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Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09

this ii te night u suffrage we're a natural right II it were d natural right,
then women should have it though the heavens Tall But ii there be any enc
thing sJIsd II the long discussion of this subject it is that suffrage is OF a
natural right al is SIMPLY a means otg government and the sole question to
o discussed is whether government by the suffrage of men and women will
be better government han BY tbs suffrage Or mel alone
4to M Judgment sir there enters Il element OF the infeTioTty OF
WonaL, 1t Is not that woman is inferior to NAL. but it is that woman is
dinsrsIt rom nan that III te distribution OF powers OF capacities OF quail
uss III Maker has created IAN adapted TO the performance OF certain flnc.
tons il the scolony OF nature anu societ, and 6onau adapted to the
performance OF other functions
Woman rules todaJ e. the swset and noble influences Of her character
which control the world, and se takes into her hands, feeble and nsIveless
WELD Woman IN STRIFE becomes nard, harsh. ENJOYABLE, repulsiTe as far
whom We couts=s submission, as the heaven is removed ron the earth.
Inc whole science OF government is the science Of protecting life and
L6ertT ara me pursuit Of happiness II the Irvine distribution OF powers
tie cut ia tn5 riztt OF protection rests with tte male II is sc throughout
1atd!s Il is 50 TIh men aid i Tor one III never consent 70 part With
the divine right u Protecting my wife my daughter the women whom love
and the women vh2m respect. exercising M oFthTisht 81 man ana phcs
that high duty il ne weak and leTTeless hanoE OF those designed oy God
10 De protested rather than 10 engage in the stern warfare OF government! In
ny judgment Imz who'll mCTen5n arises Lom a raise conception Or the
duty aud Of the right OF both men and women
The in will never ou5 0hen,t IL Il Vi deHaTCauon betTeSn tins
functions Of the Two sexes will be broken down | believe il to be false phi
Iosophy. believe that II Is al attempt 10 turn backward upon the linz Of
social de- eOpmznt and that il the step ever te taken. We go centuries back
ward on te march towards a higher botieI ai purer civilization, which must
De found not ia the confusion Bat in the higher differentiation of the sexes"
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
Mr. and Mrs. r. ii Beckett

Preaching at the Methodist
church every fourth Sunday al
So at Odin on fourth Sunday
evenings; Rev. D. D. Killam,
pastor
H. G Newton and family and
|, T, Dixon and family spent
Sunday at Oren Newton :.
Roy Russell is treighting for
NJ d Newton & Co.
George Ashworth and wife of
West Virginia are visiting @, Z.
Ashworth and wife at Mansfield.
Misses Grille Newton, Elsie
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09

ONCE upon a time there was a man who married
and bought a home.
1t was a reasonably good house: the roof was
tight: the walls were solid; the design. while making
no effort at beauty, was serviceable.
Not until he had paid for the house and had be
gun to live in it did he discover that, in several ways,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
Mansfield Produce Market
furnished BY Mansfield Produce CO,
Oak Ridge

We are having such beautiful
fall weather now!
Albert Brentlinger's moved
back to their farm on Bryant
Monday.
Floyd Breatlinger and wife
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
ADVERTISING RATES

Display, l0c per inch each insertion.
Front page, double rates.
Locals, Sc pei line per insertion;
average words usually make n line
Card Of thanks, 25c,
Legals st usual legal rates
No advertisement accepted ior les:
than 25c
No liquor advertisements accepted
All advertisements inserted until
ordered discontinued.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09

Preaching services every second
and fourth Sundays
Rev. J. NJ. England, Pastor,
Sunday school every Sunday at
9:45 q. N. W. B. Fullington, Supt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
CUMBERLAND PREsBY.
TERRAIN CHURCH.

Preaching services every fourth
Saturday evening and Sunday.
Rev. Joseph Davis, pastor
Sunday school every Sunday at
9:45 q. m. G. ". Freeman, Supt.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
"Why Pay More"
A Fable, a Table and a Moral in One Chapter

One man could live in his house, the other could
drive his car Yet the house buyer in or story is a
myth, while each year many thousands buy incom-
plete automobile. and then spend money to COM
plete them.
We have just finished reading an article in a re-
cent issue Of the Hardware Age" in which a wellin-
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
Dynamite Magazine

Miners, prospectors and farmers, you
can buy your supply OF dynamite at the
magazine IL West Mansfield, Adj,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
u PUBLIC r
Hon. Elihu Root
On Woman's Sphere

The question or Woman Suffrage is an issue before
the American people Twelve states have adopted it,
four more states vote upon II this fall and II is strongly
urged mat II become 4 platform demand OF the national
political parties II is therefore the privilege and the duty
81 every voter 10 study carefully this subject Hon. Elihu
Root il discussing this question before the constitutional
convention u New York, recently said in part:
l AN opposed to the granting Of suffrage 10 women,
because believe that ii would De a loss to women, to all
yemen and 10 every woman: and because | believe il
would be an injury 10 the state, and to every man and
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
Meats and Groceries

Meat as low as 10c a pound
Other good varieties in proportion
3 cans Hight trade Peas 25c
? cans Hominy l5c
? boxes Matches &c
3 cans Tomatoes &c
pounds Keg Soda sc
3 large pkgs. Layton's Soda 1Oc
: cans Corn l5c
Can Baking Powder 7c
4 bars Toilet Soap lOc
1Obars famous Hawkeye Soap 25c
High-G rade Compound Lard 1Oc
This is not cheap junk
If you want a good cup of Coffee
We have the goods
We have the Old Kentucky and
other high.grade lines of Smok.
ing Tobacco
Good grades Of Cigars
We have a line Of Twist Tobacco
at &c a twist, 3 twists for 1Oc
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
FRISCO LINES.
East Bound.
K, c., o. & S, RY,
BAPTIST CHURCH,

FRED GROVER
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
METHODIST CHURCH.

Preaching services every Cd
Sunday morning and evening.
Rev. j. W. Needham, Pastor,
Sunday school every Sunday at
9;45 am. ]. D. Reynolds, Supt,
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
Wheel Scraper

Iron Wheel scraper for sale. Inquire
at Peanut and Popcorn Rooster. ADV.
Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1915-12-09
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Bible school at 10 a. N. every Sun.
day. J. A. Riley, Superintendent
Bible study and prayer meeting
every Friday evening.
Ladies' Aid Society every Wednes.
day afternoon.
Everybody welcome.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
We Decline.

Several days ago we received
quite a lengthy article from A. III.
Land, secretary of the coal opera
tors legislative committee, ia re
gard 10 the financial condition of
the state. We did not publish the
article and last week we received a
typewritten letter, on plain paper,
with Do letter head, signed e'W. ii
Cunningham" stating that the ar
ticle that was mailed us contained a
table sho wing the revenue and dis
bursements of the state for the en-
suing years and requested that we
make full use of same. Mr.. Gun
ningbam further stated tina, for our
convenience the table had been cleo
trotpyed and mailed to US.
The electro was duly received,
but as the figures do not agree with
those furnished by State Accountant
Dover and Governor Hatfield, two
persons who have taken especial
pains 10 find out the true financial
condition Of the state, we respect
fully decline to print the table so
thoughtfully furnished by 1.-The mill
lionaire coal operators in plate to
save us the expense of having to set
il. We desire our readers to get
nothing but the true facts and we
honestly think the governor and &C.
countant are more liable to give re
liable data than those working to
get out of paying their just share Of
taxes.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Clean Your Glasses.

You who wear spectacles must I'M
derstand that you cannot see to ad-
vanage through greasy lenses. The
common habit is to wipe eyeglasses
or spectacles with a silk handker-
chief carried in the pocket. The fin
ger tips always exude a delicate OIL
This gets on the handkerchief and
from the handkerchief goes on to the
lenses. Presently there IS smear of
grease and people complain OF dim
ness of vision. Drop the handker-
chief; get some very fine tissue
paper cut into small sections. wipe
your glasses with two or three pieces
and throw them away.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
ShOddy.

Shoddy! The word stands for ev-
erything that is meaL and contempt
ible, false. and make-believe. Yet the
product known in the world of bust
ness as shoddy is one of the most use
full inventions of the ninteenth cen
fury, and deserves to rank with
steam and electr' city, anesthetics,
the bicycle and other discoveries that
have made life worth living, i'm
proved our health and heightened
our days.-World' Work.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
QUEER ANCIENT CUSTOMS.
Touching Suicides Hand Was
Thought Cure for Sickness.

In former times II was common
notion that If a sick person, could
only touch the hand of a suicide, he
or she would be cured.
This superstition was especially
common in the west of England; in
Cornwall, touching a suicides hand
was said to have once cured a young
man who had been afflicted with
many tumors from his birth. A
similar superstition regarding the
touch OF executed criminals has been
idely prevalent and has often been
recorded.
Robert Hunt, in his "Romances of
the West o. England" says that he
once saw a young woman led to the
scaffold at Newgate to have a wen
touched by the hand of man who
had just been executed.
AT NORTHAMPTON of old the hang
man is said to have had a regula.
fee for according a similar "privi-
le ge' to the sufferers from like dis
orders. Even the coffin of a suicide
may have curative value.
There is a Devonshire belief to
the effect that, If any one suffering
from disease can manage to throw
white handkerchief on such a coffin
at the time OF its interment, the
disease will vanish as the handker-
chief decays.
Much superstitious value has been
attached to the knots of the ropes
used either by a suicide or in the
execution of a criminal
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

GREAT things have been done in
the name of and for the sake of
farmers. Isn't it strange that the
farmer who few years ago could
not get hearing and was laughed
at as "clod- hopper" is today
"courted" by the politicians? When
politicians want special favors for
their friends, special interests, they
have few farmers meet and en-
dorse the measure. If they want
precedence given to doubtful
measure they get few leaders of
farmers organizations to endorse it.
Isn't 1T time the selfish. be refused
leadership and authority? - Farm
and Ranch.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

power to borrow money to meet
the present deficit. He has no as
surance that the present legisla-
tore, if called in another extra ses-
session, will provide sufficient
revenues or that another legisla-
ture will do so. Continued efforts
to make it appear that the respon-
slbility for lack of revenues rests
with the governor will not be &C.
cepted by the people who have a
clear conception os the failure OF
the legislature to perform its du-
ty.-Wheeling Intelligencer.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Right Handed Men

According to authorities from IS
to SO per cent of the men in civilized
lands are right-handed and have de-
veloped the low right shoulder. This,
however, is no new phenomenon, for
even the ancient Greek sculptors
had noticed it and posed their sub
Jects so as to make them appear
more symmetrical
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Again Contributing.

l.. NJ. Davis is again contributing
to the editorial page of the Fair
mont West Virginian and he i.
writing undisputable facts. The
following is taken from recent
article written by him and printed
in the West Virginian:
"Facing a deficit caused by the
loss of liquor license and the un-
usual expense of maintaining the
militia In the strike region. the state
tax was increased to ten cents, as
there had been no other provisions
made to cover the loss from liquor
license. 1t seems to be only fair
and equitable that the direct tax
be maintained to meet this loss
The people voted for the prohibit
tion amendment, knowing that
these revenues must be made up In
some other manner, and it would
be no great burden upon the individ-
nal taxpayer TO meet this by direct
taxation, but when the Coal, Oil
aud Gas Combine undertakes to
saddle all the expenses of the state
government upon the people by a
direct state tax, which would have
been about 35 cents on the hundred
dollars valuation, or equal to over a
dollar on the increased actual valu
aticns, it Is certainly time TO call
halt.
1t is manifestIy unjust for many
reasons to meet the current expe ses
of the state by direct taxation.
One Of these reasons, and one of
the best ones, is that the valuations
In each county would be discrim.
inatory. There would be fifty-five
standards of value all paying the
same tax rate. The richer and
more populous counties would be
required TO contribute to the ex-
pense Of administering the state
government IN the poorer counties
There are instances that would
seem to justify the levying of a
limited state tax. 1t would be fair
TO have such tax TO help support
the schools and the public institu.
tions of the state, in whose benefits
the people share equally, as a whole,
but II is unfair 70 tax the farmer.
the merchant, the lawyer, the doc
tor and the labOring man to sup
port the state militia, which is
always used TO benefit the coal Oh.
orators and the larger industrial
corporations Of the state.
What does the farmer care wbetb.
er OF not we have a state militia? We
have never yet heard Of farm hands
going on a strike and threatening
20 damage the farmers property,
and neither can we see the Justice
Of taxing the farmer 10 support the
mine inspection bureau, which il
maintained solely for the benefit Of
the coal operators. A long list Of
such instances might be cited, show
ing the injustice Of the direct state
tax"
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Newspapers In The U. s.

In 1910, nearly a century ago,
there were 35S newspaper in the
United States. In 1905 there were
26,422 printing and publishing
houses in the country. These repre-
scented 1886, OOS,6O4 OF invested cap
ital and turned out products valued
at $496,O61, 137. The growth for
the five years since 1900 doubled
the growth OF the ten years previous.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
A Prosperons Town.

Waycross, Ga, with a population
Of 5000, has no poorhouse, nine out
OF ten of the white population own
their homes and SO pei cent of the
children attend school. The saloon
license has annually for the last 16
years been fixed at $4,000.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
New YORK Citv,s Rnnks.

Twenty years ago the fact was
made much Of that New York city
boosted one hundred banks and trust
companies. Today, however, the
greater city has no fewer than 212
institutions OF this character.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Peat as Fuel.

There is a strong organization at
work in this country developing the
use of peat as fuel 1t is now util-
izing many acres of swamp lands
which are being reclaimed for agri-
cultural purposes. The bi-products
OF the industry are very promising.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Grentest Heat md Cold

The greatest heat is never found
on the equator, but some 10 degrees
to the north, while more severe cold
has been registered in Northern ST.
IBERIA than has been found near the
Pole.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

Two-thirds Of all the letters which
pass through the postofices OF the
world are written by and sent to peo-
pie who speak English.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

The Rolling Stones" OF Australia
placed on a fairly smooth surface,
will soon roll together in a group.
They contain a magnetic ore.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Taken in Marriage.

Men Of talent generally FIX upon
ignorant and stupidish women for
their wives; while stupid men almost
Invariably alight upon clever women.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

Taking into consideration the pro
portionate weight, the wing OF
bird is twenty times stronger than
the arm Of q man.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

WHEN the state is being held up
to public scorn to the entire coun.
try es being bankrupt, when it's
schools are closed and it's teachers
are unpaid, when the helpless
wards of the elemosynary institu-
tons are being pictured IN full
page illustrated newspaper articles
as starving, although this is one
of the richest states in the union
IN natural resources, 1T is time
the Democratic memb ers of the
Legislature, who stood like a solid
stonewall against all legitimate rev.
enue measures, with the plea upon
their lips that If 1T was not for the
coal, oil and gas business they
would have no jobs, to pause and
think that they, as representatives
Of the people of the state, share
the biggest part of this shame and
ignominy aud that it Is their fail
ure to meet the sItuation fearless
ly as men sh' uld meet it that has
not only made these condI.
lions possible, but a shameful re-.
alIty.-L. NJ. Davis IN Fairmont
West VIrginian.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

ADVANCE copies of the acts Of
the late legislature have been
printed and distributed. Twenty
five hundred volumes of 623 pages
each, we're printed and bound in
sIxteen days. This sets the high
water mark for the speed in die
patching the work. The quickest
rest lts accomplished 10 this work
IN be past was forty days.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

THOSE Terre Haute officials
and others convicted of cleo
ton frauds in the Indiana city re-
ceived just what they deserved.
The high and the low were treated
alike by Judge , Anderson. The
moral effect of the penitentiary
sentence imposed on those Indiana
corruptionists no doubt will be
nationwide. The judge in COM
mentlng on the part the saloon
played in the schemes that brought
disgrace and imprisonment to 80
many, gave it as his opinion tina,
the people will rise in their Nigh
and smash the saloon-put it out
of business. 1t always has be9r
the care in large cities that the sa
loon element controls the elections
This is one reason the masses de
sire the elimin alton of the saloon.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

The present revenues Of the
state are not sufficient to meet the
demands of state government, and
II seems 10 The Intelligencer that
the governor is right in his asser
ton that be has no constitutional
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21

This letter would be Incomplete
If 1t failed to mention the Sunday
journalistic enterprise started al
Huntington years ago by R. Math-
or Archer and George Mcintosh,
both of whom have since secured
a no uncomfortable niche in the
newspaper field. Their little Sun
day paper was started without
money, patronage or Influence,
but it supplied "Hungry Mike Nc
Intoeh" with many a free lunch
from Joe Hilstern's free lunch coun.
ter, In return for puffs, and gave
Berry Lee Priddie an opportunity
to display his ability az the dra-
matte critic, but like many a good
thing, the newspaper weakling
found an early grave, same as Tom
McDougal's and Clarence Halls ar
my press-printed Lincoln Clipper,
which in early days enlightened
the people of Hamlin, Lincoln
county.-Harry Harper Dawson,
IN Wheeling tntellIgencer.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1915-04-21
Some Newspaper Reminis-
CenCeS.

The recent retirement of that
veteran newspaper writer, Honor
able Presley w. Morris, from the
editorial chair of the Parkersburg
State Journal, brings to memory a
flood of pleasant recollectIons of
manv prominent in the jourpalis.
tic field Of the state, third of a
century ago, and vividly does the
writer recall the days back in the
IOs, when but small boy he used
to accompany his father 10 the seat
of justice where the father held
court, and where rather than lis-
ten To the legal lore as propounded
ny such master legal minds as
Judge j. M. Jackson, john A.
Hutchinson, Walter S. Sands,
George Loomis, G.. J. Stewart and
other intellectual giants of tb at day,
he hurried to the office of the old
Richie Gazette, where the old
Washington press, the quaint type
cases, the emell Of the ink and the
(printer's) devil lured him on.
Thomas Theodore McDougal, now
the able editor of the Ceredo AID
vance, was in charge of the local
page of the Gazette in those days
and Clarence Hall was the princi-
pal typo and motive power on press
day. l remember the front page
of the Gszstte usually contained
serial love story from the pen o.
Mr.. Morris, or Dora Osborne, who
[ believe was a native of Harrison
county. These SERIALS we're copied
from the old Philadelphia Satur.
day Night or Ballou's monthly, IN
which they originally appeared.
still have carefully preserved deep
down in the musty recesees of an
old chest Mr.. Morris "Battle for
the Cedars," love story that would
give the Laura Jean Libby style Of
intense lovela sorry jolt.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-20
no avn PRO

Day Nv day. General pon Hin.
'lenturgs thrust IN Fast Prussia.
Where thc lins.inns were hurried
through hunlred lanes ia the
Maznrinn Bake rpglun, gains sig
nllicanea However Germany 3
brilliant work Ia the Fast has been
discounted. ~ limited extent. ~
lha West. where ihe Allies have
bccu making desprrai" attacks.
hoping 30 make ilcadway while
Emperor William ul,in strength
ha, been ptiei AGAINST Russia
owing % the distance between
ihe lN0 fighting xpucs Germany
q ~ great disaisaniage. mud d
Wlli Gnly Dc matter Of time until
RnssiB o. the Niles, making fhe
most Of opportunity, will win s.
jemoralikiur VirtorY IN the end
The European contest depends ou
dead men and Germany b. greeils
handicapped hy lack of nmu with
which So pay ihc ultimate price IT
ffrlnrF.
Corpus Christi caller and daily herald. [volume] (Corpus Christi, Tex.) 1911-1917, 1915-02-20

Tue eitisrm uf Niahnma aan u-o mt
CESAR, 81 llquor eaph mnnih aD.uri
lnr Ga iAw enacted hS thv loHalD
iure NuN nmount oyer tho gu4r Hi
luWHnco subjects thc giuHfu tu "a flnV
H imprisonment Nahtmn for fhr
SECOND time has enacted e. state. wilde
puhihiton low. Since thrn ths trfis-
hHnrs have urcn tfvnH tn ur.nat'n
ihe laW emo hW prevented n,Wepe
pfre from carrying uQunr advertise
uvuts from cifOulating sn thc state
ihis has mot hovame e. iaW ~ ynt
We fail ~ scr tho loEiy nf HNH
allowance u uqnur By tv he rNolnafd
there lsWt muvh srnsc in al,ins Che
Dsiunsls iu-t ,sllHAh ueoFs ehrh month
90 krsp their apppttua alive. la fact
tt H. DOWNRIGHT c.u,t one sms three
times wgck and perhaps two huHhv
Ones on SUNDAY o. a errAt deprivation
tn "a man accustomed tn ar eNe .euvner
nEuiArlS
Legislators cannot aiWasn ht S..
nsmded upon ls Do the a,nslhlr thing
hnt this latest Alatama siatutr Eors
else limit ia fool ll,tunf laws Ntshiaou
llNanaaal champion