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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
COTTON FIRMS FAIL
Kniaht-Yancey O. Co. File Petition III
Bankruptcy.

Decatur, AIa.-The cotton nrnl OF
knight, Yancey & CO., one Oh me
largest concerns of the kind IN Ihe
south. having offices in Decatur, NO
bile, huntsville, Birmingham ana o oth-
or cities, went into voluntary pahh-
ruptcy. cold RI be in the
re;ghborhood of $4,O00,OOo. NO mem
her Of the firm will give out state
n me- at this time regarding the com
nanvs assets, further than TO say
they are large. 4.o oom,onv
are mainly foreign, and no sou.hein
ranks are affected by the 1aiiure'
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
81 Pearls in an OYSTER.

Atlantic City, N. J.-Tne most val
able oyster ever opened in Atlantic
city was found by local restaurant
owner. 1t contained fifty-four pearls,
all of small size, but good quality.
Experts say that eight is the high
est number ever before found in an
oyster.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
FOREST RESERVE FOR SOUTH
Bill Creating Southern Appalachian
Reserve Favorably Reported.

Reserve FavorabIy Reporteo..
Washington, D. C.-The bill Great.
ing the Southern Appalachian and
White Mountain Forest Reserve was
reported favorably from the house
committee on agriculture. A minor.
ity of the committee also reported
against the measure. The purpose
of the bill is to preserve watersheds
by conservation of trees and refores'
tration where necessary.
The bill is designed to conserve
navigable rivers, but the first appll-
cation contemplated is to the forest
reserve mentioned. The majority OF
the committee says 1.-THE agricultural,
industrial and commercial future OF
the sections of the country to which
it is most Immediately directed Is
involved in the bill.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
WILL USE SHERMAN'S ROUTE
Students Of Army College Propose to
March Through Georgia.

Leavenworth, kan.-General Will
liam T. Sherman's route from Allan
ia to the sea will be followed by 26
instructors and students Of the army
staff college at Fort Leavenworth for
the purpose of studying tactics OF the
civil war general The officers will
leave Fort Leavenworth July for
Fort Oglethorpe, Ca, and march from
that post to Atlanta.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
HUMAN COLLATERAL.
7-Year-Old Boy is Shipped as Colat-
erai for Board Bill.

ST. Louis, Mo.-One seven-year-old
boy was received on a bill Of lading
at the station here from Monroe, La.
He was consigned to local bank as
collateral for a board bill to be re-
mitted to a bank at Monroe
Mrs. J. j. Koentz, acting as agent
for w. j. Koentz, father and owne9 OF
the boy, called at the union station
for the consignment, but the railroad
officials refused to deliver the young
ster. The boy, still tagged, was tai
ken to the bank in a taxicab. When
the lad reached the bank the amount
due was paid, and he was turned
over to his parents.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
s.NIGHT RIDER" VERDICT.
Kentuckian Gets $1,000 from Neigh
bors Who Coerced Him.

DOTS VITO OOCICCU TI'IfT'
Cincinnati, Oho.-A jury in the fed
raj court in Covington, KY, returned
a verdict of $4,000 in the case of w.
S. Henderson against Ben Jordan and
thirteen other Bracken county citi-
zens. This is one of the night rider
cases in which damages are sought in
connection with the Kentucky tobac-
co war.
Henderson, a citizen of Augusta,
KY, sued for $4,000 damages, claim
ing that the defendants had forced
hi INTO give up his business because
he wouldn't join them in pooling his
tobacco. In former trial verdict
for $3.50 was returned
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1910-04-29
Will BE Named Roosevelt.

London, Engand.-Edmund Heller,
the zoologist of Riverside, Cal, who
accompanied Mr.. Roosevelt on his Al
rican hunting trip, has decided that
the sable antelope killed by Kermit
Roosevelt is new species peculiar
to the Mombasa region and not here
tofore described. 1t will be named
the Roosevelt.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
INSURGENTS ARE PUZZLED.

A special dispatch from Washington
to the Burlington Hawk-Eye SAYS that
the progressive" congressman from
Iowa are still puzzled as to what
kind Of a message should be sent
back to the progressive committees
in the First Seventh and Ninth dis
tricts. Conferences We're held on Sat
urday and the matter was gone over
thoroughly. but no conclusion was
reached. The dispatch continues:
THE fact is the progressiyes'
think the fights in those contested
districts should be fought out on their
merits without bringing in present
representatives from other districts.
They feel that the committees in
charge of the campaign in tie First,
Seventh and Ninth districts should
not have put this embarrassing ques-
ton up to them Three kilograms
from three districts asked tie pro.
gressive members to send message
of approval OF the fight being made
against Smith, Hull and Kennedy
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
An InterminabIe Case.

The public had just settled down
and had prepared to forget the matter
when it all opened up afresh again.
Charging that Mrs. Grimsley was of
unsound mind. other attorneys Sc
cured the appointment of guardian
for her and filed new petitions asking
that all the deeds be set aside and
that the case be reopened.
1t was. It is still open.
Mrs. Grimsley was given hearing
as to her sanity just few days ago
and after cloud of witnesses had
testified. the court took the matter
under Amusement No matter how he
decides it, there will be another round
in the courts.
Mrs. Grimsley's household effects
are still piled up in the gutter in the
fashionable part of town. She is be.
ing cared for by kind hearted neigh.
bors and thus the matter rests today
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23

.arian church OF North America,
q oss. TIE Conrregationalists sl,Vss'
the Christian Catholic Church N 3.aon,
si.0s7: and the Synod OF the Reformed
Prebyterian church OF North Asaefa t
sI,00S.
Among tie denominations showing
an average salary considerably lower
Than tie general average for me
United States are the Advent Cars
tian church, all the Baptist bodies eS-
cent the Northern baptist conven ion;
TIE Christian Union. the Christians
christian Connecticut; the Church OF
Christ. Scientist; the General Elder
shin of the Churches Of God in Norsa
America: the Society Of Friends Tor
thodox): the coiored Methodist bodies,
the Methodist Protestant. Wesleyan
Methodist, and Free Methodist
churces: the Salvation Army; and the
Volunteers of America In the case
of most of these last-nanied bodies as
shown by the report. many OF the or
ganizations reporting are outside OF
the principal cites, ana MANY Va .hs ~
are doubtless in rural regions, and
this fact accounts largely for the COM
paratively low average salary. The
low average shown for the Church OF
Christ. Scientist. is said 10 be due TO
the fact that most Of those VINO serve
as ministers, or readers, are persons
having other vocations AID not de
pendent on the salaries paid by the
churches. In the case OF the Salvation
Army and the Volunteers OF America
the allowance made for the Officers
serving a. the various posts Is usually
based upon TIE probable expenses,
aud is practically limited to these ex-
penses.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
TIE Nasty Play AGAIN.

Marshalitown Times Republican:
Chicago is endesvoring TO shut on the
stage an indecent play. Il started
with q title which was an advertise.
rezt Of its quality. In response to
pablie oute-g, II changed its name
pgt kept lis effectiveness. Then
Chicago officials. stirred by public
remembrance and indignation. enjoin-
- # TIE allegation against the pro
daction was that IT went very far 10
ward accurate reproduction Of scenes
IL z Drothel
What has come upon the present
generation that st should demand and
eaceEaGe ss1eh portrayals2 These
productions sse not confined to Chi
csgos hey aonae out into our smaller
elt3ess atysct standing room only
saateaees II cities Ike our own. Good
wosaen esr through them and come
aNag przdxlag the MUSIC Of an oper-
atGc III waica nsen next day describe
~ eaossag reproducing the nlrth and
2zYeEy ard freedom RI the red lights.
OTTER zSo6 women go. and afterward
e19ress Indignation, And young men
asS gogsag Eoraez q good repute and
x01ess character 81. eide BY side while
t.s2a&tss1 low suggestion is faunted
ssfore ts.eav egeg
TIE Cossos lszs have banished the
re& Azs a5eilsaed the dance hall
3snez W ire bsgnio in Iowa cities.
5NSg s&o9is ne managers Of Iowa
tss32res clstm ne licenge to repro
91Ne On ne stage what the Law ban
sssses frora t6e psrlseng7
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
Lost Postoffice and AFlopped. y

Pennington News-Republican The
First district 'progressives" are doubt
less surprised at finding the Farming
ton Republican and F. d. Carr. it's
editor. over in their camp. His sud
den f1ip-f1op last week however. fol.
lows Immediately upon his loss of the
position of postmaster at Farming.
ton and only provokes smile here
at home, where he is best known and
his political methods best understood
A year ago he branded Governor
Carroll 2 liar and his support OF War
rem Garst for governor is therefore
no surprise. His personal acquaint.
anees here regard his sudden change
Of front as 2 case of sour grapes. and
not conducive to the success of any
candidate he may openly support
His publication OF the attack on Ken
nedv came from one whom NJ. Carr
Only a short year ago was heard tc
make sport of.
We predict that ne will land on
some of orr county seat men in thc
near future but In view of What
leads him TO this he should not b
taken seriously. Politically Mr. Carr
purposes to take a hand IN driving
Or else he seeks another politica
wagon
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
THE PAY OF MINISTER'S.

The average annual salary Of a
minister of the gospel is but 1868. IN
all the denominations represented in
the compilations on this subject IN
Part of a special report on the Cen
sus of Religious Bodies for 1906,
which is now in press preparatory 70
its submission by United States
Census Director Durand to Secretary
Nagel OF the Department of Commerce
and Labor. The report was complied
under the supervision or Mr.. William
c. Hunt, chief statistician Of popula-
ton in the Census Bureau, and the
statistics were collected partly by cor
respondence and partly by special
agents.
1t is pointed out in the Introduction
that this is the first time an attempt
has been made in the United States
census to secure official statistics cor
corning salaries paid 10 ministers. It
is stated that the results OF the cen
sus are not entirely satisfactory on &C
count OF the failure Of some ministers
TO report their salary and of others to
report with sufficient c1earness. OF
tie grand tootaI OF 1875 denominations
in Continental United States, the re-
port states that fifteen have no regu-
lar ministry and sixty-nine litter par
no stated salaries or made returns
which were not sufficiently complete
10 warrant ta5uladon.
OF the 201, 35l organizations COM
posing the 102 remaining denomina-
tons. there were 1914 z29. or sf.5 0e-
cent, whica made rstur4ss 10 the cor
sus inquiry and the report states
: there is reason 10 believe that -hega
! are substantially complete and sec,r-
ate, and II is thought that thev en-.
5 brace a sufficient number Of orgsntza-
= tons Of the respective denoninstsc,-,e
TO be fairly representative ~ cord;.
tlons as to the average salaries Ds,d
{ to ministers. The figures in the +af,les
e are for continental United states for
:, each Of the four principal classes !,
f clties-that is, those having ! 49,.
a ton in 1900 OF $4,000 10 "a a9o =. :,
IS 10000 to 100000 Of 1Oo.O0o & 9as aa =
e. ana OF 100000 and over, and for tbc
if area outside Of them - sAe
IS me denomination sbow;ng u,
highest average is the Unitarian 80
s, 81 65S, while the denominations ~
er in order are the Protestant Fntso .l'sA
"a church, $l242; the 1-niyars .I9pa
y 81 ,23S the General Conyention '-','. :, ;
n NaW Iapn oil VI tlli
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23

Carriers On Route 4, next wetk.
Section Foreman Ed Moony and
family are moving their household
goods to Burlington, where he has
employment.
Quite few availed themselves of a
pleasant boat ride Thursday morning
on the steamer Black Hawk, to Bur
lington.
Abe Gray has opened a harness and
shoe repair shop on Main street.
Quarterly conference of the NJ. q.
church will convene here Sunday
morning and evening.
Miss Marie Bowen was enroute to
Quincy for visit with her friend,
MIR. and Mrs. Arthur Johnson and
brother Geo. Bowen, Wednesday.
Mrs. Christensen is building a new
frame house on the foundation of the
one being torn down.
Captain and Mrs. J. D. Hamilton en-
tertained st. Katherine's Guild of tie
Episcopal church Wednesday after
noon, when the ladies were ready to
depart for their homes Mrs. Hamilton
sprang surprise when she invited
them TO the dining room where an
elegant supper was in waiting. Tables
We're decorated with vines and cut
flowers. Those who were fortunate
enough to be present informed the
reporter the supper was par excellent.
Mrs. Hamilton is valuable member
of the ST Barnabas Episcopal church.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
NEW ORLEANS, BY ALL MEANS.

New Orleans and San Francisco are
rival bidders for the. official recogni-
ton OF congress as the logical point at
which to hold a Worlds Panama Ex-
position in 1915 TO celebrate the COM
pletion of the Panama Canal As be-
tween these two cities there is no
doubt that an overwhelming ma
iority of the people of the great Mis-
sissippi Valley wish the preference to
be given New Orleans.
Because OF its geographical location
with reference TO the center OF popula-
ton in the United States, and also as
TO its proximity TO Panama, New Or
leans is the only logical point at
which TO celebrate the completion OF
tnat great achievemtnt of American
genius and ability. Over 60,00o,0oo
people reside within a radius OF 1000
miles from New Orleans, while in the
same radius from San Francisco there
are only 100000 people. The average
railroad fare for over IS per cent of
the people OF the country to visit al
exposition held in New Orleans will
be $3.50 as against $3.50 to Frisco.
The matter is now pending in the
present session of congress, aad on
May 26tt.I the house committee on For
I eign Affairs and On Industrial Arts
and Expositions will hear the deiega-
tions from louisiana on behalf of New
Orleans These delegations should be
a;dod and on coyra god in eyerv way
possible BY all the senators and repre-
sentatives from this part of the coun-
try. It is highly desirable to have the
proposed exposition located where it
will do the greatest amount Of good
where the greatest percentage Of peo-
pie can visit Il At the least expense
and profit hY It's educational value II
should be an exposition f2r ali the Peo-
PIE instead OF the rich only who Elone
could spare the tine and expense 10
go 10 San Frsaeisao
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
THE EDITORIAL.

The excerpt from Henry Waiter
sons address on Journalism before
TIT Canadian Publishers Association
printed in these columns recently did
not give all he said concerning the
value of the editorial. The dispatches
failed to quote his remarks in their
entirety. The following On the sub
ject, in addition to what has already
appeared in these columns, will be
read with general interest:
The rationale of the days doings
rendered with good sense and il good
faith by self-respecting. conscien-
tious writer will always command at
tention and be worth its space; and as
this is done with power or charm vii
it rank II drawing and selling quality
with the news features. Success may
be attained without it. but not dis
tinction and influence 1t is as a cor
nice to an edifce. It gives style, al
air of completeness. and attracts at
tention, which, after all. is tie kernel
OF advertising, at once the source and
resource, the buttress and the bell
tower, of newspaper achievement But
it must be ABSOLUTELY disinterested and
genuine, recognized, no matter how
mistaken as honest. not TO be bought
by patronage nor bullied because COW
ardly and afraid.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23

Twenty years ago Mrs. GrimsIey
was trim looking, well dressed wild
ow. She had studied law in the of.
fees OF some of the attorneys of the
city and was admitted to the bar.
Twenty years ago the requirements
We're not SO rigid as they are now and
she secured her permit to practice the
profession in the great state of Iowa.
If she ever had case, the records
fail to show It.
The combined Grimsley cases, if
trey could be combined into one.
form the most intricate labyrinth of
legal complications ever seen in the
courts Of Keokuk and exceeds in
complexity any of the hard knots
which arose in the early courts when
the half breed tract" was in the
courts half century ago, when the
noble red man was "lawed" out of his
land in this corner of the state
There is not a lawyer. not court
official, not reporter, in fact no one
in the city VINO can tell the straight
OF the case. They cannot tell it and
they are willing to admit it and eager
TO admit that they cannot.
When law business is dull, when the
attorney has lounged in his Office for
q week without having case in sight.
there is always the Grimsley case
to fall back on and keep him busy.
Last summer the nuhIic Voc eIaot-;
fed one day by the announcement in
the newspapers that the famous
Grimsley litigation was at an end. The
warning attorneys. it was reported,
had gotten together and ended the
trouble satisfactory to themselves.
She signed the deeds and they were
4 properly filed
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
MoNTRosE.
!, : : . : : : : : : = . > : :

VIM. Carmin and wife are the proud
parents OF baby boy that came to
brighten their home recently.
Strawberry harvest will begin here
soon, with q fattering prospect of the
luscious fruit. Blackberries promise
to be fair crop.
Eager watchers and comet parties
held here Wednesday night and con.
siderable conjecturing as to the harm
the comets tail would do in this
vicinity, but in the morning. on
awakening. the grand old world was
unchanged
Mrs. Emaline Wardlow and grand.
daughter of Kewanee, H., are guests
OF the formers daughter, Mrs. Emma
Millhouse and children for an in
definite stay.
Home talent will present May 81, a
play entitled "A Family Quarrel
This promises to be unique, funny and
laughable to young and old.
Mr. and Mrs Jas. Kavanaugh will
go to housekeeping at Mooar. We
WISH them al the happiness that NOR
tails can fall heir to in this, their new
venture.
Mrs. Rood entertained the Ladies
Aid society Wednesday afternoon
after which an excellent luncheon fol-
lowed. Mrs. Rood never drs thinga
by halves.
David Houghton is improving his
home property with a new fence.
One car of berry boxes arrived here
last week and two will arrive Satur
day for the berry growers.
Mrs Margaret Mcdonald IS critic
ally sick.
P. w Bowen has finished painting
the residence of Amiel Johnson. neal
Galland, and will begin work at r.. +
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23

MI. f. c. Lynn is the only Repub-
lican seeking the party nomination
for superintendent of schools in Lee
county. His endorsement is, there
fore, assured. This means that the
party will have for its nominee for
that Office a gentleman of exceptional
merit End acceptabilitv Mr. Lynn
has been county superintendent for
two terms and II IS no exaggeration
to say that he is the best superin,
tendent Of schools the county has
ever had. The voters OF the county
without regard to party are to be
congratulated that he has consented
to serve for another term. and they
should attest their appreciation Of his
services by according him a practical
ly unanimous vote.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
Started twenty Years Aoo.

1t all started twenty years ago over
the insignificant sum of eighty cents,
the balance due on load of lumber
bought by the woman for the repair
of her house. This brought on me-
chanic's lien on the property, followed
by unpaid taxes, mortgages, foreclos-
ures and about every legal item in the
real estate phase of the law.
Coupled with this is the fact that
Mrs. Grimsley is probably insane.
She has successfully proved her SAM
ty before the various hearings but &C
tions and habits are against her She
is insane in the opinion of every one
who knows her. yet an examination
cannot legally adjudge her so.
For the last ten years Mrs. Grims-
ley has lived alone in squalor and filth
in her home on the corner. of Seventh
and Morgan streets. in the best part
of the city. The house is falling into
decay. The yard was filed with rub.
bish. The interior of the house was
a sight. The old lady gathered u1
every article of rubbish she could
find in the alleys and carried it to her
home where she lived with a small
dog and numerous chickens as her
only companions.
The shingles blew off the house;
the rain beat through and the plaster
fell; the wall paper hangs in shreds
| from the walls; the floors were GOV
erd foot deep with old rags, tin cans
bottles, broken furniture; in fact
everything and anything from the ash
heap and garbage can. Was this the
home of a sane wornan7
Many time has the board of health
gone to the house, cleaned out The
trash and had q big bonfire. Blu
Mrs. Grimslev began again to gather
up more trash and when a year rolled
around she was again the possessoI
of room after room of litter rubbish
/ Her entire belongings as now piled il
the gutter would not bring 81 at The
Z second hand store.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23
THE CASE OF MRS. eRlMsLEY.
Old Woman Once Bright Lawyer, Now
Eyicted from Her Shabby Home
After Years Of Legal TangIes.

Keokuk correspondence Burlington
Hawk-Eye: Is it the harshness OF the
law; is it the greed for gain; is 1t
the just deserts of a headstrong wo-
man; is it the workings of fate against
old age and crumbling mind?
Mrs. Louisa Grimsley admitted to
the bar as one of the few women law
yers in Iowa. was recently elected
from her home; her belongings piled
in the gutter by the officers and. at
The age of nearly eighty years, Grip
pied by rheumatism and the infirmi-
ties of old age, she was dumped out
into the streets, with no place to lay
her head.
Is it right? Is it just? Is it hui
name?
The law says So.
Is it civilized? Is it possible? Is it
believable?
The law says so. /.
What does the law say? The law
says that the old lady should be eject
ed and she was.
Why?
That's the question that all Keokuk
is trying to decide for the case OF
Mrs. Grimsley is one of the most com
plicated, entangling, difficult ones
ever in the courts here. For ten years
she had been in the courts and nearly
every lawyer in the city has been
mixed up in the various cases. They
are still on, with no immediate pros
pect of an end in sight.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-05-23

XaozglIIe Express. GeIett Burgess.
literary SHARP, says that the death of
tsarx TRAIN feavea 5ust ten real hui
rnlrisfs h this country Pish, Tush.
81, tot were got that many in Iowa.
what's me matter with Alex Miller,
~ me Washington Democrat; Hen,
Gittinger, 81 the Charlton Leader;
Pagis6o. Of The Leeas Ledger: Wing
field, of the pIeasantville News;
galJey, d the Britt Tribune: Wolf