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Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-03-16

the spirit of the same. For
years the Progressive Republi.
can League has done this very
thing by lining up States" put
ting them out in pamphlet form
and begging the voters to carry
same with them to the polling
place. The republican state.ce
trail committee this year is doing
the same thing. They have
scattered broadcast over the
state little cards bearing the list
of their chosen candidates and
which are headed Take this
card to the booth with you and
vote for these men," The Non
Partisan League, said by its Or
ganizers to be the greatest thing
known in history tending to right
all evils, is advertising generally
a plan even ranker than the old
convention system for various
reasons. First, the system is
not protected from fraud by any
legal enactments. Second, the
representation is not general.
Third, the state convention is to
be comprised of ONE delegate
from each county, whether that
county has one thousand or one
hundred thousand votes. And,
with say fifty-five members of the
state convention it is far more
probable that the self-constituted
leaders will be able to put
through any program which they
may have outlined. Take En-
mons county for instance. A
delegate from Emmons county
! will take part in their state con
vention. Such delegate will
have been chosen by precinct
representatives from only few
) of the north tier of precincts
Three-fourths of the entire coun
ty have not been even approached
on the subject. Nevertheless
the delegate from Emmons coun
: ty will be supposed to represen
: the will of the entire vote, a
least so far as the farmers are
+ concerned, of the entire county
This article is not written tt
cast reflections upon either thu
!. Progressive Republican League
2 the Republican State Contra
: Committee or the Non-Partisal
League. 1t is meant to demon
strate that the present primar.
E system isn't working right AM
. that it won't work right.
L The voters of Emmons count
d and of the state owe it to then
y selves to take an interest in thi
S matter and to instruct their reI
o resentatives, whoever they ma
e be, in the next legislature t
S make the necessary changes an
II improvements in the primar
q law.
If the convention system fc
IS picking state candidates is not t
l. be countenanced there is onl
d one excuse and then it must +
= admitted as impossible to ele.
= honest delegates. If such
D charge were true then the legi
t. lature should be abolished for tt
4 same principle is invoked
y choosing legislators.
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-03-16
COUNTY SCHOOL Notes.
Notes From the County Superlntend-
ent Of Schools.

The bids for the erection Of twol
new school houses in Winona
school district, that were to have
been received March 18th, will be
received and acted upon Wednes-
day, March ed. The plans and
specifications remain the same
except that two more windows
are added by order of state in
spector of plans, Supt. E, ]. Tay-
lor, there not being sufficient
lighting area to meet legal re-
quirements.
Eighth grade examinations will
be held March Both and 31st
in all the village schools of our
county, and in enough Of the ru-
raj schools to make it as con-
venient as possible for the rural
scholars.
We are in receipt of a number
of applications. from teachers
wanting positions in our schools
another year. We believe it is
not too early for school boards
and teachers to have an under
standing as to next years plans.
About fifty certificates for per-
feet attendance have been issued
from this Office in the last week.
This fact should be very graft
flying to the teachers and parents
of our county as we'll as this Of
flee. Perfect attendance spells
good schools and excellent work.
The following received certif,
icates for three months perfect
attendance: Mariuts Nieuwsma,
Anna Nieuwsma, Juna Carlson
Herbert Urevig, Florence Beal
Grace Olson, Ida Vikse, Eva
, Putnam, Nina Putnam, Adam
Brickle, Rosa Brickle, Borghild
Ellingson, Ralph Clarke, Meta
Illchen, Miles Stanton, Genevieve
Nc rory, Franklin Bertheau, Eu
nice Haegard, Philipena Mitzel
,, Edna Green, Howard Carley, Al
exander Hager, George Horner
Hazel Dilly, Clara Bechtle, Eu
nice Rotzein, Amalia Bietal
!, spuck, Stanley Colby, Elsie Mo
!, ger, Verl Weaver, Elmer Arens
Hazel Baker. Veronica Bichler
:, John Lipp. Helen Meier, Mar,
!, Fischer, Philipena Bachmeier
Rosina Cernes, Maria Bichler
Lawrence Larson, Carl Nau
: mann, Harold Larson, Clarenc
: Larson, Ethyl Webert, Mabe
Hoskins, Clarence Fransen, IL
ella Shepherd, Elsie Besele1
=. Mabel Fransen, Selmer, Franser
. Pearl Sorem, Cora Shepherd
Charley Shepherd, Frank Schl
macher, Clifford Coon.
Certificates for nine month:
!. perfect attendance were issued t
u Hazel poLo,. ,rd u,,oI-l r ,,.,o,
Emmons County record. [volume] (Williamsport, D.T. [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-current, 1916-03-16

Certificates for nine months
perfect attendance were issued to
Hazel Baker and Harold Larson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
TALKS ON THRIFT
Some Effects on the Thrift Habit

Thrift is the foundation of good con- duct, and every man and woman who has what we term good character, has it and keeps it by virtue of the habit of thrift in some form. It need not be the thrift of money, but thrift of time, opportunity, health, the broad thrift-the 'wise use of what one has," lies at the root of every life that can be called success.
 The employe who learns to manage his personal affairs so that he saves money, will use his employers time and material little things will be careful about the larger ones. If he keeps careful record Of what he spends, he will be careful in investing his money. Big traits of char acter manifest themselves in little acts
 As the man of thrift saves his money, and sees his bank account grow, he be- comes interested in the proposition of owning a home; for evry normal man aspires to own his own fireside Homes bring contentment, and contentment bet ter workmen, whose minds are on their tasks. And when he owns his home, he becomes interested in his town, the tax rate, the public improvements, the paw ing, lighting and sewer problems of the community. As a rent payer, he has no interest in these things. Once he be- comes interested in these things he be- comes a better citizen-a real asset to his town. The man who has a bank ac- count is able to stay with concern over a dull period and live on reduced wages if need be, while the one without must seek other employment and often take what he can get According to statistics, 98 per cent of the wage earners spend every cent of their earnings and appre- dency is, some employers are now form ing savings clubs of various sorts to make it easy as well as profitable for their men to save money.
 If, as an employer, you were in need of a man and had two applicants, one of whom was down and out" and had noth- ing saved, and the other could show you a savings bank book with a weekly or monthly deposit, however small, you would without hesitation, select the saver, because you know he has the fac ulty of self-control. The bank account is evidence that he can live within his means. He can deny himself. He can save.
 Go into a bank and ask for loan. Show that you borrowed money before and paid it as you agreed, it may be but a dollar week, and you get the ac- commodation. Go into a department store and ask for credit. Show the credit man that you bought bill of goods, piano, a Victrola, a house on installments, and kept your payments promptly and up to the minute and you are immediately rated a safe credit risk.
 You never will appreciate how much this thrift habit will do for you unti you try it out You may be careless irresponsible. indifferent, wasteful; but ii you get the thrift idea and practice ii consistently, it will give you thrif, character which is an asset to any mar in any station in life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

Christmas exercises at the church at o'clock. followed by the Sunday school Christmas tree.
 First Methodist-"The Significance of Christmas" topic for morning sermon, the Rev. Bennett T. Waites, pastor. White Christmas exercises at 3 o'clock. No eve ming sermon
 First Christian-The Rev. Thomas N. Lennox, pastor; Sunday morning sermon subject, ''No Room in the Inn" A White Christmas exercise at O. clock.
 First Baptist-"C Christmas Cheers" sub feet of morning sermon by the Rev. A. K. Wright, pastor. White Christmas ex- ercises at ' o'clock.
 Ensley Highlands Methodist-The Rev. W. P. McGlawn, pastor; morning ser mon, '"rhe Prophecy of Christ Fulfilled" i" White Christmas exercises at 7:30 o'clock.
 Ensley Highlands Presbyterian-"The Christ Child in the Heart" subject for morning sermon by the Rev. L.. E. Bru- baker, pastor. White Christmas exercises at 7:30 o'clock.
 Shadyside Methodist-The Rev. O. R. Burns, pastor; morning sermon by the Rev. S. N. Burns of Hargrove, father of the pastor. The Christmas pageant, Bethlehem" by the members of the Church Helpers class at 7:30 o'clock, p. m.
 St. Johns Episcopal-Morning prayer and sermon will be held at the parrish house at Il o'clock. MT. Frank Person will occupy the pulpit during the ab- sence of the pastor. the Rev. J. W. Fulford.
 Hunter Street Baptist-L. M. Bradley, pastor: morning sermon topic, "A Christ mas Message" White Christmas exercises at 5:3O o'clock.
 Fairview Methodist-The Rev. A. H. Nabors pastor morning sermon, "F'ol- le4,, cises at o'clock.
 Fairview Presbyterian-The Rev. J. c. Mcqueen, pastor; evening sermon, The Great Gift" No morning service.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
ANNIsTON

Anniston, December 23-(SpeciaI.) There has been a general exodus of col lege students from Anniston following the closing of the Alabama Presbyterian college, the Noble institute for young ladies, the Calhoun County High school and the public schools.
 A large number of students from the Jacksonville Normal school and from the Frances F. Willard school at Piedmont were also in Anniston on shopping tours Thursday and Friday.
 The Barber Memorial, the industrial school for negro girls, closed down on Thursday and will not be opened until after the holidays.
 When the members of the Central La Dor union voted to help the poor on Christmas, they decided to go about it in a systematic manner and make thor ough union job of it. So they appoint ed committee to ascertain just how many deserving families there were ,n actual need and then they raised a fund to insure giving to such needy families
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
DARCY ARRIVES IN NEW YORK; READY TO
 BE SIGNED FOR BOUT

New York. December 23.-Les DArcy. the Australian middle weight, arrived here today after an adventurous two- months voyage from the Antipodes, and will be signed to meet Georges Carpen- tier, the French heavyweight, Jack Dillon, or Billy Miske, within the next 24 hours
 Darcy. who is accompanied by G. J. O'Sullivan, as manager and trainer re- ported that he was ready to box any opponent He stated that he had kept in moderately good condition by working aboard ship.
 The Australian middleweight left New castle, Australia. as a stowaway late in October without saying any farewells, and his disappearance caused much wonder ment in Australian sporting circles. He travelled under the name of Dawson.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
TWELVE MILLIONS
 CHANGED IN DEAL

Tulsa, Okla. December 23.-Twelve million dollars changed hands in two oil land deals recorded here today. The II F. Sinclair interests bought the holdings of the Tidal oil company in the Hominy district of the Oklahoma fields for s6,0O0,0OO and the same amount was paid by the Oklahoma Producing and Refining company and the Crystal oil company, the latter q subsidiary of the Sinclair Oil corpora ton, for leases in the Hominy dis trict held jointly by Dr. H. C. Kennedy and w. x. Springer.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
TUSCALOOSA

Tuscaloosa, December S.-(Special) Orders of the car shortage committee Of the railroads sitting at Washington, un- der which railroads north of the Ohio and Potomac rivers must return to railroads south of the river more cars than they receive from them, went into effect yes- terday, and, along with the increase in the per diem rental rate for the use of a car from one railroad to another, which also became effective yesterday, and the recently effective heavy increases in de- murrage rates, are expected to improve materially the car shortage situation.
 q am tired of so much talking about the wharf and I want to see some ac- tion," said Hon. John Mcqueen, chair man of the wharf committee of the Board of Trade this morning. MT. Mcqueen said that it was his understanding; in fact, the city engineer was asked in his presence, to make a rough estimate of the cost of a municipal wharf by the city commits sion, and this Is to be reported at the meeting on Tuesday. MT. Mcqueen was very hopeful of some action being taken at the meeting next Tuesday, so that Tuscaloosa can utilize the Warrior river. He said that it had been his idea to start on a small scale and work up to larger wharf as it was needed by the city of Tuscaloosa, but that if the city commits sion thought it best to build the entire plant at once he was in favor of that, as he believed that the city of Tuscaloosa should build and maintain it's own wharf on it's own frontage. MT. w. H. Nicol, the city engineer, will very probably have the estimate as requested on next Tues day and the Tuscaloosa city commission will go on record either as for or against the municipal wharf
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
W. RUSSELL FOUND
 GUILTY OF MURDER
North Alabama Farmer Is Given Twenty-Five Years
 for Murder of Wife

Decatur. December 23.-tSpecial) At 10:so tonight jury in the law and equity court returned verdict of mur- der in the second degree, carrying septence of 25 years In the state peni- tentiary. against William Russell, young farmer of the eastern part of the county. Russell killed his wife on Thanksgiving day as she was cook ing dinner. He fired one shot in the back of her head. then raising up her body fired five shots into her mouth with a 3s-calfbre revolver. The plea of insanity was set up by the defend ant but was not substantiated in the opinion of the jury.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
In the Tolls of the Law
, the Christian Herald.

From the Christian Herald.
 T have almost starved to learn' said the struggling student, the first day he hung out his shingle.
 And now you must almost learn to starve," replied the old attorney, who re- membered the echoing emptiness of his earliest office. From Puck
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

a basket of provisions that would be really worth while.
 These baskets will be distributed from Molders' hall, zoo West Fifteenth street
 They will be placed on display Monday and the public Is cordially invited to in
 spect them.
 The men of the Central Labor union
 raised enough money to purchase % sacks of flour weighing 24 pounds each, which will be given with the baskets contain
 Ing fruits. nuts, candies and groceries that will make many a poor family happy on Christmas. The value of the baskets to be distributed ranges from sl.5o to s3.15. according to the size of the fami- lies to which they will be given.
 Members of the Womans club have ar
 ranged to relieve the monotony O. the
 prison diet for those confined in the city and county jails, 50 In all. Mrs. N. E. Ory, chairman of the committee that has
 been engaged in preparing packages for
 the prisoners, believes there will be enough to go around; however. dona-
 tions of fruits, candies, cakes, etc, are still coming in.
 A handsome cedar tree Of symmetrical
 proportions has been brought in from
 the woods by the Boy Scouts and placed in front of the postoffice. It was wired
 today and lighted Saturday night. The scouts have been busy with their preparations to make the community Christmas tree a great success and have | found it comparatively easy to raise suf ] icient money to insure every poor child
 in the city being remembered. 1 Forty of the best voices in the city will lead in the singing of carols on the 1 night of the entertainment and every l thing indicates that if the weather is | favorable the city's Christmas entertain ment will be a success.
 1 Mrs Miller Sproul entertained yester- ] day evening at bridge in honor of Mrs. i Alma Quinn, who has just returned from her wedding trip. and is at home with 1 Mir. and Mrs. Ebert D. Willett. sharing 1 in the honor with Mrs. Quinn were Mrs.
 Richard H. Stickney, Jr., of Murphrees-
 bcro, Tenn. where Mrs. Quinn also for
 merly resided.
 1 An interesting discussion of the Ala ! bama day was the topic of the Wednes-
 day Study club this week. with Misses | Alice Weatherly and Hannah Reynolds | as leaders. Miss Ethel Houser gave a 1 short talk on the history of Alabama Miss Sadie Dean on the educational needs of Alabama, Miss F1oryne Smyth sang 1 Alabama" Miss Eliza beth Roberts dis I cussed the development of the resources <! of the state Miss Alice Pettus told of 1 the educational institutions of the state.
 Coffee and fruit cake were served after wards
 1 MT. and Mrs. A. l.. Scarbrough will | entertain at house party of relatives l for the holidays. Mir. and Mrs. Otiz Jones, with their attractive daughter and sons. Harriet and Fleming and Sid 1 ney, arrive tomorrow from their home l in Newman. and MT. and Mrs. l.. P
 Jones and their daughter, Anne, will come 1 early next week.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
ENSLEY PASTOR IS
 GIVEN AUTOMOBILE
Members of Congregation Surprise Popular Pastor
 With New Car

The Rev. Bennett T. Waites, pastor of the First Methodist church, will pay his Christmas calls in ''hivver.' The car, a hve-passenger, was presented to pr. Waites and his family as a Christmas present by the members of his congrega- ton and other friends in Ensley.
 Words are inadequate to tell my con- gregation and friends how much ap- preciate the gift" said Dr. Waites last night to J. H. Perkins, J. c. Barrett and T. L. Barrett, the committee in charge of the subscriptions which were taken to buy tine automobile and of the presen- tation.
 Mount Pleasant lodge No. "A, Knights of Pythias, Wylam, elected it's officers for the ensuing year at meeting in Wylam last Monday night. The newly elected officers follow:
 G. M. Pharr, chancellor commander; J. Fournier, vice chancellor; D. Sheldon, prelate; w. Butler master of work; M. M. Pitts, master at arms; H. H. Scheuss- Ter, inner guard B. L. Allwel, outer guard; F. Fournier, master of finance; IT. McConner. master of exchequer; J. E. Nolan, keeper of records and seal.
 The above officers will be installed on January 1 at an open meeting.
 John Street, negro, was arrested yes terday by Officer Tyler on a charge of carrying concealed weapon He will be given a hearing before Judge J. T. Lowery Tuesday morning. Several other minor arrests were made by the Ensley police department yesterday.
 Charles P. Robertson of Echols & An Ewin left Ensley last night for Demopolis, where he will spend the Christmas holi- days visiting friends and relatives.
 The streets of Ensley were crowded with Christmas shoppers all day yester- day and last night, and many thousands of dollars were spent with the local mer- chants. Friday was payday with the em- ployes of the Tennessee Coal. Iron and Railroad company, and many thousands of dollars were paid to both laborers and skilled mechanics, which made it one of the busiest days of the year with the Ensley merchants. Both of the Ensley banks had big business yesterday. The savings departments were open until s o'clock last night, and many deposits were made.
 About 20o0 Ensley people will be with cut their Christmas "consignments," the express company having been unable to care for the unusual stream of business to this extent.
 ! Prof G. K wampler, principal of the Bush High school at Ensley, left yes terday to spend the holidays with his parents in Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

An adventurous career has come to a more than usually adventurous end in the case of China Jim, who died recently, after for many years conducting store on Pike's Peak. China Jim's body, on route to the land of his fathers spirits, was lost in the wreck of the Chiyo Maru and all efforts to recover it have besn vain
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

Companies and corporations doing bus- ness in Turkey are compelled by new law to use the Turkish language. For egn corporations must use Turkish in their correspondence with the govern ment.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

lar; that you are doing it to serve your self at home and make yourself strong, whereas if you stood right square out in the beginning for the whole proposition you would be in the long run stronger"
 URGES HONEST DEALING
 Respecting the prohibitionists' manner In confscating property, the Mississippi senator said:
 T think another thing about this sort of legislation-and while I am about It am going to get it all off my mind-I think that Abraham Lincoln was right when he said we ought not only to con- suit the District of Columbia about their willingness to abolish slavery, but that we ought to indemnify the shareholders for the property loss. And I think our English cousins are right. When they make laws of this sort they calculate the loss of property to the man affected by them and pay him a reasonable price for it. That is honest, too. Why, I knew the state of Mississippi once to do this, sen- ators, just to show you how far this sort of legislation can go: Long years ago she passed law to provide for lottery, and a man paid $5OOO0 into the state treasury to have the privilege of that lottery. Then the next legislature that met abolished the lottery law, and Mis- sissippi kept his $50,000.
 SIMILAR PRACTICE
 T knew Mississippi to do this once: To pass pint liquor law, and after five men in my own town had paid their an- nual license for one year in advance, to repeal that law without returning the license money and indict each one of those five men for selling under it. They got out because they plead that they did rot know the legislature had repealed the law, and the judge was easy upon them but they had paid their licenses for a property privilege year in advance and the minimum one of them had gotten of the enjoyment of the license was I believe, two weeks out of it, and the maximum about two months. That sort of thing is not honest, T do not care how highly moral it geographically moral, quantitatively moral, this-side-or-that- side-of-the-bar moral-it is not plain, old fashioned English honesty. If you have given fellow a thing of value for a price and you take the thing of value away from him, you ought to give him back the price, no matter how contempt ible you think the calling may be which you by your law invited him to pursue and for which he paid you price,"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24
CHURCH NOTICES

First Presbyterlan-The Rev. J. E. Hix- son, pastor; "The Birth of the King, . subject of the morning service. White
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

Prof. G. K. wampler. principal of the Bush High school at Ensley, left yes terday to spend the holidays with his parents in Virginia.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

About 200o Ensley people will be with cut their Christmas 'consgnments,' the express company having been unable to care for the unusual stream of business to this extent.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-12-24

poses; that you are doing 1t to De popu- lar; that you are doing it to serve your self at home and make yourself strong,
 whereas if you stood right square out in the beginning for the whole proposition you would be in the long run stronger"