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The Sentinel=record., 1913-12-04

- - ARVELOUS. even start
 KH ling, is the progress made lV by the public schools in
 Arkansas during the past
 - five years. The State De
 partment of Public In strvetion has prepared a series ci tables and charts which tell story of unequaled advancement.
 Five years ago, when State Superin tendent Cook talked of consolidated rural schools and transportation of pupils" he had to stop to define these terms and carefully explain. Now these things are accomplished facts. Last year one hundred weak rural school districts combined into larger. practical working units and a score of wagonettes are daily hauling pupils to and from modern schools located in number of the erstwhile back. woods" districts.
 With the consolidated, graded rural schools has come an awakening for good roads. Wagonettes loaded with
 
 to and from school through qaasmire and rain-gullied roads. In Poinsett county the boys in the rural schools are having contest with prizes to be awarded those schools which have the most successfully "splitlos drag ed road passing the school.
 The Boys Corn Club and Cotton Clubs and Girls Canning and Poultry Clubs have covered the state and the already visible returns are beyond cal cuiation. The first corn club move ment was started in the office Of the state superintendent in 1908. The literature was written there and the reports came to the state sMperin- tendent. In 1909 superintendent Geo. E. Cook personally, wrote the first prize list offered to boy corn growers iI Arkansas and he arranged with the Arkansas State Fair of 1909 for the first corn show This was the begln- ming but the end Is not yet.
 When Mir. Cook took charge of the educational department of the state in 1908, the office force consisted Of one deputy and clerk. He became Moses for the educational interests of Arkan' sas and smote the rock of foreign capl- tai. with the result that he has been able to administer for the good Of the public schools no less than slOO,00O and he has thus been able to support Cor the state state high school in -ector. two rural school supervisors and state organizer of school In provement associations.
 The definite beginning was made probably by the organization or the Arkansas Education Commission. IT. nanced without cost 10 the state. This commission conducted statewide
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publicity campaign. The school needs were set forth. the state awoke. pulpit and press took up the cry; and the Legislature of 1911 responded by pass | ing series of constructive, progress
 sive educational statutes that will
 cause that General Assembly to live
 in history A state Board of Education was created: State Aid to high schools
 was granted consolidation of weak schools and transportation of pupils were authorized; the county superin- tendency law was clarified; compulsory as practicable; an act was passed for the standardization of colleges.
 Results followed quickly. and are continuing to follow at an ever in- creasing ratio-a ratio that will soon give Arkansas the place she deserves high in the galaxy of honor in the sisterhood of states. 1t can be safely stated that Arkansas is progressing more rapidly than any other state in the union, but the great campaign that is now to be waged is that for increas- ed school revenues.
 This school progress has not been at hazard. showing here and there, but it has been a consistent logical growth, with the definite purpose of building up a strong state school sys- tenn and giving a square deal" to the boys and girls in rural communities. The course of study for elementary and high schools has been revised. Agriculture has been made required subject. also hygiene, and the teach ing of these subjects has been made personal, practical and definite. The trend of the entire school system has been, to marked degree, toward the practical, to make of all the youth, trained useful citizens-health, happi- ness and helpfulness are displacing the three Rs.
 Outside the few larger cities, the high schools were found to be few, weak and without standard, some were labeled high schools, others academies, colleges or even universities, many were privately maintained Fewer than five thousand were attending all thes 3 secondary schools. State aid was ap- piled In 191l-l2, ninety three schools were aided, last year aid was given ! ll6 schools and this year aid is being extended 143 schools. The high school has become the Peoples College The attendance has increased three hun of state aid, s,392 pupils from rural i districts attended the state-aid schools,
 agriculture was taught to 4,0S0 pupils and those preparing to teach number ed 2,645 and there is a still greater at
 tendance for the current year.
 Making the rural schools practical
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MADE EFFECTIVE cARoM SHOT.
Remarkable Feat of Marksmanship That Is Credited to Texan
 of Kentucky Decent.

Shooting to kill is notoriously 8 fine art both in Kentucky and Texas No wonder, then, that the best shot of that sort on record should have been made by Texan of Kentucky decent We may call him Hank. His enemies. however, had other names for htm. It was, in fact, because particular one Of these enemies, commonly known as Torm had been indscreet In this mat ter of nomenclature that Hank had eXtra-oiled his six-shooters and gone out to take walk in the cool of the evening.
 Form was warned, and with his six shooters also extra oiled, entrenched himself behind one of the solid brick pillars of the courthouse porch. It was past dusk and the swinging kerosene lamp in the porch failed to Illuminate the gloom of the village street where Hank was with his bat. tery, while it made an easy target of a human head poked from behind the pillar as it must be if the owner were
  own account. Form wisely stuck be- hind the pillar Hank maneuvered in vain. Wherever he stood, the pillar was between him and every bit of Form. At last he gave vent to his disgust in theee words, distinctly over heard by the listeners well hndes cover across the road
 "I see I've got to try carom shot or I'll never get the coyote"
 He carefully selected his position took aim at certain spot on the brick wall behind the pillar. and pulled the trigger. The bullet went true to the mark, ricocheted, caught Form in the side of the head, and killed him where he stood.
 The story is vouched for by mem Der of the Republican party in Texas .--New York Evening Post.
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lncT ease.

increase in h m n he length 0 sch to tn complete eommonS school euoai o l 7 hnd
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FARM NOTES.

Spraying is insurance. Uss care in setting plants.
 Spray the orchard thoroughly.
 Alfalfa makes . fair grade of silage. The gardener is no better than his tools. Overworking will make butter look like lard.
 It always takes pounds of feed to make pounds of busser-fat.
 A weed is plant out of place. Too thick sowing makea weeds.
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Sweep up every particle of silage In the chute and slleyway and give it to the cows at every feeding
 The corn belt has its champions. and SO. too. have the cotton and the wheat belts, but the leather belt is universally popular in the good old summer time.
 It Is the clean wool that brings the best prices. There is nothing to be gained by handling anything but first class wool. If dirty, it pays to clean it.
 Has the seed corn 90 per cent or better germinationf
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Is not theory any more, but fact. More than fifty county and school fairs in the state this fall showed ex- hibits from the rural and village schools, not only of drawings and literary work, but sewing, cooking, carpentry and iron work; records of crops raised. compositions on personal hygiene, community sanitation. disease prevention, and many practical phases Of home economies and husbsndry, based on observation and personal ex- perience. Rural School Graduation Day" is observed in many counties. Yet. this is but the beginning.
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A half pint of carbolic acid in two gallons of water makes a good disin- fectant for any purpose.
 Fine rotten manure from the stables may be applied with great benefit to grass if spread early.
 Try few moth balls in the nesting material of setting hens and the yer min will be less troublesome.
 The digestive powers of the hog are the feeders foundation of success.
 Work in the potato patch may be- gin as soon as planting Is finished use the harrow first.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
lit the HiDpotlrome.
INDIGESTION END[D,
STOMACH FEELS FINE
"Pape's Diapepsin" Fixes Sour,
Classy, Upset Stomachs In
Five Minutes.

Sour, %assy, upset stomachs. indi-
.ctSiOn, heartburn, dyspepsia when
the food you eat fcrmCnts into gases
and stubborn Jumps; your head aclI-
% and you feel sick and miserable,
hats when you realize the magic
in Papc'S DiupcpSin. II makes all
stomach misery vanish in five min
utcS.
If your stomach is in Il continuous
rryolr-r;zif you can't get ii regulated,
please, for your sake, try l'apc's Dia-
popSin. It's 50 needless to have Il
mad stomach make your next meal
Il ravoritc food meal, then take a
little Diapcpsin. There will not be
any distrcSS--cat without fear. It's
because Pape's Diapcpsln really
does" regulate weak. out-or-ordcr
stomachs that gives It its millions
Of sales annually.
Get II large firty-ccNt case o!
Pape's Diapepsin from any drug
store. It is the quickest, surcst
stomach relief aud cure known. 1t
acts almost like magic--it is scten-
tilic, harmless and pleasant stomach
preparation which truly belong in
every home.-Adv.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
STOP GAMBLING IN FOOD PRO.
DUCTS.


Mrs. John II. Flanncry' president
Of the Marketing CLUB OF pittsburgh
would seek the aid Of President WI
son In sending gamblers in rood pro
duets to prison for "rohblng WIDOWS
aud orphans OF the necessities al
life" Her speech made before ne
delegates to State Federation OF
Pennsylvania women caused much
excitement ana the president OF the
Federation tried to suppress h"r S"H'
eral times, but the delegates insist
cd that she proceed
While Mrs. Flanncry may !ittl"
radical in her demands there IS Ger.
tatnIy n crying need of som" t'dcra'
regulation OF the men OF ms roln'
try who cOnspirc to hoard immense
quantities Of fOOdstulis and lln!oa"
them on p0Oplc when they can get
high prices.
1t has become so in many localities
that the people are practically smut
out from buying fresh farm products
Agents Of big commission ana colo
storage firms are. scattered aIl over
the country and buy up every fresh
egg and all the butter and p!a"" II
in cold storage where it is d"I"d ont
10 the public at fabulous prices, III
many cases SO high that oven til"
middle class Of people cannot afford
to buy. Mrs. Flanncry said in her
speech:
"The custom of permitting the
boarding Of millions OF dollars
worth OF butter, eggs. cheese, poui-
try, produce and other necessities
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18

traycd by Lyman II. Howe at the
Grand Monday. Its immensely Isl
such that it draws all other pre-con-
crivcd notions Of it and belittles any
other canyoncs you may have seen.
It affords an entirely new standard
by which to measure other sO-culled
wonders. Il reyoIWtioNiZcs all pre-
vious conceptions Of grandeur and
:ublimiiy. At first sight the scenes
depicted bcwiIdcr the mind. Sccpta-
tors arc lost in establishment and
flushed in awe at the colossal puno-
rama unroldcd before their eyes. Tho
glory OF this vision supreme" is ell
tircly beyond the power of pen to
describe or taOngue to translate. But
where these Mediums fail, the mod
orn motion camera with its powerful
and long range telescope lenses
opens now wonderland for stay~at'
homes which they could not appre-
Ciatc or conceive by other means, and
which no imagination could possibly
prc-cOnvcivr. v "a >5oV2
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
LAMAR POWELL.

The recent dGltll OF Lamar g..
Powell, one Of the Old-timc ncwspa-
per men Of this state. at his home
in F'airm0nt, Is heard OF with pro-
found regret in this office. He was
one Of the last Of the old guard TO
survive. When such men rs Archie
Campbell, john F'rcw. Lewis Baker.
O. S. Hoffman, Robert MrEldnwury,
4. r. Gibbons, q. &. Scholi"Id, ThrO-
lorr Fagur. ". +. Richards, GcOrg"
+. Sargent, e. +. Oldham, H. W.
Ronk, JOHN Frederick. n. T.. How
ard, ". S. Wiley. }. y. Ilokc, II. NJ.
Morgan. W. s. Edwards, j. T. Glib
son, George W. Tipp"tt and others
like th"m all Of whom hav" gone
Town the valley, on" by one, were at
| tile forefront in til" newspaper bust
ness IN this commonwealth, he was
one of them as editor Of tile West
| Tir.inian What a constellation of
literary stars there were here in
hose days! Publishing newspaper
was with most Il struggle, but what
IN inspiring, improving delightful
battle it was!
Mr. Powell was one of the leaders
in This fine old aggregation, II it
can be- justly said there was any
such. OF fine personal appearance.
magnificent address, joyiaI manners
md splendid ability, he was the
peer Of any Of all this galaxy Of stars
who lived and shonc in West Viz
ginin. who pnt their imprint upon
its history. and aided in iis progress
and its development. TIL" West Viz
rinian under his management and
'ontrul was always a live newspaper.
2nr Of the very best in the state.
Having long known him intimate
V. as was lho'raSr with all OF thU*"
,rniuSrs mentioned above. there b'-
ing bn, very few left Of all that
rougrnial lot, il is no wonder that
his departure TO join that innllmrT-
able throng vino have gOn" on be
fore. causes deep feeling for II"
writer OF tn" lines. The curtains o!
memory are thrown back, aud
scenes of the past come trCOplng Tor
ward. shared with these beloved
dead. In the course Of events it can
i" not many more years, tn every
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18

show mas maze Il big hit and crowd
cd Houses have been the rule. For
the first three days Arthur Harris
and his "l'analIa Girls" will be til"
attraction at The Iippodr0mc and
thry will hc welcomed by Il lost Of
friends rs the show made a big I'M
preston OH its last engagement. Tn"
company has been enlarged, and a
number OF novelties have been III
trodUccd. There will be new songs,
new dances. ncw wardrobe and pier
Is Of new scenery.
Lyman Howe .ionday Night.
Americans are not general! aware
Of the fact that the greatest natural
wonder in all tn" world is within
the confines Cl their own country.
Vet the fact il unbeatable. Indeed it
cclipscs all other world wonders SO
completely that there is no conf
paris0n. 1t is uncomparcd simply
because it is Incompatible This
mntciI,Ss work Of naturr--thn Grand
Canyon of Ari%onu--wilI be pGr-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
For Minister 10 Hrofce.

GarrNU FT0pNNrS, NTU.VS0'T u
economics ut Williams College, VIII
Iian4stowu. Mas5.. has been offered
the post Of minister TO Greece by
President Wilson. Prof troopers
graduated at Harvard in 1881 was
professor Of political economy AT. the
University OF Toxic Tor nearly Ii
years, president Of the University o.
South Dakota for eight years aud
went to Williams r0Ic%" III 1905.
lie is an intimate personal friend "I
President Wilson.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
REALTY VALUES STAPLE.

The advent Of III" ne" railroad IN
Eairmunt establishes confidence mi
The community. 1t places our city
IN the Industrial may b"IOr" the
world. Their" will he no factory too
great or too small to be interested
in locating here. The effect on real
estate will not b. so marked as p20-
rlc generally are inclined to be-
li"vc, About ten years ago our city
rypcrirucrd Il railroad boom which
did not matCrialiZc. Real estate 1T
that time assumed values wllch nav
ever since been regarded TOO hiEh.
The value, however. has hCcn pref
ty well maintained as the pcopl" gem
rally hold on to their property rNtI-
,r than to sell for less than their
properties cost.
Real estate values now ares high
yet there are rs many opportunities
rs over in Farnont real estate HELD
II is wise policy not to raise 'n"I
price an property because of tn" NJ"
road, but on the contrary sell for th'|
old price which new developments
Justify, A great amount Of money
Will he expended in the Fairmont
field during Che next two years.
Probably no city Of 5000" people in
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
IIrgcs Reneal Of Treaty.

Senator MARITIME, of New Jersey,
urged the senate to recommend re-
peal Of the ITay-PauncctOtc Panama
treaty with Great Britain. on the
ground that it intcrfcrcs with too
many American rights. He said he
had received many protests that The
tariff bills per cent shipping re-
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
LUKE McLUKE SAYS,

Women imagine that men do not
pay close attention to feminine styles.
But they do. Most men couldn't tell
YOU what their wives hod on the last
time they took them out, but they
can describe every wrinkle and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18

Tive Ma I.aporlc 20. Will end is
successful season at the Grand to-
uicht with the comedy drama "rhc
Price OF Silence" II will BE- foot
ball might and enthusiasts will Ec
In attendance.
" ut the Hippodrome.
With TWO shoes this evening the
sunny south company closes thri"
engagement at III" Elippodromc. The
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
III the House,
Gives President Argument-settlcr,

WASHINGTON, Oct. l7.-Rcprc-
sentative Anshcrry, Of Ohio. who has
been abroad r,cupcrating from y ST.
we're Illness, today prcs"nted' TO
President WILSON a stout buckthorn
cane.
"My ancestors" said Mr.. Ansbcr-
ny. FUSED This cane to settle many
IN argument at Donnybrook fair, ana
YOU, Mr.. President. may use it III tn"
same way, il You like"
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
Truss Support

Truss support is always as
sured through a truss tina; fits
comfortably and snugly with, \
I. out undue compression. Our !
! trusses are made from the }
highest quality material. They !
y are carefully fitted. Therefore ]
when we adjust a truss Tor !
your particular conditions, it
s stays adjusted and it assures ,
4 absolute satisfaction. Our truss
\ prices are not trust prices. We
buy direct from the manufac-
turer. We sell to you at one
profit and that the lowest. For
long wear, service and salts. :
faction in trusses, come to us. (
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The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
In the Senate.

Not in session; meets saturday.
Bani;ing committee Hcard Prof.
.lrnS.
In the House.
Met al noon and resumed fight tol
4 quorum.
Adjourned at 1885 o'cIork until noon
Monday.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-10-18
In the Senate.

Met at neon.
Senator MARITIME urged repeal Of
the y-PaWucclntc treaty.
Banking committee continued
hearings.
Nominations of native Philippine
commissioners and others received,
Adjourned at > O'Clock to noon
Monday.
III the House.
Mrt at noon.
After anolnor unsuccessful effort
to get a quorum adjourned at l-:5+
o'clock to noon Friday.
Rural Retreat times. [volume] (Rural Retreat, Va.) 1892-1918, 1913-02-14
Agents Wanted.

Agents wanted to take sub
scriptions for the Atlanta, Ga,
Trl- Weekly Constitution. .Vslu-
able premiums for subscribers,
liberal commissions and cash
prizes for agents. You CAN make
money fast III any small towh or
along any Rural Route. Some
agents make good living. 9th
ers make $500 or s2o.Ooa month
on the side, soliciting subscrlp-
tions. Address for particulars
rri Weekly Constitution, Allan
ia, Ga.
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measure, the giantess became d
show attraction, but travelled on
ly IN states near her home. She
never married. At one time she
was engaged to Edward Beaupre,
a French Canadian, Of Butte,
Mont, himself two inches taller
than his fance, but the engage
ment was broken off.
Another romance of Miss
E Wings life involved Louis Will
kins, Of Enid, Okla. who meas
ed s feet 2 inches in height. He
was suitor for her hand years
ago. Both had then just signed
contracts with the Bsrnum show.
Wilkins suit was unsuccess-
full. He quit the show business
in America and spslt the years
following Miss Ewing's refusal
in Germany and Austria. Ell e
returned several times to visit
his parents, aud always on those
trips brought some gift for Miss
Ewing. Wilkins died about six
years ago in Chicago.
In her native town. Miss Ewing
was noted, not 50 much for her
abnormal height, as for her COOL
ness of character. She was q
conscientious churchwoman and
through her influence the Sun
day School grew largely. John
Ewing, her father, is 6 feet 1
inch tall. lIer mother is not so
tall.
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