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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05
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he carried in his vest pocket, and
if it would do that it would surely
have some effect upon his physi-
cal condition. Hopkins Jour-
nal.
Tom McNeal advises a. r..
Hansmann, who has taken edi-
torial charge of the Lyons, Kan
sas, News s-Democrat, and in his
salutatory, announces that the
first business Of newspaper is
to tell the truth and tell it with
out trimming: "We once heard
Of man who once engaged in
the newspaper business an d
nailed at the masthead of the
paper, so to speak, the legend
that he proposed to publish the
truth, the whole truth and moth
ing but the TRUTH" says Mr.. Me-
Neal. "Within the first four
weeks, he was licked by four
different men, licked two small
men, was horse whipped by one
woman and chased down ali al
ley by another. At the begin
ming of the second month, he
changed his motto to read "We
aim to tell the truth, but not so
burned much of it as heretofore"
-Dunklin Democrat,
Opportunity is knocking at
every poultryman's door. He
who 80 selects breeds and man.
ages his flock as to get eggs in
paying quantities is going to be
the man of the hour. The hen
that delivers the goods is going
to be the hen in demand. Drones
are beins culled out of all lines
of business activity, The world
is demanding, "What can you
do?" We have played with the
poultry business long enough,
People are no longer going to be
content to pay for high priced
feed to give to fowls which dc
not produce enough to pay for
their keep. 'The hen that lays is
the hen that pays. IT. E. Quis-
enberry.
An old man from Indiana,
named j. B. Sherrar, had beer
staying with the family of John
Brewer, of Annapolis, and died
there. He claimed to have rea
estate in Indiana, and gave the
impression that he had a goot
deal of money in his pocketbook
When he became sick he tolC
Mrs. Brewer he had more thar
enough money to pay all his ex-
penses and for her to keep the
remainder. When he died, Brew.
er spent $50 on the funeral ex'
penses. His effects were search
ed in the presence of witnesses
aud $500 in Confederate money
was found in his pocketbook ant
not a cent of good money.
The Albert Grocer Co., tha
has been doing a wholesale busi'
ness in Cape Girardeau, for many
years, was taken over last Satur,
day, by representatives of sever
al large st. Louis grocery houses
who will continue the business
at Cape Girardeau, under th'
firm name of Albert Meyer Gro
Ger Co., with the following Off
GERS in charge: W, s. Albert
president; Harry Leuer, vice
president; Geo. A. Myer, secre'
tary.
Fanny Ellsworth, aged seven
| Of the Pyle neighborhood, il
Stoddard county, fell in a well
seventy feet deep, and in which
there was fifteen feet Of water
: and was rescued alive and onl!
slightly injured. She caught
rope as she fell in and held on t
? 1t until she was rescued.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05

With but one exception every
teacher in the Cape Girardeau
high school is a graduate of the
Normal, The recognition is both
appropriate and we'll deserved.
At Bismark some bad boy put
a couple of cartridges in the coal
bucket. When the lady teacher
put the coal in the stove one Of
the cartridges exploded and the
bullet whizzed by her head. Such
pranks are dangerous.
Iron Mountain train No. 8 car
ried an extra car this afternoon
for the accommodation of the sol.
diers from Jefferson Barracks,
st. Louis to the Texas frontiers.
The government is concentrating
forces nearer the Texas Mexican
hne.-Poplar Bluff Republican.
Frank Fields, living in the
north end Of town, sent his son
to burn some dry grass in the
yard. Regina, his four year-old
sister, started to take him some
matches from the house and
while going down the steps struck
one and ignited her dress, she
was SO badly burned that she
died .-Portageville Missourian.
The marshals were kept busy
Saturday putting men into the
calaboose, with the results that
twenty or more were packed in.
side that small enclosure. Some
time Sunday morning part OF
them made their escape by push :
ling out a door. but there were
fourteen remaining when Mar
shal Scott came down.-Pemis.
cot Argus.
For the third time the people OF
Carter county voted down a bond
issue to build a new court house.
Those back woods officials ought
to come over here and get tips
on how to build q courthouse
without consulting the people,
New Madrid county is going to
try the old out of date plan and
will hold an election to vote on a
S40,0 900 bend issue to build a new
courthouse December 2.-Msl-
den Merit.
Mr.. Ratz, the mule buyer oil
| Red Bud, Illinois who was in
Perryville last Saturday left here
with an even hundred head Of
mules. Some of these were
bought at Oak Ridge, some al
Uniontown, Appleton and Perry
vile. At any rate he had 10C
head of mules at Denizet's livery
barn. This means that Mr.. Ratz
distributed approximately s15,.
600 or $4,000 on his last trip. $,
Farmington Times.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05


sane in Missouri has just been
declared insane in Ohio. The
fact thst he left Missouri was
probably considered sufficient
evidence.
John Beatty Of Smithville, ship
ped 2,795 pounds of 1912 tobacco
10 the Louisville, KY, market
which was on the floor Nov. 8,
and netted him O7,51-nearly
10 cents per pound.
Savannah will hold its fifth an
nual corn, poultry and education
al exhibit at the county seat the
week of Dec. Is. More than ST.
300 in prizes will be awarded
during The event.
A Moberly man signed up for
a S9-year lease the other day,
the first one that has ever been
made in Moberly. It's a fine
town, all right-but does he want
to stay in Moberly ninety-nine
years?
Preston T. Aker, formerly CASH
ier Of the Farmers Bank at
Smithvilla, pleaded guilty in Cir
cult court Tuesday to forgery in
the third degree on three counts,
and was sentenced to the peni-
tenuary for two years on each
count.
An ordinance recently passed
in Chillicothe makes it misde-
meaner to allow chickens to run
at large. This will have no eff
feet, however, upon the high
school variety. They are effec-
ted only by the carfew.
D. r. Rankin, the young Tar
kio millionaire, had an automo-
bile wreck near Hamburg, Ia,
Saturday night. He was speed
ing his Oakland and the car turn
ed turtle off an embankment
breaking Rankins arm and in
juring his companions somewhat.
Lee Livingston, Howell
county farmer, has been award
ed forty acres Of land by the pro-
bato court of that county because
he took care of his father up to
the time of his death. The faith
er had agreed to give young Liv-
ingston the land, but died before
he could make out a deed. No
one protested against the action
OF the court except the directors
of a bank to whom the elder
Livingston owed small debt.
Not for three years will a sue
cessor to Governor Major Of Mis-
souri, be elected, yet already the
names of nine Democrats are be-
ing mentioned" as Majors pro-
bable successor. Those "men.
toned" are Lieut.. Gov. W. R.
Painter, Judge W. W. Graves
Francis M. Wilson of Platte
county, at present United States
district attorney at Kansas City
Congressman James T. Lloyd ol
Shelby county; Attorney-Gener-
al Barker; State Auditor John P
Gordon, John NJ. Atkinson, chair
man of the public service com
mittee, and Col. Frederick D
Gardner, of st. Louis.
Capt. George N. Oxley of neal
st. Joseph was in the city thu
first of the week ond when hi
heard Frank Melick, the real es'
tate man, complaining of suffer
ing with rheumatism, he advan'
csd q remedy that had worked
we'll in his own ease-that of put
ting sulpher in his shoes. Mr.
Melick told the Journal Monda!
evening that while the sulphu
had not removed all his ache
and pains, he really thought tha
it had penetrated bis system, 70
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05
Uncle Sam On Road Build =
ing.

age lie of horses and automo-
biles may be increased and the
cost OF hauling reduced, accord
ing to the Office of Roads, of the
Department of Agriculture, by
reioosting many old roads and
the more scientific laying out Of
new o1es. The natural tenden ~
in road building 10 to build a
straight road, whether it goes
over 3teep grades OF hills, or not,
and pulling oyey these grades
naturally adds to the wear and
tear on horses and vehicles.
The doctrine of the Office of
Reads is that the Longest way
around may often be the shortest
and most economical way home,
and that frequently by building
a highway around hill or grade,
but little appreciable distance is
added and this is more than off
set by the reduced strain of haul
ing.
The chief draw back from the
farm owners point of view is
that the laying out of roads on
this principle of avoiding grades
necessttates, in some cases, rum
ming the road through good farm
land or orchards or pastures, in
stead of going around the farm
line and building the road throu
old worn-out fields and over
rocky knolls. This, of course,
must raise a question in the mind
of the individual land owner as
to whether the cutting up of his
properly by a road yields him
individual advantages and so
benefits his community as to Off
set the use of such land for q
road, or to overcome the incon-
venience of having his land divi-
ded. In this connection the
Office of Roads points out that
the running of a road and the
resulting traffic through good
farm, where there are good sheep,
cattle, horses, grain, fruit, or
vegetables, has a certain adver-
tising value and in many instan-
ces makes the land more valuable.
In other cases, the Importance
Of such a level road to the COM
munity is 80 great that it might
we'll repay those using the road
to give the farmer the equivalent
in land equally good in place of
what he has sacrificed to the
common welfare.
At any rate, the Office of Roads
is now taking special pains to
make clear the economic advan-
tage of avoiding steep grades in
their roads, even at some sacri-
flee of better land. Investiga-
ton shows that the laying of such
roads over hills has resulted
more from attention to the pre-
servation of farm lines than from
scientific attention to the problem
of road building.
According to the testimony oil
farmers consulted, where a horse
might ee able to pull 4,000pounds
on level road, it would have
difficulty in pulling 5000 pounds
up steep hill on the road to
market. In a number of cases
actual experiment shows that the
relocating of roads around hills
has been accomplished, either
with no addition in road length
in some instances, and with the
adding of only a few feet to the
highway in others. The Office
knows of no case where a prop
erly relocated road which has
cut out grades has led to any
question as to its material redue.
tion of hauling costs,
| A f 4 i
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05
Altonsthsr Too ssr.nunu..

There Is . man whose wife makes
him get up so often to hunt burglars
that he says he Is going to let her
get a divorce and marry . night
Uatchman.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05

Frisco.
County warrants are no longer
taken at the banks, as they are
loaded down. They have all the
law will permit them to carry
Pot0si Independent.
They are still threashing wheat
at Annapolis, Iron county, ac-
cording to this item in the IRON
ton Register; George Collins
passed through Annapolis, last
Tuesday, with his traction engine
and threasher attached thereto,
on his way to L. o. RusselPs to
threash wheat"
To date the secretary Of the
treasury has deposited more
money in banks in Missouri for
movement of local crops than in
any other state. Monday the
total deposited in Missouri banks
amounted to S4,775,000. Illinois
with S4,0O0,0OO, comes next in
amount of deposits for this pur-
pose.
Mrs. M. f. Horne, mother-in-
law of Mrs. Annie G. Horne of
the Blackwater News, celebrated
her ninety-third birthday ami
versary recently. This sprightly
old lady celebrated the occasion
by driving over to Arrow Rock
in a motor car and giving a
luncheon at the Arrow Rock
Tavern.
At the inquest held over the
remains of Thomas Welsh, a lab
orer with the government fleet,
who died on a government boat
at Claryville, 5000 was found
sewed up in his pants and a cer-
tificate of deposit for $4,000 in a
st. Louis bank and several
checks were found on him. Cape
Republican.
Says the Carthage Democrat
"a woman named Mrs. Emanci-
patton Proclamation Bussby died
at Springfield, o., last week.
Now she is free from the weight
of a.name that was attached to
her because she happened to be
born almost at the very moment
when Abraham Lincoln signed a
great document"
It appears to be settled that
Senator Francis Wilson of Platte
county, recently appointed Unit
ed States district attorney for
Western Missouri, will be a can :
didate for governor in the next
general primary. Well, Wilson
is getting to be a mighty popular
name with the voters now.-Hig-
ginsville Jeffersonian.
B. F. Marshall, of Blodgett,
Senator John Marshall, of Skies
ton, and Max Ostner, of Charles
ton, have just completed the
purchase Of 5000 head of Here
ford cattle from the McCutchen
and Dougherty and Young
ranches, in the Davis mountains
OF West Texas. These cattle will
be fed on winter wheat pastures,
corn and cotton seed meal,
In what is one Of the most hor-
rible accidents that has occurred
on a Mississippi County farm fol
several months, Phillip Mosby
whose home was in Paducah, Ky
met a speedy death Friday after
noon of last week. Mosby wa'
one of the men employed by
Chas. Chamberlain, Of this city
who operates various farming
outfits. He was engaged in feed
isg pea huller, and in som'
manner became entangled in tn
machine. Before assistance coulC
be given him by his fellow-work
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-12-05

'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.

Cleaned from Exchanges--Mad by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26

Try the Daily a month.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26

The difference between coarse and
refined abuse is the difference be-
tween being bruised by a club and
wounded by poisoned arrow
johnson,
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26
Webster City's New Factory.

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Webster
City has a new industry, a sewer
pipe factory. The first car load of
the new product was shipped few
days ago, and many car loads were
to follow during the next few days.
There is an industry that seems to
promise permanence. The raw ma
terial is near where the pipe is to
be made, cheap fuel is of easy access
and the market is everywhere with
in comparatively short haul. These
are ideal conditions. The Iowa town
that gets an industry of that kind is
surely to be congratulated and no
doubt, Webster City will hustle with
redoubled energy and will add other
new industries to her sewer pipe
factory. In some places the people
would say: THAT is enough for a
while. Now let us sit in the shade
and celebrate the fact that we have
accomplished something, and let us
take a good long rest" But Web
ster City will say, that there are
many other good things that she
wants, and having secured this, she
is going out after some of the others,
determined to land them. And If
she feels that way about it, no
doubt, she will succeed.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26
Ed BY STANH0PE
The Little Base Ball Boys from
South End Of County Give
the Famous White Sox
Trouncing.
THE UNEXPECTED HAPPENS.
THE UNEXPECTED HAPP
Score / to 2 in Favor of Stanhope-
IT'S True, It's Pity; Pity
IT'S, IT'S True.

It was the unexpected that hap
pened at Athletic Park in this city
Friday afternoon, when the little
ball boys from Stanhope defeated
the White Sox by score of 2 to 1.
Everyone went to the game with the
expectation of seeing Manager
Kearns' men trim the trees in Ma
komis Park, but instead of doing
anything of that kind, they only
squeezed out three clean hits. What
the trouble was, no one can tell, as
no one claims that Kaufman, the
Stanhope pitcher, had anything on
the ball, but the inability of the Sox
to hit was Enthusiastically after
they had agreed among themselves
to fatten their batting averages.
The game started by Iverson, first
batter for Stanhope, tanning. R.
Kau ffman got safe bingle but was
caught out trying to steal second.
and Longstaff hit little pop-up to
Ludeman. l.. Corbin for the Sox,
received a walk, as did Ludeman.
Huston, who then came to bat, fan
ned. Moose hit to short stop, who
caught L. Corbin between third and
home, where he was put out, Moose
reaching first safely, but R. Corbin
then famed, retiring the Sox.
Neither side scored in the second,
but in the third, the Sox secured one
run by a clean hit, and two sacker.
In the fourth verse, hit and two
errors let Stanhope get a score.
From then on until the seventh,
neither side scored, but in the sew
enth inning, hit was made, two
bases were purloined and the runner
scored on a fly to right field.
This was the last of the run get
ting and no one has been able to
decide why no runs could be made
by the ,Sox--with the possible ex-
ception that they could not play
we'll enough to do 30. q
Following Is the summary:
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26
THE LAST OF THE INSTITUTES.

Saturday marked the close of the
last normal institute ever to be held
in Hamilton county. One of the
prominent features to be noticed In
connection with this institute, Is the
general regret that it Is to be the
last. While there may be some who
are glad that this Is the last, the
predominating sentiment is one Of
sadness. 1t is safe to say that the
institute which closed Saturday Is
one Of the most interesting in the
history OF Hamilton county, yet con-
sidering the many good things
which have been brought together
in one week, anything else would
have been impossible. Glasses have
been closed in time to permit of at
tendance at Chautauqua, thing not
often met with in the normal insti-
tuts. Here the teachers have been
permitted to listen to the best tall
ent that could be obtained, and thus
gain added strength to take up their
work anew.
Perhaps the most potent factor in
the success OF the institute has been
the faculty. No one could come in
contact with Mrs. Hattie Moore
Mitchell without imbibing some
thing OF the sweet womanly spirit
which causes one and all to say,
1 TIC know her is to love her." Nor
has the strong vigorous work OF
Prof. l.. n. Gerber been unappre-
ciated. Many there are who will go
from this institute with determin-
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26
Won,en's Clothes.

This furry of talk about what
women are wearing will absorb the
minds of those who gave the topic
first utterance, but like all waves,
will recede and seek another subject
soon. And good women will con-
tinue as they have done to wear the
clothes their better taste selects |;
and those to whom the daring skirt
and the outlandish hat appeals will
wear them. If the extremes In skirt
styles OF the coming year should
happen to be voluminous affairs,
which measure yards around the
bottom and sweep the dust of the
pavements, they would be selected
by the very women who this year
are measuring their steps because of
necessity. The point Is just this
a woman will wear what she desires.
and If her judgment is good and her
taste better, she will have no diff
Guilty in finding clothes modest in
cut. price and style and what is
more to the point, she will look well.
Interviews are published from time
to time OF women prominent educa-
tionally and socially, In which they
are quoted as saying they could not
II they would, find conservative, and
at the same time, stylish clothes.
Those women have not looked far,
for the dry goods emporiums OF any
town or city have somewhere among
their massive stock, styles at once
distinct and modest. A woman need
not look like an exclamation point
to show the world that she knows
what is stylish. There is always a
mystery about woman, it has been
said, and it has been demonstrated
to the entire satisfaction of every
one this last year that there is a
deep mystery. Else why would some
women wear the hats and the clothes
they have. which could not be be.
coming to anything but scare
crow. "The plot may thicken." but
the general sentiment Is for quie,
clothes, reserved in color and cut.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26

men fell like grain, the fury Of a
hundred federal guns upon them,
but there was not a shadow of dis
order. They marched right on, the
noblest example of military disci-
pine in history.
Only a bleeding remnant crossed
the line and when they fell back
from the flaming crest and Gen. Lee
heaped words of praise upon the
man who had led the glorious
charge, Gen. Pickett in reply said he
was ashamed to be alive with SO
many of his brave boys slain, the
needless result of a great blunder.
The superior officer afterward ack-
nowledged that the fault. was his.
This transcendental charge at
Gettysburg, Mrs. Pickett believes,
will incite to action and heroism the
soldiers Of the coming ages, as the
glory of it has immortalized the
name of the man who led it.
r d e. Fl . % u t. . 6 p
Mrs. Morrison's recital in the ev-
ening was received with such en-
thusiastic applause that it matters
not what her title may beelocu-
zionist, story-teller or entertainer
her charm is beyond compare.
Her selections are so decidedly un-
usual that it keeps the audience
as to what is coming next.
The pathos of the Christmas Story"
by the popular Grace Richmond, the
humor of "Belindy Grumble on
Choirs,' the charm of katie Lee
and Willie Gray" and the grandeur
and beauty of THE Home Coming
Song" by Van Dyke, which stirs the
patriotic heart to its depths, strike
a responsive chord in the minds of
all-young or old, rich or poor, edu-
Gated or uneducated-all can under
stand, appreciate, and love Bess
Gearhart Morrison.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26

Struck out by Ludeman s, by
Kaufman 5. Bases on balls, off Lu-
deman 2, off Kaufman S. Hit by
pitched ball. Kaufman /. Two base
hits, Longstaff and Moose. Double
plays, Berggren to Sucher. Umpire.
Meekins Of Webster City and Sever
old of Story City.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26
The Only Spot.

J. W. Arlington, formerly in the
furniture business here, now resi-
dent of Los Angeles. CAL, Is In the
city for short visit. He will re-
pair and otherwise improve his
properties here during his stay. He
says Webster City is the finest look
ing and the best town from here to
the coast. and that this sentiment Is
frequently heard expressed by trav-
elers. That for a wide awake, clean
cut town, there is not its equal from
here to the golden west which has
lured so many Iowans, many Of
whom have returned to their first
love. and have concluded that Iowa
in general, and Webster City in par
ticular, was the only spot for them.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1913-08-26

For sale, 100 acres OF land in
North Dakota, in Red River Valley.
Will take cattle or horses in part
payment, stock OF goods, or town
property. A. J. Buick. harrisburg,
Iowa. S-14t-f-l limo