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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-07-20
Card of Thanks.

We wish to thank our friends and
neighbors for their kindness during
the sickness and death of our wife
and mother.
JACKSON WRIGHT AND CHILDREN.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-07-20

Mrs. N. E. Hill, Of Peoria, Ills, II
visiting her son, W. F. Hill, OF the
Hills Cash Store.
W. II. Browning purchased Sheriff
NJ. B. Morris residence property on
South Main street.
c. P. Catron, cashier OF the Adrian
State Bank, with his wife, spent Sun.
day with relatives in Butler.
Mrs. Davis is down from Kansas
City on a visit to her husband, Sam
W. Davis, Of the Democrat.
After visit to the family of A. 81.
Culver, Lewis Bruner, son OF j. W.
Bruner, leitfor his home In Henrietta,
Texas, Monday night.
Oren Jenkins and wife srespsnding
the heated term in Colorado. They
left for that reputed cool and health.
iul climate last Thursday.
Mrs. CT. Stewart and little daugh-
ter, Laura, we're pleasant callers the
last Of the week. Miss Laura wanted
to see the wheels 60 round in q print
Ing plant.
q. n. Rosamond and wife returned
to their home in Haddam, Kan
sas, after q pleasant visit with
their parents, relatives and friends in
Butler.
hsyorA. B. Owen and family spent
q few days the last of the week In
their old home neighborhood near
Altoona. They returned home Mon
day.
Mrs. Emma Walker, at Saratoga,
Wyoming, sends us remittance for re-
newal, with kind words OF spprecia-
ton of our Efforts. They formerly
lived near Peru In this county.
c. L. Mills and wife were In Butler
thursday evening. Mr.. Mills Is
cashier q The Adrian Banking Co.,
which institution be and ]. Scudder
founded twenty odd years ago.
Dan K. Walker has returned from
his outingin the Osarks on Saturday
having ridden his flns saddle nag the
round trip. The wife and children re-
turned BY rsn. They had q fine
time. y
Carrie, the II year old daughter Of
Charles Hui, died at the home OF her
parents, In Lone Oak, on Wednesday
morning last, Of appendicitis. The
remains we're Inferred In the ceme-
tsry at Double Branch.
Il 4 Is
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1905-07-20

Miss Helen Rose, OF Marshall, Mo.
= visiting Miss Sallie Wix.
Miss Mary Wix Is at ElDoradc
Springs for a couple OF weeks.
Miss Germaine Dooley is visiting
her sister at Oswego, Kan.
\ r. W. Rowe, cashier OF the Amoret
Bank, spent Sunday in Butler.
Friend Carpenter went out to hi,
Kansas ranch the first OF the week.
& o. L. Radford, OF Nevada, came up
on business and to visit Butler rela.
tives and friends.
Mildred, the little daughter oil
Judge John Silvers has been quite
sick with malaria.
! Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Deacon have
been confined to their home the past
| eek with malaria fever.
Mrs. Ed. Snyder entertained Mrs.
Johnson, OF Bennington, Ills, and
Miss Jessie Campbell, Of Kansas City.
Butler was practically deserted on
Thursday, as everyone who possibly
ould went to the races at Rich Hill.
Much malarial sickness ID reported
by the doctors, caused by the eIces-
i've rains followed by intense heat.
4 Leslie Pharis, popular young
Bates county teacher, has accepted
position in the Appleton City pub
PC schools.
Mrs. VIII Smith and Mrs. Clara
5BeviHgton, OF Coifeyville, Kansas,
jars visiting their mother, Mrs. John
|Endres.
7 County Clerk John Herrell Is run
hg the flee to suit himself now, as
bosses, the deputies, are enjoy
itR their vacation.
The f. Scott crossing campers
struck their tents the last 81 theweek
Ind returned to town, after ten days
0i"roughing IT," ffl T'hqts-e {
Mrs. Davidson, who had been visit
bg her daughter, Mrs. Cy Walker,
bturned to her homo in Kansas City
y last Of the week.
FRIDAY, Saturday and Sunday we're
0s hottest days so far Of the season,
snd the frst Of, the week Was not so
now, whom II comes to talking heat.
The store Of N. Johannes 4 Son, Of
ich Hill, Vas burglarized, the thieves
lining entrance by breaking IN .
ndow. Six rsvolysgs vses mi1ssd.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
1.-THE Worm Turns"

Doesn't 1t make you weary to read
the rot of those rattle-brained idiots
of the Chicago press who are repeat
eddy ridiculing the country papers
on their locals?
These two-by-four lunch counter
fiends think It awful funny when
some country newspaper says "Hi-
ram Slocum has sold his Holstein
COW to Ed Childress." But of course
II is just the proper caper when they
say Mrs. Franklin oliver Lowden
has just returned from the EPSON
Lorimer Kennels" oh, that's great
That bull pup would bring abou,
thirty cents in the dog pound. while
Slocum's COW would sell for $50 In
the dark.
Because Gussie Davis was over at
Guards Point Sunday to see his best
girl they throw a shoe. but II VIII
liam Henry Harrison Pook, the So
ciety leader. was in Milwaukee last
Saturday to see Miss Gertie Pabst
they would slobber over a half col
umn and have three pictures of Ger
tie and William Henry on the front
page.-Gallatin, H., Democrat.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
MUCH ATTENTION.
Is Being Shown Miss Aline Bagby-
Her Route Received.

The many friends of Miss Aline
Bagby. who is playing in the Sim
pie Life" Co., will be pleased to
learn of the success she is meeting
in and also of her being highly en-
tertained everywhere, particularly
on January 81. Richmond, Va, by
the country club of that city, a So
cial club of the greatest prominence
and exclusiveness.
Miss Bagby's friends are writing
Attorney E. w. Bagby, her father,
for her route, and II will be of inter-
est to them to know II is as follows:
North Carolina-February /, Dur
ham; 2, Greensboro; 3, Lynchburg;
Danville; 6, Raleigh; Z, Whining
ton; s. Florence; 8, Charleston.
Florida-February 10. Jackson
Vile; IL. st. Augustine; 10. Tampa;
IA, Orlando.
February-15, Savannah, Ca;
16, Augusta, Ca: II, Sumter, S. c.;
IS, Columbia, S. c.; 20. Greenville,
s. c.; 81, Spartansburg. S. c.; 22,
Asheville, n. c.; 2S, Chattanooga,
Tenn: "a, Corinth, Miss; 25. Men,
phis, Tenn. 81 and IS, Nashville,
Tenn.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

Iut Stu&ts.
Carroll, O.3 fall.
Chattanooga-3.2. GA rise.
Cincinnati-S.6, O.s fall.
Evansville--5.4, 0.s fall.
Florence-2.3, stand,
Johnsonville-5.3. 0.2 rise.
Louisville-i.3. 0.3 rise.
Mt. Carmel--frozen.
Nashville-s.3 stand.
Plttsburg-i.6, OIL rise.
Davis Island Dam-3.e. OF rise.
sc. Louis--frozen.
Mt. Vernon----frozen.
Paducah-6.7. stand.
Burnsides--2.5. stand.
Carthage-2.9. 10 fall.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
Lender & Lydon
AN APPEAL FOR
CALEB POWERS

The undersigned. regardless of
political affiliations. have been con
stituted a committee to solicit and
dlsburse fund for the defense for
Caleb Powers.
The court of appeals of Kentucky,
having reversed the Judgment sen
fencing him to death. remands the
case to the Scott circuit court for
another trial. Mr.. Powers has been
subjected to three trials and three
appeals from the judgments OF the
circuit court, all of which have been
reversed. His case goes back now
TO be tried from the beginning. The
three trials and three appeals to
which he has been subjected have
exhausted all his means. His parents
and other relatives have sacrificed
everything they possessed for him.
and he is now wholly dependent on
the fund that this committee may
raise for his defense. The prosecu-
ton has at it's disposal. in addition
TO the ordinary machinery OF the
courts. 100000. which the legisla-
ture appropriated for the conviction
OF those charged with the murder OF
Senator Goebel. Caleb Powers.
while steadfastly maintaining his in
nocence, has been confined in jail
FIVE years. We feel called upon to
say that our sole purpose Is TO OBJ
tain a fair trial for Mr.. Powers. and
a fair trial by an Impartial jury is
all that he demands. We believe
the people OF Kentucky will be salts
fed with nothing less.
To meet the necessary expenses OF
his fourth trial, large sum Is abso-
lutely necessary. At the former
trials. which lasted from Ave TO
seven weeks each, Mr.. Powers was
compelled to submit to trial In the
absence of many of his witnesses by
reason of the fact that he had not
the means to pay their expenses to
attend, Many OF these witnesses are
very poor. and while anxious to tes-
tify In the case. have not the means
to do so at their own expense, living,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
HOT SPRINGS, ARK.

This great health and pleasure re-
sort is best reached via the Iron
Mountain Route. Quickest schedule
and solid trains, Pullman sleepers,
chair cars. etc, from 81. Louis or
Memphis daily. Now is the season TO
visit this great resort. Low round
trip rates, liberal limits. Handsome
descriptive literature furnished free.
For rates, map folders. etc, call on
nearest ticket agent, or address II.
T. G.. Matthews, T, p. A.. Room 3O1,
Norton Building, Louisville. Ky.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
INVITING PROGRESS AND PROS
PERITY.

A healthy sentiment is springing
up all over the south in favor of cor
poration interests, and IL is being re-
allied in many of the states. especial
ly in Tennessee, that there is good
as we'll as bad in a corporation.
The present crusade against cor
porations is not to destroy, but to
preserve as much of the good, and
eliminate as much of the bad, as pos
sible. The highest court in Tonnes
see few days ago rendered an opin-
ion in favor of the biggest telephone
corporation in the south, which had
been bounded and harassed for years
by envious competitors. The grow
ing appreciation of investments in
the south is thus evidenced by the
Nashville News. in commenting on
the telephone decision:
'This decree will permanently set
at rest spiteful and sectional assaults
on enterprises of general use and
cause the investors to feel that their
interests are safe under the proteo-
tion of the courts of Tennessee, and
that to whatever extent the lower
courts may yield to local or sectional
prejudices. the higher courts are gov
erned in accordance with the law
and the facts.
1.-The great trouble with most liti-
CATION of this sort is that Il is in
spired by those who are either pref
udiced or uniformed. Likewise, IL is
a fact that most bills originating In
legislative bodies are introduced by
parties generally prejudiced or, at
best. incompetent to pass offhand up
on the questions involved, For in
stance. In telephoney either as re-
CARDS CONSTRUCTION or operation. it
has taken a long number of years for
the present managers 80 reach their
state OF experience and efficiency,
'In fact. the further the telephone
is developed the more Intricate the
questions TO arise. A point in in
stance Is that Il has been found more
expensive proportionately to operate
a large exchange than small one,
while as a general business PROPOSE
tion II would appear to the contrary
1t is therefore momentous question
for the inexperienced-this matter
of fair legislation,
''The judges just handing down
the above decision had all the evil
denee before them that prejudice
bad feeling and adroitness could mus
ter 20 sustain the charges made, and
yet. after a close and particular study
of the case. Il was dismissed. The
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

The authorities OF Bedford, Ind.
considered the irresponsible yarn OF
spiteful woman of sufficient i'm
portance to arrest two friendless la
borers for the Shafer murder, but
they did not consider her statement
duplicating a rich young man and
prominent young woman. of sum
cient importance to arrest them. II
would seem to the outside world
that II the woman's word Is worth
anything at all, everybody she i'm
plicates should be arrested, instead
of only part of them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
SMALLPOX IN SENATE.
Clerk Taken TO Pestbousc and
Chamber Fumigated.

Topeka. Kas., Feb. "A. o.
Hughes. clerk in the Kansas SEN
ate, was taken to the pesthouse yes
terday with a we'll developed case
OF smallpox. He had been III two
days. but remained on duty. Every
senator, most of the employees. and
hundreds of spectators here to at
tend the Kansas day celebration
were exposed The senate chamber
was fumigated and every precaution
taken to prevent the spread OF the
disease.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

Greensboro. Ala. Feb. Judge
James NJ. Hobson. father of Capt.
Richmond p. Hobson. died of pneu-
monia, aged sixty-eight. Judge Hob
son was probate judge of Hale coun-
ty for eighteen years. Soon after his
sons Merrimac feat Judge Hobson,
although a democrat, was appointed
by President Mckinley as postmaster
at Greensboro, which Office he held
until death. His wife died last year.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
Biggest Cattle Auction Ever.

Cheyenne, Wyo., Feb. 1.-What is
said to be the largest public auction
ever held in Wyoming occurred here
Tuesday when livestock holdings Of
the estate OF the late Levi Y. Letter
of Chicago were sold Twelve thous-
and three hundred and thirty-seven
cattle were bought by Henry Alt
man, Cheyenne. for s24S,075, and
3.2G1 cattle were purchased by Har-
ris Franklin of Deadwood. s. ID.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

as they do, at a distance. yet their
testimony Is OF vital Importance.
Funds must be provided to secure
their attendance. This alone will
require large sum OF money. In
addition to this expense. the stem
ographers charges. costs OF tram
scripts Of testimony. expense OF in
teryiewlng distant witnesses. counsel
fees. and other expenses incident to
the trial. will require. in the opinion
OF the committee. all that can be
raised. The state can procure every
thing needed by Il. and justice to
Mr.. Powers requires no less for him.
Judge Barker who wrote the
opinion reversing the judgment of
the lower court. says:
Nothing more surely tends to en-
hance the respect men owe the law
than a firmly rooted conviction that
It's judgments are the offspring OF
even-handed justice. and II it's tenn
pie an impartial jury is the chief
cornerstone"
II Is now the hope and expectation
Of the people that Caleb Powers will
AT last be tried by an impartial jury,
The committee makes this appeal for
fund to pay the necessary expenses
Of this fourth trial. and will under
take to receive and disburse all con
tributiOns with the utmost care and
fidelity. We hope for a fund sum
GENTLY large to enable Mr.. Powers
to obtain a trial that all fair men
will say was fair.
Contributions should be sent to
Mr.. John Marshall, treasurer OF the
committee. Louisville Trust Com.
pany Building. and we would request
that responses to this appeal be as
prompt as possible. for the trial will
probably take place within the next
sixty days and we must be prepared.
MORRIS II. BELKNAP. Chairman.
3. II. BUCKNER.
ANDREW CowAN.
BASIL w. DUKE.
JOHN MARSHALL. Treasurer.
Louisville, Ky, Dec. 0, 1904.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
THROUGH TOURIST SLEEPING
CARS TO CALIFORNIA.

Commencing Saturday. September
nth and every Tuesday and satur-
day thereafter the Iron Mountain
will run Through Tourist Sleeping
Cars from ST. Louis to Los Angeles,
California via Texarkana aud I'll
Paso. "The True Southern Route, "
These excursions will be person
ally conducted and the service will
be up-to-date. For information and
berth reservations write any repre-
sentative of the Iron Mountain
Route. or address II. @. Townsend,
@. +. q T. A.. st. Louis. Mo-. or II. T.
@. Matthews. T. T.. A.. Louisville. Ky,
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

legislature, therefore, to be fair,
should carefully go into the merits
of telephone bills, duly considering
that some Of the public are always
ready for cheapening their own ex-
penses. but that there Is no public
clamor Of oppressive telephone rates.
The same rates, in fact. exist now
when more than 100000 subscribers
can be connected on the Cumber-
lands own lines. as when the COM
pany had not more than $4,000"
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
WERE HUNGRY.
Thieves Broke Into Louis Clark's
Last Night.

Mr.. Louis Clark's grocery on JEFF
ferson street, was broken into last
night and lot of canned goods ia
ken.
Entrance was effected by break
ing out glass, and no money was
missed. The thieves got away with
great deal of canned goods and it
is said Officers Woods and Cross
know who did it and II Mr.. Clark
wants to prosecute, will make a
strong case against them.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

AFTER HARGIS.
Officers Have a Warrant For Con.
tempt Of Court.

Winchester. Ky, Feb. 2.-Sheriff
McChord and a deputy left for Jack
son today with warrants for the ar
rest of Hargis and Ed. Callahan.
wanted here for contempt OF court
in inducing witnesses to leave the
state after coming here to testify in
the Marcum- Hargis damage suit
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
AB'.E TO EXPLAIN.
Missouri Nominee for United States
senator Tells Legislature All
About Contribution TO
Campaign Fund.

st. Louis. Feb. AT a special
session of the committee appointed
by the house of representatives of
the Missouri legislature to investi-
gate the charges contained in a Joint
resolution that Thomas X. Niedring-
haus. chairman of the state Republi-
can committee and caucus nominee
for United States senator. had ac-
cepted $4,000 from st. Louis brew
ers to influence legislation, Mr.. Med
ringhaus made a complete statement
denying the allegations.
The house committee had previ-
ously adjourned for the day. when
the members were informed of the
statements made by Il. c. Brok-
meyer, witness before the senate
session was called and Mr.. Niedring-
haus was summoned. He said that
in presence of Senator Fairbanks.
former Senator Mason and others.
Mr.. Busch and Mr.. Stifel agreed to
join with him in making up $4,000,
which was needed for campaign pur-
poses. He assumed his share and the
others assumed theirs without prom
Use of reward. II was agreed that
should the national committee fur
nish the money the amount sub
scribed by the three should be re-
turned.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

n II Freezes Here II VIII Re the
First Time Since the Year
1879.
NO BOATS ARE RUNNING

For the first time since 1876 the
river is partially frozen here on the
inside Of the wharfboat and MIR
Saunders A. Fowler, local observer
stated this morning that since that
year the river had never been so full
OF ice at thispoint as now. The pros
poets are that the river may entire
ly freeze here IL the cold weather
keeps up a day or two longer.
The boats are all laid up and
about the only thing moving was
the Clyde which went out last night,
and the Cowling which made two
trips today but which will likely dis
continue tomorrow until the ice thins
out.
The Tennessee river is getting
full of ice for the first time in ma
ny years and only the harbor boats
which have to get out. can be seen
moving about, while ice has been
coming out of the Cumberland for a
week past.
There would be nothing remarka-
BILE should the river freeze over this
winter. however, for II has been
very low for many months. and there
has been more cold weather than
for many years.
The Mississippi has been frozen at
st. Louis for sometime. and people
rarely use thebridge and save bridge
fare. Even the gamblers have set up
joints in the middle of the river to
catch the unwary traveller with
sporting proclivities, and when the
police come, they cross to the near
est bank or the one outside the jur-
isdiction of the officer. II 1t is a pa
trolman or deputy sheriff from st.
Louis they run to the Illinois shore,
and if one from East ST. Louis. ILL.,.
to the Missouri shore.
The river is now frozen over at
Louisville, also. and the Ohio at
points above has been frozen several
times this year. Needless to say. II 1t
freezes over at Paducah It will be
spectacle which many will enjoy be-
cause of having heard of their par
ents or grandparents talk about it,
Old rivermen, who are watching
conditions closely, predict that the
coming spring will bring a higher
river than has been experienced in
the spring for several years. They
base this prediction on the fact that
the weather has remained a steady.
cold at the head of the Ohio and its
tributary streams, while the snow
fall has been as great as usual dur
ing the winter months. This snow is
still lying on the mountains, and
when 1t begins to melt will fill the
streams rapidly.
With a comparatively low stage of
water, and the consequent sluggish
current, rivermen say 1t would re-
quire but a few days of severe wea-
Their to freeze the river over.
Navigation is still suspended be-
tween Louisville and the headwa-
ters of the Ohio. Continued cold at
the headwaters insures a steady
stage of water as long as that con-
dition continues. There is a great
deal Of snow lying in the feeding
sections north and when a warm
wave of any duration strikes that
section there will be a rapid rise of
considerable magnitude.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
Mentioned For President.

Mr. Louis NJ. Rieke. Jr., will sue
coed his father on the board Of di-
rectors of the Commercial club. which
meets tonight to elect officers. Among
those mentioned for president are
Messrs. A. ]. Decker, James A. Rudy
Ben. Weille, Chas. Reed. and Joseph
l.. Friedman. Mr.. II. Il. Thompson
is the only person mentioned for sec
rotary.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
Commercial Club Directors.

A meeting of the new directors of
the Commercial club will be held
this Thursday evening, at 1880
o'clock, at the city hall. The pres
ence of all members of the board is
urged, as matters Of importance are
TO be considered.
II, T.. THOMPSON. Sec.
February 2, 1905.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

This afternoon boys were sliding
about on the ice between the river
bank and the wharfboats and be-
tween the wharf boats and steamers.
The ice grows thicker all the time,
and that in the river seems to be NOV.
ing very slowly.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

The gentlemen who went east to
finance the interurban road may
have run out of grease. They seemed
to have had a good supply of ex-
cellent quality to use in getting
things through in Paducah ana a
supply of the kind used here ought
to be shipped to them by express at
once.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
MARSHAL SAUNDERS
Called TO MayheId by the Illness II
His Son.

Deputy U. s. Marshal George
Saunders was called home yesterday
afternoon by the serious illness OF
his son. Master Jesse Saunders. who
is III of fever. The scarlet fever sit
uation in that city is serious and
Marshal Saunders fears his son may
have contracted the disease.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

Observations taken at a. m
River 81 on the gauge. a stand.
River will likely gorge at this point.
Temperature above zero: winds
from the north.
SAUNDERS. A. FOWLER.
Local Observer.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02

The Ground Hog saw his shad-
ow; this means six weeks more Of
winter. so come to Cuthrie's for
blankets, wool andheece lined stock
ings, all at cost.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
CIRCULATION STATEMENT.

Average for the month. 1892
Personally appeared before me
this day e. ]. Paxton. general mana
ger of The Sun, who affirms that the
above statement of the circulation of
The Sun for the month of January.
1905, is true to the best of his
knowledge and believ.
PETER PURYEAR,
Notary Public.
My commission expires Jan. 22,
1908.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
Coach Inspector Ill.

Mr.. w. A. Carter, day coach in
spector for the /. c., is of duty suf-
fering from la grippe and Mr. Frank
Budde. the car repairer, is acting in
his place. Mr.. Carriers friends Will
regret TO learn of his illness.
The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-02-02
Daily Thought.

In order to attain our best selves,
three things are ecessary-environ-
ment. protection from the past and
touch with a vitalizing moral force.
Boyd.