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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10
ORDER OF PUBLICATION.

In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Mo-,
April term, I9o3-Wednesday, April 29,
1908, and third day of the term. Among
other proceeding the following were had:
Joseph Meyer,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10
What Is Life +?

In the last analysis nobody
knows, but we do know that it is
under strict law. Abuse that law
even slightly, pain results. Irregu-
lar living means arrangement of
the organs, resulting in Consti-
patton, Headache or Liver trouble.
DR.. Kings New Life Pills quickly
re-adjusts this. It's gentle, yet
thorough. Only 25c at Arcadia
Drug Co.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10

Why, then, does this not also in
clude the Porto Ricans and the
Filipinos? Yet under the Republi-
can policy the inhabitants of the
Philippines are classified as "citi-
zens of the Philippines while the
inhabitants of Porto Rico are
classed as "citizens of Porto Rico"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10

In the Circuit Court of Iron county, Mo-,
April term, I9o3-Wednesday, April 29,
1908, and third day of the term. Among
other proceeding the following were had:
Joseph Meyer,
VS..
Nancy Meyer.
Divorce.
Now at this day comes the Plaintiff, by
his attorney, and it appearing to the Court
that summons issued herein from the Office
of the Clerk of this Court, for the defendant,
directed to the Sheriff of the City of St.
Louis, returnable to this term of this Court,
and that said Sheriff has made return there
on, that said defendant cannot be found in
said city of St. Louis, and the Court being
satisfied that said defendant cannot be
found and that the ordinary process of law
cannot be served upon her, doth order that
publication be made notifying said defend
ant that an action has been commenced
against her by said plaintiff in the Circuit
Court of Iron county, Missouri, the object
and general nature of which is to obtain
decree of divorce dissolving the bonds of
matrimony heretofore contracted between
the plaintiff and defendant, on the grounds
of desertion;
And unless she be and appear at the next
term of this Court, to be holden for said
County of Iron, at the courthouse in the
City of lronton, on the fourth Monday in
October next, 1908, and on or before the
third day thereof (if the term shall SO long
continue, and if not, then before the end of
the term) and plead to said plaintiffs petit
ton the same will be taken as confessed and
| a decree of divorce rendered in accordance
with The prayer thereof.
1t is further ordered that copy hereof be
published according to law in some weekly
newspaper published in the County of Iron,
State of Missouri, and this cause is con-
tinued.
A true copy from the record.
Attest with seal this August I2th, 1908.
[sEAL J. M. HAWKINS, Clerk.
Circuit Court Iron county, Mo.
w. H, Van Mort, Attorney for Plaintiff.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10

We have the largest stock OF
choice bacon and hams in town.
Get our price on meat before buy
ing. H. Farmhouse.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1903-09-10
You Know What You Are Taking

When you take Groves Tasteless
Chill Tonic because the formula is
plainly printed on every bottle
showing that it is simply Iron and
Quinine in a tasteless form. No
Cure, No pay. SOC.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
Men AGAINST Oxen.

Few people know that man, bulk
for bulk, is stronger than an OK, but
it appears that such is the case. The
matter was tested not long since at a
fair in America, one Of the attrac-
tions of which was contest OF a
yoke Of oxen against an equal weight
Of men. A drag was loaded with
granite blocks, weighing in the aggre-
gate 4, $50 pounds. The yoke Of oxen
that made the trial weighed 1920
pounds and twenty men, allowing 100
pounds to the man, we're set against
them. The men took hold Of the drag
first and easily walked off with it,
covering distance Of ninety-6ve feet
in tie space of two minutes. The
oxen at their trial moved only eighty
five feet in the same length Of time
and the men were accordingly declared
winners.-Pearson's Weekly.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
A Woman's Wealth.
Paine's Celery
Compound
GIVES VIGOR AND
STRENGTH TO DEBILITATED AND
RUN DOWN WOMEN.

1t is maintained by many distinguished
writers that the greatness of a nation depends
much upon the physical condition OF its
women. The general conditions which con-
tribute TO health and long life, are those which
do not imply q rapid and unequal exhaustion
of those powers by which life is maintained.
While we assert that the women of our land
stand peerless for beauty and the virtues that
make them lovable, we cannot hide the fact
that there are thousands in our midst who,
owing to orerwork, worry, household cares,
and an unequal exhaustion of life power, have
become weak, nervous, sleepless, and debili-
sated.
We bring to the attention of all weary,
despondent, hopeless, and sickly women
earth's great rescuer and health builder,
Paine's Celery Compound. Thousands OF
healthy women around US owe their present
vigor, activity, and robustness to Paine's
Celery Compound. Mrs. Stephen Smith, st.
Paul, Mimi, tells how she was snatched from
the grave; she sayS:-
81 had bad attack of Ia grippe this spring
and was at deaths door, and no one ever
expected me to recover. was so weak that
as soon as they brought me out of one faint
I was in another. l could not take any
nourishment, and doctors medicines did me
no good. A friend advised my husband to
get me bottle of Paine's Celery Compound,
which he did, but had no faith in it. The
second day after taking the Compound, /
began to get real hungry and took an interest
in things. had everything that money and
loving care could supply, and with that and
Paine's Celery Compound, am new doing
my own work, while three months ago was
almost in the grave. know that owe my
health and strength to Paine's Celery Com
pound, and shall always recommend it.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Court, alleged that its operations anc
working methods had been sanctioned
BY the assistant attorney general tol
the postofice department. Ihs
charges, involving the Office of the as,
sistant attorney general and a lawyer
formerly connected with that office,
were ventilated very generally at that
time and an investigation was ordered
by the Postmaster General. Ihls was
really the inception of the investlga.
tion that has spread into every part OF
the department. The complaints crys-
tallized into formal request for MIR.
Tyner,s resignation signed by Post
master Gen. Payne on March 9 last:
Mr.. Tyner had been in exceeding bad
health for long time and had visited
the Office only at rare Intervals, leaV.
ing the Office entirely in charge OF
his assistant for months at a time.
He is suffering from an unusually
severe case Of paralysis, and In con
sideration of this fact the request for
his resignation was based on his III
health. Mr.. Tyner then sent in his
resignation to take effect May l, ana
it was accepted.
The announcement of these develop
ments were made by Postmaster Cen
eral Payne late this afternoon 80
large number of newspaper cores
pondents. In a voice that Jrembled
with emotion, he said that he regret
ted to have to say that be had found
it necessary to remove from ofnce the
assistant attorney general for the de-
partment and, after speaking IN a
general way about the facts that had
developed, said the story was best
told in the correspondence, which he
then read in a most feeling tone.
Then he announced that he could say
nothing further on the subject and
that he preferred not to be asked any
questions. He was asked if any ar
rests would be made as result Of the
abstraction and if anyone else in the
Office was involved. He said that
these were matters which be could not
discuss; that it rested with the at
torney general, to whom the papers
would 90 as soon as the record of the
case could be copied and submitted.
The case, however, he added, will be
in the hands of the department Of JUS
tice tomorrow and what further steps
will be taken will be decided by the
Attorney General. He did not care to
venture any prediction as to the out
come.
MI. Tyner has been IN the Govern
ment service in various important ca
pacities for many years. He is from
Indiana. He was at one time Postmas-
ter General. He is one of the best
known men in official life in Washing
ton. He and Mrs. Tyner and president
and Mrs. Grant we're intimate friends.
Mr.. Tyner is in very weak and al
most helpless condition from his long
sickness. He remains in his room most
Of the time and sees very few callers.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
A PAINT SHOP

kept by a practical painter OF
80 years experience, where can
be got Lead and Oil mixed any
color, also Ready Mixed Paints
ard Paints for different use,
such as Floor, Roof, iron, Var
nishes, Bronze, Sandpaper, Put
ty, Gold Leaf, Dry Colors, Calso-
mine, etc. I want some work
painting and upholstering. I
will paint your house, Kalso-
mine or paper the walls cheap,
for while at work I am very
apt to find a Sofa, Rocker, or
Sideboard that needs scraping
andvarnishing, also upholstered.
| have some pretty colors in
Morocoline, Hair Cloth, Mohair
Plush, or | may find a Car
riage or Buggy that | will paint
for ten dollars and give you
set of harness free, or paint the
buggy for five dollars and no
gift. Buggy tops $500, fitted
on. Wheels, steel tires, painted
and put on ready for road,
$1,000 per sett. Shafts, paint
ed and trimmed, $500.
Agent for Councils Self-lu-
bricating Axles.
Office in Curtis Houses, No
326 South Main street.
III. B. CURTIS.
Phone 1876. I paint signs.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
ClRNEGIE's GIFT TO 7UskEGEE.

New York, April 23.-The trustees
of the Tuskegee Normal and Industria
Institute in Alabama have received
$500, 600 towards the endowment func
from Andrew Carnegie, who attended
the recent meeting in behalf Of The
Tuskegee Institute, where EX-Presi
dent Cleveland presided. The trustees
will meet soon to take formal acticr
in accepting the gift, and at the same
time to take measures to still further
increase the endowment. Mr.. Car
negie's letter conveying the gift reads
as follows:
New York, April II, 1903.
VIM. Fl. Baldwin, Jr, Trustee-My
Dear Friend: / have instructed Mr..
Franks, my cashier, to deliver to you,
as trustee of Tuskegee Institute, $500,
600 3 per cent United States Steel
Company first mortgage bonds towards
the endowment fund.
I give this without reservtion, ex-
cept that I require that suitable pro-
visions be made from the gift for the
wants of Booker Washington and his
family during his own or his wife's S
life. I wish that great and good
man to be entirely free from pecuni-
ary cares, that be may be free to
devote himself to his great mission.
To me be seems one of the greatest
living men, because his work is unique,
the modern Moses, who leads his
race and lifts it through education to
even better and higher things than a
land overhowing with milk and honey.
History is to tell of two Washingtons,
one white, the other colored, both
fathers of their people.
I am satisfied that the serious race
problem of the South is to be solved
wisely, only through Mr.. Washington's IS
policy of education, which he seems
to have been specially born-a slave
among slaves-to establish, and in his
on day greatly advance.
Glad am I to be able to assist this
good work in which you and others
so zealously labor. Yours truly,
Andrew Carnegie.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
A Sweet Breath

is never failing sign Of a healthy stom-
ach. When the breath is bad the stomach
is out of order. There is no remedy IN the
world equal to Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for
curing indigestion, dyspepsia and all
stomach disorders. Mrs. Mary S. Crick,
of White Plains, KY, writes: y have
been dyspeptic for years-tried ali kinds
of remedies but continued to grow worse.
By the use of KodolI began to improve
at once, and after taking few bottles am
fully restored in weight, health and
strength and can eat whatever I like" Ro-
dol digests what you eat and and makes
the stomach sweet. j. s. Hughson d Co,
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
A Murderer to Be Hanged.

Columbia, April 22.-In Court this
morning, before entering upon : the
hearing of civil cases, Judge Gage
heard motion for new trial in the
case of Cantey, convicted of killing
Eliza Kershaw. The motion for new
trial was based upon purely technical
grounds and was refused. Cantey
will be hanged on May % unless the
Governor interferes, and the condemn
ed mans counsel will endeavor to have
the sentence commuted to life i'm
prisonment.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
Due Notice Is Served.

Due notice is served on the public gen
eraIly that DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve is
the only salve on the market that is made
from the pure, unadulterated witch hazel
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve has cured
thousands Of cases of piles that would not
Weld to any other treatment, and this fac:
has brought out many worthless counter,
feits. Those persons who get the genuine
DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve are never DIS
appointed, because it cures. j. S. hugh
son g. Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
ne

Says Col Henry Watterson: If Mr..
Bryan would get the Presidential bee
out of his bonnet, the poison of oratory
out of his blood, and could earnestly
and intelligently sit down to a study
of truth-or, better, could travel, see
the world and learn a little outside of
his own barnyard-he would be at
once moro useful and happier man,
q founder and a builder, and not the
embittered architect of ruin he threat
ems to become.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
STATE, CITY AND COUNTY DE-
posIToRY, SUMTER, S. C..

Total protec,ion<to depoaitors, Sl75.0oo oe
Trsnsects General Banking Business.
Special attention given to collections.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
Good For Children.

The pleasant to take and harmless One
Minute Cough Cure gives immediate relief
in all cases of Cough, Group and LaGrippe
because it does not rot pass Immediately
into the stomach, but takes effect right at
the seat of the trouble. It draws out the
Inflammation, heals and soothes and cures
permanently by enabling the lungs to con-
tribute pure life-giving and life sustaining
oxygen to the blood and tissues. j. s.
Hughson & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Comptroller General Jones says that
pension checks are being made out as
rapidly as possible and will be sent
out to pensioners about the latter part
of this week The artificial limb fnnd
has not yet been distributed and it is
likely that some of those who failed to
get in last time will have chance
this time.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
Hail Storm in North Carolina.

The hail of Monday night did more
damage to the strawberry crop than
was anticipated. In the neighborhood
of Chadbourn considerable damage was
done. The hail at that place was ex-
ceedingly large and severe. Writing
from Chadbourn to Messrs Stone &
Co., of this city which firm ne repre-
sents on the road. Mr.. Vance Groom
states that the hail was so hard as to
beat through in several place the tin
roof of Nj. E. r. Bailey's store.
Damage to the strawberry crop is
also reported from Cronly and many
other points.-Wilmington Messenger,
April %.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

Cinnibar, Mont, April 23.-Presi-
dent Roosevelt's vacation is at an end.
He greeted the members of his party
and a large number of people at the
Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel, in Yel-
lowstone Park, today and will resume
his tour tomorrow. The President,
who arrived at Fort Yellowstone
yesterday, is the picture of health.
ae and all those who accompanied
him on his tour Of the park are de-
lighted with the trip. No accident oc-
Cured to mar the pleasure of the party
and, for the most part, they we're
favored with delightful weather.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29

For liver troubles and constipation
There's nothing better in creation
Than. Little Early Risers, the famous little
pills
They always effect cure and save doctor
bills.
Little Early Risers are different from all
other pills. They do not weaken the sys-
tenn, but act as tonic to the tissues by
arousing the secretions and restoring the
liver to the full performance of its func-
t;ons naturally. ]. S. Hughson & Co.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-04-29
Humor of Insurance.

An enterprising insurance agent in
duced an Irisbman to take out an acci
dent policy for his wife. A few days
later, while conyersing with a friend
in his Office, he was startled to see the
Irishman rushing in, brandishing
fercely stout cane.
''Ye rascal 70 he yelled, springing
toward the agent. ye wanter cheat
me?'
Fortunately the enraeed man was
disarmed and held fast by the agents
friend, who was a powerfully built
man. The Inshman, struggling to
get free, shouted:
g Let me get at that spalpeen. Think
ov it, chargin' me foive dollars for
an acshedent ticket fer me ole woman,
an she Jest broke her leg a-fallin'
down sthairs Wot's the good of the
ticket, anyhow?"-Philadelphia Press.
Mr.. A. G. Phelps, Manager Of the
Southern Cotton Oil Co., was in town
Saturday and made contract with Mr..
Jas. A. Durantt to manage their bust
ness again at this place. Mr.. Durant
will commence in a few days to put
in a much larger plant Of the most i'm
proved machinery and expects to be
quite factor on the market here this
season. on.-BiShopvill Vindicator.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-15
Kearsags Made Record.

Washington, July 9.-Capt. Joseph
N. Hemphlll, com mmanding the battle
ship Kearsarge, reports to the Navy
Department that his ship in her recent
trip across the Atlantic broke all speed
records for that distance ever made
by battleship.
According to Capt. Hemphill, the
Kearsarge sailed from New York to the
Needles, a distance of 3,245 miles, at
an average speed of II. 62 knots without
one stop. He states that there were
several days during the trip which
we're foggy and thick, which caused
some Stacking Of speed of the big bat
tleship, which, however, she complete.
ly made up the last two days of the
voyage, when she made continuous
speed of from 14112 to 10 knots. Capt.
Hemphill praises the chief engineer o1
the Kearsarge, and Lieut.. William V.
Pratt, her navigator, for their excel
! lent work during the run.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-15

Claus Spreckles, the sugar king,
has just made a San Francisco capi-
talist pay Sc, 900, 600 for being sassy"
The capitalist is president of gas
and electric company. Smoke from
the cornpany's plant annoyed Mr..
Spreckles, and he went to the presi-
dent and asked him to abate the
nuisance. The president was extreme
ly curt to Mr.. Spreckles. To avenge
himself for the affront put upon him
Spreckles established a rival gas and
electric plant, at cost of 81, 600, 900,
and began cutting rates. Prices were
brought down to one-fourth what they
were when the old company had the
monopoly. At length the man who
had been "sassy" went to Mr..
Spreckles and begged for quarter.
Spreckles' terms were to be bought
out at the price of s6,00o,0oo, which
were agreed to.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-15
PAPER FROM saw Mill WASTE.
Mobile Register Gives interest
ing Figures as to Very
Promising Industry.

The following from the Mobile
Register will serve to throw additional
light upon the scheme to manufacture
paper pulp from the refuse product of
saw mills, which has been discussed
from time to time in these columns:
In every saw mill cutting an aver
age of 100, 900 feet of lumber a day there
is minimum of twenty-five tons of
waste day that is burned in the slab
fire. The majority of the Southern
saw mills are situated on the banks of
some stream where logs may be trans
ported at minimum Of expense.
Each saw mill of the yellow pine
section in the South saving Is, 600 feet
daily and situated on running stream
of soft, water can introduce a paper
pulp mill averaging from 25 to so tons
daily capacity and they can absolutely
figure on 20 tons day, at a cost of
not over 81 per ton. This would be
the cost of pulpifying the slabs, saw
dust and refuse matter. In the course
of its logging operations this material
would not cost more than s1.25 per
ton, Paper pulp at the very outside
would cost s6 per ton placed on the
cars, and the lowest grades are now
worth 315 cents pound, showing a
fine profit, all from what is now a
waste in the yellow pine industry
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-15
Not in His Hip Pocket.

It does not always pay to appear too
Independent, especially in court
room. They are telling the following
story on former Missourian, who is
now a Judge in Oklahoma. A gambler
was tried before the Judge recently
and convicted of playing poker. He
appeared in court dressed in a hashy
style and with plenty of money in his
pockets, apparently unconcerned as tc
the outcome of his trial. Looking over
his spectacles the Judge, in squeaky
voice, said:
'Jim, stand up.''
The gambler obeyed.
"Jim, have you got anything to say
before I pass sentence on you?"
''No, sir.
'tJim, I'm going to fine you s50''-
.'All right, judge" interrupted the
gambler, "here it is in my hip pock-
et.'
"And give you sixty days in jail, y
continued the judge. "Now, look
and see if you've got that in your hiE
pocket too. Exchange.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-15
Dodging a Subject.

81 was in Madrid, Spain, six months
after the close of the war;" said the
American tourist, "and wanted to take
a run down to the old city of Toledo.
I had heard, however, that the feel
ings against Americans was very
bitter in the latter city, and it struck
me that it would be good thing to
get little advice. The landlord had
been very kind and courteous,
though a Spaniard, and put the case
before him.
"Senor," he replied, after bit.
"If you went to Toledo would you
mention anything about your Admiral
Dewey and Manila bay?"
"Nor Santiago and Admiral Samp-
son?''
'Not word. -
"Nor the fight on San Juan hill anc
Generl Torral's surrender??''
"No.'
"And would you refer to our loss o.
Cuba and the Philippines"
Not refer.
"Well, l think you can safely go tt
Toledo he said, after looking MT
over, "but my advice to you, in cas-,
the painful subject is touched upon
is to say that you expected Spain t.
whip the United States within thirt.
days and you can't tell why the devi
] she took three months to do it..''
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1903-07-15
FIERCE COTTON SPECULATION.
Struggle for Mastery of Market
is Sill Acute---Bears Scored
a Point.

= New York, July 9.-The struggle fol
mastery continued with unabated Wig
or in this mornings cotton market
and SO evenly matched apparently
were the trading parties that no one
seemed able to obtain a decisive ad-
vantage.
At the opening the bulls were aided
by irmness in Liverpool, particularly
in respect to the stock market there,
which reported sales of 10000 bales
at 10 point advance.
First prices here were 13 points
higher to l point lower, the decline
being confined to the January option.
while the August opening at n.5l
showed the greatest gain.
At once, however, the bears came
aggressively to the front and in the
first few minutes had secured decline
from the opening of from 4a10 points
with September selling down TO 10.
43 against 50 at the opening and
1914 at the close yesterday, showing
the greatest loss.