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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08
Kansas Comment


It Il quite a relief to notice that the
legislature II passing very lew OMD
and It will earn the gratitude OF the
state If 1t maintains this record 0ur1ne
the balance Of the session. Too many
laws have found their way onto tine
statute books in recent years, ana as
many Of them were the result OF q
they were enacted into law. without
proper consideration and are now MT
subjects for the legislative ak. It Il
quite probable that the time OF the
legislature would be probably spent
IL about 80 per cent nj the present
laws were repealed.-Clay Center DIX
patch-Republican.
ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE.
There Is an old saying that 1t takes
all kinds of people to make world,
and this is a pretty complete old
world. Anyway. it h the most COM
kansas editor. There IL the worthless
wheip of a man who blows in all the
money he makes and never amounts
to anything until he marries some
frugal girl with a lot of good sense and
she teaches him how to manage his
business Then there is the steady
hardworking fellow who could get
along nicely on hts srS sefery IL he
didn't have q $50 wife who insists
on spending all the weeks earnings
before Saturday night. Either of these
two combinations are not SO bad as
when Mr.. Worthless Whelp gets tied
up to Miss Fifty Dollars-then there's
real trouble and the merchants usual
ly have to add another name to their
dead beat" list.-Newton Kansan-
Republican.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

The Days News.
I1 nSy nan the baby Francis siyre.
e he'd been named for r1 his srsndfather
r. He wGudo nave had some job. Well. rather.
To lug through life q famous name.
lot OF "LincoInsr are in JAN.
Ell sfdara many ~ .rierpont Morgans' fail.
Who burgleh ouses while We siumber,
Not No he hang are g Ss glad they he. d aid
It's up to him Is atsn an 'a alone n.u
And make q name that il his own.
He must have his own vim and pep
There's many ; io:fer. many a booker.
~ ~ no = named after some famous snooser,
Just a1 what 10 y eaerense don't you See g
IS yen are ont for fame or peff.
1t Il light up to you-yourself.,
deliver speech and found he had forgot
ten his trousers. Justice IL blind, but
Lord Kitchener says the war will begin
IN May. What we have been having. then.
on Hnife Su sts1er 1as :, o.+, o,.
and five cents in Switzerland; but the
trouble is that its costs more than a nickel
John D. Rockefeiler e has T. seventy tele-
phones on his estate and. SO far as known,
ne isn't much OF talker, either:
Just as well as you could have made 1t the
first day Of January.
,r How many years can those thousands of
without passing out?
There are fity-three Fridays in 1915, but
fortunately only one of them falls on the
thirteenth.
With wheat at 81 a bushel, it will be
aiIiicuit Tor the average person to be we'll
General Joffre doesn't read the newspa-
pers; An, then, he doesn't know how
war began.
The submarines have not yet killed as
typewriters Of the correspondents have
killed in one battle.
Of the world" That is mild compared with
what some people are calling it now.
Some Democrats are SO anxious for gov
willing to swallow grape-juice.
Bonehesds.
When you see ten people. you've got a
That there are nine boneheads in the
bunch,
For most every. person you see today
ID bOnehead In some sort OF way,
That the rest Of the people think is bad
He also thinks that you are a nut.
When you get down to the real brass tacks
And come to face the actual facts,
We think we kin act or We kin sing;
We We think we can criticize fine art;
we re Ddtty aOOuC our OeOZluc cart,
Or else we're foolish on politics,
And glory in THROWN the verbal bricks.
There amt no Teller who hasn't got
Some eccentricity some soft spot,
And SO, you see, how 1t comes to pass
That we all break Into the bonehead class
Uncle Abnef Says:
Economy is not always to be praised.
When man smokes one cOrncOb pipe for
nineteen years he IL not much Of friend to
the community in which he lives.
The fp11or vvbn hmrn0 10 candle n hnfh
ends may be extravagant but 1t IL cheaper
than electric lights at that.
The more you git in this world the more
you want unless 1t happens to be rheuma-
tism.
Tehere are a lot of chumps in this world.
Some fellers will drop q lighted cigaret in
q tank Of gasoline and wonder why there
IL fire. fs~7 --Es
There is no such thing In this world as
a secondhand auto. 1t Is either rebuilt
Teller who is even GO per cent efficient
can make good, but he has got to be at
least that. The world 10 full of so per cent
fellers.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Missouri justice has decreed that a
man has a perfect right to burn his
wife's clothing if such is his wish. But
just how a man would gain anything
by such a measly performance Is not
readily apparent. Sooner or later he
would have to duplicate the wardrobe
thus DESTROYED
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Billy Pigs mother saw him long
before they reached the house. You
remember that Billy Goat found Billy
Pig and was taking him home in the
last story. ~
''Oh, my poor boy. my poor little
Billy Pig" said his mother when he
reached the door. What have you
got on and where have you been
Why, you look half starved"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Another well-known. II disastrous
harbinger of the approach Of spring
Is the flood in the Ohio river valley.
All of which also suggests that the
chances of the Kaw going on a ram
page this spring are exceedingly
slight. Still. it is impossible for any
one to tell what the Kaw. or any 9TH
err Kansas stream, will do.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

And the mysterious stranger" who
Is trying to corner the May wheat
market is probably booked for an ex-
ceedingly expensive experience. Re-
gardless of the heavy foreign demand
for American wheat, there is alto
gether too much of it in this country
just now to make such a corner pos
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Those Austrian forces that the
Russians have annihilated so often
have finally succeeded in stopping the
Russian advance through the Carpath-
ians. In other words. Russia's press
agent doing business at Petrograd is
a top-notcher among the romancers
NJ al TINA
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Probably the best news items to be
found in the papers these days are
the brief ones from all sections Of the
country that tell of large and small
manufacturing plants either resum-
ing their operations or beginning to
run with q full complement of en-
ployees and on full time. This is I'M
mistakable evidence of the arrival of
the business awakening that has been
due for some time.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Is the state of Kansas prepared to
deal as promptly and effectively with
an epidemic among humans as it was
with the recent hoof and mouth RAM
page among the cattle? It's to be
hoped SO, but some folk are likely to
have their doubts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

No doubt now about the Allies hav-
ing made up their minds to sink OF
swim together. They have completed
arrangements to pool their finances
for the conduct of their side of the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08
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Associated Press.
Audit Bureau Of Calculations.
American Newspaper Publishers
Association.

From the feel of the weather, it
would seem that the drug stores are
rushing things a bit by piling their
windows full of sassafras bark.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

AS the i'll wind works in its accus-
toned way. The war is set forth as
the reason for a marked dimunition
of criminality in Germany. In Ores
den alone. during the past few
months, the number of fraud cases
has been reduced by 40 per cent and
the number of burglaries by 20
RAM
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08
From, Other Pens
THE CoNGREss1oNAL RrCoRp.

THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD.
The dominant feeling Of any person who
one Of regret that the contents of IL. suit
Of cSs9f inrUw an o out
ter Of fact, only 36,700 copies Of the Con-
nres win strike the ordinary voter viii
q; astonishment Small as they are, probably
Il - 'c eop to say thu that q
tenth are read with any care. The great
places, to be preserved merely az records.
# ts not too much, to say that some OF
tnoTFhSt Of the
senator's and the idlers In the gallery. Al
one example, there has not been q better
which senator ss. of t as
stssippt delivered offhand on the occasion
Columbia Some enterprisin IN t beoR s nnS.
!is sts s would make money BY arranging
speeches brought toeethe nave In MS sen:ts
fOrm.-Collier's.
EXPORTING FOoDsrUFFs.
Many well meaning people are ask
ing why the United States Eovernment
does not hasten to place an export
duty on wheat and other foodstuffs.
Then they pause dramatically for a
depiy. While pausing they might read
dnat part OF paragraph S of section
= OF article of the constitution of
the United States, which is as follows
NO tax or duty shall be laid on ar
ticies exported from any state'' The
fathers OF the republic regarded this
nation as purely agricultural They
never dreamed that at a future day
1t would become alarmed about its
food supply. A few more months of
war in Europe are likely to disclose
q number of things that would have
astonished the fathers Of the re-
public. However, the president of the
convention that framed the constitu-
ton, q certain George Washington,
had the right idea on the subject Of
entangling alli2noes.-Chicago News.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

Senator Davis of Bourbon county,
appears to be a peace protagonist of
a variety to warm the cookies of Mr..
Bryan's heart. He would abolish the
atata militia.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08
FULL LEASED WIRE REPORT
OF THE ASSOCIATED PRES

The State Journal 10 . member OF the
Associated Press and receives the full day
telegraph report of that great news or
ganization, for the exclusive afternoon
publication in Topeka.
The news II received in The State Jour-
nal building over wires for this sole pur-
pose.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

AS history repeats itself again in
the great European war. Eighty per
cent of the deaths among it's soldiers
is due to disease as against twenty
per cent due to gun fire.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

The Literary Digest recently sub
mitted to q thousand representative
newspapers of all sections of the
country the question: DO you favor
stopping by law the expectation of
war materials to belligerents? 1t
publishes the results of this poll in
its current issue. OF the 40 replies
received 244 were NO." 1877 were
YES" and 20 were non-committal.
In the replies from cities of over 50.-
900 inhabitants, the Noes were
even in a larger majority. the vote
standing IS to "a; while in the cities
and towns of smaller population opin-
ion was much more evenly divided.
1874 replies opposing embargo legisla-
ton and 14O approving it. AS news
paper editors are pretty closely in
touch with the sentiment of their
communities. it would seem reason
able to urge that this poll is fairly
representative of the opinion OF the
people of the country on this impor-
tant question.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08

'The people who are always complaining
that life isn't worth living. ".Boston
Transcript.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-02-08
PRISONERS IN NEUTRAL LANDS

PRISONERS IN NEUTRAL LANDS
A class of members Of belligerent
powers who are glad to avail them
selves Of the hospitality of a neutral
country writes Almond G. Shepard in
the January Case and Comment, the
lawyers magazine, are prisoners OF
war who are so fortunate as to escape
from their captors. II unable to make
their way back to their own country,
these men do the next best thing, they
seek the friendly territory of a neu-
trail power. In such case, by the rules
of international law, a neutral power
receiving within its borders escaped
prisoners Of war must leave them at
liberty, although it may consign them
q place of residence.
Fortunate is the prisoner of war
who is in the hands Of captors who
themselves become so hard pressed
by the enemy that they are forced to
take refuge in neutral territory. In
such case the prisoner suddenly finds
himself In q better position than his
captors, for as to them 1t is the duty
Of the neutral power to confine them,
while the rule applicable to escaped
prisoners applies to the prisoners of
war. And prisoners OF war brought
into neutral territory by a belligerent
cannot be carried through it as pris-
oners to the territory Of their captor,
but they must remain under the con-
troll Of the neutral power until the
war is over, when they will be allowed
to return to their own country.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
News Of Wedding Leaked Out

A Chronicle reporter opened
the marriage license record
Thursday in the county clerk S
office and about forty pages
ahead of the regular list of IL
censes found one that had been
issued to Mr.. Howard Barr, of
Sycamore, and Miss Vera Stump.
of Dodrill. The ceremony was
performed Wednesday evening
at the home of the bride, Rev.
l.. d. James officiating, and an
attempt was being made to keep
the matter a secret from even
their most intimate friends, but
our reporter ferreted it out and
now we hasten to share the news
with the many friends of the
young couple SO that their con-
gratulations may be added to
those of the Chronicle.
The groom is a son of Mr.. ard
Mrs. Fred Barr, of this place,
and is young man of excellent
character and personality. The
bride is the eldest daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Levy II. Stump, of
Dodrill. and is a charming and
accomplished young lady. Both
have taught in the public schools
of Calhoun county and have a
wide circle of friends.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Leo NJ. Frank Lynched

Marietta, Ca, August It.
Leo M. Frank, serving a life
term for the murder of Mary
Phagan, the Atlanta factory
girl, and who was taken from the
prison farm at Milledgeville last
night, was lynched two miles
east of here today by an armed
party which took him.
He was hanged to a tree.
Frank was brought one hun
dred miles from the prison farm
to point almost within sight of
the former home of Mary Pha-
gan.
No shots were fired. Frank
body, barefooted clad only in
prison trousers and shirt, was
found at $3.50 this morning,
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Airing Stutler a Benedict

The many friends of Airing
Stutler were surprised to hear
the news of his marriage to
Miss Maude Childers which was
solemnized at Charleston a few
days ago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stutler arrived
here Wednesday of last week
and are spending a few days
with Mrs. d. K. Stutler. The
young couple were serenaded by
the small boys of the town in
due and ample form. Thursday
a surprise party was given Mr..
and Mrs. Stutler and they were
the recipients of several hand.
some and useful gifts.
Mr. Stutler is a first rate
young man and has a large circle
of friends here, and his bride
has made many friends during
her brief visit at this place,
They will reside at Pennsborc
where Mr.. Stutler has a respon
sible position on the Pennsborc
News.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Traction Officials Visit GrantSyiIIe

A party Of traction railway of
ficials passed through Grantsville
Wednesday afternoon on their
way from Weston to Parkers-
burg. In the party were Sprigg
ID. Camden, president of the
Kanawha Electric e Traction
Co., of Parkersburg: j. o. Wat
son, president of the Mononga-
hela Valley Traction Co., and
George Watson, general mana
ger of the same line, and d. E.
Britt, of FAN mont; and five bank
ers and capitalists from New
York and Baltimore.
1t is understood that the OBJ
Ject of the trip was to gain a
first hand knowledge of condi-
tions in the Little Kanawha val
ley with a view of extending the
street railway from Weston to
Chenille and thence on down
the river to Parkersburg. con-
Meeting up the lines of the M. V.
L. Co. with those of the K. E. &
I. Co. at Parkersburg. The in
terest of these two lines are said
to be identical and it is under
stood that the stock of both COM
pani?s is held by practically, the
same people.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Prisoners Taken Away

On account of some repairs
that are to be made on the Jail
In the very near future Judge
OBrien ordered the occupants
to be removed to other iails.
Truman was taken to the Writ
county Jail and Smith was re-
moved to Parkersburg. The Jail
at the latter place was designat-
ed by the judge in his order as
the Jail for Calhoun county while
the local one is being repaired.
Sheriff Knots, accompanied by
Howard Waldo and Albert Jack
SON, departed with the prisoners
Thursday morning. Truman cut
quite a little shindy but his
guards do not apprehend any
trouble in landing him at Eliza
beth.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
Whole No. 1874 z
w ashington District

Estimated Receipts, Expenditures and
PROPOSED Rates &c Levy for School
Purposes ia Washington District, Cal
houn County, in 1919.
At the regular me ting of the BnnrI ,f
Education Of Washington distric,, Calhoun
county, held ut the regular meeting place,
ON the Pod Tuesdsy in August. 1915, pes
ent w. II. Adams, president, W. IL. lis
man and +. \ Taught, commissioners tie
following estimate of receipts and cxpendi.
lures and the proposed rates of levy were
made up in accordance with Chsmer 81,
Ac 1910, amending Section 81, Chapter
p, Acts 1908
BUILDING FUND ESTIMATE
Receipts
Amu ant due from. sheriff
EedemptiOns (eStinatetl) 5000
Due from supplementary school mod
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19

'uiid WI. AitlZer ct q VS. James
X. Douglas ct al. decree Of sale.
j. A. Bee VS. w. r. Smith, re-
port of receipts and disburse-
ments.
Ca. Jarvis, ;admr., VS. Gusta
Campbell ct al and G. A. Jarvis.
admir-, VS. Elizabeth Campbell ct
al, causes consolidated and refer
red to Albert Smith, comr.
Ethel Sharp VS. John l.. Mccoy
ct al, referred to Albert Smith.
comr.
The election of Ed Nicholson,
Henry McCray, Frank Connolly.
Charles Mace and Fonce Melon
aid as trustees of Richardson
Methodist Protestant church was
confirmed.
Ida B. Jeffreys, g'd'n. VS. Edna
Jetrreys. summary proceeding,
leave granted to sell real estate.
BraXton Miller, pi acticing at
torney of Charleston, was grant
ed permission to withdraw the or
lglnal papers in the Jarvis, admir-.
VS. Campbell chancery cause and
to take same with him for inspec
ton.
Battelle B. Eerrell, admr. and
trustee, VS. Columbia Shanks ct
al, decree confirming settlement
of accounts and relieving surety
on bond.
Mathews & Bell, comrs., VS.
G. w. Kenney ct al, final report.
P. P. Bell VS. Henry Blair, final
report.
Kate l.. Stewart VS. Leah Stew
art, final report.
G. A. Jarvis VS. c.. A. Dufield
ct al. decree Of sale.
The election of A. C. Kimbal,
Francis Kelley and Hamilton
Wease as trustees of Victory
Chapel, U. B. church, was con-
firmed.
The First National Bank of
Spencer VS. E. J. Vannoy ct al,
order of reference to Albert
Smith, comr.
G. A. Jarvis VS. Bee Hopkins
ct al, decree of sale.
w. E. Burke VS. R. j. Knots,
sheriff and admir-, order of ref
erence to Albert Smith, comr.
Curtis Hildrith VS. Pearly His
sam ct al, decree dismissing.
M. Stump, executor, VS. j. L.
Wilson ct al, decree of sale.
Law Orders
State VS. Spencer Jarvis, con.
tinued.
State VS. Gov. Campbell, fined
81 and costs.
State VS. Wesley Richards, con-
tinued.
State VS. Frank Richards, con-
tinued.
Elk parte Godfrey L. Cabot,
upon an appeal from the assess
ment of the Board of Public
Works; appeal awarded petition
err.
County Court VS. Lucretia Har-
less, upon proceeding to con-
denim real estate for road pur-
poses, jury order to try issue.
Minnie Wease VS. James Fer
rell, satisfaction of judgment
noted and case dismissed.
State VS. M. S. Matheney, felo-
ny, continued.
State VS. Philip Davis, felony.
continued.
H. c. Lockney VS. Ben Noel
wee, upon an appeal from JUS
tice, dismissed agreed.
Airing StutIer a Benedict
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Chancery Orders

w. ]. Holden VS. E. J. Vannoy,
report of receipts and disburse-
ments.
Calhoun County Bank VS. S..
w. Riddle, death of w. s. Fer
relI suggested, and case revised
against r. J. Knots, admr.
Bruce Terrell, comr., VS. Ken
ney land & Oil Co.. decree of
sale.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1915-08-19
ACT QUICKLY
Delay Has Been Dangerous In
Grantsville.


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Tad pain III the small of my back and
awful twiuges when STOPPING or lift
ing. Sometimes l tired easily or felt
languid and 1 was always nervous
had headaches and dizzy spells and
my sight blurred The kidney seere.
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cure -
Price soc, at all dealers. Done
simply ask for q kidney refmedy-pet
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