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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-02

FRIDAY, APRIL 2. 1915.
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For District Attorney:
W.. 4. SAUNDERS.
GUY J. RENCHER
For State Senator
HENRYuA, MINOR
/. l.. DORROH
j, q P~OINDNXTER
For Representative.
CLINTON T., DORROH
w. r., SWINDLE.
NJ. O'BYRNE
Y. W. BRAME
Il. u. CANETT
For County Attorney:
D. +. ALLG0OD
WIN. Il. LUCAS
r or hrif:
W. A. PARKS.
j. T, MCCLURE.
VERNON CLARK.
A.. II. BUSH
For Cbanccry Clerk:
JNO. 4. TYSON
For Circuit Clerk:
C. NJ. SCALES.
G. VERNON ADAMS
For Treasurer:
j. b. COTTON.
". O. BARNES, JR.
W. A. WALKER
j. Il EVANS.
For Assessor.
ROBERT G. PATTY.
LUCIUS l.. COLE
$. NJ. TOMLlNSON
Superintendent Of Education.
JAS G. CHANDLER
JESSE Il. SPARKMAN
j. Il, JACKSON
For Supervisor, District 8:
GEO. PAGAN.
JNO. = NTER.
Il. T.. MCDANID
JAS. II. MURRAY.
SHELBY JACKSON
W. \. SHOWERS.
NJ. NJ. HUNTER
District One:
ROL BREWER, in.
NELSON STEN
GEORGE \. HUMMER
District -Four:
W. L. THOMAS.
j. f. SENNETT
sW. J. KNIGHT
District T5po
THOS, L. WILkERSON
W. A. PATE, SIR
Justice Of The Peace District -Four:
q. W. CONNOR
For Constable, District )
:. NJ. BOWEN.
District -Four:
j. A. REED, JR
Q. 5. VERNON
When Won mood q A~inirfn.AnnA
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1915-04-02
PEAS FOR SALE.

loo bushels of peas for sale at market
price. c. P, RUSSELL & Co..
Mashulaviile, Miss.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
The Story of a School ~ b,
Christina Johnson
Dear Juniors:

Dear Juniors:
I wrote some time ago and received
Friendship link. am very we'll
pleased with 1t. am going to send in
another composition. It il the story OF
my school.
Our school is District No. 4. Center
township. 1t Is called Elm Grove. It il
located in grove Of Elm trees which
gave it it's name We have a beautiful
play ground.
The school house was painted inside
and out before school. We have fifteen
scholars. Their names are Olive. Rus
sell, Mildred, Marjorie and Bonnie
Frederick, Donald and Raymond jun
kin. Paul Palm, Minnie, Esther and
G ar p.l ITeeberg; Gilbert and Gar
Johnson and myself. Ny studies are
reading, arithmetic, writing, grammar,
physiology, geography and spelling.
We have large slate blackboard and
a nice library. Our teachers names n
Miss Lillian Erskine Of Douds-I.eando.
We like her ane We make some very
pretty things out Of paper ana also
have painted several pictures. Our
schoolroom Is very large ana has three
big windows on each side. At one end
Is tbs blackboard and at the other end
Is the door. In ono corner il the stove
and In the other Is tho organ. There
are two big shelves to set our dinner
buckets on. We have looking glass and
wash pan. We have a large bell which
can be heard a long distance.
We eat our dinner out doors whom the
weather fs pleasant as we have many
shade trees.
So you see We have q rood school
house and beautiful grounds.
Kristina Johnson, ago IL,
Fairfield. Ia. r. E.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Annie Trees at Addie Riffs
Were Sprayed; Splendid
Results

A we have great many nice apples
7 thought I would tell you about then.
The first apple that rpens IN 'n Te
summer is the yellow transparent. II
is both good to eat and cook.
Next is the Duchess. 1t IS not soou
to eat but is fine to COOK.
We have Strawberry apple thaL
a good eating apple. II ripens In the
summer about harvest time.
Next comes the Maiden Blush. ihey
are very fine for eating and cooklne'
and are the best apples we have Tor
drying. ..u
pies.
pies. They ripen early IN tne "iil'ei anu
are best at Christmas time.
The Roman Stem will be good to. eat
in few weeks.
We think the Delicious is one OF the
hest apples we have along with its good
quality, It is an excellent keeper.
We also have Janet, Milan, Black
Ben Davis and White Pippin apples.
There are many other varieties OF
apples. There are the raspberry, sum-
mer Queen, Red June, Wealthy, Fall
Pippin, Grimes Golden, King David
snow. Belle Flower, Roman Beauty,
wtnesap. Baldwin and Northwestern
Greening. =.
we sprayed our apple trees ias'
spring for the first time and we had no
faulty apples to speak Of.
Apples treated in this way Will sell
to packers for good prices.
Addic Rill, age IL,
Agency, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Dorothy Bansman Tells of
Her Trip to Denver
Saw Liberty Bell

Dear Editor and Juniors: As have
not written to you will write COM
position about my trip to Denver.
left Seymour in the morning and ar
rived in Kansas City at $3.50 a. M,
where l spent the day.
We took car ride over the city.
the sights were grand. Then I left
for Denver in the evening. Denver is
a grand city. visited many places of
interest. will tell you some Of them.
The mint, the. museum, the capitol
and the city park. We went from
there to Daniels and Fishers store
and went up in the tower and from
there I could see all over the city of
Denver We could see the mountains
from distance which were q beauti-
eul sight.
AS. we went to the union station to
take the train home we saw the Lib
erty Bell in the main entrance all
made of tncandescent lights, which
was lovely. There are many other
things too numerous to mention.
Dorothy Bausman, Age IL.
Seymour, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Halloween Story By Helen
Morrison of EldOn

thought I would write Halloween
story.
One Halloween night my sister and
brother thought they would make
lack O. lantern They went out in the
field and got pumpkin. They took the
seeds out then they cut eyes, nose and
mouth in it. Then they put candle IN
and hung it in tree because they
thought that there were boys going out
to play some Halloween tricks. And
they didn't want them to get the pump.
kin. When it got dark they were all
sitting around reading and they
thought they heard a ..oise. They went
to the door but didn't see anybody.
They came in then after while they
heard noise and they went out but
didn't see anybody for the boys had run
and hid. They thought the boys had
gone away, so they went to bed. After
everything was still the boys came back
and climbed up in the tree an. got the
lack lantern The next morning they
got up and went to see If their pumpkin
was still in the tree. 1t was gone. Ihey
knew that the boys had got 1t but on
their way to school that morning they
saw their pumpkin sticking on the top
of a telephone pole. The boys got the
Jack o'-lantern after all.
Helen Morrison. age 3,
Eldon, Iowa.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
When We Stayed All Night
at Uncle JOhn's-Picture
Story - Herbert
Vaughn

Dear Junior:
AS I have never written before,
will write and tell you the name ]
think best for the picture contest
It is when we sayed all night at
Urcle Johns.
Charlie Johnson and l were com.
ing home from the country school
ole Friday night. When we were
about three miles from home there
came a storm that was overtaking us
And then it started to rain hard. we
began to run for my Uncle john
house. When we got there Uncle
John had seen us coming and mad
opened the door. He told us that we
had to stay all night Then he tele
phoned to our mothers and they SAID
! It would be alright. We went to bed
about 8 O'Clock but we didn't go to
sleep.
got all the covers on my side OF
the bed Then Charlie threw a pillow
al me and that started the fight. we
threw pillows at each other till Uncle
John came up stairs and told us tna'
If we didn't go to sleep and quit fight
ing he would make US sleep IN the
barn. Then We went to sleep because
we didn't want to sleep In the barn
Herbert Vaughan, Age IA
41a North Miner st. OttumWa. Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Helen Mary Louise Confer.
man Writes in the
Apple Contest

Dear Juniors:
Here am again with you In tho ap.
pie contest. live ON the farm and we
have lots Of nice apples. The summer
apple butter and jelly. helped mamma
dry the apples. We out them In quar-
tiers and strung them on strings and
! dried them. When they were dry there
| were two flour sacks fun. We gave APP
Piles to the neighbors who did net have
early apples.
We had 20 many winter appass ".
hardly knew how to get rid Of them, fol
papa was still out with his threshink
go and find a sale for them. So mamma
decided to go to Ottumwa and So the
big fruit firms there. She sold the ap-
pies to Grippe Co. we
picked the apples. then they sent
men down here to grade and BARRE
them Our orchard and two others pro-
duced one car load Of apples. There is
another car load or two in this vicinity
to be shipped, this being the first APP
Piles ever shipped out from County
Line.
You speak Of having the family eat
one apple day. That would not begin
to tell it when my brother begins to
eat apples for you usually see him with
his pockets full, 50 he is helping all he
can to save this immense crop OF ap.
pies. will now give the different kinds
OF apples: Red June, Duchess, Red As
trachan. Summer Queen, Summer Bell
Flowers, Pound apple, Summer Sweets
Grimes Golden. Gano, Janet, Wal
bridge, Wolf River, Wealthy Northern
Spy, Pewacke, Russell. Ben Davis Two
Year Keepers. Northern Greening.
Winesaps, Strawberry, Snow apple
Missouri Pippin. Rambo, Willow Twig,
Sweet apple, st. Lawrence, Pennsyl-
vanfa Red Streak and Yellow Trans-
parent. There are others that I cannot
think Of just now.
The small refused apples we grind
up and make cider out Of them
and put In barrel and make vinegar
out Of the cider.
Helen Mary Louise dunterman,
Age IL, Eldon. Iowa
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
HaHowe'en Ideas

Halloween is the one holiday that
young people never overlook as an
opportunity for wholesome fun and
parties. Gaily decorated yellow win
dows advise us that Halloween Is
near at hand so that We can make
preparations. Indeed, the manufac-
tuler has come so literally to our aid
Of late years that we have left very
! little planning to do. Never were
there such charming favors, such cas-
! lily arranged decorations, as greet us
from the shops.
| First, there are any number of nov
ell designs in crepe paper-yellow and
back and witches red and green,
'punkins," black cats, brooms, spooks
and all can be bought by the yard.
These papers make an attractive
frioze, and when tackled around the
room at once give it the right setting.
Then come strips of yellow and black
on which cats, witches, etc., are
cut-outs which can be used for all
manner Of favors. Little pumpkins of
cardboard come in all sizes and can
either be strung on string, used as
place cards or sent as invitations.
It is no longer necessary to drag
home a heavy pumpkin, scoop out the
seeds, cut face and insert lighted
candle. No, the modern pumpkin is
found growing on counter all made
of crinkly tissue paper and fastened
full Of favors instead of seeds. 1t
can still be the smiling centerpiece,
however, and each guest may draw a
tiny favor from within by means OF
the yellow ribbon.
Tiny skeletons will always be IA
vorite novelties; so will the many
frosted ghostly figures which we can
now buy. There are black cats, stuf.
fed. painted and printed which will
"meouw" and grin like Alice's Chesh.
ire cat.
Yellow. the true Halloween color
is also seen in the favors or ice cups
and to which black cats, witches caps,
etc., can be tackled or pasted. The
usual picnic paper plate can be glor1.
fed by pasting on 1t a skull ana
crossbones, or silhouette of black
cat Perhaps not every one knows
that salt, sprinkled on burning alco-
hoI. as in a chatting dish lamp, Gre
a1cs weird, ghostly air to the room
since it turns the light an uneartniy
green that goes we'll with haunts or
ghosts and spirits.
In the way of face masks also there
are novelties, ghostly or witchy faces
bearded dwarfs and other masks, par
ticularly suited. Costumes can be
made of crepe paper or of paper cam
| brio. The very simplest refreshments
| are used at Hallowe' en-apples, pop
com, nuts, doughnuts, simple sand
wiches and coffee. 1t is the one fes-
tival most unlike ordinary celebra-
tions and suppers. 1t should be kept
distinctive and rural. Elaborate
sn1eads have no place at Hallowe en-,
which is best typified by apples ana
cider-pumpkins, corn and all the
fruits of autumn.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
The Song of the Boy

Oh, the joy Of being alive!
To be sound OF body and brain,
With pulses that leap to strive,
And muscles that crave the difficult
feat,
To battle with wind and rain,
To struggle with snow and sleet,
In the tuInbltng surf to meet
That strongest foe of man, the sea.
To feel her tug at the feet,
And buffet the face with heavy
hand;
And measure strength with her BRAIN
less strength,
And in spite of her might, to stand
Or leap or swim at the Wills COM
mand
Obi Life is sweet!
Selected.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Jackey and the Flowers :
\ Composition by Audrey
Rowland

Dear Juniors:
/ have not written for so long that
I thought I would write about one OF
my school compositions.
Jakey was a cripple all his life. His
brother always wheeled him around
In his little cart. He would do every
thing Jakey told him Jakey told him
to water the poor whitening plants
His brother carried two buckets OF
water and then he told Jakey that he
was tired. Jakey was going to try
himself but his mother would not lei
him.
His brother promised to stay awake
that night and talk to him because
Jakey would lay awake every night
and worry about something. But his
lazy brother went to sleep.
Jakey worried about the dying
plants till he could stand 1t no longer
He crept out Of bed and stole down
stears to the well curb. He got a
pitcher and some water.
He watered everything but the
honeysuckles and he prayed to God
to save the poor plants.
In the morning when his brother
awoke he went out to see If the flow
ers were dead and to his great sur
prise he found the flowers all filled
with dew, which was only the water
which Jakey had put on them in the
night.
lie ran up to Jakey and said, "Oh,
Jakey! Someone has watered the
plants and they are all SO pretty. Who
did it, wonder?"
Jakey said, II do not know" But
he did for he did it himself.
Audrey Rowland, Age IL.
Box IL. Agency, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
One Halloween Lille Cot.
trell Will Never Forget

Dear Juniors:
AS have not written to the Junior
for a long time I thought I would
write about one Halloween that
will never forget.
IT was getting quite dark and some
girl friends were at our house. My
two big sisters. the girls and mamma
were sitting on our back porch telling
stories and how to tell fortunes on
Halloween night. Finally mamma
said, Girls, what would you do if you
would see some great tall white
giant coming toward your
The girls all said that they would
fix into him with clubs and fix him
so his mother wouldn't know him.
Sister Goldie said that any spook with
good sense would not try to frlghten
a bunch of girls.
While they talked about what they
would do to any spooks, Mamma went
into the house. The girl friends said
they must be going home for their
mamma told them not to stay late.
NV big sister and l were to go part
way with them.
AS 1t was quite dark they all secur.
ed either club or broom SUCK OF
half brick and started off. But oh!
VIC had only got started good when
from out of l don't know where there
doomed terrible big white monster,
fully ten feet tall and started right
at us, mnmbling something and reach
inc out it's great wings for US. We
threw our clubs and bricks and
SCI canned at the tops Of our voices:
"Help!" Help" Murder" Muir
der," and ran back to our house all
out of breath and white as ghosts.
Mamma wasn't there but we told papa
about the terrible thing we had seen
and he said 81 expect it was your
mother" We all told him that we
knew better than that.
Just then in came mamma with two
sheets and pillow. laughing until
She could hardly talk. She said:
"What a brave set Of girls you are
We all laughed until big tears came
in our eyes and when the girls were
ready to start for their home all OF
our family went part of the way
50 there was no one left to play
spook.
Hynes, Ia.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
ottunwa, Iowa
MATILDA DEVEREAOX
EDITOR
THE CONTESTS.

Dear Juniors,-The Apple" and
Halloween contests seem to be very
pleasing to many Juniors. We have
received some splendid stories on both
subjects. The names of the prize win,
ners will be announced next week. vi
course we will send out the prizes IN
time for Hallowe en-. We will run an
other Apple contest, using las'
weeks ideas for the subject again:
How many kinds of apples do you
know" Well, this question was
found in child's magazine so we de,
ciGed to have an apple contest ana
ind out how many kinds OF apples
tLere are. We want all the Juniors TO
work in this contest The Juniors
working in this contest might Suggest
some way by which the farmers coulo
make money out of their apple crop
lust like the California people make
lncney out of their orange ana grape
..rops. 1t seoms such pity TO see
4. IS years apple crop going to waste.
, remains for the younger generation,
{, Tat means the Juniors, to ma
wat to do with the apples. one
We coed way is for the Juniors to
49, Ell members Of their famllles
10 eat at east one apple day. We
- to have some splendid apple
4 res.
.e writer's can select their prizes
from among the following: A silver
/, grid friendship link with Courier
j q. c. srayed on it; doll. WORK basket
], ~ Of candy, skates, pin WIN
e. cr-ic-, Jr." on it, book or knlle.
80 name of the prize winner IN the
Picture" story contest will also be an
|. y,.rleG next week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
John Doe, No. |O4, Heir to Gould Millions

John Doe, No. 104, abandoned child
aged four, whose parents, It 10 believed
live in Philadelphia, has become an
heir to millions, because Mrs. Finley
]. Shepard, who was Miss Helen Gould
worth perhaps $1o,o0o,O0o from the
fortune left by her famous father, has
adopted him. The shepards have nc
children. John Doe was found on the
hack steps of st. Patrick's cathedral in
New York by policeman about year
ago. He gave his name SO far as ne
could be understood as Austin NC
Leary. He talked of Broad street and
mumbled about ride on train, big
boat" and a railroad in the air" So
It was thought he had been taken from
Philadelphia. However, no trace OF MS
narents was found there. He was
sent to st. Christopher's Home at
Dobbs Ferry, near the home OF the
Shepards, and Mrs. Shepard adopted
him. Now he is Finley ]. Shepard, Jr'
He has found not only father anu
mother, but a fortune and social posi-
ton.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Kyle Davis Papa Dresse.
Like a Hobo One
Halloween

Dear Juniors One night at Hal.
'oween party my papa was dressed
up like hobo. One of my brothers
was dressed up like clown. My
other brother and one of my cousins
were dressed up like old women. The
other people were masked in different
ways.
We played bring back what you Dor
row and bobbing apples and good
many other games. After the games
they passed apples, bananas, oranges,
and candy around. BY this time we
were all getting sleepy as it was very
late, so we told them we had had a
very good time and went home.
Kyle Davis, Age 8.
Hedrick, Ia, R. F. d. No. L
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Cecil Kelley Drove to Town
With Grandpa-Likes
to Go to School

Dear Editor and Juniors:
am little girl years old.
go to school every day.
My teachers name is Elizabeth
Emery. I like her very much.
am in the third grade.
like to go to school.
have three pets. They are a
canary bird and two kittens.
20 to Sunday school.
Grandpa and l drove to town this
morning.
I like to read the letters on the
Junior page.
Cecil Kelley, Age 8.
4. Batavia, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
Put Marcia Matilda looked longingly

But Marcia Matilda looked long1ngly
at the gray automobile.
"You jump in, and We'll stop at the
church and take the whole nest OF
young black-birds home in state"
laughed the police chief.
The next day Mrs. Barker Endicott's
auto stopped in front of the Bibbs cot.
iage,S and Mrs. Barker Endicott herself
got out and went to the door and in
quired for Marcia Matilda. And when
she went away she left a package for
"the girl who so kindly brought little
Gertrude home yesterday"
When the package was opened Mar
tia Matilda found herself possessed
of a new sky-blue dress, that was al
most as fine as her dream dress.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
ALL ABOUT PRIZES.

We send out prizes within TWO
weeks after the names Of the winners
are published.
We do wish the Juniors would &C
knowledge their prizes.
If any Junior has ever failed to re
ceiye q. prize after his or her name ap'
neared in this paper, it is because the
wrong address has been given us
when we saw wrong address we es
pecially refer to Incomplete ad
dresses. All city Juniors should put
their street number and all Juniors
living in the country should put their
hox number or failing to have box
send in their paTents' names.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
The Great and Little Bear
BY Mary Spearman

Dear Juniors AS this is the first
time ever wrote I thought l would
write about the Great and Little Bear.
Callisto was beautiful woman who
the God Jupiter admired The God
dess Juno was angry because Jupiter
was kind to Callisto. She decided to
be revenged.
will take away her beauty so that
no one shall admire her, said Juno.
Night and day she thought and
planned until she found a way to
punish Callisto. One morning as the
fair gentle Callisto was gathering wild
flowers in field she was suddenly
changed into bear. Then she was
driven into forest nearby.
You shall live in this forest forever.
A cave under the rocks shall be
your home, exclaimed Juno. Although
she had the form of bear Callisto
was still woman at heart. She
feared all the animals that she met.
The hunting dogs frightened her and
she would hide in terror from the
hunters.
One day a young man was hunting
in the forest. Callisto recognized him
at once as her son Areas.
She rushed toward her son to en-
brace him but thinking the bear was
going to attack him, Areas lifted his
hunting spear. AS he was about to
strike the bear Jupiter appeared. The
god snatched away the spear just In
time to save Callisto's life.
Jupiter took both Callisto and Areas
and placed them in the sky. Callisto
became the great bear and Areas the
little bear.
Mary Spearman, Age II. :
| 418 Webster ST., Ottumwa, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
ANCESTOR STORIES.

We want the Juniors to wrlte ABOUT
some of their ancestors (Wnich lheans
your parents, grandparents, sreae
grandparents, etc. We VIII ASK .ne
minors to write nice SNORT stories
telling something remarkable or I'M
usual about their ancestors.
We want the Juniors who write IN
this contest to tell us the names OF
their remarkable ancestors.
The writer's can select their prizes
r7om among the following: A DoN OF
ea,dv football, skates, book, friend
ship link, pin or knife.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
THE LIBERTY BELL

We still want more Liberty Bell
Ct tories We hope some of our Juniors
will see it in California and tell us all
about it.
The writers in the Liberty Bell con
rest can select their prizes from
among the following: A football, box
of candy, skates or book.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-10-30
SEVEN RULES FOR the JUNIOR

REVEN RU1E6 FUN JTSG SOTNTON0
/. Use one side Of the paper only
2. Write neatly and leg1bly, using
ink or sharp lead pencil.
3. Always sign your name In full
and state your age.
4. Do not copy stories or poetry
and send Us as your own work.
S. Number your pages.
6. Always state choice OF a prize
on q separate piece of paper, with
name and address In full.
z. Address envelope to The Cour.
Ter Junior.