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Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13

Tho state should not license gambling
in any form, whether II b" Il lottery or
pool selling ON horse races. and the per
nlcioUs effect on public morals * not
l,Ss,ned by requiring Il fence to b" put
the place where TIA" racing IS car
ricd on. The law should not sanction
any practice that pOi!ut,a the youth and
the men of tho state. There ~
no magic in a license to change moral!
wrong into innocence.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13

City Editor-Why do you say he ran
into the police stations putting and
blowing?" "Puilng" and blowing
are synonymous.
Rcporter-NOt at all. There's a vast
difference, for instance, between pun
ing n man up and blowing him up
Philadelphia Ledger.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13
what lie Won.

did your husband ever win any
thing at the racos?"
mo" answered young Mrs. Torkins,
nothing except the esteem OF the
hoolmakers and the sympathy Of bis
friends. Star.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13

IT.. - II, -.
GOV. Joseph w. Ok inaugural adj
dress. as read in the general assembly
"0 @
was as lOllOWS.
Senator, and Rcur.g.p,,tiyog
NJ.
ms Is INC thlfd llinc | have stood
upom ,",S Iihtioihl. inc ifSt was on a
,n. w "i!t,' h'sht carry iast year III
u, ""I"ish y INC ucIhoCIatic hoIl'hd-
,lonI 'mr second, II, me dawn OF a suLn-
-, ~ H'hS IA 'uIy, VA hcGcpliub tHe
III ,mu,i'n " my phrtyi ana now, Tor
~ p"ir'at VI t'h,hB ,hc oalh ~ gov
- un'1 s'tdt EoH~Il4oh" Ghitl lhu
~ ,"i'Iuii'p NY PilhcipieS anu INGENIOUS
49, ~ huiuc me ha'o ucuiGattu
.ny"',i " .ic sci 'Icc OF inc people Oh
ny 49,, unuGi the hahclloli OF d SYi'hii
V",n ,id' Si,aIi oc pi'atrVcu hdIiiu anu
Insio'htI' doiVunuly impressed Wy iie
SHpi'IS'oh OF .ncir confluence, i pIclbo
anSst'i LtloLo Co.. anu IN the presence
o. 49, Wltitas,S, 70 compete drEDtiy.
~ ,hc "Cllhic or the people OF Missouri.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13

Partlsanship Is a good thing some
times, but patriotism Is a better thing
all the time. Iartisa nShlp is wen enough
when it docs not conflict with PATRIOTISM.
but patriotism Is "A higher virtue than
paftiaIuship. Some Of you are demo-
crats, some are republicans, all are Mis-
sOurians. in the discharBc Of official
duties, let us be MissuurlIns before we
are anything else. Do not forget that
you will be aiding the party you may be-
long to, most, by giving the public the
highest service. You can not help your
party by injurinB your state. one may
be In private HE "A democrat or rcpub-
NCan, but when he steps into public Of
flee, he becomes "A public scryant-a Scrv-
ant o! all the people. II IS not my pur-
pose TO urge upon you the abandonment
OF any party organization with which you
may be affiliated.
! believe in party organizations; in Il
popular form Of government, such as
ours. they arc necessary, Tor 1t Is through
political parties that men com" to an
agreement on public policies and make
be Just as patriotic as anothcr, yet they
may differ on governmental questions. iO-
litical parties, to be worthy of confidence,
must be servants of the public. not pub
lie masters.
When you come before the people, to
give an account Of your stewardship, the
account must be for pubic service, and
not for party work. Your party nomi-
mated you, the people elected you and
sent you here to serve ia" public, and
by that service you VIII reflect credit or
dlscrcdit on your party. You are here
as legislators. not as politicians, and the
welfare of the state should ever be your
first consideration. If the public veal
should conflict with party advantage or
personal ambition, the public good should
prevail, Loyalty to Missouri Is more i'm.
organization. Nothing can justify one
becoming "A traitor to his state.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13
state Primary Law.

The nearer government can be brought
to the people, the ptIcr and better that
government viii be. To that end, n state
primary law should be enacted, whereby
all nominations for state, county and
municipal offices VIII be made by pri-
mary held on IN" same day all over the
state by all political parties, with the
same number of voting places as In the
general election and IN" expenses paid
In the same manner. This would do
ava with Ia" political boss, for the pco-
pl" would then be boss. IN" professional
hnFH delights ia 4 multiplicity of pIlina-
fi.a ana conventions. The ordinary citi-
zen. after att"udlng one or two COnvcn-
lions and primaries, becomes weary and
gives his attention to other matters, icaV-
ing the Held To- those VINO ar" IN politics
tor revenue only, The result IL, unless
the people ar" Intensely aroused, uOmi-
nations ar" Inud", not by the people, but
by those who hay" a selfish Interest to
be served, \ state primary would, az "A
Iulr, nominate tho beet men and the
numtu'cb wupld represent the people,
,Vith a state primary law, there would
b. tuat Two days thst the citiLcc souli
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13
JOS, v, FOLKS
INAUGURAL ADDRESS,
UAware of the Seriousness of the
Duties That Await Me.n
MISSOURI NOW ON TRIAL.
Declares the Motto of the state
should Bc the Guiding star of
Every OHiciaI Act.

Gov. Joseph W. Folks inaugural ad-
dress, as read in the general assembly,
was as follows.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13
lcSisiatOr's Lot Not Easy.

The legislators lot Is not AN easy
one. The pIttancc he receives for his
work is hardly sufficient to supply his
necessary wants. No private interests
could secure Tor 50 small "a sum the scry-
Ice Of 50 large "A number OF men, as hon
est ana intelligent AS III" men who com
pose this general assembly. The Tempt
lions which beSct III" legislator on every
hand assume the most insidious forms.
An innocent present given In supposed
friendship may hay. concealed in 1t the
germ that VIII lead to the downfall Of
legislative honor. Unless the legislator
be strong and ever vigilant, no matter
how high his purposes or how pure his
motives. he may be trapped by designing
men into "A compromising pOsition-and
then he Is lost ! have never known "A
legislator to become corrupt deliberately;
his Intentions In the beginning are usual.
ly good. The moral collapse generally
begins through the seductive siren songs
OF past masters In the art of corruptlon.
The way to corruption Is IA primrose
path, with dead sea apples On either
side, ending In the quicksunds of dis
honor and despair. once an official
starts on that road, 1t Is almost impos-
tiblc TO turn back, for fear OF exposure.
II Is better, though, to kncel at the feet
of Justice and tell the truth than to be
dashed by the fear OF publicity into fur
thcr wrongs.
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13

II Ii proper that railroads and all inter
csts, Quasi-public ana private, should
have the right 10 appear before lcgIslat-
i've committees and present reasons for
or against 'hc passag" OF any BIZ. They
llkeWis should be accorded the privilege
OF addressing tn" individual legislators IN
"A proper way, but the maintenance OF a
professional! lobby breeds ~CoTruption, aud
Morgan County democrat. (Versailles, Mo.) 1900-1906, 1905-01-13
ltciormntury For First Offenders.
General Legislation.

Tho compensation Of the excise Commls-
siOn"r is out Of proportion to what Is
paid other public officials. lie should be
put on "A reasonable salary and all fees
paid utp the state treasury.
There Is urgent necessity for the re
KoVipiOps heretofore" made have been
done hastily, with the result that the
statutes are fun Of contradictions, Chus-
Ing uncertainty rs to what the law Is.
\ commission of men learned IN the law
ought to be provided for To revise the
Ftatut,s. Let obaOlctc law be- repealed,
let Inconsistent statutes be rocuuCiicd.
make the laws certain ana Just ana let
them bc enforced.
a remedy should be provided for the
negligent deaths of adult unmarried per-
sons by giving the father or mother the
right 10 sue. Under the present law
there Is no remedy In such instances,
Strange to say. II "A railroad. for in
stance, Injuries one over Il years Of age
and Unmarried the damage are Min.
tied, but II. instead of inJurinS, the rail.
at all. The law makes II economical,
from IA financial standpoint, To
Thc limb Of "A bachelor liz val
liable. but the lif" of II bachelor is not
worth anything under the law. This IL
one Of the huinors Of the law, but 1t Is
not justice. 1t often happens that an
may have a dependent mother or father,
and they. at least, should have II right Of
action In such Instances, THIS should De
done as "A matter Of justice, and, farther,
10 prevent loss OF life, for when n cor
poratiuU must pay In damages for the
lives 1t takes by negligence II Will uatur-
ally W more Careful.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
WIVES WERE STOCKHOLDERS.
Assistants of Public Printer Interest
ed in Monotype Machine Co.

Assistants of Public Printer Interest
ed in Monotype Machine Co.
At Oyster Bay Sunday, President
Roosevelt made public the report of
the Keep commission on it's recent in
vestigation of affairs in the govern
ment priting Office at Washington.
The inquiry was made by special
direction of the president, on account
of protest which he had received
from officials of the Mergenthaler
Typesetting Machine company against
the award of contract by Public
Printer Frank w. Palmer to the Ian
ston Monotype company for seventy
two machines of it's make.
The president decided, after an ex-
animation of the Keep report, that the
contract for the Lanston machines
should stand. The Keep commission
reported that if the contract could be
set aside, such a course would be
desirable" although the commission
states expressly that mo corrupt con-
slderat1on, payment or promise pass
ed from the Lanston Monotype COM
pany to the public printer or to any
person in the government service"
1t was developed by the commits
sion, however, that two important as
sistants of the public printer were in
directly interested in the Lanston
company, their wives being stock
holders therein"
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
BLOWN TO ATOMS
Many Men are MangIed in
FrightfuI Explosion.
POWDER MILLS WRECKED
Thirty Employees Literally Torn to
FRAGMENTS in Catastrophe-Ten
Buildings Raced and Other
Property Damaged.

The Rand Powder Mills in the suo-
urbs of FaiEchance, six miles south
of JJniontown, Pa, were entirely wip-
ed out by an explosion at 9:O5
o'clock Saturday morning.
OF the thirty-two men who went to
work in the mill in the morning, nine
teen are known to be dead. OF these
thirteen have l1een identified. Nine
men, including c. M. Rand. manager
of the plant, were seriously injured.
The shock of the explosion was dis
tinctly felt in Connellsville, 20 miles
away, buildings being rocked on their
foundations. At Uniontown hundreds
of Ipanes of glssses were broken. In
the town of Fairchance there is
scarcely house that did not suffer
damage. The sides were battered
as though axes had been used. Hay
stacks were toppled over in the fields,
and live stock were stunned.
A passenger train on the Baltimore
and Ohio railroad, northbound, from
Moreantown to Connellsville, which
was passing the works when the first
explosion occurred,was almost thrown
from the track by the explosion. An
the windows were shattered, and the
passengers thrown into a panic. Had
the train been a few seconds later it
would have been blown up, as the
mills were in few rods of the
tracks.
A street car on the West Pennsyl-
vania railroad had also passed just a
few seconds before the explosion and
was far enough away to escape dam
ga, though it was derailed. There
were seven explos tons in all.
Every one OF the ten buildings was
totally demolished. Not "a vestige of
them remain. The debris that was
strewn over the 10 acres of ground
where the plant was located, took fire
soon after the explosion, and a(sled
it's terrors to the disaster.
The dismembered parts of the dead
were buHned in many instances. Iden-
tification of many was made by parts
of clothing alone. The first three ex-
plosions were not as serious as the
last four. Then the packing house,
pressing room and magazine blew up,
followed by two cars OF dynamite
standing on a nearby railroad siding,
which were set off by the concussion
from the powder mill explosions.
identification Difficult.
When the bodies were recovered
the work of Identification was very
difficult. Small pieces of bodies were
picked up all over the place. These
were not collected together, and many
sections of bodies were thrown back
into the debris, where they were
found.
The hole where the magazine ex-
rloded in about is feet deep and so
wards square.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
SOLDIERS ARE JUBILANT.
Russ and Jap Armies in Manchuria
Notified That War is Ended and
Give Vent to Great Joy.

A special from Godzarani, Manchu-
ria, says: At / o'clock Saturday aft
ernoon a Japanese commissioner bear
ing a white flag and escorted by Hlty
soldiers arrived at post near the
railway and handed to the Russian
officers, who went to meet him, a let
ter from Field Marshal Oyama, to
General Linevitch, copgratulating him
on the conclusion of peace, and beg
ging him to appoint Russian plenipo-
teniiaries 10 arrange an armistice.
Field Marshal Oyama appointed Gen
eral Tukushima as plenipotentiary for
his side the letter announced, and
he suggested Chakhedza as the meet
ing place.
Since news was received that peace
negotiations at Portsmouth were ap.
preaching a conclusion, the correspon.
dent of the Associated Press has made
survey of all the Russian positions
from Mongolia headquarters, the OBJ
ject in part being to ascertain the ex-
tent to which the efforts making for
peace were viewed by the army.
The negotiations received no Off
cial recognition in the field prior to
their successful conclusion, the army
keeping in a state of preparedness
| for a battle until the receipt by Gen.
eral Linevitch of a telegram from
Emperor Nicholas, declaring that the
treaty had Teen signed, and that his
majesty accepted the condition arriv-
ed at.
This telegram was officially pub
lished in the army newspaper at Gun
| shu Pass, Manchuria, on September 6,
and the outlines of the peace condi-
tions were printed in the same publ
cation Saturday.
The officers thereafter observed mil
itary decorum ip the strictest sense,
but the soldiers, with the consent of
! the officers, engaged in feasting and
other forms of celebration. 1t will be
| a week more before the entire army
| is fully informed of the conclusion of
| peace, but the news was discounted
long ago by the prevailing conviction
| that since the appointment of the
| plenipotentiaries peace was a fore.
gone conclusion. 1t may be said that
to the great majority of the officers
and men so far informed the news
| that the war is at an end is most
| welcome.
Thousands are daily drinking to the
| health of President Roosevelt The
| correspondent, who is the only re.
naming foreign newspaper man with
| the Russian army, was everywhere
asked by the men if he was an Amer
lean, and on being answered in the
affirmative, they captured him and
tossed him many times in the air af.
ter the manner of the Cossacks, while
their officers gently protested against
this seeming questionable manner OF
their admiration
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
RAWLINGS TURNED DOWN.
Motion for New Trial Refused by
Judge Mitchell at ThomlasviIe.

Motion for New Trial Refused by
Judge Mitchell at ThomaasviIe.
Motion has been denied for a new
trial in the case of ]. G. Rawlings
and his sons, Milton, Jesse and Leon
ard, who are sentenced to be hanged
September 18th. Argument was heard
at ThomasNille Saturday morning be-
fore Judge Robert G.. Mitchell. Attor-
ney Cooper represented Rawlings and
Solicitor Thomas the state.
Court was in session from 10 a. m.
to 1:30 p. m, and in accordance with
the expectation, refused to grant a
new trial.
Cooper announces that he will take
the case to the supreme court. He
will ask the state board for a stay
Of execution 10 allow the case to be
heard.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The editor of this department is
in receipt of a letter from gentle
man in Texas, who states that he
and several of his neighbors, who
went to Texas from Mississippi nine
years ago, have been reading in
Mississippi paper for the past year OF
the period of prosperity that is being
experienced by the old state, and that
this fall five families of them will
dispose of their holdings in the Lone
Star State and return to Mississippi
This is gratifying news indeed, and
if the writer had no other evidences
of the result of his efforts to bring
the advantages of Mississippi before
the outside world, this one item would
fully compensate him for the little
effort expended. Then let us renew
our exertions to everlastingly speak
we'll of our great state and keep its
advantages before the people of other
sections
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
REVENUE OFFICIALS INDICTED.
Twenty-Eight In North Carolina Are
Charged with Gross Feauds.

The special term of federal court,
held at Greensboro, N. c., to investi-
gate charges of fraud on the part
of revenue officers and distillers Sat
urday, returned twenty-sight indict-
ments.
The charges include bribery, forg-
cry, perjury, false reports of captured
stills and false expense vouchers.
Several of the collectors indicted are
prominent in republican political cir
cles. sse~>a
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

Indications are that Mississippi is
taking greater interest in the good
roads movement than ever before, and
number of counties have gone after
the subject in way that something
definite and profitable will ensue. One
of our greatest needs is better roads.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The recent agitation against the
adopted arithmetics for the next five
years in Mississippi because the book
contained a number of examples that
were very unfair to the south, has had
the excellent effect of having each of
he examples complained of changed,
md the Mississippi edition at least
will be free from them. That was a
good work that the people can thanh
the newspapers for.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The celebration of the completion
of the NJ ]. & K. c.. railroad that
was to have taken place on the 5tn
IT Pearl river, near Philadelphia, was
postponed on account of yellow fever
ouarantines. The event will probably
be celebrated later itP the season.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The Doliver County Democrat, pub
lshed at Rosedale, issued splendid
illustrated edition last week, that re-
fleets great credit upon the publish
ers and the enterprising citizens of
that section. 1t contains % pages, and
S rcplete with information concern
;ng the section of country it repre-
sens, and shows up well for Rose
dale.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

Notwithstanding the mosquito
quarantine, Biloxi opened third
large banking institution few days
since. While the mosquito fever is
near unto them, the people go ahead
with business as if nothing had hap.
pened. That is the correct way ol
doing it.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The board of supervisors of Lownes
county nave called good roads con-
vention for October I'd, when full
and free discussion of the ways and
means to improve the roads of that
county will be had. 1t is to be hoped
suits, and that Lowndes county will
soon prove the banner good-roads
county of that section.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
BERLIN's CHOLERA BULLETIN.
Nineteen Cases and Seven Death.

from Bubonic a Days Record.
An official bulletin issued in Ber-
lin announced that nineteen cases uf
cholera and seven deaths were re-
ported during the twenty-four hours
ending at noon Friday, making a to-
tai Of 1913 cases and thirty-nine
deaths to that date.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
MISSISSIPPI
State News
V Y X Y Y v X Y X X u u X X Y Y x Y Y ~

The Mathiston Enterprise has been
moved to Maben and hereafter will
be published at that place under the
name of The Advance.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
RUSS ENJOYS IN WASHINGTON
Witte and Rosen View Sights of the
National Capital.

National Capital.
Mr.. Witte and Baron Rosen, the
Russian peace plenipctentiaries. &C.
companied by five members of the
formers suites. spent Sunday in
Washington
They arrived at an early hour OF
the morning and spent the entire day
visiting the historic points in and
about the city, and left at 5:35
O'Clock for New York, from which
place Mr.. Witte will sail for Hamburg
Thursday.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

tained that any other kind had slipped
in the people would rise up in their
wrath and bodily boot him out OF the
state. In this age of graft it is re-
freshing indeed to know that Mlssls-
sippi is acknowledged all over the
United States to be one OF only hve
that is entirely free from the blight.
Let every citizen labor to keep it SO.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The little city Of Marks in Quitman
county, not being satisfied with the
advent of a splendid newspaper, sew
eral good buildings and other evi.
dences of prosperity, is now consid.
ering the organization of business
league to advertise the advantages OF
the place and help in making it stE.
larger and better Marks is a game
place, sure.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

Monroe county will work her roads
On the contract system and has pre-
pared and published an elaborate set
of specifications for the same. II
would be well for counties contem-
plating the securing of better roads
to get copy of the Monroe specifi-
cations, there being much valuable in
formation contained therein. Write
Tie chancery clerk for copy and il
stamp is enclosed a copy will be
forthcoming.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14
VIENNA HoNoRs ROOSEVELT.
Austrian City to Name a Street fol
President of United States.

President Of United States.
The municipal council of Vienna,
Austria, proposes to perpetuate the
memory of President Roosevelt's sue
cess In restoring peace by remaining
street Theodore Roosevelt strasse,
and cabling the thanks of the city of
Vienna. The proposal has been for
mally introduced.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

It should be gratifying to the peo-
pie CT Mississippi to know that Of
only five states in the union known
to be absolutely free from graft, Their
state is one Of the five. This is just
as it should be. We have been FORUM
ate indeed in securing honest and
upright officials, and the writer is
firm in the belief that If 1t were ascer.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

L. E. Hall of Scranton has discov-
cred a new variety of grape that
is said to be an improvement On the
scupperncng, being larger and with
less seed. They are from transplants
of two years ago, and promise to
prove very valuable discovery for
that section of country. More atten-
ton is being paid grape culture than
ever before, and the discovery of this
new variety will stimulate matters
greatly.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1905-09-14

The strenuous efforts being made
by several Mississippi judges to have
the law strictly enforced in their ju-
dicial districts should be just as
strenuously upheld by the people. A
laxity of enforcement will eventually
grow into general breaking of the
law. An example of this can be had
in the city of Memphis in our neigh
boring state of Tennessee. Enforce
tie law rigidly. If the 'enactments are
not just, have them repealed, but by
no means allow laxity in the en-
forcement.