Morgan County republican. (Versailles, Mo.) 1906-1914, 1909-02-11

road district he disorganiled.
The Morgan County RErrniICAN
allowed - 50 for stationery.
ChaS Goodman, sheriff, allowed S27.G1
for services.
Geo Thruston allowed 5000, services
AS janltor.
Lewis I.umpee allowed Sl5OO 90, ser
vices AS county clerk
Judge Kidwcll allowed SO %, services
as judge
Judge Oncal allowed faI 40, same
Judge Tag,meycr allowed ~ ~, same.
Court adjourned until March lst, 1907.
While Your Grit Lasts; You WIN.
lie didn't know that he could do it
lie wasn't sure that he'd win he heard
the sncers and he saw the smiles of in
c,cdulity, but they didn't stop him-hc
| believed in himself, and vent ahead
Occasionally he fell down, but every
lruise was an investment II was a
record Of one OF the wrong WAYS EVERY
scar WIS an asset which showed him that
he could survive, even il he was knocked
over occasionally.
| He's the man wlfo wasn: c'nt"Dt with
a candle light and went shopping around
until he managed to perfect, lamp, and
after he had the lamp, he ycarncd for
more light--he kept yenrning for it Until
he discovered gas. Bat even gas wasn't
persuasive enough and 80 he harncsscd
up electricity. He WASH, praised at the
start the man who tries never Is. One
Of the penalties of being greater is to run
up against the grating envy and lashing
skepticism of the little folks" But II
takes lot more than all insul, or cold
shoulder to chill the real winning i'm.
pulse.
If you expect 10 be coddel and cheer.
ed-if you're looking for appreciation
and encoursgemein--f you havnt
s'anina enough to stand alone with your
ambitions and to fight for them ill You
attain thcm--yOu re- wasting dreams.
IT'S one thing to believe in a theory and
another to believe in yourself. Being
brilliant is only hall Of the game being
brave is the other half. Tic road r.
tine laurel grove runs NJ the side Of n
cliff. There are spots wf,cfc you have Ia
hold by yoIi finger tips but If yon re- not
willing To take the risk you don't de-,
serve what's uptnp. The towards are all
down at the foot SO many Of tn en- that
they have 10 hgh, harder and suffer
inNr for the right to exist than tn,
plucky MIN pay, ior the great big re
wards.
There was a tine "lrn strength lie
cihcd greatness when the strongest arm
and the longest wind made cliicftians
but the tourney Is no longer the tilt yard
I'or untold centuries the prcatest brute
; were the greatest mcm the thinker an,
the dreamer were wcnklinHs. The sans
instinct that then sent their clubs swing
ing at the physically weak still survives
They don't understand they never did
''"'efa'"!!! you can't expect them t'
share in your visions. They must toucl
things feel them, SEE them, measure
ihcni--all their sclhcs are physical. ant
so until they src you higher than them
r selves they won't place you where J"'
belong
7 You'll have to pay for wanting more
or being more, or having more. They !
J. tear at you--llcy'll wcai on you they !
. block your way and hold you down
until you gather force enough to sqnirn
i away from the under crowd.
Yuu'll never suffer 80 much ~ Wlici
Y you are getting the lca,' -yom'll nevr
need your confidence half 80 badly n
r. when you doub, yourself most,
Il You'll have to be brave IN the dsrl
II dogpcd and purposciul You don't nee,
wealth or position. The want of thing
!. creates TO attain them Farm house
II have bred more giants than nlShtic cls'
competency. The man who comes uI
4 from bed rock has heritage that !
priceless lie knows that going back 4
I. bedrock will still K;vc BIN ch,irc
siatt ancw--that poverty canno, ruin
u hut merely check aud 10 he risks MOI
and na, lcbs tear llIHn those who has
It been ~, upon the middle rnngs oi III
ladder At The ou,sr, Whose Inauguration
y lpictui.t thc Ioss Of uGnry AZ The lohs q
} everything.
u Come on and keep un-rkr your ,in
aud take your hcknGs- tnk" cVrith,n
Y that bclnngs u you ~hun, sril ont I