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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

In yUcifeTously vOicing their
virtue in the matter Of refusing
cOntri ibutiOnS from ti.e DIg cor
poriti1ns to their campaign fund, l.,
our De nocratic friends are over
doing it. for. really, they protest
too much. Democratic politicians
are tiilkt wherever you find them,
and Missouri Democratic poll
ticians have long been held up as
finest samples of the breed. SO
far dis their pedigree record goes
there ia nothing to show that the
strain has been improved since
Senator Stone was organizing
''health societies for the pur-
pose OF promoting the Baking
Powder Trusts graft i'll Mis-
sourl, and the head lobbyist of
the railroads had his heahquar-
ters in an anteroom behind the
speakers chair in the state sen
ate. Whenever the big corpora
tions hear Missouri Democrats
talking Of their abhOrrance OF
corporation contributions they
enjoy quiet snicker. Remem
Der. all Democrats suck eggs
but at present they are busy not
to expose the shells to view.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
Let the Republican standpa

Let the Republican standpat
organs sneer ut and belittle the
vote cast for the Progressive
party at the state election held
| in Vermont last week dS they
may, the result holds a deep and
significant foreboding of com
ing trouble il not disaster fol
tie Republican party at the al,-
proachi..g national election, and
the journal will not be one to
confuse the truth of the situation
by trying to cast a fog around
the result. Let it be remember
ed that Vermont has always in
the past adhered to it's Repubii-
canism with immovable pertina-
city and that the state lies in a
section of the country where
progressivlsm was supposed to
( have obtained little fOOthOld as a
political sentiment, yet the re-
turns show that the Progressive
party, organized less than one
month ago, has in d state cleo
ton there absorbed over 40 per
cent of the Republican party S
voting strength. Is this a mega
tive result? If Vermont can
make such protest in advance
of the general election. what will
| thunder forth from those great
states of the middle west the
northwest and the Pacific coast.
where the progressive spirit had
it's birth and has strongly nour-
ished. when they they speak on
November 9TH, next? While we
do not predict the election OF
Governor Wilson. we, who can
| read as We run. can see nothing
but President Taft's doom in
the the returns from Vermont
There lies in it a roar of protest
Of Il party driven to accept its
policies and it's presidential
candidate from the hands of q
repudiated minority against It's
will. This may appear as
strange talk coming from a pa
paper that processes to to be
! Republican. but since honesty is
a virtue to be cherished, We sim
ply give, what seems to us, ar
honest view of the Republican
party's predicament.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
Ancient and Modern Metoods of Har-
vesting

On The 18TH and 10Th Of July
last, the famous Oaklawn Farm,
the pride of Illinois,' was the
scene Of Il historic drama the
like of which the world has never
seen. Under the cameras of two
moving picture companies the
development of grain harvesting
machinery was Illustrated, from
the earliest type Of the reaping
hook to the latest power driven
harvester. The pictures spoke
in every language. The scenes
depicted Egyptians harvesting
wheat with the reaping hook,
$500 years B. c. The Gallic
reaping device. to which Pl,ny,
the Roman historian. refers, was
also shown IN action, being oper
ated with workmen in the cos
tunes Of Gauis. The scythe and
cradle, as we'll as the fail were
also brought into 4ction.
An early type Of the McCor-
mick reaper-one on which the
rahe-man rode while raking off
the grain-was taken into a field
of neavy gr3in and it acquitted
Itself very creditab!y, and was
bOisterOuslr applauded by the
throng of onlookcrs. The ma
chine, by the way, was built in
1e41 and is the same type that
! Mr.. Mccormick sent to the first
worlds fair, held in London in
| 1S3i-and the anne machine
which the London Times before
the fair ridiculed as being cross
! between d charit t and a flying
machine; but following the fair,
after the machine hao been seen
at work in the field, the same
critics declared it well worth the
whole cost of the exposition. The
first self-rake Mccormick reaper
was also sent into the field of
heavy grain and was applauded
by the crowd for Its excellent
work. After photographing a
modern reaper in operation, the
climax carue when a 25-horsc
power tractor, drawing three Z
foot binders, pulled down the
field into the range of the cam
eras.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

The more we look at this single
tax theory the better we like it,
ana it is worth while for our
citizens, and particularly the
farmers, to give the proposition
serious consideration between
now and election day, when they
will be called upon to decide
whether this plan OF taxation
shall be adopted in Missouri.
We have no doubt that many of
our readers have had little op-
portunity TO inform themselves
upon the principle of this plan of
raising the public revenues, ana
they look upon it as something
quite new and untried, yet it has;
been adopted in number of
D. aces and is found to work well
and make the burden of taxation
| lightest upon those who are least
able to stand it. Many people
have the idea that under this
system of making land pay all
| the taxes the man who owns the
most land will have to pay the
most taxes and consequently the
load will fall heaviest on the
farmer. That is not the principle
at all. The single tax plan, as
! presented to the people Of Mis-
souri, in the amendment to the
constitution submitted for thell
decision. contemplates not taxa
ton upon the area of the land
but upon land values and upor
public franchise values. In other
words, a foot of ground in some
localities of our larger cities vii
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
LAT'TY.

fiot and ury here. SO in the shade.
Stock is suffering greatly from the
heat ;tn,! tiles.
Mrs N!cloison. who has been Wis
itlng in j otosi, has returned home.
She was unter the care Of a doctor
while there, bur we regret to learn
her health has not improved.
Lewis lean ( Co, have just about
cleaned UP Forrche Renault and
Ebo With thei: threshing outfit, and
are now Wo.I.ing over on Indian
Creek.
Nicholson Br1s will pull in from
Eplgrada thi' Vaei: with their thresh-
ing outfit, MS hi'ig up the season.
There is much delay in gettin2
ground broke for fall seeding, oW-
ing to the hot. Cry weather.
Cutting ctrn fodder and otherwise
saving feed is the order of the day
cat here
The saw mil. lele is at standstill
tie weather te,ng too warm to run
It, so they say.
ANDY Iini, OF St Louis is visit.
ing cid friends olt in this part oi
the county.
Nh. J. c. Nicholson drove to PotoS
Monday evening and tied his mule:
up V lille he took superhero at the
home of his daughter. Mrs. f. r
Cordia An automobile came along
and themules hurriediy left town
At present writing neither the mules
or the buggy to which they were
hitched have been heard from. Can
say what became of the auto. Ihose
automobile fellers ought to look
little out when there are strange
mules in town.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
EFERY TIME | COME TO TOWN

Efery time / comes to town
The roads keep q jolting me up und
down.
Makes no difference where I'm bound
They all keep /: joltin me up und
down.
Stuck nit the mud | haf been gotten, :,
Ach, dose roads NIGHT haf no bottom
Makes no difference where I'm bound,
I'm stuck in the mud or jolted around
Break-neck stems on efery hill,
Ruts und chuckle-holes fit to kill
Makes no Inference where I'm bound
Same old blamed jolting around.
Who will fix dose roads, | say?
Who will work some mitout pay?
Ach, mine Got, my neighbors shirk'
Cant make roads mitout some work.
Now, dose neighbors all should see
What great blessings it will be
When they make those roads all good
Maypees then l haul some wood.
Und when [ might come to town
I get not so shocked around,
Nor in the mud stuck up so deep
What makes Angels sometimes weep.
Fiery time ] comes to town
The ioads keep solting me up und
down.
Makes no Inference where I'm bound.
They all keep jolting me up unl
down Exchange.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

In d st. Louis restaurant forty
walters walked ont on Il st ike
one day last week, alleging that
they were paid only sixty cents
a day in wages and were expect
ed to make up from the gratult-
Gus tips given by the patrons.
The owner of the establishment
defended his position by stating
that he was really paying his
walters one dollar day to which
they were adding three or fOu,
dollars from the tips. This shows
how far the tip graft is being
carried so much by the ser
vanss as by their employers
Restaurants, hotels and sleeping
car COMPANIES are the greatest
offenders III this respect. They
not only charge those whom they
serve d high price for the service,
but the patrons are expected tc
maintai the serving force IN ad-
dition to the regular charges
The tipping nuisance Is one the
American people should sit down
uuDn with force enough tt
suuelch it. 1t is a graft and
nothing else.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

To put the Democrats in power
at Washington would, indeed, be
q grievious mistake for the peo-
Dle to make in the coming elec-
ton. for. III such all event, no
matter what are the national ills
that are troubling us, such re-
medy would be worse than the
ailment. The Democratic party,
Whatever it may offer in advance
of the election, has nothing III
constructive capacity to build
we'll for our nation. And simmer
it's so-called progressive" plat
form down until their is a sub
stance to it. and it contains moth
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
In a few brief hours were pho

In a few brief hours were pho
tographed the wonderful prog
resS that has been made in the
development of agricultural ma.
chinery since the earliest time OF
which we have any authentic
record-and practically all of the
advancement from the reaping-
hook to the modern harvesting
machine has been made in the
last threequarters of a century,
In other words, We nave done
more in the last century than
had been accomplished in all the
preceding centuries. The strug-
gle for bread is as old as the
pyramids and the sphinx, and yet
the story is ever new, and each
time it is told it takes on new
meaning for many who have
given the subject little Or no
thought:
The invention of the reaper in
1881 and the subsequent develop
ment Of the modern farm MA
chine industry made it possible
for America to advance from its
low rank among nations to the
very highest position, with ca
pacity in production of foodstutfs
TO-DAY nearly equal to that of all
Europe.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
BISMARCK

w. L. Scott and wife of POtosi
have rented a house here and will
move to our town this week. Mr.
Scott is employed on the new rail-
road being built out of this point.
l.. \. Kirkpatrick fell between the
cars here Wednesday last and had tw
of his ribs fractured.
f. G. Grisham and family have
moved to Bismarck from their farm
near Caledonia in order to give the
children the advantage of our school.
John 7. Stephens is erecting new
dwelling in the Barth addition.
w. w. Baker left for Ste Marys,
Mo-, Saturday, to take charge of the
public school there
Born, to the wife of NJ w Cum
mings, Sept. 9th, a boy, and to the
wife of j. A. Bucher, Sept. 9Th. girl
W. a. Butler left Friday for Lutes-
VILE, Mo, to take charge of the new
bank there, as cashier.
The base ball game here last Sun
day between the Bismarck andGran-
iteville mines, resulted in victory for
the home team, Score, i to >.
Railroad brakeman Fred kimmell
of his place, aged u, was killed by
the cars between Poplar Bluff and
Charleston las. Monday. His remains
We're inferred at Sabula, his old home
Ihilip McCarron and wife of Iron
da4e were visitors here Sunday.
hugh Bisplinghoff was struck over
tie heart with base ball during the
game here last Sunday and SO serious
" hurt that it was several hours be-
fore he tts out of danger.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
Future Of The Country Town.

we are not speaking now Oh
country towns that have the raw
material and the enterprise to
enable them to engage in manu-
filctarlng; nor of towns which
by reason of their superior trans.
portation facilities are engaged
in more or less Wholesaling; nor
Of towns which by reason of
having superior educational ad
vantages have been growing a
little during the last few years.
We are thinking Of those towns
that are simply distributing
points for the territory tributary
thereto that have as the reason
for their existence the supply of
the wants of the farmers and
are shipping points for the ship
ment Of products for which the
farm furnishes the raw material ,
as /, : e. APPLE, mills, cream
cries, canning factories, etc.
Now during the past years
these towns have not increased
in population very rapidly. Some
of them are not holding their
OWN, and some are increasing
slowly b cause Of the incoming
OF retired farmers. Will, the
ci: Is !l-ter he Wes< have been
growing, ana while the open
country has been decreasing in
population more rapidly than
mGst men realize, this class OF
towns have about been holding
| their own.
What future is there for them:
Som, tel rs thai t,leir t:'a0e will
be gradually be asorbed by the
mail order houses: that these
I1ouns VII dWiEll" l., population
and influence. This would be d
calamity. for a dwindling and
decayil!sE town is a poor place tC
/ live People get discouraged
| The yornp folks want TO Oct
away.
Is there any help: Let lis
think about it a little. These
towns, having as the reason fHl
their existence the supply Of the
wants Of tne farmers and 70,
their convenience in shipping
their products, will increase o.
decrease in population, wealth
and influence, with the increased
or decreased prosperity of the
farms that ar tributary thereto
Hence the merchants and people
generally in these towns ar
doenly intarcstedssHl the prosper
ity Of agriculture. IF the farm:
were eighties instead of quarter.
the population of the countr,
wou id be practically doubled; ant
this would almost proportion
ately increase the size and wealth
Of tie town
X movement has been startet
in various states to secure tn,
services of an agricultural ad
wiser, who must be an expert
who is able TO give the farmer ad
vice on request whenever he i.
in doubt OF anything, such as th'
Alnd Of seed to plant, providin.
veat alton for house and barr
etc. 1t is expected that he will
have al Office at the county sea
OF other more convenient place
that he may be there at least ont
day in the week thar the farmer;
may consult him.
This movement will have bacl
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

|~f it the railroads and merchants
and business men generally, and
have the cooperation of the De
partment Of Agriculture and ag-
rlcultural colleges. 1t appears
almost simultaneously in Ohio,
Missouri. kar sas, Illinois, Iowa
and Minnesota, and will no doubt
be prominent in Wisconsin soon.
The people should take hold of
this movement and give it their
moral and financial support. If
the farmer by taking the advice
of the expert can increase the
products of his farm a hundred
dollars a year, he will have just
that much more money to spend
in the country town. We do not
believe there is farmer in our
territory who could not and a
hundred dollars a wear to his in
come if he would take the advice
Of Il competent adviser. Some
Of them could add 90 per cent to
their gross income, some % per
cent, and any of them 10 per
Now the more money the farmer
has to spend, the more goods he
will buy. and the higher the
quality of these goods.
Anything that helps the farm.
ers of the community helps the
town whose reason for existence
is ministering to the wants of
the farmers in that community.
This ought to be apparent at first
glance We believe that this
movement, which is just at it's
beginning, will be decided ad-
vantage to the business men of
these country towns, if they will
take hold of it in dead earnest
The main difficulty is that of Sc
curing men who are competent
to act as agricultural advisers
Therefore those that move first
will have the best opportunity
-Wallace's Farmer.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
REPUBLICAN TICKET.
For President:
WILLIAM H. TAFT
For Vice President:
JAMES S. SHERMAN.

For Governor:
| JOHN c. MCKINLEY.
For Lieutenant--Governo
HIRAM LLOYD.
For Secretary Of State:
JAMES J. Afford.
For State Auditor:
GREEN B. GREER.
For State Treasurer:
DANIEL H. HOEFER.
For Attorney-General:
JAMES H. MASON.
For Railroad Commissioner:
EDWARD G. MARSH.
For Supreme Judge, Division No. L.
STEPHEN S. BROWN.
For Supreme Judge, Division No 2:
CHARLES A. DENTON.
JOHN KENNISH.
For Judge st. Louis Court of Appeal
WILLIAM DEE BECKER.
For Congress:
S. G. NIPPER.
For Representative:
WILLIAM H. EVENS
For County Judge, First District:
PATRICK H. WARD.
For County Judge, Second District:
S. Y EYE.
For Prosecuting Attorney:
WILLIAM A. COOPER.
For Sheriff:
CHARLES H. QUEEN
For Assessor:
HENRY l.. SMITH.
For Treasurer:
NORMAN F. ROBINSON.
For Surveyor:
r. E. HUTCHINGS.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

The nomination Of d Progress
sive state ticket is not only un-
fortunate for the Republican
party in Missouri, but will, in all
likelihood, prove Il great miSfOr-
tune to the people Of Missouri.
The Republican party is not
strong enough to stand Il dlVl-
sion OF It's vote without creating
"A gap that will let the Democrats
through into power again. ana
no good for the state Of missouri
may be expected from "a restora-
ton Of Democratic BourbonlSm.
The hope OF all well-W -Wishers of
uhe good, old Show Me- state
lies in She possibility that the
i'rogi esSive ticket viii absorb
enough Democratic votes 10 Off
set the Republican losses
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
OPENING OF MISSOURI
STATE NORMAL
SCHOOL,
THIRD DISTRICT,
cape Girardeau, Missouri,
Tuesday, Sept. 10, 1912.

The following are among the
courses offered
l. Course for Rural School
Teachers, leading to the
Rural School State Certifi-
cate.
?. Elementary Profe S sional
Course, leading to the Ele-
menary Professional Certiti-
cate.
3. Elementary Course in Agri-
culture, leading to State
Certificate.
4. A d vance Professional
Course, leading to the Nor
NAL Diploma and Life Certiti-
cate.
5. Course for Supervisors of
Music and Drawing, lead
ing to the Normal Diploma
and Life Certificate.
6. Courses for High School
Teachers of English and
Expression, Mathematics
and Science, History and
Literature, Latin and Mod
ern Language, all courses
leading to the Normal Dipl0-
ma.
Z. Course in Home Economics,
leading to the Normal Diplo-
ma and Life Certificate.
., College Courses, leading to
the degrees of Bachelor Of
Arts. Bachelor of Science in
Education, and Bachelor of
Science in Home Economics.
Four well equipped school
buildings, two good dormi-
tories, strong faculty.
For further information or
catalogue, address
W. S. DEARMONT, President.
Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

The Chair Of Preventive Medi.
cine at the University OF Missou
ri has established d Bureau OF
Information for the use Of the
citizens of the state. 1t desires
to serve the citizens by answer.
ing. in so far as IS possible, any
question they may ask about the
prevention Of diseases.
Address all communications
to Preventive Medicine, Univers
ity of Missouri. Columbia, Mis-
souri,.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11
Sl.OO Per Annum.
Such statesmaship as Senator
Penrose represents is the kind
that the American people are
t.. ing :u shake loose from.

The st. Louis Times asks, is
Theodore Roosevelt sane Ac-
C c.rding to the Times, any man
who objects to Big Business
running the government is tit
subject for the iunatic asylum.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

The Republican ticket in this
county can be supported by the
Progressives without injury to
their conscientious scrupleS, for
when it comes to a choice of
seeking congeniaI political bed
fellows the Progressives can find
then among the Republicans
rather than among the Demo
Gratis
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

One OF the most common ailments
that hard working people are afflicted
with is lame back. Apply Chamberlain
Liniment twice a day ard M ssag. the
parts thoroughly at each application.
and you will get quick relief. For sale
by all dealers.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

She wa just an ordinary wom-
an without much leisure or time
for culture. She did not know
the difference between an Ionic
and a Doric column in architec-
ture and she was not versed in
china painting or the Roman EN-.
pire, but she brought up her
children to tell the truth, to love
God and their fellow creatures,
and to do honest labor and not be
asham ed of it. When she died
the Recording Angel said as he
reached for a fre h pen and
turned to aclean page: "a queen
is coming. Get her throne
ready. FIX.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1912-09-11

A vast amount OF ill health is due
to impaired digestion. When the
stomach fails to perform it's functions
properly the whole system becomes de
ranged. A few doses of Chamber
lain's Tablets is all you need. They
will strengthen your digestion, invig-
crate your liver. and regulate your
bowels, entirely doing away with that
miserable feeling due to faulty diges-
ton. Try it. Many others have been
permanently cured-why not you?
For sale by all dealers.
The Forrest City times., 1912-03-22

R. c. Collins, Postmaster, Barne- gat. N. J., was troubled with severe Ia grippe cough. He says: "1 would be completely exhausted after each it of violent coughing. l bought a bottle of Foley's Honey and Tar Com pound and before 1 had taken it all the coughing spells had entirely ceased. It can't be beat" J. T. San ders.
 If you have indigestion, heartburn, belching or sick stomach, take ten drops of Darby's Prophylactic Fluid in little water It checks the mis- cry instantly. If you have cut, sore or wound anywhere on the body, ap- ply little of Darbys Fluid. The flesh mends at once. Use it in the sick room to destroy germs or odors; put it in damp closets to purify the air. It is the greatest com bination of internal, external and antiseptic medicines known to medical science. Price 50 cts. per bottle. Sold by City Drug Store.
 NIT. Henry Holbert and;Miss Gladys Hunter were happily married Sunday evening at 6:30 o'clock at the residence of the brides parents, one mile north of Goodwin, Squire John Sherman, officiating MT. Holbert is the postmaster at Goodwin, and is a sober, industrious and popular young man, who numbers his friends by the score. His bride is daughter of MT. and Mrs. ]. M. Gunter, and is a charming and most lovabe young lady, who is well qualified to bless the heart and adorn the home of the lucky young man whom she has chosen for life companion. Tie Times hastens to join their many other friends in extending sincere congratulations and good wishes.
 MT. Church Buck. representing the Merrillat Culvert Core Co.,, of Win field, Iowa, was in the city this week. and while here addressed several of the city and county officials regarding a system which he was explaining by which concrete bridges and culverts could be built at great deal less than the cost of such operations by the methods now used His system consists of an adjustable hollow cyl indrical core, which is to be used in place of the customary wooden molds in making concrete work. The core. models of which was shown, can be adjusted to any size from twenty up to forty-eight inches, and the bridge core can be adjusted from six tc twelve feet. The officials were much impressed with the models shown, and the proposition offered by MT. Buck, and County Judge RoIfe. whe has gone in for campaign of good road building in the county purchased a set of the cores 10 be used on the many cuiverts or small bridges whici are needed throughout the county.