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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
Tbe Dafatmn 5pstfnt
and Business
By CHARLES F. PIDGIN.

trated to a comparatyelv slight extent. The great mass OF working
people do not in any large measure enjoy vacations, except such a
they take with loss OF pay.
In some degree, however, this question is kindred to the ques-
whether shorter hours and better conditions for labor have mad a
good or a bad effect on business. The answer to this question, OF
course. is easv. because the figures are at hand to prove the increased
productivity of the American workingnan in the more favorable m
yironment.
Still the direct question of how business has been affected by the
summer vacation system admits also of a direct answer. 1t may be
said deciively that it has not hurt business wherever 1t has been tried.
If it has not been tried on a very extensive scale, speaking com
parativelv. it vet has been tried on a sufficiently extensive scale to
nrove its merits. In the case of the salaried clerk distinct benefits
undoubtedly have followed the introduction OF the summer vacation
system.
In the first place, the person who looks forward to a vacation
has constantly in mind a goal at the end OF which is a certain prize.
Other things being equal, the position that offers him a vacation Offers
to him a distinct attraction. He aims to retain that position during
the months preceding the vacation season, and ne looks forward TO
the prospect with pleasurable anticipation. 1t is often a Joy that
ightens toll.
The employer himself, l think, is ready to testify that he is the
better off. ASK well as the employe, for the rest and recreation that the
enonlove obtains on a vacation. A tired employee may be as Ineffective
as 4 law one, and the wise employer appreciates this fact
Again, there is an economic advantage in the present vacation
evsten, because it tends to take SO many thousands Of people out OF
he cHv every year for a period Of two weeks or more, who distribute
their expenditures in travel and in country places, which are developed
in many ways by the money that the summer visitors bring.
The summer visitor has been the builder, to a great extent, Q
prosperous towns and cofmnumtes, udt pW ~ 49, ssN' "o"uA N
remained undeveoped.
Travel Il a good thing for the traveller, ter the railroad, and td
everybody whom the traveller meets or A
I. with whom he sojourns. n HISS
d This Is a phase Of the summer lLZE >
4 vacation system that has been Of dis (N/HN
: tinct advantage to business. -
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

five times. He was compelled to
knock her down and then to tie her
hands and feet.
The matter was at once reported to
the judge, who ordered that she be
placed in the strongest cell and close
ly watched, and at the next term OF
court she will be indicted for an as
sault with intent to kill, not to speak
of another indictment for attempt to
escape. Some of her moonshiner
friends have in a quiet way made
threats that she will not stay in jail
long. but the county authorities say
they can hold her.
Betsy's exploit in the jail has given
her an added Importance and value
among her associates.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

but the very next day her m%oonshine
friends showed up with $3.50, they
having sold a horse for that sum.
There was a big m%eetin'" not far
away, and it was thought 1t would
be a good time to buy an extra lot of
whisky, and so it came about that
then and during the remainder OF the
month of April Betsy sold nine bar
rels Of the stuff, some Of it in Polk
county, some in Rutherford, and some
over the line in South Carolina. But,
although she kept in touch with her
business all the while, she showed up
at the term of Polk county superior
court the second week in May, es-
corted always by a party Of her moon
sinner friends. She wore a different
dress and a different hat on each OF
three days, this being the most i'm
portant event in her existence to date.
Got Cases Continued.
There were three indictments
against her, but she contrived. on one
plea or another, and by means Of a tire,
mendous lot of swearing by moon.
sinner friends, to get the case contin'
ued, always putting up a cash bond fol
appearance. She thus invested $500
Then the attention Of the Judge was
directed more particularly toward her
and he found the extent Of her worl
and the damage she was doing in part
OF two states, In her open violations
Of the law. She must have felt i
the very air that something was wrong
for when the Judge took his seat o
the morning Of the fourth day Bets,
failed to show up. The Judge issued
bench warrant for her, and she wa
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

ing it, as one could find in that wild
country, even in a full days ride, and
she Is as pretty as she Is adrolt and
daring, with a killing pair OF eyes,
bright and well-filled cheeks and hair
which deies conventionalities, Betsy
has cut no little figure In Polk county
since she was 16, for even at that early
age she began her work as a seller OF
contraband whisky. She made herself
such a figure, in fact, that even the
older moonshiners began to look up
to her and in their rude way to idolize
the plucky girl, who had been bred
all her life to think the selling or
whisky was an act of the very best
sort. and that the ''revnooers" were a
race of people who deserved only
death and who were sent out as op-
pressors OF the people. Such Is the
faith which is literally the backbone
OF Borsy's point Of view, and that OF
her mconshincr companions, who
make corn whisky in the shaded and
well-hidden bellows in the mountains,
through which run streams whose wa
tiers are always just cool enough tc
give the distillery worms the right
touch.
Capture Of Betsy.
Betsy has year by year become
more and more daring, and more
beautiful. A few months ago she be
came extremely bold in her sales O
whisky, going to and from the stills
sometimes alone, and sometimes will
male companions. Finally the state
authorities decided It was time 7
Top her, so they sent thres deput!
shcrifs for Betsy. The deputies hat
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
NUBBINs.

Don't block out too much work.
Do not plant corn in cold ground.
Much farm land should be kept In
woodlot.
vitality Of seed corn counts greatly
In the yield.
The corn kernel quickly decays in
cold, wet ground.
Get some green fodder crop grow
Ing for the cows in dry weather.
Do not 10 the hillside5 and
permit the best soil on them to be
washed away.
Hay and cotton are called kings,
but the potato has come to be a po-
tentate Of no small influence.
It won't do to walt until the blight
has struck the potato crop. Take II
In time, and thoroughly spray with
tue Bordeaux mixture.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

Much as has been written of the
ways and doings of the mountaineers
of North Carolina, any person at all
familiar with the lives of tho inhabit-
ants OF that romantic region cannot
but feei that the half has not been
told.
Loyal to a degree that holds life
worth nothing if a friend can be
served, an enemy punished or a traitor
put to death, the mountaineer is typi-
cal of a state of existence the world
has long outgrown.
The average man Of more sedate
temperament and cooler blood leaves
the syenging of his wrongs to courts
of law and the Judgment OF his fel-
lows, but in the mountains each man
is a court of law unto himself, and is
not satisfied with the slow methods Of
Justice with which other communi-
ties are conversant.
1t has been found a matter of mon
umental difficulty to impress upon
these people hat there is wrong in the
making of ''moonshine" whisky. To
them the product Of the corn they
grow is theirs, whether it is converted
into the staff of life or the delectable
liquid of the worm and still. The eff
forts of the "Revnooers' to put a stop
to the distilling of the juice OF the
corn necessarily, therefore, are not
looked upon with favor, and conflicts
with the officers of the law are fire.
quent. Just now the federal officials
have a complication to deal with
which is more than usually knotty.
"Queen" New in Jail.
THE best looking gal in the noun
tains," Betsy Sims, Queen of tbs
M~oonshiners," is languishing in the big
and lonesome Jail at Columbus, thu
high-up little mountain town which
is the county seat of Polk, one of thu
smallest and most isolated of thu
North Carolina counties. What to d.
with her is the problem puzzling thu
authorities.
Betsy, though only %, is as DARN!
and well versed a woman, both in tn
way oil making whisky and OF sell
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
MEASURING HAY STACKS.
Rules by Which the Quantity in the
Pile May Be Accurately
Ascertained.

A good rule for the measurement oil
hay in stacks is recommended by tie
Rural New Yorker, and is as follows:
Mean length, times mean width,
times mean height to shoulder; plus
length, times mean height of ridge
above shoulder, times one-Aale the
mean width at the shoulder e--uals the
volume.
FIRST STACK.
Height.
Length Width to Shoulder.
BSxs2x1O equals $3.50 Gu. TT. below shoulder
SSSllx12 equals 50l6 Gu. fl. above shoulder
1886
SECOND STACK.
b7k25 x10 equals 14250 Gu. #. below shidr
57x12. 5xl2.5 equals S9O6 Gu. fit. above shldr
23l56
Where the stack has the inverted
v-shaped top, with the shoulders vel
defined, it will be seen that the vol
ume above the shoulders is given BY
the product of the length into thu
height of the ridge above the should
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
TONIC TREATMENT
Weak Stomach and Sick Headachs
Cured by Or. Williams
Pink Pills.

The symptoms of stomach trouble
vary. Some victims have a ravenous
appetite, others loathe the sight of food.
Often there is a feeling as of weight on
the chest, a full feeling i'll the throat.
Sometimes the gas presses OIL the heart
and leads the sufferer to think he has
heart disease. Sick headache is a fre-
quent and distressing symptom.
A weak stomach needs q digestive
tonic and that there is no better tonic
for this purpose than Dr.. Williams Pink
Pills is shown by the statement of Mr..
A. @. Merrill, a mining man, of Oneals,
Calf, a veteran of Battalion O, Third
U. S. Regular Infantry.
"I had never been well since l left
the army" he says, always having had
trouble with my stomach, which was
weak. 1 was run down and debilitated.
Gould keep nothing on my stomach,
and at times had sick headache so bad
that l did not care whether l lived or
died. My stomach refused to retain
even liquid food and l almost ~despaired
of getting well as | had tried SO many
kinds of medicine without relief. Then
l was bitten by a rattlesnake and that
laid me up from work entirely for a
year, six monthsof which l spent in bed.
"One day a friend recommended DR..
Williams Pink Pills to me and / began
taking them. They cured me when all
other medicine had failed. | have
recommended the pills to a great many,
for during my recovery every one asked
me what was helping me SO and | told
them DR.. Williams Pink Pills. I can
not speak too highly of them"
If you want good health you must have
good blood. DIR. Williams Pink Pills
actually make new blood and restore
shattered nerves. They are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, SOC, per box, six boxes for
$2.50 by the DR.. Williams Medicine
Co., Schenectady, NY.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
Authorities Feel They Must Have Recourse to Strenuous
Action to Restrain Betsy Simms.
YOUNG, FEARLESS, AND IDOL OF OUTLAWS
In Prison for Dealing in Whisky That Had Paid No Revenue, She
Severely Cuts Jaier in Attempt to ~Escape-Three
Indictments Now Against Her.

the good fortune to find her. on foot,
and very near the South Carolina line,
watch she knows perfectly we'll.
When she saw the three deputies
coming, she knew they were not her
friends, and made a bold dash for the
line. AS a sprinter she is a success,
and her running was like that OF the
Grecian girls who competed in the
ancient Olympian games. The depu-
ties did not stop to admire, however,
hut gave chase and dashed across the
state line, coming up with and taking
hold of the stout and charming Betsy
about a hundred yards over in South
Carolina.
Betsy was nearly out Of breath
from the run, but had voice enough
left to give a signal, which brought
out of the thick bushes near by five
tough-looking moonshiners, any one
of whom was ready and willing to
die for Betsy any time. Betsy had a
good-sized revolver slung about her
waist, and very poorly concealed by a
checked apron, but her m~oonshlne
friends made no ~concealment what
ever of the pistols which they had
in hand, and while they fingered
these, they parleyed with the detain-
ing deputies, letting them understand
that they we're willing to pay cash
for Betsy's appearance in cot" and
that they were "willin' to put up $25
in greenbacks if Betsy could be sol
free now and pear at C'lumbus next
term"
Deputies Made Terms.
The deputies thought it wise tc
temporize, and decided to take the
} cash, which the moonshiners CALAMITY
/, put up, and Betsy retired with them
; looking back archly at the officers
/ her charming eyes sparkling with de
g fiance and the roses in her checks
. deepening until they were like pc
onies. Her face vas framed in a pinl
%sunbonnet of the type which is worr
IN week days by all the mountain
: girls.
g Betsy did not let her daring anc
her adventures end with her capture
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

The term "busi-
ness" must be used to
include all financial,
commercial and indus
trial enterprise, and
when SO used it covers
a very large field. Into
this field the system OF
summer vacation may
be said to have pene-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

Lloyd George, now a member OF the
British cabinet, was addressing a
meeting in Wales, and his chairman
said: II half to introduce you to the
member of Carnarvon %boroughs. He
has come here to reply to what the
bishop Of st. Asaph said the other
night about Welsh disestablfshment.
In my opinion, gentlemen, the bishop
Of st. Asaph is one of the biggest
liars in creation; but he hass his
match in Lloyd George"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
Music for Neighbors.

"I've got to practice on the piano Ave
hours a day." said the disconsolate
small girl.
what for?"
"'Cause mother and father don't like
our rev neighbors." Washington
| Star.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21
s.nrestine Safe Course

McFibb-That fellow Huskle called
me a liar!
Newitt-Yes?
eyes. What would you DO abou1
TT"
"Well IL L were you, I'd make 1t a
point always to tell the truth when
he's around.-Catholic Standard.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1906-06-21

II must be fine to be so rich that you
don't have to think about keeping up
appearances.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-11
CHARGED WITH BIG RoBBhRE.
Two Austrian Hebrews Arrested in New
 York on Eve of Sailing.

Two Austrian Hebrews Arrested In New
 York on Eve of Sailing.
 New York, Sept. 1O-Charged with robbing Mrs, Emily L. Heine of Cincin- natl of $51 ,79O by means of fraudulent sale of costly rugs and paintings two Austrian Hebrews were arrested in this city tonight on the eve of their intend ed sailing for Europe. The prisoners gave the names of Frank Kiss, Chica- go, a rug dealer, and Samuel Rosen- field, commission broker of Chicago.
 According to the complaint, $46,00O of the money the prisoners are alleged to have stolen from Mrs. Heine was on the false sale to her of Oriental rugs by the firm of Van Gaasbeek & Arkell, of 15s Fifth avenue, and of valuable paint ings owned by Knoodler & Co.,, of 355 Fifth avenue, New York. It is alleg- ed that Kiss and Rosenfield persuaded both firms to allow them to take the goods on the representation that they on 22d street. Mrs. Heine wanted rugs and paintings to furnish her house. After they had received the money from Mrs Heine, it is alleged that the men sent the goods back to the firms from which they had taken them.
 The other S9, 790 making up the total of which it is alleged Mrs. Heins was robbed was the amount of duty on the rugs which she was persuaded to pay, + is charged the duty had already been paid by Van Gaasbeek & Arkell.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-11

Continued from First Page) .gressman Allen was elected by 4,981; Littledeld by 5,S91; Burlelgh by 6,S63, and Powers by S901.
 "Cobb's plurality is now estimated at from 5000 to 10000; Allen 1,6OO, Little fields between 1900 and 1,500; Bur- leigh between 1900 and 1,5O0, and Powers between 350O and 4O0O. The re- suit is due to the sturgis bill and re- submission.
 Tn my judgment Samuel Gompers helped me in my district, Vinalhaven, the principal town in Knox county changed from 24 against to g for me. Waterboro and other labor towns gave me the same vote as two years ago. MT. Gompers spoke at Vinalhaven, Water boro and other labor centers
 T have run, as rule, ahead of the ticket. I had practically the only con- gressional fight in the state and 1t was the most vicious, bitter and energetic for years"
 At midnight Chairman Carter claim led that the republicans would have 90 representatives in the legislature out of a total membership of 151. He also claimed that 24 of the 31 senators would be republicans.
 Governor Cobb said tonight:
 The latest advices received by me indicate that the state is republican by between 5000 and 10000 plurality and that the republicans retain control of both branches of the legislature'
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-11
MdYOR THARER ILL.
Doubtful if He is at Convention To.
 morrow Which Nominates Him.

morrow Which NOminates Him.
 Norwich Sept. 1O.-Mayor Charles F. Thayer, who is the unanimous choice of the democrats of the state for the nomination for governor, and who will undoubtedly be nominated at the dem- ocratic state convention in Hartford on "Wednesday, is not well man, and has been away on a trip for rest, His illness is an attack of nervous trouble Having just passed through very strenuous campaign in the city of Nor Wich, in which he was reelected may or, and subsequent worries which have considerably upset his nervous system 1t is feared he would be totally unable to withstand the strain of state cam paign if he did not have complete rest This explains his recent decllnatlon to attend the Bryan celebration in New Haven, and his entire retirement from all public affairs of any nature.
 MT Thayer hoped to return to this city in time to be present at the demo- cratic convention in Hartford, but a close friend of his said to-day that he was not certain that he would be able to appear at Hartford, though he hoped to do SO But the mayor fully expects to take an active part in the coming
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-11

Republican laws against contract la bor are of the same class. But for these laws manufacturers would go abroad, hire laborers at the European scale of wages, and bring them to this country under contract to work below the American scale. This was once the practice to the prejudice not only of labor but to the prejudice of the Amer ican farmer as well. Low wages com pei poor living, and poor living harms the farmer and the manufacturer also, for 1t restricts the consumptlve capac- ity of the country.
 The republican party gives the Amer ican manufacturer for the foreign market, however, every possible ad- vantage except that of cheap labor No law can protect the American pro- ducer in the foreign market, hence the exporter of the product of American la- bor is given the cheapest possible raw material If 1t be said that this is to the advantage of the exporter, reply that it aids quite as much those whom the exporter employs, while those who supply the ordinary needs of these em- ployed artisans are benefited also.
 We exported during the last fiscal year approximately $5O0OO, ,OO7O of man. ufactured products exclusive of prepar- ed and partially prepared foods. Of this total probably $2O,OOO,O0O was pro- duced in bonded smelteries and facto- ries, and no duty was collected upon the material consumed. On approxi- mately $120000,000 drawback of about per cent. was recovered. Thus it will be seen that nearly 20 per cent. of our exported manufactures leave this coun- try costing the exporter less than cor- responding articles which he places on the American market.
 Very frequently the drawback thus allowed, though small, was made possi- ble the exportation of American prod ucts. To what extent our export trade in manufactures is dependent on this wise provision of law under which American labor, while working gener- ally for Americans, is enabled to per- form some service for other countries no one can tell. I am convinced that much more can be accomplished along this line by liberalizing our drawback laws. This phase of the question, how ever I will not discuss at this time.
 Suppose Senator Gallingers estimate to be correct that $4000,000 of Ameri- can manufacture is annually sold abroad at prices lower than prevail in this country, what does it prove? We manufacture about 12,O0O OO0 900 per an- mum, exclusive of prepared foods, of which s4,000000 is but one-third of per cent. If Senator Gallinger's esti- mate Is correct than for every s1oOO worth of output from our shops and factories about 30 cents worth is sold abroad cheaper than at home. The manufacture of $1,0O0 worth of finished products necessitates the outlay of S5oO in wages, The proposition, therefore may be stated as follows; For ever $500 paid by our shops and factories 30 cents worth of the resulting products s are disposed of in foreign markets at reduced prices.
 England is a free trade country and vet English merchandise is freely and openly sold every day in the calendar year for exportation to America cheap CT than for home consumption
The daily morning journal and courier., 1906-09-11

have been criticised for saying that would prefer to have the American nanufacturer sell his product abroad cheaper than at home rather than have the foreign producer sell his wires in America cheaper than at home. This Is the same as saving that I would prefer to have the products of our fac tories. close foreign shops rather than have the products of foreign shops close our factories. wish all the world well, but if anyone has to be out of employment, if there must be suffering somewhere, than will use my best ef- forts that it come not nigh my coun- try.