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Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

MONROE. j. C. Major, south of
Paris, has planted 200 acres of
corn.
Wilson Sanders was compelled to
kill six head of fine $50 pound
hogs which had been bitten by a
mad dog.
j. M. Blades is suffering from a
broken leg, result from the kick of
a horse.
w l.. Smitby, near Strother,
has proof that it pays to fertilize
wheat ground. He has 10 acres of
wheat that is knee high and very
fine. On a small strip of the
same field no fertilizer was used
and the wheat on that strip is not
over six inches high. He used
about 125 pounds to the acre, the
cost being less .han $3.50.
The Appeal says that Jas. G.
Foreman refuses to pay the SO, ,OOO
awarded to his wife when she re.
Gently received a divorce at Paris
Hon. j. H Whitecotton and Sher.
iff Nolen went out to interview
him in regard to the matter Mon
day and were informed that they
would have to get it if they could
Garnishments will be served upon
those who have borrowed money
from Mr.. Foreman and it may be
necessary to seize and sell part
Of his real estate.
A Monroe county man raised
last year on a piece of land SOx1OG
feet-less that two fifty-foot city
lots-forty bushels of potatoes and
fifteen bushels of corn. /
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

The Wellsville Optic News says
that fine breed Of dog is making
her home, temporarily, with Don
Brothers, and John Applegate at
the Optic uilice. Frank Brothers
found her out on the Burlington
and brought her home. Mrs.
Brothers and Miss Dolly have been
taking the best of care of her and
we will use her as a mascott if no
one comes to claim it. 1t is hard
to describe this dog as she looks
more like a red pig than she does
a monkey; but when yon decide
she is not a pig, then you com
mence to think she is monkey.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Mrs. Verdia Bowman has been
connected with the Laddonia
schools for dozen years or more.
Reelected to the primary depart
ment from year to year. Many a
youngster in Laddonia neighbor-
hood now nearly grown had his
first lessons in A, B, G at Mrs.
Bowman's knee. She is an excel
lent teacher, The primary teach
er has very responsible place,
but Mrs. Bowman fills it all right,
and the Laddonia public knows il
and shows its appreciation by re-
tanning her.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

S. S. Howard sold his auto mo-
bile to Fulton physician and the
machine was driven over to that
town last week. 1t was the first
auto ever in Mexico and will be
the first for Fulton.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

j. w. Price, of Mexico. who
was so severely hurt about a year
since, while moving a house, is
still in serious condition. Not
able to help himself in the least,
and the fear is that he may never
be any better.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Judge j. D. Smith. living just
north Of Sturgeon, was down this
way last week looking for hands
to help shear sheep. The Judge
has large flock of the woody fell
lows. Says there is money in the
sheep industry; he has tried it and
knows.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Mrs. Permelia Holloway, moth
er of Mrs. w. N. Boatman, is one
of the oldest esidents Of Mexico.
She celebrates her 99th birthday
9th of next month. Mrs. Hollo-
way is the only one living of a
family of. fifteen children.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Marriage license was issued by
the County Recorder of Audrain
last week to Mr.. Earl T. Walton
of Higbee and Miss Bertha L. nrHar-
board of Vandalia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Mr.. Jesse L. Vance and Miss
Laura B Ward, both of near Row
ena, this county, were married in
Mexico last week Judge w. w.
Bolts officia ting.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Prof. L. G. Mccall, of Rush
Hill, has been elected as principal
of the Martinsburg schools. His
assistants will be Misses Torreyson
and Pritchett.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Mrs. Mary Turner, aged 95
years, the mother of County
Treasurer w. H. Turner, died at
the home of the latter in Mexico
last Thursday. The body was
shipped to Sturgeon for interment
where funeral services were held.
Deceased was a woman of fine
Christian character and was great
ly beloved by all who knew her.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Rev. John Anderson, late pas
tor of the NJ. E. church, South, of
Mexico. now pastor of the church
at Gallatin, was married last week
to Mrs. A. A. Mount, of Gallatin.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

j. h. Graham aud wife and child
of Chicago arrived last week on a
visit to Mexico relatives.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Wilder s. Pearson, who have
been in the general merchandise
business in Laddonia for more
than a quarter of a century, trad
ed their fine brick store building
and stock to McVay & Go. for a
large tract of land in Illinois. Near
a half section of the land. we un-
derstand, and it is valued at $50
an acre.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17
nent construction and material


CALLAwAY. Fulton has stock
sales day every month.
Ernest Douglass, little son of
Mrs. Edgar Douglass of Fulton,
died of W hopping cough.
j. Robinson Baker of Ecuador,
South America, is visiting his par.
ents in Round Prairie township.
The Fulton Sun thus speaks Of
gentleman who formerly taught
school at Rush Hill and Benton
City, this county: r. G. Hale,
who was elected city engineer last
night is a versatile man with many
titles. In addition to being prin.
cipal of the west public school. he
is county school commissioner, JUS
tice of the peace and city engineer.
Miss Margaret Robuett, who has
been teaching in the Fulton public
schools and was recently re. elected,
has resigned her position to teach
near Laddonia, her home town, on
account of the frail condition of
her mothers health.
Unless you know everybody,
it's pretty hard to do any election
eering at some of these gatherings
on the county line," said a candi
date for county office, to the Full
ton Gazette last week. Il was at
Bob Buckner's sale, the other side
of Auxvasse, some time ago, and
five Galloway candidates aud five
Audrain county candidates were
there, and from what heard, one
of the Galloway candidates put in
half an hour trying to talk one of
the candidates from the other
county into voting for him before
he found out who he was working
on. The Missouri river draws the
line in the south part of the coun-
ty, and it's hard for a fellow to
make much of a mistake down
there, but put him over on any
other borders and he's liable to
waste cards, aud lead pencils, and
a whole lot of valuable wind try
ing to get votes from another
county. Of course he might find
out OH the start where the fellow
lives, but often a candidate will
not do that"
CALLAwAY.-Lightning struck
new corn crib for j. E. Muir. The
fire was put out before it did much
damage.
The ladies of the Christian
church at Hams Prairie planted
flowers and shrubbery around the
church building.
Martin Griffith shot at a worth
less "cur" which was killing his
sheep and killed his own dog.
Several men in Fulton who
buck at skin games" A number
parted with their money the other
day, when the circus visited town,
trying to beat a man at his own
game.
The Fulton Telegraph says: AT
ter the cadets from Mexico broke
camp a number of the little deaf
boys hunted around in the straw
looking for relics of the "sojers."
One little boy, luckier than the.
rest, found a gold watch and
chain which he at once took to
Superintendent Mckee, and an eff
fort will be made to locate the
owner.
Some of the boys at Rocky
Ridge go to see their dear ones'
only once in great while, be.
cause they think absence makes
the heart grow fonder." ("
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

The salamader works at Wanda.
liza have shut down temporarily
for repairs.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Mrs. Nellie Anderson of Mon
roe City arrived last week on a
visit to her parents in Mexico, DR..
and Mrs. A. M. Patterson.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

The Republicans of Audrain
county hold a mass convention in
Mexico next Saturday.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

jim, Bill and Price johnson, Mex
leo, sold so, 900 pounds Of wool last
week to W. B. Hopkins Of Bra
shear. Mo-, at 273l cents a Id.
Also sold to the same party 1900
sheep at $5.s71S per head. Wool
cry, johnson & Co. sold $4,000
pounds Of wool to S. p, Emmons
at 26 cents per pound. The wool
men around Mexico are going to
make some big money out Of the
sheep business this time. The
johnson Bros. yet have 5000
sheep on hands which they are Of
fering for the market, and then
they will stock up again for the
wool market next year. These
sheep we're grown in Montana and
are yet not quite a year old The
Montans sheep is more hardy than
The native animal here.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

The Missouri Military Academy
base ball team in Mexico last
Thursday played the visiting team
from the Military School at Lex
ington, Mo. The M. M. A.
boys were victorious by score of
s to 4.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Mrs. w. T. Canterbury, near
Rush Hill, visited Mexico relatives
last week.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17
II HAPPENED AND HAPPENING. II

Miss Lou Jesse will teach at
Thompson next winter.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Last Friday Recorder Kendall
issued marriage license to Mr..
Warren D. Furber and Miss Iva
U. Moore, both of Vandalia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

John McCune, cashier of the
Laddonia Bank, was up this way
last Friday. John expressed him
self as delighted with the hand
some new G. & A. depot here and
about that Plug" train to be put
back, and now," he said, If the
G. & A. would run some sort of
an early train west, Mexico, nor
LaddOnia, nor anybody else could
find room for the smallest kick.
The G. & A. people are doing
some substantial things, and we
hope for such an accommodation
in the near future. :"
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

The union Sunday school at
Thompson is to have a new organ.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

Sunday base ball has broken out
at Vandalia.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

William Page, born and raised
near Vandalia, was killed in the
mines at Webb City a few days
ago. Premature explosion of
powder, blowing his right arm off
and both eyes out. The remains
were brought to Farber for inter
ment.
Mexico Missouri message., 1906-05-17

w. W. Gannaway, 50 years old,
of near Vandalia, died one day
last week. Two sons aud two
daughters survive him-Albert an d
George Gannoway, aud Mrs.harve
Doyle and Mrs. George 7. Fish err.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05
ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

White river had fallen to 2Oa feet on the local guage Monday and as the rain and snow fall amounted to but 20 of an inch precipitation, the effects will never stop the fall of the river.
 R. L. Rhodes was brought to Batesville from Izard county by Deputy United States Marshal J. F. Huddleston and arraigned be- fore Commissioner Parse at Batesville, on the charge of ob- structing navigation. The de- fendant was required to execute bond for his appearance be- fore the federal grand jury. A wire cable which Rhodes had across White river for running a ferry is said to have capsized a boat some months since.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05

January 22. 1906.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05
May Appoint Woods Brother.

Little Rock, Feb. 4. It is reli- ably reported in statehouse cir cles that Gov. Davis has practic- ally decided to appoint Judge J. B. Wood prosecuting attorney of the Hot Springs circuit to suc- ceed Rufner Morrison, who died recently. Judge Wood is a brother of Associate Justice Car roll D. Wood, who opposed Gov. Davis for the Democratic guber- material nomination in 1904, and is the recognized leader of the anti-gambling element in Hot Springs. This faction has here tofore opposed Gov. Davis in his political aspirations. The action of the Democratic central com mittee of Hot Springs in busting the Davis men from the control of the county organization is the cause assigned for the governors change of heart regarding the enforcement of the law at Hot Springs.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05
Notice.

State Land Office, Little Rock, Ark, January 4, 1906.
 Complaint having been filed in this office by w. B. Blankinship against Albert Stewart for abandoning donation No. 37199. dated Decem- Der 1s 1902. upon sw and se section 4, township 10 n, range 1w in Jackson county, Arkansas. with view to the cancellation of said donation; the parties are hereby summoned to appear at this office the 17th day of Feb ruary, 1906 at 2 o'clock D. m., to respond and furnish testimony concerning said alleged aban- donment.
 Testimony in this case will be taken by and before Andrew Johnson. Justice of the Peace, at his office in Jackson county, Arkansas, on the 10th day of February, 1906, between the hours of 10 g. m. and D. m., and continued from day to day until completed F. B. CONWAY,
 Commissioner of State Lands.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05
An Undeserved Reflection.

The Ground Hog, and we are willing to show him respect and reverence by capitalizing his cognomen, has put to route the whole bunch of pencil pushers and critics who have been hold ing him up to ridicule on last years record, and with one fell stroke of a blizzard, has them cringing on their knees begging for mercy and warmer weather.
 They beg a woman's privilege too of changing their minds and promise never to again question the authenticity of the tradition that his highness, MT. Hog, must be consulted on February End for weather prognostications. Fur thermore, he has exacted from the press in punishment of this insurrection, that they forthwith proceed to mold and crystalize public sentiment against the whole weather bureau of the government and put it out of business.
 MT. Ground Hog says he will not be severe in consideration of the above reparation for injured feelings and promises fair and milder weather for Arkansas to- morrow.
 The snow was to have been a foot deep but he repented of his wrath and stopped at 2 inches. However he gave Bro. Mercury a good scare and the latter tried to hide in his boots and become a naught. He only lacked IA degrees of thus disappearing.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05

In the Jackson Chancery Court.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05
Musical.

The National Grand Opera Company which comes to New port Tuesday night, February 9th is one of the most brilliant companies in this country. Among the star artists are The Duchess Gertrude Dudley, with phenomenal soprano voice; Miss Clara Mae Hammer, Cobra ture Soprano, who sings in Eng fish, French, Italian and German. George Jenkins, the famous tenor, J. F. Kuehne, basso, who has achieved wonderful success in a large repertoire of operas; Mile. Rose Sicardi, violinist, whose brilliancy has attracted the entire world, and others in Faust" "Parsifal. Aida, " etc., etc.
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05
Warning Order.

In the Jackson Chancery Court. L. c. Gammil, Plaintiff J. c. Cain, Defendant. The Defendant J. c. Cain is warned to appear in this court within thirty days, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff, L. c. Gammil.
 J. D. NEAL, Clerk. January 22. 1906
Newport daily independent., 1906-02-05

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Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-10-26
TAX TICKET ARGUMENT.

1t may be that the taxes of some
taxpayers will be reduced under the
new system Such result would follow
radical changes in any system of as
sessment, but as more taxes are col
iected under the new laws than were
collected under the old, due to the
fact that no reduction in expenditure
is made, the taxes of others will be in
creased. A tax system must be
Judged from the standpoint of the
principle involved and not measured
exclusively by the way 1t affects some
individuals in mere dollars and cents
single year. is an insult to the intelli-
gence of the citizen who believes that
taxation, like any other governmental
policy. should be based upon correct
principles of justice and equality, and
not dependent upon the juggling poll
cies of partisan boards which lay lev
les at the discretion of party bosses
and to subserve partisan purposes.
The real question is not whether the
taxes of one will be less and those of
another greater, in any particular
year, but whether the system is found
ed on Just and fair principles and will
bear equally and uniformly on all
classes of taxpayers and every species
of taxable property.
This the Dawson system fails to do.
IL being the result of compromise
between warning partisan factions,
the spirit of principle was subordi-
mated to party harmony and political
expediency. The bipartisan State
Tax Commission reported that in or
der to do equal and complete justice
to all interests the tax commission
scheme must be taken as whole.
The self-constituted partisan commit.
tee. which finally determined the sys-
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-10-26
NEW SYSTEM CHECKS ENTER
PRISE AND RETARDS STATE
DEVELOPMENT

The present tax system, unneces-
sary in its original conception, and
hurtful in its agitating effect, has been
the source of baneful influence to the
hest interests of the people. During
the past year it has retarded the ma
terial growth of the State, before that
time unprecedented in the character
and extent of its railroad development
which by main lines and lateral
branches was bringing competing rail
roads to the congested centers of pop
ulation. and from these centers, by
north and south lines uniting in a
closer community and easier touch,
the varied interests and different sec
lions of the State
1t has been the Upas tree whose with
ering influence has fallen upon the I'M
developed mineral resources of the
State, injuriously affecting the open
ing up of new coal fields and causing
the prices of undeveloped coal lands
to fall from % to 100 per centum,
while the heavy hand of the tax gath
erer has brought spirit of uncer-
tainty and discomfort to outside CAPT
tai formerly so eager to invest in the
mineral and other wealth that kind
Providence has bountifully placed a.
our doors
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-10-26

TEN, imposed the scheme of the Tax
Commission on some classes of tax
payers and shielded others from it,
according to the manner in which the
several interests of the members of
the committee CHANGED to be affected,
thus robbing it of that spirit and quail
ity of uniform fairness and justice es-
rental to every fair, honest and whole
some syste moi taxation. 1t is also
quite APPARENT that if there be a reduc-
ton in the taxes of some taxpayers, it
will only be temporary, and will be
mainly because local authorities are
prevented by temporary laws from
taking advantage of the greatly in
creased valuations to increase local
taxes; and because tremendous pres
sure has been put upon local levying
bodies by the State Political Ma
chine to bring about low local levies
for political effect, with the inevitable
result of creating debt that must be
met later, and of preventing public
Improvements necessary for public
convenience and safety.
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-10-26
ELkiNS AND THE FELLOW SER
WANTS BILL.

In order to gain the support of the
large number of railway employees
for his candidates for the Legislature,
Senator Elkins is trying to make them
believe that he was really in favor OF
the Fellow Servant Law" which he
pretended to support in the Senate.
He knew the present Senate well
enough to feel perfectly safe in intro
ducing the Fellow Servant amend
ment to the rate bill. Such feature
had not the shadow of a chance of sue
cessfully running the gauntlet of the
Senate, dominated as it is by railroad
influences The railway employees OF
West Virginia will not be deceived b.
Senator Elkins' pretended kind offices
over at Washington. They have bet
ter evidences of his real position on
this question right here at home. They
have not forgotten the strong effort
made by them in the Legislature of
1908 to get a Fellow Servants" law
passed, and Notwithstanding the fact
that the Legislature for that year was
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-10-26
Mr.. Cornwell said in part:


For more than two years this State
has been rent and torn with an agita-
tion as to a change in the method and
manner of levying and collecting taxes
for State and local purposes. The sub
ject has absorbed the entire attention
of a special session of the State Leg
Iature, which cost the State many
thousands of dollars, and the greater
part of the time of the last regular SEES
sion.
When the special session of 1904
was ended it was announced that
new and perfect tax system had been
devised and enacted into law; that IT
had stepped forth from the brain of
the Republican State machine, com
plete, perfect and beautiful, full pano-
piled, like Minerva from the brow of
Jove. The people were asked to en-
dorse these laws at the polls, as a per-
feet system, warranted in every par
ticular and every respect, to cure all
the taxation ills the body polite was
heir to.
The Democratic party, in its State
convention, declared its belief, owing
to the various kinds and classes of
property existing in the State and the
complex conditions surrounding US,
that an amendment to our State con-
stitution was necessary to secure the
changes needed.
Our constitution provides that all
taxation shall be equal and uniform.
At the same time we believed that
property should be assessed and pay
taxes, not according to any fictitious
selling value, created and established
by reason of the desire of one party
to secure certain property or another
to keep it, but rather according to its
productive value, thing impossible
under our present constitutional pro
vision.
When the new laws were on trial
Martinsburg statesman-democrat. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1906-1921, 1906-10-26

property by six you stand convicted
of one proposition or the other. You
have either assessed the railroad prop
erty outrageously high, for political
purposes, or else you stand convicted
of having assessed it criminally low
during the past ten years that you
have been in power, and you can take
whichever horn of the dilemma you
choose.
l am precluded, my fellow citizens,
from discussing this railroad assess
ment because these assessments are
pending in the courts, on an appeal,
and | do not care to be in contempt of
court or be so discourteous and i'll
hammered as to argue in a convention
a question that is occupying the sol
emn attention and deserves the best
Judgment of the courts of this State
under their oaths and in the discharge
of their official duties.
The assistant tax commissioner has
declared that if the courts lower the
railroad assessment they ought to be
and will be driven out of the State.
| say that a man that will make such
a statement as that is not fit to hold
the high office to which he has been
appointed in violation of the Constitu-
tion but is fit to keep company only
with those pestiferous little animals
that a few years ago he was legislat-
ing to protect.
| have a right to comment upon this
fact, however, that at the hearing be-
fore Judge Parsons at Point Pleasank,
a few days ago, it was brought out
that the law has been violated by the
Governor and his Board of Public
Works in more particulars than one,
in connection with this assessment;
that to the shame of the State there
were no records of these assessments
as required by law, but that the Gov
ernor and his Secretary of State were
making records to suit themselves.
Whether the railroads will be made to
bear as large part of the burden as
these gentlemen now would have US
believe, can only be determined when
the litigation in which this assess
ment has been involved is finally end
ed.
But let me say one thing more, and
that is, that if the railroads are now
not assessed too high, then they have
heretofore been assessed crimiuallX