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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05
Notice of Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given, that that the under :
signed Joseph W. Hardesty, Administrator Of
the estate of Albert Hardesty, deceased, Will
make Final Settlement of his accounts with
said estate as such Administrator at the next
term of the Probate Court OF Monroe County,
Missouri TO be holden at Paris in said county I,
on the 9th. day February, A. d. 1903.
JOSEPH W. HARDESTY,
Administrator of estate of
ALBERT e. HARDESTY, Deceased.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05
Paris Appeal.

The Paris Appeal has been
itching for a new dress and
head type for many days and
finally concluded Easter or No
Easter. she would wait no long
err, so came out last week as
bright and fresh as a milk maid
going to the fair.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

"a teacher in a country school
gave a boy a problem in algebra
that was not regarded as a diff
cult one. The boy couldn't
solve it. The teacher remarked
with some show of severity:
my boy, you ought to be able
to do that At your age George
Washington was a surveyor"
The boy looked him streight in
the eye and answered: Eyes,
sir; and at your age he was
president of the United States. :"
The conversation dropped at
that point
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

Rolla Marshall and family
have moved TO tie residence
property recently purchased by
him. 1t is known as the Ben
Moss place.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

Palmyra, Jan. %, 1908. Miss
NeIIin McMurry of this city has
secured a position, as a type.
writer, for Chicago firm and
left the other day to take her
position and her father, Prof.
j. M. McMurry, formerly super
lntendant of public schools in
this city, is thinking about
moving his family there. Miss
McMurry, is sister of Mrs.
Leonard Gosney, who resides
north OF this city.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

*ANTED-A trustworthy gentleman or lady
in each county to manage business of an old
established house of solid financial standing
straight bona fide weekly cash salary Of
$3.50 paid by cheek each Wednesday with all
expenses direct from headquarters, None
advanced for expenses Manager, $40 Caxtop
Bldg, Chicago.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

J. A. Bethea and family
moved to Paris. Friday. Paris
gains a good citizen and Monroe
loses. Mr.. Bethea will serve as
deputy sheriff,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

john Burton the handsome
sheriff OF Monroe County, Was
ci,ruiating among friends in the
city Frrday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

Why in the Sam Hill doesn't
ID. d. Nelson, Hayden and Hays
and every livery in the county
work for roads. roads, roads?
1t means money and time direct
ly. Not indirectly. Unless it
was a gravel road trip. the liv.
cry men Of this city would not
let out teams the middle of
last week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

John c.. Mudd, has been
Transferred from his run out of
Columbus junction, Iowa, to
Kansas City, Mo. He spent
Friday and-but. that is anoth-
er thing that looks little sus.
piciouS. Well. we'll. those
things seem to be in the air.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

DR.. HOrnbaCk. Oculst and
Aurist. Hannibal. Mo.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

The Senates Military Com
mittee, last Thursday either
tried to run a bluff on Germany
or is preparing to call Ger
many's bluff. 1t decided to re-
tain all transports IN services
and provided for an increase OF
electricians, skilled gunners,
machinests and surgents and
others who took care of and
handled guns in the sea coast
defense.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

MIS-. a S Jayne spent the
latter part nf the week with
relatives in PALMYRA.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

}. @. Fuqua WAS business
visitor in the hamlet Of Wood.
land. Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05
MONROE AND PHILADELPHIA

AAONn LINN.
connections with Palmyra. Hannibal. New
arg. Labelle haywood. Nelsonville, .LaGranDa
canton oherrydell. and all points in Levi
sneioy ana Marion counties. Rates; sc. Tyv
TINS new hne' T. 8 SCOTT. rnRr
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05
Entertained.

Mr.. and Mrs. D. D. Nelson
entertained about twenty of
their friends at their easy home
last Wednesday evening.
The charming hostess pleased
one and all by making it six.
nands'round. Refreshments
were served during the evening.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05
Roads, Bridges.

Here is a practical illustra.
ton Of what we meant when we
said; Roads first, bridges after.
wards. o. II. Parks was down
at Florida, Thursday and on
account of the depth and stick
mess of roads, bad to walk
nearly half way home. Bub
Coldwell driving a single horse
TO light buggy Jared worse.
He had to leave bis buggy in
the mud and ride bare back.
back to this city or the Indian
Greek gravel road Yes, we
believe in bridges. but. with tn t
present conditions of roads
over Monroe County we think
they are expensive luxuries as
long as they cannot be used
Build good roads first, bridges
second, say we, for we know it
to be the true business way of
transacting a business matter.
New For Teachers.
This week we have dipped
into science for enough to re
produce.
The Cause OF Thunder" from
the Scientific American. 1t is
we'll worth reading twice for
various reasons. The author
reasons along the lines laid
down by A. MILFORD Hall, some
twenty two years ago, when he
completely shut up Thayer,
Tindall Spencer & Co., and
busted the ware theory as
taught IN schools, wide open.
The article referred to takes the
place Of the usual story.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1903-02-05

The rain tail for January 1903
was 2:13 inches.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

In discussing the matter Of the edu-
cational qualification for voting and
the spectre that Is always conjured up
Of an uneducated white man and an
uneducated Negro, 1t has not occurred
to our contemporaries in this state to
second our motion to apply the Flor
ence idea In the state primary. Let
US apply :. the educational qualifica-
ton strictly to the registration and
then limit the franchise in the Demo-
cratic party to the registered voters
and let us do it at once. This will
have the desired effect. What white
man would be willing to confess that
he is disfranchised through illiteracy
That his own carelessness or neglect
of the opportunities afforded him by
his state through general taxation
had deprived him Of the right to join
In the selection Of the officers Of his
county and state? We want to see
the Florence idea pushed. We believe
it will do more than the Ogden move
ment and all the other educational in
f1uences combined to fill the white
school houses and raise the standard
of the schools and the pay Of the
teachers and relieve the necessity for
a compulsory education law-Flor-
ence Times.
All the foregoing is sensible and i'm
portant; but it is useless to look to
the politicians to carry 1t into effect.
The good, hard sense Of the masses
will have: to; take the initiative. The
longer the matter is neglected, the
greater will be the harm, and we think
something should be done at once
In the next state Democratic conven-
tion.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

THE Watts law, which makes the
distilling Of whisky outside Of incor-
porated towns in North Carolina lille
gal after today, July l. is likely to be
tested by the distillers and the test
will probably bring complications be-
tween the state and Federal govern
ments. The North Carolina law i'm
poses heavy penalties for violation, and
as Federal storekeepers and gaugers
are the real distillers they, of course
will lay themselves liable under the
penalties. Many of the distillers have
already had their bonds renewed, pre-
paratory to continuing their business,
and of course the storekeepers and
gaugers will be on hand to perform
their office. Just what the outcome
will be, Of course cannot be predicted
with any certainty; but the probability
Is that by the time the issue Is sifted
to the bottom, it will be found that the
state of North Carolina has not great
deal to do with the matter; that the
Federal government will insist upon its
privilege Of running its liquor business
wherever it desires.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

GAMBLER HUNTING WITH AXES
More than 600 prisoners were taken
this afternoon in the largest and most
spectacular raid on pool rooms ever
executed in this city. One hundred
policemen, armed with axes, crow
bars, sledge hammers and ladders, and
led by Inspector Smith and the cap
tains Of five precincts, swooped down
simultaneously on six places in Sixth
avenue, West Fourth street, East
Twelfth street. East Thirteenth street
and Mercer street.
The" Aliens place at 80 Sixth ave-
nue., was one of those raided. Five
heavy doors had to be forced open
there, and more than 200 prisoners
were taken. The watches Of the cap
tains had been set by the same time.
and exactly at o'clock when business
In the pool rooms was at it's height,
the raids were started.
them had concealed themselves in
buildings near the ones raided, and
waited until the patrol wagons drove
up. A plain clothes man was in each
wagon, and by-StanderS were told that
he was Il prisoner. When 4 o'clock
came the police rushed from their hid
ing places and attacked the doors ST.
multaneously, using axes from the
wagOns.--New York dispatch to Phila-
delphia Ledger.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

NEW ADVERTISEMENTS.

Sam M. Grist, Special Agent-Says he
can and will give you the proof that
the Mutual Benefit Is the best insuf-
ance company If you will give him
an opportunity.
Heath Elliott Mule Co.-Has added q
lot Of new rolling stock to its livery
plant. They invite you to see them
IL you want a wagon or buggy. Big
shipments just received.
II. w. Speck, The Jeweler-Calls the
ladies' attention to something new
and blouse sets I'm sterling silver.
Foushee Cash Store-Talks about q
cinch which it offers to buyers Of
towels and handkerchiefs. You are
invited to come and see the bar
gains. :
York Drug Store-Says the 4th Of July
will probably be warm day and in
vites you to. come and get cooled
off at its fountain.
c.: P. Lowrance & Co.-Have choice
white fish and suggest that you let
them send you some and then you
will send for more.
j. @. Wray-Wants you to know that
the claim that he sells the best quail
tiles Of goods Is unquestioned by the
people who look around and see for
themselves, and he says that his
prices are about right, too.
Strauss-Smith Co.'s taking stock
this week, and promise some lively
bargain days when this work Is over:
They have several thousand dollars
Of seasonable goods which they pro-
pose to turn loose at astonishing fig
ures for the cash.
J. M. Heath & Co.-Announce a special
stock taking sale which Is to last
during the month Of July, and are
Offering some very attractive bar
gains to people who are watchful of
bargains. They have especially at
tractive offerings in clothing and
shoes.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01
BIG FLORIDA RATHER.

DR.. E. M. Law, of Barlow, Fla, who
Is spending a while In Yorkville, Is
showing his friends here the tanned
skin. of. a diamond back rattlesnake,
trophy of g surveying expedition on
the Catoosahatchee river, In south
west Florida last year. .
The skin, which was taken off en-
tire,i is beautifully tanned, without a
break from one end to the other. From
the tip Of the nose to the end Of the
bunch Of rattles on its tall, 1t meas
ures seven feet and eight inches and
across at the widest place the meas
urement is a fraction over ten inches.
The skin was taken off by ripping the
snake from the under side, and the
tanning process completed, the back
shows row Of large yellowish dia-
monds running its entire length.
From a few inches below the neck to
about the snakes middle, the diamonds
are perfect, at the middle there Is a
large double diamond and from there
to the end of the tail the single dia-
monds continue. On the tail there are
thirteen rattles.
DR.. Law killed the snake one even
ing about sundown. He left camp for
drink and near the water hole he
saw what looked like the head Of a
turkey sticking up above the low un-
derbrush and. swaying from right to
left. On a second look he recognized
the object as the head of rattlesnake
and after a moments hesitation he
went back to camp after gun. The
rattler was in the same spot on his
return and he shot it in the head. Be-
fore skinning it, he put it on the scales
and it's weight was exactly forty-five
pounds.
There are thousands Of rattlesnakes
in Florida, DR.. Law says, and during
his different surveying expeditions he
has learned a great deal about them.
He says that the prevalent idea that
a rattlesnake always gives warning
with it's rattles before striking its vic
tim Is falacious. He rattles only when
calling his mate, or when he Is angry
or disturbed. He Is not disposed to
strike without provocation; but If you
should happen to step within reach Of
him, you are in danger Of being bit
without the slightest warning. If he
can do so. however, he will always
move away on your approach, with
out ruttllng, striking or making his
presence known. But II you hear the
whir of his rattle once"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

THE state department has received
dispatch from. Minister Beaupre at
Bogota, saying that canal discussion
had been opened In the Colombian
house by a representative opposed to
the canal treaty. who began by calling
for the documents relating to the
treaty. The government objected on
the ground that 1t was not ready to
present the. treaty to the house, but
would do so later. The governments
position was sustained by a vote Of
SO to 5.-Washington dispatch Of June
q. ~'
This sounds very we'll; but we shall
be agreeably surprised If the Colom-
bian government finally ratifies the ca
nal treaty. Somehow or other, we
have never believed that the Repub-
lican party has been really in earnest
with regard to the matter, and we
have all along entertained suspicion
to the effect that the reason for adopt
ing the Panama canal route lay in the
belief that the Colombians could be de-
pended upon, through bribery and 9TH
erwise, to indefinitely postpone the
whole project. ="
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01
MERE.MENTION,

One man was killed and another was
badly wounded In Breathitt county,
KY, last Sunday as the result Of a
feud fight growing out Of the recent
trial Of Curtis Jett.. Colonel V. E.
McBee has resigned the high position
he has been holding with the Seaboard
Air Line railroad. .... The American
Jews are considering the question Of
changing their day. of rest from Sat-
urday to Sunday. Street cars cross
ed the Kansas river between the two
Kansas Cities last Sunday for the first
time in four weeks. Between
thirty and one hundred people were
killed in a railroad wreck in Spain last
Saturday. The train went through the
trestle over the Nejerilla river. .....'
The officers of the German cruiser Ga
zelle, who called on Crum when he
was absent from his Office, declined
to call on the Negro collector at Sa-
vannah, Ga, at all. ......A Yokohama,
Japan, cable has it that the Russians
have actually invaded Corea..
The National Colored immigration and
Commercial association, in session in
Montgomery, Ala, adopted resolutions
one day last week asking congress to
appropriate s1OO,O0O,0OO to aid in Sc
curing transportation for Negroes who
desired to go to Liberia. King Pc
ter, of Servia, has issued a proclama-
ton in which he grants amnesty to
all political prisoners. :. Sir. Thomas
Upton dined with the president last
Friday. There are now 1000 acres
Of land in cotton in Porto Rico. Five
cotton gins were sent to the island
from the United States a few days
ago.. -. There has been rioting in
Wilmington, DEL, almost every night
since the recent burning of the Negro
rapist. Detachments of the state mill
tia are on the ground to keep down
disorder.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

THOSE are grave charges that have
been made against Senator A. c. Lat
inner with reference to his implication
in conspiracy intended to drive First
Assistant Postmaster General Wynne
from office by means Of false accusa-
tions, manufactured out Of the whole
cloth. The charges are rather more
than semi-official too, and there has
been no denial. The people Of South
Carolina are entitled to full investi-
cation of the matter; but as to wheth-
er they will ever get it is extremely
doubtful for the reason that the Of
fense is purely moral and the courts
take cognizance Of such matters only
in exceptional cases. But just think
of the idea Of dozen. honorable gen.
tlemen" deliberately arranging among
themselves to cause the downfall of
an Objectionable official by means Of
well-corroborated lies. We do not
want to be understood as saying that
Mr.. Latimer is guilty of this for we
know nothing of the matter except
from what we have seen in the news
papers; but the friends of First Assist
ant Postmaster General Wynne make
the charge and they say they can fur
nish the proofs.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01
=. A Thinker IN CHICAGO.
What He Has to Say About Lynchins
3D.. From Another Point of View.

What He Has to Say About Lynching
... From Another Point of View.
Il am no advocate Of lynching or Of
mob law, but I would rather see a
community wrought up to the highest
pitch over the crimes that would seem
impossible this side Of hell than to re-
main apathetic," was the declaration
Congregational church Of Chicago last
Sunday, in a prelude on "Lynching
from Another Point Of View" DIR.
Bartlett said among other things:
Il have seen so many sermons, edi-
torials and resolutions denouncing
lynching and mob law, that one would
get the impression that the citizens
who hang or burn the destroyer Of life,
home and all that is held sacred by
womanhood are the real offenders,
rather than the monster whom they
destroy.
I'VE seem to be so absorbed with the
majesty Of this vague term law that
the notion appears to prevail that the
real criminals are those who do not
wait for legal processes, and the vio-
lator Of womanhood is the abused
party.
I'VE shudder at the torture Of the
criminal who Is burned, but apparently
forget to shudder for the innocent girl,
whose mental and spiritual agony Is
poll hot nf
This is not a race problem, except so
far as one race are the offenders. The
white man who commits the same
crime Is just as guilty.
"The indignant uprising, of q COM
munity, and some Of the best men in
it,. to avenge wrong of such awful
magnitude may be technically lawless,
but the spirit which causes the upris-
ing is the reflection Of a higher civili-
zation. There are crimes so dreadful
that the pure and chiyalrous and the
strong find 1t well-nigh impossible to
endure the thought that such degen-
crate should pollute the earth by his
presence. 1t Is easy to theorize about
the anarchy Of mob law, but the same
hand which penned the calm editorial
might be the first to grasp the torch If
1t was a mother, wife or daughter who
was the victim.
Il say that when you look at a
lynching from another view point it is
simply the bursting forth Of an indig-
nation and loathing that will not be
checked. In the Old Testament days
they made short work of such an Of
fender.
"Lynching is certainly a bad method
and forms the habit Of disorder, and
makes men bloodthirsty. But If 1t Is
to be avoided there certainly Is call
ed for a more sure and speedy trial Of
these wretches who often brazenly
deny crime amid red tape aE legal pro-
cesses but confess abjectly when con-
fronted with determined men. 1t is
useless to bring to trial good men who
rise up to protect their firesides. The
community will not bear 1T. If men
object to being burned let them cease
from crimes which make a nation
sick"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

is the open prey at all times Of bar
barians who know no restraint and
will not be restrained. There is but
one part left for the prosecuted Negro
when charged with crime and when
innocent. Be law unto yourself.
You are taught by this lesson Of out
rage to save yourself from torture
at the hands Of the blood-seeking pub
lie. Save your race from insult and
shame. Be your own sheriff, court
and jury. as was the outlaw Tracy.
Die in your tracks, perhaps drinking
the blood of your pursuers. Booker
T. Washington's charity, humanity,
advice of forgiveness, love, industry
and so on will never be reciprocated
by white men,"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

THE Columbia State was provoked
one day last week to about the first
utterance that it had made with ref
ence to the trial of J. H. Tillman since
the murder Of Mr.. Gonzales. What
the State said was perfectly proper
and to the point; but our contempora-
ry should not lose sight Of the fact
that much Of the buncombe that has
been indulged in by the defense was
for the purpose Of making the State
break its silence, and it should be ex-
tremely careful as to how it plays in
to the hands Of the enemy. OF course,
nothing that the State can say will af-
feet the main issue, the guilt or in
nocence Of Tillman; but it can easily
say enough to enable the attorneys
for the defense to secure an adjudi-
cation of the case on trivial and ir-
relevant grounds.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1903-07-01

ton, the disease was traced to case
that had occurred several miles away
on little stream that emptied into
the stream from which the city gets
it's water supply. THE ENQUIRER does
not like to pose as an 'alarmist; but
this situation is certainly serious. 1t Is
important that the town Of Yorkville
own and control the watershed from
which the public supply comes. Then
1t will be possible to take effective
steps against contamination with ty-
phoid fever or other germs. AS long,
however, as the present situation con-
tinues. the people have to look only
that they are now enjoying.