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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

Junction, who grew 81 1.2 BUSH
els on one acre. The prize was
won this year by Jay Barr of
near Maryville. There were more
entries in the contest this year
but the records were not up to
what they were last year.
Elliot w Major, governor-elect
filed With the Secretary of State
his statement Of expenses during
the campaign for the nomination
and election as governor. He
swears . total expense Of S3,-
1856 40 divided as follows: Litho-
graphs, SIS 40; buttons and
watch fobs, $500; printing,S 716;
postage, ST 500, and the remain
der for Office management, ste.
nographer, etc.
Poplar Bluff is trying to make
an agreement with the Frisco
whereby the Butler County Rail-
road will be allowed the use Of
the Frisco tracks and yards there
The Butler County line agrees
to extend its lines into Poplar
Bluff if an agreement Of this kind
can be made. The road at present
has its terminus at large lumber
plant just outside the eastern
limits OF The Bluff
Clarence Mayors, q Chitwood,
Mo-, boy, is one the marines who
has been down spanking Nicar.
aqua recently, and in letter
printed in the Joplin Globe he
tells something about his exper-
fences in the banana republic.
II have heen in two battles since
l left the U. g." he writes" 81 got
my canteen shot off and one hole
through my hat, but otherwise |
am all in one piece"
Earl Goss who lives near Adrian
killed big eagle recently. This
bird which measured seven feet
from tip to tip, swooped down on
the Goss farm and with that dis
regard for property rights which
is so characteristic Of eagles, at
tempted to carry of a pig. Mr..
Goss put load Of shot into the
predatory bird and now it is in
Kansas City being made into a
dining room ornament.
As Mrs. W. c. Rollman OF ST.
Louis was kneeling at the oven
of her range p1tting the finishing
touches on her Thanksgiving day
turkey two negroes entered the
kitchen and at the point of a re-
volver forced her to remain half
All hour on her knees before the
hot oven while one cf the intrud-
ers rausacked the house obtain
ing S15. Mrs. Rollman's 4-year-
old son, who was watching the
operations on the turkey, was
forced to kneel beside his mother.
W. N. Morse of Fairfax, claims
, to have the widest automobile in
northwest Missouri. He left il
unhitched, one day last week, and
was startled to see it start out
across a pasture. A staked and
ridered barb wire fence did not
stop the machine, which went on
through a cornfeld. A tall hedge
proved the nemesis of the run
away motor car and when Morse
arrived on the scene the auto
meekly consented to be picked
up in pieces and hauled back to
q nearby blacksmith shop for re-
pairs.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13
There should be an immediate r.v,.

There should be an immediate revi-
sion Of the tariff downward. Il should
begin with the schedules most obvious
ly used to kill competition and raise
prices in the United States. and should
be extended to every item which af-
fords opportunity for monopoly and
special advantage until special favors
shall have been absolutely withdrawn
and our laws OF taxation transformed
from a system of governmental pat
ronage into a system OF just ana rea-
sonable charges which shall fall where
they win create the least burden.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

The Republicans talk about tarif
revision. and yet when a Democratic
house in fulflllng Democratic promises
to the people reduced the tariff, Re-
publican president vetoed the measure.
by their works shall ye know them"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13
Ash Can on Wheels,

A Connecticut inventor has mount.
ed an ash can on wheels and equipped
1t with handles which can be locked
to hold the affair stationary when
they are not required for moving It
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

Pork with more lean meat is In de-
mand, and the bacon hog is more than
holding his own. Wise breeders will
take notice Of these 'acts. Protein
feeds and milk will do It
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13
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grandchildren. were assembled.
Rev. J. l.. Batten, so long an
active Methodist minister OF south
east Missouri, was here this week
accompanied by his son-in-law,
G. W. Creath of Greenville. Mrs.
Batten died at their home, at
Naylor, Sunday, November "a,
and the body was buried there
religious services being conduct
ed by the old family friend, Rev.
N. B. Henry, of Bonne Terre.
AS Mary J. Nicholas, born in
Kentucky, in November, 1S47,
she was married to Mr.. Batten
when 20 years old, in 1867. For
forty-fve years they lived hap
PLY together, Ond for forty years
during his most active ministerial
years she was his guide and in
spiration. One child, Grace, was
born Of the union, she, now Mrs.
G. w. Creath, surviving with two
children. Mrs. Batten lived at
Kennett several years and made
many friends and these were sur
prised and panied to hear Of her
death. .-Dunklin Democrat.
Word reached here Tuesday
evening of a battle royal that oc-
cured on Tettleton farm, ten
miles south of this place and four
miles northeast OF Bernie, in
which five persons were more or
less seriously injured. The flight
was between Lee Huffstleter and
two Of the Virgin boys. Shot guns
were used and all principals shot,
About ten shots were fired, and
the doctors were called upon to
remove a lot OF bird shot from the
participants. We have baen able
to get only meager detailsof the
affrsy, but understand that there
was an old grudge between the
families, and that strife had becu
engendered as a result Of their
living on the came farm. Essex
Leader.
The election of NIX. K.McGrathtc
the legislature from st. Louis viii
ineure the presence in that body
Of a man who really knows more
about Missouri's legislative, ex.
ecutive and financial affairs thar
any other in the State. He will be
4 valuable man on any committee
and those who do not know hin
should get acquainted with hin
early. He is modest, ,unsssuming
even reticent, but he is full Of facts
and can bring his fifty years
valuable experience to his aid on
a moments notice. - Dunk liz
Democrat.
The last contract of the Little
River Drainage District was lie
at Cape Girardeau last week. L
was the largest contract of all
the expense running to over 1
million dollars. D. C. Stephens
Of Buffalo, N. Y. was the sue
cessful bidder. He will dig thu
canal, which will have river wil'
proportions, from Greenbriar II
to Allenville, thence to the Miss
issippi river just south of Caps
Girardeau.
William Joness who lives In tht
bottoms near Arrow Rock, mar
keted 1e pounds Of pecans il
Fsyette Saturday which one tre'
on his farm produced. The peoanI
brought Is cents per pound ant
found q ready market. He re-
csiyed S2A0o from the product o
this one tree.
A man who formerly lysesved ss {
Justice Of peace In Scott County
had TOO cases before him and
claims the distinction Of not hsv'
ing ) single decision revoked by
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

two deer al one shot in New Mad
rid county last week,
Governor Hadley has now
brought his pardon parole record
to the number of 566.
Stoddard county's cotton crop
this year will be about4 900 bales
against $500 lastyear, Thepre-
yalent drouth caused it,
Sam Thompson has just had a
well drilled near his barn 100 feet
deep, and now has 140 feet Of
water in it.--Ravenwood Gazette.
A peculiar feature Of the recent
election in Smith township, Carol
county shows that Wilson, Taft
and Roosevelt each received four
teen votes.
Well, anyhow the Warrensburg
Normal School defeated the Kan
s,s Normal School football team,
34.to 13. Somewhere the sun is
shining, as the saying is.
Willard Masters, aged 80 years,
one day last week fell on the
street at Maiden and died of heart
disease. He had been drinking
and was virtually an outcast.
Twelve quarts Of free whiskey,
sent to a citizen of Dexter, on
trial kept the mayors court busy
for a week trying cases for fight
ing, disturbing the peace, ect.
The La Plata Home Press sug-
gests that Woodrow Wilson's
favorite outdoor sport Of riding a
bicycle is considerably better
than riding a steam roller any
how.
Sheriff Thomson sold IS lots
in one Excelsior Springs addition
under special execution Tues
day afternoon, and the entire lot
brought only S25--just enough to
pay The cost in the case.
Cecil M. Basket, who used to
be editor Of the Mexico 1ntelli-
gencer, was out for the job OF
state game and fish commissioner
A sort of fish Basket, as it were,
But he got left in the shuttle.
A druggist at Excelsior Springs
advertised that he sold t44 bottles
OF cough medicine in thirteen
minutes. Patrons at the Springs
usually "cough up" speedily, but
this looks like Record .Timee.
A young man named Ferguson
forged a cotton receipt at Maiden
one day last week, got it cashec
was arrested, begged off from
the merchant he wronged anc
then stole a horse and lit out.
Thomas Murry of Rocheport
has obtained license to wed hi'
brother Horace's divorcee and
now Horace has filed suit againsI
Thomas for $1,000 for alternating
the affections Of his former wife
"The good looking young
woman who announced that she
would not marry a man whose
fortune had not at least five ciph-
srs In it can have u.s." says R
A.Stark OF the SheridanAdvsnce
"ours is all ciphers."
A father and two sons made
quite a railroad journey to vote
in Liberty. When they arrived
there, one voted for Wilson one
for Taft and one for Roosevelt.
They had their long trip with.
out changing the result in ths
least.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jordon Bently
rssidsnts of Charlton county, Gel.
ebralsd the sixty-sixth anniver.
ssry Of their marriage with
family reuDion st their hons II
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13
Coal Used to Drive Ocean shIps.

Estimates place the coal consumed
on the oceans of the world at approxi-
mately 75,0OOO00 tons per annum, val
ued at over $25O,OOO,O 900.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

II you are in need Of money see Geo,
.. Sloan for tsrms and tune before bsr-
rowing. Once In court houss with pro.
bate Judge. Sisf
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

ThN Republican party has practical
ly fostered the trusts. The Democratic
party proposes to prevent monopoly.
and the third party proposes to take
monopoly into partnership with the
government By accepting 1t Is an IN
evitable necessity and bringing Il IN
der the regulation OF Law, makiag Il :
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

Let none Of you treat his brother In
n way he himself would dislike 70 be
treated. d.-Mohammedans
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

nave occurred. Inc nealt0 autuOf-
tiles are using every possible pre-
caution to stamp out the disease
before winter sets in.
Poplar Bluff is laying vitrified
brick street pavement on more
than twenty blocks in its bus
mess -eolion and will, in time,
pave The entire city. Until city
does provide paved streets and
good sidewalks it will never
amount to much, permanently.
Recently born baby was
found IN the woods near Farm.
ingtou, its death having been
caused by crushed skull. Now
the mother has been discovered
and she has implicated a physi-
ciau in the crime, both having
been arrested and placed in Jail.
Assistant city marshal Ira
Brock of Portageville, who was
so seriously wounded while at
tempting to make an arrest in
that city several weeks ago, is
back home from the hospital in
St, Louis where he was taken for
treatment, He is paraiyzed from
his hip down and will never walk
again.
james E Herring, of Bonne
-erre ST. Francis county, is a
Confederate veteran who voted
the Democratic ticket as far back
as 1864 Mr.. Herring being the
grandson of man who was a
member of Washington's army in
the Revolutionary war. Four Of
his granduneles also participated
in the Revolutionary war.
During a small fire near Pop
lar Bluff, a large quantity of dy-
Mantle exploded, taking every
body by surprise, killing one and
injuring three others so that they
died later. The shock WAS 50
great that it Jared Popular Bluff
five miles away, and was felt for
distance of fifteen miles.
John Samuels, one of Excelsior
Springs grocerymen pulled a
three foot speading viper out a
bunch of bananas, the other day,
waiting on customer. The ba-
nanss were shipped from South
America aud it is thought that the
snake crawled into the bunch OF
fruit before consignment to the
steamer was mede.
T. !. CLANCY, aged so years,
committed suicide on the 18th OF
/ Nov. He lived with his son,
Drow Clancy, near Curdton,
S:oddard county. The Bloom
field Vindicator Gays he left the
supper table Wednesday evening
went out into the yard and lying
down, shot himself in the back
Of the head with a revolver.
The U. S. Court OF Appeals
has affirmed the sentence of the
district federal court against the
officials of the Cape Girardeau
and Thebes Terminal railroad and
they will have 10 pay the fines
imposed for obstruoting federal
work, Giboney Houck was fined
So, 900; Supt. Schultz was fined
$4,000 and Roadmaster Erby
So, 900.
Found-About 10 cents worth
OF pepsin gum. It has been used
some. 1t is supposed 10 belong to
one of the Barnard ladies thai
attended the picture show here
Saturday night as she was seer
to have about that amount in hoI
mouth at one time. Owner car
have same by calling on George
Montgomery and proving prop
9 erty.-Bolckow Herald.
The record made In the boys
corn growing contest in Nodaway
county this year was seventy
eight bushels and 30 hounds
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.

Cleaned from EXchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal Some Credited, and Some Stolen.
bat Nearly All Interesting Reading
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1912-12-13

No public meetings are being
held at Hopkins on account OF
scarlet fever. There have been
about thirty cases but no deaths
have occurred. The health author
tiles are using every possible pre-
caution to stamp out the disease
before winter sets in.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
BUMPER CROPS FORECASTED
September Report OF Department. III
Arriculture

Washington. September 9.-Bumper
crops ot corn. white potatoes. spring
wheat oats barley rye and buck
wheat were forecasted TO-DAY by the
Department OF Agriculture in its sep
ternber report
Corn is estimated TO yield about
e.ee5.00o.oo0 bushels. exceeding the
record crop OF 1906 oy about 6S.ooc.ooo
lsushels.
The potato ylold this year it 5 esti-
mated viii be 69S.0O0.00O bushels. over
stepping the bumper crop OF 1909 BY
about 5000, 900 bushels
spring wheat crop probably Will be
500 100000 bushels. 100000 bushels
over the record OF 1905
The harvest OF oats, according to
the report Win be i,2so.ooo.0oO bushels.
exceeding the record crop of 1910 by
l0i.00p.o0O bushels.
The crop Of rye win be- 1t Is be-
licvcd about 5000 bushels greater than
the record crop OF 1903: buckwheat
about 100000 bushels higher than the
record crop OF 1910.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
Fr ance Wins World S
Aviation Champion
ship at Chicago.
VEDRINES MAKES
EASY WORK OF 1T
Completes the 1913 Mile Race in
Hour, 10 Minutes and $685.
Seconds-Only American Az
iator Chances at Record,
Then Walks Of
Field.

Chicago. september e.-Franoe Won
to-day the worlds aviation champion
snip. Jules vedrlnes. champion 81
France. driving Deperdussin mono.
plane, took from America the James
Gordon Bennett silver trophy with.
out contest. No, an American aero
plane rose from the ground In de-
Tense Of tho cup won by this country
from England last year
Thompson the only American avia-
tor who had NOT withdrawn from the
race up to the last hour took ANAL
glimpse at Vedriness record and
walked Of the aeld
Officials Of the Aero club OF America
explained their concession o: the
trophy TO France a the outset by say
ing in point OF speed this country had
not the ghost o: = chance"
Nedr!ness time for completing the
l24.s miles over the 4l4-mlle course
was one noun ten minutes and 5s.s5
seconds. Ills average time was 1893
miles an hour. His only competitors
We're two Frenchmen, Maurice Pre-
vost. also In & Deperdussin. VINO made
the course In one hour tn,lteen min
~~IS anu A|s9- 1tNO.-N~ "4.N -1lt+A v
Frey. In Hanriot monoplane. VINO
came down after making tw-nty-three
OF the thirty laps OF the course be-
cause OF engine trouble.
Sails Like IA Swallow.
Nedr.nes made easy work OF II. start
ing before any OF mis- competitors We're
out. he sailed around the pylons like
q swallow on the wing and attaining
in some Of the laps almost two miles =
minute ana then rested in his hangar
while the American contestants with
drew. and While Major Samuel Rober.
chairman OF the contes; committee
Of the Aero Club OF America, shook
his head. saying the speed set by the
Frenchmen was too great to be met
by any machine on this side OF the At
lantic
The only semblancc Of neck and
neck race came hours after Nedrines
had alighted. when Frey and Provost
assembled. shortly before shots We're
fired for the close OF the days sport
Frey soon was overtaken by Provost
who started two minutes later. Al the
fourteenth lap. Provost had left Frey
far behind and at that time was only
thirty-two seconds behind the time
made by Nedr.nes. While steadily out.
d'stancins Frey he lost on the French
champions time until at the twenty
third lap he was seventy-three seconds
behind Ncdrines That assured the
trophy TO Nedrines.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
PURELY ACADEMIC
Roosc'elts Comment on Wilson's Crit
ticism OF Minimum NNngc PInnk

Spokane. Wash september Gov
ernor Wilson'S criticism OF the Pro-
gressive minimum wage plank was
characterized by Colonel Roosevelt in
a speech here to-day as purely acad-
erio." Colonel Roosevelt said he be-
l.eved Governor Wilson vas sincere.
but mislod by ideas laid Gown b.
political economists
We DO not at tho moment take
up the question OF minimum wage
generaliy" Colonel Roosevelt said.
we know that IN am matters Ike this
it is necessary 20 proceed slowly We
save studied tho conditions among
gir,s end women la Industry and
know the suffering. misery crime and
vice that are promoted by an income
that is insufficient to enable girl
or woman TO Keep body and soul to-
gether IN SURROUNDINGS OF ordinary
deceney.
believe that Mi Wilson. whose
sincerity of conviction 10 uot qucs-
ZION. has been misled by tho fact
that he has gotten :rom laws laid
down by political economists Who
wrote when conditions were utterly
different"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
MARTIAL LAW ZONE EXTENDED
Determined Effort to Stop Outbreaks
In I<ana,yhn Fields.

Charleston. w. Va. September g.
The scope Of the martial law zone In
the Kanawha Valley coal fields was ex-
tended to-day when the property of the
-Four states Coal Company at Dorothy,
Raleigh County. was taken out OF the
hands OF civil authorities and Captain
Levy. Of the National Guard. placed in
charge BY Brigadier- General Elliot It
IS alleged that the presence OF str,k-
ing miners and the resemblance Of
mine guards near the mines prompted
the action b. the Governor. 1t is said
thete has been considerable shooting
IN the neighborhood. and that several
residents. not minefrs. have been
forced to move from tho community.
mat determined effort will be
made by the militia 10 ascertain who
shot and killed mine guards on Paint
Creek was evidenced to-day. when tho
arrest OF several persons was made by
the soldiers. r +. s,ringer. a mine
guard. was recently killed at Holley
Grove and Gus Plnson. another guard,
met his death at Mucklow.
Governor Giasscock to-day in a
statement said that the foundation OF
the present trouble between miners
and operators is due to the !nvincible
law and the internal lobbyists rather
than the nine-Ruard system.
Mother" Jones. the so-called agi-
tator o: the miners. was prevented to
day from visiting In tho martial law
district when Brigadier- eneral Elliott
requested her 70 leave the territory at
once. or consider herself under arrest.
she returned 10 Charleston Tonight
she predicted that ere long the strike
would be Statewide
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
DEPENDENT UPON TARIFF
Radical Reduction Would Seriously
Disturb Cotton Industry.

New London. Conn. September q
with addresses Of welcome by Cover
nor Simeon r Baldwin and Navor
Bryan L. Aahan. the sesnl-annuai meet
ing Of The National Cotton Manurac-
lures Association was formally OMEN
"a mere tonight. In discussing the
problems II tho association. President
Edwin Farnham Greene. OF Boston.
laid special stress upon the eifec. Of,
politics and the tar.M on the cotton
Industry
II is perhaps unfortunate that the
textile Industry is SO dependent upon,
Tho protective tariff said President
Greene Whether we shall ever b..
in a position 70 be Independent Of it
is Question -.
For the present, at lenst. we arc
facing an Inevitable tariff revision
which. if done wisely. can only help
the stockholders and operatives alike
On the other hand any radical reauc-
uon which would seriously disturb the
present conditions would. sincerely
believe. be most disastrous 70 our in
dustry and the country at large
Apparently there is a growing feel
ing in both parties that a tariff board
Of some s>-t can very materially aid
Congress and the President I'm tsrtn
matters and sincerely hone tina,
whichever IS in power justice will be
done 70 all Industries bv establishing
some permanent board or bureau thar
can. IN an impartial way. present 10
Congress and the public the real facts
that should influence and shape tariff
changes"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
FEELING STILL RUNS HIGH
Removal of Negro 10 Atlanta Prevents
PrObnble LynchIng.

Gainesville. Ga September e.-The
sending OF Bud Smith. young negro.
10 Atlanta FOR safekeeping. after his
alleged confession OF the attack on a
young white girl. who was found un-
conscious in a ravine near here to-
day, prevented probable lynchins and
another outbreak OF race troubles here.
The young woman. a daughter OF a
prominent planter had been missing
since sunday afternoon. She left home
10 visit her grandmother. a half-nile
away Absorbing to the negroes a.
legged confession he met her on the
road and after beating her into un-
consciousness threw her body over a
cliff small pocket mirror found
near the scene Of l.. crime led to his
arrest
News OF the arrest quickly spread
and the prisoner was hurried to Gaines
VILE and placed in jail. Reports that
a mob was forming IN the country Tor
the purpose Of attackihg II iau
caused Judge j. b. Jones 10
order the negro taken to Atlanta.
The CHIEF OF police and two deputies
with the prisoner started to Tho state
capital by automobile There is little
fear OF further trouble here unless the
i've negroes arrested last week ana
placed I'm Jail ~ Marietta are brought
back for trial Tomorrow. Feeling stil
Is running high ana lyuchinc *
threatened II the blacks are returned
TO tins county.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-09-10
CLASH BETWEEN RACES
Negro FATAL. SHOT While Rcsistin :
>bcrlf's Posse.

Brooksv!llo. Fla. September o-One
person was fatally wounded tonight
in a asht between the posse and the
band OF armed negroes who yester-
day rccaptured eleven negro prisoners
from three deputy sherlns near here.
! posse went from her to Terrell.
where ii was learned the negroes we're.
None OF the eleven prisoners was found
oy the posse
VIII Arms,rone negro was the
person fatally shot. The negroes did
no, stop resisting the sheriifs poss.
until after he was wounded. chief
DEPUTY Ncal returned here Tonight
with sis negroes captured in the clash.
40 NEGROES We're arrested on the re-
turning train. being recognized by the
chief deputy as having been in the
negro rescuinE party Yesterday. Ne
groes around the turpentine sim. where
tho clash occurred when the negro
prisoners we're rescued. have scattered
fearing further race trouble. /, is be-
lleved that the trouble is at ar end