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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
BETHEL, ARK.

Editor THE CHRONICLES:
Will you kindly allow me space
in your esteemed paper for just a
few words? l certainly find great
pleasure in reading the letters from
all points in dear old Benton, and,
best of all to me, was the ONE from
Gismonda last week, written by one
who says she is farmers wife" :"
Any woman should esteem it an
honor to be a farmers wife, and
the lady at Gismonda convinces
me that she feels this way about it..
am very glad to learn that the
Farmers Union at Center Hill is
in prosperous condition. May it
continue SO. AS he has just built
a poultry house, james Parker GER
tainly intends to join the union.
However, his first aim may be to
join the gobblers. Let no one at
tempt to discourage Manson Doug
las and John Hollingsworth from
joining the Social Band.
l hope G. w. Parker will sue
ceed in fencing in his new ground.
He has worked 80 hard to get the
ground cleared that it would be
too bad for him not to tend it this
year.
regretted very much to learn
that Cecil Harris had bad attack
of measles; hope he is well again.
Farmers here have been making
things hum, but the heavy rain last
Saturday night will hold them out
of the fields for awhile. A great
deal of corn has been planted, and
with Il favorable season good crops
will be made here.
/ would like to hear from Tur-
key Greek through The Chronicle
occasionally, and l also vish some
one would write from Bald Knob.
A SUBSCRIBER.
Bethel, Ark, March %.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
COXBURG.

j. H. Vaughan was here short
while last Saturday.
Health is very good throughout
this community.
Mrs IS EIgie and Esther Beaton
visited Miss Esther Hardin Satur-
day.
Misses Eta Vaughan and Zana
Ward visited friends near Rock
port Sunday.
Farmers are getting down to
steady work, and Old Beck proba-
bly, realizes that spring is here.
Misses Mary, Luonia and Nora
Henry and Mrs. Della Matlock
have been visiting at Rock port.
The candy breaking at the home
of Robert Beal Saturday evening
was we'll attended and greatly en-
joyed by the young people.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
An Easter Egg Game.

A jolly game for wee folks to
play at Easter-time is that of
"Touch," says Woman's Home
Companion for April. Nor is it
necessary to confue this amuse-
ment to the very little people, for
it would make an appropriate en-
tertaiument to Introduce after an
Easter luncheon party where the
Easter egg enters into the scheme
of table decorations.
Place six eggs, which have been
colored green, red, black, blue, yell
low and one left white, in a pan or
basket of moss or bran, leaving
some space between. One of the
players is blindfolded and then
provide d with a light stick or wand.
With this she carefully touches
one of the eggs, reciting slowly
and distinctly at the same time:
Peggy, Patrick, Mike and Meg,
See me touch my Easter egg;
Green and red, and black and blue,
Count for six, five, four and two;
If l touch an egg of white,
A forfeit then will be your right;
If touch all egg of gold,
It is mine to have and holdt
AS the rhyme tells, the colors
count as follows: Green, SIX; red
five J; black, four; blue, two, and the
yellow egg is worth more than all
of them combined, for when a play
er touches that she wins the game
regardless of the standing of the
other scores. The white egg is less
than nothing, as whoever touches
it has a forfeit to pay. The meth
cd ef determiningthis would wisely
he decided before the game opens.
Each player is blindfolded in
turn, and when the score Of, say,
twenty is reached by any single
player, the game is ended without
the aid of the "golden egg" OF
course, the relative positions of
the eggs must be changed with
each player.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
POINT Nj JASON.

J. 7. Holmes was in Faxon one
day last week.
r. G. Redick was in Big Sandy
one day last week.
Walter Lowry and family went
to Big Sandy Tuesday.
Henry Lindsey of Crooked Greek
was in our midst last week.
r. L. Finn, tie inspector, was
here Saturday taking up ties.
John Rainwaters was at r. G..
Redick's on business Monday.
The farmers of this community
are getting ready to plant corn.
Miss Mollie Lowry of Sulphur
Greek is visiting here this week.
Mrs. Ella Holmes visited Mrs
Mollie Lowry Saturday evening.
Forest fires have destroyed about
one hundred pannels of fence for
Walter Lowry.
George Rainwaters, Tom Lowry
and j, L. Holmes were in Big
Sandy Saturday.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
The MEMPHIS TO
BRISTOL HIGHWAY

labor, teams, machinery, locate its
section of highway aud make it a
good road. The answers to these
questions are being worked out
now, and will be submitted in later
communications. The association
is busy on the problem and is meet
ing with splendid success.
The subject will be discussed
further from many angles. Bona
fide examples will be given to show
the Quick and universal enhance
ment of land values following ev-
cry improved highway. Some Of
these will make you think. Rea-
sons will be assigned for State
highways and State aid roads
Many other phases of the object
will be presented from time to
time in short articles. You will
also be told little about what
other States are doing.
ATWELL THOMPSON,
Vice President Memphis. o-Bris-
tol Highway Association.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
INGLEWOOD.

Measles are raging throuhout
this locality.
Bob Wheatley visited at John
Hollands Sunday.
r. l., GuypT and family visited
j, M. Patrick last Wednesday.
Mrs. j.. T. Holloman visited
Mrs. S. j. Cherry Wednesday.
Will Wheatley and James Cher
ry was at Big Sandy Saturday.
Tom Wheatley and wife are con-
fined to their room with measles.
Mrs Mary Pierpont and son
John, were at Big Sandy Saturday.
Wonder whats the matter with
the Beaver creek correspondent.
Come again.
Harvey Pruett of Phifers Land
ing visited friends on Sulphur
Greek Sunday.
The farmers Union will meet at
Mount Zion next Saturday night.
Lets all go and join.
1t is intimated that Robert Ber-
rvs mule has found new stop
ping place every Sunday evening.
Sure thing.
Forest fires have done a great
deal of damage in this community,
destroying several hundred dollars
worthNof fence.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
Entertainment at Holiday.

The following very interesting
program will be presented by STU
dents of the Holiday High School
at Holiday Saturday, April s:
Recitation (selected).
Burlesque (full of fun), "The
Spellin' Skewl."
Drama, AFTER Ten Years; or
the Maniac Wife"
Farce, "Pomp's Franks"
The program will be intersperc-
ed with music, and is one of the
best ever undertaken by amateurs.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31

In many counties in Tennessee
is scheduled to arrive this year the
seventeen year locust, or cicada.
Past experience show that Locust
do considerable damage TO young
trees and especially tender bran
ches, where the limb is split in de-
posting their eges-
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
YOU ARE INTERESTED
in THIS URGENT CALL.

interested in Benton County be
present,
R. l.. STOCKARD,
Chairman Benton County Good
Roads Association.
T. j. Lowry,
Secretary.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31

On the first Monday in April a
mass meeting will be held at the
court house in Camden, Tenn, at
IL 30 o'clock. George A. Gowan
of Nashville will be present, and
we earnestly urge that every one,
man, woman, boy or girl, who j.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31

To look after our interpst in Ben
ton and adjoining counties. Sal
ary or commission. Address The
Harvey Oil Co., Cleveland. Ohio.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31

western to it's eastern border, pass
ing through its chief commercial
and industrial centers, and built in
such a way that it can be travelled
over every day N the year in safe
ty and comfort, is the project that
is now taking vigorous hold of our
people. This idea which has been
more or less dormant in the minds
OF many of our citizens for years
was crystalized January 10, 1911, at
a meeting held in Nashville and
attended by good roads enthusiasts
from all over the State.
At the meeting referred to the
Memphis-to- Bristol Highway AS
sociation was formed with George
A. Gowan of Nashville President.
No happier selection could have
been made. Mr.. Gowan is COM
mercial traveller of long experience.
He knows the conditions of the
roads of Tennessee perhaps better
than any other man. He knows
the roads because he has travelled
them. He has wide acquaintance
in Tennessee and inspires conf
dence wherever he goes. He has
no axe to. grind. He has given
both time and money to the good
roads movement, and he ls equip
ped in every may tolead this move
ment to success. Best of all he is
making good in this undertaking,
having already stirred up more en-
thusiasm than seemed possible at
the beginning.
The first question asked by the
thinking man is: Can this high
way be built?' If so, how can it be
done? In answer to the first ques-
tion leb me say that ex- x-Goyernor
Patterson believed it can be done.
Governor Hooper says it can be
done. The Memphis to- Bristol
Highway Association believes it
can be done. Competent and ex.
perienced civil engineers believe
1t can be done. The county officials
of the various counties through
which it may pass believe it can be
done. 1t is entirely feasible for
each county to build it's link of the
greet highway in two or more days
by proper effort with intelligent
organization. All the materials
for new bridges and the repairs for
old ones, and for water conduits of
every sort should be delivered on
the ground at the proper place be-
fore hand. Arrangements are be-
ing made for picks, shovels, mat
tocks, nails, spikes, cement, ETC., so
that these can be ready for use.
All road machinery, plows,, road
rollers, scrapers, etc., should be ar
ranged for, and then each county
must have every man and boy with
in it's borders who is willing or who
can be persuaded 10 work, also ev-
cry team it is possible to- get for
action on the assigned days next
August. With such an organiza-
tion in each county intelligently
directed the result will inevitably
be to improve it's link of the high
way beyond the most sanguine
dreams of our people.
Lt will not be a highly finished
boulevard such as some of our
counties now have, costing from
$4,000 to $4,000 per mile, but we
shall have good road that can be
travelled at all times Of the year in
comparative ease, road that can
be maintained and improved each
year by the frequent use of the
split log drag for very trifling
cost per mile. The next question
20 how shall each county organize.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31

Arrangements are being made by
the ladies of the Methodist Church
to have a box supper at Pythian
Hall tonight.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1911-03-31
A Cash Offer.

The Chronicle has made spe-
cia clubbing rate with The Men,
phis Weekly Commercial Appeal
by which we will furnish both pa
pers for one year for The Chroni-
cle's regular subscription price,
$l0o. The Commercial Appeal is
one of the largest and best papers
IN the South, and we hope to receive
many new subscriptions on this Of
fer; $l.00 cash for both papers.
Send The Chronicle the happen
ings in yonr community.
The Washington times., 1911-12-20
Carpets, Rugs and Stoves

Don't overlook stock Of Rugs in your search for gifts
No matter what wish In size colofng price, its
than likely that have just what you're looking for
It's Carpet for home there's to be saving
by coming here We will give serviceable, guaranteed
values low prices service without
making lining and laying them free What material may
wasted in cutting to match figures costs you nothing
Our stove department almost store in ITSELF Whether
for heating cooking for OIL coal fuel will sell
reliable There all sizes and styles-somethng
at any price you wish to pay
The Washington times., 1911-12-20
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The Washington times., 1911-12-20
sl7-l92l-23 Seventh Street W., Between and Streets
ONE Comfort From Christmas Gifts

Every article in store is marked in plain figures
mav sS aeca t5a4 u va .a allow & 10 er cen
Those who now have open accounts here may add to
had such account with welcome to its will
grant at this season.
To customers will say that this is the best tim
store. Do buying here and we will see that tn
suit your circumstances and wishes. + =,
From our list Of suggestions you may see what INN
pieces are shown here and we want to impress you with
there may be but two three Of tn pattern shown Und
pointed for we can show Others which will be satsf
OF course you will understand that these but sp
many Others the various woods and finishes and at
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
By VICTOR c. BREYTSPRAAE
Wisconsin College Of Agriculture

The fieshing of horses for market
is a subject open for discussion
throughout the horse raising sections
of the middle west. Few men have
made a study of this practice al
though it has always been in oper.
alton to some extent. Before select
ing an animal to be finished" for the
market there are, of course, several
factors to be considered. The most
important of these are, the class and
grade which the market desires; the
initial cost of the horse; the physi-
cal condition of the hOrse-free from
blemishes, unsoundness and dis
eases; the cost of feeding stuffs; the
efficiency of the ration for produc-
ing the gains; length of time necessary
to feed to secure the desired finish;
and the season when the horse is to be
marketed
1t will require from 90 to 100 days
to put thin horses in a good fieshy
condition for the market. Horses
that are in fair condition of flesh at
the beginning of the feeding period
Will u1CCA cA1J AAAo1 III 1893 Cl4AS CAc1A
above The state of thrift, whether
healthy and vigorous or sickly and
sluggish, will also affect the time re-
quired. A nervous, ill-tempered brute
Is to be avoided. An even-dispo-
sitioned and wide-awake animal
will give the best satisfaction. The
quality of the horse, as expressed by
the bones, tendons, joints, coat, name
feather (if present), ears and muzzle
is general index to hiS fleshing abil-
ity. While the action of the animal
may not be indicative of the property
of laying on flesh, it is of course more
profitable to feed good actors, other
things being equal, than poor ones,
because of the ultimate price on the
market. 1t takes an expert htorse-
man to identify a good horse in the
rough, and even experience is not in
fallible in this regard. Although
horses are sold by the head, their
market price depends to great ex-
tent upon the flesh they carry.
Compared with the steer the horse
is fast gamer" The average steer
under favorable conditions will put
on two pounds of fat per day. The
horse will gain four pounds of flesh
per day and will make greater daily
gains in appearance than will the
steer.
By a system of experiments at the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
INVESTIGATION OF
SCHOOLS PLANNED
State Superintendent Cary and
Experts TO Conduct Inquiry.
RURAL TEACHERS ARE HIT
Farmers, In Letters Inviting criti.
cisms, Blame instructors for Un-
satisfactory Conditions in
Rural Districts.

Madison.-State Superintendent Of
Schools G. p. Cary, with the aid of 10
public spirited educators and educa-
tional experts, is preparing to investi-
gate the school system Of the state,
especially as it relates to country
schools, with view to recommending
reforms and exposing weaknesses that
will result in the betterment Of con-
ditions.
Those named by Superintendent
Cary to assist in the work will serve
without pay. They are: A. H. Christ
man, Menominee Falls; George S.
Comings, Eau Claire; F. A. Cotton,
president Of the La Crosse Normal
school; Senator John s. Donald,
Mount Horeb; Superintendent L. P.
Fox, Chiffon; Charles L. Hill, presi-
dent of the state board of agriculture,
Rosendale; Prof. F. F. Hyre, Stevens
Point; Prof. M. H. Jackson, Grand
Rapids; w. e. Larson, state school in
spector, Madison; Assemblyman A. H.
Long, Prairie du Chen; Prof. NJ. q.
O'Shea, University of Wisconsin,
Madison; Prof. G. E. Patzer, Milwau-
kee; Senator George e. Scott, Prairie
Farm; Miss Ellen B. Mcdonald, Ocon-
to. and Miss Rose Cheney, Manitowoc.
The committee will meet In Madison
on October 8 to organize and outline
plans for the investigation.
Superintendent Cary states that
when the committee meets it will have
an opportunity to consider replies
from 500 farmers to list Of questions
relative to the conditions in rural
schools sent out a month ago by Mr..
Cary. These replies have been tabu-
lated and will give the committee
some interesting material to consider.
From one-third to one-half of those
who replied stated that country school
conditions were satisfactory in a
greater or less degree. Those who are
not satisfied with conditions give, as
one Of the chief causes, unsatisfactory
teachers.
They declare that most Of them are
young, inexperienced, unframed and
that many of the city girls who teach
in the country lack life experience
and power to govern. They also lack
common sense, it is said. Some de-
clare they are impractical, do not CO.
operate with school officials, and take
no interest in the community.
The next greatest weakness, accord
ing to the writer's, is the lack of inter
est of parents and citizens in the com
munity in which the school is located.
School officers are criticized for indif-
ference.
Among some of the remedies sug-
gested for unsatisfactory conditions
are, chief Of all, better wages for
teachers This, 1t is said, will result
in drawing better class to the school
room. Others are: Consolidation Of
schools, better training for teachers,
enforcement of the compulsory attend
ance law, better supervision and coun-
try high schools, these schools to be
made civic centers for the community.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
MAKING COOK
ING PLEASANT
By MISS ALICE LOOMS
Wisconsin College of Agriculture

F'ireless cookers are so easy to i'm
prOvise that there is no reason for a
housekeeper not having as much aid
as she needs in this direction. A
candy pail or any well made box can
be used, and hay or excelsior wrapped
in newspaper can be packed around
the vessel which is to be used in the
cooker. The newspaper is only to pre-
vent the packing getting into the food.
Newspapers themselves are equally
efficient The only two points neces-
sary are sufficiently firm packing and
arranging to have the packing fit close
to the kettle.
Such a cooker is far more satisfac-
tory than one which is lined with
cloth, for accidents will happen and
nothing is more unsatisfactory than
an ill-smelling fireless cooker. If the
kitchen contains kettles with close
covers there need be no expense about
these improvised cookers unless it be
ten cents for a yard OF thin asbestos
which may be placed around the ket-
tie. Pot roasts, ham, fricassees Of
chicken, and vegetables containing
much cellulose, such as beans and
beets. ar e all well prepared in the
cooker. Many people prefer their
cereals prepared in this way.
1t is always worth while when u.s.
ing the range to heat water to be
placed in the fireless cooker, for
often the dishwashing in cold water
Is the greatest inconvenience OF a
rold supper. Fireless cookers should
sot be used for preparing vegetables
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28

with a strong odor such as onions
and cabbage. It does not pay 20 use
the cooker Tor baking nor fcv such
short processes as the crearning OF
vegetables.
There are now on tina market good
makes of gasoline, kerosene and al
cohOl stoves, one OF whiCA every
housekeeper should POSSESS. The
small overs with giasa doors which
are to be used with og,e burner give
excellent satisfaction fcr small
amounts IF baking. 3'wo or three
pies, biscuits or few loaves OF bread
can be baked just as satisfactorily as
in the range oven and with much less
bother than # plates are hnated for a
frelcss COOKER.
With most OF the heavy cooking hav.
ing been done in the morning, and a
freless cocker containing meat and
perhaps enc vegetable, and a small
stove fer preparing coffee and another
vegetable, supper for urge number
of hungry men is not such an irksome
task as when the range Is used in the
afternoon for all the work.
alcohol or gasoline ions make It
unnecessary to heat up 4 coal fire for
ironing, which is one cf the hardest
duties in hot weather.
TIE stock of reserv. material for
use in emergencies should contain
things which do not SPOIL easily. II
one must have pies, a r1mber of shells
may be baked at one time. These
will keep fer week o" ten days, and
the filling and the browning of the
meringue in small oven will take
only a few minutes. Cheese is even
a heavier fooG than meat and can
easily take the place Af it. A cheese
fondue made Of bread crumbs, cheese,
milk and eggs is easy 20 prepare and
may furnish The greater part OF a
meal. Peanut butter 10 another good
food that keeps we'll.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
State Aid for Roads.

Although county clerks are not re-
CURED by law to report until October
1, the amounts voted by the various
towns and counties for state aid i'm
provements, preliminary reports are
already in from many Of them. Infor-
nation received from this and other
sources would indicate that thirty-fve
counties will ask state aid in excess
of their apportionment and thirty-two
will ask for amounts less than their
apportionment Four counties have
taken no action.
Those counties in which the towns
have failed to vote any money, or
enough money to exhaust the state aid
available for the county, still have a
chance to get state aid if the county
board at special meeting held on or
before October 1 votes a county tax
equal to two-thirds of the cost Of the
desired road improvements.
The proceeds Of the county tax, to-
gether with the state money, may be
spent on the county system of pros
pective state highways at point Sc
lected by the county board or It's
committee Money voted by the towns,
together with the county and state aid
drawn by it, must be spent at points
on the system selected by the people
of the town or by the town board.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
1911 Blue Book Out November /.

The blue book of 1911. the thirty
sixth volume of this state official
publication, will be out about Novem-
Der 1, according to w. o. Pietzsch,
chief clerk in the office of the Wis
consin industrial commission, who
compiled the book. The book this year
will consist of 500 pages, just two
thirds of the number of the last vol
ume. The reduction in size is due to
the fact that much industrial statis-
teal matter hitherto included in the
publication has been omitted.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
Pier Case Is Considered.

State Tax Commissioners Thomas
Lyons and I. S. Adams went to Toma-
hawk to take testimony on the appli-
cation of Kate Pier of Milwaukee for
a reassessment of the property in the
towns of Rock Falls and King in Lin
coin county. 1t is alleged by Miss
Pier that property owned by non
residents is assessed considerably
higher than similar property owned by
residents.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-09-28
Accounts Not Uniform.

The towns, villages, cities and coun-
ties of the state are slow to avail
themselves of the opportunity afford
ed by chapter 523, laws of 1911, to
have the Wisconsin state tax commits
sion install for them a uniform sys-
tenn of accounting. So far only one
request has been received for the in
stallation of such a system, it being
from Door county.
Many of the county boards, how
ever, will take up the matter at their
November meetings, and majority of
them are expected to ask to have the
system installed.