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Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
THECOURTS

Circuit Court, Northern Dis
trict--First Monday in January
and Second Monday in July.
Southern District-Second Mon
day in February and August.
County Court-Third Monday
in January, April, July and Oc'
lober. Northern District.-4tt
Monday in January, April, July
and October.
Probate Court-Northcrn Dis.
trict-Third Monday in March,
June, September and December
Southern District--Seoond Mon
day in March, June, September
and December.
Chancery Court Southern Dis
trict-First Monday in May and
November. Northern District
Second Monday in March and
September.
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
Directory
CHURCHES

Observation-Disclosures every
Sunday morning. No regular
pastor.
METHODIST-Preac ching as
follows: Second Sunday in the
month, morning and night, the
third Sunday night, the fourth
Sunday morning. Rev. c. j.
Wade, Pastor.
SUNDAY SCHOOL-At the
Methodist church every Sunday
morning at 10 o'clock. Every.
body invited to attend. o. c.
Shaver, Superintendent.
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
A SERIOUS POINT IN
THE FARMERS CAREER
Some Good Advice From
John H. Page Concerning
Next Years Living.

Farmer friends, listen. Right
now is the most serious point in
your farm life for may years. Take
heed and govern yourself according
ly, and you will come out in good
shape and ahead Of the game. Other
wise you will lose, and at a time
when you may never recover.
Corn is now above a dollar a
bushel by the car load; Oats about
75c; Hay $4,000 a ton; Cotton Seed
Meal $4,000 a ton; Hulls SIS 90, and
other feed accordingly. Flour is
$1,000 a barrel. Meal $500; Meat
20 cents a pound; Sugar 8 cents;
Coffee 20 to rs cents; Butter 40
cents and Eggs 80 to 40 cents doz-
en-. Every other food product is
high accordingly. The prices of
shoes. clothing, hardware, plow tools
and farm implements have advanc-
ed, too. In fact, there is an advance
in the price of practically everything
but postage stamps, chewing gum,
doctors bills and undertaker's
charges.
How Is the poor farmer going to
live? How is any farmer going to
live under such conditions? Many
will say, why look at the price of
cotton--that will take care of u.s."
All right, let's look. The price of
cotton today Is 20 cents and of
seed $500 to $4,000. Pretty good,
but that Is for the 1915 crop. How
about the prices for 1917? Who
will fix the prices for 1912 Will
the faImerY No. Then how can
he depend upon the 1917 prices for
bis cotton to pay for his living at
the prevailing prices Of feed, food
and clothingY He can't, unless he
takes chances. To take chances is
TO speculate, to gamble, The farm
er can't afford that. He can't afford
to lose. There Is only one sensible
business-like course for the farmer
TO take TO save himself That is to
raise his feed and food at home next
year Play safe.
The farmers have an absolute
certainty Of prosperity If they will
do this. Keep cows enough to have
fresh milk and butter all the time;
put In time enough this winter to
fix up q good chicken house and get
enough poultry wire to fence the
chickens of the crop in the spring
put In a good garden and help your
wife work Il. Buy a $1,000 canning
outfit and have your girls join the
canning clnb, They will can enough
stuff to feed the family all next year
Plant potatoes, sweet potatoes, few
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Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
Here Is Some Baby

The eieht-month-old child Of Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Perkins, who reside
near Jonesboro, is now 80 inches
high, weighs So pounds and
measures 27 inches around the
waist,
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01

ing just in this
way. They know
they ought to re-
nOunce sin for
righteousness, and
they also know
that the only way
to do that success
fully is through
faith in Jesus
Christ. They have
been taught that
If they will COM
nit themselves to
him as their Re-
deemer and con-
fess him as their
Lord and Master,
he will not only
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
GEM HOIE
LODGES

p. 4 A. M.--EvenIns
Lodge No. l43 meets
night before the third ~" Nv
and Saturday night '''s'
first Sunday In each 'n'a" ~
]. R. Mslo'INS|
r, A, M.--Rural cS'pe
meets the third sa'u'a''
In each month. o,
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J. O, 0, F,--Ev'n,,ass, t,,'
Lodge No, 200 meets V''''|
night of each week. ye|
Ed tIraddy ',,.|
r.. L. Dioker'0'' u
REBEKAHs-dra''. I'D Sl 4
Mo. s45 meets the '''V'' !" \
fourth Friday n'S"''
month. !, y0|
Mrs. "''r' =. A, No''r' ~,
W. 0, w.--Eveo'''ss y. M
Camp q" No. ss7 meet, ',.. 's'r' 's',''
and fourth satura''
each month. "a, CV
o. G, shaver sItl| \,
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
HaltingsBetween
Two Opinions
BY REV. JAMES M. GRAY, D. D.
Dean of the Moody Bible Institute
Of Chicago

TEXT-How long halt ye between two
opinions?-I Kings 1921.
There are many people more or less
under conviction Of sin who are halt
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
Jacobs Dream.

Jacobs 10 not the only dream that
resulted In = bethel, nor the only
h hcmsless sltmber that led to q better
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
GENERAL NEWS
TOLD IN FEW LINES
Happenings In All Parts OF
The Country Boiled Down
To Brief Lines.

ippi, has stated that he may ask the
legislature to set aside fund to
purchase false teeth for 14O veterans
who are inmates of the Beauvoir
home.
Miss Cleo Lembach Of Henrietta,
Ohio, may suffer the loss of an arm
as the result of being pecked by a
chicken, which she was preparing
to kill for dinner. Blood poison has
developed.
Jacob Mitcher, aged 73 years,
attempted suicide when requested
by Mrs. William Milhizer, a board
ing mistressi in Waukeean, Illinois,
to take a bath. Mitcher admitted
he had not washed his entire, body
in five years.
James Brown, aged IS years,
farmer and wealthy recluse. was
shot and killed on the Mount Wash
ineton road near Fairmont. Ken.
lucky, by thugs in search OF gold
renuted TO have been hidden in
Browns barn.
Alexander Winkler, New York
city artist, before committing sui
eide, willed his body to his daughter
as a wedding present. He ended
his life by gas after a quarrel with
his wife over the marriage Of their
18-year-old daughter.
Tyree Taylor is spending a year
and a month in Jail in the Atlanta
penitentiary on conviction Of moon.
shining. While en- route to Jail he
saw his first moving picture show
in Birmingham, Alabama. He is
happy in Jail, he says.
The supreme court Of Alabama
has upheld the decision of a lower
court awarding the estate of Donald
A. Kenny a judgment Of $4,000
against the supreme lodge Of the
world of the Loyal Order Of Moose.
Kenny lost his life through an elec-
trio shock while being initiated into
the order at Birmingham, Alabams.
Members Of the bar, business
men, presidents of colleges a n d
former justices of the State Court Of
Appeals have launched q move
ment to make Kentucky dry" 1t
probably will be affiliated with
Democratic politics and is expected
to carry in spite Of the fact that
Kentucky produces 20,00O,0OO GAL
Ions Of whiskey a year.
Frank Hill, of Louisville, Ken
lucky, became tired Of depredations
committed in his shed by negroes
and risged up a thief trap consis.
ting Of shotgun and several pieces
Of rope. When David Miles, q
negro, opened the window he receiv-
ed a load Of shot in the stomach,
from which he died two hours later,
Hill was arrested on charge Of man.
slaughter.
Women were successful In win
ming election In 90 Of the los coun.
ties of Kansas in the recent political
contest, Forty-eieht were elected
county superintendent Of instruc-
ton; 36 registers of deeds; rs clerks
Of district courts; is county treasur.
ers; 5 county clerks and 2 probate
judges, making a total of277 women
now holding office In Kansas. AT
the recent election lSl out Of 255
women candidates were successful.
It Is the opinion Of 80 Superin.
tendent, and trustees for depend.
ent children, who met recently In
New York city, that corporal punish.
ment In the form Of the old.fashion-
ed spanking Is a good thing for
youngsters, The superintendents
who represent about 10000 or.
phans, say they have found spnnk.
Sharp County record., 1916-12-01
Boy, IS, Ends Ms Life.

Everett Owens, about IS years
old, living in the vicinity of Athens
Howard county, committed suicide
last week by shooting himself with
a shotgun. No cause for the act is
known, 1t is supposed he became
insane, as it is said the family had
taken the gun away from him sever
al times previously,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
HOW TO LIVE LONGER

ACTIVITY-RuIe 15-The mind and
the body work together
The mind has a strong effect on the
health of the body. A fit of anger, or
q spell of worry, or envy, or hate. or
jealousy may make you more tired
than a hard days work.
Try to drive out the thoughts that
make you unhappy by thoughts that
make you happy. Say. to yourself of
your worry, Forget it." 1t is hard to
do this, but you can learn, just as you
learned to read and write, or to ride a
bicycle, or to skate.
Do not make hard work of being
healthy. If you worry about it you
will not be healthy. Lay down certain
rules and follow ,nem the best you can
until YOU get used to doing them
Do not hurry If you can help it, Start
to your work little earlier in the
morning and take your time. You will
not be tired when you set there and
you will work better.
Take your time going home at night.
You will enjoy your supper more and
sleep better. Then you will do better
work the next day and will be happier
in your work.
We all want many things, but we
must not want them so hard that it
will strain our minds and bodies to get
them. Take your life and your work
cheerfully. When you learn to do this,
you will be happier and you will get
more of the things you want. Almost
ANY one can do this if he makes up his
mind to do it,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
MONDAY EVENING, FEB. %
One, on Gods side, is a majority
wendell PHILLIPS.
REpuRLICANs IN CONGRESS

CTAND by the President" is a cry
y that has gone up from newspa
pers of all political creeds all
over the land during the past few
days-and the Telegraph echoes the
sentiment. But it is a sad commentary
on conditions at Washington that
newspapers have to be appealing con-
stantly for Presidential support
begging Democratic votes from those
who might be expected to give them
as a matter of course to an adminis-
tration on which they depend for
patronage and to the underlying
principles of which they subscribed
before election. But blame for pres
ent chaotic conditions must not be
laid wholly upon Democratic congress
men nor upon the influence of Bryan
in the national government. The
cause is fundamental. 1t lies in the
White House.
Had the President at the very out
set of hostilities in Europe informed
the warning powers precisely where
the United States stood as a neutral
nation and that any overstepping of
our rights as outlined would result in
nm immediate severance of diplomatic
relations, there never would have been
Lusitania incident nor any of the
other indignities, injustices and out
RACES which have reused the coun-
try's blood to fighting pitch.
Just now we must stand by the
President, first because in the present
instance he is unquestionably right,
and secondly because there must be
left no room for thought in Europe
that we in America are seriously di-
vided on a matter having to do with
our liberties as citizens or our honor
as nation.
That is why a great majority of
Republicans at Washington-led by
the venerable but courageous Lodge
are lined up solidly behind Presi-
dent Wilson. But because they are in
full accord with the President on this
particular issue must not be taken as
an indication that they have endorsed
as a whole his conduct of our foreign
3lldlFSs NgullG lllC COllIi dlS llltS plb-
tcrly realize that it was Wilsonian
laundering at the outstart, and fire.
quently since, that has brought the
country to it's present pitiable state
among the governments of the world,
and if they are following the admins
tration leadership at this time it is
because they see no other way to pre-
serve the few shreds of self-respect
remaining to us.
Like the English, in their present
sad plight we must muddle through
it some how" pinning our faith on
the people to change leadership in
November. But that's a matter OF
the future Just now the Republicans
in Congress are displaying qualities
worthy of the best traditions of the
party. At the risk of being misun-
derstood on the eve of a presidential
election they have thrown partisan
ship to the winds and have taken VI
the cudgels in support of their bitter
est political opponent, because that is
for the moment the patriotic thing
to do.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
WINTER ADJUSTMENTS

DENJAMIN F. UMBERGER, for
ID mer president of select council
and member of the City Planning
Commission, told the eX-councilmen
at their annual banquet last week,
that one of the great problems mu-
nicipal governments are now facing is
the duty of improving citizenship by
making living conditions better and
eliminating crime. Mr.. Umberger's
remarks open a wide vista of possibil-
tiles to the minds eye, and we need
go no farther than Harrisburg for
illustrations of some of the things
that ought to be done along this line; I;
things which can be done and which
must be done If we are to live up to
our full duties as citizens.
We in this city have done fairly
well in the way sof public improve
ments-much TO make the municipal
ity pleasanter and better place in
which to live, much to increase happi-
ness and contentment among our
people. We have provided good
water, paved streets. parks and sum
mer recreation places. We have good
schools and well conducted play
grounds. We have occasional band
concerts and city celebrations. We
have done much by way of public
expenditure to make summer days
and evenings pleasant and whole
somely enjoyable. But when cold
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
LABOR AND LITERACY
New York Tim es. !

The Burnett Immigration Bill,
which makes literacy the test of the
admissibility of aliens to the United
States, comes up in the House of Rep
resentatives this week. With some
prunings and changes, it is in sub
stance the same measure which Mr.
Taft and Mr.. Wilson vetoed, and for
cause. Presumably, Mr.. Wilson is of
the same mind in regard to it as he
was when it was sent to him by the
SiXty-third Congress. Is n two-thirds
vote to overrule the expected veto
obtainable in the Sixty fourth?
There is no doubt about the disposi-
tion of the Senate. More than two
thirds of the Senators will cheerfully
apply to aliens a test that most OF
them would not apply as a qualifica-
ton for citizenship in their States.
Mr.. Burnett may or may not be too
rosy in his arithmetic, but he reckons
up the House as more than two to
one for the bill. This is the third
trial. This time the advocates of this
means of restricting the supply of
labor are sure--but they have been
sure before--that they have a two
thirds vote in both branches of Con-
gress and can veto a veto.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
The Shakespeare Tercentenary
BY Frederic J. Haskin

own enthusiasm, and carried it into
their homes, where Shakespeare for
the most part was one of the things
nobody worried about. That Dakota
teacher has the true spirit of the ter
centennial celebration--she is bring
ing the bigness of Shakespeare to peo-
pie who knew him only by nanTe.
The Shakespeare interest is coloring
the whole course of study in many
schools this year. History classes are
specializing on the Elizabethan period.
English classes are analyzing the diff
ferent forms of Shakespearian compo-
sition. Art students are designing
color scheme and costumes for the
pageantS and plays. Girls sewing
classes are making the costumes, and
the manual training departments are
turning out stage furniture. Com
missioner of Education ClaXton is is
suing q circular letter to school super
intendents all over the country urging
frequent Shakespeare programs not
only throughout the rest Of the Spring
term, but also after the schools re-
open in the Fall.
Many of the more advanced schools
have traditions to maintain in the
matter of Shakespeare. The plays
presented by the Washington Irving
High School in New York have won
commentator from well-known dra-
matte critics. The Boston schools are
going to give both plays and pageants,
which are expected to come up to a
| high standard. In Washington, d. c.,
| the celebration will be made part of
the Commencement exercises, and diff
| ferent schools will cooperate. Three
white schools will combine on one
Shakespeare pageant, and two color
ed high schools together will produce
another.
Besides the schools, every American
organization that takes an interest in
! literary work will contribute in some
way toward national observance of the
| tercentenary. Women's clubs are
putting Shakespeare to the front in
their literary meetings, and in several
cities they are trying to get Shakes
peare films run at the local picture
| theaters.
| The tercentenary has lent Shakes
peare a fresh impetus as a source of
material for the movies. Several COM
panies are now giving their entire time
| to the reproduction of Shakespeare
drama, so that before the end of 1916
you will probably be able to see any
one of his plays on the screen. Some
of the finest technical work of the
movies, both in playing and filming,
has been done in producing Shakes
peare's plays. Such of them as have
been released in the past have almost
invariably proved strong drawing
cards for the movie theater. The
same qualities that filled the old
Globe" in 1900 fill the nickelodeons
to-day.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28

CHAKESPEARE is going to con-
test the center of the stage TINS
~ year with the preparedness
problem, the presidential nominations
and the European war. On April 23
he will have been dead three hundred
years, but he is still a live issue.
lie represents at present about the
only bond between England and Ger
many True. the bond is something
like a rope in a tug-of-war with both
parties pulling as hard as they can
in opposite directions, but it holds.
According to late advices from Berlin,
several Shakespeare courses are still
being pursued in German schools ana
colleges, with particular reference to
the three hundredth anniversary OF
the poets death. Some German writ
ers advocate taking Shakespeare out
of the German textbooks. Others have
been at some pains to prove that he
belongs to Germany as much as to
England. Although. he is almost as
much bone of contention as the
Belgian treaty.
Plans for celebrating the tercenten-
ary were begun by Shakespeare-lov-
ers and Shakespeare societies more
than ten yeaCs ago. The original in
tention was to unite the whole world
in a universal memorial festivity. Cir
cumstances have altered cases until
the idea is no longer practicable, but
each of the great countries, even ia
pan, will observe the occasion in its
own way.
The anniversary will be most ade-
quately recognized here in the United
States, perhaps because there is less
to take the public mind off the subject
You will find that you can hardly get
through the year 1916 without sitting
through q few Shapespeare programs
Banquets, public meetings, plays and
pageants will be tho chief features oil
the celebration. The Drama League
OF America is taking the lead in ar
ranging the pageants and plays. SIM
plicity will be the keynote of the stag
ing, so that the only qualification for
putting on some bit of a dramatic tri-
butte TO the dramatst is the necessary
amount of enthusiasm. In Shakes
peare's own day they told the audience
what the scene was by hanging sign
on the wall.
The public schools of this country
will tackle the tercentenary in mass
formation. At least fifty thousand oi
them will hold special exercises IN
Shakespeare's honor on April 20
Some are to stage very elaborate
programs, that they are working on
now, and have already been working
on for some time.
out in North Dakota there is q
school twenty miles from a railroad
where the teacher has been prepar-
ing for months a program of three
nlays for the local celebration. The
children have caught the touch OF her
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
MUNICIPAL BAND CONCERT

TIME Municipal Band will give a
concert at the Orpheum theater
on Thursday evening of this
week. 1t has been a long time since
Harrisburg has had opportunity to
hear one of it's own bands in winter
concert. 1t is to be hoped the
audience will be as large as the enter
prise of those back of the movement
deserves.
In Tyrone the Pennsylvania Shop
mems Band gives the most popular
concerts of the winter season and al
ways plays to well-filled houses.
There is no reason why Harrisburg
should not have two or even three
first-class concert bands. Years ago
the Commonwealth band was able to
do what the Municipal is now at
tempting. All that is needed to add
another charming feature to winter
diversions in Harrisburg is public
patronage. Will the Municipal band
get it.? It's up to you.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
THE SEARCHLIGHT
THE ELECTRIC I<ITcuE,NETvrE,

A model electric kitchenette recently
exhibited in New York is likely to find
its way into large number of apart
ments and homes. All of its convent
ences are compactly arranged in q
space ten feet long and Y feet wide.
II contains an electric range with oven,
a dishwasher, washing machine, ironing
stand, vacuum cleaner, ice cream
freezer refrigerator and a sanitary
garbage can.
The washing machine only occupies
the room of an ordinary stationary tub.
The space below constitutes the white
enameled refrigerator. The ironing
board drops down from the wall and is
hooked up when not in use. The dish
washer comes next to the washing ma
chine and the ice cream freezer is plac-
ed below it. The current utilized in
dishwashing can also be attached to the
crank of the freezer. Storage space
for cooking utensils enough to prepare
a course dinner for twelve persons is
also provided. The kitchenette is
built to open along its entire length.
IT is fitted with special curtains to
harmonize with the adjoining room and
lined with white enamel like ma
terial
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-02-28
RAISING TOY HORSES

Atlanta, Ga, has new industry in
the breeding of miniature horses for
children's pets. The animals are of
various sizes, some of them consider
ably smaller than the Shetland ponies
from which they are descended. They
are better looking than the original
stock and are said to be even more
gentle and tractable.
Before the ponies are sold they have
to be carefully broken and trained both
for riding and driving. Several small
this training, are the envy of the many
childish visitors who go out to the pony
farm. Although a comparatively recent
development, the toy horses from At
lanta are well known to horse breed
ers. The number ordered for Christ
mas presents far exceeded the supply,
and the little animals were shipped to
all parts of the country. Their price
ranges from SIS to $50. according to
their size, age and individual character
iStiCS.