Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-02-16

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Greenville Sun: A jury i'm
paneled in the probate court last
Friday to pass on the sanity of
Captain w. T. Leeper, decided,
after hearing the testimony of
witnesses, that he was incapable
of attending to his large business
Interests and his son, s. L. Leep-
er, was appointed guardian to
look after his affairs. Captain
Leeper is one of the oldest and
most respected citizens of the
county. He is SO years old.
Exchange: When man does
not give his wife any money, nor
contribute a cent to build up his
town or country, and will not pay
his just debts, some people call
him hog. but this is SANDER
against the hog. The hog does
pay. 1t pays the doctor, the
preacher, the storekeeper, buys a
.lress for the wife, puts a piano
ia the house and sends the child
rem to school. Don't ever COM
pare a mean, stingy man to hog
again.
Kennett Democrat: A special
road district out Of Sikeston, south
into New Madrid county, means
} business. Lately the people on
the road which runs through Big
} Prairie, on the old Kings High
, way line, voted to build ten miles
of rock road. The contract has
been ie: for $50, ,899.21. Think of
, that, nearly Sc, 600 a milel Why,
Sc, 600, alone, would scare Dunk
lin county people to death. And
yet, Dunklin county needs good,
solid rock roads as much as does
Scott and New Madrid counties.
Why not have them?
q Dexter Messenger: Eggs are
a scarce quantity on the Dexter
market these days, the hens re-
fusing to lay. On Tuesday last
! eggs were selling for forty cents
u per dozen, and not one-tenth te
:. fill the demand. On Tuesday the
u firm Of Goodwin & Jean sent theil
d last case Of thirty dozen eggs &c
a Charleston grocer at rs cents
IS per dozen. Just $3.50 tied W
! in that case Of eggs. II received
. one dozen from the country OF
'e Tuesday," remarked Mr.. Jean
"and they looked so good to mi
,r that placed them in my saf,
% over night for safe keeping"
ii Wayne CountyJournal: Friend
h OF our fellow townsman, Attor
: ney D. N. Holladay, are urgini
l' him to make the race for stat
Ut senator from this senatorial dis
rt trict. 1t has been a good man.
D years since Wayne county wa
r, represented in the state senat
- and is now entitled to the honor
By reason of his wide aequaint
a ance throue hout the district an
. his qualifications for the offic
:. Mr.. Holiday is considered to b
:. the man to make the race. MI
h. Holladay has not expressed him
a | self as yet and whether he wi
make the race remains to be seer
nd A young man named Helto
or was shot and seriously wounde
ad by John McIvers, on the roa
va near Mountain Grove, Howe
county, Sunday beforeiast. He
ton was running away with
is daughter of McIvers, they beir
'as on horseback, and he follows
ng them on horseback and overtal
ng ing them fred at Eielton. I'll
70 girl escaped into the woods al
30 McIvers rode back home leavir
&c. the wounded man lying In roa
naf As coon as he had gone the g
M eame back and took Helton to
n's near by farm house and call
ior medical aid and then notified q
itY lofilcars to arrest her father |
lths orime.