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Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
Missouri the Balanced State.

If you add together the number of
bushels ot corn, wheat, oats and po-
tatoes produced by the farm folk of
Missouri you will find that this state
leads all others in the production Of
these four important crops. Illinois
leads the world in corn, Kansas. our
neighbor on the west, ranks at the
top in the production of.wheat, Iowa
is one OF the greatest oat producers.
Missouri, unlike these, does not go
wild over any single crop to the det-
riment OF the others but leads in the
production Of all four OF these crops.
so important to the welfare of man
and the beasts upon which he is de-
pendent. There is nothing like be-
ing evenly balanced. 1t is positive
detriment to 20 to an extreme over
any one thing. The single crop
curse has ruined more fertile farming
communities and states than any 9TH
er agricultural error. The figures are
not at hand but It is safe to say that
Missouri ships from her borders less
proportionately of these great crops
than any other state, and more "on
the hooi." 1t is equally evident that
she is forced to buy less of these ne.
cessi,ies. Which is a fine thing for
Missouri and her soils. We should
continue to grow more of these i'm.
portant crops and market them on
the hoof or use them for the maintcn-
anCe OF the folks here at home
With the continuance OF general farm
ing in which well balanced rations
and rotations are used, Missouri's s
soils will continue strong and pro-
ductivc and her people prosperous
long after the fields of the one CroI
men in other states are worn out
Missouri, well balanced, sane Mis-
souri,, is the leader and deserves 10
be, and will remain so, despite the
fact that she can boast OF supremac,
in not single Missouri Rur'
alist.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
Subscribe For The Repu bicaD
Pike County Philosophy.

However wrong man may go,
Some folks will say II told you so. :"
The man with a relish for early
radishes can never be perfectly con-
tented in the city.
Live in peace, even if you have to
keep good many thoughts to your
self; dumb folks are generally pretty
well respected.
Time killers butcher opportunity.
The greatest confidence some peo-
pie ever express is in the fact that
they do not believe in anything.
The tongue can show mighty ca
pacity for speed when it is running
something down.
Better stay in bed and go without
your breakfast than to spoil fine
morning with crouch.
A sore shoulder on a workhorse
points the finger of contempt at the
owner.
A finicky neighbor is better than
none at all, but that is no reason why
you should be one.
Unlike the hands, the conscience
is kept tender by service.
People who really enjoy religion
are enjoyable folks.
The stingy man never objects when
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10

Postmaster General Burleson has
ordered annulled the parcel regula-
ton which requires double postage
collected from the addresses when
ordinary postage stamps have been
affixed to parcel post. Mr.. Burleson
holds that the people ought not to
suffer from negligence of postmasters
in not seeing that parcels bear proper
stamps. 1t is incredible that such a
senseless and arbitrary order was ever
issued by ex-postmaster General
Hitchcock and is similar to orders to
harrass newspapers, an extent not
equalled anywhere outside OF Russia.
Warsaw Enterprise.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
Rugs, Mating, Amin.
listers and art squares
see
j. w. knOop.
Old PAPERS for sale at this Of
flee. 20c per hundred.
Tags.

Let US print your shipping tags,
don't use somebody else's, have your
own name and address and business
on everything you ship. We can
furnish them neatly printed in large
or small quantities at reasonable
prices. Try US on so, or 100, up to
500 or 1000.
J. Fl. Drafen and daughter. Miss
Lizzie. of near Versailles. returned
home Monday morning after short
visit with the family of Mr.. Draffen's S
brother, K. +. Drafen. southeast of
Bunceton. While in Bunce,on Mr..
Drafen called at this Office and re-
newed his subscription to the Eagle
and also ordered the paper sent to his
son-in-law. &. p. Letchworth. -
Bunceton Eagle.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
EHe New Dixie.

oh, Dixie's land is the land OF glory,
The land OF cherished song and story.
Look away, look away, look away. Dixie land.
'Tis the land that patriots love to dwell in.
The land our fathers fought aud fell in,
Look away, look away. look away, Dixie land.
CHORUS.
l am glad live In Dixie. Hurrah. Hurrah,
In Dixie's land take my stand,
TO live and die in Dixie.
Away, away, away down South in Dixie.
Away, away, away down South in Dixie,
The Blue and Gray went out to battle,
And loud they made wars thunder rattle.
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land
Our cause we lost, but won glory.
Which will last when time is hoaTy
Look away, look away look away, Dixie land
Still Dixies land is the land of freemen,
of soldiers brave, and gallant seamen.
Look away. look away, look away, Dixie land.
The land where rules the Anglo Saxon,
The land Of Davis, Lee and Jackson,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land,
Aud Dixies sons will stand together
In sunshine and in stormy weather,
Look away, look away, look away, Dixie land.
Though lightning flash, and mountain sever,
Count on the Solid south forever.
Look away, look away look away, Dixie lsnd.
The above was adopted by the
D. 0. G. some two years ago, as the
wording of the old sonF did not sui,
fastidious ears, but the "poys" who
sang it, 6l-65, will continue to make
it ring out, Cinnamon, sage and a
sandy bottom" etc., Tor the old
words, as well ss tune, was bsthed in
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
For Ladies suits and
coats for spring see
J. w. Knoop.

Mrs. lobe. of Upton, passed
through Versailles last Thursday on
her way to Cole Camp to visit her
son. She was accompanied to Ver-
sail'es by her daughter, Miss Rosa
lobe. who visited friends between
trains.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
Salt and Pepper.

Salt and Pepper.
Crooked dealing is downright
stealing.
Some folks are too dignified to be
useful.
A little envy often makes lot of
trouble.
Some women mike the most of
their good good locks.
Love may be blind. but marriage
is an eye-opener.
Some folks seem to have lost their
thinking cap"
Sound doctrine"--a lecture on
musical composition.
A little knowledge sometimes makes
lot of trouble.
The man who drinks is often TOO
iuII IOT utlcTdUtc.
Some of the surest things in life
are its uncertainties.
The wife who keeps her husbands s
love must return it.
Some men seem t. have a hard
time trying to find a soft job.
The folks who really know the
most never insist on telling it,
The people who never make ms
takes are all out IN the cemetery.
Love makes the world 60 round SO
fast it makes some of u, d,zzy.
Having your name on the church
book Is not the whole duty of man.
The height OF some women's ambi-
ton is a tall man with plenty of
money.
Some mems chief aim in life seems
to be the other fellows pocke,book.
Make some folks look like thirty
cents" and the picture is real life
like.
Some folks are so grave you would
think they had been brought up in a
cemetery.
Having Bible in the house is
about as near heaven as some folks
will ever get.
The folks who give you the "cold
shoulder" seem to hand it out of the
icebox.
Some folks use their religion 50
little that it soon gets rusty and ou,
| of order.
Some of the the people who &c,
"At Rest" on their gravestoncs
never did enough in life to make
them tired.
The devil is quite a respectable
looking old boy when he puts on his
white tie and long-taled coat.
When you are not in harmony with
the truth, it is very likely 10 make
you feel uncomfortable.
Some folks are OF such retiring
disposition that it embarrasseS them
to meet their bills.
The folks who know lot Of things
that are not SO seem to enjoy
telling them.
Some folks might well hang ont the
sign, General Overseer of Every.
body's Business "
Many man who claims to be
working for the Lord has his name
! on the devils pay roll.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10

his folks give him liberal funeral.
When YOU point the finger of scorn
it ought to be pretty well manicured.
Joe Bowers. in Missouri Rurali,t.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
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LOCAL NEWS. 3

Blake Talbot, of Little Rock, Ark. =,
was home last week for few DAYS
visit with his mother, Mrs. II. r.
Talbot.
Morgan County republican., 1913-04-10
Muslin underwear
!. w. Knoop.

John James. OF Barnett, has sold
out, and is off for Oklahoma. Can't
say when he will be back 10 Gods
country.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07

uncollected of the amount guaranteed to the American Thermos Bottle com pany. There is only $25,000 remaining to be paid out by the Norwich Indus trial Improvement corporation. To publish the list of those who have not paid their subscriptions in full would, in my judgment, be improper at this time. and an injustice to many who have requested an extension of time The annual meeting of the Norwich Industrial Improvement corporation will be held next month and this in formation will be placed before the subseribers at that time, if requested
 The American Thermos Bottle com pany have frequently affirmed that the benefits that would come to them by removal to Norwich would be great They agreed to begin to move one month after the building was complet ed. Until they are established here they will receive no benefits and they have not received one dollar of Nor wich money to date. Every check drawn from the Thermos fund has gone to the contractor employed on the building, upon bills approved by our To- cal building committee, the architects and engineers.
 Regarding the reduction in the price of gas, I can only say that the present rates in Norwich are as low as in any city in New England of the size of Norwich of which I have statistics. If anyone has any other information, if he will hand it to me I will be glad to use it. In my efforts to secure other concerns for Norwich I have sought information from various authorities, and have been assured, among other things, that a 20 per cent. reduction in the price of gas would be made next summer This information has already appeared in print, and the reduction would be made today if the capacity of the gas tanks were large enough to take care of the increased business that would result.
 There are s2S men in the employ of the American Thermos Bottle com pany in Norwich at the present time, and the company has already expend- ed $25, 1000 in cash in this city, although they did not agree to employ anyone or expend a dollar until the building was completed.
 Lacking time to go into further de- tails, I trust that investigator" and others will do me the justice to accept my reply in a. spirit of fairness, and not expect impossibilities in the mat ter of letter writing and replies to anonymous queries. My experience is that letters without the writer's sigma rure do more harm than good, and any one indulging in them does himself an l injustice.
 FREDERIC W. CARY. Norwich, Feb. 6, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
DIVORCE AND HAsTY MARRIAGES

Many are the efforts being made for the correction of the divorce evils and the overcoming of the hasty mar riages and they are steps in the prop CT direction. The records of the di- vorce courts, particularly in some of the states have long showed the glar- ing need of reduction. This is not alone confined to Nevada, but exists in any state where people carry the idea that the courts should grant di- vorces because they do not wish to continue their marriage relations. The efforts deserve to succeed.
 Connecticut is at present figuring as the state for nasty marriages for couples from Massachusetts and Rhode Island and legislation to overcome this sort of practice Is being sought Other states have found it advisable and 1t has been advocated that New England states adopt uniform Legislation in this regard, The need of it hepe has been manifested more since the neigh boring states have found 1t necessary to change their marriage laws and re qUire a certain time to intervene be- tween the taking out of the license and the marriage ceremony. Such leg islation is receiving support not as discoura cement to marriage but un- der the belief that nasty maria ges make business for the divorce courts and everything possible should be done to check that. The best safeguards are desirable for curtaiIing the abuses which result from the almost ridicu- lous ease with which persons are mar risd and divorced. or have their mar riages annuled.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
does not have the nickel and has to
 walk, and also to the one that walks. Norwich. Feb. 6, 1913.
Give Them Plenty of Rope.

MT. Editor: I think sometimes, Ir Editor. as I peruse the columns of your valuable paper and read the doings, undoings and misdoings of our demo cratic state senate that it would be a good investment for intelligent Con- necticut to start up a couple of rope walks make ID 8 few hundred coils of the strongest hemp and ship half of it to McNeil, half to Mahan and if any slops over send it to Landers and Hurly.
 The great 1amented Grant never said a truer word than that spoken election night. 1ST4 when told that the demo . crats had swept the country in the congressional elections. His words to Marshall Jewell were: s.Al1 right; we should be thankful, for nothing will kill the democrats so quick as giving them rope enough to hang themselves with
 There wanst was two democrats brooke loose. Each thought the other was 2 goose. One's name was McNeiI, the other Mahan. They fought and they bit. and they pelted and banged. so in few months, in spite of their gall, the democrats Namoused bull moosers and all. and the people came back to their own.
 .. E. MONTGOMERY
 Packer, conn.. Feb 6, 1913.
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
CLEARING UP NEW YORK.

It Is armost successful service which District Attorney Whitman is giving the city or New York. In his prede- eesser the city had an aggressive prosecutor, but the present incumbent is by no means falling short. He is Going Single handed what the entire police department should be engaged in. but the cause of the police failure is being brought to light by the dis closures of their collusion with vice as 1t exists in all forms in the great city. Revelations are following on the heels Of revelations in such numbers and from suoh sources that they cannot be doubted and make it apparent that crime and graft have a strangls hold upon the city which it ts going to re- quiEA determined and persistent eff foTt to dislodge If it is possible to do so the city has in District Attor- ney Whitman the man, who is not only qualified, but who has manifested the disposition to accomplish the llercu- lean task.
 Long before the confessions of the policemen it was evident that there was something rotten in Denmark but the difficulty came in getting hold of the proof of 1t. Those engaged there in were banded together. as partners in crime. They had a perfect organ ization until they failed to frighten Ro- seuthal. He was feared and was put oMt of the way. That developed sit nations which no investigation could have touched. It has continued to bear fruit and the end is not yet Whether New York is cleaned up as 1t should be. 1t is evident that before the end is reached it will be better than 1t has been for a long time and it will be under obligations to maintain
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
Mir. Gary Replies.

Mir. Editer. I have read the let ter signed "Tnvestfgator" in your issue of today. Inasmuch as none of the matters are personal 1 am uncertain why I should be burGened with the answers te all the questions contained therein, many of which are misleading and some of which are naifestly inn proper ts discuss in the public print. I have ne interest in this controversy other than any other broad minded citizen of cur Norwich should have.
 Facts and figures are requested te st4es that the remodeiing ef teneaaents in Norwich the past year has been on an unusual scale. This information has come tq lae frat hand. In my own line of business the sale of hardware and the installation eI electric work iIl old buildings has shown such all ln- crease q $ to attract attention. Further Iaore, twelve more buildings were inn proved in Norwich in 1912 than in 1911, and the total building operations in Norwich were s352s115 more than in I91f Of this amount $S2,ao9 WAS ex- pended on new dwellings slnd Sl2,3T0 on repairs.
 It is not true that s17.eee remains
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Progressive Age.

MT. Editor: I rather liked the way investigator talks. Mrs Taylor meant all right, and I think her name not be- ing on the Thermos fund was worth quite much as some that were ad- vertised as boomers.
 You read in the local papers quite frequently of President Walker com ing to town, and the railroad from New York to New London seems to work all right, but from New London to Norwich it seems necessary for some of our prominent men to go after him in an automobile Is the railroad service from New London to Norwich not quick enough for him :? Perhaps MT Cary can explain that also how much of the $25,0e0 Mr. Walker said they had at the board of trade banquet to help new industries has been used
 There is one thing that Is booming above all else. and that is the Movies; and they are not like our merchants who feed and ciothe the people and do the repairs. You have to pay cash ts get into the Movies. and you have the 1 butcher, ciotflier and grocer put it en the book,
 This is q progressive age. If you don't believe it, just look up the poli- ties in the harhor improvement st New London, and then the bill to appropri- l ate $5.0o9,000 for a road for autozno- piles.
 How about the poor workman that ! has to pay taxes to support town paupers, who get drunk in the poor house and are sent to the county jail, and pay their share of the $5,6o0 6e0 and court fees
 According to Bridgeport MeMeii, east ern Connecticut is no good, but west ern Connecticut is all to the mustard.
 About MT. Collins hammers, he might go to the state house and eel- feet a few up there, and drop them into the Connecticut river with the ones that are using them
 The situation is about like the farm e, who was knocked down by an au- tomobiIe. Before he could get out of the way lac was knocked down again by . motorcycle, which came rushing along behind.
 frieni of his on the s.eer ai3a11 yelled to him: Why don't you get out lf rIle way T
 How the dickens did I isaoae IL had a colt 2 was the angry response
 A POOR TAXPAYER who doesn't own an automobile, and is having hard time to keep out of the way but is thankful he has q street railroad to use. when he has the nick el and believes that if the board of trade could get free trolleNs it would he a great boon to the poor man, who
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
CUT GARMENT BY CLOTH.

The Ansonia Sentinel which is an enthusiastic advocate of good roads, from the standpoint of the automobile. says: Ut is hard to understand the course of reasoning which those peo- ole and papers pursue, that are forced to admit that waterbound highways will not stand present. day traffic and yet are in favor of retaining in office a commissioner who is loath to stop building this kind of roads and give the state something permanent for it's money.''
 Highway Commissioner MacDonSsd has always stood for the best there is in highways and does so today He has done conscientious and faithful work in the construction of good roads within the borders of Connecticut He has had regard for the funds which were entrusted to him to make the best use of and in the adoption of the policy of doing in road work, the greatest amount of good for the great est number of the residents of the state of Connecticut he has divided the ex- penditures between gravel and mac adam roads. Every section can testi- fy to the benefits received. He has made experiments looking to greater permanency and the use of bituminous binder. He has not built vitrified brick road at an enormous expense for the benefit of a small portion of the state, because the demands for better roads come from all towns and the farmers are entitled to the same consideration as the auto drivers, though it is the auto which is kick ing out and injuring the ordinary mac adam.
 The highway commissioner has cut his garment according to the cloth and should he be provided with what 1t is desired to give the highway com missioner fn the future there is not the least question but what he would then give an excellent account of his stewardship in the construction of more permanent roads
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07
CLEANING THE SIDEWALKS.

The securing of good sidewalks and clean sidewalks are problems which bother every community but bad side walks and uncleaned sidewalks are a combination which ought not to be tolerated. There are those who con sider it is their duty first to make and maintain a safe path for their fellow citizens and they have a right to expect the same in return, but there are those who never give the least concern to clearing the walks of snow and ice, or in sanding them.
 In maintaining that the Golden Rule should apply to the cleaning of side walks and referring to the lax enforce ment of the law the Bridgeport Tele- gram says:
 Which is better-to break your arm and get damages from the city or to save your arm and forego the cash All citizens in favor of breaking their arms, or their legs. or possibly their neclSs, are earnestly requested to join the ranks of those who do not remove snow from their sidewalks. This bus mess of cleaning some and leaving others untouched, is too haphazard to be approved by a methodica1 mind.
 Under the circumstances, the law requiring the removal of snow from sidewalks becomes more or less of a farce and 1t is impossible to walk more than a few blocks without find ing fragrant violations. The city is going to considerable expense in mak- ing block maps. showing the location and ownership of every bit of real estate, and an intelligent use of these might aid materially in locating and punishing offenders, if anyone wants to punish them. But then, perhaps the citizens prefer to skate and slide and tumble and let the city pay the freight
Norwich bulletin., 1913-02-07

To reduce the spectacular features of Tap day, which have grown to con siderable proportions in the past lew this week:
 On the afternoon of Thursday May 15, during the senior society elections, the college campus will be closed to all except alumni and members of the uni- versity Students are requested not to invite visitors.
 This official notice is taken by some as a step in rather we'll defined movement to curb some of the unde- sirable external evidences of the Yale senior societies. In one of the most thoughtful and forceful treatments of
 Courant of the past month condemns the secrecy of these three organiza- tions. The writer, B. T. Webb, 1913,
 says: "The object of our senior SO cieties is that definite number of men may be selected before the eyes of all who care to look, that they may subsequently gather on fixed nights in noticeably specified manner and garb, at an architecturally conspicuous place and that they may be eternally cryp- tic-about what? About the interior furnishings of this resort, about what they say to each other there, and last ly about the name of their organiza- ton, which is cried aloud over the country
 The writer condemns the atmosphere of blind acceptance of things as they are, or me condfIlOnS Wnlcn the ln- coming man accepts as divinely ar ranged and later helps to perpetuate; because forty-five fine intelligent up- perclassmen are foolish enough and selfish enough to parade about saying Hush."
 The senior societies., he concludes, "'are in a situation not only ludlcroSs and unworthy of their members, but which is also prejudicfal to the best interests of the college" Complete openness is the solution urged by the Courant and this change of attitude
 on the part of the senior societies is understood to have other powerful champions. It would, therefore not i be surprising to see some change in the
 system at Yale within a few years.