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The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

The question Of Constitutional
Convention was not considered ser
iously until it was found out on the
floor OF the house last week and pass
ed Now the senatorial wiseacres are
scratching their heads to determine
whether or not they favor a revision
OF the ancient foundation for govern
ment upon which the state has stood
for so many years The only fear they
have is that the right kind of men VIII
not offer for membership in this CON
vention, and that the constitution. pre-
pared by politicians and weakliugS.
would be a trayesty. 1t is realized ON
the other hand that the constitutions H.
a bit out or date, and growing more
so each year. and that this risk viii
have TO be taken sooner or later. so 1t
might as we'll come now.
The real evidence OF the strength o,
sentiment In favor Of Constitutional
Convention is displayed in the an
nouncement of we'll known citizens of
arkansas for appointments within the
convention. James G. Higgins. assie-
number of terms the chief clerk. is
the first Of them all to announce as
candidate for secretary OF the con
vention.
The Budget Com:aittee VIII report
the General and Institution appropria.
ton bills this week
The opponents OF capital punish
ment are hopeful of early success in
the Senate with their abolition bill
The Building Trades Council OF Lit
tie Rock has petitioned Governor Havs
70 veto the Casort bin exempting
johnson county from the operations o.:
the mine-run law.
The University Committee viii NOT
recommend the erection of any new
buildings during the coming two
years
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

Neggmen who broke into the p1stof.
ace at Hartford and dynamited the
safe. got away with 81 55i in stamps
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

Major Nathaniel F. Mcclure. In
charge of the four troops OF United
States cavalry. stationed In the Prai-
ric Creek coal fields since early No
vember. has not vet received advices
from the War Department at Wash.
ington for the removal of the troopa
However, he expects To be so inform
ed at most any moment
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

Damage exceeding $4,000 was done
in ire that swept three stores az
Jonesboro The blaze originated in
the Watson shoe store and within n
few minutes spread TO adioinina
stores that were quickly Quilted.
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

Elmer Thompson. for seven years il
the newspaper business nj Huttig.
became associated with J. Ii. ana
r. ii. Hand in the publication ~
the Arkansas Farmer OF Conway.
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

Had the members OF the legislature
known the pleasures that awaited
them In Fayetteville. it is doubtful
whether the present visitation com.
mtttee members would have received
their appointment without strugele
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

The University Committee Will NOT
recommend the erection of any new
buildings during the coming two
years.
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

The Mobiey incident is closed in tho
house. Representatives Wallace ana
Bell viii not push their resolution.
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

The Budget Gom:0ittee VIII report
the General aud Institution appropria.
ton bills this week
The Dermott news., 1915-02-18

The opponents OF capital punish
ment are hopeful Of early success i'll
the Senate with their abolition bill
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

I'D with the country" go now?
Did you ever watch a. herd OF cat
tie feeding on the range? Did you
ever notice the energetic, long horned
steer push his way through the herd,
trying to get the first bite OF the lush
grass just beyond? That's the young
man westward bound. Well, then,
have you looked back and noticed
how much good pasture had been over
looked?
Where will be the new frontitr?
How about some of the country we've
passed over?
Prior to the great war, 100000
folks lived in comfort in agricultural
France, a territory a little larger than
California, and their farming methods
were less up to date than many parts
of This country, in some respects.
while the burden of m~ilitarism has
been crushing, indeed. Has the world
been fully developed? Why we have
not even nibbled the tops Of the lush
grass ~yet?-Pierre Free Press.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
THE NEW

Historians tell US that what we now
call western civilization, as differep-
tiated from that of the orient, began
somewhat about 1000 or 5000 years
ago probably in the valley of the
Euphrates, and, moving westward
sometimes slowly, sometimes more
rapidly. has now encircled the land
portion of the globe by reaching the
shores of the Pacific.
Where will be the frontier of the
With both poles discovered
and neither of them particularly com,
Portable, from a climatic standpoint.
with the orient already overrun with
teeming millions, where will the
young man" whom Horace Greedy
counselled 10 go west and grow
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
LOCAL MI PERSONAL

Rev. and Mrs. Bergh were over from
the west side between trains yesterday.
Prof. c. Larsen left Monday for
Minot. N. D., where he spoke Tuesday
before the North Dakota State Dairy
mems convention.
c. Muilenburg, who moved here last
summer and opened a real estate office,
closed a deal this week for the pur-
chase of the bank at Aurora from
Messrs. Zalesky and Moll. Mr.. Mullen.
burg informs us that he will take pos
session Of the bank March 18th, and
will move there with his family.
e G. Chambers of Dempster, was the
guest of A. e. Bunday on Monday. He
was returning home from Lake Pres
ton where he visited his SON and
brother over Sunday. After eighteen
years as postmaster and general mer-
chant Mr. Chambers has resigned and
- closing out his business 1t Dempster.
He contemplates = trip to Alaska
rho poultry breeders held q meetinE
Inst weo&, y rsorganiss the Brockings
ICouny Poultry Association. Prof. VIII
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

In speaking of the proposed state
printing plant Editor Wright of the
De Smet Independent says: 1--WE are
just mean enough to want to see the
state put in that $500. 900 printing
plant. A lot of these plug politicians
think they know so much about print
ing, ETC., and have been taking jabs at
the printers so long that we would
like to see such a plant established.
We think We know enough about the
business to see that someone would
get 'stung' good and plenty, and it
would not be the printers of the state,
who have been forced to compete with
the Sears & Roebuck houses. There
would be a cheap printing plant for
sale and a lot of plug politicians put
upon the shelf. BY all means let US
have a 100000 state printing plant
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Wisconsin,
Illinois, Washington, Wyoming and
South Dakota.
DR.. Cook gave the following results
after carefully tabulating replies re-
ceived from the universities, state col
leges and normals in the above states:
"a The University of South Dakota
has the smallest income of any state
university or state college examined,
it being but 90 cent per capita; the
average for the eighteen states investi,
gated is 40 cents. Only two of these
state universities have a per capita
income less than South Dakota-these
being Oklahoma and Indiana. The pop
ulation of these states, however. Is
from three to five times that of the
state of South Dakota, so that they
have a more respectable income; the
smaller income being still nearly twice
that OF the university.
90 The amount provided for higher
education in South Dakota is all that
could be reasonably expected, only five
of the eighteen states have provided
more literally. The difficulty is that
the amount appropriated is not equit-
ably divided.
90 South Dakota has more normal
schools, according TO population, than
any state in the Union, with the ex-
ception of Arizona and North Dakota.
The income Of the South Dakota nor
NAL schools is greater per capita than
any of the eighteen states investigated,
unless in case of North Dakota, which
has recently established a fourth nor
NAL school. The amount expended for
schools in South Dakota is 50
cents per capita, while in the eighteen
states mentioned above the average
Is 20 cents per capita. The result is
that South Dakota is the only state
out Of the eighteen western states that
provides more income for its normal
than for its state university.
except the state of Oklahoma.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
EDMUND VANCE COOKE

Logic and laughter combined in one
man,
Humorist and humanist. poet and
philosopher"
Mr.. Cooke believes in entertain
ment, but says he, 1T must be real
entertainment. Don't come 10 me if
your idea of an entertainment is a
vaudeville or a minstrel show"
When people go I an entertainment
they go for recreation, for recreation.
Recreation calls for substance, for
sustenance. II you merely laugh, you
haven't been entertained, sustained.
re-created.
If you leave an entertainment with
a happiness upon your lips, an eleva-
ton Of mind, a satisfaction of heart.
which shall recur to you many a time
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

after you have forgotten the very
words which caused them, then you
have indeed been entertained.
This is what Edmund Vance Cooke
tries to do-wash out the mind with
clean laughter and to leave some phil
osophy. some humanity there to grow,
to GROW.
Mr.. Cooke says of his entertain,
ment. IF beneath the laughter there
is not philosophy, if with the merri-
ment there is not the message, then
fail"
To enjoy an evening of real enter.
tainment hear Edmund Vance Cooke
at the college auditorium, Monday
evening. March /, at Sis.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
USE THE NEWSPAPERS

Don't advertise on trees or rocks
Afar from haunts Of men.
You cannot sell the gopher clocks
Or pictures for his den.
The rabbit may observe your sign
About your cure for chills,
And on II he may try to dine,
But that won't pay your bills.
The sparrow buys no breakfast foods
We may as well confess.
So If you want to sell your goods
You'd better use the press.
New York Mail.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

son Cramer, State College, was elected
president; DR.. H. B. Sayre, v~ice-presi.
dent; Mrs. A. e. Gentle, secretary;
Judge Geo. =. Hall, treasurer. Another
meeting to perfect plans will be held
the latter part of March and all poul-
try raisers are urged to be present.
Notice of the meeting will be given
through the Register.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
A HARD FALL

The truth of the matter seems to be
that Mr.. Anderson was merely blufing
when he said in his report that he
could save the state $500.0 900 a year by
the adoption Of business like methods.
When the blum was called. Mr.. Ander-
son tried to make good, and merely
succeeded in falling down and making
. ridiculous spectacle of himself
Aberdeen News.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

The San Francisco exposition could
not have picked a better year. The
several million Americans who usually
run over to Europe will have to stay
at home and as they probably have to
go somewhere the exposition should
catch a lot of them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

We have had considerable March
weather in February. but we trust
that there will be no February brand
on tap for the coming month.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

We breathe easier. The Depart.
ment of Agriculture says there is no
danger OF the people of this country
starving, no matter how much food
stuffs we ship TO the warning nations
of Europe.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

As Germany has to feed all those
Russian soldiers she has captured it is
no wonder that her food supply is get
ting short II would seem to be a dis
advantage to Germany to capture her
enemies, as ii only hastens tie LAY
when she will have to capitulate
through starvation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

Sympathy for the bondsmen is likely
to prevent attempts by the state to
collect the thousands Of dollars pocket
ed by past state ~treasurers. say an ex-
change. In the legislature the DISPOSE
ton is not to appropriate money for
the prosecution of the cases and as
they cannot be prosecuted without
money. they fall by the wayside.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

ade a young lieutenant stepped out of
the ranks much excited to appeal to
me personally. He said to me that
he had been a lieutenant for five years
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

The legislature has nearly run its
course, having but one more week for
deliberations. The present body of
lawmakers has been a safe and sane
n and the season has been singular.
ly free from freak legislation that has
marred some past sessions.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

rank. l said to him, Calm yourself. /
was seven years a lieutenant, and yet
you see that a man may push himself
forward for all of that'."-Kansas City
Times.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25

The enterprising city of Dell Rapids
dedicated a fine new hospital last
week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-02-25
TIME AND PATIENCE

When Napoleon vas on st. Helena
b. told this story: "One day on par
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

than IN the corresp onding months ot -
ceding years with imports smaller han y -.
same months in the two preceding sscz1 -
Exports which receded from & slsoss5s2.. -
the nrt nine months Of the fiscal year ft~s.,~.
TO s1sss,221.sl5 IN is1s.'ls have now res,A.
the unparalleled total of s.sss,4755g1 .sft
eating that the complete fiscal year -
show q total expectation of approx3r-z :
75o,ooo.ooo.
Do you grasp the importance Of these a-tre..
The gain In exports over those Of March / ,-.
ago Ia 3111 ,510.S2s. That means that g..1..
is pouring into this country, Our rlah4fae,~r.
ers are reaping a golden harvest and 1t raav -
regarded as certain that this ie 10 continue sf,.
the war In Europe is and peace has f-.,,
declared 1t means that American suprv1.ae.
in trade ts upon us. This s the day Of the o,.t, NJ,
mist and the country should ait UP ana taa.
notice Business everywhere should lie N se
alert. The period OF depression 60 u4ed bv ia
war is over,
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
TEN CENT COTTON.

Ten cent cotton is here. Our fallh IN 'he
future of the great staple Of the South mas oeeh
justified When the period Of depression IN the
cotton market was at its lowest ebb this paper
was not pessinistic It kept up the cry tnat
the people of the South show their faith in cot
ton by buying at ten cents pouno anu 'hu7
helping the farmer and the South. 1t nad the
supreme confidence that there would not De d
cent lost to those who bought at that hgure'
that il was an investment that would aid IN an
emergency This paper took the view that con-
fdence was the need and that buying cotton az
ten cents a pound would give increased con-
fidence
And we have ten cent cotton with a rising
market The great staple of the South is COM
ing into its But it must not set our cot-
ton farmers afire to their own undoing by caus-
ing the planting for great crop this year
That would tend to drive down the market The
thing to do is to sit steady in the boat, reduce
the acreage and put in food crops Ihere
safety in that program.
But we rejoice today that ten cent cotton has
been reached 1t is good to see our faith JUS
titled It is good to know that those who out
Of patriotism bought cotton at ten cents a
pound when they could have bought for SIX
cents are being reQuited for their readiness to
help. Ten cent cotton, 1t sounds good to u.s.
1t means that the country is away from depres-
sion and that prosperity is with us. 1t means
so many things of the best for The South
may we'll rejoice in this good day of good cheer
in the cotton market
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
ALL FOR S1.7O

There has never been offered in North caro-.
lima much good reading for so little money as
we are Offering under the following proposition:
For $40 will send the following 1or one
year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an eight
page weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, able monthly Journal
published by William Jennings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic sixteen page
North Carolina home and farm weekly journal
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy Cents you
can get all these papers one year.
i. c. MOORE, Manager.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
PROSPERITY RUNNING OVER

Have you been keeping eye on what h,,si
has been doing lately? If YOU have tho,
you will have seen that it is on its feet in f
shape and that the prospect is as BRIGHT &C o
be for an increasing prosperity for this conn+
The pessimist tribe has had 10 take to i+e ~,
Note, if you please. what the of7cia, en,.--
for March exports show. These are +ha+
high record for that month has been moao ~.
figures being s2esoos,5ss against s1s7 400 %,
IN March, 1914, and :1s7.426,7 III in March 100
For the first time during the current fso., ...o
the elapsed period to date shows ,arear o~no~..
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
BUILD PUBLIC SENTIMENT

That real prohibition which Is sought a. r.
Ing an aid to the making of better ctizenshtn
of better men and better women In moral ana
physical life is dependent in the final ANALYSIS
upon having public sentiment kept aroused ana
vgilant Laws only regulate supplies II
must be the realization OF the value The worth
Of prohibition which will make Of It the great
est effective force.
Taking this view there should he no time "a,
which the pulpit and the press. the judge On
the bench and the speaker on the rostrur ths
anti-iquor associations and the ". C T u
Workers-all who seek prohibition for the good
it will do mankind-are not actively at work in
building up a public sentiment hostile t. n.
use of intoxicating liquors The State may limit
the amount of liquor allowed. it may decree
that there be none at all shipped OF made within
it's borders, but there will be found ways and
means to violate or side step the laws in order
to make money by catering to deprayed appe-
tites and the indugences Of mankind.
North Carolina has had in the last ten years
gradual evolution in the aspect of the liquor
situation. In these years the open saloon and
the distilery have been driven out, and the
limitation that is placed upon shipments
of liquor into the State has reduced the traffic
in strong drink wonderfully. There Will
the day when the law will say that at all
will be allowed to be shipped into the State,
But while this Is SO the fight must be kept up
on liquor SO that the individual Will become tie
real fighter for prohibition for himself and tho
other man. That great end ca only be achieved
by iteration and reiteration of the truth that
Intoxicating liquors are a curse. The fight 10
keep this the uppermost thought in he
chon / II
should go on constantly. That is the Way %
get real prohibition. 1t is aggressive ppo-
lie sentiment which must be kept alive. n he
tight to attain that every force for prohlhition
should be concentrated
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
THE ILLOGICAL ROOSEVELT.

Col. Theodore Roosevelt, and seven
eighth times President Of the United States, is
and amusing the audience in the
court in Syracuse from time to time
he replies to questions and makes stump
speeches in the in which William Barnes
is suing him for $4,000 for alleged libel. in that
the Colonel charged that Barnes as a Repub-
can political "boss' in colusion with Muir
ply, Democratic political "boss' this being held
by Mr.. Barnes to require the Colonel to pay up
$4,000.
In his testimony Col. Roosevelt has made
statements which Of the illogical "a
riety, of these being that leaders of big
business who give great up to half
million dollars to help elect a President Of the
United States are prompted by the same spirit
which would cause them to donate similar
to church, that for such contribution there is
no hope Of reward in one case than in
the other.
That is most entertaining as being the Roose-
welt point of view, and it gives in nutshell the
Roosevelt viewpoint of life, that he holds it one
Of hypocrisy and deceit. The Colonel should
know convinced that he does know
that when big Business hands ort big sums
as political contributions it is looking for gross
and material favors from the political party it
aids In fact big Business has been known
time and again to carry water on both shoulders
by contributing to opposing political parties so
as to have chance to be on the inside no
matter which party won. Political contribu-
tions Of this kind are of the base sort and of
the itching palm Humanity must be old
piece of humbuggery if contributions to extend
the Kingdom of God on this earth are given in
the same spirit We have a higher faith in
mankind which says that it is only the very
corrupt who would contribute to politics and to
the church prompted by the same reasons.
Colonel Roosevelt has a biased and iaundicod
view Of life if he has stated his real sentiments
1t will be a bad day for this world if he b..
stated the case correctly. We prefer to hold
the view that the Colonel is illogical that be VIZ. .
only trying to say something which he consid
cred smart But it not, for it was basad
upon the wrong view of life.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

The pictures Of the Colonel which beng
printed by the papers throughout the country
go to show that he is having a "corking good
time in fact a bully time You see. the
colonel is never SO happy when he has
chance to get in big headlines in the papers o-
make a speech. In this matter that good
one that Counsel WINS Of the Barnes legal bat
terry, put over when he said that Col. RooseNeil
In replying to his questions seemed to think no
was addressing a mass meeting"
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

Those who read the newsstand who dos
not-are invited to see the humor in the Charles
Dana Gibson drawing of this week given in thf
News and Observer today. 1t is the fourth Of
the series OF ten which this paper is giving ana
is entitled "The Reason Dinner Was Late. IL
is worth while drawing. Next Sunday ths
Gibson drawing will be "The Same Old Stor>
Look out for it,
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27
NJ orning T onic
(ROm3nS V: 1-2.)

(Romans 1-2.)
TT THEREFORE being justified by faith, we
have peace with God through Lord
Jesus Christ; by whom we, also have access by
faith into His grace wherein stand, and re-
Joice in the hope Of the glory of God.
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

Every Methodist Conference in New Yarh.
Pennsylvania, and New Jersey-sone eight -
nine in number-have passed resolutions en-
dorsing equal suffrage and expressing the wish
that the members of their church shall support
the measure at the polls this fall
The farmer and mechanic., 1915-04-27

The conflict of opinion among the warning
nations as to President Wilson's neutrality posi-
tion is proof positive that all nations in the war
are being given fair and just treatment by the
United States.