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The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
EXECUTIONS IN 1908.

The number of legal executions IL
this country steadily decreases, while
the volume of crime increases, the
number in 1908 being 90, as compar-
ed with l04 in 1907, and 1913 in 1906
Classified by States and territories
the record is assfollows: Pennsyl-
vania, as usual, showing the greater
number: Alabama, l California, 3;
Colorado, l; Connecticut, 3; Florida
l; Georgia, Z; Illinois, 2; Kentucky
L; Louisiana, 6; Maryland, /; Miss
issippi, 6; Missouri, 2; Nebraska, /
New Jersey, 3; New York, 5; North
Carolina, 3; Pennsylvania IS; South
Carolina, 6; Tennessee, 5; Texas, 5;
Virginia, 6; West Virginia, l Arizo-
ma, 1 ;District of Columbia, 2; New
Mexico, 1; Oklahoma, 2; Alaska, /.
There were SO executions in the North
and 56 in the South, and of these 40
were whites, A blacks and 2 Chinese,
The crimes for which they were ex-
ecuted were murder, 81; criminal as
sault, 4 attempted criminal assault,
1.-Chicago Tribune.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
/ thank you.

Dandy Dixie Minstrels, under the
direction of VOelekel and Nolan,
proprietors and managers of the
world famous company will be seen
at the Winchester Opera House,
Friday night, January Is.
For zeal negro to be as good a
negro minstrel man as a white man
is, according to general belief, i'm
possible, and such spectacle is un
common. But the people who con-
stitute the Dandy Dixie MinstIels
are men who are real comedians,
and whom nature as we'll as art
make colored entertainers of genu-
inc merit. This company is very
large one, it numbers 40 people,
headed by Billy Larsands, with the
Cotton Pickers' Band, and stupen-
dous scenic and electrial equipment
and all the details needed to ensure
an absolutely perfect performa nee.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
A New Jail.

Two recommendation have here
tOfOre been made by my predeces-
sOrs N Office and hope something
will be done this year towards Sc
curing action to carry those recon-
mendatiOns into effect They are
first, a new Jail built on a site differ
ent from the present location. Sec
Ond, fire-prOOf rooms on the west
wing of the Court House. l heart
liz concur in all that has been prev
ioUsly reported to this club and rec
ommending the acquisition of these
Improvement.
Now, gentlemen, | trust / have
not bored you and that / have made
each member of the club put away
his little hammer and take out his saw
and saw wood as he has never sawed
before and help make this year a
great year for Winchester and he1
Commercial Club, and above all, build
a hospital.
=! thank you.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
The GOOSEBONE.

A Goosebone prophet announces
that the breast bone of the goose is
marked very peculiarly this year.
There is a dark spot here and there,
making an accurate prediction diff
cult, indicating that the winter will
be generally an open one. with a very
cold spell now and then. December
will be very cold, but there will be
little snow. January will have some
snow, with warm spell during the
middle of the month. February will
be a severe month, with plenty of lee
and snow. March will be open, with
a warm spell and plenty of rain and
hail, and late spring will follow
Glasgow Republic.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
A New City Hall.

| would like the Building Commit
tee to see what they can do toward
getting the city to build a City Hall.
| wish every chairman of the diff
ferent committees to get copy of
the bylaws and read and study the
duties for his committee and try to
fulfill them to the best of his ability.
i wish that every chairman would
have meeting of his committee once
a month and go over some scheme for
their work and report at the regular
monthly meeting of the Board of Di-
rectorS.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
LYNcHINGs IN 1903.

The number of lynchings in 1907
was the smallest in twenty years, be-
ing but sixty-three. 1t is not en-
couraging that the number in 1908
was 100, the largest number since
1903. As the lynching evil is prob
lem of national interest, the follow
ing table is appended showing the an
nual number for the last twenty
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Once an Actress.

woman who has been on the
stage, even if her experience in the
drama has been limited to an amateur
performance as housemaid in a so
clety play, can never hoperp to be
thoroughly trusted by her female
neighbors.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
You Cannot Answer These Questions!

Why do you continue
bathing your knees and elbows
one at a time, when you can
stretch out In full bath tenn
pered to suit you, and can DO so
every morning if you wish?
2-Why pump and carry wat
er for your kitchen and laun-
dry work when you can have it
at hand for the turning of a
faucet?
3-Why take chances on
drinking germ-filled cistern wat
er when you can get it from a
large reservoir filtered through
the best filter plant South of the
Ohio River?
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Mere Beauty.

When man tells a girl that mere
beauty doesn't appeal to him he's
trying in his kind, clumsy way to
comfort her because she isn't pretty.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
The Street Committee.

We would like the Street Commit
tee to try and persuade the City
Council to establish a permanent
grade in order to help beautify the
city as well as to make it safer and
more comfortable for the people who
walk over our streets. They should
have a fixed grade and bring all pave
ments to a level, do away with the
steps and slopes and coasting places,
and also to straighten the streets
where it is practicable and can be
done.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
COMMERCIAL CLUB
Continued from page one
Prosperity Everywhere.

Prosperity is apparent everywhere.
AS a direct testimony to the pros
perity of the people the holiday bus
mess during Christmas season was
the greatest the country has ever
seen. / believe business will continue
to approach normal conditions. For
some months there has been a slow
but steady return to prosperity which
has been quickened by the results
of the recent large sales Of tobacco
by the Equity society. What we are
looking for now is a speedy resump
ton of business which we cannot eX-
pect until the money is paid or a large
settlement is made to the grower
which should be done at the earliest
possible moment. A great deal de-
ponds upon the coming crop. When
it is ascertained sometime next sum-
mer that good crops are assured at
that time we may look for a great
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15

tory to come in that has already made
failure elsewhere.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15

4EWhy have a dry, dismal
looking yard when you can have
it filed with green grass and
blooming flowers, and can at the
same time get rid of the dust In
the street?
5-Why suffer other incon-
veniences when you can have
everything for the comfort and
health of your family right in
the house?
els it net true that the an
swer is not '1ack of money" but
lack of economy and enterprise
and indifference to getting the
most out of lief
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Increase Membership.

The Membership Committee should
devise some plan to keep our mem
bership about its present number and
to increase it, if possible. 1t can be
done. There is no such word as
Cant in the vocabulary of our
Commercial Club, and l know it will
be done in some manner.
Committee on Public Policy has a
very big job to attend to but l believe
the chairman Of that committee will
carry ont the work.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Most Important Committee.

The Manufacturing Committee is
one of the most important of all.
While we have no inducements in the
way of cash, we can give our assist
ance in many other greatly important
ways as well as the exemption Of
taxes for five years to those who
employ fifteen hands or more. We
want all kinds Of factories-large
and small-that will be permanent
none OF those one or two-y year fell
lows. | would urge that the Manu-
Featuring Committee do all they can
to get a furniture and a shoe factory
to urge local men to start some fac
tory and let it grow up with the city.
There is about three million dol
lars on deposit in our banks that
could be used to an advantage in this
manner. We don't want any of these
factories that are not making sue
cess where they are, to come here.
We cannot expect to get a factory
that is well located, doing well, and
have made extensive Improvement, it
will be far better than getting a fac
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Good Christmas Trade.

Locally the stores have enjoyed
"a good Christmas business. Both
passenger and freight traffic has
shown an increase over last year,
which means that more people are
riding and more industries are ac-
tive. While to some perhaps the
gain throughout this year has not
been good as hoped, when one looks
back to a year ago today with its
not altogether encouraging outlook
we all must feel thankful and pleas
ed with the great advance and prog
ress which everyone will admit has
been achieved. The Commercial Club
has done a great work for this city
and can and will do more.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
The Civic League.

/ believe the chairman of the Com
mittee on Civic League should be a
lady but Mr.. Garner says he will APP
point the whole committee of ladies'
so we know that the work will be
thoroughly done and l need not make
any suggestions here at all.
The work of the Committee on
Railroads is a very important one
and should be well looked after dur
ing the year. In order to get fac
CORES we must have good shipping
facilities and the best Of freight rat
es. l watt to urge this committee to
look after the freight rates and to
get the best concession from the rail
road people that can be had.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
A Model For Outside.

In one of the speeches at the BAN
quet given by the Lexington Com
mercial Club this club was mentioned
as a model which in just one instance
shows how we stand outside
Winchester is one of the best
known little cities in the world. but
/ believe it should be better known
and better advertised. The different
committees should do all in their
mower to advertise If.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15

tions should do what they can for the
improvement of the city. There are
many ways in which it can be done.
We need better streets. We need a
sewerage system. We need better
and more street crossings and many
other things.
Committee on Hospital to take
such steps as is necessary to agitate
the hospital question. Why should
our citizens be made to spend near
ly enough each year in Lexington
hospitals to support "A hospital at
home? With an earnest cooperation
with the doctors, believe the hOspit-
al Committee could accomplish great
things and have a hospital before the
year is out. Let the hospital be our
watchword for this year.
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Funds TO Advertise.

Funds to Advertise.
The Press Committee should be
furnished with funds that will enable
them to carry on a campaign of ad-
vertising in the larger city dailies
/ notice that some Of the Southern
States are putting in whole pages of
advertising of their cities in the Chi
cago and New York dailies and | be-
heve it would be well for Winches-
ter's club to do the same.
The Finance Committee should de
wise some plan to raise permanent
fund that the club can have to work
on during the year, by taking sub
scriptions or donations, OF it may be
necessary to raise the dues.
Entertainment Committee.
| think it might be a good plan for
the Entertainment Committee instead
of having the regular annual banquet
to save that expense and get up a
mass or citizens meeting at the opera
house sometime in February about
the 22nd-and invite every citizen
of Winchester to attend and have a
few local speakers, possibly a few
from the other cities, and have a
family discussion of the best means
to better our city and our conditions.
We Need Better Streets.
The Committee on City Develop
ment and on Ordinances and Resolu-
The Winchester news. [volume] (Winchester, Ky.) 1908-19??, 1909-01-15
Entertainment Committee.

The Committee on City Develop
ment and on Ordinances and Resolu-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
GOV. Johnson's Condition.

4h Associated Press.
Rochester, Mimi, Sept. IS.-At
$50 O'Clock this morning the night
nurse at St Mary's hospital stated
.5Gf Governor Johnson was sleeping
md that his condition was some
what improved.
Notwithstanding all Of his suffer-
ing the patient, mindful of the cour-
tesies due the chief executive of the
nation, now Minnesota's guest. from
the chief executive of the state, Gov
ernOr Johnson so forgot his own con
ditiOn this morning as 10 dictate a
telegram Of welcome to President
Taft to be delivered to him by Eli S
Warner The governors message
reads:
Hearty and sincere welcome to
the State OF Minnesota Greatly re
greet my illness prevents my pres
ence at your reception.
(SignedD John A. Johnson. '
President Taft's reply to Governor
Johnson's telegram was transmitted
by telephone It said:
My Dear Governor Johnson: I
am greatly distressed to hear of your
serious illness, l miss your smiling
and courteous, personal greeting,
which | have had whenever I came
TO this state heretofore, and I thank
YOU from the bottom of my heart
for your message of Welcome sent
when you were on a bed of pain.
I fervent!y hope and pray that your
wonderful strength and fortitude
will make your recovery speedy My
compliments and respects to Mrs.
Johnson, whose visits in Washington
l remember with much pleasure
(Signed) VIM H. Taft"
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18

Don't put toe much water on your
land. Lrrigate and cultivate prop
erly.
Don't start to farm without study
ing the physical characteristics of
your soil
Don't destroy the fertility of your
land by wasteful methods
Don't try to grow crops with wat
er. in other words, if the soil is
kept full Of water to the point of sat
uration no plant food viii be pre-
Pared and the plant starve
Don't forget that your neighbor is
using from two to ten times as
much water as is necessary or bene-
Ijcial to crops Or land
Don't forget that in Southern Car
ifornia the duty of water has
by the study of soils and by eco
nOmical methods of distribution and
use gradually raised to its present
standard of from 200 to 900 acres
per cubic foot per second There is
no reason why with better methOus
OF water distribution and more
thorough cultivation. it may not at
tain the same efficiency here.
Don't waste water in winter Make
your soil a storage reservoir; by
proper cultivation retain it to GERM
nate the seed at planting time
Don't attempt to carry water
across one piece of ground to irri-
gate another farther away
Dent build the main canal and
main laterals beyond an ample ca
"a it1 To CARRY he Ilaximpm amo,nt
OF water that will be reasonably re-
quired at any time \ uniform We
locity is essential
Don't reservoir water in canal
system
Don't build farm bitches under
size and with poor levees and then
attempt s0 force them beyond their
capacity
Don't faI! to thoroughly prepare
your land; make the ground uni
form in slope
IoH't locate yonv bitches too far
apart.
Don't overiCCh the importance OF
measuring your water. The amount
applied influences more largely than
any other controlling factor the
luaii;v Of the CROP grown.
Don't think it doesn't require
sturdy 10 he successful farmer.
Don't let 81 irrigation company
sell Won water on . wrong basis;
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
RIO GR4NDE V4LLEY RE-
DTHTUTLS

With characteristic grit and enter
Prise those canal owners all along
The Lower Rio Grande whose proper
~ suffered in the recent overflow
are already beginning to repair the
damages. In probably every
instance the repairs viii incorpor-
sta improvements that viii make the
canals better than ever before. A
review of the situation since the
water has receded and the valley re
sumed its normal condition shows
mat. in most instances, the damages
awe not been nearly so great as
xas feared at first.
One of the principal causes o. IN
frrv 20 the canals is known to have
aeon rne method of constructing
Humes which most of the canals
rad followed. These fumes were
apft directly across the resaca
neds or natural drainage ways of
me valley, which were damned for
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER IS 1903
STATE DOES NOT LICENSE
MURDER.

The recent act of two of the State
Rangers in shooting down two citi-
Eens of Trinity county, whom they
mistook for fleeing criminals, ap-
pears wholly unjustifiable The
rangers have done, and viii continue
10 do, good service in beha4 of the
enforcement of law in Texas. The
force includes many men who are
not only courageous, but sensible.
who are capable officers and would
never be guilty OF committing such
a deed But the Trinity county kill
ling is bound to prejudice the cit
zens of Texas very largely against
the organization, unless the guilty
men. be arrested and punished to the
full extent of the law This is not
the first time that members Of the
State Rangers nave killed inoffen-
siye citizens through mistaken ap-
prehension that the latter might
shoot them first. ana the force
should be taught right now that such
acts viii not be tolerated in Texas.
The rangers undoubtediy serve a
useful purpose, and are often neces-
sary To preserve the peace, but ev-
sry member of the organization must
be given 10 understand that they are
no. 10 be considered as licensed ex-
scutioners merely because they are
permitted to wear a pistol and az
thorized to arrest criminals Unless
promptly punished, the usefulness Of
The entire organization of State
Rangers must be impaired by the
perpetration of the Trinity county
suffrage
The rangers, unfortunately, are
not the only peace officers who
seem to feel called upon to shoot
down men whom they may under
cake to arrest, should such men
show any inclination to resist arrest
mere art lOO many OlAItIAH W D.
seem to feel that they are author
lied 10 kill. instead of being COM
nissioned merely to arrest evil
doors. Men who were guilty at most
Of simple misdemeanor. punishable
at the utmost by nothing more Sc
we're than d fine or brief term Of
Imprisonment, have been killed by
officers who attempted to arrest
them. the victims being absolutely
harmless and entirely innocent, men
who were unarmed and defenseless.
Sucft an act is little short of cold
blooded murder, and the guilty Of
ficers should be dealt with accord
5uz 10 law. The officer who mis-
takes himself for a licensed murder
or and undertakes to shoot or club
to death men guilty of mere minor
af6enses is a menace to the general
pablo. 1t is crime to permit
such irresponsible and dangerous
men to be commissioned as officers
aud permit them to carry pistol
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18

the greater part of the way across,
leaving the means of egress for sur
plus water which the river brings
down when in flood very greatly re-
duced. Thus, when such an unpre-
cedented volume of water as that
which resulted from the recent rise
in the river came down, it found its
natural channels choked up and pro-
ceeded to play havoc by washing
out the fumes. BY replacing the
old fumes with inverted siphOns,
which will be generally of concrete
and hence of the mos substantial
nature, there will be no danger of
a repetition OF such damage to the
canals.
The overflow has also emphasized
the necessity for the construction of
Ievees and drainage systems, and
viii insure the carrying out OF work
of this nature that was already plan
ned, so that should another such
rise in the Rio Grandc occur, it viii
be controlled as it should be.
Despite the setback received on
account of the flood, the canals will
soon be in operation again and
planting go ahead unimpeded Those
farmers whose land was overlooked
viii also be enabled by reason of our
mild fall and late winter to repair
their losses. Their land, enriched
more than ever by the silt deppos-
tied by the overflow, and soaked by
the generous baptism received from
the flood waters OF the Rio Grande,
viii produce more abundantly than
ever, and require much less irriga-
ton than before II is an estab-
lished fact that an overflow of the
valley is always followed by tremen-
dOus crops on the overflowed land
In other sections farmers who lose
their crops by storms or flood, or
drouth, or insect pests when mis-
fortunes are confined to no single
locality, but occur everywhere at
usually do not have time to
recoup their losses until the follow
ing year the growing season being
50 limited elsewhere Here, howev-
er, there is still time to plant this
fall and produce a winter or spring
crop that viii amply repay the farm
ers for any losses they may have
sustained
This valley is noted for its Won
derful recUperative powers, its rich
soil and uEsTrDasse4 climate, max
ing good times follow so closely on
the heels of either flood or drouth
that the latter are soon forgotten.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18

HidalgO County Advance.
The Advance man is proud Of
his brother, Major B. B. Buck, who
was recently appointed by the sec
rotary of war one of the five instruc-
tors in the War College at Washing
ton, D. c. He was detailed one year
ago to take a years course at this
college and acquitted himsel so
creditably that he has been retained
at the college as one of its five in
structOrs. When it is considered
that the War College is an insti-
tuition where officers of the United
States army are sent for the pur-
pose of studying war problems and
the higher branches of military ma F.
tiers, and when it is remembered that
only the officers who stand high IN
the service are even detailed to take
a course as students in this iusti-
tuition, the distinction of being one
OF its instructors is indeed an on
or If Major Buck continues to
climb he viii yet become as prom
inent as the editor of the .IdaIgo
County Advance
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18

II is said TO cost just twice as much
10 live in America as in England
Wonder if the Americans geU twice as
much out of life as the English.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-09-18
LA LOMITA CANAL
SUFFERED But LITTLE
5000 Covers Total Damage-Re-
pairs Pushed and Canal Soon in
Full Operation.

The La LOmita canal suffered
comparatively little damage in the
recent overflow and repairs will be
gin at once which will probably en-
able the company to have its irriga-
ton system in full operation within a
very short time. SO reports l.. II.
ROmig, bOokkeeper for Messrs. Con-
way & Holt Of Mission, who is in
town at present.
Not even a quart of water got into
the pumping plant" continued Mr..
ROmig, and the canal was capable of
resuming immediate operations as
far as the fumes. as soon as the
food had receded. The pumps are al
ready working and the canals filed
To the fumes
The damage suffered by the La
Lomita canal amounted to 1000
Two fumes were washed out, the
main canal cut in four places to let
the water through. and the laterals
more or less damaged. Not over 500
acres of the tract was inundated and
only about 200 acres of this under
cultivation
All hands have been put to work
repairing the damage The fumes
will probably be replaced by invert-
ed siphOns Twenty cars of lumber
and 400 piIings with a complete pile
driving outfit are Ell route fromHous-
ton to Mission for repairs and the
work viii be pushed at once.
You may say" concluded Mr.. Ro-
mig that Conway & Holt can use
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