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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1910-02-18
COUNTY COURT PROCEEDINGS
Regular February, 1910, Term.

In addition to the proceedings
published in the last issue of the
COURIER the following matters
were entered of record at the
February, 1910, term of the
county court:
Ordered that the township col.
lectors be notifiedsto appear be-
fore this court on March Z,
8 and 8, 1910, and make final
settlement of their accounts as
such collectors, and it is further
ordered that the clerk notify
said collectors when to appear.
Ordered that all road petitions
be continued until March 10, 1910.
Upon the presentation of a
petition of w. A. Schsfer ct al
for a drainage district in this
the court, after careful
consideration, doth hereby sp.
point J. U. Anliker, A. Wood
and Ed Fleetwood as commits.
sioners and o. G. Dsmeron as
engineer, and cause continued.
Ordered that all bridge peti.
tions presented at this term of
court be and they are hereby
continued until March 10, 1910.
Ordered that o. u. Dameron
be and is appointed as county
highway engineer for the year
beginning Febrdary 1, 1910, at
the salary of 81, 400 per annum.
Ordered that T. T. Cruise be
and is appointed as janitor tc
courthouse for one year at the
the sum of $50 per month.
Same as to Eddie Keeting as
assistant janitor at the salary of
$50 per month.
Ordered that sil persons hav-
ing placed distractions in any
ditch in this county be
and they are hereby requested to
remove same at once, and that if
said obstruction be not removed
at once that the court will re-
move same and tax the cost
against the lands through which
ditch runs.
o q. Dameron presents con
tract and bond OF 'ohn Kunkei
for building a W. oden bridge
between section 4 and 5.55-17
near the residence of Frank
Gattermen, for the sum OF $50,
which is examined, approved and
made.
A. N. Harding, sheriff, presents
board bill of prisoners confined
in the county Jail from Novem.
Der 1, 1909, to February 1, 1910,
as follows:-
Jas. Anderson, $1,000
VIM. Anderson, 10 90
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1910-02-18
OUR PIANO CONTEST.
Thlrty-tVVO New Subscribers
and "A Renewals This Week.

Our piano and prize contest
has done fairly we'll du ring the
week. Some of the contestants
h ave done excellent work. while
others have not made the show
ing that they could and should
have done, when the beautiful
gold-finisued jewel boxes offered
as special prizes, and the
merchants prizes and the final
goal of two elegant $3.50 pianos
are taken into consideration
Certainly such prizes are worth
working for, and only those who
work and work hard can hope to
win.
Five contestants were AWARDED d
jewel boxes for having turned in
as much as S15 on subscription
from Thursday, Feb. 8, to We'd
nesdsy, Feb. 16, and ell are de.
lighted with the special prize.
These ladies are: Misses. Lille
Brandt of Dslton, Annie Moor
man and Katie Mills of Keytes
vile, Nora F. Dodge of Bynum.
vile and Eadington Sisters of
Salisbury.
The following is the exact
number of votes each contestant
had up to yesterday (Thursday)
morning:
KEYTESVILLE TOWNSHIP NOMINA
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

comes the motorlst, no matter whence
lie may come, L have toured at least
5,oooo miles south OF Mason and Dixon
line. and never have had any officer
az the law question my speed or ask
any embarrassing questions as tol
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MARKED PROGRESS
IN ROAD BUILDING
Continued From First Page)

Continued From First Page)
conditions surrounding the treatment
OF the conyicts. So many abuses were
brought to light and SO much graft
was shown to exist that wave OF
Indignation against the system swept
over the State. A special session OF
the Legislature was called and the
system was abolished by statute.
THE new law, which went into CT
feet about wear ago. provides that
the convicts shall work only on the
roads. II one county cannot use all
its own convicts 1t must loan them to
any other county which needs them.
The result Is that several thousand
conyicts are now continuously en-
gagged in building good roads. TO
Georgia was formerly due the dlstihc-
ton of having about the worst roads
in the country. In another year or Two
the proportion of improved roads 10
that state will compare favorably with
that in New Jersey. Massachusetts and
any of the Northern States.
Rond-B building Follows Prosperity.
I'VE must also ascribe much of the
recent progress in road-b building in
the South to the greatly improved
prosperity Of that section. High prices
for cotton and other agricultural pro-
ducts for several years have entirely
transformed the financial condition OF
that section. AS the South's wealth Is
increasing It has become more critical
OF it's own condition. and it is en-
deavoring to put itself on par with
other sections of the country. Thus
the building of good roads In the
South has been but one phase OF a
general Improvement, other phases be-
Ing the building of better water
works, schools and public buildings.
and now let us consider another
influence of recent origin which Is
tending to bring about the building OF
good roads. Almost every city in the
South has it's board of trade or cham
Der OF commerce. These organizations
tries to their respective cities. and the
competition is of the keenest. A few
months ago a considerable agitation
was started. having in view the build
ing Of an improved highway all the
way from New York to Atlanta. The
various commercial organizations
above referred to were quick to see
that those cities which We're on the
line of the proposed highway would
profit enormously, with the result that
tho rivalry between different cities
took the form of competition in good
roads activity.
THAT Is the condition which exists
in the South to-day. Every enterpris-
ing county is straining its resources
to improve its highways in order that
1t may not be said that a rival city
has done better in this respect. Every
Southern city between New York and
Atlanta wants to be on the route of
the tourist travel between the two
cities. In fact. the entire South well
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

its own account deposits amounting
to $4,000, and its loans and discounts
foot up to something over 100000
Among tho directors and the stock
holders are some of the most sub
stantiai and well-to-do citizens of the
rich counties of Surry, Sussex and
Southampton who arc prominent in
the commercial and industrial life OF
the town of Dendron.
The Bank OF Dendron is a newer In
stitution. 1t was established with a
GERS are W. w. Seward president; T.
d. Parker. vice-president. and L. e.
Johnson. cashier. The total assets
amount to about $4,000, and the de-
posts to about $4,000. The bank
enjoys the confidence of the people.
Dendron's Real Pride.
There are three churches In Den
dron-the Methodist. the Baptist and
the Christian-and the population is a
church going people. a Masonic lodge.
an Fellows lodge and several
other secret orders flourish here. Two
capacious halls furnish lodge-room for
all of these orders. as we'll as good
accommodations for theatrical enter
tainers, whether they be local or
travelling.
one thing that DendToh especially
prides itself on is its splendid public
school. W. III. Pursell, the chairman
of the board of trustees. is an en-
thusiastic public school man. and he
has left no stone unturned to make
the Dendron High School the equal
in all respects of any like institution
according to size in the State. He
tells me that while the building is
not OF brick or stone and not as large
as those in some other towns, 1t is
strictly up-to-date, and meets all the
requirements OF Dendron 50 far as
those requirements have developed.
Further development of the said re.
quirements, he assures me, Will be
promptly met. The building is indeed
a handsome and commodious one, even
If it is not of brick or stone, and, as
Chairman Pursell says. meets all the
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
Splendid thanking Facilities.

The town has two banks. and both
of them do thriving business. The
Bank of sussex and Surry Is one or
the strongest financial institutions Of
rural Virginia. 1t maintains flourish
ing banking houses here in Dendron.
at Ivor and at Wakefield. and all three
OF the prongs do good business. It's
resources amount to about $4,000.
consisting OF banking house and fur
niture property to the amount of about
$4,000. loans and Investments TO about
s24e.00n, and cash and due from other
banks, about si25.00O. The capital
stock is $4,000 while the surplus and
profit fund foots up $4,000. An adj
ditional reserve fund for interest
amounts 10 $1,000. These figures put
the bank high UP on the what Is
known as the roll OF honor and high
UP in the confidence of the people. The
evidence of the latter statement is
shown in the fact that the deposits
amount to little more than $780,
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THE TIMES DsPATcH RICHMOND VA SUNDAY JANUARY 30 1910

needs up to now. Tho pretty building,
located In a charming grove, has five
rooms that arc comfortable and OF the
best sanitary arrangement. Five
teachers In these rooms look after
1875 students. and tho record shows
that they look after the young ideas
we'll.
No liquor Is sold In Dendron by law
and very little by outlaw. Notwith.
standing tho fact that the mills neccs-
sarily attract many people who might
be dlsorderly almost anywhere else.
there Is little or no disorder in Den
dron at any time. The reason is plain,
and 1t is that the people who run tho
town do not intend that there shalt
be any disorder. There may be some
folks who think that lumber town
or a factory town OF any kind Is a
thing not to be desired I have heard
that idea set forth in some OF the
old fogy towns OF Virginia, and for
that reason they object to new indus
tries. I wish come OF these old fogies
would visit Dendron and Just sec how
the thing works. A loyclier. more
orderly little city or a better place to
1.-Two, In than Dendron Is not on the
map Of good old Virginia.
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The Dendron End of 1t.

The Dendron End OF IT.
Tho Dendron end of the bank was
established in 1907. and P. D. Balm
was made president, Edward Rogers,
vice president. and z. NJ. Richardson,
cashier. William H. Pursell. Edward
Rogers and a. r. Norris are the resi-
dent directors, and compose the dis
count board. who. with Cashier Rich
ardson, may be said to be in absolute
charge here.
The bank has here splendid con-
crete building supplied with fire.
proof vault and a burglar-proof time
lock safe. and in all other respects
it is an up-to-date banking house. The
Dendron prong of the bank carries on
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30
CORN CLUBS ORGANIZED.
School BOYS in Amherst Selected for Dem.
Onstration Work.

Especial to Tho Times-Dlspatch.l
Amherst va, January 9s.-Amherst county
has boen collected az one or tho counties
or ,hc state for the demonstration work
among the school boys For the dem.
onstration clubs the following schools in
the county have been selected: Courthouse.
icbenezer winesap. Oak Grove. Pedlar
Mills. swans Hill, SIT. Pleasant and Clifford.
Boys from these schools viii raise an acre
If corn each under Tho direction OF the
corn demonstration Of this county, Captain
per aero will be awarded a tho Amherst
Fair next fall.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

n few years. but photograph taken
by flashlight several days ago gives
one good knowledge of what may
going to that part of the mines known
as Cuba.
Little anxiety Is felt here that the
coal will in a few years run out. when
pew WORKINGS discover such seam.
seams. In this mountain yet to be
tapped.
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II is no wonder also that handsome
homes have been built and that first
class schools have grown up. ana ina.
churches have been built, and thas
,i5ewalks and streets have been made.
that Masonic lodges and town halls
have sprung up, that social organl-
zat,ons and societies have been formed.
and that altogether Dendron has de-
yeloped into a model. moral and IN
every sense delightful virginia
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Especial to Tho Times Dispatch.l
Pocahontas, Va, January 29.-The
discovery OF an eighteen-foot coal
seam in the Baby Mines OF the Poca-
hontas Consolidated collerles Company
here several days ago marks new
epoch in the Pocahontas Flat Top coal
field The twelve-fc OF outcrop seam
is an interesting sight to visitors VINO
come to see this mining town OF such
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-30

peanut king of this immediate Sec
ton. handles the most of them
With such a splendid back country
surrounding. Dendron, of course. be-
came good trading centre. There
are here about twenty stores. and a
conservative calculator tells me that
they sell during year about a quarter
of a million dollars of goods.
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NO MARGINS

we want to, tell You wherein PUT
ana CALL trading excelsNthe marginal
Method I without the marginal cost 7 and
withou: the marginal risk. a Elxpiana-
tory booklet and price list FREE
AMOS DREW 90, q Pearl street.
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that there is no other par. OF the
country where ha will see SO many
new and Interesting scenes as whom
making his way through the Land
where cotton IL king
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-05
WrangIing is
Chief Feature

WASHINGTON, Mar. 4.-The Bal
linger- Pinchot investigation dragged
through two sessions today. Mr.. Yer
trees, counsel for Secretary Ballinger,
continued his cross examination OF
Clifford Pinchot. He ELECTED some in
teresting facts from the former forest
er, but for the most part, the day
was taken up with wrangles between
the attorney and the witness. and
sometimes between Mr.. Vertrees and
counsel for the other side. Mr.. Fin
chot complained to the committee
that it was difficult to explain forest
matters to a man so little in
formed on the subject as Mr.. Vertrees
appeared to be.
The members of the committee show
ed considerable Impotence during the
day, and Senator Flint repeatedly urg-
ed counsel to stop wrangling and try
and get down to facts. Many of Mr..
Vertrees questions were based upon
documentary evidence and he read
copiously from the record of the case.
Senator Flint declared that one letter
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-05
WITH the -, = 20: zE@:::
:::;SmQu Farmer
By Uncle .Hvum...
Mules on the Farm

I'm the haying season, when oper
ating two moving machines, one with
mules, the other with horses, although
the mules were waking along faster
:han the horses. yet when the noon
hour arrived, the weather quite hot,
noticed that while the horses were
thoroughly sweated, the mules would
show no sweating whatever. In cult
waiting corn the mule will not tramp
as many plants in a day as most
horses in an hour. / find that there
is considerable prejudice against the
mule on the ground that he is a
vicious, stubborn creature, and that
no one is ever safe in caring for him
lest he turn his heels on his master.
If he is such in the majority of cases,
he is forced to it by brutal treatment.
He is gentle and appreciates kindness
as well as any other farm animal.
For my part I prefer to buy them as
colts, say yearlings. for in doing So
one can make his acquaintance with
them to learn to know their DISPOSE
ton and treat them accordingly. In
securing a pair like this, one of them
was so much afraid of any person
that it was impossible to get near him,
but by avoiding all kinds of rough
handling by anyone attending them.
getting his confidence in us that we
will not harm him, he proved himself
a real pet in the course OF three
months. and also an excellent worker
by this time. Another quality IN MS
favor is that when idle for few days
or even a week, he does not go
"crazv" with a lot of foolish capers
and fancy steps, as does young
horse. and consequently holds his own
better when put to hard work day
after day; all he seems to require
after a days work is chance to have
a good roll and all is well, and the
mule is ready for another days work
For a practical farm team we pre-
fer the medium sized mule to either
the very large or the very small. The
largest mules are preferable Where
the draught is heavy, like in lumber
camp or lumber team, but for the
pillow, the mower, the ordinary farm
wagon. the medium sized mule is all
right. A number of mules are brought
into this section by dealers, that are
too small, however, for a good farm
team. light of bone and body, ana
while many of them make excellent
teams for their weight, when offered
for sale by the farmer, their small
size is against them"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-05

binding and the thunder kept up an
awful racket when We jumped out and
it was as dark as pitch when the light
ming didn't blind us. We heard
faint moaning down the gulch and
made a break for it. There was only
two or three little railroad lanterns
for light All around us we could
hear trees swapping and other slides
tumbling down. We did not know how
big they were, but We stumbled and
rolled down into a gulley where we
could hear the cries.
Some had grabbed up what axes
there were when they first ran out,
and then the lanterns showed a row
of hands reckoning in every little
hole and opening in the coaches. We
started chopping between the out
stretched hands and so began to take
them out.
1--WE had worked hard all day and
were pretty well played out, but We all
set to wark, each man for himself and
none leading We could hear the pas
sengers crying for water, and some
were crying for nothing at all. We
got some of them out alive, but some
of them died before we could get at
them, although they were alive when
we reached the spot"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-05

overhauling it was the wooden sched-
ule, with rates on blankets ranging
from 1O7 to 165 per cent, on the cheap
er flannels lao per cent, dropping to
60 and IS per cent for oriental rugs
and velvet carpets, and keeping the
main burden of taxation upon the
masses. This schedule remains prac-
tically unchanged, imposing the DingN
ley average ad valorem of nearly 90
per cent. Thus, to raise $36,0O0,OOJ
of revenue on $62,OO0,OO0 worth of
wooden imports, the American people
are subjected to a tax of nearly gu
per cent on the s767 100000 worth of
wooden goods manufactured annually
in the United States.
TT is a typical republican act to
keep cottons and woolens which are
so necessary to the comfort and life
of the masses, under as high a tax
as silks, which only the more for
CundCo may wear, Scds " hCSp IiiO
cheaper grades of the former under
much higher impost than the latter.
1.-The labored efforts of the republi-
can apo,ogists, including the presi-
dent himself, to show that the new
republican tariff law is a step to-
ward lower tariffs are doing more to
undermine the archaic dogma of pro-
lection than all other agencies COM
bined.
1.-The American people can not sus-
tain much longer the yearly burden
of an average ad valorem of nearly
so per cent on nearly all the fifteen
billions of dollars worth of goods man
ufactured in the United States. They
are beginning to see that out of ev-
cry dollar of the greater part of this
$4,000, OOO, 900 which they expend ev-
cry year for articles of necessity and
comfort they receive only about so
cents in actual value"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-05

The WaIla Wal'a valley, as well as
other places in the northwest, is US
ing a great many mules for heavy
work, and are also using them for
grading railroads and other construc-
tions, making the demand far beyond
the supply. They are shipped in here
by carloads from Missouri and other
points which make it quite expensive.
There is no excuse for farmers of the
northwest for not raising plenty of
mules to supply the demand.
SAYS a we'll known farmer:
The best type of mule must show
the general excellent conformation OF
the horse in symmetry of form. The
body tends to be more cylindrical and
smaller than in the horse. In the
show ring those mules which meet
with greatest favor possess the horse
form in greatest degree. Legs of SUI
perior quality are fine and hard, the
bone very smooth and dense, the ten
dons prominent, and the muscles well
DEVELOPED. The feet of the mule are
smaller and longer than those of the
horse, and the arch of the foot is
greater. In general, the mule is dis
tinguished for superior feet and legs.
The resistance of the mule to disease
has been a frequent subject of dis
cussion 1t is claimed that the mule
is not so generally subject to disease
as the horse A neighbor, most eX
cellent hOrseman, who also admires
the mule, tells me that his father was
also a dealer in horses and mules
quite extensively, that he remembers
only of one mule that was dunn
N.Y." and in all his experience with
various diseases of horses never met
one mule with the heaves. L might
add that this neighbor is far better
authority in the diseases of domestic
animals tHdH IIldlly d ptOLcoSloIlhi NNI-
erinarian. Another neighbor, who has
had one pair of mules for II years,
tells me that he never fed grain of
medicine to any of them. This pair
Of mules l knew well for years, and
they are good for many years to
come, although kept steadily at work
on a large farm. The owner tells me
that he has been offered good prices
for. this pair, but they have been so
faithful that no price will buy them.
His boys, who are still quite young,
do all kinds of farm work with them.
The owner is credited with saying
that what the boys don't know, the
mules know.
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THE EVENING STATESMAN WAILA WALLA, WASHINGTON.

this work slowly; hurriedly tends to
reduce the size. Start at the wrist
sometimes instead of at the shoulder.
In drying the arms use this method OF
drying them.
An excellent. cream for whitening
and pumping the skin contains the
following ingredients:
Almond oil 31-2 ounces; cucumber
juice, drains; while wax, drains;
spermt ceti, 1 dram. s;l # neroli, III
lr0ps. For those who Lie the delicious
odor of oil of ne-oli, this cream will
prove prove satisfying so far as the
odor is concerned.
A cream containing honey includes:
Spermaceti, l dram; white wax, !
dram; olive oil, l ounce; honey, ]
tablespoonful. Almond or olive per-
fumed with violet or rose makes
simple but good feeder for the tissues
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1910-03-05

WASHINGTON, March 5.-(Special
to the Statesman.) Am indication of
the keen interest the farmers of the
country are taking in the various ex-
plantations given by protectionists to
account for high prices of meat, Is
furnished in the following letter. just
received by Minority Leader Clark
from a farmer of York, Nebraska.
1.-THE secretary of agriculture has
just issued a bulletin in which he at
tributes one important cause of the
high price of beef to the limited ship
ments of cattle to market, but the fact
is that American beef is said in Eng
land % rpecent cheaper than at nome.
A man of this city has recently re-
turned from London. He is a leading
butcher in this state. He found Swift S