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The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08
DEWEY

Mr.. Simmons is working the road on
the Carytow line and promises to work
Dewey avenue this month.
Mr.. Campbell has rented farm near
Carterville aud is blowing for wheat on
it now.
MIR. Duckett has rented the farm
Campbell lives on.
Prutracted meeting commences next
Sunday at the Salem church.
The ice.cream club were out in full
force last Friday night and called ON
Judge Brock with IL gallons OF cream
and cakes to match.
MIR. Greenwood and family went to
Jasper to the gold medal contest We'd
nesday night.
Mrs. Estey and MIS-. Matthews were
delegates to the w. G. T.U. convention
in Jasper from De~eytown.
Mrs. Gaddis and Harry Pringle are
visiting 10 Kentucky.
Miss Nollie Boyle is at Mrs. Keytes
after visit to Aurora.
Mrs. Courtney's parents and Mr..
Courtney's mother and sister and three
children have left for Oklahoma after a
three weeks visit with them.
Tom Busby is digging we'll and is
10 hopes of developing lead or zinc OF
gold mine.
Miss Emma Wood and little Beatrice
Wood are visiting Mrs. Owen and Mrs
Ethel Rice this week.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08
Stolen.

At Jasper Mo-, about 8 O'Clock On
Aug.3. horse and buggy belonging 10
Roy Harris. Horse 151a hands, bay,
III years old, 900 lbs, fresh shod, brands
-. F." on left shoulder and IF" on
left hip. Henney u buggy used two
years. Reward of so for arrest and
conviction OF thief, S25 for return Of
horse and buggy. Notify John Ward
marshal Of jasper, Mo.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08
BETHEL

Frank Cline and family Of Diamond
neighhorhood visited with the formers
parents.
Mrs. Stella Allen returned to her
home 10 Pittsburg Monday aftera weeks
visit with her brother, Geo. Amer.
Mr.. Geo. Berry is helping his father
with his hay at the present.
j. b. Cline, A. Z. Cline and daughter
and Miss Claudia bingham are visiting
In Pittsburg this week.
Miss Aileen Crayton and sister Maggie
attended Bethel Sunday.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08

s. M. Butts will hold public sale of
live stock and farming implements and
machinery at his farm, one mile west of
Jasper, on Monday, Aug. 18th. No
household or kitchen furniture is to be
sold as advertised on the sale bills. Mr..
Butts says he has no present intention
Of leaving the country, but will quit
farming for time.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08

Fort Smith wagons at Wolf Hdw. Co.
7-1Sf
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08

Also my collins and Undertaker's
supplies are fine and large line to pick
from. l have robes and shoes, whit
hose. l have taken thorough cours
in Embalming and will take good care
of bodies ahd preserve them with fluid.
[ furnish Pictures enlarged and many
other things.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08
[ urniture and Undertaking

| at all times am keeping nice line
of Furniture, wall Paper, Telescopes,
winow shades, Linolium and Oil cloths.
A fine line of Ingram carpets, samples
Brussels. Moquetts, and make piles OF
Picture Frames.
The Jasper news. [volume] (Jasper, Missouri) 1898-1924, 1907-08-08
Is Your Trade Dull?
Advertise

DoII GilllIh your cOill-
petitor is advertising
because he is big-he
is big because he adj
vertises. Look over
the columns of any
newspaper that comes
to you, and will find
without exception that
the business houses
do the biggest adver-
Using are the best and
most prosperous hous-
es in their city. Is
this by chance, Or
Is there a Reason?
Think it over, Mr..
Business Man. The
average customer eX-
poets to see your ad in
the paper and you GER
tainly gain nothing if
it does not appear.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
PETITION FOR DIVORCE
STATE OF VERMONT.

Mary Annette Q. bennington
McCandliss VS.. County court.
Eugene r. McCandliss. Dec. Term, A 1907
wHEI EAS, on the SOth day OF September.
A. D. 1907. Mary Amt tie q. Mcca' dIiss OF
said, duly filed In the ONCE OF The Clerk Of the
County Court for said County Of Bennington,
at Benz ington In said County. her petition tor
divorce against Eugene f McCandliss who now
resides IN parts unknown to The petitioner with
out this state;
Alleging as the causes for said divorce tn Il
the said Eugene Z. McCandliss after the mar
rage Of the parties hereto At divers times
treated the petitioner with intolerable sevei-
ity and that the sad Eugene K. McCandlt
has wilfuly deserted the petitioner tor upwards
Of three consecutive years last past,
And PRAYING that a bill OF divorce be granted
to sa d petitioner; that the care CUSTODY, ecu
cation and maintenance OF the minor chi'h,
Eugenia Anr etie McCandss. OF the said May
Annette McCapdliss and Eugene McCandh,,
To be committed to the petitioner during the
remainder Of her minotlty and that laid J.
tltioier be permitted to resume her Made
NOW THEREFORE,, the said Eugene v.
McCandliss Is hereby and by the publication
| this order In the Bennington Evening Bann' =.
| in compliance with the law OF this stat :.
| NOT IFIED AND REQUIRED to appear bef"
stated term thereof, to be held at Benntngt 4
within and foi The County cf Bennington afO a.
said on the trsi Tuesday In December. A. y:
| 1907, on the hrst day OF said term, then ant
there 10 AXE answer IN said g. urt TO said petit
| ton for divorce and to stand to and abide such
order. IN, gineDt and decree thereon as to said
| Court shall seem meet. the premises consid :.
cred.
nlng'rn aforesaid tins 10Th day Ct September,
A, JACOB !. sHAKsuoBER
County Clerk.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
TELEPHONE TALKS
Believing knowledge cooperation New
England Telephone and Telegraph Company publishing
series of brief expeditions Of some phases Of iele-
phony. the benefit Of ITSELF and hopes
for benefit oil all telephone

OF a minute and q half to two minutes,
after ringing three times, unless II Is
asked to keep on.
you call up a residence that you are
told they don't answer" The reason
is simple when you come to think of it
but probably 1t doesn't occur to every.
body. In business place the tele-
phone is pretty sure to be located
where the bell can be heard easily and
there Is someone whose business Il is
to answer calls. At any rate, there Is
always somebody near the instrument
to answer promptly In business hours.
There are lots of times OF course when
there is nobody at home to answer a
residence telephone. Besides, good
many people insist on having their
house telephones put in out Of the way
corners. The result is that the ring.
ing of the bell Is not always heard and
even when II is heard, answering II
means trip into another room or up
stairs. Then, too, It Is not always con
venient to drop Homework or leave
company and go to the telephone In.
stantly, and that makes delay which
gives the impression that there Is no.
body on hand to answer your summons.
These things have a good deal to do
with your being told they don't ans
wer." In many cases they account for
your meeting friend every now and
then who says, when you tell him you
tried to call him up and couldn't get
him, that he was there all the time"
They also go to explain why, when you
answer your own telephone after a de-
lay, you are sometimes told by the oper
ator that there Is nobody on your line
now" The person who was calling
yon has given you up and gone away.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
+" THEY DON'T ANSWER.

1t is always annoying when you are
trying to get somebody on the tele-
phone to be told that they don't ans
wer.' And if you are in an unusual
hurry, or are particularly disappointed
or are little excited--for the moment
YOU have waited seems like an age
sometimes--you may think that Cen
trail" is to blame. If you are especially
irritated you may even accuse the Ope-
ator of not having tried at all to get
the person you want.
Look into your exchange some day
the manager will be glad to see You
any time-and watch how its work Is
done. Then you'll feel differently
about 1t. You can rest assured that II
Central" says they don't answer
they don't. She has tried her best to
get them, but without success.
The first thing the operator does
when you give her a call Is to test
to see If the number you ask for Is
busv II the line Is not In use. she
connects with 1t and rings the subscrih
er bell. II nobody answers her hrsl
ring within Is seconds she rings again
II there Is still silence after another
quarter OF n minute she rings n third
time. II there is no response In the
next Is seconds she reports 10 you
they don't answer" Then she will
ring again, and again, If you ask her
to. 1t is a good deal like ringing some
ones door bell. If nobody comes to
let you in after you have rung two Oh
three times you make up your mind
that the family is out and 90 away
The telephone company has to stoL
somewhere, and 1t gives up at the end
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
DEAN B0vEY AGAINST IT.
The Eminent Canadian Opposes the N
o. Gas Scheme In Montreal.


o. Gas Scheme In Montreal.
While In Washington recently DR..
Henry +. Bovey. dean of McGiIl UNI
versity, Montreal, said In the course
of a discussion of the proposed opera
ton of the Montreal gas works BY the
municipality:
Il am of course opposed to any such
proposition Any one who under
stands the engineering aspects Of such
plan can readily see that to turn
over a lighting undertaking to munich
pal authorities would be equivalent to
making it tool of politicians w'.o
would not operate for the good OF any
one but themselves. In your own conn-
try the experience Of Philadelphia
should be enough to make any city
hesitate on embarking In an enter
prise calling for large number Vt
minor employees who would be nothing
but political appolntees and chosen be-
cause of their allegiance to the party
In power.
From the standpoint Of economy
any one can see that II Is more costly
for a city to operate its lighting plant
than for individuals who have beer
trained in their respective Department.
for years and whose tenure Of ONCE
doesn't depend on political exigencies.'
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
New York Markets.


Mins.ssts passnt:. Z. 1Ss%; Winter srs pst.
epts, N6OdsS; winter straights. 400
~; winter extras. $s.50@c.S.
RYE kLOuR-Firm; fair to good. "a. -
WHEAT-There was cent advance IL
wheat due to higher cables, reports of
bad weather. In India, active covering and
foreign buying: December. N.l2hall27s;
May, 81. 10 l-l6(fl. 10 6-l6.
BtjTTER = Creamery, specials, per
pound 30iac.; extras, S0c.; thirds TO frs 8,
AQ29c. state dairy, common to finest. q
Q29c.: process, common to specials. $50
aSItc.; western factory, common to firs;s,
CHEEsE--State, full cream, small. Sep
tember, colored and white. fine, l5lsc.
good to prime, 14&Gl5Tc.; common TO
prime, l2ls0il4Ac.; skins, lia@i3.c.
fancy selected white, 33q36c; good to
choice. 2sas2c;; brown and mixed fancy
2SaSoc ilrsts to extra nrsts' , SSa%c'' west
POTATOES : Irish, Arm; Maine, per
sack. Na25; Long Island, per barrel. 8
Q250; state, In bulk. per lSe pounds, u. bOa
rs; Pennsylyania, 81 76a261; Jersey, per
per barrel sll250; southern, N.75a2l2.
CABBAC ES-S Steady: $l2nl5 per ton.
TALLOW-Quiet; city, &C.; country. b7s
G6hc.
HAY-Steady; good to choice, $lMl.05.
STRAW-Quiet at 55G60c.
RIA Steady; marrow, 81. 1000. As; me-
dium, $3.50; peas, $40 red kidney, s2.4od
2%
Hops. Steady: state. common TO choice,
1905. 9Ml4c.: 1895, s..5c.
LIVE POUITRI-E Easier; fowls, 12a
i4c. /: old ROSTERS. 9aiOc.; spring chickens,
l2d1lc.; ducks, lie.
DRESSED POULTRY--Firm fresh kill
ed fowls, choice, 15c.: fresh Killed. fair
Ing chickens, nearby, l7@lSc.; roasting
chickens, western, 1lQl7c.; broilers, near
by, 10000; do, western, 14u1Sc.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
A CONFESSION or FAITH.

Americans May Do Trusted to Work
Out Political Problems Without
Abandoning American Methods.
The summary of their views as
members Of the Civic federation CON-
mission by Messrs Clark and Edgar Ii
one Of the most striking features OF
the report Of that commission. Repre-
eentatives as they are Of two OF our
largest public service corporations, no
one can read their statement without
feeling that In this case they stand as
representatives Of American principles
rather than Of corporate interests.
Their words are confession OF faith
faith In American ideals Of business,
in American principles Of government
and In the ability Of American man
hood to solve economic problems with
out sacrificing these ideals and institu-
tons upon the altar Of socialism.
Frankly admitting, as they DO. the
existing abuses of corporate privilege
and welcoming intelligent regulation
Of such Industries. they do not accept
the dictum of the municipal Socialists
that cure Is to be found best or only
In laying upon our city governments
burdens Of administration which they
were never designed to bear.
They find the solution Of the prob
lem rather in cordial cooperation be-
tween the corporations and the public,
recognition Oh. the part Of corpora
tons that their prime business Is to
serve the public well and recognition
on the part OF the people that their re-
lations with such corporations must no
longer be left In the hands Of cheap
politicians. but must be intrnsted to
men of honor. strength and breadth,
who shall see to It that the rights OF
the people and of the. capital invested
shall alike he conserved.
II our citizens as whole have q
simiIar faith IN American institutions
they will patiently cooperate with the
men within and without the corpora
tons who are manfully trying to cure
the evils. and they will view with dis
favor the patent cure-alls that are BE-
ing prescribed BY political Quacks.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
FRANK 3. HOWE. Editor and Publisher
A Foolish Proposal.

The proposal was seriously made In
the village trustee meeting Monday
night to make the sessions executive
and keep out reporters and the public.
It is proper to state, however, that the
plan was not favored by the other
members. The gentleman who made
the proposal should study history a
little. In olden times secret sessions
and star chamber proceedings were
common, but they have passed away
along with the whipping post, witch
craft and similar denominations Of a
darker age. The public nowadays in
sists on knowing what its servants
are doing and It has been the advance
of publicity that has improved munich
pal government during the past few
years.
In the days of Tweed the New York
city board Of Aldermen held its meet
ings behind closed doors, but they
don't do 1t any more. In st. Louis,
before the days of Folk, the city gov
eminent was in executive session, but
the people of st. Louis are wiser now.
The people of this country have been
slow in learning the lesson, but they
have it pretty thoroughly now that the
great secret of keeping corporations,
individuals and public officials in the
straight and narrow path is to have
the public know exactly what they are
doing.
The reason is plain. All men are
sometimes tempted, but no man, hon.
est or dishonest, yields to temptation
when he known he is going to be found
out, while men ordinarily honest, in
the secrecy of executive meetings often
do things that they would not in the
full glare of publicity.
The Banner has no quarrel with
Trustee Gibson. He has been nagged
81 uluCii VII INC poiiSc Vutotoh ny
people who did not understand the stu
alton that he hit at the first head he
saw and without stopping to think that
it was the wrong head. The police
were discharged, not because the board
thought they were not needed, but be
cause there was no money to pay them
The amendments to the charter
penalize the trustees II they go into
debt and they had no choice in the
matter.
But that has nothing to do with the
question of open meetings of the trus
tees. Should the board undertake
anything of the kind suggested they
will discredit themselves and the
town and at the same time will fail tC
accomplish what they attempt. The
public will find out in an incomplete
haphazard and distorted way what is
done and that will provoke more criti
cism than IL the business is done open
ly and above board.
| 1t is no sinecure to be one OF the
Remington board of trustees. The
village asks too much of them consid
ering the amount of money they have
to work with, and then foolishly
abuses the trustees because they can
not accomplish the impossible. The
present board Is made up of honest
sensible men and the Banner will be
greatly surprised If the members con
sent to become parties to their owl
disgrace.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
Judge Had n Heart.

PITTSBURG, Oct. Judge Joseph
M. Swearingen collapsed in the Grim
inal court after he had passed sentence
on a man condemning him to death.
1t was the first time that Judge Swear
ingen, who was but recently appoint
ed, has been called upon to impose the
death sentence. While the sentence
was being delivered Norris b. Holmes.
the prisoner, smiled contemptuOusly at
the Judge, and when the latter col
lapsed he broke forth into loud
laugh.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
MUN|C|PALUNACy.
BY JOHN KHNDRIcK BANGS.

BY JOHN kENDRiCk BANCS.
The London county council has tried
IN vain to sell or lease the municipal
owned Thames steamboats,. Now, U
our old friend Sir Thomas Upton will
only buy one of them and bring 1t over
here as a challenger for the Americas
cup, will he not kill two birds with
one stone, earning the everlasting graf
itude Of the London taxpayer and WIN
ming dukedom by restoring the covet-
ed trophy to the mistress Of the seasf
A distinguished traveller has noted
that every great city has a special
aroma of Its own. This was the one
best bet in New York short while
ago when the drivers OF the city gar
bage wagons went on strike. leaving
the city with a flavor SO high that II
made the Flatiron building look like
an arteslan well by contrast.
NR
The city Of Wheeling. Nv. Va, uses
natural gas for fuel In its retorts. 30
do most writers on the subject Of mu-
nlcipal lighting plants when anybody
says that their product Is no light mat.
ter.
When your alderman buttonholes you
at busy moment and tries to talk to
you about the desirability Of municipal
! ownership Of electric lighting plants,
ask him quietly what under the pro-
posed system the output In kilowatts
per 81 In wages will be. II he asks
you why you wish to know. tell him
that as an owner Of horsepower you
are interested In ergs. In nine cases
out of ten he will suddenly remember
a previous engagement and vanish.
When the city of Boston went Into
the Ice business some years ago she
harvested $50 tons at cost Of $50 per
ton. This didn't include the value Of
the water either. Is 1t any wonder
with these figures In mind that the
hot Scotch Is more popular beverage
at the Hub than the absinth frappe
and that the Athens of America has
given the icy eye to public ownership
schemes?
We do not like to differ with a dis.
tinguished statesman, especially when
he is an authority concerning that Of
which he speaks, but we demur to
Hon. Timothy d. Sullivan's prophecy
when he says, ,"Give us municipal own.
ership In New York and Gabriel will
find Tammany ruling the city when be
blows the wakeup horn" We have an
abiding faith that In such an emergen'
cy the people will wake up long before
Gabriel begins to hOnk.
We do not credit the rumor that the
municipal ownership advocates Of Mar
ion. Ind, have tried to secure the ex
clusion Of Rudyard Kiplings move
"The Light That Failed" from the pub
lie library on the score Of offensive
partisanship.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
A MARYLAND LYNcHINo.
Negro Who Murdered Policeman Shot
TO Death by Mob.

Negro VINO murdered Policeman Shot
to Death by Mob.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Oct. 1.-THE
first lynching In the history Of Cumber.
land. which occurred at an early hour
In the morning. has been the topic Of
general discussion, though scarcely Of
condemnation. by all classes.
The shooting Of Policeman August
Baker by William Burns, negro des-
peradO, while the latter was resisting
arrest created a great deal of excite
ment, owing to the excellent reputa-
ton Of the officer and his well known
kindly disposition.
His death was followed by threats
against the negro, these coming as
much from those of his own race as
from the whites. Few, however, seem
to have thought lynching possible,
and the police paid no attention to the
rum0rs that were afioat.
Only Deputy Sheriff Adam Hendley
was at the jail when after midnight q
crowd Of less than 100 men, few OF
whom were masked and disguised In
other ways, appeared and demanded
the keys. These being refused, tele'
graph pole was used as a battering
ram, and an entrance to the building
was forced. Other negroes In neigh
boring cells were careful to guide thu
lynchers to that Of Burns, and herr
again the battering ram was used.
The lynchers found their victim
crOuched behind his cot, and seizin.
him by the feet they dragged him M
and down stairs and into the street
where within few yards Of the en-
trance Of the jail Burns was kicke,
and shot to death.
Rev. w. Cleveland Hicks, an Episco
pal clergyman, did his best to save tn,
negro and afterward protected tn,
body until the arrival on the scene o
Judge A. Hunter Boyd and the police
Judge Boyd called upon the crowd t.
dispense and In this was prompt.
obeyed. The body was removed to III
undertaking establishment. and 1000
persons are estimated to have sine
viewed 1t.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
suaiu IA Have New Fleet.

MADRID, Oct. THE autumn SEES
sion of the Spanish parliament will be-
gin on Thursday. Among the matters
that will claim the attention Of the
cortes is the present situation in Mo
rocco and the part Spain took with
France in putting down the turbulent
tribesmen at Casabanca as well as
the question Of the augmentation Of
the Spanish navy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
VIII Give Up Sergeant Ad.ett..

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5.-The iusular
bureau has been Informed by cable
from Manila that the authorities there
have honored the demand of the Brit
ish officials in HongkOng for the sur.
render to them, under extradition pro
ceedings, of Sergeant Adsetts, charged
with the murder of Gertrude Dayton
an Ohio woman. Adsetts formerly was
one Of the American marine guard a,
the American legation in Picking.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08

Calvin Stein OF Niles appeared there be-
fore the board Of public service on Tues
day night and demanded an examination
Of the city's books to learn whether the
citys officials are paying for the gas and
water which they draw from the munich
paiiy owned plants. His demand was
turned down.-Warren (O) Chronicle.
Niles, O., has been advertised as an
example Of successful municipal own
ership by small city. Its plants were
installed In 1891 at cost of $4,000.
bonds for all of which are still out
standing. Meanwhile the tax rate has
risen to 1855. the highest In that
county.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08

Greed for spells. graft in big and IT.
tie things and incompstency seem to be
inseparable from municipal ownership.
This b true to come extent under the
best managed city Administrations.
while the ordinary ones and those
which are conspicuously bad load the
taxpayers down with heavy burdens OF
unnecessary expenses.-Rochester IN.
~ Democrat and Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1907-10-08
Offices Are still spoiis.

Imagine q business man selecting a
capable head Of a department because
Of his politics or religion! The idea Is
almost relic Of barbarian. The merit
system-why. every business house In
Cincinnati IL using this very system.
and yet public Office under the spells
plan is regarded as q sinecure to be
doied out for effective party service
Charles c. Kirkpatrick In Citizens Bull
kntfn.