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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-02-28
RusseI's Bank Bill.

Congressman ]. j. Russell has
introduced a bill derived from the
late panic. 1t is to the effect that
national banks must pay 8 per
cent interest on deposits as long
as theywithhold them from dee
positors. Such a provision will
strike most people as just and
rational. To most depositors II
certainly appeared a breach Of
trust when banks with a good
store Of reserve currency refused
to pay back cash to the deposit-
or Of cash. 1t was a breach of
trust, q plain trespass of priv
ilege that was condoned only by
the exigepcies Of the crisis. But
that was not all. When solvent
bank refused to repay a deposits
1t made q forced loan on that Gus.
toner to the extent of his balance,
In other words, it was refusing tc
perform the services which he
had considered IS compensation
for the use of his money, viz: re.
paying It on demand. Banking
is conducted on the presumption
THAT D depositor's money is hii
whenever it is demanded, ant
when a fundamental principle I
violated in favor Of the bank th'
depositors should have redress
Arbitrarily and unlawful,
Withholding money that shoult
carry . penalty and the penalt.
Of 9 per cent proposed by Con
lgressman Russell is lenisn
enough. Such a law would no
lof course strike at the root Of th'
Ievil. It is only q palliative Of al
abnormal situation. The vita
| objection IL pressed, would b
THAT this bill would inferentiall,
llegalige the practices induced b
lie late panic, and ii would inspir'
lmore public confidencein bank
ling methods II congress woul
lpass 8 comprehensive Law re
! moving altogether the occasiol
i for the RUSSELL bill. Cape GifAr
! deau Republican.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-02-28


The petition for q local option
vote in Stoddard county was
thrown out By that county court
last week but that for county
school superintendent ordered.
Gen. r. G. Horne, who shot o.
D. Woodward and H. j. Groves
in the office OF the Kansas City
Post several months ago, which
resulted in Mr.. Groves death,
was asraigned last Saturday and
his trial set for the latter part Of
April.
The lands of the American
Lead and Baryta Co., in this
county, between 10000 and 30,-
000 acres, are being advertised
for sale by Sheriff Collins under
q naortagage foreclosure. The
sale will take place during the
March term, of circuit court. The
total debt against the property is
something like a million dollars.
-Potosi Journal.
/ Mrs. Ann Curless, who was
taken from the Nodaway county
poor house where she had been
for thirty-seven years, and who
started to her sons home in Can
ada, was not permitted to enter
Canada and was sent back to
Albany, Mo. How bitter II must
have been to have the cup dash
ed from her lips when 80 near tc
,, home and happiness.
, On another page welprinted ar
article to the effect that Orva
Ashby and Clarence Walker o.
Charleston were arrested in Sar
. Francisco and were waiting th,
asriTal Of the officers. They
lesve themselves Up and wrotl
B for she officers to come afte
them as they were broke an,
that was the only chance to ge
back. In a letter TO his fathe
young Ashby repents OF hi
wrong and wants the officers b
come after him saying he hat
: spent the money. Rather lat
: repentance. Chances are tha
If the money had held out, tn,
repentance would have been de-
ilayed indefinitely. -Sikestor
: Enterprise.
st. Joe Observer. Mr.. j. G
SCHNEIDER, vice-president OF tn,
German- American Bank, return
: ed late Wednesday night from
3 Chillicothe, where he on that af'
. ternoon delivered an address be
y fore the Bankers Association
q Group No. 4, being in session
q there that day. When q report
Q er who.,was en- route home on tn
P same car, facstiously asked hir
q if the bankers had passed an,
resolutions indorsing Presiden
}, Roosevelt's pardon, he looke'
II sidswise and said; ga little gil
had been taught by her mothel
n each night when she kneltto sa,
II her prayer to pray for her par
,e ents, relatives and friends. On
y might after she had heard he
u father and friend discuss th
4 financial situation and Presider
I, Roosevelt's attitude in the dis
turbance, she knelt to offer U
= her eveningspetition and woun
ls up In this way--"and now Gu
o Heavenly Father take care &
II papa and mamma and Aunt Kat
!. --and please Our Father, tax
s good care Of yourself, for il W
= were to lose you Roosevelt woul
want to take your place, and v
r. don't want him. =
OF BuiIds M waste tissue. promotes aI
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-02-28
F1issouri peonase Penal.
ties Upheld.

ishment imposed by the Federal
court of st. Louis in the Cape
Girardeau county peonage cases
must be meted out TO the seven
persons who were convicted in
the trial court, says q dispatch
from Washington, under date Of
last Monday.
The decision Of the Supreme
Court, which was handed down
Monday, Is far reaching, inas-
much as itfully sasssirs the Gov
ernment in its prosecutions Of
persons charged with peonags,
and opens the way for the De-
partment of Justice to press pros-
ecutions in peonage cases In
Southern States, where 1t is
charged that negroes are held
practically in bondage.
Fines and penitentiary senten.
css were imposed by the lower
court as follows:
Charles M. Smith, Sr., $1,000,
three years and six months in
prison; Charles NJ. Smith, Jr.,
$4,000 and two years and six
months in prison; William Wood.
St00 and two years in prison;
W. Lee Rodgers, S100 and two
years in prison; Floyd Wood,
800 and two years and six
months in prison; Benjamin
Field and Benjamin Stone, each
500 and one year and six months
in prison.
These men were indicted in the
United States court in June, 1908.
The evidences showed that they
lhsd caused negroes To 60 into
Missouri from Memphis and 9TH
er places, compelling them to re-
main there and ''work and labor
involuntarily and against their
will"
The case was tried in, the Unit
ed States District Court ct Cape
Girardeau, before Judge ]. 9.
Pollard, Of Topeka, and was re-
viewed on appeal in the Circuit
Court of appeals before Judges
Van Denvanter, Adams and Ri
vers. 1t came to Supreme Court
ia a petition.for.vrit.of certiora-
ri, transferring 1t from the Cir
cult Court to the Supreme Court.
This petition the court denied.
Judge Elmer Adams, of st.
Louis. wrots the opinion in the
case handed down in the United
States Circuit Court of Appeals,
and affirmed the verdict of the
trial court.
The raid on the peonags camp
wac made by United States Mar
shall W. L. Morsey in the summer
of 1908. He was accompanied by
Deputies Louis Wild and ]. j.
Williams and Assistant District
Attorney Horace l.. Dyer, who
later prosecuted the case at Cape
Girarcsau.
Through'mslve miles OF mud,
''fcaused by the overflow of the
'triver, the four men struggled tc
the Smith plantation. Every
mile or so one Of the party would
be hopslsssly struck. sAll nigh
was taken up by the t5p.
Theirs was no trouble at tht
! plantation, but the return 10 Six,
eston. No, was even worse thar
1.-THE fret journey. Enoumberst
with tie white men arrested, 4
! negroes and munitions Of war
|, 1.-THE Marshal's party dragged thei
way through the slime to Skies
) lton, where the prisoners wer'
: lodged in Jail.
1 Rex Smith, : brother of thI
! lowner of the peonsge camp
nlwho was acquitted Of the charge
: died In st. Louis two weeks 40
as' the result of 3 bullet wound 4
the lea accidentIy inflicted.
United States District Aftorns
4 Rlodeelt saId LIST night that 5
Z would apply Tor 8 nnndauus 1
: soon e h5 F>teived oI1o1nl con
6 lIrmellon q lhe sotIon o( lho 81
leulo Court nd - c<13fz16
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-02-28


erty has rsached the 500 mark in
attendance, and celebrated the
event with q big torchlight pro-
oession. Willism Jewell is now
one Of the biggest endowed col-
Ieges in the West.
The oldest praoticing lawyer in
Missouri is Thomas Shsckleford
of Glasgow, says the Columbia
Herald. He il one Of eleven
survivors OF the convention of
of 1851, which kept Missouri in
the federal union.
According to the almanac for
1908, Easter Sunday will come
on April 10. Lent will begin
March 4. Easter Sunday will
come this year at q more normal
time than in 1907, when March
81 was the date.
Jacob Schrier of near Amazon
ia sold two loads OF alfalfa hay
here for S45.92. His field of alf-
alfa is Ave years old, and some
LOT the roots are more than four
feet deep, and it is impossible for
the hogs to kill It. The roots are
accustomed, as in Colorado, to
60 down for water. Savannah
Reporter.
A herd Of forty deer are de.
vouring the alfalfa and corn in
the shock on the farm Of Hagt
Pritchard near Lancaster, and hs
lis unable to legally pen them uT
or shoot them. The deer escap.
ed from an enclosure some time
ago and were the property Of ]
Cuppy, near Avoca, just over th'
lows sssta line. They masi2lsaS
VERY rapidly, and cannet be kill-
Z
ID hsessse Of violating the gam,
law, r
| A band OF thirty masked mer
rode into Marshall last Frids,
night and tackled a warning Oh
the door of the home OF one of tn,
prominent citizens Of that place
ordering him to leave the city
They then fred a volley into th'
air and rode out of town. The,
were seen by the city marsha
and several citizens but no at
tempt was made to fstop them
No clew to their identity has beel
discovered.
Tom Olds was arrested at jeff
erson City last week for keeping
q house Of assignation. Whel
the place was raided sewers
young woman were taken, an
Igirls as young as twelve are sal
to have been seen entering th
place. The good women u
their who are taking such a
active part in saving tour boys
had better try saving the girli
: but they do not seem to think {
, such a thing.
Mr.. and Mrs. John L. Sutto
tef Maplswood, celebrated the
golden wedding January 8, in th
!, house where the first session
the st. Louis county court wa
held, and 10 which they had live
continuously since their maj
riage in 1853. Brothers OF tn
bridegroom and sisters Of Ii
bride Of fifty years ago, VIII
have remained single all the
lives, and members of the house
hold, were present at Dol
wedding and anniversary.
Il On Tie floor OF an up-siAi
room at the colonial home
J Uncle Will Perrin is . yarn %,
pet now more than sixty years
age but il 3 good state Of pre-
Isrvation. It was woven in Kel
:. tpcky where Uncle VIII and wi
e,,vere married. He bad lived
beautiful home about fft.
1--we years, which he recent
Il vacated . become one of d
-lgood oitizsPs much Y ths plea
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-02-28

q % ox65ossIon - ~ = the ra1s. 10
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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1908-02-28
ROUNDABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--M Made blythe Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Orgi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

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ture Of one of the lower bones Of
his right leg.
In Lincoln county, at Mt. Zion,
q hamlet Of two or three stores,
is the only church of the Asso-
ciated Reformed Presbyterian
faith to be found west Of the
Mississippi river and north Of the
Arkansas line. Only the Psalms
of David are sung in this church,
psalm singing being q distinctive
feature of the worship. The SER
mons have three heads and the
hour for the second church SER
vice is ''early candle lighting. T"
Capt. J. A. Reid, ruling elder in
the church, says that the brick
building in which the congrega-
ton, numbering about 150, now
meets, was erected in 1851,
James Mcknight was one Of the
church's earliest ministers. In
Z
size he was like the Anak, weigh
ing over 800 pounds; in voice he
was . Boanergesi in riding, like
the son Nimshi. He generally
rode in a gallop and frequently
with a loose horse galloping along
behind, TO have . change Of
horses In case the one he was rid
ing should give out. In his day
long sermons were the rule. On
one occasion it is said that he
preached a. taagr thst aA ms
'btafefs isft HIM on account of
approaching night, and when,
last Of oil, the sexton left, he re-
quested Mr.. Mcknight to shut
the door when he left. Oi
another minister OF the early
days Of this church q good story
Is told. His name was William
Blackstock, an Irishman by birth
q Scotchman by education and
an American citizen by choice,
In stature he was low, in COM
plexion very dark. When, on
one occasion, he looked out ol
the old.hme high, inclosed pull
pits, which hid all but his head,
and announced his text, ~ an
black, but comely, 0 ye daugh'
ters Of Jerusalem" even thos.
lgrave and dignified worshipperl
could scarcely suppress a smile
and are believed to have laughed
outright--sfter the Sabbath wal
passed.
Jim Cummings, q member ol
the famous Quantrell band, was
I'm Metz last week. The Met
Times says: slim 10 not taking
much part in politics. or cours
he Is still loyal to his party, bu
he says he will in the future Civ
1.-THE best man question more con
sideration. His new book wi
tell Of his meeting with W. J
Bryan when the NsbrAsks states
Imam visited the Confsdsrat'
home. He says he has met
number Of great men, includinl
Gen. u. 8. Grant, Gen. Georg
B. McClellan and Senator Ros
cos Conkling, but the Nebrask
imam was the greatest he eve
~ - :. - .. e, = Il. =. 49, a.
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Ssssssssssssssssssssssssss
Mrs. Mariah Renfrae, who
lives in Candies county, passed
her 105th birthday anniversary
recently.
Vernon county's new court
house has been completed and
county officers are occupying IL
this week.
They grow big in Rails county.
Eight men sat around one dinner
liable there recently, each one
/ averaging 24s pounds. h.
The Maryville normal basket
ball team was everlastingly
.trounced at Shenandoah last
week, the score being 80 to 8.
A woman on Market street in
st. Louis recently knocked aman
down aad rolled him in the gut
ter for attempting to flirs with
her.
As . leap year heroine, a How
ell county girl deserves special
mention. She took 9 man out OF
thscounty poor farm and married
him.
BY . decisive ycts last Tues-
day Gallssin surrendered its an
siquated special chsrtsr which
served its purpose and adopted Q
Fourth class charter.
E. r Carter and jos Byers
; vere struck BY 4 train At Benton
City, just east Of Mexico, and
killed instantly last Friday.
They were well-to-do- farmers.
The Hopkins Journal editor
put up thirty loads Of ice last
week and expects to serve ice
cream twice q week to ell cash In
advance subscribers next sum-
mer. y
II is d misdemeanor in Missouri
! for q merchant to sell short
weight sacks or barrels OF hour,
the iins being $40 in each case
Some mills are sending out sacks
OF short weight.
Henry Beuhler, = little Fsstu'
boy, has his eye bah broken by
q rock thrown by another boy
across the yard while playing q
school on the 1st, destroying To-
sight Of the eye.
On March 1st the Missouri
Pacific train auditors will lose
their Jobs, arssult Of the Pacific
retrsnchment policy An audi
Tor gets SEQ . month as his cal
ery and $50 . month for expen'
ess.
While packing wool two year
ago . Mexico man,Iost his spec
/, tacles. Last week the firn
which employed him receives
from Philadelphia . psckag'
containing the lost glasses.
The grsst Platte county fai
Tor nsxt season has been date
10 be held on Tuesday, Wednss
day, Thursday and Friday, Aug
nst 25-2S. They are bseinninl
% plsn esrly for four big dayA
W. @. Bfonlueh 4 nov max
snc hia nixfk rnoo fer the Demo
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SKETCH OF THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL NON


PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE.
New York, June 19.-James s. Sher.
man, Republican nominee for the vice
presidency, lives at Utica, N. 7.
where he was born Oct. "a, 1855.
He Is the son of Richard u. and
Mary Frances Sherman.
He graduated from Hamilton col
lege in 1873, and in 1903 was honored
with the LII. d. degree.
He was admitted to the bar in 1880
and was elected mayor of Utica In
He was chairman Of the New York
Republican state convention in 1895.
and mSlsoo.
He4swas elected to congress from
the 25th New York district in 1887
and served till 1891, when he retired
to private life for two years, but was
reelected to congress in 1898 from
the same district and served till 1903.
When New York state was reap.
portioned, his home town was thrown
into the 27th district, and he was
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THE r DAYS.
(By William Allen White

(By William Allen White.1
OFF days come to every ma1 upon
this earth, and it is not given him to
explain why; nor can the physicians
or philosophers explain why; nor do
the writings of the sages or philoso-
pliers explain why; but the off days
come, and it is impossible to do good
work. And that is a good time to
go fishing. The off day comes to the
minister of the gospel, who usually
breaches well, and who feels enthus-
iasm in his work; and when it comes
he stumbles along pitifully and muss-
es everything up and gets his ser
mon all telescoped, and the worship
pers regard him with establishment,
and begin to think that he should
have been a clerk in a hay store in
stead of a preacher, and he has to
go around among his parishioners the
next week and explain that he had
an of day.
The baseball pitchers have off days;
some of them have 'em pretty often.
But it is an affecting thing to e a
good pitcher being Inundated before
a big crowd through no fault of his
own. He simply can't pitch, and that's
all there is to 1t, and when the game
is over, and the score is 498 to 0 in
favor of the other fellows, he goes
to some quiet spot and breaks his
heart, where the explosion won't an.
10Y anybody.
And so on, with men in all profes
| sions and of usefulness. Fol-
some occult reason Monday is the
worst ofall off days the world over
A man should be refreshed and invig
GRATED by a day of rest, but he isn't
The routine of his work is broken by
the Sunday layoff, and he faces tbs
demnition grind on Monday morning
with the feeling That he has lost al
holds. In these days Of faith cure'
and absent treatment and such things
there should be some remedy for tnt
off day evil. Some hypnotist shoult
be able to do good to the worker WIFI
is out of killer by putting him unde,
1.-THE influence, and telling him hat hi
feels better than he ever did in mis-
life, and ordering him to sail IN ant
break the record.
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monument in memory Of Captain Jo-
seph C. Lea. Mr.. Littlefield replied as

monument in memory Of Captain Jo-
seph C. Lea. Mr.. Littlefeld replied as
follows:
"Austin, Tex, June 8. 1908.
"Mr. Robt. T. McC1ung,
Roswell. N. M.
Dear Sir:I have yours Of the
5th. In answer. win say, that Pom
peo Coppini. artist and sculptor of
San Antonio, Texas, is by far the best
sculptor / know of. He has done a
great deal of work in the South. Has
two monuments designed by him here
in Austin. He is now In Italy and
viii not be at San Antonio o two
months. He secured the contract for
the erection of a monument to Gen.
John H. Morgan to be erected at
Lexington. KY. and he is in Italy
now working mp that job He was our
choice in getting up the monument
for our old regiment, Terry's Texas
Rangers, which stands on the capitol
grounds in Austin. I am satisfied he
will please you. Yours truly,
GEO. w. LITTLEFTELD.
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Transfer. Of Real Estate.

The following deeds have been filed
for record in the ONCE Of Probate
Clerk and Recorder F. p. Gayle:
W. R.. Raadie and wife to J. NJ
Cowles. for $4,000 and other consider
ations. eighty acres in 1e-13-26.
Samuel Berry and wife to James
e. Berry, for $1,000, thirty acres in
23-13-26.
F. G. Tracy to Louis Oliver Fullen
for 81, lot 4. block s, Wright's add
ton to Roswell. This deed was given
Oct. 20. 1895.
J. A. Ryan and wife to s. e. Best
for $4,000. lots 20. 80. 81 and 80. block
43. South Roswell; also lots 3. 4.
and 8. block Z. and lots 1, 3 aad 5
block 10. Barnett's addition to Ros
well.
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Word ONE from Washington
that President Roosevelt is making
preparations for a long hunting trip
into the furthest wilds OF Africa and
will start as soon as possible after
he retires from office on March 4th
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sculptor Highly Reeommended.

George W. Littlefeld. OF Austin,
Texas, who was instrumental in hav.
ing two monuments erected IN Aus.
tin, was recently written by Robert
T. McClung in regard to some sculp-
tor q committee could correspond
with in regard to the erection of q
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New York Bank statement.

New York, June 20.-The state
ment Of the clearing house banks for
the week shows that the banks hold
$5~s.721,S75 10 than the require
ment Of the Is Per cen eserve rule.
This Is a increase of $5,320.575 in
the proportionate cash ser com.
pared with last week.
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John A. Haley, editor and proprie-
tor of the Captain News, is moving
his plant to Carrizozo. Mr.. Haley Is
among the most capable newspaper
writer's in the Southwest, and if he
gets started boosting for Carrizozo
his paper will be worth a great deai
to that section of New Mexico. There
is life, push and energy in the new
town of Carrizozo and some chance
for a progressive newspaper to grow
along with the community, and we
wish Mr.. Haley a liberal God bless
you" in his new home.-Tucumcari
News.
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Mr.. hi Mrs. J. M. Reid came down
from Texico last night, the former to
remain three or four days and the lat
ter returning from a visit.
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Thomas Gets Fine Well.

The Carper drilling outfit yester'
day completed an artesian well for ].
w. Thomas OF his lot at the corner
Of Richardson avenue and Eighth
street. The well Is 240 feet deep and
flows eight inches over a six Inch
casing.
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again elected to congress and has re-
|mained there ever since 1908.
He is president of the Utica Trust
and Deposit company.
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next. Evidently Theodore expects
something to drop and is getting rea-
dy to stand from under and make
himself scarce until the dust blows
over. Can it be that Teddy has learn
ed a lesson from Cleveland and his
famous duck hunts?-Bisbee Review.
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Capt J. B. Webster left yesterday
on the auto to join Charley Ku7z. who
Is playing base ball with the Dawson
team
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Get your STORAGE COAL now,
three or more tons ROCKvALE $3.50.
and GALLUP $3.50 ROSWELL
TRADING CO. 95t4
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W. T. Ferguson returned last night
from Amarillo, where he had been on
railroad business.
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WANTED AT ONCE A good sec.
ond hand safe of medium size. Ap-
ply at Record ofice. s6t2s
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B. N. Muncy came down from FL
kins last night ON business
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Direct from the Farm

They have all the crisp freshness
aud delicate flavor they should have.
Come early and Make your purchases
before the sun gets too high. Wen
deliver your order promptly in plenty
of time for the meal they are intended
for
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of a character that makes you like
them on sight. You like them even
better when you taste them. They
come here