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Meade County news., 1916-05-11
SIX CHORusEs IN MESSIAH
Five Neiehboring Towns Sent Singers
to Pittsburs to Aid in Big Music
Festival.

Where outside of Kansas could be
found town willing to forego the
glory of doing something itself" for
the privilege and greater glory of do.
ing it better with the assistance of
five neighboring villages? Pittsburg
they are ready to do things in the big
ger way, even if the credit has to be
passed around"
The Pittsburg spring music festival
is in point. year or SO ago trolley
connected the six small communities.
Last week the trolley was very busy,
but the towns were welded together
by bigger, though less tangible, in
fluence. 1t was the old idea of the
sacrifice of the individual for the up
building of the many Pittsburg, with
five towns assisting. could stage a
finer music festival than any one
town, SO the six choruse5 met in Pitts
burg's auditorium and sang.
1t was 1.-The Messiah" of course. It
was twice performed by 24O singers.
The chorus would have numbered 800
if Director Walter McCray could have
trained and found room for them.
Whether it will always be The
Messiah" in Kansas-because it is
"The Messiah" in Lindsborg- cannot
be foreseen, but doubtless, in "a few
years, a more red-blooded type of
work will be chosen for Kansas young
people to sing. Meanwhile, the cool
harmonies of Handel and the breadth
and depth of oratorio are helping to
lay musical foundation,
a real folk song spirit can be ex-
pected to develop in this community.
For the population of $4,000 that flows
into Pittsburg from Columbus, Chero-
kee, Frontenac, Girard and Weir is pc
culiarly fitted to develop something
individual Many boys and girls that
sing "The Messiah" at Pittsburg are
only one generation removed from
countries where folklore is a matter
of every day life.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

addition, pays you for the privilege of
working"
But marketing the hay, even at a
high price, is not the most profitable
way to dispose of alfalfa. The best
returns, both in money and in soil i'm
provement, can be secured by feeding
the alfalfa to stock The stock will
bring returns in money and also sup
ply the fertilizer to put back on the
land.
1t seems strange that people should
need to be urged to grow 80 valuable
q crop.
It is true there is a notion that it is
hard to get start with alfalfa. But
this is due largely to not understand.
ing what the plant needs. Sometimes
1t is hard to get a good stand OF
clover.
Glover, like alfalfa, will not grow
in a sour soil, and it also needs its
own kind of bacteria. Alfalfa needs
the same conditions-sweet, fertile
soil and its own kind of bacteria.
Given the right treatment, alfalfa
is just as certain to grow and produce
a good crop as clover is.
If we fail to get a stand the first
time, we should not say 1T won't grow
here" and quit trying. We saould
simply be sure all the conditions are
right, then replant. Sometimes we
have to replant clover; sometimes we
even replant corn and oats, but we
don't quit growing them because of
that.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
BY GRACE MARIAN sM1TH)

(By GRACE MARIAN SMITH)
AS there is now little new land to
which we can go, we must give at.
tention to rebuilding the soils we have
worn out.
We can do this three ways:
BY applying commercial fertilizers.
BY growing legumes.
manure to the land.
A combination of the last two is
profitable and leads to diversified farm
ing, which is essential to permanent
agriculture.
In some sections of the country, es-
pecially where the ground has been
cropped hard good many years, it is
very profitable and sometimes almost
necessary, to apply lime, and also
phosphorus in some form.
The alfalfa crop, which does so
much toward replenishing the soil,
pays a good profit while 1t is doing It..
Do you remember the market price
Of the hay secured from an, acre Of
alfalfa? And the cost of growing it.?
Does 1t pay as we'll as other farm
crops?
Remember that in addition to its
money returns, alfalfa Is paying us
by adding fertility to the soil. A. p.
Grout, an Illinois authority on alfalfa,
says: alfalfa is like man who Of
fers to pay you for letting him work
for you. 1t works day and night,
rainy weather or dry, does more than
any other help you can hire; then, in
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
ANNUAL EXPENSE OF
MAINTAINING A cow
Animal Must Produce at Least
200 Pounds Of Butterfat Year
ly to Pay Her Way.
(By F. W. PECK. Minnesota Experiment
Station)

(By f. w. PECK, Minnesota Experiment
Staton.)
From several years records of milk
production and cost of maintenance il
has been found that a COW must pro.
duce at least 200 pounds of butterfat
or about 5000 pounds of milk annual.
ly If she is to pay her way. This
means 10 pounds of milk daily fol
300 days.
The annual cost of maintaining &
COW is close to $65, If a man values
his labor at Is cents an hour, If a
man wants more than a market price
for feed and this bare wage, he must
put his time on cows giving more
than 200 pounds of fat. The larger
the increase over this amount the
larger his pay will be.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
Ratlona Of Idle Horse.

You can cut down somewhat on the
rations of horse that has very little
work Give him from four to eight
pounds OF ground oats and corn, fed
on chopped hay, In two meals.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
Horse Exports.

American breeders of the so-called
continental horses will probably have
to furnish stock to the French and
Belgians after the war is over. There
are great possibilities in this field.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

ETHIs IS THE AGE OF YOUTH.
You will look ten years younger if you
darken your ugly. grizzly, gray hairs by
using ia Creole" Hair Dressing. ADV
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

XIII the Files Now and Prevent
disease. A DAISY FLY KILLER will do It,
Kills thousands. Lasts all season. All dealers
or six sent express paid for 81. II. SOMERS,
lb0 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N. Y. ADV.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. 1t acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
up the Whole System 50 cents.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

WoMAN's GROWING GLORY
II her hair. II yours is streaked with
ugly, grizzly, gray hairs, use LA Gre
ole" Hair Dressing and change 1t In
the natural way. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Women who wear tight shoes al
ways have narrow soles.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Gray matter is all right in its place
and so is the long green.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
COVETED BY ALL

but possessed by few-a beautiful
head Of hair. II yours is streaked with
gray, or is harsh and stiff, you can re-
store 1t to its former beauty and lus-
ter by using La Creole" Hair Dress
ing. Price $1.00.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

The average man would rather COM
promise than fight.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Courage is thing that enables us to
forget our fears.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
FOR BETTER KANSAS ROADS
State Association Begins Campaign
For the Improvement and Main
tenance of Highways.

The Kansas Good Roads Association
has begun its campaign in earnest to
encourage the Improvement and main
tenance of dirt roads until permanent
construction can be obtained.
The association is stimulating senti-
ment for cross-state and national high
ways. Candidates for the Kansas leg
islature are being urged to take up
the good roads slogan.
The officers of the association are
]. T. Kincaid, of Topeka, president;
]. Frank Smith, of Pleasanton, vice
president; G. j. Hinshaw, of Kansas
City, secretary, and e. Otis Perkins,
of Lawrence, treasurer.
The executive committee is COM
posed of: First District, Charles Sny-
der, Leavenworth; second district, A.
M. Keene, Fort Scott; third district,
P H. Albright, Winfield; fourth dis
trict, o. NJ. White, Emporia; fifth
district, A. @. Miller, Belleville; sixth
district, W. F. Hughes, Plainville; sew
enth district, L. j. Pettijohn, Dodge
City; eighth district, G. H. Hunter,
Wellington.
De Boissiere Home Burns-The ia.
nous old house on the De Boissiere
estate, in the southwestern Part of
Franklin county, was totally de-
stroyed by fire the other day. 1t con-
tanned sixty rooms and was the cen
ter of silk industry colony estab-
hshed by Ernest Valentine De Bois-
/ siere, wealthy Frenchman of fam
lily of nobility, in 1868. Later he pro-
vided for an orphans home for the
Odd Fellows of Kansas, deciding the
house and tract of nearly $500 acres
Of land Both the silk industry and
the orphans home plan were discon-
tinued and the estate now belongs to
D. NJ. Hudson.
X X X
Pioneer Freighter Dead-John NJ.
Moore, a retired farmer, 81 years old,
who had lived in the central part OF
the state since 1862, is dead at his
farm home ten miles south of Salina.
He served in the Mexican war, driv-
ing a team most of the time. He
also was freighter over the plains
! in pioneer days.
Preached to One Man-Although
there was only one man in his audi
ence. the Rev. H. A. OFT of Topeka
Lutheran missionary superintendent
of Kansas. preached sermon in an
Effingham church recently Bad
weather kept away all but one par.
ishioner.
Honor for Ada Dykes.-Ada Dykes
of Lebanon has been unanimously
elected college day speaker at the
University of Kansas. She is the first
woman to receive such an honor from
X U. students. Miss Dykes is active
in X. U. dramatics and spoke at the
Kansas Day Banquet in Topeka last
January. She is member of the p
Beta Phi Sorority.
X X X
Green Bug Pest.-The green bug
pest is general over all grain fields
in Sumner and Harper counties ii
Kansas and if cool weather should pre-
vail the next two weeks the injury
will be great, especially to oats, no
only in Southern Kansas, but proba
bly, over the greater part of the state
4
Professor Reslgns-Howard T. Hill
for three years assistant professor II
the department of public speaking a
Kansas university. has presented hi
resignation. He will resume his Law
! studies at Chicago university.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
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Most of the worlds heroes dwell be-
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The Soap to cleanse and purify, the
Ointment to soothe and heal.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura. Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Give a'small boy pin and soop
both will be on mischief bent.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11
EarIY.PIowed Acre,

The early-plowed acre gets the jumr
for next years high-produetlcn goal.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Triplets to Kansas coupIe.-Mr and
Mrs. S. N. Miller of near Haven, Reno
county, have triplets, born recently.
Two boys and one girl make up the
trio. They weighed about eight
pounds each at birth.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

The smile of fortune is better than
her laugh.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

FITS, EPILFPSY, FALLING SICKNESS
stopped 0IickIy. Fifty years of uninterrupted
lasting results. LARdE TRIAL BoTTLE FREE. DR.
KLINE COMPANY, Red Bank, N. J.-Ady.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

You can't always Judge a mans
worth by the size of his pay envelope.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Pioneer Freighter Dead-John NJ.
Moore, a retired farmer, 81 years old,
who had lived in the central part OF
the state since 1862, is dead at his
farm home ten miles south of Salina.
He served in the Mexican war, driv-
ing a team most of the time He
also was freighter over the plains
in pioneer days.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Successful Tractor Show-ThrCe
thousand farmers attended big trac.
tor show at Great Bend recently.
Farmers came fifty miles to see seven.
teen tractors in a plowing demonstra.
tion. They plowed fifty acres in one
hour, big show for those attending.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Hutchinson Grew 1,032-Hutchinso
has a population of 21,O27, according
to the figures made public by George
M. Lee, county clerk of Reno county.
This is gain Of 1882 over the CEN
sus of last year.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Girl Dies Suddenly-Lucy C. Rich.
ards of Minneapolis, Kas., sopho.
more at the University of Kansas, died
suddenly at o'clock the other after.
noon as she was leaving Robinson
gymnasium preparatory to talking ex.
Grcise.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Preached to One Man-Although
there was only one man in his audi
ence, the Rev. H. A. OFT of Topeka,
Lutheran missionary superintendent
of Kansas, preached sermon in an
Effingham church recently. Bad
weather kept away all but one par
ishioner.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Train Kills Small Boy--A Frisco
northbornd passenger train struck and
killed S-year-old boy four miles north
of Columbus recently. The child was
the son Of Jim Morris, a laborer in
the powder works at Turck. and was.
playing on the track.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Spider Bite Brings Death-A spider
bite caused the death at Independ-
ence of Mrs Andrew Jackson, rs
years old. She was stung on the
cheek. Her face Immediately swelled
and chills followed.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Muscotah Scorchsd-Three build.
jnGs were destroyed in $4,000 fire
at Muscotah the other night Several
other buildings were damaged. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Rushing Feeders to kanasas.-Be-
cause of the unrest of the railway EN-
ployes the Santa Fe has been notify
ing stock shippers that if they want
to get their stock to market or to the
pastures they should ship at once. The
heaviest cattle shipments in the his
tory of the road have been made the
last ten days. The most of the stock
is going to the Flint Hills for grazing.
Meade County news., 1916-05-11

Found Body at Pratt-The body
of man was found at the Rock ISL
and stock yards at Pratt recently. He
weighed 100 pounds, was about 25
years old, 8 feet inches tall and had
brown curly hair A scrap of paper
with the name Lee Camedy, Guymon,
Ok, was found OF the body.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
RACE NEWS
GATHERED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES,

District of Columbia shall h, ap
pointed by the Commissioners of
the District of Columbia: Pro-
vided, That no one shall be ap-
pointed TO the position of Record
er of Deeds unle-s he be a citizen
of the United States, and un-
less he has been a resident
Of the District of Columbia for
three years next before his
appointment and the Commission
ers OF the District of Columbia
shall have power to remove the Re.
corder of Deeds at pleasure.
1t is believed that this bill is in
troduced simply to relieve the
President from the responsibility
of filling the Office, which has been
vacant since Henry Liucoln John
sons removal, aud to absolutely
prevent the possibility of colored
mau being named.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
WEST INDIANS HONOR NOTION.

Major r. r. Motion, principal-elect
of Tuskegee Institute, and Mrs Mo-
tionj have returned from short visit
to the West Indies, bringing with
them many pleasant recollections of
their brief stay in Jamaica. They
reached New York Thursday of last
week on the steamer Santa Marta
after an uneyentful but enjoyable
voyage.
Tuskegee's new head seems to have
been greatly benefited by the trip,
having entirely recovered from the
grippe; and although he and Mrs.
Motion were the objects of much. So
cial attention at Kingston and Port
Antonio, being constantly on the go,
the ten days on the water tfive days
going and five days returning) proved
most effective early spring tonic.
Major Motion has nothing but pro-
fuse praise for, West Indian hospi-
tality, the spirit of good fellowship
that exists and of the island in gem
eral. Although he has visited many
parts of the world, including Naples
In Italy, he thinks Jamaica the most
beautiful Of all. Major Motion says
the many courtesies shown him and
Mrs. Motion during their three-days
stay in Jamaica will not soon be for
gotten.
Last Saturday Major Motion left on
a speaking tour in the interest of the
Booker T. Washington Memorial
Fund He will be in northern New
York the greater part of the week.
New York Age.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

Canon City. March 1s.-E
Frankenberry, widely known quar-
rvman here, today purchased for
s25 .0CO cashAfrom w. Fl. Boyer,
(colored) a mining claim at Wells
vile, this county. The claim was
located for manganese and 'h"s
been worked for about six months.
Recently tungsten ore was uncov-
cred which ran 10 tos15 per cent
The tungston vein has been opened
up for a considerable distance and
now discloses large body of that
mineral. Franhenberry, will l.ave
for Pittsburg and New York on
Monday to arrange for the sale nj
the tuue sten ore which he will take
ont as rapidly as possible. Wells
Vile is on the main line of the
Denver o. Rio Gran1e railroad
forty two mil, s west of this city.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
cHIsUM CONVICTED OF GRIM.
iNAL LIBEL.

Guthrie, Okla in Judge Chappell's
court, after trial lasting ten days,
a jury brought in a verdict finding
Melvin j. Chisum guilty of criminal
libel, leaving to Judge Chapel the
assessing of a penalty. The penalty
can be $1,000 fine or one year in jail
or both, at the discretion of the judge
The case was brought by former
President Inman e. Page of Langs-
ton University, and was based on al
legged libelous statements made by
Chisum in his paper published in Ok
lahoma City.
VIM. Graham had already been con-
victed of blackmail, the charge grow
ing out of the same case. 1t was
charged that Graham approached
President Page and suggested that a
payment of $400 be made to prevent
the publication of the libelous article.
President Page refused to make the
payment and the article was pub
lished
When the article appeared in print,
President Page rendered his resigna-
ton to Governor Williams and imme-
diately began the prosecution of the
men responsible. His action was
based on a desire for vindication, and
it is considered that the prompt and
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

unanimous action of the jury is full
and satisfactory vindication. 1t was
thought probable that with the YER
dict in his favor that President Page
would be reinstated at the head of
Langston University in place of l. B.
McCutcheon, who succeeded him.
But at the March meeting of the
State Board of Education, J. NJ. Mar
guess, who has been principal of the
colored high school at Kansas City,
Kan, for the past eight years, was
elected to the position. President
elect Marques is a graduate of Fisk
University and Dartmouth College
and his home is at Helena, Ark. His
was the only name considered, al
though there was some sentiment IL
/ favor of local man. But the board
thought it best to get an outside mar
and the majority of the best coloret
citizens approve their action.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
ATLANTA INSURANCE co.
WRITES SIG 500 INSUR-
ANCE IN ONE MONTH

General Satisfaction was report
ed from the Standard Life Insur.
ance Company's office in Atlanta
this wet k over the excellent show
ing made by the company for the
mouth of February. Ii developed
that their agency wrote $l16,5OC
wcrth of insurance policies for the
month just past. While this is
not record breaker, as there have
been months that larger volume
of business has been reported, il
was encouraging from the fact
that February is the shortest
month of the year and considered
by many as one Of the hardest
months. In addition to this fifty
thousand dollars worth of busi-
ness was done for the month.
More Joy was brought when it was
announced that the state of Miss
issippi had granted the Standard
Life Insurance Company license 10
do bu ,iness in the state and that
C 'mplete arr rr,ngements had been
made to prosecute this work and
to throw an agency force iii t. e
state. Notwithstanding President
Perry has been ill for three weeks
and has just reported to the Office
it COMES that no delay has keen
occasioned whatsoever. Nashville
Glrbe.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
Y. N. C. A. NOTES.

The new Life Problem class,
which has been recently organized,
started off well at the first meeting
last Saturday evening OF the twen-
ty men registered for the course, six
teen were present. Other names have
been added since that time. and 1t is
likely that within two or three weeks
at least thirty members will be en-
rolled. Mr.. ]. S. Temple, assistant
state treasurer, is the leader. The
class will meet every Saturday even
ing at o'clock. One does not need
to be a member of the Association
to join the class
The Boy and Mothers Social which
was held last Saturday night was a
very enjoyable affair. Fully thirty
five boys brought their mothers. A
very pleasant feature of the occasion
was brief sketch entitled "A Sad
Discovery" which was rendered by
five boys and two young women. The
sketch was written by Prof. W. Henry
Thomas, the New York playwright,
who is stopping for a short while
in Denver. He drilled the young peo-
pie and prompted them in the play.
The joint public meeting of the Y.
M. c. A. and Y. w. C. A. at Short
er's last Sunday afternoon was a
great success. Nearly three hundred
persons attended the meeting. Dean
E. C. Peck, pastor of the City Tenn
pie Institutional Society and leader
of the Hughes Training School for
Girls, was the speaker. The audi
ence was greatly pleased with the ad-
dress, which was we'll received.
The mems and boys meeting will
be held at the building next Sunday
afternoon. The boys meeting will be
held at 2:30 o'clock. The mems
meeting will be held at 4, and Rev.
Dr. F. w. Henry. pastor of the West
Fortyrthird Avenue Christian Church
will be the speaker. All men will be
welcome.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

Selma, Ala. The white peo-
pie in the extreme South are be-
coming alarmed over the steady
moving of race families who have
left during the past few months
and the stream is continuing. Ev-
cry effort is being made. to have
them stay, but the discrimination
aud the race prejudice continues
as strong as ever. Not many years
ago there was a dearth OF labor in
th part of the county and the
steerage passengers from Europe
were sought, They cannot do the
work of the race men, as they dc
not understand local editorials in
local white papers are pleading
with the business men 10 hold the
race men if possible.
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25

The Peoples Journal, of Glas-
gov, Scotland, published an inter-
view with Jack johnson, in which
the pugilist is made to say:-"My
fight with Willard was financial
proposition. But the story go-s
back some little way. You can
hardly be expected to realize how
| was prosecuted after becoming
champion Yes, [ suffered some
at the hands dandy people IN
America because they could not
find white mau to beat me.
"Well, they promised me that if L
would consent to be defeated by
Willard | would no lon.e be MO.
l,sred aud would enjoy the freedom
auv other man would. | would be
allow, d to see my old mother, who
couldn't travel to see me. would
have my motor cars and other
property restored to me. 1t sound
d very alta tive, but they played
the double CROSS oil me-"
The Colorado statesman., 1916-03-25
DENVER COLORADO SATURDAY. MARCH IS, 1916

resource and asset capitalized for
defense and victory.
Certainly the Negro is a strong
and reliable asset. None will this
deny.
If such he is considered in the
shadows of conflict and distress,
why rot considered SO in the sun
shine of peace and prosperity.
If he shares with others the bur
deus of defense
IL not equal privilege his reason,
able recompense?