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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Stephens Elected Again.

Hannihal.-The seventy,nInth an.
nual convention OF the Missouri Bap-
tist General association was held here
with more than 200 delegates present.
Officers we're chosen as follows:
Moderator, e. W. Stephens, Colum-
bia; assistant moderator, C. p. Storts,
Slater; secretary, A. ". Payne, st.
Louis; treasurer, Winety Jones, st.
Joseph. Mr. Stephens Is serving his
twenty.third term as moderator.
In his address Mr.. Stephens re-
ferred to the many older members
who had passed away. He paid high
tribute to the late A. r. l.eyering OF
Hannibal, who was O leading member
of the denomination In the state.
Mr.. Stephens came to Hannibal to
attend the association 81 years ago
with his father. who since has died.
On this occasion Mr.. Stephens is &C.
companied by his son.
ut seems that you viii always have
the stephenses with you." he re-
marked
Another interesting fact mentioned
BY the moderator was that the gavel
witch he was using was made from
wood taken from the first Baptist
church In Missouri. the old Bethel
church.
The association hos raised more
than $4,000 amCng Missouri Baptists
for Stephens college for girls at Co.
lumbia. This amount has been OBJ
talned toward wiping out an indebted
ness Of $4,000 on tho school.
Subscriptions already made are con.
tingent on the completion Of the fund
by Jan. I. 1914.
John e. Franklin OF 81. Louis an
nounced that he would give $4,000,
DR.. ]. T. NJ. Johnson Of Kansas City
and Moderator f. w. Stephens and
his son, Hugh Stephens. both Of Co
lumbia, said they would give $4,000
each.
W. d. Bolton was announced as as
sistant secretary.
The following committees were ap-
pointed by Mr.. Stephens:
Nominations-w. w. Martin, Don't
phan; W. D. johnson. Kansas City; c,
G. Long. st. Louis; J. P. Graham. ST.
Louis; c. NJ. Truck, Kirkwood; ;
Charles King, Columbia; A. e. Ros'
eFs. Lexington.
Resolutions. T. Morris. Carroll.
ton; W. o. Anderson. Springfield; r.
L. Davidson. SedRlia; J. L. Watson,
Laddonia: R. Z. Bailey. Jefferson
City: H. W. Cole. Kansas City.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Bishop


Linneus Bulletin: Bishop
Hoss told a Methodist conference
the other day that clergymen
shoulden't use tobacco. Rabbi
Ben Meshugger has repeatedly
remarked that no one should eat
pork. Mrs. Dotty Spankhead
says everybody should quit eat
ing any kind Of meat. DR.. Ora.
ham long ago forbade the eating
Of flour bread. DR.. Jimpson H.
Weed says oornbread has a
securing effect and causes palle-
gra. Uncle Joe Lswcom states
that he is 90 years old, and new
er tasted champagne. Prof, B.
Isle Green AYERS that the cab
bage worm was the grandpa OF
the hook worm and can be found
in any kind Of garden truck.
General Bruell OF the commits.
sary department has about made
up his mind to quit issuing beans
to the soldiers. Drinking water
Is unsafe unless 1t is boiled. DR..
Gouger, the famous dentist, says
toothpicks should never be used,
and that acid fruits injure the
teeth and sweet fruits hurt the
stomach. Breakfast foods are
only to be used as pouItices, says
the great food expert, Prot.
Knier Starr Walton. Milk is
deadly and butter counts its vic.
tins by the dozens, says that
well known scientist Herr Isen.
hopf. Nuts are promoters Of in.
digestion, and tend to disorder
the mind. in the opinion OF the
Mattewan sllenist, Prof. Bugg
House.
And so 1t goes. The trouble
with these good people who are
regulating the diets and habits oil
their neighbors is the fact thai
they never offer > disable SUBJ
etitute.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Teachers Favor Equal Suffrage.


Poplar Bluff.-The Southeast Mis-
souri, Teachers association went on
record as favoring woman's suffrage.
declaring that the men Of Missouri
should recognize that the women Of
this state are entitled to the ballot
and that the Interests Of all the peo
pie demand that women vote"
1t commended the last legislature
for its educational laws. requested
Legislation to provide emergency sup
port for any school made dependent
by any unusual circumstance. and
urged an amendment so all counties
could take advantage OF the teachers
training school law.
The organization also favored Law
fotb!dding the use OF or sale or Eiv-
ing away Of tobacco In any form to
any person under Is, asked q new
state constitution making adequate
provision for all state educational
needs. favored larger unit Of taxation
and administration so as TO prevent
educational waste, and demanded 4
law forbidding the sale OF into4icants
within five miles Of any state educa-
tional institution.
II was said by persons familiar with
the situation that the state ocnven-
tion, to meet shortly in st. Louis,
would indorse womsn's suffrage by
an overwhelming vote.
W. L, Barrett, superintendent OF
the Poplar Bluff schools, was elected
president; c. c. Thudium OF Frader-
ioktown, first president; Miss
Clara Graham Of Charleston. secOgd
vioe-president; Victor Sears Of
Greenvllle, third vice-president:
George Doyle Of Jackson, treasurer;
Louis Theilman of New Madrid, ex.
ecutive committeeman, and A c Ma
gill Of Cape Girardeau, secretary.
A magnificent silver loving cup
was won by New Madrid county be-
IaAse vof-the largest attendance The
1914 convention will meet at Cape Gi-
rardeau. Rev. w f. Behner OF the
Presbyterian church opened the
morning session with prayer and was
followed with a double number by
the girls glee club of the high school
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Adops SlmpllRdc Spelling.

Kolumbla.-Frum now on all the Of
fshul correspondence and publlka'
shuns OF the Skool of Edukashun OF
the University Of Alissurt will be sim.
pliflde spelling The members Of the
fakulty In that dlvishun OF the uniyer-
s!ty hav voted to adopt tho full list
reckkomended by the simplifde spell
ing bord. SO far as nown this Is the
frsi attempt at any Of the state in
stitushuns TO adopt the nu sistem At
the meeting of the State Tesehers'
ossosiashun IN St. Luis next week. an
attempt will be made to hav reso
lushun adopted to hay all the publ.
kashuns Of that body conform to the
new rules.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Kills Wife and Self.

Trenton.--William Payne. aged 50,
q farmer, living ten miles south Of
Trenton. killed his wife Anna, shoot
Ing her In the face and cutting her
throat, and then committed suicide.
A little daughter witnessed the shoot
ing OF her mother and ran scree ming
to q neighbor's house.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31

II will be some time before The
good effects of the new tariff
act is shown. The old stock OF
goods will have to be moved be.
fore the new and cheaper things
are thrown on the market. At
the present everything you buy
comes from the hands Of the
trusts.-Ex.
st. Louis leaders in the cam.
paign for woman suffrage re.
eeived achilling reception Thurs.
day when they asked for space q,
> street fair TO be held next week
in the southeastern part OF st.
Louis. Finally, however, the
proprietor OF q beer garden in
the street fair zone offered them
space, and the equal suffrage
banner will float over the beer
garden.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
FALSE SIGNATURES OF MEN IN
COUNTIES DECEIVE CASH.
lERs OF BANKS,
OPERATED SEVERAL MONTHS
Fraudulent Checks With Sisnatures Of
Farmers and Merchants Passed
IN Various Towns In Texas
and Douglas countles.

Mountain Groye-Business men OF
this part of Missouri, who have been
worried for several months by the
operations Of a check forger, were
amazed to learn that the authorities
have arrested Mrs. Dave Kennedy,
wife Of a young farmer living FIVE
miles west of here. The officers de.
clare Mrs. Kennedy has admitted that
she was the forger.
The forgeries have been passed on
banks at Cabool. Norwood and Noun
tain Grove. The fraudulent checks
bore excellent limitations of the stgnS
lures Of farmers and business men
OF Wright, Texas and Douglas coun.
ties The forgeries we're so good that
none Of the cashiers detected them.
Experts In handwriting, after ex'
amlning q number OF them, declared
the forger was a woman A long hunt
fol her ended " the PTr 'se~t Mgs
"is''s Mrs. 'KsonAsI ~ 'DS.Ai
months-old baby a. sN1 an
other child was clutchir. skirts
when the sheriff drove up to the
farmhouse and told her she was want
ed She Is u bright young woman,
who has spent most Of her life in this
part Of the state. When she was first
suspected, bankers who were asked
about her said they didn't think she
could possibly have the experience
necessary to enable her TO commit the
forgerles and profit by them.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Frses Two rubsreuIar conyIets.

Jefferson City.-Two oonvicts VINO
have tuberculosis were paroled by
Gov. Major. They are Edward Holmes.
convicted In Jackson county Of bur
glary In January. 1911, and Tom Hat
field of Jasper county. who was sent
10 the penitontlary for grand larceny.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
pr. Linn b Ralse ssoo,ooo.

Fayette.-''Thrse hundred thousand
dollars from the Methodists Of Mis-
souri for Central college during the
month Of November" Is the slogan Of
DR.. Paul Linn, who recently was
elected president. DR.. Inns plan le
to raise 50 for each member Of the
Methodist church, South. Of Missouri.
The church has membership Of
more than 10000 In this territory.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Paintings for Capitol ursed.

Marsball--B. w. Stephens Of Co
lumbia addressed a women's meeting
here under tho auspices Of the Mar.
shall D. A. R. chapter. His subject
was Mural Decoration" and his et-
fort ls to enlist the D. A. x. and The
women generally throughout the state
In historic decoration and fa!atings
for MlssOuri's new capitol when an
iBhed,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
II chaetled.

4 little 5-yearold. being afraid Of
turkey gobblers, was al piay In tie
yard one day last summer when ~
old gobbler began guhbling at her,
she became frightened apd ran te her
grandmother. who asked her WHY she
didn't shoe the 5le iurkey away sta
said she did Bat tas old thing iast
laughed al me"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
Great State Teachers
Meeting at st. Louis
November 6-S,
1918.
ENROLMENT TO BE LARGEST
IN 81 YEARS-5O0o.

A great State Teachers Con.
vention will be held at st. Louis
November 6-S, 1918. From re-
ports received from every county
and city in the state the enroll.
ment and attendance will break
all previous records and will
reach 5000 or 5000, the largest
in the57 years of Association
history.
The general program as pre-.
pared by Hon. VIM. P. Evans,
President, is an excellent one
and includes some of the leading
educators and thinkers in this
country. These men from out
of the state will be there; Hon.
P. P. Claxton, U, s. Commits
sioner of Education; Mr.. Earl
Barnes, Philadelphia; Mr.. C. A.
Prosser, New York City; County
Superintendent, Albert H. Cook,
Baltimore county, Maryland;
Pres, E. B. Bryan. Colgate Uni
versity, Hamilton, N. Y. These
from within the state will speak:
Former Governor Herbert s,
Hadley; Attorney-G General John
T. Barker; Superintendent W.
W. Thomas. Springfield; DR..
W. W. Boyd, st. Louis; H. W.
Foght, Kirksville. Rabbi Leon
Harrison will deliver the address
of welcome and DR.. W. H. Black,
of Marshall, will respond.
The department programs are
also excellent and include
the names Of many of the leading
school men and women OF Mis-
souri,. Program as arranged
will appeal to every person in
terested in education in Missouri.
The contest for the Silver
Trophy Cup, which is being
Iawarded this year for the fret
is a lively one and many counties
have entered the race for it.
The Indications are that thirty
or forty counties will be at st,
Louis with practically all their
teachers, and that many towns
will be in the 100 per cent class,
The large cities of st. Louis,
Kansas City, and st. Joe, and
others, will furnish large num-
bers OF members. This year for
the first time every county in the
state will be represented. Mar
quette Hotel will be headquarters,
Be sure to go to ST. Louis,
Write Prof. W. w. Walters, Ash
land school, st. Louis regarding
accommodations for the meeting
Programs have been mailed by
the secretary to all quarters ol
the state. Teachers should plan
to reach st. Louis so that they
can spend Wednesday in visit
ing the St. Louis schools.
The advance enrolment is now
200 per cent higher than any
previous year. The increase in
the enrolment this year will
probably show a gain Of 1900 pei
cent over 1908.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
To Prevent Hail.

France Is now testing new type
OF hail destroyer, The doyice is es
sentlally very large lightning Toi
Of pure copper. grounded by means of
C copper conductor. Aecordias 70 the
theory OF the inventors. these instru-
ments. by their effect upon currents
Of atmospheric electricity, are oaph
BILE Of preventing the formation ard
the fall OF hailstones.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
t2.soo MInes In the UnItrs sntsa

Tho Engineering and NiuinS hour.
nal says there are about C,s00 co0'
mines In the United states and about
e,O0o metal mines producing and de
veloping. There are n.re copper re-
firerles and As smslters. IS lssd
smelling works. rs zlne and Sl$ iron.
There are l5s open.hearth steel works
and 30 Ressemer works.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31
'ROUNDABOUTTHES STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges--Madeb by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen.
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.
SSSsSxSS4sSSAS4$*SSsS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

- AsbH SOeNJ SS @
frenzied attempt to beat the high
cost Of living, is living in a tent
and cooking his own meals.
Lots of sporting events in
Moberly these days. One issue
Of the Democrat records a coon
hunt, a mad dog chase and a
railroad accident.
The pensioners of Missouri on
July /, 1918, numbered 80. 400
persons to whom the government
paid during the year ending at
that time SS, 284, ,911.70.
Bootleggers were SO thick at
the fair last week they had to
wear badges to keep from selling
booze to one another, according
to the Fair Play Advocate.
AS going to prove that a boy
can always enjoy life ithe tries,
the Louisiana Press journal calls
attention tc the Quincy lad who
has broken his leg six times.
The Mexico Leader is inclined
to credit the report that the Re-
publican party is dwindling
away. II has heard on good
authority that Mr.. Taft has lost
eighty pounds.
One of the mail order houses
that furnish patent insides to
Missouri papers: tells the "short
story" in the headline this week
The caption over this bit of fic-
tion is, "Rolfe Got Nellie"
As q result Of u quarrel be-
tween two men south OF Blood
land, E. A. Williams, who at
tempted to act as peacemaker,
was killed. Williams was con-
stable Of Robidoux township.
The Frisco railroad handled
nearly 1900 cars Of peaches from
Southern Missouri this year. 1t
moved only 702 cars last year,
and most Of them were from the
southern part of the Ozark coun-
try.
The railroads, the telephones
and also telegraph companies in
Nodaway county will pay $780,
207 .88 in taxes this year to the
county, according to the abstract
of taxes as complied by deputy
clerk Fred Yeomans.
Driven to desperation by hum
ger and privation, q leper
thought to be suffering but a
light attack Of the disease, ap.
piled for food and treatment at
the city dispsnsary in st. Louis
Thursday night. To shield his
wife and son he assumed the
name of John Kouch. "Kouch"
said he came there from Jack
son, Tennessee. He said he had
been conhped in several places
of isolation, but always made his
escape. The last of these was in
Utah.
A man recently went to La
Plata, claiming that he was from
the Klondike where he had made
a fortune. He claimed he wal
looking for some people, who
had waited upon him during 9
long spell OF sickness. He found
them at LsPlaite. He gave
the man it is said a check fol
$500 and bought for tn,
woman an auto on which he paiC
$50 and deposited $500 in tn,
local bank. Later, however, h,
left, saying he was going to Chi
cago for the remainder OF hi
money. The next that was hears
from him came from a series o
; checks he had drawn on the Ls,
Plata bank in which he had n,
funds. He was arrested TO
false nrelenee,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-10-31

E1uLuOS tOHh VA wv A
ants, has never had a negro re-
sident and every house in the
town is painted white.
Cufiously enough, the man in
the Fulton asylum, who has
written two popular songs re-
Gently, is not an inmate but an
official.
Gustave Arndt, seventy years
old, was recently sentenced in
Kansas City to serve seven years
in the penitentitary for stealing
a horse. He has served several
previous terms in various peni-
tentiaries on similar charges.
Saturday Governor Major ap-
pointed Col. VIM. Forman collect
or Of revenue for Platte county,
to fill the vacancy caused by the
death of Matthews Sheppard.
Everybody in Platte county
knows of the competence and re-
liability of Col. Forman in that
position. The governor could
not have made better appoint
ment.
A Hopkins dog bit a boy of
that town in nine different places
that is to say he bit him nine
times-it all happened in Hop
kins. However, when he heard
about it, the dogs owner had the
voracious dog killed, and the
Journal announces that the boy
and his parents feel the dog ow-
ner "acted the man in every way
in the matter"
The jokesmiths are overlook
ing some fine opportunities in the
marriage OF Mr.. Rice and Miss
Benedict, near Columbia. A
wedding where the bride insures
rice at the ceremony, where the
bridegroom becomes a benedict
by marrying one, and where the
bride ceases to oe a benedict by
getting married. ought to pro-
vide a few paragraphs.
The children OF Mrs. Alma
Crowhurst OF Maryville are plan
ming a great celebration for her
on December 10, 1918, when she
will have reached her Tooth birth
day anniversary. She is in good
health, she regularly observes
the English custom in partsking
OF four meals every day, and en-
joys them. The only change her
children have noticed in the past
few months is that she seems a
little weaker from week to week,
but she is the same as ever in
her interest in her children and
grandchildren and bids fair 70
enjoy the coming celebration.
Perhaps the only letter in
George Washington's own hand
writing in this part of the ooun-
try is owned by N. W. Leonard
of Fayette. The letter was writ
ten by the great general March
"a, 1776. 1t is a letter of COM
mendstion to Captain Leonard,
ancestor of the present owner,
who was a member of the church
at Woodstock. The letter i;
written upon parchment and is q
model OF nestness and puncuta.
tion, as well a. diction. Mr.
Leonard has q letter written in
1899 by E. Alexander Hamilton
directing Captain Hamilton tc
Albany. for military duty. This
letter, also. is q model Of neat.
ness and shows how carefully
people wrnte before the advent
Of the typewriter. 1t was writ.
ten at the instruction Of the sec.
rstary Of war.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-19
Today's Beauty Recipes
BY Nine. D'Milla

Protect your complexion against
the summer sun, but do It sensibiy
Powder tends to enlarge the pores and
causes blackheads: some face creams
grow hair. The best complexion beau
tihef I know is made by dissolvin4
an original package Of mayatone In =
half-pint Of witch hazel. Gently mas
sage face. neck and arms with this
and 1t will hold all day. Mayatone
corrects facial blemishes. pimples and
blotches, and makes the skin fresh
smooth and lovely.
Il am going TO give Mothers Sham
poo a plain. STRAIGHTFORWARD adver-
tisement. simply because this shampoo
Is the best 1 know. It actually re-
moves the dandruff parasite which
causes faded, brittle and falling hair
1t leaves the scalp refreshed. clean
ana healthy and makes the hair FUZZY
glossy and full Of life and. color.
The electric needle will remove SUI
perhuous hair. but It Il expensive
painful and requires . great deal OF
time. To remove supernuous hair COW
er the skin for minute or two with
paste made by dissolvfng delatone in
little water. When the paste h re-
moved the hairs win be ona.-Adv.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-19
HE'S A TURKlP ALcHElnsT.
ldshe Man prssnisss Stssi snd oeas
For Vooo<ablea.

ldshe Man prssn;sss stssi sad ossss
For Vooseablea.
william J. Mclaughlin Of Camaa
Ida, when arrested In Cincinnati d.
clared he had perfected an invocation
to make steel rails and Ties from t1xs
nips and opals from radistes.
Mclaughlin. who called him1e6 =
chemist, said tho radiGhes from w14c6
the opals were made could bo grown
only In Germany. He had the so1a
American rights for an EnGhsh con-
Germ with capitai Of $1.O00IOM. no
said. He was arrested on susptc1ou
until an investigation into alssgsd
stock selling by him cu0ld be-madA
To the police Mclaughlin said be
came to Cincinnati 10 close 4 deal q
take over the Cincinnati Reduction
company and convert city garbage mto
railroads and buildings. When arrest
ed he had several suit cases fun d
pulveri.ed radtshss and turnfps.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-06-19
JUDGE pEEMER TELLS ArroR.
Nevs DUTY As TO NEW PR.
MARY LAW.
SUCCESS OR FAILURE
LIES WITH LEGAL CLASS
President Of State Bar Association
urass Attendance At Sioux City
Msetins TO Discuss Duty As to En-.
foresn,snt Of Nor. Partisan Primary
Law in Selecting Judiciary.
special to mes-Republican.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City, June 19-Judse Horace E.
Deemer Of the supreme court, president
of the Iowa State Bar Association. has
sent out letter to the lawyers of the
state urging large attendance at the
coming annual convention to be held
at Sioux City, June 26 and 81. He laid
particular stress on the consideration
of the bipartisan primary law for the
selection of judges adopted by the last
legislature.
1T is now up to the lawyers to make
this a success or witness most humil-
iating failure" wrote Judge Deemer in
his letter to the members of the associ-
alton. 1.-THE lawyers duty in framing
and moulding public opinion and shap-
ing legislation and in assisting the
courts in the administration of justice
was never so important as at this hour.
Many believe that constitutional gov
eminent Is soon to meet its severest
trial. Whatever the truth be. the lawyer
today is face to face with an all in1s
portant law relating to the selection OF
judges.
Judges should be skilled experts,
we'll trained for their work. If they
take the interest they should and or
ganize for the accomplishment of their
end, the new law will doubtless prove
an unqualified success. II they do not
and the matter is left to chance no one
can foretell the result.
"Any lawyer wishing further infor-
nation concerning the convention
should write to Prof. H. c. Horack, OF
the University of Iowa, secretary Of the
association"