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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
Got Il Back With Interest.

Lewis Co. Journal.
During the recent financial string-
ency, says western banker, We were
compelled TO limits the amount our
depositors might draw to ten dollars
per day. 1t occasioned some incon.
venience, but most OF our patrons
took the matter philosophicslly.
One man though, an eccentric old
farmer, was highly indignant. when
We refused to let him withdraw sixty
dollars at one time.
Doesn't the money belong TO me-?
he demanded.
Certainly" | told him, but We
have other depositors TO sccommo.
date and az the eastern banks have
tied up our money, We can pay out
but Il limited amount each day"
The explanation did not appear 80
be very satisfactory. So, partly, SO
molIiiy him and because knew that
he had unusually fine poultry, | bar
gained him for Thanksgiving tur.
key.
Ipaid for the turkey In advance
a good, stiff price-and he promised
TO deliver it dressed on Thankseiv
ing morning. AS an early hour be
arrived with a large bundle, but wher
the wrapper was removed from th'
package 1t proved to be paste
board box containing a solitary tur
key leg and this note:
"Dear Sir:-The demand for tur
keys has been enormous, and as
have other customers to accommn
date, can supply you with only a
part Of your turkey each day.
was considerably put out, but
made the best OF the matter and
bought another turkey at tht butch
er's shop for our Thanksgiving din,
ner. The next morning the farmer
sent a turkey wing, and the follow
ing day we got a thigh, and for ovel
a week that eccentric old fellow sen1
to town every morning piece o
that turkey. Then | received thi:
note:
"Dear Sir:-Your colored cook 10
forms me that you have done got
bled all that turkey, and wish t,
warn you that you are oyerdraw'Dt
your account. You didn't bargain
for the gobble.'
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
IT'S A COUNTY OF OUTLAWS.
Officers Defied BY
Bold Criminals in Mountain
Retreat.

Mnskogee, Ok, June 20 Push.
mataha county il not on v one oithe
largest In the state, but it contains
more inaccessible mountain fast
nesses and possibly more outlaws
hiding in the mountains than any
other county In the state. Within
the last six months she depredhtions
OF the outlaws have become ofh mos,
Axasperatng nature and the officers
OF that snd surrounding counties
seem unable 30 break up the outlaw
hauuts.
Posse after posse has gone into tho
kiamachi, the Winding Stair and
the Jack Fork mountains to try so
drive out the horsethieves and rob
bers known to rer devious there, bur
she officers seldom succeed in finding
them. In fact, the outlaws have be
come so bold and sell confident that
they send taunting and defiant let
sers 81 she officers, and u fnvorite
custom Is 50 get "A posse on she chast
and then steal horses and rob stores
and postotiices right in the path
the pursuers.
Smithvile, In McCurtain county,
seems to be close TO the OUTLAW hea1
quarters, and it is said the outlawn
have even written the officers where
shtir headquarters are in both couu~
ties and dared them to try to como
In and make arrests. The character
oishe country and the despera,eou,
laws make outlaw chasing y very
dangerous business in that pasti>',-
lar section Of the state
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
Won $50 in the Role of Cupid

Mexico, Mo, June 29-Max Etsls
IA German farmer living near Mexico,
offered friend $50 recently 30 find
him wife The offer WAS made al
ter Elsie had sried various mu.rimon
ial bureaus without avail. The friend
succeeded In his negotiations and
Elsie was married So Mrs Matte
Wadlington, for whom this Is he
third matrimonial venture Be,or,
entering into wedlock the brdt.eleot
signed a contract waving all right,
title and interest In Eisle's property
at the time OF his death and agrees
to take 81 1000 as her share Il hin
property. The contract Was at
knowledged by q notary public and
subscribed TO by two Witnesses.
Elsie has considerable money.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
Wonders Of This Age.

By John A. Jayne, in st. Louis Times.
The study Of contrasts is one OF
lies moss deligh,iulstudies Through
Is We learn she progress that We have
made In business, morals or mental
ity.
Placing to-day by the side OF 10
years ago we discover how Tar We
have climbed on she hill OF lie To.
days work and its result is known
to be an impossibillty Tor US when we
were 10 years younger than We now
are, The years have given knowl.
ledge, discretion symmetry and beau.
ty. Though to day may have It's
hardships and difficulties, they are
not the difficulties OF 10 years ago,
because our shoulders are stronger,
our muscles more supple and our
ability to perform greater, So the
contrast of 10 years reveals the
progress We have made.
Use makes many things common
to us.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
STRONGEST CHARAC.
TER, SAYS BRYAN.
Nebraskan Writes Glowing Trib-
ute to Former President
Cleveland.

Lincoln, Neb, June 20.-The fol.
lowing tribute to former President
Grover Cleveland was written by
William j. Bryan and will appear in
this weeks Issue OF bis paper;
"The death Of ex. President Grover
Cleveland b''ngs TO sudden end the
phenomenal career OF one II she
strongest characters known to she
? liticsl world during tic present
generation Likeevery commsaiirg
figure, he h',' jealous suppor;,HssHd
earnest opTnnents, but those 's'
differed ,tum him were Il. ',,,. ) ~
his war,or~s friends TO ,et' '.
him thy possessian OF eOtu-ut, /
leadership - an extraor i.ary
gret, Il ~, deliberate "a action,
firm In conviction, and every ready
to accept responsibility for what h.
did. Few men have exerted a more
positive Influence upon those asso-
ciated with them, We are not far
enough from the period In which his
work was done TO measure accurate
ly his place In history, but the quail
ities which made him great are part
Of the nations heritage and univer.
sal sorrow is felt at his death -"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
The Remedy That Does.

"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
remedy that does she healing others
promise but fail to perform" says
Mrs. E. R Pierson, oiAuburn Centre,
Pa. "It is curing me OF throat and
lung trouble of long standing, that
other treatments relieved only tenn.
porarily. New Discovery is doing me
so much good that l ieei confident
It's continued use for reasonable
length OF time will restore me to per-
feet health" This renowned cough
and cold remedy and throat and
lung healer is sold at Frank 7. Clay's
drug store. SOC and 81 90. Trial
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
A Victim Of CoWardice.

II dispatches from that place are
true, Hermann, Mo-, was the scene of
a killing Saturday morning OF so
british and SO horrible a nature shat
one Is reluctant to credit the report,
Rev. Valentine Strauss, OF the Ger.
man Evangelical Church, became de-
mented and roamed around the
country at night with shotgun IN
his hands and a rifle strapped to his
back. From craigs and trees he fred
at men, women and children, and al.
though his aim was usually bad, he
slightly wounded two or three per-
sons. Saturday afternoon Strauss
again started out with homicidal in.
tent. His wife ran ahead OF him, shout
Ing a warning to the neighbors, CIV
ing all an opportunity to reach cov-
or. At the blac ksmith shop Of Max
Kniesche, where the tragedy occur
red, the wife shouted a warning and
Kniesche and dozen armed men
who were In forge with him, ran TO-
ward the minister, who was again
preparing to fire. Several double
barreled shotguns fred their contents
into his body, and an equal number
OF rifles blazed out bullets into the
mad clergymsn's body.
The dying pastor staggered across
the roadway and sank under the
large oak tree where he had held his
first religious services In the county;
and as the light Of reason returned
to him, and he saw the members OF
his congregation standing around
him armed with guns, she prayer OF
forgiveness FEATHER, forgive them,
for they know no. what they do,'
ascended with his soul from his mutt
lated body.
His slsyers were exhonerated, but
are they blameless? The contents OF
six rifles and six shotguns emptied
into the body Of a madman, by a
frightened and excited crowd may be
overlo oked by the law, but there is a
higher power yet to Judge the deed.
That the manaic was q menace there
is no doubt; but one man, with a
small calibre rife and the little grain
OF courage which 1t seems was not
possessed by the hysterical mob oil
-slsyers, could have disabled without
killing the msdman. While life lasts
there Is hope, and a short term In a
sanitarium might have saved to the
world, good man, with reason re-
stored, who, even as maniac, was
imbued In his saner moments with
the iorgiving spirit Of Christianity.
The tragedy must have been apiti
full spectacle; the brain touched min
lister shot to pieces before the eyes oI
his wife; dying the death OF mad
dog, with the hand Of every mar
! turned against him, and prayer q
forgiveness for bis slayers gasped
with bis dying breath.
Truly, one man OF true courage II
worth hundred excitable towards
In an emergency.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02

We read with great interest OF the
story of the embarkation OF the Pil-
grims In the summer OF the year
1920. We watch the Speedwell and
the Msyfower as they start on their
long journey. Knowing the condi-
tions that surrounded them we are
surprised that the people on the May
flower had the courage to 20 alone.
We read how these intrepid people,
seeking a land oi freedom, were toss
ed in the trough Of the boisterous
Atlantic for three months ere they
landed at what they Immediately
called Plymouth In honor OF the land
they last saw across the sea. To
day the same voyage is made in six
days time. But we think nothing OF
it. Use has made great vessels like
the Lusitania and the Mauritania
common. Yet these vessels are
among the towering wonders OF this
age.
When we read of the free schools OF
Scotland 100, 200 years ago we are
apt to think of those schools as simi-
lar to our own. The study OF the
surrounding conditions, however, re
veals our mistake. Where In the
United States to-day do you find a
boy starting from home with agreat
chest filed with oatmeal, which he is
to mix with water and make into a
porridge which shall be bis only food
for six, nine or ten months? To. day,
our public school system, gathering
the children of tender years into the
kindergartens, training them
through youth, sending them out In.
to lie we'll equipped for life's battle,
is one OF the towering wonders ol
this great age.
So with nearly everything with
which we are surrounded. The sharp
shrill scream Of thelocomotive, awsk
ening the echoes, is q wonder in III
way. So also the trolley car and the
automobile. Yet use has made al
these things common, and oittimes
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
lust Exactly Riqht.

81 have used DIR. Kings New Lie
Pills for several years, and find them
just exactly right says MIR. A. A.
FELTON,, OF Harrisville, n, \, New
Life Pills iiiills relieve without -the-least
discomfort, Best remedy for consti-
patton, biliousness and malaria, 25c
at Frank 7. Clay's drug store.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02
STONE REFUTES HAOlEY.
Sc nator Discusses Attorney
Generals Statement.

Jefferson City, NO., June 30 Unit.
ed States Senator William j. Stone
gave out the following statement:
ATTORNEY General Hadley has
made a statement to the press, max
ing a comparison OF the work done
by and the cost OF running his Office
during his term, with shat Of Attor.
uey General Crow. 1t is not my pres
ent purpose to review that state
ment, as | have nos had time to ex
anime into the facts. There Is only
one clause OF the statement | wish
n2w to notice.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02


to us.
It's a lar cry for us back through
the centuries to the time when our
ioreiathers carried with them their
tinder box so that they might kindle
their fires, Aged readers will re.
member possibly in the cold OF the
winter how carefully the fire was
banked at night that Goals might be
had In the morning. And II per.
chance the fire did 60 out, the hur-
ried rush through the snow TO a Tar
distant neighbours and the quick
rush back again with glowing EN-.
bers wrapt In ashes so that the fire
might be rekindled. To-day, how.
ever, the silvered piece Of pine wood
that has been dipped In sulphur and
ignites under friction, is so common
that when We use It we think nothing
Oft. Yet that friction match Is one
OF the towering wonders OF the age,
and marks the progress OF the CEN
turies.
Imagine Oliver Cromwell coming
into your office and seeing you at
your telephone talking TO man In
Chicago or New York, and by relay
OF operators talking hall way across
the continent. You take the receiver
from It's hook, get Central, give her
the name of the party you want In
Omaha, Neb., and it's but a short
time before you are yourself sending
the message. We have used the tele
phone so much that use has made II
common. Yet the telephone Is one
OF the towering wonders OF thisgrea,
age.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1908-07-02

uey General Crow. 1t is not my pres
ent purpose to review that state
ment, as | have not had time to ex
mine into the facts. There Is only
one clause Of the statement | wish
n9w to notice.
TAKES UP STATEMENT.
Mr.. Hadley calls attention TO a
suit brought by Attorney General
Crow to oust thr Tobacco Trust
'rnm duing business 10 this State,
w0ich suit was decided against the
State, He scquits General Crow OF
blame for the failure OF that prosecu-
tion, and says, In substance, that 1t
Jailed because Senator Stone and
Colonel Wetmore, who induced him
to institute the suit, failed to furnish
him with the evidence promised, az
ter Colonel Wetmore sold his tobacco
factory to the trust That Is the
stHtemeut t desire to notice.
Before a man who cares for the
rights OF others and for the integrity
OF his own statements says a thing
intended in some way to reflect upon
another, he ought to be sure OF hie
facts. There are certain people and
a certain class OF newspapers in Mis-.
souri, who would not speak the truth
concerning me II they could, II by dis
torting facts they thou yht they could
do me some personal harm.
Thad not supposed that Mr.. Had
ley belonged to that class. Never
theless he has made a statement
which Is not true In fact II he did
not know the facts, then he ought to
have ascertained them before max
Ing bis statement, and this he could
easily have done by inquiry. II the
remainder OF his statement In point
OF accuracy is akin to this one, 1t is
entitled to but little credit
WANTS TO CREATE IMPRESSION.
"The evident purpose Of his state.
ment is to create the impression that
the suit brought against the Tobacco
Trust was instigated by Colonel
Wetmore and by me, as his attorney,
to force the Tobacco Trust to buy
the tobacco factory in which Wet
more was interested, and that when
that object was accomplished we re-
fused to furnish the State with testl-
mony we had promised to furnish.
"Now the fact Is that the tobacco
factory referred to, which wss Lig'
gett & Meyers Company, Of which
Wetmore was president, had been
sold, including Wetmore's interest,
long before the suit in question was
Instituted and before the matter was
ever mentioned to General Crow.
This being true, as 1t is true, it iol'
lows that the statement made by Mr.
Hadley is not true Colonel Wet.
more had no financial interest what.
ever involved In any way In the suit
"Some two years ago In answer to
a criticism made OF me in connection
with this suit by q certain St. Louis
newspaper long intensely hostile to
me, made a public statement OF the
facts connected with the proceeding
IL do not deem it necessary now to
20 into an extended repetition o
that statement. Suffice It to say
first, that General Crows connection
with the suit was commendable IL
every way and In the highest degree
and that my part in 1t was altogeth
er honorable, and in accord with
professional ethics and propriety."
--
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
CARS AWARDED
TO OPERATORS
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion Directs Fair Dis
tribution Of Them.

WASHINGTON, D.. O., Jan. 30
An important decision putting an end
to the method of car distribution
known as the coke oven basis has
been made by the Interstate Com
merce Commission in the case of the
Powhatan Coal & Coke Company
against the Norfolk & Western Rail-
way Company and. fifty-six other coal
operating companies in the Pocahon-
tas district of West Virginia. The
opinion was written by Chairman
Martin A. Knapp.
The complainant in this proceed
ing alleged that the method Of car
distribution known as the coke oven
basis" enforced by the Norfolk &
Western Railway Company unduly
Disseminated against the complain
ant and asked that the so-called
capacity basis of car distribution be
adopted. The theory of the coke
oven basis of distribution is that the
available supply of coal cars shall be
distributed to mine operators in pro-
portion to the number of coke ovens
erected by each operator.
The commission, after considering
all the facts and circumstances in the
case decided that the coke oven basis
does not fairly measure the relative
rights of the various operators but
unduly discriminates against com
plainant and operators to the un-
reasonable preference of other min
ing companies in the same field. The
commission further declared that the
mine capacity of given shipper may
be greater than his allotment Of cars,
yet where this is also the case as to
other shippers similarly situated in
the same coal field It is the duty of
the carrier when the supply of cars
is inadequate to fairly distribute the
available number among all operat-
ors.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
PENSION BILL
To Give Money to Veterans,
Widows of Soldiers of Sew
eraI Wars Introduced.

WASHINGTON. D. G.. Jan. 30
A general pension bin which. If en-
acted. viii increase the pension roll
by about $4,000. 900, has been In
troduced in the house by Chairman
sulloway, of New Hampshire, Of the
committee on invalid pensions. The
bill, which has the support of that
committee, provides for the payment
of a pension of s12 month. instead
of IS. as at present to all widows of
veterans of the Mexican war, Of the
Indian war, all widows of veterans
Of the Civil war married prior to
June 81, 1890. and all widows Of the
Spanish war veterans who died Of
disease contracted in the service.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
JEROME ASKS
LOWER DEGREE
Than First Degree Murder in
ThaW Case and viii Be
Satisfied With 1t.
nav AraocIntea Prefs.l

NEW YORK, Jan. SO-Conceding
that Harry X. Thaw may have had
occasional irrational periods now and
then during his life. District Attorney
Jerome in his plea for the conviction
of Stanford Whites slayer today de-
clared there was absolutely nothing
in the case presented to the jury to
show Thaw was SO insane the night
of the tragedy that he did not know
the nature or quality of his act, or
that the act was wrong.
The prosecutor followed this, how
ever, by signifying that he believed
justice would be served If the de-
fendant should be found guilty Of
some lesser degree of criminal re-
sponsibility than murder in the first
degree.
Jerome's argument was calm,
analytic and not vindictive or pas
sionate as his argument was a year
ago. Jerome concluded this after
noon.
Justice Dowling announced he
would charge the jury tomorrow
morning.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
PURSES DECIDED ON
For the Fairs Of the New Cen
trail West Virginia Fair Cir
cult Formed at Meeting.

Stakes for the fairs Of the new
cntral West Virginia Fair Cirouit.
which was formed at a meeting of
representatives in the Waldo hotel
Wednesday afternoon. were decided
on before adjournment was taken to
meet again at the same place Feb.
10. Each fair is to have two stakes
of not less than $500 each. one for
the 1924 PAGERS and the other for the
2:19 trotters and the purses for the
class races are to be $500 each.
W. A. Strickler. of Pennsboro, who
presided at the meeting. was elected
permanent president w. e. Baker,
of Elkins, was made vil,-president,
and Frank R. Moore, of Clarksburg,
was chosen secretary. While five
county fairs have joined the circuit,
1t Is likely that others in the central
part of the state will join. Fairmont
may take membership later.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
RURAL route
Running Out of Salem Into
Doddridge County is to
Be Established.

Rural Agent Smith of the postof-
fice department at Washington has
recommended the establishment of a
rural free delivery mail route to be
known as Rural Free Delivery Route
No. from Salem. The route goes
from the Salem postofice up Patter-
son Fork, down Greenbrier to Miletus
and zinnia; from Zinnia up. Indian
Fork to the residence of Lewis
Hickman, returning to zinnia; down
Greenbriar to Parkers; up the other
prong Of Greenbriar to the residence
of Lewis stutler. retracing to Parkers
and proceeding down Greenbriar to
Nina; from Nina down Buckeye Fork
to Buffalo Calf; up Buffalo Calf and
over to the right hand prong of Pat
terson Fork; down that stream to the
Paterson Fork school house and re-
turning to the Salem postofiee. The
route is 24.1 miles in length and the
carriers salary viii be in the neigh
borhood of $1,000 a year.
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seal
of Wages is Now Under Con-
sideration at Conference Of
Miners and Operators.
lIBy Assoclatod proEa.l

INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. Jan. 30
Representatives of the miners and
operators OF Indiana. Illinois, Ohio
and Western Pennsylvania, known as
the Central Competitive Field, met
here today to deel<e whether joint
conference will be called to make a
wage scale to go into effect April /,
and re-establish the Interstate agree
ment interrupted two years ago.
The miners went into conference
united in favoring a re-establishment
Of the interstate wage AGREEMENT.
Operators of western Pennsylvania,
Ohio and Indiana also declared them
selves in favor of it. Illinois operat-
ors insisted that before the interstate
movement is revived relief be given
thm from certain inequalities in con-
ditfons which they assert give the OPP
orators of the other three states ad-
yantages.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
HALL CONFIDENT
Wheeling Postmaster Says He
Will Be Named for
State Auditor.

WASHINGTON. d. G.. Jan. 30
Postmaster James Kelsey Hall, of
Wheeling. was here yesterday and
conferred officially with the postoffice
department regarding matters at the
new postohlce. He also talked poll
tics with Senators Scott and Elkins
and Congressman Gaines.
Last evening he left for Charleston
where he will be in attendance at the
extra session of the legislature for a
few days and viii have an extended
conference with the political leaders
from tho various sections of the state
regarding his candidacy.
While here Hall admitted that he
viii be nominated for state auditor At
the Republican state convention to be
held in Charleston in July.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1908-01-30
ST AGE
Folk Lose Out in Their Fight
to Give Plays on
Sundays.
ny Associated Press.l

KANSAS CITY, Mo-. Jan. 30
Judge Mcpherson. in United States
district court here today handed
down a decision declining to inter
fere with the county officials of this
county in the enforcement of the
Missouri statute making unnecessary
labor on Sunday misdemeanor.
The decision is a victory for Judge
Wallace. of the criminal court, who,
in campaign against Sunday ,labor
caused indictments of 1000 stage
folk and theatrical managers as well
as hundreds of storekeepers for al
legged violation of the Sunday laws.
All were required to give bond.
None of the cases have come up for
trial.