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The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-27
THE MAYNARD WOMAN AND
SOMETHING ABOUT THE
PLAN OF HER REFORMATION
While There Can Be No Defense of Mob Rule Yet an Oc
casonal Return to Savagery May Serve A Useful
Purpose, Says the Tenderfoot.
THE LEGITIMACY OF ADAM IS QUESTIONED

With the exception of intcmpcrnncc
there is no question at the prescn, time
that is receiving 80 much attention
aud thought in the cities ~ that OF
the waywnrd woman. How she may
he saved from the inevitable ruin aud
degradation that must ovcrtakr hcr, aud
how Ia clos" aud keep closed the hunts
that lure the innocent into the life Of
shame. ARE problems that are engaging
the minds of the best men aud women
uf the country. And these problems
may we'll take precedence over all other
questions of morals. as they strike at
the most vital point ot society. Aud
there need bc no hesitancy nor squcam.
ish modcsty in discussing them. They
have hecomc public questions aud they
are proper subjects for discussion in
the newspapers, in the pulpits, in the
prayer meetings, and in the so.callcd
social circles.
The practice has been and In today,
10 cOnsign the wayward woman to the
police courts aud the officers Of the law,
aud to inilict punishment without any
effort 10 reform. The law has been an
instrument Of torture instead OF II
shield of protection, aud the poor souls
that would have responded to words
Of hope and encouragement have been
sent Ia their doom By the decree Of an
inhuman code of morality. Society
has gathered its skirts about its heels
aud condemned It's own flesh aud blood
To u life Of shame. Redemption has
been offered the druDkard and the de.
hauchcc. even the thief on the cross
has been forgiven, but the fallen woman
has been east into outer darkness. The
only doors open Ia her are those uf the
bro,hel aud the prison, and her only
comforters are her associates in sin. l.
IL any wonder that she 80 frequently
ends II all by self destruction
When asked recently how she would
REFORM the r"d' hght districts OF Chi
cago, Maud darlington Booth of the
salvation Army offered the following
suggestions:
~ believe that the work among wO.
men of the levrcs should lee done by
women aud not by men. would not
use methods nf antagoniIinp the people
of the immediate vicinity. The methods
ought TO be- practical, aud place
should be provided for the women whore
they would hc taken care of properly
after they hal depar cd from these r..
SORTS and where they would he given
an opportunity to reform themselves. -
Mrs. Booth takes practical and the
proper view of the matter. Reforming
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son, though | do not youch for tho
truth Of It. When DR.. Thompson had
graduated from Medical College he
hung out bis shngle and waited for
the sick aud afflicted to como hocking
for relief, but they didn Z come. lie
waited some more and they didn Z
come. one evening he was passing the
market aud saw u man buy a half dor.
On cucumbers great big yellow fellows,
aud a. he witnessed the transaction
he said 10 himself, here \ my chance,
somebody In going to need "a doctor right
soon - 80 be- followed the man home
IN the dusk aud located himself ON
the walk nearby 10 as to be within
easy reach. lie waited about four
hours when finally the door Of the hous.
dew open and man rushed out. With.
out waiting for word from the man
he grabbed him by the arm and said
whats the mattcri Going for doc.
tori' "No, replied the man, going
for more cucumbers." Now, DIR. Thom.
son not only wanted to "do something"
but was where he could be found IL he
was needed.
| was about to suggest that the FIRST
thing We should do would he TO eradi
cate the "Cold Feet - aud knockers Z"
from our midst, but IN not going To
suggest that. lie is good for something
after all; even IL IL does seem hard
to the real booster to spend his time
and money on enterprises for the bene.
ut of the town and hays this fungus
growth derive as much benefit an he,
but, 80 long rs they are /, NJ in the ma
jority they prevent staRnation and keep
the boosters traces tight dragging him
along.
Tie gives neither time nor money To
anything that would be a public bene-
1T. I'm sorry for him. lie was born
with the bellyache and IL you relieve
him OF that there would be only tbs
hole in the doughnut left.
''"''"Shi hch Ioacn Nuht stage ot
stagnntion ! hope there will be a com.
mitiee waiting with a rail to help me
out of town.
This reminds me Of another Of our
citizens who wanted TO "do something"
aud wanted 10 start right
Before our MIR. McElroy located In
Tucumcari he wrote to one Of the lead
ing citizens to know what prospects
were. lie said, ~ am an honest law
yer and u republican" The answer
came hack, IL you are an homes, law
Yer you II have no competition. II
republican the game laws will protect
you. There nothing like starting
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to face.
II may bc grcyiou~ fault of mine
hut am 50 constituted tha, | do not
reverence II thing merely because It is
old, nor do revere man merely be-
cause he lived many years ago. | have
the rilRram Father that some profess,
never could see the consisi, ncy Ia long
prayers and religious pcrsec' iion; in
solcmnity of countcnancc aud murder
for witchcraft; | never could adore
King David as some seem to do; |
never could accept his code OF morals
nor his ethical ideas. prefer the
teachings of the l0wly nazerinc, and |
assert that it is absolutely impossible
Compare the praye,s of the two. That
of David is one of the most beautiful
that was ever penned, but how selfish
'The Lord is my shepherd; ! shall not
want. lie maketh me to lie down In
green pastures; lie leadeth me by the
still water. Thou preparest table be-
fore me ia the presence Of mine enemi
es, etc.
Compare that with the first words Of
the Lord : prayer; "Om Father" I"
What vast diiferencel The first is
personal; the second IL universal" Our
Father THE first Is selfish; the sec.
ond breathes u spirit Of universal sym
pathy. Whether our lot he east with
prince or pauperi Whether our home
he marble palace or shealing on the
mountain side, ye, we come within the
scope Of that universal prayer. N I
were permitted to take n text for my
remarks, II would he that passage from
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-27

II j. not often that congregation
is compelled to listen to the voice of
layman, and while he change from pas
tor Ia private citizen will not improve
the situation, yet il will at least have
the feature of LV, 5lty.
Aud as he laymnn rarely ever has the
opportunity OF inilicling his ideas upon
the congregation, | will avail myself Of
that opportunity NJ this time, and what
may ~uy will Ice nay own views; no
one is required To accept them, aud uo
one is responsible for them but myself
And in presenting them ! fully appreci
ate the force OF rortia' : statement in
the Merchant of Venice;
"lf Ia do were ~ easy as Ia know
what were good To do, chapcls had been
churches, and poor mems cottages
prince palaces, II is n good divine
that follows his own instructions;
can easier teach twenty what were good
to be- done, than be one of the twenty
to follow mine own teaching
This il the THANKSGIVING season set
apart specially by custom, by the church
and by our government, for thangsgiv.
ing service. We are accustomed to read
Thanksgiving proclamations issued by
Governors, by President, and other ex.
ecutive officers, calling upon the people
to lay aside their worldly affairs and
give thanks for the many blessings that
have been received during he year just
past. II Is the season just following
the final harvest. The crops have been
garnered, the plow is idle, our thoughts
are turned toward the coming year. Old
Father Time has written in letters Of
gold ON every leaf OF the forest the mes
sage that tells of coming winter. We
pause for a moment to reflect on the
past, and whatever II may have been,
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-27
MONEY SHOULD
COME BACK
A Little Open Handed Char
ity at Home Would Be
Prudent.
ITALY GETS COIN

Not a week passes but that hundreds
of dollars pass out of the hands of the
government officials, aud not one cent
ever returns back IN improvements on
the land. II seems to the average well
balanced mind, that there is great
lack Of foresight, let alone justice, in
this arrangement. We have the reputa'
tion abroad of being very humane, aud
also being very easily worked 10 I'm
ish During the earthquake in Italy
boards of trade, private individuals aud
the government threw several spasms
of hysteria, rushed supplies aud cash
20 the sufferers IN Italy. During the
earthquake at Messina over ~ 900, 900
IN cash was sent over there Ia assist
the poor 90 sufferers. Now comes the
cablcd report TO the effect the italian
government has quietly pocketed some
Sl3,O00,O00 of unclaimed cash, bonds,
securities aud jewclry, as the result of
this cutaclysn.
II seems that IA government that has
at all times proven 80 open handed Ia
scattering money aud influence" so
promiscuously, that IN reality did not
belong to II, ought to try u little OF
this open handed charity at home. Not
n dollar that the claimants pay out here
0n the purchase of these lands ever il
returned back to the land from which
II was taken. On the other hand, just
~ soon M n claimant, by hard work
and often In the face of the most try
ing privation, has obtained something
worth while, he il Immediately taxed
for the privilege, to the limit. No i'm
provements are contemplated unless the
government gets something out Of Il
Although many are lead to believe tina,
the enormous fund so raised was placed
at the disposal Of the reclamation ser
vice aud would eventually he turned
back in permanent improvements, yet
we, at this date, have no. been appris
cd Of that fact, peradyenture. We need
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DO SOMETHING; y. A. Muirhead.

head.
MI. Toastmaster and Gentlemen,
IN glad wasn Z called upon to say
something. This is indeed joyous
occasion and m glad to be here. Men
engaged in various lines of business
have met around this board and have
enjoyed the repast ~ well ~ the How
of soul ] tried 10 prepare speech
for this occasion hut somehow 1 can I
seem 10 make il work out. ! had hoped
that | would bc further down the list
80 that ! might gather inspiration from
better speakers, hut the POSTMASTER has
singled me out for early slaughter,
This subject. Gentlemen, is worthy of
careful consideration. In il lies all
kinds of possibilities. II we would AL
vance ~ city We must "d0 some.
thing That little word edo" II the
keynote, but We must endeavor to do
something aud not edo somebody
This reminds me Of the story ! heard
about our fellow townsman nr. Thomp'
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for bids for the erection of the build
iag, and bids will he asked to be re
TUNED BY the first Of the year. The
first building tn bc rat ~ will be at
cost of about ten thousand dollars,
aud The lodge will add 20 this from
'ir,c - time ~ the necessity for such
:. apparent On account Of the gener
nI climatic conditions, the lodge made
wise choice in locating the home here.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-27

many of tho commodities here that
others in the east with u population
\, which the American Is an unknown
quantity. are granted without even the
asking, for which the Rrantors receive
precious little real gratitude. Union
Co. Herald.
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$1,000 IN CASH

The hrst of the $1,000 cash gifts in
the News Holiday Git Contest will bc
given away ai ten O'Clock on the morn.
ing of Saturday December the ith.
This $1,000 pr.lc will go To the contest.
The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1909-11-27
SOCIALIST SPEAKER.

On December third at the court house,
James Connolly, the famous socialist
speaker aud editor Of the Harp, a New
York socialist paper, will speak. This
paper is requested to invite the people
to hear him.
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The trade people Of Endee are rejcie'
ing In having two Of the 7. and NJ. con.
struction camps located at their thriv-
ing little town and an increase Of trade
Ia noticeable at all the stores
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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
Halloween.
1909: bv BYRON Williams.

Stubbie and Fatty and Billy and Me
we planned it Awl at thee School yister-
dec
Halloween Night is thee time fer sum
Fun
that is the Night for thee Spirits run!
So gist at dark we met up by our Shed;
then we set off on run-and Ledi
First thing we did wuz move Brigham's
gate
then we went on at very brisk rate.
next wuz a joke on Frank Tinker, by
ging.
He is a counting Miss Harriet King!
we found his Rig. it wuz hitched by thee
Store
Stub drove it up 2 Miss Harret's door.
when we had fastened thee Horse to thee
Latch
we skipped away through thee Goose
berry patch.
Down by thee School we found Lots Of
thee boys,
they wuz making Teribul Noise.
tied in thee Entry Way there wuz a
fast 2 thee rope of thee Bell of thee
when we wood Tickel thee Mule with a
he wood call School every time with His
Kicl1i
Rite in the midst of thee Fun SUMMON
cried:
There is thee Marshal! Look out, Eel
lers! Slider
Gracious, mi hart fell kerplunk with a
Thud-
he wuz a Racing towards us fer Bud!
it wuz a very short time since thee Day
we wuz arrested for swimming that
Way
if we wuz caught we wood suffer this
Maybe yew think that US Kids didn't
cline!
Somehow 5ostled Stub White in the
Rush,
down we both cum in the Mud with a
Swush!
next thing felt wuz grab at my Feet
jerked away and skipped fast up thee
Street,
Good hear Stub running off the West
tell yew now that hipered my best!
bet Jack RABBITS pace wuz slow
Judging by ME when gist let 'er CO.
next morning ma SEE to pa, What mite
They wuz lot of arrests-whitch is rite
there is a Dozen bad boys now in Jale!
Cracky i felt WIZ turning quite pail!
William" sed pa, looking stern as thee
Pope,
"Yew wuz knot down thee School HOUSE
1 Hope?"
"stubbie and Fatty and Billy and ME-
we wuz gist passing i sed, pa, yeW
see!
we only stopped fer minute play
Next thing we-did-wuz-we awl wen
away"
that wuz thee truth that told. anyway
never lie to my Dad-it don't pay.
If he had seen US scooting, by gum,
he wood believe we wuz gofng-WeIl
sonnet
-
Gee it rwuz Phunny thee way that the
Mule
jingled and tangled thee Bell of the
SCHOOL, r-s-.r,
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
Personal.

Richard c. Fryer, who gained fame
during the Civil war as a blockade
runner, is dead in st. Louis.
Orville Poland, a 19-year-old youth
of Hutchinson, Kan, has confessed to
killing Express Agent Haymaker OF
that place after the latter had given
him shelter for the night and was
sleeping in fancied security
E. H. Hartman celebrated his sixty
first birthday at San Antonio, Tex,
the other day.
DR.. w. A Lunn, a widely known
physician of Houston, Tex, is dead
from blood poisoning contracted while
performing an operation. He dag
nosed his own case and predicted his
death two weeks before the end.
Fire destroyed the Dixie department
store at Hobart, Ok, causing loss of
$15O,OOO
Mrs. w. M. Beckman, a widow, and
her four children were burned to death
in a fire which destroyed their home
near Bakersfield. Cal.
Miss Sylvia Green, daughter of
Mrs Hetty Green of New York, one
of the wealthiest women in America,
has been married at Morristown, N J.,
to Matthew Aston Wilks. Mr.. Wilks
is about IS years old and his bride
is SO.
Thomas T. Johnson, one of the most
widely known civil engineers of the
country, is dead at his home in Chi
cago.
Gov Hadley has been invited to at
tend the organization of a state Mis-
souri, society in Oklahoma City in the
next few weeks.
Gov Hadley has appointed H. S.
Caulfield, now a member of congress
from ST. Louis, to be excise commits
sioner of that city
Mrs. Amanda Reed, 73 years old
who served as a nurse during the
/ Civil war, is dead ct her home in Fort
Scott. Kan.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
That's What.

When a town fellow visits a coun.
try home aud they set him down to a
table laden with hickory wood
smoked ham as sweet as nectar, fried
eggs fresh from the chicken factory,
homemade bread, butter churned be
fore breakfast, milk and cream that
has never seen chalk or water, witt
2 score CT sweetmeats and pastries
and fruits, and then apologize to him
for not having something to eat, he
cannot help but wonder what they dc
have when they are expecting com
pany.-Girard (fll.) Anchor.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
BY the Way.

If my pet schemes would work like
the patent medicine men say their
medicines do, would be rich in thirty
minutes.
A friend of mine dreamed he was
killing a mosquito the other night.
Just as he had swatted the nuisance
terrific slap, he was awakened by
scream of pain from his wife. He mad
landed on her face instead of on the
luckless form of his imaginary mos
quito. And now his wife won't sleep
with him any more!
Anticipated pleasures are luscious
watermelons; the realization Of them
are citrons.
When you see an old duffer awk-
wardly engaged in chewing gum, you
can safely presume that he is trying
to break the habit of tobacco chewing.
A rubber eraser is good, too.
A fellow out in my town raised a
lot of tomatoes in catsup bottles this
year, and is experimenting with home
grown chili-sauce He plants sharp
blades of grass among his green toma'
toes and after the tomatoes are all
cut up, he adds the necessary sp1ces
by hand, cans the crop in the fela
and does away with lot of trouble In
the kitchen. l beat him on one thing
this year, though. / planted onions
under my grapevines and the grapes
have been weeping wine into vat all
Fall. Next time you come out to my
house, wiggle your thumb and wink.
A Chicago daso tried to hang him
self with his suspenders, and the
blamed things broke. l have said
right along that the curse OF this
world is "shoddy."
A man must be very rich to have
money enough to buy and maintain
an automobile, camera and baby
grand piano--all in one year.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
News of the schwartzkofs.

Carl aud Earl Hiser helped Levi:
Schwartzkopf ditch last week
> Lewis Schwartzkopf and family Wis
tied relatives last Sunday.
Jake Schwartzhopf returned las
week from Milwaukee. Wis, where h'
visited his daughter.
l. Schwartzkopf cooked apple but
ter last neutrality-suspicious. Newspa
per.
By. u.a.e4.s
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK
Most Important Happenings of the
Past Seven Days.
Interesting Items Gathered From all
Parts of the World Condensed
into Small Space for the Ben
eft of Our Readers.
Congressional.

Congressional.
Arkansas" has been assigned as
the name of one of the battleships re-
Gently authorized by congress.
The house has passed the sundry
civil appropriation bill which carries
S137 100000.
After an entire day devoted to dis
cussion of the agricultural appropri-
alton bill, the senate passed the mea-
sure.
The senate conferees have accepted
the house amendment to the penal
code bill which provides for the reg
ulation of interstate shipments of in
toxicating liquors.
Treaties with Panama and Colombia
in relation to the Panama canal have
been ratified by the senate.
The senate has passed the diplo-
matte and consular appropriation bill
winch carries S3,646.386.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-03-04

Gee it ewuz Phunny thee way that the
Mule
jingled and tangled thee Bell of the
SCHOOL, !
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27

Seine old English poet-which one Is
not now remembered-spoke of a time
In England when every rood MAIN
tanned its man." meaning that there had
been period in the history of that
ecuntry. when one square rood. or one-
Fourth Of an acre. was sufficient for
enc person TO earn living on. We
suspect. however. that II YVES q period
when the products OF the farm supplied
only . small pertien Of the sustenancs
of the population.
However. that may have been. we
notice that . modern economist goes
into some calculations of the same ma
ture. Among these is one Bolton Hall,
who has published book or treatise
entitled "a Little Land and a Living"
in which he estimates that three acres
Of land. IL properly cultivated, will give
one person both living and indepsnd-
ence. That means that $50 persons
could make living on one square mile
of land. and that again would-4aean
that ten or twelve million people could
make living In Alabama by farming
alone. to say nothing OF the other mil
lions who would live by the trades and
professions.
1t is always more or less easy to
theorizs and speculate. The man who
INDUCES In such things figures 1T out
to his owa satisfaction that an acre OF
land can be made to produce q certain
amount of grain and other foodstuffs.
and that certain quantity Of food is
sufficient for one person; therefore, so
many acres will support so many peo-
pie. 1t is easy In theory but somehow
the farmers do not fnd it so easy to
work out In practice.
To sit down with pencil and paper
and flgure out things is not hard job,
especially If one has lima gination of the
right sort, but when 1t comes to max
ing 1t all work out to correspond with
the calculations. 1t is not quite so easy.
We suspect that the farmers who read
Mr.. Halls outgivihgs will want to
know how many acres he has ever cul-
tivated. and IL he has ever grown
enough on three of them for the sup
port and Independence Of one man.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-04-27
TUESDAY. ArRIL q, asss.
SHE WANTS = nan.

Our peachy South Georgia contem-
Rprary. The Albany Herald. Doesn't
fhink very highly OF the people up
North. Some OF them. 1t Gays, shave
peculiar ideas about things. including
their domestic affairs and even getting
married. they put money value on
everything. A Chicago woman for In
stance. who IL. from sll Fsperts. rather
homely. wants to buy . husband. She
is willing to give saoo for him. She
has employed tho pastor Of 3 Mstho-
dist church in that city to find the man
for her. Che says as sopa 40 the
preacher places an acceptable article
Of husband in her possession she will
fork over 5000 in real money to the
chureh's fund The preacher Is now
sdvsrtising for timber from. which to
make his selection. He will md q
man. Of course. There Is $500 in the
job.
Advertising for husbands. as our con-
temporary should bear in mind, 10 not a
new industry in some sections OF this
progressive country. women who are
homeiy enough to scare cat. and have
no other attractions for the male por-
tion of the ppnulation, often resort to
this methd Of securing man. This
Chicago woman is very modest in the
matter Of reward she is willing to pay.
II she is as poor as her offer indicates.
and has no other attractions. she stands
a slim chance Of getting man who is
worth the trouble. If she is rich as
well as ugly, she is plainly too stingy
to deserve a good man, ana there you
are.