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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

adulteration will be stopped. In fact
it has already been stopped to degree
that will tax the credulity of many
questioning minds.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
DISSOLUTION NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that the firm of Otteson
& Nelson. furniture dealers. was dissolved by
mutual consent on January /. 1907. Mr. Nelson re-
firing from the firm. AL accounts due the firm
must be paid or settled by cash or bankable note
by February l. 1907 OTTO 0TTEsoN,
j. f. NELSON.
Viroqua Wis. January /. 1907
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Mr.. August Sherpe, the popular over
seer of the poor, at Fort Madison, Ia,
says: ''Dr. Kings New Life Pills are
rightly named; they act more agreeably,
do more good and make one feel better
than any other laxative" Guaranteed
to cure billiousness and constipation.
25c at A. j. Johnson's drug store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

The CENSOR will furnish its reaG-
ers with the Chicago Weekly Inter
Ocean again the coming year for the
small sum of 25 cents. or sips for both
prpers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
Straw Animal.

TAKEN UP BY THE UNDERSIGNED, LIV-
l ing three miles south of Liberty Pole about
October /. 1906 a red two-year- bull, with HORNS
little white on belly Owner is requested 70 prove
property. pay charges and take said animal away.
l. CHRISTIANSoN, West Prairie p. o.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN BY THE UN-
v dersigned, Treasurer of the town Of Webster
that the tax roll for said town for the year 1906
is in my hands for collection and that the taxes
charged therein are subject to payment at my
Office at any time prior 70 and on the 3lst day Of
January 1907. Will be AT the Office Of W. z. Rob
ers Ottervale. on the 3lst day of January.
Dated December 10. 1896.
". VIC. Town Treasurer
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
Take Notice.

Notice is hereby given that my wife,
Minna Levendoski, has left my bed and
board without just cause, and this is to
notify all persons whatsoever not to
trust or harbor her at my expense, as |
will not be liable for same.
FRED LEVENDoSKJ.
HAnon Ta~ 1907
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
JEFFERSON TOWN TAX.

NOTICE Is hereby GIVEN THAT THE I'm
~ dersisned. treasurer Of the town Of Jefferson.
will receive Tux money at the old hotel in Spr ng-
viii ~. Tces3xys. at P. Boufleurs store in Vine
qua on Saturdays. at Esofea store on Monday.
January q rnd also on Monday, January p. and
at Bud store on Fridays. LuTHEa RuNsEY.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
DIssOLJTTION NOTICE.

NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE
v firm of Froiland & Wig. furniture dealers.
will be dissolved by mutual consent on January l,
1907. The business will be conducted by Mr.. Wig.
who assumes all Indebtedness of the firm All ac-
counts due the firm should be paid at once.
CARL FRoILAND.
Viroaua. December 2e. 1906. Ed VIC.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

DeWitt's Kidney and Bladder Pills
drives the poison from the body. A
rs cent box olds weeks treatment.
Sold by o. j.. Davis.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
PLEASE CALL AND SETTLE

Having disposed of my mercantile business at
Rcss all persons knowing themselves indebted to
me ill kindly call and settle their accounts be-
fore January 20. Can be found at the store until
that time. o. T. GROVES
Ross December 81 1900.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Good manners airs made up of petty
sacrifices.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

GTRAYED UPON MY PREMISES IN THE
y town of Franklin, about one month ago. a red
elf ar about two years old; short horns and s hort
tail ALBERT A. MoRkRI, Folsom WIS.
Dated December II. 1906.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
RESULTS More satisfactory.

There is likely to be less cropping in
the dark, fewer mistakes made for the
courts TO correct and altogether more
satisfactory results obtained than I'M
der the old haDhazard system when
each member drew up his own bills
in his own Individual and often fear
ful and wonderful way. Wisconsln's
system of having an expert to prepare
bills and in other ways assist legisla-
tors In an intelligent effort ut effective
lawmaking is distinct forward step
which other states are beginning to APP
preciate and to copy. 1t may be re-
marked here that DIR Mccarthy has
had many calls this winter 10 come
to other states and assist in the estab-
fishing of legislative reference libraries
and departments such rs Wisconsin
boasts.
\ glance at the roll will naturally
disclose quite change In the person
mel OF the two houses, ami parucu-
larly i'm the assembly. The more
permanent holy of the senate will dis
cover hut dozen new faces among
its thirty-three members, but the as
sembly will be largely a new set. me
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Lake Mills Leader: The State Uni
versity is being pretty thoroughly
criticised by school inspector Terry,
Supt Cary and Others who freed their
minds at the Wisconsin teachers as
ISOLATION last week, and a very inn
portant feature of these criticisms is
the claim that the university does not
qualify students for high school teach
ers.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
VOICE OF TIE STATE PRESS.

Fennimore Times: These are pros
porous times; so prosperous, in fact,
that all should prepare and make ready
for the less prosperous ones that are
sure to follow in the natural course of
events.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

air so to speak and rumors of trades
and counter trades are flying thick and
fast. The chief interest centers In the
contest for. the speakership of the low
er house. 1t is generally considered
that the fight lies between E. W. Lee
Roy, OF Marinette, and NJ. L. Ekern,
of Whitehall, with C. f. EstabrocR, of
Milwaukee, and L. NJ. Bancroft, OF
Richland Center. as passive candidates.
Mr.. Leroy and Mr.. Ekern are both
young men and each has served two
terms with conspicuous ability. Each
has also been identified with the So
called half breed wing Of the party,
SO their contest is of friendly char,
acter. Senator j. NJ. Stout the phiian-
thropist and champion OF education, IS
most prominently mentioned for pres
ident pro TEN. of the senate to WELD
the gavel in the absence OF Lieutenant
Governor Conner. For the chief clerk
ships of the two houses there are 5ev-
eral candidates and it would be the
merest conjecture to say who would
bring down the persimmons. Owing
to the uncertainty the anxious seat is
much crowded at present.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Lies prizes come not by lottery but
by labor.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
Genoa, Jan. l, 1907.

Get quick relief from DIR. Shops
Magic Ointment. Remember it S made
alone for Piles-and it works with
certainty and satisfaction. Itching,
painful, protuding, or blind piles dis
appear like magic by its use. Try it
and see! Dahl's Drug Store.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

Madison Democrat: A New Rich
mond school principal is reported to
have said recently: 81 am working as
teacher for the almighty dollar and
not for the mere love of the work, and
part of my business is to see to it
that my salary is raised from time to
time" The candid man is worthy of
our respect and admiration, but the
man who allows his candor to compel
an utterancc such as the above is IN
fit for the high calling which he pro-
fesses.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
PatrOnage Snaps Gone.

But If anxiety prevails among these
various candidates little short of con-
sternation exists in another camp. Un>
der a ruling handed down by the at
torney general the other day the pat
ronage snaps that have been the pre-
negatives of members to bestow. 10!
these many years, are taken away and
placed in the hands Of the civil serv-
ice commission. The relatives and
friends Of the members who have come
up to Madison confident of landing
comfortable berths find the idea OF
taking competitive examinations with
total strangers, many of whom have no
pull. utterly repugnant and the MEM
bers themselves are disposed to rebel
and test the soundness of the attorney
generals ruling. In the meantime the
commission is going ahead with exam
nations and what the upshot Will be
1t is difficult to foresee.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09

La Crosse Chronicle The year 1905
goes out adding another frightful rail-
way fatality to the long list of similar
slsughters which have occurred within
the past twelve months, and the de-
ia Is which have reached the public up
to this hour all point to criminal care
lessness as its cause. But whoever
or whatever is to blame for this latest
calamity it ought to stir congress to
action along the lines of measures al
ready pending before it and designed to
make railway travel in the United
States very much safer than it is to-
day Representative Esch of our own
district and Senator La Toilette are
both conspicuous proponents of national
Legislation to this end and they deserve
the gratitude and support of the Amer
AN people on account of their activity
IN .his direction. Probably no man in
the United States is better informed
than Mr.. Esch as to the numbers and
causes of railway accidents in this
country and as to the losses of life and
property which they have occasioned.
His speeches in congress and his articles
in the magazines are regarded as
authority upon the subject and have al
ready done much to arouse public senti-
ment in favor of remedial legislation of
the most stringent character. None of
his work in congress is more important
than what he is doing along this line
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
Length of the Session.

The impression seems to prevail
that the legislative session will be
shorter than those of recent previous
years. Senator Sanborn says: From
all indications organization will be eff
fected without any of the fractional
jockeying for advantage which has
marked some of the former sessions
l am inclined to believe that the ses-
sion will be short and that the plat
will be carried out without very much
delay or opposition" If such strong
men as Senator Sanborn unite to dis
courage factiOnal dissipation of time
and energy and to promote disinter-
ested public service the prospects for
a curtailed session should be vastly
improved. Ce' family no legislature OF
Wisconsin ever before approached its
work in hand in such state of pre-
paredness as the present body. For
weeks the skilled hands of DR.. Charles
II, Mccarthy, legislative statistician,
and his assistant former Assembly
man NJ. s. Dudgeon. have been busy
preparing DlllS Ut the request vi hiein-
bers. A flood of measures more care
fully and accurately drawn than usual
will be ready to dump into the hop
pers of the two houses at the start.
Then an Investigating committee has
been laboriously at work all summer
going to the bottom of the Insurance.
situation in the state. This should
be great saving of time. as insur-
ance will cut a big figure In the con-
sideration of the two houses at this
session
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-09
The Right Name.

The chicken is the country's, but the
CITY eats it.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22
NEXT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

The Raleigh Times thinks the next
democratic state convention is goins to
be something of a show and We ex-
pect The Times is about right. There
are signs which indicate that the dem
ocrats of the state who have at heart
the real interest of the party and of
the state will make a desperate ef-
fort to wrest party control from the
small clique of politicians who now
manage state affairs to suit their own
selfish aims. The people of the state
are getting tired of this ring lule.
They do not want the state any longer
ruled by one man who dictates to the
party through the columns of his lieu-
tenants paper, and they are to put
stop to it and take the management
of their party in their own hands, as
they should do if they do not want
to See the state given a backset from
The Durham Herald remarks that it
does not know that there will be a split
in the party, Yet it is it's opinion tnat
large majority of the party will re-
fuse to be bOssed in the future as it has
been in the past.
If the men of millions are uneasy
about the effect of all this extreme
anti-corporation legislation, how must
the men of moderate means feel who
have their all invested in some single
corporation? The multi-millionaire
may lose millions and still be a mil
lionaire, while the loss of few thous-
ands makes pauper Of the man of
moderate means.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22
GOVERNOR GLENN ON THE LEG
ISLATCRFI

Governor Glenn doc, not agree With
some members of the Legislature and
some editors as to the antitrust bill,
He believes that bill is a good law
people He does not think the fam
ers were given the protection needed
in not including a provision for the
prohibition of unlawful agreements to
lower prices Of articles the trusts de-
sire to buy. However, he believes lh0t
with the aid of the common law and
the Holt supplemental act such viola
tions of the law are indictable and he
asks that all such cases be brought
to the attention of the solicitors. He
makes no intimation that any lesisla-
tors were Influenced by the American
Tobacco Company or b. any other
trust in the construction of the bill
The governor expresses the hope that
the railroads will not put any obstacles
in the way OF enforcing the freight and
passenger rate bills until they nave
been given fair trial If il is shown
that the railroads are really injured by
these two laws the people, he says,
will grant the relief that should be
given from sense Of justice. He says
if there is resistance he as governor
will be compelled to employ counsel,
and there will be long litigation in
which all matters of salaries of officials
and other expenses will have TO be in
vestigated in order TO show whether
or not they are exorbitant in ascertain
ing whether the rates have been pat
too low.
The governor thinks time will show
that the laws passed by the legislature
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

were to be found in the heavy concen-
trated weight and low center of gravity
OF the electric locomotives, and the
enormous horsepower, between 5000
and 1000. which the Tnotorman had at
command.
The center of the steam boiler OF the
present expresses on the New York
Central road is about 9 feet 6 inches
above the track. and when the engine
iurches against the outer rails OF
curve there is something or CUSHION
ing effect due to the fact that the
weights are relatively high But in
the electric locomotive the heavy mo-
tors are placed conCentrically around
tn axles. the wheels are Shall IN dla-
meter, and the massive frame is hung
low, with the result that there is
heavy concentration of weight near the
rails. Moreover. the heavy motors are
fixed rigidly upon the axles.
Taken altogether. it can be seen that
the lateral hammtring effect against
the outer rail must be very much more
severe in the electric than in the steam
locomotive.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22
ILLEGAL USE OF MONEY Al
PRIMARIES.

There is much talk in the c:ty Of
money being lavishly and Illegally Iscd
in the recent primaries. There can re
no doubt that there were considerable
sums of money wagered on the result.
While We have heard no man make rha
positive statement of his own kn,yvl-
edge that there was bribery or buy
ing OF votes or other illegal use OF
money, the air is full of talk OF such
practices If there is any truth IN
these reports the next grand jury VIII
have plenty of work and il should
make thorough investigation. in pub
lie opinion there is well grounded rea-
son for belief that ror several years
past money and whiskey have GteM
freely used in city campaigns and pri-
the guilty ones should be ferrrtcd GU,
and punished; if they are untruc, then
there should be lnVeSli9 cation - SaGW
that they are untrue, so this stigma
could be removed from our city. it
strikes us that whether true or false.
there are enough rumors Of such &c.
ton 10 justify a grand jury inVestisa
ton. 1t is not pleasing though TO
Wilmingtonians that their city has
won such a reputation. All law-ahid-
ing citizens should be anxious for such
an investigation in order that the falsi-
ty of the reports may be established
or, if true, that the guilty ones may
be punished so severely that none will
dare repetition OF the crime in the
future
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

Miss Pittman has been confronted
with the man McGleary, charged with
attempting an assault on her, and she
declares he is not the man. The man,
who is nearly half-witted. made a con-
fession of his guilt in Columbia. Two
other suspects have been brought be-
fore the lady and each declared !y
her not to be the man. 1t is thought
that McGleary made up his story from
pieces of information about the crime
he heard repeated from time 10 time
He is charged with criminal assault on
a negro girl in Marion county l.: is
thought that he will be put in an in
sane asylum on the ground that he is
a dangerous lunatic.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

That is d very well-deserved rebuhe
Rev. DR.. Ivey of the Raleigh Christian
Advocate, in an editorial in that paper,
administers to the legislative invesIi-
CATION committee for the manner in
which it speaks of Rev. Plato Durham
and his testimony in its report to The
legislature. We do not imagine that
report was pleasing to many Method
lists outside of the Walter Clark-Jose-
phus Daniels ls-anti-Trinity college
crowd
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

were wisely and well conceived. We
sincerely hope he may be correct in
this estimation of the work of he
session There was some of the scrk
of the legislature of which we cCClc
not see the benefit TO the state. but if
it turns out that We were in error we
Will be glad 10 admit the fact. We hcpe
that good will come 10 the state from
these statutes. but al present we are
not able 10 see how il can be.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

| greater losses they are liable to suffer
| if present conditions continue, are
afraid TO make the venture, and they
| will not do it. The result will be, IL
| this war on corporations continues
| that there will be an end of industrial
1 development in the state.
Corporations should be controlled by
proper legislation; they should be Kept
within certain limits; the rights OF in
diyiduaIs should be protected; but in
| order to do so it is not necessary TO
treat the corporations as public enc
mics and as fit objects of attack and
spoliation. Public sentiment is team
ing too much that way. This sentiment
is being pandered to and encouraged
by set of politicians who care moth
ing for the state, the party to which
they belong, nor the people, but whose
only aim is to gain popularity through
the false cry that the people are being
tyrannized over and ground down by
corporations. They have started he
crusade and it is 10 their advantage
to increase it's force. Their cond.ct
and the measures they advocate make
them the enemies of progress and de-
velopment. They are hurtful TO all
classes of legitimate business. 1t is
bondholder" alone who suffers through
them, but the small investor and the
man OF limited means who by energy
and thrift is trying to make a modest
living and to lay by something for
those to come after him, is sufferer
in fact, the greater sufferer of the two
for he is less able to stand depression
in business and financial reverses.
We have in the democratic party C
this state a faction which has taken
this course for the purpose of strength
cHlIlS It's uOlu UPON Tie dUlululSll :tllCu
of the affairs of the state It's power
rests in class antagonism which it has
created by deception Of the people. lis
continuance in power depends upon its
ability to keep up that class antagon-
ism and deception. It's members pre-
tend to be the friends and champions of
the people in what they falsely claim
to be the latter's struggle against op-
preston In fact and in truth they
are the peoples worst enemies. They
are leading the people to their destruc-
ton. They are destroying the peoples
property and impoverishing them. The
latter will realize this when it is too
late, unless in time they turn from
their false leaders and depose them
from power. 1t is the duty Of all
democrats who wish to see North Car
olina prosper and progress to unite
in destroying this unholy alliance of
selfish politicians. In SO doing is the
only safety of the party and salvation
of the state.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

Fairbrother says in the last issue of
Everything that "the self-cCnstitutei
reformer generally bursts his boiler
before he gets steam up the second
time" He also says that capital is
not afraid of investigation; il never
fears conservative laws, but it takes TO
the woods when populism appears, no
matter what guise it comes in He
says that the last legislature showed
that if there had been prosperous
trust operating in each county, each
county would have been for the trusts
The above are from an article on the
last legislature and its action on ;he
railroad and trust questions.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

On the eighth of next month the pco-
pie Of Fayetteville vote on the qucs-
ton of the extension Of the city limits
Beginning with the next term of the
municipal officers that city viii
have only seven aldermen. the last leg
1islature having reduced the number
from fourteen. Just suppose Whining
ton had as many aldermen in proper
ton to population as her sister city
has, what a time We would have nom:-
mating them.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

Ex-senator Burton ought 70 give ths
men whom he proposes 10 make the
subjects of his public speeches a chance
TO reply. When they had him on {. tai
he was given full opport0nity to show
his innocence IL he could do 20. with
all his evidence before IL the jury ve-
lieved him guilty. Now. he wants 10
try the case before the public with only
his side to be heard.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

In return for that little luncheon Mr.
Roosevelt gave Booker Washington in
the White house, the latter gave :he
president a banquet when he visited
Tuskegee last year on which he spent
five thousand dollars of the money
his northern friends had contributed
toward the industrial education of tie
negroes of the south. We do not sup
pose that made any difference, how
ever
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

Mrs. Emma r. Bailey, EsquireSS, 4
lawyer of Birmingham, called on the
president few days ago to recommend
her son for the position of districc
judge Mr.. Roosevelt must have jOilie1 /
her bit, for the report of the inter
view says that she acknowledged that
she would be willing to take the Office
herself if the president so preferred"
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22
DANGER IN EIRCTRIC ENGINES

Inc Scientific American expresses
the opinion that the accident on the
New York Central railroad at Wood
lawn, in which passenger train was
wrecked and so many people were
killed, was the result of using heavy
electric engines on a road on which
there are sharp curves. 1t gives its
reasons for the opinion in the follow
ing:
Evidently there existed In the ILL.,
fated train some novel conditions
which were sufficient to cause the
wreck, and one does not have to look
very closely into the matter to fnd
ample evidence that the new conditions
The semi-weekly messenger., 1907-03-22

The WarrentOn Record announces
that Mr Marshall A. Cook, son of Judge
Charles A. Cook, formerly of Warren
ton, but now of Muskegee. l. T., has
been appointed assistant postmaster Of
the latter town North Carolinians
generally come to the front wherever
they go.