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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18

ekally between EN-. They give their
promissory notes for the amount, and
we sot there till mornin. We didn't
keer TO go home, with the female end
OF the Corners In the condishn IL wuz.
Then cum more trubble. Not one Nv
the wimmen got up in the mornin, and
consekently the work about the houses
wuz all left undone, and they announst
ther determinashen to go to Bascom' 8
ez soon ez they Good pull theirselves
together and git up.
Wat is to become Nv us | don't see.
Ef they git to Bascom's ther will be
no work done at all, and our supplies
cut off, wat kin we do?
The women hev given us their ultim
matum. They demand ez good cloze
as Mrs. Bascom, or they won't work a
stroke. They don't see that wat they
demand Is impossible. We hev to
spend all we kin get hold Nv at Bas.
com 8, and Nv course ez all the money
Nv the Corners goes into Bascom's till,
Mrs. Bascom kin git new cloze and they
can't. The niggers' wives wich don't
go to Bascom' IS hev good cloze, but that
is becoz the niggers don't hev TO hev
likker. The niggers' wives and Mrs.
Bascom is all that kin hev good cloze.
Ei the niggers went to Bascom's ther
wives woodent hev good cloze either.
Their Is trubble enuff in the Corners
to appal the greatest statesman.
can't see the end NV 1t
| PETRoLEuM v. Nasty.
] (Uncomiortable.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18
81 a Year in Advance.

emily enjoyed scolding their hus-
bands in the presence OF others,
and we have seen mothers who in
discreetly punish their children be-
fore visitors, thus humiliating the
dear wayward ones and making
them feel that their regulations
were so damaged that there was
no use in trying to be good. But
such women are not the mistresses
of those homes where the house
hold machinery glides on with
noiseless ease without force or ef-
feet seeming to be required to move
it along. They cannot create the
sunny, cheerful firesides that men
love better than all the world be-
side, and the memory of which
children tenderly cling to as long
as life lasts.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18

aud took the runnin Nv the establish
ment into their own hands.
They held the fort till - at mite,
when hearin Nv EN- singin bacohaualian
songs on the street we venchered back.
1t wuz a horrible site that met our
astonished eyes. Over the bar wuz
hung u banner wv white cotton, into
wich wuz painted these words Nv feer-
full import:
Mrs. Bascom Shell Not BE the Only
Woman in the Corners with silk
Dresses, Shoes That Button, and Red
Silk Stockins! Cloze or Blud!"
The cheers wuz broke, the table wuz
overturned, and the bottles wuz strewed
about on the floor. in one bottle there
wuz perhaps Two drinks, and | took i
up and poured II absentmindedly int
a glass.
"This is indeed terriblc!" remarked
ez swallowed it.
"Terriblew sed Bascom. "You fel
lers, the husbands and brothers wv thest
demons, will pay for this loss u,
property"
"Not so," | replied, ut Is YOU
wife's fault. Ell she had not showed
them dry goods in public these win
men wood not hev bin inhamed, ant
your place wood not hev hin wrecked
Cleerly we cannot pay damages caused
by the indiscreshun NV your own house
hold"
i Bascom simply replied: "You won
pay, won't you? Very well. Conside
this bar closed. Not another drop XII
one Nv yoo hev ontil the entire loss !
made good--not dropl / am ma
Nv few words
u This brought us 10 reason. The los
wus divided into four parts, one eac
! for the Deekin, myself, McPelter an
, Issaker, they three dividin my par
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18

at II o'clock at mite, il will amooEe
us. Watts sauce for the Corners gan
der must be sauce for the Corners
goose, Set EN- up, Bascom. We long
to be'happy."
"Yes," sed Mrs. Issaker Gavitt.
Mrs Bascom kin hev moo silk gownds,
all liounced aud frilled, and silk stock
ins, and shoes that button, while we go
bare-footed. We mite hev the same ef
cur husbands didn't spend all ther
money in likker, and deprive us Nv
good cloze, ther must be suthin in
likker sooperior to good close. Ez we
can't hev the good close, we will hev
wat is better than good close, All the
pleasures NV life amt u gOin to be con-
tiaually on one side. G. W., set um
up.'
And ez Bascom didn't move fast
enuff, bein in a sort Nv dazed condition,
Miraudy Pogram rushed behind the
bar and sot out glasses and the familiar
old bottle, and the entire bilin Nv en-
rushed up TO the bar. ln instant the
bottle wuz empty, and Mirandy went
to the red-headed barl and filled it.
turnin the spigot so that over a gallon
Nv the elixir Nv life wuz spilled afore
Bascom got presence NV mind enuif to
shet of the murderous stream.
They drank the likker, and then
snatched up the pipes and terbacker,
and took ther seets, and sot in sollum
silence till Mrs. Gavitt she ordered
Bascom to set 'em up agin, wich he
wuz compelled to do, preferrin to handle
the likker himself to hevin unskilled
hands foolin around with the spigot.
They drunk that, and after more talk
Mirandy Pogram ordered Bascom to
set EN- pagin.
BY this time the party he'd become
hilarious and frlsky. They ordered us
out Nv the bar-rOom, and told us to go
home and do the milkin aud other work
about the respective houses. when at
temptid to demonstrate and argoo the
pint with EN-.
commcnst to instruct EN- that w0.
man is the weeker vessel, when Mir
andy hissed thro her teeth: "She
! mite hev bin the weeker vessel orig
inely, but after long and arduous ex-
perience at the wash.tub, and splittin
ovsn. wood, and hoein corn, she can
probably hold her own with men wich
hez he'd less exercise"
And three NV en- jumped onto me
and kerried me out TO the horse trotf,
and deposited me tenderly in it, Then
tha histed out the Deelsin lssaker and
1.-THE Kernel threw Bascom over his bar,
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18

Mrs. Kernel McPeltcr leaned up agin
the bar, smokin a clay pipe, and the
others assoomed other attitOods ez
natural ez life. Some Nv EN- cooked
tber feet in cheers, ez We do, and did
II jist ez well, only pet'icoats amt ez
handy ez trOwsers for that kind NV
comfort. takin. However, the wimmin
Nv the Corners, ceptin Mrs. Bascom,
amt very much bothered with cloze.
Bascom turned pale.
"Wat do 700 want here?" he gasped.
This amt no place for wimmen"
"Ain't it," exclaimed Mira. Kernel
McPelter. "We shell see. Any place
that is good enuff for my husband, Ker'
mel Cashus McPelter, the father Nv my
children, and, sence his niggers wu2
sot free, NV all his children, is plenty
good enuff for me. promised to cleeve
unto him and am going to do it. Ca
Naomi remarkt 'Wher he goest ther
will GO Bascom set 'em up. dom
jist know wat set 'em up means, bu1
/ hev often heard the Kernel murmul
them words iist after he he'd rolled in
to bed with his boots on. Watevel
set 'em up means, 700 do IL"
"Who is TO pay?"
"The Kernel He takes all the money
work for, and he must therefore pa.
for set'iu em up
But 700 wimmen don't want likker.
Then Mirandy broke in:
Don't we. tho? Do yoo want II
Does that old fool, the Deekin, wan
1t? Does that hoary-headed Old Mas
by, want it9 Ifthey do we do, just th'
same ez men. We hev stumicks 10 b.
scorched and bowels 10 be irriiatid. !
itadds anything to human happinis +
burn and scorch innards, then our
must be burnt and scorched. Ef
lamoozes 700 to git full, and come hom
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18
TANEY COUNTY REPUBLICAN
Taney County
by w. H. AND X. b. PRICE.

fancy is the fourth county IRON sne no,hern mes,
line Of the state, in tue extreme southern
] tier. and so bordering on Arkansas ana en-
joying to It's fullness the iut S,.'iase .he
of the "Sunny Side Of the Ozarks, where the
temperature rarely touches zero 10 winter anu the
nights in summer are always cooi enough W inaAe
sleep delight. an ,, AN onn
ri. county contains 600 square mites, ais,oUV
acres of which about g. 400 acres are Under lin,
proyemrnt The soil varies from the rich ailuyiai
bottoms to the strong limestone SOILS OF ihe fids'
es producing successfully wheat, On wnlcu .ho
county was awarded the silver medal ~ lhe "ou'
lsana Purchase exposition, corn seconu 70 i none,
IA stalk on display in this Office measuring seven
teen feet four inches IN length potatoes, cotton
melons, tame grasses, berries, iriits, veeetaoies,
in fact everything except tropical products Pears
and peaches DO especially weli: ..z,,o,,.,
The surface is rugged and plcturvsque coscrSu
with forests and traversed by streams OF spark
ling clvaruess among them the beautiful White
river, famed for It's scenery ana its uhny trioes'
Including the gamey black bass an'' laeh sainioh,
while the wooded expanses abound III Sihali game
OF various kinds. Including ioA, raccoon, opossom'
squrrel. quail and turkey, aHotaihg aou"uah'
recreation with rod and gun ,....
The population of the county by the last census
was nj, IA, only two Of whom We're coor"d anu
MI but .g American born. Taxes are not heavy,
Wood for fuel is plentiful and remarkaply cheap'
selling in Forsyth for ~ waSon-ioad WIN slue
boards Church and school facilities are iair anu
increasing many OF the schools mapies'ne such
for the use oil pupils. Improved farms are valued
at $40 to ~ an acre, while unimproyed iahds can can
be had at Sl.25 TO SS. There are sun ABOUT ooV
acres of government lands, subject TO homestead
or cash entry. The county is hneiy watered lhe
White river alone winding In and out Tor ABOUT
hundred miles within its borders.
There Is considerable timber OF cominerciai val,
ue, including hickory, whiteonk, walnut, pine ana
cedar, anu vast mineral wealth Us ihulc'-Ieu U.
the little pros pectlng that has been done. Our
minerals include marble, hydraulic lime, mansan'
ese, copper, lead aud zinc in their muilitndlnous
FORMS silver and gold recent ptospcciinI showing
the presence of both in pGying quantities, All ol
which will afford wealth.nakihg opportunities 10
men OF means, Judgment aud energy.
In no spot on earth, perhaps, can poor man
so easily acquire home and make living ana
any man who is honest and energetic viii be well
comed be he rich or poor. The railroad! nhlte
River line OF the Missouri Pacihc,) is Stimulating
enterprise and enhancing values. River traihc
aud electric roads are certainty OF the heat iut'
ure, to give new stimulus TO every material lhtef
est and enhance all realty values Now Is the
time TO get in right and reap the benefits
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18
A GOOD DAUGHTER.

There are other ministers of love
more conspicuous than a good
daughter, but none in which
gentler, lovelier spirit dwells, and
none to which the hearts warm re.
quitals more joyfully respond. She
is the steady light of her fathers
house. Her idea is indissolubly
connected with that of his happy
freside. She is the morning sun
and evening star. The grace,
vivacity and tenderness of her sex
have their place in the mighty sway
which she holds over his spirit.
The lessons of recorded wisdom
which he reads with her eyes come
to his mind with new charm, as
blended with the beloved melody
of her voice. He scarcely knows
weariness which her song does not
make him forget, or gloom which
is proof against the young bright
ness of her smile. She is the pride
and the ornament of his hospitality
and the gentle nurse of his sick
ness, and the constant agent OF
those nameless, numberless acts
Of kindness which one chiefly cares
to have rendered because they are
unpretending but expressive acts
OF love.
Woman, can't you see? You
caught your husband with honey
and you cannot hold win with
vinegar. The outside Of the house
is the only side which in truth be
longs to a hen-pecked husband
They take TO theo utside SO speed
lily when there is unpleasantnes:
within, that any woman with on
| ly little thought and observation
may know what will come OF try
ing to train a husband as sh'
would a fractions school boy
Whatever he may be, for the home
sake, she is obliged to keep sweet
We have seen women who appar
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18
IN TIE HomE NEST
Cheerful Evening Reveries for Tired
Mothers
Tug SWEETEST WORDS.

Tug SWEETEST WORDS.
"what are the sweetest words that fall,
Upon the listening ear;
That come like echoes from above
The fainting soul to cheer'
they stand for types Of highest bliss
To erring mortals given;
We find all comfort, hope and peace
In Mother, Home and Heaven.
They shine like stars along the way
Our faltering feet must 90,
And where the shadows darkest cling,
In lines OF light they glow,
Like drops of healing balm they soOthc
Those hearts oppressed with carc
Who find litc's burdens, day by day,
A heavy load to bear.
We hear them in the morning time,
And in the noontide rest;
We hear them when the glowing sun
Rides down the crimson west.
And when the ties that bind Us here
BY deaths stern hands are riven,
Then may We rise on Faiths pure wings
To Mother, Home aud Heaven"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18
YOUR BOY.

"Oh, where is my wandering
boy tonight" Take look down
the street about 10 or IL O'Clock.
Notice the signs being torn down,
boxes overturned, stones hurled
through windows, shutters pried
open. Who are these types OF un-
mitigated public nuisances?
"Whatr' you exclaim, "my boy
there2" We do not say so; but
since he is not at home suppose
you look and ascertain, and it is
possible you may be surprised.
Somebody's boys are there; and
we ask, whittier is the tendency
and ultimate results of these night
ramblings and such doing2 A few
words will suffice as an answer.
They are in the training school of
vice from which are graduated
hoodlums, loafers, gamblers, sneak
thieves, burglars, and in fact all
the criminals that curse society;
and yet parents and guardians will
unthinkingly permit those whose
future well-being is in their hands,
to run night after night in unre-
buked and unrestrained compan-
ionship with those whose example
and influence is continually in the
direction of evil. To this laxity
of home restraint, more than to
all other causes, is due the ap.
palling increase Of crime through
out the nation. No boy is safe
who is allowed habitual access to
the streets at night.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18

co TO WORK.

Young man, so to work There
is no time to idle now. You must
carve out your own way if it is
ever successfully carved. You
must seek your fortune through
industry, perseverance and pluck.
Labor is honorable, and the ignoble
are those who will not work. Get
you home, Fence a field and
plow it and plant it, and gather
around you the comforts of a home.
And when you have made a charac-
ter for industry and thrift, ask some
lady to share your home with you.
We would say to every young lady,
mark those mea who are lounging
around attempting to live by their
wits, or on the interest of their
debts; and when they ask you to
share the lot of an aimless life,
pass them on, for you cannot af-
ford to marry man without pros
perity, or business habits, unless
you wish to sell yourself for a mess
of pottage. Again we would re-
iterate, young man, 60 to work;
while ten men watch for chances
one man makes a chance; while
ten men wait for so omething to turn
up one turns something up; while
ten men fail, one succeeds, and is
called the man of luck, the favorite
of fortune. Luck and fortune are
the result of honest endeavor, work
and toll. IT you would win, go to
work!
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1907-04-18
Thankful for Little.

VIM. r. Hearst, candidate for any
old thing, occupied his seat in con-
gress just two days in session Of II
days. Nobody has any objection how.
ever. The less the nation has OF
Hearst Ia an official capacity the bet
ter of IL will be.-Exch.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-23
MORE OPPOSITION
 TO TAX ON LOANS
BOARD OF TRADE WILL PROB. ABLY GO ON RECORD AS oP- POSED TO MEASURE AT NEXT MEETING.

Following the lead of the Commercial club which recently adopted a resolution asking the legislature to rescind legsa- tion taxing foreign loan companies oper- ating in Alabama, the Birmingham Board of Trade will probably take similar action at its next regular meeting, which will be held the second Tuesday In May
 A strong sentiment in opposition to the measure has been developed among tho business and industrial interests of the state and a determined effort will be made to secure It's modification. The position assumed by the Board of Trade Is identi- cal with the attitude of the Commercial club, the board contending that the en- forcement of such law would seriously retard the growth of the states impor- tant industries which need the assistance of foreign capitol in their development
 At It's next meeting the board will, also probably petition the Mayor and Board of Aldermen to investigate and take some action in connection with the numerous fruit stands which are springing into ex- istence on every desirable street corner in Birmingham.
 President Shelby of the Board of Trade has been confined to his home for several days by a slight illness.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-23
BIG DAMAGE SUIT IS
 IN COURT THIS WEEK
MacAfee Claims $65oooo Damages From Atlanta and Birmingham
 Air Line Railway.

What promises to be one of the most interesting cases ever tried in Jefferson county is that of William MacAfee, as- signee, vs. the Atlanta and Birmingham Air Line Railway company, in which the plaintiff claims $650,0oO damages for breach of contract.
 Walker Percy and John W. Tomlinson represent the plaintiff and John P. Till man and w. I. Grubb represent the de- fendant.
 The suit arises out of tho building of the Seaboard Air Line into Birmingham. in which MacAfee Bros. had a contract to build fifteen miles of the line. Before the conclusion of the contract the railway company took the work in hand itself and completed 1t.
 The trial began yesterday in the circuit court and is expected to last the rest of the week. as a great number of wit nesses has been summoned to testify in the case. The pleadings have not been Bettled yet. and will probably occupy all today
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-23
FEEL RUN DOWN.

Many people do in early spring. Per haps it is the reaction from the winter manner of living. But, whatever the cause. 1t is an unpleasant condition, un-
 fitting it's victims for the activities of life-the proper enjoyment of life itself. fin fact. simple, altogether unobjec- tionable remedy, well calculated, accord ing to physicians, to restore the lost tone and vitality to the rundown system is composed of A oz Fluid Extract Buchu, 1 oz. Bulso Mixture, A oz Fluid Extract GentIan Compound and Is ozs. water. These ingredients are obtainable at small expense at any good drug store and may be combined by the pharmacist or at home as desired. The dose Is one table spoonful three times day. before meals. The preparation is said to be one of the best spring tonics known to medical men.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-23
PEAGIN DEPENDS
 NEW COURT LAW
REsENTS ASSERTION THAT NEW JUVENILE BILL WILL RESULT IN TURNING LOOSE CRIMINALS ON THE COMMUNITY.

Judge Feagin was greatly surprised yes- terday to notice that d oitizen of Molt. gomery is harsnly criticising the juvenile cent legislature through Judge Feagin S exertons. He is eager to correct the im- exertions. He IS Aser to correct the im- pression and answer some of the oiiti- cisms.
 Tho sta It was made that ihc h'll would result in dumping the crlnirals on the public, because |. makes 1t unlap fnl to confine a boy in iAil who is tpcer IA years of age. The MontGoleiiln ar gued that men from i down wca'd swear themselves to be only H. ard would thus escape sentence.
 The judge said: "There is no possible chance of dumping the criminals on the public as a result of this bill. In the first place, the judge passes upon the age of the criminal, as well as all other evidence, and must have absolute proof of the age
 AS far as the boy is concerned, he is to be separated from the other convicts in d pidce to De ueSlBHdt eu Dy tne lnSpec- tors as a reformatory managed under pre- scribed rules on property owned by the state, keeping in view the moral and mental improvement.
 When the man at the capital says there Is no place to put the boy he surely does not know that but few miles from Montgomery there Is reformatory for negro boys, authorized by the board of inspectors and well managed.
 q send dozens of negro boys to this place. and they are well cared for Sec ton 4533 of the code provides that county convicts may be sentenced to the re- formatory If they are under the age men toned.
 Not by aay isesbs will the criminal negro boy go scot free for the law was passed in order to take care of him, keep him from the contamnating influences and check him at the early stage in his career. In my opinion this law Is one of the most important passed by the leg islature. Acting along these lines the good ladies of the state are going to send proba tion officers in all directions to assist in carrying out the law. I do not believe any effort will be made toward repeal"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-04-23
GREYMOUNT HOLDS
 ELECTION SATURDAY
CITIZENS WILL DECIDE FOR OR AGAINST INCORPORATION AND INDICATIONS ARE THAT THE VOTE WILL BE CLOSE.

The election for the incorporation Of urday, the 27th of this month. As mat ters now appear it seems that the vote will be close. and the result Is hard to foretell.
 The proposed incorporation takes in the Smithfield section, which the city pro- posed to take in under the act passed by the late legislature If the town Is incorporated it will upset the plans of the city, at least for a time.
 The position of the average Birmlng- ham man is that of an onlooker. The plan of Birmingham Is to take in all the un- Incorporated property that is willing, and push a law through the July session of the legislature allowing incorporated towns to come in of their own will. If Greymount is not ready now. she may be later.
 The only point of difficulty Is the large bonded debt which all the suburbs have or are heaping upon themselves If these indebted towns are admitted the ques- ton Is, will their property taxes meet the bonds as well as other necessary im- provements?
 Some argue that these little towns have the same right to carry heavy bonds as has Birmingham, but the difference Is that Birmingham's improvements are paid for by the property owners, while those in the suburbs are paid out of the gen. eral funds.
 The incorporation of Greymount and Ely ton does not affect Greater Birmingham in the long run in case the legislature passes the pending bill.