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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
A Summer Trip
To the Pacific
Coast and
Rocky Mountains

You will be interested in our
folder describing variour summer
tours to the Pacific Coast country,
taking in a variety of wonderful
and interesting places, such as COL
orado, California Puget Sound, YO-
semitic Valley, Yellowstone and
Glazier National Parks. Will you
allow me to send you a compli-
mentary copy of this booklet? 1t
contains many maps and a great
variety of illustrations as we'll as
descriptive text matter. 1t is my
business to help in making plans
for summer trips such as this and
If you will allow me to aid, a great
deal of the annoyance of prepara-
ton can be taken off your hands.
l can tell you all you want to
know about such a trip, explain
about the special excursion rates
the Burlington has adopted this
year, engage your sleeping berths,
deliver your tickets. look after your
baggage, and be of real use to you.
Kindly ask for a copy of our free
booklet called Pacific Coast Tours.
S. B. Thiehoff. Ticket Agent, Bur-
iington Route
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
The Chautauqua Daily.

The first number of The Chau-
tauquan Daily" for the season of
1918 will be issued on Friday, July
4. Thereafter it will appear every
week day morning to the close Of
the season. The Daily gives detail
ed reports of lectures, addresses
sermons and other interesting events
on the Chautauqua platform. Mr.
Adrian W. Mccoy of Meadville, Pa
will again be editor-in-charge with
the following staff: Mr.. Tom Gar.
ner of Tuscaloosa, Ala; Mr.. G. W
Me ad, Bergenfield, N. j.; Mr.. John
V. Abel, Oberlin, Ohio; Mr.. W. M,
Sutherland, Jamestown, N. Y; Mr.
Lander MacClintock, Chicago Iii,
nois.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

power for the recovery or monRInu
from the mental, moral and physical
degradation brought about by sin.
The Pastor then showed two classes
of sinners saved. The mass of man,
kind will need the severe lessons OF
Messiah's Kingdom to show how obedi.
ence to God will bring a gradual re-
covery from sin and death back to per-
lection. The other class is the Church
Of the Gospel Age. His text we'll H.
Illustrates these two classes Of sinners.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
June Fruit Crop.

The June condition of the grow
ing fruit crop shows a striking diff
ference from that of the May re-
port. Damage due to Fire Blight"
has been heavier than ever known
in Missouri fruit growing, and its
toll will probably prove to be as
heavy as that of the average dread
ed spring frost"
This disease is caused by bac-
terra working in the young wood of
the tree. This bacteria has no doubt
been present in an inactive cOndi-
dition in practically all orchards of
Missouri for a number of years.
The conditions were unusually fav-
orable for its attack this spring and
the resulting damage is unprece-
dented in Missouri fruit growing
There is no known treatment effeC-
tive in controlling this disease, other
than cutting out the dead limbs
below the place of infection; how
ever, it should be borne in mind
that the reoccuraence of conditions
precisely similar to those of this
spring and last winter must occur
before there will again be. in years
to come, similar spread of the
blight damage. This is most i'm
probable.
The season for peaches has been
most favorable, there being no ma
terial change from the May report
of IS per cent of a full crop. The
strawberry yield has been cut in one
half by excessive dry weather; and
other small fruits will suffer to
about the same extent.
The fruit growers of Missouri are
asked to give this special attention.
The Missouri State Board of Hor
ticulture will take careful estimate
by trained men of the growing ap
pie crop in August of this year. Thi;
estimate will be taken by men who
will visit virtually all of the orchards
in the State; and will be the mos
extensive effort so far made to gath
er a crop report in this country Tit
Board of Horticulture wishes t.
make use of this opportunity to tes
the value of the Boards service il
helping the grower find a buyer 70
| his fruit. These estimates will plac,
absolute figures of the probable siz,
of the apple crop, in the hand of tn,
Board of Horticulture; and this will
obtain, among other things. the les
SEEMING of the possibility of the appl
buyers inducing the grower to sci
at a low price, by convincing hin
that there is an Immense" crop, ct
Growers are urged to write to tn
Secretary of the Missouri Stat
Board of Horticulture, Columbia 70
names of buyers.
John Bland, Secretary.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
Every Unright0OusnesS Is
Sin" --- "There Is None
Righteous, No, Not OnO."
Open sns-seoret Sins-Hypocrisies.
False Aceusers-What God Approves.
What God Hates-The Wiles of the
Adversary-The Redeemer Soon to
Be the Good Physician-Ten Lcpers
Cleansed-OnIy One Appreoiative.

st. Paul, Mimi,
June 20. - Pastor
Russell spoke here
this afternoon. and
in Minneapolis this
evening. The an
nouncement Of bis
coming is always
sufficient to draw
a crowd. We re-
port one of his adj
dresses. on t h c
text. Were there
not ten cleansed?
but where are the
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mrs. w. j. Cough returned Mon
day from a visit in Shelby County.
Miss Leta Saunders, of Lakenan ac-
companied her home.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Misses Fay Morse and Marvel
DeLashmutt spent several days
with their friend, Miss Iva Woods
of S louisville.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
John Bland, Secretary.

Uncle Joe Jarboe, of North Fork
was a Shelbina visitor Friday.
Though 81 years of age he is
hearty and vigorous and enjoys life
with all the zest of a man half his
age. He settled on the farm he
now owns and lives on in 1882
sixty years ago. and has lived there
ever since. He told us that the
worst drouth he remembered was
in 1855. In that year hardly a bar.
rel of corn to the acre was grown,
on the average. However, fortune
favored him. By deep fall blowing
the year before and good cultiv alton
he raised one of the best crops he
ever had. Men came for miles to
buy corn from him, The spring OF
1857 he sold the corn at a dollar a
bushel and received a dollar a bar
rel more for delivering it at North
Fork, then called Jonesbure, only
one.fourth mile away; or dollar
and twenty cents a bushel at North
Fork. Mr. Jarboe is an interesting
talker and an hour spent with him
is always and enjoyable one
Democrat.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Miss Hazel Jones of Woodland is
visiting her aunt, Mrs. F. A,
BroWnell.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mrs. J. S. Woods spent Monday
with Mrs. Mary Patterson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
Today?

We shall do so much in the years
to come,
But what have we have done
today?
We shall give out gold in a princeIy
sum,
But what did we give today?
We shall lift the heart and dry the
tear,
We shall plant hope in the place
of fear
We speak with words of love and
cheer
But what have we done today?
We shall be so kind in the after
while
But what have we been today?
We shall bring to each lonely life
smile,
But what have we brought to-
day?
We shall give to truth a grander
birth,
And to steadfast faith a deeper
worth.
We shall feed the hungering souls
OF earth.
But whom have we fed todayH
Nixon Waterman.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Miss Zana Chapman of Hume
we'll was here Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mrs. Mary Peters of Palmyra WIS.,
tied at the home of A. Grimm the
first of the week.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Homer Reeves, of Kansas City is
visiting his aunt, Mrs. W. C. Morse
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
Backbones VS. Boneheads.

p00n-p0Oned the pretentlOnS OF
Columbus and proved to the COM
plete satisfaction of the schrewdest |
medival spectators that the finan-
cier who'd back a voyage for the
discovery of a western continent |
would lose every ducat invested in
the crazy scheme.
Until Watt made a practical
demonstration of his engine, all
powers of his eloquencc couldn't ex-
tract a hundred pounds sterling of
confidence from the strong boxes of
his banking acquaitances.
Even after hundreds of thous-
ands of shrewd Americans had wit
messed the miracle of the talking
wire at the Philadelphia Centen-
NAL Bell experienced years Of
heart breaking delay in securing
sufficient capital to commentaries
the telephone.
George Westinghouse wore out
his soles and his soul peddling the
air-brake from capitalist to capital
list before he could discover one
man sufficiently credulous to VEN
ture a handful of dollars on an III
vention that has since made mil
lionaires by the wholesale.
Ten years after the flat.dlsc
talking machine had proved its
case, the shares of the Berlinger
gramaphone went begging for buy
ers at a fraction of par value.
So why are you whining?
If genius itself must patiently en-
dure sieges of discouragement, you
surely can't expect to win without
a wait.
Ideas don't push men into the
foreground tis t'other way about;
a plan is only as good as the man
behind it.
A level head is incomplete wit h,
out a square jaw.
Your fight has only started wher
you have reached out for some
thing bigger and better you !
: never turn hope into success if YOU
: can't hold against incredulity.
Human nature is cantankerou
and uncertain thing.
Humanity is constantly calm,
for originality. The universe is al
! ways urging ability to strive for in
Notwithstanding, imagination
with laurel wreath and checl
book.
But society is poor pay" it sell
dom settles its bills on presenta tioI
and you can't sell achievement
C. Cd.
, History herself is still delinquen
in a thousand instances.
= Great men uncounted have dieC
e without their due, but for all that
the game is still worth the candle
] - the percentage in favor of eftor
C and enterprise more than counter
e balances the uncertainty of recogn
e ton.
r Squeezed into an epigram, tn
story of progress is that of back
bones VS.. boueheads,
|, America is Uttered with splendid
ly begun careers wrecked on tn
9 reefs of ridicule and indifference.
e If you are sensitive and vacillat
s ing and timid if you will doesn
e equal your skill don't dare pla
- safe find a commonplace job an
e settle down to a wage-boundeC
e eventless life.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Miss Edna Maude Gentry, Of
Shell byville was visiting friends
here the latter part of last part.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Miss Gertrude Evans is attending
sch DOL at Kirksville.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mesdames w. V. Huebsch and
Glenn Rrier and Master Ernest
Smith went to Hunnewell Monday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Miss Orinda Evans. of Quincy ar
rived Thursday for visit with
her uncle, v. V. Ferguson.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Robert Spalding, of Shelbina Wis
tied relatives here the first of the
week
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mrs. A. S. Maddox was a Hanni-
bal visitor Friday.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

M ISIS Ethel Lanius. of Ely spent
part of the week with the family
of D. E. Vowel.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
COUPON

LaSaiie Extension University,
Dept. 143, Chicago, III.
am interested in the new pro-
fession Traffic Man a cement.
Please send me full lnforma-
ton and Traffic Book, free of all
cost.
Name OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Address =. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
Occupation ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Clifford Chapman spent Sunday
in Monroe.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mrs. A. P. Downs, of Sedalia has
been visiting her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. B. Smallwood,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

Mrs. Glenn Brier, of Fairfield,
owa has heen visiting her sister
Mrs. w. V, HubSch and friends here.
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03

G, H. Calhoun and wife, of Mober-
dy have been visiting N, B. Small
wood family,
Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-07-03
What sin-Forsivsnsss Means.

Forgiveness of sins has two aspects:
~ the cancellation of the legal con-
demnation: and (2l the recovery Of the
sinner from his degradation, Jesus
came into the world TO accomplish both
these results. BY His death He could
legally satisfy Divine Justice. giving
His life as instead OF Adams forfeited
life. Then, raised from the dead, with
plenitude OF power, He would use that
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
VIRGINIA LEADS.

Crop estimates and forecasts for Virginia
and the United States at large. as of Novem.
Der 10. 1918, speak volumes for the attractive,
ness OF Virginia to farmers. Men who are con.
templatng moving to other sections of the coun-
try should read these figures published in The
Virotnian this morning and change their minds.
Men in other sections who are contemplating
immigration should read these figures, and hav.
ing done So we confident they will decide
upon Virginia the place of their future resi-
dence and agricultural activities
The year has not been good one for crops
IN the United States The production Of corn,
potatoes, tobacco, peanuts and other crops has
decreased on the average for the nation In
every OF these instances 1t has shown an
increase in Virginia. The production of corn
per acre, for instance. was nearly six bushels
per acre for the country smaller in 1913 than
IT was In 1912 The production in Virginia
two bushels greater per acre.
The potato yield per acre for the country was
s92o bushels as against 1874 for 1912 In
Virginia the yield was "a bushels as against
81 in 1919
The sweet potato yield per acre was eigh-
teen bushels greater for Virginia and two-tenths
Of a bushel smaller for the country.
The tobacco yield for Virginia more than
hundred pounds per acre greater while for
the country 1T more than eighty.hve pounds
smaller.
The peanut crop was "a per cent in Vir,
ginia In 1913 against CT per cent for the
preceding year. In the country as a whole the
increase but little more than two per cent.
In the production OF apples only does the
average for the nation show better than the
average for Virginia. the decrease in this State
being 58 per cent as against 25 per cent for
the country.
With the one exception Of apples none of Vr-
ginias staple crops showed a decrease. while
in nearly all the crops for the entire
country smaller in quantity. smaller In
yield per acre and worse In quality.
The figures show well for this State They
demonstrate the worth OF Virginia soil and go to
show that scientific methods which even yet are
not abreast of the times in this State. will when
more generally adopted place Virginia in the
/ front rank OF agricultural States
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
BE AT HOME TONIGHT.

The canvassers Of the Young Mems Registra
fion committee will begin their work of In
rreastng The voting population of Richmond to-
might Every home in the city will be visited
by these Dung men and all supplied with cards
to be signed by those Of voting age and quail
Ncations II you are already registered voter
SO mark the card II not. mark it so as to in
dictate that you will qualify at once.
These young men have determined to complete
their work IN two nights Within that brief
space OF time they hone TO see every in the
city OF Richmond, but they cannot do so unless
those upon whom they TO call at home
BE al your place Of residence tonight for an hour
or two. If possible and mark and return the
cards II you can not be at home leave the
marked cards for them.
This is work Of the greatest Importance to
Richmond and TO Virginia Your cooperation
will help in that work,
The speakers at the meeting Of he Young
Mems Registration committee, held Monday
night. put before the people clearly the principal
reasons why all citizens should take part in the
conduct Of municipal. State and national affairs,
reference being chiefly TO Richmond, Speaking
in general terms, Congressman Montague gave
uttegance In a pithy sentence to truth un
doniahle and even patiently obvious and yet not
always remembered. Bad government" he
said. is caused not SO much by the presence OF
ban men as by tho absence Of good men"
Illustrations Of this truth are too numerous to
require mention. Every uprising OF the people
for the wiping out OF corrupt gang is success.
full when the registration is full and the voting
up 10 the registration. II is when the good"
people are absent that good government loses for
this bad" people are ever present. The inter
ested people are always qualified and they al.
ways exercise their right OF suffrage il is an
alaeosr invarablc rule that cities in which the
registration is near to tie number that can
qualify and in which all or, nearly all of them
vote are better governed than those of small
registration and OF light balloting
The reason is plain. AS Business Manager
Dabney. Of the Chamber of Commerce pointed
out at the same meeting, every employe Of the
city must 5e a qualified voter, Now there is no
need TO quarrel with these men There is no
need TO call them bad They are mostly, as you
and I. plain, everyday citizens. but they are
sciash All of us are selfish But these men,
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
STATE CHARTERS
NEW ENTERPRISES

The State corporation commission
issued the following charters yester-
day:
Amendment to charter Washington
Wooden Mills company. inc, Fred
ericksburg. Va, fixing preferred stock
at $4,000, and common atss5e.000.
The Mouchin, Oborman and Cop
page Clothing Manufacturing COM
pany. inc, Richmond, Va; $4,000; j.
A. Houcnin, president. Jefferson City,
Mo-; b. +. Coppage. secretary and
treasurer. Richmond, Va.
Bristol Bargain House, inc, Bristol
Va. Washington county,, $4,000 to
$4,000; J. T.. Williams, president.
Bloutville, Tenn: J. l. Newland,
secretary and treasurer. Bristol. Tenn.
The Falcon Cycleoar company. inc.
Staunton, Va: 100000 to $l50.000:
NJ. w. Merceraur. president; w. A.
Payne, secretary--both o. Staunton
Va.
General Investment incorporation,
Richmond, Va; b. A. Gary, president:
X. NJ. Hidder. secretary-both of
Richmond, Va.
Mausoleum Builders of Virginia,
inc. Richmond, Va $500 to $4,000;
J. r. Atkins. president: B. A, Ruffi3
secretary--both of Richmond Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
GREATER RICHMOND.


h'ai ''"S P'7''' anu . va
'0i sup s'''"e' 90
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. ne courts nave Yet 10 Set''e some dSpdteo
points 5nf 70 all lhtehts ana purposes ahneAa-
ton Is a tact and Inc city Is Tree 10 expand as
her natural advantages and the progressive
aggressive ana energetic spirit OF her cltHehs
make possible
Greater Richmond IS no longer hope; it is
certainty. becoming greater and greater the
months engthen into years and the years into
decades. BY 1920 the political capital OF Vir-
ginia and Of the leading cities in tho South
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12

thirty-seven counties in which the per capita
valuation is less than $50.
Inequalities among the various classes of prop
erty equally pernicious If man owns
land, he pays average of fifty three per cent
OF the value thereof; II he owns stocks and
bonds he pays the full value; If he has only
taxable income. ne pays at e rate almost three
times great as the rate lands and per-
sonaty. His lands may net him eight per cent
the year; his stock will net him more than four
per cent; but he must pay at the same rate.
Thus 1t happens that four per cent investment
lin RiChm ond nets the holder only 2.26 per
cent, though his lands, assessed at seventy five
per cent of their market value may yield him
G. rs per cent.
Even within the same county and within the
same class of property, investigation has dis
closed conditions which are the essence OF In
equality. For instance within smyth county,
or Brunswick county, or Norfolk county, some
citizens are paying an assessment almost
twice as great that of their nefghbors In other
parts Of the county.
And so illustrations might be multiplied. but
so much has been written in detail of the evil
dences of differentiation and inequality that 1t
is probably unnecessary to emphasize further
the need for reform which there appears to
be so great unanmty
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
ONE WAY TO DO IT.

Get the liquor question out OF the way and
give other and more important questions a
chance for observation-disclosures Index
Appeal.
The Virotntan does not admit for a moment
that there is a more important question than that
Of giving the people the power to exercise their
right TO suffrage when they have demanded 1t so
Enthusiastically and emphatically However,
The Ffr0tnfdn joins with the InderAppedl in
the hope that the question will be got out of the
way first. 1t must be remembered. however. that
1t will never be got out Of the way until the en-.
aiding act is passed. For a session 1t may be
disposed Of but it will be to the front again
at the next Those who begrudge the time spent
on this question every two years have one
remedy close to hand. They can use it when
they will, but there is but one.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-11-12
CURRENT COMMENT
Legislation and Righteousness.

No other country In the world has gone so
far In paternasm New Zealand. In no other
place has the spirit OF regulating every man
and every mans business been more jealous fos-
tered. The New Zealand plan" has for sew
eraI years been Haunted in tho face of an older
world as the very last word in government.
But alas and alack! That paradise of pater-
nalism is right now in the grip of universal
strike. The laboring man has discovered that
his troubles are great ever, and the bus
mess man knows to his dearly purchased sorrow
that there are ills which amount of specious
government coddlng can cure.
While bluejackets from British warships
strive to uuen the nation wide rioting, hunger
and distress afict the land. Here We see the
actual result of real application of the socialfs-
tic principles of government.
Such a lamentable failure of the theory that
a government should everything and attend
TO every mans business is object lesson
for all mankind. It Is n solid pound OF fact
which outweighs 10000 tons OF hnespun
theories: the human cannot be relieved
Of all its Ills by Observation-Disclosures Ledger