davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05

E<sk~ a@ ~ se@<
'sMissouri is . state Of many
and varied resources, but IL firs.
of oil IN agricultural state. On
Missouri farms are 282. $40 fsai-
lies. Thousands Of others derive
thsir. livelihood indirectly from
the soil. Ys., Important ~ i
agriculture, thers has until re-
Gently been comparatively no at.
tention given to lie study, even
in country schools. Too ofsen IL
1t true that our country boys and
girls are being educated trom
the farm instead of for IT,
The foregoing q from bulls.
tin, "Ths School and the Farm"
recently issued by the Missouri
State Board Of Agriculture, and
which may be had free by ad-
dressing, Geo. B. Ellis. Secretary,
Columbia. Mo. The bulletin q
intended primarily for those On.
gagged in work In rural schools,
but win doubtless be read with
interest by others. The author
explains that by the term .'rural
schools" is meant mot only the
schools In extremely rural dis.
trictsf but also those in villagea
and small towns which draw
largely on the adjacent country
for pupils and financial support"
"Failure to take up The teach.
ing Of agriculture In some FORM"
writes the author, '.has not here-
tofore meant that the teacher has
been ct fault. Local conditions
may have been such as to have
made It unwiss to undertake the
work. However, the point wa
would make--and we would make
it plain--is tina. the rural school
teacher 10 atfsult when be fails
to point out 10 the country boys
and girls, who are his pupils,
the beauties and advantages OF
the oountry, who % oonstantiy
directing them cityward, and
whose, general demeanor and
conversation is such as to- make
them dissatisfied with their sur.
roundings. Not that we would
have our boys and girls blinds
folded, not bit Of 1t. We would
not have them remain on the
farm just because they were born
or reared there, but We would
have these boys and girls receive
the kind Of instruction that would
be OF value to them should they
decide 10 remain there"
Not only is the need Of agri.
cultural instruction pointed out.
but there are suggestions as to
how to interest the boys and girls
in the study Of the soil and grow.
ing things. In addition, there
are special chapters BY ms0
prominent in rural school work.
In one of these Thos. r. Melton
tails Of how he introduced agri.
culture in Q district school, and
Describes . novel and successful
school district fair.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05

Walter P. Chatham. cashier oI
the Farmers Bank Of clarkton,
has been presented with . solid
gold watch for bis courageous
action in frustrating the plans Of
. desperate robber who entered
the bank last August and de-
napded the money.
I. 8. Joseph 4 Co., Of Cape
Girardeau, representing the
United Surety Co., mailed the
watch 10 Mr.. Chatham this morn
ing as appreciation Of his BRAY.
cry.
The watch is contained in Q
beautiful solid gold case and on
the inside back cover is engraved
this inscription,
Presented TO W. p. Chatham,
cashier, by the, United Surety
Co., for bravery in preventing
the holdup Of the Farmers Bank
of Clarkton. August 10, 1909."
The attempted holdup created
. great deal OF excitement
throughout this section ct that
time. The robber entered the
bank in the middle of the after
noon. Steppiag 10 the cashiers
window he pointed d revolver at
Mr.. Chatham and ordered him to
hand over the money in the
drawer and In the vault. Instead
OF complying Mr.. Chatham stoop-
cd beneath the counter out Of
range Of the robbers weapon
and crswled on the floor TO the
door. In alarm the robbsr fed.
A posse was soon formed and the
would-be robber was captured in
q cornfield just outside Of the
town. He was tried In septem-
Der and sentenced to serve three
years In the psnitentiary Cape
Girardeau News.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05
ROUNDABOUT THE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Made bythe Shears.
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal. Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All interesting Reading.

aEH A<%AtA&+ So Woki1 EuA V0AW WSSA
400 and 300 feet deep.
Lille must be come grand. swest
seng 70 Harry Highnote, . bridge
builder in Bunceton.
jackson county in which Kan-
sas City is located, bad 1900
divorces during the year 1908.
A stream in Marion county Is
named Troublesome Creek. II
evidently doesn't now In bed
OF roses.
The pay roll Of the Wabash
railroad at Moberly has averaged
SAC, ,098.5t per month during the
past ysar,
"6tep in,n says the Blackburn
Record fs.snd cot your st5 suits
tmarkea by ths tariit 70 ss5.)"
A farmer near Hallsyills was
kicked nearly to death by o mule
he rescued from . burning barn.
That's grstitudei
Daniel ConnsIl, said TO be the
eldest man In johnson county,
died at the age Of 20 and was
buried at Kingsville Wednesday.
Nose Booss, said to be the
first slave brought to Vernon
county, died at Nevada last week
at thsa age Of something over 100
years.
The oldest man In Missouri is
said to BE- Richard Hooks an
osags City negro, who claims be
was born In North Carolina 1873
years ago.
A 5-months-old colt fourteen
hands high attracted much at
tsntion on the streets Of RichIand
recently. The owner was offered
and ssiqssd si0o for the young
ster.
Macon City had . LOCAL option
election last week and went wet
by . majority pf a07, One tenn
perance worker dropped dead
when he learned that the fight
was lost.
a horse stabbed ! man With !
knife in Columbis. A student in
the college Of agriculture was
operating on Q horse when the
animal kicked and droys the knife
into his arm.
A jury In the Lipn county cir
cult court found James Oliver
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05

Ripley and Duniklin.
A friend Of the Democrat, out
% Ripley county objects 10 fhis
paragraph that appeared In this
pspsr, Oct. Is;
4'Gov. Hadley and his immi-
Igfation board and othor followers
Ihad . good trip down Current
lrissr, last week, and are loud In
their praises Of that country that,
it best, can only be noted for its
scenery, climate and good
xatsr,''
and says: 'Ripley county has
IL good land rs Dunkiin, and
has upland which grows more
dollars worth Of peaches TO the
sore than the number Of bushels
lof wheat you oan grow on two
acres Of your Dunklin county
iands."
That's the idea, Those people
DO not know what we do really
grew down hsrs. We do not
raise wheat, or at most but little;
but actually, our cotton crop, for
Ions year, brings more money
than Ripley county WIN get for
lita psaGhas In twenty years, II
thspast season be an index. II
We are saying nothing dsrog- :
[atory 10 Ripley county; but when
| II is talked Of as . rich county.
iron an agricultural point, people
Twin laugh.
OF course, those bottoms are
lrich, but they are 90 narrow.
The uplands would be all right
did they not stand on edge, and
allow the farmers to fall of their
farms.
Why, our people work but three
months Of the year, and make
lsll the money they can spend.
0ae maA cen eultiyatA 80 acres
OF corn here. He can raise %
bushels to the acre, and not half
try.
We have men here, renters,
who are getting se6 per acre from
their cotton fields.
Our farm land is selling, when
sold at all, for from $50 to s100
an acre. We have always UNDER
stood that si5 was . fair price
for farm lands In Ripley, except
along the very narrow bottoms.
Our people frequently go 10
Ripley, Howell and Oregon
counties. TO live; but strictly on
account OF air and water, just as
We said, in the Objectionable
paragraph.
But, when It comes to good
IpeopIe, Ripley unquestionably
has some of the best on earth,
and they can not help 1t II their
county is not as rich and -
valuable as Dunklin.
God made them both: but he
made Dunklin last, after he had
lpracticsd . long time on the hill
icountiss. - Dunklin Democrat,
| lRsnnett. Mo.
Il f
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05
s1ax ps In Race fo- Cons
aress.

Probate Judge Sterling H. Mo-
Carthy, Of caruthersville. has the
congregational bee buzzing in hin
bonnst. and the indications are
that he WIN be IN the race,
He l. . lawyer, an sz.oadss Of
Annapolis, and one Of the Demo-
cratic leaders Of Psmiscot county,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05

Az t41 AiAu uouApJ SAkO&As
court ct Brookfield Saturday
was terminated one Of the most
vigorously contested damage
suits ever won against 9 railroad
company In this county--a suit
In which judgment for $40, 900
was given Sterling B. Howell Of
Chillicothe against the Burling-
ton. Howell was one of the
several passengers injured in .
train wreck st KsaFnsy last
March.
Ralph Ireland, driving an aut-
omobils in the race at ST. Charles,
which was . feature Of The csn-
tennial celebration, lost control
Of his machine, which was going
81 the rate Of sixty miles an hour,
and killed Mrs. Charles A. Swade,
Of that city, and injured q SCORE
Of others.
The Daniel Boone statue fund
is growing at Columbia. It has
reached the magnificent sum Of
500. When the legislature
meets. this 500 will be q nucleus
for an attempt to pull the state
treasury for 3 $40, 900 appropria-
ton. It's . wsy Dear Old Col
umbia hacl
Kducation has reached that
stage In Trenton whore stereopti-
con pictures are shown in the
high school assembly room illus-
trating ''punts, ""end runs'' and
the forward pass" The name
and position of each plsysr 10
shown on the canvass.
A man named Witherspoon,
one of three who negotiated q
fraudulent real estate loan from
the Walton Trust Co., Of Butler,
eleven years ago, has just been
convinced In the Bates county
circuit court and given q ten
year penitentiary sentence.
AT Eldon. Saturday, Nicholas
oherls waylaid William Farris
and wife as they were returning
from Eldon, shot and seriously
wounded both and then killed
himself. Oberle was said to be
infatuated with Mrs. Farris. who
had recently had him arrested.
Two islands in the Gasconade
river in Pulaski county are to be
opened by the United States to
entry for either cash or home-
stead. on November 20. The first
applicant on Or after that date
win get the islands, enc Of thirty
and the other Of thirteen acres.
All Of us may not own automo-
bilss, but It IL some consolation
that Al Of US can have flying
maohinss. Rrpi, Hubbard Of The
Missouri State University School
|of Engineering, says thst sus
man with mechanical skill oughl
70 be able % build an asropIans,
According 70 the report Of ths
stats bureau Of minss and mining
Iss completed by Secretary Geo
lBsrtholsmass, The value Of ths
mineral products Of the state fol
the year 1903 amounted % u
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1909-11-05

| A woman 10 Stoddard county
wss charged with hog stealing
and, upon . trial 10 . justice
court, was acquitted. Nov she
has fled two damage suits FOR
$4,000 each against her accus.
ere.
Representative Mats !. Conran,
Iof New Madrid county, while 10
st. Louis . few days ago, told :
reporter that he was not . oandi-
date for the Dsmoosstic nomlns-
ton for Railroad snd wsrshcus<
Commissioner. He has had
enough Of politics foF . while.
A new town is being built q
West Eminence, where the Mis-
souri Lumber and Mining Ccm-
pany 10 moving their saw mills.
A 37.room hotel and 100 to 900
dwellings are b Elm 9 erected.
This means big boom for Sham
non county, for the mills have
enough timber in sight to run for
ten years.
Geo. w. Greenlee received q
voucher from the treasury de-
partment the other day for csc. "a,
money due him for services ren-
dered the government as q soldier
some "A years ago. The govern
ment does not pay interest On
such debts. lit did, Mr., Greens
lee would have received $514 In
terest on the original debt Of
less than $40,
The historic house in SPRING
field, in which General Early
died, is being torn down. II has
stood on the public seusre since
1845. General Early was shot 10
the foot and boasted that ''no
Dutchman can kill me by shoot
ing of 9 toe" Blood poisoning
set in and at the battle of VIII
|soA,s Greek the general became
exhausted. He was taken 10 the
Logan home, where he died.
When Judge j. F. Howard and
Mrs. Howard Of Chillicoths cele-
brated their twenty-fifth wedding
anniversary forty years ago they
invited all their guests TO come
to THAR golding wedding. They
laughed, thinking It improbable
that the Judge would live that
long. This week the old couple
celebrated their sixty-Gfth we'd
ding anniversary. But only one
Of those former guests 10 living.
Two Joplin negroes were In
ldicted on the charge Of robbing
Lee Smith. They entered q plea
|of guilty on the prosecutors
promise that they would get only
two years In the penitsntiary
When they came Into court they
found that the wrong Lee Smith
had been subpoenaed to testify
against them. The negroes were
quick witted enough to withdraw
their plea while there was yeI
time.
Police Inspector NcCann, u
lChicsgo. was recently convicted
"a .s-.-.as = l-sl-- 49,. f-~~--S
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
RHEUMATISM.
One Course Of Treatment Fer the Cure
Of the Disease.

One Course Of Treatment Fer the Cure
Of the Disease.
To cure rheuma tism It is necessary
to rid the system Of the excess Of uric
acid. and to do this q proper diet Is
even more important than the use of
drugs, though IN very severe cases the
litter are not to be despised In con-
junction with the dieting that is abso-
lutaly essential.
The Massachusetts General hospital
Of Boston allows the following diet for
it's rheumatic patients: Graham or
brown bread, white bread Qimited to
one-half slice daily, corn. rice, milk.
eggs. nour. puddings, crackers, beans,
peas. all kinds Of Vegetables, except
potatoes. tomatoes and asparagus, rhu-
barb. fresh fish, butter, cheese. but
termilk. cream. alkaline waters and
toast. Avoid red meats. starch or
potatoes, white bread and sugars.
The sensible use Of water both in
ternally and externally plays q large
part in the prevention or cure Of rheu-
hot or cold, taken before breakfast
every morning II excellent to start the
organs OF digestion for the day, and
at least one glass should be taken be-
tween meals. Often the plain water
will be enough to move slightly con.
stipateA person, but II not mild med
icated water may be taken instead. II
II very essential to keep the bowels
open In cases Of rheu0atism.
Uric acid in the system IL . poison
and 1t must not - forgotten thai
poisonous waste matter - also elm
mated through the skin. The pores 81
the skin must be hept freely open and
not allowed to bsosune olsGgsA II We
hope to obtaio the. best resulas witt
rheumatic cases. A bet hath ct bed
time u often very hslpf1i.-HeAneator
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
Sfrck Gillian Writes a Letter

better we cannot be to greatful for bein
britern uthers one Mise thing about be
In britern uthers Is that 1t IL privilej
EVERY one can enjoy as vel as you an
me hoo RELY are briter no man is
sutch darnfule a. to be deprived Of
the privilej Of feeling sorry for uthers
for not being % brite as him let US
give Thank and not Quexchun our
sells to close about whether were RELY
briter or just think so hoping you are
the same 1 am ever thine
Strickle GLEN
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
Money to Pay the Workers on
Pennsylvania Construction
Gang Will Be Deposited in
a Local Bank.
$500, 600 WILL BE
PAID OUT FOR WAGES
Each Month Money Will Be
Taken From Bank to Pay
Station Near centerviIIe
And Strongly Guarded.

CT the three million dollars IN he ex.
ended on the improvements to the
9nnsylvania railroad company's line
county and Henry county
Mndred thousand dollars Will
~ for wages, according to q
mt OF one Of the First National
omcials this morning. The con-
etaeting firm of PHILADELPHIA. Pa.
which has charge of the CONSTRUCTION
work. has made ARRANGEMENTS with
khaf bank to pay off the company's
men each month. The monthly wages
called for is approximately $4,000
ma as the contractors do not expect
p finish the work IN less than q years
Lime the amount paid out In wages
Will be approximately 100000.
In letter to the banking officials
Ehe contractors state that 1000 men
Mill be employed in the construction
gAng. This will include laborers Of ali
finds. both skilled and unskilled.
Work will be carried on both might
md day until the mammoth improve.
ment is completed.
To Have Strong House.
the arrangements for paying the
ne0 have been carefully made. The
co0tractors will build secure and
STRONG building along the railroad
fracks west Of Centerville a short dis
rance, which will be the pay station
pf the contractors during their opera
lions In Wayne and Henry counties
Each month $4,000. guarded by al
extra policeman and bank oficials
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17

Striclan W. Gillian. the we'll
known Chautauqua lecturer, formerly
of this city, was asked to contribute
a poem to The Lyceumite and Talent
recently. He did so and the letter &C.
companying the verses was equally az
good as the poem It Is said.
The etter was as follows:
Deer Piercin'-hear is mi crismus
pome don't you think its cute like 1t
very mulch 1t Is one Of the Best things
hav ever rote SO NANNY peepul rite
bad verses lime glad can rite so mulch
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
I5c. each-3 for 9se.
clustt, Peabody q Co., Makers
The best asc. Cuffs are Arrows

will be placed in an automobile and
hurried to the pay station. It will be
in charge of the officials of the First
National bank. A systematic ar
rangement will be worked out whereby
the night and day men may be paid
promptly.
The improvement plans call for the
reduction Of the Jackson Hill grade to
a OF grade, and in order to accom-
plish this hundreds of thousands of
yards Of dirt will have to be removed.
The cut on the hill will be widened a
hundred feet or more In order to &C.
commodate the additional track. In
making the cut the company will have
to spend thousands of dollars for con-
crete work. It is absolutely necessary
to set the bed of the road in concrete
because OF the nature of the ground
1t IL very swampy and is also of the
quick sand variety. In order to re-
move the quick sand, ice making ma
chinery will be installed and the sand
frozen, then cut in blocks and hauled
away.
High at Cambridge.
However the work will not be
devoted entirely to jackson Hill. Be-
tween this point and Cambridge City,
q fill Of several feet. and in some in
stances as much as ID or 20 feet will be
made. The fiji or trestle work
through Cambridge City will be so
high that person seated in a coach
may look into the second story win
dows Of the residences along the way,
and In some instances It will be high
er than the top line Of the roofs.
At the present time Dublin is 10
Gated on about level with the rail-
road tracks, but after the improve
ment is made. it will be considera-
bly, higher as the grade will be reduced
many feet. Between jackson Hill and
Dublin the biggest fills and the deep
est cuts will be made, consequently
more money will be spent in this
county than In Henry county.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
CASE WAS APPEALED

Isaac Winburn, colored. who was
arrested last week for pointing . re-
volver at Mrs. John Morris in the
courtyard Of her home, back Of Fifth
and Main street, was fined IS and costs
In the city court yesterday afternoon.
An appeal bond was Immediately filed
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
HAMPTON'S
MAGAZINE

Ama9eaA GHoaherE1eaf
1oa&uDestAak - 9aake ,yon .exy
that thi4 = L. stBes4 Magazine
In Amegica /" arc
"Lsftixg TIE f1ow Kes-
sos by G. w. Ogden. The
story Of Csbazn, the man Who
made Kaneas.
sDke R1xt' 7siIsSs - Hes-
i1."-Kseinald Wright Kzuf-
man tells Why Dame Fashion
= oesting eAe farmers teoa, 49,
90 : yoAr.
"7ze 0s1ks O'Gealx." An
Iris, folk lore seoey BY Herminie
Tem2leson.
-. PSlieisE~L1gkess Citses.
eenerl Binghnm sspeaks
. n q LIT aboaf tie rottenness
1 THE NV Ylgk Judiciary.
s ou me- NJ 49, his starting
fese3a0lsns.
= Ntyk1b@ WSs's Hk.ts u. !"
DIR. Tkc1oe Z Ccoun coutri-
bunae ! nUse 11eezsely l1eez1st-
~ 80 1npegtnnk artclo q the
JGanne 4n1s4sn-
- = s.1vv - .s1sr
Is cents
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
and the case will again be tried in the
circuit court.

According to tho evidence in the
case the Winburn and Morris families
have not been ON the best Of terms for
quite . while. Last week an alterca-
ton grow out of . pile Of dirt which
Winburn's children are alleged to have
swept over on Mrs. Norris side of the
court Hot words intsrmingled with
much profanity followed this action
during which Winburn IL charged with
drawing q revolver and threatening to
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17

take the life of Mrs. Morris. Accord
Ing to the testimony Winburn admit,
ted pointing a.gun 1t Mrs. Morris. but
stated that he was justified In his act
~ Mrs. Morris herself was armed and
his own life was In danger.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-17
paen&v e Do Them.

thing WIN money"
you can't do with money are bsing
done BY % many ether people that
there's no reason why enc should want
to do theme Chicago Record Herald.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-18
Send your Book or JOB Printing to
THE INDEPENDENT
For Clean, Neat Work ..':'
APPLICATION NO. 1885

APPLICATION NO. 1885 49,. e.. $500.
Notice of Application for Permission to Appro-
pirate the Public Waters Of the State of Nevada
-. Notice is hereby given that on the 98th. day
OF October 1905, In accordance with Section 25.
Chapter XVIII, of the Statutes of 1907, one
Golconda Cattle Co OF Goloonda, County OF
Humboldt and State of Nevada. made application
to the State Engineer Of Nevada for permission
to appropriate the public waters of the State
Of Nevada. Such appropriation Is to be made
from springs at head OF Fraser Creek and tribu-
taries at points in W4 NEH Sec 2. T. 80. N.
r. Al E., being application to change the point
Of diversion of said waters which have been pre-
viouSly appropriated by applicant or its grant
ors. and to take additional flow from sold
springs which can be developed at point Of di-
version, by means of dam and open out
and all the flow is to be conveyed to
z: NJ NE4 and SEA NEA Sec. IS; ny SWh
NEH Sec. 20. all in T.: 80 NJ. r. Al E.. M. D. M,
by means Of bitches. and there used for lrriga-
tion and domestic purposes. Water not to
be returned TO stream. - 500.
Date Of nrst publication October 90 1902
Date of last publication December 4, 1909
Signed:
FRANK II. NICHOLAS,
State Engineer
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1909-11-18
THE TROY LAUNDRY.

e. The Troy Laundry Company informs
it's patrons and the public in general
that they have secured the services of
some fancy ironers from the best laun
dries I'M SanFrancisco, also q first class
collar and shirt man and will hereafter
be able to turn out work of the highest
quality. A trial and you will be- con-
vinced. TROY LAUNDRY Co.
LOUIS NoUssEiLLETES, MANIAC ER
Elko, Nevada, Sept. IS, 1909. ...