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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Which Way Is 1t GOING?

Little Dorothy had been looking at
her uncle's bald head intently for sew
eraI minutes. She was evidently in
such a serious study about something
that her aunt asked what was the mat
ter.
"Thay, it'll unele's hair comm in or
goin' out?" was the reply.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Said She-And you'd you be willing
to die for me?
Said He--Not me-but | would be
willing to carr q living for you.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Miuht Not Be in II,

shall announce that l am in the
race for c~ongress?"
Perhaps it would be nearer the
truth to merely state that you are a
candidate, my boy"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
10 Marx Roone'e Grave.

Word comes from Springfield that
Missouri Daughters of the American
Revolution will shortly erect a marker
on the spot IN Warren County where
Daniel Boone. the pioneer, and his
wife, Rebecca, were buried.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Missouri Leads In Sycamore.

Missouri holds first rank for syca-
more timber, producing about one
fifth Of the entire amount which Is
placed on the market by 48 states.
There is still plenty Of the valuable
timber standing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

rs Mad one of those women who
carry gossip around?"
aShe doesn't have to; she has a
telephone in her own home"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
aread Trurt inquiry.

Judge Henry Lamm is Investigating
for the supreme court the charge that
the bakers Of st. Louis have entered
into a conspiracy to control the out
put OF bread and the price Of the
bakery products.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Major vs.. Reed.

1t is reported in Democratic circles
that Governor Major has informed
close friends he has about decided
the contest for the United States
Senate against James Reed, the pres
ent incumbent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
If. PARKER TO
GET PRISON JOB
WILL BECOME SUPERINTENDENT
OF INDUSTRIES AT THE MIS-
SOURI, PENITENTlARY.
SALARY is SIS, 0 PER YEAR
Long Experience Fits Him Well for
Place--Favors Purchase of Farm
to Raise Food for Inmates
of BastiIe.
Jefferson civ


1t has become definitely known that
l.. F. Parker will accept the position
of superintendent of industries at the
state penitentiary.
The position was rendered him
some weeks ago by the unanimous
vote of the state hoard of prison in
spectors and warden, but at that time
he could not give a definite answer.
The position pays an annual salary
of $4,000, the same as the governor.
For 26 years Mr.. Parker operated
factories within the walls Of the peni-
Tertiary. There were a number of ap-
plicants for this place, but the board
decided from the start that only a
man of extensive business knowledge
and actual experience and one who
was familiar with prison conditions
would be employed. 1t is the under
standing that the board will meet and
Officially announce the appointment.
Parker is known to have decided
ideas concerning the Missouri p~eniten-
tiary and the laws under which it
must be operated.
1t is known that he will favor the
purchase by the state of a farm of at
least 1000 acres and devote the same
exclusively to raising such foodstuffs
as the prison consumes. He is not OPP
posed to working prisoners on the
public highway.
The state has some 1000 convicts
out of nearly 2,700 for whom it can
not find any profitable means of en-
lployment.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Roach invitations Issued.

Invitations have been issued by Sec
rotary and Mrs. Cornelius Roach for
the wedding of their daughter, Miss
Pauline, to Tom B. Ellis of Fort
Wayne, Ind.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

The world is full Of persons who
wouldn't lose O minute breaking off a
song Of praise to raise a calamity howl.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Bill collectors say that some men
were made Of a kind Of dust that
never settIes.-Columbia Record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Road Work Fine.

Highway Commissioner Buffum Is
convinced that convict road building Is
bound to accomplish a two-fold end,
n is the lettering of roads and the
other is the good done the men by
outdoor work.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

The owner of a book store may be
forced to keep a diary for So consecu-
tive weeks.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
ashoveI cIub.v

Nevada has q branch auto club
much interested In good roads and
one Of the regulations requires each
member to carry a shovel on his ma
chine to fill up mudhoIes in the high.
way.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Captain-The women made a regu-
lar sortie on the bargains heaped up.
Lieutenant-Yes; what you might
call q counter attack.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

The only why to get along with an
exaggerated ego Is to refuse IN take It
seriously.-Toledo Blade.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

The longer a man is married the
less he lodges when his wife throws
things at him.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Speaking of grief. the cold fried egg
undoubtedly is the saddest thing.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Galloway Building Roads.

Word comes to the capital from
Fulton that W. Ed. Jameson, presi-
dent of the, Old Trails Road Associa-
ton, at the good roads meeting in
Fulton, said at least $4,000 would be
expended on the Galloway section of
the road this year. Most of the money
has been subscribed and the state
and county could make up the rest.
Frank w. Buffum, state highway
commissioner, reviewed the work of
convicts and tractors. Presiding Judge
IT. D. Farmer of the county court said
his department would give all pos
ssible aid.
A delegation from the east end Of
the county, who said road work there
was delayed because land owners re-
fused to widen the highways to 60
feet, were assured by Commissioner
Buffum that a recent ruling Of the
appellate court would take care Of
that matter without condemnation
proceedings.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

About the heaviest work some men
do Is to lift their voices.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

A BARRIERS idea of an unenterprising
citizen is one who shaves himself.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29
Road convlcts Thank Buffum.

Col. Frank Buffum, state highway
commissioner, who was instrumental
in establishing the convict road camp
in Usage county, where good work is
being accomplished by a party Of rs
%convicts, has received a letter from
the men expressing their appreciation
of his kindness to them.
The men deplored the recent escape
from the camp of the two men who
later were caught near Leslie, Frank
lin county. The letter is dated state
Road Camp, Westphalia, July Is" and
was written for all of the inmates by
mo. 1866" 1t is signed Faithfully
yours, the State Road Bunch, Usage
County" The letter follows:
I'VE wish by this means feeble as
it Isl to express to you our gratitude
and our hearty appreciation for the
kindness extended to us.
We fully enjoyed the July 4th fes-
tivities and each one Of us were more
than delighted. We also wish to thank
you for the reading material and more
than all we thank you and appreciate
the interest that you have manifested
in us. 1t inspires us to do our best
and we feel that we are making good.
I'VE were more than sorry and deep
ly deplored the escape of the two men
who were later recaptured. The kind
less you have shown and the kind
ness of the citizens here almost
makes us forget that we are prisoners.
I'VE wish to assure you that we
also have an interest in this project
and will do all we can to assist you
in making this state road camp a de-
cided success"
The latest inquiries come from Lin.
coin, Marion and Camden counties.
Major Praises Wilson.
Governor Major gave out a long
statement prasing the work of the
Democratic state and national admin
istrations.
The statement follows in part:
The Democratic party in the state
and nation can confidently submit its
fortunes to the people on the records
made. Never before in the history of
the republic has there been such a
unanimous endorsement of a president
and his administration, in his policies
at home and abroad, as has been
given to President Wilson.
If he renders no service other than
to conduct the ship of state safely
into the harbor of peace, he will have
rendered a service to the American
people which no sextant can measure,
and for which the present and future
generations will ever bless him. In
his grasp Of human affairs he has
been able to face and meet every oft
uation.
He also lauds the president for his
new currency law, making panics i'm
possible.
Aside from this, he has brought
about the enactment Of the Under
wood tariff bill, trust legislation, and
many other pieces Of constructive en-
actments which add luster to his ad
ministration.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

"what bit her on the elbow?"
"A tick"
Been out In the country"
Nope. Just sitting here In her fat
It escaped from her wrist watch"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-07-29

Some persons mental processes are
50 highly refined that they cannot take
hold Of common-sense thoughts.-Al-
bany Journal. =
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
EFFECT ON HUMANS

Arthur Hunter, q New York insur-
ance sctuary, declared in a recent ad-
dress that the loss of five hundred thou
sand men as the result Of the present
warfare could be made good il less
than ten years through complete alb
stinence from alcoholic beverages by
all the inhabitants Of Russia"
Mr.. Hunter based his assertion upon
the results Of a recent investigation
carried on for a period Of three and
one~half years during which the records
Of 43 insurance companies were ex-
haustivply examined to arrive at a con.
]clusion regarding the effect of alcohol
upon the human being.
Taking up some of the specific re-
suits Of that investigation, Mr.. Hunter
suld.
"NothjnE has been more conclusive.
ly proved that a steady free use of al.
cohoIic beverages, or occasional ex-
ccsses are detrimental to the individual.
In my judgment, it has also been
proved beyond peradventure of doubt
that total abstinence from alcohol is of
value to humanity; it Is certain that
a~bstainers live longer than persons
who use alcoholic beverages. Among
the men who admitted that they had
taken alcohol occasionally to excess in
the past, but whose habits were con.
sidered satisfactory when they were in.
sured, there were 2s9 deaths while
there would have been only 100 had
this group been made up Of insured
lives in general. The extra mortality
was therefore over so per cent, which
was equivalent to a reduction in the
average life of these men Of over four
years.
There is a general impression that
saloonkeepers do not live as long as
persons in n~on-hazardous occupations"
continued Mr.. Hunter, but neither the
manufactured or seller Of liquor have
a high mortality. Among saloon pro-
prietors, whether they attended bar or
not, there was extra mortality of 10
per cent; and the causes of death In
dicated that a free use Of alcohol bev.
erages had caused many Of the deaths.
In the fourteen subdivisions Of the
trades connected with the manufacture
or sale Of alcohol, there was only one
class which had a normal mortality and
that was the distillery proprietors."
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
THE INCREASE OF CRIME.

Newspaper readers must have been
impressed with the idea that the last
few weeks have seen an unusual
amount of crime. Hold-ups, burglar
les and highway robbery have been
common. This is probably due in part
to unemployment. But social econ,.
mists have been feeling for some time
that crime is increasing. 1t seems as
if society were making q poor job of
its remedial measures.
A Judge remarked in a recent maya
zine article that one type of criminals
consists Of fellows of exceptional dar-
ing. They began by robbing an or
chard. go on to breaking of game laws,
petty graft, etc, and finally attempt
some bold break.
Put such fellows down in Mexico to
protect some property against the fire.
brand greasers, and they would bea
tower of strength, to law and order. In
a few years, the edges of their fever
would be dulled. They would be ready
to come back and put on the harness
of ordinary work. 1t is a mistake to
hold an energetic boy down too close.
The other and more numerous class
of criminals seem merely to be weak
willed. They see an opportunity to
snatch a purse and simply can't resist.
Jail to them is a fitting school of crime.
They come out with better knowledge
of the technique of the craft. The
Judge referred to above said that such
men are originally no more in love with
criminal life than a drunkard is in love
with the attack of delirium which he
sees coming on him.
II men of this type had only been
taught some useful and fairly lucra-
tive trade. they would rarely have to
be boarded at public expense. When
work stops, crime increases. The
problem of unemployment must be
solved before the growth of crime can
be stopped. ..r.. "
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
THE StCkEI OE SUCCESS
Genulle Merit Required to Win the
Peoples Confidence.

Have you ever stopped to reason why
It is that so many products that are *
tensively advertised, all at once drop
out of sight and are soon forgotten?
The reason is plant the article did not
fulfil the promises of the manufacturer.
This applies more particularly to a med
icine. A medicinal preparation that has
real curative value almost sells itself,
as like an endless chain system the
remedy is recommended by those who
are in need of it.
A Appointment druggist says Take for
example DR.. kilmer's Swamp-R Root, a
preparation | have sold for many years
and hesitate to recommend. for
in almost every case it shows excellent
results, as many of my customers testi-
fy. No other kidney remedy that |
know Of has 50 large a sale"
According to sworn statements and
verified testimony of thousands who
have used the preparation, the success
of DR.. kilmer's Swamp-Root is due to
the fact that it fultlls almost every
wish in overcoming kidney, liver and
bladder diseases. corrects urinary
troubles and neutralizes the uric acid
which causes rheumatism.
You may receive a sample bottle of
Swamp-Root by Parcels Post. Address
DR.. Kiiner 4 Co.. Binghamton. N. r..
and enclose ten cents; also mention the
Greenwood Weekly Commonwealth.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
HARD TINES?

The Daily News says that . citizen
Of Jackson has been looking over the
records Of the past, and cites a few in.
stances of hard times" a good while
back that ought to make US blush with
shame today that we talk of hard
times at all.
Just after the war, for instance, su-
gar, coffee and tea were to be had only
at prices so exhorbitant as to be pro-
hibitiye. There vas very little Christ
mas JOY in the South Of 1864, rave in
SO far as the end of the war might
have brought happiness. And even that
happiness was one submerged in the
gloom Of defeat and destruction on all
sides.
The only candy the children got in
the South at Christmas, 1864, was such
as might have been fashioned by brown
sugar. popcorn and hickory nuts. The
dolls the little girls had were rag dolls
not that the little girls may not have
loved their rag dolls just as well as
they would the more artistic and they
were mighty cheap and makeshifty.
Fruit cakes were composed chiefly Of
corn meal and n few other things that
might be raked and scraped together
by the wives of those days.
Those children of 1864 who had a
handful Of stick candy with red stripes
around it were the envy Of the neigh
borhood. People were mighty poor in
the South in 1864, and Santa Claus
travelled with a mighty light package.
Nickels and dimes were made to do the
work in those days that dollars per-
form in these.
And in the light of that, how silly
and little it seems nowadays, to talk in
any way of hard times!
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
THE LARGEST COTTON CROP.

The U. s. Department of Agriculture
estimates the 1914 cotton crop at 49,
969, 900 bales. This is the largest pro.
duction in the history of the cotton in
dustry, The l9ll crop held the record
to the present year, with a production
of Is. $3.50, 70l bales. 1t is estimated
that there is at least two million bales
in the field, much of it deserted by dis.
couraged farmers and which will prob
ably never be gathered.
The 1914 crop also ranks among the
largest in production per area, averag-
ing 90S pounds per acre and reaches
the low water mark in price. The
price officially estimated for the 1914
crop is s cents per pound against an
average price Of II cents per pound in
1918 and a production of lS2 pounds per
acre.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01

There are ass members Of congress.
OF that number 1857 voted on the Hot.
son prohibition resolution, 1877 for and
100 against it. As a two-thirds vote
was necessary to pass it. 25S votes were
required, or 81 votes more than were
cast for it. One hundred and forty.
one Democrats voted for 1t and l4l
against it. OF the Republican votes
cast, 81 were for it and 46 against it.
All Independents voted against the res.
olution, as did all Progressives except
one. The vote should have been unan.
imously for 1t.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
FOR BETTER HEALTH.

! Rochester, N. Y, has a Live q
Little Longer Committee" whose pur,
pose it is to secure the use of 267, 00(
or school buildings in the United
States to encourage. through systemat.
ic study, the agitation Of better hygienic
and sanitary conditions in and about
the home.
Mrs. M. Z. Bingham, secretary Of
the LIVE q Little Longer Committee
in an address before the recent con
y~ention of Life Insurance Presidents,
referred to the Rochester movement
rs follows:
THE Board of Education engaged
two teachers, one a doctor and one a
nurse to give lessons bearing directly
On health and life conservation; for ex-
ample, what diseases are ~preventable
how to help to keep them from the
home, and also by community effort
from the community,
1.-THE classes to membership in
which women eighteen years old
and over are eligible are taught in the
public schools outside of school hours,
that is between four and five in the
afternoon. Evening courses are also
to be begun. By giving these health
courses in one school after another
or In one group Of schools after an
other they will eventually be within
walking distance of every woman in
the city.
1--WE have in the United States at
least one and one-half million people
sick from preventable causes, largely
for lack of health education; l42. 0G0
doctors and 100, 900 trained nurses,
competent to give instructions; 267. 600
school buildings, most of which have
some idle rooms during at least fifty
per cent. of the possible teaching
hours. J
ut is to much too say that the coun-
try is merely waiting to have its atten-
ton called to this overwhelming oppor-
tunity."
Miss Bingham asked the insurance
presidents to help an army of several
thousand in the work which she is en-
gagged to the end that the movement
may become nation wide.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
TOO MUCH CREDIT BUSINESS.

How many Of Us today have glanced
up spprehensiyely every time the door
opened, expecting TO see a bill collector
entering. How many times have we
glanced at the bills presented and ex-
claimed: Il didn't know | owed you
people that much!' How many Of
these bills have we been forced to turn
down, or only make small payments
on.
To-day, with all Of our merchants
striving to get in enough money to
meet their expenses, is an opportune
time to reopen the question Of inn
proyement in our system Of credits.
Our Natchez people have become SO
accustomed to easy credit, have learned
to lean on it to such an extent that
they have come to consider it a matter
Of 0 Lrse. Most of them will become
questions their right to unlimited cred.
it. They will go into a store and have
any amount charged to them without
the slightest idea rs to how they are
going to pay for it and il the merchant
demonstrates with them in regard to
running up such a large account they
become peeved and take their business
elsewhere. Yet we should all learn to
realize that the credit the merchant al
lows us is as much Of an accommodation
as the loan of actual money by a friend.
The merchants goods represent his
money which has been paid for them
and when we ask him to let US have
these goods for an unlimited time we
are tying up that money Of his just as
~affectuaIly as if we had borrowed 1t in
stead.
When the jobber or wholesaler sells
goods to n retailer he carefully investi-
gates his ability to pay, his moral and
financial standing.
The retailer has learned to expect
this and does not become incensed
when his credit is limited. 1t is a bus
mess, every house he buys from does
the same thing and he has come to ex-
peCt it. Is there any reason why he
should not run his own business on the
same basis? II all the retailers mAde
it a custom to be careful about extend
ing credit the public would also soon
become accustomed to it., and to look
on the credit extended to them as a
favor, not a right.
Under present conditions we run up
accounts that We cannot pay. We are
continually living beyond DOR income.
We see things We want and buy them
because It IL so easy To st say 'charEe
it." If We know tat our friend the
salesman wouid begin to ask questions
in regard to our ability to pay when
we said it. that "charEr it, wouid not
come 80 ct7S ana when the llfSl ~ the
month rolled around we would not
be wondering how on earth We were
ever going to be able to pay up. -
Natchez DAILY News.
The above is SO applicable to the sit
uation In Greenwood, and in fact prac.
ticalIy every town and city in Missis-
| sippi, that The Commonwealth repro
duces and endorses every word of
the good advice given therein. Credit
has been too easy to get, and the habit
Of taking advantage of it has proven a
burden to a great many people. We
must all learn to pay as we go. The
credit habit is simply ruinous.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1915-01-01
NOTHING BETTER
FOR WEAK WOMEN
II Never Spent Any Money
That Did Me So Much
Good as That Spent for
VinoI,"

B~ellefontAi1e, Ohio. az wish every
tired, weak, nervous woman could have
Vinol for | never spent any money in
my life that did me so much good as
that | spent for vinol. My nerves were
In . very bad condition, making me very
weak, tired, and worn out and often
drowsy headaches. l had tried cod
liver oil, Doctors medicines, and other
preparations without benefit.
Zone day a friend asked me to try
Vinol. l did and soon my appetite in
creased, ! slept better and now I am
strong, vigorous and we'll and can do nv
homework with pleasure. Mrs. ]. +.
LAhBoRN, Rallefontaine, Ohio.
Nervous, weak, tired, worn-out wo.
men should take Mrs. Lnmborn's advice
and try Vinol for there are literally
thousands If men and women who were
formerly rundown, weak and nervous,
who owe their good health to vlnol.
III is the medicinal, tissue building ele-
rnents Of the Gods livers, aided by the
blood making, strengthening influence
OF tonic iron, contained in Vinol. which
makes it 20 efficient In all su-h cases.
s. L, 'RAINEs, Druggist