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Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-11
THE A. G. DISTURBANCE.

The trustees of the Agricultural
college have ordered an investigation
Of the charges recently published in
papers of more or less general cir
culation concerning the connection of
the college with the. Better Farming
movement. and the alleged plot to
Gust from the service Of the college
certain members Of its faculty.
In view OF the publicity given to
these charges. and the fact that on
them is based the greater part Of
the platform Of one of the political
parties of the state, this action is
timely and wise. Now let those who
have n evidence produce it. If there
is no evidence, let those who have
beer making the noise shut up.
As to the estimate placed by the
trustees of the college on the eficien-
cy of the president and professors we
Know nothing. The trustees, or those
OF them with whom we are acouaint-
ed, are reputable men, and there is
certainly no cas- to conclude, in
the absence OF clear and convincing
evidence, that they have been acting
save in the best interests of the school
and the state.
The story as told in the original
publications a few weeks ago was a
mixture of truth, half truth. things
that may OF may not be true. and
direct falsehood. The main charge,
what might be called the golden text
OF the thing, was that the interests.
whoever or whatever they may be,
nae plotted to gain control Of the A..
c., and It's work for certain nefar-
ious purposes of their own. AS means
to this end they had organized the
Better Farming movement, and were
using this as a lever with which TO
secure control Of the college manage
ment; and that the president and two
OF the professors were to be removed
because they were distasteful to the
aforesaid interests.
The darnning thing about the whole
situation. as it has been exploited by
a very busy little clique, is that GER
tain bankers, railroad men and men
engaged in other lines Of business
volunteered to contribute several thou
sand dollars a ear with. which to
place in localities sufficiently interest
ed to cooperate, competent men to
render accessible to the farmers right
in the field, and in the most practical
way. the best and most reliable in
formation relating to soils. crops, fer
t~iiizers, %dairying. animal husbandry
and other agricultural subjects.
All OF this seems harmless. To the
un%initiated 1t would appear to be bene-
ncial. But mark. According to the
proponents of these charges a mali
cioAs purpose lay at the bottom Of
this plan. The purpose Of the plotters
was to increase the productiveness Of
the farms, to make two bushels of
wheat grow where but one grew be-
fore. and to have on each farm sew
eral cows where before there had
not been any. There was to be more
wheat, more corn. more butter and
ssss, more Of everything, and better,
to the end that the railroads might
have more freight to haul. more poo
pie in North Dakota, and consequent
ly more passenger traffic beth ways,
and. because OF tho increased pros
parity Of the state, the banks would
have larger deposits ana more bust
mess generally.
Itswas evidently expected that when
the xillainy.-of-the pIot-was-exposed,
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yet.
about it, yet. If thoase men oaVer to
the die werks struck for 8 hours It
scanned all rite for us to do it. fIe is
going to go Gave the figgers sum day
when he has got time. At pressunt
Andy is ~inventing a new invention to
walk Torp Stebbins up in time in the
moaning. Torp a y 1t isent that he
is SO anxious to get up & arrive at
school on time, but he is running
shoart OF excuses & kind Of thinks
Miss Palmer suspecks sum Of his last
wuns wasent qwite jennuwine.
TWO VERY PLEssUNT HAPPIN-
INGS.
This moaning Steve Hardy hooked
jack & was saw by Blinky Hammond
riding rownd on Henry Hoods butcher
Vaughn. Blinky told Short-Leg Mill
ken, who went e. ketched Steve. Short
Leg gets 5 cents for eYvery TELLER. he
pinches & Blinky sed he had ought
to give him y Of It this time, he hav-
wing toad Short-Leg WHARF Steve
was. Short-Leg sed nuthing OF the
soart, he would tend to his truant biz
ness a let Blinky tend to his jan
nitering. So thay had qwite a lot. Of.
talk abowt II, & Miss Palmer cent
Steve out TO tell them II thay dident
shut up she would tell Stuffy Balch
he constubul. Wasent that nuts for
me luther plessunt thing was which
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gle? She remembered vaguely a
neighbor's daughter who had refused
to live at home when she finished coll
lege-in fact, the girl had put the
width of the continent between her
and her father and mother. AT that
time Mrs. Murphy did not associate
such a condition of affairs with her
own daughter. But Maggie, her sis
ter,s child, that was nearer home.
Where is Maggie? she asked and
waited breathlessly for the answer
Sure she has an apartment down.
town wild another girl sits nearer her
business. Maggie's a secretary to- a
philanthropic woman-one o. the up
per crust. Maggie had to have. a place
where she could entertain fttin'ly,
she said, en- she was afraid her home
life might interfere wild her social am
billions. Sure she sent me a foin
ame fer me Christmas"
A tear trickled down Mrs. Murphy's
cheek and she wiped it away with a
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The Evening Story
KATIE.

Copyright. 1914. by w. Werner.)
Sure when We left US. me beautiful
darlin.'
Twas little we thought O. the long
winters night"
AS she sang, Mrs. Murphy gave the
picture an extra polish. 1t would not
have taken a Sherlock Holmes to tell
that the little freckled faced girl that
grinned out Of the frame was the
beautiful darlin'" of the song and
the pride of Mrs. Murphy's heart. She
rubbed the glass until it shone; not
that it needed polishing. but, sure,
twas Katie's picture and entitled to
every attention. as we'll as the place
of honor in the house.
And for the h~undredth time that
morning Katie's mother Strengthened
the table cover, r~earranged the books
and struggled bravely with imaginary
PARTICLES Of dust. 1T do look foin,"
she exclaimed as she backed off.
Where do the toim be flyin'?" she
demanded Of the clock while hurrying
to the kitchen muttering. me Katie
will be here and not a thing will her
old mother have fer her luncheon at
all, at ALL" and she laughed as she
opened the oven door,. =.
An observer might be led to believe
that Mrs. Murphy was making pre-
parations to feed a very hungry regi-
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corner Of her apron. For the second
time that morning the bell rang.
ABOVE Its clamor a girls laugh could
oe heard. Mrs. Murphy never could
tell how she got to the door There
was a rush and her head was buried
On a strong younE shoulder. Katie's
cheek crushed against her own
.katte's arms held her close and she
u feel Katie's heart pounding low
ously. M darlin." was all she could
find voice to say.
Come on in. Floss. I want you to
meet this mother Of mine. Isn't she
the silly old dear to cry over me?"
You're crying yourself" "Floss"
n Mrs. Murphy took the
laughed together. ~'e'
Mother. were nearly starved. Floss
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WAR IS HE'LL"

New York Times: Half Of the pop
ular quotations are misquotations,
such al "a mar convinced against his
will" for HE that complies against
his WILL Speed the parting guest"
for Speed the going guest" and "All
the world loves a lover" Tor "All man
kind love a lover" In view Of the
co~nstant-and tiresome iteration Of the
saying WAR is hell" and it's ascrip-
ton to General Sherman. it is some
what OF relief to learn that this IL
a misquotation too. What, he said,
as is pointed out in a letter in The
World, was War Is cruelty, and. you
cannot refine It,"
The sentence appears in a reply Of
Sherman's to the protest OF the nom
combatant population OF Atlanta
against his order to them to leave the
city This order aroused great indis-
nation throughout the south, ana Gem
eral Hood warmly denounced it in a
letter to Sherman. It was not to
Hood. but to the mayor Of Atlanta,
speaking OF behalf Of his people, that
Sherman replied. regretting the nee.
essity for the order, and saying:
You cannot qualify war in
harsher terms than / will. Wal
u cruelty. and you cannot refine
Il. You might ~ well
appeal against the thunder storm
as akainst these terrible hardships
" war. They are inevitable.
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FRIDAY.

Regular school today, & after that
s hour day we struck for & almoast
got it dident seam qwite SO bad. Andy
Anderson says he aint qwite convins-
ed t1ay wassent sumthing qwear
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-11

Boys gun metal button
and blucher styles, heavy
sole and heel, sizes from
8H to 13, now selling at
per pair .$1.29
Boys gun metal blucher
school shoe, sizes 2 to 6,
at per pair. ..$1.59
A button shoe in 2 to 6. at. .$1.e9
Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-09-11

A misses patent leather
tip button shoe, in good
widths and sizes from IL
to 2, at per pair. ..$1.48
One lot of misses gun
metal button shoes, sizes
IL to 2, medium soles, at
per pair .$1.69
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School Shoes in Our Bargain Basement

Just received, a girls
patent tip button shoes,
sizes from 81a to IL. To
sell at per pair $1.39
Also a gun metal button
shoe, a dandy for school
wear, sizes from 8H to IL.
At per pair .$1.39
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-31
FINE EXHIBITS At
LAKE COUNTY FAIR
Splendid Displays of Fruit and Other
Products Made at the
County Seat

Tavares, Jan. 30-The Lake
County Fair was held this week in
its own building with a floor space
OF 5000 feet, length 100 by 80 feet,
erected on the court house grounds
On the first floor the following 2
booths were very attractiVe:
Umatilla, decorated with large
pyramids Of citrus fruit; the citrus
exchange with attractive displays OF
packed and unpacke1 fruit; Monte
verde, with its miniature gardens Of
all kinds Of vegetables, set in its
own rich soil; Lake County Manu-
featuring Company with a most uni
que display of its manufacture
goods and in this exhibit a minia-
ture train run by electricity with
fat cars loaded with lumber.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-01-31
BUSHNELL BRIEFS
tSumter County Times)

Mr. and Mrs. c. E. Crisler and
Miss Grace McCauley left last Satur-
day for Bradentown tc make their
future home.
Mrs. S. D. Carter and daughter,
Mrs. Sigmon and Mrs. Sigmon's two
children, came down from Oxford
Monday afternoon, returning Tues
day morning.
week into his pretty new home on
Railroad street, which has just been
completed by Contractor Walker.
Mr. Frank Hill has resigned his
position as baker at Mr.. 1. A. Morris
store and returned to Coleman. Mr..
Morris "kneads the dough" himself
now. -.
Mr.. T. H. Goebel, who has been
spending some time with his sister,
Mrs. J. c. Crippen, returned to his
home in Washington, d. c., last
Tuesday.
The new depot is rapidly going up
1t Will be nice building-not as
handsome as we hoped for, but GER
tainly a great improvement over the
present one. 1t will probably be
completed in another month.
Duard Bouquardez, a former Sum-
ter county boy met instant death at
Tampa last Sunday while attempt
ing to run around a street car on a
motorcycle. The car struck the
motorcycle and threw Mr.. Bouquard-
eZ under the wheels of the car.
Obituary
Tuesday, January 20, the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. c. VI. Hayes was sad
, dened by the death of Wilbur Lynn,
their four months old baby boy.
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STATE WON
IN A BIG SUIT
Rate Case of Missouri. According to
Federal Judge. Can be Carried
on Against Railroads

Kansas City, Jan. 31.-A clean
sweep victory was recorded for the
state of Missouri yesterday with the
reading of Judge McPherson's opin-
ion in the famous Missouri rate
case. With this victory behind him,
Attorney General Baker is now free
20 go ahead with the refund suits
for S24, .000 against twelve rail-
roads in the Missouri state courts.
Judge MCPHERSON ruled that the
bill of complaints filed by the rail-
roa5s be dismissed without prejudice,
with judgments and costs assessed
against the railroads. The vacation
Of all injunctions was also ordered
by the judge.
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DADE COUNTY WILL
HAVE A GREAT DISPLAY

Miami Metropolis: Such an exhibit
OF Dade county products as has
never been seen before will be dis
played at the Dade County Fair
which opens Monday, February %,
according to an advance statement
made this morning by ]. |. Wilson,
vice president of the fair associa-
ton. The farmers throughout the
county are becoming greatly enthus-
ed about it, and as consequence
the competition for the prizes will be
keen, is Mr.. Wilson's belief.
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STARVED AND SHOT
Convicts Treated With Dreadful
Brutality in the Fulton County,
Ga. Camps

Atlanta, Jan. 30.-Stor:es of
shocking brutality IN Fulton county's
convict camps were told to the grand
jury yesterday ami were followed by
in n1ictment OF Clyde 4. Thomas, fore
man OF the Adamsville camp, on the
charge Of assault with intent to mar
der As the foreman Of the grand
jury failed TO sign the Indictment no
arrest was ma lie and the grand jury
vas summoned again to perfect it.
Eight white convicts summoned
before the grand jury, wearing their
stripes. told stories of the whipping
OF sick and disabled men and de-
clare1 that one convict was shot
down because he demurred at being
beaten. The investigation came
about as the result of the shooting
O. ]. H. Harris, white convict,
by Thomas AMI the subsequent fog
ging, the day following, of another
is said to have consisted in the re-
mark following the shooting of Har-
ris, That is nothing but cowardly
murder" One of the convicts in his
testimony made the remark, Il was
sentenced to the penitentiary, but
was sent to h-ll.'
A witness testified that the food
furnished the prisoners was rotten
and unfit for human beings. The tub
furnished for bathing as said to be
a half of a barrel in which a dozen
men were required to battle in the
same water. One witness declared
ne had frequently seen worms in the
rice and greens.
1t was testified that two convicts
| had been whipped when i'll and that
one of the men tainted when the Sec
ond blow was struck. The cause OF
the whipping is said to have been be-
cause they did not do enough work
The convicts who appeared before
, the grand jury were all witnesses OF
/ the shooting of Harris. Thomason
ordered Harris to bare his body fol
/ f1ogging and Harris refused. Har-
ris, the witness stated, then pickle
up a small stick as though to defen5
himself whereupon Thomas shot
him without further provocation
The shooting was not fatal
The grand jury will not stop the
| investigation with the indictment o.
Thomas and another investigation
will be conducted at the same time
by the county commissioners into the
charges against the guards.
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NANTUCKET'S ARRIVAL
AT NORFOLK
Survivors of the Monroe Brought to
Land by the NJ. 4 Nj. Shat
tered Ship

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 31.-With a
heavy canvas awning covering a
gaping hole in her bow and with
partially shifted cargo, causing a list
to starboard. the steamer Nantucket,
bearing the Inflated steamer Mon
roe's rescued passengers and crew,
docked here late yesterday after
noon Several thousand people were
on the water front to watch the
steamer pass into her sIip.-Many of
the rescued stood upon the deck of
the Nantucket wrapped in blankets
as their only garment There were
two dead These were Mrs. Thomas
Harrington of Norwalk, Conn, and
First Lieutenant LeGrand B. Cur
tbs, of the Second Coast Artillery.
Thomas Harrington, of Bridge
port, Conn, husband of the dead
woman, told a thrilling story of the
experiences OF himself and wife.
Harrington and his wife were long
in the water, and the man was
swimming with his wife's hair be-
tween his teeth when the two were
picked up. Mrs. Harrington died
from exhaustion after being hauled
aboard the Nantucket
Decision of "a Petty Despot
| With every barrier being thrown
| in the way of newspaper men it was
difficult to get information. Repre-
sentatives of the press were all barr
ed from the Nantucket when she
landed, it being explained by E. c.
Law, general agent OF the Merch-
ants and Miners Transportation Co..
that this was by order of R. E. Tap
ley, local steamboat inspector.
By some of the rescued leaning
over the deck rail of the Nantucket
as the steamer docked. it was told
to the newspaper men on the wharf
that the Nantucket raked and ram
med the Monroe in a dense fog AMI
that the Monroe careened and turn
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ed within ten or twelve minutes aft
er the impact.
As the Monroe turned on her side
the passengers and crew crawled
over on the upside Of the vessel and
walked along this until finally wash
ed off as the steamer turned down
side up and then went TO the bot
tom.
But for the fact that there had
been time to adjust life preservers
many more lives would have been
lost. AS it was those rescued re-
mained in the water from half to
three-quarters of an hour before
they were gotten out
First of the Line to be Lost
The Monroe is the. first steamer
lost by the Old Dominion Line since
the half century it has been in opera
ton. The steamer was valued at ap-
proximately $500, 900. and her cargo
as much more, making the total loss,
exclusive OF lives, ABOUT .oOO ,oOO.
| The Monroe was one of the newest
and largest of the Old Dominion
! Lines passenger service shipss and
was built in 1903. Her net tonnage
/ was 1885; length. 345.9 feet;
breadth, 46.2 feet; depth, IS feet;
! indicated horsepower, 4.500; home
port, New York City; built at New
/ port News, Va, 1903.
The Nantucket is combined
freight and passenger ship of 29S
! feet length with AZ feet beam. Her
gross tonnage is 5000. The Nan
tucket left Boston On the IS, bound
| for Norfolk.
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well-ordered routine for lowering
the boats.
Nantucket's Men Were Prompt

Nantucket's Men Were Prompt
On board the Nantucket no time
was lost in the work OF rescue, tho
the Merchants and Miners boat stag
gerei from the gaping hole in her
bow. Unconcerned as TO the fate
Of his own ship, Captain Berry or
derei out his life boats. Manned by
men undaunted in the swirling mist
that shut them from the view of
their ship as soon as they touched
water, these little craft began a task
that seemed almost hopeless, that Of
picking up. generally one at a time,
the Monroe's people.
The Nantucket's searchlight play
ed in every direction, and by this
means many of those were located; !;
others shouted to attract the atten-
ton of the rescue boats.
AMI so the rescue work went on
until the searchlights could pick up
no more forms in the water and
the shouts of the crews in the Nan
tucket's small boats brought no
answers from the sea-.
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FIERCE SLAUGHTER
OF FEDERALS

Brownsville, Tex, Jan. 31.-Four
hundred federals were killed in the
as, Or were executed after being cap
tured, according to report to con-
stitutionalsit headquarters in Man.
tamoras yesterday. The engagement
took place early this week, south of
Satillo. The rebels lost seven killed
and had seventy wounded
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ceiving congratulations on the az
rival OF little daughter, born Tues
day. Jan goth
Mr.. E. L. kimbrough, wife and
children came up from Lakeland
Wednesday to spend a few days.
Mr.. j. B. Bell and wife, of Pratt
vile, Ala, are visiting relatives in
Coleman
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JEFF IS WORKING
FOR 4 FAT JOB

Jacksonville, Jan. 31-Friends of
Jefferson B. Browne, of Miami and
Key West, are urging him for the
chief justiceship of Porto Rico.
Mr.. Browne was formerly chair
man of the Florida Railroad Com
mission, and is we'll known in the
state, having made the race for gov
ernor
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FLORAL CITY

A. T. Thomas of Ocala was here
Monday in the interest of his hard
rock business.
Mr.. J. H. Spencer of the Ocala
Gas Engine Works, was here last
week demonstrating the new 1914
Buick roadster.
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CADILLAC FOR SALE
NO MONEY REQUIRED

A Cadillac auto, in first class con-
dition, fully equipped, for sale at
bargain, and prefer real estate to
cash, either city or country property;
might pay some cash difference If
the proposition would justify. Ad-
dress, j. P. Theus, Ocala. 1-31-dw tt
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NEGRO HUNG AT GAINESVILLE

the young negro convicted of the
murder of W. H. Mahafney, an aged
colored farmer, near Rochelle last
October, was executed in the Alach-
ua county Jail enclosure yesterday.
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ANOTHER TRAGEDY
Of THE OCEAN
Merchants and Miners Steamer Nam
tucket Sank the Old Dominion
Liner Monroe
FEARFUL LOSS OF LIFE WHEN
THE SHIPS CRASHED IN THE
ICY FOG

Norfolk, Va, Jan. 31.-Forty-
nine persons lost their lives in the
icy waters of the Atlantic at a. m.
yesterday when the Old Dominion
Liner Monroe was ramme1 amid
ships, practically cut in two and sunk
within ten minutes, twenty-five
miles southeast of Hog Island, by the
Merchants and Miners steamer Nam
rtucket.
The forty-nine lives lost compris-
ed % passengers and "a members of
the crew. Thirty passengers and
fifty-fve of the crew were saved.
Captain Johnson of the sunken Mon
roe and all his officers but one were
among the saved. The officer was
Second Engineer Galley.
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Dry batteries, guaranteed full
strength for 19c. at B. Goldman's.
Why pay more? 1-2S-3t
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COLEMAN CULLINCS

(Sumter County Times)
Mr. and Mrs. S. l.. Hutto are re-
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4 Terrible Awakening

In the heavy fog that lay like
blanket over the sea the Monroe was
picking her way northward. She had
left Norfolk the night before, and at
the time of the crash there were on
deck only those whose duty kept
them at their station. The passen-
rers were asleep in their staterooms,
except for those kept awake by the
siren, which blared its warning thru
the dense mist.
the Nantucket presented a similar
condition. On her decks were only
those whose duty kept them on
watch. On her bridge was Captain
Berry On the bridge of the Monroe
was Captain Johnson.
Thus with the dense fog shutting
, them in, their passengers asleep in
heir staterooms and most of their
crews below decks, the two steamers
had drawn together during the night
until the crash.
nc vi IAC NoliioIOh saw
lied into instant activity the two
sleeping ships. From their sleep
passengers and crews were awakened
and rushed to the decks, cropping
their way thru a wall of fog that
brought panic and despair to men
and women. They could not see
where to grope their way to boats
that were useless.
Sank Almost Like a Stone
The Nantucket backed off, lower
ed boats and began searching the
misty sea with her searchlights
Ten minutes from the time when the
Merchants and Miners boat and the
Old Dominion liner collided the Mon
roe had disappeared beneath the
waves. There had not been time tc
launch lifeboats; not enough time tc
even bring a semblance of order out
of disorder, although the captain and
his officers, in the brief space be-
tween the crunch of steel and the
last plunge of the Monroe had kept
cool heads AMI had started theil
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