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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
BRADLEY YIELDS KNIFE.
Resents Blow Of Representative Roach
With q Slash Across Latter's Face.

Senator John l.. Bradley of this
county had an encounter last Mon
day with Representative James
Roach of jasper county, in the
Madison Hotel at jefferson City.
Mr.. Bradley has been very active
in iutroduclugand pushing through
legislation affecting mine employees
and regulating the working Of
mines. Mr.. Roach, who also rep.
resrntS Il mining county, has OBJ
jcctrd to these measures, and once
before used some abusive word,
towards Senator Bradley in reIu-
ton to some of these bills, and the
Senator walked off and left him.
Last Monday Mr. Roach again APP
preached MIR, Bradley and some
strenuous words passed between
them, when Roach struck at Brad
ley The next moment Bradley
had his pocket knife out aud
slashed Roach across the face.
Friends interfered and the Senator
and Representative We're led away
to their boarding places. Roach
was not seriously hurt.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Why Not in Ohio?

Washington dispatches say that
Mr.. Roosevelt has recOnSidered his
determination to appoint a negro
to one of the most lucrative offices
within the Presidents control in
the State of Ohio. According to
these reports Representative Mich
olus LoDgworth, MIR. Roosevelt
son-in law, urged the President
not to appoint the negro.
Recently a Columbus, Ohio, dis
patch to the New York Sun said:
1T is said that every white man in
the Cincinnati offices will resign
the moment that Tyler (the negro)
is appointed" The Washington
correspondent of the New York
Times said; Meanwhile the Re-
publicans of Cincinnati, who are
in all kinds of trouble politically
and have been ever since o cele-
brated speech by Secretary Taft,
are begging the President not to
send Tyler there. They are urg.
ing him to send Tyler up to Cleve-
land, where the people are all
abolitionists and won't mind. Gin
cipnati is too close to the Kentucky
border to care much about William
Lloyd Garrison"
But why should these Repub-
Leans object to the appointment of
negro to high Federal oflice'
We heard no such protests from
that quarter when any of the many
appointments were made giving to
negroes important Offices in the
South.
What has become of that door
of hOpe7" What about the door
of opportunity" Why not open
it as wide to the Tylers of Ohio as
to the Crums of South Carolinaf-
The COmmoner.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Missouri Boys Corn Growing Contest.

A mammoth boys corn growing
contest is being organized among
the boys Of Missouri for 1907. 1t
is being conducted by the Missouri
Corn Growers Association in CO.
operation with the State Board of
Agriculture aud the Agricultural
College at Columbia. and promises
to be of great interest to every
Missouri boy who has an oppor-
tunity to grow some corn during
the coming year. A long list of
prizes will be offered at the State
Corn show in January for which
every boy in the contest can com
pete. There are no fees, no diff
cult requirements and every Mis-
souri, boy is eligible. IN addition
to the prizes at the State Show n
large number Of local aud county
contests have been arranged at
which local banks and merchants
are Offering prizes. One of these
contests should be organized in
every community where corn is the
important crop.
There will be two classes of boys
in this contest, the young men s
class, or those over ID years and
under 20, and the boys class, or
those fifteen years old and under.
The amount of corn to be grown
in the young mems class is at least
one acre, and in the boys class
one-fourth acre. Corn for plant
ing should be secured in the neigh
borhood if possible, so that it will
be well adapted to the soil and
climate. Where good corn cannot
be secured, however, the Agricul.
tural College will supply corn of
good quality to those who wish it,
Several prominent corn breeders
have also offered to give corr for
this purpose.
All boys wishing to enter this
contest or those wishing further
particulars should address NJ. F.
Miller, Secretary Mo. Corn Grow
ers' Association, Columbia, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

1t is now suggested that the
shortage 10 the Chicago Sub
treasury may reach a million dol
lars. and President Roosevelt has
ordered a recount of the SCI ,OOO,-
900 in the vaults of that depository.
George w. Fitzgerald, the teller
from whose cage the missing s173, =
900 disappeared, is said to have
remarked: Il am not anxious to
remain in the Government service,
but | object to the stigma OF dis
charge at this time. If | am dis
charged. | may be able to tell some
things that will create a STIR" 1t
has been generally supposed that
Uncle Sans strong box was so
securely guarded and watched that
not even a penny could disappear
without the fact being made
known, but the disappearance OF
SCI. 900 from the cage OF young
DYER at thelSt. Louis Subtreasury,
and of the $173, 900 from the Chi
capo subtreasury following so
close. has ruthlessly shattered that
little fiction.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

John Sharp Williams, the titular
leader of the Democratic side OF
the National House of Representa-
tives, in the fluctuations of the nd
journment hour, paid the following
compliment to Speaker Cannon;
Nothing more genuine was ever
built by God Almighty than the
Speaker of this House. He is near.
ly always wrong, but he is out.and.
out about il and is never sham.
He is inst plain Joe Cannon
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

Said the speaker at a lawyers
dinner: We lawyers couldn't do
better than to resolve III the new
year to be gentler in our cross-ex-
aminations. Rudeness in cross
examination never, never pays.
This is truth that | once saw
proved in a damage suit. In this
suit a cross-examining lawyer
shouted at a witness in overalls:
You, there, in the overalls, how
much are you paid for telling I'M
truths9' Less than you are, the
witness retorted, or you'd be in
overalls, too. "
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Executors Notice.

Letters testamentery upon the estate of
James A. SHUTS, deceased, were granted
January, 1907. by the Probate Court OF st.
Francois county, Missouri. All persons
having claims against said estate are re.
qulred TO exhibit them to the undersigned
executor fcv allowance within one year af-
ter the date of said letters, or they may be
procluded from any beneft OF such estate;
and II such claims be not exhibited within
two years from the date OF said letters they
win be forever barred.
WIN. N. HARLAN.
February sth, 1907. Executor;
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
POWERS AND DUTIES OF THE
BOARD or EQUALIZATION.

BOARD VI E'R( AllLA !V.N.
The law clothes the Board Of
Equalization with power to equn-
lie the value and assessment up.
on all real ana personal property,
and for this purpose it shall equal.
i2e the valuation and assessment
so that each tract of land shall be
entered on the tax book at its true
value (Sec. 9l3l, X. 5. Mo-. 1899
In doing this, the Board shall raise
the value of ALL such tracts or par
cells of land and any personal
property, such as in their opinion
have been returned (by the ASSESS
orr below their real value, accord
ing to the rule prescribed by chap
ter l49, X. s. Mo-, 1899 (Sec. 9l32,
X. S. Mo-, 1899; and the rule
mentioned is, THE assessor SHALL
value and assess all the property
on the assessors books ACCORDING
TO IT'S TRUE VALUE IN MONEY AT
THE TINE or THE ASSESSMENT,
(Sec. 9lS0, K. s. Mo, 1899.
In commenting upon these sec.
tons, the Missouri Supreme Court,
by that distinguished lawyer and
jurlst, Judge f. NJ. Black, says:
The Board of Equalization has
jurisdiction over ALL THE LANDS in
the county, and generally in prac-
tice its actions will be confined to
raising and decreasing the assessed
value of particular parcels, so as to
bring all the lands in the county
to a uniform value. The LAW,
HOWEVER, CLEARLY OETEMPLATES
THAT ALL PROPERTY SHALL RE AS
sEsSED AT IT'S TRUE VALUE Tin
money as provided by Sec. 9lSO),
AND If, IN THE OPINION OF THE
BOARD, THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE,
THEN THE ASSESSMENT MAY BE IN
CREASED so AS TO COMPLY WITH
THE SPIRIT AND INTENTION or THE
Law"
Will it be contended for one
moment that the assessor has val
ued and assessed ALL lands ac.
cording to their TRUE VALUE IN
MONEY at the time of the ASSESS
ment?" If the assessment is not
thus made, then it is the sworn
duty of the Board of Equalization
to increase the value until it reaches
its true cash value, and thus com
ply with the spirit and intention
of the law" This should be done,
not for the purpose of raising the
value of corporation real estate,
but for the purpose of equalizing
all land values, so that good roads
and bridges may be built, our $780,
900 Indebtedness may be liquidated,
and our current county warrants
may be paid on presentation.
Never in the history of our
county has the Board Of Equali-
cation been a more important fac.
tor; never has it had a more i'm
portant and more just duty to per-
form. Our total assessed valuation
should be raised to not a dollar
less than $25, 100000 We hope
the Board of Equalization, collect
lively and individually, will give
this subject the most crreful con.
sideratiOn.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Final Settlement.

Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, Administrator OF the estate OF
JOHN NJ. KENNEDY, Deceased,
will make a final settlement of said estate
at the next term OF the Probate Court OF ST.
Francois county. Missouri, 10 be begun and
held I'm Pennington, In SAID county, on the
second Monday In April, 1907.
W. A. KENNEDY, Admir-.
March s. 1907.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

Both branches of the Leglsla-
ture have passed n bill creating a
State Poultry Board to he APP
pointed by the Governor. 1t is to
work in conjunction with poultry
associations. Harrington has a
good man for a member of the
board in the person of Mr.. Samuel
j. Tetley. and we hope the Gov
ernor will focus his attention in
this direction.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

Senator Carmnck talked the snip
subsidy to death in the last hours
of the expiring Congress. Good
for Carmack. lie has done the
country great service.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Final Settlement.

Notice Is hereby given that the under.
signed, administrators OF the estate oil
WILLIAM l.. LAMBETH. Decd.
viii make q final settlement OF said estnte
Mt the next term of the Probate Court OF st.
Francois county, Missouri, TO be begun and
held atithe court house In Pennington, In
said county, on the second Monday In April
SUSAN LAMBETH.
AMANDA LAMBETH.
March 8. 1907, Administrators.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Two Rules Of Success.

Shrewd Father--My son, remember
this advice from your dear old father
all your llfe-Never spend a dollar I'M.
less you have IT in your pocket
Shrewder Father-My son, remem.
Der this advice from your dear old
father all your life--Never spend q
dollar, no matter how many you may
have In your pocket.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

The Ironton Register says that that
town does no: need high school but
a better public school is necessary.
Scarcely Southeast paper last
week failed to report that some person
from that county had bsen sent to
Hospital No. 4 at Pennington.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

For SALE-Buggy pole and set of
double harness: also set of single har-
ness. w. n. FLEMING.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
WANTS, FOR sale, &c.

WANTED--A good house keeper, at
once. on farm. Address VIM. j. An
dersUn, Sprott, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

The leasehold property OF st.
Francois county, all placed in one
locality, would make a city of not
less than $4,000 inhabitants, or
three times the size of Farming
ton; and yet the improvements and
buildings, business houses and
residences, of this city of fifteen
thousand inhabitants escape all
taxation. Do the individual tax
payers think this is just and equit-
ablef Does the Board of Equall-
cation think this is right Would
it be improper for the individual
citizen to write or see the members
of the Board of Equalization and
express his views and desires upon
this matteri We will never have
good roads until this is done.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

DERMAzoA, guaranteed to cure
Eczema or money refunded. 90 cents
per box For sale by +. NJ. Laak-
man, Druggist.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

Senator Carmack of Tennessee
DOTTED his senatorial tOga with the
expiration of the Fifty nighth Con.
gress last Monday, but the last act
of his distinguished record makes
the people regret that he was not
elected to succeed himself He rot
the floor Of the Senate the day be-
fore the adjournment of Congress
and held it continuously in fill
clustering" speech. full of wit, re-
partee and badinage, to prevent a
vote being taken on the ship sub
sidy bill, and Thus killed that OBJ
noxious measure. 1t was the only
way, and he and his Democratic
colleagues arose to the occasion.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

WAN rED--Gentlemau or lady to
travel for mercantile house of large
capital Territory at home or abroad
to suit II desirable the home may be
used AS headquarters Weekly salary
of $1,000 per year and expenses.
Address, Jos. A. Alexander, Farming
ton, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08

Centerville has no doctor an it is
said that there is great need for one
there.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Strayed or Stolen-From Fla

Strayed or Stolen-From Flat
River on Monday night, February 20,
Il bay mare, about 10 or lG hands
high, years old. Saddle and bride
on. win pay liberal reward for re.
turn of mare Or any information lead.
ing to her recovery.
c. c. WAMPLER,
Esther, Mo.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-03-08
Order of Publication.

STATE OF MISSOURI,
County OF st. Francois.
In the Circuit Court. st. Francois County,
to May Term, 1901
Cary NJ. Holt and John X. Boas. Plaintiffs
Evening star., 1907-08-25
From Joliet to a New World

I RECEIVED a letter about nine years ago from
man in Joliet, thanking me for the message of
new hope had brought to his heart He told in
simple, straightforward way that he had been of
the gven-up for whom thought there
could be any hope Hewas old in the criminal life had
made his living from it tcom boyhood had been six
times in prison; and now serving sixteen years
sentence. The letter almost illeglble through
the vagaries in spelling and the poor pennanship;
yet through those crooked and smud dged lines
breathed earnest courage and spirit of deter
mination to rise out of the miserable lower level of
the past into the sunshine of future success.
When next | visited Joliet, l talked with this
friend, and was convinced of his sincerity He told
plainly that there else in the world
who believed he could be honest and make
of life. When | spoke to him of his Savior, his
face transfgured with happiness, and he told
how the whole aspect of his prison life had
changed for him since his conversion. Il do not
mind my term at all, Little Mother he said;
Il am happy and contented. And / can never
tell you the difference the presence of my dear
Savior has made in my prison CELL
l have told you he old man; but when he
became inspired with this hope, he filled
with desire to improve himself and make the most
of what remained in life. He to the prison
night school and began at the very beginning labor
ing form his letters and spell the simplest words
He had no the outside who cared to hear from
him,-he utterly alone in the word,-so of
Evening star., 1907-08-25

countrys gates to foreigners, offering them all kinds
of inducements, and helping them with liberal
cessions But above all he concentrated his efforts
in fostering railway communication within the
transportation of passengers and freight.
The Mexican treasury has spent one hundred
and fifty million pesos in railway subsidies; but
business facilities, the development of trade, and
the enormous advantage the country has to check
any revolutionary attempts in any part of it There
ernment has definite control over all the lines or
at least the main portion of them. This means that
the railroad companies cannot increase freight OF
passages, cannot impose upon the public or obtain
illicit gain, the public administration is ready
to interfere in order to prevent such illegal specula-
tons The Mexican Government has adopted safe
course betweenfthe absolute freedom of stock
holders and construction by the State, as both
methods fraught with difficulties and COM
plicatons
Evening star., 1907-08-25
One of His Greatest Works

nNE of the greatest works of the present execu-
- tive of Mexico was opening to the public tie
Tehuantepec railway, the route to the Far East
The efforts of Diaz and his friends had partly failed
due to unforeseen circumstance, the consequence
of which could not have been prevented the depre-
citation of the value of silver due to well known nan
cia factors. Diaz, however, did not lose heart
in the presence of such extraordinary and to all at
pearances inevitable obstacles. With the counsel of
Jose Ives Lmantour, his Secretary of the Treasury.
a of universal reputation financial author
ity Diaz succeeded in establishing the fixed gold
prepared by several financial commissions, which
appointed to study plan to arrive at the solu
tlon of the question: in harmony with the national
interests and the requirements OF a modern country
having great commercial activity.
Under this sound policy, imports which scarcely
exceeded eighteen million pesos in 1876 at the
present moment two hundred millions;
over two hundred and thirty millions; mining
yielded in 1876 some twenty million pesos, and
last year hundred and fifty millions; and
agriculture, which then scarcely produced fifty
million pesos, now has over three hundred million
pesos to its credit.
In keeping with this unparalleled development,
population has increased from nine millions to four
teen Millions large number of foreigners among
them Public education, which is obligatory, has
been extended to the farthest village, that the
number of those who neither read nor write IS
steadily the decrease In works of public utility,
in the education of the masses, in all the branches Of
administration, the hand of a strong man, just
and wise administrator, is felt.
Porfirio Diaz reached his seventy-slxth year n
September last and keeps in an excellent physical
and intellectual condition, being still full OF energy
and eniOVing good health As he is a man OF orderly
habits, he his country IN the fullest glory
of its regeneration and prosperity.
Evening star., 1907-08-25
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR AUGUST Is. 1907

OF how the man came to me- carefully leaving out
his name; then | read the letter of his employer,
then his own, and | found that the point about the
watch brought down the house.
Then, when the applause had ceased leaned over
the platform and asked, Boys, shall | tell you his
name?"
There was breathess silence-that silence of ex-
pectancy in which you could hear the proverbial pin
drop.
Then l whispered the name, rather the nick
name everyone knew so well. The effect was elec
trical to me, stunning, for had never dreamed
the impression it would make. There intake
Of breath, and then the audience broke into one
mighty shout of laughter, and they laughed and
laughed until it impossible to call them to order
Afterward | learned why it had seemed to them so
rrepressib1y funny An officer said me, in speak
ing of the event. Mrs. Booth, cannot believe YOU
have got hold of that man and made him do honest
work. Why, everybody here said he was born lazy
1t is quite true, he never did honest work on the
outside he a born thief and confirmed crook
While he here he would steal all the time when
he got the chance, just to keep his hand in, and we
had him in punishment almost all the time be-
cause he just would not work. Why, they cannot
think of his having turned over leaf. 1t
simply impossible' And then he added
e. wonder how long it will last?''
1t has lasted ten years already. This has
worked well and faithfully, has the highest
mendatons from every place where he has been en-
ployed, and is to-day in a position of trust in New
York city.
Evening star., 1907-08-25

V1ITHOUT the slightest fear of erring it may
w be asserted positively that the example of
the Mexico of to-day should be classed among the
strongest proofs to show what the will and intel-
gence OF one man can accomplish when supported
by the good will and determination of group of
men who do not hesitate to follow their leader The
ideal of alchemy in the Middle Ages to change
the so called base metals into precious metals, by
the application of mechanical methods But that
which considered chimerical and impossible to
realize on purely material sphere has been
plished in the successful and fullest possible
manner in the realm of government, due to the
skill OF great statesman.
Within the short space of thirty wears Mexico has
changed from thoroughly disheartened, demoral-
lied, disorganized country without probability of
redemption, into one of the most self respecting of
the American nations, offering the greatest prob
abilities of a sound orderly existence.
Mexico was scarcely out of the disorder produced
by the French invasion and the struggle against the
empire of Maximilian, when Diaz became the chief
executive of the country Publications of the time
Show that travel was insecure on the neighboring
country, that there was no peace in the interior
capital for the development of business, organized
army; IN a word, that the sentiment of discomfort
and TeStleSsness universal in Mexico. But in
that space OF thirty years everything has changed
until Mexico stands this day the living example
OF the regeneration of country, the most potent
argument against those who claim that the Latin
peoples not capable of acquiring that sober
thought and steadfastness of purpose necessary to
become nation worthy of taking its place in the
universal concert
At the end of the fiscal year 19o6-o7, Mexico had