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Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-04

Spots and Stains removed from
clothing at the Laundry.
For first class groceries and prices
that are always in line, go to c. H.
Price.
Peter Bechtle, a prominent farmer
and business man of Fortuna, made
us a pleasant call while in the city
Tuesday.
We have some prices in meats and
groceries that will interest you. Call
and see us. &. II. Price, the
Butcher and Grocer.
DIR. d. A. Yarnell reports the arri-
val OF a ten pound boy at the home OF
Marshall Dncey, born Monday night.
Everybody doing we'll.
The fishing party from the Niangya
got in Saturday evening and report a
pleasant outing. They were caught
in the rain Saturday evening, but had
become used to roughing it. and
rather enjoyed the dampness.'
Jim Mills, Jim Hughes and Yves
Thomas with Harry Mis-, IMcius
Ross and Ross Roe, went fishing
Tuesday down at Arnharts mill, to be
gone until next week, Jim Hughes
won't have much to say when he
comes back but be ready to listen
~ some o. the fish stories Jim Mills
and Wa Thomas will have 10 tell.
Jim Haghes likes to, stiGk'.o facts,
bvt~-.
Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1907-07-04

For the best groceries Tor the least
money go to f. A. Williams. Mason
& Hardy building.
Just Observation-Disclosures car load
Of Knobnoster -four, the best on the
market. At +. A. WILLIAMS.
Mrs. II. A.. Young and son, Irwin,
left last Thursday for their old home
in Iowa, where they will visit relatives
and friends for a month.
Ladies' Skirts, the latest
creation. just received at
Carl w. Biersach's
On The Corner.
Married, at the Probate Office,
Judge Neville performing the cere-
mony, Tony d. Newton and Miss
Olive f.. Morris, both Of Proctor,
June oath. Good luck to the happy
couple.
DR.. Woods, in addition to having
the roof Of this "old shack painted
a brilliant red, has had the ceiling Of
the REPUBLICAN Office repapered, and
many other little repairs made, which
puts the building in fair shape.
Versailles Lodge, No. 1872, X. of
p, will move to the new Hall Thurs
day evening and will be ready for
business Thursday evening, July
18th. Work in the Ord degree.
Come out and help make a good
time.
There is quite a o by some OF
our citizens over the shape the street
department has put North Fisher
street in. We are not kicking yet,
for we can't believe they intend to
leave it in such shape, it would be a
reflection on their sanity.
The anti-cigarette rally at the bap-
fist church Sunday night was a very
pleasant entertainments for the great
crowd present, many not able to get
seats. The program was ably render
ed and was very entertaining and in
s~tructive. More of these entertain-
ments during the dun summer would
be profitable.
Our County School Board are just
now having their. souls time-tried
and fire-tested by a gang Of hungry
book agents, who are fighting for the
contract Of supplying the schools OF
Morgan county with books for the
next five years. 1t it to be hoped
that when the five years are up there
will be a better way.
Rev. K. S. Hunter, Presiding
Elder of the Marshall District, will
preach in the Methodist Church in
Versailles next Sunday at II and at 8.
This will be the last time Brother
Hunter will be with US for this year
and perhaps forever, as it is the end
of his fourth year on this District.
Let all his friends come out to hear
him. The Quarterly Conference
will be held ON time in August.
Last Saturday, J. W. McClellami
bought into the Abstract Of Chas. w.
Kavanaugh and is installed ready for
business. Mr.. Kavanaugh remains
and will be glad to meet all OF his old
friends, and new ones as we'll. The
success of either is the success Of the
other, and you will find them located
upstairs, Mason IL Hardy building,
ready to make your abstract OF land
title, write your insurance, loan you
money, do your notary public work
and any thing in a general office line.
The ''lowa Colony will have a
picnic on the fourth, at the ]. NJ.
barr home, three miles east Of,tewn.
b. r. Anderson has been" asked to
deliver the Grafton, J, w. McClclland
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
The End
HleH.sPEEp STEEL

'Bigness in everything Is become
so characteristic of the material things
that go to make up modern civiliza-
ton that only undertakings of ire
mendous magnitude attract more than
passing notice" Thus writes o. NJ ).
Becker in the Technical World Maya.
zine. Thirty story buildings three
mill dams, and Panama canals alone
able to hold the public eye long
enough to be even a seyen-days' won.
der Next week it is an old story and
not at all wonderful
The great engineering feats which
appeal so strongly to the eye I'M
doubtedly have an important part in
the remarkable industrial and com
mercial development now writing it.
self in such bold letters into the his
tory of civilization. There are. how
ever, other agencies at work In this
development some of them surely des,
tined TO bring about great changes In
/ methods and efficiencies now regarded
as superlative and one Of these agen,
cies, yet quite unknown to the general
public, but nevertheless already ex
erting a powerful influence upon in,
dustrial efiiciencies, has made place
for itself in the modern machine
shop. The essential function of the
machine shop is to fit accurately the
various metal parts which are to be
| assembled into other machinery oil
one sort or another; and this is gener.
ally done by cutting or pairing away
any excess aud unevenness of metal
| left in the casting or forging. This
sort of cutting obviously is something
very different from that seen in the
wood shop, for example. Specia tools
and machines, the former strong and
hard enough hand the latter rigid and
powerful. enough, are necessary to re
move the excess of material from
steel, iron or other resistent metals.
Ordinary cutting edges. as they are
commonly understood would not do
at all
An account of the processes by
which high speed steel has been per
fected and the uses to which It is put
forms subject matter In an exceedingly
interesting article of some length,
amply illustrated
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
PIunkviIIe in the S vim.

well, Well" exclaimed the man
who had wandered back to the vii.
Iage. so the Eagle House Is still the
Eagle House? No change after TWEEN.
" years"
There hev been a few changes, "
asserted the oldest inhabitaut with
some acsrbity. "Snce you've been
gone the hotel hez been respectively
the Grand Union, the Grand Central,
the Grand Junction. the Great North
ern, the Great Southern, the Imper-
ial the Regal, the Empire, the Mon
arch, the Prince Of Wales, the Regent,
an a few other royalties which I dis
recollect the Mansion House six
times an the Eagle House stgen. the
latter happenin to be It's proud patro-
nymic at present writin, PUNK
vile, my Travelled friend hain't so
ALFRED behind the times ez you seem
TO imagine Washington Herald
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31

in the rear and putting the British
Islands, hitherto in the background
in the very front OF activity.
When the transcontinnentaI rail-
ways penetrated to the Pacific, the
essential elements of local provincial
ism in the United States began al
most impreceptibly lose their hold
until now we are beginning TO
realize that the application of engin-
eering science has made of these
United States" what bass aptly been
termed an interstate country"
Meanwhile the engineer was opening
another route OF transport, and with
the cutting of the Isthmus of Suez
the eastward flow of commerce in
Europe was partially restored, while
even now the cutting of the other
isthmus a. Psnama has become a
matter of natiChal and even Internal
ional Importance.
During the whole period in which
modern engineering has been develop
ed this silent but controlling influence
upon commerce, politics, government,
and warfare has been extending, and
: today nearly every economic, diplo
matte, and financial question relates
to some problem in which applied
science is the controlling force. Be
cause Russian engineers were able To
build a railway across Siberia there
came war in Manchuria and peace
negotiations at Portsmouth. Because
steam railways cross the American
continent and electric power fills the
Empire State we see rate regulation
and the control of utilities becoming
the overshsdowing questions In nat.
ional and state pol ties. Because the
high-speed elevator Is eliminating the
question of vertical transport in bust.
ness and residence buildings we see
cities transformed, land values multi
pied, and commercial activities re-
doubled. There is little doubt, then
that modern civilization depends for
its very existence, commercial. polit-
ical, military social, upon the In.
creasingly successful application of
science by the engineer to the work
of bringing together from all parts of
the world the materials of service,
the forces of nature, and the men
who alone can use them.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
New York,s AmerIcanlsm.

There are those among us who are
not satisfied with this setting up of
barriers against the unfit, and who
see a menace to American standards
in the admission even of the physic-
ally fit, IL they come from alien
stocks, There are those-and they
are not a few-who would keep out
the men from the Volga and the Tar
tar steppes" and all bringing with
them unknown gods and rites" Will
ing enough still to welcome Teuton
and even Celt, they see peril to our
citizenship in granting 1t to Slav and
to Scythiap, with tiger passions, here
to stretch their claws" They look
askant at New York with its immense
masses of imperfectiy assimilated
foreigners, with its Little Italy. with
its mys. 9rious Chinatown, with its
Syrian quarter, with its half-million
of Rus sian Jews. They ask them
selves whether the metropolis of the
United States can any longer Be
considered an American city
To this last question The answer Is
easy New York is quite as Amer
lean today as it ever has been in any
of its three centuries. Diversity OF
blood has always been its dominant
characteristic. AS one of its histo-
rians has tersely asserted, mo sooner
haS one set of varying elements
been fused together than another
stream has Jeen poured into the cru.
chile. There probably has been no
period in the city's growth during
which New Workers whose parents
were born in New York, formed the
majority Of the population; and thers
never has been time when the bulk
of the citizens were OF English
blood "-Brander Matthews in Cen
fury.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
six.Mhs.led Mo or Cars.

six.wbeeled trucks for motor cars
and motor omnibuses are the great
est innovation Of the present season
in motoring Previously fashion has
dictated the use OF four wheels for We
hic.es of this class and as the major
ity Of ren are slaves to custom, 1t is
not uprising that, as the automobile
succeeded the horse-drawn vehicles,
its, maker should adopt the four.
wheel style of build It has been ac-
cepted practice In railroad engineer
ing to use six drive wheels on heavy
locomotives, the line Of reasoning fol-
lowed being more driving wheels
more friction and less wear" but only
during the closing days Of last year
did this principle find an able expo
.nent IA its application to vehicles pro-
PEELED by hydro-carbon or other types
OF nIotors.--David Beecroft IN Tech.
nieal World.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
FAIRY TALE OF FINANCE.
How an Investment of Forty.four
Cents Brought a Fortune.

Cents Brought a Fortune.
None of the FIVE organizers of the
Wireless Telegraph company of
America was rich, and so they set
about to find a man with capital.
Firth forni tbe man. This was Alb.
rahall White, Jouns man who had
come e Now York from Texas a few
years before, and had risen to fame
over night by cleaning up 100000 on
an investment Of forty-four cents.
From the day he first set foot IN New
York, Whites one ambition was to
make fortune He had the money.
making instinct. In his FIRST vc-.s
in New York he speoclated u real es
tate.
When the Cleveland popular bond
issue was made, in 1896. to replenish
the treasury gold reserve, White, who
had lost in the panic years of 1898
and 1894 most Of the money he had
made in real estate, conceived the
bold scheme of bidding for a big
block OF bonds, on the chance that
they would sell at premium as soon
/ as the awards were made The gov.
ernments calls for bids did not ask
for any money with the bids. White
made several bids. amounting
to S7000,000, and sent them on to
Washington by registered mail. His
total outlay was forty-four cents.
When the allotments were made,
$l,500.000 bonds were set down to
! Abraham White. New York The
bonds were Immediately quoted at
premium in open market, and young
White scurried around to find ne
money to pay the government for his
bonds. He went to Russell Sage.
who was always ready to put his
money into sure thing. and had no
trouble In getting the money lender
to finance his bid Sage paid the
government for the bonds, resold them
in the market ana turned over to
| White 100000 profit Ever since
then White has thought in millions.
and has beeu gambler for big
stakes.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
Powerful Influence of Transportation

Powerful Influence of transportation
Henry Harrison Suplee In Forum
--Probabl there is no more powerful
influence at work today n the civil
lied world than the question of trans
poration. ithiWn the limits Of great
cities the whole system ON commerce,
politics, and ally life Is dependent
upon the provision, maintenance, and
control Of cal transport. Beyond
and between the cities the same prob
lem demands solution as the essen
tial element OF prosperity Between
states and foreign nations the means
OF communication and for the convey
ance Of merchandise and Of men con-
stitute the chief factors upon which
Interstate and international existence
depend.
The opening Of communication and
commerce across the Atlantic and
through the Pacific, following uboD
the voyages of Columbus and of Ma
geiIan, practically turned Europe In
side out, placing Venice and Genoa
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31

looked. and on her brow I saw a
gentle moisture, that I knew was the
best of all She had fallen into a
deep, quiet. refreshing sleep.
J How / got out of the room I know
not. have a dim recollection Of sob
bing on Walters neck, but t is all
a confused dream now. The doctor
would not let me return again that
night; SO I slept, almost for the first
time since my sisters illness began.
She was a long time recovering. It
had indeed been hard fight for life;
but youth and a naturally good consti-
tuition triumphed For some days she
was so weak as TO make US fear that
she would never rally. but gradually
. faint hues of returning health stole
into the sweet patient face. AS soon
as We thought it safe, Walter went to
see her. and then returned home with
his heart at rest once more
It was very strange, but she did not
appear to have the least recollection
of their quarrel. She never named
it. Her long Illnesses had banished all
remembrance of it. 1t was not until
some weeks afterwards that some one
naming Charley Steele in her pres
ence, awoke whole train of thoughts.
'Deena." she said, did I really quar-
rel with Walter? or is it one of my
dreams? recollect now" she cried
clasping her hands together how
naughty / was, Deena. He asked me
to write to him, and thought would
see how long he could bear to remain
without letter" She looked so peni-
tent, could not scold her. 'Deena, :"
she said, after a few minutes musing,
nothing will ever make me quarrel
with Walter again"
My dear Maggie named the day at
last. When she was quite strong and
well, we had quiet, happy wedding
at Fernside.
Then my darling left me She went
to live with Walter at Northington,
and am alone in my solitary home
Her children come to visit me, and fill
the silent rooms with the music of
their happy voices. There is little
Magdalene among them. who inherits
her mothers sweet face and large
blue eyes. I love her best of all when
am watching the little ones at play;
and often smile to myself as l recol-
lect the beauty and simplicity Of Wal.
ters Wooing.
The End
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31

the dread change had come at last!
heard Walter rush off in search Of
DIR. Ashe. When / stood again ny
Maggie's side, knew the next hour
must settle my darling's fate; the
fierce, angry fever had burned Itself
out now; it seemed to be the pallor of
death that had covered her face.
How will it be-" | asked as the doc
tor held the wasted hand in his.
81 cannot tell 'he replied; "the next
hour win decide. If she fs-.s into a
natural sleep she will have chance
of recovery; If the delirium returns
she viii die. | will stay with her
have often wondered since that in
the dread suspense Of that hour my
. If did not turn white
Walter begged so hard to watch
with U. that could not refuse him,
1t might be the last he would ever
spend with her. ] knelt on one side
of my darling. ana he on the other.
He prayed l was too stunned. too be-
wildered The doctor stood by me
intently watching the white worn face
on the pillow. Was ever suspense like
ours? / could hear the ticking of the
watch in Dr. Ashes pocket, the flick
oring of the fre-ah, even the faint
breathing Of the poor exhausted girl
Who seemed to have no lie left IN
her My sense Of hearing was I'M
naturally acute; my other senses had
left me. Ever and anon the poor
head moved weariedly on the pillow.
The hour was most over; could bear
no Ilore. hid my face In my hands,
and waited. Presently some one
touched me gently on the shoulder.
Look, said Dr. Ashe, she Is
saYedi"
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31

He-"so Smythe has been run over
by an automobile, Ell! How aid IL
happen?p
She-"The poor fellow was stoop-
ing over to pick up horseshoe for
luck Smart Set.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-07-31
CHAPTER Nv.

Another dreary day passed, and still
no change. The innocent lips babbled
Of all the simple events of my child
life-of all save one; the red flush
still burned on the poor, changed face,
the little white hands beat the, air
wildly and death seemed to have
come nearer. did not seem to live
in those days; l moved about mechan-
icagly, as one stunned by a violent
blow. l never fully realized that it
was my. child-sister lying, without
hope Of life, before me. | could not
have done so, and have lived.
There came low rap at the cham
Der door, and quiet voice told me
there was a gentleman-Mr. Rivers
in the drawing-room, and he would
see me. All, then. he had come
poor Walteri / knew he was true. /
went down to him, and I shall never
forget the deep despair on his face.
How is she?" he asked, abruptly.
when ! entered.
could only look at him in reply; the
sight of my poor darlings lover had
brought her before me in her bright
Ibeauty-she who la! stricken unto
death.
"Oh, Miss Lisle! oh, sister!" he
groaned; why has this come upon
us?"
Waen told him how she mai
caught the fatal disease from the i'm
prudent act she had committed In the
kindness Of her tender heart-whcu
told him how unconscious she was
to all our love and care-he laid his
head down and sObbed aloud. A
mans grief is hard to witness.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-06-06
State Teachers Association.

The State Teachers Associa-
ton meets at Chick Springs
from June "a to 26. On Tues
day afternoon, June 25, there
will be departmental session
of the School Improvement as
sociation. The railroads have
granted a rate of one-third fare,
and the hotel rates are only $1.50
a day. 1t is believed that every
one who attends the meeting of
this Association will feel great
ly benefited, and the presence
of every teacher will be greatly
appreciated by the officers of
the Association.
The entire programme of the
Association is to be very attrac-
tive, and at it's meetings will be
given the opportunity of hearing
not only some of South Caro-
lina's best educators, but some
of note from other States.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-06-06
Registration Notice.

Theoffice OF the Supervisor OF Reg
istration will be opened on the first
Monday in every month for the pur-
pose of the registering of any person
who is qualified as follows:
who shall have been a resident OF
the State for two years, and of the
county one year, and of the polling pre-
cinct in which the elector offers 70
vote four months before the day OF
election. and shall have paid, six
months before, any pofl tax then due
and payable, and who can both read
and write any section of the conStltu-
tion of 1895 submitted TO him by the
Supervisors of Registration, or who
can show that he owns. and has palo
all taxes collectable on during the
present wear. pI Ioperty in this State
assessed at three hundred dollars OF
more. j. Y. McGILL,
Clerk of Board.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-06-06
Need Of Newspapers.

The fact that the newspaper
is essential to the welfare of
every community is clearly
established in Butte, Mon,
where no papers have been issu-
ed for more than two months
because of a strike in the press
rooms. The effect on the ad-
vertiser has been serious. Ac-
cording to correspondent of
the New York Times, every busi-
ness interest has suffered and
the trade of the merchants has
declined from 20 to so per cent.
The dealers attribute this to
absence of local newspapers.
They have resorted to every
possible advertising device.
Eillboards and dead walls have
been covered with huge posters;
but they fail to bring returns
In the same way the theaters,
which usually depend upon these
a agencies, have noted decrease
of 80 per cent in the patronage,
and the real estate market has
been similarly affected. Every
branch of trade, in fact, has
felt this change, and the lesson
is convincing, not only in Butte,
but in all cities where the busi-
ness people have made them
selves familiar with conditions.
Richmond Tmes-Di&patch.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-06-06
D0lRQs at Dock.

DOCK, June 3:-The proverbial
"cold day in June" has become o
reality nowadays.
MIR Cleveland Greer of Harpers
and Miss Jettie Brockinton, of this
place, were happily united in the
holy bonds of wedlock last Sunday
evening. We extend our heartiest
congratulations.
Several from here attended COM
mencement at Union Graded school
last week and all report fine time.
Our community was saddened by
the death of Mr. John Combee,
which occurred aS his home at
Morrisville, Thursday evening, the
Both. inst. Mr. Combee was sick on
ly q few days with severe case OF
measles. In the death of Mr. Com
bee the community has sustained O.
great loss, for he was young man
of many fine qualities. Quiet, un-
assuming and honest-"to know
him was to love him." Mr. Combee'
was a Mason and in the very prime
OF young manhood, being only about
IS years of age.
Say: wonder what has become OF
the "road workersT' The reads
around here are seriously in need Of
attention. During the storm last
fall in all the swamps and branches
the trees were blown over and are
| leaning toward the road, and now
: that they are full of leaves the ltast
little rain vets them aud makes
them droop low over the road witch
is very annoying to travslofa and at
times makes the highway almost
impossible. Two or thzes banda
with axes could DO gesa 10 = 'sr1
short time.
And nov, while l am clicking
, about the roads, perhaps it would
be well to sound a warning note
about the bridge across Black Min
60 creek on the county line road be-
tween Williamsburg and George
town couaties. This bridge is now
, and has been for quite while in a
very very dangerous condition apd
should be looked after. What about
the steel bridge? If we can't have
a steel bridge, for mercy sake let us
have bridge of some kind that is t
SO "shaky" and unsafe.
WHIPPooRwILL.