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Newark post., 1914-09-23
Sentenced To A
Years imprisonment

Years imprisonment
Mrs. Elizabeth Mckinney, con-
victed of manslaughter for the kill
ing Of Delaware Reed at Glasgow,
last year, was on Monday sentenc-
ed in the Court Of Oyer and Ter
miner, to one years Imprisonment
and a fine of $400. In imposing
the sentence Chief Justice Penne-
will said in part:
"This has been to the court a
,ery distressing case. We strongly
sympathize with the defendant in
her trouble, and have nothing but
pity for her children. In this, as
in many other cases, weak and in
nocent must suffer for the acts of
the guilty. II is not an exceptional
or uncommon case in that regard.
Undoubtedly the prisoner had
great provocation for her act, and
we would not have been surprised
if the verdict had been different
from what it was. Certainly it
would have been easy, in the exer-
else of mercy, to let the prisoner
go free. But such action, would
perhaps have been based more
upon sympathy than strictly upon
the evidence and the law The
prisoner has had fair trail and
an able defence.
Chief Justice Pennewill in re-
ferring to the petition to parole the
prisoner, said:
"We are now asked to probate
or parole the prisoner, which means
that she shall not be punished at
all. This application has been
strongly and feelingly pressed upon
the court, and even the jury that
tried the case has, with one excep-
ton, joined in this request. We
wish to say in this connection that
when the jury has rendered their
verdict in a criminal case their
duty ends, and the law determines,
within certain limitations. what the
punishment shall be. We question
that the jury in any case, after ver-
dict is rendered, should be request
ed to nullify their action by asking
the court to discharge the prisoner
on sympathetic grounds. Such
request is very difficult for the jury
to refuse, because it is nothing else
than an appeal for mercy after
sworn duty has been discharged.
And moreover, it makes the duty Of
the court in imposing the sentence
much more embarrassing and diff
cult to perform. When jury has
performed disagreeable duty
from no choice Of their own but
under the compulsion of the State,
it seems to the court they should
be free from any further appeal.
"This court has been very liberal
and properly so, in the probation
of prisoners; but never yet has this
power been exercised in homicide
case, and we are inclined to think
it should not be. At any rate we
are clearly Of the opinion it should
not be in the present case. 1t is
quite possible that the effect might
be very bad if those criminally in
clined should know that a person
convicted for taking human life
might practically go free and suffer
no Imprisonment or hardship at all
We have no disposition to do any
thing to make the commission Of
rime easier or more common than
it already is.
"While we cannot parole the
prisoner, we are inclined to be as
merciful as possible, because of
certain facts that impressed us
very much in her favor at the trial.
We might imprison her for ten
years, but will impose the lightest |
sentence we can under the law
Newark post., 1914-09-23

The Ladies Of Flint Hill Church
will give an oyster supper on
Thursday evening, October first, at
the home of j. Sherman Dayett.
Proceeds for the benefit of The Re
pair Fund. A cordial invitation is
extended to everyone.
Newark post., 1914-09-23
OBITUARY
Miss EVA ANDERSON

MISS EVA ANDERSON
Miss Eva Anderson, daughter of
Mrs. Haines Harlan and the late
John Anderson, died suddenly late
Wednesday afternoon, at her home
near Fair Hill, in her Goth year.
Besides her mother and step-fath-
er, Mrs. Haines Harlan, she is sur
vived by two brothers and one step
sister, all living at home. She was
niece of Mrs. Margaret Anderson
of Elkton.
Funeral services were held on
Saturday, September 10, with in
terment at Blake, Md.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05
WISCONSIN TOBACCO MARKETS
Continued From PAGE ~

June will be about the smallest on
record. If cutworms prove trouble
some and necessitate any considerable
amount of resetting, or if unfavorable
weather further delays transplanting,
a part of the 1914 crop will be set out
in July-the month in which harvesting
usually begins. One thing is certain
the contention that late-set tobacco is
best will receive fair test and if any
virtue inheres in late setting the new
crop should be above criticism.
Meantime growers are straining every
nerve to get the young plants in the
ground The weather the first of the
week improved conditions materially
Showers would be appreciated in most
parts of the valley. The subsoil, how
ever, was thoroughly soaked during the
spring and should be in ideal condition
to facilitate the root growth which
must take place before the weed begins
to spread above ground.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

THE cost of hauling freight has
doubled in the last fifteen years, fig
ures from the books of the Lehigh Val
ley railroad show. AS an example of
the increase is the price of freight
cars. Fifteen years ago the average
freight car cost $41966, while now it
costs $979.49. The yearly cost of re-
pairs and renewals to freight car fiji
teen years ago was $31.69. Now it is
$1,000 The railroad statisticians have
figured that hauling freight cost $.OO46
per "car mile" fifteen years ago and
now it costs $.0O88. A freight locomo-
tive now costs $25, 900. Fifteen years
ago a locomotive cost SIS, 900. The
cost of repairs and renewals has in
creased from to 10 cents mile. In
the same period wages have increased
25 per cent. Careful management is
the 'offset" against the increases, the
railroad officials declare. New freight
cars hold one fourth to one-third more
than the old cars and the average trac-
tive power of freight engines has in
creased One-third.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

THE Milwaukee Free Press lectures
the tWenty-eight good, sound Republi-
cans who met in Milwaukee and de-
cided to call Republican State Con-
vention. 1t declares they do not un-
derstand the sentiment of the rank and
file of the party. If there is any one
who has shown manifest ignorance OF
the opinion of the tax paying voters OF
this state it is the Free Press. Here
it is standing up for the taX-looting
state administration and refusing to
say word in condemnation Of their
prohigacy when not one tax payer IN
ten is with them in that position. The
men who met together in Milwaukee
have been getting down to the grass
roots, so to speak, and they know
something of the temper of the people.
We can tell the Free Press that there
is not one of the old ''Progressive"
Republicans in ten in Jefferson county
who will raise hand in support of the
McGovern administration or in support
of any of the LaFollette regime. They
will vote the straight Democratic ticket
first, and so it is in other counties.
The effort of the Free Press to pull
McGovern and the rest of that Pro-
gressive gang out of the mud meets
with 70 response from the farmers and
home owners who have been skinned"
good and plenty by this 'plunderbund. y
Either we will have a conservative Re
publican state victory the coming fall
or else an overwhelming Democratic
walkaway. The sooner the Free Press
gets that idea straight in its head the
nearer the truth it will be.-Fort At
kinson Union.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05
County Convention.
EVANSVILLE, WIS.,, May %, l

EVANSVILLE, WIS.,, May 28, 1914.
To Rock County Republicans:
At meeting of Wisconsin Republic
cans held in Milwaukee May 10Th, 1914,
it was unanimously voted that State
Republican Convention be held at Mad
ison on June 23rd, made up of dele
ates allotted to the different counties
of the state, according to the call for
the Republican convention of 1904, the
last held in the state. At this state
convention it is proposed to promul-
gate party platform and to propose
candidates for state offices, to be sup
ported by Republicans at the next pri-
mary.
Under authority of this call the I'M
dersigned, acting as provisional COM
mittee, invite the Republicans of Rock
County to meet in mass convention at
the Court House in GAINESVILLE, on the
18th day of June, 1914, at 2 o'clock in
the afternoon, to choose delegates to
said State Convention and appoint a
campaign committee.
The only credentials required will be
to sign the call issued for said State
Convention.
HARRY BLAKELEY, EVanSV1lle;
F. w. Coon, Edgerton;
WILLIAM L. CRANDALL, Milton;
w. o. HANSON, Beloit;
ORVILLE MORSE, Janesville;
w. S. PERRIGO, Beloit;
A. V. PETERS, Clinton;
OTTO SEEGER, Milton Junction;
H. J. WIRACK, Beloit,
Provisional Committee.
JOHN M. WHITEHEAD, GAINESVILLE,
Acting Chairman.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

1T WAS to be expected that the mo-
tives of the men who are promoting call
of a republican state convention would
be misrepresented, and yet not one of
them is in any way responsible for any
of the things in state government which
the people are now so generally COM
planning of. There is such widespread
sentiment that the revenues of the
state are being wasted, while taxation
has become we'll nigh uncomfortable, that
the time has evidently arrived when
the citizens of Wisconsin must take
some definite action with reference to
state government In view of meet
ing this demand and believing the re-
form must come from within the domi-
nant party, a call has been issued for a
state convention in order to give re-
publicans an opportunity to meet and
put their demands in the form of a
platform and take such action as they
deem wise The convention is not fol-
the purpose of resurrecting fractional
strife or promoting the interest of any
individual Despite anything that is
said to the contrary, the republicans
who have signed the call had the
wholesome purpose of the common gooC
in view Anyone who can subscribe tt
this doctrine will be welcome to take
part in the movement.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

AND still another evidence that the
primary is proving the more willing
tool of the politicians rather than an
expression of the will of the people
comes from the returns from state
wide primary in Iowa this week. Less
than 80 per cent of the voters paid any
attention to the selection of national
and state candidates for Office. The
farmers especially refused to leave
their fields in a busy season and pay
any attention to the selection of office
holders, leaving the politicians to run
the machine as they chose.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05
Care of Phone.

The most scrupulous care should be
given the house telephone House
keepers should remember that both
the transmitter and the receiver will
transmit dirt germs and odors. I'm
screw the tops of both and sterilize
thoroughly. Warm water with weak
carbolic acid, or the suds of carbolic
acid soap. What care the public
phones need can readily be imagined.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05
MEMORY.

You can train your memory to be-
come a guide to lead you only into
lands of sheer delight, where crystal
streams flow pure and where beckon-
ing angel figures lead you on to yet
more and more loneliness. Or you can
make it pain and penance, a means
to the scarifying of your present liv-
ing life with the dust and ashes of a
past which is better forgotten.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

THE state fair grounds in the out
skirts of Milwaukee was in the track
of tornado that swept the lake shore
district Sunday, doing damage to the
amount of SIS, OOO The loss is covered
by insurance and the buildings will be
repaired in time for the fair in Sep
tnmhnr
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

DON'T shun a business man and re-
fuse to trade with him when you have
cash, simply because you owe him for
past accommodations. The way to get
even with him for his kindness is to
patronize him when you have money
and pay for what you want.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

PRESIDENT WILSON'S faith cure for
business is not going to prove effective
so long as his congress acts as dis
turbing element.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

THE democratic party Of Wisconsin
seems to be suffering from the inter-
ference of federal office holders.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1914-06-05

For Rent-Six acres just north of
city limits. Phone So.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
Refuse To Obey Order To Open
s. & e. Road.

JEFFERSON CITY, June 13th.-The
Public Service Commission today re-
ceived notice that the Sligo & East
ern Railroad, the Sligo Furnace Co.,
and the Iron County Central Railroad
would refuse to obey an order issued
by the commission Monday to open
their 80 miles of railroad to public
use.
The commission found that the
companies, by the organization OF
several different corporations, were
preventing the use of the railroad by
the public by declaring a part of the
road to be private property. The
commissions opinion, written by
Commissioners William f. Woerner,
held that the different corporations
we're formed as a ~subterfuge. The
commission said the company had
forced owners Of timber in five
counties to sell the Sligo Furnace 90.
at the price fixed by the latter, the
timber owners being unable to ship
their timber to another market,
The commission, under the law, can
enforce it's orders by applying to the
court for a writ of mandamus. The
effect Of this would be to take The
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
Belleview News.

VIM. Shelton of Caledonia was in
town on business last Tuesday.
Miss Efie Engledow left last Tues
day to visit relatives in Blackwell.
J.. @. Paullus is spending this week
with his son, near Coldwater.
Fred McColl left last Monday to
spend the harvest season in Kansas. 4
J. L. Logan, wife and baby, visited
Mrs. Logan's parents in Graniteville
last Sunday.
Miss Florence Hatley, who has been
in Marvin College, Fredericktown, il
home for vacation.
Miss Murphy of Graniteville wat
the guest of Miss Clara Bollinger
few days last week.
Harvest is in full blast, wheat fairly
good, considering the dry weather
We had two or three very good rain
last week, but are needing a big raiI
very badly.
w. s. Mckinney, after having spen
several weeks in a hospital in st
Louis, returned home last Sunday.
Mrs. Auburn Edmonds is in st
Louis having dental work done.
DR.. A~ppleberry is having all ofic'
erected on the lot he recently pur-
chased from Mrs. s. E. Buford.
ALPHA.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
County Court ProceeningsD
June 18th, 1914.

June 18th, 1914.
1t is ordered by the court that the
Judges and Clerks of the Special Lo-
cal Option Election held May 18th be
allowed so each for the day.
Stevenson Bros, pencils for cleo
ton, 40 cents.
Paul P. Rosentreter, freight, express
and hauling, $11.20.
Jno. Reed, putting up booths and
constable local option election, 81.
John Albert, expense of burying
Joe Hasty, $3.50.
IRON COUNTY REGISTER, printing,
stationery, ETC., $13O.9 5.
VIM. Blue, waiting, putting up
booths, ETC., $72.20.
Arcadia Valley Enterprise, publish
ing notice of primary election, 1920
W. T. Gay, County Judge, So.
Jas. Lewis, County Judge, $5.
VIM. Townsend, County Judge, S..
VIM. Blue, waiting on court, 80;
discount on warrant, $1.50.
J. @. Russell, road money, $40,
]. A. Reyburn, County Clerk, $4O.12
Mrs. James Buchanan, support o,
poor person, So.
Judges appointed for Primary Elec,
ton.
Court adjourned until June Oath.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
The Meeting In Flat River.
lead lei News.l


Literally thousands have listened,
wrapped in a mantle of sincere at
tention, this week to the convincing
sermons of Stevk Burke.
"By their fruits ye shall know
Them" is a close enough quotation to
measure the work of the evangeliets
who are actively creating a moral
revolution in Flat River.
Sunday evening over fully $500
people went down in the valley to the
big stop" where results were wrought
for eternity. The tent was packed.
1t and the territory contiguous was
packed. The packing resembled the
work of the sardine factor. Steve
Burke furnished the sauce and Hobbs
the oil. 1t was exactly such a service
as will be discussed by future genera
tons. 1t made history and it con-
WINGED the scoffer. 1t made awfully
good.
The evening service Sunday was
remarkable for its number and the
reverent quiet dignity of the audience,
1t was a revelation to many in pious
consideration, in devout enthusiasm
and in marked optomism.
But, Sunday afternoon service
where nearly $500 big hearted, big
souled, stalwart men hung on the true
life story of Steve Burke as one mar
and wept in unison as the big evan
gelist preached a big inspired sermon
to men only on a life that was almos
lost and a history that was ~fearfully
sad in the things were done and thu
things left undone was the feature o
the week.
Two big Gospel Teams have beef
organized and they have done re
markable work. They are the stronl
right arm of the evangelists in worth!
winning.
The choir which was and is a Hobb
creation has attracted merited at
tention. They have done much t.
strengthen the efforts of the speaker
and workers and they have show,
unusual a~daptability.
Every town in the Lead Belt ha
turned a steady stream of attendant
here each night and they have foun
the surroundings pleasant and tn
facilities adequate. The crowds hay
been we'll cared for.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
PERSONAL

Mrs. 8. E. Jelly is visiting in Iowa.
Franco Bond is in St. Louis this
week.
E. F. Kellogg was in St. Louis Sat-
urday.
W. R. Edgar, Jr., is in st. Louis
this week.
Miss Lucille Ringo is home from
Cape Girardeau.
Mrs. L. A. Mckee and Robert were
in st. Louis last week.
Mrs. VIM. Trauernicht went to
Bonnie Terre Tuesday.
Miss Anna Shane went to Columbia
last week for the summer.
Mrs. J. A. Kerwin of Arcadia is
visiting her daughter in Nashville,
Tennessee.
Mrs. T. J. st. Louis, and little grand
daughter, Lois Kellogg, are visiting
in Puxico, Nc.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. F. Hanson are
home from a visit with their daughter
at Poplar Bluff.
Miss Mamie Ellington returned to
her home in Leadwood Tuesday after
spending several days in Ironton as
the guest of her brother, Mr.. A. M.
Madigan.
Miss Josephine Webb, of Wichita,
Kansas, and Miss Naomi Webb, Of
Carbonate, Illinois, spent a couple
of days of week before last in Irontor
with their aunt, Mrs. o. w. Roop.
Misses Margaret and Edna Bradle y
and Master Warren have returned tc
their home in Crystal City, after 9
visit OF several weeks with their
grandmother, Mrs. M. B. Bradley, in
Ironton.
Miss Roberta Francis left, on Thurs
day, for Newport, Ark, to spent
some time visiting her uncle neal
that place. Miss Josephine viii
spend the summer at home after her
year at Forest Park University.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
UNCEM

We r authorize to announce o.
P. DAMRON as a candidate for Rep
resentative of Iron County, subject to
the action of the Democratic voters
at the Primary Election.
We are authorized to announce o.
w. RO0P as candidate for Probate
Judge of Iron County, subject to the
action of the Democratic voters at the
Primary Election.
We are authorized to announce
HARRY B. JONES as a candidate for
Presiding Judge of the County Court
of Iron County, subject to the action
of the Democratic voters at the Pri-
mary Election.
w g are authorized to announce
JAMES LEWIS as a candidate for
County Judge of the Southern Dis
trict of Iron County, subject to the
action of the Democratic voters at the
Primary Election.
We are authorized to announce
HARRY HOLLAND asa candidate for
County Judge of the Southern District
of Iron County, subject to the action
of the Democratic voters at the Pri-
mary Election.
We are authorized to announce VIM.
A. TOWNSEND as a candidate for
County Judge of the Western District
of Iron County, subject to the action
of Democratic voters at the Primary
Election.
We are authorized to announce
VIM. R. EDGAR, JR., as a candidate
for Prosecuting Attorney of Iron
County, subject to the action of the
Democratic voters at the Primary
Electiyd.
We are authorized to announce B.
P. BURNHAM as a candidate for Col
lector of Iron County, subject to the
Democratic veters at the Primary
Election.
We are authorized to announce
REDMOND BLACK as a candidate
for Collector of Iron County, subject
to the action of the Democratic voters
at the Primary Election.
We are authorized to announce AR
THURHUFF as a candidate for ClerR
of the'County Court of Iron County.
subject to the action of the Demo
cratic voters at the Primary Election
We are authorized to announce
JESSE M. HAWKINS as a candidate
for Clerk of the Circuit Court and Re
corder of Iron county, subject to TIM
action of the Democratic voters at thu
Primary Election.
REPUBLICAN.
We are authorized to announce W
L. EDMONDS, of Middlebrook, as
candidate for the nomination for Cir
cult Clerk and Recorder of Irol
County, subject to the decision OF tn
Republican voters at the Primar.
Election on the 4th of August, 1914.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
case before a court for a judicial
hearing.
To Outlast Summer.

The goddess of fashion has devel-
oped a gown Of crepe and chiffon for
mid wear which Julia Bot
tomley, our fashion expert, predicts
will outlast the summertime and find
it's full popularity in the fall and win
ter. This gown is described in detail,
and SO is a couture cap for modern
dancing, by Mrs. B%ottomley in the
women's department of the REGISTER
this week.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-06-18
LOCAL BREvITIEs.

Brown has anew ad.
Very quiet these days.
Brass Band Picnic Fourth of July.
See Mrs. Woodside's All-White ad.
Next Sunday is the longest day of
the year. !.
Sunny Dixie Minstrels in I%ronton,
June 10Th.
The primary election campaign is
unusually quiet.
Haven't seen a raspberry for oh,
how many years!
A big electric fan has been Installed
in the picture show.
E. M. Ward has moved to his new
home in west Ironton.9
There will be an adjourned term
Of county court June oath.
The wheat harvest is on. 1t is said
the yield in Iron county was never
better.
It is said the watermelon and
cantaloupe crop in Southeast Mis-
sovri this fall will be unusually large,
House and Barn Paint. Floor and
Furniture stains. Linoleum Coating,
Turpentine and Linseed oil at A.
Rieke & Sons.
Chas. R. Wadlow has withdrawn
from the ace for Prosecuting Attor,
ney of Reynolds county. He will be
appointed postmaster at Centerville.
We see that James O. O'Neal has
been appointed postmaster at Iron
dale. Bully for James! The Irondale
folk will have a first-class postmas'
ter.
For SALE CHEAP-An Upright
Boiler and Engine, with cutoff saw
and single saw complete. Inquire a
the Hale farm, three and one-hal
miles west of Ironton.
The Ironton Brass Band will give
Fourth Of July picnic-probably a
the Goulding Park. Particularsgivei
later. No other picnic in the count!
is yot announced for that day.
Lost-Between Belleview and Shep
ard a gold Enameled Breast Pin. Tn
finder will receive a liberal reward
Call at Mr.. J. H. Campbel's or writ
Postmaster at Shepard, Iron %.
Mo.
Some Of the fishermen in the vale.
went to the Shut-In n Afternoon
last week and made an effort to re
pair the holes in Rainbow dam befor'
all the water is gone. Not much goo
was accomplished,
Mr.. Jos. Madlfnger and family lei
Monday for St.. Louis, where they WI
make their future home. MI. Mac
linger will engage in the bakery bust
ness at Sixteenth s. Carroll streets
We wish them we'll.
The work Of dismantling the aldo
graph factory at Poplar Bluff, pre-
paratory to removing the plant I
Cincinnati will begin June 10th an
REQUIRE about two weeks. Shipmer
to Cincinnati will be made In specit
trains Of about forty-five cars. Som
200 employees have signined their II
tention Of following the factory to !
new home. VI