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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
law forced the liquor traffic to them.

law forced the liquor traffic to them.
1t is perhaps true that the bulk of
the liquor sold in drug stores is sold II
legally, but there are some mitigating
facts. The drug store business is based
on the liquor and drug trade combined.
The drug store is confronted with this
proposition-sell liquor. fail, or get out
of business. Most of them sell liquor.
1t is human nature. Few men care to
be branded as failures. To remedy
the trouble the high license man offe-s
the open saloon and the radical pro-
hibitlonist club with which to beat
out the brains of the druggist Neither
will succeed. just what to do is diff
ticult to determine. There is no use
jumping out OF the frying pan into the
fire. Conditions are bad but they have
never been better. About the only
feasible immediate remedy offered Is
the state dispensary plan 1t is certain
iy worthy Of consideration. 1t elimin-
ates the element of profit, which is the
motive force, that causes illegal sales
in Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

cola easily? II so. you have catarrh.
Catarrh is not only dangerous in this
way, but 1t couses alterations. death
and decay Of bones, loss of thinking
and reasoning power, kills ambition
and energy. often causes loss of appe-
lite, Indigestion, dyspepsia, raw throat
and reaches to general debility. idiocy
and insanity. It needs attention at
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26
What is
Catarrhi
If You Have Any of the Following
Symptoms Send Your Name and
Address Today.

Is your breath foul? Is your voice
husky? Is your nose stopped? Do you
snore at night? Do you sneeze great
deal? DO you have frequent pains in
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

strike, or at any other time, defy the
law are simply inviting an Increase of
military power" asserts the Cedar
Rapids Gazette. Their action is ia
tai to all the interests OF the poor
man.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

Should the democrats unite to OPP
pose the presidents Panama canal bus
iness." says the Rockford Register
they will simply get hold OF the hot
end OF a political poker"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-11-26

The Dubuque Times remarks as a
matter of course that the democracy
is reliably "agin the government" IT
defended the right of secession during
the civil war and denies it in the case
of Panama In the case of the Fill
pinos 1t denies our right to govern an
other people without their consent, but
1t insists on the right OF Colombia to
govern the Panamaites without their
consent. The question in Panama is
purely one of fact. If the Panamaites
were in actual possession of the gov
eminent when the United States rec
ognized them, the usual course was
taken"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

have man who drank to excess, while
many drank not at ALL AS l think OF
that occasion and remember that forty
six years have followed, and that most
of those who participated in the scenes
and festivities of those April days, are
sleeping beneath the sod, can but think
how true it is, that life at most, is but
span.
Our company went on another excur-
sion-it was to Weldon-to meet some dis
tinguished guest, l do not remember whom.
l did not go, but furnished Il substitute,
who, when the roll was called, answered
to my name and so, while / was not along
with the boys my name went; and, 1T 50
happened, that when my name was called
one morning, after the boys had been
feasted and toasted, the night before, the
man who wore my uniform was missing.
A search being made it was found that
my substitute was drunk. Being a tenn
perance man myself, it was a good joke
the buys had on me when they returned,
that got drunk by proxy. During the
war many poor fellow who went out as
substitute Jared even worse than did
my substitute. He came back but they
did not.
ought to have said when telling above,
of the funnehng business in New Bern,
that General John Winslow, of Fayette-
vile, a man who loved fun and would
have a good time, was the instigator of
it. and it was all done at his head quar-.
ters," as he termed his room.
General Wnslow was an old time Wing
and when the political fight was on. he
did as good service for his man and his
party, az any other speaker; (and he was
an orator., but, when the fight was over
he rejoiced with the side that won say
ing, "If we are not happy our Democratic
friends are, and so wen help them to re-
joice" I happened to be in Fayetteville
on the occasion of a great torch-hght pro-
cession and speaking, with which the
Democrats celebrated the election of
Pierce and King. At one point where the
crowd halted for a speech, who should
step forth but General Winslow, amid the
shouts Of the thousands who stood around
with torches in hand. The General began
by saying it was one of the proudest oc-
casions of his life, for the reason that, in
the recent election he foresaw that our
people were soon to be of one mind and
one political faith, as evidenced by the
fact that Pierce and King had received
254 electoral votes, while Scott and Ora
ham-Scott the hero, and Graham, the
statesman and honored Ex-Governor of
this proud old Commonwealth-had only
received AZ votes About that time a
voice from the crowd asked: General
are we Wings beaten as bad as that?''
To which he replied in a very solemn
tone: I'm sorry to tell you, my friend,
that everything has gone Democratic
from HI to Texas when the crowd
moved and the General, amid shouts and
laughter, retired.
AS I am IN Fayetteville just now, I will
tell the reader how the town used to look.
to country boy, who went there with a
load of cotton. or other produce in the
days when. from Mt. Airy, Greensboro,
Asheboro and Salisbury and all intermedi-
ate points. wagons went by scores and
hundreds, carrying to the head of naviga-
ton corn, wheat, cotton and other pro-
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
THE OLD TIME MILITIA IN
THE DAYS "BEFO DE WAH''
The Periodical sMusters and How the Letter of the
Law was Observed=-Some Excursions of
the Oak City Guards

pants fitted, and the new officer cut a
swell in. the old clothes, but in most
cases, the uniforms were either too large
or too small
1t was a funny sight to see great
big two hundred FOUNDER. with a stomach
that could not be compressed, and whose
height was equal to that of Saul, the son
of Kish, strutting at the head of his com
pany with his pants coming to about the
top of his socks while his coat, after he
had used a bucksk lacing string, lack
ed foot or more of meeting over his
breast, and the sleeves reaching to Just
below the elbow. But what cared he?
He was captain and he was uniformed
and the uniform he wore had the impress
of honorable age. whether it fitted or not
AS for the drilling | need only say that
if a small boy was anywhere near by when
right or left wheel was ordered, he
stood in danger of being run over, for
Texas cattle could hardly get into worse
confusion than followed such an order.
Sometimes the company would keep
a wheeling until the two wings would
meet, notwithstanding the repeated com
mand to halt! Then the sergeant would
try TO get the men into line again, and
he would say: Look to the right and
dress!'' One fellow would say: Cant
dress here, too many women about An
other would say: 81 dressed before l left
home Then, in stentorian voice would
come the command: Silence in ranks!''
When some fellow would sing out: Now
you've got it jim; if you don't stop that
windmill O. yourn the cap'n will chaw
you up and swallow you. HE might do
the chawing, but, from his appearance l
don't think he has any storage room, to
spare; he is about to bust now" A laugh
followed, in which the captain was obliged
to join, when it was moved and carried
that the captain should buy Bill Jones
bowl of cider and treat the crowd. Where
upon it was declared. in martial tones,
that the next regular muster would take
place three months from that day on the
same grounds, and unless all were pres
ent, at the roll call, armed and equipped
according to law, they would be fined to
the full extent thereof; and, with whoop,
the ranks broke to partake of Bill Jones
cider. to which the captain was going to
treat.
A regimental or general muster was no
improvement on the company muster. as
to firearms, drill, etc. OF course order,
to some extent. prevailed while the colonel
| or general was reviewing his troops; but,
as for marching, l have seen Fayette-
vile street, when militia brigade was
marching along, in such confusion that it
was impossible for a locker on to tell
whether there was any line for every man
was looking out for himself; and in the
] midst of the confused mass might be
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

To the Editor: When / was a boy
dearly loved to attend the mitten
''musters,' as they were termed, for two
or three good and sufficient reasons:
First, because it was a day off from the
plowhandles, and therefore holiday to
the boy; secondly, because / liked to see
the men muster, and lastly, because
old Mrs. Stokes and old Mrs Smith, two
very mothery old ladies who stood very
high in the estimation of the small boy,
generally carried chest full, each, OF
ginger cakes; to say nothing of the
watermelons small boy would fall heir
to, in watermelon season. acquired most
of my martial spirit from the stories
/ heard from my old colored nurse, whose
recollections run back into the latter days
of the eighteenth century, and who could
entertain we children by the hour, telling
us of those stirring times when "Old
Masters" and the Young Masters went
TO the wars, and "Old Mistress and the
Young Mistress" would cling to them
and cry when going away, but how happy
all were on their return and l used to
think how nice it would be to be man
and go to the war; too. And SO very
early in life l took the greatest delight
in going to the ''musters."
AS | am writing of we olden times,
might as well give a description of the
old time way our State militia performed
their military duties. They had company,
battalion. regimental and general musters
A company was made up of all males be-
tween the ages of eighteen and forty five,
who lived within the bounds of certain
territory, and, as my recollection serves
me, a company was required to muster
every three months The law required
that all the men in ranks should carry
firearms or pay a fine. A good many
citizens had old cavalry pistols-holsters
of the flint and steel kind-and these were
frequently used in the place of rifles and
shot guns, to meet the requirements of
the law, as to having firearms. The
pistol generally had stuck into it's muzzle
a corn stalk, walking cane or umbrella,
to give 1t length, and it was a sight, to
which a circus would be tame show, to
see a company going through the manual
of arms with such improvised weapons
Sometimes the pistol, in ordering and
shouldering arms, would slip from the
corn stalk and fall to the ground, and the
unlucky soldiers would cry out: Hold
on till 1 get my gun fixed.'' The captain
and the lieutenants were required to be
uniformed, but no new uniforms were ever
bought. The uniforms they wore had
come on down from the days of the Re
volution. in regular succession. When a
new officer was elected he would get the
uniform of his predecessor. Sometimes,
but those cases were rare, the coat and
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

ducts, and carrying back salt, iron, mo.
lasses. sugar, cheese and other groceries,
which came up to Fayetteville on boats.
from wilmington, our principal sea port.
1t will not be a stretching of truth to
saw that from the foot of Haymount to
the creek bridge, toward Campbelltown,
there would not be less, some days. than
five hundred wagons and carts, all bring
ing produce and carrying back groceries,
dry goods and spun cotton. To the small
boy the street was a sight to be remember
ed. In a future sketch l may return to
Fayetteville and then l will speak OF
some of those merchants and those dis
tinguished citizens, who, in the long ago,
made the old town so famous in the days
of her great prosperity.
r. H. WHITAKER.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
Woman Killed a Snake.
New Bern Journal.)

Mrs Dixon, wife of Capt. Dixon, living
on Pollock street, proved herself brave
woman and sk;lful with gun yesterday.
She saw a large white oak snake in front
of the yard and got her husbands double
barreled shot gun and emptied both bar,
rels into his snakeship. The serpent
measured four feet.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

A Union county negro went to Norfolk
and concluded that he would be faddy
and take trip to Europe He wrote
back home: Oar hain't many niggers
here. In fac l is de only niger dat Use
seed here. IN. c. Baptist.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
Sores
EATING Ulcers. 1ps Son tSs s4 ssa5n

Nothing OF narcu
sluggish gangrenous eating upon ghtful sight
melting feel
the strength with the
and deep offensive ulcers often develop from simple boil gland
pmpe threatening
such great this you
of slowhng
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27

annoyance because they are so per-
sistent and unsightly and detract so
much from ones personal appearance.
Middle aged and old people and
those whose blood is contaminated and
tainted with the germs and poison of
malaria or some previous sickness, are
the chief sufferers from chronic sores
and ulcers. While the blood remains in
an unhealthy, polluted condition heal
ing is impossible, and the sore will
continue to grow and spread in spite of
washes and salves or any superficial or
surface treatment, for the sore is but
the outward sign of some constitu-
tional disorder, bad condition of
the blood and system which local
remedies cannot cure. A blood purifier
and tonic is what you need. Some
thing to cleanse the blood, restore it's
ton and invigorate the constitution, :
S. S. S. reaches these old chronic S
the very root of the trouble and counte
the impurities and poisons, and gradua
STRENGTHENS the sluggish circulation. a
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-09-27
SORES ON BOTH ANKLES.

Gentlemen: About ten years ago
small sore came on each of nv ankles.
Dew got into the places and they bes
came large, eating ulcers, and suf.
fered intensely for nearly ten years.
I had spent more than $500. 90 try.
ing to get well when I CHANGED to
see 8. 8. 8. advertised in Memphis
paper. began to take it and was
cured. My limbs have never been
sore or given me any pain at all
since. I have recommended s. s. 8.
to a great many people, and am now
giving it to my nine-year-o1d son for
Eczema. During my long sickness 7
was living near Memphis, Tenn, but
have since removed to Kansas City,
and am now residing at No. Ga
East Sixteenth Street.
Mrs. B. A. HARRIS.
Kansas City. Mo.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

Mr.. Price is New Yorker by birth
He moved to Kansas while yet a
young man. He arrived in the Sun
flower State in the year 1867. Rail
reading has been almost life work
with him. He has work. ed for many
different companies, but his last work
was done for the Santa Fe people
Mr.. Price was for a period of year
superintendent of the water system
on the Mexican Genital. A like posi-
ton was filled by him here in Kansas
for the Santa Fe company after his re-
turn. The gentleman tired of the
railroad business and opened up a
plumbing and steam fitting shop in
company with his son, young man
of good habits and a practical me-
chanic. The firm is doing their share
of the work in their line in this city
and are looked upon as competent
and up-to-date mechanics.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
E. L. GROSS.
nOnlenaI.

Owing to the f7ct that Mr. Gross
is familiar with the oil and gas in
terests and has become acquainted
with conditions which exist in con
junction with il, he is today a sue
cess. He arrived on the field at an
early date while the business was in
its infancy. Re has organized ten
companies with an aggregate capital
Of 10 million dollars. The young man
is a practical mechanic and has kept
in touch with all the latest devices
used in the oil and gas fields His
holdings are very valuable as he has
ut least 100000 acres of. oil land for
sale He has drilled Is oil wells and
all are good producers. Mr. Gross is
fnown to every citizen of Chanute
md is looked upon as thorough
manager and good citizen.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
KANSAS TORPEDO CO.

Twenty years ago the thought Of
entertaining a company who made a
pecialty of shooting off nitro glyce-
inc in the state of Kansas would
nave been hooted, But in this day
'uch an industry has become a ne
,essity, and it is through the skilled
york of such that Kansas can boast
If great oil and gas gushers.
The Kansas Torpedo Company has
located at this point and the work is
Being looked after by experienced
men. The company has magazines
ut Humboldt, Cherryvale, Neodesho,
Peru and Bartlesville, as well as at
this point. They are manufacturers
Of nitro-glycerine for shooting oil,
gas and Artesian wells, and it is all
Under the able management of G.. A.
Simons, who is president, and G.. NJ.
Perry, vice president and secretary.
Il. l.. Cable is general manager and
has an oa,ce at Chanute.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

Mr.. Wikle made his first salaam to
the Industrious people of Kansas in
the year 1882. The child thrived and
waXed fat and before his parents
were aware of his intentions he was
caught going to school. He contin-
ued to go (under protest, owing TO
his YOUTH until he absorbed all or
! about all of the Divine aff1atus that
dubbed over" At the age of fifteen
he went to Kansas City where he be-
gan work as an order clerk in COM
mission house Later he went to work
for Gillie Hardware Co., of Kansas
City. Inside work did not agree with
the youth and he began work as
railroad man. A short term at such
work did the boy world of good and
he graduated with honors and soon
became full hedged travelling man.
Ere long he went to Colorado and
settled at Pueblo Things did not
meet with his approval in the mining
state and the young man "roughed"
it little, after which lie returned to
Neosho county, his old home, and
concluded to settle down. He is
young in years but old in experience
and is now doing a real estate oil and
gas business in Chanute, that sur
prses the old guard. Since Sage
told us that 81 rolling stone gathered
no moss" Mr.. Wikle declares that
the old trui5m is all right, but main
tains that rolling stone becomes
polished up in good shape The
young man has proven that such is
the case.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
LINCOLN GIL & GA.S CO.

One of the most successful opera
tors in this field, and man that is
unpretentious is Harry c. Maltby, Of
Lincoln, Ills. Mr. Maltly is a com
paratively young man, icing now
about 80 years old All his life he
has been successful in bu7iness, being
possessed with that cool, business
judgment characteristic of men, with
an active mind and unlimited ability.
Mr. Maltby's advent to the Chanute
Oil eFld was in March of this year.
He came at a time WHEN proven OIL
property was scarce, nut by clio ely
studying the situation here, he soon
became familiar with the general ii
Trend and succeeded in getting to-
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
COL. S. G. ISETT.

Tradition has it that one ALADDIN
cut quite a dash with a lamp which
he was the proud possessor of at one
time. There are those who will not
accept the old Arabian Nights tale
as a fact, but if me can Judge the past
by the present, one is led to believe
that perhaps there was something IN
, the lamp story Just fancy man
borrowing $500 to start in the oil
business a short time ago and today
having an annual income of $4,000.
1t does not seem possible, yet such
is the case and the man who has been
so fortunate is Col. S. G.. lsett 1t
would require a volume to numerate
the doings of this man. in the Cha
mute oil and gas field. For sixteen
wears Colonel Isett maintained that
oil was to be had in this section for
the drilling after it. But he could not
find men who had confidence, so at
last he made the attempt to borrow
the sum of money mentioned and was
successful. 1t was he VINO organized
the Neosho Valley Oil, Gas & Miner
al Company, and after placing 1t on
paving basis he resigned the presi-
dency of the company, and turned
his attention to developing other
property which he had secured. He
is at the head of the lsett-Erwin Oil
& Gas Company, which controls or
owns 1000 acres of land within a
radius of four miles from Chanute.
Colonel Isett keeps several drilling
rigs in the field constantly and wells
are being brought in" every day.
Space will not permit the printing OF
the great work that has been done
by this man, suffice it to say that
it was through the untiring efforts of
Col. 6. G. Isett that Chanute became
an oil metropolis.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11

For the past twenty years Mr..
Dawdy has been a music dealer III
Chanute and it is fair 10 suppose that
he knows something about the bust
ness. Should his patrons be ques-
toned in regard to his ability they
would all agree that Mr.. Dawdy
knows his business" A great ma
jority of the people of Neosho coun-
ty have been supplied in the musical
instrument line by this gentleman.
He carries in stock a full line of
goods, purchased from the best fac
tories in this, and other countries.
Mr. Dawdy is ever ready to do all
in his power for Chanute, and is a
tireless worker in the interest of his
home city. He has been honored by
his towns people by being elected to
the city council, a position he filled
with credit He is a property owner
and considers Chanute the best city
in Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1903-09-11
ORIENTAL HOTEL.
H. d. Fisher Proprieto


The business Importance OF a city
can be pretty well determined by the
character of its hotels. Chanute is in
this respect especially fortunate, for
it has a hotel equal in all points OF
service to the hotels of large cities.
The, Oriental under the able manage
ment of H. ID. Fisher the proprietor,
is the headquarters for large ma
jority of the travelling public.
Mr.. Fisher is very enterprising
and pushing citizen, and believes in
pushing Chanute to the front. He is
ever ready and willing to go down
in his POCKET for anything that will
be of benefit to the town
Mr. Fisher is a host such as we
read of, and is ably assisted by his
accomplished wife. He is a promin-
ent memeber of the order of Elks,
and has an extensive acquaintance
over the state He is a gentleman
who all like, and it would not seem
like the Oriental without Mr.. Fisher
behind the register.