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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21
Subscription Rates.

on among the newspaper men
all over the country 10 regard
to the price charged for sub.
scription to the weekly news
papers. That the price is low
in fact too LOWS proven by
the advance of everything that
the printers use. Not only is
this true in the printing line,
but it is correspondingly true in
most every other line. We
print a clipping from the Chi
cago Newspaper Union giving
its views upon the sudden sd.
vance IN the price of paper as
follows:
The past month has been
marked by one of the sbarpest
advances in the paper market
that has been known in recent
years, and the article is very
firm at the advance, which is
about twenty-five per cent on
print grades. 1t is claimed the
advance is due to heavy de.
mand and higher price of pulp.
and that it is also warranted
by Increased expense in the
mills, owing to shorter running
time and advanced cost of near
ly everything entering into the
manufacture. The claim of
heavy demand for paper seems
to be borne out by the facts,
since some mills are actually |
declining orders on the ground |
that orders have been entered |
ahead which will take all they |
can make for several months,
Pulp has takens.a big rise. and
manufacturers who do
lot have their own pulp mills
ire at times pretty anxious
lbout their pulp supply, even
It the prevailing rates, which
re about double what they
we're only a little while ago.
Book papers, too, are much
higher, and taking it all in all,
he paper trade is very firm,
nd tending strongly toward
till further advances.
This sudden advance in paper
las made it hard for the coun.
ry newspaper to meet their OBJ
cations at old prices on sub I
which in most cases !
800 per year.
The same paper in comment
lg upon the question of raising
he subscription rates, further /
avs: /
A six-column quarto newspa- s
er contains forty. eight COL t
INNS of matter, of which. TAX t
lg the average, about twenty a
light columns are reading mat. S
er. A column of BREWER read
lg matter contains about one
lousand words; so the average \
x, column quarto newspaper
ontains about twenty-eight
lousand words of reading mat
.r to each issue, or one million
'ur hundred and fifty.six
lousand words in the fifty.two U
sues which are furnished for
lie, years subscription price.
Taking one hundred and fifty
lousand words as a liberal av. v
age for the dollar-and "a half
ook, the contents of weekly a
ewspaper for a year would
axe nine such books and if
he newspaper subscription =
rice was fixed accordingly, it =,
Guild be $3.50 per annum. =
t course there are differences
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21

Mrs Fannie Williamson, of
near Hunnewell, has been the
guest of her niece, Mrs, ]. 81.
Robinson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21

George W. Tompkius. wife
and Master George spent the
Sabbath with relatives at Hun
newell.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21

Mrs. Estelle Sullivan, of near
Hunnewell, has been spending
several days With her parents.
w. j. Mcleod and wife. Her
sister, Miss Elsie. accompanied
her home for brief visit.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21
OF Course Dave Is.

The st. Louis Republic says
that Dave Ball is an old friend
of Col. D. P. Dyer. Guess be
is. Dawes !motber is Col. Dyer's
sister. Louisiana Press.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21
ROOSeVelI's Manly Revenge.

Roosevelt has punished Fora
ker and Dick for opposing him
in the senate. He has appoint
ed a negro to be collector of the
port at Cincinnati. 1t is truly a
manly revenge.-Kansas City
Post.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1907-02-21
We Have Already Found Him

Scratch an individual who Is
continually branding other PEG.
pie as dishonest, and under the
skin you will find a scouudrel
nine times out of ten.
Register.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
DRUNKEN SON SHOOTS
TO DEATH AGED FATHER
No Excuse for Crime Except Faith
err Protested Against Sons
Driving Tired Mule.

Owcnsboro, Ky, July 2S.--Crazsd by
drink, Loan Mechanics, young man
about thirty years old, shot and kill
ed his father this morning AT his
home in this county. His father vii
liam McDaniels, sixty years OF age,
demonstrated with his son for driv-
Ing mule, which was very tired. The
son told his father he would kill him
ii he spoke to him again. The aged
man made a remark of reprouf to his
son, and the young man pulled re-
vOlver from his pocket and fired.
The bullet entered McDaniels lung
ard he died in a few hours. The slaye
came. TO Owensboro on the train and
surrendered to the Sheriff. He was il
drunken stupor, but had SENSE
enough to realize that it would be SAT
er for him in Jail than TO remain at
home.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
No.

Saunders. who runs a restaurant on
Market Street, has been handling q
drink called "Wivo," at first labeled
"Vivo." 1t is put up at Paducah in
bottles resembling the ordinary beer
bottle. In fact, in looks until opened,
it can scarcely be told from the genu-
inc article, SO we have been told.
The taste however is disappointing.
Still, because the deception is so good
and the drink always cold. it sold
well. Several times the members of
grand juries have been impartuned by
local option people, to indict the SELL
er, under the idea that the drink con-
tanned alcohol, hut after they had
been allwed too drink of it, they al
ways pronounced it a soft drink. A
few days ago an agent of Uncle Sam
appeared on the scene and compelled
Mr.. Saunders to pay back taxes 70
the government for what ne had sold,
and informed him that. if he continu-
ed 70 sell. he must take out license,
as an analysis of the drink made at
Washington showed it contained 21a
Ter cent. alcohol. Mr. Saunders de-
clined TO take out license for further
sales and sent his stock on had back
to the house.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02

dismissal revealed some of the ele-
ments entering into their decision
Samuel ID. Gilman, the last man to
be won over to the defense, declared
that majority of the men seemed
convinced that the general tone OF
the courts instructions indicated
that the defendant should be freed.
Finley Mclean, who voted consistent
~ for acquittal from the first de-
clared that the judges instructions
seemed to settle all doubt as to the
course he should take
Juror James Robertson, the good
natured Scotchman, at whose house
here in Boise Gov. Steunenberg board
ed for more than two years, said:
Il couldn't reconcile myself to vot-
ing any other way than with the de-
Tense from the first, and | think that
under the law and the evidence there
vas nothing else for us to do. The
last fellow who held ont against ac-
Guittal belongs to the same fraternal
organization that | do. There was
some talk # a compromise on a sec
und degree verdict. but we wouldn't
stand for that-it either had to be ac-
qu.jtal or ! would have stayed thore
+ .r.ver.'
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
Death of Mrs. Naples.

Mrs. Tom Naples died quite sud
den and unexpectedly at her home in
East Hartford at 9:15 o'clock Monday
night. Mrs. Naples had been i'll for
about three weeks of malaria fever
but her condition was not considered
serious during the time and was
thought to be improving. She called
for a drink of water and her mother
gave it to her. When she lay back
from sitting position, to which she
was raised to receive the water, she
gasped and died in a few minutes
without uttering a. word.
She is survived by a husband and
four small boys the youngest being
not more than four or five years old
After funeral services conducted by
Rev. Baker, of Beaver Dam, al
Beulah church Beda. Tuesday at
o'clock her remains were Inferred in
Beulah cemetery.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
ANOTHER VICTIM OF
night RIDERS.
Burnett Humphreys Wheat Must
Ruin Because ThreShermen
Warned not to ThreSh Crop.

Hopkinsville, KY, July 27.-Burn-
Montgomery neighborhood, in Trigg
Montgoemry neighborhOod, in Trigg
county, is the latest farmer in this
section to fall under. the ban of the
night riders. Humphreys is a poor
man and had found it necessary to
have his wife and children to work in
the fields in order to make a living.
his principal crop this year consisted
of wheat, and on this he expected to
support his family during the year.
Yesterday Humphreys made ar
rangements with James l.. Gaines, who
operates a threshing machine in that
neighborhood, to thresh his wheat.
This morning when Gaines was pre-
pairing to pull the machine into Hum
phreys field he found a notice tack
ed on the machine warning him that
if he threshed Humphreys crop, not
only would his thresher and engine
be blown up but that he would be
liable to personal injury. In cases
of this kind, there is always the pos
sibility of hidden danger by dynamite
concealed in the wheat or in some
other fashion. Gaines declined to
thresh the crop, and moved his ma
chine to another farm.
Humphreys has spent all of to-day
in an effort to secure some other
thresher operator to thresh his wheat,
but he has failed, and the wheat will
rot in the field
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
JackSOn-R Rowe.

Mr.. j. c. Jackson and Miss Nettie
Rowe, both young people of Center
town, were quietly married at the
home of Rev. l.. w. Tichenor at
Matanzas last Sunday night. Only a
few were present to witness the cere-
mony which was solemnized by Rev.
Tichenor in his usual pleasant but
impressive manner. Mr.. Jackson is
one of Ohio countys best teachers
while the bride is the popular milliner
for Rowe and Morton at Centertown.
The many friends of this popular cou-
pie join in extending congratulations.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
HARGIS AT LAST QUITS
DEMOCRATIC Com.
Says he has Been INDICATED ana
Desires TO Retire to Private
Life Newspapers Scored.

Frankfort. Ky. July Pressed
by a majority OF the Democratic
newspapers Of the State. james Har-
gis, member of the Democratic State
Central Committee from tie Tenth
Congressional district has at last re-
signed his position in a letter adj
dressed to Chairman McQuovu from
Lexington to-day.
For over a year the newspapers
and prominent members of the party
have been demanding chat Harsis re-
sign.
However, the resignation OF Hargis
came as a surprise here as he attend
ed the meeting of the committee to-
day for the first time in a great while
and while here gave no intimation
that such action was contemplated.
Hargis left Frankfort for his home
in Breathitt county tonight and while
in Lexington addressed the letter OF
resignation in which he says that
since his character has been vindi-
Gated by an acquittal of all the Grim
inal charges against him he feels that
he can resign with credit to himself
and to the party.
Hargis says that during his service
of nine years on the committee no
objection has been raised by any
Democrat who has never bolted.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
DR.. M. H. Du Bose Lectures.

Last Sunday was a day long to
be remembered by the members of
Hartford Epworth League and their
friends. The occasion Was an address
or lecture by Dr.. II. II. Du Bose Ed
itor of the Epworth Era and General
Secretary of tho League, of Nashville,
Tenn.
The services we're held at the court
house in order to give room for the
large audience. a large representa-
zion from the league at Beaver Dam
was present by special invitation. The
musical program, which was well rem
dered and enjoyed by everyone, was
arranged by Miss Carrie Lewis. Dr..
Du Bose was introduced ly Rev. j.
A. Lewis, and for more than an hour
be held the close attention of the large
audience, as he portrayed in beauti-
full and eloquent manner the objects
and aims of the Epworth League. He
also preached in the evening, the
theme being the trial and crucifiXion
of Christ. These who failed TO hear
This charming sermon, missed rare
treat. The visit of Or. DuBose, VINO
is not only one of the greatest pulpit
orators of the South.but man of
God who gets into close touch with
all whom he meets, has been of vast
benefit to the local leagues and q
blessing TO Hartford. We hope he
can come to see us again soon.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02

rulings on objections by counsel fol
the defense were interspersed with
sarcastic remarks showing his bias
and hostility. He charges that wher
he was on the witness stand testifying
in his own behalf that the court in
interfered with him in a captious, crit
ical manner.
He charges that the court gave the
Commonwealth almost unrestricted
money and restricted in every way pos
latitude in the Introduction of testi-
sible the Introduction of testimony IA
vorable to the defendant. He further
charges that during the progress of
the trial and while the jury was DELHI
Grating on the case Judge Robbins
went into the jury room on two diff
ferent occasions, closed the door and
was secretedly closeted with the men,
bers of the jury.
He says that on August l6, 1903,
during the progress of the trial Judge
Robbins went personally 10 the house
where the jury was confined and pre-
scented them with copy of the Court
er-Journal, then 'apd now The leading
Democratic paper of the State,which
contained the following article Of the
previous days proceedings in the
trial:
Georgetown, Ky, Aug. 16. 1909
The Commonwealth Will tomorrow
close the strongest case il has yet
made out against Caleb Powers on
the charge of conspiring 10 murder
William Goebel. So strong it is and
30 well put together and presented
TO the jury of Bourbon county citizens
that the general expressed opinion Of
those who have heard it is that all
probability of acquittal or hung jury
las been dispelled, and the jury will
only consider the extent of punishment
When the time arrives for the argu-
ment the Commonwealth will strong
ly urge the infliction Of the death
penalty as a fit ending TO this third
trial of the man its officers have al
ways considered the leading spirit in
the murder conspiracy.
Judge Robbins surprised everybody
Wednesday morning by announc-
ing that he would decline 10 siJ
as trial Judge in the Pow
ers case. He ordered the fact cerIi-
fled to Governor Beckham who will
appoint another. Attorneys represent
ing the defendant submitted list Of
thirty leading attorneys Of the State
most of whom were Democrats, any
of whom would be satisfactory to Pow
ers, but attorneys representing the
prosecution refused to agree to any of
them.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
FOR The BUSY READER.

An enemy of George Astrike, a
farmer near Jasper, Ind, placed a
screw driver i'm a bundle of wheat and
when it passed through the separator
the machine was wrecked.
1t is said that labor men throughout
the country, since the acquittal OF
Haywood at Boise, have become more
incensed than ever against President
Roosevelt for his undesirable citizens
letter.
A baggageman in the union depot
in St. Louis gave a trunk its usual
fling. 1t was full of dynamite and
the handler and another man were Sc
riously injured in the explosion which
followed.
The unknown man recently arrest
ed at Paris has been identified as
Newton Miricle, who shot and fatally
wounded his wife at AIiddlesboro. Mi
ricle was taken into custody because
Of his queer actions.
Company for violating the interstate
commerce law by using illegal rail-
road rates will be pronounced in the
United States District Court at Chica-
so Saturday by Judge Lands.
''Tallow Dick" Combs. who has been
an important witness for the common
wealth in the cases growing out Of
the killing Of Goebel, was killed by a
train near Georgetown Wednesday.
The funeral of the late United
States Senator Edmund w. Pettus took
place at Selma, Ala, from his resi-
dence Interment was in Live Oak
cemetery. where less than two months
ago his late colleague, Senator John
T. Morgan, was laid to rest.
The United States Government began
suit against the so-called Powder Trust
in the United States Circuit Court at
Washington, d. c. The Government
asks that the Du Pont Company, of
Delaware, be restrained from eXercis-
ing control over the subsidiary COM
panies.
The bill making the entire State OF
Georgia prohibition was passed by the
House Wednesday with two slight
amendments, which will be concurred
in by the Senate, and the Governor is
certain TO sign the measure when it
reaches him. The new bill is drastic
in its regulations and prohibits the
sale of liquor in the State.
II
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
Land for Sale.

Fifty-four acres good farming land
for sale one mile from Hartford on
pike. VIII go 40 a bargain
+. ". WESTERFIELD.
The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1907-08-02
For Sale.

Fine SOW and six shoats. Call or
DR.. VIM. Forman, Hartford, Ky.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-09
Donation Carnegie Refused.

Apropos of Mr.. Carnegie's latest
gift, an editor, taking out his note
book, said the other day:
II can tell you of gift of $3.50 that
Mr.. Carnegie once refused to give. Let
me read you the letter asking for this
gift"
With laugh he read:
Dear Mr.. Understanding
that you are blessed at present with
an unusual surplus of income, and
knowing well your generous spirit
and desire to do good to those who
will help themselves, l want to ask
you to make me a contribution Of
$3.50
when l was a young man my mo.
Their gave me hymnbook, which
faithfully used. 1t is now, thanks to
my efforts, worn out, and l think It
should be replaced, and you are the
man to do this.
Approaching to the full the gener-
GUS deeds that have made your name
illustrious in this and other countries.
and believing that in making me this
donation you will be carrying on the
spirit of your work, I am, yours faith.
fully, Mark Twain.
"P. S.-Don't send the hymnbook;
send the $3.50. IN. T."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-09
Must Have Been Sanitary.

Both the medical officer and the
surveyor Of the Tarvin (Chester) rural
district council have condemned a cot.
tage at Caldecott Green, near Farm.
don, England, for demolition as in.
sanitary. But the tenant, an old man,
appeared before the council and told
remarkable story "in stay of execu.
ton" He stated that he was 70 years
old, and lived in the cottage with his
wife and three children. For 60 years
there had not been case of illness in
his family. His father and mother
lived in the cottage before him; his
father died at the age of SO and the
mother at SO. He did not think that
there could be much wrong with the
cottage in the face Of these facts. In
reply to the clerk the old fellow said
that personally he had never had a
doctor. and the only time a medical
man had been in his cottage was when
his little son had scalded his leg.
Under the exceptional circumstances
the council decided to adjourn the
matter for further inquiries to be
made.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-09

A certain young preacher was
much disliked by his congregation
for bis foolishness and conceit. He
considered himself greatly prosecuted
and meeting an old German friend
OF his on the street one day, began to
tell his woes, ending up by saying,
"And Mr.. Brown, the churchwarden,
actually called me a perfect ass; my
cloth prevents me from resenting in
suits, but think ! should refer to 1t
in the pulpit next Sunday. What
would you adviser"
"Mein iriendt," said the old Ger.
man, with q twinkle In his eye, 81
know not, but l tink dat all you can
do will pc youst to bray for them, as
usual"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-09
RAISES CHICKS IN KITCHEN.
Philadelphia Man Has New and Pay.
Ing Industry.

Realizing the demand for early
chickens and knowing that they com.
mand good prices, West Philadelphia
dentist, who is much interested in
poultry raising, is trying the novel ex.
pertinent of raising chickens in his
kitchen. He expects to have from 80
to 40 broilers by the first of June, and
If they weigh more than two pounds
each by that time there will be good
market for them at SO cents per pound.
The doctor, proflting by his experience
OF last winter, decided to try a new
game this year. He set several hens
near the furnace in the cellar in Janu-
airy, and one Matched out 10 chicks.
AS soon as Matched the chickens were
taken to the kitchen and placed In a
specially constructed cage. He says
they need all the room they can have.
About the middle Of March the chick.
ems can 60 outside. AS the doctor has
not lost a single chicken, he is led to
believe that he has found a way to
raise early chickens, and says he ex-
poets to set every hen he has in the
cellar next winter. He also intends
to enter the duck and goose business
on small scale. A grocer who sells
to the best trade has promised to buy
every fowl the doctor raises and pay
the highest Observation-Disclosures Rec:
ord.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1907-05-09
HAVE LOST CUNNING
couNTERFEITERs TURNING OUT
NO GOOD WORK.
For Many Years There Have Been
No Spurious 6anknotes to Worry
the Money World-The "Mon-
roe Hundred"

There is one lost art among Grim
inals, one trade which United States
secret service men have seemingly
wiped out to the very last man. This
is the art of counterfeiting currency,
says the Kansas City Star. Kansas
City bank officials say that for eight
years not one spurious banknote
worthy Of passing comment has been
handled in the money world. They
declare that the day of successful
counterfeiting has come to an end.
Not a banknote which fools the ex.
perts is on the market" said +. F.
Swinney, president of the First ma
tional bank. There is counterfeit
currency. plenty of it," he said, but
it's kind detected almost at a glance.
Inspection of 1t quickly reveals the
flaws. Usually the work is clumsy,
But not since the notorious gang in
Philadelphia which made the famous
Monroe hundred" was wiped out has
there been a really clever counterfeit
err at work. At least, we have no rec
ord Of any.
The Monroe hundred" was 500
silver certificate with the face OF
President Monroe stamped upon it,
1t was of a series of 1901, check letter
d. Tillman register, Morgan treasur-
er. 1t was an absolutely perfect coun-
terfeit. Experts in the treasury de-
partment were fooled by it. The notes
became so numerous and were &C
cepted so extensively that the gov
eminent called in its entire issue OF
the bill, amounting to several mil
lion dollars. Even now a Monroe
hundred is occasionally picked up
and is almost impossible to tell
whether 1t is genuine or not
THE only difference between the
genuine bill and the counterfeit was
in the shape of the figures 3 and 4
and the length of the bill. In the fig
ure the lower loop did not extend up
so far toward the center of the figure
as II should have extended. In the
figure the space between the base
and the center cross line was mar
rover than 1t should have been. The
false bill was one-sixteenth of an
inch shorter than the genuine.
Such irregularities would easily
pass the eye of an expert" Mr.. SWIM
ney said. "Of course, If a genuine
bill was laid before you, and you had
the opportunity to compare the two,
after some study the defects could be
noted. But think of the number Of
money handlers who had the counter
felt bill who had no opportunity for
such comparison.
"The gang which made the Monroe
hundred" was arrested in Philadelphia
In 1899. The plates which printed the
bills were recovered and the counter
feiters sentenced to long terms in
prison.
with the end of that gang" Mr..
Swinney said, there seems to have
been an end of successful counterfeit.
ing. Not since 1899 has the govern
ment been forced to recall any cur
rency issue. Crooks have learned
that to make spurious currency which
will pass inspection is a hard task.
And they have learned that the pen
atty Uncle Sam makes them pay when
detected is heavy"