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Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
STEEN HELPED FRAME
NEW CONSTITUTION

w. o. Steen, county superinten.
dent, is optimistic over the number
of teachers that will attend :. the
state meeting at Topeka this week.
A special train over the u1ion Pa
cific, under present plans. will ar
rive in Abilene at 1850 O'Clock on
Thursday morning. Superintendent
Steen said this morning that some
effort might be made to have Pres
w. s. Heusner change the time of
the special leaving Salina so that
IT will arrive in Topeka earlier. The
train is made up at Salina. Under
the present schedule the teachers
may miss some of the morning pro-
gram.
One of the most important things
tc be considered at the state meet
ing is the new constitution that will
be offered. Superintendent Steen
was a member Of the committee
that framed the new constitution. |
Supt. NJ. z. Pearson was chairman.
Other members were State Superin-
tendent Ross. supt. ]. o. Hall, As
Iistant State Supt. L. d. White
more. The new constitution pro-
rides for paid secretary, a board
u directors, an annual membership
II 81, and state educational coun-
H. all new features.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
MANY TEACHERS ATTEND
THE COUNTY MEETING
IFrom saturdaY,a naIlv n

A large number of teachers are
attending the county teachers meet
ing today at the high school. The
feature of the program this morn
ing was an address by Prof. A. w.
Trettin of the University of Kan
sas. This afternoon the program is
divided into one part for the rural
schools and one for the graded
schools.
Frof Trettien's address was de-
voted to the topic of proper esti-
mates of chiIdren's capacities and
abilities in education. AS head Of
the Dread high school at X. u. the
training school for teachers, he has
made a record as one of the vests
most capable and successful ex-
perts in education. He showed the
teachers how they must properly
understand the child physically and
mentally before they are qualified
rightly to instruct him and empha-
sized the Importance of this as a
prerequisite to all true educational
training. It was a mighty fine ad-
lress and helpful in every particu-
ar.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06

Topeka, Nov. 4.-Depositors II
the Abilene State bank, which clos
ed its doors three years ago as tbs
result of the operations of Cashfei
John A. Flack, will be the first tC
benefit from the bank depositors
guaranty fund of the state Of Kan
sas. A warrant for about $4,000
the exact amount has not been re-
! ported by the receiver-Will be
drawn this month on the state treas
urer by Charles M. Sawyer. bank
commissioner, to take up certifl.
Gates issued when the bank failed.
When the affairs of the bank were
turned over to Edward Makins. re-
ceiver, there was deficit of .$9O,-
coo after the available cash had
been returned to the depositors. Re-
ceiver Makins has just finished wind
ing up the affairs of the Flack bank,
and his report to the bank commits
sioner is expected this week. The
statement, 1t is understood, will
show a deficit of $4,000. This sum
will be taken from the depositors'
guaranty fund
No DepOsitors Suffer.
This guaranty fund has been ac-
cumulating for four years, and now
totals $4,000; no inroads have
been made upon it since the law
went into effect. But for this law
the $4,000 deficit of the Abilene
bank would have to be borne by the
depositors who failed to get from
under before the bank closed its
doors. Instead. tlls banks Of the
ktkte operating under tke guaranty
law will divide the loss, and no de-
positors will sudfer.
''The transcripts Of the Flack re-
have not yet arrived at
our office" said Commissioner Saw
yer last night, "but are expected |
this week or early next week. un-
derstand that the total deficit will |
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
HOW WESLEY PEOPLE
SPENT A DAY,
Men Built Two Cement Porchesi
Women Served Dinner.

A community day helped Wesley
neighborhood, five miles north OF
Chapman, recently. A day was set
aside for all the people of Wesley
neighborhood to get together at the
Wesley school. 1t was announced
that the men were to bring tools
and would build cement porches for
the school and that the women were
to bring well filled baskets and
serve dinner at noon.
Early In the morning the farm
ers and their wives and sons and
daughters began driving in. d. L.
Holton, professor Of rural education
at the agricultural college and deep
ly in sympathy with events Of this
sort, was invited to speak to the
Wesley people and when he arrived
. large crowd had gathered, Motor
cars were lined up on both sides Of
the road for some distance. r
The men set to work and the way
they put In those two cement porch
es was not slow. They did 1t right,
and when they we're through clean
ed things up right At noon the
women served a dinner that the
enjoyed. 1t put them in
such good humor that after an hour
II neighborly conversation they de-
.ided that the school needed cement
walks. They took up a cash coll
ection large enough to provide ce-
nent walks for the school. The
Wesley school is used not only for
chool but for a meeting place for
he neighborhood people.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
NURSERYMEN ALLEGE
REFUSAL OF YOUNG TREES

Suit was filed in the district court
today by william SaddHer and T. s.
|Szddler, brothers, vs.. Mrs. s. A.
Chastain. The Saddlers are in the
nursery business in Bloomington,
Ill, and allege that Mrs. Chastain,
who lives. in the country, agreed to
take from them large amount Of
young trees, shrubbery and plants.
The Saddlers say that she has re-
fused to accept the shipments made
her according to aEfeement and
asks the court to award damages to
the amount of 800.
The J. H.. Cox Funeral.
The funeral services for J. H. Cox
were held yesterday afternoon at
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
LEFT HER TO PAY MORTGAGE.
So Julia HankersOn Asserts in Di
vorce Petition.

Deserted by her husband, and
with the aid of her children. making
monthly payments on mortgage or
property for which her husband gave
a mortgage and a note, and caring
for her four minor children for tn.
last three or four years, are the as
sertions made by Julia e. Hanker-
son in her suit for divorce from
James A. Hankerson. The suit has
been filed in district court. In her
petition she asks for an absolute
divorce, as aIimony the property in
Herington on which she has been
making monthly mortgage payments
and the custody of the four minor
children on the ground Of abandon
ment.
Mrs. Hankerson says in her petit
ton that she married James A. Han
kerson in 1887 at Marion. They had
eight children, four of them-Hat-
tie, Fred Hugh and James-now
being minors. She alleges that three
or four years ago her husband gave
q mortgage and his note for $500
for the purchase of property in
Herington valued at $1,000 and that
soon after left their home in Her /
ington where Mrs. Hankerson now
lives. Frank A. Green is attorney
for the plaintiff.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
SUES TO RECOVER MONEY
ON A MORTGAGE NOTE

Alleging that a note for mortgage
note for $70O Is long past due and
that only $2S of It has been paid,
Dayid Matteson has sued Isabel
Barcus. He asks that If the note
be unpaid after the legal required
time has elapsed that the court sell
a tract of land In East Abilene Town
company addition to reeompense him
for the note given him
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
FIND A LAND PATENT
SIGNED BEFORE THE WAR

Aside from the search for gold
the Packard estate is OF added int
crest. F. W. Karl. administrator,
has in his possession probably some
Of the oldest original papers in ex-
istence in the county. They are
patents to land owned by the late
Augustus Packard. one is dated
September j, 1850, and signed by
former President Buchanan. Another
is dated September 15, 1854, and
signed by Abraham Lincoln, These
papers were found in the. "myster-
ious trunk" which was under lock
and seal At the Packard, home.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06

A quarrel between John H. Ton
kin and his wife this morning rip
ened into a suit for divorce within
a few hours. This morning Mr.,
Tonkin struck his wife. She came
to town to County Attorney Hurd,
swore to a complaint against her
husband. He was arrested by the
sheriff, brought before Justice OF
the Peace Quinn, pleaded guilty to
assault and battery paid fine
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
ATTEND NATIONAL MEET Z
OF MISSIONARY SOCIETIES

The national meeting OF 'the We
men's Foreign Missionary society OF
the Methodist church Is being held
in Topeka. Abilene delegates at
tending the meeting are: Mrs. J w.
DeYoe, the Rev and Mrs. &. r.
Brown. Mics Charlotte Norlhcraif
znd M
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
Divorce Suit Filed
BY Harry TOnkin

amounting to $16, and Immediately
filed suit for divorce in the district
court. The Tonkins live a mile
south OF town, They were married
in 1910.
The husband asserts In his petit
tion that his wife would go away
from home for as long as three
weeks at time without telling him
where she was going. s. s. Smith
represents Tonkin.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06

the Christian church. Many friends
of the deceased were present and
the floral offerings were many and
beautiful. The funeral sermon was
preached by the Rev. Hugh Lomax.
Burial was in Abilene cemetery.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
BOY SCOUTS 10 CHOOSE
A NEW sCOUTMAsTER

The boy scouts will hold coun-
ell meeting some night this week.
probably Thursday, and consider the
choice of seoutmsster. Percy schill-
ing, who was the scoutmaster and
one the boys were sorry to, lose. now
has headguarters at Topeka and 50
has had to give up the work here.
Several men have been considered
but no definite selection has been
made. The scouts hope to get
someone to take the place who VIII
be able to carry on the supervision
n the summer.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06

Most of the holders of the GER
tificates are Abilene people who ex-
|pected that they would benefit IN
the operations 6f me bank guaranty
fund in so or 80 days and not have
tc wait for three years to have the
certificates redeemed. AS conse-
quence these depositors are in favor
of the law, as it VIII return to
them their deposits, but would be
more strongly in favor of law
operative In less time.
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
REV. HUGH LOaEAx 10
PREACH ON THANKSGIVING

Al meeting of the Ministerial
eaa AZ aIax iss Rss sb
Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1913-11-06
Flack's Shortage to
Be Finally Paid

lbeain the neighborho0d Of 100000,
which VIII have to be made up from
the guaranty fund. There is $112,-
900 in the fund at present"
How the Law Works.
Under the operation of the law
every bank that takes advantage of
Ethe depositors' guaranty fund pro-
vision deposits one-fifth of one per
cent of its average deposits for the
year in the guaranty fund. Then If
a bank fails, it's available cash is
distributed pro rata among the
depositors. For the balance of his
deposit each depositor is given
certificate against the guaranty fund
bearing six per cent interest. Then
when the banks affairs finally are
wound up, whatever cash the assets
of the bank have realized is used to
take up these certificates; the bal
ance of the certificates are taken up
from the guaranty fund. This is
the system by which Kansas pro-
tects her bank depositors.
No bank has to take advantage
of the guaranty fund law, but as
matter of fact practically every
state bank in Kansas has come un-
der Its provisions, with the result
that no depositor, in the long run,
has lost out from back failure since
the law was put on the statute book. |
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
A Shaken Confidence Must Be
Restored

1t will be relief to the whole country to learn that the
Diggs Camnet wteslave prosecutions California
be pressed with due diligence despite the private pressure
brought to bear the Attorney General and others Wash
ington.
Indeed such inevitable the District
Attorney John McNab of the Northern District California
made public his courageous letter of resignation the President
thereby attracting public attention grave judicial scandal
The expression of public opinion both instant wide
spread and practically unanimous food of kilograms poured
into the White House
1T WILL TAKE MORE THAN AN ORDER FROM THE
PRESIDENT to ahead with all eemy speed with these
order penned AFTER storm of popular indignation had
broken TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE in impartial work
ngs Of those courts of justice which the Federal authorities
have control and in those other officers the Government who
have shown such lax judgment serious occasion
Congress has the very urgent duty before it of not only
establishing all the facts but also of FIXING THE RESPONSE
BILTTY AND THE BLAME.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

T was just 40 years ago that
the Parliament of England
with a never to be forgotten
magnanimity, resolved to return
the Ionian Isles to their oldtime
owners, the Greeks
BY the Treaty of Paris. in 1915,
the high contracting parties,
Great Britain. Russia, Austria
and Prussia, agreed to place the
isles under the exclusive pro-
lection of Great Britain. This
agreement was reached not be-
cause it was desired by the others,
but because it was demanded by
Great Britain. the demand being
backed by the British navy.
1t was in these isles of Greece"
Corfu. Zanta. Santa Maura, Ithaca
and the rest, that modern Greek
liberty had its birth, and thanks
to England, it was there that it
grew to the stately proportions of
later years. Great Britain, through
her protectorate, kept the islands
safe from Turkish Expectations,
and in 1864 gave them to Greece.
on May 80 of that year the
Lord High Commissioner of Great
Britain handed over the archives
to the Greek plenipotentiary, and
on June 6 King George made his
entry into Corfu.
Let it be remembered that this
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
Letters IRON THE GEORGIANs READERS

thunderstorms, and with proper
equipment this practice seems to
be without reason or excuse.
So far as my observation goes.
II Is not done in any other first
class town, and no sufficient rea-
son has ever been given for doing
il in Atlanta. People need the
street car service as much when
there is a rainstorm accom-
panied by lightning as at other
times. Z. Z. ".
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
The IOnian Isles
By REV. THOMAS B. GREGORY.

Corfu is none other than the an
cient Coreyra-the little piece of
earth that is responsible for the
greatest calamity that ever over
took the human race. Coreyra
brought on the Peloponnesian
war between Sparta and Athens
and their allies, the result of
which was the ruin of Athens and
the arrest of her wonderful civili-
cation. Had it not been for that
war the Athenian genius would
have kept on with its develop
ment for we know not how long a
period. and the gain to humanity
would have been inconceivably
great. From the cultural stand
point Athens was Greece. 1t was
the home of the art, science.
philosophy and eloquence. which
made Greece immortal, and when
Athens went down all that was
not barbarism went down along
with her.
Because Coreyra appealed to
Sparta to help her fight Athens,
and because, as a consequence of
the fight, Athens was beaten and
her empire practically wiped out.
the harm was done to mankind
that can never be estimated. It
took the world eighteen hundred
years to recover, even in part,
that which was lost through the
fatal Peloponnesian war.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

ate drinker of coffee they are as
lifeleSS as turnip soup.
suppose the inspector thinks
that if people know what they
are buying, it is all right But
passed off on him for Coffee And
the temptation is too great. these
days of high-priCed food to buy
the cheaper article.
VIM. |. WARNER.
Athens, Ga.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
CAR SERVICE AND STORMS.

IWIIVT I IIV VFVUT . ToII-
1t seems to me the public has
a just cause of complaint regard
ing the street car service which
is given them in this city during
thunderstOrms. II has, during
the past few years, become the
custom of the Georgia Railway
and Power Company 10 suspend
service durng even very mild
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
COFFEE

Editor The Georgian:
What is the matter with the
pure food Inspector? Is he asleep
on his job. that SO many brands
of adulterated coffee are SUI
fered to be sold TO the poor? Ever
SO many Of them have chicory;
and in color give beautiful nut
brown result but TO an inveter-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
The Automobile
Everything Being Done to
Make Automobiles Safe,
He Says. They Have
Done Wonders for Ameri-
can Roads.
By GARRETT P. sERvIss.

7 WAS almost startled on seeing.
in the current number of the
magazine called Motor,
picture of an automobile furnish
ed with the new French device Of
movable electric eyesl
Even when the autos great
glazing eyes are fixed in direc-
ton its resemblance at night to
a demon of unimaginable swift
ness and power is stunning, and
one gets out of its way with pan
iclxy haste But when it bears
on each side of its head a glow
ing eye, which turns magically in
all directions. searching out the
fleeing pedestrian in his retreat
by the fence or the hedge, and
detecting every obstruction along
the borders of its way, the veri-
similitude is complete. Man has
never yet made anything so thrill
lingly nfelike, but inspired with a
life that seems more than humani
Everything Done for Safety.
Yet while, to the excited i'm
agination, these movable mechan-
ical eyes may increase the terror
of the auto rushing through the
night, they are. for all wanderers
in the ways, all nomads of the
night, a means and an assurance
of greater safety. They proclaim,
again, that the modern demon of
the road is a kindly demon, who
means no harm. although he
speeds so swiftly. and who would
not, willingly, hurt hair of our
heads. He is as DESTROYS as are
we who look upon him with fear,
and jump at his croaling voice,
to avoid all evil.
II those who still carp at the
automobile, and nurse an an
tagonism to 1t, would consider
what has been done, and what IS
still being done-as witness this
latest device-to eliminate the
peculiar dangers which its inven-
ton has introduced into the high
ways, they would find themselves
taking a more philosophical view
of things. and would cease their
opposition to one of the greatest
advances in locomotion that
science has ever promoted. You
have only to glance through the
pages of the magazine have
mentioned in order to convince
yourself that the inventors and
manufacturers Of auto vehicles
hold nothing more dear than the
question of safety; safety for
those who ride and for those who
only look upon the riders.
Put Bad Roads Out of Business
1t is the same with the roads
themselves. Unthinking people
sometimes blame the automobile
for damaging the roads-as if
most of the roads that We had be-
fore its arrival COULD be dam
aged! But, look at the other side
of the affair. Only a few years
ago every American travelling in
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28
My Field the World" "A Fine
Motto
Motto
Stands the Prov the Worlds Greatest Ship And Should
Stand IN the Mind Of the Worlds Workers, Big and Little
Copyright.


great wonder Of the deep the German ship Imperator
which arrived in America the other day.
What chapter old Job could talked about that ship
if he had seen i'll
Think of ship with three wireless operators working night
and day ALWAYS ABLE TO TALK TO ONE SIDE OR THE
OTHER OF THE OCEAN. Think of a ship with nine decks,
Gated Dante's hell
Think of ship with elevators running up and down,
suites of twelve anchors that weigh than twenty
five thousand pounds ship with swimming tanks green
houses and population equal to that of a small city.
Poor old Behemoth who impressed Job deeply would
very small thing compared this modern Behemoth.
The original Behemoth who dnketh up river and hasteh
not could be tucked away the coal buners of the
perator burned of the big furnaces and not
tced
There many wonderful things about that wonderful
ship with her five captains commanded by admiral
She great tribute to the power of the German people
tribute organization proof of the wonderful things that
be accomplished by that determined to excel
But the best thing of all about this great ship the motto
written at her prov, My field the world That is good
motto good for this ship that sails the good for the great
philosopher Bacon when he said Il taken all knowledge
for province and nothing that affects be foreign
to me-"
is big motto My field the world big for
who realizes that the world mans property his home
and his garden be developed and owned by him. be the firm
ground from which he shall look and study the real world
which is the infinite universe
Every worthy of the should have in his mind
that motto Of the big ship My field the world and interest
himself in the worlds dongs interest himself in the progress of
the its future and in its past and determine to be
whose field really is the world and mouse whose field is
the corner of back yard.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-06-28

Europe blushed at the thought of
the painful contrast between the
roads there and most of those
that he was accustomed to at
home. He could only console
himself by the reflection that we
were subduing a new continent,
and required time to complete the
work in good shape.
Then came the auto, and what
has been the result? Within
few short years, solely by the
stimulus that it has impaired, we
have developed thousands upon
thousands of miles of roadways
that France herself might be
proud of. This single invention
has caused a leap of improve
ment that hundreds Of years of
ordinary progress would not have
produced. The automobile has
put the old. muddy, rutty, all but
impossible roads of our fathers
out of commission, and the whole
country smiles with the improve
ment, and grows richer because
Of it.
Speaking Of French roads.
read another interesting thing.
which must be set down entirely
to the credit Of the automobile
We are now building better roads
than they have in France. and the
reason is because we have built
them from the beginning with the
needs OF the auto in view. 1t
has taught us how to build them.
Many of the French roads are
beginning to deteriorate II Is the
automobile that has searched out
and revealed their weak points.
The growing use Of auto-car-
riages Of all kinds in the French
army has brought a strain to
bear upon the roads lying in the
districts where the threat of in
vasion causes frequent military
maneuvers in time Of peace-a
strain that was not foreseen when
the roads were constructed-and
some of them are proving unable
to bear it.
Recog Nizes Their Value.
What will the French do? Will
they abandon the army autos, or
intermit the maneuvers? To do
so would be to invite instant con-
quest of their country. No, they
will reconstruct the roads, and in
crease the number of their auto
cars. They know the inestimable
value of the good demon that has
come to revolutioniZe transporta-
ton on this planet, and the roads
will have to be made durable
enough to carry him on his civil
izing and peace promoting way;
for the auto. in its manner, is as
great a force for universal peace
as is the strong battleship. Every
thing that links the world togeth-
er makes for universal brother
hood. and the faster we travel the
richer and more contented we be-
come.