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Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Wants a Get-Together Meeting.

Dear EditOr:-tu a recent is
sue of the Joucnai You had an
article advocating thu unity of th,.
Roosevelt and TAFT voters Of
Washington County. ! think
that this article WAS timely and
wise. There is 40 reason at
present why kelutlicars, by,
whatever name they may dis
tinGui>h themselves. should stay
apart. II" chief question at the
last election Was. that the Hoose-
welt man did nct M:.1,+ Taft and
the Taft IMAM die -, wan. RoOSe-
welt. AS both bad il t..nir wav.
the DISPUTE should be ended.
Every fair minded man in Wash
ineton County knows that by
getting together the Republicans
would lose nothing, but would
have more than chance to win
everything.
You say also that there is a
strong feeling on both sides to
get together on mutual terms.
Certainly: a little reform toward
progressiveness in late years
would have prevented the big de
cline in the Republican majority
in this county. But that is all
past; now let harmony exist, and
| think if both the Republicans
and Progressiyes were to get to-
Rethef IN a mass meeting and
consider said mutual terms in a
friendly spirit it will.
WM. Schulz.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

clears the channel for the flow OF
this trade, and no amount OF
preachment from the rural press
will persuade them to restore
the obstruction by abolishing the
parcel post. In his competition
with the mail order houses the
small town merchant must stand
on his own legs, and in the end
1t will be d case of the survival
OF the tittrst In his relation to
the mali order house, the small
town merchant stands just in the
same relation that the country
news paper stands with the large
city newspaper. The people of
the rulai districts SnCnd more
money in support of the big city
dai.ies ard weekly papers of
general iitelt:-t than ,iey 10 in
support Of country papers. of
lur@i interest. And it is the
same IN cU:N!:.prc:al printing,
where thc local patronage pass
es the country printing Office; a |
seeks the big city printer. Ne
Of the country press recogr; ;ze
this condition as established and
do the best we can under it. The
people who support the small
town paper do so only because
of what it supplies in the way of
local interest, and in his compe-
tition with the mail order house
the small town merchant will
find his place in the social econ
oniy just as the rural editor
had to find his own place in COM
petition with the big city papers.
The small town merchant will
eventually supply only the i'm
mediate necessities of the com
munitV
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Cossips.

The gosSi are 4 n0]>ou4e
bunch who play All u-'E gam ::
they'd leave the tn"st Waldorf
lunch to man1le some ones tune
They're prone tu :D.juiH ali they
touch, with tlialr ioe@ tongues
and jaws. and YET the Y cannot
hurt you much unless YOU eve
them cause. Tie Ilan Wnu~e
life is circunspevt. who nind,
the Golden Rule, won't see his
reputation wrecked by any pra-
ting fool. And those who suffer
most from talk quite oftei! &Ge
the guys who hea' Il tale and
walk block toput the neigh bcrs
wise. often say with virtues
tongue. The gossips [ abhor, :
and then | tell how Sandy Bur =
ran off with Mandy Dorr. The
noxioua deeds that Others
spring We righteousIy dosplae.
and then we do the self,same
thing. dad bust our pious eyes.
We d are gossins. more or less:
with glee We trot along 10 tell
about our fake distress wien
some good man $ gone wrong.
On Smith and Jones we're keep
ing tab, and if they make break
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Differing en- Grammar.

In Indianapolis nh.at is to be
placed on a branch library building in
honor of its donor. The proposed in
scription contain: this seAtcDce. All
praise to IT, man who serves his fell
1owmen." Then it was suggested that
the who" ought 10 be that, and go :.
controversy arose as to which word
was truly grammatical Ill that conaec-
ton. They Teirrred it to two author
tiles. and they disagreed. one sayin:,
who and the other that. Then they
referred it to the Literary Digest for
an expert opinion, and the decision
came in favor of that. on the ground
that the sentence referred to the
donor personally, whereas il the word
who referred to mankind 10 general
it would be right 10 use who. There
is still doubt in our mine as to the
reason for the decision, since that -
not as strong es the decision itsei.. -
Columbus Journal.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
The Globe Printing Co.. Pub!;s!1c:
ST. LOUIS. MO.

the community. Most modern
rural SchtuihouSeS are so con-
Strncted as to serve the cOmmu-
nifty as gatheri. & places for vari-
ouS kinds of public meetings,
an.: where vans are us q to con
vey the children to school durir g
the day they are frequently
pressed into service to haul the
farmers and their wives to insti-
tute work. lectures. or entertain
mcn,S at the school house. The
consolidated school becomes a
sort OF community center to
wh;c!' al! educational and social
activities converge. and in order
that 1t may properly perform
that junction. all the highways
lea ding to it should be so imDrOv-
Cd as to render it readily access
III" throughout the year.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Gambling With Death.

The recent holocaust in St.
Louis, whereby some thirty per
sons lost their lives, is but anoth-
er Of those occasions which fre-
queutly shock the country by the
awfuil,ess of the fate that has be-
fallen the unfortunate beings en-
trapped in a burning building,
and which might have been pre-
vented had those upon whom the
law devolves the duty of provid
ing for the safety of the public
fulfilled their office That this
was not done shows that official
dom is ever gambling with the
chance that what the law intends
to prevent m ay not happen in the
course of events in the current
of our daily lives. Then why dis
turb any individual or group of
individuals and put them to ex-
ira expense in providing the
measures of S; fety the law de
mands, when under the hazard of
chance those measures might not
have been necessary at all? The
fruits of such sophistry are reap
ed in calamities like that which
happened in St. Louis when the
Missouri Athletic Club caught
fire the other night That the
building was not safe one for
housing a large number of peo-
pie at night was known to the
regulative officers. The building
was never intended for the pur-
pose in which it was lately en-
ployed-as club house and
sleeping quarters for the mem
bers of the club. 1t was recog-
nized as fire trap but as
long as fire did not occur, official
dom was content to gam bic with
the hazard rather than enforce
the building regulations. Now
that a score and a half of people
have lost their lives through this
neglect, oficialdom wakes up
and makes a great show at doing
something-somethingi it shonld
have been doing all the time. the
thing it has been appointed to do
and paid to do. Perhaps some
good will come from this awak
ening, but the chances are that
as soon as interest in the late
tragedy subsidies officialdom will
go to sleep again and chance the
hazard that another occurrence
like that which has just reused
it may not happen again in Il
hundred wears.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Cheap Chinese Eggs.


A shipment u one hundred
cases of CHR fs.. aggS arrived in
ST. Louis. Ieu cary ii. being
imported Iy Z commission dealer
under the new tariff law. In the
shipment We're 36. 900 dozen eggs.
and they cost in China only IL
cents a dozen. The commission
merchant said he could sell them
so they would cost the conSume.
not much owe" % cents a dozen.
This shipment was a part of {;
consignment which will include
300, 900 dozen.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

Ants are very rumer IL our H.t
grayeIlv soil. To me they seem u )
most hopeful agent for the reGto~, ion
of our farms swept bare by the rer,.nt
floods. Every day they bring up Iruc1
of the fa8 soil mingled with tho gra.c!
and dej.osit it on top. The gravel i'll
the gravel does slowly disintegrate. ta..
process IS surface-goii producer is
far slower than the action OF the aots
Perhaps in most soils the anglewornI
is more beneficial than the ant, but
certainly not in she grayeny soils
Farm ana Ff-eside
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
TRUSTEE'S SALE.

Whereas, Simon ?. Matchell and
Almeda Matehell, his wife, by a Ger.
tain deed of trust dated the Goth dav
of april, 1872, and recorded in the of.
( flee OF the Recorder Of Deeds for the
! County Of Washinoton and State OF
I Missouri. in hook 7, at page 20, con-
vtycd to the undersigned trustee. the
following described real estate, situat-
c,s. living and being III the C.uIty Of
Was Sbingtoa and State ni Missouri;
to-Wit: The east half IF tie npitl-
a>tG'iaf:er altl tie sni.:hRest quarter
of the northeast quarter Of s@..t;..n
tWenty-mine 90 in township t.il;v-
seven go s:'cth # range "ne u
west, continuing 10 acres: w!:!.r com
Veyanco was !,latje t, S"cura I; certain
note, IN aid deed o; trust described,
And .,h.fe:>, SAID note rnsi liic H.
te:"ai tIere"n Icing due a,3,t pave!
ana &.faui1 i. the r'ylnt,1: Il :: t.r
being nl"se, .Hre@,s.,,r, J. iu~;i;l:s..,.
No'v, thert t,,,'. at the request !. Ia
legal holder / said note and in con-
formanre 18th the provisions nf said
decI Of t!l,i, /. tie undersigned
trustee, Wi; sell the above described
real estate 20
s.id. ;, ,i.:T,,s 27,h, t9i4.
between the hours O. Hine u't.uclz Ii
the forenoon and five O'Clock IN IT,.
afterHonn of that day. at the I:a..t
door ...e court house in the CT: u
pntf !, Missouri, at public vendu. 70
the 3I,&rcst bidder, for cash in had,
to satisfy said note and the costs pf
executing this trust. first giving
twenty days notice by publication If
the place, time and terms Of said sale.
W. \. COOPER, Trustee.
March 3. 1918.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

The National Editorial Bu-
reau." whose mission, it seems,
is to eulist the rural press of the
country to come to the rescue OF
the small town merchant against
the encroachment of the city
mail order houses, submits to us
number of articles in support
of it's propaganda to take away
from the mail order houses THEN
advantage given them by the par
Gel post system. The idea is
that the rural press should a
waken public sentiment against
the parcel post and the mail or
der houses, and to the danger t(
rural communities of taking
the money out of home circula
ton and sending it to the large
business centers in exchange fo1
merchandise. This question is
one to which we have already
given considerable thought. ant
we must admit that so far as oul
conclusions reach, we can see NJ
relief for the small town merch
ant through the aid OF the coun
try press. Ever since the city
mail order houses have become
a factor in the business of the
country the rural press has vol
unfairly stood by the home mer
chant and sought to stem the
tide that was undermining his
business, but, with all that has
been said on the subject, the
mail order business has grown
apace. The fact is as apparent
as it is deplorable to the inter
ests affected. The parcel pos,
system has grown out of this
very desire of the people to trade
where they believe they can ge,
the most for their money. l,
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
You Bet! 1t Caught Them.

We do not often publish anon
ymous communications, but
here is one that appeals to US to.
much to hide it's delicate sar-
casm in the waste basket:
Potosi, Mo-, 3-12-14.
Dear Editov:-You notified us
Democrats in yuur last issue
that our platform was built for
suckerbait to catch votes. Please
notify our Republican friends in
your next issue that they didn't
make no botch out of the plat
form. they done a complete job
of it. ReSpt.,
SIMP.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Bismarck. Mo.
Good Roads Sense and Nonsense

With whatever of humility and
apology the facts warrant, we
confess that we have not known,
hitherto, anything about Judge
John F. Hairston, of Fayette,
Howard County, Missouri.
The loss, we speedily admit, is
our own.
Judge Hairston is interested
in good roads for Missouri. We
do not mean by this that he is
the sort of man who likes to at
tend good roads conventions and
exchange perorations with other
cOnventlOnerS, all staged il. the
best bncolic manner. We mean
that he recognizes the value of
real roads for any Common
wealth, and that he wants good
roads. even if the ora,ory has to
be cut out.
At jefferson City, Judge Hair
ston listened, Tuesday afternoon,
to good roads Grafton by Gov.
Major, who became eloquent on
the subject of Congressman
Shackleford' s good roads bill.
The chief provision of the
Shackleford scheme is that hf-
teen dollars per mile shall be ap
propriated for Missouri roads,
on the condition that the commu-
nifty applying for this aid shall
raise an equal sum. Thus. the
Shack}eford plan involves the eX'
penditure of thirty dollars pei
mile in the newest good roads
scheme in Missouri.
Judge Hairston listened to
praises of this plan FROM the Gov
ernor, and then he got up and
made a few statements which
every reasonable individual ir
Missouri must agree we're the
uuintessence of horse sense.
| A good road can't be built fol
thirty dollars a mile. In some
! places it cant be built for a hun
dred times that amount. The
Shacklefold d plan belongs to the
old "patronage' idea IN states
manship. There are rural com
munities in Missouri and othel
states where fifteen dollars pei
mile drawn from outside treas
uries, would be more welcome
than good roads.
The way TO bulid g0ud loads
] is to build them-not to tlnkel
around with boys pocket mon
ey, Swapping yarns and looking
! for g cool place.
. There are various ways O
bu llding good roads. Out ths
j SLackleford plan doesn't toucl
aLy of them. st. Louis Times.
/ D->l &Lo J.,->1 e1 nn
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

Congressman Shackieford :
federal good roads bill will allow
oONefLInent aid on rOaGS. when
the CilizelS subscribe an equal
amount, Of So per mile, or Sc
from both sources. We had nc
iLsea good roads could De built SC
chea,rly It's wonder Mr..
Shachle. .eord had not let this loose
long ago.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
ANNOUNCEMENTS.

We are authorized to announce
DAVID 0. JARVIS
as a candidate for the Office of Cir-
cult Clerk. subject to the decision Cf
the Republican voters at the primary
election.
We are authorized to announce
WILLIAM y. COOPER,
as candidate for the office OF Prose-
cutting Attorney, subject to the deci-
sion of the Republican voters AT the
primary election.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

we'Il stand around the streets
and cab until our windpipes
ache. So when we roast the gos-
81 vile, Wio deep in scandal
delveS. 'iwere We'll to pause a lit
tie while and just size up our
selves. Wait Mason.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

If officialdom had not been
asleep at the switch in late years
our county would not now be in
debt $500, but there are signs
that the prous of this paper has
woked it up and that steps will
be taken toget the revenue train
back on the right track again.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
Sl.OO Per Annum.

A human skeleton over 1O),
600 years old has just been dis
covered in Africa. Now if they
had been found in Asia, we could
have claimed they were Father
Adams bones.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18
The Weekly GlObe-Dem0Crat
ISSUED TWICE EVERY WEEK

Semi Weekly and journal every
81 e family with weekly Farm and Home Magazine
Cos. Regular price Sl00 year. Special
Two Yearly Subscriptions Dollar
Big Bargain for those readers who do
who desire supplement- their home papers ,asr.
metropolitan paper world, Order cLi
prefer TO DAY. Sample copies free.
Potosi journal. (Potosi, Mo.) 1894-1929, 1914-03-18

NOT incomplete and imperfect Rural Route Edition The
paper Tor which other subscribers regularly and willing
to pay $500 The Real Daily Globe Democrat All
of all the earth without bias prejudice
and helpful for day. Brightest and
sport News Correct Market Reports The best
pete general printed circulated the
utNlX clean. reliable and 0 the minute.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20

Citizens Of Clinton township have
Joined in the no-saloons movement.
Their petition asking for an election
was filed with the township trustees
Wednesday evening. 1t contained the
signatures Of over half Of the voters
OF the township. This large number
of voters signing the request for an
election is very significant of the at
titude of the people of Clinton town
ship on the proposition. The question
: OF saloons in Clinton township is a
very serious one-far more serious
than In Mt. Vernon. In this city the
police department, by adding several
men to the police force, might afford a
measure OF protection. but In Clinton
township, without any police protec-
tion, the people would be helpless, and
"a condition would come about that
would be constant menace to the
well-beipg of the residents of the
township as we'll as to all people pass
ing along the roads on which the sa-
looms might be located. The people
of Clinton township seem to be arous-
ed to the danger that confronts them
and have acted promptly in providing
against II.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20
Entered at the Mt. Vernon, O., postof-
&c as second class mail matter.
rsesoIutiors Of Respect, Obituaries and
cards OF Thanks, five cents per line
Subscription Rate-$1.50 per year
strictly in advance.

The fixing by the city council of
Tuesday, December 8, as the date for
the holding of the election to deter
mine whether saloons shall be per-
mitted to return to No. Vernon, will
meet with general approval. It is
about as early a date as the election
could be held under the provisions Of
Nthe law. 1t gives a short campaign,
Z but one long enough. 1t is not like Mt.
: Vernon never had saloons and their
evils and disadvantages in a business
: way had to be pointed out. Mt Yer.
non had its full share of experience
with them and 1t is very easy mental
operation to compare the splendid
conditions, in every way, that exist
today to the conditions of 1908 when
some twenty-five saloons were going
in full blast, and 1t does not require a
lengthy campaign to enable people to
make up their mind on the question of
'the return of saloons.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20
WATSON TRIAL OFF AGAIN

Augusta, Ca, Nov. 19-Because
Judge Emory Speer has filed certifi-
cate of disqualification in the case Of
the United States vs. Thomas Il. Wat
son, the famous case is again post
poned until another Judge is designat-
ed to sit in the United States District
Court here. Watson, who is an editor
and author, and was the nominee of
the Peoples party for the presidency
in 1904, was to be tried this week on
an indictment rendered by the FEEDER
al grand jury two years ago today,
charging him with sending obscene
matter through the mails.
Watson claims that II he were
guilty Of the charge, 1t would be a vic.
lation Of the Federal laws to send a
Bible through the malls. The articles
which brought about the indictment
were published in his magazine. They
denounced the Roman Catholic church
and after their publication Watson de
fed arrest, on the claim that the arti
cies are as proper matter for the
mails rs is the Bible.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20

manure are:
1. The feeding of more nitrogerous
feed stuffs, such as clover, alfalfa, SOY
beans, bran and cottonseed meal.
2. Hauling the manure to the field
as soon as possible and spreading II
at once or else keeping in !, covered
yard where it is tramped by his stock
3. Keeping stock on concrete or
other water tight floor.
4. The use Of manure spreader.
5. Reinforcing with some carrier of
phosphoric acid.
BY actual test when these points
have been observed in way practical
on every farm 1t has been found that,
in the one case at least, ton of man
ure was increased in value from S2.25
to $3.50. On farm where the average
number of stock is kept and the man
ure amounts to from 100 to more than
200 tons per year this increase on each
ton is well worth considering.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20
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BLADENSBURG
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Mrs. Lizzie Ramsey and Mrs. Will
liam Scott of Mt. Vernon spent We'd
nesday night with Mrs. Rachel Scott.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas Earleywine
and son, Lee, and Miss Leota Fawcet
spent Saturday in Columbus.
Mrs. Maud Melick and children and
her mother, Mrs. Kelly, were guests
Of Mrs. Robert Melick, Friday.
Mr.. Albert Taylor and wife and MIR.
Charles Taylor Of Mt. Vernon, were
called here to see their sister, who is
seriously sick.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Blount were
Newark callers Friday.
Wallace Cummins spent Friday and
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Winfield
Colgin.
Thomas Earleywihe and wife were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. John Mckee
last Sunday.
Mr.. Cary Crumrine. formerly of
Bladensburg. died Monday night at
his home in Delaware, o. Funeral
Wednesday in the Bladensburg ceme.
terry.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20
FRENCH DETACHMENT
REPORTED BLOWN UP
Garmans Explode Mine Trap Near
Saint MihieI.

Paris, Nov. 19.-The lntest govern
ment report gave the news that the
battle in Flanders and in northern
France has resolved itself for the time
being into a tremendous artillery
duel There have been reports for
many days that the Germans were
sending heavy guns from their bases
in Belgium to add to their already
tremendous artillery strength. 1t is
concluded here that they have real
lied the hopelessness of any attempt
to break through the allied line with
infantry and that their new plan is to
drive back the French and British
mile by mile by the power of big guns
A sentence in the latest communique
may have been guarded admission
by the government that a detachment
Of French troops was annihilated at
Chauvoncourt, the only position held
by the Germans on the left bank OF
the Meuse and across the river from
st Mihiel. The communique states
that the Germans blew up the west
ern part of the village, where they
had planted mines. 1t is assumed
that the French, in successful at
tack, advanced from the west, when
they occupied houses that had served
as barracks for the Germans. It is
possible that a French force occupy
ing these houses was destroyed when
the Germans exploded the mine trap
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-11-20
STARTING A LIBRARY.
A Selection Of Ton Books That Might
Serve as Basis.

A Selection Of Ton Books That Might
Serve as Basis.
Laura Spencer Porter seeking to
show how the ordinary person can be-
gin founding persona, library. makes
this suggestion rs to tel good books to
begin with:
"For those who are beginning a
library and have little money to spend
would suggest that there be bought
say, one book each Of ten great au-
thors 1t does not matter who the
authors are so long as they stand high
and their books are well known and
standard ones. Let us take as an OK.
ample the following ten, chosen Mt ram
dom from catalogue of standard
writer's: Emerson. Eliot. Bronte, Rus
kin. Carlyle. Dickens. Thackeray. Low
ell, Shakespeare, Keats, and as a Sc
lection OF ten Of the books Of these ten
writer's let us take In the same order
Emerson's Essays Eliotis Mill on the
Floss, Brontes Jane Eyre Ruskin's
Sesame and Lilies.' Carlyle's Heroes
and Hero Worship Dickens David
Copperheld.' Thackeray's 'Pendennis,
Lowells essays Among My Books.
complete volume OF Shakespeare OF
any one OF the Shakespeare plays
preferably Lear or Romeo and Ju
liet' and Keats Poems
Here you have ten books by ter
master minds, books widely varied In
subject, style, treatment Let those
ten suffice for time. Read them
Woman's Home Companion.