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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
Mems Acre Yield Contest
For 1918.

The Mems Acre Yield Contest
organized in January 1912 prov
ed to De one of the most interest
ing classes of the 1912 State Corn
Show held in Columbia during
Farmers Week, January 1871,
1918. Practically every one who
visited t. show asked to see the
reports sud final scores or the
Acre Yield. Mr. Morris McCauley
of Doniphan, Mo-, won the sweep
stakes prize in the Mems Acre
Yield Glass, with Mr.. L. F. Cot
tey of Edna second. The judges
based the awards on practicable
ity of methods, score Of the ten
ear sample, net profit from the
acre, aud the yield of air dry corn.
The Mems Acre Yield Contest
will eventually become one of the
largest classes in the State Corn
Show, for after pure seed corn is
disseminated throughout every
part of the State, the work will
naturally tend towards increasing
the. yield per acre by more inten-
sive methods of culture. Very
few farmers to-day realize just
how hard it is to produce 100
bushels Of corn on q measured
acre, and fewer still realize just
how much per bushel il. costs to
produce an average crop Of corn.
The Missouri Corn Growers
Association will award several
hundred dollars in prizes in the
Mems Acre Yield Contest alone
this coming year and every Mis-
souri, farmer who is interested in
corn improvement should write
today for information regarding
this Cnntast. Remember there
a!ft a'ss~eepstabes prize vsf-
ued al Slot for tie best acre yield.
For all information regarding
this contest or the Boys Acre
Yield Contest address T, R.
Douglass, Secretary, Missouri
Corn Growers Association, Coll
umbia, Missouri,
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
COUNTY MUST TAKE BONDS.
Judge Orders Officials to Raise To,-
900 to Meet Claim,

neiield.-Directing the issuance
of a lew sufficient to raise $4,000 an
nually, Judge Arbs Van Valkenburgh
in the federal circuit court here or
dered officials of Dallas county to
provide some means ~ meeting the
claim of David Yost Of Pittsburg, Pa,
holder Of several hundred thousands
of dollars worth OF bonds issued years
ago by the county to build n railroad.
Yost was an innocent purchaser. "
The money derived was turned over
to the read, which neve: WAS built.
as a bonus. The county officials say
the debt is unjust and have several
times refused to make the levy or
dered by the court. Several war
rants for the arrest of county judges
have heen issued, but no court off
ciai has ever been able to servo
them.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09

iberia" on which 35 trlrpsd.
Rhythm" the most misspelled word
in a test at the University OF Virginia.
5ot "a victims, being tied with "iuds-
ment." "supersede." Indispensable
and hypocrisy"
The easiest word proved TO be re
ceive," which only one student got
twisted, Separate" the bugbear Of
the average grade school student
brought down only seven.
Here are other words in the list
with the number OF times that each
was mlsspelled:
Innocuous. 32; kimono. 81; luscious,
80; chauffeur. 90; villain. 30; dirigi-
Bile. 81; occurrence, %; inoculate, IS;
prerogative. 20; adviser, %; embar
rass, "a; accommodate, 80, aeronau.
tics, 81; battalion, 21; kerosene, 81,
privilege, 21; benefited. 20; twelfth,
IS; plckel, II; procedure, Is; occa
sionally, 10; development, IS; weird,
Is; vacuum, IS; harass. Is; initiate,
II; indictment. IA; prophecy, IA; itt
possessive of ito, 1S; lose, IL, vac
cinate, IL; precede, IL; opportunity
10; laundered. 10; mirth, 3; disci.
pllne, 8; laboratory, s; biplane, 4;
apparatus, g. advisory 3.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
Girls Will Make The Boys
Hustle.

In the past the boys enrolled in
the Missouri Boys Corn Growing
Contest have had nice, quiet
little time dividing up 100000 in
prizes at the State Corn Show.
But this year they will have the
girls TO reckon with for the con-
test has been opened to both boys
and girls between the ages of 10
and 20 years. 1t is just as easy
for a girl to get share of this
prize money as it is for the boys.
The girls will not be required to
do any of the actual work but
will be expected to keep all re-
cords and pick their sample OF
corn for the State Corn Show. OF
course there is no objection 10
girls doing such parts Of the work
as they can do. There must he
at least two girls in every corn
growing county OF Missouri whu
are sufficiently interested to get
into this contest and make the
boys hustle. Besides these prizes
the Missouri Women Farmers
Club will give a S25 90 cash
scholarship in the College OF Ag-
riculture to The girl between the
ages Of 10 and 20 who wins first
prize in the contest. This is your
chance to show what Missouri
girls can do when they try. Corn
planting time is Hear. Records
should be kept from the start, so
send your name to-day to T. r.
Douglass, Sec'y Missouri Corn
J Growers Association, Columbia,
Mo-, and get full particulars con-
cerning this chance to win your
i share OF this fine lot of premiums.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
FAVOR SUFFRAGE.
Mexico Conferences on Record fer
Votes for Women In Church.

Fulton,-The Mexico district con,
ference Of the Methodist church went
on record for woman suffrage when It
passed resolutions in favor Of grant.
Ing women of the church the right
to vote In lay matters. It is expected
that the matter Ultimately will be
brought up In the national confer
ence Of the church, where the sup
porters OF the women hope 10 see 1t
pass. Adoption of the suffrage would
mean that women would be eligible
to serve on boards OF control and
other boards of the churches.
The conference also passed rcsolu-
tlons favoring the removal Of the
four.year time limit on pastors. Un
der such plan ministers would be
retained as long as relations were
mutually agreeable between pastor
and congr regation. The following
we're elected delegates 20 tho General
Missouri conference a. st. Charles in
September: C, NJ. Hayes, James A,
Leaycll Fulton; s. p. Emmons, Next
co; f, r.. Marlowe, Wellsville. Judge
Perry RAIDER of the supreme court de-
livered All address on college educs-
tion. The authority Of the Bible for
modern life was discussed In an ad.
dress by Rev. Charles Grimes Of Mo
berly. Team NJ. A. Mumford Of the
State university discussed the prob
lens Of country churches. Rev. J. G.
Hany Of Fulton delivered an address
on "The Missionary Ifea Of the
Church"
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
urnes s. 8. Teachers Be Paid.

Mexico.-Dean w. w Charters OF
the School Of Education of the State
university, in an address here before
the Mexico Sunday School institute,
urged that all Sunday schools be
graded and that the teachers receive
a certain sum each week for their
services.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09

III generally was mu6rSlOOu IN
Washington that James NJ. Lynch Of
indianapolis, Ind, president OF the In
ternational Typographical union, prob
ably would be appointed public print
er by President Wilson,
Three Wisconsin factory owners
have notified Lieut.. Gov. O'Hara OF
Illinois that on account Of the whits
slave investigation they have adopted
a minimum wage Of IS week for
women and girls.
A milk can fillel with gunpowder
and connected with an electric fuse
was found inside the railing surround
ing the Bank of England. The can
was removed by the police.
William j. Burns, the famous Amer
ican detective, took charge of the
search for Joseph Wherefore Martin,
the Memphis, Tenn, millionaire, who
has been missing In London and
who II Is feared has been murdered
The right Of home rule is extended
to cities of New York state In tho
CulverLevy home rule empowering
bill. which has been signed by Gov.
Sulzer.
A modified form Of bank guarantee
probably will be offered by Senator
Owen, chairman of the senate banking
and currency committee.
Crest Of food Is expected to reach
New Orleans about May 1, when
stage Of 22 to 22i5 feet is anticipated.
Twenty feet Is the highest mark re-
corded at this place heretofore.
Samuel Gompers, president OF the
American Federation Of Labor, is con-
fined in a hospital in Washington, D.
c., threatened with mastoiditis of the
left ear
With the serving Of subpoena on
John d. Archbold 1t was learned that
the state of Texas has brought suit
against Standard Oil interests TO re
cover approximately s10O.O0O,OOO for
alleged violation of the antitrust stat,
utes of that state.
Chairman Underwood OF the wsys
and means committee was ordered to
he'd by his physicians, who declared
he had a slight fever and was IN dan
ger OF a breakdown from hard work
on the tariff bill.
Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst, the sut-
fragette leader, was released from
Holloway Jail, after having been on g
hunger strike" since she was sen
fenced, only n,ne days ago.
Two sailors Of the United States
cruiser California were killed ard
three others wounded in street fight
at Mazatlan, Pacific coast port ol
Mexico.
Revised statistics compiled by fieli
agents of the Red Cross we're glvef
out. showing that 500 or more persons
were drowned in Ohio In the foods G
March 25. The last previous estimate
made the deaht list 4G3.
The 12 members OF the house anC
the seven senators designated to b
present at the dedication of the JEFF
ferson memorial In st. Louis, Apri
80, may not attend. Lack OF appropri
ations 10 defray the expenses OF tn,
trip is the reason.
The president named former Sena
tor Francis M. Cockrell Of Missour
as civilian member Of the govern
ment's board Of ordnance and FORTH
cations, vice former Senator Wsrne
Of Kansas city.
The sundry civil bill. carrying tota
appropriations Of $4,000, which wa
vetoed by President Taft. was rein
trodueed In the house by chairmal
Fitzgerald of the appropriations CON
mittee. It was exactly asit was whel
II was yafnnd
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
vernnn 10 Vote on Saloon.

Nevada-Petitions have been pre-
sented to the Vernon county court
asking that an election be called to
submit local option to vote OF the
people outside of Nevada. The co0rt
called a special election for May 1S.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
sunrrms court 1o.ket EIxed.

Jefferson City.--clerk Of the Su-
preme Court J. A. Allen arranged the
docket of the supreme court en- banc
to commence April 2s. This will fol-
low the call of cases in the divisions
which viii open April s.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
Man carrI.r steal. for Family.

Hannibal.-E. F. Cole, Hannibal
mail carrier, pleaded guilty to ritling
the United States mails Of tl24.50
IN the last few months. Cole said
he was forced to steal to support his
family.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
ss&sA&sA*&&ssss&sssA&As4&
'ROUNDABOUTTHE STATE.
Geanedfrom Exchanges--Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Origi-
nal, Some Credited, and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

INV ~t AAANSHsa0i t'SaaNA~Aoh1 NA~N
at his home, 3817 North Twenty
third street, Thursday. Lehman
was one Of the nineteen members
Of the house of delegates indicted
following the return of John K.
Murrell from Mexico, where he
had gone after he had jumped
his bond on indictment in con-
nection with the passage Of the
Suburban Railroad Bill. Leh-
man was sentenced to the peni-
tontiary for seven years as a re-
suit Of the crusade. Upon his re-
lease he went on the stage for a
brief period and thereby earned
the title "Whistling" Julius Leh.
mann. His citizenship was re-
stored month ago when il was
apparent he could not live long.
The Missouri Democrats OF the
House delegation met in the office
of Speaker Clark and elected Re-
preventative Russell to succeed
Representative Lloyd as Mis-
souri's member Of the Depocratic
Congressional Campaign Com
mit.ee. Mr.. Lloyd served on the
committee for many years and
was three times its chairman. Af-
ter the last campaign, when an
enormous Democratic majority
was piled up in the House, he an
nounced he would not accept the
chairmanship again. Later he
decided to get off the committee
altoe eether. Mr.. Russell was
unanimously CHOSEN as his sue
eessor.
Some six weeks ago G. N, Rod
ecker of Parnell, received four
Homer pigeons from Mrs. L. G.
Pell, fancier at Pendleton, Or
egon. Nola turned them loose and
that is the last he saw of them.
After making inquiries from pig.
con owners in the neighborhood
and failing to locate them he
decided that keeping pigeons
that wouldn't stay at home was
poor business and gave up the
hunt. Lately he wrote Mrs.
Pell about their bad luck, instead
of letter OF condolance was
vastly surprised to learn that his
birds were right back at home in
dear old Pendleton.
Here is a rat killing story that
started at Parma. tbs said the
recent high water at that place
caused many rats to seek refuge
in an old house out of the dan
ger zone. That a man and his
dog went into the house and
caused "rat killing time" which
resulted in the annihiiation OF 125
rodents. Ninety.seven were tied
on a string and exhibited in front
of a store.
It's little late in the season
for parcel post stories, but Joplin
would just like to have it known
that horned toad arrived the
other day in a pepper can. And,
OF course, pepper, even il it were
red, wouldn't worry a beast from
Hot Tamale Land.
AT several points in Cape Cir
arleau county Farmers Clubs
have been organized for the pur.
pose it is said to work in conjunc.
ton with the County Farm Ad.
visor.
The county court of Stons
county ordered the collector him.
self to pay all the ancollectet
merchants taxes as shown by hil
delinquent list.
A man at Battlefield, Mo-, hal
a mule Ave years old, which Il
hineleen hands high and is yalu es
at $1,000.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09

The preliminary survey of the
proposed electric line between
Kingston and Excelsior Springs
has been completed and the part
les who are behind the enterprise
are we'll pleased with the outlook.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

eScSOOp POohNS u chHeSN A"S" ~SAA
Portsgeville wants an electric
light system and is working to
that end.
In liscensing automobiles in
Kirkwood nobody has yet been
found who is willing to accept
tag No. 13.
A woman who recently attempt
ed to destroy the stock pound at
Poplar Bluff because she found
her COW therein, was arrested and
fined $500 and costs.
As result of a recent decree
issued by the Mayor Of Poplar
Bluff, 81 slot machines have been
removed as the operation OF same
is violation OF the law.
Big business in the police court
atPortageville since saloons were
voted out at that place. For
month OF March the marshal re-
ports a fine OF $500 and costs.
One local buyer shipped out
from Richmond last Friday to
Chicago 800 cases of eggs. As
each case contains 80 dozen eggs
there were in this one shipment
total Of 129, 900 eggs.
Recently three carloads OF cat
tie were shipped to market by a
farmer residing near Sikeston.
The average age of the stock was
three years, and weighed from
1900 TO 400, each.
The city of Jackson, Cape Cir
ardeau county has been sued by
one of its citizens for $1,000 be-
cause an official entered upon his
premises and cut lin from a
shade tree that interferred with
pedestrians.
The Joplin News-H Herald be-
lieves that Helen Keller's warn :
ing that the Democratic party is
not behind the president is we'll
based. "Not behind" says. the
Herald. "but in front, yolSed and
hsrnessed and Woodrow on the
box cracking the whip"
A man from Louisiana, Mo-,
went to st. Louis recently, and,
while sitting arouud the Union
Station, found a man with whom
he made friends, loaning him
S22 in order TO get an express
package out of the office. The
man and the money both dis
appeared.
At the special election in Car
ter county, on the 26th Of Apri
last, to issue bonds to build 8
new court house, the proposition
was defeated for the second timt
within a year, as it WAS voted or
In June last and then didn't re-
ceiye a majority. At the las
election the proposition received
a majority of 1893, but ii requires
two thirds of the vote, there be-
ing 42S votes for Il TO 230 agains
It.
Two women, with 4-year-olC
baby were driving in a farm
wagon over bridge ACROSS th,
Sac River in Cedar county a few
days ago when the team became
frightened and started to back
It broke the wooden railing OF
one side and backed off. Team
wagon and occupants went owe
and struck the ground ct thu
waters edge. The only damag,
done was the breaking of tn,
wagon tongue. No injury what,
ever was sustained by the oc
eupants of the wagon or by thl
team. One OF the women wa
carrying > ''setting" Of turke,
eggs. only one Of which va
broken;
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1913-05-09

4
is true it is perfectly awful to
think what a married fly can do"
An Ash Grove man ran q needle
in his hand while he was helping
his wife do the family washing
and the Banner suggests that the
moral of this is plain enough:
Never help your wife with the
washing,
Society note from Jam esport
Gazette :"It isreported that a weG.
ding that was to have come off in
Spicard last week was postponed
because the bride had ordered
shoes that were about two sizes
too small. What fools we mortals
bel"
The dead tody OF babe only
an hour or two old and yet warm
was found on a hillside in Excel
sior Springs Friday night. The
Journal says that the Lawson
bloodhounds were at once pro-
cured and an effort to run down
the inhuman wretches who left
the babe. But as usual the hounds
proved inadequate and incomps'
tant.
The Glenwood Journal publish.
es an essay delivered at the Glen
wood school commencement on
the topic Beyond the Alps Lies
Italy" The discovery of the fact,
first credited to Hannibal, has been
corroborated go frequently upon
commencement programs tina. we
are convinced that Italy hes just
over the Alps-provided ono is
on the north side OF the noun !.
tains.
That the Elberta peach crop Of
the famous Braudsville- Koshko.
nong district in Howell and Ore
gon counties will net the growers
Of that section this season one
million dollars, is TIE estimate of
a number of orchardists and ex-
pert growers who are purchasing
supplies with which to care for
the crop now on the trees. 1t is
estimated that between one tn hous-
and and twelve hundred cars Of
the fruit will be shipped to East
ern markets and arrangements
already are under way to place
consignments in New York, Bos-
ton and other large Eastern GEN.
ters. The peaches have been
sprayed thoroughly and conser-
vative estimates place the num-
ber of spraying machines in use
at present at three hundred. The
J fruit 80 far has developed that nc
fear OF damage by a frost Jr even
a light freeze is entertained by
the growers.
After a years effort to appre-
hend members of the county court
Of Dallas county, who are held in
contempt by Federal Judge Arbs
S. Van Valkenburgh OF the west
ern Missouri district for refusing
to obey the courts order to levy
tax equal to $40, 800 to be used
as the initial payment on the
county's railroad bonded indebt.
edness the United States marsh
all's force has confessed its in
ability to trap the recslcitran
judges and it will be nee essary
to issue new writs at the sitting
OF the federal court in April. Tht
contempt cases are an echo o.
bond litigation in which the count,
has been defeated many years
The principal bondholder is Davi(
Yost OF Pittsburg, Pa. He hold
a judgment again ct the county
for more than a million dollars
There are other holders of bond
all growing out Of the issue 70
; the building of the Fort Scott ant
Laclede railroad 40 years ago
The road meyer was built. Tn
, original amounted to 1886, 900 bu
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season was broken at Cambridge by 9
touch now and again of such pleas
ures as spoke of home and gracious
peace. In midwinter Mrs. Washington
had driven into camp, come all the
way from Virginia, with proper escort
In her coach and four, her horses be-
stridden by black positions in their
livery Of scarlet and white; and she
had seemed to bring with her to the
homely place not only the cere-
monious habit, but the genial and hos
pitable air of Virginia as well.
Many a quiet entertainment at head.
quarters coaxed a little ease Of mind
out of the midst of even that grim and
trying winters work while she was
there.
Washington Ready to Strike.
With the first month of spring
Washington determined to cut inaction
short and make decisive stroke.
He had been long enough with the
army now to presume upon its conf
dence and obedience, though he fol-
lowed his counsels. Siege can
non had been dragged through the
unwilling forests all the way from
Ticonderoga; the supplies and the
time had come, and on the morning Of
the 9Th of March, 1776, the British
stared to see ramparts and cannon on
Dorchester Heights.
ut was like the work of the genii
of Aladdin's wonderful lamp" declared
one of their astonished officers.
Occupies Dorchester Heights.
Why they had themselves neglected
to occupy the hills of Dorchester, and
had waited so patiently till Washing
ton should have time and such guns as
he needed, was question much press
ed at home in England; and their stu
pidity was rewarded now.
They had suffered themselves to be
amused all night by furious cannon
aiding out of Roxbury, Somerville, and
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East Cambridge, while two thousand
men, a. battery of heavy ordnance, and
hundreds of wagons and ox-carts with
timber, bales of hay, spades, crowbars,
hatchets, hammers, and nails, had
been gotten safely to the Dorchester
hills.
When they saw what had happened
they thought of the assault upon Bun
ker's hill, and hesitated what to do.
A violent storm blew up while they
waited, rendering an attack across the
water impracticable, and when the
calmer morning of the 9Th dawned it
was too late; the American position
was too strong. Neither the town nor
the harbor could safely be held under
fire from Dorchester Heights.
The British Evacuate.
There was nothing for it but to
evacuate the place, and no one gain
said their departure.
By the 18th they were all embarked,
eight thousand troops and nine hun
dred loyalist citizens of Boston, and
had set sail towards the north for Hal
flax. They were obliged to leave be-
hind them more than two hundred can.
non and great quantity of military
stores of every kind-powder, mus
kets, gun-cafriages. small-arms-what-
ever an army might need.
When Washington established him
self in General Howe's headquarters,
in Mrs. Edwards comfortable lodging
house at the head of State street. he
could congratulate himself not only on
a surprising victory brilliantly won,
but on the possession, besides, of more
powder and better stores and equip
ments than he could have dreamed OF
in his camp at Cambridge.
He caught up his landlady's little
granddaughter one day. set her on
his knee, as he liked to do, and asked
her, smiling. which she liked the bet
ter, the redcoats or the provincials.
THE redcoats," said the child.
"Ah, my DEAR" said the yoang gen.
eral, a blithe light in his blue eyes,
they look better, but they don't fight.
The ragged fellows are the boys for
fighting"
Washington Leaves Boston.
But he did not linger at Boston.
He knew that its capture did not
end, but only deepened, the struggle.
Reinforcements would be poured out
of England with the spring. and the
next point of attack would unques-
tionably be New York, the key to the
Hudson.
Here again was a city tianked about
on either hand by water, and COM
manded by hGi<hts-tha hs.=+~.~ af
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ever been IN Afheffca.s
British Hold Staten Island.

It was impossible to prevent their
landing and they were allowed to take
possession of Staten island unopposed.
Men-of-war passed untouched through
the Narrows, and made their way at
will up the broad Hudson, unhurt by
the batteries upon either shore.
General Howe remembered Dorches-
ter and Charlestown Heights. and d.
rected his first movement against