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The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26
No Hazing at Randolpb-NIacon.

ASHLAND, VA Special The
sophomore, junior and senior classes
of Randolph-Macon College have Just
held joint meeting and decided by
an almost unanimous vote that the
freshmen of the college should not be
subjected to any of the indignities of
haZing.
This action was taken at the ear
nest request of President r. T.. Black
Well and the vice president, DR.. S. c..
Hatcher, who have been indefatiga-
bic in their efforts to bring about this
result.
DR.. Blackwell assured the student
body that such action on their part
WOULD be for the best interest Of the
college and would aid materially in
the raising of the endowment fund.
amounting to $4,000, needed to Sc
cure the 100000 offered by the Gen
eral Board of Education.
There never has been any hazing
to speak of at Randolph Macon Col
lege, but six or seven years ago the
students inaugurated an initiation
freshmen parade, in which the fish"
In night attire, were made to march
through the campus and town. per-
forming such feats as their seniors
might dictate.
This is what has been abolished
and so all forms of hazing at Ran
dolph-Macon are relegated to the past.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26

Cheap advice is apt to be dear IL
you act upon IL.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26

AGENTS WANTBD-TO SELL A USE
full household article; experience
unnecessary. Write for sample and
full PARTICULARS. Address III. J. H., -
10 S. Ninth ST., Richmond, Va.
WANTED TO RENT OR BUY FARM.
Address wv" 116 Randolph St,
Richmond, Va.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26

KILLING CAPTIVEs.
uEXIC0 CITY. Special.-Quick
is being melted out to
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1912-09-26

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FotaSces. Irish, NaN l. bGhl. 1.75 % 2.et
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UhCfnnOND GRAIN MAFtEoEyT
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
, Mrs. Byrd Entertains

Mrs. A. s. Byrd very pleasantly
entertained the ladies of Chapter
R, p. E, O., at her home Saturday
evening, Nov. 23, at which time
Miss Roxana Rankin was initiated
into the chapter. A communica-
tion from the Children's Orphans
Home, A Margaretta avenue, ST..
Louis, Mo-, was read, asking for
donations of canned fruit, to which
the ladies responded heartily and a
barrel was shipped Monday. After
the social hour a delicious three
course luncheon was served by the
hostess.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
Masonic Funeral

Robert N. Vorce,a a veteran Mason
belonging to the Laclede lodge but
for many years resident Of Brook
field, was buried here with the hon
ors of the order Sunday afternoon,
the funeral service being held in
the First M. e. church, of which
he was a member, Rev. E. P. Reed
officiating. M. Y. Rusk had charge
of the arrangements.
The deceased died Friday, Nov.
%, at the home of his daughter,
Mrs. E. E. Robertson, where he had
lived since the death of his wife in
1899. He had been suffering for
two months with heart trouble
which became acute only a few
days before the final summons.
He was born at Oswego, N. Y,
August 20, 1880; moved to Lock
port, ILL.,, at the age of IL years;
was married there to Miss Angeline
Story May 7, 1856; and came to
Linn county, Missouri, in 1865,
living on farm until 1899. Be-
sides the daughter already men.
toned there is one surviving son,
E. E. Vorce of Willow Springs.
Rudoet v.-l--~a@s-@----''
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
Local and Personal

Photos for Christmas presents
Go to Gardner. ADV.
Mrs. A. M. Beswick of Liberty
is guest of Mrs. Eta Foreman,
Fancy celery, large bunches,
for Is cents. Carothers & Allen
ADV,
DR.. J. H. Kittredge, dentist
will be at the Anderson house the
25th and 26th of each month. =
Adv.
Post Tavern Special, latest and
best breakfast food on the market,
Is cents the package. Carothers
& Allen. ADV.
Mrs. W. M. Lomax, who has
been seriously i'll, is still improving
and her many friends are hopeful
that she will soon entirely recover.
Edward Loomis of near Mead
vile was the guest of his sister,
Mrs. M. P. Benson, and family the
latter part of last week.
Mrs. VIM. Willard and children
of Cincinnati, Iowa, arN visiting
relatives, guests of her sister, Mrs.
F. W. Groes, and her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. J. ii. Duckworth on
route three.
Earl Whitaker, eldest son of Mr..
and Mrs. L. N. Whitaker of route
one, whose health has been poor
for more than a year, has been
failing rapidly for the past few
days and it is feared that he can
not live more than a few hours.
Orville Wright will begin the
erection of his new electric light
building Monday and the poles will
be here within about two weeks.
So it is very evident that Walnut
is at last to have an electric light
plant. t.-Walnut (Kan.) Advance.
Mrs. NJ. o. Wilkins and chill
dren of Ashland, Kan. are guests
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. w.
M. Lomax. Mr.. Wilkins viii move
here after he completes his thresh-
ing contracts in Kansas and they
viii reside on the LOmax farm
north of town.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
Injunction Stops M. W. A. Rates

Insurgent members of the Mod
ern Woodmen of America were
victorious last week in a suit
against the rate increase. Judge
Robert Shirley in the Sangamon
county (Ill.) circuit court granted
a perpetual injunction against en-
forcing the new rates, holding that
they are burdensome and oppres-
sive. The decision is binding on
the whole Woodman jurisdiction,
as the society is an Illinois corpora
ton.
The head officers of the society
have appealed the case to the Third
district appellate court, where it
will be heard next April. In the
meantime, the head officers will
submit to the courts order and
will not attempt to put the new
rates into effect. They were to
have become effective the first day
of next January, The society has
about a million members.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
Close for Thanksgiving

The stores and business houses
in Laclede will close at 1O:3O
Thursday morning, Thanksgiving
day, and remain closed the rest of
the day. The Blade Office will be
closed all day Thursday, and the
postofice will observe the usual
holiday hours.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29

ALI hunting, .''cOOn hunting and
trapping on my farm is strictly
forbidden and hunters and trappers
are warned to keep off my land,
under penalty of the law.
CHRIS BRoCKMAN.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
EXPLOSION CAUSES TWO DEATHS
E. J. Robson and Children Burned
When Gasoline Lamp ExpIodes

Wnen UaSOllne Lamp ExpAOdeS
Ruby and Pearl Robson, three
and two years old, are dead and
their father, Edward j. Robson,
is lying at the point of death as
the result of the explosion of a
gasoline lamp at their home in
Chillicothe about seven o'clock
Saturday night. Louise, another
daughter, aged four, was badly,
though not dangerously burned,
and other members of the family
received slight injuries.
The family were at supper and a
large gasoline lamp which hung
over the table was not burning
properly. Mr.. Robson removed it
from the hook and was pumping
air into it when it exploded, throw
ing blazing gasoline all over the
the room. Ruby was nearest her
father and received the greater
part Of the burning gasoline. I'm
mediately her clothing began to
blaze and her father carried her out
into the yard and extinguished the
flames with bucket of water, not,
however, until she had been so
seriously burned that she died at
11:3O Saturday night.
Mr. Rohison's clothing caught
fire when he carried Ruby out into
the yard. After extinguishing the
fire on his clothing, Mr.. Robson
returned to the house and carried
out the baby, Pearl, whose clothing
was practically burned from her
body. She died at midnight Sun
day. Mr.. Robison's partner, P.
II. Enyeart, who boarded with the
family, smothered the flames on
Louise before she was seriously
burned, but his arms and hands
were badly burned. Mrs. Robson
and the two older sons, Ralph and
Eddie, were only slightly burned,
and the two other children, Walter
and Ruth, were away from home
and knew nothing about the acci-
dent until they returned homeSome
time afterward.
Miss Efie Runyon was badly
burned about the hands in trying
to save the children, and some of
the neighbors received slight in
juries in extinguishing the flames
in the house, which did only slight
damage.
When a neighbor picked up little
Ruby to carry her into his home
for medical attention, her flesh was
so badly burned that it dropped
from her hands and body, and a
small hole was burned in the
ground where she lay. Mr.. Robi,
sons injuries were not supposed to
be serious at first, but later his
condition became alarming. Louise
will probably recover.
The bodies of the two little girls
we're taken to Brookfeld Tuesday
morning for interment.
The Robisons lived in Laclede
many years before moving to
Jhillicothe, where Mr.. Robson
Established a wholesale barber
upply house. They have been
unfortunate with respect
o fires and explosions. This is
be third explosion in which Mr..
Gobison has been injured since
1oving to Chillicothe. The many
riends of the family in Laclede
xtend heartfelt sympathy to them
d their misfortune and sincerely
ope that the injuries to the other
lembers of the family may not
rove so serious as they appear.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
Some Evening Reveries

Learn to laugh. A good laugh
is better than medicine. Learn
how to tell a story. A well told
story is a welcome sunbeam in q
sick room. The world is too busy
to care for your ills and sorrows.
Learn to keep your own troubles
to yourself. Learn to stop croak-
ing. If you cannot see any good
in the world, keep the bad to your
self. Learn to hide your pains
and aches under pleasant smiles.
No one cares whether you have the
earache, headache or rheumatism.
Don't cry. Tears do we'll enough
in novels but are out of place in
real life. Learn to meet your
friends with a smile. A good
humored man or woman is always
welcome, but the dyspeptic is not
wanted anywhere and is a nuisance
as we'll. Above all, give pleasure.
Lose no chance of giving pleasure.
You will pass through this world
but once. Any good thing, there
fore, that you can show to any
human being, you had better do
now; do not defer or neglect it, for
you will not pass this way again.
People who make mistakes are
those who quarrel with one an
other before their children; or who
allow the latter to grow up in idle
ness; those who talk about their
troubles before strangers; the
father who tells his children to go
the way he does not go himself,
and the young woman who does
not make a aconfdant of her mother.
-
1t is very important for the COM
fort of a home that harassing and
depressing subjects of conversation
should be axelndad, -axonnt uuhAn--it
is absolutely necessary to talk
about them; and that a habit
should be formed of talking cheer
fully and good humoredly and of
from what Jars on other
people, such as rudeness, i'm
patience and fauIt-fnding.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
TOWN AND COUNTRY IN BRIEF
NeighbOrhoOd News Of the Past,
Present and Near Future

market, S cents the pound. Car
others & Allen. ADV.
Seasoned seven-foot hedge fence
posts and eight-foot corner posts
for sale by L. B. Jones, phone 78,
M. F. Clay, the local stock
buyer, shipped six ears Of hogs and
four cars of cattle to the st. Louis
market last week and two cars of
hogs the first of this week.
An adjourned meeting of the
Royal Neighbors of America will
be held at the home of Mrs. P. F.
Weaver next Saturday afternoon at
2:30 to transact important busi-
ness, and all members are urged to
attend.
G. M. Luyster of route two has
sold his farm and will hold a
public sale of his live stock, feed,
farming machinery and household
goods next Wednesday, Dec. 4.
See display advertisement on an
other page. '%
Maybee Bros. have taken the
Laclede agency for the DAILY and
Sunday St. Louis Post Dispatch
and will deliver daily at your home
early each morning for I cent per
day and S cents for large Sunday
edition with funny paper.-Adv,
About twenty young men were
very pleasantly entertained by Mr..
and Mrs. M. P. Benson at their
home on North State Street last
Friday night. The evening was
spent in playing progressive forty
two," and delicious refreshments
were served in courses.
That little girl OF yours-she'll
soon be having her hair done
up" and too, she will be out
growing her childish ways-and
you haven't had her picture taken
since she was in long dresses. You
don't exactly want to keep her as
she is-but you do want to keep
the memory. A visit to Gardner's
Studio will make all parties happy
Gardner included. They would be
fine to send your friends for Christ
mas. Get move on you, for
Christmas will soon be here. Gard
ner, the Brookfeld photographer.
Advertisement.
At the regular meeting of the
A. R. G. at the home of Mrs. G.. E.
Hilton Tuesday evening the follow
ing officers were elected for the
ensuing year: Mrs. Ida Benson,
president; Mrs. Ella Standby, first
vice-president; Mrs. Elva Patrick,
second vice-president; Miss Laura
Love, secretary; Mrs. Edith Moore,
treasurer; Mrs. Mary Bigger,
Mrs. Carrie Pratt, as
sistant librarian; Mrs. Cornelia
Welsh, critic. After short, lesson,
which completed the Bay View
study of England, Ireland and
Scotland, delicious refreshments
we're served by the hostess, assist
ed by Miss Georgia Louise Welsh.
Work on the new Lomax &
buildings is rapidly near
ng completion and AtwelI & Fitch,
;he contractors, will have them
ready to turn over to the owners in
few days. The plastering is
nearly completed and the car
Henry & Son of Brook
ield, are putting on the pressed
jteel ceiling and putting in the
rOnts. The large room win be
opened with a bazaar by the F. E.
}. chapter Dec. IA, and about q
AN. 1 it will be occupied by Car I
'thers & Allen, who will greatly
noraosa fho;r rto,ol- - "a I
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
For Sale

Pure-bred Duroe-Jersey hogs.
either sex, that have passed
through the cholera, are healthy
and thrifty. J. G. CLNEFELTER.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29

G. N. Boorn Of Stnrges spent
Tuesday with Mr.. and Mrs. J. E.
Strickei.
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
WHAT HOME FOLKS DO AND SAY
About Local People and Events and
Other Matters Of Interest

~NS
M. F. Clay was at Purdin or
business Wednesday.
Wanted, secondhand bone cut.
ter. Inquire at Blade office.
Sweet picked peaches, 25 cents
the quart. Carethers & Allen. =
Adv.
Mrs, David Dick left Tuesday to
spend few days with relatives at
Linneus.
Miss Carrie Hancock of Queen
City is the guest of her sister, Miss
Ella Hancock,
n The w. F. M. S. will meet with
Mrs. w. FL. Woods Wednesday,
Dec. 4, at 2:3O.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward West of
Clayton, ILL.,, are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. G. III. Parker.
jerome Brown of Quincy spent
Tuesday with his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. S. M. Brown.
Late Howe cranberries, large
and ripe, 2 quarts 25 cents. Car
others & Allen. ADV.
Miss Lottie Aber of Brookfeld
visited friends in Laclede. the
latter part of last week.
All trimmed hats are now going
for one-half the regular price at
Miss Hancock s. ADV.
Mrs. J. w. Johnston of Fulton
is the guest of her son, A, E,
Johnston, and wife.
( Mrs. E. w. Wilcox of Linneus
was the guest of Mrs. Eta Fore
man the first of the week.
Mrs. Fannie Deem of route two
returned home Monday from a visit
with relatives in Brookfeld.
A good gentle horse, top buggy,
almost new, and set single harness
for sale. Phone IL, Laclede.
Mrs. E. r. Wilcox, Mrs. A. M.
Beswick and Mrs. Eta Foreman
visited relatives in Brookfield Tues
day.
Geo. O. Plowman has built a
neat new barn at the rear Of his
property in the southwest part of
town.
E. B. Allen came home from st.
Louis Tuesday to spend Thanks
giving with his father, Rev. G.
Allen.
Wisherd's solid pack oysters, all
oysters, no water, pint and quart
cans 25 and so cents. Carothers
& Allen. ADV.
DIR. j. FL. Kittredge, the Chilli
othe dentist, will be at the Ander-
son house the 25th and Goth of
each month. ADV.
Miss Mary Mills Of near Forker
was the guest of her niece, Mrs. j.
y. Jones, and family the latter
parS of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lyman Jones
moved Monday to Albert Mobiles
farm east of Forker, where they
will make their hcme.
Mrs. Mary Troyer and daughter,
Miss Lydia, of Sullivan county
spent a few days the first of this
week with Mr.. and Mrs. T. M.
Elliott.
Ralph Neal has returned home
from Joplin, where he was attend
ing college, to accept an appoint
ment as rural letter carrier out of
Linneus.
Mr.. and Mrs. Floyd Harter Of s
route two were called to Ohillicothe j
by the accidental death of J
their cousins, Ruby and Pearl
Robson. q
Mrs. Niobe Andrews received Q
wq- last Friday of the sudden i
ath Of Florence, the little daugh- h
Ter Of J. A. Boomer and wife. i
The Laclede blade. (Laclede, Mo.) 1890-1945, 1912-11-29
Notice % Hanters md Trapper.

holiday hours.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-18
STEERS ON THE HOOP
BRING II CTS. POUND,
HIGHEST SINCE WAR

CHICAGO. Sept. 1S.-Several thou
sand dollars changed hands today at
the stock yards where steers for the
first time since the Civil war sold for
81 hundred pounds. The previous
high mark was made several weeks ago
wnen the price reached $1,000
Not only was new record set, but
the quality of the steers was below
standard. Some of them were branded.
which makes their high price seem even
higher. There We're sixteen of the cat
tie and they were bought by Armour &
Co. A year ago the same steers were
not worth more than IS.
Another feature of the stock yards
today was a consignment of steers fresh
from the ranges of North Dakota. They
had never tasted anything but grass
They brought 1918
The betting fans of the stock yards
are now preparing odds that the price
of first class steers around Christmas
time will be s15 a hundred pounds.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-18
Refuses Records Until Commits
sIOn'S Consent Is Gained by
Investigators.
PRISON ASSOCIATION is nv
SWEEPING INVESTIGATION
Secretary WeItner Says Many
Changes Are Needed-Probe
Recorders Court.

An Investigation OF Atlanta police
methods 1y the Prison Reform asso-
citation vas temporarily blocked today
10y the determined stand talan by Chief
Of Police Beavers. The chief informed
Philip Wcltner, seer 4tary of the lssO-
citation and the young lawyer VINO spent
day in the changang to learn how it
hr, that ;he police commission would
4s1s TO oe consulted before The de-
p.tDcI,s cooks and records would be
oP.u FOO ms ecticn. lie insisted that
tho ac.r,'s consent be gained 10 the
f."rc.- activities around police
hadyaurer@.
Wcitner spent yesterday in and about
recorders court. beginning what he ex-
poets TO be two months study of the
local police system. which in the end
ths pris association hopes to revolu-
tonize. Wetners investigation will be
<ucd q $ to demand access to all police
leeords and that is what the chief OF
iects 10 without permission on the part
Z the police commission.
The Investigation results from raso-
utons adopted by the prison assocla-
ton last spring calling for a more sci
ntifc administration of the Atlanta
police department. These es0lu+ions
were subscribed to by a committee Of
the Chamber of Commerce.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-18

sell below cost for no other purpose (for
ii can't be the purpose OF profit than
to squeeze out competitor shall be an
offense against the criminal laws of
the United States, and that anybody
who attempts it will have to answer at
the bar Of a criminal tribunal
We have been having trials and in
vestigatons by congress, and we know
the processes of unrestricted COMPETE
tion by which these men have accom-
plished the setting up of their monopo-
lies. and if we don't know how to stop
them then the lawyers of this country
have lost their ingenuity and their in
telligence | know scores Of lawyers
who have been the intimate counsel OF
great corporations and have never ad-
vised them to do anything illegal, but
there are a great many legal things that
YOU can do now that will put the little
man out of business.
And that is the thing we want to
change, not the lawyer You can change
the law and then the whole atmosphere
will clear, The lawyer will be obliged
to say. Yes my dear sirs, that is a
very fine scheme, but if you follow it
you will get into the penitentiary. You
have been found out
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-18

The letter received by Miss McVick-
er has not been made public but a man
closely in touch with the McVicker af-
fair, who is in Atlanta todaN said he
had learned that the letter bore the
pOstmark of a Western railroad. show
ing it had been mailed on Il train. and
that McVicIer did not divulge his pres
ent address. Ir the letter he merely
stated that unusual dependency led to
his disappearance.
For the past ten days the police of
dozen cities. bank officials and friends
have been trying to find the missing
bank cashier An examination of his
books showed that he had not tempered
with the banks cash nor was he in any
financial trouble other than worry over
some transactions pending which re-
quired a great deal of attention.
Herbert had been building a cotton
Gin and some other enterprises" said
this friend today 1T was worry over
inccea sed responsibilities which caused
him to give up and drop out of the
world. am sure He had been used to
working for d salary most of his life
aud the increased worry of the past
few months was too much for him.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-18
TAKEN AS KIDNAPER
AS HE TRIES TO FLEE
WITH HIS OWN CHILD

SAVANNAH. GA, Sept, lS.-Ira NJ
Langdale, printer, living in Wins
boro, S. c., was arrested at Central
Junction and brought back to Savan-
nah on charge of abducting his two-
year-old daughter. When found Lang
dale was clasping the child in his arms
He was brought to police headquarters
in the automobile used by him in fee
ing the city.
The man wept as the child was taken
from him. His wife, f rom whom
he has been separated several
months, looked on, apparently unmov-
ed, and shortly walked away with the
child in her arms.
The father came to Savannah to ef-
feet a reconciliation with his wife, but
she would not see him. He declared
the abduction was on the spur of the
moment, and that he did not come to
Savannah to get the child.
The couple was married three years
ago at WATERFORD S. c.. after a siren
uous courtship followed by an elope-
ment. Mrs. LangdaIe was then sixteen
years old.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-09-18
ENTRIES.
AT LOUISVILLE.

LOUISVILLE, KY Sept. 18.-En-
tries FOR Thursday:
FIRST-Selling, maiden year olds,
furlOngs G0): Kelly 1893, Captain
Heck 1O9. Louis Widrig 109 Willis 112.
Jacob Bum 112, John G. Weaver 112,
Alfred V. 112 Fellowman 112, Baldoyle
112. TrovalO l12
SECOND Selling, maiden year
olds, furlongs 90: Ancon 109, Ernest
H. 100, Rooster 109, Gold Coolr 109
Ringing 109, Roclibar 112. Union 112,
Blue Jay 112 over the Sands 112.
THIRD-Selling. 3 year olds and up
6 furlongs 90: %Merry Lad 1O4. Royal
Tea 1907. Ella Bryson 106, COppertown
10S, Vreeland 1O9. Merrick 112.
FOURTH Handicap, mile and 20
yards 3 year Odds and up 90: Creme
de Menthe SO, Manager Mack 101, Font
106, High Private f16.
FIFTH-Three year Odds 6 furlongs
90: Impression 100, Sir Blaise 107,
Presumption 112, Casey Jones 112, Sun
Queen 112.
SINTH-Selling, mile and a sixteenth,
8 year olds 40; PLANT 100. Barn
Dance 1917. Supple 10, Console ITO.
Marian Casey ITO. Tay Pay no. Idle
weis 10. Husky Lad 10, Dick Baker
113 Hanly 113.
apprentice allowance claimed.
Weather cloudy; track sloppy