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Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-04
PINE STREET SCHOOL
 CONTRACT IS LET
MCBRIDE AND Nct iMHON GETS GENERAL CONTRACT AND OTHER FIRMS GET
 WORK.
Will Cost GlS.00O and Will Be O. Brick Veneer-Merriil SchGOl
 Contract Soon.

The general contract for the cree tion of the new Pine Street School and all sub contracts for the building
 were let yesterday by the Pine Bluff Schol Board, at meeting held in the rooms of the Chamber of Commerce,
 presided over by E. A. Howell, presi- dent of the Board. There were many bidders and the greatest interest was manifested in the final announce ments of the Board after considering them. Architect Mitchell Seligman drew the plans for the new structure, work on which will begin at once. The building will cost when complet- ed about $1S,00O.
 McBryde and McCammon, local con- tractors, were awarded the contract for the general work. Robinson Brothers received the contract for the plumbing, J. H. Dellmon got the roof ing contract, c. P. Austin the painting contract and the American Electric Company was awarded the job for the electrical fixtures and wiring.
 The new building will be a one- story affair of brick veneer. It will be practically a two-story structure, for the basement, which will be used for classes and other purposes, will be above the ground. It will be pro- vided with an asbestos shingle roof.
 Bids will be opened for the new Merrill High School, for colored pu- pills, in about two weeks. This build ing will be built on the site (of the old Merrill school, which was destroyed by fire some weeks ago.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-04
TRANS-CONTINENTAL
 BICYCLE RACE
CarabOn and Army Teams Competing For HOnOrs in Cross COun.
 try Trip.

New York, May 3-The first trans- continental bicycle race in years started here today when Fred Scherer and Walter Wiley rode away with a twenty-four hour handicap over George McAdams and Ernest Higgins. Scherer and Wiley are riding for the Carabon team, while McAdams and Higgins will carry the ,colors of the Army team, when they leave tomor- row. Members of the Carabon club accompanied the two men on their team, as they rode away from city hall today, and will continue with them as far as possible on the first stage of the journey. The First bat tery, mounted and members of the Century Road Club Association will provide an escort for McAdams and Higgins tomorrow.
 Highs and Wiley were teammates on former attempt to cross the continent by bicycle, when at
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-04

lakslde school Improvement Associa- Jion. He dealt with the inspection of the schools and the health Of the children and his remarks created murh interest among the patrons Of that institution. He said:
 EUBhonious Eulogy, however chasle or eXtraVagant only pleases for them. so hoping to use this TOUT and oDpor- unity to say that, that will serve to eulogize or stimulate the great Work being so graciously done by school Improvement associations elsewhere and particularly here, I am going to let Ella Wheeler WilcoX's description of people serve me because it is pecu- liariy fitting to you mothers who are doing this great work. She Says There are just two kinds of people
 on earth today.
 Just these two kind, no more, say Not the saint and the sinner for it's
 well understood,
 The good are half bad, and the bad
 are half good.
 Not the rich and the poor, for to rate
 a mans wealth,
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-04

questionably has a strong influence here, and sometimes concludes that racial segregation will finally furnish the solvent for the problem I woall
 like to have you go beneath the sur
 face a tthis point and have you give i consideration not to the education of your child, but to the mental and phy-
 sical fitness of your grand hildren.
 the generations that to come after
 the teaching influence of years shall have touched our bones, the genera
 tlons that are just as surely to reap the reward of your labors or else
 feel the whirlwind of your present disregard
 Some few years ago a talented Englishman created an endowment for
 the purpose of engendering a love
 for research into heredity, and today
 the subject of eugenics stands out in
 bold relief as one of the great uues-
 tlons for solution, and it's fruits to
 pursuit and today witnesses the con-
 centrated effort of master minds in
 their eager search for bearing points,
 so as to collect a working knowledge for the present generations.
 Recently the United States Govern ment put on it's statute books so-call- ed Mann, White Slave Act The law making bodies of quite a few states have enacted copies of said act Ii know you are in hearty sym9athy with this character of legislation. But
 say to you that unless the heredi- tary home and school influences so lmpresses the hearts and souls of the children today, the egislatures, state and national, may stay up nights 1 framing laws all to no curative pur- pose. Let's give our children an in heritance free of mental or physical i talnt, let's so influence them at home i and have them so influenced at school that moral as we'll as physical re- straint will spring spontaneously whereas legal restraints can only deter
 "A new cure for many of these old | evils is promised us in Woman Suf- frage. Personally, l am hoping much | from this source, although deserved criticism is being bad because of methods pursued in the attainment of a righteous cause I have wandered far afield, largely because I believe these questions must be mastered.
 Hygiene, sanitation, pi oper-hous- ing, clothing and feeding children plus inspection have proven and will continue to prove prime factors in disease prevention, but it has al- so proven foolish to secure these ideal surroundings for school houses, and then invite disaster by home con- quarantine, disregard and foolish fighting against intelligent procedures
 There is one subject close to my heart that I would love to make a burden to yours, that is selecting the character of reading matter for your child Refuse admittance to papers or journals whose reading pages as well as advertising matter could not be read at your breakfast table with out bringing blush to your cheek or that of your daughter as she. steps in- to womanhood.
 fs We criticise the far eastern gov ernments because of their strict cen sor-ship when in fact we need a cen sor-ship that will relieve us of filth portrayal because of it's commercial value when this commercial value
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A man is not man until he is forty but he is not a child all this while, yet, there is that seemingly ln- i finite intricacy of the human brain or mind that baffles the student as we'll as the master, so let's approach 1 it with an abiding faith in the good careful consideration. You will note that i have only dipped with my aero- plane, but l promised only generali- Zations
 Another large question that should tnfiga9e your though is the school building, it's size, light, location, mat 1 eriaal, ventilation and sanitation The four room school with Principles ofllee IS soon to be the popular build congestion, admit of more intimate acquaintance, permit better lighting heating, ventilation and sanitation, de- crease a spread of contagious disea- l ses and in case of fire or tornado measurably limits the holocaust
 Climatic or Zone location should measurably a guide in character of buildings. The modern school build ing is so much better heated, lighted and ventilated than the homes of many of the children that it becomes problem to harmonize these differen- ces from heat standpoint.
 Next, l would have you to look into teacher fitness, training and ndividu- ality. Politics, pressure and place are the P's used by many in securing temporary employment at high call ing with a profound disregard for fitness. The school life of your child impress as is it's stay about your fire side.
 Do you know that your child spends the larger part of the days of twelve years of it's first twenty in school and away from you? Don't you think the fitness, the mental and moral integrity of it's teachers dur ing all these days are sure to stamp themselves on your child's character i and measurably modify it's life full fillment? l am sure of it, and I am also positive that teacher selection ch hn1l1I friyv A Ii; 1Il cannot select it's parent, nor can it's parent unhOrse duty and child obli- gation. In educational thought, par ents do by their children like I am doing by my subject, that is, they generaliZe too much and too super ficially. Education fits for life it doesn't mean finishing grammar school or high school; so if we are to consider the question in a broad sense l want to call your attention to the so-called social evil. This is fairly good term but is probably too elastic. What I want you to consider is social and moral uncleanliness and the cal- amitous effects of such practices, rel ative to hereditary bearing. We do not want to bring ourselves to con- sider this great question as applied to our children, but we must do so if we are to economize pain and heart ache, disease and incapacity for our loved ones.
 I do not hope to see ideal condi- tlons ever, but I do believe in the trust to be myself instrumental in the hope to increase the general efficiency in dealing with these vital issues.
 The teacher, the children, the ser- want in house and our own attitude maintains a fixed relation to this
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You must first know the st;

his conscience and health. Not the vain and the proud. for in
 life's little span,
 Who puts on vain airs is not count
 ed a man.
 Not the happy and sad, for life's fleet.
 ing years.
 Brings each man his laughter and
 each man his tears. No, the two kinds of people on earth
 l mean
 Are the people who lift and the 9eo-
 pie who lean.
 And wherever you SO, you will find
 the earth's masses
 Arc always divided in just these
 two classes
 And oddly enough you will find, too,
 I wean
 There is just one litter to twenty
 who lean.''
 have been asked, and I thank you
 
 some topics of interest. The field is so broad and the time is so limited that l must Earticularize or be brief in seneraliZing
 The particular quest that burdens the breast of each of you mothers is the health of your child, and then the general wellbeing of it's associates. This is as it should be. none of us rear children for profit, but take up the burden with travail and misgiving and pursue the task with pleasure anticipation and an abiding hope in their successful career.
 Prognosis oftentimes prepares us for coming events, prognosis and Drophesy being measurably synony- nous, l am going to engage in specu- lative prophecy. The time apDroa- ches when school inspection will be demanded and had, moreover the time is ripe for trained nurse attendance. These two adjucants are really prime necessities when you come to con- sider disease prevention and child classification from a practical stand point carrying value to the child.
 If the school improvement associa- ttion would begin today a determined effort to secure proper school inspec- ton ana proper child classification with particular reference to mental fitness; and secure the enactment of such legislation. I say to you in abso- lute candor, that it's consummation would mean more school equipment than any other procedure possible to be brought about. There is no value in aceentuation the deterring influence of tonsils and adenoids, de- fective eyes or poor digestion because everybody knoIWs they do; the only trouble with us is our disregard plays pursue until we attain, then straight way drop the question and pursue another, so I repeat, the enactment of the aforementioned legislation will remove this burden from us and place the task on those employed to exe- cute our wishes. There is crying need for child classification. Why hold back the apt because of the dull? Why punish the dull because of delay ed mentality? These are practical questions and demand your most ear nest consideration.
 There is no question now but that some brains develop early while others are delayed because of some deterring influence, oftentimes very diffisult to isolate, yet as maturity ap- breaches development is startling
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means calamity to health. comfort 1 and human happiness.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-04
VITAL ISSUES IN THE SCHOOL LIFE Dr. Breathwit Urges Proper Inspection and Child
 Classification. ADDRESSES PATRONS Urges Consideration of Social and Moral tncieanness and Their
 Effects.

Vital Issues in School Improve ment' was the subject of most in 1erestlng address delivered recently by Dr. William Breathwit before the
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
TILLMAN FEARS
 RULE OF NEGRO
SOUTH CAROLINA SENATOR PLEADS FOR MORE STRING
 ENT PRIMARY LAWS.

Spartanburg, s. C., Jan. 9-Fearing that unless the Democratic primary election system is reformed by str1n- gent laws, the negroes, who outnuHn- Der the white people, will return to power in South Carolina, Senator Sen jamin R. TiIlman has addressed an earnest letter to the General Assem- bly.
 T will never ask the people to vote for me in another primary, he says,
 because I believe I will be dead be- fore another Senator to succeed me is elected; therefore, no charge of seIf1sh or personal motive can justly be made against my taking the position do-
 There are many people Tn South Carolina who would be glad to see two white parties in the State. Were conditions different I would like to have two white parties; but as things are now 1t would mean the mob1l1za- = tion Of the negro, and his active and aggressive return to State. politics nn- der white leadership.
 F1 know of no ca1a naity greater than this that could overtake our people. ! speak advisedly, for l went through the reconstruction period, and know the degradation to which our people sank, the rottenness and corruption our Government a byword; and l know how hard it was to get the white men to line up shoulder to shoulder and throw off the yoke.
 t%The negroes outnumber us in South Carolina by more than 15o, 900, and a large number of them are eith- CT registered or eig1ble for registra- ton. If they should ever be mobi- Iized. and led to the polls by white men, in the struggle for mastery and control, then we can never save the State from a repetition of even great CT corruption than we have already endured.
 ''The State corporations and Stan dard oil, to say nothing of the rail- roads, would use money lavishly, and the Governorship and the United States SenatorEhips, to say nothing of the Congressional delegation, would become pavns in the game of politics to be bought by the highest bidders
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09

tensely humorous and always show the negro character in it's true colors- For his minstrels this season, Mr. O,Brfen has written a, very amusing travesty on the military service of the Philippines in which he appears as me General of a co1ored regiment, which manages to get itself into all kinds Of complications and amusing situations
 There are twelve speaking character all of them the typical O'Brien variety which always spells fun and hilarious enjoyment for the audience. This new burnt-cork organization con sists of over fifty people and is said to be the most elab orately staged min strei entertainment produced for many years. The first part setting and all the various scenes which follow are promised IS being very spectacular and massive There are in all five stage settings of exquisite beauty, while the costuming of the various acts and features are promised as being on a most elaborate and costly scale.
 Among the best known of MT O'Brien's company are Eddy Maz1er, Pete Detze1, w. H. Thompson, Jack McShane Billy Clarke, John Burke Major Mowak, W. H. Ha1let, Al aF'on- taine and Walter Lindsey
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
RICHARD CARLE AND
 HATTIE WILLIAMS ARE
 CORDIALLY WELCOMED

Richard Carle and Hattie Williams names to conjure with in the realm of melodious Enirth-appeared at the Park Theatre last evening for a single performance of the frotty, F'renchy farce with music t~The Girl from Moutrnartre.'' Only a fair sized au- dience greeted the performance, but despite the unexpected slump in bus1- greeted.
 It seemed little like the Richard Carle of yore, however, for the inin1it- able comedian had gone lame, and he limped through the greater portion or the play, and was forced to eliminate one number by reason of his being handicapped. But Miss Williams lost not an opportunity of making game of her co-star and the laughter among ,tbs players that greeted some of her sa.1Iies was altogether genuine.
 Miss Williams, VfVacious, bubbIlng g over with infectious Tnirta, rotund and at times boisterous to an unwonted degree was at her best in an inter polation in the second act, of a sk1t on the problem play. This came from the pen of J. M. Barrie Miss Vii husband, and William Danforth as the designing butler participated in this sparkling travesty.
 Another striking number was the Tango Can-Can, presented by Joe Smith and VeoIa Harty, while MT. Smith with Grace Beaumont and Ida Howe in trod1Iced another terpsichorean novelty .fThe Sandwich Drag.
 Presented under the direction Of staged with minute attention to de- ta
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
MuSterOIe RecOmmen' ded by Doctors
 and Nurses

MUsTEROLE, the clean, white oint- nent which takes the place. of the mustard plaster, is frankly recor- mended by doctors and nurses It $ used in large hospitals. Ask your doctor.
 It does everything a mustard plas- ter will do-and does it better-and does not blister the tenderest skin.
 Quick relief for Sore Throat, Bron- chitis, Tonsilitis, Group, Stiff Neck, Asthma, Neuralgia. Headache, Con- gestion, Pleurisy, Rheun1a aIisn, Lunn- bago, Pains and Aches of the Back or Joints, Sprains, Sore Muscles, Bruis- es Chi1blains, Frosted Feet, Cold on the Chest Git prevents pneumonia.) Nothing like MUSTEROLE for croupy children.
 At your druggists in 25c and soc jars, and a special large hospital size for S2.5O.
 Accept no substitute.
 If your druggist cannot supply you, send 25c soc to the MUsterolt Co.,, Cleveland, Ohio and we will mail you a jar, pastage prepaid.
 My physician tells me l should keep MusteroIe on hand all the time for pIeurisy Mary A. Fisher, Mar tinsvilIe, Clinton Co.,, O.
 ''I used Musterole first while act ing as head nurse at Huron Street Hospital. It hedped me when I had d p1eurisy pain; also a severe cold on my chest. .''-E. Brewster, Graduate COnneaue General Hospital, Con neaut O. (91
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
HOW WOMAN LABOR PLAYS
 PART IN POTTERY TARIFF

Washington, Jan. 9-The part woman abor plays in the tariff was told the ways and means committee yesterday y by William Burgess, a Trenton, N. J., potter.
 ''Wornen are an important factor in read djustnent of the tariff he de- clared. They make competition be- tween American manufacturers and foreign merchants because in America they receive the same amount as the men. In Japan, women potters work for cents an hour and in England II cents an hour. Women give en- ployers the advantage of low priced labor and are secured wherever they are employed. In the United States the proportion is about 19 women to 100 men and both receive the same compensation.''
 Burgess asked for a protective duty on foreign pOtterY.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
ATTRACTIONS 1.-THE THEATRES
POLI's VAUDEVILLE E

With each performance, Manager Polis offering this week at his vaude- vile theatre de luxe grows in popular favor. First honors are shared equally by several numbers on the pro- gramme and every act is given a cordial reception.
 Joe Myra. and Buster Keaton are getting laughs this week with their tumble bug" act as they never did before. Buster is hurled around more than ever and he and his dad s'Mother''-Myra-K assists with some well selected and well executed saxaphone solos,
 William Weston & company in their musical novelty, @tThe Attorenys, have an act that is far out of the ordinary. Set in the handsome of developes many surprises as sweet strains are brought forth from files, desks, typewriters and other ordinary looking pieces of office furniture.
 Burr and Hope in their London euc- cess "A Lady, A Lover and a Lamp" are daily increasing their popularity. This clever couple can sing sweet songs they should be sung and have a setting for their act that is unique
 Moeher, Hayes & Mosher, comedy bicyclists extraord1nary, are repea5ing where Some really thrilling bicycle stunts are interspersed with plenty of comedy that makes the act most en- tertaining-
 Adonis and his dog offer a novelty that is most pleasing. Adonis is a wonderfully developed athlete and his canine friend is a wonderfully develop ed animal Between the two some in tenseIy interesting and highly difficult stunts are brought to a successful conclusion.
 Fields & Lewis. in ''The Miseries of a Hansome Cabby,'' tell some funny tales about bottle mines, sugar feelerE'' s'hop peppers and other queer jobs. Theirs is original form of comedy that takes well and they sing some songs in clever way.
 Billy McDermott in his tramp talk is funny. He has a fund of good stories and his inperEonattons ot famous bandmasters as a. climax to his act is 11flarfously amusing
 The PoIfscope presents the latest in photoplays as a most fitting closing to this well balanced bill.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
MISS GOULD NAMES THE DAY.
VIII Wed Finley J. Shepard at Lynd-
 hurst About Jan. Is.

New York, Jan 9-Miss Helen NJ Gould has fixed the date of her we'd ding to Finley J. Shepard, the railroad official, and the invitations are to be issued within a few days. No pub lie announcement of the date has yet been made by Miss Gould, and the few of her relatives and- friends who do know have compiled Strictly with her wishes not to divulge the day until the invitations have been sent out
 It was learned yesterday, however, that the wedding will be quietly cele- brated around the 18th of this mon tn at LyndhJlrst, Miss GlouId's nagnifi- cent country place at IrVington-on- Hudson, and only the immediate rela- tlves and intimate friends will be in Vited to attend
 Owing to the publicity and general interest expressed following the an nouncement of her engagement, Miss Gould decided to forego the ordeal of a large church wedding in town, or at her Fifth avenue residence, and de- cided to have the wedding as priva te as possible. This will now be pos sible under the present plans, for Miss Gould's country house stands in the midst of large estate at Irvington.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-01-09
Tales of Gay White Way
 Lure Lass From Home

Frank Miller up to Sunday last was attached to a local rescue order. John I,ehr of Trurnbuu was his friend, having met him at various times while in Bridgeport. In a friendly spirif Iehr invited Miller to dine at his home on Sunday where an intro t51tction with Lehr's thirteen year old daughter followed. Miller who came from New York dilated upon the great White Way and the novelty of the Hhes tres and resta lraEt ts in the metro polls, greatly impreSsing the young girl who begged permission to go there
 Miller consented to take her but the parents denurred. Later both were uaiesihz from their respective abodeS and the police were asked to locate them. This was done and informa- Rion was turned over to the Trumbull Authorities in who's jurisdiction the ease really belongs It is not known whether charges of abduction will be E1referred against Miller.