Daily Free Press, The (Newspaper) - March 14, 1910, Carbondale, Illinois DAILY FREE PRESS Free Press Pub Co O H Rleth J W J T A N r Subscription ID cents week bills due weekly Job strictly CASH ANNUAL in TUB BUILDING Main TELEPHONE NO 161 matter October 19 1908 at the post office at onder tht Act of ot March 8 destroy whom we so fondly lovel Vote Yes for us and yourselves and save our beautiful little city from the worst enemy she ever knew Mrs L M Bradley Com Sudden Death 14 1010 The Independent says There will be no vote nn the antisaloon question in Murphysboro township in April The proposition will not be submitted because the petition filed by the anti league was not in conformity with the statutes Township Clerk Chas Porter as was his duty ex carefully into the petition and the statute governing it and found that after removing the signatures where date street house number were not given the petition lacked about thirty names of the re number FOR Whether from Colds Heat Stom ach or Nervous troubles relieve you Its ant to immediately Try it lOc and at drug stores In Judge Popes Court The DuQuoin Herald at Saturday asys Charles F Clark was con of Carbondale and sentenced to 250 days in the county jail His attorneys sued out a writ of habeas corpus before Judge B W Pope of the DuQuoin City Court Sheriff Hanson brought the prisoner here this morning and ap before Judge Pope A question arose as to the jurisdiction of Judge Pope but Judge Pope decided that as the sheriff was here with prisoner in court it was lawful to hear and try the habeas corpus proceedings and the trial is in progress States At torney Levy of is rep resenting the people and Messrs Mc Elvain and Glenn of Murphysboro the The case was not concluded at Sat hearing however the case being continued until next Saturday at the request of Clarks attorneys Mrs B F Rice Found Dead in Cot tage on J Premises Mrs Agnes Eice aged about 50 years was found dead about Sun day morning in the small cottage used as a servants quarters on the J D Peters premises West Main Examination by physicians indicated that the woman had been dead several hours when the body was An inquest was begun yesterday and completed this morning the verdict being that Mrs Rice had come to her death from natural the brain Mrs Rice is the widow of B P Rice who died suddenly of heart fail ure eleven months ago at the home 01 the familly on Birch street fair ground addition an inquest in his death being held on April 14th last Since her husbands death the woman had continued her residence on Birch street taking in washing part of the time but for the past few months she had been employed at the Peters home but still maintained her home on Birch street For several clays last Week the members of the Peters fam ily were all out of town Mrs Rice looking after the house during their absence Being informed of Mr Peters expected return Saturday night she had laid in a supply of provisions and was seen by neighbors as she returned from town about 4 30 p m Saturday the last time she was seen alive Sunday morning Mr Peters noticed the door of the servants cottage standing wide open and on looking within found the dead body of the wo man lying on the bed the body being fully dressed and a cape thrown around her shoulders On the bed beside her lay an orange and an emp ty camphor bottle A bloodstained handkerchief was found on a table near A rumor was current during the day that a murder may have been committed and as usual Coroner investigated this feature of the matter very thoroughly At his suggestion an autopsy was conducted yesterday Drs Keesee and Mitchell at the J C Spence un room but there was noth ing to other than that the death was due to natural the jurys verdict was returned ac The United States Censu The Local tion Campaign All the women the city and township are requested to attend the meeting of women to be held at the First Methodist church Tuesday even ing at seven oclock A public speaking will be held at the city hall next Saturday night the first meeting of the antisaloon cam in this township The list of speakers will he given later WHAT THE WOMEN ARE DOING On Monday March 7th twentyfour women made a house to house canvass of the city asking all the women this simple question Shall remain antisaloon territory The following figures show the result of the inquiries Yes No Wart 1 255 6 2 205 32 H ISO 44 4 346 6 088 who voted 88 Of the 88 women some doubtless were serving their husbands business interests but we are convinced by certain insults en countered that sorns of them are wo men of the sort who desire the return of the saloon with its brothel that may ply their trade in un infamy and vice When we realize this fact and then recall he vision of that evening at our recent meeting when that band of that line manly group of clean strong noble young lives that flower of the coming manhood of our city full of the promise of all that makes life clear whan we remem ber that they came to altar in mute appeal to their elders to protect and then remember that the children in our schools have voted against the saloon more than 16 to 1 when we remember all this then we turn to the iren of our township We the 936 women of turr to you men MEN who are armed with the bailot as we are NOT And we appeal to all that is good and manly and chivalrous in your nature THESE are our children YOU fire our protectors For God made wo man and trusted her to his Help oh help us to protect from the awful danger that threatens to The dead woman had lived here for several years although but little was known her She svas known to have used morphine freely for several years She leaves nn children but a sister Louis Schenck lives near and a brother J if Whittington lives In St Louis A funeral service was held at the residence on Birch street this afternoon Eev E M Jones conducting the body being taken to DeSoto for burial An Appeal to Public Spirited Per sons for Correct ing Some Erroneous lar Opinions The enumeration of the during a census of the United State always presents numerous difficulties chiefly the apprehension of a larg element that their answers to til enumerators questions will cause in creased taxation legal entanglements or injurious consequences to then per sons or property In order to quiet unfounded fears which would unless removed materi ally affect the coming census Apri 15 next the Census Bureau has pre pared the subjoined brief statemen relative to the decennial census its origin purpose and uses It should furnish complete assurance to those concerned that information given the enumerators is held by the Census Bureau in the strictest confi dence with reference to the identity of the informants as required Dy the policy of the Bureau and commanded by the law of the United States It therefore earnestly that Clergymen Priests Physicians School Teachers Employers and other citizens who come in contact with large numbers of people will cooperate with the Census Bureau by telling persons who are believed to entertain erroneous opinions of the census the real facts urging them to give fall replies to the enumerators Teachers are particularly requested o speak of the census to the school children and ask them to tell their Barents about it For further particulars or such other printed census information as here is on the subject the Supervisor of your Census Dis Very truly E Dana Durand Director Bureau of the Census Cleanup Days The cleanup days have been decid ed 28 29 SO and 31 Take notice everybody Civics Coin MARRIAGE LICENSES Joseph E Stanley 19 Fannie B Holmes 17 m I Closing Out Shoe StocK Entire line of shoes to be sold regardless of cost mens womens and childrens You can save from to i 00 by buying shoes now Our shoes were made by the best fac tories are solid leather and will give tion Come in and see them Barred Rock Eggs per Setting Pricket 1 St Both Phones Official Statement by Dl rector of the Census On April 15 in the present year 1910 the census of the United States begins It occurs every ten years It is the basis of the distribution among the states of representation in the National House of Representa tives It is also the means by which the Government ascertains the increase in the population agri culture industries and resources of the Nation It is required by the Constitution and by act of Congress CENSUS FOR STATIS TICAL PURPOSES ONLY The information sought will be used solely for general statistical pur poses It will never be published nor used in any other way to disclose facts regarding any individual or enterprise The census is not never has been and can not be employed to obtain in formation that can be used in any way in the assessment of property for purposes of taxation or the collection of taxes national state or local for deportation proceedings extradition measures Army or Navy conscription compulsory school attendance child labor law prosecutions quarantine regulations or in any way to affect the life liberty or property of any person It has nothing whatever to clo with the detection arrest prosecution or punishment of any person for any suspected or actual violation of a law whether of a city or state or the National Government or of a for eign nation CENSUS INQUIRIES DE FINED BY CONGRESS The census inquiries are defined by act of Congress The questions on the schedules are framed by the Director of Census in conformity with that act They apply to all persons living in the United States on April 15 next the Census The same questions are asked about each per son must answer all the THE QUESTIONS RE GARDING PERSONS The census law with reference to population that the ators questions shall for each inhab itant call for The relationship to head of family age conjugal condition place of birth place of birth of parents number of years in the United States citizenship pation whether or not employer or employe and if employed whether or not employed at the date of the enum April 15 and the num ber of months unemployed the preceding calendar year wheth er or not engaged in agriculture school attendance literacy and ten ure of home whether or not a survivor of the Union or Confederate Army or the name arid ad dress of each blind or deaf and dumb THE QUESTIONS RE GARDING AGRICULTURE The same law with reference to agriculture requires that the enum questions shall call for Now is to buy your new Spring suit The assortment is ood The styles are correct The prices are right Buy now and get the good of your suit through the spring months CHILDRENS COATS AND CAPS A nobby line of childrens spring wraps at popular prices OUR READY TO WEAR DEPARTMENT is full of new goods We invite you to see them COVERS HOUSES All color cards look nice All printed matter reads well But what about The Paint There is but one BEST M H Co Ask tor P S Sealed Evi cost color card and plates of colored FREE The name color and country of birth of occupant of each farm ten ure acreage of farm acreage ol woodland and character of timber value of farm and improve ments value of farm implements number and value of live stock on farms and ranges and the acreage of crops planted arid to be planted dur ing the year of enumeration and the acreage of crops and the quan tity and value of crops and products for the year ending Decem ber 1909 next the BADGES WORN BY CENSUS ENUMERATORS Census enumerators wearing badges with U S Census 1010 stamped on them will go from house to house and farm to farm beginning Apri 15 They are not to ba regarded as spies detectives policemen con stables tax assessors or officers of any city county or state They are employe by the U S Bureau of the They do not represent any department of the United States Government or any foreign nation NONE BY THEIR ANSWERS No person should hesitate neglect or refuse to answer all the enumerat ors questions Ha only asks those necessary to fill the schedules which are required by law Nothing that is told him can in any way be used to the detriment or any per or his family or his property REPLIES TO ENUMERATORS STRICTLY CONFIDENTIAL Replies to are arid must he held by the Census Bureau in strict and absolute confidence U S Census officials su supervisors clerks enum and interpreters before en terine upon are obliged to take a solemn oath not to disclose any information they obtain ex cept to the Census Bureau and a vio ation of the United States law in re gard to this oath means fine or imprisonment for two years or JOth in the discretion of the Court PENALTIES FOR FAILURE TO ANSWER QUESTIONS If any adult person refuses or will Real RENFRO This week duly I can offer a cozy little five room cottage on the west aide within two blocks of the square at and you dont need much cash to own this home I also have a six room cottage with basement and modern conveniences ab a very low price Have secured bbe exclusive sale of the Keesee lots formerly Mr on Walnut and Elm streets Doctor has put the prices down testate CARBONDALE ILL Renfro Office Phone 524 Residence 401 Four New Ones Our lines of Slippers Ties for are receiving the greatest admir ation To describe and clo justice to all our many handsome creations would be an almost The Leader Shoe Store ully neglects to answer an or if any person gives answers that are false le or she can be carried to and fined up co Keepers if hotels apartment houses boarding ir lodging houses other in which persons make heir homes must help enumerat r or they will be liable o arrest and by a fine up o E Dana Durand Director Charles Nagel Secretary Department ol Commerce and Labor You Do INot Have to Die to win U En office over Carbondale National Bank G A BASS Gen L Tel Co office 41 Residence phone 162 Phone the news to both phones the Free Press
