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Sharp County record., 1915-10-22
Edwards
Nero. 60.

good garden spot, and make 1t rict.
Study your almanac, and learn
about the best vegetables, and how
and when to plant, and at the prop
er time plant the garden. Be care
full and do not plant a bigger garden
than your wife can cultivate. Set
aside an acre or two for q good calf
pasture; and an acre for truck patch
es, in which plant early sweet corn,
potatoes, cantaloupes turnips, spin
ach, watermelons, peanuts and pop
corn. In the spring buy a home
canning outfit, and use 1t during the
season. Put out few peach and
apple trees, a small number Of grape
vines, and about one-eishth Of an
acre Of strawberries. Provide your
self with two to four good brood
COWS, and Oct a good pure-bred male.
Breed your sows in November or
December, and take good care OF
the pigs when they come, and feed
and pasture them for next fall
Plant enough hay and forage crops
to feed your stock. Provide a pas
ture for your work stock at night,
and on Sundays and rainy days. 1t
will save feed. Let the woman and
children attend to the milk and
butter and chickens and perhaps
the garden. Do the field work your
self, or hire a hand to help. When
all this Is done, put In all al the
staple crop that you will be able to
cultivate we'll, and do not ne elect
one part for another Add all the
live stock you can carry alone with
this system, and make your lanr' as
rich as you can with manure, and
by planting and plov'ine under COW
peas and other green crops.
Do these things, and you will
succeed, raise a happy family, edu'
cate your children and make them
good and useful citizens.
John II, PAGE,
Commission Ter OF Agriculture
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22

in good repair, remarks the Bulletin
of Mountain Home. If that be the
case, some smart paraerapher is
apt to come through with the
statement that none Of our roads
are headed toward the awful place.
Mr.. Roosevelt makes the state
ment that he will not be the next
republican candidate for president.
And the big guns of the republican
party all over the country seem to
agree that that's one time Mr..
Roosevelt told the truth.
o
The Batesville Guard wants a
good man for governor, and the ed
itor of the Imboden Journal an
nounces that he is entirely too busy
to make the race. All right, fel-
lows; if we're going to have a bad
egg, count us for Hays.
%
They tell us that women would
purify politics if she only had the
ballot, but we doubt that. The
women are more apt to get the
dirt of politics smeared all over
themselves than they are to clean
up politics.
o.
If the manufacturers can succeed
in having this country make enor-
nous preparations for war they
will be the only ones to profit.
They will make the ships and the
guns, and the people will pay for
them.
%
More than fifty per cent of the
world is engaged in actual war to-
day, and other portions Of the
earth's surface not doing any real
fighting are carrying chips on the
shoulder.
O.
We are still willing to lay big
wad Of money on Mr.. Smith in the
governors race, provided that he
can induce all the other Smiths in
the state to cast their ballots for
him.
o
The fellow who consumes guam
titles Of time telling you what he
has done and what he is going to
do is usually not doing anything
ri9ht at the present.
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22
RECOLL LECT|ONS OF
WAR TIMES IN 1863
C. w. Shaver Pens Another
Very Interesting Letter
For Record Readers.

In the summer and fall of the
year 1853 my sister, Mary, was
staying at the home of Mr.. Lee
/ Wasson, who lived three miles east
of Smithville, attending school, as
we had no schools in this part of
the country then, for the reason
that no one could stay at home and
teach school except very old man
or woman on account of the fear
full war that was going on between
the South and North.
Late in the fall, perhaps in No
vember Of that year, sister wrote
that the school had closed and that
she wanted to come home, sending
the letter by some friend who was
coming this way, there being no
mail facilities here then. Father
told me that | would have to 60
after her, because it was not safe
for him to be travelling through the
country, and on Sunday morning
following the receipt of sisters let
ter | had a negro boy to get things
ready to 90 with me and lead an
extra horse, on which was a wom-
ans saddle, for sister to ride home.
We had no buggies, surreys, two
horse wagons or automobiles to
drive in those days, our mode OF
conveyance being either on horse
back or in a homemade wagon,
with wood axle tree, drawn by a
pair Of oxen with long horns.
When we reached the home OF
the widow Simpson that morning, a
mile or so east Of Poughkeepsie, we
stopped for a drink of water, and
Mrs. Simpsons youngest daughter
Martha, came to the door and asked
where | was going. | told her and
asked her to 90 with me- She said
she would 60 II her mother was
willing and went off to consult her
mother, who told her to 90 If she
wanted to and asked that | stay
| for dinner, while her daughter was
preparing for the trip. This girl is
now Mrs. Williams of Batesville,
widow Of the late r. D. Williams.
i After dinner we went on our
l way. Nothing Of importance oc-
] Cured until we got near Smithville.
1--we were going up the hill just west
Of Smithville when we looked to
our right and saw a lot OF men rid
ine toward town on another road
We saw men dressed in citizens
clothes and thought perhaps there
was some kind Of a citizens gath
erins they we're going to attend, we
not knowing there were any SOL
diers nearer than Jacksonport. We
rode leisurely up the hill, but just
before we reached the top we heard
horses feet hitting the ground, and
when we got to the top OF the MI
two federal soldiers came dashint
I'D to us on their horses, threw theiI
pistols In our faces and demanded
that we halt, which order we obey
I ed at once. Miss Martha seemed
real badly scared, and | did not fee
very comfortable just then myself
Their first question was "Hav'
vo,l seen any rebel soldiers todayY
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22

to which replied in the negative.
How far have you came today"
| told them from Evening Shade, 70
miles away Where are you 60
ing?" | said was going after my
sister three miles beyond. What
are your names?" answered that
question. well, remember you
are prisoners, and you will 90 down
in town and report to the captain
and he will dispose of you" With
that they went on west, and we on
our way to town.
We came to DR.. Spruill's home,
which family were friends of Miss
Martha, and had her to 90 there,
telling her that would come back
after her if the soldiers would let
me. | went on, with my negro and
extra horse, to where the soldiers
we're to report as ordered. The SOL
diers we're in line and | had to 90
around them to get to the hotel,
where the captain was standing on
the porch. AS | went along be-
side the men heard some one say
"Howdy Charlie and again some
one "Howdy Charlie" Turning to
look, to my surprise | saw Reed
Shell, Jim Dial, Miles Baker, Bat
tley Baker and others whom | knew,
whereupon ! turned right in among
the soldiers to shake hands with
these fellows, for | was real glad to
meet them just then, and they
seemed glad to see me also | knew
that they were personally my
friends, if we were divided on the
war question. After talking little
while and they had inquired after
affairs in this part Of the country,
told them | was prisoner and had
to report to the captain They point
ed him out to me and told me II
had any trouble in getting released
to call for them and they would
help me.
When | got to where the captain
was the first man ] met was John
! H. Baker, father Of Miles and Bat
tley, and we too we're glad to see
, each other. After we had talked a
, little told him my trouble, and he
assured me ! would come out all
right, and that as soon as the CAP
!, tain was through talking to others
he would bring him to me. Soon
he. introduced me to the captain,
who gave me a hearty handshake.
> Mr. Baker told him who was,
where | lived, where was going,
and what for, and then called up
my negro with the extra horse and
told what | had them with me for.
Mr. Baker also assured the captain
that he had known me from my
boyhood, that | was all right and
p, had stated facts. The captain then
told me | was released, and that as
they were going the same road as
myself could 90 along with them
and he would protect my property.
| thanked the captain, but told him
. that I would first have to 60 back
, up in town and Oct young lady
, whom had left and that ] would
, be ready as soon as had brought
. her down. Mr.. Baker asked who
the young lady was, and when |
:, told him she was Miss Martha
= Simpson he told the captain she
was all right and that he knew her
0 mother to be good woman.
i Just as | GOT back to where |
(. had left Miss Martha heard them
e blow their busle and stat frtm
!" (Conlinued on page 81
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22

We notice some 1olks say every
lime that the man who champions
the cause of the common people is
demagogue and wants office or
X public favor, but these same folks
will say every time that the man
who stands against the interests of
the common people is statesman
and ought to have office. You can
eut-shoot some people and they will
( live and be happy ever afterward,
but a shot through the pocketbook
would either end their days or
make them whip their wives and
fight the children.
o
John Hall of the Salem Sun re-
ports that a couple was quietly"
married in that section the other
day. We have been reading of
these quietly married couples for
the past quarter of a century, yet
in all that time we have never
heard tell of a wedding that was
accompanied by any fuss or kick
up upon the part Of the contracting
parties. They all hitch up quietly,
as docile as lambs, if not always
quite as innocent.
%
AS the political season draws
nigh we begin to see some very
familiar faces adorniDg the pages
of the newspapers, at so much per
adorn, the voters ought to under
stand. These pictures still look
very handsome; much better in
fact than do the official records OF
some of the fellows who are paying
to have their faces printed.
%
OF course we understand thor
ouehly that there are none who
enjoy degrading news or who like
to listen to a certain class of tales
Of misfortune, yet we have noticed
that the courtroom is always well
filled when dirty case is being
tried.
o.
There will not be dozen candi-
dates for governor. A good many
of the alleged candidates are talk
ing merely to hear their heads rat
tie and to see how their names
look in the newspapers.
%
The road to hell is always kept
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22

II may be true that marriage Is a
failure But 90, 1 or that matter, Is
remaining unmal yied.-Life.
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22
F4LL GOODS
Our fall stock of merchan-

Our fall stock of merchan-
disc is arriving and we are
better prepared than ever
before to take care of your
every want. Our purchases
this year have been large,
and our assortment is COM
plete.
Dress Goods
We have just received a
large shipment of Ladies
Dress Goods. Come in and
see this line while the stocks
are not broken.
Sharp County record., 1915-10-22

The fellow who consumes quan-
titles of time telling you what he
has done and what he is goine to
do is usually not doing anything
right at the present.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01
SHOOTING
NOTICE.

shooting OF doves strictly prohibited
on all lands at Kailua under our con
treL LEE CHUCK.
KAlLuA RICE PLANTERS ASSN
coast
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01
JITNEY. BUSES
CUT CALIFORNIA !
STATE REVENUE

/. SACRAMENTO. cal Members Of
the joint committee on revenue and
taxation learned from representatives
of street railways in California that
the state is losing thousands of dol
lars monthly by reason OF the decrease
in the earnings of street-car cOmpan'
les since the advent of the jitney bus,
The committee, al a public hearing,
heard earnest pleas of railway corpOrs
ations for regulation of the jitney and
listened to equally as earnest protests
from the jltney people. who asserted
that their business already is beir--
heavily taxed .:-
Senator Prescott Cogswelrs bill
regulating jitney busses was consider,
ed at length.
G. K Week, representing the San
Francisco, Oakland and San Jose Ter
$4,000 since the first of the year.
ings of his company had decreased
minal Railways, declared that the earn
THAT means loss of $4,000 this
year to the state, said Week. When
the revenues of railway company
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01
BARTLETT FACES
YEARS in PRISON
If FOUND GUILTY
Conviction on Two Charges
Would Mean Maximum SEN J
tence of Thirty Years

If Charles G. Bartlett, erstwhile
president and manager of the Homo
lulii Brewing and Mating Company
should be brought back to Honolulu
to stand trial, and should be found
guilty of embezzlement and forgery
he would have to spend at least ~
years in Oahu prison unless he was
granted executive clemency.
On the other hand. should he be
found guilty, and should executive
ciemency be granted after a proper
lapse of time. Bartlett would be re.
leased from prison after he had
served 10 years
These facts and figures have been
collected by the city and county attor'
neys Office. and some time today the
Office win take up with the attorney.
general the matter of bringing Bart.
lett back to Honolulu. The territorial
grand jury yesterday returned six in
dictnients against Bartlett four
charging him with embezzlement and
two with forgery.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

Elaborate plans were discussed to-
day for the entertainment of the 150
officers and cadets in the New York
state nautical training ship Newport,
which is now at Hilo, and is expected
to arrive at Honolulu Monday or Tues
day after It's cruise of more than $1,000
miles in the Atlantic and Pacific. {,
Privileges at several aquatic clubs,
including the Healani and Myrtle, and
enc or more entertainments to be Civ
en- at the outrigger Club at Waikiki,
are practically assured.
/. L.. b.. Reeves, graduate from the
New York state naval school, board
ing officer with the federal customs
service, has interested local bodies in
the reception and entertainment of the
cadets.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

fall off, it means proportionate de-
crease of the gross earning tax paid
to the state" -:.. s...t
Charles n. Black, superintendent of
the United Railroads in San Francis.
co, stated that the United Railroads
earnings had fallen off per cent in
January and February and II per cent
in March. ..
That MEANS" he declared, that
we stand to lose 100000 this year on
account of the jitney. The states loss
will be $4,000"
Black asserted that the jitneys in
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01
! HONOLULU NEEDS
! DETENTION HOME
FOR LITTLE TOTS
Humane Society Has Been Try
ing TO Get Such an inStitu-
ton for Four Years
WHAT is TO BECOME OF
LITTLE JOHN MANUEL2
Simple Minded Lad is Found
After Three Weeks, But No
Place to Locate Him

II wish you would put ii down In
big letters" said Miss l.. IS Ward the
humane officer, this morning, that
enc OF the things we need most IN
Honolulu is a detention home. We
have been trying to get one for four
years hut for some reason nobody
seems to think il necessary.
Kiss Ward turned from her desk
where she had been talking to little
John Manuel, simple minded Portu-
guese Lad of u years. and explained
his case. This little fellow was pick
ed I'D this morning asleep out at the
pumping STATEN, and taken down to
the police station by one OF the po-
lice officers The Humane Society has
been hunting him for several weeks.
and il was almost a surprise to us
when they found him this morning.
aHis father and mother have lett
him and gone over 70 the states and
John in the meantime is supposed 70
be in the care OF his aged grandfather.
The old man treats him poorly, how
ever, and so he runs away from home.
This time he WIS gone so long the
grandfather thought him dead.
For the past several weeks he has
had no food save what he could pick
up in cut Of the way places and few
times some kind-hearted soldiers fed
him. This morning when they found
him at the pumping station he had had
nc food for three days and was in a
half stupor AT the police station they
led him we'll and Just now he seems
quite ccntented What is TO become of
hima l do not know This afternoon
his case win be taken to Judge Whit
ney and after that have no idea as
to his future
1--WE have been waiting patiently for
four years for detention home for
Just such cases as these, g }ntiaved
Miss Ward. Every day or two some
thing similar 10 this is brought up 70
Us. This child. for instance, no one
would adopt gladly, because he Is SIM
ple-minded, and so am in quandary
as to what viii become Of him. A de-
station home would solve the difficulty
II we but had one.
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AUSTRALIA NOT
CORDIAL TOWARD
uncle sam NOV

CONTINUED from page onel
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and county attorneys office in all
probability would dismiss the other
cases.
Under the indeterminate sentence
law, the maximum penalty for forg.
cry is 20 years. The. maximum PEN
atty for embezzlement varies, but is
about 10 years. Under the law the
Judge, in sentencing persons charged
with these offenses, fixes the mini
mum which, in enlightenment and
forgery, is FIVE years. If a person is
found guilty of forgery and sentenced
to serve. not less than FIVE years, he
must remain in jail during that five
years. At the end of that period he
may be released if an agreement is
reached between the prison commits
sioners and the governor.
If, however, no agreement regard
ing clemency is reached, a person con-
victed for forgery might be obliged
TO remain in prison during the entire
20 years. This is also true in embez-
element cases, with the exception that
person might remain in prison for
10 years.
Mr. Brown said today that, as far as
he knows, the territorial grand jury
will make no further investigation
into Bartlett's financial transactions.
He added that the grand jury believes
that its report returned yesterday is
of sufficient weight to warrant the
return of Bartlett and his trial on the
charges brought in the indictments.
. +. Z & / B
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

The services of the 1st Infantry
band, to give series OF concerts, has
been promised during the 10 days the
boys are to be the guests of Honolulu.
That the Honolulu Rapid Transit
Company will place one or two cars
at the disposal of the party for a tour
of the city over its lines, is practically
certain Il Much of the detail pertain
ing to the reception depends upon the
size Of the parties to be given shore
liberty each day Of the stay at Homo
lulu. The boys are said to maintain
watch similar to that followed in the
merchant marine. That will mean
only small percentage of cadets can
leave the vessel each day,
The Honolulu Chamber of Commerce
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

San Francisco carried $4,000 peopIl
yesterday.
As the representatives Of the jitnej
interests of California. E. C. Coyin5
ton OF San Francisco argued that th|
jitney business now is being taxed 10
per cent
The jitney is here to stay" he de
clared. The very statement by Mr.
Black that the jitneys in San Francis
&C carried $4,000 people in one day !.
an argument in our favor, II show
that there is crying demand from
the people for the iitney business. Ths
street car is doomed"
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and the Hawaii Promotion Committee
have ambitious plans for the welcome
and entertainment of the embryo mar
ineTs.
1t is. hoped that tour around the
islands can be arranged. with an inspec-
ton of a sugar mill and pineapple
cannery as side attractions.
Captain McMurray superintendent
of the New York state nautical school,
has been given large quantity of leis
to distribute to the officers and cadets.
Secretary Paul Super of the Y. NJ.
C. A. has considered the question of
entertaining members of the nautical
classes en- the Newport. His plans for
their reception will be completed to-
day &
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

A wireless message received by H.
Hackfeld & Company, from the Pa.
cific Mail liner Persia, announced
that the vessel might be expected
from San Francisco about 4 O'Clock
tomorrow afternoon. 1t has no cargo
for this port but will load 500 tons
of bunker coal. 1t is the intention
to despatch the Persia to the Orient
at 10 o'clock Saturday morning.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

Less than 10 passengers can be &C.
commodated to the coast in the Paci-
fc Mail liner China, expected from
the Orient late Monday afternoon or
Tuesday morning. In the absence OF
radio adyices the local agents are I'M
able to FIX definite hour for its de-
parture to the coast. The China will
discharge 500 tons of Oriental cargo
and take like amount of coal.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-07-01

Senator Ash1rst of Arizona in the
course of call on the president urged
him net to call special session of
Congress-.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-11

got them to leave you, fur I'm goin
to take the midnight train for Cali
fornia. Too cold here. So long,
John"
John stood in the dark stable with
his fanny about him, and the note
clutched in his hand. The lantern
shone on the bright bells and gleam-
ing cutter. The horse munched the
hay contentedly.
Folks" said John solemnly, I'm
the meanest old cuss in this neck O
the woods. ! amt been thankful fur
nothin, and Henry knowed it! It'll
be my job to clean Henry Mlller's
boots In heaven. AMEN. :.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-03-11
AT BELGIUM's CAPITAL.
BY Lord Byron

By LORD Byron.
There was a sound OF revelry by night.
And Belgium's Capital had gathered
then
Her Beauty and her Chivalry-and
bright
The lamps shone o'er fair women and
brave men;
A thousand hearts beat happily; and
when
Music arose with its voluptuous swell
Soft eyes looked love to eyes when
spake again,
And all went merry as marriage bell;
But hush! bark! deep sound strikes
like rising knell!
Did ye not hear it?-No-'twas but the
Wind,
Or the car rafting DER the stony
street,
On with the dance let JOY be uncon-
fined;
No sleep till morn. when Youth and
pleasure meet
To chase the glowing Hours with fly
ing feet
But hark!-that heavy sound breaks in
once more,
As II the clouds its echo would repeat,
And nearer-clearer-dea than be-
fore!
Arm! Arm it is--it is--the cannon's
opening roar!
Within a windowed niche Of that high
hall
Safe Brunswick's fated Chiefta!n; he
did hear
That sound the first amidst the fes-
tival,
And caught its tone with Deaths pro-
phetic ear;
And when they smiled because he
deemed 1t near
His heart more truly knew that peal
too well
Which stretched his father on bloody
bier,
And reused the vengeance blood alone
could quell:
He rushed Into the field, and, formost
fighting fell
and fro
distress,
And cheeks all pale. which but an hour
ago
Blushed at the praise of their own
loveliness-
And there were sudden partings, such
as press
The life from out young hearts, and
choking sighs
Which ne'er might be repeated; who
could guess
II ever more should meet those mutual
eyes,
Since upon night so sweet such awful
morn could rise.
And there was mounting in hot haste
tho steed.
The mastering squadron, and the clat-
tering car.
Went pouring forward with impetuous
speed,
And swiftly forming in the ranks Of
war
And the deep thunder peal on peal afar;
And near, the beat of the alarming
drum
Reused up the soldier ere the Morning
Star:
While thonged the citizens with terror
dumb,
Or whispering, with white lips-"The
foe! They come! they come!'