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N#. 20ave ccin-tho must 1 maniac • present rs to bo its that king de-ate im-[»I* hi ri v-»sh made ght aft-nt a tel-to keepconten-1a was id muni-Kubma-son wir-correct standing: inding a iuost'ons through Lory and condemnIN THE SOUTHEAST.What the People are Doing in Other Counties that are Near.our peo-deinandrf we can-? for the ne war* ouid de-if dread-ial war-ve made led with ‘rs fore-ion them igation— \ would i choiceCharleston Enterprise.—James A. Volin. 64 years old.shot ids wife to death with a shot gun and then turned the gun andblew his own life out. at their home, one mile south of Crosno in this county. It is said that Mrs Nolan was 68 years of age. A divorce Nuit brought by Mrs. Volinis in the courts at this timewhich we are told recites as a cause, that he was extremely cruel to her and of very bad temperament. She has been living with her son-in-law for some time and on Wednesday in company with two neighbor women she went over to the Volin home to attend to some small matters. On arriving they were met by Mr. Nolin who was in his night clothes and who in the presence of the witnesses told his wife he was very sick an«5 wanted to talk to her privately and she passed into the room. He then told the ladies who accompanied her to part as Mrs. Nolin was his wife and he proposed to talk to her. These women Immediately hurried away but before they gut out of hearing distance the heard Mrs. Nolin begging for her life, then a gunshot and soon another gunshot, after which all was quiet.Although they abolished the saloon in Mississippi county many years ago, it does not appear that they have solved the liquor problem. The Charleston Enterprise says: ‘Citizens of Mississip-County who live north of our city in Texas fiend are being imposed upon; Charleston people and the entire county are suffering disgrace; all because of the infamous liquor traffic that is being carried on at what is known as the 4*whiskey boat,’ ’which is anchored on the Illinois side of the Mississippi River across fromBryant’s Landing, about seven miles north of Charleston. A prominent farmer who lives on the main road to that point was heard to say recently that conditions are fast becoming intolerable, made so by the coarse, loud and obscene language of drunken occupants of automobiles that ply between a good many points in Scott and Mississippi counties* 1 He is authority for the statement I that this tiling is going on at all hours of the night and on some ; occasions the guffaws of female j voices arc heard in passing motor cars late at night.” Take the ' profit out of thf liquoi* traffic and I that ‘‘whiskey boat1 will disap*pea r.Dexter Messenger.—J. Ous John- Jackson Items.— l.lirhtnincp nt
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Benton Scott County kicker
Benton, Missouri, US
Sat, Jun 12, 1915
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