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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09

vanced for supplies and labor at
county poor farm, $3.50; salary
as superintendent of poor farm
for April, May and June, $3.50.
Total, S199. SO.
Jesse Coleman, services as
laborer at poor farm, SS.16.
John Clarkson, same, S24.52.
Chas. Baxley, same. S18.0S.
Blair Miller, supplies to county
Jail, S52.eO.
Frank T. Taylor, supplies to
p Dor farm, S46.15.
j. M. Wilhlte, medicine for poor
farm, $8.75.
Jno. Chivers, balance for ser.
vices as superintendent in build.
ing county Jail, 1927. so; labor at
courthouse, 81 .45. Total, SS34.95.
j. E. Montgomery, salary as
county attorney for April, May
and June, 1907, 5000.
T. J. Hancock, supplies to
county poor farm. S51.65.
H. Stephenson, labor and ma.
terial for repairing bridge across
Long branch between 1S.55.1S
and 13. 3.55. 10, S35.
j. w. Grizzell, salary as county
treasurer for May, June and
July, 1907. $500.
Grace Morris, services and
expenses as circuit court stenog.
rapher, S42.
j. w. Grizzell, cash advanced
for office supplies, S16.74.
j. j. Ward, paintingi new Jail,
$685..
A. B. Carroll, salary...and ex-
penses as member of county
board Of education, S30.62.
John Chivers, work on circuit
court room, 81.
T. T. Cruise, salary as janitor
at courthouse for May, June
an d July, S120.
]. NJ. Mason, fence posts for
county Jail yard, S12.
w. D. Vaughan, supplies to
courthouse and Jail, 5000;
same to poor farm, 80. Total,
$3.50.
Geo. M. Dewey & Co., supplies
to county Jail, $3.50.
j. P. Tippett, supplies to
county poor farm, S24.25.
American Blue Print Co.,
supplies for county surveyor,
S1.95.
Worrell Mfg. Co., exterminator
for Jail, S25.
The above are the proceedings
up till yesterday at noon.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09

ndOanCS OF tQe village OF ROCn.
vilie," and it appearing that said
village of Rothville contains less
than $500 inhabitants it is or.
dered that James M. Riddell,
John L. Pendell, A. L. Shoop,
H. H. Strickland and H. B.
Tregent be appointed as trus-
tees of said village, and who
shall hold their respective Of.
fees until their successors are
duly elected and qualified.
Having installed a gasoline
engine in the court. house it is
ordered that each insurance
company furnish with each
policy gasoline engine permit.
ALLOWANCES.
Roy w. Rucker, writing con.
tract for steam heating plant a.:
courthouse, S5.
Missouri school for the deaf,
cupplies for inmates, Sl9.45.
State hospital No. 2 for insane,
expenses and supplies for in.
mates, ST, ,698.56.
State hospital No. 1 for insane,
supplies to inmates, S217.5O.
j. E. Montgomery, cash ad
vanced for key to courthouse,
S1.75.
Nose Gum, labor on county
bridge, So.
Pete Fox, same, $1,000.
VIM. jackson, same, 81.
w. w. Ward. same, S1O.5O.
Keytesville Lumber Co., sup.
plies to poor farm and Jail, $40 95.
Salisbury Democrat, printing,
$40.
Geo. D. Barnard & Co., sup.
plies to county Offices, S156.69.
Standard Printing Co., same,
1925.
Cadogan. Hatcher Mfg. Co.
same. S4.75.
Buxton & Skinner Stationery
Co., same, S22.75.
Aug. Cast & Co., same, S32.7S.
S. j. Shaugnessy, money ad.
vanced, barber bill for prisoners,
S1.50; board bill of prisoners,
S407 so. Total, S4O9
o. G.. Dameron, fees and ex-
penses as county road and bridge
commissioner, S2S2.57.
Halley's racket store, sup
plies to county Jail, S3.10.
R. j. HALEY, supplies to coun .
ty Jail, $3.50.
CHARLTON COURIER, printing
and stationery, S122.90.
Charlton Recorder, same, S18.
Hancock & Arlington, part
payment on new jail, ST, 500.
City of Salisbury, rent of City
hall for courthouse purposes for
year 1905, S10O.
A. F. Arlington, balance on
premium on insurance policy on
new Jail, S74.10.
j. L. Aldridge, M. D., salary
as physician to prisoners in Jail
for April, May and June, 1907,
$40.
II. L. Mann, supplies to court.
house, 63 cts.
j. E. Martin, premium on in.
surance poncy on new jail and
sheriff's dwelling, 1928.
Edgar Tisdale, labor at county
Jail, So.
P. R. O'Bryan, same, $3.50.
G. L. Herring, labor and sup
plies to county Jail, S1.85
J. R. Callison, repairing bridge
between 18 and 1854. .16, 50.
Wade H. Hood, repairing
bridge between ID and 15.54-17,
$3.50.
Fred Weidy, repairing bridge
between 1854. II, 80 cts.
j. G. Dameron, labor on coun.
ty bridges ........... :. S18 40
Warren Elliott, same -. s 4O
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09

Miss Estelle Vandiver of Colo.
rado Springs, Colo, ara Miss
Mary O'Bryan of Keytesville
scattered sunshine ands gladness
by their presence in the COURIER
sanctum Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Estelle. accompanied by
her mama, Mrs. w. c.. Vandi.
yer, has been visiting the lat.
ter's mother, Mrs. Eliza Vandi.
yer of 1.2 miles southeast of
this place. for the past six weeks.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09

B. F. Brewer, Sr., same. 81 90
Don Mason, saLe..... l. 90
Ledru Brewer, same. 1 90
w. w. Ward, same. ..... 3 90
Clarence Patnott. same. 1 90
R. E. Davis, bridge lumber,
S24 20.
0. G. Dameron, cash advanced
for board of bridge men, $50. 40.
W. H. Lewis, recording origi.
nal plat of Keytesville, So so.
w. L. Wright. fees as circuit
clerk at May, 1907, term, S22.75
Press. Spectator, publishing
financial statement, sol; station.
cry, 81. Total,S95.
M. B. Hunt, supplies to county
all, $3.50.
W. L Wright, money advanc-
ed for telephone rent, Sc.
Shaugl ne ;sy & Son, team to
convey county court to poor
farm, So.
Fish Pond Co., county war;
rant, No. O,597, So 30; warrant
No. II, 104, So. Total, SIS 80.
S. z, Robinson granted license
to keep a dramshop at his stand
on lot 6 in block 20 at Sumner
for a period of six months from
August II, 1907. Said Robinson's
bond as such dramshop- keeper in
the sum of $4,000 is approved,
etc.
The clerk of this court pre-.
sents dramshop licenses issued
during vacation as follows:
S.reigel & Mode, Salisbury, to
Jan. 8, 1908; Hansman & Schell,
Keytesville, to Nov. IL, 1907;
John Hickey, Mendon, to Nov.
20, 1907; all of which are exam.
ined, approved and ordered filed.
| Geo. N. Elliott & Co. present
account for making abstracts for
tax suits in drainage district No.
4. which is examined and ap.
proved and warrant is ordered
issued on construction fund of
said district in sum of,S50 pay.
aole to said G.. N. Elliott e. Co.
Same as to drainage district
No. 5, on construction fund, for
|S3.
Same as to drainage district No.
3, on interest fund, for 50.
Same as to o. Stanley, salary
and expenses as civil engineer of
drainage district No. 4, on con.
struction fund, for 5000.
Same as to Shaughnessy &
Son, livery, on construction
fund, for 5000.
S. ]. Shaughnessy, money ad.
vAnced for labor and phone rent
at county Jail, S14.S0; wsiting on
probate court 16 days, S32 90;
waiting on circuit court and
summoning petit jury at May,
1907, term of court, S71.4O.
Total, S11a-
G. w. Gardner. balance for
building sidewalk around court.
house, S5O5.66; balance for
building sidewalk and basement
at new county Jail, S246.57.
Total S752.23.
w. H. Burns. supplies to
county Jail, S4 100.
Manyeu Dearmin, digging we'll
at county Jail, S153.44.
James Cain, repairing bridge
between 2 and 11.55 81 and 25.
56 81, S32.
J. w. Taylor, supplies and
lighting courthouse, May, June
and July, S4O.2S; salary as mem
Der of county board of education,
S33.05; cash advanced for sup
plies, So. Total S75.33.
G. G. Carlstead, salary and
expenses as member of county
board of education, S30.65.
B. F. Brewer, supplies to
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09

treasurer, for the sum of 81, 1872.
15, said sum being amount due
Charlton county from the (re-
endorsement of interest war
debt) to state of Missouri.
The court, proceeding to Sc.
lect grand and petit jurors to
serve at the November, 1907,
term of circuit court at Keytes.
vile, doth select the following
persons to serve as such:
GRAND JURORS.
Names. Townships.
Frank Bartholomew..B Bee Branch
Chas. Keyser. Bowling Green
Jerome Dearing.. Brunswick
H. S. Locke. ...... Charlton
John Mccormick :. Cunningham
J. L. Cropper -. .Keytesville
G. H. Taylor. ...... .Mussel Fork
H. T. Phelps Salisbury
B. Reigelsbreger 80. Salt Greek
F. M. Elliott. ...... -. .Triplett
G. O. Houston 80. -. Wayland
Walter Wilkinson Yellow Creek
PETIT JURORS.
Names. Townships.
Everett Buster -. Bee Branch
A. A. 6 &. A'ss19ssss AsfinssoS Bowling Green
T. !: J: F. Hi6is9 K9is9'' ''' Brunswick
w. 0. Patterson. Charlton
Mathew Clark -. ....... Clark
Frank Scott c.o,..n
Clarence McCurry ''0ookrel'
John West. ...... Cunningham
NJ. F; P. chpsns Harsu1 =. .Keytesville
A. M. Castle. .Mendon
B A. Cooper. ..... -. Missouri
Y. M' b: E. Tayshae Wsieh' sr. Mussel Fork
H. Bovinizer .'.. Salisbury
Elbert DeWeese Salt Creek
II. B. Hendrick
j. n. Brown. ...... -. .Irlplett
Columbus Gray ....... .Wayland
la9ss "A. s. Dean Ssa1S =. Yellow Creek
J. w. Grizzell, county treasur.
er, presents statement of his
accounts and makes settlement
of same for the year ending July
81, 1907, which are examined,
approved and ordered filed.
Bonds to school fund approx
ed as follows:
Robt. Hayes and wife for S4OO
with Geo. Chrystal and Thos.
Edgar as sureties.
T.J. Dorrell for $500 with w.
H. Holt and James w. Curry as
sureties.
C. B. Walter for $1,000 with
E. T. Richards, c.. B. Kava.
naugh and j. E. Chrane as
sureties.
DR.. 1. Knott, coroner, presents
return of proceedings in inquest
held by him on body of unknown
man, found dead at Salisbury,
July /, 1907; also fees and ex.
penses amounting to $40.67 in
holding said inquest, which are
examined, approved and ordered
filed. 1t is further ordered that
warrant in said sum of S40.67 is.
sue, payable to the order of J. w.
Grizzell, county treasurer, to be
by him disbursed to the parties
entitled thereto.
Same as to Thcs. Dobbins,
found dead at Dean Lake May
10. 1907, fees and expenses
amounting to $780,.
Same as to Henry Dobbins,
fees and expenses amounting to
SS4 80.
J. S. Waugh ct al of the VII.
lage of Rothville present petition
to the court praying for an
order Incorporating said village
under the inhabitants of the vii.
lage of Rothville. The court
having examined same doth
order said village incorporated
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09

The low.cussed words are just
as bad as the jar. flies.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS

Statesnnsn .a-a1ust. 1907, Term.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1907-08-09
KEYTEsvILLE MISSOURI FRIDAY, AUGUST g. 1907.

recommends payment of contract
price therefor SS4O-to said
contractor. Allowed.
Same as to bridge across
Lake creek, near the residence
of Geo. Boerger, E. Hubbard
Hamilton, contractor, for SS34.O6.
1t is ordered by the court that
state auditor Of Missouri be re-.
quested to draw his warrant in
favor of j. w. Grizzell, county
treasurer, for the sum of 81, 1872.
l5, said sum being amount due
Charlton county from the (re-
endorsement of interest war
Gebt) to state of Missouri.
The court, proceeding to Sc.
lect grand and petit jurors to
serve at the November, 1907,
term of circuit court at Keytes.
vile, doth select the following
DersOns to serva as such.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01

bring comfort or necessary improve
ments in the country places? Then
why should the farmer patronize
them? BY actual test it has been
found that the same goods can be pro-
cured as cheaply, if not at more rea-
sonable prices, at home Trade with
your neighbor, whose interests are
your interests, whose hand is always
ready to assist you in time of trouble
Patronize those who patronize you.
Use the flashy catalogue of the mail
order house to help kindle the kitchen
fire, and keep your money at home
where it will benefit you and your
neighbors over and over again. The
farmers dollar, earned by honest toll,
should not be added to the blood
money of these great mail order cor
porations. The farmer must join the
local merchant and the country editor
in battling this great peril that is
creeping, creeping onward with great
rapidity, and unless these forces are
combined and their efforts prove in
creasing, the day is not far distant
when the chance will be gone forever
the power will be too great to con-
quer.
1VER H. SMITH.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01
ArisinQ from Bed.


1t was Wellington who said that
when man turns in bed he should
turn out; it is time for him to arise.
Should mother who has been kept
awake half the night by teething in
FAINT turn out whenever she turns, or
literary man who finds that his best
thoughts come to him the hour be-
fore he rises in the morning? Ger
tainly, if one expects to rise early he
should go to bed early, for it is false
economy of time to deprive oneself
of necessary sleep. But what is nee
essary sleep? That depends upon
your age, your health, the work you
do, and the way you sleep; for there
is quality of sleep as we'll as quantity,
and one man will sleep as much
dreamless sleep in an hour as an
other will in three or four who sees
disturbing visions or is attacked by
nightmare We know what is laid
down as the regulation quantity of
sleep. 1t Is six hours for man,
seven for woman, and eight for a
fool; but many of us are foolish in
this respect. When staying at no.
tel one may uotice young men who,
though they are neither at work nor
at play, but browsing in chair in a
crowded smoking-room, will not go to
bed until one or two o'clock in the
morning. It looks as if they had
bound themselves under a solemn
VOW not to do so. This is sure way
of creating a habit of sleeplessness,
says New York Weekly. Sleepless4
ness is habit, and one that is pro-
duced by late hours putting us past
our sleep. 1t is nonsense to say that
we cannot go to sleep if we retire
early. Rather, it is harder to do this
If we take rest so late and eat the
bread of carelessness in the shape of
an indigestible supper. Do not excite
your brain with mental work just
before your usual time for sleep.
have good conscience, and at least
an hour of beauty sleep before II
O'Clock, and you will be able to rise,
If not with the lark, certainly long
before the sluggard has nerved him
self to take the awful plunge-out of
bed.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01

where our laws are made, and unless
: check is administered the passage
of the parcels post bill will mark one
of its greatest striumphs.
But let us look at a few of the
simple reasons why the farmer should
patronize the home dealer. In the
first place their interests are cen
tered in each other. Every season of
plenty on the farm means a prosper
Gus year to the country merchant. So
In the prosperity of the farmer does
the country merchant expect to gain.
The farmer finds, therefore, in the
country dealer, a staunch and loyal
friend and a defender of his rights.
They pay taxes together, live side by
side, their children play and go to
school together. When the crops are
poor or misfortune comes, to whom
does the farmer look? Not to the
mail order magnate, but to his neigh
Dor, the country merchant. How
often does the mail order concern
lions or legal measures beneficial to
the farmer? Yet with their bright
hued catalogue of pictured bargains"
they reach out an open hand for the
farmers hard earned dollar. And
does he get value received? Not
often. The first order he may, but
that is only a bait. The business is
not founded on principles, it is not
builded on honorable methods, its
mighty walls are erected on graft.
The goods are shop-worn or shoddy,
or perhaps many kinds of goods have
defects so cunningly concealed that
the naked eye can scarcely see diff
ference between these articles and
those of a much higher grade. You
are expected to send cash with the
order or have it ready when the
goods arrive with the big G. o. D.
mark on the package. Your crop fail
ure, or shortage Of money doesn't in
terest the mail order house, your
credit with them is good only so long
as your pocket book is filled. Your
order is made out and you pay for
goods you never saw, put up and Sc
lected by men you do not know. II
these goods do not prove to be worth
the money, if the shoes do not wear
well, or the suit is shoddy goods, will
the mail order firm make them good ?
Not often. Yet the local dealer will
do this. He knows his honesty is his
best drawing card. So much for the
advantage of dealing with honest men
and not with grafters.
Still other issues present them
ness sub-stations or branch houses
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01
Candidates for admission to the COZ

Candidates for admission to the con
sular service will hereafter have to
submit to an examination into their
conversational abilities, says Youths
Companion. They must know one
modern language besides English
something of the varied resources OF
the United States, be familiar with
political economy and the elements OF
international, commercial and mari
time law, and have knowledge Of mod.
ern history. Their fitness in these re.
spects will be tested by a written ex.
animation. Then they will be exam.
ined orally to discover whether they
use good English in conversation
whether they can maintain their end
of an argument with courtesy and
tact, and, in short, to ascertain wheth-
er they will do credit to their coun-
try if sent abroad to represent it.
The oral test will count for as much
as the written test in determining the
eligibility of the candidate. Those
who pass will have to be good all
round men.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01

Helen Keller's heroic struggles, un-
daunted perseverance and wonderful
achievements are now about to fur
nish inspiration to many in a far
distant land who are struggling to
gain an education under difficulties.
The Christian Literature society of
Madras has just added to it's "anna
library" consisting of books sold for
one anna, or two cents, an abridged
life Of the blind and deaf student,
This Indian version closes with the
beautiful thought written by Miss
Keller in her diary in 1894, when she
was but II years Of age: II find that
l have four things to learn in nv
school life here, and, indeed, in life:
to think clearly without hurry or con-
fusion, to love everybody sincerely, to
act in everything with the highest
motives, and to trust in the dear God
unhesitatingly."
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01

IT is queer idea James Wilson has,
1 in this day of graft, with respect to
the duty of an inventor who uses gov
eminent time and materials, toward
that government. He holds that what
ever the man invents should be pat
ented for the benefit of the whole peo-
pie and be given to them for their use
without price,
Up in the army and navy when an
officer who has been paid for his time
and has used government materials
and laboratories to perfect an inven-
ton it is the custom for the officer to
give the free use of his invention to
the government, if the government as
an organization desires to use his pat
ent. If it does not-and they usually
see to it that it does not-the inventor
is held to be at liberty to sell his in
vention to firm or corporation which
will use it and compel the government
to pay royalties.
That is the exact condition with re-
spect to the smokeless powder used
by the navy. The patent is owned by
naval officer. The navy department
has the right to use the patent, but it
refuses to do so. So the officer has
transferred the patent to the powder
trust, which exacts 70 cents a pound
for powder which reliable powder
makers will contract to furnish for not
to exceed 40 cents pound, if per-
mitted to use the patent worked out
on the time of the government and
with the materials belonging to the
government.
Wilson holds that the law allowing
free patents if the inventor will allow
the government to use the invention
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-03-01

into the private car, and presented
him to several members of the cabi
net and others of the. party as the
"only man who ever knocked me
down."
They talked about what they had
done. Hanks was forced to confess
he had not done anything serious.
Its about time you did, old man.
said the president
"Well, I'm beginning to think 50
myself" said Hanks. "But what on
earth shall I do? Give me job down
in Washington and I'll go to work.
Il WILL" said the president.
After much thought Mr.. Hanks came
down and announced that he had de.
cided his life work should be railroad
legislation" The rate bill fight was
then on. He thought he could furnish
the president with some valuable in
formation if he was given an opportu.
nifty to study the subject.
So he was installed as clerk in the
interstate commerce commission at
$1,000 a year. He had an order from
the president on the commission to
turn the railroad problem inside out
and shake it if he wanted to. All
books, papers, and records of the COM
mission were turned over to him, to-
gether with corps of clerks to help
him.
Hanks began drawing his 500 per
month from the government, living
meanwhile at the Willard hotel in
apartm ents that cost him 500 week.
He brought G.. w. Harrison, a friend,
along, so that he would not get lone
some
The result of this deep study on the
part of the exiled Boston clubman was
that he told the president all rates,
both passenger and freight, ought to
be given a horizontal slash of 10 per
cent
The result is as stated above
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selves IN this connection. With TIM
rapid growth Of the mail order bust.
are being established. These large
firms are dsily reaching out for new
sections Of trade. What will be the
result along this line? With the
growth of the catalogue house comes
the death of the rural mercantile
trade. Let them once destroy the
country merchant and the markets
of the world will be in the hands of a
few wealthy capitalists. Their branch
houses will appear in all the country
towns and the farmer will no longer
be independent. His friend, the coun-
try dealer, who through competition
was forced to pay the value of the
butter, eggs, etc., will be a thing of
the past, and in his place will appear
the fat, gloating face of the capitalist,
In whose benumbed conscience there
Is no thought of pity, whose breast
contains instead OF a heart a great
lump of cold stony gold, whose one
ambition is to build up a greater for
tune than the world has ever seen,
and who cares naught for the tears or
trials, woes or weeping of his victims
so long as he can squeeze a little more
of the coveted glittering treasure from
him.
Again, the dollar spent with the
local dealer stays in the community
where it blesses the spender over and
over again. The merchant pays it to
the butcher for meat, the butcher gets
his bread of the baker and therefore
drops the dollar into the bakers till,
the baker pays it to the miller for
flour, and the latter buys his grain
from the farmer, so the dollar once
more jingles merrily in the farmers
trousers pocket. But spend it with
the mail order house and it is gone
never to return. It goes to build up
the great commercial interests of New
York or Chicago. Does it pay the
farmer to send his money to help
beautify and build up these great
cities? Has he not more interest in
identifying and building up his own
section of the country? If not, he
should. If place is good enough for
a man to live in and to make his
money in, it is good enough for him to
spend his money In. Who helps build
the churches, school houses, streets,
bridges, etc.? Does the mail order
house help? Will they give a dollar
to educate the farmers children, or
donate anything to support the farm
ar'S widow or Ornhanc7 ~ thou holm
to pay the taxes, or add anything to