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The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-06-18
SUCCESSFUL
SCHOOL WORK
Northfork and Elkhorn
Districts Make Good
Showing.
Business Men Active In Aiding
High School Development In
Every Way Possible.

The growth of the High School, loCat-
ed at Northfork, from about twenty
pupils from the two school districts,
Northfork and Elkhorn, 70 sixty-four IN
the past few years il considered quite "A
satifactory record. The school will like
ly lie advanced 10 the first grade" next
year
In addition TO the regular academic
work Of the high school, a manual train
ing shop. equipped with about one
hundred dollars worth Of tools, has
been IN operation about five months.
The instructor in the workshop is from
the Ohio state University.
The business men Of the coalfield have
been very active in aiding the high
school development, As well as various
graded schools About two hundred dol
lars have been contributed by them for
carrying on the work of manual training
and domestic science. In addition, ,ari-
Gus Improvements have been male by
them on buildings. grounds, etc.
This year an unusual record has been
made in holding seventh and eighth
grade pupils in school until they finisherl
the course. The result, in numlere. wa
that fifty eight white children and TWEEN
~ colOred children passed the state ex
aminations and received diplomas
&ll-e.. -
were in high school last year all return
and all the fifty-eight that passed. the
eighth grade examinations come u high
school next year there will he one hun
dred and twenty-five children in high
school the coming session.
IL the ten colored children that en-
rolled in high school last year return AMI
the twenty graduating from the eighth
grade come to high school there will he
thirty colored children in high school.
1t is to be hoped that the schools shall
have the continued corporation of the
parents and that all these pupils shsl
enroll next year.
1t is TO the credit of the board of edu.
cation that all the schools have been i, :
large extent consolidated There is not
single-room school in the district
Maybeury has six rooms, Elkhorn (color
ed six classes in five rooms, Elkhorr
(white) four rooms, Mcdowell white
four rooms, Role (white) four ROOM
Crumpler three rooms and plans are nov
being made 70 add an additional room
making Crumpler a four-room school
Northfork's present six-room buildin.
will be increased to an eight or ten-roon
building within the next year. Iii
Ridge rs four-room building and all ia.
other buildings in the district are two
room buildings.
The sixth monthly report taking il a,
an average month"; SHOWS 1913 pupils in
school in the two districts:
Per CT Of
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

England will probably end by prohibiting liquor to the at tn
front permitting hom-Aanta
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
WE KAN KOP THE KUP

Americas planning 6op offered the directors
number paid admissions
Americas lost 1.-The kup by
hedge against anything like this
again by turning largest
in game IN
the crowd to the The
half holiday going close at
o'clock and the schools going
tina the cant
after three other clubs
opening in Thomas
will
andwe
a Thomasvle hardly be feared.
fight right
merry scrap going prove going Kop
Kup" opening day, OF why.
Get job
and help "Kop Kup."
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
Clean Up and Paint Up
Get Behind the Brush

CPRINGTIME has at last come to
~ stay, to prepare all nature for
summers flowers and the autumn's
harvest.
Even the abject stir about their
Wretched premises, plant morning
glories and try their best to fix
up the leaning pickets left from the
kindling needs of the later frosty
mornings. Good housewives tie tow
els about their heads, grid up their
narrow skirts and chase the dust of
winter from their rooms. The LATEST
pick and trife with their belongings
to fix themselves better to face the
changing seasons.
Clean up!" is the phrase.
Why not enlarge it? Why not paint
up?"
And if paint up" why not do it SO
it will LAST and PAY?
Painting is another "art preserva-
tive" Rightly done, 1t saves repair,
adds to length of property-life, in
creases property-attractivity, brings to
the tenants lips the pleased smile, to
the righteous landlord the wholesome
feeling of duty well performed.
Between ourselves, there's room for
lots on lots of paint here In Our
town. Well applied. in colors judi
ciously selected, it would conceal a
multitude of architectural and sanitary
sins from the discerning eyes of tour
lists passing this way and from our.
selves.
Look over your OWN house, or
home, or business structure.
Don't YOU agree? Try our prescrip.
tion-"Clean Up and Paint Up"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

Week you'll be wondering the dickens the
weather by putting the pMacon
Telegraph
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

com Andrews, Henry Everett, Mozelle
Deavours.
Second Grade, Section Two-Jano
Armstrong, Mildred Clark, Elizabeth
Council, Ernest Davis, Benjamin Da-
Wis, Willie Neal DuBose, Chloe Daven-
port, Macpn Dudley, William Free
man, Robert Hooks, Joel Hightower,
Carl Humber, Alice Harold, Martha
Johnson, Alton Poole, Joe Poole, Nc
Grady Oliver, Lucille Schneider, Fran
ces SILVER, Charlotte Turner.
Third Grade, Section One-Sara M.
Culpepper, Mary E. Easterlin, Mary
F. Evans, Lucille Morgan, Helen Her
bert Mary Glover, Christine Brown,
John E. Kiker, Jr., Alice Westbrook,
Sarah Harvey, Annie R. Ray, Flora
Surles, David Broadhurst, Lee Verne
Eason, Marshall Bacot, Luther Ivey,
Jr., Allan Mcneil, Leroy Swain, Ra-
chel Beard, Ruby Finch, Matte Lou
Vaughn.
Third Grade, Section Woodward
Andrews, Ann Heys, James Collins, G.
w. Harris, Elsie Brogdon, Douglas
Stewart, Irene Hayes, Seth Belcher,
Nettie Clare McMath, Edward Near
thur, Claire Harris, Texess Andrews,
Cecil Howard, Mary Earle Allen, Wal
ter Reeves, Virgil Widener, Purser
Bivins, Jessie May Simmons, Marjorie
Hatcher, Sam Conner, Eleanor Ross,
Ira Gatewood, DIN Dixon, Ruth Ev
erett, Esther Doty.
Fourth Grade, Section One-Georgia
Lumpkin, Edith Oakley, Mildred War.
lick, Louise Thayer, Mildred Sum-
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
HONOR ROLL FOR MARCH
IN SCHOOLS Of AMER|CUS
PUPILS WHO HAVE ATTAINED PERIOD
ALL GRADES GRAMMER SCHOOLS MAKE THE USUAL VERY
EXCELLENT SHOWING.

The "honor roll" for the month Of
March in the city grammer schools
has been made up and present more
than the usual number of apt pupils
who thus have attained this distinc-
ton. The lists are made up by the
several teachers, and through courtesy
of Miss Sarah Cobb, principal of Fur
low School, are given for publication.
FurlOw School.
First Grade, Section One--Bettie Ba-
cot, Mary Earle Barnett, Elizabeth
Cranberry, Hermis Hammond, jamie
claire Johnson, Emma Joe Lipford,
Alice Parker, Bessie Quattlebaum,
Louise Reeves, Virginia Ryals, Har..
riet Rylander, Ann Walker, Frank Du-
Bose, Tom Gatewood, Allen Hill, AL
ton Morgan, Robert Sieg, Karl Slade,
Walter Stapleton, John Richard Nc
Daniel.
First Grade, Section Two-Robert
Culpepper, Frank Weaver, Marion
Hert Young, Elmer Buchanan, Kath-
ryn Harris, Nettie Herbert, Laura
Johnson, Massie Lane, Mary Elizabeth
Morgan, Minna Moses, Mary F. Stokes,
Charlie May Sieg, Anna Strickland,
Emily Thomas. Louise Williams, Lu-
cile Williams.
Second Grade, First Section-Laban
Cooper, Eugene Langford, Mabel Saw
yer, Edwin Bell, Elizabeth Moses, Lon
ME Kirk, Alice Wheeler, ]. T. Adkins,
Virginia Nicholson, Eta Ruth Brooks.
Tommy Azar Fannie Love Stevens,
Capitola Castleberry, Villa Sanborn,
Ver2a Mathis, Eutry Hammond, NAL.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

erford, Geraldine Ryals, Lena Mayo
Lena Braswell, Julia Flowers, Mar
garet Cranberry, Lucy Lane, Ouida
Hatcher, Bernice Johnson, Martha
Ivey, Alice Johnson, Ethel Mae Hart,
Louise Dudley, Charlie Everett, Ira
Lee Hines, Eugene Sieg, James Nc
Arthur, Luther Tison, Marvin Tison,
Walter GOA, James Crew, P. C. Allen,
Newton Glover, Irving Marsh, William
Mathis, Agnes Cranberry.
Fourth Grade, Second Section-Lo-
uise Jones, Lula Miller, Carrie Parker,
Stella Mathis, Rosa Azar, Myrtle
Poole, Ruth Oakley, Lily Lee, Kath-
crime Turner, Katherine Davis, Ger.
trude Butt, Helen Vorus, Parmalaa
Davis, jamie Murray, Sara Hamrick,
Frances Ryals, Lena Vaughn, Willie
Florence, Murph Mcdonald, Geo.
Council, Joe CLAM, Edwin Samson,
Frank Sullivan, Roy Holder, Eugene
White, Leroy Boone, Albert Harris,
Jas. McMath, DIN Mcdaniel, Guy
Allison.
Fifth Grade, Section One-Ruth
Conner, Mary Griffin, Myrtle Herring,
La Vern Hubbard, Hulet Humber,
Mona Johnson, Annie Ruth Jones,
Fannie May Myers, Sara Oliver Leola
Pouncey, Cornelia SILVER, Frances
Sparks, Lucille Tomlinson, Halle
Walker, Macie Wright Hal Gatewood,
Samuel Hooks, Jack Howard, Ernest
Mathis, Will Mcneil,
Fifth Grade, Section Two-Eliza-
beth Jacobs, Mary Ann Jacobs, George
Pope, Leroy Fagin, Ruby Oliver, Ed
ward Stukes, Robert Bell, Clarence
White, Marie Bell, Virginia Perry,
MARCIA Beard, Elizabeth Sheffield,
Enoch Williams.
Sixth Grade, Section One-Lois Jor-
dan, Eva Weeks, Ruth Wilder, Alpheus
Castellow, Joe McMath, Elton Parker,
Thurman Hogue, Kathleen Cameron.
Sixth Grade, Section Two-Gladys
Smith, Lula Howard, Lena Mae Finch,
Marjory Chapman, Mary Elma Poole,
Hattie Pope Morgan, Roland Broad
hurst, John Butt,
Seventh Grade, Section One-Maly
Azar, Joe Thomas, Emory Jones, Mary
Slappey, Annie Cawood, Mary Dudley,
De Witt Glover, Eugenia Warlick,
Agnes Gatewood, Winnie Lou Webb.
Seventh Grade, Section Two-Lollie
Chapman, lone Carter, Mary Merritt,
Mary Win Harvey, Nellie Griffin, Geor-
gia Mayo, Anna Harden, Grace Horne,
Mary Belle Green, Rosa Mae Stevens,
Walter Green, Hope Smith, Will Green
Turpin, Jr., Robert Monahan, Louie
Hansford George Riley, Rohoma
CLAM, William Pearlman.
Prospect Heights School.
First Grade-Frances Belcher, Lii
Liam Cannon, Frances Jones, Eliza
beth Smith.
Second Grade-Wiley Booker, Mel
vim TIE, Meta Herring, veta Herring,
Ida Jones, Dora Riley.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
WHAT A PRETTY MAID CAN DO


A pretty can a a fool
She cam maxi a dippy
cant n or mi
old bachel-
or like hungry trailing bone.
hell
in minut he can in a of
She object of envy thing JOY
her possibilities
Fora the a
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

Architecture history
the painting
the service of the eure almost wholly within the control the
printing young
has make its Sweeping
the artist the photographer designer the coost
directly influential modng
A young could
leader printing democracy
Turner Bailey
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

Sunday
Mledgvle Alabama convention held Dothan
delegates. fully
planning city day
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17


defeated Technically should
permitted justice possible
Columbus
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

coming will be
full tide 1t will trade until
will complete will
greatest
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

Probably has studied brands trouble Mexico
get her o the ut--At Constitution.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

Up" campaigns, to
reduce fire haZ-
ards, if for no 9TH
er purpose. And
he declares that
the application of
paint to wooden
buildings is quite
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17
Clean Up and Paint Up
to Reduce Fire Hazard

THE Indiana State Fire Marshal de-
1 clares that every city and town
should conduct "Clean I'm and Paint
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1915-04-17

as important a fire preventative as is
the removal Of rubbish from garrets
and areaways. He is therefore strong
ly urging "Clean Up and Paint Up"
weeks for every city in the state.
Inspections in the larger cities
says the Indiana Fire Marshal, show
that about 10 per cent of all buildings
and premises within business districts
are being endangered by rubbish
Though the residence districts have
not been inspected, the proportion, no
doubt, is just IS large. One of the
most effective fire preventatives is
clean and tidy premises, both in bust
ness houses and in dwellings,"
The Fire Marshal is advising every
whore the painting of the shingle roof
Paint not only makes shingles more
durable" says the Fire Marshal, but
1t acts as a fire preventative as well.
BY covering and protecting the fuzzy
splinters that form on the outer sur
face of shingles, the paint greatly re-
duces the likelihood of fire from fall
ing sparks"
Scores of Indiana cities are follow
ing the Fire Marshal's advice this
year. A "Clean Up and Paint Up"
campaign will reduce fire losses in
Ourtown.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Modernizinu the Roundup.

Each year seems to give the auto
mobile a new hold on life The war
brought it to the forefront in new
field. The soldier of the present day
seldom makes long forced marches
like Sherman's march to the sea. He
travels by motor car AS a result, the
automobile casualty list is tremen-
dous; the average life of car in the
battle lines is estimated at thirty days
But it is not only the war zone that
has lost part of it's picturesqueness
through the use of the automobile,
the latter has begun to rob the an
nual cattle roundup of some of it's
thrills by replacing the horse. This
year has seen the ubiquitous car with
a cowboy at it's wheel on our western
prairies discouraging the cattle from
attempts to escape from the ever-nar-
rowing circle in the roundup Many a
steer which has given COW horse d
run must feel disconnected when it
bucks up against the four-wheeled
steed.-Wall Street Journal.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
WAITED LONG FOR PROBATE
After Twenty Years Son Produces Fa-
thers WiII-Testator's instructions
Had Been Obeyed.

Undiscovered for nearly twenty
years after his death, the will of Jo
hanE Michael Muller has been offered
for probate at Baltimore by his son
John G. A. Muller. The testator died
March 13, 1896, having made his will
on May 81, 1889
The paper, yellow and musty with
age, left all Mr.. Muller's property to
his wife, Elizabeth Barbara Muller
She died April 80, 1915, and her son
was appointed administrator of her
estate. He had known of the exist
ence of the will for several months
prior to his mothers death, but since
all the property had been enjoyed by
Mrs. Muller as her husband had de-
sired, it was not thought necessary
to probate the will at that time
The son says the property will now
be divided between his two brothers
and himself, since his mother died in
testate. The exact value of the estate
mas not been determined, but it is
made up almost entirely of parcels of
real estate.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
INFORMATION EASY TO GIVE
Daddy Happily in Possession Of
knowledge as to Where One Vac
uum Was Located.

The good man had just been in
formed by the only person who could
possibly possess the information that
he hadn't an ounce of sense, that he
had never had an ounce of sense, and
that there was not the remotest
chance that he ever would have an
ounce of sense
Having been assured ON these
points, the good man turned to his
paper, only to be interrupted by his
young son and heir:
Father" asked the boy, what is
vacuum and where can l find one?"
''My boy" replied the good man, "if
we are to assume that your mother is
qualified to speak on the subject, /
possess the only real vacuum in the
neighborhood and, for your further in
formation, it is situated just between
my collar and the glossy open space
where used to grow hair"
''You mean your dome?"
Eyes, my son, that is the family vac
uum."
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
ASSAILANT OF MORGAN CLIMBS
CELL DOOR AND TAKES
FATAL PLUNGE.
LEAVES NOTE TO WIFE
BEGS HER TO BRING UP BABIES
IN FEAR OF GOD AND
MAN.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.
FAREWELL LETTER BY HOLT.

Glen Cove, N Y, July 7.-Dis-
trict Attorney Smith searched Frank
Holt's cell Immediately after arriv-
ing at the Jail, and found letter
written on yellow paper. This let
ter, which Holt must have written
before ne attempted suicide, when
the pencil with which he tried to
sever an artery was taken from
him, was addressed, ITO My Dears,"
and follows:
Il write once more The more |
think about it the more l see the
uselessness of living under circum-
stances such as these. Bring up the
dear babies in the love of God and
man. God bless you, my sweet. Af-
fectionately, FRANK.
"P. S.-All please pardon me for
all the heartaches 1 have brought
you. Pray with me that the slaugh-
ter will stop. My heart aches. Good
bye"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Wronu Document.

The Tommy" on leave from the
front had been given a free railway
pass to take him home to see his
people, and utilized part of his brief
holiday to get married. On the re.
turn journey, when the ticket inspector
asked to see his pass, he produced by
accident his marriage certificate.
The inspector handed the paper
back with glimmer of a smile
''This is a ticket for very long
and wearisome journey, young man. "
he said, "but not on this line"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
LOSSES SUREIY pREVENTEI
His Preference.

A gentleman in delivering one of a
series of addresses excused himself
one evening for being unable to speak
on several points, the mice, he said.
having destroyed part of his notes.
Later, while visiting in the neighbor-
hood, he asked one man:
Were you at any of my lectures,
Rooney"
Rooney-Indeed l was, yer honor;
all Of them.
Lecturer-Which one did you like
best?
Rooney-The one the mice was at,
yer honor!
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Natural Procedure.

When telling the story of the Pill
grim Fathers to the children of pri-
mary grade in a large city the leader
tried to impress upon them the fact
that the country was barren at that
time. Later they were told of the
planting, the harvest, the great feast,
and the thankful attitude of those
early settlers. Finally she asked:
What did the Pilgrims do after the
great feast?"
After a moments silence a little
girl said 'They went by the moving
pictures"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Hard on Her.

''This ten o'clock closing is a nui-
sance," observed shawIed lady to her
neighbor.
well, what difference does it make
to you, seein' you never drink
"Why, once my 'usband always
come 'ome at eleven after we was all
in bed, and glad he was to get any
bits of supper left for i'm But now
he's in at ten, and the trouble | ave
to get anything he fancies you can't
imagine
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Buloer Must Hang Week Oct. 81.

Denver.-Some time during the
week beginning Oct. 81, Col. James
C. Bulger must go to the gallows in
the death house at Canon City and
there forfeit his life for the Staying
of Lloyd F. Nicodemus at the Savoy
hotel on May 7, 1914. The State Su-
preme Court denied Bulger's applica-
ton for a new trial 1t fixed the date
of execution for the week beginning
the last day of October, the exact time
being left to the discretion of the war
den of the penitentiary.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Easily Pleased.

Guess I'd better order a few going
away gowns" said she brightly.
mix on the going-away gowns, my
dear" said her husband gloomily. Il
can't afford to take you anywhere this
summer
"All right" was the cheerful re-
sponse. Then I'll order few stay
ing-at-home gowns"
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Limitations.

Jack-I hear that you have quit the
literary game.
Jill-Yes; l despaired of ever writ
ing up to my publishers printed esti-
mate of my work.-Life.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Lawson Is Given Life Term.

Trinidad John r. Lawson, presi-
dent international board of United
Mine Workers of America, convicted
on May 3 of the murder OF Deputy
Sheriff John NimmO, near Ludlow, on
Oct. %, 1918, was denied new trial
by Judge CRANKY Hillyer in the Dis
trict Court. The labor leader was
forthwith sentenced to Imprisonment
at hard labor for life in the state peni-
tentiary. Mr.. Lawson was escorted to
the Jail by the sheriff. and was ac-
companied by a number of local
union officials.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
The LONGEST Step.

From the powder factory to life
insurance company is about as long
step as a man can take in the world.
Boston Transcript
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17

His Reason for Thinking So.
Henderson-Theo ones he borrowed
from me, I suppose. He never re-
turned them.-Judge.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Insects and Crops.

1t has long been a belief of the
Apache Indians that the appearance
of insects in early spring indicates a
good crop.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17

Glen, Cove, N. Y, July S.-Frank
Holt, the man who shot J. P. Morgan
exploded in the United States Capitol
at Washington Friday night. In a
statement to Justice Luyster and
Thomas Tunney, head of the bomb
and explosive squad of the New York
City Detective Bureau, Holt confessed
setting the bomb, and described it in
detail 81 made this bomb,' Holt is
quoted as having said, in his confes-
sion, with three sticks of dynamite,
some match-heads and a bottle of sui
phuric acid
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
The Effects of opiates.

lAT INFANTS peculiarly susceptible to opium and its various
doses continued these opa changes in the unc-
the cells which likely become causing
ibe mental craving for alcohol or narcotics in later re
result dosing with oates narcotics to keep children quiet
children
smallest doses for than day at me and
then if unavoidable.
The administration of Anoynes Drops Co Soothing syups and
children
d and the druggist should not be party it. Children % are III
nothing 10
do themw wilhuly with narcotics.
1t u
sipnatur OF H. Fletcher. /% LANNz@-
CastOria signature /1<<C%V<
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17

they are apt to hang around until he
comes in again.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
Skull Split, Jaw Broken; Deserted.

Colorado Springs his skull
split across the forehead, exposing the
brain, and bleeding from many other
injuries, Will Wilson, IS, son of Henry
Wilson, 1116 North Corona street, and
prominent here, was left on the Chey-
enne Canon road by a motor party
bv whose car he had been struck. A
womans underskirt was wrapped
around his head before the party
drove on. Besides the split skull, his
nose and jaw are broken and he was
cut by glass in great number of
places.
The Benson signal., 1915-07-17
placed anywhere. ~.

placed anywhere. ats
tracts and kills all
nies Neat. clean, or.
namental, convenient,
cheap. Lasts alh
aeaeon. Made OF
metal, can'tspill or tip
over; will not soil or
anything
Guaranteed effective.
All dealers oresens
express paid for e1.W
Ave, Brooklyn. n. Z.