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East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12
Farmer Boys Corn Clubs.

Concerning Farmer Boys Corn Clubs.
A committee consistong of
Commissioner of Agriculture.
H. e. Blakeslee, Professor E. r
Lloyd, of the A. & M. College,
A s Meharg. Demonstration
Agent of the Agricultural De-
partment at Washington, and
W. H. Smith, Superintendent of
Education of Holmes County,
met with the State Superinten.
dent }. N. Powers, at Durant.
January ~, 1908, and issued the
following recommendations to
the County superintendent con
ceruing the School Boys Expert.
meut Clubs. This.is done 10 re
sponse to a general request from
all parts of the state for suggest.
ions and plans for organizing
these clubs.
PURPOSES
Believing that an agricultural
people should have practical and
sy slematlc instruction along ag-
ricultural lines and that such
organizations among school boy IS
will stimulate interest in the de-
! velopmeut of our wonderful re-
sources and awaken greater in
teresL in popular education, the
committee suggests the following
as some of the purposes of The
organizations:
l. To aid, through practical
demonstration work, the Stale
Agricultural College and the Elk.
tension Department at Washing.
Ion in reaching the masses OF
the people, with their extension
work.
2. TO make farm life more at,
tractive and farming more prof.
table.
8. TO make the study of Agri
culture in the public schools
more practical and interesting.
1. 70 make the rich rural en-
vlronment of the Guild minister
to It's education.
S To enable the people by
making them more prosperous
to take better advantage Of the
public schools.
8. To encourage soil study,
soil improvement, better cult
vaLion, seed selection, etc.
z. 10 enforce the idea that
farmers need as thorough men
tai training as professional men.
Previous to the meeting OF
this Committee mentioned above,
several of the county Superin
tendents had organized Corn
Clubs among the boys, notably
among this number, was W. H.
smith of Holmes county who
was the rioneer of the moye-
ment in this state. Last year
the number of connties to joir
the movement has largely in
creased. AL who have given it
a trial are enthusiastic over the
results. The boys enter into
the spirit of the movement with
a great deal of enthusiasm aud
eagerly read all the bulletins
sent them bearing on their work.
Nor does 1t interfere with their
studies, on thecoutrary, 1 under.
stand, as a rule, they are more
ambitious and studious in other
branches. Farming to them is
being invested with an atmos,
phere of interest and the allure
ment of the city is fading from
their minds, and they are be-
ginning to thank God that they
are farmers boys.
In this county We have organ.
lied a club of 160 bright. enthu!
siastic boys who will be heard
from in the fall when crops are
gahered and when thei- fathers
see the large yield to the acre
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12
CHURCH NOTICE.

Services will be conducted al
the Presbyterian church on Sun.
day at IL o'clock by Rev. Henry
H. Sweets, Secretary of Minis
terial Education, of Louisville,
KY. He will address the stu.
dent at the A. & M. College a,
the earlier hour of $50.
A grand rally will take place
next Tuesday and Wednesday al
Birmingham, Ala. in behalf OF
the Laymen's movement, of our
Church, for Foreign Missions.
Ex.Gov. Glenn of North Carroll
ma, will be one of the ,distin
guished speakers. Let several
60 from our Church; expenses
will not be large: benefits unusu.
ally great; really extraordinary.
H. r. RAYMOND, Pastor.
>~~-~~S~~.~~.~~
Arthur Williams a negro EN-.
ployed at the Oil Mill had his
foot badly crushed in some OF
the machinery Wednesday even.
ing. Amputation may become
necessary.
Geo. SfidmoIe, former citi
zen of this county but now OF
Louisville, Miss. has been visit.
ing his old home at Longview
this week.
S~~~~~~~~~~~~~-~~-
Miss Leila Perkins visited
relatives IN Longview Sunday
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12
AL DEPARTMENT.
EDITED BY

and the fine ears of corn display.
ed next fall in the court huus-
/ yard, they will want to know OF
their sous "By what method oI
planting and cultivation did you
accomplish this result?"
/ The last Legislature, recogniz.
ing the great good to be derived
from interesting the boys in
farming, passed the following
: act: Chapter l04. AN act to all.
thorize boards of supervisors OF
the various counties of Miss. 70
offer prizes to The corn clubs OF
the public schools of the County.
Sect. l. The board Of supervis-
ors of this state may offer as
prizes to the corn clubs of the
public schools of the county, an
amount of money not exceeding
fifty dollars in any one year, in
any county. The sum offered
may be divided into 8 prizes of
$25.00 for first, $500 for second
and $1,000 for third prize. or in
proportion"
In addition to this amount au-
thorlzed by Legislature. in other
counties the merchants, bankers,
professional men etc. offer
prizes to encourage the boys.
feel confident that our board
will offer the $50 and that our
citizens will be as liberal when
they have an opportunity for
subscribing as 10 any county in
the state. There will he offer
ed prizes in the county at large
aud in each beat separately.
. q .
Some trustees have mistaken
idea of their power in reference
to stopping school. They
have no right to divide a school
tern, unless "a majority of the
Patrons agree to it. 1t is to be
hoped there will be no divided
terms this year.
When a school district has the
opportunity of a SIX months term
and divide the term having 4
months in winter and 2 months
in the summer, 1t is prima fa-
cia evidence that they only want
a 4 months term.
| rNoisce..:
There will be a meeting of the
Oktibbeha County Farmer Boys
Corn Club at Court Honse Satur.
day, Feby. Goth at IL a. m.
There will be short addresses by
men competent to instruct and
advise along the line Of improv.
ed methods of corn culture.
l will, upon this occasion, de-
liver to each member of the
club who expects to plant corn
sufficient amount for 1-2 acre,
Cotton seed will be delivered la
ter. Every body invited to at
tend.
We still have, in the treasury,
some money to the credit of
school libraries. What teacher
will be next to call for $1,000.
We are anxious to pay this out
when you come up with your
$1,000.
Several new libraries have
been added within the last 2 mos.
1 . . ..
10 become q member of the
Farmer Boys Corn Club you
must be under 81, be enrolled in
some public school OF the coun.
ty, a,resident of this county and
agree to cultivate at least Il acre
in corn or cotton (not both
| The Oktibbeha County Teach
ers Association will meet Satur-
day March 9th, The program
will be announced later.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12
Ricn Jersey Cream.
Miss M. l.. Montgomery.

That species of Charity which
is always seeking an opportuni y
to relieve distress elsewhere,
but ignores misery in its own
neighborhood is of q counterfeit
variety,
Mr., C. j. Curry, an old Stark
william came up from Louisville
this week and spent Wednesday y
with bis Starkville friends. Mr..
Curry is prospering at Louis
vile as a liveryman.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12

Mr.. H. j. Taylor, one OF Stur-
ges best citizens has left that
town for another locality. And
consequently a special election
has been called to fill the vacan.
cy on the board of Alderman Of
that village caused by his re-
moval.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12

Miss Minnie Washington, who
is teaching the Bradley school
spent Sunday with friends in
the city.
East Mississippi times. (Starkville, Miss.) 19??-1926, 1909-02-12

Mr.. Tom Shropshire, of Stur-
ges, spent several days in Stark.
vile this week
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

fenced to Jail who could earn dollar
A. day at any inside work unless stone
breaking may be classed as inside
work The place to put these men to
work is on the public roads where bull
strength and awkwardness properly
directed goes long way in eight or
ten hours We are coming fast to an
era of scientific roadmalking in this
state. We shall need the labor. The
family of the average man who breaks
into Jail needs the money. The place
for those fellows to earn their own
and their families living is out on the
stretches of Iowa highways, holding
scrapers. laying tile, digging trenches.
1t is good hard reformatory work,
healthful. and there should be enough
back strain at the end of "a thirty day
sentence to carry wholesome dread
OF another month of 1t. There are
tramps and drunkards and disorderlies
of one kind and another roaming about
the state today II properly employed
could build a hard road from Clinton
to Council Bluffs in eighteen months.
Let Senator Ream rewrite his bill
taking counsel with mayors. magis-
trates, police officers, and not forget
ting those who view the question from
the standpoint of the real sociologist
The policeman and the sheriff. and too
often the police magistrate. are too
busy with the round up" to look far
ahead The sociologist, too. often looks
over present necessities to the ulti-
mate Let him reWrlte 1t and send
his jailbirds afield: let him include with
them the lazy and worthless lout who
refuses to support his family, who
lives on the washing done by his wife;
the irreclaimable inebriate and the
bootegger who is willing ito lay 1t out
in JAIL" and a horde Of other disrep-
utables and undesirabes, and he VIII
have something worth while and that
will work great reform on the high
ways and in the characters of the
class that inhabt the jails and swell
the board accounts Of the sheriffs.
Write ii over.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
WRITE THE BILL OVER.

A bill introduced in the senate pro-
vides that work be furnished prisoners
in the county jails and that such la
Dor shall be paid at the rate Of 81
a day. and the money thus earned be
paid to their families in cases of need.
The bill is before the committee on
labor.
There is a glimmer of good sense
ten and made practical it should pass
and might be most useful and re-
formatory law. AS it is it is only a
starter.
It may be assumed without dispute
that every able-bodied man should
support his family or at least labor
diligently in the attempt to do so. 1t
may further be laid down that the
state that must support and educate
them if he does not has a moral right
to make him work if he is physically
able and that It should have the legal
right. we sentence lHeA " lehooi vi
the streets and on the stone pile as a
penalty for misdemeanor and let the
family take its chance when its only
visible means of support has been
taken from it, That work should be
furnished to jailbirds is plain common
sense. 1t should be thus provided and
the authorities should see that it is
done, that the man under sentence
earns a dollar a day and his board,
and that it goes to the support of those
dependent upon him.
But not in Jail. In the first place
there is scarcely a Jail in Iowa that
could be turned into a sanitary fac
tory. Second, there are few men SEN
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
AS TO REsuBm,ss,oN.

When the committee sent out the
question of resubmission of the pro-
hbition amendment to the floor of the
house 1t threw a bombshell among the
representatives. 1t is a case of being
damned of you do and damned If you
don't" In almost every county OF the
state there is a considerable show of
strength both for and against resub-
mission. The luckless representative,
especially from the interior counties,
finds himself in tight place as re-
CARDS the future. In tight counties II
makes things binding" upon the leg
islator thus brought face to face with
a two-horned dilema. Whichever ne
grabs he is liable to be hooked" Nat
urally, he doesn't like it,
pay strict attention to enforcement OF
the liquor laws already in force than
to involve the state in another strug-
gle to enforce absolute prohibition.
There is no doubt that the law will be
better enforced should 1t again be
given life than it was In the memoir
able days Of the past attempt to pro-
hibit the sale of liquors. Counties Will
be prohibition under a prohibitory law.
Some and a goodly number of counties
are practically under prohibition now
and will remain so whether the amend
ment is revived or not. Some counties
will fight to the last gasp against what
the majority of their residents have
their personal liberty" The most eff
fective and readily handled unit is the
county. We have seen that much
proved.
Given the Cosson bills as law and
the enforcement of law that would be
likely to follow, regulation of liquor
sales in Iowa would mean prohibition
wherever prohibition is at present pos
sible To bring out the amendment and
institute a renaissance OIL Ine past
prohibition muddle sscarcely seems the
best way to take advantage of the
great movement in favor of enforce
ment and against intemperance that is
now spreading over the country. AS
matters stand and as they are likely to
stand for some time to come the COM
munity must be depended upon to
regulate and prohibit the traffic, to
see that the law is obeyed. We have
but recently come to the point where we
are in majority ready to demand en-
forcement of present enactments. Why
should we not finish one job before We
begin on another? The wise prohibi-
ZIONIST will bide his time ALI that is
doing is travelling his way. Stricter
laws and more vigorous enforcement
lis the path to ultimate prohibition. The
crowd is headed toward it. Why raise
a, row to draw it aside and check it's
progress?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
Topics of the Times.

The mayor of Abba has supple
mented the Ottunwa mayors procld-
nation with one of similar character
Abba does not propose to receive the
overflow. However Marshalltown is
safe from invasion while Oskaloosa re-
mains. They will never get past the
city on the Skunk.
The anti-woman suffragists who
have organized in the eastern states
will have just as good a time and
bigger campaign fund than their sis
tiers who are bound to be equal with
man. The ants have a higher IDEAL.
they would rise superior to men and
keep the stronger sex working.
A college education certainly pays
when a young man has a dozen offers
from minor league managers before
the ink is dry on his diploma Why.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
SAVING THE "BIG TREES"

BY signing the bill for the creation
of the Caiaveras National Forest, CAL
ifornia. President Roosevelt has COM
pleted the legislative act which saves
for all time the most famous grove OF
trees in the world. The people of Cal
ifornia, particularly the 500 women of
the California Club, have been work.
ing to interest the government in this
wonderful grove of big trees for more
than nine years, but not until now
has 1t been possible to arrange plan
satisfactory alike to the owner of the
land and to congress.
The senate bill passed by the house
of representatives has just been signed
by the president. Everyone interested
in the great natural wonders rejoices
that as a means of saving the big trees,
the way has been paved for practical
exchange of the timber in the groves
for stumpage on other forest land
owned by the government. The first
Calaveras bin was introduced in the
senate four years ago by Senator Per-
kins of California. Bills for the same
purpose were passed in the upper
house of congress a, number of times,
but always failed of favorable con-
sideration in the house until senate Bill
1874, also introduced by Senator Per-
kins, was called up by Congressman
S. c. Smith. of California, last week.
The Calaveras big trees are known
the world over. The north grove con-
tains ten trees each having diameter
of twenty-f five feet or over. and more
than seventy having a diameter of
fifteen to twenty-five feet. Most of the
trees have been named some for IA
and others for statesmen and various
states of the union. "The Father of
the Forests now down, is estimated
by Hittel, in his Resources of Cali
fornia," to have had height of $50
feet and diameter at the ground of
more than forty feet when it was
standing Massachusetts" contains
$4,000 board feet of lumber; Gov
ernor Stoneman' contains 100000 board
feet. and the Mother of the Forest"
burned in the terrible forest fire which
licked it's way into part of the grove
last summer, contained 10000 board
feet. Each of these trees named grows
as much lumber as is grown ordinarily
on fifteen or twenty acres of timber
land The bark runs from six inches
to two feet in thickness. Among the
other large named trees in the two
groves are "Waterloo," "Pennsylvania,' y
James King" "Old Bachelor" Pride
of the Forest" Daniel Webster" "Sir
John Franklin Empire State" ~. s.
Grant" CIV. T. Sherman" ~. P. Nc
Pherson," abraham Lincoln" Con
necticut," "Ohio,"> Grover Cleveland"
Mrs. Grover Cleveland" CDR. Nelson"
General Custer" DIR. j. w. Dawson"
General Hancock Knight of the
Forest" 1.-TWO Sentinels," and "Old
Dowd."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

at times makes us as a people AFRO
CANT and provincial. for God has been
very good TO us"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
The Strawpile


fact must not be lost sight of that
the ultimate end Of every hog is the
pork barrel. The only reason for i'm
proving any breed of hogs is the fact
that such improvement will increase
the capacity for pork production and
thus make them more valuable in the
bands of the average farmer. An
other fact which must always be kept
in mind is that this same average
farmer is the person upon whom the
breeder must depend for large share
of his business. 1t has too often been
the case for the breeder to keep the
very meanest boar pigs to sell to the
farmer trade and attempt to sell
every good pig to other breeders.
In the state of Minnesota
one breeder could raise enough
bears in year to supply every other
breeder in the state. With this in
mind, it becomes evident that all other
boars must necessarily be sold to the
man who is catering to the demands
of the pork barrel. The average
farmer can he educated to pay from
S25 to $50 for one boar each year, and
1t is upon this class of trade that the
pure bred hog breeders must depend
for their future success.
The territory of the boom hog bust
ness is productive of many stories OF
failure and even financial ruin. 1t IS
a peculiar fact that most of the men
who claim to be holding hog sales that
average we'll up into the hundreds are
going out of business as fast as possi-
BILE. There is no question but that
most of the high prices are made upon
a trading basis and that but little real
cash ever enters into the transaction.
We have recently seen catalogs where
one of the terms of the sale was the
requirement of a SIS cash payment
upon each animal purchased. In one
notable instance this reduced the av-
erage from nearly $500 in one sale to
something like $34 In the next sale,
which leaves the amount of imitation
to be figured with ease. The presence
of a number of irresponsible bidders
at sales of this kind has also been
lamentable fact.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

"Also 1t may be remarked that it
isn't the fact that LaFollette has
served two years in the senate that
gives Penrose and Gallinger so much
concern, as the fact that he has still
four and possibly many more years to
serve there" says the Sioux City Tri-
ubne.
Perhaps if the state authorities
would examine the large office rooms
of the state capitol and do little
doubling up, just as is done In any big
bank or wholesale house, there would
be no need Of providing for an office
building at this time suggests the
Davenport Times.
The Clinton Herald AYERS ut Is an
injustice to the people themselves to
permit peddlers to ply their trade. 1t
Is an injustice to the merchants of a
city, who pay taxes and help sustain
the municipality, to permit peddling.
There is no place for them and they
should be eliminated to the greatest
extent possible. Mayor Scott will con-
fer a favor upon the people of DAY.
export IL he will take this more adj
Vanced STEP"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
TIE
General Demand


of the Well-Informed of the World has
always been for simple, pleasant and
efficient liquid laxative remedy of known
value; laxative which physicians could
sanction for family use because its COM
ponent parts are known to them to be
wholesome and truly beneficial in effect,
acceptable to the system and gentle, yet
prompt, in action.
In supplying that demand with its ex-
cellent combination Of Syrup Of Figs and
Elixir of SIENNA, the California Fig Syrup
Co. proceeds along ethical lines and relies
on the merits of the laxative for its remark
able success.
That is one of many reasons why
Syrup of Figs and Elixir Of SIENNA is given
the preference by the Well-Informed.
To get it's beneficial effects always buy
the genuine manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co., only, and for sale
by all leading druggists. Price fifty cents
per bottle.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
THE LODGES.
MASONIC NOTICES.
.yvisitors always welcome.

wy V lSllOfS always welcome.
~\Hall over 1857 West Main.
MARSHALL LODGE los A. f. G. A.
M.-Work on first degree Friday even
ing, Feb. 26. H. G.. Hoeck, w. M.
II. S. Lawrence, Secy.
SIGNI1T CHAPTER No 3S, r. A. M.
Special convocation, Saturday, Feb
81. I 80. Work in the p. NJ. and M.
x. M. degrees.
G. II. Boggie, II. P.
1. S. Willard, Secy.
KING SOLOMON COUNCIL-Spe-
cial assembly of King Solomon Coun-
Gil No. 20 r. S. NJ, Thursday, Feb. 20.
for work
A D. Meeker, T. 1. M.
/. T. Forbes, Rec.
ST. ALDEMAR COMMANDRY No.
30, X. T.-Stated conclave Tuesday,
March %, 1880.
f. NJ. Wilbur, e. C.
i. Wallace, Rec
CENTRAL CHAPTER No. 81, O. d.
S.-Regular meeting wednesday, March
II, 1880.
Mrs. Geo Downing, w. M.
Edna c. Fularton, Secy.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

"There are still a few good men left
who enjoy the distinction of not hav-
ing been mentioned for a cabinet po-
sition," remarks the Keokuk Gate City.
But their number is daily becoming
smaller by degrees and beautifully
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

The fatalistic vinton Eagle philos-
ophizes thus: Cali men can not be
grammarians and neither can they all
be financiers. Some must be one
thing and some another The man
born with the money saving, money
earning habit will live the life he is
born to live Nine times out of ten he
will turn out to be a tightWad and
money worshipper The student man
NAV give his time and talents to those
things that bring him in little revenue.
With his eyes on the stars he may
walk right over an open gold mine"
TO the Grinnell Herald "It is not sur
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
IOWA OPINIONS End NOTES.

Us it the intention now to dredge
out, remove snags and sandbars, and
resume one-horse navigation once
more?" inquiries the Sigourney News.
rs it a scheme to get some of the
pork from the river and harbor barrel?
We ask for information"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25

To the Grinnell Herald ut is not sur
prising that there has grown up among
us a faith in manifest destiny that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
Where He Learned,

She-You don't act as if l was the
first girl you ever kissed?
He-Well-er-you see-I used to
play those kissing games when l was
a ild.-Yonkers Statesman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-02-25
The Mt. Vernon Hawkeye saws:

The Mt Vernon Hawkeye says:
'"The cheaper acre values and differ
emit sort of climates are alluring topics
for the promoters to dwell upon, but
when it comes to a show down, Iowa
land, Iowa climate, Iowa values are
far ahead in every particular pertain
ing to pleasant life and substantial
prosperity