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The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10

dam across the Nile which has worked
wonders for Egyptian development
He has performed other works, almos,
as notable. in irrigation, drainage
and flood control, in other parts OF
Egypt. in India and in Mesopotamia,
Sir William is the only honorary vice
president at large of the Drainage
Congress. He will deliver an illus
trated address at Savannah on River
Regulation and Flood Control in An
tiquity."f
The organization also numbers am
ong It's active officers the foremost
sanitary engineer In the world, Cen
eral William G. Gorgas. ~. s. A..
whose work in fighting disease made
possible the building of the Panama
Canal The president Of the Drain
age Congress is Edmund T. Perkins of
IChicago, for years in the government
service, and for several years in
charge Of the Chicago office of the
Reclamation Service, and member OF
the Florida Everglades Engineering
Commission which has recently made
a report to that state on the reclama-
ton OF the Everglades. Philip II.
Kellar, the Chicago magazine writer
and newspaper correspondent, is the
secretary.
The people Of Savannah are work.
ing theoretically TO make the meeting
successful IN every way. Mayor
Richard J. Davant and the city coun-
ell have made :, practically q mum.
cipal affair, and the Chamber OF COM
rIsrce has made It's success a matter
OF great concern and Ia doing every
thing In It's power to help accomplish
this result. The promise is held out
that the hospitality OF the city will
be at the command of every visitor.
appointment of delegates TO the
Congress Is made by Governors, Nav
ors. heads OF county governments.
chambers Of commerce. officers OF the
organization, etc.
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SLATER.

Harry Hudson and family of near
Arrow Rock worshiped here Sunday
night and visited at the home OF ID. ].
Dickson.
The little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
ward Mitchell. who was improving
from attack Of typhoid fever Is re-
ported not so we'll
Lewis Edwards is visiting at the
home OF Reuben white near Fish
Creek and help caring for the sick.
His sister. Mrs. white and four chill
dren are quite sick with pneumonia.
Mrs. Victory Davis and little son,
left n day last week for a visit with
her mother and other relatives In
Kansas City.
Mrs. Kate Weinsett of Louisiana
arrived here Sunday and Is visiting at
the home of Edward Mitchell.
The Sir Knights OF the Slater Mas
onic lodge have invited the Marshall
Commandry No. SO, Knights Templar
to hold Easter services here. Ar
rangements have been made to the
effect and the services will be held at
the auditorium at three O'Clock. An
address will he made by DR.. C. II.
Briggs of Sedalia. The public is in
yited.
Mrs. John b. Herrider returned
Monday from Moberly, where she had
spent several days with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs, James Riley.
Benjamin Cameron OF Roseburg,
Oregon, and VIM. Cameron OF Idaho,
who are visiting relatives here spent
Saturday and Sunday with their sis
ter. Mrs. Amanda Roadmen at Glas-
gov.
w. b. Petry and collector, Joseph
Auer. OF Marshall we're mingling with
friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Cosgrove Rhoades, who un-
derwent an operation at the hospital
in Kansas City is reported to be gett-
ing along nicely.
The cash prize which was given TO
the best lady skaters Monday night
at the Rainbow rink was warded to
Miss Frances vanBooyin and Mrs.
Anderson.
One of the infant twins OF Mr.. and
Mrs. w. Flynn, which were born one
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FREE SCHOLARSHIP
TO Boys And Girls of Tho Second
Normal school District.

Normal school District.
The Board OF Regents OF the State
Normal School at Warrensburg has
authorized two scholarships TO be
offered, II for boys, contest, and
one for girls, contest, In each oil
the twenty-one counties In the Nor
NAL School District, namely: Bates,
Benton, Camden, Cass, Cooper,
Henry. Hickory, Johnson, Lafayette,
Maries, Miller. Moniteau, Morgan,
Usage. Phelps. Pulaski, Pettis, Saline
and st. Clare.
The Boys Contest will be the
growing OF one acre of corn by each
contestant which must be done by
his own indiyual management and
labor. The Girls Contest will be
In dress-making. Each contestant
will make a dress for herself, which
must be OF her own design and her
own individual work.
The contests will be open to all
boys and girls living in rural homes
They must, as a minimum educa-
tional requirement, have graduated
from a rural school or completed the
eighth grade in an elementary
school, andmust be sixteen years OF
age,or sixteen at the birthday near
est Thanksgiving day 1914, and un-
der twenty-one years of age at
Thanksgiving day 1914.
The scholarships will be for four
Terms attendance at the State Nor
NAL School free of all fees, the at
tendence not necessarily in onsec
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Special Services Easter.

The Sir knights of the Slater Mas.
onic lodge have invited the Marshall
Commandery. No. SO Knights Temp
lar to hold Easter services here on
Easter Sunday. April 70.
There are eighteen Slater members
OF the lodge and about fifty are ex-
pected here from Marshall and Malta
Bend. Tho Sir Knights especially In
yite the public to the services
Slater Rustler.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10
DRAINAGE
Special Committee of Missourians are
Working for n Large Representa-
ton From This State.

Seven eminent citizens of Missouri
have been appointed a special com
mittee 10 secure a strong delegation
from this state TO the fourth annual
meeting OF the National Drainage
Congress, at Savannah, Ca, April 22-
%. They are: ID. T.. King Of st.
Louis, Industrial Commissioner OF the
Missouri Pacific ny and fourth vice
president of the drainage ~organiza-
ton: John II. Nolen of Jefferson City.
state Commissioner of Reclamation.
and Missouri national executive COM
mitteeman and member of the Board
Of Governors of the Drainage Con-
gress; J. ~. Himmelberger of Cape
Girardeau, honorary vice-president
for Missouri; I'D. 4. Glenn OF Louis
lana, recently appointed q member of
the Mississippi River Commission;
Ben +. Claim. attorney. Of Palmyra;
Clark Il. Jacoby. civil engineer, of
Kansas city; a. NJ. Mum, drainage
contractor. OF Rich Hi: the latter
four being members or the General
Educational Committee Of the drain
age organization.
Missouri is vitality interested in
several ways Ia the success of the Ma
tional Drainage Congress. The state
Is a great sufferer from annual floods
In the Mississippi, Missouri. st. Fran
cis. Marais des Cygnes. and other
rivers. There arc 2.I39.GOO acres of
swamp lands in the state which can
be reclaimed and turned into rich
farms. producing NJ least 100000
600 In crops every year. Tho success
of reclamation I'm southeast Missouri
has proved the enormous value Of this
work. The drainage OF the swamps
and protection from overflow will
greatly improve the public health.
The National Drainage Congress. as
It's name implies. Is n national organ
ization. II Is e~ndeavoring to have
passed national legislation that will
accomplish the following results:
Prevent an annual loss OF hundreds
OF lives. untold grief and suffering.
500. 100000 worth OF property. and
the crippling OF trade and industry.
caused by floods.
Prevent the annual death OF q
thousand women. children and men,
and an economic loss OF ~si50.OO0 900 |
caused by malaria which Is due TO the
existence OF swamps.
Reclaim $1,000, 900 acres OF swamp
and overlooked lands. and convert |
them into healthful, prosperous farms
10 provide homes for more Americans
than emigrate TO Mexico and Canada
In fifty years.
This great result will be achieved,
the officers OF the National Drainage
Congress believe, by the passage of
the k-Williams Flood Protection
and Drainage BIZ, II. II. s199. pro-
nounced by experts to be the best bill
It's kind ever presented to Congress.
broad enough to over the nations
needs In n thoroughly comprehensive
manner, and specific enough to pro-
vide for each section without en-
eroaching upon the rights OF either
or individual.
The meeting at Savannah. April
1914, promises TO be most
.eventful and important. Among the
notable events will be the presence of
Sir William Willcocks of Cairo. Egypt
the famous English engineer and the
worlds foremost authority on flood
and river regulation, the des-
igner and builder OF the great Aswan
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10
MORE sows THAN YEAR AGO
Report of Department OF Agriculture
Places Number at 1OO.8 CONF
pared With Last Year.

WASHINGTON, April 1.-THE an
nual live stock report of the DEPART
ment OF agriculture places the con-
dition OF hogs in the United States at
9l.6 per cent. The number OF breed
ing sows compared with n year ago Is
placed at 1908 per cent.
The condition Of cattle is placed
at 95.6 per cent; sheep, 96.6.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10

Prof. Coonrod. principal OF the
Eastwood school and Miss Maize
Bridges also n teacher in this school
spent Sunday with MIR. and Mrs.
Ernest Martyr ut Slater. A number
OF our people drove to Slater Sun
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pm this connection We will add that
I've believe the church Is on the verge
lof a great awakening to her real
lduties, and thousands of churches
have already entered into their pro.
Iper spheres Of service and that while
many are still nothing short Of a per.
sonal ~self-boosting society yet every
lchuIch has many loyal Christians.
WHO, as always, are to be found doing
ltheir duty In spite OF handicaps.
G
We know Of a community in Iowa
where for years the farmers OF n GER
tain township have been banded to-
lgether by meeting at some home in
THE township once q month for the
purpose Of getting better acquainted,
securing Information and enjoying a
good social time. The meetings have
been very successful. Usually the
meetings are held In the afternoon.
Musical numbers. Rotations. etc. are
rendered. The special order OF the
day. however, Is n paper or papers on
relected subjects in which the farm
ers are Interested. and after the read
ing Of thee papers. a general discus
Of the matter. In this manner n
vast amount OF information Is given
and received. and the troubles OF one
Is told to the others, and probably the
same trouble has been experienced
ana the remedy Is given. All profit by
IL. Mr.. Raine. Master OF the Grange.
us that his organization Is 90
I'LL this sphere OF farm life and the
purpose Is TO better the conditions OF
The community along the same lines.
Where people do not reside near each
other and n has TO obtain all his
by experience, II Is costly
md slow. The modern development
along these lines, and the Grange
any other rural organization will
10 well To take a good. strong swat at
who proposes to inject poll
les or business enterprises into such
Stand
,rd-Herald.
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This f?

We orer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case Of cstsrrh that csunot DO cured By Hauis
-, J. CHENEY q CO., Toledo, Q.
We, the nndcrsIgned, have known =. Z:
Cheney Tor the last 10 years, and believe HIN
~ierfeclly hoAorable "a all business tr4nsactionn
and financially able to carry out any obhsations
nat. BANK OF coMMERcE,
Halls catarrh cnrsp d taken internslls. sctinS
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces q
THE system. ~Testimoninls .ent free. vice "
Take Halls Family ptis Tor eonsipation. 4
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10
day afternoon for a motor trip.

Mrs. w. n. Price and little Miss
Smith Of Napton were among the out
OF town shoppers here Thursday.
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day last week died Thursday. The
other n Is reported to be getting
along nicely.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10

Missouri railroads have d~iscontinu.
ed the sale OF liquor on diners. In
passing through dry counties they
have been caught selling liquor and
Tined so often that they have decided
TO stay on the safe side.
q
The rebels won a decisive victory
at Torrcon, Mexico. last week, which
makes II appear rather dis~couraging
for the federals at present. villa
aud his army are moving towards the
capitol.
II n wants his own point OF view
understood he must learn TO under
stand the point OF view OF others.
This can best be done by mixing with
others. mentally putting himself I'm
their place and learning something OF
their daily life and the problems they
are up against.
Some folks we know remind us of
the scorpion that thinks when it's
head is under a leaf that Il can't be
seen. Some people seem TO ,hink
that by talking church affairs, clean
politics and prohibition their own
sins are thereby covered and hid.
They are saints In %pretentlon but sat
ans In intention.
Il
One Democratic paper tells us that
the cost OF living has been reduced
and another says prosperity prices
are being maintained. Which viii
you believe? The only reduction
worth mentioning IL that OF sugar
and as soon as our home producers
have been put out OF business, the
consumers will have to make up the
saving many times over to the trust.
G
A lot OF men make garden like
some men run for office, says the
Cotter Record. They work industrl-
ously at II until the seed Is sowed and
then hunt the shade, letting the
growing plants take care Of them
selves. When some men are elected
TO office they consider their duty to
tho public discharged and take the
office IN the reward for winning the
eleetlon.-Ex.
We have been advised TO read a
late novel, The Inside OF the Cup,
and have done 80 with. intense inter
est and can advise others to do like
wise. The novel exposes modern
church and social conditions and Is
very true TO life In many cases. The
church papers severely criticise the
book and the criticism is also well
made as many readers would become
disgusted with the church and condi-
lions generally. So we advise those
who read II to do so not with q spirit
OF criticism but a spirit of this
means YOU" BY applying It to your
own case you can see where you can
do better. You cant dodge the Is
sue. Youll find yourself pictured
and We especially hope pastors and
church officers will read with profit.
The Marshall republican., 1914-04-10
MARSHALL REPUBLICAN

Missouri railroads have ~discontinu.
ed the sale OF liquor on diners. In
passing through dry counties they
have been caught selling liquor and
fined so often that they have decided
TO stay on the safe side.