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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

MORRISTOWN LETTER CARRIER INvENTS
DEVICE TO TIME MAIL BOX COLLECTION

thoroughly examined by the depart
ment experts, if accepted, the inven=
tors would be paid for 1t.
Mr.. DeGroot, several years ago de-
vised mail wagon. His next inven-
ton was a time-recording device for
letter boxes The department did
not approve of this. however, assert
ing 1t to be too costly to install. Mr..
DeGroot then laid aside the scheme
until few months ago when he read
that the postmaster general was
seeking some simple device that
would indicate whether collections
are being made regularly from the
street mail boxes.
Mr.. DeGroot then resurrected his
previous time-recording device and
set about simplifying ii with the aid
of Mr.. Ayers, an electrician.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
NOTED NUN IS
LAID AT REST
Funeral of Sister Mary Angus
tus, Head of ST. Vincent's
Academy.

The funeral of Sister Mary Angus
tine, of the Order of Sisters of Char
ity, for the last seven years head OF
ST. Vincent's Academy, took place to-
day A solemn high mass was offered
at st. Joseph's Church. Many men,
bers of Catholic teaching societies and
other frieeds were in the throng that
gathered to pay their last respects.
Sister Mary Augustine was one of
the best known nuns in New Jersey,
and veteran teacher. The interment
was at Convent Station.
Rev. Gilbert Dolan, of st. Bene-
diets College, officiatel at the mass.
Rev. George w. Corrigan, rector of
st. Joseph's Church, was deacon, and
Rev. Joseph Meehan, of Jersey cry,
was sub-deacon. The master of cHre-
monies, was Rev. Cornelius Kane, of
MontcIair.
Among the clergy who gathered In
the chancel were: Bishop O'Connor,
Monsignor Whelan, Monsignor Cody,
Monsignor James Mooney, Ri. Rev.
Abbot Ernest Helmstetter, o. S. b.;
Rev. Eugene p. Carroll, of Hoboken;
Rev. Thomas A. Walsh rector of st.
Charles Borromeo's Church; Rev.
Michael j. White, rector of st. CO.
lumba's Church; Rev. Andrew L..
Clark. Rev. Lalor p. Mclaughlin,
Rev. James Martin, Rev. James R.
Heffernan, Rev. ]. C. Timony. Rev.
James r. Higgins, Rev. ]. b. Daw-
kins, Rev. Nicholas Marnell, of Or
ange; Rev. Edward f. Quirk and
Rev. Charles Smith.
Among the religious orders repre-
scented in the church were Sisters of
st. Dominic, Sisters of Charity, of
which Sister Mary Augustine was a
member; the Little Sisters of the Poor
and the Sisters of the Poor. of St
Francis
Rev. John A. Dillon. diocesan direc-
tor of schools, preached the sermon,
and the absolution was pronounced
by Bishop O'Connor. Members Of tia
Order of Sisters of Charity sang the
Gregorian Chant during the mass.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15

YOUNGSTOWN. N. J., April 10
George F. DeGroot, a Morristown let
ter carrier, has invented a device
that will indicate in central office
the opening of a street letter box by
the carrier for the collection of its
contents. The device operates some
what on the principal of the annun-
ciator system in use in hotels and Is
simple and small in cost.
Mr.. DeGroot and Harry Ayers, VINO
assisted the letter carrier with the
electrical parts of the device, has re-
turned from Washington, where ne
had an audience with the first as
sistant postmaster-g general and the
chief of the patent department, both
of whom were well pleased with the
device and said that after it had been
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
r. 3. Mac Lea's Body Due Soon

The body of Robert B. MacLea,
sixty-eight years old, of AZ Erwin
Park road. Montclair, is expected to
arrive In New York on Friday on
board the steamship Lusitania, OF
the Cunard line Mr.. MacLea died in
Manchester. England, on April T. He
was there on a business trip. Heart
failure was the cause of death.
Funeral services will be held, ac-
eording to the present arrangements,
on Saturday afternoon at O'clock
from the late homo, with Rev. Harry
Emerson Fosdick, pastor of the First
Baptist Church officiating. Inter
ment VIII be in Mt. Hebron Cemetery
Upper Montclair. Mr.. MacLea Is sur
yiyed by a widow, son and daughter
Mr.. MacLea was engaged In the dry
goods business in New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Cupid Kidnaps Girl

JERSEY CITY, April 15.-The
family of Eugenia Simoni, of 1874
Coles street. Jersey City, received a
telephone message from her yester-
day that she had married and gone to
Brooklyn. Her brother reported to
the police Monday that she had dis
appeared mysteriously and he sur
missed she had been kidnapped.
She is reported to have married
Frank Lacasialla. recently of BIG
Fifth street, Jersey City, through
whose sister the telephone message
was sent TO the Simonies.
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Mrs. Marena Haddon

Mrs. Marena Haddon, seventy-fou
years old. wife of Robert Haddon,
of 147 Lorraine avenue Upper Mont
clair, died yesterday after 81 long
illness. Funeral services will be
held on Friday afternoon at $3.50
o'clock from the late home of the
deceased, with Rev. DIR. Putnam
Cady, pastor of the Upper Montclair
Presbyterian Church, officiating. In
terment will be made In Mt. Hebron
Cemetery
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Contest Editor.
Song Book Contest
Contest Editor:

Contest EdltOF'
At the end of your book and song
contest I came to your office and
bought a container for my coupons.
One of your young lady clerks told
me 1t was not necessary to write any
address upon It, so 1 dropped it in
your contest box Afterwards an
other one told me that I should have
addressed it to you. / worked very
hard for my answers. Now. will that
90 against me? A CONTESTANT.
It is all right if you dropped it in
the box.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Mrs. Sarah j. Bird

Mrs. Sarah j. Bird, widow of
Thomas II, Bird, and sister of Robert
M. Boyd, sr., of Montclair, died today
at her home, 142 Lorraine avenue,
Upper Montclair. after an illness of
several months. She had lived in
Montclair many years. Arrangements
for funeral have not yet been made.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Prevents Grlp-Cures Grin

LAXATIVE BROMo QUININE re-
moves the cause. There is only one
"BROMO QUININE." Look for sig
nature of E. w. GROVE 25c.-Adv.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-15
Queries and Answers
Baseball Contest

Conest Editor:
Will YOU please answer the follow.
inc, in regard to the baseball contest?
Thanking you, ] am,
Truly yours,
5000 I'D. N. A.
ID Must coupons be fastened to-
gether? Answer-Yes.
go Can I secure at the office q
pon-container, such as was USED
in the book and song contest? An
swer-Yes.
go Will the baseball tickets, given
as prizes, be transferable, or must
they be used by the winner in per-
son? Answer-They can be used by
any one person.
Contest Editor: e}W aHa
Kindly let me know through your
baseball contest column how soon the
answers will be published to the song
and book title contest closed last
week. .-> ANNlOOS. Z
See article on second page of Tues
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
EARLY HISTORY.
The First Pastor of Mexico Bap-
tist Church.

Mrs. Jennie Bland Beachamp,
the first president OF the Texas
w. c. Y. u, died recently. She
established the Texas official or
gan of the w. c. T. T., called
The Bulletin, - and laid well
the foundation for the organiza-
ton in the Lone Star State,
travelling many miles, making
many speeches and sacrificing
much for the temperance cause
in general. Mrs. Beachamrowas
the mother of five children, all
living. Two are Baptist preach
ers. A son, Harvey Beachamp,
wa sat one time Audrain County
Missionary for the Baptist
church and lived at Nandalia.
Mrs. Beachamp's husband, Rev,
$. A. Beachamp, was the first
pastor of the Mexico Baptist
church. He was pastor for some
time at Long Branch and over 80
year sago baptized the late Judge
$. +. Randall and his wife-the
latter yet surviving and living in
Mexico-at the Long Branch
church.
This is getting back to some
early history.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
IN MEMORIUM.

Elgin J.. Bcal was born in 1858
on farm five miles northwest Of
LaddOnia where he resided with
his parents, W. II. and Jane Beal,
until his majority. In the spring
.of 1879 he drove team of four
mules to a wagon for John ID. Me
Carty TO Denver Colo. Returned
in the fall and the next spring
opened the first undertaken s
store and barber shop in Lad
donia. Sold out to A. Il. Myers.
His next venture was farming on
jhe homestead. Later he married
Miss Maggie Poor They moved
to Hazen, Ark. Not having good
health there, they started with Il
wagon drawn by team Of mules
and drove up thru the Indian
Nation, thence across Kansas, fl
nally landing in Custer county,
Neb., where they took up a home.
stead. Sold later and moved to
Broken Bow. Here Elgin was
engaged in the newspaper bust
ness for several years. Finally
selling this he bought a ranch
near the Bow where he built up
magnificent home. About three
years ago he lost his health and
on the 10th inst. in a hospital at
Omaha, Neb., after undergoing
severe surgical operation he
succumbed and passed into the
Great Beyond. lie was a good
man, a kind husband and parent
and "A considerate neighbOr. The
wife survives him besides 9 chill
dren, five sons and four daugh-
ters. Two brothers also survive
aim, John Beal, editor of the
Mexico (Mo.) Message, and c. w.
Beal Of Broken Bow, Neb., Prose
cutting Attorney of Custer coun-
| ty. Elgin was a lover of music,
and sweet were the strains of the
piano and violin at his home in
the days gone by. His old school,
mates and neighbors back here IN
Audrain are panied to hear of his
death.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
THE INDIAN PRINCESS. "
1t Was a Great Play, Given by
the Little Folks.

"The Indian Princess writ
ten by Miss Maude Wallace, di-
rector of music in Mexico High
School, a most pleasing operetta,
was played two nights last week
in the High School Auditorium.
There was a large audience at
each performance. About 80
children had part in the folk
dances and other features. Capt.
John Smith; Sir Henry Olney ;
Powhattan-Indian chief. Poca-
hontas-his daughter; scouts,
squaws, six Indian braves, ten
papOoses and II Indian maids
constituted the main characters.
The program from beginning
to end was most charming. Be
sides the written play there were
six songs Sailors Chorus, -
81 Am The Governor. Work
Is Not Our Theme" Feast
Song" "The Canoe Song, -
"Pow-Wow,' and "The Indian
Princess all the composition of
Miss Wallace. The scenery and
painting was by the Manual
Training, Domestic Science and
Art departments of the High
SchoOl-the whole creation by
home talent" Mexico Made"
The little folks who had part in
the fOlk-dances the last evening
were as follows: Gladys Huen-
field, Edwin Angert, Rose Stall
ings, FELTON, Kunkel, Elizabeth
White, Thomas Mcintyre, Abby
Nealy, Francis Ryan, Alice Gra-
ham, Arthur Willard, Nellie Bar
nett, Asa Johnson, Helen Austin,
Ellison Sayre, Helen johnson and
Welch Squires.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
KIDNAPS CHILDREN.
A Smart Ruse Worked on Lad
donia Teacher.

Laddonia, Mo-, March 13.--
Mrs. Ollie Mclean, of Spring
field, Mo, came to Martinsburg
Wednesday morning, drove to the
school house in this place and
wrote note asking that Grace
and Roy Jenkins be excused. The
note was signed "JoSh Jenkins, ~
and Miss Lydia Hatton, the
teacher, excused the children.
They are the children of Mrs.
Mclean. but about eight years
ago when she was living in Auro-
IA, Mo. the children were taken
away from her by the authorities
and sent to a home in st. Louis,
where Jenkins, their grandfather,
got them.
The llidnapper drove to Rush
Hill and took the west bound c.
4 A. train for Kansas City.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
LIBERTY ITEMS.

Spring is here and everybody
getting busy.
All will begin sowing oats this
week if the weather holds good.
Mr.. Neal Sheang's are all bet
ter.
Charlie wilkins has left us to
work for Mr.. Givens. Sorry to
see you 90, Charlie, but we know
you will come back each Sunday
to see some of these pretty girls
you left behind.
John Lockridgc visited his
brother, Bob, north of Mexico,
saturday aud Sunday.
Mrs. Clarence Adams visited
home folks last week.
Neal Watts lost Il horse last
week from feeding fodder. This
makes the second horse this winter
he has lost.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
COUNTY TAXES.
collector Pulls Makes Annual
Settlement.

County Collector 5. A. Pulls
made his annual settlement with
tbe County Court last week. The
report shows the following collec-
tions:
State Tax.-Current tax, $l6,-
COZ IA. delinquent, $SO6.O1; mer-
oborts' S491.31; railroad, tele.
graph and telephone, "a, ,olo.9l
license, $S5S.93
County .Tax.-Current, $8s,.
800 80; delinquent, $1,S97.67 ;
merchants, $1,137O9; railroad,
telegraph and telephone $9. BOB
10. license. $2,626.55.
Road Tax.-Current, 1925
u. delinquent, $352.26; merch-
ants. $173.36; railroad, tele-
graph and telephone, 81, ,942.1li
license, SZ.Jf.
Special Road and Bridge Tax
Current. $21, ,979.1S; delin-
ment $41O.17; merchants, $646-
"a. railroad telegraph and tele-
phone. $5,2S4.74; license, $4.16.
Village Tax.-Railroad, tele-
graph and telephone, $7OO76.
School Tax. - Current, $16,.
612.4S; delinquent, $2,95757 ;
merchants, $2,915.56; railroad.
telegraph and telephone, SILL
O43.79: license, $1,000.
Total. 49, State tax, $22,869.60.
County Tax, $53,S5S.89. Road
Tax, $1O,394,S4. Special Road
and Bridge Tax, $2S324.59. Viii
lage Tax, $7OO76. School Tax,
$7S,56O.2O.
Total amount collected in all
funds, $194,708.SS.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
HITS AND TIPS.

p. Y. Bruce. out Skinner way,
has traded his 226 acre farm near
Benton City to c. H. Baker for
the handsome stone residence of
the Phillip heirs in this city. In
turn Mr.. Baker gets one of the
finest farms in the county.
II. f. Race. secretary of the
Mexico Commercial Club, at the
State meeting of commercial
club secretaries in jefferson City
last week, was elected president
of that organization for the en-
suing year. Race is "A hustler all
right; as his name indicates, he
is a racer.
John j. Wakefield, member Of
the State Board Of Agriculture
from this county, has been ap-
pointed director of mules and
iennets for the State Fair for this
year. He's the man to do the
work exact and right all right.
S. A. Pulls, County Collector, is
publishing a fine statement OF
taxes collected--about $4,000
more than the receipts last year
Taxes are higher this time, ana
by the way, mark this fact the
people are square against any
schemes for making new Offices to
make taxes higher, too.
r. II. Brown-a mighty good
fellow, he is,-his friends are
grooming him again for County
Recorder.
j. T. Allen few days ago
traded his stock of secondhand
store goods here to jefferson City
parties for a 20 acre farm near
New Bloomfield, getting $275 in
addition. j. r., we believe that
was a good trade.
The nasty old house fly is com
ing soon. Swat the whole nest
of 'em if you can, and then keep
on swatting,
Hugh L. Cooper, the fellow
who built the big dam across the
Mississippi at Keokuk, Iowa, has
been called to Egypt to take
charge of the building of dam
across the Nile. We suppose
Cooper is not taking any tips
from Moses in this undertaking
Cooper wants way "to pile the
waters up that will be perma-
nent.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
LIVE STOCK ITEMS.
Among the Feeders and Shippers
at Rush Hill.

Bart Martenia, south of Rush
Hill, has a nice bunch of cattle
on feed.
G. E. Maxwell sold two spans
of mules last week, one to c. L..
Smallwood and the other to Fred
HILBERT. Mr.. Maxwell also sold
~ head of stock hogs to j. 7.
johnson, delivered at Mr.. John
son g farm east of Rush Hill.
Lutte Diggs received 126 head
of 2-year-old steers from Kansas
City a few days ago and will put
them on feed ON tn Old Sims
Farm southwest of Rush Hill.
VIM. Azdell of Worcester got
in car of cattle from Kansas
City last Thursday, These are
two wear olds and Ince ones.
DIR. w. Z. Cornett of Rush Hill
got in so head of calves from Kan
sas City last week. Will put on
grass this summer.
Ray Beagles of Worcester ship.
ped a car of hogs to st. Louis last
week, getting within five cents of
the top of the market-$S,87 -
j. P. Harper of Rush Hill has
been quite busy lately buying and
shipping hogs and cattle.
Henry Stuart of Rush Hill has
lately put a car of cattle on feel
on the L. w. Roberts place, just
west of Rush Hill.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
Catholic Census Bureau.

Oathollc clergymen - from
Martinsburg, Wellsville and
Montgomery City, including
NeXico-met in this city last
week and organized a Catholic
census Bureau. Father j. j
DIIlon, of Mexico, was chosen
president; Father Joseph Haar
OF Martinsburg, vice-president
I Father Thomas Aylward, of
Montgomery City, secretary, and
ather DAME Hurley, of Wells
vile, treasurer.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
Mr.. Parker's S Hogs.

Benton City, Mo-, Mch. y, "A
Dear Mr.. Beal: In regard to
Mr.. Parker's hogs. The article in
your paper of Feb. Goth stated
that he had shipped a load Of
hogs that weighed about 400 lbs.
and that "the hogs had made a
gain of ! IA lbs. per day for Is
months" i" The gain alone for that
length of time would have been
$40 lbs. What struck me as
strange was that they only
weighed 400 lbs; IA lbs. per day
is a splendid gain, especially for
that length of time. | never feed
that long.
Il n Parsons
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
MESSAGE FRIENDS.

The following are late new sub
Scribers or renewals for the Mes
sage:
Miss Marcie Bush
A. H. Moore
Mrs. n. j. Sallee
Gale Douglass
J. B. Slavens
Mrs. S. E. Kendall
W. R. Sallee
Frank Baldwin
j. F. Ruse
s. ID. Wilson
A. A. Hunsaker
j. F. Winn
Conrad Schultz
Oscar Cawthorn
f. S. Schneider
Coleman Elliott
Mrs. Abbie Curry
Mike Shire
Mrs. L. c. Offutt
Miss Mamie Gilbert
Mrs. j. l. Beasley
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
Died in New York.

Mrs, Hugh Moorehead, a sister
o. Miss Laura Searcy, teacher in
,ne u Mexico schools, died in New
ork a few days ago after an OPP
ration for a trouble of the ear
ne body was brought to Colum,
ola, Mo-, for burial.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

MISS Genevieve Barley, teach
'r III North Central School of this
'''y, resigned last week and goes
TO Springfield, Mo. where she will
'n'er the Normal, expecting to
graduate this summer. Miss Ju-
u''n Jones will take Miss Bar
icy s place in the school here.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
F. ID. Parsons.

Those six fiendS at Kansas
City who the other day enticed
an innocent married woman in off
the street into a dark room and
then locked her in and most
shamefully mistreated her are
coming to what is due them. If
that great mob of infuriated men
could have gotten at them at the
time of the preliminary trial they
would have fixed EN- right then
and there. Gamblers, thugs and
murderers have been protected
too long in Kansas City and III all
the cities.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

John w. Crum, southeast of
Mexico, was in town Monday.
John is becoming about as fat as
"a match. Neither he nor this
editor would make very heavy
pOrkers.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

Miss Isabelle Craddock, daugh-
,er of Mr., and Mrs. w. l.. Grad
dock, was taken to a hospital in
Chicago last week where she un-
derwent an operation for a throat
trouble. She is reported as get.
ting along nicely.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

Tom Britton and wife of Rush
Hill moved to George Montague =,
place southeast of Laddonia last
week. Mrs. Britton took very i'll
last Friday night but we are glao
to report that she is since much
better.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

Master Ryland Pearl of
Thompson visited his teacher in
Mexico last week, Miss Zola Beal,
and attended the Indian Prin-
cess" entertainment Friday
night.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

j. Il. Strict has been elected
Exalted Ruler of the Mexico Elks
Lodge. Sam ID. Byrns was re,
elected secretary.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19
SOME INTERVIEWS.

p"Nh 'ShAii III AhuNAi aiiiis Ahb
moved from AuxvasSe TO Judge
Matthias Crum's 270 acre farm
southwest of Mexico. My son,
Charlie. and ! will have its care
thru the coming year and we
hope to make it produce big.
Must have the Message so here S
a wheel for the same.
Geo. W. Wood: I had q fall
the other day and | have been
suffering a good deal since from
a hurting in my right side and in
the back of my head These lit
tie bumps didn't use to hurt us
when we were boys.
Marston w. Bcamer: Hungry
dogs got about II head Of sheep
out of my flock recently. Since
that | have killed three dogs tres
passing on my property. I'm out
after the scavengers; I'll get
them if they get OH my place.
w. c. Atkins: "You may take
my local down now" eyes, it
pays to advertise. know a joke
on that subject. 1t wouldn't do
to tell" No, | seldom joke, but
| can't help looking on that man
Parker, of Laddonia, as being a
kind of joke. His writings on the
Mutual Telephone situation and
that absurd hog story. Well, I'm
a Missourian.
l.. f. Austin. | took a car Of
poultry to New York City recent
ly. Was seven days and nights on
the road. A big snow storm was
raging when | got into Salamas-
key, Pa. Snow and storm, | never
saw it beaten. | came back think
ing more of Missouri and her
average peaceful atmospheric
conditions.
j. 7. Johnson: My mule sale
last week was the most successful
sale | ever had. 1t footed up
over $4,000. The top price in
the sale was paid by Jack Harri-
son of Auxvasse. He got a pair of
coming four-year-old mare mules,
paying $685.. My yearling mules,
AZ in number, sold at an average
of 1854 each, and II three year
Olds sold at an average of around
5000 each. | tell you | was well
pleased with the way the offer
ings sold.
Fred S. Johnston I'm another
sobeP-minded fellow, and never
was known to crack a joke. But
here s one. IN going to buy an
automobile and take wife and
the ~ children on regular JOY
rides. Maybe you'll not be able
to count that many kids about
my place. | live down north
east of Martinsburg, ask my
neighbors about it.
Lemuel Spotswood; I'm young.
I'm not a teacher, but l have
relatives and friends in the coun-
ty who are teachers. Here's my
tip, Mr.. Editor. Do you want
my opinion as to what makes a
model teacherY 1t is kindness
impartiality. Don't be snappy
and fiery. Encourage the love of
the children. This will lead to-
ward success for the teacher. 1t
will lead to self-government
among the pupils, too, which is
encouraged in the schools of to,
day. Don't be partial to the
school boards children. Give
every pupil a fair chance. Chill
dren are just like grown-ups
they are but men and women il
miniature; they know when they
ere getting a square deal, anC
the model teacher has the gooC
sense to see this.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

Col. E. Y, Burton, professor Of
mathematics in Millsaps College,
Miss, is to be the new head Of
Missouri Military Academy in
this city. Mr. Burton is reported
as an educator of high rank.
Mexico Missouri message. (Mexico, Audrain County, Mo.) 1899-1918, 1914-03-19

Mrs. Buddic ColdwelI, south
east of Mexico, has been confined
to her room for two months by
illncss.