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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-12
RUNNFLSTOWN SAFE
and STORE ROBBED

Information has been received by
local officers that the commissary of
J. P. Runnells, of Runnellstown, was
robbed Saturday night. The safe was
blown open and looted and as yet no
arrest have been made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-12

Cubans are taking kindly to the tel
ephone and many installations are be-
ing made.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-12

Two large electrically-regulated
clocks have been installed at the Man
haitian end of Brooklyn Bridge.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-12
CLAYTON Peeler Died From
The Effects Of Injuries

Peeler, of Silver Creek and s. J. ant
Ernest Peeler, of Ethel.
The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-12
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The Hattiesburg news. (Hattiesburg, Miss.) 1908-1917, 1911-06-12

Gives the news, general. state
and local. Give the circulation
man your subscription
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
TOO COMMON \ STORY.

Jim Washburn had worked in a
pottery for ten years. The dust was
beginning to tell. If he STAYED it
was only matter of time until the
dread disease" would claim him.
Jim had a wife and three litt:e
children. For their sake he gave up
the job in the pottery and took a less
remunerative one on a dray line.
His new work was to haul loads
over the main streets of the town
to and from the railroad yards. The
streets We're paved. but seldom swept.
Mother nature ran the only sprink-
Ter; when this was not working
clouds of fine dust were picked up b;
the frequent gusts of wind. Those
clouds of dust carried millions of d.
sease germs. Again and again they
attacked jim Washburn, only to be
repulsed.
Finally a little tuberculosis MI
crobe lodged in his lungs. 1t took
root and grew. Then Jim, who had
Guit the pottery for the sake OF wife
and children. went home a helpIes,
invalid. and that wife and those lit
lie children were left to struggle
On through life as best they could. !
Such is the common story OF
-ity's unwashed streets.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
WORKMAN, SPARE THAT BRIDGE

There are three bridges on the
University of Missouri campus. They
span a winding, wet-weather branch.
Two of them are of concrete and the
other is of wood.
There is nothing human. nothing
lite-like. nothing friendly or congen-
ial about the concrete bridges. There
is no occasion to look at them twice,
no call to linger at the railing, to
pause and take a survey of surround
ings. There is such feeling about
the wooden bridge. 1t has a roman
tic atmosphere about it, an appeal
to the quaint and rustic, to the SIM
pie virtues in man.
The other day workmen began put
tering about this wooden bridge. All
its friends, and it has many >of them,
feared that they We're going to re-
place it with another concrete
parody. Instead, they merely added
to the rustic railing 1t is to be
hoped that this bridge continues as it
is. 1t is a link that binds the old
University to the new. touch of
ancient primitiyeness in a busy COL
lege yard. 1t would be sacrilege to
replace it with a prosaic concrete
SPAN
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
BE AN ENGINE.

Did you ever see a railroad train
steaming up a long slope, doing its
work we'll, and realize what it sig
nifes? The train is made up of
many cars and one engine. The en-
gine is the active element and the
cars are burden-carriers
1t is the same way in life. One
man will have the steam and the
strength of will to see his Opportu-
mites and to carry out his plan. 9th
ers will take their orders and carry
them out, because they have not
trained themselves to be self-reliant
or to see their opportunities.
Students, you are here working
and gathering facts, but in a broad
sense it is not the facts you are here
for. From the practice in studying
you should be able to see the real
meaning of things and have the abil-
iiy to carry out your plan.
These lessons should enable you,
if you have any steam, TO be an en-
CINE and not one of the cars in life.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04

sources. This is all well and good,
and looks toward the prosperity of
our COMMON country. But there is
another conservation that is even
more important-the conservation of
manhood and womanhood.
We have drawn heavily upon our
material resources and they are be-
ing rapidly depleted-thus the call
for conservation. Our material de-
velopment has been looked after
more assiduously in proportion to
its importance, than that of the de-
yelopment of good citizenship. But
the greatest and most comforting
thought in this connection is that the
sources from which we draw for the
development of our magnificent man
hood and womanhOod are ilimita-
bic. They are as boundless as the
skies. They are the resources. of
There is no limit to
truth, no limit to love, no limit to
the possibilities of loving kindness.
There is no need in this world |
SO great as the need of loving kind |
ness, of gentle deeds and loving
W ords, consideration for the lives
and feeling of others. These are
The things to live for, these are the
loble acts of life, these are the
Lings that make life's burdens
lighter and its tasks pleasure.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
CHICAGO DAIRY SHOW \ "HIT.''
President Taft, DairynaIds' Choruses
and FrOliCking Calves Helped.

At the National Dairy Show in Chi
ego. Kentucky State University took
a majority of honors in the student
Judging contest The Kentucky boys
took first place as team. with Ten
teams competing.
Russell Jensen of South Dakota
Agricultural College had the highest
individual score in the contest.
President Taft visited the show
and personally presented the Taft
cup TO MIR, Jensen, for the best indi-
viGual work in the student Judging
contest. The President was intro
duced by II. L. Van Norman, prcsi-
dent of the National Dairy Show. AT
ter speaking on the dairy industry
as it appears to him the President
sampled the six ton cheese ami pro-
Hounced it first class.
The dairymaids' chorus was the
hit of the afternoon and evening pro-
grams. each of six girls dressing to
represent one of the six dairy breeds.
Al the night shows Johnny Hands
band furnished the music. Athletic
contests, basketball games and foot
races We're held. The girls milking
contest had the crowd ON its toes.
The frolic of 100 calves in the ring
each night was especially amusing.
The University of Illinois had
practical display. which was interest
ing and instructive to all farmers.
Saturday was children's day. Free
milk, free ice cream, pony shows,
calf frolics, music. the COWS and arm
loads of souvenirs made the day one
lCng scene of merriment for them.
They had been given a holiday from
their books to see the big show.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
JOE JUST ACTED.

When Joe Marion slipped and
broke his arm he didn't go around
With a sour face and a crouch; he
wore a smile and made the best of
it. Most people are like Joe that
way.
But one day Joe's bank failed, and
his meagre savings OF a lifetime were
swept away At first he was down.
cast, just as he was when the doctor
told him he must wear his arm in a
sling for a month.
Then he took a new hold on life.
He carried his head little higher
than usual when he went to work the
Eext morning. He was young again;
the ambition of youth surged once
more in his breast He put new en-
ergy into his work; he did better
than his best. His employer noticed
Ii.
Then came the rise, the promotion,
the overhead work Joe had sue
ceeded His misfortune had made
him.
And Joe isn't much different from
the rest of us. Only he acted.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04

The marriage of a Baltimore belle
last month to the man of her choice,
when by so doing she forfeited an
Inheritance of $1,5O0,000, tends TO
refute the cynic who holds that a
modern love affair is very much like
an English plum pudding : very
little sugar and sweetness about it
and largely a matter of dough.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Thirty Years Ago.

The faculty of the University de
cided to publish regular quarterly
magazine. the professors to be the
editors.
Columbia citizens objected to the
tolling of the church bell after fun
cIal services.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04

TO look at the titles of these works
convinces one that the writers OF this
: state We're among the most prolific
) that ever lived. Now and then one
comes across an up-to-date novel.
and this is relief after looking at
books OF the old style. Works in
two volumes are here and next to
them. perhaps, a small pamphlet that
is nearly lost in the crush. Warn
ntgS 10 Young men are numerous
love stories dot the shelves. and the
poet Of tile state has his effort
crowned with layer of dust.
/ Around the room in neat metal
cases are the recent files of the Kan
sas City and ST. Louis papers, to-
scther with old papers from. Jener-
son City, New Franklin. Sedal!a and
other old towns in the state What
IS seen here is only small part OF
the newspapers that pour into the
Office daily. There is card catalogue
o all bound newspapers and this /
names oO00 of them. At present /
there are a thousand volumes which /
cover the last six years waiting TO be
bound. but the society is ahead Of the
binding allowance, so these will have
to wait. The space occupied by the
library on the first floor Of Academic
Eall is not large enough, and many
of the Old files of newspapers are
stored in new stacks in the basement
Of the building.
This society was organized at
of the Missouri Press Asso-
citation held in Kansas City in 1898.
committee was appointed to re-
port on the organization of the State
Historical Society. This committee
net at Columbia and the executive
board of the University of Missouri
gave. rent free, the use of the rooms
il. Academic Hall which it has today.
+ w. stephens Of Columbia was the
first president and Prof Isidor Loeb 1
Of the University the first secretary. !
At present there is a total of 49,
500 publications, not including un-
Bound periodicals. This number has |.
been slightly lesscned by exchanges 1
With other state societies and other !,
libraries. i card catalogue has been !.
added to the library. but this is not |.
yet complete. 1t is most valuable
sid to those who use the files of the ..
library.
The members of the society num-
,er 1.lG1, divided into honorary
members, those not in Missouri.
bose in the state. and corresponding
nembers. ANY newspaper editor
ghO sends his publication to the So
iety becomes a member.
The law of Missouri provides that
he society shall receive sixty cop
es of everything printed by the
tate and its institutions, except the
oUrt reports, for its exchanges. Dur
ng the last two years the Univer-
ity donated l771 pamphlets as re-
uired by this law.
+. A. Sampson is secretary of the J
Gciety, and is familiar figure in
he rooms of the society. Floyd c.
hoemaker, graduate student of
ne University of Missouri, is assis-
int librarian.
Err. F. |
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
The State Historical Library

Tucked away in corner of Aca.
: demic Hall is the room occupied By
/ the State Historical Society. G!anc.
ing casually inside, the visitor sees
a rusty gun, dug up by some farmer
and sent to the society. Near this is
an old spinning wheel; further on a
! frame containing some of the small
denominations of paper money in use
| many years ago. Just to look at the
volumes cOnyinces one of their an
tiquity. They have that mouldy, de
csying look which labels old books
As such, and on closer inspection one
sees dates on bound volumes of news
papers that go back hundred wears.
> II bookcase is opened and a vol
Lme selected at random, it NAV tell
of the travels of some man through
the wilds of the Missssippi river. or
the region surrounding it. Omen a
page or two OF another and the fol-
lowing is seen: The site of Columbia
Is well chosen with a view to the
convenience of the inhabitants. There
IS In this town a valuable journal
named the Patriot. This publication
has the advantage of getting its pa
per from mill near the town. There
are twelve stores and three churches
III the town. The great Western mail
coaches have their routes through
Columbia. and these pass three times
a week"
Another book from this same case
which is full of information about
the country says that the population
Ci Boone county i'll 1880 was $500.
The town is said to be iifty-siy miles
from jefferson City. for in those days
that was the way the location of a
town was given, and jefferson CITY is
placed as 50 many miles west of
City. Only twenty-three
or the ll3 counties had come into
being at this time. OF education il
was said by this writer that Missouri
had two colleges. a Catholic institu-
ton in st. Louis and a Presbyterian
school at Palmyra. This is the kind
Of information the books contain.
and interesting reading they make.
OF Columbia there is a good rec
ord in the Missouri Statesman that
vas presented to the society by
Charles Gibson of St Louis. These
'apers are from 1S43 to 1855.
One of the books that draws at ,
CntiOn is found TO be a text book on
a law subject. writ
en- in fine. small script that would
lever be seen today. 1t contains
"a pages The regularity of the =
ines and writing make the page look 4
s if it We're copper plate. In some
lac the writing is so small as to
'e hardly readable. In the same case
With this book are the works of |
lark Twain and Eugene Field. two II
Oted Missouri authors These are $
reasured works, for in some in c
tances the works were given by the Il
ritter himself. 5
In little narrow alley between q
he wall and the shelf of books are
be works of Missouri authors. Ev- s.
rything written by MissOurians finds I!
5 way to these shelves if the society :
an get it. AS the collection stands Il
t present, it is the largest one of ia
iissOuri authors in the world. And
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Glass to Roast MarShmallows.

The Sunday School class of Uni
versity women at the Methodist
Church will have marshmallOw
roast from to o'clock this after
neon at the home of Miss Margaret
DIumm. 1920 Anthony street.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Forty Years Ago.

The negroes of Boone County or
eanized an agricultural society
Colonel James r. Shields divided
the grounds around his house into
twenty-eight building lots making an
addition to Columbia known as
Shields Eastern Addition.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Ten Years Ago.

The contract for the erection of
the Dairy and Stock Judging Build
iags on the state farm was awarded
TO b. F. Stewart & Sons at $24,S3O.
Miss Ethyl NJ. Fine was appointed
a notary public, the first woman no.
tary in Boone county.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Heard al IL Picture SHOW.
-E.R.A.F.

occupied seats at one of the moving
picture theatres on Ninth street. A
fearful drama was being acted on the
screen.
II just dearly love these sad sto,
ries." she said.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Doctor CoursauIt to Richmond.

DR.. J. II. Coursalt went to Rich
mond Yesterday to attend a meeting
of the teachers association there.
Friday he will go to Platte City and
address the teachers there.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
What the Old Grads SG1c
Five Years Ago.

Columbia raised a $eG.90O bonus
to induce the Hamilton Brown Shoe
Company of st. Louis to establish
a branch factory in Columbia.
Columbia's bank clearings for one
Fay were $1j,19S.S4.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Twenty Years Ago.

The North Missouri Press Associa-
tion met at Moberly Walter Will
liams replied to the address of well
come by Prof. W. f. Coleman of the
MOberly High School.
On account of continued dry
weather, farmers had to haul wa
ter for their stock.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
Dixie Club to Meet Tomorrow Night

The Dixie Club will meet in Room
A. Y. NJ. c. A. Building. at 7:30
o'clock tomorrow night.
University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1911-11-04
THE GREATEST NEED IN LIFE.

A great deal is being said about
the conservation of our material re-
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-12-21
ABERDEEsi PAYS
*125O,0o0 tN TAXES
Advance of 100000 Valuation Due to
Entrance Uf New Railroads Into
City Limits

An increase of more than 100000
ia taxes in Aberdeen, over last year,
is the showing of the tax rolls for
1914, which have just been complied
by Assessor f. f. Jones. The in
crease is due to the railroad construc-
ton in the county during the past
year. while the Northern Pacific valp-
ations show an increase.
The present assessed valuation OF
Aberdeen property for the year 1911,
is s4.66S 500 The full taxation in
Guiding al llevies this year is $780,
1885. or about one-quarter OF the
taxes paid by the entire county.
Following are the taxes paid by
the various railroads now operating
in Chehalis county:
Northern Pacific, $4,000; Oregon
Washington Railroad & Navigation
company, $4,000; Black Hills L
Northwestern, $21.27; Chicago. Mil
waukee & Puget Sound, s312,32;
Grays Harbor Light G. Power COM
pany, S10,007.03.
The Western Union Telegraph com
pany's tax this year amounts to Sl5l.
IT.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-12-21
COUNTY PORT DISTRICT
COMMISSION ORGANIZES
Frank n. Lamb Is Chosen to Head
Body and Will Secure Services
of Engineer

AT meeting of the three commits
sioners-elect of the Port District Com
mission in Aberdeen Monday. Frank
II. Lamb was selected as chairman
and A. c. Mcneil of Montesano. as
secretary of the commission. Owing
to the fact that the vote had not been
canvassed and the board was not le-
gally formed, the work was prelimi-
nary, owing to the anticipated depart
ure of w. J. Patterson for California.
1t was decided to secure an advisory
board consisting of R. II. Thomson
of Seattle, and engineer for the port
commission there, Virgil Bogue,
prominent engineer of Tacoma and
j. B. c. Lockwood. engineer for the
Port of Portland.
Secretary Mcneil will go to Seat
tie and Tacoma to consult with Mr..
thomson and Mr.. Bogue, as on his
return the board will meet and or
ganize.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-12-21
GREER IS GUILTY
DECLARES JURY
Is Fined S. and Costs For His
Slanderous Ne
marks
THE CASE IS HUMOROUS
Jury Asks Judge What Is
Shape Of Rams
Horn

After one of the most amusing
cases, heard in the police court in
many months, Percy H. Greer, was
found guilty and fined So and costs,
for slandering Mrs. Emil Pfund. The
complaint alleged that Greer said
Mrs. Pfund was as crooked as a
rams horn" but Greer introduced a
number of Witnesses to prove that
the qualified the statement, by say
ing 'if Mrs. Plund said, etc
The examination 12 women by Dep
uty Attorney Cross was amusing and
more than once Judge Tucker raped
for order, as q ripple of laughter
rang through the hall at some conf
cal remark Greer was represented
by F. w. Loomis.
Cross had considerable fun exam
ining the witnesses, until one of the
number, braver than the others, be-
gan to answer him curtly, then the
other witnesses took the cue and
turned the tables, the answers pro-
voking as much mirth as the ques-
tions.
The jury, after considerable delib-
GRAFTON. sent the following request to
Judge Tucker:
Having arrived at the point in our
deliberations as to whether a rams
horn is crooked or straight we ap.
peal to your honorable body to in
struct us as to the nature of this part
of the rams anatomy.
An immediate decision will great
ly assist your humble servants in ar
irving at decision. The jury is hung
at this time on this particular point"
The jury consisting of Frank Wheel
er. F.. X. Dedrick, j. P. Morgan, l..
H. Norm, Clyde Davidson and Err
nest Bloch brought IN the following
verdict:
"ln finding this defendant guilty
we do SO more as reprimand and
check on any future remarks which |
nay be made by the defendant at
my future time, than as an evidence
of the guilt of said defendant.
1--WE find no direct evidence show
ng Mrs. Pfund made the remarks at .
to have been made as testi-
led to by Mr.. Greer-namely, that /
lie was selling brass goods and phon-
" merchandise. Even should this
lave been conclusive, we condemn
md criticism such language being ap
)lied to any female.
I'VE further wish to condemn and
discourage any further agitation by
he party making complaint or any
# her friends-believing such actions
unworthy of reputable business
lOuSes or worthy citizens"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1911-12-21
JOHNSON HOME
FROM THE EAST
Reports That Harbor Will Re-
ceive $50O,0O0 Appropria-
ton For improvements

Albert Johnson, delegate from the
Harbor cities to the National Rivers
and Harbors congress at Washington.
ID. c., arrived home yesterday and
was immed iately taken to the Ho-
quiam Commercial club luncheon,
where he was the guest of honor. He
reported on his trip, saying that he
thought the harbor would get at least
SoOo,o0O for improvements this year.
Speaking of the trip made by the
Governors special, Mr.. Johnson said:
Il crossed the trail of the COVER
nors' special train at Washington,
New York, indianapolis and St Paul, -
said Mr.. Johnson. There was dis
played lively interest in the excur
sion everywhere in the East.
1T was three days sensation in
New York, and while the Sun dub
bed it The Alfalfa Special the enter
tainment by Mayor Gaynor and Gov.
Dix was fine. The turnstiles on the
exhibit cars showed that 100000 per
sons have passed through. Probably
100000 persons have heard the gov
ernors speak on the trip.
Owing to the fact that Western
cars are wider than the cars used bv
Eastern railroad, the special train
was stopped at Jersey City, unable
to pass through the TUNNEL to New
York. The train did not reach Wash
lngton, ID. c., for the same reason.
and was held at Baltimore.
The audiences which attended the
meetings displayed unusual interest
IN the progressive legislation in Ore
gon, and Gov. West was kept busy
answering questions. 1t was impos.
slble for him to avoid speaking OF
political things, although there was
nothing political about the trim"