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Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28
HOW ABOUT IT?.

Five hundred rich Kansas farms
are hanging in the balance. Under
the law. Of 1909 ard under recent
decision of the supreme court they
have been forfeited to the state and
/ remains only for the state to step
in and claim them to deprive the pee
pie who have lived on them-Some
for a life time-of their homes. The
farms are school land upon which tn
holders have failed to pay interest.
There is one such farm in Shawnee
county. There are twenty-four in
Jewel county. These farms are
worth from forty to seventy five dol
lars an acre.
State Auditor W. E. Davis is lying
awake nights wondering what he is
going to do. He did not discover the
true situation until few days ago
State Accountant J. c. Gafford hap
pened to be checking up the county
records in Jewell county and found
that twenty-four Jewell county farms
, had been forfeited to the state by the
nOnrpament of interest. He reported
to the state auditor and the inNesti-
CATION continued in other directions.
Mr.. Davis said that conservative es
innate would place the number of
farms so forfeited at 500.
Mr.. Davis is not making public the
names of the land holders but he tod
OF several incidents relating to the
.fOrfeitures. In 1866 a young man and
woman came to Shawnee county and
settled on a quarter of school land in
the western part Of the county The
family has lived there ever since. Net
long ago the husband died and the
widow, not knowing anything about
school land laws, failed to keep up
the interest payments. Her farm has
been forfeited to the state and it is
all she has
The present trouble does not in
.volve much of the cheap western
land 1t involves old hOmestaeds in
the eastern half of the state. People
bought school land and had twenty
years in which to pay for it. All the
state required was that the interest
payments be kept up. Even then, il
an interest payment passed and was
afterwards paid, nothing was said
about it. Then the legislature would
come along with a bill giving the
holders another ten or twenty years
in which to pay out on their land
But in 1909 the legislature adopted
new tactics. 1t passed law provid
ing that unless interest payments
were made within ten months of thu
date upon which they fell due, thu
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28
KEEP AN EYE ON SYLVIA
AND HER SUGAR BEETS
Keep an eye on Sylvia!

Keep an eye on Sylvia!
Over at Sylvia, the sugar beet rails
ers who have put in crops will more
than devour the article on what
William Hemingway calls the ina
tional sub-soiler," in a wonderfully
convincing article in the current
Harper's Weekly on THE Magic Of
the Sugar Beet" Mr.. Hemingway
will also be read with many approx
ing mods Of the head by the scientif-
ic men over at the big agricultural
college, who have been insisting and
are still insisting that the Americans
and the Kansans are natural spend
thrifts Of the marvellous soil and Of
the prodigal wealth of opportunity
they have at hand.
Mr.. Hemingway quotes from the
testimony given recently before the
committee on finance of the United
States senate, as to the far greater
productivity Of the European nations
per acre, with all their thousands of
years Of soil cultivation, than Amer
lea can boast. The sugar beet with
tap root that reaches down five
feet, is one of the most potent fac
tors in the soil productivity, it is
averred. 1t leaves the soil enriched
with humus.
France in 1907, ON an acreage Of
$4,000 900, sowed to wheat, the same
acreage for the year Of 1907 that
Kansas, Minnesota and North Dako-
ia sowed, obtained a yield Of $685.
100000 bushels, and the three big
wheat states but $4,000, 900 bushels.
Germany and Kansas in 1907 each
sowed 100000 acres Of wheat, and
the careful German husbandman had
las, OO0, 900 bushels for a crop while
Kansas had but 100000 bushels.
Sugar beets boosted the yield per
acre from 1913 to over 30 bushels.
H. S. Thompson and the rest Of
the Sylvia men who went up to
Michigan to look up sugar beets and
see how they might prove up in
Kansas, will be glad in more ways
than one over the fine prospects for
this year for wheat is already good
at Sylvia, but think Of another year
or two, and the loud cries for har-
vest help.
To Americans who are m the hab-
1t Of looking on the nation here as
the mainstay Of the hungry world,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28

was in misery all the time. Doan's
Kidney Pills proved very effective
in correcting these difficulties and l
feel justified in recommending them"
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28

cents Foster-Nlilburn Co, Buffalo,
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
Remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28

"a ~. ,-vsv1,vonv
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1912-06-28
Hard to Believe 80 But Clothcraft
Clothes Cost You Only $40 to S25

The other day a man Of this kind
visited US, and asked to see a Cloth
craft Suit He never before had worn
ready-towear clothes and was amazed
at the tasteful, distinctive style. the
good fit, the smooth-lying lapels, the
clean, even stitching and handmade
button holes. He was so fayorably
impressed he bought the suit.
You, too, will quickly notice and
like these good points about Cloth
craft Clothes. Come In today or to-
morrow sure and try on as many
as you like. You don't have to buy.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
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THE DAYToNA DAILY NEWS

Published every afternoon except
Sunday during the months of Decem-
Der, january, February and March.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
WHY THE STREETS SHOULD
ALWAYS BE KEPT CLEAN
Treat the Town as We Would Our
Own Bodies.

The demand for good street cleaning
nethods is usually predicated unon the
supposed menace to health which ex-
lists where such methods are lacking
While in the dirt there are to be found
the germs of about every known dis
ease. nature has made ample proyi
sion for the resistance of the attack
which these germs make upon the del
icate membranes upon which they are
caught when spread by the wind. and
because people are not sickly when lax
conditions of cleaning exist they are
too liable to be satisfied with poor
methods. 1t is better to have clean
streets because we want to be clean.
just as 1t Is well to have a clean body
on account of the refreshing feeling
and elevating mental condition. Sur
roundings have so much to do with
the formation of character and habits
that the children at least are entitled
to the good bringing up that cleanly
conditions compel. and the less fortu-
nate citizen who uses the street for
recreation is entitled to the best posi-
BILE service. The streets, after all. are
but the Railways of the great munich
pal house. and municipal househoiders
should find pleasure IN keeping them
as does the competent housewife
American City.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
BLUFF AMONG THE NEGROES
Little Story of Quarrel That illus
trates Their Love of Flourish
and Poses.

Love OF bluff Is a curious charac.
| ter1stfc of the negro Sometimes the
| deadly razor becomes active with a
vengeance. but countless other times
IL is merely flourished with frightful
threats and boastings of its slashing
qualities. These are vanity poses.
one night recently | saw a striking
living picture of this kind was
one OF a crowd which got off an early
morning elevated train. A negro
quarrel was in progress in front of A
mouse on the opposite side of the
street and all stopped TO watch IL
one hnsky back vas about to apply
an axe TO the Uranium of a smaller
negro, when an ally of the lesser one
threatened the husky individual with
blackjack from behind Thus it
stood-if the axe fell on one skull
the blackjack would descend on an.
other. Neither participant seemed
willing TO start anything" There
was the tableau and 1t simnIv died
away like a moving picture climax
on the screen.
Evidently this scene of inaction
oVertaxed the patience of the dusky
spectators, for they broke the lull by
tossing beer bottles at one another.
Infs, too, was without ginger. Just
as stepped behind telegraph pole
TO avoid the flying glass, an excited
old darkey appeared at the door and
nred shotgun over the heads of the
disputants
A peaceful citizen next to me was
TAKEN to the hospital and limped
nome with bird shot in my legs. The
old mans blum was effective and the
careful blacks dispersed, seeking their
beds to dream of focks OF chickens
and trainloads OF watermelons.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
"A Perfect Saw"

10 say nothing and saw wood"
seems to me one of the most sagacious
phrases passed down by our hard
working forebears Like most say
ings which have emanated from man
uai labor. this is blunt, homely, and, to
the loquaciously inclined. painfully
accurate. Show me man bent Jack
knlfe-fashton over a saw-horse, with
short log under his buck, and will
point out man who is minding his
own business with admirable zeal. If
ne must speak. he ceases to saw.
While he saws he is necessarily mute.
Hence this shrewd phrase. which is.
punning aside, a perfect saw.-Atlan,
tic
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
Old-Tirr1e Gardens.

IN the dark ages garden was only
patch or "simples" tended by a pa
tent iaborious monk But the Italian
garden Of the day OF Lorenzo de Me
oici had become all that the garden
wisdom. skill and expenditure could
make. A formal garden OF the villa
Faiconieri. more than five centuries
ola, Is still considered the most beauti-
ful and dignified ornamental garden
In the world. painters and a poets
dream OF cool. clear pools and stately
expresses In Japan they go so far as
10 make every look one gets over walls
or through windows perfect picture.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20

~'FS Improvement society.
IN small centers of population where
none but the most general laws gov
efh 1t Is necessary to form an i'm.
proEement society to look after the
health and well being of the people as
whole says the Los Angeles Times
The laws OF hygiene must be observed
both sewers and surface drainage
should be provided by the people as
whoie' and where no city government
exists this is splendid work for n
i've society for civic betterment.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
Few Cities In india.

There are few cities in India. Its
stupendous population consists of
farm iaborers. India is one vast farm
one almost interminable stretch of
nelds. 1t is beautiful country-beau-
tifui rivers, beautiful mountains. 1t ia
land OF abundant life. The jungles
are full of animals, the air is alive
with birds and fowls of almost all
kinds, the waters are alive with fish
Vegetable life is abundant and varied.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
New Life-Preserver.

A new life-preserver. which has been
successfully tried, may be introduced
into the German navy. writes the
American consul from Brunswick The
apparatus, which weighs 51a pounds.
consists of two swimming cushions
pound together by straps The cush-
lens lie upon the breast and back. The
apparatus is provided with a small
lamp fed by a battery.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
FOR THE HOME MERCHANT.
Follow the Tactics of the Catalogue
Houses.


Houses.
Much has been written about the
subtle influence of the big four hound
catalogues sent broadcast over the land
by the houses located in the big cities
which, strange to say. refuse to sell
goods to the residents Of the cities in
which they are located.
There is no mysterious element in
these bulky paper books. writes d. NJ
Carr. From cover to cover they are
filed with pictures and with prices and
descriptions of goods The power of
printers ink is the only magnet, and
this magnet can be used by merchants
everywhere. The publishers of these
great catalogues do business running
we'll up toward the fifty millions year
ly. All their success has been in the
ink they use and the way they use il.
Because these concerns receive pat
ronage that should go to the home
merchant it is the home merchants
fault, Mr. Carr argues. The home mer-
chant neglects to do just what the
houses which publish the big cata
Iogues do. He may not have the mon
ey to get out such a great list. neither
the means of carrying great stocks of
goods Yet he possesses all the means
necessary to gain the trade that goes
TO these great concerns. He can buy
goods just as low, has less expense
ana. while the big catalogue goes to a
customer only once in year or two.
through the medium of the local news
paper the merchant can 90 to all the
people of the community once week
and at the lowest expense.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
a Pennsylvania county's Oil Wells

Z" ~~"'fNJ , OFI W ITss
In Mexican county whenever they
want funds to run the county affairs
they just put down an oil well on the
county farm and up the money gushes.
The South Penn drilled a well last
week that is doing five barrels a day
after being given a shot of 80 quarts of
nltroglycerin. A farm like that is
mighty convenient thing for a county
to haVe.-PhiladeIphfa Record
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
Ended the Dry Smell

She had a voice like a siren. and
when she sang. Mid play sure. sand
palaces, tho beam a rome. Be it
ayerse oh wum bull there, Snow play
Sly comb. and so on to the conclu.
sion. there wasn't dry eye in the
room
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
HOME

Home IS the cornerstone of our
government. the pillar of our
civilization. When the masses
learn chat every time that a dol
lar IS ssnt away from the home
4 Injuries it just SO much, robs il
of SO much comfort, takes away
just SO much power for good.
then the foreign houses that are
taking trade from cities and
towns will receive less patron
age.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20
PLAYGROUND PARAGRAPHS.

Instructive parental soIicitude
: very rapidly wanes under the
hard conditions of existence, and
( unless this can be fortified by
|. farreaching and powerful coun-
teragents the child will continue
TO be subordinate to almost any
!. degree. The utility OF
/ the Fairgrounds in their broad
relations will stand or fall upor
!. the method of their administra.
! tion.-Dr. Henry Baird Favill.
In childish play deep meaning
lies.-FroebeI.
why have Fairgrounds? Why?
why does a flower need the
. light? The child needs a PLAY
ground because his growth IS
through activity, which his ma
. ture has prescribed. and because
he will never grow up or will
. grow up stunted and perverted if
he is denied those opportunities
and objects to which his vital
instructive and formative activi-
) ties reiate.-Joseph Lee.
Here lies the function of the
playground. 1t gives the indi-
) viduai the opportunity for mas
terry of his body under conditions
OF increasing difficulties in it's
varied physical activities. II also
gives the opportunity for the So
c'aI experiences of democracy of
self and group government. 1t is
the school of physical and social
self discovery and self direction.
DR.. Luther Halsey GuIick.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20

Subscription Is cents per week de-
ivered by CARRIER.
BY mail Except local dehveries)
$500 per season.
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1912-12-20

Entered as second class matter
December 2, 1912, at the postoffice
at Daytona, Florida, under Act of
March 8, 1879.
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mrhRLtvo MURDER rRlaL
Accused Husband Claims Wifo Took
 Poison by Mistake

Newark N J., Jair---- -7------4-, de calling of only two witnesses and without putting the accused man him.
 elt on tbe stand the dctoase sad- denly rested today ia the uial of >, Hsou Al Ma Farlaad abo is oaars ed with the murder of bs wife oy the substitution os cyanide ol bome siom for headache medsciuo
 Argumenta were made aad tUg case Twin go lo ele lur tomorrow alter a trial of oul tao days
 In semmos far tbe state Prose- catm Molt quoted freely from nora thau 4v rrt--tz-ehlch 1T was aIcge8 NaoFarand had alchueed Visb Florente Brou Of PnLat pla 10 sIOW JUag Ha was a9amorad U H.s former tcaosrmAet anu had a motive for rnTus bImser of his wife The ca.-r said he .voaId IHo- 10 Eae NacFarland cxu u statements iu Hcse letters hat aa cdrcd be prisoner was afraid to take the aud
 ] Couusel for be defense argued ! ha Ma Fauaud bad told his wife rha he had bought cyaaide of po.as sjm 10 clean silver @ith had hovn
 het where Ne placed t aud that Mrs
 MacFariaud had plainly a&ea Ii D, ! mistake He rG6claTed tua MacFar
 I5Ud's reIfIops with vefe happy and those with the Bromley girl only friendly
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ALUMINIUM TRUST.

Mastua.oa jsl 90 lu au effort ao uafe aa5 ae Aluminium Company of tmeea 6 $-00@609 concern. is
 9. gu a.eseI monopoly in violation ot TTT E1erman aniitrgst law. rep- aoseHalaes of .Aat company today dussed with Assistant to the AL Iornc General Fowler tae federal 4o.e.@mauls recent investigation of
 ae omtm
 ihe orpowtou was represented by daHt Arthur V Davis and Gen. era Counsel Gordon of p0sburg In mssn-aion covered the com HWH ~neraIa of large deposits of HWhte ae base of me meta aum- fWm H Gearsia atahama and ar baHas tIe absorption Of a cbempA rn.'nn ccmpm in East St Louis
 and ts manufacture of utensils to determine @hether or not mon
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Grhe Purvises resided in this city for about year having left here about year ago Purgis was em- ployed in local printing offices and was identified with several local or chestras. While residents of Hot springs they resided cN Ouachita avenue)
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47 month feIt bai t+44-tF8n l aVpr had before
 T ihank Pemna for new life and sLvugth. l asud sou two pictures go FbA can see what ieFRif+l has d %-A~ sr-- me"
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Miss r. F. Otis and Miss A D. Otts of st. Louis reached tho Ar Ha4ton yesterday Both ladies were handsomely sowued at last nights assembly.
 Mir. aad Mrs. R C. Head O JcueI- son. Iowa who registered at the AT. lmgton yesterday plan to remata ua. 0l the middle of February
 AIs aud Mrs Ben Woltmm of st Louis reached the Ari.u9ton Ees.ef day
 Among the man other AHu-ua arrivals were J. D WuIct Of m rauao Mexico Caoreo M Ef o New York. and I q sWrpu of WF cr.Wp. Conu
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THE ARLINGTON DANCE.
Large Attendance Last Night and So. oial Season Is We'll Opened.

\ peep into the Arlington hotels ballroom last night while the assem ply was a its height, or even -a444illa into the rotunda. afforded positive proof that Hot Springs time-honored seasCn which brings so many social leaders south for qn inning of gay ety is under way and that all the formal dances from now on are go jug Co atracl banner thrones of the be les and beauX
 The dancing started at 9 o'clock and eatl enc of Professor Richard Bar tons l2 dance numbers drew two oI more encores With the Arlington packed with the early arrivals reach 4ng the Eastman, which.does not open
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ARLINGTON HOTEL NOTES.

Fred Metz .Omaha Neh- one oi the wealthiest brewers in the West, registered at the Arlington yesterday.
 Mir. and Mrs William Kledtn and Miss Lucy Kiodun of Coyington Nyp vbo reached the Arlaston yesterday count upon romaiuius breo or iom weeks
 Nrs Cades Norrson dau9hler md eolerness ot Marquette, Mich are euesw oG the Arlington Mrs lafet Kaufman and Miss Kaufman also reg lstered from Marquette yesterday
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TAFT coNDoLEs KING
Sends Message to English aaoa-d1 aa
 peata Of pa<c,

Waeua oH lau lesdam IaH today ordered Ht ae follow .Ha essa-e of ma.a ae sent @ Nu newao af tHeaua -a 'ac death
 H-H o. nHoal e.e.
 Nera 0 gof O sincere cm doau.o m ae u.o ha ha come to tauf tmj' u the death of .He ueke of Fife.
 iSieuedl 'WUNAM I 2l-I
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INTERESTING. SAYS MACK.
Comments Briefly on Wllson-Watter
 son Controversy.

New York Jan. a0- Norman E. Mack chairman of the Democratic national committee, said today tHd committee on arrangements for the national convention would meet in Baltimore next Monday morning. In
 dications were, he said that the at tendance at the convention wonld De the largest in the history of the par ty as democrats were more confident
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mal Thursday and with the guests 5f the other hotels taking Manaser corrinaton al his word and attend ina in full force. last nights daaee crowd was briluaut both as to mum
 bers and in appearance.
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eraated a divorce todas from Nosa Rand Daney son of cha V. Na banker Waa auou she a.oHed last A.ll
 At the 1mo ol laa.r Warase taa bride and room Neo aaea oae at Hrar lIil NJ and .a o,ber AshetUlc. N
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HURRICANE IN EIIs.

London Jan. 3lA great huiri- cane swept over the Fiji Islands S0n- day says a dispatch from Leyai1a, to the Daily Mail Smppine and oth' er property have been extensively damaged
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and dYers in this country.
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of victory this year than the year be- fore
 Mack has nothing to say on the pres dental election except that he had read the Harvey-Wilson letters and found them quite Interesting.
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LOS
 APPE TITE
 AND HOPE
Neglected Gold Caused cOmpli- caliOn, Promptly Restored
 by pafaHa.

Mrs I re tt Boyer
 ile rtuau Ave- ll anstou. lit, write fIf any one has redron Co praise Pt rull4 1t ls sure ly my selG
 'Iast spring I became so run down from the serious cf fleets of a ling eriag cold, that several com plicatiQus unit ped tn pulling me down ! could neither eat nor sleep we'll and lost lr 9 b am spirit
 # l a lly tried Peruu9 . and it did wonders for me Ia two xxr lsaIre 4
 Ifse anothel .person, aud in H3n 1 ever lldd
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STUDENTS WE'D; DIVORCED.

Elera, Ohio Jan 3o--Mrs Ll'im Dawley l6 daughter ol Commodore Y b 4fHntineton of p4e lnterlake yachting association, and heir to the 91rntngaon estate iu Clevelaid 0as
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4. PURViS IS
 FATALLY SHOT
FORMER RESIDENT OF THIS CITY s30T AND SERIOUSLY WOUND
 ED BY HIS WIFE.
Couple lad Been Separated, Some Time Ago-Purvls Former Hot
 Springs Printer.

shreveport La- Jan 5o X Far wis. a book binder. aged a5, was shot and fatally wounded by his wife at tl:30 o'clock tonight a the boarding h0nse of Mrs Purvis The Purvises had been separated for some time and tonight the man attempted to affect a reconciliation with his wife Theg went to the theater together, Mrs. Purvis says, and after arriving home she informed her husband that she would no lChger live with him She gaims that Purvis then grabbed her by the neck and threatened to kit her
 She seized a revolver lying on tho mantel and shu1A him