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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
Letter TO Mr. W. 5. McClintic
Monroe City. Mo.

Dear Sir: Paint is one of the
things that Railroad Compan.
les know all about. Do you
know what "all about meaps?
Il. means. in paint, where to
get it.
We sell the paint for two.
thirds of the cars and stations
and bridges and everything
else. that RAILROAD men want
to keep good. looking and
sound, all over the country.
A man who wants a gallon or
two of paint knows nothing
about it; buys whatever is
handy. or gets some painter to
make" it.
A Railroad Company asks its
chemist: Nv hich is the best?"
The cheapest thing, to pre-.
serve or beautify anything
with, is paint. So the whole
world is painted; except, of
course, the part of it owned by
poor slow folks.
And the paint they use is peo-
pies intelligen ce meter: or ig-
norance meter: tells how much
or how little they know.
Lead and oil has had it's day.
Devoe Read y Paint is the paint,
because it wears twice as long.
Yours truly,
r. w. DEvOE & Co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

The most senile thing we
know any thing about is all
this idiotic. ret about getting
on the band wagon" What
does it mean? If anything at
all, it means that a man must
subordinate his convictions to
popular lamor; must become d
mere thermometer to register
the public pulse; must be a
goody goody fellow always on,
the side of the majority regard.
less of right, We don't under.
stand how anyone could be such
pitiful excuse of a man and
maintain any degree of self.
respect whatever. The Courier
is not "Gand wagon" organ.
We know its nice to float along
with the tide and be a hale fel.
low we'll met; to have folks
hurrah for you and all that.
But its the part of the dema.
gogue that we cannot play,
Others may do as they like, but
as tor the Courier its positions
are taken from principles and
convictions, and though we
stand alone, we shall at least
go down with self respect.
We'd rather IKE a losing fight
for the right thing and the best
man, than a winning fight for
the wrong.thing and the wrong
man. -Centralia Courier
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
Follow The FLAG. "
NET|l5Iz!zA
THE BANNE ROUTE
........FOR..........

New York, Niagara Falls, De.
troit. Toledo, Omaha, Council
Bluffs, st. Paul and all points
north, east and west.
Through Chair Cars seats,
free and Buffet Sleeping Cars,
Kansas City and Moberly to
New York, Detroit, Des Moines,
and st. Paul and Omaha; and
st. Louis to Chicago, Buffalo,
New York and Boston.
Compartment Sleeping Cars
between st. Louis and Kansas,
City.
Magnificent Dining Cars be-
tween St. Louis and the east.
Fine road bed, elegant equip.
ment and fast time.
C. S. CRANE, H. E. WATTS,
g.. P. &T.A. P.&T.A.
ST. Louis MOberIy
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

worth carrying OF. L Was,
however. fortunate enough to
have taken out most of the
boots and shoes the day they
came in for fear of accidents.
They stole nothing from my
farm or residence, and in all
instances when they came to
my house behaved very we'll.
Missouri is IN a most deplora
BILE condition. 1t is said that
our Secessionist governor said
that he would take Missouri
out of the union or he would
take her to hell. 1t hell is a
condition instead of place he
has been successful in taking
her TO lhe latter place.
Oar state convention recently
in session has :aeposed the gov.
ernor, the Lieutenant governor,
and secretary of state, and APP.
pointed Il governor, Lieutenant
governor and secretary of state
pro TEN. their acts to be sub.
mitted to vote of the people
on the first of November next.
The men appointed to fill the
above ramed offices are all
good union men aud many the
best men. of the state How
this thing will operate as yet
it is impossible to tell We all
hope for the best.
We expected you had heard a
very exaggerated account of
the engagement here and
thought | would state to you
the facts, | suppose you have
heard that many prisoners
were taken. Some twenty five
or thirty were brought in at
times, most of whom
proved to be Union men, or
men who had not been under
arms. They quietly kept out
of the way. All have been
discharged with the exception
of one. The brother of the man
who burned the depot has been
tried and admitted TO bail under
$4,000 bond. l would say
much about our ruined and dis.
tracted country, but time will
not permit. Although some
threats have been made against
Union men yet [ have never
had any fear of being disturbed,
do not believe if [ had gone to
The depot the day the depot
Was burned that they would
rave molested me. The man
whom they shot and wounded
S an avowed abolitionist and
las been accused of tampering
With negroes; at any rate has
'een very impudent in his con.
yersation. In this part of the
tate there seems to be but lit.
lie i'll feeling existing between
Secessionists and Union men
t present. Should the Seces.
ionists get the upper hand it
5 hard to say what the result
would be. There are many |
nen of desperate fortunes
mong them.
[ suppose the abolitionists
xpect to subjugate the South.
here will have to be some tall
lghting done first. Abolition
SIN and Secessionism l consider
win sisters, although fighting
vowedly for a different object.
he result of both isms is the
ame-dissolution of the Union.
am a Union man but not re
ublican. / do not believe in
1r. Lincoln's administration. l
hink a different policy would
aye brought about a very diff
erent result. War should have
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

49, YIN ''''t"i III" obO ioiSSN
a company of some fifty or six.
ty men. Everybody was sur
prised that he should commit
such an act. Men who were
present, both Uuion and Seces.
slonists, tried to dissuade him
from it, but no, he said he had
his orders and was bound to do
it. And dearly has he paid for
it, for the next day his resi-
dence with dll its contents was
burned by the Federal troops
and his stock driven off The
burning of his home was wrong
and not approved of by the
commanding officers.
After setting fire to the depot
the company went out to meet
the returning troops which
were now three or four miles
| distant, but one or two shots
from their field piece disposed
of them. The Federal troops
marched in and took possession
of our seminary, occupied by
the Messrs. Comings, princi.
pals of the school. and com
menced throwing up fortifca
tions. The Secessionists were
lowering about and an attack
was expected at night. Word
came that they had three or
four cannon. People in the
village were much alarmed
Van SweariDgen and family
and the Comings' and others
came to my house to get out of
the way Of the cannon balls.
My kitchen, servants house,
and stable were filled with
Irishmen, women and children.
The night passed off without
an attack. Early in the morn.
ing the Secessionists troops
began to assemble. The whole
p rairie seemed to be alive with
them. About 2 o'clock the
cannonading commenced by the
Secesslonists and at long inter.
walls replied to by the Federal
troops. At this time things
10 oked very squally. The Fed.
er al troops were nearly out of
a ammunition. The Secessionists
had torn up the road and de.
stroyed culverts in order to
prevent reinforcements. Tele.
graph destroyed so that no in
formation could be obtained.
But to our great JOY about 4
o'clock the cannon was keard
IN the distance, reinforcements
were coming; but as they had
the road to repair it seemed a
long time before they got in
sight. And when they did APP.
pear such scampering was
n ever before seen. They went
in all directions, leaving the
man who hauled their cannon
alone to hitch his. horses and
bring it off. We call it the
Battle of the Spurs" They
fired twenty.three rounds at
the seminary building, only
three OF which took effect, the
building not materially. injured
by them.
We had a fine view of the
W hole skirmish. The seminary
building is hardly three fourths
of a mile from our house. The
SeCessionists' cannon was about
the same distance from us.
FIR ON the roof of our porch we
cou Id see the whole of the af.
fair and the whole surrounding
country, which was black with
men and horses, supposed to be
l bout g 600 [f thew had had
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

At Monroe, As Witnessed By Judge A
Warner From Top Of His Porch,
MONROE, Aug. 3, 1861.

pldCrNhere seemed destined at
one time to become one of the
seats of war in Missouri. We
have beard the roar of the can.
non, the whistling Of the balls,
and have seen the smoke of the
cannon brought to bear in hos
tile array by brethren against
each other-a lmOSt.a blOodless
battle. God grant that we may
not witness the like again. On
the night Of July 8, Col Smith
Of the 10th regiment OF Illinois
volunteers, arrived at this
place with about six hundred
men for the purpose Of break
ing up an encampment of Sc
Cessionists under the command
of Gen. Tom Harris. eucamped
about twelve or fifteen miles
south Of this place. A heavy
rain prevented their forward
movement until the next morn.
ing when about nine miles from
this place they were ambushed
and fired into. They brought
their cannon to bear upon the
enemy and soon disposed of
them. The Federal troops had
three wounded, none killed ;
the Secessionists reported none
killed, one wounded. The
Federal troops retreated into
the open prairie and encamped
for the night. l will, however,
say before proceeding further
that this execution of the Fed.
eral troops was illadvised, Ill.
planned and badly executed.
They landed here in eighteen
cars and went off on their ex-
petition, leaving them without
guard.
The 9th passed quietly at
this place, but as 1 lett the de-
pot late in the evening my sus
DiCions were somewhat aroused
from seeing some armed men
passing about and from some
threats which | heard with re.
gard to a sick soldier whom
hey had left here; consequent.
" | telegraphed to the com.
nander at Hannibal to send a
guard to protect the property
lere. He had no men chat he
Gould spare but sent a train to
Palmyra, requesting the CON-
nander there TO send a guard.
But he was in the same predic.
expecting an attack and
10 men TO spare. When morn.
ng came was grateful to find
III right, no depredations hav.
ng been com mitted, and went |
o the wheat field with my
Joys stacking wheat. You
nay well judge my astonish.
nent and dismay when about 9
l saw the black smoke
rising from the depot, and in a
ew moments the whole build.
ng together with the eighteen
ars and the carpenter shop
Wrapped in flames l ordered
ny boys to jump on their horses
nd go to help keep the fire
rom spreading to other build
ngs. [ came by the house aud
vas about TO proceed to the
illage when my niece. Mrs.
IAN Swe aringen, drove up in
reat haste, saying that her
usband had sent her down to
eg me not to come by any
leans. They had shot a man
y the name of Hodgkiss and
wore they would kill every
Ian that came about. They
ere perfectly frantic. 1
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
MONEY TO LOAN AT

S. 5. IL LAID per cent. Interest.
IN go9d Missouri farms, with partial payment
privileges at. any interest pay day. Rate OF
interest regulated according to value of Sc
curitS offered.
We aiso:loan money on desirable city proper
~ at reasonable rates, and furnish abstracts,
sell ferns, ciU.property and merchandise,
write. Needs, mortgages, leases, wills and con.
tracts and insure property against fire and
tornadees in the Oldest and best companies in
the wded.
We are financially responsible, as any bank
or business man or firm in Monroe City oan tell
you, ESme and see us, and we will treat you
right
AVENpORT & co.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17

p 67TR you want loan, be sure 10 see us,
III we ke you lower rate and better teras
man ah be.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-09-17
City Property for sale by
Davenport G Co.,

Real Estate, Loan and Invest
ment Agents, Monroe City, Mo
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
BLOOMINGTON.

r. Carroll Patti son, a wei known
young business man of this place, is
in New York witnessing the yacht
race.
Miss Ollie Bartlett, the charm og
daughter of our postm' stress, is sum
mering in Newport and Saratoga.
Mr.. Goodman Howard, who landed
the nomination for the House of Del
egates at the Republics n convention
last week, is one of the most popular
young men in this end of Garrett
county. 1t is predicted by members
of both parties that his majority will
be one of the largest that the district
ever gave.
NJ IS Adah Harshbarger, who has
been spending the hot weather term
at Mountain Lake, returned home on
Wednesday.
Mr.. SAINT Liller, a well known far
mer living near Cross, was kicked in
the face by vicious horse last We'd
nesday event 'g while rakiug hay.
His injuries at fl st were thought to
be fatal as he laid unconscious for
about twelve hours. He = gradually
improving however and is now able
to sit up in his roop
Miss D. Marie Greit, er, daughter
of a well Known merchs ut of West
ernport, was married to Mr.. Charles
Altman, of st. CIairsville, Ohio, on
last Wednesday evening at the home
of her parents on Westernport HILL
The wedding was quiet home affair
only the immediate relatives and
frien6s being present. The happy
pair will reside at st. Clairsvi'Ie, O.,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
AN ELECTRIC RAILWAY
is WHAT THE PEOPLE OF GRANTS
WILLIE WANT TO Go THROUGH
THEIR THRIFTY TOWN.
Committees of Citizens Earnestly Endeav-
oring to Secure the Road-There Il
Some Prospect of Success-A Commit
tee Visited Pittsburg.

The citizens of Grantsville and COM
munity are hard at.work in an en-
deavor to have the route of the pro-
posed electric railway changed from
its present location SO that it will
pass through that town Instead of
coming on to the National Road sew.
eral miles east of it.
The road as proposed is to run from
Johnstown, Pa, to Cumberland. pass-
ing through a number of populous
towns enroute but as SURVEYED leaves
Grantsville to the west.
Recently committee was appoint
ed at meeting of the citizens of the
town go to Pittsburg and lterview
the management of the road to urge
the extension of the system to Grants
Vile and then down the National
Road to Frostburg and Cumberland.
This committee was composed of
j. s. Miller, ]. S. Broadwater and
Daniel Dorsey who went to Pittsbure
lastaWednesday and there had an in
terview with the president and some
other officials. They were well receiv-
ed and laid before the railway poonIe
their plans. The president assured
the committee that he wonld take
under thoughtful consideration what
they bad said and would send an ele,-
trical engineer 10 GrantsviIle this
week to go oyer the proposed new
route.
A second meeting of the citizens
was held Thursday night of last week
which was well attended, and which
was presided over by DR.. Lauder
baugh. Subscription papers for both
bonds of the road and electric lights
to be furnished from the wires Of the
company to the citizensof Grantsville
were submitted and quite number
OF subscriptions obtained.
The people of the community are
taking a great interest in the propos-
ed road and it looks as though Grants
vile will have a rapid and safe transit
with the outside world within a short
time.
We are glad to chronicle this much
needed improvement in the northern
end of the county and trust that the
efforts of the wide awake citizens of
that section viii meet with unbound.
ed success.
In this connection Mr., Jacob
Brown, Of Cumberland, has contrib,
utedan article to these columns which
VIII found elsewhere in this issue
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
Letter to ID. E. Bolden.

Dear Sir: Messrs Leachman & Eide
y l, Grafton, w. Va, had been selling
pa ut, which they thought well of;
and this had occurred.
They had sold a customer Is gallons
of it to paint his house. A few years
later, they sold the same man Devoe
lead andzin the same number of
gallons to paint the same house. He
had 7 e" 'ons left.
The point of the tale is: II gallons
Devoe paints an 1S-gallon house.
OF course, that isn't all.
Why does II gallons Devoe go as
far as IS gallons of other paint? Be
cause it is all paint, all true, no sham
nd full measure.
But that isn't 81. Deyce lasts
longer. No, no; you haven't got to
wait ten years to find that out. Ten
thousand people know it. We've got
their names. Our agents know them;
thew think a heap of Devoe. There's
no difficulty in showing your towns
people what to expect of Devoe. $40
will paint a $15 house; and the painth'
last twice as long.
Yours try
L. w. DEvOE & Co.
j. NJ. Davis & Son sell our paint
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
Interest Bits Of Local News Gathered Here and There
By Our Regular Contributors.
BITTINGE AND VICINITY

! Reviewing the conduct of the County
Convention, and paying special heed
to the undisguised manipulations
which resulted in the defeat of our
candidate for the Legislature, we can
but deplore the self evident lack of
principle manifested in this connec-
ton, which is the more dispicable for
being the merchandise of those who
are chosen to voice the will of the
people. These statements are not
! called forth with any depreciatory
reference to the gentlemen chosen to
represent this county IN the State
Legislature. We look upon them as
promising young men, altogether
worthy of the undivided support of
the Republicans of the county. They
are men who may equal but in no
sense are they the peers of him, who
by the questionable conduct of I'M
stable men, was shelved. This shell
wing is not final however. True worth
wiz rise, and in the person of Mr.. G.
w. Engle we shall one day find an
able, efficient and conscientious pub
lie servant. To such men we look for
the future success ~ state and nation.
Let such limitations of men as regard
not their word, their honor nor the
right 'go away back and sit down"
Our correspondent has evidently
been misinformed regarding the ac-
lions OF the late cornty convention to
which the above has reference. AT
no nom at g convention prior to
was there less evidence at bossism or
the delegates being subject to the
w hes or dictation of any one man or
set of men. The convention was COM
posed of representative Republicans
from every section of the county who
transacted the business for which
they were chosen in an orderly man
ner. There is no doubt of Mr.. Engle's
que 'ifications for the place to which
he asp'"ed and it may be confidently
predicted that he will yet succeed
ED. REPUBLICAN,
The picnic - be held in Elllthorp's
Park, at this place on Saturday, Goth
inst, promises to be the festive occa-
sion ofthe season. Among the interest
ing featr es of the dav WI be some
violin productions by Althos Il Doc
little, and balloon ascension. There
will be all manner of good things on
sale for man, and his steed as wei
and all will be welcome.
Mrs. 7. b. Wiley and sons, Thomas
and Dewy, visited Mrs. Wiley's mother
in Grantsvi''e on Saturday and Sun
day.
Messrs. g. Will Engle, and Chas.
Seigler with their fam les visited
friends near Avilton Sunday.
No one : surprised when Uncle
Sans mai wagon appears on the
scene drawn by a new "hossn as that
in7titution changes CRITTERS bout as
rigl"" as a society gal changes duds.n
UNCLE BUD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
where the groom is engaged in bust

where the groom is engaged in bust
ness.
/ The home of the late James W. Tas-
ker near Cross was burned to the
ground one day last week, only few
articles of clothing and an organ be-
e saved from the WI CHI supposed
to have originated from an oyerheat-
ed stove pipe, as the family was busy
preseiv' g and making je les.
Last week the Presbyterian Sunday
school of Piedmont, held picnic at
this place. This week the Episcopal
school of Westernport, is with us, and
next week the Methodist church of
Piedmont, wiz do likewise. These
church affairs attest the popularity
of our town as a picnic resort.
Messrs. Russell Pattison and James
Gross, we'll known sporting men in
base ball circles, returned last We'd
nesday from Atlantic City.
Mr.. Thomas Murphy from Dry
Fork, this district, was town on
busi 'ess during the past week.
MIR. Floyd Cline, after whom the
postoffice at Frankville was named, is
now resident of Bloomington.
Jefferson Wilt, aged IS years, who
died last Thursday night at Savage,
was buried IN the Bloomington grave
yard last Saturday afternoon at two
O'Clock. The decef sed was grand
son of NJ. Theophilus Wilt, of this
county.
The miners employed at Elk Gar
den, Blaine and Dodson coal mines
have gone on strike on account of
the mine operators at the above
places dischf rging all employees be-
longing to the miners union.
The six-year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Howard Kline, of Seldom
Seen, died last Wednesday afternoon
at three O'clock after a short illness of
typhoid fever. The remains were
buried in the grave yard at this place.
Mrs. Kline, the mother of the child,
q lying j | with the same disease.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
BASE BALL NEWS.
The Oakland Aggregation Returned Home
Saturday Footsore and Weary.

The Oakland Aggregation Returned Home
Saturday Footsore and Weary.
The Oakland base ball team arrived
home Saturday eveningafter weeks
trip to West Virginia where they
played games in Grafton. Clarksbu %,
Warrington and Rowlesburg.
The team played six games winning
but one of that number The BOYS
attribute so m"ny defeats to the fact
that only one pitcher accompanied
the team on the trip, and of course he
could not do it a.. Fay was the oN'y
pitcher with the team and he won
the only fu'l game he pitched, that
being against Warrington, the strong
est team in West Virginia outside of
Wheeling. He pitched magnificent
bal there md allowed the Manning
ton batters only four hits. Needless
to say that if the team had another
Fay along they would have won iu-
stead of lost the majority of the games
played.
The management had arranged for
two other pitchers to accompany the
team, one of whom was Hugh Carr,
who got hurt at Grafton and had to
return home, and the other one did
not show up at all, so it was a case of
hard luck to start with.
1t is confidently thought that with
a good pitcher in the box the Oakland
team can defeat either of the teams
they lost to.
The boys speak well of the trea,-
ment they received at the hands of
the West Virgiuians and all seem to
have enjoyed the trip very much.
The Oakland team plays the Man
nington nine here on Saturday. Don't
miss this game, as it promises to be
good one.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
MEADOW MOUNTAIN.

NJ .. W''liam Lohr and sister Annie
were up at Oakland last Saturday.
Messrs. Buckner Mason, Daniel and
James O'Brien were up at the county
seat one day last week on business.
The James Davis & Co. saw mi
near here is running fr blast.
Arthr" F it's has charge of the M.
N. Lumber Co.'S camp No. 4.
A harvest home service viii be held
next Sunday at ? o'clock to which a I
are cordia ly invited
Mr.. Aired B. Mason was up at
Oakland last Tuesday attending the
Republican convention to which he
was delegate from this district.
A. R. Barnard visited at Murray s
\" last Sunday.
Mr. Daniel OBrien having a well
d. led at his residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Barnard were
/ tests at Peter Bic ord's last Sur
dap.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-08-27
HOUSE ROBBED AT THE PARK.

Jewelry Valued at Three Hundred Dollars
Stolen from the Residence of Mrs.
Weems.
Sometime during Saturday or Sat
urday night some one unknown for
ced his way into the residence of Mrs.
WeeTs, which is located near the
lake at Mountain Lake Park and
from a drawer in a dresser in one of
the bed rooms extracted two gold
watches, one gold and blue enameled
watch and a diamond brooch, the
total value of the articles stolen being
placed at three hundred dollars. The
theft was not discovered by Mrs.
Weems until the following day when
she notified the county officials who
have up to this time been unable to
locate either the thief or the stolen
jewelry.