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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
Careless Manaaement.

The auditing department Of Elyria.
o. has just made a full report of its
investigation Of the municipal water
works. Among the points of interest
in this report are the following: Def
icit for 1907, $9005,79; at least % per
cent of the water pumped not account
ed for; important meters allowed to re-
main out of order for periods varying
from one month TO two years The ne
partment recommends a 33 per cent
Increase In the rates and adds the fol
lowing suggestive paragraph:
eve believe that the board of public
service should keep In closer touch
with the affairs and financial condition
Of the water department from month
to month and require monthly reports
from the waterworks superintendent
as 70 amount Of water pumped, sup
plies which probably will be needed
during the coming month and state
ment of supplies on hand, ETC.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
CROPS WITHOUT RAIN.
Tillags Methods Employed by Farm
ers Of Palestine.

! ers OF Palestine.
In Syria and Palestine the farmers
need no "a H. From the beginning of
April until october there is practically
no rain, yet in July the fields TEEN
with a vigorous growth Of watermel-
ons, tomatoes, cucumbers, etc. all
hourishing without artificial watering.
although at that time no rain has
fallen for many weeks. In fact, tho
Syrian peasant from the moment his
seed has been sown prays that no rain
may fall.
During the period Of growth of crop
the surface of the soil to a depth OF
six or eight inches is perfectly dry
/ and loose. Below this surface layer
will be found moist soil in which the
roots extend and grow vigorously. In
this moist subsoil plants continue to
grow until late autumn. When the
crop is removed in the autumn the
rains commence, and the land is plow-
ed after each heavy rain as soon as
the soil begins to dry.
Two primary objects are kept in
view in plowing-to furnish a favora-
BILE surface for taking up all the wa
ter and to prevent it's upward evapora-
ton from the subsoil. The great point
is to keep the upper six inches of soil
perfectly loose and friable, so that the
moisture from below is not drawn up
ward and lost in evaporation, but does
not ascend higher than the compart
subsoil that is not broken up by the
pillow. For this reason the blowing is
shallow, averaging from four to six
inches in depth. When the time for
sowing the seed arrives the land is
plowed to a depth of about six inches,
and the seed is sown from an arrange
ment attached to the pillow, falls on
the damp subsoil and is covered by the
soil closing over behind the plowshare.
From this time the upper stratum of
loose soil prevents the escape of mois-
ture upward beyond the wet subsoil
on which the seeds rest and into which
their roots after the process of germi-
nation spread.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08

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Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
THE BOARDS PLAIN DUTY.
Kansas City Editor Outlines Plan For
Redeeminu Waterworks.

The board of public works has an
urgent duty to perform in regard to
the city water department. and at the
same time an opportunity is afforded to
distinguished itself from all its prede-
cessors by adopting a systematic BUSH
nesslike policy in the management of
the plant.
Although it seems useless to expect
the same degree of efficiency under
municipal ownership as obtains in pri-
waite corporation ownership, the mem
bers Of the board owe It alike TO them
selves and to the city to approximate
the methods Of business corporation
as closely as possible in the manage
ment of the waterworks.
If the members find it incompatible
with the exlgencies Of their private
business affairs to give their personal
attention to the work they should at
least see to it that the heads Of the de-
partment are competent business men
who will give their whole time to their
duties and, above all, that politics shall
be entirely eliminated from the water
department.
The INSTRUMENTATION. incompetency,
jealousies and determinations which
have been shown to exist among the
employees, from highest to lowest, pre-
sent a situation hardly less danger
GUS and disgraceful than the recent
disclosures in regard to the unsafe
and inefficient condition of the plant
The plain duty of the board is first
to weed out the incompetents and those
who are playing politics and next to
reorganize at least the mechanical
branches Of the department on strict,
nonpartisan, business basis.
The people of this community are
tired of the everlasting sQuabbles and
alarms in regard to the water supply
that have come to light with each new
administration as well as of the con-
slant demands for money to do things
which should have been done and were
represented falsely to have been done
years ago.-Kansas City (Mo) Journal.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
SEA BATHING.
The Effects Of Salt Air and Water on
the Human Body.


There is a reason why parents have
I'm all times and in all ages endeavored
to give their children the benefit Of sea
air and sea bathing An Italian pbysi-
clan. Gerosa, tells about i'll
It is agreed. be says. that all living
organisms began their first existence IN
salt water and that as result the hui
man body and Indeed every animal
body is largely made up of salt. II
you taste your blood or your tears
which are the extract of blood. you
will find that both are quite salt In
flavor More than this, however, every
living being possesses within his body,
in the cellular stage, all those strange
marine organisms which we study so
curiously in museums. And, seeing,
says Gerosa. that the amount of sea
water contained in every body, is equal
to one-third of that body's weight, it is
clear that in the ininitesimally rudi-
mentary form all known marine life
must be present in the blood The re-
suit is that when we battle in the sea
or breathe the sea air we replace the
amount of essential salt which is con-
stantly decreasing In the system and,
all unconsciously to ourselves, weak
ening ii. Salt water says Gerosa, is
really the main principle of life, since
it is the first condition of existence
which the living organisms knew. 1t
is therefore always good for the body,
whether it be enjoyed at the seaside or
brought in bottles from the sea. In
particular is it very valuable in the
case of weakling children, and there is
no bodily stimulant so invigorating to
the very young as sea water.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
His Terms Varied.

II give a little reception next Thurs
day evening, and should like some
music. piano solos particularly. What
would be your terms?" Thus a lady
10 a professional instrumentalist
"Eef go zere simply as musician"
was the reply, "und blay my selections
ind leave ! charge fife guineas, but
.ef ! must go as guest und spend &c
whole evenings talking to Won pack OF
fools ] charge den uineas"-London
Graphic.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
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! RAILROAD NOTES.

Account National Baptist Conven-
ton (colored), Sept. 16 81, l9Qsz.
Lexington, KY, the Illinois Centrs&
will sell round trip tickets to Lexing-
ton, KY. Rate $685.. Dates of sale
Sept. 10, ID, Is, and for trains sched-
uled to arrive Lexington before noon
Sept. 16. 1908. Final limit Sept. %.
G. R. NEWMAN, Agent.
The Tennessee Central will sell
round trip tickets to Richmond, Va,
Nov. IL to IS. 1908, inclusive. Final
limit returning November "a. 1908.
Rate S29.45.
G. r. NEWMAN, Agent.
Account international Missionary
convention, Churches Of Christ in
America. New Orleans, La, October
9 Is, 1908.
The Illinois Central will sell tick
cts to NEW ORLEANS and return
for $3.50. Dates Of sale October 6,
Z, 8 and 9, and for trains scheduled
to arrive in New Orleans before
noon of October 10th, 1908.
RETURN LIMIT-Tickets to be
good to return, leaving New Or
leans until midnight of October "a,
1908. After valuation by going vail
dating agent.
G. R. NEWMAN, Agt.
Account fall races we will sell
round trip tickets to Louisville on
Sept. 18th and return limit Oct. 10Th,
on Wednesdays and Saturdays,
there after Sept. Both, Oct. 3rd,
7th, 10th, 14th. and 18th, at one
and one third fare plus twenty five
cents for the round trip. with two
days limits from date of sale.
c. r. Newman, Agt.
Beginning Saturday May 16. 1908
and on every Saturday and Sunday
thereafter up to and including Sun
day October 18th, 1908, the Illinois
Central will sell tickets to Cerulean
and Dawson Springs, KY. and rettAxp
for all trains Saturday and SuR9 b.
morning at rate of one fare for the
round trip.
G. R. Newman, Agt.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
NEW BIT BRACE.

rotating driver, one end of which en-
cages and turns the socket that holds
the bit. The cut describes this tool
better than the mechanism can be ex-
planned in words for a layman. The
Importance of this invention cannot be
understood by people who have little
use for tools, but it means that the
corner bugaboo no longer exists for
carpenters and that the change from
the old methods OF working in such
places is almost revolutionary.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
A Sure Thinq.

She-Did father say anything about
you being too young? He-Wel. yes;
bet he said I'd age pretty rapidly after
we We're married and l found | had TO
pay your hills.-Illustrated Bits.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1908-10-08
A HANDY BIT BRACE.
Enables Operator to Bore Holes In
Corners and at Any Angle.

Carpenters should erect a monument
to a man in New York, for he has
overcome the difficulty they have en-
countered for years Of boring holes in
corners. This man has invented bit
brace that will bore a hole in any cor
ner and at any angle.
The brace has a supporting bar of
angular form that holds within it the
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
BEREA

Mrs. Garrett and daughter, Miss
Eta of Dallis CO.. spent last week
with relatives here.
Miss Neva Caruthoru has return.
ed home from Il weeks visit with
friends at Vandalia.
Several from here went to Paris
Saturday to hear w. j. Bryan.
j. {. Miller and Mrs. r. l. Mil.
Ter spent a few days recently with
Mrs. Sam Brashear of Belle.
Mrs. Lena Dunivaut ret urned
Monday from weeks visit with
her cousin, DR.. Miller, of Macon.
Eddie Sharp returned Friday
from visit to his brother, Ira, OF
Kansas City.
Miss Fannie Edge spent part of
last week with her sister, Mrs. J
b. Palmer, of near Columbia. Mr.
and Mrs. Palmer leave with thril
family this week for Okla. They
expect to locate near Cushing.
Mrs. Lucy Sparks of Kansas i
the guest of her mother, Mrs. Geo
Elzea.
Mrs. Thod Bouware is on the
sick list.
Work on the YOungs Greek
bridge is progressing nicely. 1
will soon be open for traffic.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Some Cash; Some News.

Mrs. NJ. Yerger of this city is a
new reader Of the MESSAGE.
The MESSAGE. thru Chas. wilkins.
now goes to James II. Crockett. in
Cant vicinity.
Frank Ecker of near Laddonia
gladdened us with a renewal favor
last Saturday.
John b. Nevans. up Thompson
way, gets MS to push up his sub.
scription date toward 1910.
Judge NJ. G. Flynt, Of Cant vi
cinity, has our thanks for a renew
al favor, pushing his date up to
1910.
:. Harvey Summers of Laddoeia or.
ders the MESSAGE sent to him at
Mexico instead Of Laddouia here
after.
Everatt Johnston. over Santa
Fe way, drops the sheckles into
our palm, pushing his subscription
date hence toward 1910.
Our good friend II. G. Harris,
north of Centralia, and his neigh.
Dor, j. IL. Hanna, paid this Office
a much appreciated call Tuesday.
Mr.. Hanna subscribed for the
MESSAGE.
Mrs. j. NJ. Overfelt and little
daughter of Auxvasse were in
this city last Saturday on their
way home from a visit with Mrs.
Overelts sister, Mrs. MI. Wind
sor, at Browns Station. While here
Mrs. 0verfeIt called aud renews
for the MESSAGE.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Mr.. Ship Dead.

Prof. s. 7. Davis received a tel
egram this week stating that his
brother.in-law, VIM. Ship, had
died at Morganville, Kansas. De-
ceased formerly resided in this city.
His mother still resides here, also
a sister. Mrs. j. II. Ballew.
Mr.. Ships late home was at
Loveland Colorado. where his wife
and a daughter still reside. De.
ceased was a carpenter and feel
from a large building while work.
ing at Morganville. the fall result.
ing in injuries which resulted in
his death.
He was insured for $500 in the
Maecacees lodge of this city.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
HollensvIIIc.

Wheat sown before the big rain
is looking fine Unfortunately.
a good many here didn't get to SOW
until after IL, aud their prospects
are not very flatteriug. unless win
ter postpones IFS coming later
than it often does.
Messrs John and Jett Settler. of
Rowena, were down to see their
niece, Mrs. Jhon Blum, Sunday
Mrs. Blum is still suffering much
from her severe attack OF rheuma.
tism.
Mrs. Bette Guthrie, OF Paris,
spent last week with relatives here.
Considering the dull times, every.
thing sold very we'll at the Shafer
sale except hogs; there isn't much
demand for them at any price.
Blanton Towles has sold bis fine
farm of 120 acres @$55 90 per
acre. Idle Squircs of Rowena was
the purchaser.
Some in this vicinity got up
bright aud early Saturday morning
and drove TO Paris to hear our
next president speak (at s am.
Others went to Mexico and took
the train to Moberly for the same
purpose. Aud a lot of us who
couldn't go wanted to most awful.
ly bad.
7. n. Berry aud family aud Mr..
and Mrs. Price Marshall spent Sun.
day at John Blum's.
j. C. McGee aud family and
Miss Bette Guthrie were the guest:
of Mrs. Mary Cauthorn. of Moline
Sunday.
Miss Hattie Sharp is the proud
owner Of a new piano.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Benton City.

Mrs. l.. w. Owen is visiting in
Fulton.
Mesdames Martha Billiard and
Gale Douglass aud little daughte |
are visiting 10 st. Louis.
Mrs. Ada Painter visited in
Wellsville Saturday and Sunday.
Elmer Wylde of st. Louis spent
Sunday here.
Mrs. Huge GOddin of Columbiu
was the guest Of Mesdames Powell
and Painter several days this week
Mesdames Andrew Arisman and
Bert Miller are visiting at Rock
Island, Ill.
DR.. VIII. Douglass and Kick
HOfsess made e trip to Rush Hill
Wednesday.
George Erisman and family will
move to Mexico this week. Their
neighbOrs regret TO lose them.
F. E.0kery is painting aud pa
periug at DR.. Douglass, repairing
the damage done by gasoline ex'
plosioD recently.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
THE COUNTY TEACHERS.
Held their Sixth Annual Gather.
ing In this City Last
Week.

The sixth annual meeting OF the
Audrain County Teachers Associa.
ton was held in this city last
Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
The program as published in the
MESSAGE last week was carried out
almost to the letter, that s,every.
body was ready for duty. Over
100 teachers were enrolled. They
were here from every school dis
trict in the county. The statute
compels the County Commissioner
to hold a meeting of the teachers
once a year and the law also gives
each teacher three days from her
school room work to attend this
meeting.
The meeting last week was held
at the Mcmillan High School build
ing. Miss Stella Snidow delivered
the welcome address and Mr.. Geo.
Coakley responded.
Commissioner Davis gave a talk
on the work of the Association and
then the regular work for Thurs.
day was taken up.
At the night session Prof. T.
Berry Smith, of Fayette, entertain.
ed the teachers ut the Methodist
church by a talk on the Science
of the Biscuit" The way some
house wives mix biscuits he proved
that you do not always Need n
Biscuit"
Mrs. Susie Howe of Joplin dis.
cussed scientific temperance in
struction in a very interesting man.
ner at one of the sessions. Sixty.
four of the teachers sighed the total
abstinence pledge.
Prof. ChenowOrth of the Chilli.
Gothic Normal talked on Nature
Study" The next address was 10y
President Kirk of the Kirksville
Normal. Miss Longencker, also
of the Kirksville Normal, delivered
n talk on Teaching Reading"
Prof. Written of the Agricultural
College at the State University
made an interesting talk on Farm
Life"
This is not saying much for the
work done by the home teachers
1t is only sufficient to say that
every teacher who had been assign
ed place on the program had pre-.
pared and was ready when called
for duty. We are told that it was
one of the best meetings in the
history of the Association. Prof
Davis and his assistants work ed
hard for the success of the meeting
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Negroes Win SCHOOL,

The colored people in Hall school
district this county. won their case
in the Circuit Court last week, the
directors being ordered to give
them a school.
The law requires a school forpe-
groes in a district where there are
as many Us IA eolored children.
In above district the enumeration
fell to 10 last spring, 50 the direct-
ors claimed. but the colored folks
claimed, and showed In court. that
they had 10 children, 30 Judge
Barnett ordered the school.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Vim. Edison Dead.

VIM. Edison, 20 years of age, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. L. o. Edison Of
the Clarkson Hotel, of this city,
died at midnight Monday after
two weeks illness of typhoid fever,
Early in the day before his
death it was thought his condition
was better but later he grew rapid
ly worse until his death. He was
an exemplary young man and
many friends join with the family
in mourning his death. Besides
the father and mother he is sur.
vived by three sisters aud one
brother-Mrs. Ella v. Johson of
Metamora, ILL.,. and Misses Flora
NJ, Emma e. aud Frank Edison of
this city.
The funeral will be held at the
Christian church in Laddonia this
morning at 10 o'clock, conducted
By Ed. K. d. Chinn OF Vandalia.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Stock and Transfers

Mrs. Annie Lipp sold two year.
ling steers to y. 5. Rowe for 800.
s. T.. Emmons' big sale of Short
Horn cattle will be held Nov. 18th,
J. p. Morris sold some fine oats
on the Mexico market last week at
43 cents.
IL. b. Berrey, of Long Branch,
sold a mare mule colt to F.C. Ber-
rey for $50.
Walter Surber of Thompson sold
a span of mules to u Galloway
county buyer for 1925.
II. T. Cant of Thompson ship.
ped in 40 head of feeding heifers
from Nebraska last week.
George Elzea of the vicinity of
Long Branch recently sold three
mule colts TO John Bledsoe for
$2O2.5O.
Sylvester O'Brien of Thompson
raises fine terrier dogs. Last
week he shipped a pup to a st.
Louis man.
WI. Green, of Centralia, sold
II big mules to Hudson Bros. at
500 each. Mr.. Green has $50
more on feed.
r. b. Kerr, near Moline, sold
10 steers recently on the st. Louis
market at 1856. they averaged IN
weight 1913 lbs.
Ransom l.. Day of near farber
has bought the J d. and Willis
Lewelliu farm of 30 acres near
vandalia, paying Sc, 800.
Henry Blades, near Holiday,
paid +. +. Conley, near Tulip, 5000
for one pair of mules and $40 for
another, and later sold the best
pair for $jOj.
.. d. Gray offers the city 90
acres of ground just south Of the
city cemetery for SO, 500. II it is
purchased it will he made a part of
the cemetery.
Forest Clark sold a load of yell
low corn on this market last week
at Gj cents. lie has a field Of 30
acres that he thinks will yield 65
bushels to the acte.
ID. w Butler, who has moved
to Mexico. will have II public sale
next "Wednesday at his farm five
miles north of Thompson. He
will sell his horses and cattle stock
and hogs and agricultural nipple,
ments.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Birthday Dinner and Family Re-
union.

DEAR EDITOR. ON last We'd
nesalay, the 7th inst, occurred one
OF those pleasant events that makes
life worth living. The occasion
WIS the Saith birthday of Mrs. Bar
bara Shoup The dinner was SER
we'd at the residence of Frank
Shoup, the old home place And
such dinner! Why, Mr.. Editor,
it would have done your soul good
to have been there, and your body
too. In is useless to try to describe
that dinner. But you may know
what it was when it was prepared
by the wives Of the Shoup boys
and their sister, Mrs. E.B. Norris.
How pleasant it would be IL
these reunions of brothers were
held oftener, and by other brothers.
But amidst the rush for the al
mighty dollar we haven't time for
such things.
The following were present:
brand Mrs E.B. Norris and son,
Fred; Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Shoup,
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Shoup, MIR.
and Mrs. WILDER Shoup and daugh.
tiers, Blanche and Barbara; Mr.. and
Mrs. Harry Shoup and son, Howard;
MIR. and Mrs. Charley Shoup and
son Samuel; Mr.. RI. Day of near
Laddonia and his two daughters
of Curryville Mrs. Robert Harris
and little daugter Roberta, Mrs.
Charlie Smith and little daughters
Virgie andMrytie Bess. Mrs Har.
ris and Mrs. Smith and their little
daughters are grandchildren and
great grand children of Grandma
Shoup. Thus you see there were
four generations at this reunion.
Three of the boys, Edgar, Clyde,
and Matthews, were absent. The
first two live in the state of Wash
ington and the last one in South
Dakota. Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob
Stump, parents of Mrs. Ella Shoup,
and Miss Mary Morris, sister Of
Mrs. Mike Shoup, were also pres
ent.
OF course the writer of this wa.
present, and it is needless to say
she enjoyed the occasion very
much indeed, as all the family
were her old-time friends.
Mrs. ). 7. Davis.
Benton City, Mo.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Electric Railroad Extension.

A meeting of business men of
Columbia was held in the CONNER
cial Club rooms in that town last
Saturday to consider a proposition
from the Mexico, Santa Fe and
Perry Traction Co. to build a line
into Columbia. The meeting was
enthusiastic. Messrs. Crum, Bolts
and Robinson of this city and II
o. Rockwell representing Boston
capital, were in attendance. An
other meeting at Fulton is planned
for this week.
While at Columbia the company
received much encouragement and
its officers gave notice that they
would make application for fran
chises at once.
Our sister cities of Columbia
and Fulton may depend upon our
citizens here to lend every aid pos.
sible. as it is agreed upon all hands
that the road is much needed and
will open mp a very exeellenI
country as well as connect the
three county seats with the terri.
tory north.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15

The constitutionality Of the Ok
lahoma guarantee bank deposit
law has been sustained by
the Supreme Court Of that State
withoutsdissent, and two more ma :
tional banks have given up their
national charters and taken out
State charters. making IF teen
that have followed this course TO
secure the benefits of the deposits
insurance law in which Attorney
General Bouaparte had decided
that national banks could not law.
fully participate.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1908-10-15
Adnlidistrix Notice.

Notice is hereby gIveE that letters Of
administration upon the estate Of Freder-
lex, clapper, late Of Audraln County. de-
ceased. have been granted the under
signed by the Probate Court OF said Au-
drain County, bearing date the 18th day
OF Oct, 1908. All persons having claims
against said estate are required 70 exhib-
II them 70 me for allowance within one
year after date Of said letters, or they
may be preldded from benefits OF said
Estate; and II such claims are not exhIb-
tied within two years from the dime o
the publication Of this notice, they will
pe forever barred. &c.
NARY s, cLAPRkR,
AdmlnIalFAtFik,