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The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15

Ject OF the discussion is Mrs. Mary
Fan mer. who murdered Mrs. Sarah
Brennan, neighbour near Watertown.
Mrs Farmer had forged n deed con-
veying 10 herself@ahd her husband the
home of Mrs. Brennan. In order to
gain possession OF the home she killed
MIS-. Brennan with an axe. dismember.
ing the body and hiding il in a trunk.
Mrs Farmers electrocutiOn was set
for last August. but her lawyers Sc
cured delays The court OF appeals
has now fixed the date OF her execu.
ton. 1t will take place on the first
Monday In the week OF March % be-
fore daybreak. unless Gov. Hughes
extends clemency. The governor has
strong precedent to refuse To in
terfere with the execution. When
President Roosevelt was governor OF
New York he refused 10 grant re.
spite to Mrs. Martha Place. who was
executed for murder
The death sentence of Mrs. Farmer
has aroused the women in all parts OF
the country. Expressions have been
obtained from several OF the most
prominent women in New York. Mrs
Harriet Johnston Wood OF the arm OF
Wood & Wood, attorneys. OF this city
says women have no voice in the max
ing Of the laws and they should not be
executed for crimes.
Utilize Unwritten Law.
While the Farmer case is different
than the Hams case, Mrs. Wood says
that women should utilize the unwrit-
ten law, through which so many men
who have killed others have escaped
the electric chair. Mrs. Wood says:
Il do not think any woman should
BE- made to pay the death penalty.
"Of course, think any person who
l. guilty OF an act contrary To the law
should be punished. be it man or wom-
an, but women have no voice In the
making OF the laws they must follow
IF they did, and a vote was taken,
I am sure the majority would be
against the idea of capital punishment.
"A sentence OF hard labor for life is
certainly severe enough 10 At the case
Of any woman found guilty OF murder"
Abraham Levy, who secured dis
agreement in the eases of Nan Patter-
son, who was charged with the muir.
der OF Caesar" Young. the bookmak-
or. opposes the death sentence for
women. He says:
IL am and always have been opposed
10 capital punishment, Pnd | am par
ticularly against the imposition OF the
death penalsy upon woman.
Mary Farmer should never go 10
the electric chair.
The feminine sex is constructed so
differently from the governing and law
making sex that no man can possibly
Judge OF its acts to the extent implied
by the extreme limit set by the
statutes governing the punishment for
the crime OF murder.
Every offender against the law
should be punished but no woman
should ever be electrocuted
Or. Jessie T. Boyle. OF New York,
sums up the situation in this way:
IT think the legal rule should apply
10 man and woman alike.
III jury had decided that a man
having committed the same crime In
fhe same way as this woman-should
nay the penalty OF death. then | think
that the woman should also
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15
DISTRICT TEN.

Comprising all territory bounded the
west ny Woodward ave, the north By the
city limits, the east by the city limits and
Chcue-st, and the south by warrea-sve.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15

DISTRICT EIGHT.

Comprising all territory bounded The
west ny East Grsnd-blvd., the north by
Mack-sve. and the city limits. the east ~
the city limits, and the south ~ the Detroit
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15
DISTRICT FIVE.

Comprising NIL territory bounded ON the east
by Woodward-ave., ON tho north by warren
AVE., on the west by sixteenth-st~ and on tho
NV IIchl
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15
DISTRICT SEVEN.

Comprising all territory bounded the
by woodward ave. the north by Grs-
tiot and Msok-aves. on the enst by East Graad-
blvd, and the south by the Detroit river
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15
DISTRICT SIX.

Com prising all territory bounded on the
west by woodward ave. on the north ny war
ren-sve, the east by Cbene-st, md ON tho
south by Grnttot-ave.
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15

Comprising all territory bounded the
west by Chene-st.. the north ny the city
limits, the east by the city LIMITS. snd
The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1909-02-15
DISTRICT THREE.
DISTRICT FOUR.

Son,prt.i sting ali territory bounded on the east
nv Woiyvard- ave, the north ny Michigan
1xe end ON the west by lNrr ction-ave., and On
,he s,uth by the Detroit river.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-01-29
About Mich Cows.

A writer i'll the current Col
hers gives some data of spec
lal interest to farmers and dairy
men. He does not make any spe
ial argument for extending the
operations of the agricultural col
leges of the various states, but
the facts he presents might very
well be so used, as well as in
support of the Unreasonable DOS
slbllities of scientific farming.
The data referred to are entirely
along the line of the work done
in securing better results from
mich cows. If the dairy farmers
OF the country would take an
intelligent follow-up interest in
what is being done for them by
the agricultural colleges, the neec
for pure milk agitation would be
greatly lessened, for all would
speedily realize that only the
best conditions are profitable.
One interesting experimental
series of tests at the Illinois col
lege is cited. where five-year
tests of 554 cows in thirty-six
herds were made. They were d
vided into sections of 139 ecah.
The lowest section produced but
1873 pounds of butter annually,
while the highest produced 3O1
pounds. At the average Elgir
price for the five years the an
nual income per head was $30.77
lowest and $69.32 for the highest
while the respective profits were
n cents and $31.32 per head, on
an estimated cost of $50 per head
expense in keeping.
The college issued bulletins for
use in the country schools, show
ing that twenty-five cows of the
highest class could be as profita-
BILE as 1,O21 of the lowest, and
that a total profit of 81 per day
a farmer would have to keep a
herd of 474 of the low class cows,
which made but II cents profit
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-01-29

ans have no musical instruments
50 they make use on anything
that will produce a semblance of
harmony, and it must be confess
ed that with a tin can, tin
pan and a piece of wood, cOmbin.
ed with their voices they can
produce some of the sweetest
music one would care to listen
Ito.
Clarence E. Edwards.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-01-29
GarSt Ranch

Located in south central COmanche Co., Kans. Soil is
to III IT. deep and fine for wheat, corn, alfalfa etc.
Will Divide into Small Farms
TO sn the purchaser. Easy TERMS with small cash pay.
ment. will be given to actual settlers. Similar lands in this
vicinity are valued by the owners at from SIS to SIS per
Garst Estate lands priced at from Sis to $ per acre.
The State Line Railroad
prOpnsed ine running along the south side Of the county,
would in all probability nersect this land or 20 along the
south side Of the same.
A New Town
Will be started at suitable place on this RANCH Two and
One.haf miles south Of this and the State of Oklahoma
An actual settler is on nearly every quarter section Good
crops OF all kinds have been raised here for years Land val
ues are CORRESPONDENCE high.
You want home Mr.. Man. tract of land that YOU can
call your own. Now your opportunity 'Gst in on the
ground floor" The probabilities that this land will double
in value in the next three years.
Other Bargains
No. 50. 100 acres near DeghbOrs and school, so acres
tlllable land. snap at $500. Easy terms.
No. a. 100 acres, lis acres nice laying fine SOIL This
is bargain at $1,000. Nice easy terms.
No. TO- 100 acres, miles Of Protection, small shack all
fenced, good WELL 80 acres ncuvaon. Price $780, Terms
No. g. 100 acres, IL miles from town, about 70 acres
in cultivation, some grazing land. Price $1,000 500 cash
balance terms.
No. g. 100 acres nearly all table IS miles from town.
Bargain at $780, Terms $500 cash. baIanca terms to suit
0No. Mis- - 800 acres, IL mile;::rOm town, some i'm:
provements Best bargain in county Take look ane make
an o1iers Nice terms NC - e. 80.
No. U.s. 800 acres, 100 acres in cultivation some I'M.
pOvemsns nice neghbOrhoOd growing alfalfa very produc.
tive. Price $N per acre, halfcash., M
No. l6 800 acres as good soil as money ever bought
nice location, very fine wheat and corn land Price $40 Der
acre. Nice easy terms.
No. los $50 acres, excellent farm and ranch combina.
ton, permanent water, $50 acres Of alfalfa land, some inn
provements. Snap at SO per acre.
you want history and description of the resources
and opportunities Of Comanche Co., send your name and ad
dress to us.
For further information concerning bargang, write to or
call upon, 80. -
JOHN J: 0vERSIREET. JAMES E ELY,
Big John & Little jim z
800. Real Estate, .---e:-.--s-.. :.
eomanehe Co. Cold Water, Kansas
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-01-29

Ii your Stomach, Heart, or KID
neyy are weak, try at least, a fe7
doseA only Of DR.. Shops Restor
alive. lii five or ten days only,
the result will surprise you. A
few cents win cover the cost. An,
here /; why help comes so quick
ly. Dr.. Shoop doesn't drug the
Stomach, nor stimulate the Heart
or Kidneys. DR.. Shops Restor-
alive goes directly to the weak
and falling nerves. Each organ
has its own controlling nerve.
When these nerves fail, the de
pending organs must Of necessity
falter. This plain, yet vital
truth, clearly tells why DR..
Shops Restorative is so univer-
sally successful. Its success is
leading druggists everywhere to
give universal preference. A
test will surely tell. Sold by
Holmes, Druggist.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1909-01-29


Tor the whole year per head.
These bulletins estimate that the
state of Illinois keeps about $780,
OOO pauper cows at an annual
loss of 100000.
These figures need, in all prob
ability, little revision to make
them apply accurately eto condi-
tons anywhere in the agricultur-
al sections of the West and Mid
die West. The general result of
all this scientific dairying has
been the building up Of many val
liable dairy herds.
1t is interesting to note that
the worlds record for milk and
butter fat belongs to a Holstein,
Colantha 4th's johanna, whose
milk yield for 365 days was o.
1925 pounds of milk, which pro-
duced 99S.26 pounds of butter
fat, equal to l,247.S3 pounds of
butter. Her best days produc-
ton was LOG pounds, about fifty
three quarts, and of butter 5.74
pounds. She gave 1926 quarts of
milk in one week, and eleven
months after calving she was
averaging 3.42 pounds of butter
daily.
There is a wide margin be-
tween Colantha 4th's Johanna an
a COW that makes II cents prof
it for its owner in a year. But
scientific dairying and the. work
of the agricultural colleges in
closing the gap very appreciably.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06

A writer for the Pennington
Times says that every time the sun
goes down the lead mines of St.
Francois county earn $4,000 clean
net profits to the stockholders of
the fye big companies operating
in the lead belt. and that each day
St. Francois county adds to the
wealth Of the world $3O, 900 in me-
tallic lead. The writer also states
that the operating companies are
only paying about s per cent annu-
al dividend on their capitalization.
These figures, the writer main-
tains, are not mere hazardous
guesses, but are based upon, reli-
liable data. If this is true the op-
Grating companies must be diluting
their dividends heavily through
the medium of watered stock. If
the total daily wealth produced by
the mines is $50, 900 and the stock
holders take S7Oo0 Of it, it looks u
whole lot like the dividends are
nearly IS per osnt, and we'll bet
that ID about right.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Pointed Paragraphs.

Never judge a mans past by
what he tell you about it.
The records show that but few
vegetarians marry grass widows.
Here's hoping the early frosts
will not spoil the canned-fruit crop.
The signs of love show up as
plainly as the symptoms of meas
les.
Many a man is willing to lose a
friend in order to acquire dollar.
It's better to follow one good ex-
ample than it is to set a dozen bad
ones.
Some men live in advance of
their age by reading only next
months magazines.
A girl doesn't enjoy an outing
unless the right young man shows
up somewhere in the scenery.
Perhaps the water wagon would
be more popular conveyance if
it were equipped with pneumatic
tires.
Even if you are reasonably sure
of going to heaven, you should
take out insurance against going
elsewhere.
What grand old world this
would be to live in if opportunity
knocked at a mans door as often
as the bill collector!
A middle.aged woman once told
US that her husband had never
spoken q cross word to her. Later,
we discovered that she'd never had
a husband.-Chicago News.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Oklahoma's Guaranty Law.

Though doubtful in its consti.
tutionality. Oklahoma's bank de-
posits guaranty law has perform
ed notable Office at its first sharp
trial by preventing what might
have been panic which would
have carried to ruin half of the
financial institutions of the state.
The tremendous failure of the
Columbia Bank and Trust Com
pany of Oklahoma City would have
|precipitated under other and ordi.
nary circumstances a run upon
every one of the many other banks
for which it was depository.
Yesterdays lack OF excitement
was due wholly to the calm conf
dence which the people of our
newest state posssss II the stats'l
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06

guaranty. The demonstration is a
convincing one in the interest OF
the law, and the results cannot be
but beneficial, for the bank is de-
clared really to be solvent if op-
portunity is sfforted for realization
upon it's major assets.
There appears. however, to have
been lamentable lack of scrutiny
exercised by the state bank exam.
iners, for it is evident that the
bank had been "plunging" in spec
ulative enterprises, and the assert
ed fact that President Norton's
personal account was heavily over
drawn indicates that more rigid
supervision of the banks affairs
might have prevented disaster.
Developments in this interesting
case will be watched attentively by
financiers everywhere. As we
suggested in the beginning, Okla.
homa's deposits guaranty act may
be found unsound under legal
scrutiny, but the fact that it at its
first test has performed remark.
ably helpful Office seems almost
good reason to let it stand without
attack.-St, Louis Times.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Alabama Liquor Law Observed.

Papers friendly to the liquor in
terests and licensed saloons have 6
way of frequently alluding to the
inability of the state cauthorities o1
Alabama to enforce the prohibi-
ton law there. Here is view oi
the subject from casual observer
of the laws operation.
''In Alabama, | venture to say y
said Ernest NJ. Travers, a New Or.
leans travelling man, in st. Louis
the other day, ''ths prohibition
law is better observed than legisla-
tion of that sort ever was any
where else in this country. So
drastic is the law that it is an Of
fense to give friend drink in
ones own home. The express
companies cannot bring spirituous
liquors into the state, and the news.
papers are forbidden to publish
whiskey advertisements. The man
who contemplates a trip through
the Southern States these days
makes a sad mistake should be fail
to slip something containing liquid
in his grip, unless he is one of tee
total habits and never feels the ne
cessity for a drink. In most of
the towns Of the South it is almost
impossible to get a drink save by
troublesome underground methods
a man does not care to employ"
1t is evident that there are states
in the union where prohibition is
made to prohibit. 1t seems large
ly a question of whether the COM
munities desire to enforce the law.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
1rondale.

Rev. Saville was in town Saturday.
James Larmer of Sunlight was 10
town Monday.
Mr.. w. F. Mitchell and son, Guy,
Of Caledonia were here Thursday on
business.
Mrs. J. T. Bennett and Mrs. W. M.
McSpadden spent Thursday and FRI
day with friends at Bismarck.
Mr.. Frank Drum OF Leeper, Mo-,
was 10 our town a short while Satur-
day on business.
J. |. Robinson. who has been con-
fined to his room for some time, we
are glad to report was able to be down
town Thursday.
Farmers are pushing their wheat
sowing and all report conditions fav-
orable Cor tue work.
MIR. aud Mrs. Sherman Rice and Mr.
aud Mrs. Geo. Montgomery are spend
ing few days in st. Louis at present.
Quite number Of our people are TAX
log IN the sights 10 the city this week.
Mr.. Willie Jamison, WIN is attend
ing school at Cape Girardeau. yisit.d
homefolks Saturday and Sunday, re.
turning Monday.
Mrs. r. 81. Ramsey is spending .
few days 10 Bismarck at present.
Mr.. Wiley O'Neal aud VIM. Buxton
went to st. Louis Monday.
Capt. ]. f. Bennett went to Fred
ericktown Tuesday on business.
s G. Fatchest has lately had the front
OF his blacksmith shop painted, which
adds much to its appearance.
Rev. Greed Fortune ot bslGtsds
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Latty.

LaCty.
We are having delightful weather
at present. Farmers are busy getting
ready to SOW wheat.
Miss Kate Harrison visited Miss
Ruth Springer over Sunday.
Mrs. J. B. Milsap and sister, Mrs.
Jamison of Caledonia, spent Sunday
at the home Of Mr.. R. Hobbs.
Mr.. Francis E. Cordia Of Rich woods
spent Sunday On our creek.
Mr. ana Mrs. Blair Of ST. Louis are
visiting at the home Mr.. L. Bean.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Halbert Of Lost
Creek visited relatives at Aptus the
latter part of last week.
Henry Richeson Is home on a visit.
Miss Bessie Hudson entertained
quite number OF her young friends
Oh last Sunday.
Mrs. J. c. Nicholson visited rela-
tives Gu Ebo Saturday night and Sun.
day.
"GraDdma" Wisdom returned home
last Friday after a very pleasant
visit with relatives 10 De Soto. She
was accomp panied home by Mrs. Nancy
Wisdom Of that place.
Mrs. Genia Hudson Owens and four
children departed Thursday for their
home 10 Colorado. Mrs. Owens has
been visiting old friends and relatives
here for some time, and while she en.
joyed being at her old home and
among old acquaintances, she was
anxious to get back West. Thinks 1t
is the only place. W. M. NJ.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06

The Globe Democrat intimates
that under a first call to show its
effectiveness the bank guarantee
law Of Oklahoma has proved a
failure. The St. Louis Times, in an
article reproduced in these columns
looks at it in q different light,
which we believe is the more cor
rect reflection of the real purpose
of the law. If as the Globe init
mates the state bank guarantee law
has broken down in practical ap-
plication, we may expect to see an
increased demand for the immedi.
ate establishment of a postal say
ings bank.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Why England Has No Flies.

Speaking rashly, there are no
flies in England; at least, there are
80 few that the inhabitants do not
think it worth while to screen
their dwellings,. The reason is the
simplest. The tight little island is
kept clean. Fifty years ago flies
were a nuisance in England.
though not the plague they are
here, for no other really civilized
country was ever quite SO dirty
as the United States of America.
This nuisance is pretty completely
abated. In fifty years England
has been swept and garnished, and
the fiesihave starved. Met Clure's
Magazine.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Anti-Saloon League Troublesome.

In several western states last
year the Anti ti-Saloon League was
most troublesome political fac
tor. Unlike the Prohibitionists,
who maintain a separate organiza-
ton, the Anti. Saloon League works
for any faction, party or man who
seems likely to do the most for the
temperance cause. Just now the
Anti Saloon League is making a
great deal of trouble tor the candi-
dates for the Legislature in Mary.
land. Ordinarily there would be
no question about the election of a
Democratic Legislature and the re-
turn of Isadore Rayner to the
United States Senate, but here
comes along the Anti. Saloon
League exacting pledges for votes
for local option law or promising
to support the other candidates.
There was a time when such an or
ganization could be ignored, but
it has shown such strength in times
past and is SO persistent that party
leaders are somewhat scared. The
temperance people 10 doubt forced
the Democrats to nominate a man
for Governor in Virginia that they
did not really want. He had a
temperance record the Anti Saloon
League people announced that if
he was not named they would not
support the Democratic ticket. In
these times when party lines are
almost indistingaishable it is not
hard for a YiriIe independent or.
ganization with a real issue to
make a good showing and WELD a
great deal of power.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06

The foolish or i'll tempered have no
range in their scale. Small, irri-
tating things come to and tag us
all; but the only way to conquer
them is simply to smile and pass
them up
Every one owes it to himself to
live real life, whether he is rich
or poor; to be. and not to seem.
He owes it to himself at least to be
genuine.-Success.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06

Let every farmer in the county
get out during the winter months
when work on the farm is slack
and make good road through bis
Own property and be will enhance
the value of his farm several hun
dred dollars. If each farmer were
to do this there would soon be
fairly good roads all over the coun-
ty. Remember this fact, you will
never get a good road through or
by your land at some one else's ex-
pense.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06
Exaggerating Triiles.

You can always take a mans
measure by the way in which little
annoyances and petty vexatione
affect him. If be exaggerates
them, talks a great deal about
them, spends valuable time fussine
over them, you know that he is
not a big. souled man.
The habit of making a fuss over
a little thing, of exaggerating the
importance of what, to great char.
acters, would be but a trifing an
noyance, is not only indicative Of
smallness and narrowness of ma
ture, but is also demoralizing and
weakening.
The really large man will not al
low himself to be troubled by tri.
les. If he wants to 90 anywhere,
he does not make great ado, be-
cause it rains, is hot, is muddy, OF
because che does not feel like it,
This would be too small, too plea
yune for the broad, large-minded
character.
Some people are upset by the
least obstruction thrown in their
path. They ''go all to pieces
over somebody's bIunder-over o
stenographer's mistake or clerk
error. Large natures rise above
such trifies.
Some men do splendidly wher
they have the encouragement oi
good business, the tonic Of good
times; but when business is dol
and goods remain ON the shelves
unsold, or they have any little dis
cord in their homes, they are ali
upset. They are like children;
they need 10 be encouraged all the
time, for they caunot work under
encouragement.
II have seen men lose their tenn
per and waste energy swearing al
= knot ina shosstring, or some.
e. e
thing else just - unsieDiaesat'
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1909-10-06

Shade of Andrew Jackson! here
we are considering the re establish.
ment of central national bank.
We will not only get to that, but
future generations will see in each
community local government
bank, and the entire banking bust.
ness will be nationalized as wholly
as the postoffice is today. Bank
officers will be simply government
officials inthe days to come. We
have gone long way from Jack
sons time.