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BLUE GRASS BLADE

ties she became exceedingly proficient, and finally
registered and admitted the practice of medicine in
Illinois. She afterwards moved to Circleville, Ohio
where she began to practice under her nane and
naming in the last named city SINCE she has been
eminenty successful, establishing large and lucrative
practice.
Three children born of this union, sons and being
left widow these have been the life and light and hope
of their mother The Myron E., Garrett A., and
Marquis de Lafayette Van Ripper These became
prominent and proficient in the business world credit
to Themselves to the community and to their fond parents
Since residing in Circlevie, Dr. Van Rirer has been
close and dgen student and has graduated from other
colleges during the past fifteen years, obtaining diploma
from EACH The diplomas she is able boast include
each from the Board of Medical Registration and
Examination of the State of Ohio Membership certificate
in the Red Cross Hospital, Chicago, ILL.,; Associate
bership 19O5) American Medical Union; Membership in
Northern Indiana Medical Association; Membership in
Southern Michigan Medical Association; Diploma from
American College of Science of Philadelphia; Diploma
from Electro Medical Institute, Columbus, Ohio Member
ship in American Association of Physicians and Surgeons,
Water Valley, Ark; Diploma from Jacksonian Optical
College, of Jackson, Mich, and Others
So far her heerodoxy is concerned nothing further
could be needed in demonstration thereof than the fact
that she became valued member of the defunc American
Secular Union now member of the lngersol Memorial
Association, and of the Social Order of United Liberals,
at Portland, Oregon. From time to time her
would permit she has not hesated contribute freely
the of Freehough and several articles from her pen
have appeared in the American Freethought publications.
She has sought to conceal her feelings for the OrhO
dox church and its teachings but in and of
season. she has invariably let the people know which side
she in this great contest for mental liberty.
Thomas Paine became her ideal of intellectual manhood
all know that hatm ORTIZ Dr
Van Ripper the first to join the Paine Memorial
Association, and gave in her for membership to
Secretary Elliott at Paine meeting at New Rochelle
Vor>
Blue-grass blade., 1909-03-28
EMINENT LADY PHYSICIAN AND FREE
THINKER.

Since have been given equal opportunities with
in the learned professions, several members of the
"other SEX have risen to prominence and fame Many
engage in struggle they did anticipate, and but few
succeed in reaching the heights The in art
in literature in law and in medicine.
Esther Van Ripper, NJ d., of Circlevle Ohio, seems to
be whom Mother Nature has especially en-
dowed for the medical profession she has pracced in
it with unusual and her and fame have gone
far and wide. She possesses, very fortunately, those
physical mental AMI moral attributes, together with the
minor graces, essential the making of successful
practicing physician For years she has been out
spoken and avowed Freehnker made by her studies
from choice but from necessity No other
open to her but to reject the childish and absurd fables of
theology in general, and Christianity in particular.
DIR. Van Ripper born in Lodi Washtenaw County,
Michigan, and is daughter Of Edmund g. and Lucinda
sbelD Rogers, both natives of the State of New York.
Her paterna grandfather "A native of England, who
came America a very early date and settled in Orange
County, New York. lis wife Miss Martha f..
Gaez, being Of Irish blood an descendant of good
family On the Rogers side Of the Doctors family, she
her ancestry back the English arstocracy, and
to Lord Rogers The Doctors father graduate of
the West Point military academy and also attended the
University Ann Arbor Michigan
Dr. Van Ripper, or may designate her at this
period Esther a. Rogers married to DIR. NJ. H. Van
Ripper of New York. he being of Dutch and Welsh extrac
ton His father, John Van Ripper, acquired high promi-
nence as an attorney Albany, New York. The Doctor
herself was educated in New York and studied medicine
at the now world famous Bellevue Medical College. Later
she took further medical studies at the Ann Arbor Unver
sity graduating with high honors. Soon after her mar
rage she with her husband moved to Kankakee, Illinois,
where her husband pracced his profession, and the young
wife only aided him in his professional work. but con-
nued her studies under him and for period of eight
wars she wrote medical and surgical lectures for him and
from him. BY these means and through these opportlin
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
Educational Drift.

a pamphlet just issued by the com
mittee of twelve for the advancement
Of the interests of the Negro race,
discloses interesting facts as to the
neglect Of the education of the Negro
IN the South.
The eleven Southern States spend
about $32, 0 O 900 a year on educa-
ton, which is about three times as
much as Iowa, about tWO-thlrdS or
what New York spends. and prac-
ucally that expended by Pennsylvania
on his money IA per cent is eX-
pended on the education of the Negro,
vet 40 per cent Of the children or
school age in the eleven States are
cOlOred.
Nor is that all. The Negroes Oh
The South not only pay all or the
school taxes consumed in educating
their own children. but they pay a
part Of the expenses of h Schools
Tor the white children. In Virginia,
$469,228 was expended last year on
the schools for Negroes. The Ne
Sroes paid school taxes TO
S'07,305. In North Carolina the ex-
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
You Cant Afford to Buy a PIANO OR ORGAN

Abo which nobody knows anything except he sener-no an instrument
hat has nothing to commend it Ut a low price Dom let a wv Price
hide The truth of the nalter. Try to think ut the problem. of time, talent.
b. material n none tied u in u factory. A n intelligent study OF
these facts Will II % 10 goo instr car b. sold for next to nothing.
h m safe course is to go to e repu b Piano or Organ dealer, pay a
easonab price and get a reliable gu ante When o u q instru-
ment away iron home there's nobody tic complain to, if things g wrong
The greatness O. this store, tn thin IN which it chiefly prdes ITSELF is its
record offs quare n upright lea Hng|it is a record OF selling reiable
vast country OF the hundreds o. pc ope h nav bought rune O f
as, lot o IAN say that we have 10 aIWay been auuou considerable,
attentive md fair. Come in n see low easy We car make terms tina
will enable yu Ito III a goo Piano OF Organ right here at home, under .
iran that means something
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

totaD S.720.5S
All other sources Il per
cent. OF the totall 4.2o-17
Making the total mou
paid by Negroes, for all
purposes .$345.2.6-1T
Yet the state spends over 100000
annually on the Negro schools. Be
sides. We haze the immense expense
on their special account arising from
the costs of criminal courts. main-
teEance Of State schools for the nor
ma training of teachers and Tor deaf
and blind. charges for asylumS. tails.
almshouses. and funds for the indi-
gent poor.
The great totals of taxation come
nearer giving a true picture OF the
situation than anything else. Nir-
ginia appears to hay raised in 1907
on account sof State and local taxes
for all purposes the sum OF S12.142.-
249.9S. OF this amount the Negroes
paid $~345.216.1T. The State spends
about Il of its revenue for public edu-
cation. It VIII readily be seen. there
fore, that NEGROES contribute less
than $4,000 of the $500. 000 spent
on the education of their children.
Nor is this such a bad record. all
things considered. 1t shows the
achievement of that small portion OF
negro population that is thrifty. The
poll tax assessed against negroes
to $~1SS,673.50. OF this
amount only S~75.105.21 was collected.
The others a no property from
which the poll tax could be made.
Thirteen per cent. of the real estate
taxed against negroes was delinquent,
as against less than 6 per cent. of
that taxed against whites, and nearly
% per cent. Of their personal property
as against { per cent. in the case of
property owned by whites. IT seems,
therefore, that this achievement be-
longs to that small proportion of ne
gro population which has manifested
q tendency to accumulate property.
Yours very truly,
J. d. EGGLESTON. JR.
superintendent of Public Instruc-
ton.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
Out of 100000 NEGRO
School Fund, Negroes
Pay $4,000
HALF BAKED THEORIES

Mr.. Coon's Absurd Figures as Circu-
lated III California to Show That
Pay All of the School Taxes Con-
suIned in the Education of Their
Own Children, But They Pay a Part
of the Expenses of the schools for
the White Children,
Some days ago, the New York
Evening Post and other papers grave
~ told their readers tina the negroes
in the South were not only paying
every cent Of money spent in the
public schools for the education of
the negro children, but that these
same negroes were also paying a part
Of the money necessary to carry on
the public schools for the white chill
dren Of North Carolina. These
Northern papers used as authority for
the absurd statement certain so-called
statistics and estimates contained in
q paper prepared by Prof. Charles
Logarithm Coon, of Wilson. There
upon The News and Observer called
upon Hon. James I. JOyner for a
statement OF the sums expended on
negro public schools and the sums
paid by negro taxpayers, With\ the
tStil t1ld HI SSliilIdlGS anu SLdllSllCS
Of MI. Coon, SO far as North Carolina
is ~concerned, showed that the negroes
pay $253,919 toward the $~460,015.49
cost of their schools, if the negroes
pay their taxes, poll and property as
we'll as the whites. 1t is q matter Of
c0mmon knowledge that. they do not
pay up SO we'll and the outside sum
that the negroes pay for public
schools is not over 100000 in North
Carolina. And that is a large amount
and is wholly creditable to the ne
grCeS
The figures of Mr.. Joyner e%ffectual-
~ destroyed the calculations and es-
Inmates, etc. of Prof. Coon as to
North Carolina. But he was in the
Wholesale business and his indictment
was against the whole South, and
State by State is Investigating the
Coon estimates and showing how alb
surd. misleading, and unfair they are.
VIRGINIA REFUTES COON.
Last month. Hon. Elmer Ellsworth
Brown, United States Commissioner
Of Education, addressed the following
letter to the State superintendent of
Schools of Virginia.:
Letter OF inquiry.
Department of the Interior.
Bureau Of Education.
Washington, Sept. II, 1909.
Honorable J.. d. Eggleston. Jr.,
state SupeF1nte1uen OIL PUBIC III
struction, Richmond, Va:
Dear Sir: I enclose herewith a
copy Of a clipping from the Los
Angeles Times of August 18th, sent
to this office by a correspondent in
California for verification. AS the
Bureau has not the data available
for the purpose, | beg to submit the
matter for your consideration and
such report as you may find it con-
Venient to make
Very respectfully yours,
ELMER ELLSWORTH BROWN,
CnnnmiSCinnAr
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
Tie the Corn Shocks We'll.

I have noticed in travelling about
that a large part Of the damage COM
planned of in corn that is cut off at
the ground is due to carelessness in
shocking. | have seen field after
field where the shocks are tumbling
open and exposing the interior to the
rain. This is because so many fail
to tie the tops of the shocks. Every
shock should be bound at the top
with tarred Irvine or binder twine.
Have a rope of small size with an
eye1et on n end. Pass this around
the top of the shock, putting the
other end of the rope in the eyelet
and draw the tops together while
another hand makes the tie. Then
remove the rope to use on the next
shock. Still, in a humid climate,
there will be some damage, of course,
on the outside, and | v seen shocks
here this fall where we a n sea-
side Inmate that are quite black with
fungus growth, but bright inside.
But, nevertheless, for the best use
of the land it is better to cut the corn
where one has wisely made plenty
of other forage. The lack of pea
vine and clover hay is one of the
principal reasons for adhering to the
stripping of blades. and one having
plenty of better forage can afford to
save corn and nave less valuable tCd-
der by cutting it off at the ground.
Then, as soon as the corn in the
shocks is we'll matured, get it out and
haul in the fodder before the land gets
too wet to hau1 over. IT is far more
comfortable to Shuck the cOrn from
the shocks in pleasant weather than to
let it stay in the field till ones hands
are numbed with the old in Snuck-
ing it. Then, having the corn i'll
shocks, one can prepare the land
nicely with the disk or cutaway har-
row for the fall grain.
Work for some good, be it ever 50
slowly;
Cherish some flower, be it ever so
lOWly:
Labor, all labor, is noble and holy.
Frances s. OSgood.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

pense of the schools for Negroes was
s4OZ,b28, and the Negroes paid 1929
- school taxes. IN Georgia the Ne
Scoes pad school taxes amounting to
so4 90, and there was extended on
their schools s5O6.170. A like ratio
IS said to exist in the other States.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12
THE FARMER md MECHANIC


commodities sold by him or every
citizen Of the Commonwealth had an
ownership therein on the per capita
basis. how much would have been
left for Mr.. Carnegie?
More than 81 00OAn of STATE
taxes comes from licenses but no men
U;tb +bosa nra1ini,a,r .
! desira - rrasan+ - to1Iatr;na IA
ms. =
II 19V. the state corrected from us
negro cltlZe1s the
1or al purposes. including schools.
CRIMINAL harges roads. and all other
lapltatlon tax ........S ~I3.103.2l
Real estate and personal
properly ... 'J,1oZ.94
"
IotdI I4S,ZoS.lo
ms same Year It c~ollected from It's
Whte tax payers the following
dliouhiS.
1apltatlon tax .......S 304,3o5.25
i1eai estate 7 personal
property .......... 1~.9q1.48S.S0
Collateral inheritance,
d~ispensary. and express.
steamboat, railroad,
teieSfaph, telephone,
II sleeping car COM
t ot1'ol-Io
ro4 eo,c- -. -
IF 40 eha $500
the nou tav naia Inv
whites we hove 50 go ooo5
Add to this amount the
negro taxes, $13,-
1924. and We have a
total Of $2,926,45 90
as the amount OF state taxes on prop
efty PAID by whites and negroes which
were kept separate IN the annual
tatements mace 20 the Auditor OF
iupilc accounts; A simple caicula-
.ioI VIII snow lhaI the amount pald
- lIe negroes Is L per cent OF
'ipe 'o'ai
Let US take the State taxes or prop
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

This caves nothing to be said. In
every Southern State the able and ca
pable State superintendent are fol-
lowing the example Of the North Car
DINA and Virginia superintendent
and going to the books and preparing
q statement of facts. They Will not
leave the absurd estimates OF Mr..
Coon, and the outrageous deductions
drawn therefron, a peg TO stand
upon.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-10-12

(FrOm the Los Angeles Times, Sun
DAY. AUGUST 29th.(
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
Transfers of Real Estate.

The following deeds have been fill
ed for Record in h office of Probate
Clerk and Recorder F P Gayle:
w. d. Garwood to the Lake Arthur
Lumber Co., for SOS lot 3, block 70.
Lake Arthur.
A. L. Conrad and wife to Lake Ar
thur Lumber Company HRDRRRDL
thur Lumber and Hardware Co., for
SOS, lot 8. block 20, Lake Arthur.
Walter P. Chisum and wife to VIM.
F. Welty, for $3,115, a tract of 134 ac-
res in 3-12-25.
Frank F. Hull and wife to J. E. Cald-
well, for $15,60O, the SW quarter of
23-13-25.
Mrs. F. L. Torian ITO Jesse J. Rascoe,
for 81 lot 1, block 3, Sparks addition
to Roswell.
Joseph N. Akin and wife to w. H.
Hebb, for $1,000 and other considera-
ton, h S 200 feet of lot l, block 2.
M~ountainview addition to Roswell
Leona Howell and husband to S. Tot
EEK and E. A. Finnegan, for $50 and
other valuable consideration, lot s,
block 8, Ovard's addition to Roswell.
S. P. Matthews ITO John c.. Peck, for
$4,000, lot 2 block 3, North Spring
River addition to Roswell.
E. S. Mundy and wife to Hernandez
T irrigation Co., for 81 and other va1u-
able consideration, 800 acres in Is, IA
%, and "A township 4, range 26, and
water rights thereto from Hernandez
Lake.
w. T. Parker and wife to Robert
Maxim, for $500, lot 10, block Z, Thur
ber's addition to Roswell.
Thomas Cruise and wife to John R.
st. John for $3.50, lots 10, u IA, 16, IS
and 20, block SO, South Roswell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
PROPOSAL TO SELL PROPERTY
OF ROSWELL MASONIC LODGE

VT nSSVILI "NSoTNiS L0D1G
being lot z in block 8 Original town
site of Roswell (50x198 feet) corner of
Third and MAN,. including Post Office
furniture and fixtures.
Sealed Bids
for the purchase of the above dscrib-
ed property will be received by the
committee at the Citizens National
Bank, Roswell, N. M, up to 3 o'clock
p. m. February 18th 1909. Each bid
must be accompanied by a certified
check for 100000 payable to the or
der of Masonic Building Association
as evidence of good faith, said check
to be forfeited to the Masonic Build
ing Association in any case where a
bid has been accepted and the party
bidding refuses to carry out the terms
of said bid within 5 days from date
Of its acceptance.
Parties bidding on this property do
SO with the understanding that it will
De sold subject to a lease now held by
the U. s. Postofice Department on the
first floor of the building. And thai
the vendors will reserve the right to
occupy the upper floor of said build
ing for Lodge purposes at a reason
able rental to be agreed upon, for a
term of one year from date of sale.
The committee reserves the right to
reject any or all bids.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE,
Masonic Building Association.
Tues TIL. Sat, WIZ
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
MANY VISITORS FOR
WATER USERS MEETING.

This mornings train from h south
brought in a regular excursion party
OF citizens from the lower part of the
valley, and most of them were here
for the meeting of the Water Users
Protective Association, which was con
sidering the proposed new a~rtesian
well law. Among the visitors here to-
day were the following:
From Dexter: p. p. Clark, = Clark,
D. c. Douglass, Jerry Cazier, and H. J.
Thode.
Artesia:-wm .Dooley. ]. D. Vince.
Ian, E. C. Higgins, DR.. U. p. White,
c. F. Erb, E.. C. Slocum, R. M. Love,
A C. Keinath, S. w. Gilbert, Sam A
Butler and John r. Hodges.
Lake Arthur:-E. R. p. Glass, j.. E
Ehrhart, c. w. May, C. S. Lewis, G. C.
Gromo, s w. Holder, Will J. Holder
w. C. Lawrence, "A. J.. Foster, Chas
Foster, Will Henderson, B. C.. Moots
e. C. Miller, e. C. Jackson, ]. B. Per
kins, M. O.. Becker, w. J.. McInnes
J. E. Cady, George Smith and brother
Cap. Newton, T. A. Stancliff, J.. B
Howard and daughter, Mrs. Beasley
Henry Howard, ]. B.. Morriss, J. F
Carton, Harry Daley and J. l.. How
ell.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
Alfalfa Hay
50 Bales $1,000
A 10 ton stack Of
threshed alfalfa hay
for $500
C.. A. DOTY
One-half Mile South of Hospital

fectly acquainted with himself. He
cared nothing for place, but every
thing for principle; nothing for money
but everything for independence.
Where no principle was involved, east
" swayed-wi1ling to go slowly, III In
the right Neutrality-suspicious. willing
to stop, but he would not go back, and
he would not go wrong. He was will
ing to wait. He knew that q event
was not waiting, and that fate was not
the fool of chance. He knew that sla-
very had defenders, but no defense,
and that they who attack h right
must wound themselves. He was nei-
Their tyrant nor slave. He neither
knelt nor scorned. With him men
were neither great nor small, they
were right or wrong Through man
ners, clothes, titles, rags and race
he saw the real-Ithat which is. Be
yond accident, policy, compromise and
WAL, he saw the end. He was patient
as Destiny, whose undecipherable HE
riglyphics we're so deeplyl craven on
his a and tragic face. He
is the gentlest memory of u world.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
PROGRAM FOR the
MOTHERS CLUB.

-
February IL at the Central
School BuiIding@:0o p. m.
Song, Miss Greenlee's pupils.
Recitation, Irene Murray.
Recitation, Don Finley.
Piano Solo, Ruby Beam.
Recitation, Dixie Flemming.
Duet, Marie Kinsinger, Ida White.
Song, Josephine Murray.
Recitation, Freeda Smith.
Recitation, Mary Cruise.
Sextette, six girls.
Piano Solo, Mrs. Brasher.
Recitation, Prune11a Duke.
Song, Helen Rive Kennedy.
Recitation, Iawrena Peck.
Violin Solo, Melissa Cazier.
Piano Solo, Maurice Rabbi.
Mrs. Ritter's music class kindly
the following:
Trio LIE Secret (Gurlitt) Grace
Miller, Kittie Thornton, Minnie
Caldwell.
Second VaIse, GODDARD, Fleet Ham
lin.
3-4Merry Skylark, Ashford, Louise
Oahoon-
4-Tambourine Girl, Brown, Dorothy
Bennett.
5.-Mazurka, Meyer Helmund, Grace
Miller.
6.-Piano Duet, Ellen Nisely, Flee
Hamlin.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11

Ira P. Wetmore inquiries of the Rec.
ord what authority there lis fol the
school board to appropriate money to
pay the expenses of the city superin'
tendent of schools to h convention
of sue officers. We presume the
board is at least convinced that it will
benefit the public schools of our city
ito have the superintendent partici-
pate in this great gathering. AS to
the legality of the appropriation for
expenses, we do not know.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
c.. l.. SUED

The following item appeared in the
Kansas City, Mo, Star of Sunday and
will be of general interest I'm Roswell:
Elise May Tallmadge brought suit
for divorce from Chester Llvington
Tallmadge in independence yesterday.
She asks for an Injunction to restrain
her husband from ~disposing OF his
property, which she asserts is worth
4 million dollars, yielding an annual
income of $4,000. Mrs. Tallmadge
says her husband owns $4,000 acres of
Ian near Roswell, N. M, and 1000 &C.
res in Kansas and Texas.
Legal SLAM at Record ONCE.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11

The bill providing for a territorial
bond issue of q half a million dollars
for the improvements of the public
schools has been passed by both hous-
es and has been signed by Acting Gov
ernor Nathan Jaffa. This is undoubted
iy the best argument for statehood
presented in many days.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11

gave a packed house a strong address
on the subject, The Last Romp with
the Tiger" 1t was "a temperance lee
ture and at it's conclusion he asked
all who would pledge themselves be-
fore God to do all they could to drive
out h saloons from Roswell to stand
Every person in the church-and the
building has the largest auditorium in
the city-rose to his feet. MI. Will
liams left this morning for Santa Fe.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11

One OF the best ways in which RIOS
we'll could capitalize her glorious eli
mate would be to establish a sanftar.
ium for the treatment Of tuberculosis
For the protection Of the general pub
lie from h danger of contagion and
at the same time to accommodate the
health-seekers would bring much mon
ey into tho country and encourage its
investment In Pecos valley property.
The Roswell daily record. [volume] (Roswell, N.M.) 1903-current, 1909-02-11
MORE EAST SIDE LOTS

There was a slight error in the re-
port of sales of property in east Ros-
well in the Record yesterday and one
important sale has been made that
was not mentioned. Mrs. M. v. S.
Bateman Mrs. E. L. Bedeu have
bought the J. l.. Wilson ten acres on
East Second street and Mrs. E.. L.
Bedeu alone has bought 81 lots be-
tween East Second and Fourth streets
from the estate OF H. w. Lea. These
transfers conclude the complete, cor
rected list of big sales thus far report
ed.