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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
COMMENCEMENTEx EXERCISES.
The Keytesville Public Schools
Close Another Successful
Year--Seven Graduates.

Thursday night, May IA, was a
memorable incident in the history
of the Keytesville public schools
when the commencement exer-
cises were held at the courthouse
by the graduating class of 1908,
consisting of two young men,
Chester G.. Slender and Egbert
H. Cooke, and five young ladies,
Misses Elizabeth F. White, Lou.
Use Applegate, Myrtle M. Elliott,
Ella V. Minter and 10 F. Martin.
The following was the program
of the exercises:
PROGRAM
Inyocat alton. ..... ......... Rev. o. H. Phillips
Grafton ...................."My Hero in History
Chester G. Slender
Piano Solo,. ......'Spr1ng Dawn"
Elizabeth F. White
Essay 1.-THE Cherished Coal
10 F. Martin
Essay. ...."Tne cavalier
Ella v. Minter
Piano Solo. Voices Of SPRING
Louise AppIegate
Grafton. Reaching for the Bell Rope
Egbert q. Cooke
Essay ."Operation Of Incidents on Character ,
Myrtle NJ Elliott
vocal SOLO Father OF Light
Hoyt CASTOR
We have not the space to ex.
pstiate upon each feauture of the
interesting and very entertaining
program, but will say that the
orstions and essays were of un.
usual merit, were we'll received
and highly appreciated for their
true worth. They showed care.
full preparation, were sound in
logic, profound in thought, elo.
quent in utteranoe, and graceful.
ly and impressively interpreted.
The piano solos by Misses Eliz
abeth F. White and Lou ..se Ap.
plseate and the vocal selection by
Miss Hoyt CASTOR were all much
enjoyed and heartily applauded
| The address by Hon. Walter
Williams, for many years editor
of the Columbia (Mo.) Herald,
was a brilliant talk on the Bi.
BILE, which the graduates were
admonished to read. We looked
ifor something more Of an every
day and more practical nature il
Mr.. Williams address, yet it ma J
;he that "rsading the Bible" will
solve the problem of life for a
Graduating class, tho we are no.
familiar enough with the gooc
book to ssy what it offers on lines
of bread and butter. "Read the
Book" was the text upon which
Mr.. Williams sermon" was
bas ed.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22

Prof. W. s. Drace, who has
been superintendent of the
Brunswick public schools fol
several years, has entered the
race for the Democratic nomi.
nation for county treasurer, and
his announcement will be found in
this, issue of the COURIER. Prof.
Drace is 9 genial gentleman,
possessed of q high character,
and his qualifications to fill the
office he is seeking are beyond
question. His nomination and
election would be a credit to the
Demoofa asiapssty ss wsl ss the
entirp 6ouutYs. ,.'E''
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
Births.

The following births are re.
|fted by DR.. B. Hughes this
Iek:
10 MIR. and Mrs. John Ven.
ie of near Dalton, Friday, May
/: a boy.
70 Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Pear
IN of near Rockford. Sunday,
] ~ II, girl.
Ero Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Tillotson
l3 1-2 miles northeast OF Key-
{yille. Sunday, May II, . girls.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
Excursion 10 ST, Louis,

The Wabash will run an ex.
cursion to st. Louis the latter
part of next week. Tickets will
be good going on trains of May
20, 80 and 81, and good return
ing on trains leaving st. Louis
as lateas Sunday night, May
81. The round.trip fare from
Keytesv1lle station is only S275.
JACOB WooLY, Agent,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
White LeQh0rnS

s. c.. White Leghorns (Wyooff
lanchard) new blood introduced
ON E. E. Vannatta' heavy lay.
lg strain. Eggs, per 15, 50c;
10 for $3.50.
MRS. ELLA WEIGH,
! F. D. No. !. Keytesville, Mo,
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22

What Keytesville Needs.
Less style and more sense.
More loyalty to home enter.
prises.
Fewer dogs and more chill.
dren.
Fewer knockers and moro
pushers.
A new opers-house. More
grsnitoid sidewalks.
Less talk of hard times and
more hard work.
More merchants that will ad.
vertise.
More public .spirited and less
old foggyism.
A better feeling generally
among her people.
Less losfing of sble.bodisd
young men. ~. .s....s.,.;..
The ostrscising of people wh4
can pay and yet won't pay their
honest debts.
More people who buy goods
here instead of sending to tha
large cities.
More people who earn IN
honest dollar, and fewer non.
| producers who trylto live by their
wits.
More business men who are
up. to-. date and keep stocks OF
| goods that are demanded by the
buying public.
More citizens who will live
within their income and not CON-.
tract debts they can not pay.
More men who smile; as sweet.
ly at their own wife as they do
at some other fellows wife.
Less discussion of public ia.
sues by ourbstone politicians
who don't save q cent and are
incapable of "ssving the counS
try"
A merchants dead beat orr
ganization to protect local bust.
ness men from thieveslithst buy
goods and never intend to pay
for them.
Fewer Larkin clubs and more
appreciation of home merchants,
who deserves the patronage OF
every lady whose husband
makes a living for himself and
family in this community:
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
Roll ot Honor

Our gratitude goes out unstint-
"a to the following friends who
lave remembered US by subscrip.
Ion favors during the past week.
lay heaven bless 'em:
NEW SUBSCRIBERS.
! r. Holcomb, j. D. Hershay,
rs. n. J. Ptgott, John Hurt, col.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
Engagement Announced.

EnqaG ement Announced.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar A. May.
|lgh of Rothville announce the
lgagement of their daughter,
bssie Lee, to DR.. Harold W.
|iasscoek of Raleigh, N. G. The
hdding will take place the latter
|lrt of June.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
Horses and Mules Wanted.

I'VE are in the market for
|erehantable horses and mules
p which we will pay the highest
|arket price either at Keytes-
lie or Salisbury.
JACKSON G SHAUGHNaSSY.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
@ssaasn MISSOURI FRIDAY. H. 1908.
Death of r. C. Ward.

Death of r. c. Ward.
The Mendon Constitution of
last week records the sudden
death of P. G. Ward, one of
Mendon's most prominent citi.
zens, as follows:
Mendon and vicinity was
again greatly shocked Saturday
afternoon about 2 O'Clock when
the news was flashed over town
that Perry C. Ward had died
very suddenly of heart failure.
Mr.. Ward had been subject to
heart trouble at times almost all
his life, but recently had been
feeling exceptionally well. Dur.
ing the few days before his
death Mr.. Ward had been break
ing span of colts, being as.
sisted by Wheeler Sellers. I'm.
medistely after the noon hour
Saturday they hitched up the
team and started to drive them,
Mr.. Ward walking and leading
one of the colts. When about
one.half mile south of town Mr..
Ward got into the wagon. stand
ing behind the seat. They had
driven only a short distance.
further when Mr.. Sellers heard
his uncle utter 9 suppressed
groan, and, receiving no reply to
his questions, stopped the team
and turned in his seat to see
what was the matter, and was
horrified to see Mr.. Ward was
sitting in the wagon apparently
ifelees. Wheeler tied the team
and started to town to summons
aid, but it is thought that Mr..
Wards death was instantaneous.
Percy G. Ward was born in
Carthage, Hancock county,
Illinois, August %, 1874, and
died, near Mendon, Mo-, May 8,
1908, being, therefore, 63 ysers,
8 months and 16 days old. He
was> married to Miss Rebeooa q
Grotz March l6, 1855. To this
union was born seven children,
two sons and five daughters, five
of whom are still living. They
| moved to Missouri in the spring
of 1882 and settled on a farm,
near Mendon. His wife died
May 80, 1888. He was sgsin
| married january %, 1891, to
auline Nichols, who, with one
brother; three sisters and the dye
children mentioned above, to.
gether with q host Of friends and
| relatives. is left to mourn his
J death.
Deceased united with the M.
E. church in 1895 under the
pastorate Of Rev. G.. A. Robbins
Funeral services were conducted
| from the Methodist church Mon.
day at 2 O'Clock by Rev. w. r.
Enyesrt of LaPlata after which
interment was made at the Old
Mendon cemetery.
Deceased was of a quiet disposi.
ton. straightforward in his deal.
ing with his fellowmen, was q
kind and indulgent husband and
father, and numbered his friends
by his acquaintances, and in his
death the vicinity has lost one of
it's most upright citizens.
| Those from q distance who
came to attend the funeral were
Clark E. Ward of Shawnee,
Okla, a son Of deceased; W. F.
Ward and son of Reno county,
Kansas, brother and nephew;
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Reeee and
Mrs. Jos. Reece OF Adams
county, Illinois, the latter two
being sisters of dece ased.
| prnf ny q nuoaa ,,,L1 L.1
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
Cash in Advance.

Cash i'm Advance.
Beginning with the 1st of June,
1908, the COURIER has determined
to adopt the strictly cash.in.
advance plan on subscriptions,
which means that every sub.
scriber's paper will be discon.
tinued at the expiration of the
time for which it is paid.
We do this to save annoyance
and $50 to $50 a year paid for
postage on duns sent to delin.
quents, besides quite a loss on
subscriptions that are never
paid.
We have been making every
effort since April 3 to collect
amounts due us from subscribers
who are over year or more in
arrears and to whom we had to
discontinue the COURIER in or.
der to conform to the new postal
law which prohibits the sending
of weekly newspaper to sub.
scribers, who are year or more
delinquent, unless q cent
postage stamp is attached to
each paper mailed to such
delinquents.
From this class of subscribers
we had about $500 coming. and
about S275 of that sum is still
"coming," Notwithstanding we
mailed them two statements and
then followed up with sight
/ drafts to all those who failed to
pay. we have only collected
about s25 of this $500 and we've
expended something like So in
postage, besides the necessary
lprinting and time required.
tits hardly necessary to: add
that We are disgusted with such
q showing and have concluded
that no man or woman shall re-
main on the CouRIER's subscrip .
tion list after June i unless thei.
subscription is paid in advance
We mean exactly what we say,
and ask that you read the date
date on the yellow tag on your
COURIER, and if your subscrip'
ton has expired you must pay il
in advance by June 1 if you:wist
to be retained as q reader of the
Great Favorite Weekly.
| We are sick and tired of spend.
ing our good money for postage
and losing from 5000 to $500
every year on credit subscribers,
who seem to take q grim pleas.
ure in beating US.
So, if you are not willing tc
pay in advance you will have tc
part company with the CoURIEE
with our first issue in June.
Yours Respectfully,
G. P. VANDIvER,
! Pub. COURIER.
| w. R. McGrew, one of the
lCouRIER's good friends of neal
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1908-05-22
RENEWALS:

HafS W A66i
L Joseph, N. ". Brown,
bank Himmelberg, VIM. Tillotson,
|rs. Cora Henderson. R. B. Clavin,
|rs. E. L. Collins, Walter Glenn,
T. Binford, Ed Lawrence,
4 B. Ty.or, ]. A. Hooper,
W. Sanders, r. N. Elliott.
tewart Henderson, A. Stobaugh,
Pcob Schidman, DR.. H. T. Garnett,
pas. Kuhlman, W. R. McGrew,
8. chivers. F. M. DeJarnett
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
DEAN SWIFT SHRINE MAY GO
Historic House in Chelsea, England,
Likely to BE Demolished
Soon.

LONDON, Oct. H.-CSpecial.)-Crosby
Hall, which, after being demolished in
Bishopsgate, Is to be reconstructed in
Chelsea, may be the means 81 wiping away
an almost equally famous building, from
an historical viewpoint, although one that
is known to comparatively few. This is
the little three-sto ried dwelling in Danvers
street. just off the Chelsea embankment,
in which Dean Swift lived for some time
and In which he penned his Journal to
Stella" II is the oldest dwelling in Chelsea
and looks curiously out Of place among the
more modern but yet ancient structures
that about on It and face II from the oppo-
side OF the street, 1t is still occupied by
a middle-class English family, who have
very little appreciation OF the holy literary
ground on which they stand. 1t is a pity
that the house cannot be bought for preser-
walton and thrown open to the public for
inspection as literary landmarks are get
ting more scarce in this city every year,
despite the fact that London originally was
more blessed In that respect than any other
city in the world.
The identity Of the house and it's connec-
tion with Swift was discovered by means
OF a prosaic rate book some years ago.
Since then a very extensive search has
been carried on to endeavor by the same
means to settle the question OF the site OF
Sir Thomas More's house and garden at
Chelsea, where ne lived. surrounded by his
numerous family. In his dedication to
Utopia" he states that his household CEN
sists Of himself, his wife and son. three
married daughters. with their husbands;
eleven grandchildren and a poor relation,
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

respect and that nothing except extreme
bodily illness will excuse you for refusing
to help the man who thinks he may need
your help at any hour Of the day or night.
Nobody will care whether you are in your
beds or your baths or on a holiday or
at a church or in a theater. The little
vitality you have accumulated in your
leisure will be dragged out Of you again.
In all times OF flood, fire, famine, plague,
pestilence, battle. murder and sudden death
it will be required Of you that you re-
port for duty at once. and that you stay
on duty until your strength fails-or your
conscience relieves you-whichever may be
the longer period. These are some of your
obligations and l do not think they will
grow any lighter.
Have you heard Of any recent legisla-
ton to limit your output, any bill for an
eight-hour day for doctors? Do you know
of any change in public opinion that will
allow you not to attend a patient when
you know that the man never means to
pay7 Have you heard OF any cutlery
against the people who could perfectly
we'll afford to pay, but prefer to cadge
round the hospitals and get advice and
glass eyes and cork legs for nothing? 1
have not. 1t is required of you at all
moments to save others. 1t is Nowhere
laid down that you must save yourselves.
but There Are Privileges.
That is to say, you belong to the
privileged classes. You and kings are
about the only people whose explanation
police viii accept if you exceed the speed
limit with your motor cars. On presehta-
ton of your visiting card you can pass
through the most turbulent crowd unmo-
Tested ard even with applause. II you
wave a yellow flag ever a center OF pOpu-
lstion you can turn il into a desert. II
you choose to fly a Red Cross flag over
a desert you can turn il into a center OF
population toward which. as I have seen.
men will crawl on their hands and knees.
You can forbid a ship to enter e port. II
you think II necessary TO the success OF
an operation you can stop a 2,OOO-ton liner
with its mails in midocean till the opera
tion is concluded. You can tie up the traf-
fic OF a port without notice. You can
order whole quarters OF a city to be pulled
down or burned, and you can count on
armed cooperation to see that your pre-
scriptions are efficiently carried out.
w poor patients do not often dispute
your orders unless we are frightened by
the long continuance OF an epidemic. In
that case, IL we are uncivilized. we say
that you have poisoned the drinking water
for your own purposes. and we throw
stroEes at you. II We are civilized we do
something else. but the civilized people
can throw strones. too.
You have been exposed. and YOU always
will be exposed, 10 the contempt OF tho
gifted amateur, the gentleman who knows
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

by intuition everything that has cost you
years Of study. You have been, and al
ways will be, exposed to the attacks OF
those persons who consider their own un-
disciplined emotions more important than
the worlds most bitter agonies-the people
who would hamper and limit and cripple
research because they fear that 1t may be
accompanied by a little pain and suffering.
Such people have been against you from
the beginning, ever since the earliest
Egyptians erected images in honor of cats
and dogs on the banks of the Nile. But
your work goes on and will 20 on. You
remain now perhaps the only class that
dares tell the world that man can get no
more out of a machine than he puts into
II, and that II the fathers have eaten for
hidden fruit the teeth of the children will
be affected.
Immediate Proof at Hand
Your training shows you daily and di-
rectly that things are what they are and
their consequences what they will be and
thata people deceive nobody but themselves
when they pretend otherwise. Better still,
you can prove that you have learned. II
a patient chooses to disregard your warn
ing you have not to wait a generation to
convince him; you know he win be glad
In a few hours or weeks to call you aud
you will find your careless friend with an
eruption on his side, or visions in his
head precisely as you warned him would
lie the case II he continued in his errors.
Have you considered what a tremendous
privilege that is?
In a day when few things are called by
their right names, when it is against the
spirit of the time even to hint that an act
may entail consequences. you are going
to join a profession in which II not only
pays TO tell the truth, but in which you
will be paid for telling il. Realizing these
things as l have had good reason TO do. 1
do not think l need talk about. the high
Ideals and the lofty ethics OF a profession
which exacts from its followers the largest
responsibility, and the highest death rate
for its practitioners. OF any profession in
the world. 1 will only wish for your flu
ture what all men cesire-enough work to
do. and a strength to do the work"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18

gushing characteristics. He refuses to
talk about himself, and when asked TO do
so, he replies by telling funny stories, for
he is one of those rare humorists whom
conversation is as funny as his books. His
rather short, stout figure. always in a blue
serge suit and a blue tic with white spots,
is a familiar one in many an alley in the
East end. where even the police do not
care to go. and he has never met with any
harm, for even the most hardened of the
residents Of these places realize that he
is their friend.
Although he has such an encyclopedia
knowledge of London, PETIT Ridge is not q
cockney born. He was born near Canter-
bury. and did not come to London until
he was more than twenty years old. He
began life as a clerk In a railway office,
and began to write for amusement. Ed.
tors soon found him out, and now his
work has a vogue which is surpassed by
that of few English writer's.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
INNDIAN DIALECTS PRESERVED
Photographic Records Of EiEhty-NIns
Varieties Taken In Calf
fOrnia.

Eighty-nine different Indian dialects have
been recorded for permanent preservation
In the last seven years by experts OF the
University of California in the course OF
the chronological and archaeological survey
Of California. Twenty-Five OF these dialects
have been studied more accurately han the
remainder with a view to ascertsinInS thar
grammatical structure, which Is in most
cases not as a rule or even entirely lacking
as il commonly imagined. but exceedingly
complex and intricate.
Nine publications dealing with Indian
languages and setting forth the results OF
the studies have been Issued in four years.
A number Of additional contributions are
in press OF in preparation for publication.
More than 1900 photograph records have
been obtained in twenty-five different dia-
lects. These consist Of songs, prayers. re-
ligious speeches, traditions, and myths,
and historical and personal narratives by
Indians.
In six dialects graphic records or ira
cings have been made, which display the
sounds of the languages in visible form
and enable students OF phonetics to an
alyze and reconstruct the sounds. The
work Of the survey is still in progress, as
several languages remain to be recorded,
while others OF which only a preliminary
study has been made are to be more fully
investigated.
The total number OF different dialects ex-
sting in California at the time OF settle
ment is not exactly known, many having
become extinct, but certainly there were
more than 100 and possibly the number
reached nearly 100.
These dialects belong TO twenty-one dis
tinct classes or families. Within each fam
lily the dialects show similarity, but as be-
tween the families no relationship or sim
larity has yet become apparent. The
greatest problem OF aboriginal history in
California Is the explanation OF the origin
OF the tribes speaking these many dissim-
liar and uneonnsetsd lanEuaEes-New York
Post.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
RIPLING TALAS ON DOCTORS
Address Delivered in London in APP
probation of Their Work.
NO EIGHT.HoUR DAY FOR THEM
Always ON Call, They Are Expected
20 Perform Work of MaEt-
elan Under Any Cir
cumstances.

LONDON, Oct. observation-disclosures
Kipling delivered a striking and character
istio address on doctors In London on &c
tober / at the opening of the MiddleseX
Hospital school-an address of which only
portions were printed in the London pa
pers. Following is practically verbatim
report:
1T may not have escaped professional
observation that there are only two classes
of NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and patients. ! have
had a d~elicaey In confessing hat / be-
long to the patient class ever since a
doctor told me that all patients were phe-
nomenal liars where their own symptoms
were concerned. But l should say hat
the average patient looks on the average
doctor very much as the nOncombatant
looks on the troops who are fighting on
his behalf. The more men there are be-
tween his dearly-beloved body and the
unkind enemy the better the noncombatant
is pleased. Medical students are trained
men who in due time will be drafted into
the permanently mobilized army which is
always fighting, always under fire, against
death. It is a little unfortunate that
death. as the senior practitioner, is bound
TO win In the long run.
But the noncombatants-the patients
console themselves with the idea that 1t
Is. or viii be, the business of the doctors
TO make the best terms they can with
death on our behalf. to say how his at
tacks should be longest delayed or di-
verted, and when he insists on driving
the attack home to see that he does so
according to the rules Of civilized war
fare.
every human ~being-every sane human
being-is agreed that this long-drawn
fight for life is one Of the most important
things In the world. II follows. therefore,
that those who control this fight and those
who win reinforce the army must be
among the most important people in the
world. Certainly the world win treat them
on that basis.
Doctors Have No flights.
III long ago decided that You have no
working hours that anybody is bound TO
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
ADVANCE STEEL RANGE $3.50

A regular $500 stove-special Monday at a
$3.50 saving.
Japanned Coal Holds. q. ... d. .. .. 2oo-and 20 stamps
Galvanized Coal HodS ..,...... .25o-and ~ stamps
Furnace Scoops. regular Csc kind r............ 4so
Roller skates-All steel. best quality sidewalk rollers,
Sl.bO KIM AZ .s..s.ss.s.. s...s''sss's's' SoS
Roller skates, with maileable steel rollers. 75c kind.
2 FOR ............ ............., ...'....'....' 900
Omaha daily bee., 1908-10-18
suIts to stop Rate Cnt.

CHICAGO, oct H.-suit 10 prevent the
carrying into effect OF the reduction in
rates between Mississippi river crossings
and Missouri river points ordered for Oe-
tober Is was filed against the Interstate
Commerce commission In the United States
circuit court here today by counsel repre-
senting five railroad companies affected.
These roads. the Rock Island. the Bur
lington. the Chicago 4 Northwestern, the
Milwaukee. and the Chicago Great Western
allege that the reduction would cause the
loss Of millions Of dollars annually to the
roads.