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The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1908-04-16

When the Stomach, Heart, or Kidney
nerves get weak then these organ
That is simply to makeshift. Get @ pre-
scriptlon known to druggists everywhere
as DR.. Shops Restorative. The Restor-
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build them up with DIR, Shoop's Restor
ative.-Tablets or Liquid--and see how
quickly help will come. free test sent on
request by DR.. Shoop, Racine Wis. your
heath is surely worth this sample test.
Schultz & Ketcham.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24
psa,slso SWAMP lAsDa.
Ths Pressss 10 0slns On An ovw
the Country.

Al IN expense Of about SO IN sess.
Dan v. Stephens. Of Fremont Nsb-. q
said TO have converted 41e acres q
practically worthless Platte Valley
swamp into valuable farm land, worth.
perhaps. 500 an acre. While the foot
producing capacity Of the country sna
its home manufacture consuming 90
paeity are being enlarged By irrigar
tion. he gaining Of the same end sy
the converse process Of drainage 10
not being neglected. The Dismal
Swamp Of Virginia ana North Caro-
lima, 1000 square miles In extent has
long been shrinking a. part after part
has been drained and turned into The
most fertile Of farm land. Eventually.
the entire area will be producing
crops. Minnesota has recently drain,
ed swamp lands belonging 10 sAs
state, and the value OF the land st
once rose rapidly. The state Of Florida
is largely . swamp which win one dzy
be turned into q garden spot Drain
age operations are becoming common
along the Missouri In Nebraska--
Kansas City Star.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24
The Chinese Or San lose
Scales.

Look out for 1t on fruit trees
and shrubs. Send sample Of
txigs, infested with any suspic-.,
ious looking scale insects, for
examination at the State Fruit
Experiment Station Mountain
Grove. Missouri.
That this dangerous fruit tree
pest i already present In some
portions Of the state is now well
|kqown. In some sections Ii is
causins great damage 70 orcb-
ards. Ia SEINE localities methods
|of control hpys bssn successfully
adopted sad tbs fruit sress sfs
thus being ssvsd II Other u
] enlid>ail 4 probably pressnl, "a
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24
Au.e seemed ov, Of pl.es.

One day last week passenger N Q
Jerome avenue car noticed smart
touring car with canopy top swing
out Of woodlawn cemetery in which
were seated ave persons. al IN deep
mourning, end even the chauxsur was
In q black livery. BY chance both the
trolley car and the automobile had tp
stop owing to the road being blocked.
and from the manner In which the
passengers In the. car "rubbersd" at
the party Of automobile mournsrs Il
was plain that their appearance In the
motor struck the onlooksrs - an-
usual. Il
WELL" one old lady remarked. Y
think they might keep those things
out Of the cemeteries a least"
TERRoRs or sALLooNiNe-
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24
VEGETABLES on rHs soos.
a Rsal Practical Garden censtrHess9
on the Heusstop.

Saying that the conventional root
garden was misnomer, Mrs. Antonio
Bellestri Of 1.oss Hilien street, built
real garden on her roof and planted
o variety Of vegetables. Stalks oi
corn, which Il only one II the many
vegetables she raises. can be seen
from the street. and attract much at
tention.
The inability 10 huy vesetshles h
the market caused Mrs. Bellsstri b
conceive the idea Of . roof garden,
Procuring several stors boxss Of .
depth Of about six feet. shs hlied
them with rich soil and planted the
seeds. The growth d the pt2ntz
vas watched with keen interest. and
TO her delight The vegetables she Dc.
sired came b abundancs. and she had
more than could be used By her fam
ny. Those that she does not uss are
sent 70 her frierds
Several crops srs raised ysar. and
besides cern aH6 spices she has beans,
psmpkins. sQpazheS rneumbsrr and
several italian plsnts that flourish
vsli ID ne rich soIl Of hey pnIque rpoi
szrdsn~ l3sltimors sun.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24
Not to the Aerenaut, but 70 the Ven
on Earth Below Him.

II must be more than two years aee
that called attention In this column
to the danger and nuisance that would
be likely TO snsue u hallooning b.
came popular, but It 10 only recently
that the public have awakened to the
fact that the possibilities mentioned
are likely to become stern realities.
Already we read Of people quietly
lounging in their gardens being well.
nigh blinded by showers Of sand. Of
conservatives being smashsd. o.
houses unroofed and chimneys demot
ished, Of trees uprooted. Of fences
damaged and Of cattle injured By TIE
action Of the grapnel.
OF course, % ballooning becomes
more general such accidents viii be
more frequent and more serious. An
inconsiderate aeronaut 10 far more dif.
ficult to catch and control than road
hog. because he may perpetuate bis
annoyances from an inaccessible dis
tance. II is really high tims-befors
this latest nuisance becomes 90 vast
as to be Observation-Disclosures strin'
gent measures should be taken for its
suppression.
But. I suppose TIL the prime minis
yer has been hooked by graphing
Sron and dragged by the heels across
9 plowed field and through q couple
Of quick-set hedges. nothing win b
done.-London Graphic.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24

fsn q Is ys4rs % G1lkorltleg wsIt
ine q ths snhject s>afol n1k 4 oniy
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24

Z - =
A Poplar Bluff bank had to
ship its surplus silver 70 st. Louis,
last week.
Farmineton 10 dark, its city
officials having 9 row On With the
electric light plant owners.
The Poplar Bluff handle fac
tory, shut. down by the panic, re-
lsumed work last Thursday.
A Stsnberry man bought .
rooster and shipped him from
Cornwall, England. He cost him
S66 laid down.
The penalty has now been add
cd TO ell state and county taxes
and II they are not paid by Feb.
ruary Let, an additional penalty
viii 60 on.
A "beautitsl actress" 10 now
,cashing worthless checks in
Missouri towns. A few Jasper
county citizens purchased sx-
nsriences at about $40 each.
Alta meeting Of the city council
OF Linneus Tuesday night $2.700
of the oity's 5000 bonded indsbt.
isdnsss was paid Of, leaving the
total indsbtsness reduced to
$500.
One result Of the big drainage
ditch In Bates county has been
tho bulldog Of . big tile factory
in Rich HAD, and hundEsds OF
scss 81 uplands will BE- tiled,
greatly Increasing the produc.
Aysness. 4
Among the game secured in .
fscsnt hunt by Judge Ellison and
Circuit Clerk Eugene Rathbun of
Msryvi)le, according to the
Democrat, were four COWS, seven
hogs and fourteen chickens, tur-
keys snd geese.
Thomas Kesnsy, . Morgan
county prisoner, confined in the
Monitsau county Jail at Califore
mia, on . charge Of rape, made
his esospe last week from the
Jail by cutting through the wall
and thus far has not been heard
from.
Johnston county candidates
for sheriff have entered into q
compact not TO announce until
the first week in June, which will
give them SIXTY days in which to
csnvass the county. This
won't work for the county
clerk has to publish the ticket oi
all parties six weeks before tn,
day Of the primary in August,
and ell candidates names have t
be on the ticket when published
Rev. Lincoln Howard left Saw
apnah Thanksgiving day on |,
tour for the Howard Stove work.
and visited Hot Springs. 6outl
DAKOTA, Seattle, Spokane snt
Bsllinghsm, Wash, Porlland
Oregon, San Francisco and Lo
Angeles. Cal. Salt Lake City
Utah. Denver and Pueblo, Col.
and returned 10 Savannah Of
pecembsr 20, having sold sS2,
be7 ~ worth Sf Howard stove
While sons.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24


unfamiliar with its appearance |
and are consequently unaware OF
its presence upon their prem |
ises. II allowed TO continue un-
checked it is but a question Of . |
few year when young orchards, |
now thrifty and vigorous, will be
practically destroyed.
That the larger per cent Of the
fruit growing area of Missouri is
yet entirely free from infestation
by this pest is probable. This
condition makes it highly i'm
portan. that all owners Of the
fruit trees become familiar with
the insect aud at once put into
practice measures of control
wherever ii is known TO exist.
II is 70 the interest of every
fruit grower in Missouri, who has
any reason to suspect it possible
that his property now harbors
this insect, to send specimens oi
twigs or bark which to them look
in any way suspicious, in order
that It's presence be ascertained
with certainty.
The presence Of the Chinese
or San Jose scale may he sus-
peeled when the bark of twigs
or the trunk of trees or shrub
are found covered with reddist
or sunken spots, when unnatural
reddish areas are seen upon the
the fruit or when the bark be-
comes covered over with an
ashen gray colored crust.
This crust may be scraped off
with a knife, the covering COM
ing away as thin scales. In
severe cases If the surface is rub
bed with the back of q knife
blade the bark will assume q
"greasy" or ",buttery" appear
ance due to the crushing Of the
bodies of countless numbers oi
minute yellowbodied insects
which are beneath the scale COW
erings. Examined closely these
scales will be seen to consist oI
very small, circular, nearly flaI
objects of sooty or grayish col.
or, which in cases become sc
numerous as to completely cover
all parts of the tree above ground
There are several common ma.
tive scale insects which, on ac.
count of a somewhat similar ap'
pearance, might at first examin
! alton be mistaken for this mor'
| destructive one. Therefore ii
case an unhealthy looking tre'
or shrub answering even fairl.
we'll to the above description i
} found, a piece Of atwig or brancl
or a slice OF the outer bark shoulI
|, be sent at once by mail accom-
panied by letter giving details
: and also the name and address
! of the sender to the State Frui
Experiment Station, Mountai
Grove, Missouri. The results c
the examination Of specimens 9
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24
ROUND DABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--M by the Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited, and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading


to this time he has not explained
whore he was. but appears to
think it strange that be was con-
sidsred dead, as he claims to |
have told his wife he was going |
to leave her and claims to have
driven out Of the country in a |
ons horse rig.
Near Calwood, Galloway coun-
ty, an Indian mound has just
been opened. Only part of the
mound was explored, bnt sixteen
skeletons and numerous arrow
heads and flint weapons were
found, On digging into the
mound it was found that layer
Of rock had been placed on the
ground and sixteen bodies laid
on II with the feet turned inward,
the bodies stretching out like the
spnkes OF q wheel. Above these
another layer Of rock was placed
and the whole covered with earth
All the skeletons, which were
only partly preserved seemed to
be adults. One skull contained q
flint arrow head sticking out
through the bone.
When the recent financial furry
began to be felt in Missouri,
George Gilmore, q director in the
Bank Of Niangua at Niangua,
withdrew S700 in gold coin from
the bank and buried 1t behind the
barn. This was two months ago.
Last Thursday Gilmore went to.
the spot 70 eet his hoarded trsas-
ure, but to his amazement it was
gone. Hereafter he will probably
have more confidence in his own
bank, at least.
A very serious accident occur
red near Weston Monday, when
nine men who were working on
the gas pipe line where 1t crosses
the river and while out In . boat
that was heavily loaded it cap
sized and seven of the men were
drowned. All of them were lab.
orers except one. Only two Of
the men out Of the nine escaped
with their lives.--St. Joe Obser-
yer.
A. H. Sphinx, editor Of the St.
Louis World, was shot, probably
fatally, on Tuesday by Victor
Grow, u drunken printer, with
whom Spink's son, William, was
having trouble over wages. Grow
lie in custody and pleads self de-
lfense, but witnesses Of the fracas
do net bear him out in his claim,
Ravenwood established quar-
antins last week within one
fourth mile Of the town limits or
account Of diphthsria. It wal
also ordered that oil cats ant
dogs found running at large b,
killed.
When : farmer, Of near Balm
told his wife he was going to E
Dorado Springs with . load o
junk, he took along the wife o
one Of bis neighbors. It has no
been learned whether he dispos
cd Of the .junk" Or not.
Miss Lent Craig, aged nine
ltsen, . school teacher. was sho
and killed Sunday night at Sene
% by John Hopkins, . rejsots'
suitor. who afterward tried i
take his own lie but failed.
4 The Bonns Terrs Lead Com
|, pany It Hsrsulaneum Il psyinl
/ only eighty cents : dsy for Iabos
|, But The country Il prospsropI
you know for ths Lead Com
5 pdny and sceb.
rofnsr s1nator r. n. Cob
|, ~, xho Va rsportsd critio4lI
. III W xtsk xith pneumonia, 81
! rslQnsd 81 aatiss = oopmi'
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24


have offered a reward OF $500
for the arrest and conviction OF
anyone in that locality stealing
chickens. This is certainly Q
good organization. Two or three
year ago law was passed in
Missouri making it a renitentiary
offense for anyone TO steal
chicken in this state. We need
1 an association in Sikeston and
every town in Southeast Mis-
souri, for the protection Of people
who raise chickens. When the
editor Of the Herald and wife had
! a few dozen hens in Sikeston and
were successful in raising two
and three hundred chickens
every year, we thought we were
producing them at q good profit.
Chicken thieves, however, realiz-
ed we had too many and they
stole at least 100 fowls, besides
many dozen yggs from US every
year. So we quit raising poultry
for the use of the shiftless thieves
in Sikeston. If you can make
any agreement with a gang of
daylight as we'll as nigh thieves
whereby they are to have only
ten per cent of production Of
your poultry yard, there is a
good profit in raising chickens,
but il the thieves demand half
of your output, you had better
quit the business as it won't pay
under such disgusting conditions.
If one devotes all OF his time tc
the poultry business he can es-
tablisha shot gun quaran tine
against thieves and make a sue
cess. .--Sikeston Herald,
A tramp slept in q big straw
slaok recently on a farm neal
Maryville owned by j. B. Robin
son and it is supposed dropped
|, match in it during the night and
the next day a mouse nibbled u
! the sulphur and the result is fifty
( tons OF straw was destroyed anC
, the Maryyille banker is out abou
} $50.
Suit was brought by jackson
County, against the suspended
National Bank of Commerce ant
its bondsmen for the recovery o
\ S202, 900 Of county funds tied VI
!, in the bank.
! DR.. E. M. Bryan, a wealth,
Galloway county physician, ha
( been found guilty of writing lille
!, gal prescriptions for whisky, Of
: SO counts and assessed a fine O
$50 on each count, q total Of 81,
800. DR.. Bryan has given motto
: Of appeal.
4 Missouri's expenditures for tn
. year 1907 amounted to more tha
t. seven million dollars. A, prett
big sum, but It must also be re
membered that Missouri is a bi
progressive and rapidly GROWN
= state.
il A Macon man gave his sma
= boy a rife as q Christmas gif
n But don't think the boy shot hin
n self, for that supposition is incol
n rect. He merely shot his faith
q and not mortaIly, at that.
10 Robbers got 1000 pennies fro
ls Q bank at Raymore, Frids
70 night, but failed. after sever
h attempts, to penetrate the stror
Is box that held So 900 ofths bank
T. funds.
The Chinese Or San Jos
y Scales.
= Look out for 1t on fruit ire,
y and shrubs. Send sample
e txigs, infested with any suspi
" ious looking scale insects, I
70 examination At the State Fr,
= Experiment Station Mounts
y Grove, Missouri.
10 m - ki.s..t = = = <.-..,< t~..sk ~
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-01-24

Unhappines in Mercer county
last year amounted to eleven per.
cent. there being fifteen divorces
TO 1873 marriages.
State Senator Oliver of Cape
Girardeau is also being ''men-
toned" as a candidate for gov-
ernor of Missouri.
The Missouri Pacific has re-
Gently issued an order stating
that no more dynamite will be
carried on that road.
Wolves are reported numerous
in the swamps this season. A
seventy -three- pound gray wolf
was killed near Maiden last week.
Two hundred and eight di-
vorces were granted in Green
county last year. During the
same time 85S marriage licenses
were issued.
Lincoln county has gone "wet"
by ruling OF the st. Louis
court of appeals. Lincoln voted
"dry" short time ago, but the
court declared the election in-
valid because one Of the papers
publishing the notice of the cleo
ton lacked one week of publish
ing the notice often enough.
Judge and Mrs. James Grisham
celebrated their golden wedding
at their home at Lowndes, De-
cember 81. tits related that the
next morning the six sons OF this
union, who weigh in the aggre-
gate 1919 pounds, were seen 60
ing with their father to Sunday
School as they did when they
were boys.--Marble Hill Press.
Two fatal accident In Kennett
last week G. B. Slaughter at
tempted to throw off a belt from
arapidly revolving pulley at the
Planters gin, his body was hor-
ribly mangled and death must
have been instantaneous. Frank
6teel was crossing the Frisco
freight yards on his way homs
when he was caught by a cal
which was making q flying
switch" He lived in agony
for four hours.
After hanging onto life by
mere thread for almost tire,
week, Noah Sifford, died OF
Tuesday evening, from the effects
of a blow on the head with an q,
in the hands Of Luther Baggett
The first information filet
by Prosecuting Attorney Greer
charged Baggett with feloniouI
assault, but now owing to tn
death of Siford will be tried Of
the charge of murder in the frs
degree, which IL convicted mean
the death sentence may be i'm
posed.
R. B. Oliver OF counsel for tn
Smith brothers OF Siksston, VIII
were convicted in the fedsrs
courts in the now famous civ
rights case, appeared before tn
United States supreme court !
Washington City last week In a
effort to have the court pass o
the case. It seems that since tn
courtof appeals sustained tn
i judgement Of the lower court, ii
I litigation 10 at an end unless til
/ supreme court Of its own wis
/ desires to pass on 1t and It va
with this end In view that NJ
Oliver made the trip to Wsst
Iington. This morning he II
formed the Republican that l
Z was very well satisfied With Il
encouragement received from Il
! solicitor general aud Is hopei
that the court will take 1t up.
such eases the government .
I tornsye have the rightof objsc
! ing 70 such proceedings and !
!. doubt this viii be done. The .
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-30
IMPORTANT FARMERS MEETING
VIII BE Held at Hopewell on Fri
day, January Sth.

Westminster, Dec. 2S.-To the
Members of the Farmers Union:
Important! The meeting called for
next Saturday at Hopewell is called
off, and will be held at Hope
we'll on Friday, January Sth. This
Is done by request Of JOS. l.. Keitt,
who will make tour Of the coun-
ties in the Third District. He
urges that as full attendance as pos
sible be had, as the meeting will be
one of great interest to all mem
bers Of the Union.
Please bear in mind the change in
date of meeting.
All delinquent members are urged
to straighten up their dues and at
tend this meeting.
By order of President:
A. n. Prichard, Secretary.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-30
"THE COUNTRY POST OFFICE"
For Benefit of Baptist Sunday School
Next Monday Night.

Under the direction of Prof. d. V.
Bush local talent, old and young, to
the number Of about sixty charac-
ters, will present "The Country
Post Office" on the above date, for
the benefit Of the Baptist Sunday
school. All denominations are par
ticipating. This presentation has
met with great success in the vari-
Gus cities OF the North and West,
and 1T has retained it's reputation for
the South during the six months
Prof. Bush has been here. The best
talent from the school and town will
render this mirth-provoking and
thoroughly enjoyable performance.
In addition to the comedy there will
be other pleasures in store for the
evening. There will be a number
of specialties. The entire entertain
ment will be bright, catchy and at
tractfve. This performance will be
by far the event of the season, and a
crowded house is anticipated. Re-
served sets will be on sale at tho
Walhalla Drug Co.
THE play was a success in every
particular. ."-Hartwell Sun.
"a highly amusing and interest
ing entertainment Is the Village
Post Office. Mr.. Bush shows great
talent in his line. The State.
"The Country Post Office" will be
presented at Pitchford's Hall next
Monday night, January 4th.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-30
Hargis Jury is DISCHARGED.

Irvine, Ky, Dec. 26.-The jury in
the Beach Hargis case disagreed and
was dismissed.
The jury has been wrangling over
the case since yesterday afternoon. :.
Attorney Byrd, who was always
the implacable enemy Of Judge Har-
gis, somewhat took the part Of the
dead feudist in the bitterest speech
ever heard in the Kentucky noun
tains. He flayed j. J. Black and
VIII A. Young, attorneys for Beach
Hargis, saying that they ate bread
with the chieftain Of Breathitt coun-
ty while he was alive, and then
tried to save his murderer from the
galiOWS
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-30
WALHALLA, s. O.:
THE YEAR 1909.

with this issue we close the year
1908. 1t has been year Of many
pleasures for us, yet not free from
the vexations and trials that come
to all.
The Courier has prospered. The
paper Is now entering more homes
than ever before, and this assures us
that we have more friends to greet
and more to greet us. Fifty-three
times this year The Courier has gone
out to our readers. 1t has been our
aim to send 1t each week filled with
news, something Of information,
some humor, always something, we
hope, to benefit and better those we
serve. However far we have missed
our mark, still we have the assur-
ance of many friends that our efforts
have been appreciated, and that our
influence has in some measure tend
ed toward the better side of human
nature.
For the year 1909, upon which we
Will enter day after tomorrow, we
hope to be able to accomplish more
than In the year just closing. We
nave set our mark higher, ard If
possible we will attain It, There
shall be no step backward in our
eforts to make The Courier better
more influential, and to put it into
more OF the homes of our county
than 1t now enters.
For the liberal patronage of our
friends we wish to thank each most
heartily, and to wish for one and
all that the year of grace 1909 NAV
be one Of JOY and happiness, pros
perity and plenty. Let us each try
TO draw out Of the adversities and
FAILURES of 1908 the lesson Of pa
tlence and perseverance that must
or necessity teach us how we may
Detter ourselves and others spiritu-
ally and materially during the days
Of 1909.
TO one and all we give our hearty
greeting-a happy and prosperous
New Year! May it be the best of all
the good ytars that have come to
You!
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1908-12-30
ADMINISTRATORS SALE.

Pursuant to an order of the Pro-
bate Judge, | will sell, to the highest
bidder, at the late residence of Jesse
Lay, Sr., now deceased, at 10 o'clock
In the forenoon, on January 8th,
1909, all the Personal Estate of said
deceased, as follows:
Household and Kitchen Furniture,
large lot of Corn, Fodder, about 21
head of Cows, three Mules, Farm
Tools, three head of Hogs, lot of
Bacon, Shucks, Wagons and Buggies,
lot OF Sheep, and various other arti-
cles too numerous to mention.
Terms Of Sale: CASH.
JESSE LAY, JR., Administrator.
December 80, 1908. 53-1