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The Nevada County picayune., 1916-02-10

cy. You are to choose, which of these roads you prefer to travel.
 One requires effort, the other indifference. To travel one, you must have real back bone and de termination.l the other, a string for backbone, and indifference will do. Some girls say 'The lion is in the way" These girls like ''gumption, get-up-and-get. they reason that if so-and-so and such-and-such a thing had not happened they could have made a great success. The lion is in the way. Fear and indifference has entered into their daily life and robbed them of their vim and courage. It's cur life work to train people to determine to get up and do things, develop their late talents, quicken their per ception that they may lead higher and more useful life.
 Our thorough practical training in Book keeping, Business Methods, Shorthand, Stenotype- writing.;;l Telegraphy, Business English, Business Law, Business Arithmetic.1 Spelling, Business Writing, Rapid Calculating, Money and Banking, Corporation Finance, Taxation and Public Fi- nance, k Private Secretaryship, Salesmanship. Advertising, Real Estate. Commercial History, Higher accounting, Economies. Parliamentary Law and Manager ialship, together with the use of the most modern office applianc- es. gets the lion out of the way. gives a girl her independence, places her where: she can make an honorable living, in any city in the land; command the respect of the very best people. If in after life,: she is left a widow with plenty of money or property she knows how to care for it.
 If upon the other hand, she is left and has to support herself she can do so by accepting good salaried position in some office.
 Girls who graduate from our institution are not only carefully looked after while in school, but the place where we secure them a position, through our employ
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-02-10
WALLACEBURG

Harley and Oscar Mabry of Fit. Worth. Texas, came in to attend the funeral of their mother who died Saturday the 29th, and was buried in Macedonia cemetery Sunday.
 The old Dr. .Sinyard house on the North end of. Blevins has been sold and.will be..moved back so as to straighten.the.lmain St. O~~@
 We have had two or three very heavy frosts in this!isection the first of last week.
 Earnest Houser has bought and isAhaulingi Bois dare post from Blevins.. ..to.repair his fence o1 his farm.
 The road hands passed through here Thursday of last: week to repair:some bridges at the upper end of.the township. They. say that the. watertin Ozan. was run ming Fover theTrailroad. bridge Saturday the 29th.
 We see the announcements of some candidates for county of fees but they:are showing them selves mighty. scarce canvassing.
 Mr. Joel Houser.l of. Blocker, Texas, who owns alfarm in Wal laceburg.::was outshere on visit to his married son who is man. aging hisikfather's .faim right successfully,
 In reply tolyoLrGcorrespondent from Artesian.lwill Say. think it is to earlysto determine wheth- CT the frost has injured our fruit trees or not.
 Friday night the weather changed considerably. It turned cloudy and waslmild and pleasant
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-02-10

ment department is carefully in- vestigated as to the moral sur roundings, and in the larger cit ies we have arranged for appro- priate boarding places in private homes. No mother need fear her her daughter will not have the proper care and attention while in our school and in making her start into the business office.
 Young women, select the road that leads to your independence.
 Don't be always dependent on others. Thousands have won their independence with us, why not you? For our large cata- logue, explaing the workings of Americas largest commercial training institution, and endorse ments from parents and lady graduates. Fill in your name and address and mail today.
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The Nevada County picayune., 1916-02-10
TO YOUNG LADIES ONLY

Which Will You Do, Win Your Independence or Marry a Two bit Man?
 You are at the cross roads of life. There are two paths open to you. One leads to your inde- pendence. the: other to dependen-
The Nevada County picayune., 1916-02-10

Tyler Commercial College, Tyler, Texas.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
GIRL RAISES PIGS FOR GAIN
AZ Seventeen, She 10 Ambitious to Be-
come Pork Expert-Nearly
Took Prize.

Holtville. Cal.-Raising hogs for
pleasure and profit Is the occupation Of
Miss Josie Fuller, seventeen, youngest
and best all-around feminine pork pro-
ducer In the Imperial valley. 1t Is her
ambition to become the best expert on
hogs In her district. Her herd num-
bers so and Is increasing.
"Pig culture isn't esthetic work, of
course" said Miss Fuller. 1T can't be
considered a finishing school for de-
butantes. but there's money In it."
She has established a record Of de-
veloping her porkers for the market at
a cost Of 33a cents a pound. She came
within half q cent Of winning the Uni
versity Of California prize, which
would have entitled her to transcon-
tinental trip. The judges decided she
spent too much time in caring for her
hogs. This was charged up against
profit and cut down her score.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
Dinners unearth Barrel with
Bones, Baby Shoes, and
Some Clippings.
Police SEEK MURDER trail
Find 10 second a the Kind In Short
Period-piaee Believed % %
Haunt Of New York Thugs
and Murdeeera

New York.-On the site Of an old
farmhouse in CanArsie. where police
records show that one man was shot
and killed. workmen digging an ex-
cavation found recently the skeleton
Of . man who had been wounded and
buried alive more than two years ago.
according to DR.. Charles Wuest. cor
oner's physician. This Ii the second
skeleton found on the premises since
the excavating began.
Because after the killing there the
place was known ~ the Haunted
F:11n" and none dared 60 near 1t. es-
pecially at night, the police believe
that wholesale murders have been
committed and bodies brought to the
spot for burial by . band. The ground
will be thoroughly excavated under
police surveillance.
The skeletons were found at what II
now Hegemnn avenue and Powell
street. Morris Plum and Samuel
Block. laborers, were digging there
when their picks struck q barrel about
eight feet below the surface Of the
ground. They excavated II and found
that 1t was heavy when they started
TO lift It. Its buried treasure. may
be-" Block said. breaking in the bar
rel head with his pick. 20 his horror
he saw the skeleton partly clothed
in what had once been q blue serge
suit.
Infants Shoes In Barrel.
Captain Carey Of the Seventh
branch detective bureau. was sum-
moned and the body In the barrel was
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
New Kite eaIIoon.

New Kite Balloon.
A military kite balloon. observed by
thousands of persons. landed near
Washington Court House, O., after
trip from Akron, O.. a distance of
about .2O miles. The balloon was
piloted by C. III. Roth and G. A. Wollen
Of Akron, and made the trip in three
hours aud As minutes.
The balloon was shaped like q large
cigar, but carried no motive power.
1t was guided by means Of planes. and
the trip was made for the purpose Of
testing the steering. elevating and low
ering apparatus.
The pilots said that It was the first
time that such trip In a balloon so
equipped had been attempted in this
country, and that the idea is a new and
undeveloped one in Europe. They said
that the fast time and perfect control
proved the value Of the craft.
The balloon was shot at over farm
In Green county. but the machine
rose out of range.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20

taken to the mofgue. There It was
examined and the police found q pair
Of infants shoes. newspaper clippings
and q memorandum.
The body had been jammed into the
barrel. but the legs and arms had 80
shifted that the physician said the
murdered man must have been alive
and may have regained consciousness
and struggled to get free. The frontal
bone Of the skull had been badly shat
tered and the lower Jaw crushed a.
with q blow.
The victim had q leather belt. His
head had been wrapped In . newspa-
per which was dated June. 1914. the
exact date being obliterated. The po-
lice took the clippings and memoran-
dunn to the station.
The skeleton found last September
II also was partly clad In a blue serge
suit and wore belt marked 49," The
mans skull also had been fractured.
With the finding Of his bones the po-
lice started IN Investigation.
Many years ago there lived on this
ground q truck farmer whose name
has been forgotten. but who erect
ed a shanty In which he lived. Six years
ago Joseph verdone. another truck
farmer. rented the land. coming from
Little Ferry. n. J. Soon thereafter he
was Joined BY 4 Mrs. Jenny Seeley.
the wife Of a neighbor. who left her
husband. The police allege that See
ley. who lives In Little Ferry, often
came In search Of his wife and fire.
Quently there were brawls at the truck
farm.
Kills her Companion.
On the morning Of July Z, 1912,
Mrs Seely shot and killed verdone.
She was tried In the supreme court
Of Brooklyn for murder. but acquit-
ted. on the ground of self-defense. She
said verdone WAS intoxicated, struck
at her. and then dashed for shot
gun. She beat him to the shotgun and
killed him. After her acquittal she dis
appeared. After that the old farm
had q bad name. and was thought by
many superstitious persons In the
neighborhood to be haunted. Many
contended they heard strange noises
which they attributed to the "evil spir-
It's"
The police believe the deserted
house may have been used as a rendez-
vous for murderers and thieves oper-
ating In Manhattan and Brooklyn. and
that not only were persons lured there
and murdered but that bodies MUIR
dered elsewhere were brought there
and buried Captain Carey said he
would make q thorough investigation,
and while the excavations were going
on would post special guard to watch
for bodies.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
New York Education Board Is
DispIeased With Negro Dia-
lect Tunes.
KIDS need BETTER ENGLISH
Proposai Made to Change Wording OF
"star. spaneIed Banner" SO Peace
Lovers Won't Balk At Blood.
Thirsty Phrases.

Thirsty Phrases-
New York.-A movement to pu'
rify" Americas famous old darKy
songs and temper the "Star-span'
gled Banner" In the New YORK
public schools. was begun recent
ly. At conference Of the hign'
school music teachers. ut which Dr'
Frank II. Rix, music director OF the
board OF education, was present. q
committee was appointed to ask the
music publishers and the public-scnool
teachers to eliminate all the old negro
dialect from songs printed in the text
books.
Thus, II the movement succeeds. Will
future generations be without wna'
has been happy part Of all Amer'
can homes-the quaint and typical dia-
lect Of the American negro, as ex-
pressed in Dixie" perhaps the most
beloved song in the country. and In
Stephen Fosters famous trio. "Massa'a
In de Col Cop Ground" "Old Black
Joe" and "Suwannee River"
Are Mothers LuIIabies-
For years American mothers have
hummed their babies into slumber
with these old folk song favorites
There's hardly lad who. can't hum
"Suwannee River" or "Old Black Joe. y
The chief objection to the songs az
they are now universally sung is q
,,r{ct Tn ~ da
"cayse." 'ob." "nebber" and moe, u
darky dialect. for "the," "'cause,'
''of," never and more" the purista
would substitute the English words
and insist upon careful pronunciation
AS to the national anthem, extrem-
lists would have attempted a capital
operation on 1t, but for strenuous OBJ
lection. A plan was first broached
to cut out the word "ight," as it oc-
ours in the first verse. The objection
was that 1t smacked too much Of war
and not at all Of peace.
More moderate counsel prevailed.
The change was not made. The only
tempering now will be slight change
Of rhythm in the first and third verses
and the adoption of "clouds of the
fight" in place of 'perilous fight" In
the first verse. "Perilous' is q bit
too wary. but clouds" is not. Also
the uniform key will be changed from
'B" flat to "A" fiat to make the sing.
ing Of the song less difficult for ortli.
nary voices.
"DiaIect confuses chiId.s
The suggestions of these changes
were made some time ago, Doctor Rix
said. by him to the board Of superin.
tendents, but they were shelved and
Doctor Rix doesn't know whether they
are dead or not.
'The reason for changing the darky
dialect should appeal to any interest.
ed person." Doctor Rix said. 1--WE
want our children to learn pure Eng.
lish. not dialect. Then, also, there
are many foreign children In our
schools. The number is growing con.
stantly. And dialect confuses them
1t Is hard enough for them to learn
our ordinary English. l think the
change should be made throughout thu
country.
THE proposed changes In the Star.
Spangletl Banner" are suggested In the
hope Of making the song easier 70,
children and the populace to sing by
standardixing 1t and making Il q much
ysanya y,ovropP,,1 anth>s,,
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
Cosby Romance

Cosby Romance.
allow did she come to marry that
fortune hunter?"
HE flattered her." replied Miss Cay
enne. "She kept fishing for compli-
ments until she caught shark"
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
pse,<poeket Fools Guards.

New York.-George Wilmot. an nj.
legged pickpocket, escaped from court
by simply picking up his hat. nodding
good-naturedly to the gateman, and
walking out.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20

Binocular sights are used In aiming
q sporting rife that an Ohio man has
inve0ted.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20

Down the Scale.
Silence is golden"
swell, in that respect my wife seems
to be satisfied with nickel plate.
The Keota news., 1916-10-20
Thrift is better than an annuity.

Disappointment feeds development
In earnest souls.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
HOKE SMITH WANTS
To HELP THE LAW

ATLANTA, Ca, July 11-Georgia' S
new prohibition laws which went in
effect last May the first, and which are
regarded as the most thorough-going
laws of their kind yet enacted by any
state in the union, will be made still
more effective and efficient if the con-
gross of the United States enacts a
bill introduced by United States Sell
ator Hoke Smith of Georgia, who is
a strong believer in using the author
ity of the federal government to pro,
tect dry states in their efforts to keep
out liquor
The bill of Senator Smith provides
that:
mo letter, postal card, circular or
pamphlet offering for sale, soliciting
the purchase Of, or advertising intox-
icating liquors, sent by any dealer or
agent or employee of a dealer in intox-
icating liquors, shall be carried in
the mails to a state or delivered at or
through any postoffice or branch
thereof, or by any letter carrier, in a
state where by law the advertisement
OF Intoxicating liquor is prohibited
Liquor advertisements have disap-
peared from the newspapers and
periodicals of Georgia and likewise
have disappeared from billboards,
street car signs and from all avenue
and channels of publicity and adver-
Using, as a result of the anti-advertis-
ing law whihc went into effect on May
the first and which is one of the three
prohibition bills Of Georgia.
The only way dealer in liquor out
side the state Of Georgia can reach
his customers and prospective Gus
toners is through the mails, and
the bill of Senator. Hoke Smith pro
poses to shut him off from this last
Tenue of communication.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
MOTHER JONES IS
IN ATLANTA NOW

ATLANTA, Ca, July 11.-Mothers
Jones, one fthe most famous labor
agitators in the United States arrived
in Atlanta today and was met by del i.
egation of labor leaders headed by
Jerome Jones, editor of The Journal
of Labor of Atlanta.
1t is understood that Mother Jones's
mission here is connected with pend
ing labor legislation in the Georgia
legislature and with the vote which is
now being taken by the members of
tie four railroad brotherhoods on the
question of countrywide railroad
strike to enforce the demands, which
consist of an eight-hour work day and
time plus half-time for all work ovet
eight hours a day.
Mother Jones has been fighting the
battles of labor for fifty years or
more, and her influence has been felt
i. every section of the country
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11

ed out highways. In most provinces
during the dry season, it is possible to
travel anywhere in light motor car.
Last year saw the expenditure of
nearly 100000 in road work and
the program for this year is almost
as ambitious. The effect of this road
building has been big increase il
provincial trade and a remark
able growth in the automobile BUSH
ness. Practically every dealer in
Manila is handicapped by the fact
that he cannot get cars fast enough.
1t is no uncommon thing to find a
shipment of the more popular cars
sold out before it's date of arrival.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
PHILIPPINES SPEND
MUCH ON ROAD WORK

MANILA, July 1.-The Philippines
now boast S,2016 kilometers of roads
now being used for traffic, an in.
crease of more than 300 per cent in
the past five years. The credit for
this is shared by the administrations
of Governor General Harrison an!
former Governor General Forbes, the
latter having initiated an active cam
paign of bodybuilding which his
successor pushed so successfully tht
last year saw the construction of a
greater mileage than any year in
philippine history.
There are more than 5000 kilomet-
ers of first class road in the islands
and it is road of quality of which any
state in the United States might be
proud. There are some provinces in
which the heaviest of automobile
trucks can travel from one end to
the other in the hardest of storms
without suffering the slightest in
convenience because of mud or wash
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
Die-BaCk Disease
Severe On Peaches
Many Georgia Peach Trees Seriously
Affected BY Disease This Year,
Especially Less Thrifty
Ones
ct. H. NOTATION, Prof. of Horticul-
ture, State College OF Agr.l

ct. H NOTATION, Prof. of Horticul-
ture, State College OF Agr.l
Die-back, fungous disease has be-
come more serious in Georgia peach
orchards this year than usual. 1t gets
its name from it's characteristic way
of attacking tips of branches, causing
them to die back as the disease pro-
crosses Unchecked it often kills
trees. At this time it is felt with
special severity because of hardships
which the trees have suffered during
the last year or two from unseasonably
early and late freezes and by reason
of heavy demands upon the trees vi
tality by unusually large crops. The
weaker trees are suffering in many
orchards from the disease while the
more vital ones are resistant.
Pruning away infected parts is rec
commended. The pruning tool should
be disinfected after each severance
of a diseased limb. When very seri-
Gus, three sprayings with self-boiled
lime-sulphur should be made, the first
about September / and the last in
October.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
inexpensive Cotton Cultivation
NOY E. RAST, Cotton Industry Dept,
Ga. State College OF Agriculture)
l.. nn.lA sunr. 4 La. - ~

(LOY E. RAST, Cotton Industry Dept,
Ga. State College OF Agriculture)
Shallow cultivation Of cot.
ton is economical, it con.
tributes most to the growth OF
the plant, it conserves the moisture in
the soil better than deep cultivation.
Deep cultivation with a pillow common
ly used throughout the cotton grow
ing belt, means unnecessary loss of
the moisture needed by the plants; it
means the disturbance of rootlets
through which the plant is feeding,
thereby robbing the plant Of some of
its food, and it means blowing one
furrow at a time when the same en-
ergy might be used to three or four
burrows at a, time as deep as they
ought to be plowed.
Shallow cultivation not only means
rapid and inexpensive cultivation, but
it means that the planter can cultivate
more often. The oftener the cultiva-
tion-if it be shallow-the more the
moisture is held for the plants and
the more they grow and the heavier
the fruit. More frequent civilizations
thus Justify themselves with more
profitable returns.
During the past spring there was a
drouth Springs drouths are coming
to be common. A very harmful prac
tiee generally used in the cotton field
of Georgia is to "bar" off the cotton
before chopping it out This means
that the cotton is left on a ridge with
deep furrow on either side. It
means that the ground under and
around the cotton dries out in a
drouth and leaves the young plant in
poor shape If 1t does not die outright
Had the soil been narrowed only, this
heavy loss Of moisture would not have
occurred, the plants would have CON
tinued to grow and SO much replant-
ing would not have been necessary.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
AUSTRALIA To FLOAT
ANOTHER BIC LOAN

MELBOURNE, Australia, July IL
A third Federal loan for war is to be
fcated before August 1, though it is
not proposed this time to ask Off any
fixed amount On the occasion of the
first loan, the government asked for
100000 and it received $65 ZOO, 600;
and on the second occasion $50,O00,-
GOO was asked for and the response
was $1O5,OOO,OOO.
Parliament has authorized the
raising of $25O,OOO,OOO and it is ex-
pected the people of the Common
wealth will as before respond liberal
ly. The government will take as
much up to that amount as the public
care to.
The rate of interest will be four aid
one-half per cent, the price of issue
will be at par and the. loan will run
cntil 1925
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1916-07-11
FARMER SET STEADY
IN THE BOAT NOW

The farmers all over this section, ia
fact all over the southern tier of
states have been hit heavy blow BY
the recent storm and incessant rains
The recent July government crop
report showed things to be in fin.
shape with prospects for record
breaking crop. That the next report
will not be so favorable is the general
concensus of opinion.
Even though the rains cease at
once and the weather break off favor
able, necessarily a great deal of dam
age will have been done and will be
obliged to have it's effect in making UP
the next report.
When the last report came out it
was so favorable that there was a
spectacular decline of two dollars q
bale on cotton. At this time the
Times Recorder in commenting on the
situation took occasion to say that
various things might happen to