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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

ber-base and selfish women. Man ana
woman alike should profit by the teach
lngs in such a story az this OF Mother"
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
January o. 1918
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt
NY Dear Sir: Your letter came as
surprise for / wasn't expecting an an
swer. The next day the book came, and
thank YOU for your ready sympathy
and understanding ] feel as though you
and Mrs Roosevelt would think I was
hardly loyal 10 my husband and children,
but. knowing Of no other way 70 bring
the idea which was so strong In my mind
10 your notice. / told my personal story.
II II will. in a small measure. be the
means OF helping some one else py
moulding public opinion. through YOU, l
shall be content. You have helped me
more than you know. Just having you
interested IS as good as tonic, ana
braces me up TIL / feel es though 7 shall
refuse to he laid on the shelf
To think that you'd bother 70 send me
book, T shall always treasure lt both for
the text of the book and the sender. I
read IL with absorbing interest. TIE
mother was 50 splendid She was ideal.
The situations arc 50 startlngy real
just like what happens here every day
with variations.
A narrative OF facts is often more con-
vincing than a homily: and these TWO
letters Of my correspondent carry ther
own lesson.
Parenthetically let me remark thN
whenever a man thinks that he has OUT
grown the woman who is his mate 10
will do well carefully TO consider Vhethe7
his growth has not been downward IN
stead OF upward. whether the facts arc
not merely that he has fallen away from
his wife's standard OF refinement and OF
duty.
The next instaIment of Mr. RooseyeH
Chapters Of Possible Autobiography ",
entitled The New York Police IL VIII
appear In the issue of August II,
Published by special arransement win
! The outlook ~ which Theodore RooseVeI
! is the contributing editor. through w
| Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate. 'opyrignI
| 1918 by the outlook Company. Al riSh"
+. reserved, including rights OF translation.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
IN A RURAL SCHOOL.

MY attendance is better and also bet
ter interest and work. wrote teacher
In rural school in that same state.
Now when the bell rings they are up
and out with a whoop. and when they re-
turn it is with flushed faces and laugh
ing countenances. showing that they have
enjoyed their play. careful record kept
of the progress of these children two
months after treatment shows a gain OF
5. % per cent on class work, SIS per cent
OF examination. and gain OF per cent
on attendance"
From still another Louisiana community
the board OF directors of the schools
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
AT THE DlsPENsARY.

They begin 10 arrive at the dispensary
early in the day They linger, gathering
I'm groups around the tables Of exhibits
and listen TO the stories Of improvement
told by those who have already been
treated They carry the news back 10
their own neighborhoods, and the work
mutlplies many hundred fold in short
space of time. The cures best form Of
advertising is illustrated In the letter OF
a young North Carolina doctor with a
sense OF humor in response to a request
for a report on an important case. This
was what he wrote:
Dear Doctor: / honestly believe 60 per
cent Of the people In my territory are In
fected, and / have tried 10 teach 1t TO
them. You ask for report on an I'M
portant case, but first let me tell you
why il was important
THE people In a certain large neighbor-
hood had never heard of a hookworm.
attended services at a church cut that
way. and naturally noticed such pale
crowd of people l made the remark that
90 per cent OF the ones present had hook
worm. Oh. no. They wouldn't let new
doctor. who said they were 'wormy,' come
I'm their house. In other words, l was
directly up against IL in that good neigh
horhood. and new man; but | didn't
take IL back-only prayed for chance
to begin TO prove IT, Here's the case.
Young girl about seventeen years old
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

character, are both necessary. II is only
by a slow and patient inward transfor-
nation such as these laws aid in bring
ing about that men are really helped up
ward in their struggle for a higher and
a fuller life. Recognition of individual
character as the most important Of all
factors does not mean failure fully TO
recognize that we must have good laws.
and that we must have our best men in
office to enforce these laws. The nation
collectively will in this way be able TO
be Of real and genuine service TO each
Of us individually; and, on the other
hand, the wisdom Of the collective action
will mainly depend on the high indi-
vidual average of citizenship.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

but looked and acted about seventy. was
brought TO me by her uncle, who lived in
and was a leader Of the above mentioned
neighborhood; but the girls home was in
South Carolina. The patient was a per-
feet picture OF hookworm case. but
not a mild one. Had no appetite, anamic
but that hardly expresses it. She looked
as IL she had been eating dirt for years
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

unjust realize that she has no more right to
shirk the business Of wifehood and moth
erhood than tie man has TO SINK MS
business as a breadvinner for the house
hold. Women should have free access to
every field If labor which they care 10 en-
ter. and when their work is as valuable a.
that Of a man it should he paid as highly
Yet normally for the man and the woman
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

certain fifteen-year-od boy who had
been brought to the dispensary by his
father The lad was typical subject
lie seemed to take no notice Of the crowd
or the exhibit
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

A girl before marriage sits up tlli ni"-
night wishing he'd go home. ana a.''
marriage she sits up till midnight "'"
ing he'd come home.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

wrote: "Ninety-nine per cent of our
school children have been examined; 10
per cent of them were infected; 50 per
cent were heavily infected Az result
OF your treatment for hookworm in our
schools, we find that children who were
ranking NTH and sixth in their classes
now rank second and third. Their lessons
are not so hard for them. they pay bet
ter attention in class and they have more
energy. These children have gained from
to Is per cent Of their actual weight.
In short, we have I'm our schoolrooms to-
day about l20 bright rosy faced children,
whereas, had you not been sent here to
treat them, we would have had that many
pale faced, stupid children
THE "FORKEMITES.
The story OF the "Forkemites" illustrates
what the cure Of the hookworm disease
will do for the physical, mental and moral
welfare OF community. The "Forkemites'
are the people living in the neighborhood
Of forl<ed salt water inlet setting In from
the Potomac River between Westmore-
land and northumberland counties. in Nir-
ginia. IL Is many, many miles from any
railroad The term "Forkemite" has been
applied to the people living here because
of their proximity TO the fork. 1t has been
term OF reproach for generations. be-
cause II has signiied lack OF energy and
thriftlessness Accompanying the extreme
poverty were the inevitable mental and
moral fruits The hookworm disease was
found to have infected the whole region.
The Totus Key school was known as a
hard school" or the eighty-five chill
dren in the district only forty were In at
tendance. OF these thirty-eight were
found to be infected. They were treated
and so were those who were not attend
ing, IL having been found that "A large pro-
portion Of the forty-five such were In need
~ It. This was the result as described
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
Continued from third page.

ing miracles being performed, set out on
foot, the more anemic ofttimes falling by
the way and being gathered up and
brought in by kindly disposed nelghbors
who chance to pass with wagons. As
many as ass persons have been treated at
one place in a single day.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10

to make his own way in the world.
consider that this is the darnedest best
investment ! ever made.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-10
Relationship Of Man
and Woman Stands
at Base Of Whole
Social Structure.

ber-base and selfish women. Man ana
woman alike should profit by the teach
lngs in such a story as this OF Mother"
Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
January q 1914
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17

as the State Normal College.
The purpose Of this college was
to supply teachers for the South
ern schools and to encourage the
state to train their teachers.
In 1887 he name of the instl.
tuition was changed to the Pea
body Normal College. In 1905
the Peabody Board met again,
made a conditional endowment,
and laid plans to establish q col
lege for the higher education Of
teachers for the Southern states,
to be known as the George Pea
body college for teachers.
Two years ago the Peabody
Board of cred to the Peabody
College at Nashville $500, 600
provided the trustees could raise
81 100000.
This million dollars must be
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17

raised by November of this
year.
Only 100000 has been raised
an it seems almost impossible
for the trustees to get the re-
naming 5000, 900 by November
|. The only source of relief
seems to lie in the hands Of the
trustees of the University Of
Nashville who hold in their pos
session over $l50,00O. Thu &C.
tion taken by the Tenn. State
Assembly makes it possible, leg
ally, for this fund to be transfer
red to the George Peabody COL
lege for teachers. Now let US
all hope that the Tustees of the
University of Nashville will
come to the aid of Southern edu.
cation and not let "Old Pea
body"
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
No Sea Water In
Panama Canal.

Widespread prevalence of the
idea that there will be an actu-
al union Of the waters of the At
lantic and the Pacific upon the
opening of the Panama Canal has
caused the War Department to
issue a statement explaining the
plain. prosaic fact that sea wa,
ter on either side Of the isthmus
will get no further than the en-
frances of the great waterway.
ITO those who know the engi-
neering features" said the state
ment, this idea is rather anus
ing, as, so far as the canal is con
cerned, the waters Of the Allan
tic and Pacific will never min
gle. The Gatun Lake, which is
midway of the canal, has an ele-
walton Of IS feet above the
oceans, and water from this lake
will merely flow each way 70 the
two oceans, he water from the
lake being fresh and derived
from the drainage Of the sur.
rounding area"
The statement also explained
that the blowing up of the Gam
boa dixie on October 10 will not
permit the passage of even
row bat from ocean to ocean, as
it will be necessary to complete
the removal of the dixie by dredg-
ing and then to dredge out the
Oucaracha slide before the canal
will be open from end to end.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17

feels very grateful for the kind
ness shown him during the days
his disability.
Get ready yourself and your
whole family to spend the week
in Lexington, beginning Monday
27-the Great Whitney Carnival
Co., will spend the week here.
The Progress last week omit
ted mention of the reelection of
j. A. Pope, as Superintendent of
the light and water systems of
the town. Mr.. Pope asked the
co. operation of the new Council
as he was given that of the old.
He is a capable man.
The Progress has failed to
chronicle the death of Sam M i.
Coffman, aged 6S years, 10
months and 20 days who died
Sept. 20, in the old 9Th district.
Mr.. Ooffinan was a good citizen
and during the civil war was a
soldier of the union in the 7th
West Tenn. Cavalry.
LOST-On street in Lexing-
ton, Tuesday, Sept. %, between
my home on Jackson street and
College, gold brooch, small
diamond in center and several
small pearls deeply set in sprang-
les. Will reward finder.
MRS. w. J.. MCHANEY.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
Peabody College.

The Peabody College for Teach
ers, one of the states greatest
educational institutions, is now
in danger of being lost because
of a failure to secure the remain
der Of an endowment that it
needs to make it's establishment
permanent.
In 1867 a donation was made
to the cause of Southern educa
ton by George Peabody. Out
of this fund the eabody Board
founded in 1876 the institution
for teachers at Nashville, known
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
The Extra Session.

The second extra session OF the
18th General Assembly met in
Nashville last Monday with a
quorum of both Senate and
House present. William Stan.
ten, Crump's puppet Speaker OF
the House, was denied the des.
potic power he had used in the
first extra session and series OF
law. enforcement bills were IN.
troduced early.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17

Best Specimen Drawn work,
] sack flour, &. T. Ray.
Best Bath Towel, soc towel,
A. W. Sweat.
Best Sofa Pillow, suck flour.
!, G. /. Ray.
PAINTING.
Best Painting, by girl under
Is years, Pickle Fork, Brown
Bros.
Best Oil Painting, / sack flour,
g. I. Ray.
CULINARY DEPARTMENT.
Additional Premiums.
Best Display Pickle, not less
than B kinds, $l.00 cash by Crys-
tai Theatre.
Best Apple Jelly, pr. Shears,
by A. E. Beasley.
Best Home bottled Grape
juice, 81 90 worth of sugar, j. +.
Boswell.
Best Display, not less than 3
kinds, home bot tied fruit juice,
without chemical acid, $1.OO
cash, Henry Mccall.
Best Lemon cake made of En-
press flour, J barrel Empress
flour, Bennett Il Jovner,
Best White pound Cake made
of Dainty flour, ! barrel Dainty
flour, l.. Ii. Pearson.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
Henderson County Live
Stuck and Agricultural
Exhibits.
Thursday, October 20, 1918.
EMBROIDERED ARTICLES.

FIN EMBROIDERED ARTICLES.
superintendent Mrs. }. 0.
Brown. Mr0. n. K. Barham, Mrs.
Felix Greasy.
Best Shirt Waist, 81 90 cash /,
r. w Howard.
Best Night Dress, $l.OO in
merchandise, } h Fielder.
Best Corset Cover, one years
subscription to Progress.
Best Pin Cushion, 80 cents
cash, Hay Produce 20.
Best Towels, one dozen cakes
Fairy Soap, W. @. flaming.
Best Table Napkins. set of six,
ST 90 cash, r. A. Lewis.
Best Center Piece, 81 90 in
merchandise, d. D. Paford.
Best fancy work Apron, 81 90
cash, j. A. Hatchett.
Best Silk EN- broidered Center
Piece, 80 cents cash, W. A.
Lawler.
Best specimen Of S.alIoping
by child under 10 years, 80 cents,
W. T. Watson.
Best Pillow Gases, one years
subscription to Progress.
Best Baby Dress, one sack of
flour, G. 7. Ray.
Best Punch W rk Waist, one
sack of flour, &. T. Ray.
Best Specimen Hardanger, EN-
broidery, one sack of -four, &. T.
Ray.
Best Baby Pillow, one sack OF
flour, G. 7. Ray.
Best Patch work Quilt, one
sack Of flour, q I. Ray.
Best CoverIet, one sack Of
-four, G. 7. Ray.
CROCHErlNG.
Best Collar, $l.0O in merchan-
disc, Mrs. j. A. Henry.
Best Center Piece, 81 90 cash,
l.. I. Fielder.
Best Hand Bag, Sl.O0 cash, K.
9. Hooks.
Best Baby Gap, $l.OO cash,
w. II. Ross.
Best Slippers. $l.00 pair of
Hose, A. w. Sweat.
Best yard Lace, Gravy Ladle,
Brown Bros.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Best Home made Rug, sack
-four, g. T. Ray.
Best Hand made Handkerchief,
SOC cash, Charles Roberts.
Best Specimen Battenberg,
500 cash, T. W. Petty.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
Program Crystal Theatre,
THURSDAY

THURSDAY.
Sherman March to the Sea,
B reels. Bison. Don I mss his
stirring war drama.
FRIDAY.
His Weakness Conquered
Rex. The Hall Room Girls,
Orys. The Princess of the Val.
ley, Nestor.
SATURDAY.
The Greater Call, 3 reels.
Eclair.
This is positively the best 3
reel feature that we have had.
Don't miss t.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
Coming.

Week beginning Monday Oct /.
u, great Whitney Shows-a fall
carnival company.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-10-17
Supplement to the Lex
ingtoD Progress, Friday,
October IL, 1913.
Local and Personal
Get ready for the Fair.

IiSnt SICK Since our laSU issue.
An infant child of Elmer Au-
try, near Juno, died last Sunday.
Dnn't Forget week of 9th in
Lexington.
W. r. Ferguson, the Shady
Hill merchant, was here Tues.
day.
X. l.. Fesmire attended the
M. Il. Conference at McLemores.
vile last week.
Brakeman u. g. Hearn has
been off duty for several days
on account of illness.
The Whitney Shows carry
their own band.
}. A. Pope, Supt. water aud
light, ia reported i'll at his home
on Purdy street.
All are glad to see the work of
restoring the Christian church
structure in progress.
Atty. l.. T. Smith returned
Monday from a stay of several
weeks in Decatur county.
Ohancery Court adjourned last
Saturday--it being the last term
Chancellor Bullock will be with
US.
Mrs. q. A. Logan and daugh.
ter, Miss Mary, went to Nash
vile Monday, accompanied by
ID. d. Barry.
j. +. and Mrs. Winslow spent
last Sunday near Chesterfield
with their former neighbor Mrs. /
Belle Mccall.
r. A. Barry, of Paris, accom-.
panied by two little children,
spent Sunday night with Mrs.
Lizzie Lawler.
Don't fail t. see the High Div
er, 80 feet from ladder. Week /
Of n, in Lexington-free to ev.
erybody day and night.
A lady says-You have tie
best flour, sold in Lexington.
She uses-'Gilster s. Best" For
sale by-Bennett & Joyner.
Jim Uhles, lad of Is, return
ed Wednesday to England, Ark. !,
after spending three months
with his uncle Will Roberts.
The Progress is greatly pleas
ed to see Esq. q. +. McHauey SO
much improved in health that
he is able to be out every day.
9. Q. Lewter, of Crumps Land.
ing, Tennessee RIVER was here
Wednesday representing the
Roberts Cotton Co., of Cairo, Ill. |
Service in Mt. Olive church
(old Presley Schoolhouse) next
Sunday at 2 O'Clock in the after
n,on. Pastor T. 9. lowers will
preach.
Esq. Atlas +. Stewart called
Tuesday and ordered The Prog
ress sent to his son, Walter, at
B!ytheville, Ark. Walter went
to Arkansas ten years ago. |
W. ]. Moore, of Holiday, has
spent the week here, Investigate
ing the adjacent territory for
dogwood timber, with the view of
locating here if the dogwood can
be found in paying quantity.
Among the visitors to Lexing-
ton last week, on account of the
death of Mrs. N. j. Dennison,
was Miss Kate, daughter Of Felix
r. Bray of Jackson. Miss Kate
is a favorite with all who know
her.
Mrs. n. {. Threadgill who |
was carried to Nashville last
week, was brought back home
without operation for appendi.
citis and has since continued
quite i'll at her home on Jacks son
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28
Bulletins.

lndianapolis.-SearchN of houses
this afternoon in the previously
flooded West Side failed to uncover
a single fatality. putting an end to
rumors of large losses of life.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28

Huntington, w. Va.-Great tide of
water is sweeping down the Big
Sandy river, according to report.
Every dam with exception of Beaver
Dam is reported broken. % feet Of
water is in Big Sandy at Pikeville.
Feared that the whole town of Cat
tleburg, KY, will wash out when the
great wall of water carrying $4,000
logs sweep into the Ohio river.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28

- S'S'S 'oen"eyS fSss''S o' WV ~
rumors of large losses of life.
Akron, O.-Report that the, town
of Boston Mills, near here, was over
whelmed by the bursting of dam
early today with heavy loss of life is
untrue. Half dozen houses were de-
molished, but they had all been va
Gated. Ne fatalities.
Cincinnati, O.-There was no rain
here or at Dayton today. Cloudy and
cold weather. Ohio river here regis
tered 52.9 feet today. Slowly rising.
Danger line is so feet. -<5
Suffering is general in outlying dis
tricts. River men fear the flood will
be as serious as that of 1884, when
the stage was TN feet. Water is
rapidly receding in Dayton.
Terre Haute, Ind.-Many lives fost
here late yesterday when river en-
bankment north gave way. The peo-
pie had been warned but those who
remained behind to move property
were caught.
Terre Haute, Ind.-At least two
persons known drowned at Howes-
vile, 25 miles south, on Eel River.
Boats from Linton are today picking
up survivors.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28

Hamilton, O-When rescue, work.
ers gathered today for further ex-
ploration of the food rims here today,
the estimated dead was placed at
from 100 to 800.
Fifty bodies have-been identified.
There are hundreds still unac-
counted for, and mahy reports of per-
sons declared by eye-witnesses to
have persisted.
Piles of debris fill the streets and
it is reasonable to suppose that be-
meath these and the wreckage of all
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28

Somerset, Ky-Landslide a few
miles from Oakdale, Tenn, has
stopped all traffic from the south on
the @. & C. Ry. There have been no
passenger trains north bound through
here since Wednesday.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28
STORM BRIEFS FROM ALL SECTIONS

steadily rising, this city is preparing
to fight high-water stage. Cellars
and low regions are already under
water. Railroad traffic has not yet
been hampered. -
Reports from Virginia, Ashland
and other points along the B. & o.,
east of here, are that so far no
trouble has been experienced, but
that more water is expected tomor-,
row because of melting snow.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28
MiddIetoWn,

MiddIetown, O.-List Of missing
here placed at SO today. OF this num-
Der it is expected half are safe. Suf-
fering among refugees has been
greatly relieved Efforts are being
made to secure more physicians and
at least two pumping fire engines, as
the water supply is limited.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-03-28

BearestowFi, III.--With the Illinois
river at the flood stage and the water