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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1908-07-17
CITY OF AMERICUJS WAS
plaintiff IN A SUIT
Brought in the Celebrated
Shed Case.

The city of Americus is plaintiff in
suit on trial this week in the city
court of Albany, wherein the plain
tiff seeks to reimburse itself for
amount paid in damage suits result
ing from the falling of shed on
Lee street last year.
The shed, in falling, injured a
number of negroes, several of whom
instituted suit against the city and
recovered damages in various
amounts.
THE City of Americus versus Mrs.
G. M. Byne, and was located nearly
opposite Poole & Sons store, on Lee
street.
The Albany Herald has the follow
ing account of the suit against Mrs.
G. M. Byne in progress there:
'The City o fAmericus versus Mrs.
g. M. Byne is a case that is occupy
ing the attention of the City Court
of Albany today, Judge D. F. Cros-
Ielhu p1 So1uluSs lie NEARING DeSdu
this morning when court convened,
and will not go to the jury until a
late hour this afternoon.
This ease is one that is full of
intricate and hair-trigger points of
law, and it's outcome is being awaited
with interest, especially by those YER
sed in law.
Mrs. Byne owns property in Am
ericus, in front of which a shed fell
injuring a number of persons. These
brought suit against the City of Am
ericus, and Mrs. Byne, being the
owner Of the shed, was vouched into
court in the case.
The persons, who were injured by
the falling of the shed were awarded
damages in amounts aggregating
several hundred dollars, and now
the city of Americus sues Mrs. Byne
who is a resident of Albany, to re-
cover the amount of the damages.
Mr.. J. d. Pope of this city, and
Judge R. L. Maynard of Americus,
represent the plaintiff in this case,
while Mr.. S. ]. Jones, of this city,
and Hon. w A. Dodson, of Americus,
represent the defendant
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
Nursing Mothers and
Oyer-burdened Women

In all stations Of life, whose vigor and
vitality NAV have been undermined and
broken : down by over work. exactinr
soc,al ou.les, .he wy lleque :l1 yea Deafs VI
caildren' or otner causes, WIN ma IN ":
Plerce's favorlte Prescrlptlon Inc moSs
potent, inyigorating restorative strength
giver ever devised for their special bene.
lit. Nursingmother WIZ. find It especial
" valuable IN sustaining Dhelr strength
and promoting an abundant heurishment
for the child. Expsctant mothers too
will find it priceless hoDaJt0 prepASe the
the ordeal comparatiyely painless. M
can do nn 6arm in any state, OF CONDITION
Of the female system. q
Delicate, nervous, Weak women, who
suffer from frequent headaches, back
in the abdomen. or from painful or irreg-
ular monthly periods, gnawing or dis
tressed sensation in stomach, dizzy OF
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
PARTNERS.

tIaIlla f1eTdlu J
A farmer should remember that his
wife is a business partner She makes
the butter, boards the hands, helps
prepare things for the market, is a
watch dog for the premises when he
is away, and sometimes assists with
the. poultry and garden; and when he
secretly signs away money she has
helped to earn, he is cheating his part
ner as we'll as robbing his wife; and
it is an offense the law would not
tolerate In any other partnership,
nor should it in this. There Is law
that prevents a man from selling his
farm without his wife's signature, and
1T sounds as If wife was of some i'm
portance; but Ut is rendered non effec-
tive as a preservative of her home
from the fact that he can mortgage 1T
and endorse other mems papers to any
extent without her knowledge or con-
sent and thus dispose of the family
possessions, and the sheriff can sell,
and she has no rights that he is bound
to respect. This statute is mockery
until 1T is supplemented by another
making a mans signature, as security,
invalid when written without his
wife's approval; and still another
making it illegal, for him to mortgage
the farm to pay debts that she has no
knowledge OF.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23

offered in turn to Congressman Smith
and Haugen, Ex-Governor Jackson,
Secretary Shaw, Secretary Wilson. E.
E. Clark of Cedar Rapids, and finally
to Lacey. 1t should also be said
that Lafayette Young, George d.
Perkins, Robert Cousins and other
noted Cumimns Killers received hon-
orable mention but the only man in
the whole caboodle that could be in
duced to actually get out in the open
and risk his fate with the people was
Major Lacey. The major has been
itching for a chance to measure swords
with Governor Cummins for long
time and now he has it. It will be a
squaretoed contest between AM un-
questioned standpatter and an un-
doubted progressive. Perhaps no man
in the United States has been q more
standpatter in all that
the term signifies than John f. Lacey.
not even excepting Uncle Joe Cannon.
On the other hand Governor Albert b.
Cummins has been the foremost cham
pion Of the principles of progressive re-
publicanism, second only to President
Roosevelt himself The result of the
primary ballot in November then
ought to be conclusive as to whether
or not Iowa is a progressive state. Let
the people decide.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
yxla erh1aa1 rslalrto,,y iuaua spptet,her q 1908

care of the boat Now 1t so happened
Pop had new artificial bait he wanted
to try out. It's different from any on
the earth, in or below 1t. 1t is a four
inch piece of wood painted red and
write, has several fish hooks attached.
floats on the surface, and whirls when
dragged thru the water. 1t Is called
fool killer" and rightly named AS
related, Pop wanted to try that bait.
So he walked out on a big projecting
log right into the rushing water, and
made cast. The bait was so heavy
and the reel worked so nicely that
fifty feet were out before it struck the
water, and then close to the bank on
the other side of the rapids. And then
something happened instantly! Some
thing alive was hitched to the fool
killer Something was churning the
water like an old-fashioned water
wheel AT first thought Pop thought
he had "snagged" musk-rat. But
when it started down the rapids 100
miles an hour, Pop forget everything
in trying to keep his balance on that
log. Then, too, that line was getting
beautifully small on that big 15O-yard
reel Something had to be done, SO
thumb pressure was put on the reel,
with the effect of complete stop Both
Pop and sit" had time to think mat
ters over. Then with a most friendly
spirit. ut" started towards Pop, evil
IDENTIFY going to push him off the log.
Pop reeled for dear life, but it went
by the log with a slack line, up the
rapids, to see If the boys had caught
any clubs. Not finding them, 1t raced
down stream again, playing with that
fool killer" as cat with mouse,
only more SO. All this time Pop was
trying to get ashore off that slippery
log. To shorten the story. Pop finally
had to yell for the boys. they came to
his rescue with the boat. Pop got IN,
and once out in the Jake, stern meas
ures were introduced, ut" came up
beside the boat. the gaff struck just
right, and into the boat came an eleven
pound pickerel, "a snake" You'll get
some more from here. We're going
after black bass. Dismal lake IS the
objective point "a place where no.
body fishes"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
Topics of the Times.

"A traveller tells of new supply OF
rubber, believed to be practically In
exhaustible, discovered in II never
before explored section OF Brazil.
Neckst
After reading them all, there is but
one real objection to insurance OF
bank deposits, and that is the danger
of holding a cloak over the. dishonest
banker at the expense of tho honest
banker. Many believe that this can be
safeguarded, but all must agree that
unless it is safeguarded, the plan fails
of its purpose. All other objections
are merely forced arguments, and have
little or no weight.
When white mob chased negro
jockey OF the fair grounds at Corn
ing, Iowa, and into the house of one
of his friends of the same color. if
stopped at the door and gave up its
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23

once paid me the biggest compliment
/ could WISH"
"oh?' remarked someone interrosa-
lively.
ut was like this: sang without ac-
COMPARTMENT always have trouble
with accompanies; they're so unsym-
pathetic, you knoW-and at the end
of the song he said to me:
"'Do you know, when you began
without an accompaniment, was sur
prised; when heard you, was as
tonished, and when you sat down. I
was delighted
And the sun shone down and lit up
the youths beatific smile Of satisfac-
ton.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
M1.aL11s
~
Iona Newspapers
SCOPE OF THE MuLcT LAW.

7tfaf iHs1t3e sioux City
A Davenport correspondent has
made too much Of a decision by Fed
era Judge Mcpherson regarding the
illegal status of Iowa saloons under
the mulct law. The correspondent de-
scribes the decision as the most
sweeping ever made in court ana
declares that at has spread conster-
nation among the saloon interests OF
the state" AS matter of fact, the
federal court decision takes away from
the Iowa saloons nothing that was
given them under the mulct law, and
IS in strict accord with the provisions
of the mulct law itself.
The Davenport case was one IN
which Chicago brewery company at
tempted to enjoin the Davenport civic
Federation from closing a saloon whose
fixtures were owned by the Chicago
concern. Judge Mcpherson refused the
Injunction on the ground that the sa-
loon business has no legal standing IN
Iowa, and that the payment Of the
,nI,lct tax under the mulct law still
leaves the saloon an outlaw so far as
the law is concerned. In otner Worus
the gist OF the decision Is that the
.mulct tax is not a license, and the sa.
looms that pay it can not claim legal
rights available to saloons operated I'M
der straight license system TINS IS
entirely in accord with the theory OF
the mulct law. 1t does not change the
existing status of the Iowa saloon
The mulct, law does i not Interfere
with prohibition as the settled poilcy
Of Iowa. 1t merely sets up a bar to
prosecution under the prohibitory law
in the case of saloons which pay the
mulct tax and comply with all provls-
ions of the inulct law. Immunity from
prosecution is all that is purchased by
observance of the mulct law. There is
section in the law specifically pro-
viding that nothing in the chapter
"shall be in any way construed to
mean that the business of the sale Oh
Intoxicating liquors is in any way leg
allied. nor as a license"
Under Judge McPherson's decision
the saloon can continue to do bust
ness in Iowa, as it has in the past, but
can NOT look to the federal courts for
the protection of any property rights
observance of the mulct law buys i'm
munity from prosecution, but 1t does
not buy Negal standing in court. This
is precisely as the Legislature intended
and provided
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23


Your horse, tho his food bill resembles
a st. Regis one, grows thin and lean.
II used to put in my horses man
ger, along with his fodder. a certain
number of pebbles, In eating, II he
was unmolested, he would avoid the
pebbles, and would find them in the
empty manager ON my return - a sure
proof that none of the feed had been
stolen But IL some quarts of 1T had
been taken away, some of the pebbles
would be missing as we'll, and, with
this positive proof Of robbery, ! would
make such kick that the people
thereafter would, leave my horses
manger alone.
eyes, my skill as a thief-detector
spread down there, and 1T wasn't long
before I'd always find in the manger
the same number Of pebbles had
dropped in with the feed
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23

purveyors Of worse pleasures. Papke,
however is not quite down to this pic
.ture, but is a long way below real use
fitness and commendable citiz enship.
When city organizes with brass
bands and marching clubs to greet one
of the Papke strip, it confesses to a
considerable population of low brows
and protruding under jaws and sug-
gests paucity of literary clubs and
the like.
Every one to his taste. There will
be hot time in old Kewaunee when
Billy comes marching home.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
HAIL TO THE CHEZ.

Kewaunee, Ill, is in the throes of in
tense preparation, where monster
celebration upon the return home OF
nNiddleweight champion Bill Papke Is
to be pulled of. The natives in
Papke's home town are also going to
show their great lighting machine what
they think OF him by parading 5000
strong to the depot when he arrives
from the coast on Thursday and give
him reception he will never forget
as long as he lives.
1t is all in the way one looks at 1t.
Had Thomas T. Brown or John Henry
Robinson gone out Of Kewaunee as a
boy Of tfifteen to pursue his studies in
astronomy and later solve the hidden
secrets OF the stars; had William
Smith invented machine that would
enable men to grow and reap ten
bushels OF wheat where one had been
grown and garnered, any one OF the
trio might came into Kewaunee on
the noon train and find the bus for
himself. All three might get into
town at one time and not raise as
much interest as a. checker match in
the corner grocery But Billy Papke,
aChampion Bill.' exponent of the auc-
tioneer and the swift punch, is an en-
tirely different affair. Clash the GYM
balls! Beat the drums! Put an extra
barrel on tap in each saloon and dis
tribute the canes. The conquering hero
comes!
Now to many people Billy Papke is
one remove above fighting dog
brute who mauls another to the de-
liKht Of the vicious and depraved, be-
cause it is a quick way of getting
money to spend With the vendors o.
daAAy clothes. liquid delights and the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23


from the western range districts to
market and northwestern ranges, says
the San Antonio Express. The rail-
roads have way of telling the COM
mission that it's orders are not neces-
sarily compulsory. The matter will
be fought out in the courts, however,
and the Cattle Raisers' association of
Texas expects to see justice done the
shipper in the end
The Scent hog grunts just beyond
the horizon.
The hoolsless waist is the newest in
vention. Perhaps, in time we may
arrive at the hookless watermelon.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

John Lacey may be good man but
he does not represent the reforms and
progressive ideas that the people OF
Iowa have been working for the past
ten years." points out the Britt News.
"He himself boasts that he is stand
patter from standpattersville.' We do not
believe that the people of Iowa want
to send man of that kind to the I'm
tied States senate, but will vote for a
man of the people and elect A. b.
Cummins
Guaranteeing the safe arrival of
airships might also make hit as a
campaign ISSUE" suggests the Ochey-
dan Press.
"The men who do a town more harm
than good" are classed as follows by
the Tama Herald: First, those who
oppose Improvement Second, those
who run 1t down to strangers. Third,
those who never advertise their busi-
ness. Fourth, those who distrust pub
lic-spirited men. Fifth, those who show
no hospitality to any one. Sixth, those
who hate to see others make money.
Seventh, tuOSt w no i5OpPosC- CfSi y
movement that doesn't originate with
themselves. Eighth, those who put
on long faces when a stranger speaks
OF locating in their town. Ninth,
those who oppose every public enter
prise which does not appear of per-
sonal benefit to themselves"
Noting that Major Lacey has been
selected by the Roosevelt gang to
make the race for the senatorship
against Cummins," the Burt Monitor
advises. .The major should make i'm
mediate arrangements for his own po-
litical funeral"
"The United States senatorship, up
on which the party threatened to break
is now up to the people. and what
voters decide will be considered final
by the legislature" says the Clarks.
vile Star.
The Odebolt Chronicle suggests:
when Leslie M. Shaw refuses to be
the standpat candidate for senator 1t is
evident that he thinks there Is no
chance to defeat Cummins."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
HEAlRsT's REAL ANIMus.

Dubuque Telegraph Herald, uem.)
The animus in the Hearst attack
upon Foraker at this time, when ne
is not candidate for office, is evident
to anyone with the slightest penetra-
ton. 1t is to destroy the influence OF
Foraker in Ohio to insure Taft's sue
cess in that state and remove likeli-
hood Of Bryan carrying; it. Hearsts
disclaimer that his attacks are upon
the democratic party alone, will de-
ceive no one He wants to beat Bryan
and the regret of his life is that he
cannot touch him with the tarred stick
and thus crafty the malice and envy
which have obsessed him.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
HASKELL AND FORAKER.

Mr.. ;Hearst's exposure of Foraker
and Of Haskell, which brought out the
letters from President Roosevelt and
Candidate Bryan, letters which will
be part OF the important political and
party history Of the country, should
be taken by the country in a spirit OF
patriotism and not Of mere partisan
ship. The present partisan advantage
that it, gives is Of minor Importance,
n fact the partisan advantage or rath-
81 responsibility, is divided between
the great parties, for Foraker is as
much republican as Haskell is demo-
cratic. So Tar as it concerns Mr.. Taft,
man, whose integrity and splendid
purposes are accumulated and thrown
into high relief by comparison. Pres
ident Roosevelt grows stronger by the
nncovering Of the character Of the men
who have assailed him and his poll
cies are the more approved because
Of the additional evidence that the
hold of the corporations over the law
making bodies has become menace to
good government ana even to liberty.
Mr. Bryan, whose worst enemies would
have trouble to find q hook on which
TO hang a charge Of graft or bad polit-
Teal character, is entitled to sympathy.
The crux OF the exposure lies in its
bearing on the senators and congress-
men and officials In high places who.
and the special interests convenient
- friends and financial hackers. It
goes back Of this to the dangerous
1 interests that buy legislators with cur r.
rency, favor, and aid in political cam
paigns: and it goes still farther back
and closer to the contamination Of
the sources OF government by the
.rnaoSe or lass generally accepted theory
fl,at success politically and financially
.lrnishes its own excuse for crooked
ness.
1T behooves us az people to go
- 4
outside the narrow limits of partisan
ship to meet the conditions revealed.
This Is more than a scandal in political
/ families, it affects the entire neigh
oorhood It is q national affair and
4 It's national and sociological import
ance Is indnitely greater than its effect
on political campaign. It reaches
forward to the limit Of our latest
history and touches the life Of the
nation. It is not a matter to be ex-
plotted for mere partisan advantage,
but for 9ne deepest consideration,
tlioughtful patriotic. even prayerful
consids ration OF every sincere citizen
Sc the republic.
This nation has the power to elimin-
Nate these conditions from its public
Ne as running water cleanses itself
Sc the typhus germ by agitation. This
{ country is elementally right, element
silly honest, and in the last analysis
leminently patriotic careless. u
swili rise above the knaye and the
rafter by pure force OF high COM
(mon citizenship.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
a Thief petector.

Brown and fatigued, they recounted
on the roof garden their vacation adj
ventures.
Il took my usual two weeks OF
horsebacking in the SOUTH" said an
illustrator. 81 invented fine thief
detector there.
"In the south, in the OUT -the-way
nlaces that ] frequent, you buy your
own fodder. for your horse, and then
people steal 1t out of the nag's manger.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
THE MAYORS CHANCE.
1Knoxyille .Journal.)

IMIIUAV 1ffO u UT 1 171e11'7 80
Major Lacey, the "standpatter
from lStandpatville,' will be the can
didate of the ants for United States
senator. So much has been decided
nv conference of leading republic
cans" assembled at Des Moines
Tuesday. He was the logical can
didate for the place and apparently
the only man in the state who
would accept it. The honor? was
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23
He Was a Warbler.

You could tell from his hair that he
was musician, or something OF the
sort.
eyes" he said to the company at
large, "the greatest tenor in the land
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23

The odebolt Chronicle suggests:
when Leslie NJ. Shaw refuses to be
the standpat candidate for senator 1t is
evident that he thinks there Is no
chance to defeat Cummins."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1908-09-23

Guaranteeing the safe arrival OF
airships might also make hit as a
campaign ISSUE suggests the Ochey-
dan Press.
The National tribune., 1908-02-06
The Bunker Church.

Editor National Tribune: The Ma
tional Tribune of Jan. %. Correction
by Comrade W. E Huyette. Buffalo
n. Y, who states, referring to the bat
tie of Antietam, that the bunker
Church was not n wooden structure, but
brick" gives an opportunity for an ar
gument here. My memory tells me
that during the afternoon of Sept II,
1862, the whole of the 18th and n por-
tiaa of the 18th the LIST n. J. lay in
line under the protection of a Sigh,
knoll, very nearly If not precisely oppo-
site the Bunker Church and about 100
yards east of it, which would locate
the Hagerstown pike between our line
and the church. Either on the 18th or
18TH, or perhaps on both of those dates,
everything being quiet. those of the
men who felt inclined leisurely viewed
the field In their near vicinity, incfud-
ing the bunker Church / visited il
and examined II. both interior and ex.
terror. and noted the many shell, shot
and rifle bullet holes, and while no per.
son dare deny that ComraGe Huyette
or any other man at that bloody field
was a ''brick,'. excepting these and per.
haps the chimney of the church, Their,
were none, for the church was certainl,
wooden structure. Mr. Editor, tn,
Bunker Church picture in recent is
sue of The National Tribune appear.
natural. excepting that instead of /;
broken caisson saw in our immediate
front a roughly cast iron gun OF two