The Bemidji daily pioneer., 1912-02-16
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Surrounded by numerous relatives
and friends, Mr.. and Mrs. William
Stimus, residents of Bloomfield, N.
j., for nearly half century, today
celebrated their sixty-third wedding
anniversary.
Charter Day was celebrated at the
University of Montana today with an
interesting program of exercises.
! Walter S. Hartman of Bozeman, a
meber of the state board of educa-
ton, delivered the principal address
of the day.
! In all the public schools in Ala
bama today was observed as Temp
erance Day." special exercises being
held with view to impressing upon
the minds of the pupils the evils of
intemperance. The observance of
the day is required by law, an act to
that effect having been passed by the
legislature two years ago.
A good entry list has been receiv-
ed for the senior A. A. U. cross
country championship run, which is
to be held in Philadelphia tomorrow
Championship medals will be given
the first ten to finish also five medals
to the members OF the winning
teams, and three team prizes, one of
them being for novice club.
Today witnessed the centennial
anniversary of the birth of Henry
Wilson, the "Natick cobbler," who
was Vice President of the United
States during the first two years of
the second administration of Presi-
dent Grant. Wilson was native of
New Hampshire, but resided in Mass
achusetts during the greater part of
his life. He was of gypsy or Indian
blood and his original name was Je-
remiah Jones Co1baith, which he had
changed to Henry Wilson by 1egisla-
tive enactment. Though not man
of intellectual grandeur, Wilson was
an able writer and an eloquent
speaker and lent valuable assistance
to Tho nnti oancQ
Delegates from forty advertising
clubs scattered over eleven southern
states filled the assembly hall of the
Piedmont hotel at Atlanta. Ca, this
morning when President T. 3. BASH
a moi Louisville called to order the
annual convention Of the southeast
ern division of the Associated Adver-
Using Clubs of America. The ex-
change of greetings and the trans
action of routine business occupied
the initial session. This afternoon
the delegates visited the Atlanta au-
tomobile show. The principal busi-
ness session will be held tomorrow
morning, with an automobile ride
for the delegates in the afternoon. A
banquet Saturday night will COM
plete the program. ..-
Recent experiments are said to
have indicated that seed corn in Neb-
raska is in the worst condition in it's
history, and that unless something Is
done at once to remedy existing con-
ditions the crop this year Is likely to
fall short by about so per cent. In
! an effort to save this probable loss
of from s25,0O0,0OO to $40,O0,000 a
| whirlwind educational campaign is
being planned by the business inter-
ests. During the coming week half
a dozen seedt-esting trains will be
started over the state to get the
farmers to test their seed corn before
it is planted. Each train will be In
charge of experts of the Nebraska
State Experimental Station. Stops
will be made at every town and VII
lage to give the lecturers an oppor-
tunity to explain the situation to the
farmers and instruct them tn the