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Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23

Madison, Jan. 16.-Every citizen of
Wisconsin who desires to keep in
absolutely close touch with the
function of law-making may perhaps
have the opportunity A movement
to that end is gaining Roadway among
the solons In the assembly reso-
luton offered by Mr. Grassie, provid-
ing that all bills and journals of the
houses be mailed daily to any cities
of the state who may pay SO to sec
rotary of state was generally APP
proved though Mr. Norcross thought
S. enough. The matter is pending.
Among the bills introduced were
these: BY Mr.. Sorenson. removing the
referendum to the law for the isle
of bonds by municipalities for the
purchase of electric lighting and
works; by Mr. Turner, requiring
makers of abstracts of title to give
bond of not more than $4,000, accord
ing to size of their community, to
guarantee correctness of their work
by Mr. Hughes, for a limit of 2 and
a half cents mile passenger rate on
railroads earning more than $1,000
per mile per year; by Mr.. Roethe, two
bills to authorize towns to purchase
toll bridges TO Muscoda and Blue
River; by Mr. Ainsworth, to take
from school electors the power to
determine whether their school shall
be taught by man or woman
teacher; by Mr. Perry, to increase the
annual appropriation for the state
free library commission to $14,500;
ny Mr.. Estabrook. increasing the an
nual appropriation for farmers in
stitutes from $4,000 TO $4,000 and
by Mr.. Jeremiah O'Neil. amending
the primary election law so thai
voters using the primary ballot of
one party may vote for a candidate
ticket, and have their votes counted
fer the candidate as the candidate
for such other party
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
POLITICS.

The opponents of Senator Deliver
in the Iowa legislature may vote for
Governor Cummins for the upper
house of congress
Bailey supporters practically sub
mitted to having ar inquiry made
into the Texas senator's relations
with Waters-Pierce company
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23

with so years as the maximum. 1t is
the first step necessary to secure an
amendment to the charter. The idea
lis to make future generations pay
for some of the things they will en-
joy
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23

through defaultng the payment of in
terest on its bonds, due Jan l.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23

Washington. Jan. 10-After five
hours of debate on limiting the hours
of service of railway employees, the
senate passed a substitute for the
pending bill, Of which Senator La Fol-
lette was the author as he was OF
the original The substitute limits
the time to 16 consecutive hours OF
service, followed by 10 hours of rest
There was but one negative vote,
that OF Senator Pettus of Alabama.
The house was the scene of a
threatened personal encounter be
tween Messrs, Gaines OF Tennessee
and Mahon of Pennsylvania. growing
ont Of the Gaines bill to dock mem
bers for chronic absence. The house
passed the army appropriation bill
and began consideration of the fortr
tications bill Several amendments
were made TO the army bill
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23

Washington, AIN, 1.-THE general
service pension bin passed the senate.
If it becomes a law it will give to
survivors of the civil and Mexican
wars who have reached the age of
go. $l2 per month, ST. to those who
have reached 20 and 500 to those VINO
have reached Is. The first argument
in behalf of Reed Smoot was made by
Senator Hopkins of illinois. who con
tended that the senate had no auth
lily to pass judgment on the private
acts of its members He defended
Senator Shoots private character.
The house passed CPS private pen
cord ever made before The house
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1907-01-23
WISCONSIN LEGISLATURE

Madison, Jan Ito make the
state prison at Waupun self-support-
ins and to prevent competition of
conyicts with free labor in the state
is the purpose of a bin introduced in
the assembly by Mr. Roycraft of
Chippewa county 1t provides for
the establishment of a binding Irvine
plant at the state prison TO cost $780,
600 1t will give employment to
about seventy conyicts. The bin pro-
vides that for a period at least the
Irvine made shall be scid direct to
farmers at a price fixed by the board
of control. Other bills introduced
were: BY Mr.. Durley, providing that
| if a railroad employee is injured
through the contributary negligence
of another it does not prevent the in
jured from recovering 1t is the bill
which was defeated two years ago.
BY Mr.. Ties, repeating the mortgage
taxation law and re-enacting the old
law which provided for the taxation
F.! of all credits, also adding an in
| ~ AnOtlIACnl CiAI AOt eluIptoLS VINO w
not stop ON motion of horsemen. BY
Mr. Kander, amending the subcon-
tractor lien law. requiring 80 days
notice instead of 60. Speaker Ekern
ANNOUNCED the following committee
on revision: C. F. Stout of Taylor
county, NJ ]. Cleary, La Fayette,
Burke, Brown, ]. P Peterson, Polk,
and E. T. Elver, Dane.
In the senate Senator Stondall was
granted indefinite leave of absence.
He has gone to Texas on advice of his
physicians. Senator Browne presented
a bill to define the liability of a
railroad company in relation to
damages sustained by its employees.
1t provides that railroad companies
shall be responsible for damages sus-
tanned by employee or servant while
in the line of his duty as such; proof
of defect in equipment from which
accident happened shall be presump-
tive evidence of the knowledge of
the defect on the part of the com
pany
Both houses held brief sessions
at night, the assembly receiving a
bunch of bills and hearing the an
nouncement of the committees as
made up by Speaker Ekern. The
senate did nothing of Importance,
Among the bills introduced in the as
sembly were the following: By Mr..
bancroft, limiting the purchase Of
text books by school board to the use
of INDECENT pupils; to appropriate
Isl 900 for dedication of the Wiscon-
sin monument at Andersonville,
Georgia This monument, erected at
a cost of $4,000 is nearly completed !;
by Mr.. Perry, increasing the pay of
Jurors in justice courts from 50 cents
to 50 day
Speaker Ekern announced the house
committees. The most important
craftsmanship are held thus: Judiciary
by Ingram; state affairs, Turner;
cities, Estabrook; banks and Insur.
ance G. E. Scott; transportation,
Leroy; manufactures, Bell; taxation,
Sprague; towns and counties, Fall
vey; militia, Perry; health, Irvine;
elections, Roycraft; federal relations,
John Scott; roads. Norcross; agri-
culture Wehrwein; lumber, Carpen-
tier; dairy, Mckenzie; education,
McGregor; claims, Ainsworth; penal
institutions, j. o. Thomas; game
Everett: capitol. A. s. Baker; appor
tionment, Nye.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Another Barn Burned over
in North CRrolina.

Charlotte Observer: Another
barn has bssn burned in the
county. making ths 18Th withiR
less than 9 months. Mr.. J.
VISIT Hood, Of Mathews, lost his
stables last Night about II
O'Clock and considerable part
of the contents, his loss probably
amounting to SO much as 800
There is no clue to inssndiaries.
but no doubt rests in the minds
OF the people in that section that
II was the work Of Ere bug.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
News in Brief.

The ssslhern's old freight de-
pot at Greenville was burned
Tuesday. Loss in building aad
conteass about $12, 600
Charles W. Chsics, a farnop. 90
years eaa, committed suicide
Wednesday, at Fall River Mass.
=. The Hibernian Trsst AMI
Savings Bank OF Charles On has
gone into the hands of tho psssiy-
er'. lis troubles are said 10 date
back several years ago, the sres-
ent Hasssy stringency having
nothlEg 10 do with the sssIare
-. AsSsoe 5. Davis, a nrssni-
nent business man of KAlona. a.
700, Mics, was shot ana tSB ed
IA his homo by.a a burglar wed.
ncsday night. j. Howard Nse
well, SsspesSd presideat al Ihe
SsroEsa Dask OF Bro0kl,1, sNna-
tnittsd saisiGs WsdnssSaF, Sy
cutting Ais throat wits a nxor
... Mrs. Elisabeth ID. SaSaaA, q
dsmsssad widow, sla.hsd her
sons tsrsat with a razsr wk6se he
s'spS IL St. Louis Wssasss-
day. :. John Whitley, a reGped
business nan, and reputsa 10 he
rich, murdered his wife waile
she slept IN the Hotel BsllscAs:re
in New York early Thursday asd
then leaped from a room on the
tenth floor and dashed oxt his
own brains on the street.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Barn Bwrnsr Coavisted.

Winston-Salen special in the
Observer: A message wa. re-
eeived from Dosson yesterday
to the effect that Isaac nsaes.
alias Jack Banks, yoans white
man about 30 years old, who
was arrested in August by Jailor
y. w. Hammer, was convicted
by a jury in the Superior Court
there last Saturday Of setting
fire to and burning a tobacco
barn belonging to Mr.. Jesse N.
Dinkins about two years ago.
The defendants was sentenced to
two years on the roads.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Georgia Man Disappears
with Alleged Big Wad.

Griffin, Ga, Nov. 2S.-J. E.
Reeves, head of chain Of sup
ply stores and cotton warehouses
at Griffin, Vaughn, Jackson,
Gienville and Norcross, has dis
appeared, carrying with him
sum of money supposed 10 be
over 100000. Most of this he
procured by selling cotton stored
in his warehouses by farmers who
we're holding it for Is cents.
Reeves is a young man and
has been regarded a great finan-
cier.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Judge Aldrish Resigns.

Columbia Record: HIS health
having been bad for =vSra}
years, Judge Jamss Aldrich, of
Aiken, the oldest circuit judg g
In the state, announced sorae
time ago that he would leave
the bench, and today ssns his
resignation to Governor Apsel.
Judge Aldrich has arranged
to cover ali his assignments for
the remainder of the current
year. At the end OF that tiQe
the legislature viii! elect his sue
cs'ssr. Judge AldRieh is shs
eecsnd sircuit judge to resign
within the year, Judge R. O.
Purdy, OF Sumter, having re,i gn.
ed about ten months ago.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Murdered His Wife.

SpriasGeld, O., Nov. 2S.-
CHARLES Neer, well.to-do faz1n.
er, near Vienna Crossroads, yes
terday shot his wEe three tSn es
as she sat ia chair waiting for
him. He then shot himself and
reeled into another room to set
some cartridges. Rsloadins his
revolver, nc came back and sent
another bullet into his wi<e 3
brain, as she was dying. Ne
died sooa after.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Oae Killed IN Trolley Crash.

Fort Worth, Texas, Nov. 2s.-
Crowded with holiday pleasure
seekers an electric car on the
Polytechnic College line lett the
rails on sharp curve in South
Fort Worth this sfssrEssn and
tumbllRg down a 20-foos eplbank-
nent, one passenger, Charles u.
Gibson, was killed aud tea 9th
ers were injured, but Aons ssri-
ously.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Mrs. d. M. Mrklcy and Eit-
tie Daughter Badly BssR-
ed.

ksrshaw Era: The little sour.
year-old child of Mr.. and Mrs..
ID. III. Kirkley, at Abnsy, was
badly aarnsd yesterday mn saxssa @
ana the moih her was also sadiy
burned in her efforts 10 exsin-
guiEh sxs aanss. The sha1l had
bailt fire undeE4eath tie k,ssse
snd her clothing was isaissd.
Mr.. ki-klsy was in town nj the
time and a messenger wss dis
patched fer hin. He lsAs for
home inAsasdissely taking DIR. J.
II. w. Halle with him, yslss in.
forned ss on kis return asst
while sesA were severely sx~s ed
he feared no seFioRS results.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30

three years by cur most excel.
lent lady principal.
Come on, we must be on the
list as one of the three prize win.
ners.
Now we can If we will ONLY
put on our bees thinking caps
and do the work by ourseli,
which l am sure we will be proud
of in the end. Will you not
try? L. Eff.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
M GGlaaa Robbed and hsxr-
dered.

NsE YoBk, Nov. s8.--8ksmws
ret ksNy, a handsome woInsa6 of
twenty-three, is dying in II prqsm
hospital from injuries which she
told ss es~oaer in an ante-maor-
tam sIsssnasht today had been
iAh'cSsd by a highwaymau who,
Alter asssulting Aer and leaving
her upsosssious, had taken her
money, amounting TO SO.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30

Mr.. George Parker who lives
rear the Union and Anson ceun-
ty line in Burnsville township.
Anson county, had leg broken
last Monday morning. Mr.. Par
ker was driving a wagon, his
feet hanging in front of an axle
and foot hit stump with re-
suit above stated.-Monroe En-
qairer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
The Ella Pryor Murder
Young Man of Charlotte
Charged with the Assassi-
nation.

Charlotte Observer: Amzi
Helms, son of Mr.. Hampton
Helms, 3 vell-hnoun acksmith
OF this city, is in the Mecklen
burg county Jail, CHARGED with
shs murder OF kila Pryor, an eld
sweetheart, who had discarded
hiN for another fellow, and tbs
officers who arrested him be
lisve that he is guilty. Sheriff
Nathan w. Wallace and Sergeant
Will Pitts, Of the polics forcs,
made the arrest al the home Of
Mr.. Milss Hilon, bro,her-in
law of the prisoner, in Long
Creek township, nine mile.
nsrthwsss of the oitS, last night
about 9 o'clock. Ths chsin OF
circunstantial evidence that con-
meets the young man with the
dreadful crime OF Monday night
is linked together from end TO
end with He most damaging
sort Of testimony.
Some time between 6 and Z
O'Clock Monday evening some
one tapped on the front door OF
The cabin In which Mrs. Nicely
Pryor lives and Becky, a 13 year
old girl, responded TO the call.
Finding no one standing there
the little child said: "Come in.
Mr.. Kemp, You can't scare me-
believing that Mr.. Walsh Kemp
a neighbor, had called and was
trying to give her a lit5le fright.
Two seconds later Ella, the 49,
year old girl got up and went to
the door, declaring: "I will seq
who it is." As the door swung
open a gun shot was fired and the
girl dropped in her tracks, dying
as she fell. The only words she
uttered were 81 am shot" The
alarm was given and general
search for the guilty person was
insuguratsd. Helms has since
made a confession, bat claims
that the shooting was accident
u
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Three Negroes Killed by
Southern Train.

Richmond, Va, Nov. IS. At
Hurts, on the Southern Railway i,
south of Lynchburg, to-day, q
passengsr train struck and killed
three unknown negroes who were
walking the track.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
How They May be Irnprov-
Pupils Urged to Com
pete Mr Prizes Offered for
Best Competitions on "The
Uses Of Gotten Seed Pro-
ducts"

discuss the subject of our
country schools.
Why cannot we country peo-
pie do as much for the advance
nent Of our homo schools az
those Of the citys Why cannot
we join neighboring schools to-
gsther and have a graded SCHOOL,
The rsAssn for this is sinaply be-
cause the people will not come
together. Their intentions are
10 move DO town in the future
and educate theip children. There
is no need OF moving to town if
we will bsiid up our homs schools
and rWn them al least eighs
months in she year. why dea't
the schools take more interest
in bsyntifying them? The stu
dents Can reserve q day in the
week; Lay eff campus, plant
diffsrens kiaS 81 shrubs and have
a beausi1d place to snioy. Oar
lawns can very easily be cleaned
off, sown. and cultivated with
htels lahsF. AN that We need
10 do IL sb HaaAss "a, effort. Aud
now for or asinAsl rooms! They
may be made sssractive by ar
ranging each black board, chart,
map, desk, picture, etc., to it's
proper place. This can be done
with little expense. How We
enjoy entering such a room so
much nassel Let us ma he it as
pleasant 70 spend the day in as
one Of our own at home. We
will be prVxd of it, and feel that
We can work in it without be-
coming discouraged. Asa prov
erb-"Lovs lightens labor, 80
it is by an attractive room we
cen feel more than happy in one.
No doskt We could keep our boys
and eisis st home lon2er II We
would sseassvor to do all that rs
In power 10 make such an effort.
There Ms a. many industrious
boys aSa eirls in the country
schools As in town or city school
They sb0sld use their education
in more snploynents than the
affairs sf sho country. Oar cdR
cation in youth has to begin At
home. Jast the same as reli-
gioHs Ma, il has 10 begin iirst
around Ssw "mothsr's ksess."
How sen We e1psct to go out
into t&s wsela 10 lead q christian
BE N ws ass sst arst taught at
homei II ws start right we
shall cad ieAt. Again, if We
wal bs . skpissian, We will more
fihsly ais cas.
Obi hs~ tho grand offer from
Sessesssy , y. Taylor for the
best ssaseksisa sA "Ths uses of
COTTON seed products" Come
on, we country boys and girls.
How many are willing TO work
for the prises / know we can
write as good composition on
that subject as some of Supt. A.
r. Banks's students, for we have
been we'll instructed along this
line in n. Ii. S. for the past
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-11-30
Attention Farmers!
Address by Officers of the
Cotton Association--Far-
mers Urged to Stand Tor
Fifteen Gents.

To the People OF South Carroll.
ma:
On account of the fact that
Mr.. E. d. Smith, president of
the South Carolina division of
the Southern Cotton association.
has been desperately i'll in the
hospital at Florence fer six weeks
no address has gone forth on be-
half of the association on the
subject of the situation of cot
ton.
at the mssting of the ensev-
tive esanAittee of both tha Son IA
e~n Cotton association and the
Farmsrs' anien he minim nm
price 10 cents was fixed and pub
lished broadcast throughout the
Soots. At that Gpss it was es-
simatsa that tks ee4son crop
would reach 1900, 600, bales.
Since that time nosh;ns has 90
Cured to change the estimate
but both from individual sources
and from the government it seems
that this estimate of IL, 100000
bales was extremely liberal.
Every indication points TO a crop
of about II 100000 bales.
We have kept a close watch
during the financial psnic of amy
disaster that would materially
curtail the consunp.ion OF COT
ton it can be said that there has
taken place nothing since Sept.
L which would lessen the demand
for cotton. We have passed
through very stringent meAsy
market, which Of coa=.s affected
the prices Of avery shins in 4 E.cr-
ica. But we believ. that oondi.
tions are rapidly assuming their
normal propurttons-Eew York
having resumed ia shipment Of
urrensy throuehou4 the essa,
Sry.
We firmly bslisvs that those
who have had confidence in their
fellow man and aaxneial ability
o withhold taeir cotton from The
market win yet receive tbs ain-
imun price fixed by the a.soeia
tion. La every coInssunily there
are farmeps who have disposed
of their cstton and whose dispo-
sition is to laugh at The fellow
who has held bss ths old proxsrb
of che who lsusas bert laxsSs
last" will again be sxsmplified-
Now that tks weak cotton and
Heakkzeod rask hsve been @aI.
posed Of ne ssaRd<a lly sx pest
under the rssumption Of norza al
financial oosditi0Aa thsk the
price of eos+ea will rApidly I'D
vance for it stands TO reason th At
if under shs Hasst distressing e.
nancisl depression cotton still
hangs around 10 cents under
normal conditions we can read
lily look fer the ninimam prise
If not more.
We urge our friends to stand
by the recommendations of the
national executive com mittss.
Francis II. Weston,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-23
TheatriCals.

kerry Cow" at the opera house
Monday night was Just the dainty,
charming. well.presented, well.staged
production 1t was advertised TO be,
and. that the splendid audience appre.
ciated the play from beginning to end
was evidenced by frequent sincere,
hearty applause. There was no ire.
mendously fierce action, no rantiug,
raving, rearing and snorting, AID this
In itself was such a relief that one
must have fallen In love with the COM
pany had the plot been OF less heart.
interest. The appearance Of a horse,
a thoroughbred at that, on the stage
lent novelty, and the doves which
carried the good news of the iorse
race to a waiting lover was another
bit OF charming novelty that added
much. Allen Doone, the Irish singer,
was perfect O'lIara, not as the stage
would make an O'Hara, but as he
might be found at the forge in "Ould
Ireland" We've never been there, so
we know, and OF the Others as much
good might be said. 1t was all a ire
mendously pleasing thing and 1t Is a
qualification that the house was sold
out.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-23
Indiscreet Revelations.

There Is kind of Freemasonry
among men that does not exist among
women. Men are all In league with
each other. Practically speaking. all
have the same faults and vices, but
they charge THAR sex with none. It
would be an admirable thing II women
would copy men In this respect. The
world would not know half as much
about us If only women would hold
their tongues about feminine failings,
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-23
Lecture Tonight.

The third OF the Juvenile Court lec-
lures will be given at the court room
In the court house Wednesday, Janu.
airy % today, at p. M, by Dr. Cut
ler All boys between twelve and
eighteen years OF age are urged to be
present. There will be vocal and in
strumental music by the boys, and 1t
is expected that DIR. Cutler will de-
liver splendid address.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1907-01-23
Estray Notice.
logan City, Utah

Logan City, Utah.
have In my possession the follow
ing described animal, which II not
claimed and taken away will be sold
at public auction to the highest cash
bidder at the Hyde Park stray pen on
Saturday, February 2, 1907, at ~ noon.
One grey horse about twelve years
old, color marks, shod all round,
branded lay-down on left thigh and
something like U.
lmpounded January l6.
JOHN ii. GNEHM,
Poundkeeper,