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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08
is IN FULL SWING
Negro Farmers From All Over
Kansas Are in Topeka
To Attend the Conference at
the Industrial Institute.

Farmers from every section of the
state have arrived to attend the an
nual farmers conference at the In
dustrial and Educational institute.
The session began this morning ana
will continue through the afternoon
and evening. Addresses of this even
ing will be delivered by J. G.. Groves,
potato king; John NJ. Wright, vice
president of the National Negro Bust
ness league; J. NJ. Daniel of the agri-
cultural department of Lincoln insti-
tute, and G. F. Bridgeforth, director
of agriculture Tuskegee institute, Tus-
kegee, Ala.
The various exhibits of farm, gar
den and canning are attracting con-
siderable attention. The poultry show
are all breeds of chickens, ducks,
white guineas, geese and turkeys. The
poultry will be judged tomorrow
morning by the officers of the Kansas
State Poultry association. The pro-
gram for tomorrow follows:
Thursday, A. NJ.
Prayer, Rev. G. w. Walker.
History of the Association" Secre-
tary Arthur Emery, Lawrence.
Intensive Farming" Jason Smith,
Topeka J. r. Rogers, Princeton
James Suggs. Granville.
Swine Symposium" Henry Bu-
chanan, Potter; James Scott, Topeka.
Growing rs Bushels of Corn to the
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tural school, Dalton, Mo.
Care of the Feet of Live Stock, -
J. H. Williams, Ottawa.
Vaccination of Hogs Prof. r. E.
Malone, Industrial school.
Question box.
Thursday p. NJ.
Prayer Rev. NICK. Miller.
Making Dairying Pay" II. P. NAL
lory, Eskridge; Perry Oden, Topeka
Perry johnson, Auburn.
How 1 Have Succeeded Since I Left
the Electric Lights James Wallace,
Eskridge.
Sudan Grass and other Dry Wealth
er Crops" B. F. Pulley. Larned; T. w.
Ganaway, Pratt.
1.-TWO Apples to the Quart" Mrs w.
c. Anderson, Baldwin.
Address, Governor Arthur Capper.
Question box.
Thursday. 1880 p. NJ.
Music-Institute students.
Raising and Marketing of Mules, =
Robert Wood, Strong City.
Getting Together of Farmers
Wives Mrs. NJ. Bolin. Oakland.
Holding the Young People to the
Farm" w. L. Sayers, county attorney
Graham county.
Address, Prof George F. Bridge
forth, director of agriculture Tuskegee
institute, Tuskegee, Ala.
How the Meeting Has Helped Me-
discussion led by ]. G. Carson, Sibley-
vile.
Reports of committees.
Awarding of premiums.
The farmers are loud in their praise
of the way that the institute is caring
for the delegation, and of the general
courtesy and interest of the teachers
and students. The Topeka people are
availing themselves of the opportunity
of attending the conference. 1t is
open to not only farmers but to all
persons of any race who are interested
in agriculture.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08

The old bridal superstition, Some
thing old, something new, something
borrowed and something blue" is to
be carried out by Mrs. Norman Gait
when she marrieS President Wilson
on December Is. The turquoise brace
let worn by the other brides of this
administrat ton, Mrs. Francis Bowes
Sayre and Mrs. William Gibbs Nc
Adoo, will adorn the arm of Mrs.
Gait and will the something Dor
rowed" as well as the something
blue necessary to carry out the
perstition. The something old" will
be a piece of rare old rose point
from the famous Boiling lace collec-
ton. Mrs. Galt's friends insist now
that the wedding gown will be a
demitoilette and not tailored suit.
This, of course, will be the something
new
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08
Goodbye Curling Iron!
Better Method Found

Don't burn the life out of your hair
with that instrument of torture. the curl
ing iron There is nothing that will so
surely dry out and break off the hair,
giving it that ragged, unkempt appear
ance.
You will be glad to learn that you can
keep your hair beautifully wavy and curly
by using perfectly harmless liquid
known to druggists ''silmrine." You
need only apply little with clean tooth
brush before retiring and i'll the morning
you will be most agreeably surprised with
the effect. And this effect lasts for
considerable time, so small bottle goes
a long way and is quite economical to
use. Pure silmerine is really beneficial
to the hair and there is no greasiness,
sickness or anything unpleasant about
it. 1t is good idea to divide the hair
into strands and mOisten these one at
time. drawing the brush down the full
len th.-Advertisement.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08

Mr.. and Mrs. ]. F. Mitchell, Mrs.
Miller was, until a few weeks ago,
Miss Helen Mitchell.
Miss Louise Culver, who has been
teaching school in Idaho this ear,
will not return to Topeka for the
holiday season, but will spend her
Christmas vacation on an Idaho ranch
with a hunting party
Mrs. Margaret Hill McCarter and
Mrs. Myra Williams farrell will go
to Lawrence tomorrow for a dinner
given by the Journalism sorority Of
which they are honorary members.
Miss Louise Raster, who has been
spending the winter in New York, will
return home next week to spend the
holidays with her parents, DR.. and
Mrs. ]. P. Raster.
Mrs. Adolph Meyer, who is the guest
of her parents, Mr.: and Mrs. Ben
nett R. Wheeler, will leave soon for
Amarillo, Tex, where she will join
Mr.. Meyer.
Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Jones, OF Hell
ton, are guests in the A. A. Robinson
home.
Mrs. Catherine Hand will go to
Manhattan today to give a talk on
Art in the Home before the CIVIC
Improvement club. She expects to
The Taxa Art Embroidery club
will meet with H. L. Strohm, 3ZS
Western avenue, Thursday afternoon.
Mrs. j. b. Larimer is ill at ner
home in Potwin Place.
The ladies of the First Presbyterian
church will hold a bazaar at the
church parlors Wednesday. Cafeteria
luncheon will be served at noon and a
fifty cent turkey dinner at p. m.
Everybody welcome.-Adv.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jay Franklin Close,
of Greenleaf, will spend Christmas
with Mrs. Closes parents, Mr.. and
mother, Mrs. J. F. Close.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Lannan and
their daughter, Catherine, of Quincy.
Ill, will come to Topeka the day
with relatives and friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert t. Reid re-
turned this afternoon from San Fran
cisco, Cal.
Kouns have returned from ST. Joseph,
Mo-, where they went to hear Nine.
Melba.
Mr. Tinkham Veale will go to Nc
Mrs. r. w. Ayers, of Spokane.
Wash, is the guest of her parents,
Rev and Mrs. V. c. Taliafero.
Mrs. J. H. OVERLY gave line party
at the Iris last night Tor ~, MISS Asnes
Fitzgerald, of Marengo, ILL.,, who ar
rived last week for an indefinite stay
in Topeka. Those present were: Miss
Mabel Neiswender, Miss Napiere
Romano. Miss Teresa Graham, Miss
Grace Brady, Miss Felice Dyer, Miss
Alice Brady and Miss Elizabeth Dyer.
The F'edelis club will meet tomor-
row afternoon with Mrs. Ray Walker,
1912 Van Buren, street.
Mrs. G.. J. Hamaker, 1928 Redden
avenue, Topeka. won the 26-piece
chest of Alvin silver given by r. H.
Morehouse, the jeweler, for the best
answer to What are they saying
contest conducted in a nationwide
campaign during September and Octo-
Der. The Hamakers are well known
in Santa Fe circles. Mr.. Hamaker is
stenographer in the general manager
office of the Santa Fee
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08

ment of the State university at Law
renee This lecture has been post
poned from December 5 and the date
for it will be announced later.
: - +
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Charles enter
tanned the following guests at dinner
last night: Mr.. Charles Harger of
Abilene, Mr. A. C Porter of Kansas
City, Mrs. ]. NJ. Miller of Council
Grove. Miss Frank Wilson of Beloit
and Mr. J. NJ. Herr of Hutchinson.
T. j. j.
Mr.. and Mrs A. A. Robinson an
nounce the marriage of their only
daughter, Meta, to Mr.. Glenwood
Jones. The wedding took place at
high noon today at the Robinson
home, corner of Ninth and Tyler
streets.
The marriage ceremony was read by
couple unattended, stood before the
front windows of the drawing room
between huge bouquets of American
Beauty roses and Easter lilies. The
music was furnished by Dean Horace
Whitehouse.
The always attractive living rooms
of the Robinson home were decorated
with American Beauty
roses Easter lilies, smiiax and ferns,
to the beauty of the decorations of the
front hall.
In the dining room large pianonas
and ferns together with Christmas
cacti were used in front of the win
dows and growing from the large fire
place The table in the center of the
room where all the guests were seated
for the wedding luncheon, was deco
rated with lilies of the valley and pink
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08

DIR. Eva Harding returned home
yesterday from Lafayette. Ind. where
she took the body of her father for
burial DR.. Fanny Howe of Atchison
accompanied DIR. Harding and they
We're met en- route by DIR. .Harding's
sister. DIR. Agnes Haverland of St
Louis. DIR. Harding's father has lived
with her here for a number of years
Mr.. and Mrs G.. r. Harries enter
tanned the y. o. Card club Tuesday
evening at their home in Lane street.
The club members are: Mr.. and Mrs
Harrles, Mr. and Mrs. H. NJ. Guy, Mr..
and Mrs. II. +. Putney, Mr. and Mrs.
p. A Overton. Mr. and Mrs H d.
Driscoll and Mr.. and Mrs. r. N Matt
Eer.
j. j. -
The art department of the Topeka
Federation of Women's Clubs will hold
meeting tomorrow afternoon at
three o'clock at the home of Mrs. A. o.
Wellman. The subject for the after
noon will be THE Madonna and
Christ Child" Each member will re-
spond to roll call with her favorite Ma
donna and the reason it is her favor
lite.
The next of the series of entertain
ments which are being given by the
art department of the federation is
to be an Illustrated lecture by Profess
sor Griffith, head of the art depart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08
NOSE CL0GGED FROM
A COLD OR CATARRH
Apply Cream in Nostrils To
Open Up Air Passages.

All! What relief, Your cIogged nos
trils open right up, the air passa ges
of your head are clear and you can
breathe freely. No more hawking
snuffling, mucous discharge, head
ache, dryneSS-no struggling for
breath at night, your cold or catarrh
is gone.
Don't stay stuffed up, Get a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm from your
druggist now. Apply a little of this
fragrant, antiseptic cream in your
nostrils, let it penetrate through every
air passage of the head soothe and
heal the swollen, lnfIamed mucous
membrane, giving you instant relief
Ely's Cream Balm is just what every
cold and catarrh sufferer has been
seeking. It's just splendid.-Adv.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08
POULTRY men TO MEET
The Shawnee County Branch of the
Kansas Federation Is Called
Together for Tonight. -

The Shawnee county branch of the
Kansas State Poultry federation will
meet tonight at o'clock on the fourth
floor of the Capper building. The OBJ
ject is to stimulate interest in the
poultry show here next week. G. d.
McClaskey, editor of Poultry Culture,
will talk on the chicken exhibit at the
San Francisco fair. The meeting is
open TO all fowl fanciers and others
who are Interested.
The poultry show at the Auditorium
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08

next week promises to be one of the
big events of the winter season. Ex-
hibitors from all over the state are
Shipping cocks and hens to Topeka
for the show. For one solid week, in
which a large number of out-of-to
people will be present, the caelxling of
fowls will resound through the air
within a radius of two blocks of the
city building.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-12-08
Social and Personal.

Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Moss, of St
Marys, were in Topeka yesterday,
guests of Mrs. Moss mother, Mrs. F,
z. Guibor.
Miss Elizabeth Anderson has re-
turned from St. Joseph, Mo-, where
she attended the Melba concert
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Miller, of St
Louis, will come to Topeka to spend
Christmas with Mrs. Miller's parents,
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21
!, Stonewall Jackson ant

Or . OUoneWall JacksOn anu
raham Lincoln, got my start
in the little log cabin in the lane
and while they had an humble
start, they shook the world by
their eloquence and had the
power to lead men to do daring
deeds. The school teacher was
a little black-eyed, smooth shaw
en- fellow that kept two long
hickory switches near by, as a
necessary part of an education
was to tan the boys hides occa-
sionally. Anybody that had a
good watch, two long hickory
switches and backbone enough
to tackle the job could teach in
those days. You had to look
wise and not talk much. Now
the books and teachers have
been over hauled and everything
and everybody put in their proper
places.
Geography, grammar and his
tory have all been Strengthened
out but when they got to arith-
metic nothing could be done.
Twice two has been four ever
since Adam drove two yoke of
oxen to mill in the year one.
I've been on the county school
board for IS years and noted the
vast Improvements made in that
time. The school is keeping
pace with the fast age in which
we live. With good roads, autos,
telephones and flying machines.
We are in the midst of the most
enlightened period of the world
history, our responsibility is
great and we must leave our
footsprints in the sand of time
running in the right direction
and the literary, moral and
spiritual uplift of the world
should be the high mark for
which we strive.
ELI PERKINS.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21
Ugh! A Dose of
Nasty Calomel
1t salivates! 1t makes you sick
and you may lose a
days work

You're bilious. sluggish. constipaied
and believe you need vile. dangerous
calomel to start your liver and clean
your bowels.
Here's my guaranteed Ask your
druggist for so cent bottle OF Dod-
sons Liver Tone and take a spoonful
tonight II it doesn't start your liver
and straiGhten you right up better
than cslomel and without gripping or
making you sick want you to 60 hack
to the store and get your money.
Take calomel today and tomorrow
you will feel weak and sick and nau-
seated. Don't lose 3 days work.
Take q spoonful Of harmless. vegetable
DOdsOn's Liver Tone tonight and
wake up pIeelirg great lis perfectly
harmless. so give il TO your children
any time. Il cant sslivsie. so let
lhem eat anything alIer~ ais. adv
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21

O'Clock, noon, and that notice
thereof be published in The
Okolona Messenger, newspa-
per printed in said district, and
that all known creditors and
other persons in interest may
appear at the said time and
place and show cause, if any
they have, why the prayer of
said petitioner should not be
granted.
And it is further ordered by
the Court, that the Clerk shall
send by mail to all known credi-
tors copies of said petition and
this order addressed to them at
their place of residence as stat
ed.
Witness the Honorable Henry
c. Niles, Judge of said Court,
and the Seal thereon at Aber-
deem in said Division and Dis
trict, on the 18th day of Octo-
Der A. D., 1915.
L. E. OLDHAM, Clerk
By R. D. Grenshaw,
Deputy Clerk.
A True Copy
L. E. OLDHAM, Clerk,
By R. D. Crenshaw Deputy Clerk
(SEAL)
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21

to defeat John Sharp Williams
for reelection to the senate.
He is senator from Mississippi,
and he is more than that-he is
senator for all the states of our
blessed union.
Washington, September 20.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21

man to be a student. This coun-
try is full of college graduates
who have no taste for books and
are hopeless ignoramuses. But
Williams is a man of vast ac-
quired knowledge. There are
many others of whom the same
may be said; but all Williams
knowledge is accurate, and that
can be said of very few men.
Hence in debates he leaves no
gaps down. and that is what
makes him so formidable.
Horace Greeley held Stephen
A Douglas to be the greatest de-
batter our senate ever knew, and
Greeley was no mean Judge of
such matters; but compared with
Williams, Douglas was an igno-
ramus. Douglas knew American
political history from the inaug-
uration of General Jackson to
the Inauguration of Lincoln
thoroughly, and in the senate he
rarely addressed himself to any
thing else. Greeley disagreed
with him on political questions
and said of him that frequently
in debate with Seward or Chase,
Douglas was lame at the begin
ming, but in a little while gained
knowledge from his adversary
which he used with terrific effect
to overwhelm him. But there
were as good judges as Greeley
who did not think Douglas a
match for Robert Toomb. If
one will take the trouble to read
the speech of Douglas in the
senate closing debate on the
Kansas Nebraska bill in 1854, he
will discover what a big giant
the Little Giant" was.
| never knew John G. Carlisle
to engage in running debate"
but once. He was matchless in
a "set speech" but on one occa-
sion he tackled Aldrich on a |
traiff question, the Mckinley
bill, ] believe it was, and though
the matter of his remarks was
technical-t the cotton schedule
he discovered more knowledge of
a cotton mill than the Rhode
Islander, who had spent most of
his life in sight of one and had a |
great deal of money invested in
the business. Aldrich spoke from
a printed paper and dealt with |
the number of threads fine" of |
a piece of cotto cloth !
and the specific ad valorem duties
as applied. Now, when it came
to mathematics, Carlisle was a
wonder. Euclid was as simple
to him as the multiplication table
to the average man and he made |
calculation. in his mind faster
than Aldrich could read them off !
the paper. / am persuaded that
had Carlisle had a taste for
running debate" he would have
been master of them all.
My friend Tom Sisson is no
fool. He was picked to take
John Sharp's place in the senate.
Things come from Mississippi
that tie Hon. Tom is a candidate
for reelection to the house. 1t
would be a crime against the
Democratic party and an out
rage upon the American union
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21
A Letter From Uncle -

ming of the school. / got back
from Chattanooga a little too
late. Its the most ragged place
in the world. When the Lord
was making the world and when
He got to Chattanooga He had
more material than He knew
what to do with, and got mad
and tore things up. Having
rivers running through the val
leys and rocks piled up a half
mile high above you and Look
out Mountain, from the top of
which you can see into many
states, though | don't suppose
the states had been laid out at
that time. He never took time
to smooth things over but hur-
ried on to the Shenandoah valley
in Virginia, where he knew
Stonewall Jackson was to clean
up three Yankee armies in one
day and then come in behind
them in the great battle of the
Wilderness and help Lee win a
victory.
| soldiered all over Lookout
Mountain, Missionary Ridge and
Chickamauga a half a century
ago, but | am not going to tell
you about it now, further than
to say that | saw my tracks in
and old peach orchard made so
years ago, as was getting out
of the way of the Yankees, who
seemed to have important busi-
ness up there. Now let's get
back to the school Il had to get
rid of these thoughts before |
could get started). | got fell
low who was there to tell me
what happened at the school
beginning. You know people
call a school closing a commence
ment. Ask Prof. Cox why.
He said Major it was good
thing for your reputation that
you were not there. You know
to fit a little fish among a lot of
big ones is hard to do, the little
fishes tail is too short. If the
little fish aint got more brass
than brains he feels the siren :
ousity of the situation. He said
one speaker divided. men into
three classes -one represented a
wheelbarrow and the other push
ed and rode respectfully. Every
body knows that | would rather
be the one that rode but he gave
the credit far running the world
to the man that pushed. Well |
don't want credit that bad-I
don't like to work and have got
the scripture for it. When the
Lord turned Adam and Eve out
of the garden of Eden He placed
the curse of work on them and
I've been mighty busy trying to
escape that curse, but don't say
anything about it for I've always
been willing to let the other fell
low work. Jerusha says | am
not likely to turn the world up
side down any way. But I've
got a rail under one corner and
am giving it a terrible shake and
am doing pretty well at it for /
see in the papers where / shook
off forty million car loads of dirt
into the Panama Canal a few
days ago. So you see | aint a
slow coach myself. Then he
said others told the young idea
to shoot, where to shoot and
when and dwelt largely on what
was going to be. Man is a.
curious animal, always guessing
at the future, for what he actu-
ally knows about it doesn't
amount to a hill of beans. There
is million of things already
happened to talk about, so !
what's the use of speculating on
what's going to be. When a |
man begins to talk to me about
what might be ! know his brain
is like a Let of scrambled eggs,
You just as well suppose some
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1915-10-21
To T We Ort Malaria
And Build Up The System

Take The Old Standard GROVES
TASz'h Less chill TONIC. You know
what "a are taking, as the formula is
printed ~ every label, showing it is
Quinine aid ron in q tasteless form.
The Quin;ae dives out malaria, the
Iron builds mp the system. so cents