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Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
CHARGING THE JURY.
A Stone County Justice Does Big Stunts
In His First Case.
Emery, Ark.

A Stone County Justice Does Big Stunts
In His First Case.
According to an exchange,
this Is the way O new justice Of
tho peace over in the wilds Of
Stone county charged his first
jury:
Gentlemen Of the jury: Charg-
ing q jury 10 a new business to
me, as this is my first case. You
have heard all the evidence, as
well as myself. You have heard
all the learned counsel has said.
If you believe what the counsel
for the plaintiff has told you,
your verdict will be for the plain
tiff; but, II on the other hand,
you believe what the defendants
counsel has told you, thon you
will find O verdict for the defend
ant. But, II you are like me,
and don't believe what either Of
them said, then III be darned II
| know hatyou'll do, Constable,
take charge Of The jury"
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

A petition is being circulated
in Saline county asking that ex-
Senator F. O. Butt be pardoned
from the penitentiary. The pe-
tition states that as others guilty
Of boodling are allowed to go free
Butt has been punished enough.
The matter strikes this paper that
way exactly.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

Senator James H. Berry retires
from the public service deserving
the good will of all the people of
Arkansas. He has been faithful
and honest during all the many
years he has served the state,
and no reflection has ever been
cast against his. good name by
any person worthy of belief.
Such men as Senator Berry, who
can spend years and years in
office, and escape charges OF
corruptness Of some sort, are
rare indeed.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

A bill has passed the Arkansas
senate prohibiting the sale of
cigarette or cigarette material in
the state. This bill has been be-
fore the legislature at every ses-
sion for the past ten years, but
has never succeeded through both
houses. 1t looks now to have a
chance TO become q law.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
A BITTER SPEECH.
After Being Exonerated, Senator Bailey OF
Texas Grows Wrathy.

United States Senator Joseph
W. Bailey, who has been on trial
before the Texas legislature for
several weeks on the charge that
he had aided trusts and corpora
tions, was exonerated by both
houses of the legislature last
week. After he had won the
fight, Senator Bailey made one of
the bitterest speeches on record,
of which the following paragraphs
are only small part:
"Out of the forty men who
voted against my exoneration lot
more than four will be back here
next session. Not one-half of
them will be in the Democratic
ranks at that time. They will go
back to the Populist party, where
they belong. | will never rest
until | see the election laws so
fixed that no man can have his
name put on the ticket as a can
didate for the legislature unless
he records a solemn oath that he
will respect the peoples instruc-
tions.
81 had intended at the end of
this senatorial term to retire, for
at the end of this senatorial term
| will have served the people of
Texas Twenty-Five years. But
now this war has made me
change my purpose. I will need
to make no canvass at the end of
this term. These mon who have
fought me have made this un-
necessary. They have already
won my campaign for me. They
have made their grave, and we
will proceed to gently lay them
in their new made graves and
place over their tombs the in
scription: we know not whence
they came, but we know whittier
they have gone
"Every CRATER in the state is
lined up against me. Jesus had
Peter to deny Him and Judas to
betray Him, and for my life l
cannot see but that Peters crime
was as great as that of Judas.
| had nearly as soon betray a
friend as deny him in the time Of
need.
81 want to say to my friends
that the night will never be too
dark nor the road too lonely for
nee to come when you call. l will
light for you as you have fought
for me, knowing you are right.
In my home will place two
pictures Of this convention. The
one will be Of my friends. | shall
label this the roll of honor. The
other shall be of those who have
opposed me and over this I shall
write: "The Rogues' Gallery"
l shall teach my children to never
forget the one nor forgive the
other"
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

The Oklahoma constitutional
convention has killed the prop
osition to provide separate
coaches for white and colored
passengers on railroad trains. 1t
had been intimated that President
Roosevelt would not approve the
constitution II IL contained this
clause.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

A bill has been offered in the
lower house Of the legislature
separating white and colored
teachers when taking examina-
tions for teachers licenses. The
bill compels county examiners to
provide separate quarters for
white and colored applicants.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
THE STOCK LAW.
A Citizen OF Emery Is Very Much Against
Such Legislation.

EDITOR REcoRD:-As there has
been considerable discussion in
this section of the question of a
stock law for Sharp county, if
you will give me space in your
paper, | will give my views of
the matter.
The people in Sharp county do
Tot need a stock law, because
about one-half of the county is
outside of fence and is good
range, and the poorer class of
people cannot much more than
make a living when they have
access to this whole range. Two
thirds of the people in Sharp
county can hardly make enough
corn to feed their horses the year
through, and if these people
should have to keep up their
hogs and feed them also, with
nothing to feed them upon, it is
plain that they would be COM
PEELED to sell their hogs to the
land-holder at a small margin,
and pay about two prices to get
them back in meat. In some
parts of Sharp county, should
the stock law come in vogue,
people in busy crop times would
have to drive their stock two and
three miles to water. This would
be a troublesome job, and no
money to it. AT present you can
turn your stock out on the range
and they get plenty Of water, as
we'll as something to eat. Lots
Of people are getting plenty of
good milk and butter at the pres
ent time, but if the stock law
was in force they would have to
sell their milch cows, unless they
had pastures for them during the
sammer or feed to supply them.
Besides these things, the people,
under a stock law, would be at
considerable expense building
new fencing. Those that own
land would be compelled to have
substantial fences, for if the stock
should get into a neighbours field
such stock would be taken up,
put in a stock pen, and the owner
would have to go down in his
pocketbook to get his property
again. II the owner did not
have the money, and couldn't
borrow it, his stock would sell.
Some say we would have better
stock with q stock law, In the
name of common sense, IL we
can't have good stock with ac-
cess to all the fine grass and rum
ming water in Sharp county, how
could we expect to raise fine
stock in dry lots, pens or past.
ures, where an animal would be.
come so poor in a month that you
could count its ribs through the
hide at a distance Of a hundred
and fifty yards9 Let US hope we
may never have a stock law.
PROCTOR EAsoN.
Emery, Ark.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

Jefferson Davis In now United
States Senator from Arkansas,
and everybody joins In tho hope
that he Will measure up to the
fullest expectations Of his most
ardent admirers.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

Representative Thompson Of
Independence county introduced
a bill q few days ago abolishing
some Of the chanoery districts Of
the state, II was killed almost
Immediately,
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08

The idea Of q depository for
county funds is practically new
In this state, but II will bo more
heard Of In The future.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
Your
Spring Suit

Every man should buy the very
best clothes his money will
oct for hirn.at We e''haVe been
steadily increasing our CLOTH
ind business for several years,
and during the past year have
made a very large gain in our
CLOTHING sales. The way we
account for the increase is that
we are selling clothes that give
Satisfaction in, every parficus
lar.
Sharp County record., 1907-03-08
GENERAL NEWS

asleep by Enrique Chavez, a
notorious Mexican bandit.
Despondent because Of frequent
quarrels with her husband, Mrs.
May Roberts of st. Louis COM
mitted suicide by swallowing car
bolic acid.
G. W. Wilkerson of Baltimore,
Maryland, paid S47,75 for forcibly
kissing Mrs. Pansy Schmidt.
This was the value placed upon
the kiss by judge in the GRIMM
al court.
Senator Patterson of Colorado,
in a speech before the United
States Senate a few days ago,
said the present generation would
see every railroad in the United
States owned by the government.
At Welston, Ohio, Samuel
Beatty has been awarded S101
as damages by the circuit court
against the Ohio Gas Company,
for the loss of his whiskers,
burned off in a. gas explosion re-
Gently.
In Kansas the woman's sphere
is not entirely limited to the
kitchen. There is a woman
marble cutter in Meade county, a
woman bank president at Girard,
and a woman blacksmith at
Lincoln.
Daniel Zimmerman, 10 years
old, has confessed that he robbed
the state of South Carolina of
S12,500. He had been a clerk in
the state treasurer's office for
years, and was counted thorough
ly honest.
F. M. Mabery, formerly q
prominent banker OF McGregor,
Texas, plead guilty last week to
embezzling funds of a bank with
which he was connected, and was
sentenced to five years in the
penitentiary.
While attending the funeral Of
her daughter, and just after TAX
ing the last look at her face as
she lay in the coffin, Mrs Juna
Stevens, aged 80 years, dropped
dead Of heart disease at Galeton,
Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Jackson, widow OF Gen.
Stonewall Jackson, will receive a
pension OF $50 a month as the
widow of an officer in the Mexi-
can war. President Roosevelt is
responsible for this act Of cong.
ress, it is said.
Mrs. Anna Langley Of Glou.
chester, New Jersey, recently
ran a small splinter in one OF her
fingers while doing some work,
but paid no attention to IL. Four
days later blood poison set up,
and she died in great agony.
Rev. John Title OF Norris City,
Illinois, was handling q box OF
dynamite In his home and ac-
cidentally let the explosive drop
to the floor. The explosion which
followed killed him and his entire
family Of four, besids blowing the
house to pieces.
Working for twenty-sevon
years for not moro than 81 q day
Octave Girard Of Ware, Mass,
claims to have saved $4,000.
He lie now 70 years old. He and
his wife have ton children, and
the old gentleman says his family
has always had plenty to eat and
wear while he was saving $4,000
from a salary Of dollar a day.
Col. j, W. Saxton, a prominent
citizen of Waynesboro, Miss,
although In apparent good health
al tha lima Ia al waelf had
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
THE BANK OFFICERS
REMAIN THE SAME

The stockholders Of the First Ma.
tional ank of Las Vegas held their
annual meeting on Tuesday and re-
chose the following named direct.
ors: jefferson Reynolds. J. W. Ray.
nolds. A. A. Jones. r. ID. Reynolds
and Haliett Reynolds. The officers
Of the banking institution remain a.
follows: President. jefferson Ray.
nolds: cashier. r. ID. Reynolds: a..
sistant cashier. Hallett Reynolds.
Following Ii the composition OF
the board Of directors elected by the
stockholders In the San Miguel Ma.
ti0nal hank: DIR. J. NJ. Cunningham,
Frank Springer. d. r. Hoskins. Hen,
ry Coke and A. NJ. Blackwell. The
officers Of this moneyed concern are :
President. DIR. J. NJ. Cunningham
vice president. Frank Springer: cash.
Ter. ID. T, Hoskins: assistant cashier
T. ID. January.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
TOBACCO WAREHOUSE
DESTROYED By FIRE
aslaaaan ARD q kaaaf Eaaxs ~ lsness
Ter. Penmsyssaals-cAsar Fas-
sery klsa Rarnsd

Lancaster. p. Jan Ii.-The large
tobacco warehouse If : n Moss has
been DESTROYED by fire and his laFge
cigar factory Is now burning TAe
loss viii b. very heavy
The total hass Ii estimated af 81
noo. .oaA- Moss warehouse. filled With
sohaceo. and The Moss cigar factory
adjoining. were destroyed. causing a
loss placed at half n miilion- The
resG of the damage was 60 warehous
e. Of the American Cigar company
and the eontents Of the warehouse
Of Meyer 4 Levy. Kramer 4 Gold
berg and John trimmer. These wer"
heavily damaged By smoke and vat
ter
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

FOR ExCHANGE.-For property In
Las Vegas. nice little home consisting
OF 10 acres Of land. half bottom. half
upland pasture. running water. Five
room house. small barn. q nice variety
of fruit. adjoining n town Of coo on L..
X. G. W. Railway. 20 miles west Of
Leayenworth. Can make trip to Kan.
sas City. going In and returning In the
same day. giving you three or four
hours IN the city. n. l. Bigeiow. 5f2
Douglas avenue. East Las Vegas, ". NJ.
las
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

About twelve years ago, Saul 2osen-
thai had himself photographed with a
group of five Apache Indians. who
were travelling about the country, Civ
ing war dances on the street corners
and passing the hat for what contribu-
tions the people who witnessed their
antics were willing to throw In. This
morning Saul was immensely surpris-
ed at receiving a marked copy OF the
Memphis News Scimitar OF the issue
of Sunday. January 9Th. 1907. contain
ing a cut made from the photograph
of long ago and labeled ''Apache In
dians and their Interpreter"
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

The dance at the Commercial club
last night was we'll attended. about
forty couples being present. among
whom were a number of out OF town
people or recent arrivals In Las We.
gas. The dance was exceptionally en-.
j0yable and lasted until after / o'clock
jeff" the club caterer. served a fine
luncheon In the dining room during
the evening.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
PERSONAL MENTION

III. Clark il about town today from
Gotham.
Charles Austin Of Omaha Is register,
I'd al the New Optic,
IN Depue is at the Central hotel
from LnseFo. y. H.
". @. Nicholson 10 visitor to town
f.om Green Bay. Wis,
Pike navens returned On No, : last
nigh. from Santa Ross, \. II.
Frank Manxanares GOES up 80 Gree
lev. Colo. somorrOw oa business.
Josiah Hale drove home to Mora to"
Say. al least be started to do 50.
n. G. Crawford is a guest at the
Cas,aneda hotel from Dallas. Texas.
Eugenio d, Lujan OF Las Vegas regis
tered al the Columbian hotel In Trin'
!dad yesterday.
Prof James Ellison has returned TO
Roy. Mora county. from a visit to his
family In this city.
II. Hobs0n h a Topeka railroad
man visiting the Meadow city on Of
ilcial business today.
I. II. Rapp. the architect, went up
TO Trinidad this afternoon. with a roll
of blue prints under his arm.
Rev. FIR. Paul Gilberton Of the
west side parish. visited watrous be"
tween trains yesterday afternoon.
Mrs. ]. ]. FARRELL will soon visit her
mother. Mrs. W. II. Swires. at Bisbee.
Ariz. probably starting tomorrow.
Manuel F. Jiminez. a stock raiser
from Los Conchas, has been patroniy'
ing Las Vegas merchants freely today.
J. 3. Duncan leaves for Albuquer-
que this evening on a visit 20 his
daughter, Mrs. Arthur Lowe. In that
city.
H. c. Cook. representing the Haus'
man Drug Co. has returned to the
city from a visit to outlying country
towns.
Mrs. Emma kohler. of Kenton, Ohio,
arrived In the city last night on Wis
II to Mrs. John Robbins, No. 1909 Fifth
street.
Rev. r. A. Morley intended leav
ing for Chicago this afternoon in the
interest of emigration to these immedi'
ate parts.
Don Eugenio Romero went down "a
Albuquerque last night. called thither
by some matters to which he has Civ
en- little heed.
Mike and Will Boylan will likely
leave for their Iagarita ranch tOihoF
row morning. accompanied by their
sister, Miss Mary Boylan.
W, e. Thresher returned last night
from Santa Fe, where he was admitted
to the practice Of law upon certificates
from Oklahoma and Nebraska.
Trinidad Romero has arrived in Las
Vegas to remain till spring. He comes
from TERRA Amarillo, where he was
employed in a saw mill. and where his
father, Bernardo Romero, is still a
salesman in the general store of 7. d.
Burns.
Mr.. and Mrs. James B. Fetrow, who
visited Las Vegas last season. have
come out again from Daleville. Ind,
to spend the winter with Mr.. and
Mrs. P. c. Carpenter, who met them
at the depot last evening upon their
arrival.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Felipe Garcia was arrested last night
and was given hearing this morning
before Justice Of Peace Bope, charged
with intoxication. He pleaded guilty
to the charge and was given a sen.
tence OF one week In the city jail.
Garcia had just finished serving a
sentence for the same offence and Is
getting TO be a fixture In the lock up
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
Stolen Furniture.

A liberal reward vii! be paid for
Information leading 70 the arrest and
conviction Of :ae person or persons
who have been stealing the furniture
from iI4 Washington avenue, or viii
pay reward for return Of property
taken.
1.3s-tf GEO. A. FLEMING.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Prof r. r.. Larkin of this city has
been appointed by Governor Hagerman
TO be a member OF the board of 70.
gents OF the Agricultural college at
Mesilla park. upon the retirement of
II, B. Holt OF Las Cruces, N. NJ.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

The official dog catchers have been
making the rounds OF the city today.
roping and impounding all stray can.
ines they came across. The dogs will
be kept In the pound three days when
they will be killed. unless sooner res
cued by the owners.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
NOTICE.

0cate. n. NJ. Jan. ., 1907.
We. the undersigned. doing business
In ocate. Mora county. New Mexico.
have this day by mutual consent dis.
solved partnership. Sam A. Goldsmith
retiring. All Indebtedness 10 assumed
by n. Well. who win also collect NIL
accounts due said firm.
i.55 WE'LL & GOLDSMITH.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
TO DELINQUENT TAXPAYERS.

Notice is hereby given that the de-
linquent tax list for A. d. 1905 will b
placed I'm the hands Of the printer for
publication In q few days. Pay your
taxes now and save yourselves added
penalties and costs. A.:
EUGENIo ROMERO.
Collector San Miguel County.
1.s9 New Mexico.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

William Rinton shipped a car load
OF pure bred Hereford cattle from
Maxwell City to Denver today for ex.
hibition at the fat stock show which
will be held In that city in the near
future.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

VIM. Scribe, father of Mrs. Robt. G.
Taul. will leave tomorrow for his home
at Enfaula, Indian Territory. highly
pleased with the climate. people and
prospects Of the Meadaw city, prob
ably enough so to return here and
reside permanently.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Luis Flores arrived at the local rail-
road hospital this afternoon from Gar.
field. N NJ. for medical treatment for
his right foot. The member was bad
~ hurt by having a trunk accident
ally fall on II. while the young man
was industriously hut carelessly at
work earning his daily stipend.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

For sale. rooming house PROPOSE
ton. of ten rooms nicely furnished :;
good location. good Income: viii sell
furniture: place can be leased. Ia.
HARRIS REAL ESTATE co.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

J. NJ. Bigham. who had been here
for his health about three months. but
coming too late for climatic benefit,
was taken on board 81 No. 10 today.
ticketed to Caruthsville. Mo-, in al
most dying condition. 1t is not like
ly that he will succeed In reaching
home alive.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Mrs. c. Fl. Morris, wife Of the loco
motive engineer. Is thought TO have
passed the danger point In her disease
at 81. Anthony's sanitarium.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Mrs D. L. Corey. whose husband Ii
now cashier for the Charles ilfeld Co.
has accepted a position behind the
counters and show cases at Bacharach
Bros
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

BY depositing n portion OF your In
come each month In the Plaza Trust
and Savings Bank. you can pave the
way to a peaceful old age of rest and
plenty. SIT
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

FOrED-Pocket book containing
small change, Owner can have same
by calling at this office and paying for
this advertisement
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Sabine Lujan has been appointed
sole agent for the Anti. Carbon. the
sure cure for the SCOT nuisance. Is
cents per package. ii.ss
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Come and hear Earl Critics latest
at Rosenthal hail Saturday night. 1-ts
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Wall paper Mt half price for thirty
days at $50 Sixth street. 1901 pat.
terms just received. Isl
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Rev. ]. =. Moore. rector Of -. panl's
Memorial chapel. took the first degree
In Masonry. the other evening.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

4 third railroad for Las Vegas Ii
foreshadowed In Track and Train"
On an inside page this evening.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Galvanized iron and tin work. q.
Patty. IL.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Call on o'Byrns for the best domes-
tic coal In the city. 1888
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Home-dressed chickens and live
ducks. raised on Macbeth mineral
water. tomorrow. at Pete Roth's. IL
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Subscribe for The Optic and get
the news.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
LOCAL news

~. ], IAnWooa shipped three car
loads of steers sO the Kansas City mar
lot from Raaon today.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Ring up o'syrns for Yankee coal.
red hot from the mines. I2ss
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

The Optic prints all the news al
the time.
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11

Gregory's bliiiard tables are always
In flrst class condition. SEQ
Las Vegas daily optic., 1907-01-11
NEW YORK STOCKS

The following quotations received
from F. ]. Graf & Co. Albuquerque,
New Mexico. correspondents for 10.
gan & Bryan. long distance phone:
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-03-06
COST OF THE PHILIPPINES.
Facts Wanted Which the ImpsriaIists
Do Not Want to Let Out.

From the Savannah News-The PEG
pie would very much like to know
what the Philippines have cost this
country and what the annual expense
of holding on TO them is. For some
reason or other the administration
senators don't want this information
published Senator Clay of Georgia
introduced a resolution the other day
calling for it, and Senator Lodge at
once objected, saying that the infor-
nation was in the published reports,
and was accessible TO anybody who
cared to hunt it up. When the reso-
luton was passed he had it referred
20 the committee Of which he is chair
man. win he ever furnish the in
formation to the senate? If he does
it viii be because Senator Clay in
sisted upon having it.
And why shouldn't the PEOPLE lmaxg
what 1t is costing US to teach tAe
Filipinos how to govern themselves?
It is well known that the islands,
since we have had possession of them,
have cost us hundreds of millions of
dollars and thousands of lives. And
there is no doubt that they are going
to cost us other hundreds of millions
Of dollars if we retain possession of
them. If they have been of any par
ticular benefit to us the fact has es-
capped general observation
That the administration senators
want to keep the truth from the peo-
pie is pretty good evidence that it
would create a sentiment in favor of
getting rid of the islands at the ear
lest practical moment And there is
a probability that they VIII involve
US in a war that viii cost vast sum
of money and man. valuable lives.
Senator Clay should not only insist
upon having the information he has
called for, but he should make such
use of it when he gets it that the peo-
pie will have no trouble in under
standing clearly if any benefit has ac
crued to US from the possession of the
isalnds or whether or not any is like
ily to accrue TO us.