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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
Clark County.
Land acres, 1876.

Land acres, 1876.
Value of real and personal prop
erty including franchises, $1,000
$40.
Tax rate for all county pun poses,
90 cents, on the hundred dollars.
The foothills of the mountains are
on the Eastern border of the county,
the Kentucky River on the South,
forms the county line for distance
of twenty-five miles. Ford on the
river, South of Winchester, has ex-
tensive lumber mills.
Three railroads go entirely across
the county-Chesapeake & Ohio,
louisville & Nashville and Lexington
& Eastern.
Blue Grass is a natural product.
Uncultivated land will set itself In
blue grass. Crops of timothy and
clover can be raised with profit. Corn,
wheat, rye and oats are the grain
crops. Tobacco is raised in barge
quantities.
All fruits that are adapted to the
climate can be raised with profit.
The census of 1900 gave the popu-
lation at 1864.
Circuit Court. =
First Monday In April, second
Monday September, first Monday in
December, J. M. Benton, Judge; B.
A. Crutcher, Attorney.
County Court.
Fourth Monday in each month.
Quarterly Court.
Third Tuesday In each month.
County G%cers.
j. Fl. Evans, Judge.
S. A. Jeffries, Attorney.
Howard HAMPTON, Sheriff.
Lee Evans, Deputy.
John Bedford, Deputy.
]. A. Boone, County Clerk.
Sam Powell, Deputy Clerk.
W. T. Fox, Circuit Clerk.
Roger Quisenberry, Assessor.
c. A. Tanner, School Superintend-
w. r. Sphar, Treasurer.
George Hart, Jailer.
Justices of the Peace.
First district, ]. C. Richards.
Second district, j. Scott Renick.
Third district, Eli Dooley.
Fourth district, j. E. Ramsey.
Fifth district, Robert True.
Sixth district, F. F. Goodpaster.
Seventh district. Zen. E. Wills.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
The Order Of DIsorace.

II q man lives in way that dis
graces his order. the only people con-
cerned are the other members of his
order. They. therefore, are the peo
pie who ought to bear the cost of saw
ing their order FROM isgrace.-London
Truth
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
KENTUCKY RIVER aEcEDEs.

FRANKFORT, KY, Feb. 2o.-Af-
ter reaching a stage of 34.3 feet, the
Kentncky River at z o'clock yester-
day -lnorning fen'l1 foot. The water
flooded the basement of the High
School and the school had to be sus-
pended TO day.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
DIRECTORY.
Kentucky.

According to the last census Ken
lucky has population of 2,147 ia.
The area is 40,400 square miles
400 of which is water. The streams
within the State, as a rule head in the
Southeast and flow In a Northwestern
direction; this fact retarded the con-
struction of railroads and the devel-
Opment of our resources for many
years.
The early railroads were built from
the East and went over the more
level territories North of the Ohio
River and South of the Cumberland
Mountains. In those days there was
only limited demand for coal and
lumber. Now that the demand has in
creased. 1t would seem that
a kind providence has held in
reserve our almost inexhaustble util-
tiles until time when they are most
needed by the country. Our supply
of timber is limited, but there is
enough to last for many years to
come.
We have a coal area of over fifteen
thousand square miles. Other min
erals await development.
Natural gas and oil, in paying
quantities are being developed in
many localities.
There are no more bad people in
Kentucky than In other States in pro-
portion to population. Good people
regardless OF politics or religion, are
always welcome.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
"AcuuIred. Thirst.

MY poor man, how did you acquire
such a thirst?" ut wus dis-S vay. mis-
ter; when de doctor operated on me
for appendercitis he forgot an left
sponge inside O. me. "-9oston Trav.
eler.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
RETuRNEDsFRoM NOT SPRINGS.

Military Crawford who has been
at Hot Springs. Ark, for the past
month returned Friday noon. =
He is relieved of his rheumatism.
Before gonig to Hot Springs, he could
not walk. He now goes his usual gait.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
Pennsyt,anIa at the Front.

Pennsylvania leads In the slate In.
dustry. with Vermont. Maine. Vir-
ginis. Maryland. New York. California,
Arkansas and New Jersey following In
the order named.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27

Chinese Youth Denied Tobacco.
The board Of education has ordered
the prohibition of smoking by young
persons under II years Of age
Shanghai Mercury
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
ExecratIons.

A scientist says trees think. Wonder
what they think of the careless Vaca-
ZIONIST who goes away and leaves his
campfire burning in the dry woods.
Denver Republican.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
MARRIAGE LICENSE.
HazeIWOOd-Land.

A marriage license was issued Fri
day morning to Mr.. Fred Hardwood
and Miss Mary Land.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
LENTEN SERVICES.

There will be services at st. JOS
e rs Church every Friday during
Lent at 1880 O'Clock p. m.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
an EmeraencY Exlt.

Miss Crichton pluckily extinguished
the blaze. while Herr Eckhold pulled
the orchestra through a difficult pas,
sage. London Daily Express.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
RrazlI.a Cotton lndustrx.

Substantially one-third Of the en-,
tire Industrial capital OF Brazil f. In
vested In cotton mills
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-02-27
Winchester.

County seat, area, a circle one and
half miles In diameter. Population
census 1900, 1864. The city has
over-iaped the corporate limits and
ow has a population of near ten thou
sand. 1t is located on the dividing
ridge between the Kentucky and Lick
ing Rivers, has water works, cleo
trio street cars and lights. Unlimited
natural gas. Splendid Graded
Schools and numerous churches.
The Kentucky Wesleyan College is
located at Winchester. The fire de-
partment is one of the best In the
State.
The assessed valuation of al prop
erty, including franchises, $4,692, 499.
The tax rate on the hundred dollars
is sixty cents for city and fifty cents
for schools.
The C. & O., L. & N, and L. & E.
railroads center at Winchester the
geographical location and shipping
facilities make the city a desirable To-
cation for factories. New concerns
are given five years exemption from
taxation. The Commercial Club will
take pleasure IA giving information.
eGEy Officers.
]. A. Hughes, Mayor.
S. B. Tracy, Clerk.
p. 81. Haggafd, attorney.
F. P. Pendleton, Judge.
Riland d. Ramsey, Collector
]. S. Reese, Assessor.
eu[ -. .se...t.sA
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03

eases, Tht. arnroyal has haap ss,.r,,y
and the engineers estimates and plan,
approved
No feature Of the great enterprise :
more striking than the uuanimltv with
which the people affected bv the nraros-
ed ditsh have ass~ntea "a its cons,rvc-
ton. K. r Oliver, Jr.. OF Cape Girur-
drau has fil.d WITH tf,.. r.prt. , ,.,,ti,r
On behalf of the property owners the
largest ever fled ~ Missouri. containing
more than 5DU printed pages A. natl-
TONERS for the proposed Improvcmaa,
are included, with scarcely an exception.
every property owner IN the nine ragR.
ties which are affected by the drainage
ditch.
The Missouri general assembly at ITS
last session amended the law 81 A. Ia
permit the construction Of the dttch.
strengthening the old law On the s.bierr
and making - number n its provisions
clearer.
The construction Of the ditch VIII be
PAID Tor With drainage ditch bonds usa-
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03
THE BIG DITCH
Missouri Has a Drainage
Canal OF A Relative Greatness
Second 10 that ut Panama.

~-atahcast Missouri does 6ig things.
Il is lhn home ~ ing things, whether
These l'o mca or the enterprises that
stamp men great; Wbetherit ne ia fertll-
ity II our soil ur the faith W. have in ucr
great part of the state For many years
a. ~ere laughed at by other sections Of
the state, who thought We had Nit!e Of
vajue compared With themselves, and
there vas a time, and not SD long ago,
WHEN tmid capitalists were not 50 anx-
lous 20 invest their wealth in the dsyei-
opmert 4 southeast Missouri farms, tut
taA. day mas passed
No better illustration OF thi, fact -
aeeled than the organization OF the most
ggantle drainage district In the United
states that vii. lu a short time 0egln the
construction oj series Of artificial water
courses that viii open 70 cultivation half
a million acres Of land net the old clay
bank or vuek-ribbcd soil. where man
f0rccs nletger existence from large
acreage, hut rich ajluyiAI soil, sol, that
can give the Nile valley cards and then
beat It IN wak
This great canal viii drain land worth
50 .usl, ,nat- land that " now OF little
value because Of lack OF adequate DRAM
age II will he done entirely 10y the
landowners themselves, without dol
lars aid from the United States or state
governments. 10y bond issue and small
annual taxes, just rs smaller districts
have so prohtabIy shown TO be practi.
cable.
The drainage laws OF the state had to
he amended before such stupeudous
ditch could be constructed, and Repre-
sentative Deal OF this county had much
to do with framing the law, ably assisted
by Representative Conran OF New Mad
rid, and in the senate by Oliver Of Penn
iScot.
The main ditch will be some thirty
miles in length and will assist IN draft
ing the lands Of nine counties Bollin-
ger, Cape Girardeau, Scott, New Madrid,
pemiscot, Dunklin, Stoddard, Wayne
and Butler, whose lands have been more
or less in need OF drainage. Mississippi
county will not be directly benefited by
the ditch, but has drainage districts OF
her own.
The best engineers in America, those
familiar with the Panama canal, with the
Chicago drainage canal and other colos-
,al enterprises, have been engaged to
survey and pass upon the proposed plans
over $4,000 has been expended in the
sketches and the work has
rome beyond the experimental state. 4
Even the secretary OF war has been
Irawn into the engineering problems
Two or three nayigable rivers
ave been affected by the change in the I
watershed by the digging OF the "big
Itch" This effect upon the navigable '
,aters made necessary the approval of
he secretary OF war, who, under the stat
ties Of the United States, governs in such
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03
Interesting history of Missouri
ny WALTER WILLIAMS

Orchids gnow abundantly in Missouri.
The worlds largest brewery is in St.
Louis.
The largest corn farm IN the world is
in Missouri
Corn grows as tail as trees in Shelby
county,
Forest trees often root to the depth OF
- feet.
Over 500 species Of fungi are found in
Missouri,
st, Louis sugar refneries are the lar
gest in the world,
seventy OF the ia counties are without
bonded debt
Smithton was the first name OF Sedala
and Columbia.
The largest cracker facory in the world
is in st, Louis
The first court held at Columbia was
under an oak tree.
The largest white lead factory in the
world is in st, Louis,
During the civil war SS7 battles were
fought in Missouri.
Missouri has the largest number Of
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03
Fighting Bad Roads Twenty Years

Many OF the farmers from three town
ships gathered Ia Sturgeon the other
day to form a permanent, organization
OF the Brotherhood OF Road Draggsrs
They were delegates elected At the school
district meetings week before. George
w. Rattcfton, the originator OF the co.
operative movement, was elected presi-
,dent. He has lived on farm three
mites from Sturgeon forty years or more,
and four years ago he decided, he said,
he had spent about enough OF his afe
contending with bad roads, He made
drag OF oak lumber and to the edge OF
the front piece he hoited blade OF steel
made by the local blacksmith, which act
ed as light OF the drag to the center OF
the road.
When he visited Sturgeon he attached
this drag to the rear OF his wagon, or
buggy, and dragged the roads both going
and coming. In this way he consumed
verylttle more time in making the trip to
and from town and in course OF year
he had made road from his farm to
Sturgeon, distance OF three miles,
which he and the residents in this section
claim to be superior to rock roads eleven
months in the year, and at no time does
it become SO muddy as to seriously inn
pair its usefulness in hauling heavy loads
over It when it is at its worst
IL is as smooth and hard as boulevard /
today, although there were heavy rains I
A few days before 1t would not bc out /
II place to say, either, that Mr.. Batterton /
IS so afflicted with rheumatism he can /
hardly walk. still he has made three .
niles of county boulevard practically
With his own efforts in four years. T
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03

family gardens Of any state in the Union.
Missouri has soil that can be planted
without blowing.
Missouri furnishes 80 per cent Of the
zinc ore OF the world.
Missouri manufactures may be ca5,l-
fled under 80 heads.
The greatest cement factories IN the
world are IN Missouri.
The largest mine. Of TnpoG in the
world are in Newton county.
Every valuable grass known in the
world grJw, in Missouri,
Alfalfa, corn and blue gras. may al,
be raj ed on the same farm.
tn" French, Spanish and American
flags have loated over Missouri
Blind cave Salamanders have been
found in cave IN p"tts county.
Important IRON deposits are found in
% Of the ~ counties Of Missouri.
81. Louis Is the largest distributing
point for Agricultural machinery
One thousand pieces Of pottery have
been taken from d single mount in
Missouri.
Missouri produce, one melon TO the
head OF every family in the United
States
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03

instance to demonstrate how little
the people are permitted to govern
themselves under the usurpation of
power by the courts The people had
voted for local option, but by adopt.
'ng the cxpendlcncy ofa slight tech.
meal errow IN the process of i'm.
posing popular rule, the courts
calmly set aside the will ~ the pco
pie and substitute their own.
Caruthcrsylllc Democrat.
The sad pligh, OF an old couple
driven from the home they had
given to their daughter is pitiiul
testimony to the hcartlcssncss of
children who are humorcd. pcttod
and pampcrcd into .cliishncsS by the
parents. The daughter who turns
her aged parents into the street i,
""' '''''"N w
wiie's girIhood savings aud spends
them on other women. In each case
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wv "''' '"''' '"''H''" I" gro"
W '''> """ wives wa"
~ '''' NV ' ''' '''''' ~"
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l'ehdenc' sh"ald beware, Love is
blind, and there :, danger IN trust
tur common sepa,tou hind yuidc
'''''' S''"h br'""ef"'-NrSs
very ie" 81 "hf people kno" that
one ot the most complete aud largest
machine .h,r, IN S,ytLe,., N,ss,,,,
- -l...,.t, r-..l,
'''''''" ~ " wv" ''"'N ''"'fe''
hn'id'"e "oNho Ih'N company 'sat
the prcscn, time building a diamond
driIl comnIe,c from IAN, ny,,, d,aw
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03

fuEpE rs uo more common delusiau
sa Eh's c1agtry than that somebody else
really pays the taxes and bonce there a.
no occasion se worry about the aost af
government. Il "a never true that sofuc.
bo-iy else pays the taxes, ard there ,s
no lnorr drmoFalittng waste Of money
than governmental waste Eren NJ IT.
best, every dollar that the government
tA,o~s away is dollar taken from pro-
dacuye industry Il Means dollars
less Eork for labor. = dojlar that caa ma
longer contribute toward the general
economic progress ~ the nation,
Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-06-03
Southeast News.

annual roundup of the Southeast
Missouri Drummcrs' association.
Duakln Democrat.
The DunkIin county jail was
empty, Monday night, the frs, time
in years, ,got a prisoner, Charlie
Champ, Tuesday morning.
The Pennington school board has
ordered an election to vote on a
proposition 10 bond tho district in
the sum Of $50 900 To crcc, u high
school building.
Grccnvillc Journal.
The Grisham brothers are build.
ing new town an the borders OF
frcderickiown with store. roller
mill. saw mill and other mills too
numerous 10 mention.
Pennington Times
The grand jury oi the May term
oi circult conrt finished np its work
and was discharged las, Saturday,
a.,.,, ;.,,.,,.,,.,..,..
suit of It's labors, most Of them for
violations of the whlskey law.
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Several weeks ago Thr Pass was
told that The irnn Mountain Rail
road company intended I" nonhic
'rscS t"a' oH'ht from Delta I" BIS.
marrS, las' like That and IN an
"nsnsrdcd moment we mentioned Z
the rumor, >inr" then the item has
grown untd "ow wc find Il paper
that asserts the work has begun, ,
We don't want anybody to believe
We we're such sucker as I" Snsp'' {
cion road Of doubling its track
when u i we'll knovn fac, thu, !, q
- toe penur1ous 'o Keep one IN =
safe condition. +,
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Potosi journal., 1909-11-10
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
she,. Missouri,. nest Cow.

Princess Carlotta, a Holstein COW
in the dairy herd Of the Missouri Col
lege Of Agriculture, gives more milk
than any other cow in Missouri. In
the last year she gave 1S,405 pounds
Of milk, or thirteen hundred gallons
From this 727 pounds of butter was
made. q nls cow shows the advantage
of using good stock in a dairy" c. H
Eckles, professor of dairy husbandry
at the University of Missouri, said
AT the present price of milk in Coh
umbia, seven and one-half cents a
quart, she would have brought her
owner $500 for this year. A cow with
a record like that is worth about
$1,000. Her feed cost $50, leaving a
profit of $610. This is more than 40
per cent income, looking at 1t as an
investment. Princess Carlotta pro.
duced as much milk as five ordinary
farm COWS. The five cows probably
would cose 5000 to feed. The same
advantage is gained as by using an
efficient machine instead of an ordin-
ary one. The upkeep is greater, but
the results are worth it.
Potosi journal., 1909-11-10
DR.. COOK IN RETIREMENT
Returns to New York, and Will Devote
His Entire Time In Arranging
His Records.

New York City.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cook returned from his lecturing
tour. The travelling and lecturing have
told on the explorer. He is thinner,
and his face is pale and haggard. He
said he hoped to be able to forward
his reports and papers to the
University of Copenhagen within the
next three or four days. He will de-
vote himself to this task, and no one
will be permitted to see him until his
charts and reports have been sent to
the board of examiners he has chosen
to pass upon them. DR.. Cooks secre-
tary, Walter Longsdale, said We'd
nesday:
''Dr. Cook asks to be permitted to
sink into oblivion, at least until he has
dispatched his papers and reports He
will not lecture, attend entertainments
or do anything else until he has pre-
pared his material for examination.
HE declines at this time to say
anything further relative to the con-
troversy. It has long since developed
to stage where it is simply case of
one mans word against another's.
Probably within week he will make
a definite statement as to whether or
not he will soon start to reclimb
Mount Mckinley"
Potosi journal., 1909-11-10
DRAMATIC APPEARANCE OF MAN
IN COURT WHO SAYS NINE.
STEINHEIL IS INocENT.
WAS DISGUISED IS A WOMAN
New Witness Was Placed Under Ar
rest and jury Warned That icon.
fession" May be a Hoax-His
AccompIiee Is Dead.

Paris, France.-The trial of Nine.
Steinheil was dramatically interrupt
ed by q man who swore that he had
participated in the murder Of Nine
Steinheil's husband and her step
mother. Of which she is accused, and
that the prisoner had no part in the
crime,
The new witness, who WAS i'm
mediately placed under arrest, said
he was disguised as a woman at the
time of the crime. He said his only
reason for confessing was to clear
his conscience.
The new witness was dramatically
introduced. M. Aubin, Nine. Steinheil's
attorney, first read letter, signed
Jean LIE Fevre, in which the writer
said he had taken part in the murder.
The writer, the attorney said, had
stated that he had been overcome by
remorse. Immediately after reading
the letter the attorney suddenly and
dramatically introduced the writer.
who in the meantime had made his
way through the crowd through the
courtroom from place beside M.
Aubin.
Potosi journal., 1909-11-10
INTERRUPTS TRIAL, ADMITS CRIME

The newcomer proved to be man
OF about 21 years. Amid the greatest
excitement he demanded a hearing.
Refusing to reply to the preliminary
inquiries as 10 his profession and
domfcile the young man shouted that
he had been an accomplice in the as
sasination of Adolphe Steinheil and
Nine. Japy.
AS the audience hushed into silence
in their eagerness to hear what he had
to say, Jean LIE Fevre continued:
II was an accomplice in the assissin-
ations at the home of Nine. Steinheil
Filled with remorse, I wish now to
confess my part in the crimes. l was
disguised as woman and wore wig
of red hair. My accomplices wore long
cloaks. We committed the murders
and then escaped to the forest at
Mount Morency, where we burned our
DISCUSSES
Left Country After Crime.
The voluntary prisoner said that
after destroying the immediate eviden-
ces of their crime he and his com.
panions escaped from the country, CO.
ing abroad. One of his friends had
since died, he said
Nine. Steinheil confronted LIE
Fevre, but said she was unable to re-
cognize him as one of the murderers
whom she had described. Judge De
Wales ordered that LIE Fevre be
placed under arrest and an investiga-
ton of his statement be made. At the
same time the court warned the Jury
that this dramatic episode might prove
to be another attempt to battle justice.
The confession of the new witness
came after Nine. Steinheil had been
subjected to a grilling examination
for day and half. During all this
batting by the presiding judge she
held her own, at times showing that
she was most consummate actress.