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The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26
THE OCTOBER WOMAN's HOME
COMPANION.

The October Woman's Home Com
panion contains the first installment
of new serial story by JHstus Miles
Forman, which has to do with the
subject, Votes For Women," and
is sure to create considerable dis
cussion. The story is entitled
Through The Open Door," and
starts out briskly with the principal
character, a young woman of nine
teen, discovering herself in a state
OF revolt against her teacher, who Ia
stand-pat and conservative to the
last degree.
DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, formerly
chief of the Bureau of Chemistry in
Washington, contributes to the same
number of the Companion a re-
markedly interesting and useful
article entitled Intelligent Eating"
full of specific suggestions to every
body. Another notable contribution
is entitled What I Got Out of Col
lege,' the author being a Wellesley
College graduate. What Children
Should Eat by DR.. Roger H. Dem
nett, New York specialist on chill
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26
AGED PRIEST CONFESSES TO
>SWTNDI4ING. WOMAN OUT OF
100, eco FRANCS.

Calumet, Mich.-Maris G1let,
widow, resident of this city for
forty-three years, will leave Monday
for Ronchamp, near Paris, France,
in response to recent request from
an aged priest, who, according to
letter from the Mayor Of R0nehamp,
swindled her out of 1000 francs
years ago, by making himself in
stead of her, the beneficiary of
will and who, eonsciencest stricken,
now asks forgiveness.
Mrs. Gi11et says that when she
was seven years of age, and residing
at Ronchamp, her mother was in
formed by the child's great uncle
that he intended to make the child
his beneficiary. He called in q
priest TO make his will, the priest in
question having civil, as we'll as re-
ligious authority. The priest, how
ever, instead Of making the child the
beneficiary, made the win in his
favor. The swindle was later dis
covered by the mother, who dared
take no action, and only years later
she informed her daughter, then in
America, of the facts. No action
was taken by the daughter to re-
cover.
The priest is 88 years of age.
Whether Mrs. Gillet will recover any
of the money, she does not know.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26

dren's diseases, is also a valuable
article.
The regular Cooking, Home Deco
ration, Household and Fashion De-
partments are filed with good read
ing and with ideas that will help
women to save time and money in
their housekeeping and dress ar
engagements.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26
FOR TAX COLLECTOR.

To the White Voters of McDuffie
County:
| hereby announce myself a candi-
date for Tax Collector to fill the un-
expired term of Mr.. Morgan
If my fellow citizens see fit to
honor me with this trust, I premise
them an honest and faithful admin
istratiOn.
| am frank to say that the office
will be help to me, and that will
deeply appreciate the help of my
friends.
w. A. WATSON.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26

Ia the Public Schools has be-
especially those living in the conn-
ship.
Time was, not so very long ago,
that the preparation OF children for
school session was simple ana
inexpensive matter.
A reader, a spelling book and an
arithmetic, with geography added
for the higher grades; a copy-book,
slate and some pencils completed
the school equipment for the year.
The teachers Of those days were
perhaps rarely graduates of col
1eges, but 1.-The three RS" were GER
tainly well grounded in the minds
of the pupils committed to their
care.
Later, in the city schools, the
curriculum was enlarged; then it
was added to, finally it's develop
ment reached the stage which has
placed it in the class with collegiate
preparatory schools.
Education is, Of course, the foun-
datien upon which rests our coun-
try. It will only be on the lines of
knowledge that our future men and
women will be able to grasp the OPP
portunities which life in this coun-
try offers the poorest among us.
But our Public Schools are not
fulfilling what was meant for them
to fulfill, in the very large majority
of cases.
In the first place, the country dis
tricts have suffered and suffered
grieYously, from the over-elaborate
Public School system which is OBJ
tanning in the cities. While nine
months course is almost universal
In the cities, three and six months
is the average in the small county
and truly rural sections
The paraphernalia for the small,
short termed schools is almost as
elaborate as the city schools Be-
ginning with the extras for which
the parent must pay, it includes the
pink and yellow tissue paper, scis-
sors, cardboard, thread and paste
for the Kindergarten, and it runs
up to the outfit for the Domestic
Science, Physical Culture and the
ct oetras Of the higher classes.
It's a splendid thing for a parent
W hAOW IAdC w lA1AdLu1 dSSd GIG HI
cen, can have a bowling acquaint-
ance with some Greek or Latin
phrases when he meets them later
in life; or that he can figure out
how much the Panama Canal cost
at so much per square foot, Or how
many gallons of water it will hold.
But, if it chance that Williams
father is farmer and William is
going to follow the same healthful,
noble profession, wouldn't it be far
botter for William to be taught soil
values, and the best way to irrigate
q waterless tract, and the value Of
planting certain crops on certain
tables of supply and demand?
It's really inspiring to see Mary
rugged out in the little caps and
aprons (Which mother provides, also
keeps laundered) and it is beautiful
to hear her talk of food values,
the percentages of starch, glucose
and the rest of the fol de rolls in
potatoes, corn and pancakes-but if
Mary has to hustle for a living as
soon as she has learned how to
write decently, total row Of
figures and compose business let
ter, wouldn't it be better to teach
Mary stenography and type-writing,
or biography or bookkeeping of a
practical sort-than to have her
addle her brains with tables of
food values which she hasn't a
sufficient knowledge of chemistry tO
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26

VAIN III. 1A0 CO-SAuGdt1Oud1 COA-
lege course Of twenty years ago was
taking it with the aim of making
herself capable OF taking up serious
work in the future, spent every
making UP, in a one or two year
course, the deficiencies of her
school years.
The Public School system OF to-
day is the most elaborate and prac-
tically the most useless ever de-
vised.
A system of "cramming'' is in
vogue in every school. At set
hours, certain studies are taken up
and the mind OF an adult would
reel at the mode ia which some are
explained"
liant child must keep pace with the
others, and such thing as "a
working knowledge" OF the branch
discussed is impossible. 1t may be
there are half a dozen boys or girls
in the class who have absolutely no
aptitude for some Of the studies:
along other lines they might excel,
and yet they are deferred from en-
CO@ AG13 AOA JC0Ao PSEAGpS1 WAdL
would be brilliant life work. be-
cause of stupid, over-elaborate
system which insists on turning out
thousand different mentalities
from the same mould
It's the rankest injustice to the
child, 1t is unfair to the parent, and
1t is an absolute hardship on the
people Of slender means to whom
tho nhiIdSsa1o rxyi1 h. 49,
hope to lean upon in after years.
Our Public School system needs
revision downward, and it needs it
badly.
Oh, well, New York's police force
is still 1.-THE finest" (bunch Of
grafters).
"C1ews on Prosperity looks
well, but most Of us would rather
have our hands on it.
Great Britain and Russia are to
divide Persia among themselves:
Persia doesn't know it yet
Maybe one reason why the Suf-
fragettes are not active just now
is-all the millinery opening are
"on"
Taft changes tactics" says re-
port. The only thing he hesitates
about changing is his Washington
residence.
The continued-in-our-ne Warm
Mexico, is jogging merrily on, and
Uncle Sam hasn't done anything but
sputter, SO far.
BY the way, is it thoroughly
proper for Democracy to make such
fuss over Mr. Marshall until Mr..
Bryan has given the word?
Two political candidates in Vir-
ginia are reported to be running
neck and snothing: Taft
and T. r. are running tongue and
tongue.
With Kansas farmers Offering Sc.
day and board to harvest hands,
that $12. week bank clerk who
stole the banks funds because he
couldn't make an appearance" on
his salary-doesn't get any Of or
sympathetic tears.
=
The latest bulletins from the
crowded desk of Chas. w. Morse,
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26

FOR sALE-tss ACRES RoTTOM LAND
spring water. Terms easy. A. G. H.
Christensen, Box 54S, Miles City, Mont.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26

- Hp0DeY TREATED. Give quick re-
Am SHV' lief. usually reEaoxe swell
"a . ling and short hreath In 3 few days aud
K4 entire relic In 1F-45 day, trial treatment
- FREE. Or. GREENS SsKs. Bax 4, Atlanta, Ga
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1912-09-26
THE INEFFTCTENCY OF OUR
PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

ILL over the country the au-
"A tamn and winter session of
lHA the Public Schools has be-
gun. To many parents,
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Senator Lee S. Overman Of North
Carolina has colored maid servant
that has been In his family since the
days OF slavery. She is a loyal serv-
ant, and thinks that "MahstS.h Lee"
represents all that is best in shuman-
kind.
When Overman was running for the
senate the first time, MIS-, OveTman
had a telephone connection with the
legislative chamber at Raleigh, and
got the news Of each ballot as It was
taken The old coIored nanny didn't
know what a ballot was, but she
caught the Idea that the more Over
man got the better his wl6s was pleas
ed That night she was overheard
praying aloud in her rooms
"Oh Lawd." she said. take Mahs-
tab Lee in the hollow OF 20 ham and
jes' covah him with them ERE ballots.
whatevah they is, and make him get
dah-"
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
BREAD OF VIKINGS FOUND
Made From Pine Bark and Pea Meat,
Il Was Discovered In Goth.
land.

An interesting find was made at
Ljungs. Gothland, by DR.. schnittger,
professor at Stockholm university.
This Is some bread that dates from
the time Of vikings.
MicrOscopicRl examination has
shown this bread to be made from
pine bark and pea meat, thus proving
the fact that peas we're grown in
Sweden as far back as thousand
years ago.
Archaeological excavation has so far
brought 10 light only few specimens
Of bread dating from ancient or pre-
historic times. The few loaves excR-
waited In Egypt and In Swiss lake
dwellings are Of the highest archie
ologleal interest.
In tho northern countries only one
or two hnds Of this kind have so
far been made, foremost among which
should be mentioned a corn meal loaf
dating from the fourth century A. D.,
which was discovered by DR.. Schnftt-
ger In 1898 IN connection with the ex-
cavation of Boberg oastle.-Scientiac
American.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
WAs sAVEp BY rAE DOeToRs
Victim 81 Robhsra Recovered Booauso
the Phyalslans Didn't Probo toc
the Bullets.

Tho expert medical wltnoss had Just
descended from the stand when q rs-
ceas was announced IN the criminal
court and 80 he paused for a few mo.
ments to chat with Judge Ralph s.
Latshaw, who dearly delights IN twit-
ting the medioos.
Whenever I see a doctor Oh the
stand" related the Judge Il am foroi-
bly, reminded Of an experience when
was an assistant prosecuting atlor-
ney many years ago.
"a storekeepcr on East Ninth street
was shot by robbers when he refused
20 open his cash drawer. -Four bullets
found him as their mark and when Of
flcers arrived on the scene he was ly-
ing on the floor, dead to all outward
appearances Doctors, who had hur-
ried TO the store. took a look at him.
shook their heads and went away. Not
one Of them offered to probe for the
bullets.
"And do you know" smiled the
judge to the doctor, that was what
saved him. The storekeeper recovered
and is in business to this very day.
He stlll carries the bullets, one Of
them IN his head Now what would
have happened to him, doctor, If they
had probed for the Dullets?"
But by this time the expert was
gone.-Kansas City Journal.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
sansr Signs Of Mourning.

A great deal Of discussion will prob
ably be aroused in social circles by
the announcement that the young wild
ow OF Col. John Jacob Astor win wear
white for mourning, instead OF black.
It Is likely that IN a few years the
whole system OF modern mourning for
the dead. as expressed in outward
ways, will be greatly modified One
great influence IN this modification
will be that Of sanitary science, for
there is much in the present style Of
mourning. both as to living and TO
gErb. which is distinctly detrimental
to health and which calls for more
sensibls ways Of expressing sorrow
for the ad.--Balumore American.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
Moon Struck.

The moon was falling on the Eako.
Dearest" he murmuned.
She sighed happily. The moOa was
stfIl falling, His arm trembled slightly
about her waist
Il was just going to, propose" he
ventured.
"Oh," she sighed again, and hid her
face on his shoulder
"That we get up and 80 homo"
''0h," she sighed again. The moon
was falling rapidly.
@In about four hOursl' he ended
trfumphantly. bringing the other arm
to bear And the splash made by the
moon was plainly audible 40 miles
away.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
An Old Apple Tree.

The Cedar City Chronicle says
one of the old apple trees on the
Cantrolle farm, FIVE miles west
of Cedar City, now owned by
DIR. P. P. Mitchell of Boone
county, is still bearing fruit. It
was planted by the father of
General Kuntz on the first day
of May, 1872, is of the Seeding
variety and has grown two feet
through and its branches extend
eighty feet from tip to tip. The
above information is given as
absolutely authentic.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
Lenlsal RsasonInn.

Thelma Smith. q little sRat side girl
has heard a great deal about the dan
ser Of contracting disease from hand
ling articles belonging to others. She
has been taught that she must moi
use the brushes and combs Of other
members Of the family.
On one occasion the little tot waS
found induSTiously latheFihg her facs
with her fathers shaving brush. She
was duly rsprimanded and told thai
she should know better.
what Will I catch. msmma-Whla
bsEs3" inquired Thelma ahKiOuBIY.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

The Baptist ladies gave their
annual Sweet Pea Fair" at the
High school auditorium in this
city, Monday and Tuesday.
There were many entries of
sweet peas and roses, all being
of a superior quality, and every
one who attended felt well paid
for their trouble. The program
for each entertainment was very
entertaining; especially the play
Tuesday evening.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Cape Girardeau County Stock
Breeders Association met Sat
urday afternoon, they are ar
ranging for a larger and better
show here during Home Corners
than ever before. They will
have races and several new fea-
lures. They asked the County
Court for a donation and were
refused.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

The Jackson ball team went to
Chaffee Sunday where they play
ed. jackson winning the game
as usual, score being II to 3.
Arthur Newell, the popular pas
senger car driver, drove over a
bunch OF roOters, who reported
a pleasant trip.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

There were picnics at several
places in the county on the 4th.
and the report is that good order
and a generaly good time pre-
vailed. It is reported that
there was some disturbance at
Daisy, and that some of the
ladies' took part.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Company n" of this city
win start Saturday for Nevada,
No, to the encampnlent. The
boys are working hard I'd make
IA good showing.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Chas. Vinyard and Joe Heus-
chober spent Sunday with their
families, returning to Seventy
Six, Mo. Monday. where Mr..
Vinyard has contract for NOV
ing a house and barn.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

The Special program the young
people of the Evangelical church
gave Sunday evening, was heard
by a large audience and enjoyed
by all, special mention should
ben made Of the musical numbers
which were we'll rendered and
very entertaining.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

With honest senatorial dis
tricts established the Democrats
cannot hope to retain control of
the State Senate and that means
much for the good Of Grand Old
Missouri.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr. and Mrs. Asa Key return
ed home Friday Of last week,
after a weeks visit with friends
at Mountain View, Mo.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr.. Krannawether an old and
respected farmer living near
POcahontas, had business in
Jackson Wednesday.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

julius Stevenson Of New Wells
was q visitor here Wednesday.
He is recovering from a stroke
of paralysis, which has confined
him at home since mid-winter.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard Gookel,
Jr., of Cape Girardeau. visited
relatives and friends here the
first Of the week.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Miss Myrno Moss and Robert
Anderson We're married here
Saturday, Squire Weltecke Off
ciating.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. Slaughter of
Fredericktown and Mrs. A. H.
Mueller Of Cape Girardeau, were
jackson visitors Monday.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Alexander
Of Froitland were Jackson visit
ors Monday
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

DIR. and Mrs. Schoen, of Apple
ton. passed through here Friday
on their way home from Gordon
Vile. where they spent the 4th.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Miss Phoebe Limbaugh spent
Saturday and Sunday in Cape.
the guest of her sister, Mrs. J.
G. Miller.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

The Methodist Orchestra meets
with Mr. A. D. Hubbard to-
might.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr.. and Mrs. G. B. Tindel re-
turned Friday from st. Louis
where they had been visiting a
few days.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Col. Birmingham left Sunday
for Poplar Bluff, after spending
a week here visiting friends.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

The Westminster Circle met
Wednesday afternoon with Mrs.
John Hoffmeister.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr. L. P. Hickman and family
Of ST. Louis are the guests Of
Mr.. and Mrs. Bernhard Gockel
Sr in this city.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Probate Judge e. D. Hays re-
turned Saturday from st. Louis,
Jefferson City and other points,
where he had spent two weeks.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mrs. Wash Gladish of West
jackson is entertainingthe Meth
odist Joy Club" this afternoon.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Jack Smith, a prominent far
mer Of Arbor, was transacting
business in the city Tuesday.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
SaERTFF's SALE OF REAL
ESTATE IN PARTITION.
n lhe circait Court oF Cape Girar-
deau County, Missouri
August Term, 1912
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT.
May term, 1912.
STATE OF MISSOURI, !.
County of Cape Girardeau o.
Louis Ruch, Plaintiff

Louis Ruch, Plaintiff.
VS..
Barbara Ruch, August Ruch,
William Ruch, Minnie Light,
Agnes Schwartz, Frances Loberg,
Aamand Ruch and Nellie Berk-
bigler, Defendants.
BE IT REMEMBERED. That
heretofore, to-wit;- on the 10th
day of May A. D. 1912, at the
regular May term of the Circuit
court, begun and held at the
Court house in the City of Jack
son, in the County and State
aforesaid, before the Honorable
C. B. Faris. Judge of the 18th
Judicial Circuit of the State Of
Missouri, and Judge of this court,
a decree of sale in partition was
entered of record in the above
entitled cause, now by virtue of
the authority thereof and in
obedience to the direction to me
therein contained l, William F.
Schade, sheriff, hereby give pub
lie notice that on
Thursday, August 22nd. 1912.
during the August term of said
court, and while said court is in
session, between the hours Of.
nine O'Clock in the forenoon and
five o'clock in the afternoon of
that day win sell at public auc-
tion at the south front door of
the courthouse in the city of
Jackson. Cape Girardeau county, !
Missouri, for cash in hand the
following described property, to-
wit:
The South West quarter of the
South East quarter, and all that
part East of branch running
in a northerly direction of the
South East quarter of the South
West quarter Of Section 4, Town
ship 80, North of Range IL East,
and the North West quarter of
the North East quarter, and ali
that part East of a branch run
ming in a northerly direction of
the North East quarter of the
North West quarter of Section 9,
Township 80, North of Range II
East, all in Cape Girardeau
County, Missouri, containing
ITO acres, more or less, except
IL acres out Of the South East
corner thereof. and being the
same real estate conveyed to said
Aumand Ruch by John Berkbig-
Ter, and wife, by warranty deed,
dated the 31st day of October,
1870, and recorded in deed book
8. at page 373 of the Cape Girar-
deau County, Missouri, land
records; Also 20 feet of the
East side of the North West
quarter of the South East quar-
ter; also 20 feet off the East side
of the South West qaaarter of the
North East quarter, the above
described strip Of land is to give
a road to intersect the old Indian
Road North East Of William
OehPs house, of Section A. Town
ship 33, North of Range II East,
in Cape Girardeau County, Mis-
souri,, and being the same real
estate conveyed to said Aumand
Ruch by William Oehl, and wife,
by warranty deed, dated the q
day of October, 1903.
STATE Of MISSOURI,
County of Cape Girardeau %
/, H. L. Hoffmeister, Clerk Of
the Circuit Court in and for said
county, hereby certify that the
above is a true copy of the Origi-
nal order appointing Commits
sioners in the cause therein
named, as the same appears of
record in my Office.
Witness my hand as clerk, and
the seal Of said Court. Done at
office in jackson, Mo-, this 18th
day Of June, 1912.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Peter Hinkle Of Oak Ridge,
was ID town Friday
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Attorney Caruthers was ii
Jackson Saturday
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Judge John A. Snider made a
business trip to st. Louis, return
ing home Monday night.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Wilson Bean, Of t1e Cape,
visited bis parents here Sunday.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Prof. and Mrs. George Doyle
went to Leemon visiting Tues
day.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
Marriage License.

Fred Oller, Mcclure, Ill.
Mildred Jacobs, Mcclure, Ill.
Ben Kalmer, st. Louis, Mo.
Helen Backer, st. Louis, Mo.
Robert Anderson, Cedar
Rapids, Iowa.
Myrno E. Moss, Calumet,
Michigan.
]. Wilson Taylor, Cape Girar-
deau, Mo.
Addle Estes, Cape Girardeau,
Mo.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

w. w. Williams left Monday
for California, he has been visit
ing his brother c. E. Williams
in this city.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Sam Vandivort sold his prop
erty on Hope street to Alvin
Kneibert.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Mr.. Arnett Of st. Louis is
visiting Sam Peterman this
week.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Attorney Morgan Of Marble
Hill was in this city Saturday
and Sunday
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12

Marion Martin of Fruitland
transacted business in town
Monday.
The Cape County herald., 1912-07-12
For An Open Market

The same certainty should be
given to the law prohibiting
combinations and monopolies
that characterizes other provi-
sions of commercial laws in
order that no part Of the field Of
business opportunity may be re-
stricted by monopoly or combina-
tion, that business success hon
orably achieved may not be con-
verted into crime, and that the
right of every man to acquire
commodities, particularly the
necessaries of life, in an open
market uninfueneed by the
manipulation of trust or combi-
nation may be preserved. Ma
tional Republican platform.
FINAL SETTLEMENT NOTICE.
Notice is hereby given to all credit
ors and others interested in the estate
OF
GEORGE BLUMEEBEBG
deceased, that l. the undersigned In
tend to make final settlement Of the
estate OF said deceased at the next
term OF the Probate Court Of Cape
Girardeau County, Missouri, to be helC
at Jackson beginning on the
18th day OF August, 1912
MARY II. BLUMERBERa
Executrlx,