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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-09-14
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-09-14
order of Publication.

The State of West Virginia, jefferson CouLt,
to-wit:
Al Rules held in the Clerks Office Cf the
Circuit Court of Jefferson county, on the srst
Monday in September. 1909.
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Order of Publ
The State of West Virginia
to-wit:

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to-wit:
At Rules held in the ClslI
Circuit Court Of Jederm
Monday in Sept, mber. l9&
s. W. WASHINGTON and 4
Administrators with lhevI
A. Colston, deceased. i.
vs.
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Parker Shepherd, Waliul
lie w. ColstOn, Dean o.
Colston, Annie \. CoIslMs
Mary Rogers. Frank Rosss
herd. Roy Bowman. MARI
Lucy Park Shepherd. Aa
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H. N. shepherd, Mn. 3
Miss Bessie ColstoB, sd
and w, I. Wilmington, 90
of Baptist Church at Suns
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Order of PubIIt

The State OF West Virginia, =
to-wit:
At Rules held in the ClgAi
Circuit Court of jefferson Y
ginia, on the first MONDAY ias
LAURA KERANS, ""4.e
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Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1909-09-14

CHARLIE WASHINGTON. Robert Wash
ingto Lucinda Roper and Ed Roper. her
husband; Tucker Ford. Emily jackson aud
--- Jackson. her husband; Margaret
Gray aud --- Gray. her husband
Hannah Clarke and Charlie Clarke. her
husband; Sarah Ford and Jerry Ford. her
hIebana; Hattie Ford and David Ford her
husband; Essie Carter ard Norman Carte
hsr husband; Mile Briscoe and ----.
Briscoe, he husbands; John Sirother
Charlie StrOther and ------ Stroller
his wife; Nellie Hammond and Joe Ham
moud. her husband; Maggie STROLLER and
William STROLLER, her husband: Ahbie
StrOther and ----- Strother, her hos
bnnd; William STROLLER and Maimie Stro, H.
er. bis wife; John Fos. Robert Fox aud
Cha'les Fox, Hattie Coils and William
Goens, her hue band; Charles Town Ruild-
Ing Association. a Corporation; S. w
Washington, Trustee. Defendants
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
He Sues H. S. Priest For $19.5OO.

st. Louis, Nov. 20.-John A. Gill
liam, who for years has been the
principal legal opponent of the United
Railways Company, filed suit for
$19,5O0 against Judge Henry S.
Priest, chief counsel for the COM
pany, to-day. He alleges that Judge
Priests position as a leading member
of the bar, director of the United
Railways Company and ex-United
States district and circuit Judge
aggravated the offense committed by
Priest when he knocked down and
beat Gillian in Judge Muench's d.
vision of the circuit court Nov. A.
In his petition he says that he in
CURED medical and surgical expenses,
which added to the time lost from the
practice of his profession, amounted
to $4,000. An additional s., 500 is
due him, he says, because of the
standing and wealth Of the defend
ant.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
Notice of Posting.

AT a regular meeting held on Nov.
18th, 1909, Of Plainview Lodge No.
80, Central Protective Association, a
motion was made, carried and duly
recorded that the members of said
lodge post their farms against hunt
ing and trespassing, and the UNDER
signed members hereby give public
notice of obeying such order: j. R.
Baum, Henry Eiler, Henry Donvan,
Chas. Dixon, w. F. Duvall, ], C.
Clark, Chas. Grant, Frank Holland,
0. P. Wilson, John Geneva, John
lawson. G. |. Lynch, j.. w. Nc
Aninch, Geo. Palm, w. C. Powell, B.
P. Powell, Geo. Henry, Joe Meyer,
Joe I. Smith, G. w. Stitt, j. F. Nc
Kee, j. E. Thompson, D. K. Walker,
Cy Ward, VIM. WEIGH, Jas. WEIGH,
j. M. Patty, Dennis Thrall, j. S.
Brown, VIM. Deweese, Chas. Beard,
W. J. Bullock, T. L. Fisk, S. J. New
lon, W. P. Miller, 7. M. Bottoms,
Clark Wix, Ed. S. Clark, c. C. Titus,
Frank 7. Clay, H. R. Seelinger, A. C.
Burton, W. S. Fuller, ]. E. Williams,
W. g. Shafer, w. L. Heinz, ]. D.
Angel, ]. R. Thomas, E. C. Wheaton,
Lon Dixon, G. LaFollette, w. C.
Eldridpes E. W. Eldridge, Chas. E.
Henry, J. W. Barnhart J. D. Allen,
R. R. Deacon, F. H. Crowell, David
Powell. at
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
Cleaning Out the Hawks.

Charley WEIGH, out northeast of
town, has row Of Is big hawks
hung along the road, which attracts
attention and comment from all pass
ers by. WEIGH and his neighbors
have been pestered by hawks for
some time. The pestiferous things
steal every chicken they can get their
claws on and some of them have
nerve enough to tackle young pigs.
WEIGH went to work on them with
the above result. Eighteen dead
hawks made quite hole in the visi-
BILE supply Of that neighborhood, and
he is going to keep at it until the
hawks left get SO lonesome they will
leave the community. The modus
operandi is to set a big trap under a
certain dead tree on which the hawks
love to roost. Close by the traps
WEIGH places a dead rabbit. The
minute Mr.. Hawk lights on the tree
he spies the rabbit and swoops down
to get it Ninety-nine times out Of
100 the hawk puts his foot in the trap
before he gets the first course Of
rabbit devoured, and his hawkship
goes on the fence. That community
will enjoy immunity from hawks
next spring. Warrensburg Journal
Democrat
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
TAFT WANTS BIG NAVY


Norfolk. Va, Nov. pas one NJ
the concluding features of the con.
vention OF the Atlantic Deeper Water.
ways Association, and to accept again
the hospitality of the people of the
Old Dominion, President Taft came
to Norfolk Friday, reviewed mill.
tary and naval parade, made two
speeches, in which he bespoke his
interest in practical system of water.
way improvements, to be carried for.
ward on a.business like basis, and
not merely as means Of distributing
patronage; partook ola oyster roast
under the shadows Of the towering
Cape Henry Lighthouse, and attend.
ed a smoker in honor Of large corps
Of visiting newspaper men.
The President retired Friday night
on the naval yacht Mayflower. The
Mayflower Saturday morning got I'm.
der way for Hampton, where the
President attended a meeting of the
Board of trustees Of the Hampton
Normal Institute, of which he is A
member.
Mrs. Taft accompanied the Pres.
dent to Norfolk, and while he was
reviewing the big parade and later
was making an open air address,
Mrs. Taft and her sister, Mrs. Thorn.
as X. Laughlin Jr., Of Pittsburg,
came ashore and went on sightsee.
ing expedition.
In his speech the President, after
detailing his views as to waterway
Improvement, spoke a word for the
United States Navy, declaring that
the prestige of the nation demands
that the navy be kept to a high stand
ard of efficiency.
The President also declared that he
was in favor of fortifying Hampton
Roads, the greatest strategical naval
base in the world, by erecting an i'm
pregnable fort on an island placed
halfway between the Virginia Capes.
He hoped to see the plan adopted
during his term as President.
President Taft mentioned the big
ger navy in referring to the battle of
the Merrimac and the Monitor. He
said:
Il want navy to continue to be
maintained worthy Of this country.
We are not knocking anybody's chip
off his shoulder, and we are not hav-
ing a chip on our shoulder, but we
are great nation Of eighty or ninety
millions Of people, and we must, in
order under the present Conditions,
to maintain the prestige that is pro-
portionate to our stand before the
world, have navy that is worth see
ing and able to fight if it has to-"
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
Uncle Stephen Cantrel Dead.

Uncle Stephen Cantrell passed
peacefully away at the home of his
son, R. L. Cantren, in Shawnee town
ship, Saturday morning, November
18th, 1909, Of ailments incident to old
age; aged SO years, 2 months and q
days.
Uncle Stephen was born in North
Carolina, August 10Th, 1920; from
thence he moved to Platte county,
Missouri, at the close of the Civil
War; after residing there one year he
moved to Bates county, where he re-
sided until the end came. His wife
preceded him to the other world some
years ago. Five children survive
him, viz: John G., Smith, Sterling,
Roland and Mrs. Ed. A. Porter. Mr..
Cantrell has been a faithful member
of the Baptist Church for many years.
He was loyal neighbor, courteous
gentleman and a good citizen. Such
men are missed and mourned.
Funeral services over the remains
were held from the Altoona Baptist
church Sunday, conducted by Rev.
Jos. A. Smith.
The Journal joins a wide circle Of
friends in extending sympathy to the
mourning children. Adrian journal.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
Oklahoma Gas For Missouri.

Kansas City, Mo-, Nov.-Kansas
City is now burning gas from Okla
homa. The Kansas fields practically
are exhausted. Gas experts say,
however, that the wells in Oklahoma
are so much deeper and stronger
than those of Kansas, which have
lasted three years, that they should
furnish gas from seven to ten years
without difficulty.
Several weeks ago, when, with the
weather still above the freezing point,
the weakness of the pressure was no.
ticed here, it was somewhat of a
mystery, as the gas company had had
little difficulty before except when
the mercury was within Is degrees
of zero.
An investigation of the situation
confirmed report that the Kansas
fields were becoming exhausted.
Recent court action in Oklahoma
has allowed the Kansas Natural Gas
Company to connect the pipe lines
with the Oklahoma fields.
Republican reader, if you do not
endorse and uphold the tariff bill as
the best bill that was ever passed,
President Taft has communicated
you with bell, book and candle;
Speaker Cannon has read you out of
the party and Senator Aldrich has
cast you out into political darkness.
These three, who are in present con-
troll of the party, have spoken and
you are free to act according to your
best lights. The only way to make
the Republican party stand for your
views is to depose such leaders by
defeating them. The only way to de-
feat them is to vote the Democratic
ticket Suppose you swallow your
wrath and humiliation and for reg
ularity's sake vote for the high tariff
gang under inward protest. You
then only help shackle your party
and stifle your own principles. If
you believe your party's pledge to re-
wise the tariff meant revision in the
interest of the people, it is your duty
to resent the betrayal of your conf
denee.-GGffinton Democrat.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
BRYAN ATTACKS
THE SALOONS
The Personal Liberty" Plea De
clared to be a Subterfuge,

Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 22.-William
J. Bryan's expected broadside against
the saloon and the doctrine of per.
sonal liberty will appear in the forth.
coming issue Of the Commoner. Mr..
Bryan declares the drunken man is q
menace to those about him and the
saloon akin to a disorderly house and
gambling hall, the rendezvous of the
criminal element and the willing tool
of the corrupt politician.
Discussing the campaign Of liquor
dealers and the issue Of personal lib.
erty, he says:
The liquor dealers, recognizing
that their obvious pecuniary interes,
would lessen the weight Of any argu'
ment which they might publicly ad.
vance, are making their fight under
cover Of organizations purportine "a
represent those who use liquor.
Well-meaning men have been misled
into believing that every attempt tu
lessen the evils Of intemperance Is Z
fanatcal attack on personal liberty.
What IS meant by personal lib.
- = x a.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
Says John D. Was "6oat" Of the
J0ke.

From the San Antonio Light and Gazette.
Is the hookw0rm agitation merely
a huge joke and is Rockefeller, who
has donated a million dollars to fight
the disease in the South the one it is
on?
DR.. W. L. Barker, formerly super.
intendent Of the Southwestern Insane
Asylum, thinks SO. eff there is any
such thing in existence as a hook
worm have failed to discover it SC
far. In my mind there are plenty Of
ways to cure a case Of laziness other
than by donating million dollars
with which to do it.
'Laziness is a disease that is prev
alent in all sections Of the country
alike and Mr.. Rockefeller should
have given some Of that donation to
the North as well as to us, We doc
tors have failed to discover the hook
worm, but then you can't tell what
those scientists win spring on 4 fel-
low. Some Of the brainiest men Of
the South are now residing II North
ern cities and they are not affected
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
More Pay to Federal Judges?

New York, Nova bill for in
creasing the salaries Of all federal
judges by from 5000 to 5000 q
year viii be introduced at the coming
session Of Congress, with the indorse-
ment Of q committee Of lawyers. The
committee, headed by ex-senator
John c. Spooner, ex-Represenative
Charles Littlefield and Henry w.
TAFT recommended the following in
creases:
Supreme court from Ga, 500 to
t17,5oG United States Circuit Court,
from I7,0u0 y "a 90 United states
District Court HON tR0oo 70 1900
The oo1nn H. s. r. seport rnads
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The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
ALICE A ROUGH RIDER, TOO

ALICE A ROUGH RIDER, TOO
MIR. Roosevelt's Daughter. Writes
Fraulein Kroebel, Created Con-
sternation at a Korean Recep-
ton by Dashing Up With a
Cigar in Her Mouth.
Berlin, Nov. 20.-Fraulein Emma
Kroebel, a German woman, who was
the chief mistress of ceremonies at
the court of the emperor of Korea in
1905, appears as the author of a book,
published here, which contains Sec
ton dealing with the visit of the then
Miss Alice Roosevelt to Korea in that
year.
In her account of the official recep-
ton to Miss Roosevelt she says the
emperor extended to the party an in
vitation to reception at the grave
side OF his departed consort, the
empress, and went there at the head
of an imposing suite in order to give
the Americans fitting welcome,
Fraulein Kroebel describes the
arrival of the Americans thus:
Shortly after the suite arrived
tornado of dust burst upon us, out of
which a cavalcade of equestrians
emerged. AT their head rode DASH
ing young hersewoman clad in scar
let riding habit, beneath the lower
extremities of which peeped tight
fitting red riding breeches stuck into
glittering boots. In her hand she
brandished a riding whip, in her
mouth cigar.
II was Miss Alice Roosevelt. We
were flabbergasted. We had expect
ed a different sort of apparition.
Everybody was bowling and scraping
in the most approved Korean court
fashion, but the Rough Riders"
daughter seemed to think ii all a
joke. AS the mistress of ceremonies |
| stammered out a few words of
greeting, and the guest of honor
mumbled word of thanks, but moth
ing more. She was mainly interested
in the colossal figures Of gods and
the mammoth stone images of ami
mails which hold watch over the
graves of the departed members of
the Korean dynasty.
Spying a stone elephant, which
seemed particularly to strike her
fancy, Alice hurtled off her horse and
in flash was astride the elephant,
shouting to Mr.. Longworth to snap
shot her. Our suite was paralyzed
with horror and establishment. Such
a sacrilegious scene at so holy a spot
was without parallel in Korean his
tory. 1t required indeed American
ways" to produce it.
1t was a critical moment. The sus-
pense was relieved only by the pass
ing of tea and other refreshments.
Alice remained oblivious to what was
going on around her. Not a word of
thanks for her reception was forth
coming. She chatted casually with
the wife of the American minister
Mrs. Morgan, and partook bravely of
the champagne and other delicacies.
Suddenly she gave orders for the
saddling of her horse and galloped
away with her male escorts like
Buffalo Bill.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
STARR ADMITS HE DID IT.
A Confession of a Colorado Bank
Robbery BY the Outlaw.

Lamar, Col, Nov.-Henry Starr
the bandit surprised courtroom
full Of spectators here by pleading
guilty to the charge of having partici
pated in the robbery of the bank a
Amity, Col, last spring.
Since his capture some months age
Starr has insisted he was innocent
and that an attempt was being made
to convict him on his past record. He
said he had reformed previous to the
Amity robbery. No evidence was
heard. Stairs wife and baby were
in court, and Mrs. Starr wept bitterly
when her husband pleaded guilty.
Starts baby was named after ex-
President Roosevelt.
Henry Starr is the last of the free
and wild class of clever desperadoes,
fearless, murderous and cruel, but
not without flavor of dashing bravo
do and a leaven of romance. He is a
fit follower of the James and Young
er boys, a precise duplicate Of that
earlier boy bandit, BILLY the Kid, "
and an able successor to his distant
kinsman, Tom Starr, an Indian des-
perado, whose exploits were the
thrillers of other days not so long
past.
In the early ZOOS, when Henry Starr
was still boy in his teens, evil COM
panions led him into his first crime,
the selling of whisky to the Indians.
But the genius of Starr was destined
for a more thrilling field than the
petty bootlegging of delectable Sire
water" In 1891 he and companions,
said to have been his brother, Bill"
who was later caught and hanged for
and his sister, Belle, robbed
the express office at Nowata and fled
with the spoils. This adventure i'm
placed him in the outlaw
category, for it was followed closely
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
LOOKING BACKWARD.
Gleanings From THE TINES
Columns a Quarter of a Cen
fury Ago-Nov. 18th, 1884.

.
fury Ago-Nov. 18th, 1884.
Judge Ballard is feeding l25 head
of cattle on his farm in Spruce town.
ship.
The town of Hume, in the south
west part of the county, is on a boom.
Bishop Robertson, Of ST. Louis,
will preach a Thanksgiving sermon al
the Episcopal church.
Gent West returned Friday from a
business trip through Kansas. He
says the mossback Republicans down
there are still betting on Blaine.
Ben Bigstaff and Ashby Hamilton
returned home Saturday from the
National Stockman's Association al
St Louis.
E. A. Ewing and bride, viii Mills
and Miss Luella Dickey, lib Williams
and Miss Nellie Warnock, Fletcher
Warnock and Miss Lizzie Power com.
posed a gay party Of pleasure seekers
who spent the day last Friday al
Horseshoe Lake.
On Wednesday afternoon the 18Th
at $50 o'clock E. A. Ewing and Miss
Ella N. Williams were married at the
home Of the brides parents, Mr.. and
Mrk ]. T. Williams Rev. Davis, Of
the Christian Church, officiating.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25

by the murder of deputy United
States marshal, Floyd Wilson,
Wilson and another marshal named
Dickey set out after Starr and follow
ed him into his haunts on Wolf
Greek, only to find him gone. They
pursued him to X. u. Ranch on Cali
.fornia Creek and came up in time to
see him leaving. Wilson got a horse
and set out after the fleeing outlaw,
Dickey following some distance be-
hind. Wilson finally caught up. and
Starr dismounted. Then followed a
fight in which Wilson was killed.
Starr escaped on Wilson's horse.
The killing of Wilson was the be-
ginning of the most bold and desper-
ate holdups, bank robberies and muir
ders since the times of the Jameses.
In surprisingly rapid succession
bandits, said to have been led by
Starr, fell upon the Bentonville Bank
at Bentonville, Ark, the Chelsea rail-
road station, the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas train at Pryor Creek, Ok,
stores at Nowata and Choteau, Ok,
the bank at Aldrich, Mo-, and the
Caney Valley Bank at Caney, Kan,
the last Of which finally proved the
undoing of the outlaw. Three thou
sand dollars was obtained at Aldrich
and 5000 at Caney. -
After the Caney robbery suppos-
ed friend of Starr betrayed his where
abouts, and six heavily armed Off
GERS entered his room in Colorado
Springs. After a struggle, in which
the officers were nearly overpower-
ed, Starr and one of his most desper-
ate companions, kid" Wilson, were
taken captives. The money was
found in the room. Starr was re-
turned to Arkansas and convicted of
the Bentonville robbery. He was
released from prison in 1907. Starr
was suspected of the robbery of the
bank in Tyro, Kan, in March, last
year. !
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
CLOSED!

Owing to the great catas-
trOphe which resulted in the
death of Congressman De
Almond and his grand son,
we have declared the show
at the Electric Theater off for
Tonight.
Cough & Walker.
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25

Every few days We read IN some
Republican or Assistant Republican
paper a sneer at the expense OF Gov.
Dockery and the ''0ld Guard, says
the Clinton Democrat Would to
Heaven there were more Old Guard
ex-Governors such as Dockery.
When man spends lifetime in
Congress, rounds out as chief execu-
tive of his State and then proceeds to
make himself genuinely useful pri-
waite citizen, it proves that there is
something to him.
Read the following from the Gal
latin Democrat.
Gov. Dockery completed the grad
ing of the county road from the Rock
Island overhead bridge to the Grand
River county bridge on Tuesday last,
and the township board is now get
ting matters in shape to furnish rock
to macadamize the road.
'The grade is said to be one Of the
best, If not the best, ever made in
this county. When the rock is put
on the dump ii will be "a thing of
beauty and joy forever" and above
any ordinary stage of high water.
''Mr. Dockery is negotiating with
the officials of the Wabash in an en-
deavor to induce the railroad COM
pany to grade and macadamize its
right Of way from the county road
near the Calf Pen" school house to
the depot. -
"He is also trying to persuade the
Rock Island road to pay the cost of
grading and matchmaking its right
of way where the county road crosses
it near the residence Of Joseph Luke
bart. II is hoped that he will be sue
sessful in both efforts. 3.
'Under the Governors supervision
the gulleys alongside the road from
the power house to the overhead
bridge are also being cleaned out, the
brush and debris removed and the
road rounded up so that the water
will be drained off on both sides thus
preserving the macadam."
The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1909-11-25
Why Kansans Like Missouri.

Why Kansans Like Missouri.
The Fl. Scott Tribune says but few
people realize the immense amount
of money that goes out of that city
every month for liquor, to Missouri
dealers. There are not only wagon
loads of it arriving daily, but many
go every day to points in Missouri,
where they can secure il. Operator
Sherm Knox of the Katy stated this
morning that they sell on an average
of $50 tickets each month to Nevada,
which is an average Of Is daily, and
that of this number many are pur-
chased by people who go there ex-
pressly to secure liquor. This num-
Der is to only one of the numerous
points in Missouri where liquor can
be secured, and if the number to Rich
Hill, Joplin and other places that are
frequented by those addicted to the
use of liquor could be secured, it
would be appalling.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1909-02-28

FOR SATELLITES of the best manufac-
turing sites in the city, suitable for
any and all purposes; machine shops,
foundries, warehouses, brick and sewer
pipe plant. Well located on railroads
and car lines, and water for any pur-
pose. A fine bed of clay and shale can
be had at short haul. Address F. f.
Johnson, P. o. Box 472, Birmingham.
2-N-2t