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The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23

East Liverpool TO make an investiga-
tion, the members of this committee
determined upon a quiet inquiry. Re
porters of character and ability were
employed to do the work. Mr.. Nc
Cormick and Mr.. Golden were told
that no matter how they found con-
ditions at East Liverpool and Wells
vile, they must be reported impair
TALLY.
People sufficiently interested may
obtain the names of the members of
this committee of four by making
proper application to either Mr.. God
den orMr. Mccormick. For business
reasons the personnel OF the commit
tee IS withheld.
MIR. GODDEN'S LETTER.
Marion, Ohio, sept. 81, 1908.
To be convinced that local option
Is a failure and that II Is a step TO
a lower instead Of a higher plane, one
has but to visit East Liverpool and
Wellsville, the two largest 'dry''
towns in the state of Ohio.
This is the result of my observa-
tions. while in the above named cit
les for the purpose OF learning con-
ditions as they are there and as they
have been since the temperance ele
meut secured a majority of the votes
cast at a Beal law election.
My trip TO East Liverpool and
Wellsyille was taken at the request
Of a number of prominent citizens
who were desirous of becoming ia.
miliar with conditions there. Among
these gentlemen there is banker
business man, who Is a bank d.
rector as we'll manufacturer and
all are in fact among the most prom.
inent residents of Marion.
1t was the understanding that Mr..
G.. r. Mccormick, another newspaper
man, and myself, make the trip, in
vestigate conditions as thoroughly as
possible and TO report the conditions
without giving either side to the
controversy more or less than It's
just dues, and whether favorable tC
the 'wets" or the "drys'' to publish
the same on our return. Neither the
gentlemen interested in securing this
report, or myself. are interested
allied or affiliated with either th'
Marion County Local Option league
or the Marion Protective associa
tlon.
1t was with the aid of Milliard x
Zimmerman, a newspaper man whit
has resided in East Liverpool TO,
many years, that i was able 10 Sc
cure the information desired and t
see those whom / thought necessar!
In order to make my observation
complete Mr.. Zimmerman is allieC
with the liquor interests in East Liv
erpool. He is property owner ther
and Is interested in the welfare o
the city, Such information as havi
procured was not furnished by Mr.
Zimmerman, but by those TO whom
he introduced me and whose name
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23

As a result of an agreement en-
tered into by four representative ciG
liens of Marion, unbiased statements
of conditions at Eas; Liverpool and
Wellsville have been obtained by
two local newspaper men, whose eX-
penses were- paid by this committee
of four, which consists of a banker,
a clothier and two manufacturers.
After reading tho challenge of the
Marion County Local Option league
several days ago to send four men to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23
Mr.. BoOk=keeper
Do You Want More Money?

Why do you work overme2 Your boss don't how hard
work. He resutswants the work done could do
twelve hours work hours he would be well sats-
probably better So why work overtme1 Do line it
would prefer sop It's Now Mr. Clerk Mr..
Booeeret there's which less work and more
There's the of experience without
wasting the There's of making yourself the absoiue
become the best and
the higher class You know about and
tell Hundreds have been helped bigger places and
better saaresyou be will Let tell plan for
beng poonthe information to be free Ask for booklet A.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23
e. 6$ - CURES
-. ~. p. OLD SORES

which producest has move
matt the but the trouble
blood
which constantly being discharged
tissues fbres the flesh kept in Estate
Of irritation and disease by being daily fed with the genden matter
impossible
chronic its purifying action the blood II goes down into
producing
the to heal
healthy then rich bloodis
healing all discharge the
begins form the pacs with fn
healthy permanently S. s. is purely
vegetable the safest and best blood purifier for old Book on
sandU andan all write.
~. ss THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.. ATLANTA CA.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23

because every bit had been sold out.
There we're no arrests. The police
force, adequate enough in the past,
is far too small to cope with the
situation that confronts us.
'Young lads not more than IS and
16 years, find 1t easy to get whislSey
and beer. The taking away of the
saloon from Wellsville has taken the
liquor from the saloon to the homes
places where II had never before
been. In some houses, beer Is bought
by the keg and is then bottled and
sold by bootleggers. The profit on
one keg amounts to 81. It Is almost
impossible to secure conviction
because no one will appear against
the bootlegger, or the owner of a
"speak easy" Conviction only comes
when he is caught In the act OF
making sale as purchaser will not
prosecute.
Then there are ''booze camps" To-
Gated in the woods outside Of the city
where crowds congregate and buy
their drinks. There are also boats
anchored in the river where those
who want liquor go and buy 1t as
at any saloon. Once there Is trouble
approaching for these venders, they
lift anchor and steam away to the
West Virginia side or the stream, but
as soon as the coast Is clear they
return.
1.-THE taxes are higher now than
ever before, the levy being thirty
eight and one tenth mills, and the city
is facing big deficit. Taxes were
slightly lower in one instance because
of a refunding bond issue. Rents
are lower than ever before, store
rooms and houses, valuable proper
ties are vacant. IT costs the city
heavily to prosecute the bootleggers
and other lawbreakers and to keep
them in the workhouse at forty cents
a day. The farmer. too, pays part
of this expense.
1These are the conditions that pre-
vail here in a nut shell and I pre-
dict that Wellsville will vote wet in
the coming election, having become
satisfied that local option Is a fail
ure. It is MT prohibition because 1t
is impossible of enforcement.
! interviewed many persons among
both "wets" and "drys" during the
time that I spent in Wellsville. Opin-
ion there is divided as TO the way the
whole county will vote when the
election is at hand. In the cities I
think the ''wets" will make the
largest gains, but in the country
was told the "drys' will make big
gains.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23
,. ". WUDIJIlIN.
WHAT MIR. MCCORMICK SAW.
Marion, Ohio, Sept. 21, 1908

Marion, ohio, Sept. II, 19OS.
Gentlemen:
First of all | desire to impress up
on you that what have to say about
conditions as / saw them at Eas,
Liverpool has nothing whatever to
do with the Stars position in the
'wet" and "dry' campaign now be-
ing waged so furiously in Marion
county The Stars proprietor nor
none Of its editors must be regarded
in any way as having anything to
pool. You asked me to make an i'm
partial investigation and to report to
you the facts as | found them, and
II you desire to publish my story. II
Is with the explicit understanding
that the Star had nothing to do with
my going. Failure to do this, gen
tlemen, might place me In an unfav-
orable light, not only with my en-
ployer, but my newspaper associates.
Presuming that you had the very
best interests OF Marion county at
heart when you employed Mr.. God
den and myself to visit Columbiana
county, 7 have sought to ascertain the
truth as any trained newspaper man
would be expected to do. 1t is NOT
I my business to argue either for oI
I against Local Option. That there
may be no opportunity for either
: side to say that am prejudlced,
shall make my story as complete as
possible without being too verbose
yet tell all know.
Local Option does not prohibit al
East Liverpool. That is not broad
, statement, because law or any kind
does not prohibit crime. But al
J East Liverpool local option Is a farce
The extensive traffic in the Illicit
sale Of liquor there is something tc
be Viewed with adherence by all sell
= respecting people. This feeling came
to me, but could not run away and
leave 1t all; I was sent there to IN.
vestigate as a newspaper man, moi
as the moralist, who too frequently
sees only the surface and fears to un'
cover.
4 stood on the public square Of the
city of East Liverpool and bought
six half pints of so-called bonded
whisky And It was on Sunday
Vast Sunday. | asked a man II
could buy whisky in East Liverpool
He smiled at me.
"IIow much do you wants? asked
the man.
"oh, don't know" replied. '1i
II hard to get?"
! "Well, here comes a fellow who'll
get you all you want7"
! A man with a blossom on hi
nose came around the corner. Tn
mhn whom | first spoke to calle
me to the edge OF the Sidewalk
There. was short consultation
Thinking ! might fool the fellow
told him to get me six half pint.
He wasn't gone five minutes whe
he returned with neat package.
gave him forty cents a bottle TO
the stuff, then walked twice aroun
the square, expecting some Office
to stop me and ask what ] had !
the package. which, / confess. look
ed suspicious was not molestef
When went TO a hotel / foun
that the "bootlegger" had not trie
to cheat me and give me no whisk
at all. There were six half pin
bottles filled with 1t. Two of thes
bottles | brought to Marion.
u Before going TO East Liyerpot
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23
DRY" TOWNS ARE VISITED
Two Marion Men Write of what
They Heard and Saw in East
Liverpool and Wellsville.

As Representatives of Quartet of Business Men They
go to Those Dry Towns and Relate Their Experiences
The Visitors Ordered to Write of Conditions Just
as They Found Them.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1908-09-23

"G T. MCCORMICK.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17
Entertains Her Friends.


On Tuesday evening the home
of Miss Florence Bushell was the
scene Of very pleasant and enjoy
able party, when about thirty invit-
ed guests assembled there to avail
themselves of the royal good time
which was in store for them.
The party was rendered by Miss
Florence in honor of her friend,
Miss Onida Howard. The rooms
were tastefully arranged for the oc-
casion and, in fact, no pains were
spared by the hostess in making
the evening an exceptionally pleas
ant and memorable one for all who
were present.
Shortly after 8 O'clock when the
guests arrived, they were engaged
in playing games. The first one Of
which was novelty-at least it was
new to number of the guests
and which, IN itself, displayed a
variety Of artistic drawings. Each
one Of these drawings represented
the name of some one of the party,
and prizes were awarded the first
and second participant answering
most correctly what names the diff
ferent drawings represenetd-and
as result Rex Choppell was pre-
sented with book as first prize,
and A. E. Jeffers box Of candies.
Many othe- games equally as inter
esting and amusing were played
during the evening, and shortly be.
fore midnight delicious refresh
ments were served.
The guests departed for their
homes about midnight after express
sing their many thanks to the
hostess for the pleasant evening
and declaring her a royal enter.
tainer.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17
A NEW TOWN
Yates is Being Laid Out in
Town lotS..EIevator and
Bank will Be 1niIt.

H. G. Jensen of Beach, j. G.
Kinney Of Wibaux and Wheelock
& Wheelock promoters of the town.
site of Yates, some five or six miles
west of this place, are busy laying
out the town and getting things in
readiness for all aucti on sale of lots
which will be held in the near
future.
1t is proposed by the promoters
to build All elevator on the site
and also to establish bank for
the convenience Of patrons. Just
when the sale will be held has not
yet been determined,
They report considerable interest
already in the project, t,-Advance.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17

knocking other people down. No
man ever got rich trying to make
people believe he was the only good
man on earth. You can't climb
the ladder of fame by stepping on
others corns. Ther're their corns;
not yours. And ther're tender.
Keep off the corns.
All men are not alike. Once in
a while you may find one who is
very much alike. But some are
different. You're not the only
shirt in the wash. If you don't
like their style let 'em alone.
Don't knock. You'll get used to
it. There's no end of fun in
minding your own business, And
it makes other people like you
better. Better have others get
stuck on you than get stuck on
yourself. Nobody gets stuck on
a .knocker. Don't be one. Re
good.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17
BE a Booster

If there's a chance to boom bust
ness, boom it. Don't be knock
er. Don't pull a long face. Hope
a bit. Get smile on you. Hold
up yonr head. Get hold with
both hands. Then pull. Bury
your tomahawk. Hide Jour little
hammer. When stranger drops
in, tell him this is the greatest
town on earth. It is. Don't get
mulish. Don't roast. Be jolly.
Get popular. It's dead easy.
Help yourself along. Push your
friend with you. Soon you'll have
a whole procession. Be a good
fellow.
No man ever helped himself by
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17
NEW ROAD OPENED
Along Railway East to Sec
ton 26.-other Roads will
Probably be Opened Soon.

This week our attention has been
called in behalf Of the farmers and
stockraiser of the south eastern
part Of the county, with reference
to establishing roads Oh the section
lines therein-also to secure per-
NIT to run road parallel with the
n. ?. railway from Wibaux, east
to section 26-and that such roads
may correspond with, or be a con.
tinuation Of any roads that may or
shall be opened in Custer county.
And to all those who are interested
in this matter, we wish to advise,
that petition asking for such
roads has already been acted upon
by the County Board, and we are
informed by Commissioner Mullen
dore that the request for the road
along the n. P right-of-way south
east to section 26 was granted, and
the road is now open to the public
but that the purposed road south
from section 26 to the Custer coun-
ty line was not allowed, owing to
the fact that there was some dissat-
isfaction on the part of several of
the property owners along this line.
However, a hearing was set for
Oct. 5, when the matter will be
acted upon by the Commissioners,
and brought to a dicision.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17

Heber City, Utah. Bulk Of fat
lambs sold at $5.ooQ5.65, end
most feeders at $4::25q4:65, with
bulk Of mutton sheep at 3.6O@4. 90
and most feeding wethers at So. .65
$3.50. Prices for sheep are the
lowest since 1904 and for lambs the
lowest since 1903.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17

Rev. Douglas will hold services
i'll the Congregational church Sun
day evening, next, at 7,3O q clock,
Friends will please note the change
of time.
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17
CHICAGO:
MARKET
Reported by Clay, Rob-
lnson & Co. u. Stock
Yards, September ~.

need few more weeks grazing to
lift them out of the medium fleshed
class. This is a big surprise to the
trade, in that reports from the
Northwest have conveyed the idea
that there was an abundance of
grass and that the weather has been
propitious. The trouble seems to
have been that the cattle were
picked too soon, this being indicatd
by comparatively few sales above
$5. 40 in late weeks while sales above
1915 have been relatively few all
season. With SO many Of the
rangers marketed and with the
visible supply Of corn-fed natives
for the next sixty days Simmer
than III many years, there is surely
no cause for undue haste in the
movement from the Northwest.
Let the good, fat cattle, those
that are in good condition for the
market, come right along, but it
will pay to hold back the cattle in
only mediocre flesh few weeks
longer.
CATTLE RECEIPTS FALLING.
Prospects are that l, 900, 600 de-
crease in receipts of cattle at the
six leading western mar kets will
develop before much longer. The
falling off for the year to date is
now nearly 100000 from the same
period of 1907, and there are no
prospects of increased runs. The
movement of western rangers is on
the wane, fully 80 per cent less
Texas grassers are being marketed
at the River markets than one year
ago, and there is 25@5O per cent
fewer cattle on feed III the corn
belt states now than at this time
last year. Thus it can be seen
that unless the feed lots are soon
filled there will be remarkable
shortage Of cattle in late months.
Packers evidently take this view
of the matter, for they are freezing
goodly share of the western
rangers as we'll as the cheaper
grades of natives in anticipation of
short supplies and high priced beef.
RANGE CATTLE
Good cattle sell we'll. At the
close of last week prices for good
to choice beef steers showed l5@25c
advance for the week, but the plain
and medium kinds lost all Of the
l5@25c scored earlier in the week.
Receipts last week totaled Is, 900.
Top for the week was $6.40, Clay,
Robinson 4 Go. securing this price
for load of l, ,385-lb steers sent in
by G. R. Taylor of Montana, no
other rangers coming within 4Oc
per cwt Of this price. The bulk of
the weeks trading was at TOO
5.65. Cows and heifers advanced
1O@15c early in the week, but all
Of this gain was wiped out later on,
and selling in main was at So, 50@
4.55, with the prime Dana heifers
from Wyoming making $5.35.
RANGE SHEEP
Low prices for sheep. Prices
for western range sheep and lambs
at the start of the week We're steady
under a supply CT 25,00O with the
close of last week, when lambs
were $4,000 and sheep 10@15c
under the close of the previous
week. The top for lambs today
was $50, Clay, Robinson T. Co.
securing this price for a string
belonging to Moroni Smith of
The Wibaux pioneer. [volume] (Wibaux, Mont.) 1907-1919, 1908-09-17
ANOTHER
GOOD RUN Y
Eleven Cars Of Cattle
Shipped to the Chica-
go Market Thursday.

Following is a memorandum,
handed in by Agent w. 0. Schuett,
Of another good run for various
shippers of eleven cars Of cattle
from Wibaux to the Chicago mar.
ket last Thursday.
Dep. Wibaux 6:15 pm. Sept. 10
Arr. Mandan 3:l5 am. . IL
Dep. Mandan 5;25 am. g IL
Arr. jamestown 1925 am. 60 IL
Arr. Dilworth 2;55 pm. :: II
Arr. Staples 8;2O pm. " II
Arr. st. Paul $50 am. " 12
Consumed 81 Hrs. 35 Min.
Another shipment Of l9 cars Of
cattle was taken through to st. Paul
from Belfield OH the same day con-
Stunning only 20 hours and Al min
utes.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-04
A Fishing Story.
July 80. 1908.

One Of the crowd which was sit
tine out N front OF the capitol. the
coolest place in Frankfort on hot
day. being reminded Of a fish story,
related the following concerning Il
man who lives in the eastern part
~ the State, and who will be called
John Smith, although tha, is not his
name. says the Louisville Courikr-
Journal. Smith conducts Il jcwclry
and watch repair shop and his wife
has n millinery store in the same
place in this town. One Monday
morning man walked in the shop
and said, according to the narrator
Of the story.
"Good morning, Mrs. Smith.
Where's John?'
"ETc's fishing'
"Well, T have ~atch here
want him to fix. 1'c;l John I'm 90
ing away the latter part of the week
and want that watch before T 60. Tell
him that I will come for it Wcdncs-
day and hope he will have it fixed by
that time.'
Wednesday morning came and the
owner Of the watch walked in and
said:
"Good morning, Mrs. Smith.
Where's John9'
FHe'S fishinc.'
"Did he fix that watch?'
"No, T think not Mrs. Smith re-
piled.
"Wcll. tell John that I am going
away on the noon train Saturday and
[ must have that watch before T go.
Tell him if it is not done 7 will have
to Ike it anyhow
On Saturday the worried owner
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-04

A number Of men were telling OF
remarkable catches off Atlantic City,
md enc of them said t:at one day he
caught very small cod. and, not car
ing to take home such little fellow,
he took a piece Of copper wire, ran it
through the tail of the fie:... and on
one end of the wire he attached o
copper tag with his name scratched
upon it. "Thc next year when I was
off thcrc,' continued the man, "I
got heavy pull on the line, and after
five minutes fighting landed a
twelve pound cod. anc there on its
tail was my tag
"That reminds me OF similar eX-
pcricncc off thcrc,' said another
man. 81 caught one Of those small
cod. and 7 wanted to lang some sort
of Identification on il, but l couldn t
find anything in the copper Tag line
from one end Of the boat 10 the 9TH
or 7 did find, however, little tin
whistle in one Of my pockets, and
running IA wire through the tail Of
the fish, 7 hung on the whistle and
threw the cod back into the water.
"rhc following year 7 got most
peculiar bite on my hook, and after
pulling in the line I got the surprise
Of my life. There vas the same little
cod. He hadn't grown an inch, but
hanging on his tail was long fog
horn. '-Philadclphia Press.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-04
FOUR NEGROES LYNCHED.
Negroes Belonged to Secret Negro
Lodge in Kentuckey.

Russellville, KY, Aug. 1.-Four ne
groes were taken from Jail here early
today and hanged to tree on the
edge Of town. The mob was compos-
ed Of about so men, and no people of
the town knew of the affair until
daylight revealed the four bodies
dangling from tree just outside
Rnssellville on the Nashville pike.
The following note was found pinned
on one of the bodies:
"Let this be warming to you Mig
gers to let white people alone or you
will 60 the same way. You lodges
better shut up or quit.''
The negroes who were lynclled were
members Of lodge and at meeting
recently it is said they approved of
the murder Of James Cunningham, a
white farmer, by his negro tenant,
Rufus Browder. This murder occur.
red in the southern part of Logan
county and it is supposed here that
the mob was made up Of men from
that part of the county.
The negroes had been in Jail for
several days and while there had
been considerable unrest since tho
attempt on the part of the mob to
take Rrowdcr from the Jail some
nights ago, no trouble was anticipated
and there was no guard around the
prison.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-08-04

Among the stories Of that former
governor of Texas familiarlv known
as Sam Houston is more than one
amusing tale.
There was financial agent of the
pcnitcntiary who had warmly oppos-
ed the election of Governor Houston
but was particularly anxious to retain
his own pleasantly lucrative position.
Consequently the nc~ governor was
soon in receipt of petition in which
the mans years Of faithful service
and special qualifications for the
place were set forth in glowing terms
by himself. The governor sent for
him and said gravely, "1t appears
from this petition that you have been
in the penitcntiary eight years.
~ havc.' was the reply.
"And during that time you have
performed faithfully every duty that
has come in your way to the best Of
Your ability9'
"T havc.' answered the agent, his
courage swiftly rising.
"Thcn, sir,' said the governor,
with the air Of one comforting a
priceless favor, "I pardon you out. -