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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
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Wm. Shirley is moving to his place
IN Jayne's Creek. which he recently
purchased Of john TullDcis.
Adolpll Bird is very i'll with anpcn-
dicit:s. We hope for his early rccny-
cry.
Lee Nawcomb has pueumoaia. This
is the thild case at +. T. Nevcomb' S
III two weeks.
John Hughes. our saw mill man i.
getting his wagons renovated for haul
ing legs. He reports the business
good this winter.
Richard Wells. ot Sunlight. VIZ il
our town Monday.
The dance given ut Miss JaiIn;e
Stockings, Saturday ui-ilt. WAS great
II enjoyed by all WHO attcHGcd.
Mr. Ed Bust, Of Pytosi, was in our
town Friday.
Oar school c:u-es in three "aah>'.
Thus far it has been tie best school
we have had for years.
T. II. Henderson, sold a mule fui
:l3O, to fIr. Smith, OF Pennington,
last week.
Loyel Bryan lest a !.v-2c cu Thurs
day. cause unknown.
i. Il. Henderson aud VIII Adams
broke two span Of Tue Young mules
last week. JAY.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
TRUSTEES SALE.

Whereas. Ctlas. E. Brown. tsingle),
Mary E. Mccormack and Joseph NJ.
Mccormack. her husband. by their
certain deed Of trust, dtted the Goth
day Of September, 1902, and filed for
record in the office Of the Recorder of
Deeds for the County OF Washington,
State of Missouri. and recorded in
book NJ. page 81, conveyed to the un-
dersigHed. trnstee. the following de-
>cribed real estate, situated in the
County Of Washington. State Of Mis-
souri,, to-wit: The southwest quarter
Of the southeast quarter Of section
tWentyniuo (29), township thirty
eight (3Sl, range three ~ east, con-
tanning - acres, in trust to secure the
payment of d certain nutei in said deed
specified; and. whereas, said note Is
now due and te,naiu> unpaid: now,
therefore, at the request Of the legal
holder Of said note and in persuance
Of the conditions Of said deed Of trust.
| the undersigned, trustee, will sell
the property above described at public
yendue, to the highest bidder, for
cash, at the main front door OF the
court house in said County Of WASH
iDItOn, on
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 2lsT, 1903.
between the hours ut a. m. and j y.
III. for the purpose of this trust.
ARTHUR MlTILEBERa,
Trustee.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
NOTICE, FOR plTRIICATIC<

Land ttiice at lion you, 40. Jan. II j,
1t''.-N0tice is hereby given that the
following settler llaS :i!t! no.
tico Of his intention 10 make final
proof i'll support Of hi, claim. and that
said proof will be made before the
Register or Receive; Of tie Land Office
at lronion. hIo., on Saturday. March
il, 1893, viz: Norman T. Ee,J:n>cn.
II. K. No. II. t1r ilc z /. = T. =.
section -, township ~ =. range
west. He names tbs following wit
nesses to prove ti> onlinuous resi-
dencc upon aud Cultivation of said
iand, Viz: l. Mum E.0 7e:s, james
Midget. Wm. II. P.t1tt. ana James
G!!lann, all rf Cnurto;*. Nc.
GEORGE STl1EL, Register.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

Good roads will come some timo,
but not until the people make up
their mind to pay for them. All
legislation on this question is us
good as none at all unless it pro
vides for raiiug sufficient money
with which to build good roads.
just now we wallOw in the mud,
and feel how great Il blessing Il
system of good public highways
would be, but when the mud dries
and the rnts are filled up again,
we will be like tho Arkunsawyer
WITS Rbunt the Ieaky roof over his
dom:ciIc, it did not need fixing in
dry weather.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

The only statement we have to
make in reply to tine "excoriating''
articles upon us in the Indcpen-
dent relates to the charge that we
were guilty Of misquoting that
paper in the lNoze and doodle para
graph reprinted from it and car
ried ut the head of our editorial
columns during the last campaign.
The paragraph was printed word
for word as it appeared i'll the
Independent.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

Levying IL new tax for the pur-
pose Of furnishing tho children Of
tho state freo school text books is
a poor way to convince the people
that free text books will be Il pub
lie benefit. The new state tax of
three cents on the 800 is for
school purposes, and at the pres
ent assessment of property will
produce $4,000 more than will be
necessary for the purpose for
which it is levied, the payment of
the interest on the certificates of in
debtedness. Why not, then, sub
hit to the people an amendment
to the constitution asking for
authority to use this overplus for
the purpose of supplying the text
books2
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

BY the conviction in the United
States district court in St. Louis
one day last wecI: Of five members
of lie Wern~e Stock and Bond e..
Of haying used The mails for the
purpose Of fraud they got some
thing that should have been COM
ing to such sharks long ago. The
convicted mea were generally con-
sidered Of good roi,atc and engar-
ed ia a business Of selling stocks
and bonds to investors, Il lcei;i-
mate occupation when honestly
conducted. However this concern
made practice of preying upon
tie gullibi|ity Of the public by Us
ing the mail for the porposc Of
calling attention to the alleged op-
po.tuuities their wild cat bond
schemes afforded. They sent ont
prcspectuscs setting forth the won
derful value Of certain gold mines
in the west, the stock Of which
was offered for sale by their com
pany. One Of their cliins, they
said, showed IS, 100000 worth Of
ore in sight, and On one occasion The
firm claimed that it had =, 4OO,G Geo
surplus on hand with which to de
ve'ope their mining property.
Many people were induced to in
vest in this stock on the represea-
tations mnde I,y the company. At
the trial evidence was produced to
show that the concern $ mining pro
perty was worthless. What ore
it hal ran about 4Oc to the ton in
gold and was too poor to be work
ed. Every thing went to show
that the offers held out by the com
pa.ty through the advertising mat
ter it sent through the mails were
fraudulent, and the jury so deter
mined. The verdict is Il timely
one and will no doubt have salu-
tary effect upon the sharks who
practice upon the creduIity Of the
public, and often ruin men tlnan
cI.asly by their Interpretations.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
The Journal has had Il good de:

The Journal has had Il good deal
TO say in The past few months
about the iniquitous use of booze
aud Doodle in overcoming the Re
publican majority in this county.
We have found many instances
since the election whereby we find
our position endorsed. Only re-
Gently prohibition lecturer here
openly stated from the rostrum
that he had road sworn testimony
rs to- the almost unlimited use of
whiskoy by a certain Democrat in
the late campaign. Ministers have
inveighed against this practice
from the pulpit, and decent citi-
zens condemn the presence Of this
evil in the community.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
RegrjndiEg Must, Neal.

The Legislature is grinding out
laws by the rcam-Iaws confusing,
contradictory, unnecessary. \
mere spelling Of clean white paper
and Il swelling Of the statute books
into useless volumes upon volumes.
If by chance a new law is needed,
al, election law, for instance. there
il cackle, cacklc, caclle in the
Legislative halls for days, weeks,
months, and the jefferson Club
lifts the hen off the nest to find its
work done as per contract, and the
State Of Missouri has Il nice new
lot Of added eggs. Men Of sense
who have gone to Jefferson Git:
session after session. on business
other than legislative, will tell you
that fully one half of the measures
introduced in the General \ .smbly
are copies of bills submitted to and
defeated in previous sessions. 1t
is immaterial whether the authors
are sincere or are merely "sand-
baggers:" tho result to the state a,
large is the same. A wearisome
regrinding of musty old meal. 1t
is no excuse to say that member
is new or that he doesn't know any
better. He should know better.
It is his business to know better.
We venture to say that fully three
dualters of all the ''sandbagying~
and all the anti-corporation bills
now pending are word for word
identical with measures introduced
in the previous session. Nearly
all of them are insincere; introduce
ed to ''shake down mcnied men or
monied corporations. For some
of them the lobbyist himself is
directly responsible. One we'll
known railroad lobbyist has been
cheating his employers session af-
ter session by drawing bills against
railroads, having them introduced
by Il compIaisant tool and
then charging the railroads Il
big fee" for killing them. 1t is
an old trick. The St. Louis Re
public says the lobbyist violates nc
moral or professional law in taking
| such "fee," but how about the
fool member of tho Legislature
who acts the part of stool pigeon
Oh, he goes home aud tells his con
stituents that he introduced such
and such Il bill against the rail.
roads. That the bill didn't pass
was not his fault. That damned
Republican minority beat it-oh
of course. His constituents don't
know-ncycr find out-that ths
bill was actually drawn by a rail
road lobbyist and that lobbyist an(
legislator conuived to kill it ant
divide the fee. Some day in th'
blessed future man will rise VI
with a constitutional amendmen7
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

OF course the Democrats in the
legislature have the privilege of
voting down any resolution look
ing toward full and complete in
vestigatio nof the states books, but
in exercising this right, as they
havo repeatedly done, their action
only reflects upon the party in
power in the state-their own.
They argue that such resolutions
are introduced by Republicans for
the political capital they might
make out an investigation of the
books. If, as the Democrats claim
in the case, the finances of the state
have been honestly handled what
would 1t profit the Republicans to
have the fact publicly demonstrat
sd. BY throwing the books open
to the investigation of bipartisan
committee and nothing crooked
were revealed it would certainly
profit the Democrats more than it
would their opponents. BY regu-
larly voting down all such resolu-
tions the Democrats cast the shad,
ow Of suspicion upon themselves.
This suspicion is taking hold upor
the people Of the state and unles:
the Democrats convince them thai
the party in power has been honest
in handling their money by some
act more conducive to belief thar
an unsubstuntiated reiteration OF
honesty, they will take the matter
in their own hands by turning out
the party which nersistentIy re
fuses the demand for an open ant
fair Investigation.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
TRIED TO CONCEAL IT.

lis lie old story Of "murdcr viii
out" on!T IN this case there is 10
crime. \ woman feels run down. las
bac=acl!e Or dyspepsia and thinks it's
:totlg ,Fi@ aud tries t. hide it until She
tiEaliy breaks t!o"n. Don't deceive
yourself. Take Electric Filters at
once. 1t has q reputation for curing
>'tor'ach. Liver and Kidney troubles
and vii! reyiyify your whole system.
The worst forms of these maladcs
will quickly ricld to Ihe curative pow
er O. Electric iiitters. Only ~ ceGts
at all dealers in medicines
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
tEo5a.e Ia:ai. -;ett.3-.:.sa. J1-s.e..
State ur Missouri.
Co1nly ii W.:-!.i:lston,
February Term. 1893.

February Term. 1893.
! Monda:, February :t-.>i:>t Day.
Louis Ia:rou, guardian of U.uas>
! Gat!Uii Ct. al. Minors.
tGli1 II. Hughes. guardian Leslie
! .. Hughes. a nii:.or.
john y. Hughes. guardian Jessie i.
! iin&.t.e>. 4 !l.iG.rr.
! .t;"'. G. LoGn,is. guardian El,ie Gar
fGtt et. al. El4uIs.
John y. Dawson, administrator OF
:Iijzabctn il O '!'.rre't, q, c. ss~,'!
/ dunes i Shields, gaa:!ian James
!. y sG-:i. Il minor.
Tue ,t:ay, February 1;,-Seconi Day.
John ". Dawson. administration @
j. =. Calvert. deceased.
.io!l: ". Dawson. administration Of
Alexis Wilmer, deceased.
iiaHnal j. Hanson. atin,i.istrat ;ix
Of 'rserti i'ansot. decreased.
Nr:. t. NICHOLSON. executor T!,ons-
NlctjF1~<fo. deceased.
Eu-1iii:: Sica::. aflini.,st;ix o:Ol.sea
Z. >!oau, deceased
u Wednesday. February li--Tiiir5l Day
Mrs. AnSjc Flynn, exscuti;x uG .!uti: II
Flynn. decegSed
Fred. SuitnT, g1araia! # Aiexi,
tlor!od, ct. al. minors.
Witness nay hand aud seal Of said!
Court. DGne at office in Pcto>i, Me.
this 9TH day II January, 1858.
lScal JAS. i. HENSON,
Judge aud Ll-oiIcjo Clerk II the
Probate Court.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

REV. CARLISLE I. L. MARTIN. L L. ..
Waverly, Texas writ,s: CT morning
when first rising. l often find a trouble
sone collection Of ph!egn1, which produces
i cough. ard is very hard 10 d;sioge: but
small quantity Of Baliard's Hoarhouad
Syrup will at cnce dislose it, and the
tvcublc IS over. know "a no medicine
that is equal 10 it, and it IS 50 pleasant to
take. can most cordially recommend it
to all persons needing throat CT lung
troubles" Price 25c, 5oc, 81 90 at all
daeIers in medicines.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
Back to a Peace Footing,

That tie country is back to :,
pea,e footing is shown by q com
parison Of the expenditures made
by the Government on military
account. In the YEAR 1891 oar
expenditures on th: account were
i'll round rumhe: 80, o0o, 900.
The war with Spain began in April
Of the following year. The cost
Of the military establishment it;
that year was sol, 100000. The
next year it jumped up to *299
900, 1000. IN 1900 it dropped to
Si3i 900, coo. in 1901 it WA.
s;144, 90, 600. In 1902 the cost
was $I12, 900, goo. The army ap-
preparation bili provides fer I"A:.
provides for an o>t2nu:tulo ~
So, 900, 900. as compared with
;>:io, 80, 900, 600 for The year preceding
the outbreak of the SpaniSh war.
In comparing the cost for tile army
for 1897 and for 1903 it must he
borne in mind that the army has
been materially increased even on
Il peace footing. Whereas before
the war our army consisted oI
about $4,000 men the peace re-
quirements are now for IN army
Of little more than twice that
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
Notice to the Public.

Having built a wagon shop in con-
Bection with our blacksmith shop.
aud associated Hr II. {. Guyton, 4
flrst-cIass wagon and buggy maker
with US in the business. we are pre-
pared to do all kind Of wagon and
wood work in q tirst-ciass manner.
We Use the best material that money
can buy, and VIII sell any kinds Of
new wagons al II. Louis prices with
freight added Every iala ! +rf4:.tct.
We sti!i m. I. =->nuejng aud re-
g1.f,u- d specially. Soliciting a
share Of your patronage in both lines.
we retnd.H,
Respectfully,
Il. DAVIDSON {, SspS,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Land Office at !routou, no Jan. il,
1903 Notice is hereby given that the
foitowing-nanled settler has flied no
tice Of his intention to make final
proof in support Of his claim, and that
said proof will be made before the
Register or Receiver at the Land Or
flee at Ironton, Mo. Saturday, March
II. 1903, viz: VIM. II. Pyatt, II. e.
No. 144I3, for the S !: \ Z \, y "
4 \ E I aud S 4 Lot ! \ W x, sec
tion Il, township 3G \, range west.
He names the following witnesses -
prove his continuous residence upon
aud cultivation Of said land. viz: Jas.
Gillian, Norman f. Robinson, Marion
Jarvis. and Edward Pyatt, ali OF Cour-
tois, No.
GEORGE STEEL, Register.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
LIZ ITNNH I

Try Z bottle Of Hcrhine. notice the in
provement speedily affected in your AoTe-
tite Energy. Strength ani Eieor. Watch
bow it brightens :he spirits, gives freedom
from Indigestion ard Debility
Isaac Story, Ava, Nc, writes Sept. 10th
1900, Il was in bad health, i lad stom-
ach troubie for u months. also dumb
chilis. Dr.. J, V. aIory prescribed Herb
inc. it cured nc in two weeks. I canrct
recommend it too highly il viii do all yer
claim for it Sold b. al dealers il
aS ie;oec
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
NOTICE. ENn rIELICATION.

NOiItL FOX ~ GLlLA ZION.
Lau@ Ot.ce at trnntar. Mo-, Jan, u :,
13'3.-Notice is hereby given that the
fGllo"inG-nanaoi settler has fled no.
tice Of his Intention t. make tinal
pro0f in support Of his claim. a;5! thai
said proof will he made before the
Register or Receiver at the Land Office
az 1ronton. Mo, on Saturday, March
Il, 1898, viz: Jlu!s- Gillian, for the
E = Y " 4 aad s " 4 \ " ! sec
tion -, township 3& \, range west,
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation Of said land viz: VIM.
IT. Pyatt, Norman +. Robinson, Fla
Beers, and VIM. T. I0unt, all of C1ur-
tots, Me.
GEORGE STEEL, Register.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
CHILDREN POISONED.

Many children are poisoned aud made
nervous and weak. if not killed outright
by uothers giving them cough syrups con-
tanning opia,es. Foley's Honey and Tar
is safe and certain remedy for coughs,
Group and lung trouble, and is the only
prominent cough medicine tha@ contains
no opates Or other pcisons. For sale by
all dealers in Potosi,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
TIE NATTER OF COT MY
Pr! NH NJ

It is ordered that the Clerk If the
County Court lie aud he is hereby
authorized aud directed to pablisil Il
notice that this court will on the I'D
day of February, 1908. receive seaieo
proposals for the printing and publish
ing Of the annual statement Of receipts
and expenditures Of Washington
County, and for any aud all notices
payable by the court, including the
official ballot.
BY order Of the County Court.
john q. LONG.
Clerk County Court.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
Potosi, b,o.. Jan, 2s, 1903.
ANXIOUS MOMENTS.

Some Of the most anxious hours Of a
mothers life are these wien the little ones
Of the household have the Group There
is no other medicine 50 effective in this
ter:ible malady as Foley Honey and Tar.
It is I household fayo-i,e for throat ard
lung troubles, ard II contains no opiases or
ether poisons, i: can safely be given. For
sale BY ali de- lers in Potosi.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

The Missouri legislature has
been in session a whole month and
has not yet passed its first bill.
The usual quota Of useless clerks
has been appointed, however.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
C,1 r T7c yT1s -
s.s ~
g ES &c IT,

Consumption IS q ;:a.:r'2s->
weed hourisi1ing best in H'co.>S
lungs. Like other weed; its
easily destroyed while young;
when old, soI1.e~.nl3s I'M
possible.
Strengthen the lungs as YOU
would veal, land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung fertilizer is
SCOTS Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump~
ton is when You begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
Begin with the first thought
to take SCOTS Emulsion. If
It isn't really consumption SO
much the better; you will soon
forget it and be better for the
treatment. If it is consump-
t:cs. you can't expect to be
cut1d al once, but if you will
::s1:<.;n in time and will be
r.eid;ly regular in your treat
.:r~'< you will win
.3.:tt's E:nl1's on, fresh air,
I'll yc: can, cat all you
-. !i>1ss the treatment and
..c best treatment.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

Bank robbing is not a protected
industry, so our Democratic friends
can hardly lay the present activity
in this line to the tariff.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

4 Linn county paper says: "a
travelling man at the depot last Mon
day afternoon shaved the loungers
about tue place Il simple x-ray expert
ment, much to the astonishment of
the crowd. A boy was there with a
lot OF ducks, and he pulled d few
feathers from one and passed them
around and gayethe following instruc-
tions place the feather in your right
hand and hold close to your right eye:
look through the same about the mid
die of the feather; close the left eye
hold your left hand between the
feather and tile sun and look closely.
Tue crowd was astonished at what
it saw. Every bone in the hand
could be plainly seen aud you could
see every ligament. Try it yourself
il you are slleiticaI.'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

that the Is4:+:"te., uss.@ Oh :
every four ys@se se--jtesfel j: j: "er2
every tcn-a'. tie .,">.nyss i
spending thel i'ies money on fne
consideration Of old bills which
were defeated in previous sessions
will be cut in ha!f.-st"'e Rennb-
lican.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

We do not want new laws =,
much as we do the enforcement nI
The laws we have.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04
- TIE MATTER OF POOR
IA RAI

It Is ordered that the clerk of the
County Court be and he is hereby
authorized aad directed to publish Il
notice that this court will on the 2jd
day of February, 1903, receive sealed
proposals from suitable persons for the
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

fatal kidney and bladder troubles can
always be prevented by the use Of Foley s
Kidney Cure For sale BY all dealers in
Potosi.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1903-02-04

1.linl,eI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-02
RED TAPE is WAIVED
FOR SMALLPOX CASES
Emergency Supplies for Hospiia
Purchased in Open Market.

Commissioner West issued an order to-
day to Property Clerk Beckett to make
purchases for emergency use at the
smallpox hospital in the open market,
''at the lowest possible figure"
The action was taken because of a
communication from Health Officer
Woodward, who explained that the usual
red tape proceedings could not be await
ed in cases of smallpox or other con-
tagious disease patients who might be
confined at the detention camp.
According to the general order issued
some time ago, II would take two weeks
TO get a requisition through and OBJ
tain competition on the articles needed,
such as eggs butter, food supplies. and
medicines. In two weeks the patient
would either have recovered or have
died. and the supplies would be dead
loss to the Government. Consequently
an exception has been made to the here
tofore ironclad rule.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-10-02
WATTERSON TO TAKE
STUMP FOR IAMhANY
His Son Nominated for General
Assembly in New York.

NEW YORK, Oct. "A picturesque
feature has been injected into the local
campaign by the nomination by the
Democrats of Harvey Watterson. son
OF Col. Henry Watterson, for member
of Assembly, in the Twenty-first dis
trict
1t was announced today that Colonel
Watterson would take the stump for his
son and this news was received with re
joieing by the Tammany ranks. Colonel
watterson. as a factor in local politics.
and particularly as an advocate for
Tammany principles. is a force that
commands attention.
Harvey watterson is twenty-four years
old He was born in Louisville. but
graduated from the Columbia Law
School. and was admitted to the local
bar. He Is now associated in the prac-
tice OF his profession with Hatch. De-
bevolse & Colby. 40 Wall Street