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\ STORY OF A STEER. I Animal Worth About Thirty Dollars Cost Owner a Fortune. Died, July 1, at his home near Lagonda, Mo., one red steer, 12 years old, 17 hands high, worth $10,000; j the property of Elijah E. Rice. Peace to its hide. The above obituary appeared in a 9 Charlton county paper recently. Details of the animal's death were obtained from Jim Rice, Elijah's son. He thinks it was a case of broken heart. There was talk of the steer being exhibited at county fairs this season as Missouri's most famous quadruped. When the old animal learned the idea had been abandoned it laid down and expired. * - -- ~ 1 ii ion a ^Viq At tne uecemoei can, .uu-x, w Kansas City Court of Appeals docket, the biggest case over a small matter ever tried in Missouri passed into history. The subject of litigation was a spindle-shanked steer, "a very ordinary animal, a scrub," the plaintiff said, "worth about $30." The life of the steer fight and the great Civil War were about the same?five years. If there is a Missourian who has not heard of the celebrated steer case it is because his parents were shamefully derelict in their educational obligations to him. It has become part of the state's fame. In September, 1899, John Massen. gale of Macon county, (known.as "Missouri John" when herding cattle back in Wyoming), missed from his ranch a small steer. It didn't bother him much, because he had a thousand of much better quality left, and he never lost any time in hunting up (f the prodigal. But one evil day a horseman came along the road and called "Missouri John" out. He told him that he had seen his missing animal down on Rice's farm, which was just across the line in Charlton coun IJ. jonn weni uvcr iu occ Rice. Together they visited the herd, and Massengale promptly spied the scrub. "That's mine, Elijah," he said. "No, John," replied Elijah, "we raised that ourselves." Massengale telephoned to his lawyer at Macon and a suit in replevin was filed. Before the justice the plaintiff described his animal as a "dark red steer, a round body, rather a small dark two-year-old, a little under average size, and with a white spot in his forehead and an underbit in the right ear." Elijah gave the description of his steer as follows: "Well, the steer is what I would call a red steer. He has just a little white spot on his forehead and an underbit in the right ear." " The similtude of belief furnished beautiful grounds of warfare. Both men had money burning in their pockets. The border soon was aroused by adherents of the two prominent litigants. "Missouri John" had been in his career by rounding up cattle in the west, and he knew he could not be mistaken. Elijah had grown up m me vaneye wucic a uauo owcial success was rated according to his knowledge of steercraft, and he felt that he knew the subject of con! ; troversy as well as did any member of his family. In passing, it ipay be remarked that it is fairly safe to criticise a cattleman's command of the King's English language, or his manners at the dinner table, but when you challenge his capacity to identify anything that wears horns you can look for trouble with entire confidence. * y There were seven trials. Hung juries,, appeals and changes of venue strung the litigation out half a de4 cade. It traveled along a highway paved wth shining dollars, until at the climax it was figured the unsuccessful litigant stood to lose $5,000. The case would have endedv in 1900, but at the very end of the trial, during a strong appeal to the jury, Elijah's leading lawyer, J. A. Collect, used this language, taken from the printed record: ?Un?iAr,>,n1a nMolna/1 Vlio atorf hv uuiaiuvu Uia HVMI V ^J rounding up unbranded cattle in the west and branding them as his own. In the west they call that 'branding mavericks,' but here in Missouri we call it plain-out cattle stealing." That short tirade cost Elijah $800, for the plaintiff appealed on the 1 ground that there was no evidence in the record to justify the attack, p and after the Appellate Court had read through the 275 printed pages it so held that Elijah had to pay for the brief. During the life of the steer case it had ben tried at Bynumville, SalK isbury, Kansas City and Fayette. When the trial was "on" in a town the tavern keepers would send out for extra help in the cook rooms and buy out the grocers. Each side levied on its respective townships foxwitnesses, and when the two clans would meet in a town there wasn't much room for anybody else. The case was fought out with the varying honors until a fatal day last ' April, when a jury came into court * at Fayette and said the steer belonged to Elijah. "Missouri John's ' lawyers went through the long record of the last trial with a microscope and then met - their client at Macon. "The jig's up, John," said one of I the barristers, gravely. "There ain't the ghost of a ground to hang an appeal on this time." "We're beat, you mean?" asked the big ranchman. "You've guessed right. "Well," said John, "I hate a croaker. I went to law for a measly, ( spindle-shanked steer and I'm going to take what the law, hands out. Figure up what the fun has cost me, boys, and the check's ready." He sat awhile and calmly pulled at his pipe. Then he pickeed up his sombrero and walked to the door, V where he hesitated and walked back. "But, say, fellers," he remarked, "that was my steer."' The defendant notified "Missouri John's" attorneys that he would file a motion for affirmation in the Court '* of Appeals at the fall term, and they told him to go ahead?they were tired'.?St. Louis Globe-Demfccrat. % FAIR WEEK POLITICS. ' M. L. Smith to Run for Governor on Prohibition Platform. Columbia, Nov. 2.?There was the usual amount of "fair week politics" engaged in here last week among the numerous men more or less* prominent in state politics from various parts of the state in Columbia to see the fair and each other, but diligent inquiry failed to reveal anything definite "cocked up" as a result of this | gathering of politicians. In fact the j only thing definitely attempted appears to have signally failed. There | was much talk of an attempt on the part of Representative Wyche, of Newberry, and his friends, to prepare the way for organizing the new house on the prohibition issue "with Mr. Wyche as speaker, but this scheme got no encouragement even from the prohibitionists on account of the general popularity of Speaker Whaley, r>onn/\t ho hooton W11U 11 AO WUV/VUWU Vxc for speaker. The logrolling this week has had only the effect of bringing the certainty of his re-election into bolder relief. Mr. Whaley himself, who was here several days, frankly told his prohibition friends of the new house I that he could not suport a state-wide j prohibition measure. He did not regard it as giving the state generally l a square deal for a Charleston mem| ber to vote for prohibition, because | if he was frank he must acknowledge ! that the Charleston sentiment for prohibition was not sincere, and all Charlestonians knew "that prohibition could not be enforced there* The prohibitionists, however, claim that their count of noses in the new legislature clearly shows that they have a safe majority in both houses, and they profess to thoroughly believe that state-wide prohibition will succeed next spring. It was said that a straw vote had been taken among the new members through correspondence, but the man credited with having the letters denied that he had solicited such an expression, and did not know anybody who had done so. Ex-Speaker of the House M. L. Smith frankly acknowledges that he rotii run fnr eovernor two years hence on a prohibition platform, but he gays he will have other very important planks in his platform. He had a deal of support pledged to him here this week. An interesting feature of the week was the evidence o'f an undercurrent of politics that bubbled up through the speeches delivered at the mass meeting of farmers here fair week. Many people in the audience read Senator Smith's satirical jabs at "diversification" put forth by Congressman Lever who had preceded Mr. Smith in the speechmaking, as -the solution of the cotton and agricultural problem generally in this state, as an attack on Mr. Lever for the latter's activity against Mr. Smith in the recent primaries. Mr. Lever as a prominent member of the Federal house agricultural committee has for several years been getting very close to the farmers throughout the state through the farm demonstration work, and in Mr. Smith's work for " " X * ? ifl T* ? fn 1 I me couon assuuiatiuu it 10 uaiunu there might be rivalry between them, although Mr. Lever in his speech here referred in a very complimentary way to Mr. Smith. Shooting at Winnsboro. Winnsboro, Nov. 1.?A shooting affair ocurred at the Fairfield cotton mill last night and as a result Padgett Broom lies in the Magdalen hospital, Chester, in a precarious condition. Herbert woods fired the fatal shot, which is alleged to have been in self-defense. The exact particulars are unknown. The wounded man was shot in the stomach, seven perforations of the intestines being njade by the pistol bullets. Phosphate Plant Destroyed. Mulberry, Fla., Nov. 1.?Fire today destroyed a large portion of the Mulberry plant of the Prairie Pebble Phosphate company. The fire wasi discovered at 8:30 a. m. and the em-| ployees of the company battled with the fire for several hours before the flames could be extinguished. The entire drying plant, dry bin and general offices of the company, together with a boarding house, hotel and two private residences, were destroyed. The loss is estimated at $100,000. May Be Released. Lexington, October 31.?There is apparently something "fishy" in the case of Z. W. Wooten, the white man who was arrested several days ago, accused 1 the awful crime of criminally assaulting his little 15-yearold stepchild, an imbecile. The time has been set for a preliminary on two different dates and each time the prosecutors have failed to show up. The officers have so far been unable to locate the prosecutors, who reside in Sumter county, and it is not known wherfe they are. Wooten still protests his innocence and sticks to hisj former statement that it was all a put up scheme to keep him from showing the ?irl at the State Fair. Unless those who caused his arrest turn up next week it is likely that the solicitor will order Wooten's release. t A?^ How's This We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. ' F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F. J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and believe him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations made by his firm. WALDING, KINNAN & MARVIN, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall s Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Testimonials sent free. Price 75c. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists. Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation. Address F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio. Sold by Druggists, 75c. VOTING TRUST ILLEGAL. Injunction Issued Against Rockingham Power Company. Charlotte, N. C., October 31.?Alleging that a voting trust, entered into by common stockholders of the Rockingham Power Company, which is developing great water power at Biewett Falls, this State, is illegal under the laws of North Carolina, and that S. Z. Mitchell, of New York, and R. lj. Warner, of Massachusetts, who compose the trust, are endeavoring to wreck the company in the effort to create a new issue of common stock, in which the present holders are not cared for, Hugh MacRae & Co., of Wilmington, N. C., to-day secured a restraining order enjoining Mitchell and Warner from exercising control over the common stock of the company. The injunction cites the defendants to appear before Judge t trrtr, n( ~win crotnn "NJnvpmhpr 1 R. and show cause why the order should not be made permanent and why the officers elected by the voting trust should not be vacated. The Knickerbocker Trust Company, of New York, is the financial agent of the enterprise. Killed in Foot Ball Game. Lexington, Va., Oct. 31.?Cadet G. Cook Ferbee, a son of G. B. Ferbee, of Norfolk, Va., died to-day from concussion of the brain due to an injury received in a game of foot ball between Virginia Military Institute and Roanoke College, played here this afternoon on the former's parade grounds. The injury resulted from being tackled while running with the ball as left half back. The game was not finished. The score at the end of the first half was V. M. I. 57, Rpanoke College 0. The second half was not played. Adler Will Face Charges. New Orleans, La., Nov. 1.?Attorneys for William A. Adler, formerly president of the defunct State National bank of New Orleans, to-day gave out a statement confirming the reports that Adler was coming back from Honduras to stand trial on inJ n^foinof Vi i m in tho TTnitpjl WltllliCUlo agaiusi. uiui iu buv States court. Adler suddenly left New Orleans last year on the steamer Alps, which he loaded with a full cargo of supplies from the Adler wholesale grocery company. Almost immediately after he disappeared the grocery company went into the hands of a receiver with a long list of New York qreditors and this was soon followed by the liquidation of the State Natienal bank. In his flight to Honduras the steamer Alps was wrecked off the coast of Honduras, but Adler and his son got ashore with a small iron safe. An examination of the affairs ofA the bank by a United States injector resulted in indictments of Adler for illegal conduct in administering the loans of the bank. Cotton World Looking Up. Great is the reaction in the New England cotton mills from their recent state of idleness. Within the last three weeks three coastwise steamships have carried more than 100,000 bales of cotton out of Savannah into Boston. Yesterday a high official of a coastwise steamship line reported that the buying of cotton in the New England states within the last few weeks, judging from the shipments given to his line, exceeds the orders for any similar period in several years. For months, as a result of the financial depression, in which thousands of mill hands in Massachusetts and sister states were laid off, the drop in the buying of cotton by the woolen manufacturers was tremendous. The reaction seems correspondingly large. The steamers City of Macon, City of Memphis, and City of Columbus, which the Savannah line has been operating as freight and passenger carriers into this port, were taken off that service because of the cotton-carrying orders. That, railroad business is steadily increasing is indicated by the number of idle freight cars in this country and Canada. The American Railroad association reports the number of idle cars on October 14th as 115,036. This means that 18,756 idle cars were put in use in the preceding lortnignt. The number of idle or surplus cars was larger on April 29th, when there was a total of more than 413,000. The number has been decreasing steadily ever since.?New York Times. Night Rider Constitution. Union City, Tenn., Oct. 30.?It is reported to-day on what is considered good authority that the constitution and bylaws of the night riders were procured and brought here yesterday, and will be placed in the hands of the grand jury. The constitution and by-laws among other things, it is said, provides that no bank or tru^ company will be permitted to make%ny loans, large or small, for a greater rate of interest than 6 per cent., and further that after the first day of July, 1909, no farmer will be allowed to employ any colored help on his farms, and that all negroes will be notified to leave the rountv under Denaltv of death; that all merchants shall sell their goods and merchandise at not to exceed 10 per cent, profit and otherwise regulating all wages to be paid by the farmer for help and regulating the price of corn, cotton and all farm products. The by-laws show that the organization not only comprises the night riders of Obion County, but includes all night rider organizations over the entire South. More Good Than Doctors. "I have a little girl 8 years of age. For 3 years her heel has ben a. cracking sore. I have tried the doctors and they do no good. I bought a box of Tetterine salve and it did more good than all the doctors. My wife says it will cure the child's feet. Send prices on dozen and half dozen lots." W. M. ELLIOT, Goodwin, N. C. Of all druggists 50c. or from J. T. Shuptrine, Savannah, Ga. Bathe with Tetterine Soap, 25c. Cake. . ' v f-' I >t *J? .p ?p >J> J ,p .p gp t^i ?J* *p >1* ?l> <1* ?l? ?!> 1^ iENTERTAlNltlENTlllj ? ' ' !* :-m 3? ' ? A visit to our handsome store is as entertaing and inter- ?* ii ir esting as any entertainment you have ever visited, and * . i J t j this is particularly true at this particular time, as we t |j| have just receivea another shipment of that handsome S 1 Hand Fainted China ill ;; a , ^ that was admired and purchased by all who had an ? fSkWi |? opportunity of seeing it. In this lot we have some pieces 11 ?? even prettier than some in the other lot. If you want t any of this you will have to hurry as it is going fast. |i :: We have also just opened a nice assortment of. ? |jg| 1 Silverware Made in Our State jil| I ' - .'I?! i s at Hartsville, S. C. You should come and look this { || over whether you wish to buy or not, just to see what j j || can be and is being done at our very doors. Our line of II Good Things for Christmas ilJl $ ~ ' / fHi |j is equaled by few and surpassed by none in this section ?: of the country. We have one of the nicest lines of Me- , ?*j||a I J chanical Toys ever brought to Bamberg. We have in | : :J|| g this assortment Toys that will interest the old as well a* :: as the young, and which are instructive as well as iQsfeaa :; amusing. We alsct have presents suitable for the older : * S folks. All we ask is for you to pay our place a visit | illlfH ; * before making your purchases. Looking entails no obli- * | j gation to buy. Every article marked m plain figures. 11 $ M Q ' ; I - :M ||The Herald Hook Morel $^eeeee?eeeee^eeeeeyeeeeeeeeeeeeeee?w^S 'bargains ^ :l Bargains , M Bargains Bargains 1 I thought in my last advertisement that I was offer- ;?|||I ing bargains, and I was, but not the offers I have now, for I have a lot of Clothing, Overcoats, etc., which I picked up at a great reduction by paying cash for them. fl I They are simply grand for the money, and I want my f wM friends and customers to get the benefit of these bargains is why I advertise them. So Come and Look t|| Look at my line of E. C. Burt shoes for men. They are guaranteed?every -pair. In fact every pair of shoes I sell is guaranteed to be worth the money. If not as ' ~"J| represented, you can wear them a while and get your money bach. Is that not fair ? Come to see me often. I will always give you full value for your money and treat you right. ' McGowan's Cheap Cash Store! j Bamberg ...? - South Carolina I V