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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-18
Court in Monroe this Week.
Alleged Slayers of Young
Fur Among Those to be
Tried for Murder.

AASN ASk AVA
1t appears that there are G par.
ties charged with murder to
be tried in Monroe this
week, though strictly speaking
there are but cases,as publish
ed In Saturdays News,two of the
accused being jointly indicted.
A brief history of each case is
given as follows in Monroe
special In Sundays Charlotte
Observer. 1t will be observed
that among the cases is that of
the two negroes charged with
killing young Furr, brother in
law of MIR. Harvey Flynn, a for
mer Lancastrian now living in
the vicinity of Monroe
Robert Medlin, the only white
defendant, will be tried for the
murder of Alexander Medlin,
who was killed on Nov. 22nd
last while he and the defendant
according to the evidence brought
out at the preliminary hearing,
were skylarking with shotgun.
The defense will be accident.
The same defense will be offered
In the case of Will McFarlan, a
little negro who shot his COM
panion, Roy Alsobrooks, while
they were hunting near Stouts on
the 18th of NovemberSusie Watts
and Charles StratforG, both col
ored, are charged with the MUIR
der of Thomas Furr, young
white man. The body of young
Furr was found in a field near
the Watts woman's cabin, very
early one moring last Jan. and
evidence was found in the wo
mans cabin indicating that the
murder was committed there and
the body was afterwards carried
out and placed where it was dis.
covered. Stratford denies hav-
ing been at the cabin that night.
but evidence will be produced
that he was there and that he
had threatened Furr shortly be
fore the tragedy. Hamp Jones
will be tried for the murder of
Clifford Barber on the night of
Feb. 18th. 1t is said that this
killing was the result Of quar-
rel between the two negroes
about a woman. John Hough
is charged with the murder of
Brodie Davis at dance near
Waxhaw, Feb. LIST, 1906. Houeh
escaped right after the affair and
was not captured until this week,
when he was arrested at Wins
| tnp Lon,
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-18
IIllman Uses His Pitchfork
--Makes One of the Most
Drastic Speeches ever
Heard in Senate

AASoAa Ill SCIldCS
Washington, March 16.-With
a caution unusual for him, Sena-
tor Iillman today read part of
his speech in the Senate in which
he denounced Executive encoach-
ment on legislative power. With
this apparent caution he proceed
ed to deliver one of the most di-
rect and denuncaitory addresses
ever heard in that body. His
speech was based on his resolu
tion instructing the committee
on finance to inquire whether
national banks of New York are
In the habit of furnishing per-
manent capital for speculative
enterprises, etc. The resoluti IN
was adopted.
Mr.. Tillman traced what he
termed "swinging of the PEN
dulum" from the regime of An
drew Johnson, when Congress
assumed control almost to the
exclusion of the President from
legislative influence to the ad-
ministrations that followed which
he declared witt essed a growth
of presidential power. The dou-
mating influence and control of
the executive branch, he said,
over the legislative and a less
degree over the judicial branches
OF the government were the most
marked features of American
politics at this time.
cit has taken," said Mr.. Till
man, "just forty-one years for
the pendulum to swing from one
exCemS 10 the other"
"Now," he said, "the House
of Representatives has degenera-
ted into.little more than record
ing machine to do the will of
the Speaker and his lieutenants. "
Freedom of debate in the old and
true sense has disappeared from
that end of the Capitol, he
added. In the Senate "severi.
ty and cowardice are the order of
the day." he declared and "the
shadow of the Executive hands
over all, and the Presidents
wishes are almost the only
law"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-18

Lyon Sustained by Supreme
Court-.Important Decision
in Dispensary Situation--
Court Holds Pritchard's
Action a Nullity.
Columbia special in Charles.
ton Sunday News: The South
Carolina Supreme Court declares
that neither the Federal Court
nor any other Court has juris-
diction to control the commission
to wind up the State dispensary,
and that the adjudication of
claims against the dispensary is
solely within the power of the
commission, which is the agent
OF the State as much as the State
Treasurer is. The Court init
mates that Judge Pritchard
should now step aside and per-
init the Interpretation of the
State Supreme Court to rule,
but that if he will not dc so the
case can be taken to the United
States Supreme Court. where,
following the usual rule, the
State Court will be followed in
the Interpretation Of State law
rather than the Federal Circuit
Court.
The opinion of the State Su.
preme Court in the mandamus
case was filed this afternoon. 1t
is written by Associate Justice
Woods and is concurred in by
the entire Court, all the Justices
having gathered here to-day to
confer on this important matter.
The day was spent in the con-
sultation room by the Court
and the opinion was filed this
afternoon, just as most of the
members were ready to go home.
1t is regarded as a very strong
document and it is complete
vindication of the position TAX
en- by the Attorney General OF
the State in the cases brought
before Judge Pritchard by the
whiskey houses having claims
against the dispensary.
The case came up in this way:
Attorney General Lyon present.
ed to the Court a petition fol-
mandamus, alleging that the COM
mission declined to pay into the
State treasury, for use in prose
cutting the alleged dispensary
grafters, the sum set aside by
the Legislature for that purpose.
The commission asserted that un.
der the order of Judge Pritchard
they were restrained from paw.
ing out any funds at all. Mr..
Lyon held that the order ofJudge
Pritchard to this effect was of nc
force and effect, as the Federal
Judge has no jurisdiction in the
matter, and this position the
Supreme Court upholds. For
the petitioner Attorney Genera
Lyon and Mr. B l.. Abney ar.
gued the case, and he commits.
sion was represented by its re.
gular counsel, Mr.. w. F. Steven
son.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1908-03-18
Important Changes Made in
School Laws at Recent
Session of Legislature.

cation Martin has sent the fol
lowing letter to the county su.
perintendents:
Under separate cover I am
mailing you printed copies of
some important school legislation
which applies to the whole state.
These acts were passed at the re.
cent session of the legislature,
and have been approved by the
governor. l wish to call your
special attention to some of their
provisions.
The high school act has been
so simplified and modified that |
believe that we shall be able to
establish several high schools in
every county. State aid, under
this act, is confined TO rural dis
tricts and to districts which do
not contain a town or city with
more than $500 population. A
high school may be established
in a single district or in an aggre.
cation of districts. If the high
school is located in country
district it will receive aid, pro-
vided there are as many as Is
pupils in the high school depart.
ment. This provision will enable
a great many schools to come in
which could not qualify last
year. You will notice also that
the act has been very much i'm.
proved in regard to the provis
ions for appointment of trustees.
When a high school in any one
county receives aid, tuition will
be free TO all pupils in that coun-
ty who are qualified TO enter the
high school.
Section z of the library act has
been amended. Under this
amendment any unexpended
funds in the library appropri
alton can be used, by the state
board of education,to offer prizes
to the rural schools which will
make the most material improve
ment in building equipment and
grounds. An appropriation for
the same purpose has been made
by the Peabody board to the
School Improvement association,
so that | feel safe in saying that
at least 30 prizes of $50 to 500
each. will be offered. Please let
every country school in your
county know about these prizes.
The competition will be open un-
til December l. Libraries NAV
be established in any district and
money is now available.
A very important act was
passed requiring the teaching OF
physiology and hygiene in the
schools. If the teachers make
proper use of the text books or
this subject, think that the pro.
visions Of this act will be com.
piled with.
An act was passed to exempt
from taxation all bonds issued by
school districts for the erection o.
school buildings, for equipment
for maintaining public schools OF
for paying indebtedness OIL
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-07

IN the trial OF Lutner baggott,
for killing Noah Siiford, in But
Ter county, the jury failed to
agree. His bond was fixed at
$4,000 and his case will come up
again in October. Sifford's wife
is charged with being an acoes-
sorry to the crime.
After being pronounced dead
and prepared for burial a young
man at Vienna, Mo-, last week,
raised up and demanded food.
He was taken from the Gasoon-
ade River and all efforts to restore
him were fruitless and the ply.
sicians pronounced life extinct.
James Minor, Of Reynolds
county, killed his stepfather and
fled to the Ozarks mountains, fol-
lowed by the sheriff and
deputies who, after two days,
trapped him in cave. 1t having
but one enterance, the officers
dared not enter, but stood guard
near by for two days more, when
Minor was forced by starvation
and thirst to come out and SUR
render. He was taken to jail at
Centeryille. almost fsmished.
The canning factory is running
tat full blast with a crew of about
rs hands. They are now canning
beans, averaging three to four
thousand cans daily. AS they
have only about half a crew they
will only run three days a week.
AS soon as tomatoes come in, q
full crew will be put on. The
manager expects to can fruits af-
ter the vegetable season is over,
and this fall and winter can
pumpkins and hominy. This is
a great institution, and a bene-
ficiaf. one to all the community
Campbell Citizen,
Madison Story has made for
Sirum Griffith a commode from
lumber sawn in 1878 from a wild
cherry tree cut near Oregon.
The lumber has been under roof
thirty years and certainly ought
to be perfectly seasoned. 1t has
been in Mr.. Griffith's possession
all this time. From the original
batch of lumber, all sawn from
one huge tree, Mr.. Griffith has
had several articles of furniture
made which he has presented to
his children. The oommode
mentioned he will present to his
daughter, Mrs. James Nauman.
Democrat News: Monday
morning as John Count of Route
No. 2 was starting to cut wheat
the team ran away throwing Tom
Head, who was driving, onto and
in front of the sickle dragging him
in this position about thirty yards
before the team stopped. For
tunately something about the
machine broke and the sickle
stopped just as Mr.. Head fell on
to it or no doubt he would have
been cut to pieces, as it was he
got one cut about two inches long
on his face, guard stuck in his
hip, and several other scratches,
causing painful but not serious
wounds.
They are lounging at the cor-
ners, they are loafing on the
walk and they want situation
winding up an eight day clock,
they're q score upon the service
Of this glad and smiling earth
where the man who. earns his
living is the only man Of worth
They are loafng in the sunshin,
! and their talking never flags
while their wives are doing wash.
ings and their "kids" are wear.
ing rags. they are criticisine
. Teddy, roasting Tat and BryaI
as weii, they are proving that tn,
country is sailing straight TO he'll
and their wives are tired o
sweafino Ger the uaahtuhs,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-07

w W spo Aret VI ttS Alllu otcl
a tried in Missouri. That is, it ID
: the first on record where a man
I representing himself as q travel.
, ing salesman for a manufacturing
r or jobbing house located at some
distant point has secured money
from the retail merchants in this
way. This sentence will serve as
/. a warning to others who may en-
deayor to swindle the retail mer-
! chants in the state of Missouri
{ Potosi Independent.
II Judge John Harger, who is now
; 50 years old and who was raised
in Stoddard county, Missouri, in
forms US that last week he saw q
sight in the way Of farming he
had never seen before in South.
east Missouri, or any other place.
He saw q threshing machine
threshing wheat, machine cut
ting and binding wheat in the
same field, teams plowing wheat
stubble to SOW peas, parties plant
ing corn, all going on at the
same time and in sight of each
other. He attributes the pheno-
! minal activity of the farm life of
this season of the year to the ex-
! tremly wet spring and summer.
Bloomfield Vindicator.
One day this week, J. W. Gid
con presented a bill at Cunning- :
ham Store Co., in payment of an
occount. 1t didn't look good and
while one of the clerks went to
get change, the gentleman was
detained. The clerk brought
Mack Stubblefield with him, and
Gideon was arrested. He said
that Arch Wicks had given him
the bill with other money in pay
: ment for a boat he had sold him.
Arch was arrested on the charge
of forgery, and on trial in Justice
Burrus' court was bound over to
! Circuit Court under a bond of
S50O.-Argus.
The arguments in the man.
damus proceedings in the local
option election contest were
heard by the court OF appeals in
st. Louis Tuesday. 1t is not ex-
pected that a decision will be
handed down before the October
term. The only points to be de-
cided are whether the Feb. GEN.
sus of Pennington was legally
taken and if 80 whether or not it
was in time to be binding on the
county courtin making the order
, for the election. Harrington
/ Exchange.
, The Hume Telephone Company
is trying to get its readers to sign
this pledge: 81 hereby promise
: that to the best of my knowledge
l will not worry, knock, fret,
] grumble, roar, chew the rag, but
endeavor to remain sweet and
. coptented for a whole year. l
n will also strive to make others
q happy by inducing them to join
the TelephoneD Worry Club
A switchman saved a fast train
Q on the l. M, near Piedmont, one
' day last week, according to Q
: Poplar Bluff paper. Feeling
% that something was wrong the
y switchman investigated and
1t found rail where nearly all ths
70 spikes had been drawn and he
i tagged fast train just in TIM
70 to prevent a terrible wreck ant
d loss of many lives.
y A st. Louis distiller wantet
n Edward Brown to go In with hin
n and establish q small distillery ii
Q Dunklin county, in connection
}, with Browns drug BUSINESS, a
/, Campbell. Last week, tbs
Is reply which was surely shor
d and pointed, as follows: II
h lyou want q through ticket to hel
y try starting this business Il
: Dunklin county"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-07
AA4&4A&s&ses&&A&sAAee&a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
sROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Mad by the Shears,
thePencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
$ nal. Some Credited, and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

Vi ASfAouituro Isopoft VI Ills
State. In this paper Miss Day
discusses the proper planning Of
the home and particularly Of the
kitchen, with its arrangement
OF sink, stove, work table, etc.
She also discusses conveniences
of the home that relate to COM
fort and hygemc conditions, such
as proper drains, and the farm
supply Of fresh meat in the sum-
mer.
''The seed tick may tick, and
the Chigger may CHG, and the
mocking bird mock and sing but
Missouri crops always take the
cake, and cotton, you bet, is
king. The crickets may crick,
and the froglets may frog, and
the farmer may sing his strain;
for the Missouri corn crop is al
ways on top--a result of plenty
Of rain. The chinoh bug may
chinch and the grass-hopper
grass, and the hot wind may
make you tire, but If anyone says
there are such things here, just
call him a terrible liar. Okla.
homa may boom and Texas may
howl, and Kansas may shoot off
her chops, but Missouri is the
place to get . good home, and
raise the bumper csopsrsome-
times. Missouri Elk.
:: Another chunk of Republican
prosperity was handed out this
week to the laboring men of this
county when the Crystal City
plate glass works closed down for
an indefinite period, thereby
throwing between 1900 and 1900
men out Of employment. Oyer
production is the reason assigned
for the closing down of the plant
by the trust. The real reason is
to boost prices SO as to be able
to pay big dividends on the wa
tered stock of the plate glass
trust which believes in the old
song Of "Every little bit add
ed to what you have already got
makes little bit more,' hence a
little raise in the price of glass
means q little more dividends for
the watered stock.-Democrat-
News.
Ayoung man by the name of
Bryant from Carmi, ILL.,, in at
tempting to board a moving
freight train on the Cotton Belt
railroad at Idalia on Thursday
of the past week missed his foot.
ing and was thrown under the
wheels and one of his legs was
badly mangled necessitating am
putation. He is doing nieelycon-
sidering the nature Of the injury
and the extremely hot weather.
His father came out from Illinois
Sunday and he will be taken
home IS soon as he is able to
travel.
David Rakfin the noted Mis-.
lsouri corn grower, viii be 80
years old this month. He was
so poor when o boy that he went
barefoot . great part of each
summer until he was 28 years
old. He paid his last dollar, tc
the preacher, who married him
in 1850, but now he owns IS, 5,00(
acres Of good land and last yeal
raised more than !, ,O0O. 900 bu. o.
corn. He Is worth over sS, ,000,,
900 and made it ell BY farming.
Cameron Observer.
Fred Thieman &Co., consist
ling Of Fred Thieman. Ed. THE
man. jain Vondsrs6hmidf and
Len Walters, are he Corning
| Eirm Who havs just purchased Z
fine packet and freight boa
which vii ply The old Missouri
befweeu Corning and FARGO.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-07

tniHkS tuo uirectoAEo 10 ~
except in one place."
4. The man who goes to sleep on
Rfailroad track was again buried
at Moberly the other day.
The apportionment of the state
school money has been made on
o basis of S1.5S per pupil.
Ncdaway county will soon re-
ceive her annual school appcr-
fionrnent which will be S13, ,722.
A new school in Springfield is
to be named 'Pickwick. That's a
Dickens Of aname for a school.
s Evert Blackburn had his left
arm torn off while he was dyna.
miting for fish in Current River,
- A pearl fishing INDUSTRY mas
been started in Stoddard county
by the finding Of some fine pearls
la Lick River.
me proposed 100000 en-.
uI.. liment Of Carleton College,
Pennington, has been opened by
b donation Of S25, 900.
Miss Bulah Logan OF near
Smithsville fell from . stage while
taking part in a play. and broke
her arm in four places.
"A man living easto Rock Port
raised fifty bushels of oats to the
acre this year, and yet this is .
kind OF off year for small grain
Mistakes will happen. A Hem
ry county paper placed the head
''Sustained Serious Injury" over
3 wedding write-up recently.
In casting about for some freak
that would draw a crowd, the
Fourth Of July committee at Mar
eeline selected Judge Wallace Of
Kansas City.
Two "strikebreakers''' at Pied
!, mont have been fined S25 and
costs and 500 and costs respec-
lively for carrying concealed
weapons during strike.
Three cars of cantalopes were
loaded and sold on track at Ben
ton Friday at 80 cents per basket
The market has been dull and but
little doing except small lots by
express. =
Circuit Clerk Holiday OF
Wayne county is short 81, 800 in
his accounts and his bondsmen
are being sued. Custer proceed
ings have also been instituted
against him.
Cape Girardeau saloonkeepers
have organized and resolved to
reform from within--that is, i'm
pose fines on members who break
I the law and also aid the police in
law endorsements.
A hog case in Iron county was
decided last week after second
trial. The hogs in the case are
worth about $40 and the costs to
Be paid amount to $50. besides
the lawyers fees on both sides.
- la-
Harry Hall has . cherry tree
Of an early variety on his place
ilsouth Maryville that yielded IS
gallons OF the fruit. Carl Ma,
lotte picked them and he aht
those who measured the yield
including Mr.. Hall, are author
ny.
In the bulletin on the Earn
Home, issued by the United
States Department Of Agricuitur'
for distribution to farmers OF 81
parts Of the United ststsss Mis-
Day. Professor Of Home Eeono-
mics in tie University Is cited aI
one q the leading authorities
and the article Il quoted from
pzper of hsrs on this subjeo
- ~
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-08-07

III yooaS ulou Woo uoaa Wy bnt
grand jury at Pennington on |
charge Of kidnapping and out
raging . girl under Is years o
age. Had he been a negro b,
would long ago have done the al
dance.
i A man by the name of Butler
was killed at Birds Point Mon.
day. Butler with others were re-
moving small building to keel
it from going into the river. HI
was under the building when i
fell from the blocks upon which
it was standing, killing him in.
stantly.
Charley Stephens Of Maiden, q
log-hauler, was bitten on the in
dex finger by a copper head
snake Wednesday Of last week,
The Merit says he was so badly
scared that he immediately laid
the finger on a log and chopped
it off with an ak. He is getting
along nicely.
The papers for the big cement
factory at Cape Girardeau were
all signed up yesterday and now
everything is ready for the $500, :
600 cement factory. That big
mountain Of stone near the coll
lege farm gate will be worked up
into cement and shipped oil over
the county.~~Cape Girardeau
Democrat.
A culvert out of repairs caused
]. d. Cowan's horse to fall and
Mr.. Cowan got broken collar
bone, and the town Of Greenville
has a laws uit on its hands fol
So, ,450 damages. In all pro ba.
bility quarters worth Of lum.
Der, q few nails and a little la,
Dor would have saved all the suf,
fering, trouble and expense.
Daniel Tuschhoff, a farmer liv (;
ing In the northwestern part oI
the county, near Friedheim, met
with a horrible death yesterday
forenoon. He was driving a
team hitched to mower when
the team ran away throwing hin
in front Of the blade Of the ma,
chine. His arm was cut off and
he was otherwise 30 badly mingl,
ed that he died in a little while
after the accident. Cash Book.
At Maiden, the night OF July 4,
Joe Scales, was shot and killed
by G. Ia Cox. who in Jail to
await the action of Circuit court.
Scales leaves a widow and two
children. Cox is single, and is Q
son of the late Judge D. R. Cox
who was brutally murdered il
Maiden in February, 1907.
Young Cox's brother Jesse, Kill
led a man in Oklahoma q shorI
time ago, for which he was triet
and acquitted.
Mrs. Belshe, of Trenton, ha
had Q rather unusual record il
the matrimonial market. A
Miss Myrtle Coy, she was mar
ried to John Woods in 1892 ant
divorced from him in 1895. Sh,
then was married to Mr.. J. v
Belshe in 1907, divorced In Janu
ary, 1908; married to Mr.. Wood
for the second time in Februar
and was divorced from him abou
three weeks ago, A few day
ago she was married to Mr.. Bel
she. She has been divorced thre
times, married four times, an
Iyetshe has had but two husbands
\ Several months ago a ma
giving his name ss D. E, Wilso
and who claimed to represent th
Pratt Food Co., Of Philadelphia
Pa, toured southern Missouri
taking orders from merchant
for goods and promised to sen
advertising matter. after whic
he would secure money from RI
4 tail merchants upon his repre-