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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
DID IT in ten DAYS.
General Staff of the Army Is Proud of
Mobilization Work.

Washington, March 23.-The general
staff is proud of the degree of success
attained in the effort to mobilize an
army division in Texas and today made
public the facts, as gathered by the
army inspectors, on which the record
was made.
Instead of occupying sixty days, as
had been predicted in some quarters,
the entire movement was completed in
ten days. Within eighteen hours after
orders were received on March 6, the
Tenth infantry was entrained at Fort
benjamin Harrison.
The Fourth field artillery was the
last to board the cars at Fort D. A.
Russell, Wyo., but that was because OF
the inability of the roads to get the
coaches to that point promptly. The
Seventeenth infantry, from Fort Nc
Pherson, Ga, was the first organiza-
ton to reach San Antonio, and it was
in camp, under canvas, three and a
half days after orders. The troops
from Fort Myer. Va, had the greatest
distance to travel, LIS miles, and they
averaged % miles an hour on the trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
MORE RECRUITS WANTED
War Department Demands Large
Number of Infantry at Once.

Chicago, March 23.-Two kilograms
from the war department in Washing
ton were received at the headquarters
of the Chicago recruiting station, yes
terday, urging that the officers take i'm
mediate steps to enlist all possible re-
cruits promptly.
The first telegram read as follows:
Large number of infantry recruits
required. Make special efforts accord
ingly. By order of adjutant general.
"ALVORD, Adjutant General.
The message was telephoned to the
various substations with instructions To
send out handbills in all the districts.
Hardly had the telephone order been
communicated when a second telegram
came from the adjutant generals Of
flee, declaring the call urgent and adj
vising that the stations be kept open
day and night if necessary II read:
use every effort to procure recruits
for the infantry without delay. Urgent
If necessary open day and night
Men were sent out with 10000 hand
bills. across the tops of which were
printed in large red letters, Men
wanted"
Printers were ordered to produce 3d.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
NORTH SIDE NEWS
John G. Mahan Dies Suddenly
at His Home.
Heart Disease Cause-In Topeka
90 Years.
SAME AS MOSQUITOES.
Says Richardson About Capital
lists FavOrite Argument.
"BIeeds Sleeping LsbOrer by In
direct Taxation"
ME AS MOSQUITOES.

John c. Mahan, aged "a, died sud
denly at his home. $40 North Quincy
street, about 6 o'clock last evening.
Heart trouble was the cause The
funeral arrangements will be an
ncunced later.
Mr.. Mahau has not been Well for
some time. However, he has been
able to help about the house. He had
been feeling unusually well the past
few days and Wednesday afternoon
had assisted the carpenter in building
q porch and making other improve
ments to the house. He had helped
nail lathS, etc.
About 6 o'clock he came into the
kitchen where Mrs. Mahan was pre-
pairing supper and sat down. Sudden
ly he fell over.
A doctor was sent for at once, but
before he arrived Mr.. Mahan was
dead.
Mr.. Mahan has lived in Topeka
twenty years. He was born March z,
1S47, at Greencastle, Ind. He served
in the Civil war in an Indiana regi-
ment Since coming to Topeka, Mr..
and Mrs. Mahan have kept boarders for
several years. Besides his wife, he
leaves two sons, Register Mahan and
William Mahan. Their father was well
known and well liked.
The capitalist argument, live and
let live is the argument of the mos
quito. The mosquito says, L must
live. Jones, you have gallons of blood
One drop from you and your fellows
will be enough for me. Stay asleep
and let me tap you Likewise, the
capitalist or appropriation says to the
laborers or producers, Eight dollars
out of the ten which you earn will be
enough for me. Stay asleep and let
me tap you And the laborer has
stayed asleep while the capitalist has
been tapping him.
These statements were made by F.
\. Richardson, a teacher of history
and economics for the past fifteen
years and noted Socialist lecturer, in
his talk at Lukens' opera house last
night. His subject was, 1.-THE Basis of
Industrial Problems
His speech was the second number
on the Socialist 1yceum. Only a small
number heard him.
Mr.. Richardson stated that on an
average the American wage Garner
produced each day commodities that
sold retail for $40. that of this he re-
ceived on an average 50. He based
these figures upon a government re-
port of factory statistics.
Throughout his remarks he de-
clared that the bulk of the So was in
vested by the capitalist in 'watered
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
HE TAKES UP ELEVEN.
Twelve Persons Travel Two Miles on
an Aeroplane.

Douai, France, March 23.-Aviator
Breguet made record performance to-
day when he carried eleven passengers
in his monoplane a distance of two
miles The flight was made at a height
varying from so to rs feet. The weight
of the twelve persons was 1915 pounds
and the combined weight of the ma
chine and it's occupants was 2,602
pounds.
The best previous performance of the
kind was made by NJ. LIE Martin, who
on February took up seven persons on
five minutes trip.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

list system-of exploiting labor, backed
as it is by political bosses, organiza-
lions and machines; by press, pulpit
and university; by legal precedent and
talent, and the customs and teachings
Of ages; by armies and navies and all
the powers of concentrated wealth,
would last about 80 days, would end
with the first payday. And why? Sole
ly because the injustice, the hideous-
ness of the thing would, at one stroke,
be laid bare
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

Mr.. Richardson says that he heard
James G. Blaine speak here at the state
fair grounds twenty years ago, or rath-
err he saw him speak, as eighty-five
acres were so closely packed with hu-
mainly that he could not get close
enough to hear the distinguished man.
He also says that he saw the first cleo
trio light he had ever seen when on
visit here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
ROY L. BONE
LEGAL.

LEGAL.
First published in The To1eka Sfafs
Journal Thursday, March %, 1911
Case No. 20. 49S.
Sheriff Sale Notice-(On Execution)
SHERIFFS SALE
In the District Court of Shawnee County.
State of Kansas.
John Kemp civilian Bartram, GUARDIAN,
Assignee, Plaintiff. -
VS..
A b. Quinton, J. l.. King and Byron
Roberts, Defendants.
BY virtue Of an execution issued to me,
out of. said District Court. in the above
entitled, action, I will. on Monday. the 24th-
day of April A. D. 1911, at 10 o'clock a. M
Of said day, at the east front door of the
the County of Shawnee, in the State of
the highest and best bidder for:
described real estate, to-wit: Lots
numbered 2111, 2113. 2115. PIT. 2119, M.
2131, 2133 2135. 2137 on Union Avenue; also
Lots 262S and $3.50 on Lincoln Street, Also
Lot 2619 on Buchanan Street and Lots 2619f
and 2621 on Clay Street, all in Quinton &C.
Steeles Addition to. the City of Topeka.
lying and situate in the County of Shaw
nee in the State of Kansas.
The above-described real estate is taken
as the property of said defendants, and
will be sold without appraisement to salts
fly said execution.
JONATHAN D. NORTON,
Sheriff of Shawnee County, Kansas
HAZEN q CAV, Attorneys.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
THE NEW SCHOOL BOARD.
Some Facts About New Plan by One
Who Knows.

Under the new law voters vote for
six persons out of the list of candi-
dates for the school board. These six
may be chosen without reference to
wards
the school board. No salary is allow
ed for services. The office demands
great deal of time if it is properly
filed. Men who are already very busy
will not be able to give it due atten-
ton. :
Under the new law among other
weak points, it may be noted that six
persons are quired to do the work that
IL did formerly.
The playground movement was be-
gun in Topeka by DR.. Eva Harding.
She purchased and gave to the city the
first children's playground. Then GER
tain club women took the matter in
hand. 1t was mainly through these
women, with the practical gift OF DR..
Harding, that Topeka people were edu-
Gated to the value of the movement.
S. A. Swendson has been one of the
most efficient members of the school,
board. Under his direction as presi-
dent of the board the city schools.
have been put on a stronger basis than
they have ever been before. He is
shaping the schools for the city-the
parents. teachers and Taxpayers to
say nothing of the main interest-the
children. Such men are needed in Of
flee.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
Fellow COuntrymen:

We are farmer boys and
want to meet you at our mar
ket. Note the inducements
for Friday and Saturday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

Mandy Lee Incubators register both
heat and moisture accurately. See them
at Zimmerman Seed Company. $685.
Quincy, street zsss
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
Roy L. Bone
Present Commissioner of Finance
Candidate for Reelection

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

The entire spring line of Platt's cloth
ing and shoes will be ready for sale
Friday morning, March %. for less than
manufacturers prices. 81 North Kan
saS avenue.
HARRY NATHA NSON Receiver
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23
Most Effective Home
Treatment of Rheumatism

If you are suffering from chronic rheu-
rnatism. OF If you are just beginning to
feel its dreadful twinges and pains
you would do well to stop its ravages at
once by having your druggist mix the fol-
lowing prescription, and persistently use
it to rid the body of the poisons and
morbid states which excite the dreadful
disease. When the true and pure in
gradients are properly mixed, the re-
suits are little short of marvellous.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

900 more of these bills and they viii be-
distributed throughout Chicago TODAY.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-03-23

Mix and take teaspoonful after each
meal and one at bedtime After the first
week gradually Increase the dose to two
teaspoonfuls. If not in stock, the drug
gist can readily obtain the ingredients
from his wholesaler
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09
The Passing of a Hero.

The death of Capt. A. K. Jones,
of Port Gibson, previously an
nounced IN The Herald recalls as
that Of no one now living ever can,
one of the most heroic and dramat-
ic events of the great war, the de-
tense and capture OF Fort Gregg.
This was an inferior and a de-
tached earth work into which two
very small Mississippi regiments
were hurriedIy posted, after Gen.
Lees over stretched line in front
of Petersburg was broken. It was
vitality important it should be held
until the troops to the right and
left of the break could be with
drawn. Equally important for
Gen. Grant to force it, a force OF
thousands was hurled against it.
The manner of the defense, wit
messed by both commanding gen.
erals and a large portion of the
army, figures in every history oi
the wars close. There was no
surrender-the survivors of the
regiments were taken fighting to
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09

Iwish to call attention TO teach
ers whose pupils are going to en-
ter the Prize Essay Competition,
to the following rules:
I. Contestants must be pupils Of
the three highest grades of the
public schools (white) of Missis-
sippi.
4. Essay must not exceed IS
minutes in the reading.
8. Essays must be typewritten,
and must reach the Div. Historian
by March I, 1911.
Select the best essay of your pu-
pills and send it to me before Feb.
14th, 1871. / will turn them over
to the committee on the 18th OF
Feb. ] hope many of Claiborne
county's boys and girls are pre-.
pairing to enter this competition.
Very truly your friend,
JENNIE M. BERRY.
Historian Claiborne Co. Chapter.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09

the last. No braver struggle IL
illuminated the whole war than
this which lit up its dying glow at
Fort Gregg.
OF the two regiments, the I2th
and 10Th, the latter was command
ed by the late Capt. Jones. the mod
est, unassuming gentleman who in
the ensuing forty-6ve years has
lived the life of a patriotic citizen,a "a
devoted husband and father, and
ofa good man. And now after hav-
ing kept the faith, and fought the
good fight, he has gone to his
eternal reward; attended by "that
which should accompany old age,
as honor, love obedience, troops of
friends. ."-Vicksburg Herald.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS.
Bridge to Be Rebuilt Over Bayou
Pierre. Two Ferries
Established.

Established.
A regular meeting of the board
of supervisors of Claiborne county
was held Monday, Feb. 9th, 1911,
Present.. B. McMurchy, presi'
dent; B. H. Shaifer, w. L. Tay-
lor, ]. M. Nelson, L. Alfred, mem
bers; B. H. Morehead, sheriff; A.
K. Brashear, clerk.
Ordered that poll tax of Sc be
refunded to Andrew Johnson, dis
trict q, the same being an erro.
neous assessment, aad that a war
rant issue for same.
Ordered that the sheriff refrain
from collecting road tax from Joe
Harrel in district on account OF
disability.
Ordered that the clerk issue
warrant to Alex Nosser for So road
tax enormously collected, he being
in the village of Hermanville.
Ordered that the clerk issue a
warrant to S. L. Rowan for Sc poll
tax enormously collected, he being
one-armed man.
Ordered that the assessment to
Ann Dollard on line 20, page IS,
land roll of Out Lot Square c,
Suburb St. Mary, Town of Port
Gibson, value $500, be stricken
from the roll, the same being a
double assessment.
Ordered that warrant issue to
Elizabeth Bennett for S. road tax
collected for Arthur Bennett, same
being an erroneous assessment.
Ordered that the sheriff refraiu
from collecting road tax from Dav-
export Beal and Geo. Johnson,
Jr., same being erroneous on ac-
count of under age.
Ordered that the clerk issue a
warrant in favor of Josh Washing.
ton for 54 cents county tax on one
horse valued at 600. same being an
erroneous assessment.
Ordered by the board of super
visors that ferry be established
at Black Bridge across Bayou
Pierre at Farmer street in Port
Gibson, and a ferry be also estab-
lished at the Two Mile bridge, and
that the ferries shall be run each
day from sun rise to sun set free of
charge to the public; that after
sun set the tolls shall be for foot
men, S cents; horse and rider, 10
cents; single buggy and occupants,
10 cents; double buggy and occu-
pants, IS cents; wagon, occupant
and team, IS cents; loose stock,
each 5 cents. That no loaded
log wagon shall be crossed on said
ferries.
Ordered that the board do now
adjourn until tomorrow morning
at 9 o'clock.
]. B. McMURCHY, Pres.
Icoutinued on Second PagsI
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09
Training the Boy % Work.
BIZ w. a. N fEEvER..

BY VIM. A. NJ EEYER..
i Underlying all thai IS good anc
substantial in our present civiliza
ton is the spirit of work and of in
dustry, which we hope long to pre-.
serve as distinguishing character.
istic of the American people. But
if our splendid democracy is tc
be maintained and improved we
must now continue more than ever
to train the young Of both sexes
lamong the ranks of the workers.
Such training must be begun early
and persistently held to until the
youth has acquired the habit of in
dustry, the power of initiative and
that splendid resourcefulness of
character out of which empires
were once built.
Recent scientific research tends
to show very conclusively that men
are not natural. born criminals, but
that many are made such by bad
environment. Statistics have also
proved that many criminals "high-
er up" are graduates of the old
classical colleges. But it is the
hope of the present age to train
every growing boy so thoroughly
in some form of industry that he
will always find it easier and more
pleasurable to earn an honest liv-
ing than to cheat his fellow-man,
or prey upon society for a liveli-
hood. No matter what the future
profession is to be, and no matter
how much classical knowledge is
to be sought in the schools, mod
ern conditions are most certainly
laying ob pathway of
the man il life
thorough biliEy to
work WI 81
taught my boy Is believe that
every successful career begins with
a course of training in something
like dirt shoveling or rock-hauI-
ing" said father of three worthy
grown-up sons.
THE NEW CULTURE
An emphatic warning needs to
be sounded in the ears of we'll
meaning parents who have failed
to catch the new spirit of the times
and who are still attempting to
train their growing boys away from
the best and newest form of cul-
ture that our modern civilization
demands. Perhaps the chief fault
of many well-to-fathers inthe treat
ment of their sons is that of at
tempting to find for the latter too
easy a road to success. Such is
especially true of those city fathers
whose fourteen year old sons may
be seen almost any week day dur.
ing the vacation dressed in Sunday
clothes and doing little or nothing
of disciplinary and character build
ing value.
But the new ideal of culture
leads through an entirely different
field of activity field of work,
of industry and final specializa-
ton in some form of the worlds
constructive enterprises. Only a
short while ago we were educating
few special classes for the So
called learned professors and leav-
ing the masses to look out for
themselves. Now we are attempt
ing to serve all interests alike, to
exalt work and workers, to incul-
cate the cultural aspect Of all
worthy industrial pursuits.
Time will prove therefore that
the fathers who are endeavoring in
the old-fashioned way to give their
growing boys culture for its own
sake, or to lead them over an easy,
non-industrial way to position Of
superiority of rank and influence
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09
down in defeat.
H. GUY HATHORN,
Special Agent Farmers Coopera-
ative Demonstration Work.
rIust Pay All Taxes.

M. M. Satter6eld. county prose
cuting attorney of Claiborne coun.
ty, has sent to the attorney genera
a query which elicits a reply that
may be of interest generally, as 4
applies to the law governing quail
ications of voters. Attorney Sat
terfeld asks a ruling from the at
torney general on the following
points;
"Does the word alp as used Ii
the Code mean that
"First-The municipal taxes
must be paid as well as state and
countyl
"Second-The road Communication
tax must be paid in order to be
able to vote1
"Third-The street tax must be
paid? That is, that all of the above
must be paid in order to be entitled
to voter"
To which the attorney general
replies:
"First-It does. if they can be
paid on or before the first day OF
February in the year in which the
party offers to vote.
"Second-If it natures on or be-
fore the first day of February of
the year In which the party offers
to vote and he does not pay the
road tax, such party is ineligible.
"Third-Section 24I OF the Con-
stitution uses the words, as fol-
lows:
"Section 24I. Every male In
habitant ofthis state y > who
has paid, on or before the first day
of February of the year in which
he shall offer to vote, all taxes
which may have been legally re-
quired of him, and which he has
had an opportunity to pay, accord
ing to law, for the two preceding
years, and who shall produce to the
officers holding the election salts
factory evidence that he has paid
such taxes, Is declared to be
qualified elector. x ~
"The word taxes find, after
consulting Words and Phrases,
includes street taxes and any other
public tax that Is levied by the
Legislature, or under its direction,
for revenue purposes, and as Sec
ton 241 of the Constitution does
not seem to make any distinction
in taxation l am inclined to the
opinion,that any tax which can be
paid on or before the first day of
February is a lawful tax, and pre-
vents the person falling to pay over
the same from voting, as much so
as if he had failed to pay his coun-
tv and state tax"
As Attorney General Hudson
construes the law, the obligation to
pay the municipal tax collector all
taxes fixed and due on the first
of the present month is just as
implicit as Is the case with the
state and county tax collector.
There may be some who have ne
elected or deferred looking after
their city taxes under the impress
sion that just any old time will do
for that, so long as the sheriff Is
settled with, when, as a matter of
fact, and under the close interpre
tatior of the law, such city settle
ment is a veritable necessity In
order to quaIify.-Jackson special
to Picayune.
The Port Gibson reveille. [volume] (Port Gibson, Miss.) 1890-current, 1911-02-09
UNpER DIREoTloN OF
IlIg emphasislng school and hOme imprOvement

over the "common crowd" AM
comparative freedom from hare
works and drudgery-time will mos
probably reveal the fact that sucl
methods no longer furnish ade
quate preparation for Leadership
and efficiency.
So the old scheme of training fol
life is now becoming a thing OF the
past, the new idea being that z
complete education does not mean
freedom from the responsibility oi
work but rather a greater capacity
for work and for the service of so.
ciety. We are slowly discovering
the momentous fact that true con-
tentment during mature life and
declining years can, as a rule, be
hoped for in the case of the person
whose earlier career has been one
of worthy work and endeavor in
some honorable life position.
GREAT VARIATION IN
METHOD
All the way from Denver to Bos.
son and back again the author has
made inquiry of parents regarding
this important question of indus
trial training of the young. While
the interest in the matter was found
to be very great, a lack of specific
knowledge of method was also ap-
parent. Although we have worked
out for the teachers in the schools
a schedule of intellectual duties for
the various grades and ages, we
have failed entirely thus far to per-
form any such service for parents
who wish to train their children to
work. So the question is being
asked on all sides: When do you
begin to train the boy to work?
and, How much do you require of
him at any given age7 In no dis
tant future we must answer the
foregoing questions with the great
est possible de6niteness and offer
such answers in convenient form
to all interested persons.
Just to show how varied and ir-
regular the methods of parents are
the following specimen cases are
given:
I. Boy IS, wears white linen
nearly all the time. No work, but
has frequent outings. His father,
a merchandise clerk, says he pro-
poses to ''give the boy a good ed
2. Boy IA, son of merchant,
spends summers on a farm doing
work appropriate to his strength
and years. He is paid accordingly,
and is saving a part of his wages.
A manly boy.
3. Boy II, works ten hours per-
day on farm. SHE doesn't COM
plain," says his father.
4. Boy 10, of prosperous father,
to put in the summer va
cation fishing, swimming and in
idleness. Parents say he will not
work.
S. Boy rs, "sissy", according
to description. Dresses in perfect
style every day but does nothing.
I ather and Doy Dotn agree tnat tne
latter is to become a very smart
man and never have to work like
the common herd.
8. Boy 3, large for age, en-
ployed in mill every day at heavy
work which seems to make him
serious minded, although he sell
dom complains. Mother calls him
the ''main stay Of the family.
?. Boy IS, has run at liberty un-
til recently without any training at
work. Father secures him a new
position about ench per month,
but the boy becomes irregular and
loses it. "He can't stick to any
thing"
Continued Next weekl
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