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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

OF the 161 applicants who were ex
amined by the state board of Bar
Examiners at the %semi-annual ses-
sion four we're ONE There were
also two negroes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Entirely Non-Partlsan.

The committee appointed to look
after the interests of the Gardner
land bank bill will consist Of men
from every walk Of life, and Of all
political opinions, as the measure Is
In no sense a political scheme.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Lightning Fires Blair Home.

In a thunderstorm recently the home
of Judge James T. Blair of the SUI
preme court at the capital city was
struck by lightning and set on fire.
None of the family were injured.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Majors Give Reception.

The public of Jefferson City, all the
Democratic politicians and ~officehold-
ers, turned out to a reception given
by Gov. and Mrs. Major for Mr.. and
Mrs. Champ Clark and their daugh-
ter, Miss Genevieve Clark.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
Gordon Shows Saving.

The state auditor declares that
when all the savings and increased re-
ceipts from his office are totaled up,
the books will show a net gain to
the taxpayers Of $170,705.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
rrnma RlokeL ParoIed.

A parole was granted by Gov. Major
to Mrs. Emma Blckel Of st. Louis.
whose sentence OF three years for
performing an illegal operation was
affirmed by the supreme court last
May.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
RAIDER Supreme Court Reporter.

RAIDER Supreme Court Reporter.
The supreme court reelected Perry
s. RAIDER as official reporter after a
deadlock lasting three days. A. ..
Patterson and w. Christy Bryan were
the other applicants.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Building OF the New York barge
canal made necessary the construction
OF 40 dams.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

YER in Ceylon the loyal natives have
long called their beautiful island
"Pearl-drop on the brow Of India"
A name most appropriately be-
slowed when we recall that in Cey.
Ion waters lie probably the oldest
pearlfshing grounds known to man.
For thousands of years they have
sent forth the choicest gems to add
luster to the crown of royal ruler or
to adorn the bosom Of the fairest
queen of culture and wealth.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

The summer season of the Univer-
sity of Missouri opened with al en-
rollment indicating a record attend
ance. The total enrolment last year
was 935. Probably more than 1000
will enter this year.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

The 1,0O0th student has enrolled
for the summer session of the Uni
versity of Missouri. She is Miss Mel.
lie Martin of Odessa, a former stu
dent Of Vanderbilt university. The
total for the session now is 1904, the
largest in its history.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

A. D. Hatten, vice president of the
closed Mineral Belt bank, has become
personally responsible for the pay
ment of all funds to depositors By
the purchase of all the property Of
the bank.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Joseph A. Ward, rs years old, a
pioneer resident of Springfield, is
dead. Mr.. Ward had been night
merchant policeman there for many
years. He was a Civil war veteran.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Thomas McClintock, a farmer, rode
a horse into a flooded pasture near
Pleasant Hill and was drowned when
his horse stepped into water fifteen
feet deep. McClintock could not
swim. The body was recovered.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

James r. Major, 80 years old, faith
er of the governor of Missouri, under.
went a surgical operation for the re-
moval of his left arm at Sedalia. He
had been suffering from a malignant
growth. Physicians said his condi-
ton is favorable.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Accused of the embezzlement Of
more than 100000 from clients, Os'
a Smith, a lawyer of ~Chillicothe,
Mo-, was arrested in a Philadelphia
hotel by the manager of a detective
agency in that city, assisted by local
officers.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

The Tahoma lead and zinc mine,
six miles south of Cole Camp, Benton
county, which has been idle for sew
eral years, is to resume operations at
once. F. c. Bryant of Joplin is to be
the superintendent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

The Gravois bank of st. Louis coun-
ty outside the st. Louis city limits
was robbed of $4,000 after the CASH
Ter had been locked in a vault. The
robbers put the telephone service Of
the bank out Of commission and es-
capped.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

By a vote of is to 1 Drexel, a town
Of $50 inhabitants, signified its will
ingness to issue bonds for its W
electric light plant. The plant will be
constructed at once.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24
HAPPENINGS
of the sOeek
IN MISSOURI

Richard Bartholdt of st. Louis, for
twenty-five years representative in
congress from the Tenth Missouri dis
trict, may become a candidate for the
Republican nomination for United
States senator. w. S. Dickey and for.
mer Gov. Herbert S. Hadley probably
will be candidates also.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

After being imprisoned for five
days in a mine at Neck City, as a re-
suit of a cave-in four of the six men
entombed were rescued alive only
slightly injured. 1t is believed the
other two, which were swept down
with the flood of water and mud, per-
ished. However, rescuers are hard
at work in an effort to saw them ii
alive, or recover their bodies.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Hunting bullfrogs along Hinkson
creek caused the death OF Lyman J.
Gage, II years old. He fell into a 15-
foot pool and was drowned. He was
The aon of William B. Gage Of Column
ia IT, = M
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

The Mineral Belt Bank of Webb
City, capitalized at $4,000, failed to
open its doors the other day, The di-
rectors have pledged $4,000, which,
with assets on hand, they say will
meet every obligation in full. Depos-
its at close of business totaled
S59,061.02.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

H. R. Deighton, SO years old, super.
intendent of the quarry from which
the stone for the new Missouri CAPT.
told is being taken at Carthage, was
electrocuted while working with a mo-
tor which had grounded.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

What is said to be the largest Unit.
ed States flag in America was pre-
sented to the city of St. Louis during
the flag day celebration. The flag
is 150x78 feet and weighs 400 pounds.
1t was given to the city by the Mil
lion Population club.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Twenty-Five members Of the class
which was graduated from Park col
lege this year are engaged. That is
about half Of the class, which num-
bers fifty-two. Park is notable for
senior cases. but this is the record.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Rev. Robert Graham Frank, pastor
of the Christian church in Liberty,
has declined the call to the presi-
dency Of William Woods college Of
Fulton.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Henry Carol, a prominent citizen
OF Caldwell county, is dead at his
home northwest Of Polo. He was IS
years old and had lived on the farm
ferty-nine years. He was prominent
In. Democratic politics in the early
days and had held various Offices in
that party.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

The golden wedding anniversary OF
Judge and Mrs. c. E. Elliott at Oro-
nogo was celebrated recently. Judge
Elliott was n of the men who laid
out the original townsite of Joplin.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1915-06-24

Alice, the 3-year-old child of Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Cragg, living twelve
miles northeast of Rich Hill, near
Spruce, fell into a well recently and
was drowned.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

.bo ers+ Tho o,osa connection between the two
types so different and yet SO Complementary
strongly Indicates that the priests who omciateu
in the service of the god to whom the HOUSE oL
the Dwarf was consecrated, lived in the rooms OF
the Mouias quadrangle. The two groups, the
lofty pyramid temple and the low multicelled
monastery together form a well-balanced comDl-
nation.
Passing out through the arcade of the South
house and leaving the Monjas quadrangle behlnd,
one descends by three terraces, partly artincial
and partly natural, to the level of the plain. A
few PAGES to the south may be seen two large
parallel walls, 70 feet apart, each 1913 feet wide,
30 feet thick, and about 20 feet high. These two
constructions are the sides of the Uxmal ball
court-the ends being open. In the center OF each
at ends directly opposite there had been fastened
originally a great stone ring four feet in diameter.
Both of these, however, are now broken, and lie
In fragments at the bases of their respective
walls.
Beyond the ball court there is a high terrace
or platform, covering over three acres of ground,
and rising 23 feet above the plain. This supports
a second and smaller terrace, 10 feet high, from
which rises the so-called governors palace-the
most magnificent example of ancient American
architecture extant today.
Behind the governors palace, and on the tower
of it's two terraces, is the so-called House of the
Turtles.
Another very important building at Uxmal is
the house OF the PlgeOnS, so named because OF
the fancied resemblance Of its roof crest to a
dovecot.
The structures described above are by no
means all that remains of this ancient city. Truth
is that the jungle on every side for some little
distance hides the wrecks of once imposing build
ings, their presence now only to be detected by
clumps of vegetation rising slightly higher than
the general level of the plain. These buildings
and their substructures have been literally torn
asunder by trees which have driven their roots
into them and pried apart the masonry. Creep
ers, vines, and bushes have so overgrown their
sides that they look like wooded hillocks. Only
on close examination does their real character ap-
pear, and 1t remains for the imagination to re-
construct their former glory. But all this ancient
life, this great city once teeming with its toiling
thousands, is gone. Palaces and temples glisten
In the sunlight, with never the tread of sandaIed
foot echoing through their empty courts nor chant
of white-robed priests sacrificing to offended gods.
Perchance a bird may futter through some ruined
doorway. ~chirping for its mate, or buzzard cir
cling high soar above prospective prey. Save
these all else is silent, dead. the ancient pomp
and glory forever departed, and gods and men
alike forgotten in the onward sweep of time.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
SAGE THOUGHTS

The man who eats with his knife
creates comment in some localities;
the man who eats with his fork Gre
ates comment in others.
Crude oil has advanced in price. but
only a few will benefit by the In
crease. The trouble is that most OF
us are pumping ''pifie."
The Missourians say no lop-eared
hound win catch a wolf. Apparently,
the iop-eared hound is smarter than
he looks.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
COMMENTS

Even the fellow with a family tree
NAV prefer to branch out for him
self.
Women are naturally generous.
Where n woman will keep a secret.
u~inety-nine will give 1t away.
The telephone girl isn't always q
belle. A bell always rings as it is
tolled.
Some people are so unfortunate that
they couldn't even tumble into luck
without hurting themselves.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
RECORD Of GREAT Events.

One OF the documents which Moses
may ha &c used in writing the book of
Genesis dating from a remote epoch
in the history of u race, at least
1000 years before Moses. is a poetic
version of the great deluge and the
fall of man, craven on an imperish-
able tablet by some Sumerian scribe.
This antique epic, in which the origt-
nal sin OF first eating the forbidden
fruit ID sscribed to man instead OF
woman-to Noah rather than to
Adam-written in the enigmaticai Ian
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Daily Thouoht.

AS ships meet at sea. a moment to-
gether. when words of greeting must
be spoken, and then away into the
deep. so men meet in this world; and
! think we should cross no mans
path without hailing him, and. II he
needs, giving him supplies.-Henry
Ward Beechsr.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Health and prosperity threaten to
make us a nation of self-seekers. The
exaltation of personal ease and COM
fort our permanent we'll
being. In military service every able
bodied young man subordinates his
personal interests to the welfare of
his nation; it is an act of faith by
which he recognizes that the endur-
ing life of his people. with the
spiritual values 1t treasures, is of
more Importance than his own per-
sonal happiness, and that one of the
greatest sacrifices he can render by
his life is to promote the welfare of
his nation. Likewise every woman
who is willing to forego personal
pleasure and comfort, and incur the
risk and effort of rearing offspring,
subordinates her own personal inter
est to her nation and her race.
America does not want a Negro
army, first, because 1t would be I'M
fair to ask of any one race any more
than its just proportion of service.
Then, the white men of American can
not afford to allow the benefits of
universal service to slip from them.
Physical strength. alertness of body,
ability to engage with others in group
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

ly humor and his versatility. Until
recently those who engaged in this
work were for the most part UNI
trained musicians who relied on their
natural talents.
In the last few years, however, a
new type of Negro musician has APP
peared in response to the demand for
dance music of which the distinguish
ing characteristic is an eccentric
tempo. Such music usually takes the
form of a highly syncopated melody,
which in the early period of it's devel-
opment was known as "ragtime''
music. Since the dance is born of
music, it is quite apparent that the
modern dance is a creature of the
s~yncopated melody. Thus a new field
has been opened to Negro musicians.
The Negroes success is due to the fol-
lowing facts: He is a natural must
clan and throws himself into the spirit
of his work with spontaneous enthu-
siasm; so that the music rendered by
a Negro orchestra rarely has the me
chanical quality which is fatal to
dancing. He has a superior of
rhythm, peculiarly adapting him for
dance music. The art of playing the
modern syncopated music is to him q
natural gift.
He excels in the use of the guitar,
banjo and mandolin, instruments
which are now being generally adopt
ed by orchestras playing dance music
to obtain the 'thrum-thrum" effect and
the eccentric accentuated beat so de-
sirable in dance music; and he was
the first to discover the availability
of these instruments for such purpose.
In addition to his natural talent In
the above respects the modern Negro
musician is well trained in his art. He
reads readily, memories marvelously
well, interprets naturally, and not only
understands the principles of tech
nique in the use of his instruments,
but is remarkably skillful in execu-
ton, as is to be expected when n
considers that the Negro possesses a
rare facility for arts requiring phys
ical skill.
Perhaps it is fair to say that the
Negro has contributed to American
music whatever distinctive quality 1t
possesses. Certainly he is the orig
inator of the highly %syncopated mel
ody so much in favor today. Some
years ago in Cole & Johnson's show,
of which l was musical director, there
was a number containing a peculiarly
syncopated passage which not a sin
gle white orchestra ever succeeded
in playing correctly, while colored or
chestras played it without effort, un-
conscious of its i~ntricacies.
Such preference as the Negro musi-
clan enjoys is therefore due to eff
cheney which is the result of a natural
inheritance and to his application to
the serious study of his music. Many
of the members of those orchestras
whose success your correspondent so
much deplores are a%rrangers and COM
posers--James Reese Europe, in the
New York Sun.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Kuage of a vanished people. was found
in the Nipper collection at the Uni.
versity Of Pennsylvania And
for it's decipherment the world Is In
debted TO the profound scholarship
and mdefatigable efforts Of DIR. Ste
phen Langdon. professor OF assyriology
at Jesus college. Oxford, England.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

side. all stand on low plat
forms or terraces reached
by broad stairways ex-
tending across their
fronts. The rooms of this
group, of which there are
Upward Of 100, are en-
tered for the most part by
doorways opening onto
the terraces which sur
round the court. A few,
however, in the South
house, open exteriorly
with reference to the
group. This same side of
the quadrangle is further
differentiated from the
other three, by the pres
ence of an arcade passing
through the middle, which
leads from the court to
the outside. This passage
way doubtless was the
main entrance to the
proup in ancient times,
and establishes the direc-
ton from which it was
approached. The four
houses of the Monjas
quadrangle differ very
greatly in their character,
and probably in their
function as well, from the
House of the Dwarf near
by. The buildings of the
former stand upon low
platforms and have many
rooms. The latter, on the
other hand, surmounts a
lofty pyramid and only
has three rooms. The first
because of the greater
number and accessibility
of it's chambers is better
fitted for use as a dwell
ing place for a body of
priests than the second.
The second, because of
it's commanding elevation
and fewer chambers, is
better adapted for use as
a place of worship than
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
candor.

Mrs. Nettles prides herself on be.
Ing very candid"
Yes" replied Miss Cayenne; "she
can always be depended on to sneak
the truth. If 1t will hurt somebody's
feelings"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
Quite True.

I'D like to know what chance n
pedestrian has In a city9"
oh, he's reasonably safe in the arr
galleries. You never see any automo-
biles there"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
REALLY PLEASED, THEN.

Mrs. Gadders is a woman who always wears
an artificial smile"
Not always, I'm sure"
What makes you think sop
I've seen her smile quite naturally when her
sarcasm made some other woman wilt"
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

The Turkish mother loads her child
with amulets as soon as it is born, and
a small bit of mud. STEPPED in not wa
ter, prepared by the previous charms,
is stuck on its forehead.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

State Senator Helen Ring Robinson
of Colorado brought suit against the
editor of a New Jersey newspaper be-
cause he published a statement In re-
gard to certain legislation. which, she
says, would make 1t appear that she
c~ountenanced vicious and immoral
legislation.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Flattery is the salt we sprinkle on
the tail of vanity.
or two evils we are apt to choose
the one we enjoy most.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
AFROAMER|CAN CULL|NCS

The most historic exhibition ever
opened for the inspection of the pub
lice in many ways was the Lincoln
Jubilee Exposition of Half a Century
of Negro freedom, which WIS held
in Chicago a short time ago, writes
Bishop Samuel Faliows of the Re-
formed Episcopal church.
From President Wilson down lead
ing public men showed a proper APP
probation of the necessity for and
value of this exposition. The president
has been our patron. Governor Dunno
and the Illinois legislature made 1t
possible for us to get state financial
assistance to the amount of $50, 900,
while the citizens Of Chicago donated
SIS, 900 more.
The exposition demonstrated what
the Negro has accomplished in his SO
years of freedom. 1t was divided into
IL departments, as follows: Educa-
tion, religion, industry, social prog.
ress, music, sociology, military, liberal
arts, professional, %fraternal, athletics
and miscellaneous.
Out of the mass of statistics regard
ing the Negro prepared by the COM
mission the following are interest
ing:
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

The stings of bees which attacked
him on the arm and wrist near his
pulse recently rendered a Burlington
line freight conductor unconscious.
The venom from these little insects
partially paralyzed the mans heart.
He is expected to recover.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30
HIs Idea Of q Joke.

"she says / am duh" "You should
crack a lew jokes occasionally. Ask
her to marry you. or something like
thkt."--Pnck-
f1@
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

The marketed production of sulphur
in the United States last year. 327.634
long tons. was the greatest in the his
tory of the industry.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

effort are developed. Courage. and
the moral qualities of discipline and
se~lf-control, which are valuable in the
ordinary walks of life, are enhanced
by military training. Compulsory and
universal service, drawing upon the
sons of the rich and poor alike. from
all parts OF the country. without ref
erence to race, color or creed, for our
national defense. is in keeping with
the advanced social ideal of our time.
New York Times.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Recent experiments have shown that
it is possible for the X-ray to find
flaws within metal that appears on its
surface to be sound.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

The man who would retain the good
will of his friends should remember
that there are a great many things
he must not forget to forget.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

In England special colleges for wom-
en- have been established at Cam
bridge and Oxford, affording the same
instructions and comforting equivalent
degrees to those given at the universe
ty itself.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Owing to the shortage of men in the
professions. women are now permitted
to enter certain universities in Rus
sia.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-10-30

Mrs. Marie ]. Howe, wife of United
States immigration Commissioner
Howe of New York city, is an or
dained minister. a suffrage worker,
a playwright and the manager of a
theatrical stock company for the pro-
duction of suffrage plays.