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The Falls City tribune., 1909-06-25

d., Il mile and Il half or ~
southeast of the present site OF
Stella. Settlements IN Il Il [
part were made mostly by PEG
pie from Nemaha, formerly
known as Forney county, and
their trading point Wis Brown
vile, though perhaps some was
done At Nemaha City, which in
ls5--59, was larger than II is
now. There was considerable
timber in places along the Big
Muddy and these lands were the
first taken. The trees suggest
ed shelter from the winter winds
sweeping over the country, and
besides would yield fuel for fire
wood and for other purposes
Of agriculture, and the reason
for taking up claims of that
kind is obvious. The uplands
were nothing but 4 part of 4
boundless prairie plain, stretch.
ing away to the western noun
tains in one vast bleak shelter.
less vacancy.
am indebted to my friend
Withee for a plat showing the
claims of those parties and
others in the neighborhood, and
also showing where Mrs. Cliff
ford was found and where size
died, together with the location
of the houses of the people in
the vicinity. Clifford's claim
lay ON both sides of the Muddy
proper and at the point where
the Little Muddy flows into it,
while the claim of Robert Nc
Whorter was Immediately east
and adjoining Clifford's, the two
being the south half Of section
20. George Rene owned the
claim west, and Hays the one
north of Clifford's. \ man of
the name of Mclaughlin owned
the claim west of Rene (this
name was pronounced is though
I spelled Rance and ii was in an
empty claim shanty on the
Mclaughlin quarter Mrs.
Clifford was found about mid
day after the murder of Nc
W horter. The neighborhood
about there was known as the
Hays settlement, though there
were many others be side 5 :,
among them several families OF
the QuinlanS, and some others
whose names | do not remem-
Der.
Over the divide on the Little
Nemaha, all the way up into
Otoe county, the lands in its
valley yer taken up as on the
Muddy, and in fact on all the
streams large and small in the
whole country. Mr.. Francis
Withee first settled in Nemaha
county, | think in the year 1858,
or Whereabouts, and had per
sonal knowledge of the facts
related herein.
McWhorter was unmarried,
and was said to be like Peg
goty said Barkis was, "a little
nearby which was meant
that he was very careful with
his money, and not free in its
use. That is what most people
call close, He had Il claim
house and a stove, which was
rare in those days, but other
wise he was as poorly provided
with the comforts of life as
Clifford, or any of his neigh
bors. Clifford had a rude struc-
ture or excuse for a house
which barely afforded shelter
from the pittiless storms that
were frequent that winter. Per
haps the winters then were no
more severe than they have
been since, but they appeared to
be SO because of the destitution
of the people, their poor nous.
ings, clothing and furnishings.
| have many a time in many a
The Falls City tribune., 1909-06-25
"reminiscences of q Wayfarer

Seine Of tho Important Events of the Pioneer Days
D Richardson County and Southeast Nebraska. IS
remembered by the writer. who has spent fifty
ere years here.
The Falls City tribune., 1909-06-25

things in that Muddy settlement
in january. 800.
1t appears that Clifford and
McWborter being close neigh.
bor~ and differently situated.
agreed to combine their house
holds. McHhor1er 10 bring his
stove and other traps to Cliff
ford's house. they 70 furnish the
grub between them for Mrs.
Clifford to cook. IN other words,
McWhorter having no wife, be
came 4 member Of the Clifford
family on the terms indicated,
to last. suppose, while the ar
raugement WIS agreeable to all
parties. I.haTe no information
as to when this Joint occupa
ton began, but I i probable
that it commenced IN the fail or.
early in the winter. There is
also some uncertainty as to the
time in the winter the murder
was committed. [ had it in
mind that it was in February,
but Mr.. Withee is sure it oc.
Cured in January, and he may
be right. / tried to fix the time
from the record OF Clifford's
trial, but the indictment has
been lost from the files and
there was no other record that
would show the date of the
crime. 1t would not appear
and does not appear in the
journal in the clerk office.
The testimony in Clitford's
trial tor the murder of McWhor
ter showed that there was no
person in the Clifford house at
the time except the three, Cliff
ford and his wife, and Nc
Whorter. As two of them were
dead in the ARRAY, none lived to
tell the story Of that savage
crime but Clifford himself. He
must have been is much as fifty
years old, at least his appear
ance so indicated to me, and it
was agreed by those who knew
his wife that there was very lit
tie difference between their
ages. | never saw the woman
and have no personal knowl'
edge on the subject. Clifford
was a man below the medium
height, stocky built, and not in
any sense companionable or
pleasant in his social relations
with his neighbors. | knew
Clifford in Falls City after his
trial, but | never saw McWhor-
ter.
The crime was discovered by
Rene early in in the morning.
Everything in the house was in
confusion, with evidence on
every hand of a terrible and
murderous struggle. McWhor-
ter lay on the floor chopped to
death with an ak, while Cliff
ford was in bed complaining of
wounds he said McWhorter had
inflicted upon him with a gun
dubbed for the purpose, and
the wife gone from the house.
1t was freezing cold, with a
blizzard still raging as it had
been all night. Clifford said
MCWhorter had attacked him
with the gun and he had to use
the axe in self defense. Later
he set ahoat a story that no
body believed, toWit, criminal
intimacy of McWhorter with his
wife. Nothing of that kind was
metioned at the trial. 1t was a
lie, pure and simple. What
they fought about is mere con
lecture. It was probably the
result of d dispute about their
relative shares of their Joint ex-
pense, but nobody ever Ger
tainly knew the real truth.
Clifford asked Rene to follow
his wife and bring her home.
She was found as stated in the
The Falls City tribune., 1909-06-25
TIM CLIFFORD MURDER

In Il former paper promised
To relate tie Clifford tragedy
that occurred in the winter oi
1850, on ne Muddy, in the
northwestern part of the coun-
ty. twas my intention to tell
the story 81 that double murder
IN ny next. gut i'm the mean
time tie announcement OF my
intention brought me several
letters on the subject, among
which was one from my excel
lent friend, Mr., Francis Withee
OF Stella, informing me that
the murder Of McWhorter by
Clifford vas not as | said, com
mitted IN the night, nor that the
wife of the murderer, forced or
driven out of the house in the
freezing weather then prevail
ing, was found frozen to death
on the prairie; but the fact was
that the murder was committed
in the morning, and through
Tear Mrs. Clifford fled from the
house very thinly clad and had
taken shelter in an old deserted
claim shanty, where She was
found later in the day perfectly
exhausted, if not in a dying con
dition, and did die before she
could be gotten to Il house.
This letter contained a request
that the account be not pub
lished till he (Alr. Withee) could
correspond with two or three
ladies', residents in other states
and parts of the country, who
were acquainted with all the
circumstances attending t he
discovery of the murder of Nc
Whorter, and the finding of
Mrs. Clifford in the empty claim
house, and her subsequent death
from long exposure in a freez.
ing Nebraska blizzard. In def.
erence To the wishes of Mr..
Withee the account was defer.
red until the present moment.
A familiar psychological phe-
nomenon, we'll known to law
yers, is made manifest in the
many stories | have heard of
that night morning O +
horrors 1t the Clifford house
fifty years ago-that very good
people will carry in their minds
the recollection of some occur.
renee many years old, Il d
while they all agree upon the
principal fact, will remember
the details surrounding it in is
many different ways as there
are witnesses. This is true of
the several historians of the
Gospel, no two of whom give
the details of Christ's three
years ministry exactly alike.
and this fact is urged by one of
the greatest writer's on the law
of evidence that time and ma
tons have produced, as conclu.
siye OF the truth of the control
ing fundamentals of the Christ.
ian religion. 1t evinces an hon.
est desire to relate the great
old story as each knew. or
thought he knew it, and mega.
tives all notion of collusive fix
up.
Personally, had no knowl-
edge of the crime. What |
knew OF it was what | heard as
common rumor in the first in
stance, and by what was told in
the trial by the witnesses in
their evidence. Had l not been
advised by Mr.. Withee, who
was a resident of that part of
the countrya at the time, | should
have related the facts as | re.
membered them and have been
slightly wrong in two particu-
lars, viz: the time the murder
was committed and where Mrs.
Clifford died, both unimportant.
As it was, We only had Clifford's
word as to when he killed Nc.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
MONTANA's CLIMATE ASSET.
Treasure State Has Mild Weather
While Others Suffer.

It has well been said that one of
the great assets of Montana is its
matchless climate, and less is known
concerning this throughout the coun-
try than of any other one thing con-
nected with the Treasure State. The
average man, consulting. the atlas, no.
tices that Montana lies well toward
the north, and without consulting data
relating to climate he jumps to the
conclusion that Montana must be re-
gion Of long winters and deep SHOWS.
How many people in the central re-
gions now suffering from inc1ement
weather know that in Eastern Mon
tana there have been but two or three
days when a wrap would have felt at
all comfortable and that while the tel
egraph carried stories of SHOWS in To-
wa, Minnesota, West Virginia, Eastern
Montana has been going about in its
shirtsleeves?
The visitors to the dry farming con-
gress had a chance to compare Bill
lings weather with the brand they
have at home, and despite the fact that
the congress came at a time when bad
weather can reasonably be expected
anywhere, we are confident that they
decided that Montana's climate will
compare most favorably with that of
any other spot on the continent. lex.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
DIR. ELIOT'S ACTIVITY.
He of Fiye-FOOt Shelf Fame at Seven.
ty.FOur.

When DR.. Eliot resigned the presi-
dency of Harvard University at the
age of seventy-four on the ground that
he was too old to perform the duties
of that position effectively, he was
quoted as saying in an aside that he
was still able to go up stairs two
steps at a time. Since his retirement
he has compiled fve-foot shelf Of
classics that set the country talking.
declined the ambassadorship to Great
Britain; delivered lecture on the
new religion that made people sit UP
and think, and exhorted the country
with convincing force upon the con-
servation of national resources. Evi-
IDENTIFY this educator does not propose
to rust, and he seems equal to a great
deal of wear. When he speaks the
country listens, and he has an audi
ence wider and larger than ever gath
cred in the classic shades of Cam
bridge.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
GREATEST GAME EVER.
Not Hit Made OF Pitcher in Seyen-
teen Innings.

The past baseball season brought
out some wonderful games, but so far
the greatest game played in organized
ball was played in the Blue Grass
League. The game was played on May,
10 at Winchester, KY, and went sew
enteen innings, Winchester winning
from Lexington by the score Of to 0.
The score alone is not the most re-
markable part of the game. Tony, the
Winchester twirler, did not allow a
single hit in the secenteen innings,
struck out nineteen men and passed
but one man, and that base on balls
was given in the fifteenth inning. This
is undoubtedly the greatest game of
ball ever pitched, as only five men
reached first base on Tony, four get
ting there on miserable fielding errors.
Not one man got past second base
and only two were fortunate enough
to reach there. In thirteen of the sew
enteen innings the Lexington team
went out in order. Winchester made
but seven hits off Baker, but triple
and cleverly executed squeeze pla,
brought in the only score of the game
A few days after the game it was ru
mored that Manager Billy Murray, o
the Phillies, had signed Tony, but h,
has been drafted by Southern
League club.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
DRAINAGE CONVENTION
Practical Men Make Practical
Talks on Development.
Delegates Welcomed to the City by
Mayor McCarthy-J. o. Wright
Opens DiscussiOn-Other
Addresses.

New Bern, N. c., Nov. 1.-THE Sec
ond annual meeting of the North Caro-
lima Drainage Association met at 10:3o
this morning in the county court
house.
Mayor Mccarthy, of New Bern, de-
Iivered the welcome address on behalf
of the city,
Mr.. John Wilkinson, president of the
association, presided during the day.
Mr.. J. o. Wright, U. S. department
of agriculture, opened the meeting
with discussion of the work and it's
problems, illustrated by many maps
and charts. Other addresses in the
morning session were made by DR.. Jo-
seph Hyde Pratt, President Wilkinson.
E. w. Myers Congressman John H.
Small and Commissioner of Agricul-
ture w. A. Graham.
In the afternoon session Mr.. Harry
K. Wolcott, one of the co-receivers OF
the Norfolk and Southern Railroad,
made a strong address, showing the
interest of the railroads in the drain
Carolina He optimistically pictured
Eastern North Carolina as the garden
spot of the world and the place where
every wish of the heart may be salts
fed.
DR.. Pratt also called on a represen-
tative from each of the nine drAnage
districts already formed.
Short talks were also made by Mr.,
Lawrence Britt and Mr.. E. T. Lamb
general manager of the Norfolk and
Southern. Every speaker was inter
rupted by dozens of practical ques-
tions, and the meeting was a regular
round-table discussion of methods
cost, machines. land, etc.
Tonight Mr.. Briston Adams deliver
ed an illustrated lecture on saving
the nations waste, followed by Mr.
NJ o. Eldridge, on the relation oi
drainage and good roads.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
AVOID HARSH DRUGS.
Many Cathartics Tend to Cause In
jury to the Bowels.

II you are subject to constipation,
you should avoid strong drugs and
cathartics. They only give Temporal
ry relief and their reaction is harm
full and sometimes more annoy
ing than constipation. They in no
way effect a cure, and their tendency
is to weaken the already weak or
gans with which they come in con-
tact.
We honestly believe that we have
the best constipation treatment evel
devised. Our faith in it is so strong
that we sell it on the positive guar
antee that it shall not cost the user
q cent if it does not give entire sat
isfaction and completely remedy con-
stipation. This preparation is called
Rexall Orderlies. These are prompt,
soothing and most effective in action
They are made OF recent chemical
discovery. Their principal ingredient
N odorless and colorless. Combined
with other well-known ingredients,
long established for their usefulness
in the treatment of constipation, ii
forms tablet which is eaten just like
candy. They may be taken at any
time, either day or night, without fear
Of their causing any inconvenience
whatever. They do not grippe, purge
nor cause nausea. They act without
causing any pain or excessive loose
ness of the bowels. They are ideal
for children, weak, delicate persons
and aged people, as well as for the
most hearty person.
They come in two size packages, Il
tablets 10 cents, 36 tablets 25 cents
Remember, you can obtain them only
at our store-The Rexal1 Store. j. H
Hill e. Son.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17

KTR. JOSEPH r. DISCH, 454 w. JEFF
1v1 ferson St.. Louisville, KY, writes:
ssI take great pleasure in recommending
your valuable Peruna as a catarrh
remedy.
ssI have been suffering for the past
three years with catarrh, and had used
almost everything in the market until
I read Of your wonderful Peruna rem
edy. After using two bottles of Peru
ma can cheerfully recommend it to
any one having the same disease.
"I was almost compelled to give up
my business, until used your remedy,
and T have never been bothered with
catarrh since."
Hon. G. Slemp, Congressman from
Virginia, writes: 81 can cheerfu1y
say that have used your valuable rem
edy, Peruna, with beneficial resMts
and can unhesitatingly recommend
your remedy to my friends as an invig
Grating tonic and an effective and per
manent cure for catarrh."
People who object to liquid medicine
can now secure Peruna Tablets. SoI<
by druggists, and manufactured by TIL
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, OhiO
Man-a-lin an Ideal Laxative.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17

Floars.
79-Stacy Cheese Co. VS.. R. E. PIP
kim
SO-Goldsboro Fruit Co. VS.. N & S.
r. r. Co.
Sl-M. M. Shrago VS.. A. M. Shrago.
82-Rena J. Person VS.. D. B. English,
ct ais.
Friday, December 10.
85-Vaughn & Barnes VS. Beady Ex-
um, ct ais.
SIT. o. Mozingo VS.. A. C. Davis, ct
95-T. E. Eldridge VS.. H. G. William
son ct ais.
96-Alice Hines VS.. Nero Hines.
9S-E d. Williams VS.. Lizzie VIII
liams.
99-J. F. Williams VS.. T. O. Mozingc.
102-J. e. Jones & Co. VS.. r. w. Rol-
Inns.
1O3-L. M. Hatch VS.. H. We'll & Bros. .
ct ais.
| 106-C. B. Thompson VS.. C. d. Thomr-
AOa uIlllp0 O w I0uu VS.. b. ii. GrlG-
1OS-E. M. Oettinger VS. A. C. L.. R.R.
Co.
lO9-S. J. Stern VS.. A. c. L. R. R. Co.
11O-R. E. Pipkin VS.. Bennett Live
Stock Company.
Motion Docket
E. Malpass VS.. J. D. Poplin.
81. A. McGee and wife vs. ]. o.
Griffin
19-Callie Joyner VS.. E. Joyner.
2O-E. T. Reaves VS.. B. w. Souther-
land.
21-J. r. Short VS.. A. G. L. R. R. Co
27-R. E. Peacock VS.. A. C. L. R. r.
46-E. Men Carr VS.. Edgerton g.
Johnson Lumber Co.
: 53-National Bank VS.. Higgins Drug
: 73-Bank of Wayne ct ais. VS.. Colds
boro Knitting Mills.
i 84-Georgia Hinson, admrx, VS.. A. G,
L. R. R. Co.
, S9-B. G. Thompson VS.. The CITY of
Goldsboro, ct ais.
7. 97-G. w. Kornegay, admir-, VS.. A.
l. Kornegay, ct ais.
1OO-J. F. Ange VS.. Dennis Simmons
Lumber Co.
: Witnesses will not be allowed tc
charge until the day the case in which
S. they are summoned is set for trial.
If a case shall not be reached the
:. day it is set for trial, it will retain il:
place among the cases, and be trie(
VI. when reached.
JAS. r. HATCH, C. S. c..
K. This 18th day of November, 1909.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
DELIGHTFUL ssISLE OF SPICE"
This Clean, Wholesome Musical Com
edy Coming to GOldsbOrO.

The isle of Spice" an original
piquant musical mixture will be seen
at the Messenger Opera House on
Monday night, November %.
The costumes, scenery, electrical
and stage effects are all new, and the
be the greatest of their kind. Its a
new version of the popular musical
extravaganza, and the cast is a col
lection of well-known theatrical celeb
rites, with a chorus whose fame is
synonymous with the title of the COM
edy.
The critics Of the country have
praised the isle of Spice until it's
fame is second to none. The public,
which pays it's good money to be en-
marveled and commended in pleasing
terms. There is nothing more to be
said, but go and see it.
| The old-time chorus girl, who has
| been the butt of the humorous papers
since they have been first publishes
has been entirely eliminated from the
big production of that fascinating mu-
sical mixture, the isle of Spice" They
have been superseded by small cho-
| rus girls of prepossessing appearance
and good voices, who can not only
sing and act, but are expert dancers.
No one-and when we say no one
we mean no one-should miss this
| truly delightful, clean, musical COM
edy.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17

There will be Superior Court be- !
gun and held for the county of Wayne
at the court house in Goldsboro, on
the 29th day of November, 1909, when
and where the following civil cases
will be tried:.
Monday, December 6.
Nos.
S-DuBrutz English VS.. A. C.-L. r.
R. Co.
I'm. E. Boyett, admr, vs. A. C. L.
r. r. Co.
1S-DuBrutz English VS.. A. c. l.
r. r. Co.
Pr. ]. Switzerland ct ais, admrs..
VS.. E. J. Vann and wife, E. E
Vann.
33-Lou M. Smith ct ais, VS.. Bell
Lumber Co.
38-J. T. Dortch, admir-, ct ais, VS.
Susie Wood, ct ais.
42-J. W. Wilson, admr. VS. A. C. L.
r. r. Co.
AID. B. English VS.. A c. L. R. r
Co..
Tuesday, December z.
44-A. T. Uzzen VS.. N. & S. R. R. Co
4S-R. E. Peacock vs. William Reid
and wife.
| 49-Bell Lumber Co. VS.. A. G. l.. r. f
Co. and c. w. Oliver.
| 50-Max Harris VS.. A. G. L. R. R. Co
51-Johnson Bros. VS.. w. J. Flowers
54-M. Sherman VS.. w. w. William
55-Mary E. Williamson & H. G. Will
| hanson VS.. S. ]. Roberts.
56-W. P. Exum VS.. w. B. Murphy
Wednesday, December S.
sly. H. Knowles VS.. A. Musgravs
and wife.
59-H. We'll & Bros vs. Danenber,
Bros.
Il 60-E. j. Martin & Son Co. VS.. Gee
Peele.
63-Jack Sherard vs. Jack Edmund
son.
, 6S-W. M. Rivenbark VS.. Souther
. Express Co.
69-Jesse Moses VS.. Sidney Islel
Il ct ais.
el 72-Allen Saunders VS.. J. B. Kenned,
/ / 74-Geo. e. Crabtree VS.. j. W. E,
e wards ct ais.
Thursday, December 8.
45-W. H. Winstead ct ais, VS.. Be
nard & Hooker.
75-B. w. Switzerland vs. Tho
Hughes.
76-State and Mary Tolar VS.. R.
Hood.
77-Ward Dry Goods Co. vs. DIR. |
Mel. Tatum.
al 7S-John W, Floars VS.. John
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
NOTICE..

Having this day qualified before the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Wayne
County, North Carolina, as administra-
tor of the estate Of George w. Brog-
den, deceased, notice is hereby given
to all persons indebted to said estate
to make immediate payment, and to
all persons holding claims against the
said estate to present them to the un-
dersigned for payment on or before
the 18th day of November, 1910, or
this notice will be pleaded in bar of
their recovery.
This the 18th day of November, 1909.
H. T. DAVIS
Administrator of George w. Brog-
den, deceased. Go1dsboro, N. G.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
NOTCH OF SALE OF LAND.

AS attorney for the heirs Of Mrs.
M. HI. Privett, deceased, will on Mon
day, the Goth day of November, 1903,
at IL o'clock, M, sell at public auction
for cash at the Court House door in
the City Of Goldsboro, for the purpose
of division among said heirs, the fol-
lowing described lot Of land in the
City Of Goldsboro, County Of Wayne,
State Of North Carolina, known In the
plan OF said city as lot No. 253, and
bounded as follows: Fronting east on
James street and south on Mulberry
street, containing one-half acre more
or less.
J. LANGHORNE BARHAM.
Attorney.
This the 25th day Of October. 1909.
Goldsboro semi-weekly argus., 1909-11-17
PREDICTS PROSPEROUS TIMES.
John w. Gates Says 1910 will Be a
Record Breaker.

Bristol, Va, Nov. I'm my judg-
ment 1910 will be the most prosperous
year for the American people in the
history of the country" declared Col.
John w. Gates, the railroad, oil, and
steel magnate, who passed through
here this morning on his way to his
Texas ranch with his family.
'sI have never observed such rapid
Improvement in any times as with the
railroads, and the iron and steel in
dustries, all good barometers Of
trade,
Col. Gates was feeling well, and
says he is enjoying immensely the pic
turesque mountain scenery of this sec.
tioA.