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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09
FRANK 5. TOUsFr MAKES
|. PLEA FOR PLAYGROUND
NEEDS ARE POINTED oUr


In the letter to the citizens Of Rich
mond, Frank s. Tousey, for six years
supervisor of Church Civic Assoc
citation, and volunteer probation,
officer for the Probation Court.
makes a strong appeal for th~
extension OF the playground work
In Richmond. Ho points out
the vast needs of this work 10
accomplished since It was inausurated
in Richmond.
Mr.. Tousey, during his stay In Rich
mond accomplished much towards
securing Fairgrounds al d recreation
fields for the children of this city, and
he devoted something like sixteen
! hours each day to this work. Mr..
Tousey has had a wide experience in
this class of work and he Is thorough
| ~ familiar with the conditions that
exist in Richmond. Following IL his
| letter:
To the Citizens OF Richmond:
One of the comrnunfty's most vital
concerns is how its children and
! youth spend their leisure time. Fully
1 sixty-five per cent of the children and
young people in communities not safe
guarded by adequate recreation CEN
tiers are doing nothing play life.
! the two features of which are idIing
and walking. indicates that the COM
munity Is not dfscharging Its plain
! duty with respect to the boys and
! girls.
| AS I look back upon my own ex-7
/ perience of six years spent In recrea- s
| ton work In your city, can not help
| but feel that the young people with
whom I worked and associated have
m all too prevalent habit of looking
Iquestionabiy upon moral and religious
views as leading TO right or wrong
| conduct OF character, and, indeed, life
itself. It has frequently seemed to me
| that there are too few opportunities IN
which the large majority of youth In
Richmond have to improve their
advantage to themselves or their
friends, and to enhance their value as
citizens.
Want Healthy Children
/ For any boy or girl, young mAA or
young woman, life itself IL 20 much
more important than any mere profes-
manhood are the most precious thing
God has made-and a happy home
with healthy children IL heaven
| brought down. to earth. To develop
manhood ana womanhood IL primarily
the duty OF every community. Ade-
ouate facilities FOR recreation are now
considered necessary I'm every city and
town. The question IL not how Nt-
| tie play space you can get along with.
or how little money can be spent 70
satisfy the demand, but how large can
you make the opportunities for learn
| ing how to live from the viewpoint
/ OF physical. moral and civic training.
| 80 that the future citizens of Rich
mond may be equal to the task Of
governing the most beautiful and HIS
ltnrical city IN the South.
1--WE welcome yoa 10 the Discipltne
| OF Play
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1916-01-09

Formerly supervisor Or the ChNfA
Civic Association, and NAlo&140
Probation OFFICER of tA4 Juye
Court. Sss Sdl
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

For EENT Small ranch alfalfa
and liuit N or three wear lease.
Inquire spindle. nt Hawkins store. 90
1O1 West Mountain road
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
G.. O.P. DELEGATES
WILL CONFER ON
CANDIDATES TO-DAY
Ward Meetings Expected to
Develop Nominees for Coun-
Gil; Boatright's Renomina-
ton Tonight Assured.

Republican delegation 10 the cats
convention tonight are expected ID"
meet this afternoon to decide upo
Douueilmauir oaIdidntos Nunc NJ
the wards ht. Vet expressed a chu.'
regarding Douncilmauic timuor
The convention b. o. bee heed at th'
Marty h~cadquartcrE 10 N,s' Cola
aNcuuc. Following m. convent co.
the headquarters VIII buzz ior a
week OF campnIsnlnE
Tho convention Viii open at '
o'cluck. out the dclogitc- are Co Doe
uu hadu nm hour earlier for prchfN
mary business matters. 'urdlng ID.
"a call Issued by John " WILSON. th'
citN chairman
All the delegates are ruatrirhi
men. auI the mayor t'uumInai ON
Ia a fo cgouc conclusion. As the ma
yor is an o~ut-aud-out advocate Of
municipal ownership at tn" water
works, q platform IN keeping with IA.
vlcws be- likely to Ice adopted
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
INTERCOLLEGIATE
DEBATE To Be
Hello 0N|GH1
Forensic Battle Between Two
U. N. III. Men and Two Red
lands Men Will Be Staged
at Auditorium.

The University of New McNico ana
the University Of l;cdlauds VIII meet
In debate al the high school AUDI
forum tonight The i;edlands de-
batcrs az" rated rs among the stars
IN the INTERCOLLEGIATE field
The question win be. Resolved.
that tho federal government should
own and operate an Interstate rail
roads" Two men VIII represent each
.univcrsity Pryor g. Timmuns and
Lee Walker Tor a. ~ NJ, and Frcdcr-
.ick Fugg and Arthur u. Jacobson for
Redlands. The debate VIII begin 't
\ o'clock.
The Judges selected are. \ y
Strcup, /. g. Eoss ana d. n Nis-
uner. superintendent of the SANTA t'
schools. with the Rev. T.. - Schucl"r
rs alternate.
IN excellent musical program has
been arranged as follows
where the sweet kcntucHy
Flows" %oBcrncrsi, Sigma Tau quar-
tcttc.
Trombone solo CMasch,rom) Earl
Portorncld.
The Shoogy shoe" tAmbrOsJ, Sig
ina Tau quartotto.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
|CALoMEL DYNAMITES
A SLUGGISH LIVER
Crashes into sour bile. making
you sick and you lose
a days work.

Caiumol s%ult,atcs' IT, mercury.
Calumcl acts like dynamite ca r. sluE-
gish liver. when c%aluntci cou's into
contact with sour bile u CRASHES into
90. causing crlmpu" and nausea.
n YOU feel bilious. hctdt h'. con-
stipltcd and an knocked ont, just gu
to your druggist and get "a so cen
bottle OF Dudsou's Liver To be-. winch
is a. hn emlcas vegetable substitute Tor
dangerous cnlomci Take 70 spoonful
and Or 10 doesn't start your liver an
strlghtpu % up better ana quicker
than nasty calomcl tHd without maxi
ine you sick. you just -u BACK and
get your money.
II YOU take c1lnnel today Noul
DE SICK and aiu@o1tcd tomorrow be-
Sides. 90 may rihfa'e ,uu. while II
you take Dodsou's Liver Tome yot
! viii wake up f'olin- "ro1l tuil "'
ambition ana ready for worN or plat
! Irs harmless. pleasant and stfv o.
: 90 N-rn-,tr-rU. me 1Ihcrir-
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
SIX HUNDRED PEOPLE
GATHER TO SEE FREE
RANGE GIVEN AWAY

Between six aud seven hundred
people gathered in and 100 front of
the Whitney Hardware company
store al ~ south First street at :
o'oiook saturday night 90 witness the
drawing for the free range given
away by m, company ON It's free
Ticket distribution 90 Tho person
holding the lucky ticket.
Tn, FIRST number drawn. SO. was
u The name OF Joseph r.. Ross a
FARMER. A. tho rule required the
presence iu The store az the holder ui
me- winning number. ami as Mr. RIOS,
was uot present, O. second numhel
Was druNg. is1. which Was held bN
Mrs. g.. a. W ighi. 40 East Contra.
avenue. to whom the range was de-
lipor'd this morning. The Nhitnel
company Is carrying out n gct ac.
! uttuiutcd campaign with tho rc'ai
trade COL Albuquerque which is prov
ing notably successful.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
TURKEY DENIES SINKING
on TIN LINER PERSIA

Washington. March g. Turkey
TODAY informed the United states II
was not n submarine of the Ottoman
government WHICH sum- the liner
Persia in the Mcdit'rraucan last WIN
ter with loss II American lf".
The Turkish note. In reply &" re-
pca,od inquiries a. the United
States. declares that all ottoman SUBJ
marines are under instructions 60 fy
their national iag and mat none wns
in the vicinity when the Persia WIS
struck.
Both Germany and Austria have
denied ,ha; their submarines destroy
ed tho ship.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
H|AWATHA IS PUT
OFF FOR A WEEK
BY MUSIC CLUB
Fortnightly Postpones Can.
tata to Have Been Rendered
Tomorrow: Tickets at Grim.
shaw's Wednesday.

"Hnwatha, the cantatt To have
been ,u4ci,d hs the f~ortnigh,ly
Music club tomorrow evening, has
boon postponed Tor u week, because
Of conflicts nIh uthCr events hkcly
go DDcrct-c IA, attendance.
The ,usuu tickets IHicd Tor nus
and ,h" preceding pain of attractions.
Mu. Naudc Powell aud charles ".
Hurr s,l. viii be- accepted at the
,nutp'l when 1t is held. despite thu
fact that hey bear tomorrow date
Ior ma, ,autIta.
Single, lckoi, viii be placed on
-lic ~ GrimshnN'~ wednesday.
whcrc they may hc obtained 10y any
who desire them.
Tho Regular program Of The club
for tomorrow VIII bc held NJ tn" We
mans club
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
ENGINE TROUBLE
HOLDS CARNIVAL;
ARRIVES TONIGHT
Campbells Shows to Unload at
Central Avenue and Rail-
road Tracks. Miss Mandell
Leads Queen Contest.

~ W Campbclis United shows
who AFRO Ca stage the street carnival
here this wocs. VIII arrive at g o'clock
this evening on thcir own train over
Inc santa Pc. Their delay boz artiV-
ing Was due to engine trouble. an
account of tho delay 1t will be impos-
siblc Co open this evening as adver-
Used but The carnival positively vii
start tomorrow evening IN tho lots
adjoining Ffith street and Gold ave-
nue.. The train viii he u%nloaded this
evening on arrival ON Central avenue
ana the public BE invited to witness
the unloading.
The standing OF tho queen contest
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27

feared the remaining nine men were
drowned.
Lioyds' reports that IN" BRUSH
steamship ~. Cecilia. the sinking COT
which was announced Yesterday, was
blown uP by a mine. h hhd q S'h-
erai cargo from Portland. Maine.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27

The contest viii end Thursday
night az T. o'clock a10 the queen
viii Dc crowned F-iday night. There
will DE i've prizes as the second
third. fourth and nith u The ace viii
bee maids OF honor to the queen.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1916-03-27
I'OIITIC NOTICE.

I here announce myself az ann
date for city treasurer on the Hopuh
Iican ticket subject TO the Eopui'll
can convention.
JOHN BoRRDpAlLE.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
LEAD BELT NEWS ADMITS
TRUTH OF TINES CHARGE
But at Same Time Attempts to Use 1t
In Unscrupulous Effort to Dis
credit Assessor Wells.

assessed accordingly. AS they were
unproductive and not developed by
the companies-only held as valuable
assets-the assessors continued to as
ses them by quarters, halves, sections,
metes and bounds at their former low
valuation.
The Assessors doubtless thought
they were making an equitable as
| sessment. Their real value, which was
hidden from everybody but the COM
panies, they had no way of estimat-
ing, and they were assessed at what
their surface value and location
might indicate. The companies of
course held their own counsel and were
+ like any other tax-Godger who might
hide his notes and stocks in safe
deposit box where the Assessor would
never know about them. That these
uncultivated, rocky and hilly lands
should be assessed as such seemed
reasonable and plausible, as it had
always been the custom to assess
lands-by tracts, quarters, halves,
sections, metes and bounds-accord-
ing to their apparent surface value,
without reference to their accumula-
tive and real worth when held by a
large corporation because of their in
trinsic value to such corporation and
to keep them from being bought up
and developed by other companies.
These companies never bought blind
ly; they knew what they were buying
and what wealth of mineral lay hid
den underneath the rugged surfaces
of these lands
1t took The Times exposition to
wake up not only the taxpayers gem
orally. but assessors as well, to the
fact that stupendous amount of the
eounty's wealth was paying little or
no taxes and was being held up by
these companies so that it could not
be developed except at their pleasure
and convenience. Mr.. Wells saw the
meaning and he began to increase the
companies assessments-not radical
ly, but conservatively-- and this year
they are assessed higher than they
have ever been and more in conform
ity with what they should be.
The companies are not pleased with
his work, Of course, and their organs
and too-willing mouth-pieces, like the
Lead Belt News, want to discredit and
if possible defeat Mr.. Wells because
he is trying to do his duty in this
matter of making them bear their
just proportion Of the taxes. If this
is not true, why are they so anxious
and desperate in their efforts to de-
feat him and to put in his place one
of their confidential employes-Tol-
bert Henson?
Do the people of the county want
these companies, with the assistance
of the Republican party organization
of the county, to foist upon them as
Assessor and members of the County
Court-who constitute the Board of
Equalization-men who are in their
employ or in close touch with them,
in order that they may have their
particular friends Gin court" to favor
them?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
Supper and Smoker to
Confederate Veterans

( The supper--Well when a lot of en-
thusiastic women pat their heads and
culinary knowledge together to get up
a repast to tempt the most epicurean
taste and to excite the longing envy
of the dispeptic, you may rest assured
there is going to be a feast worthy
the gods. And that is what these old
fellows sat down to, and there were
no dispeptics among them. We have
verified this statement by the relish
with which they ate, the large amount
of everything that disappeared as if
by magic, and the clipper, bright
appearance each presented the morn
ing following
And it was we'll that "good diges-
tion waited on appetite" for with a
whole host of charming, smiling
daughters beguiling them, pressing
this and that upon them, "do have
some of this" "why, You haven't eat
en- anything-let me help you to
some chicken" "you haven't tried
these sweet potatoes yet" and so on,
over and over, it is wonder the old
heroes were not vanquished. But not
they! Ice cream and cake came charg-
ing in phalanX, but the line of sturdy
old soldiers never wavered-they
were veterans-and coffee whose aro-
matte flavor drowned and intoxicated
the senses.
An orchestra discoursed sweet mel
ody during the supper hour and the
"boys" pricked up their ears and
clapped their hands as the stirring
strains of "Dixie" filled the rooms, but
out of Difference to the company they
refrained from giving the famous
rebel yell.
Then the smoker. From fragrant
Habanas floated clouds that curled and
drifted in rings and eddies-Mrs.
Lloyd didn't care if Lady Nicotine did
brush with tawny fingers her lace cur
/ tains-as the old soldiers reminisced,
recalling scenes and battles that they
are glad are only memories now,
! paying tribute to some brave comrade
who fell mid blazing musketry and
screaming shell, the while laughing
over many funny experiences which
were also part of the soldier life
Enjoy it? Indeed that evening will
remain with them as one of the sweet
bright experiences of their hating
march toward the last camp and tat
too, when they shall lay them down To
rest to be awakened by the reveille
of eternal morn.
They did not essay any formal res
olutions of thanks to their gracious
hostesses, whose honored organiza-
tion is purposed to keep green the
memory of the "Lost Cause" but
! through one of their comrads ex.
pressed with sincerest feeling their
earnest appreciation and love to the
daughters of John B. CAN'T Chapter
for one of the pleasantest and most
memorable incidents of their lives.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

The Lead Belt News thinks it's
"sly, devilish sly" in quoting from
The Times articles of last February
and March calling attention to the low
assessment of the lead companies in
comparison with that of farm and
other property, in an endeavor to dis
credit Assessor Wells. If we have
your attention we ask you to read on.
and we believe we can show you that
Mr.. Wells has conscientiously en-
deavored, and succeeded in measure
that no other Assessor has, to per-
form difficult duty.
That the lead companies did es-
cape a large share of the taxes that
they should have paid in the past we
believe has been clearly proved by
the exposition which The Times made,
and from which the Lead Belt News
so exultingly quotes. 1t does not de-
ny the truth of what The Times has
said. Those articles were written and
published to show the taxpayers that
system of assessment had been in
vogue many years that was not equit-
able and that the big wealthy lead
companies were not paying their just
proportion of taxes for the support of
the county government. They did not
cast any reflection upon Mr. Wells or
the Assessors who preceded him
Democratic or Republican-only upon
wrong system of assessment and a
precedent that had been in vogue con-
scientiously, though mistakingly, be-
cause on the face the system and prec-
edent> had the appearance of being
right and proper.
Let us consider that system of as
sessing and the precedent of following
it, the inequality of which The Times
articles exposed, just for moment.
But first, permit US to remark paren-
thetically, that The Times received no
assistance in the reform it was under
taking to bring about by single
newspaper in the county; the Lead
Belt News didn't have word to say
then, but now, when it imagines it
can make little partisan capital out
of the facts given against worthy
county official on the opposite side
of the p0litic Il fsnce, it hops upon
and swallows them like duck onto a
June pug.
1t is well known that the st. Jo-
seph and Doe Run lead companies had
had their agent at work for years spy
ing out and optioning tracts of land
which might possess mineral value,
putting their diamond drills to work
and buying up the land at the option
prices wherever a rich deposit was
fhONy
placed their real value upon them in.
fixing their capitalization and in maxi
ing their private reports to the COM
panies' stockholders. They knew the
value of these lands and would not
have parted with them for two or
three times the price at which they
were bought, but on the surface they
were in many instances farms Of poor
production and hiily, rocky, unculti-
waited wild lands, and had always been
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

Violin Solo-Mrs. O. H. Duggins.
Duolog-Miss Lidora Guth and Geo.
Munsch.
Flute Solo-Miss Alma Radle.
Vocal Sextette-"S Girls"
"Down in Dixie"-15 minutes of Re
fined Minstrelsy.
A program of unusual excellence
has been prepared for the next meet
ing (Nov. 10) which will be read from
the platform tonight.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
Speaking Dates

Walter L. Hensley and the county
candidates will speak at the following
places and dates:
Nov. 2-Desloge at 7:30 p, m.
Nov. 3-Bonne Terre at 1880 p. m.
Nov. 4-Flat River at p! m.
Nov. 4--Elvins at $3.50 p, m.
Nov. 6-Leadwood at 1880 p. m.
Hon E. c. Tieman of Washington,
D. c., Deputy Commissioner of Pen
sions, will speak at Leadwood Nov.
8, at 1880 p. M; Nov. 4th at Elvins at
1880 p. M; Nov. 4th at Flat River at
8:15 p. m.
The beautiful weather continues.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

The Supper and Smoker given at
the home of Mrs. Anna Lloyd last
Friday evening by the John B. CAN'T
Chapter of the United Daughters of
the Confederacy to number of Con-
federate Veterans, was a most de-
lightful and enjoyable affair for the
old soldiers of the "Lost Cause" The
day and the evening were cold, raw
and unpropitious, Tor men whose ages
ranged from more than three score
and ten to four score years-the
youngest being 70 years-but there
were ten of the old boys who stepped
to the tune of Dixie present. But
for the cold and threatening weather
there would have been several more.
Those present were:
e. Meysenburg of Grafton, ILL.,, Co.
e, Second Missouri Cavalry.
John w. Blue of Pennington, Co.
E, Second Missouri Cavalry.
VIM. H. Mitchell of Flat River, Co.
c, Third Missouri Cavalry.
VIM. S. Miller of Pennington, Co.
c, Third Missouri Cavalry.
James M. Morris of Pennington,
Co. D, Forty-Fourth Virginia.
Judge C. T. Tullock of Bismarck,
Col. Whites Regiment, Parsons Bri-
gade.
H. ]. Wray of Bismarck, Capt.
Martin L. Clardy's Company, Col.
Bloodgood's Regiment.
John A. Cunningham of near Farm
ington, Col. Jack Smiths Regiment,
Gen. Jeff Thompson's Brigade.
Luther X. Peers of Pennington,
First Missouri Artillery, Gen. jeff
Thompson's Command.
Theo. D. Fisher of Pennington,
Co. F, Second Missouri Infantry.
The following feeling letter from
Phil E. Peers of Dickinson, Texas, a
member of Co. E, Second Missouri
Cavalry, was received and read;
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
LITERARY SOCIETY
PROGRAM TONIGHT

Tonight friday the regular fort
nightly program of the Pennington
Literary Society will be given at the
High School Auditorium, beginning
promptly at eight o'clock. Following
is the program to be given:
Piano Solo: Miss Helen Graves.
Reading-Miss Louise Lang.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
Still They Come

The following new names have been
added to The Times subscription list
during the past week: Thomas Smith
and Miss Bessie Riney of Farming
ton, R. M. Barnes of Route 5, Farm
ington; G. A. Murphy and Miss Flor
ence M. Acuff of Knob Lick; Mrs. w.
A. Oglesby of Charleston; Harry Mar
tin of Flat River, and J. J. Powers
of Bismarck.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27
Dickinson, Texas, Oct. Is.

!. M. Morris and Others:
Comrades: Your bugle call "to the
. right into line!" greeted me on the
bright morn of the 14th instant, and
with all the thrill and impulse of the
old soldier l longed to comply, but
alas, the many inirmities of four
score years past called the halt, and
with sad heart | am forced to in
form you it is impossible; but be as
sured that if not in person, yet / will
be with you in heart, memory and
soul on that occasion. Please say to
the assembled comrades how earnest
" desired to be with them and again
shake the hands of "the tried and
true" Express to them my best
wishes for the balance of life's march
and the hope to meet them in the BIZ
-vouac cover the river"
Comrade,
PHIL E. PEERS,
Go. E, Sec. Missouri Cavalry, G. S. A.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-27

B. A. Eaton Of Flat River made The
Times an appreciated call Wednesday.
He is an enthusiastic Democrat and
gives a good report of the situation
in the Lead Belt.