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SPECIAL SESSIQsBOARD
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Heard Complaints Excess, yal~a-
tion Of kpertx.

The board of cory conasasastoners
met in special seen, Nkonssav A.
heard complaints 90, excess v .nd
ton of property. .alua-
A number OF tax hsFy
ent. and property In were pres.
was increased In ssome localities
board. aluation by tn.
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PERFECTION OF PATHOS
An Old Song That Is Tender
..lY Appropriate to thess
Incident.
The Tally-Sheet and Return of an
Election Held i'm G0ldsbOrO for
Town Commissioners Fifty
Three Years Age.
Three Years Ago

Apropos the visit of Mr.. George B.
Wright to Goldsboro, after an absence
of Dfty-three years, as noted in yes
terday's Argus, we have in our pos
session, in the handwriting of the late
Maj. j. G. Slocumb, and on the regula-
tion blue paper of those times, the
original tally sheet of an election
day in December, 1855, by the late
Olin Coor, sheriff, "for the electing Of
five persons to serve as town commits
sioners' for the ensuing year, which
was the year (1856) that Mr.. Wright
left Goldsboro-in February 1856
although at the election spoken of lie
was then in Alabama, making ar
rangements for his removal to that
state, and therefore his name does not
appear among the list of voters.
Here is the preamble and the list of
the voters and the official return on
the back of the tally-sheet:
AN election was held by o. Coor,
sheriff of Wayne county, at the Court
House in Goldsboro, N. c., on the 1st
day of December, 1855, it being the
first Saturday in said month, for the
purpose OF electing five persons to
act as commissioners of the town of
Goldsboro for the ensuing year-when
the following persons voted, viz:
"B. H. Stammeir, ]. J. Bradbury,
J. B. Whitaker, Bennett Webb, E. B.
Rordnn p M,Irrav n n. Soccor q
C. Wood, Geo. A. Dudley, M. D. Cra-
ton, E. A. Sauls, J. c.. Slocumb, C. J.
Nelson, E. Pittman, F. Odenheimer, K |
Smith, D. ]. EzzelI, B. F. Arlington, |
w. R. Ashby, Everett Joyner, Sr, e.
B. Hood, J. r. Kinton, Tho. Sutton. J
E. Sherman, Thos. Warters, Henry
Strouse, w. J. Jolly, ]. D. WilkinsoEs, !
j. H. Philyars, Kedar Ballard, Arthur j
Stansill, r. J. Gregory, S. d. Phil1ipa. /
Thos, Presson, VIM. Privitt, J B. ]
Griswold, Everitt Joyner, Jr., Josiah
Fields, w. A. Williams, James Long
G. D. Jones, J. W. Thompson, VIM. r. |!
Hooks, H. R. Nixon, Willy Hall, Tho
M. Rogers, l.. M. Higgins, Oliver |
Smith, Jas. A. Washington, Lindsay
Daniel, w. S. G. Andrews, Matthew
Albritton, G. w. Wattlington, J. T. |
Foulks, Henry Stanton, John E. Ian
caster, Geo. c. Jones, E. c. White. |
Council Radford, John Wigs, Blount
King, Lem1 Fields, Howell Sasser,
Jas. H. Privitt, John FL. Powell, John
Scarborough, c. F. Dewey, J, Fl. Grit
fin, Jno. s. Moore, VIM. Dali, CASTOR
Craig, J. B. Wheeler, Hiliiard Sasser,
]. w. Commack.
eve hereby certify that ]. B. Whit
aker received Al votes, ]. B. Griswold
46, H. r. Nixon As, Josiah Fields 80,
J. J. Bradbury 35, and were duly
elected commissioners for the town of
Goldsboro, December 1, 1855.
''E. B. BORDEN,
'K. SMITH,
inspectors.
80. CooR, shff.''
1t will be observed that there were
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30. COOR, Shff."

". COOR, SnH.
1t will be observed that there were
out seventy-seven voters in that cleo
ton, and the tally Sheet, On the same
paper, shows that Of this seventy
seven twenty-five received votes for
commissioner, ranging from one vote
to forty seven, the highest received,
so that, evidently, people in those
days-in matters of local government,
at any rate-woted to suit themselves.
1t will be observed, too, with a
pathos that brings pause and thoughts
too sublime for words. that of the
seventy-seven recorded as voting in
that election only two are with us to-
day, and they are, as the poet YOUNG
in his Might Thoughts" so beautifully
says of old age, walking thoughtful
on the silent solemn Shore" yet en
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ours for enforcement,

R. L. DAVIS,
Supt N. C. Anti-Saloon League.
When people can be genuinely char
table it is TO themselves.
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near-argument is
nobody gets angry. Dne in which
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SeIf-satisfied people have nothing
mere to live for.
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Asa ssur Neishbor to Subscribe for the ARGUS
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-03-19
H0MESEEkERS
ON The MOVE
First Excursion Of the
Season Reaches Here
Yesterday
EXCURSIONS EVERY 2 WEEKS
Train Packed With Imn1i6rants
and Investors-About rs
Stop Off Here

Yesterday morning the first home
seekers excursion of the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul reached here
having left Chicago Tuesday. The
train was loaded with prospective
investors and immigrants all eager
to secure chunk of Montana soil
before it is all taken or the price
rises out of sight. About fifteen Of
the excursionists stopped off here
Thursday morning and about ten
more brought up the rear guard
this morning having laid over at
Miles City day. Local real es-
tate men are busy looking after the
visitors and the majority of them
are filing on homesteads or are pur-
chasing tracts that suit their fancy.
The Milwaukee will conduct these
excursions every two weeks through
out the coming season and in this
connection has put into effect a
very low rate to induce Fasteners
to make a personal inspection of
the territory opened up by the new
road. The movement of home
seekers has just commenced and it
is freely opined that the best avail
able land will all all be settled
upon before very long. Not only is
one section of the state being favor
ed bv the new settlers, but the tide
is reaching all parts. Farm land
is increasing in value at marvellous
rate all over the state as a result Of
the immigration.
Many of the excursionists who
went through to Harlowton and
Lewistown will ultimately drift
back along the main line and will
undoubtedly locate somewhere.
The Musselshell valley is being
given much more attention by the
railroad company this year than
heretofore, and the benches for
many miles back from the river
will soon be occupied by the thrifty
homesteader.
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By Vote of69 to SO Roundup Decides
to Become City in the
Legal Sense.
MEANS BIGGER AND BETTER ROUNDUP
ReIuh of Saturdays Election Occasion for Big
Demonstration - Band Plays and
Fireworks Burned Up

The special election held last
Saturday for the purpose of decid-
ing the incorporation question re-
suited favorably, and Roundup is
now a city in the legal sense. The
vote stood SO in favor to 80 against,
the total vote cast being los. The
result was big surprise to all
as it had been conceded generally
that the fight would be very close
one.
The favorable result of the cleo
ton means much towards a bigger
and better Roundup. Work on at
least two new buildings was started
Monday morning which would not
have been built had the proposition
been defeated. The electric light
plant will now be pushed to com
plctien as rapidly as possible and
is to be ready to furnish light by
May 1st. Better streets and cement
sidewalks will be only a matter of u
few months. Is is problematical
whether these things could have
been brought about il the election
had resulted differently.
Having decided to incorporate
now, the next step will be the clec-
ton Of city officials. When this
election will be held is not known
yet as the date is to be set by the
county commissioners. The board
will probably meet in special ses-
sion sometime next week to can
vass the vote after which they will
appoint date for the election oi
officers. It will be about the first
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f|QhT 1[h-R0UnD DRAW
Kid Hayes and Jimmie Martin
Fight Ten Rounds to
Draw

The second encounter between
Kid Hayes of Philadelphia and
Jimmie Martin Of Billings to take
place in the local arena occurred
Wednesday night in the Skating
rink. The fight which lasted ten
rounds and which was one OF the
the best bouts ever witnessed in
Roundup, resulted in a draw. The
same glove artists met here on
Washington's birthday the contest
at that timc being decided in favor
of Martin. Both combatants were
backed to fare-you-well by their
friends.
There We're over two hundred
present to witness the match. The
fighters entered the ring in fine con
dition having been in training for a
number of weeks, and handled
themselves in professional mann.
er. Lou Fournier acted as referee
Tommy Hayes, who manages the
Philadelphia lad, is confident that
his is the better man Of the two
and will try to have them matched
/ for decision in the near future
He is now endeavoring to arrange {
bout at Three Forks.
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of May as the election will have to
be advertised thirty days. A special
registration will also be ordered.
The city will be divided into
three wards and each Of these will
be represented in the city council
by two aldermen. In addition to
these officers there will be a mayor,
a city treasurer and clerk.
The result Of the election, which
had been awaited with some doubt,
occasioned big demonstration
Saturday evening. As soon as the
result was announced the cnthus-
iasm which had been pent up all
day broke loose, The band got out
and livcned things up. fireworks H.
Illuminated the streets as on a 4th
Of July night and the streets were
lined with people until late in the
evening.
An order has been issued by the
general land Office at Washington
withdrawing from all forms Of entry
all public lands lying along the JET
ferson, Madison, Gallatin and Beav-
erhcad rivers, from their head waters
to their confluence with the Missou-
ri. The order takes in the land on
each side of the rivers, extcndin &
back for several miles. The with
drawal is in line with the policy of
the government to conserve the
water resources for the benefit of
the public in connection with future
development. An order received
"A short time ago made the same
disposition on lands along the Mis-
souri,.
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bA5t BALL ntt1|h6
Meeting Tomorrow Night to Start
the Ball A'Rolline

The balmy spring weather of the
last two weeks has awakened the
baseball spirit in Roundup for sure,
and the fans have it all figured out
for winning team the coming
season. According to the enthus-
iasm displayed no town within a
radious of 200 miles will get as
much as a lookin as far as the
national game is concerned, and in
dications point that the dream may
be fully realized. Muck Ray, one
of the foremost of the local fans,
has interested himself considerable
the past week in the organization
of nine and has called a meeting
for tomorrow night in Marcyes &
klokow's livery for the purpose of
discussing the matter at length,
and, if possible, getting together a
combine that will create furore
on the diamond in this section Of
the state. Everybody, not only
those who profess to be professional
players, but those who enjoy a
good game of ball, should make il
a point to be present at the meet
ing.
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while returning from mine No. 2
and narrowly averted being serious
" injured. His right leg was
twisted and bruised, but at the time
Of going to press it is not thought
that any bones are broken. Supt.
Griffin, who was with Mr.. Taylor,
was also thrown from the buggy but
escaped with few scratches.
The accident happened near the
crossing Of the Roundup Coal Min
ing Co.'s spur west Of town, and
was caused by the horses becoming
frightened at box car standing a
little east of the crossing. The
horses whirled around to the right
suddenly and as the approach to
the crossing is filled in consider.
able. the buggy turned throwing
Mr.. Taylor over the fence along the
rightofway and Mr.. Griffin into tn,
wire. Mr.. Taylor was immediatel,
brought to town for medical assist
anee.
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ian Spye" and why Girls Leave
Home in which the members Of
the troup appear to the best possi-
BILE advantage.
The company will open with
"Bess of Idaho play created
from a secrete work Of fiction that
is diverting in the truest sence Of
the word. 1t amuses and interests
continuously for three hours and is
an agreeable diversion in the bar
ain, Miss Craven is a vivacious
and spirited actress and is possess
ed Of wonderful pictorial grace.
She never fails to captivate her aud
ience when she makes her first
entrance in the title role of this
play. The dramatization follows
the book closely yet not too ripidly
to interfere with good stage effects.
A concert will be given each
evening from s to $50 preceding
the show by the \ insw wor h
Orchestra which is said to be an
organization way above the average
having travelled number Of years
alone. This feature will be free to
The roundup record. [volume] (Roundup, Mont.) 1908-1929, 1909-03-19
RUTH CRAVEN (0n|nd
Popular Show Company Will Be
Here Four DAYS Next Week

The Ruth Craven company, one
of the strongest theatrical aggrega-
tions making the smaller cities of
the state, is billed to appear in the
skating rink here for four nights
commencing Wednesday, March
oath. The repertoire Of the COM
pany includes such we'll known and
high class plays as ''Bess Of IDAHO"
The Little Minister, The Russ
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those holding tickets. The perfor-
nance will be followed by Il dance
for which a charge of 80 cents will
be made.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08
Soils Not Exhausted.

Declaring that the worlds soils are
today greater store-house of fertility
than ever before, Prof. Milton Whitney
chief of the Soils Bureau in the Depart
ment of Agriculture, in bulletin just
issued takes stand in direct Gpposi-
ton to the view of many writers that
soils are gradually wearing out.
Professor Whitney states that study
of the record for the past 40 years
will show that the average of crops is
increasing, particularly in the older
states, where the soil has been worked
the longest. There has been. he states
an increase of two bushels in the aver
age yeild Of wheat per acre in the past
40 years, although the yield of corn has
decreased one half bushel.
"The soils of New England have
materially increased in yields of corn
and wheat during 40 years" says the
Professor, Out what is more startling,
tb~. are producing considerably heavier
elds than the soils Of the Mississippi
River States"
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08
GOV WILSON'S INJUDICIOUS
ADVICE TO KENTUCKY
PLANTERS.

The advice that Governor Wilson,
of Kentucky, has given to the people
of that State is almost without paral-
lei in recent years as coming from n
Executive whose business it is to ex-
ecute and enforce the laws of the land,
says the Baltimore Sun.
There has been for a long time in
Kentucky an organization of"Night
Riders" who have been engaged in
preventing by intimidation tobacco
growers from selling their crops.
The Tobacco Trust having driven
out competition for certain kind
OF Kentucky tobacco, it reduced the
price to so low a figure that there
was no longer any profit for the
planters. To counterfeit this action
by the trust spool" was formed by
many planters and tobacco was
withheld from sale except at the
price they asked. In order to make
this "pool" success it was necessary
that the entire crops should 60 in
to it, so band Of might Riders
was organized to compel the coop
Grafton of planters by threats, by
personal violence and by burning the
crops in the barns.
1t would seem to be the duty OF
the State government to put STOP
TO this lawlessness. 1t is the bust
ness of the Governor and one OF the
main objects of government to pro-
tect the persons aud property Of
citizens. Istead of doing this Gov.
ernor Wilson has invited citizens to
meet lswlessness with lawlessness
fierce with force and violence with
violence. He has suggested that
those who are not interested in the
pool should organize for their
own protection, and if in protecting
their homes and property they kill
people they would need no lawyer
to defend them. He would grant
them a pardon. This declaration,
advices from Kentucky say, may
cause a civil was. Passions in the
tobacco district are greatly infamed
and it needed only such encourage
ment as this to cause them to break
through all restraint. The Cover
nor's declaration is in effect a de-
claration of mod lava suspension
of the functions of the courts of JUS
tice. surrender of the functions OF
government into Irresponsible and
unmanageable hands. Governor
Wilson says that he gives this advice
with full knowledge OF its serious
character" Nothing could be more
unfortunate, and if general riot and
bloodshed come to pass, the repon-
sibility resting on the head of this
Governor will be heavy indeed.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08

amendment to the Constitution OF this
State shall be at the next General
Election for mem bcrs Of the General
Assembly to be held in this State, sub
mittcd 10 the legal and qualified voters
thereof for their al option or rejection,
in ,ursuancc Of the directions contain
ed in Article XIV OF the Constitution
Of this State, and at said general election
tbs vote on the said proposed amend
ment shall be by ballot, and upon each
ballot there shall be printed the words
For the Constitutional Amendment
and "a gaiust the Constitutional Amend
ment" as now prescribed by law, and
Immediately after said election due re-
turns shall be made to the Governor OF
the vote for and against said proposed
amendment, as directed by the said
Article XIV of the Constitution.
Approved February 25, 1908.
NOW, THEREFORE. l, AUSTIN L
CROTHERS, GOVERNOR OF THE
STATE OF MARYLAND, in puruance
Of the provisions of Section l, Of Article
Il of the Constitution Of the State of
MARYLAND, do hereby order and direct
that copy of said Act proposing an a
mendment to Section l Of Article l of
The Constitution of said State, be pub
lished in at least two newspapers in
! each of the counties of the State and
| in three newspapers in the City of the
Baltimore, one of which shall be pub
lished in the German language, once q
week for at least three months proceed
ing the next General Election, which
election will be held on November 2nd.
1909, at which election the said propo-
ed amendment shall be submitted, in
| the form aud manuer prescribed by the
! General Assembly, to the legal and
qualified voters of the State, for their
adoption or rejection.
GIVEN under my hand and the
Great Seal of the State OF
(Seal) Maryland. Done at the City
Of Annapolis, this 1st day of
July, enc thousand nine hun
| dred and nine.
AUSTIN L. CROTHERS.
BY THE GovERNOR:
n. WINSLOW WILLIAMS,
Secretary of State.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08
80 ACRES
MORE OR LESS.
TERMS OF SALE.

One-third cash on day of sale and the
remaining two-thirds of purchase
money to be secured by mortgage on
the above described property, maturing
three years after date, bearing interest
at the rate of per cent. per annum;
said mortgage to be executed and deliv-
ed upou The confirmation of this sale
by the Court.
The above sale is made to obtain
funds with which to pay Court costs,
Incidental expenses of receivership, at
torneys fees and for creditors.
WILLIAM A. HARRISON,
Receiver of the Forest Lake Gene
terry of Prince Georges County.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08
MONDAY, NOVEMBER lst, 1900,
AT l O'CLOCK P. NJ,

the following described real estate, to
wit:
Parts of lots Nos. 6, 4 and 2, None
such" and part of Headache" and
I'M arshalPs Adventure" adjoining lot
No. 2, beginning at q stake on the up
per 81 de of Pennsylvania Avenue ex-
tended, or Suitland Road, 233 feet
southeast from the middle of Oxen Run
at the bridge, north 70 degrees, east
1896 feet to stake in Headache" and
"Marshalrs Adventure" leaving low
land on left Ii 8 10 acres of lot aud 4
and of lot 2, IL 6-10 acres; north So de-
grees Is minutes east 1910 feet to stake
% $40 feet southwest of burnt poplar
stump, former angle and landmark;
south degree Is minutes west 1909 feet
to stake in hedgerow line; south S9
degrees As minutes west 751 5 feet to
the southeast corner Of lot No. 2; with
Lines of 9, 4 and 6 south Sc degrees 45
minutes west 165 feet to a stone; south
| 35 degrees 80 minutes west 2107 feet to
stone in the Suitland Road; with line
and angle of said>road some 5000 feet
to the beginning, containing 1s5 acres
saving and excepting lot No. 4 contain
| ing so s acres, and lot No. contain
| ing 1912 acres, described in Deed Of
Trust from George B. Starkweathel
and wife to David c. Fountain, ct al
| dated March 8, 1898, and recorded ii
'Liber J. W. B. No. "a, folio No. 3S7
| Of above boundary undisposed of here
| tofore, there remains about
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i RECLAMATION.

WHEREAS, at the January Session
w of the General Assembly of Mary
land, in the year of our Lord one thous
sand nine hundred and eight. an Act
was passed proposing an amendment to
Section of Article of theConstitution
of the State, which said Act is in the
following words, towit:
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08
The Daily American
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The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08
CHAPTER &c.

AN ACT to amend Section one of Art. :
Gle one, title, effective Franchise" of
the Constitution of this State, and to
provide for the submission of said
Amendment to the qualified voters OF
. this State for adoption or rejection.
The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1909-10-08

FOR SURVEYOR:
CHRISTOPHER G. BILLOPP.
ELECTION Tuesday, November 2nd, 1909.