body of Rowland dang
ling from the limb of the tree. the
mob rushed back to the Jail and at
Il,
pied by Henderson. but before the
steel bars yielded to the blows of the
slcG@es some one in the crowd fired
upon the terrified Negro as he
crouched in the corner of his cell. A
few moments more and the door of
the cell was broken in. The Negro,
more dead than alive, was dragged
at ropes end to the court house
yard and swung on the tree beside
the body of Rowland.
Firing parting volley at the
swinging bodies, the mob, eager for
another victim, hurried away to To-
cate the other Negro implicated by
Rowland in his confession. He was
found at a hotel where he was en-
ployed as porter. The Negro escaped
to the roof of the building. and Man
ager Debruler succeeded in conNiuc-
ing the mob that the porter had moth
ing to do with the crime. proving an
Rlihi for him.
The Negroes victim, Holie Simons,
was waylaid and murdered in the
most brutal manner one square from
the main street of the city as he vas
going to his home from his barber
shop at o'clock Sunday morning.
As was customary with him. he car
ried the receipts of the day at his
place of business.
Walter Evans. one of the Young
men who attempted to save Simons'
life. and afterward assisted in the re-
moval of the murdered mans remains
to his home. was greatly affected and
almost suffered nervous collapse
Sunday night he Witnessed the lynch
ing. and he lost his reason.
The dead mans wife is prostratrd.
md it is believed she will die from
the shock. Hollie Simons came from
NinsloW. Ind. some years ago, and
was popular young man.
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FACTS FOR FARMERS.

II is easier to start right than to get
right after having been wrong.
A farmers back yard affords an in
deX of the mans farm life and habits.
Horse manure. land plaster and road
dust are good absorbents in the COW
stable. They take up the liquid and
also prevent escape of nitrogen.
A dose for skunks which settles them
surely is made by mixing strychnine
with the contents of an egg and placing
it inside the shell. Take care that only
the right animal gets the bait
Gasoline engines are being used tc
quite an extent in Ohio. The cost OF
operating is much less than for steam
There is less danger than from steam
and no time is wasted in getting uI
steam.-T. B. Terry in Farm and
Home.
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corn plant. and feeds uron its juice.
These little ants. Of which there are
form when they find spot in the ccrn
plant that is especially nouris hing.
Then, inside these tubes, minute bodies
termed spores (seeds) develop. and
finally the spot becomes mass OF
these, and then all of the little plants
except the spores wither away. The
dark-colored. loose smut. is mostly
the mass of spores. of which there are
countless numbers.
Smut is generally thought by farm
ers to be injurious to stock. yet but
little satisfactory evidence is at hand
to prove that such is the case. as it is
commonly eaten.
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AN EXTRA SESSION.
II May he Forced BY Defects In the
Roger BiIl. which Governs
EQUALIZATION Boards.

Columbus, o., Dec. 13.-An extra
session of the Legislature may be
forced by reason of an omission in
the Roger bill. which governs the ac-
tion of the state and local boards of
decennial equalization. The matter is
being seriously discussed by state offi-
GERS. and a decision may be expected
soon after Attorney General Sheets
returns from his trip to Washington.
Last week Judge George b. Okey, a
local attorney of prominence, stated
that the Roger act is defective in
that ii does not prescribe the duties
of the state board. 1t provides for
the meeting of the board, and for its
pay and payment of the expenses
necessarily incurred by it in the per-
formance of its duty. 1t was the evil
dent intention of the trainers of the
law to copy from the old statute that
part which related to the nature OF
the boards duties, and the manner
OF performance. but this was omitted.
State Auditor Guilbert and other
attorneys insisted that the omission
really had no effect on the board,
which could go ahead in the part fol-
lowed by it's predecessors, and there
fore fixed by precedent. Acting up
on this presumption the board Or
ganized and got ready to do business
Wednesday, when Assistant Attorney
General Todd stopped it by an official
opinion.
Columbus, O., Dec. 13.-It is be-
lieved that Assistant Attorney Ten
eral J. f. Todd has rendered an op'n-
ion to the state equalization board
that seriously affects its power, it It
does not wholly support the views eX-
pressed by Hon. George b. Okey, of
this city, some days ago, to the erect
that the board was shorn of all powe"
of revision by the amendment of last
winter.
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MANY ENGLISH CAPTURED.
British Troops Badly Beaten in a
Battle at NOOitgedncht-F
Officers Killed.

London. Dec l5.-Lord Kitchener re-
ports that after severe fighting at
NuOitgedacht, Gen. Clements forces
were compelled to retire by Com
nandant Delarey with force of 2,-
900 men. Four British officers were
killed. The other casualties were not
reported. Lord Kitchener's official
dispatch to the war office j. as fol-
lows:
"pretoria, Dec. 13.-Clements' force
al Nooitgedacht, on the Magaliesburg,
WAS attacked at dawn to-day by De
larey, reinforced by Beyers' comman-
do from Warmbath, making a force
estimated at $500. Though the first
attack was repulsed, the Beers man
aged TO get atop of the Magaliesburg,
which was held by four companies of
the Northumberland Fusiieers, and
were thus able to command Clements
camp. He retired on Hekpoort and
took up a position on a hill in the
center of the valley. The casualties
have not been completely reported,
but the fighting was very severe and
j deeply regret that Col. Legge, of
the goth Hussars, and Capts. Macbean,
Murdock and Atkins were killed. Re-
Inducements have left here"
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1900-12-20
THE COST OF PORK
II Varies According tU Locality. But
Three Cents n Pound Is
Fair Average.

The cost of pork per pound large :
regulates the opinions in which farm
ers hold swine raising In some locu
titles the farmers claim that ticy c"I
buy even their own pork cheaper thar
they can raise it. Where such cpir
:ors -r-~ai' Il s evident that the
rniscrs of swine Lave been unfortli.
nate in their experiences in producing
pork or else do not know what it has
really cost them TO produce it. At
sCme experiments carrie1 on at the
Maryland experiment station it was
demonstrated that on certain foods
pork can be made at cost of 2E
cents per pound. This, of course, can
be done on,y under favorable circum-
stances and where the pigs are kept
in healthful conditions. If large per
cent. of the herd is to be permitted to
die OF cholera certainly it will not
be possible to raise pork at any such
figure. AS to the cost of pork. produc-
tion. everything depends on the cir
cumstances in which the feeder finds
himself. for some have access to cheap
feeds that are not in the reach of 9TH
er farmers Thus some farmers live
near creameries where the skim mill,
is not valued as it should be and is
sold by the creamery manager at one
half cent per gallon to anyone that
will take it away. The milk as a pro-
ducer of pork, combined with other
feeds. is worth far more than this
and of course its use by the pig raiser
will result in greatly reducing the
cost of his product. 1t is also well.
established principle that pork is
produced cheapest on young hogs.
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MRS M'LEAN'S WILL
John Il. Mclean. Mary Mel. Lud-
low ana Mildred Mel. Dewey.

Washington, Dec. 1.-THE will of
Mary L. Mclean was filed Thursday
for probate. The will is Gated De-
cember II, 1896. To John II. sicLean,
son of the testatriX, Il special silver
tea service, marked washington Nc
Lean is bequeathed. All household
furniture and personal effects, with
the exception of certain watch, are
left in equal shares to Mary Mclean
Bugher tnow Ludlow and Mildred
Mclean Hazen (now Dewey. a gold
watch studded with diamonds and "A
solitaire diamond ring are left to En-
lily Beale Mclean, daughter-in-law of
the testatriX. The remainder of the
estate, it is provided, shall be equally
divided among the three children,
John r. Mclean, Mary Mclean Lud-
low and Mildred Mclean Dewey.
BY the terms of the will Adm.
Dewey, who married Mrs. Hazcn. "a
daughter of Mrs. Mclean, can never
hope to enjoy one cent of the Nc
Lean millions. And. what is more,
his son can not. Unless there be
issue from his marriage with Mrs.
Hazen, her share in her mothers es-
tate will revert to the other lineal de-
scendants of Washington Mclean.
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Eggs Away. Bring Cash.

Anything that brings cash returns
every day in the year assists the
farmer in passing over the long period
from harvest to harvest. A crop of
wheat brings returns at certain pc
riod of the year. The principal source
of cash on many farms In the winter
season is the poultry. The basket Of
eggs that goes to market always
brings cash. and the fowls supply their
product every day in she yesr, snd
often with neglect on the part Of
thsir owners. Fsed them well Ia win,
~ and they viii ssspeaa 70 -
tesstnsnA
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Iron Paint for the Farm.

The next time you are near freight
car just take the point of your knife
and try the paint. The reason the paint
is used is because of its wearing and
wood-preserving qualities. Every farm
er should keep his farm machinery in
repair and well painted. The paint to
use is the best. which will prove cheap
est. The paint which the experience
of railroads has proven the best will
also be found best for the farm. Iron
paint is the best pain. This is no
boom for any particular brandt
L. Irwin in Ohio Farmer.
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Points of Ideal sheen.

To make our sheep as ideal as possi-
BILE, it is necessary that. in conjunc-
tion with the close study of breed
quality, we must adhere to our mean
ing of breed type. 1t is not only nee
essary to select certain breed be-
cause it has reputation for some de-
sirable characteristic, but we must see
to it that the breed type is clearly
shown. When the sheep shows the
type of the breed which it represents
then 1t is the best guarantee for pre-
potency in breeding. This is a char.
acteristic of our ideal sheep.-Farm'
ers' Review.
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BATTLEFIELD MONUMENTS.
The Ohio Shiloh Committee Voted
to Award Contracts For 40
shafts to he Erected.

Columbus. O.. Dec. 1i.-Gen. r. b.
Brown, of GAINESVILLE, and Milton
Turner. of Cambridge, withdrew
from the Ohio Shiloh battlefield COM
mission after stormy session of
that body Thursday. A majority OF
the committee voted to award the
contracts for 46 monuments to be
erected on the bat tlefcld to Clyde
(O) firm at their bid of $41 900.
McsSrs. Brown and Turner charged
thai favoTitism had been shown in
awarding the contract, and declared
their intention of enioining the work
and of appealing to the governor for
an investigation of the matter.