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The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

In anticipation of the adoption of the
pending bond proposition and the 60
ing into effect OF the act creating this
board citizens have secured options on
the property to be acquired at figures
below actual values, and will thus pre-
vent any demand for exhorbitant prices;
and the board will have power to con-
sdemn any property not thua acquired.
The addition of the property to be
thus transferred to the state will make
a most eligible, spacious and beautiful
capitol park, and will enable the COM
missioners to locate the new building
so far away from the railroad tracks that
the smoke and noise which made the
site of the old building Objectionable
will not affect the legislature or the
public officials.
There is no opposition anywhere in
the state to the pending bond poposi-
ton. It's adoption will insure the ear
ly erection of a new capitol and the
relief of the several departments of the
state government from the uncomfort-
able, unsafe and inconvenient condi-
tions under which officials are now
transacting the business of the state.
In case the proposition is not approved
by the voters in August it will be nec-
cessary to expend about $4,000 On
the ruins of the old capitol. restoring
it sufficiently to house the departments
till new capitol is eventually erected,
and second proposition, authorized
by the legislature, for an issue of SIS,
in bonds for new capitol,
will be submitted at the general cleo
ton in 1912.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
Supreme Court Judges.

Evidently the Democratic leaders
believe that control of the supreme
court is matter of paramount impor-
to the Democratic party, as they seem
determined to prevent Judge Brown
from holding the seat to which they
tried to re-elect Judge CAN'T. In 1912
the people will have an opportunity to
determine the political complexion of
that court for they will be called upon
to elect three judges: one to succeed
John Kennish, (Republican) who was
elected in 1910 to fill the unexpired
of judge Fox, (Democrat) deceased;
one to succeed Chief Justice Leroy
Valiant, Democrat; and one to succeed
Judge Ferris, (Republican) appointed
to succeed Judge Burgess, (Democrat)
deceased, whose term will end in Janu--
ary /, 1913 Judge Lamm having two
years to serve after 1912 and Judge
Brown eight. Of the six Democratic
Justices who have been members OF
the supreme court since 1900 only
Judges Graves and Woodson will re-
main on the bench after January /,
1913
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
Major, Gordon and ToIerton.

Attorney General Major, in his ca
ger search for something with which to
continue the Democratic fight on Jesse
A. Tolerton, claims to have discovered
that the Game and Fish Commissioner
was appointed by the Governor prema-
turely, the appointment having been
made before the Game and Fish law of
1909 became effective. If this should
prove a fact the Governor would reap
point Mr.. Tolerton, and put Major to
the trouble of finding way to get rid
of him. Major and Gordon seem to
be greatly worried over the failure of
certain Democratic leaders in the leg
islature to disposess Mr.. Tolerton and
suspend the game and fish laws. These
two officious State officers should be
put on the list of undesirables by those
citizens who believe in the protection
of game and fish. Their fight on the
Commissioner has, every point, indi-
Gated personal antagonism more than a
desire to perform official duties. Maj
or is acting the part of a Iersecutor ra-
ther than the part of a digni6ed legal
advisor to the State Auditor.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
Prosperous State.

No part of the country offers better
advantages to farmers, stock raisers and
dairymen than Missouri. Her agricul-
tural products steadily increase in val
ue and quantity. Her surplus live
stock alone brings the state one hun
dred and fifty millions. Potatoes can
be raised in nearly every one of her
one hundred and fourteen counties.
Her potato crop has increased from
four million to five million in a few
years. Her wool has doubled in the
same time. In nine years beginning
with 1900 her surplus poultry products
had grown from thirteen millions to
forty-five millions of dollars. Her sur
plus eggs are valued annually at over
twenty-five millions. Her fruit in good
years is valued at ten millions. The
Ozark region. of the southern central
part has splendid water power going to
waste. Two thirds of the state north
of the Missouri river is underlaid with
rich deposits of soft coal. The death
rate in St. Louis, Kansas City and St.
Joe is remarkably low. The sanitary
conditions in many of the factories in
St. Souls are model. Golfers
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

/ oSPSAAS AoASSif uPoA tAS AeaiuOooS'
This kindly feeling can only be brought
about by fair treatment on each side.
If the railroads. treat the people fairly, I
believe they will, in turn, receive fair
treatment from the people. A few of
the railroads have adopted a policy of
this kind and already some of the feel
ing against the big transportation sys-
tenn is dying. 1t is not so bitter as it
was three years ago.
The public should have something
to say regarding the laws under which
the railroads operate. After all, the
railroads are created by the public and
the public should control their crea
lures. When the Interstate Com
mission was first created and announ-
ced certain rules under which railroads
should operate, there was a general out
cry from railroad officials. To a man
they opposed the idea of any public
commission interfering" ntheir pri-
vate business. We know now that
railroad is a public, not a private, bus
mess. And some of US have conclud-
ed that the public has right to control
railroads and other corporations. I
see, from newspapers, that James ].
Hill, the Great Northern magnate. re-
Gently came our for public control;
President Nudge of the Rock Island
did likewise. President Vail of Am
erican Telephone and Telegraph took
the very strongest of stands along that
line in his recent annual report to his
board of directors in which he demand
ed complete acquiescence in the con-
troll of public commissions. All those
things go towards making good feeling
between the railroads and the people.
I eieve in keeping the public in
formed of those matters which concern
the public; in fact the idea OF publicity
of corporation affairs will hereafter find
an advocate in Missouri Pacific.
I'm the matter of expenditures
Missouri Pacific is going to get its
moneys worth. There viii be no
waste, no matter how many millions of
dollars we spend in rebuilding the road.
Every cent will be watched, not for
the purpose of seeing how little we
can spend, but with the idea of getting
full value for our money"
OMr. Bush has just finished his first
official inspection of the property of
which he has charge and his plans for
the physical rehabilitation of the road
are only in the making When COM
pleted and carried out Missouri Pacific
will rank as the equal of any road west
of the Mississippi river.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

Governor Hadley has way OF re-
minding intelligent citizens at fre-
ouent intervals of the failure of Demo
cratic law makers to provide for an in
termediate prison and reformatory
where youthful offenders can be con-
fined and prepared for citizenship.
That proposition has been twice re-
iected by Democratic leaders for strict
" partisan reasons. And he also keeps
before the people long list of meas
ures defeated by democrats because
proposed by Republican governor.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
President Bush Makes a Statement.

AS soon as we show that the prop
erty warrants the expenditure, the
Missouri Pacific system will have all
the money it needs to rehabilitate it
and put it in the front rank of western
railroads. says B. F. Bush, new presi-
dent of the Missouri Pacific and Iron
Mountain, in the first interview given
cut since he assumed control of the
Zig Gould system of roads.
Mr.. Bush's statement shows that the
old do nothing days of Missouri
Pacific are over; that the big system
has joined the ranks of the progressive
that the railroad which stood still while
Union Pacific; Rock Island, Santa Fe
and other western lines were being re-
built, is now in turn, to have millions
OF dollars poored into its roadbed, its
rolling stock and, in fact, into all its
departments.
Mr.. Bush, the new president, is the
moving spirit in the upbuilding of the
line and it was because of his progress
siveness that he was chosen 10 head
the road and lead in the work.
Along with the old outgrown physi-
cal equipment, the old outgrown ira
aitions of the system are to go into
the discard. The public be damned
policy is to be reversed and everything
possible is to be done to cultivate q
good feeling between the road and its
patrons. Mr.. Bush says:
The relations existing between Z
railroad and the people should be mos:
kindly. The prosperity of the rail
roads depends absolutely on the peo
pie, and the prosperity of the people
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

appearance of being alive when exam
ined. It is, therefore, evident that
the best and most accurate method
of determining the actual terminating
power of your corn is to use some
such termination box as shown in
the illustration.
The time required to test enough
ears to plant fifty acres has been
found to be not over two days, and
this time divided among five or six
days will scarcely be missed. The
test is very simple. BY placing a
small peg in the butt of the ear and
placing the number Of the ear on the
peg, the record Of each ear can be
kept accurately and the test will be
very valuable, allowing all dead or
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

old, is of almost untold value to the
farmers of the state if they will only
place it in operation. 1t has been
estimated that the corn crop of Mis-
souri, is cut short by least 20 per
cent by poor seed which this germina-
tion test would positively detect
If this is true-that a 20 per cent
loss is sustained each year, and it
seems from tests carried on at the
experiment station at Columbia this
year, that that is very safe estimate
the value of these little boxes would
be almost inestimable. With the acre.
age In corn that Missouri had last
year this termination test would save
more than S25,O00.000 for the farm
ers of the state in Il single year
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

The voters of Missouri will have five
proposed amendments to the state con-
stitution to pass judgement on at the
general election in 1912, and have six
if the capitol bond proposition fails to
carry next August, for in that event
an amendment providing for a new
capitol will be submitted. One of the
FIVE proposed amendments provides for
reducing the minimum school age to
five wears and abolishing the maximum
age.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
Common Example.

The following clipping was sent to
,s hv one of our correspondents with
request that we print it:
''some time in January Mr.. R. B.
Thomas on, farmer, had the misfortune
Of having his barn and all its contents
consisting of a hack-wagon, harness,
;mnlements, saddles and feed burned.
A subscription list was circulated and
the farmers gave of feed and other
things, and the merchants of the little
town responded literally.
Now, MI. Thomasson being reg
Mar patron of Chicago catalogue
house, wrote letter to them relating
the above circumstances and asking
them for donation. Their reply was
No. we do not help our patrons in
that way
BROTHER farmers think of those who
helped you to get start in she world.
Was it catalogue houses or was it the
home people?
If bad luck overtakes you and you
need help, would you ask the cata-
logue houses? If you did, you would
get nothing but frown. Now brother
farmers, spend your money at home,
and you will stand a chance of getting
it back again. But if you send it to
catalogue houses it is lost to you and
your county.
You have made catalogue houses
rich and they have never done any
thing for you except sell you goods at
a big profit. Now, brother farmers,
show me good reason for sending your
money off, making any corporation
rich, and I will pull off the harness
and kick myself for being farmers
friend.
Now, brother farmers, let US reason
together and see what we do when we
want something and haven't the mon
ey. We go to our home merchant
and get it and he waits on US from one
to twenty four months for the money,
and sometimes the merchant has to go
to the bank and borrow money to keep
US in supplies.
But when we get some cash, we
send and get catalogue and then we
send our money to the catalogue
houses and make them rich. won
der why we don't make our home mer-
chants rich; they help US build our
churches, pay our preachers and sup
port our schools, but they haven't the
money that the catalogue houses have
nor they never will, for we are going
to send it to catalogue house as long
as we can get dollar.
It's not right, and yon know il"
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
Missouri Fruit Crop Report.


The State Board of Horticulture is
in receipt of special reports from prac-
ticaliy every county in the state, and
from these advices the following sum-
mary of conditions regarding the fruit
crop up to May 10, is complied.
Apples. On the whole, there prom
ises to be good crop of this fruit
through the entire state. In the parts
Of the state where orchards bore heav-
lily last season, there was not a heavy
bloom this year. Also, there is uni
versal complaint of light bloom with
the Ben Davis type. and now and then
a few other varieties. Jonathan prom
ises especially well almost everywhere.
Reports seem to show the best yield
in the northeast counties. In the
southwest the crop is well distributed
although not particularly heavy. It is
believed there is enough bloom every
where to insure as much fruit as the
trees should be permitted to bear.
Prospects now are for the largest
crop in years.
Peaches. The best prospect for FL
berta, the leading commercial peach,
| is in the northeast counties, but there
are no large orchards there. This
variety was frozen out in the northe-
west part of the State during the winter
In the central counties the peach crop
will be irregular. In three of the
counties. fair crop of Elbertas is re-
ported, but for the most part the yield
will be from seedlings and few other
hardy sorts. In the southwest, but few
Elbertas are left. In the south central
counties, where the large peach or
chards are located, there will be light
crop of Elbertas probably not more
than ten percent. The damage was
done there by the freeze in March.
Strawberries. From every part Of
state the reports say there will be from
IS to 100 percent Of crop of straw
berries. The cold of MAY 1st nipped
some of the earlier sorts but did not
affect the general yield very much,
but the season will be a few days later
than usual.
Cherries promise well all over the
state.
Pears seem to have suffered greatly
from the last cold wave as this fruit is
reported short from nearly all sections.
However there are many isolated es-
Inmates of a so per cent crop.
Small fruits other than strawberries,
including blackberries, raspberries
gooseberries, currants and grapes, on
the whole promise well. A good many
correspondents report a scarcity of
raspberries and there was some little
damage done to grapes by the May 1st
freeze. On the average grapes. will
make one-half of a full crop all over
the state.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

Senator Bill Stone would have the
president send the army into Mexico
at once and force the Mexicans to
cease fighting. What the result OF
such a step would be is one of those
things statesmen like Stone do not care
to look into.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18
Capitol Campaign For June And July.

The months of June and July will
witness an interesting campaign In
Missouri, devoid of party politics and
appealing directly to the pride and
business sense of the people. It is to
be campaign in behalf of the adoption
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

Gov Woodrow Wilson says the pur-
pose Of the Democratic party is not to
upset things. Whatever may be the
purpose of that party the inevitable reg
suit of placing power in its hands to
upset business and create industrial
commercial troubles.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

Governor Hadley having said said,
while in St. Louis lately, that private
boxing is not illegal we may now ex-
pect broadside from the Democratic
press against him as friend of boxing
gloves, if not of prize fighting. Watch
'em howl.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

Uncle Joe Cannon has Just celebrat-
his seventy-ffth birthday. He is too
old to be caught in political trap and
to Young to retire from public life.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1911-05-18

This is the season of the year when
a fishing rod looks like the staff of life.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-02-16
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

N. and A. Bragg to Sophia Taylor,
20 acres 81, 6, 3; for $500.
P. B. Berry and wife to R. G. and
J. M. Berry, certain lots in Florence;
for $4,000.
W.. Eakin, trustee to R. G.. and
J. M. Berry, certain lots in Florence;
| for S611.6O.
J. L. Tanner and wife to J. L. Bar
row, lots in Pelahatchie for 5000.
I. S. Dear to R. G. Berry and Bro,
lots in Florence; fors95.00.
J. H. Richardson and wife to j.
Fl, I artin, lot in Brandon; for
S1125O. - SS 1i:s
M. Huff and wife to w. F. Moore
IS acres, 16, 5, 5; for 1865.
Glenn Walters to John Gurdon,
certain land for 1885.
J. Burnham and wife to r. L.
Crane and wife, certain land for
$4,000.
: J. N. Burnham and wife to G. w.
Burnham, certain lots of land in t.
3, r. 5; for 1887.
O. E. Durham and wife to Luther
Burnham, 10 acres %, 3, 5; for S65.
Laura Smith to Mrs. Bette Gar
yer, quit claim in certain property;
for $3.50.
j. C. Flanagan and wife tor. F.
Smith and wife, 20 acres in II, 4, 5;
for $4,000
R. H. Mason and wife to G. w.
McWilliams, 100 acres 90, 5, 5; for
81, f65.O0.
R. L. Aills and wife to J. E. Single
tary, to correct a former deed.
]. w. Busick to Mrs. H. A. Busick, |
40 acres, 2, 5, 3; for $4,000.
j. A. Spann, Jr., to w. C. Will |
liams, lot in Pelahatchie, for $50.
]. H. Copper to T. j. Cooper, 80
ares 81, 4, 2; cfor $4,000.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-02-16
TO BE RELEASED
Former Sheriff. of Simpson Will Be
ReleaSd June 3.

Releasd June 3.
The supreme court on Monday last
handd down a decision in the case
of Ex-parte C. McInniss in which
the ruling of the lower court was af-
firmed, but in rendering the deci-
sion the court held that Mr.. McInnis
will be entitled to his release on
June 3rd, 1914, at the expiration of
two years from the time he was
sentenced to 10 years Imprisonment.
The case went to the supreme court
from the circuit court of Simpson
county on petition of Mr.McInnis for
writ of habeas corpus that he could
not after the expiratio nof his Jail
sentence, be held for debt, he being
financially unable to pay the costs
in the case, amounting in round
numbers to about $4,000. The
application was overruled by Judge
Hughes and appealed to the Su-
prime Court.
The many friends of Mr.. McInnis
will be glad to know that he will
soon be released, most every on be-
who hav heretofore ben opposed
this opinion being joind by many
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-02-16

r.. d. McRae, one days con-
tracing bridge work. -. 800
r. d. McRae, three days laying
out ROADS .......... JAW
Rankin Advertiser, station
cry, Supt. Education. -. 1880
George Berry, poll tax
refun0oQ ........ I.UU
C.. E. Harrell, building bridge
beat 4 $500
Y. C. Sheppard, building bridge
beat 4 5O.OO
Claude McRae, hauling cul-
verts and building bridge
beat 4 ...... ............ 1928
Dick Cooper, repairs to bridge
beat 4 .................. 1000
Richard Jones, one mile board SO
R. E. night, four days ms. and
rec'g. bridges .......... 1900
Wise Smith, timber for roads
peat 4.UO
w. J. Bell, Merchandise
county farm ............ 100
C. w. Taylor, eight shovels
for road beat 4. ...... 800
George Robinson, J. P, and
constable, balance statu-
tory 1910 ............... 1880
A. P. White, j. P, and constable
S6O5; balance 1910
11U.OU Il.OO
T E. Therrell, constable, bal
ance statutory 1910. 1876
Jeff Thomas, poll ak re
funded :. :. ...... 2.GC
Geo. D. Barnard & Co., poll
tax books, clerk. ....... $500
DR.. C. R. Garaway, two visits
to Jail. -. .............. 4.u0
A. M. Shields, merchandise to
county farm and court
mouse ......... ......., 4.J0
Jim Fitzhugh, lumber for road
beats ......... 1876
Gayden & Co., merchandise
county farm and court house 1910
Brandon News, assessors blanks
1911 $500. .............. 26.47
John A. Gayden, clerk, postage
for January 1914. ........ 800
Pat Henry, J. p, and constable
cost in P. Rankins case. $40
Geo. d. Barnard & Co., two
certificate books for Supt 1910
S r. Meyers, Supt. of education
salary and postage, January
1911 I...a.sass.s. 1Ul.Ot
E. L. Ferguson, county taxes
refunded, generalization 1882
L. M. Moss, J. p, balance stat
utory, 1910 ........ 480
L. M. Moss, constable, balance
statutory 1910. ...... 500 |
w. M. Corley, constable, statu
tory and etc .......... 1886 |
Account L. T. Lawrence for
building bridge beat 3 con
tinued.
Petition j. P. Morley, ct al, to
change public road continued.
Account J. t. Shivers for lumber
bridge beat 3 was dismissed.
Request trustees T. 3. R. 3. for
$1,000 for wire and staples for H.
I. Garrett was continued for ex-
olanation.
In the matter of levying a tax on
logs the boardafte careful consid-
grafton of the subject, the following
order is herby passed by the board:
That levy of tax of S1.0O upon I
zach and every male dog over six
months and the sum of three dol
ars upon each and every female !
,ver six months, to be collects d.
rom the owner, keeper or harDors
# any and all dogs and the assessor
# the county is hereby authorized
md directed to assess each and
very dog owe" six months old to (
he owner of said logs to be found,
therwise to the keeper Of harborer
# such dog or dogs, the assesys It
o be made at the same time ai.t Y
4 the same mann er as other prop d
rty is assessed, as per chapter lis
avs of 1910 anil the tax collector :
/ Rankin county is hereby directed
. collect sad tax as the law d. T
Gets.
Automobile Speed Regulated a
Ordered by the Board Of super a
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-02-16
Saw Mill to Begin observation-disclosures
of Community

Prof. w. P. Harper, principal OF
the Mossey Oak school, visited rela-
tives in this community last Satur--
day and Sunday.
Oscar Bullock, of Jackson, spent
Sunday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs, j. p. Bullock.
A. E. Harper transacted business
in Jackson one day last week
Knox McNair visited relatives at
pinola Saturday returning Sunday.
Edgar Muse has leased the saw
mill belonging to NJ. r. Meyers and
will run it on full time this year.
b.. r.. Williams will have charge OF
the mill.
Mrs. Rebecca Harper, who has
been suffering for several months
with cancer on her face is grad
ually getting worse. Little hopes
are ntertained for her recovry
Miss Mary Alexander spent last
week visiting relatives at Monterey,
returning home Monday.
J. ]. Ross, of Monterey, passed
through our village Monday.
This has been the most unusual
winter we have ever seen.
Treess iaret budding, flower
blooming, birds singing, and grass
in the pastures growing like spring
time. The daily showers REMIND
one of April showers. If we have
no more cold weather, fruit will be
while if we have another cold snap
| there will be no fruit. The gound is
warm enough to plant corn il il
were only dry enough and people
were not afraid. 1t may be thai
spring has really come and that
the God of agriculture Is going tC
help us solve the boil weevll prob
lem by helping us to raise crop
of cotton before Mr.. Boil Weevi
can get ready to make his appear
ance.