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Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-23

IN meny public schools children are
supplied with pencils which are dis
stributed' and collected each. day. II
has been felt that infectious Diseases
might easily be communicated fsorn
one child to. another by the pencils.
For boys and girls have habit of
chewing or sucking itlle ends. Of their
pencils, apd the germs Of the many
diseases that lurk in the mouth are
thus transferred to the soft wood.
Thus might any Of the affections Or
the throat. nose and lungs, to say.
nothing Of the more serious diseases
that manifest themselves 10. sores of
the mouth, be transmitted.
Il Il TO safeguard agnlnst this that
p. s. Matthias has patented a sterllizer'
for pencils. These are put IN q raclx.,
their points being immersed In folma,,
lin gas. which kills all the germs
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-23
From the Missouri Child
rents Code Commission.

Eleven OF the bills Of the Child.
ren's Code were passed by the
40th General Assembly, marking
q great step in The field Of legis-
lation for the protection and care
of the children Of Missouri.
While many measures Of impor-
tance were defeated, the mem-
bers Of the Missouri Children's
Code Commission feel that the
passage Of the statewide juve-
nile court and mothers' pension
bills and the bill which makes
adoption Of children a court pro-
ceeding make a good beginning
for the passage Of the complete
Chiidrsn's Code in the next Sos
sion Of the legislature.
The people of Ripley county
may we'll be proud Of the work OF
their representative Mr., J. F.
Fulbright, in the passage of these
bills. Much credit is due him
for the active part he took in
having'the Code brought up for
third reading at q time when the
calender in the House was crowd
ed with local measures. Mr..
Fulbright realized the Importance
Of thsee bills to every child and
every mother in the state and
made 4 determined effort for
their successful passage.
The members of the Missouri
Childfen's Code Commission ex-
tend lheir thanks to him and to
the people Of Ripley county for
their assistance in this big work
for Missouri children. The Com
mission also desires,to make acs
knowledgement OF the splendid
assistance Senator O.. s. Hsrri-
son rendered as a member of the
Senate Committee on Children's
Code. .1
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-23

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The first legislative scandal Of
the session at Jefferson City was
exposed last week when it was
found that some Of the house
pages had engaged In a crap
game in the house cloak room.
How times have changed. It
used to be the Legislators did all
the gambling.
| Missouri State Veterinarian D..
F. Luckey, says that the farmers
! of Missouri stand in fair way to
lose from three to five million
dollars from hog cholera during
the summer. Last November
cholera was present in SO OF the
ia counties Of the state, and Of
a more virulent type than COM
mon.
Congressman Russell and May
or r. M. Tirmenstein have se-
cured a couple of obsolete brass
cannons for Benton and they will
probably be mounted in the court
yard. They will be Shipped from
Rock Island, ILL.,, and are twelve
pound howitzers. 40 cannon
balls will te shipped with the
guns.
| Thanks 10 the idea Of one wo-
man, 800 vacant lots in st. Joe
last year yielded $3.50 worth OF
garden truck for the needy and
deserving families Of that city.
This movement was started four
years ago, on forty five vacant
lots by st. Joseph club women
under the leadership Of Mrs. A.E.
Rush.
John Mengel. a Poplar Bluff
business man, had 80 thorough-
bred Buff Leghorn hens stolen
from his chicken house at his
home one night last week. The
| 80 hens were valued at S75. They
have niggers at the Bluff and
|niggers like chicken, and it don't
matter whether they are thorough
bred or just the common kind.
Circuit Judge Arch Johnson, OF
Springfield, has been awarded IL
Judgement against former State
Game Warden Jess Tolsrton in
the Greene county circuit court
at Springfield. Judge johnson
sued Tolerton for $4,000 dam.
ages for publishing an article at
tacking the character Of the jur-
ist in a Springfield paper during
the city election last spring.
Alvin Chapman, postmaster at
Senath, Dunklin county, has been
found short in his cash Sc, ,327 20
and has disappeared. A govern
ment inspector called at the Of
fee q week ago Monday and took
temporary charge while he made
an investigation and the next
morning Chapman was non est.
He had been runuing a string Of
| moving picture shows and was
known to be behind in his busi-
ness affairs. He waa, a school
teacher before appointment to
1.-THE postoffice. He was married.
Governor Gardner says he will
see thar every county in the state
takes advantage Of the new road
bills passed BY the Legislature
.I4 4
and receives their share Of the
money. He announces that ii is
his intention to 60 into the coun-
ties personally and see that they
raise the money necessary to put
up to secure the Federal aid. In
this event itmsy be that Ripley
county can get in on the Federal
aid road money, but to do 20 The
county and the citizens will have
to come across and the road over
seers win have to have their work
inspected and passed upon BY The
state commission. and II must be
good work Il i gets BY.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-23

These gentlemen will have to
face . double charge when caught
and that win only be . matter Of
time. Hunter South East Mis-
sourian.
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-23
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
'ROUND ABOUTTHE STATE.
Cleaned from Exchanges Made by the Shears,
the Pencil and the Paste Pot--Some Org-
nal, Some Credited. and Some Stolen,
but Nearly All Interesting Reading.

sssssvsssssssssssssssAs
Parties are arranging to build
Ia 500, 900 hotel at Charleston,
Mississippi county.
The Koshkonong peach crop is
reported safe after careful exam-
4 ination by experts.
Stoddard county is figuring on
q vote to bond for S500,0O0 for
building good roads.
A creamery has been organized
Of Braggadocia, Pemiscot county,
with 800 paid up shares.
# st. Francis county is now fig
uring on q proposition to bond
A the county for the purpose OF
A building good roads.
Wayne county is selling $780,
1 600 worth of good road bonds and
will have. some goods. IT that
much money will make them.
Sikeston is making great prep
arations for the reception OF the
annual meeting Of s. E. Mo. Odd
Fellows, which will convene in
that city on April 2eth,
Rats are so bad on a mans
farm on Nigger Ridge, in Miss
issippi county, that he wants his
friends to send him 30 cats to help
drive the rodents away.
The Board Of Aldermen OF
Pennington have ordered the
streets ofthat city oiled and as.
sessing the cost to property own
ers according to frontage.
The new Christian church at
Piedmont will be dedicated the
third Sunday in April. Rev. j.
, H. Tiller go we'll known in this
immediate section is the pastor.
The ,Stoddard county circuit
court convened on Monday, 18th
instant, with 307 cases on the
docket, Of which 80 we're crimi-
nal, and 46 were for divorce. The
others were mostly equity cases.
New Madrid county, on the let
day OF February, Of this year.
had s6iS.9a7.S4 in their various
County Depositoriss. A big part
OF it belongs to the Drainage
Districts, the County School Fund
and Road Fund.
. ~ w.
Silas Gummins, OF 0ldfield,
Mo-, is the father of two sons.
Though born half an hour apart,
one was born in 1916 and the
other in 1917. The parents have
named them 0ldfield and New
ton. Old and New for short.
B. H. Robertson, q rural route
mail carrier, Route No. 2, com-
mitted suicide at his home al West
Plains, on account Of i'll health,
by drinking carbolic acid, the
fret Of last week. He leaves q
widow and two small children.
On account Of . recent rupture
between officials Of the Cotton
Belt and Iron Mountain railroad,
there i strong talk Of the Iron
Mountain building oar shops at
Illmo. The matter will now de-
pend upon TIE attitude Of the
Iron Mountain.
George W. Munger, prosecute
Ing attorney Of Stoddard county,
and Mrs. Beulah Trottor, were
married at Dexter last week BY
Rev. W. Sanford Gee. Mr.Mun-
ger is well known here and was
formerly citizen for many years
Of Carter county.
Mrs. Clara May Piunkett, wife
of W. p. Plunkett, editor 81 Tie
Dunklin County News. published
\ at Kenneth, died at her home at
Kennett, onthe 12thinstani, from
valvular heart trouble. after i
long illnesa, The intsrment was
made 1t Montgomery City, her
former home
Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1917-03-23

years, was taken from him at
Mercy hospital in Council Bluffs
recently and was pronounced .
prize specimen by the operating
physician, who found the organ
filled with shot. II contained II
leaden pellets. AT regular inter-
walls during the past several weeks
Winkler's table had been laden
with rabbit and the boy in partic-
ular had a fondness for rabbit
meat. II 10 believed that the shot
4 in the bunnies had been swallow
ed and found their way into his
appendix.
Ironton Register: A lady on
the Post Dispatch staff lays down
three tests to be applied to male
candidates for matrimony. Two
Of the tests are not beyond the
scope Of portal man; but the
third! The lady making the test
is to read fine poem to her lover
at the same time exhibiting--ap-
parently inadvertently "a few
inches OF silk hose. II che, fur
lively glancing over the page,
catches his eyes intent on the
hosiery, he falls short Of the re-
qulrement. >The ideal here pro-
posed is such as is not OF earth;
heaven is his home.
Sikeston Standard: What came
near being tragedy occurred at
a certain cabin In 'Sikeston early
last Friday morning. The man
of the cabin had at least q third
Of pint Of whiskey left over
from the night before and to safe
guard 1t until the next morning
put it in a basket of cobs. Early
in the morning the queen Of the
cabin got up first and poured the
|
basket OF cobs, whiskey and ell,
into the stove. Soon after an ex-
plosion occurred that awoke the
man. He knew what had hap
pened and said: "Now you have
done gone and played hell"
In one Of the lower grades OF
the Poplar Bluff schools recently
one Of the pretty young lady in
strurtors had a class Of small pu.
pills up for recitation and had
written among other words for
pronunciation the word "hus-
band" on the blackboard, but
none Of the little people seemed
able to pronounce it, and to help
them along, she said. "If |
should get married what would ]
have?,, Reasoning from cause
to effect the class answered quite
promptly, but il was not the an
swer she expected, and caused
her to blush like a brilliant sum
set.
| New Madrid Record: John Lee,
one OF Parma's progressive mef-
chants, on February 9th, made
a prediction that on April 9th OF
this year there will be two frosts
in this section. John does not
profess to be a weather prognosti-
Gator, but here is how he arrived
at his prediction: He says that
whenever 1t thunders during the
month Of February, two months
later there viii be frost. We have
never heard Of this way of-pre-
dieting frost, but we will watch
and see il his method Is true, and
his belief Is SO strong that he has
wagered the cigars that IL win
come lrue. Early gardners had
better look out.
While Sheriff Kelley was in
Hunter with a prisoner last Sum
day night Fred King, Clarence
Stone and Dick Stone who were
in the county jail At Van Buren
|swaiting trial on q charge OF hog
stealing pried the bars loose and
took q laAye Of absence. The
prisoners formerly lived in what
Is known as Kelly Hollow west
lof' Grandin and were charged by
A. N. Ball et-al withslealing hogs
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

xNTIL evening OF this day the
stars rule unfavorablv. Neptune
~ and Mars are both adverse. In
the evening Uranus IS in benefic as
pect
u should be an suspicious time for
travelling on land as well as water.
The stars appear 10 promise large
profits to hotel keepers AT inland
summer resorts near New York and
other eastern cities. Newport has q
sign presaging a sensational event
that may be a tragedy for man Of
prominence.
Uranus gives promise o. splendid
achievements in serial navigation Ir-
ventions Of surprising character are
toreshadowed
There is an aspect read as indicat-
ing widespread interest IN COOKING
and the prediction made q year ago
that American women VINO desire sur
frage would win by preparing 1000
for men instead Of delivering speeches
to them, may be fulfilled through
some public service or army aid
For this day the pianets seem 10
threaten trouble for both the army
and the navy
There is a sign read as presaSlng
honors and national fame for mem
bers OF the negro race. among whom
heroes VIII arise
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
Cocoanut Oil Fine
For Washing Hair

II you want TO keep your hair IN
5000 condition, be careful what you
wash IL with
Most soaps and prepared sham
Poos contain too much alkai This
dries the scalp, makes the hair brit
lie, and is very harmful Just plain
1nuisified cocoauut oil (Which is pure
and entirely sreaseless), is much bet
Ter than the most expensive soap or
anything else you can use for sham
Pooing, as this can't possibly injure
The hair
Simply moisten your hair with va
rer and rub II in One or two tea
SpoorfUls VIII make an abundance
y rich. creamy lsther, and cieanses
the hair and scalp thoroughly. The
iather rinses out easily, and removes
every particle o. dust, dirt. dandruff
and excessive oil. The hair dries
quickly and evenly, ana Il leaves it
Zine and silky, bright, fluffy and easy
10 manage.
You can get mulsified cocozuut oil
Al most any drug store. i is verv
CHEAP and few ounces IS enough
10 last everyone in the family for
rionths.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
OROSCOPE


Arizona is under a sway making
for excitement and blOodshed. It's
mines have the prognosucation Of
prosperity.
The planets appear TO foreshadOw
more war enthusiasm n the east than
in the west, but san Francisco and
Chicago viii achieve distinction in IN
expected ways.
Wool merchants have the prognostI-
cation OF great profits and extraordi-
nary obstacles in business.
The seers prOgnosucate such gains
and benefits for leather dealers that
fashion viii devise shoes OF substl-
tute materials
Fame for a woman surgeon IS
prophesied. She viii belong TO the
west
Persons whose birthdate r. is may
have a troublesome year in business.
but friends viii compensate for heavy
losses
Children born on this DAY may meet
many obstacles in the way OF sue
cess. but these subjects or Taurus
have the power Of making Influential
friends who are always ready 10 shield
them--Copyrish 1917, by the CrClure
Newspaper Syndicate
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
LISTEN TO THIS!
SAYS C0RNS LIFT
RIGHT OUT NOW

You reckless men and women who
are pestered with corns and who have
Al least once a week invited an awful
death from lockjaw or blood poison
are now told by a Cincinnati authority
% use . drug called freezone, which
The moment a few drops are applied
10 any corn the soreness is relieved
md soon the entire corn. root and all.
HTS out with the fingers
Il is q sticky ether compound which
dries the moment il is applied and
simply shrivcls the corn without in
flaming or even irritating the sur
rounding tissue or skin It is claimed
HAT q quarter Of an ounce OF freszone
WI cost very little a. any OF the
aPug stores. but is sufficient to rid
ones feet OF every hard or soft corn
or callus-
Eou are further warned that cutting
At q corn IS a suicidalshabit-Ady.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
- TELL WELL. Bur I Ger
w tainly an glad to see
v-c-- rss r-.,--,-..s s-r, 49,

w faialy AN an glad S5' to 9 see see
your laughed Jolly Uncle
Aiegily in his jolliest voice as he
opened the door Of his hollow stump
bungalow one morning and saw Mrs.
Orioie, the Baltimore bird lady, and
her little girl Nan. Come right In
and make yourselves at home, Did
you have a nice trip Up from the
Southland?"
Very nice indeed" said Mrs. Orlole.
And We are very glad 70 get here. It
was sweet OF you 70 ask US to st-y
home built"
oh, but am delighted 10 have
you, said Uncle Wiggily. 'oh. Nurse
Jane" he cried Here's Mrs. OrioIe
ana Nan, They have come 70 stay
with US until Mr. OriOle gets here and
an make a hanging nest for them in
tae elm tree. You'll build there again
mis- summer, I SUPPOSE" he asked
the bird lady.
ooh, yes" she sid. 'F7itter. my
husband. viii be along soon guess.
Ihough he had 10 fly down 10 Palm
lSeach 70 see some friends OF his, so
ne said Nan and might as well come
on SO We did, after we got your
birch bark letter inviting US here. We
mad very pleasant trip"
hes. and now you must have some
Thing to eat" said Nurse Jane. Din
her is ali ready"
7 really can't eat much" said Mrs.
OTiole- Just morsel Of a rose leaf
sandwich ana = drop of honey dew.
As 70 Nan. she doesn't feel very
ven, so she had better not take more
than a half q grain OF rice"
80 " hats the matter, Nam" asked
Uncle Wiggily OF the little girl birdie.
oh, We flew through some smoke
from = tall factory chimney on our
way here" said Mrs. Oriole. Nan
swallowed a little which went down
her Sunday throat But IL she lies
down and rests I think che will be all
right"
But poor Nan was not. That night
she was taken quite Ill in Uncle Wig
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
MkYRts S1DtEEVL REMFEN
Ysr. STOMACHtsssgS'!l
ONE Dos Wi COMING

Gall Stones, Cancer and Ulcers OF the
Stomach and Intestines, Auto-Intoxica-
iion, Yellow Jaundiee, Acute Indiges-
lion. Appendicitis, Gastritis and other
fatal ailments result from Stomach
Trouble Thousands OF Stomach Suf-
ferers owe their complete recovery 70
Afa-r's Wonderful Remedy. Unlike
any other for Stomach Ailments. For
sale by Kelly & Pollard. Potter Drug
90, ana druggists Verywhere.-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
Aw. That's Easy. Fannie

Fannie Wards difficulties are
rapidly Increasing She made such a
splendid success playing single roles
that IL was decided she was not real
" using anything like her entire his
trionic capacity Now she is cast in
three different roles in one picture
two sisters and the mother.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

HILE recently touring the
AA western states. count Ilya
Tolstoy, son OF Russis's most
famous novelist. stopped off in Los
Angeles TO pay his respects TO Mary
Pickford. Americas most popular lit
the movie queen Miss Piclzford ex-
planned in detail the mysteries Of the
movie studio 10 the Russian noble
man, who vas deeply interested. he
paid Mary a great compliment by tell
ing her that she was quite as popular
in Russia as she IS in the United
States. At which Mary smiled ami
shook her curls.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

We have just received a shipment
OF White onion Sets Price S5c per 10
q Paso seed CO.. 52S san Antonio.
Z Blk. Z City Han & Court House.
ADV.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

OUR BIGGEST SENSATION N
WONDER HATS
AT THE WHITE HOUSE FRIDAY.
ADV
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

Marie CahiH. newest movie recruit
from vaudeville. says she makes her
own hats.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

At the Balboa studio trained
nurse has ben added to the official
staff 10 LOOK after the women and
children
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

The Fox CO. plans TO release each
month a movie with q cast entirely
of children. Fox CO. youngsters in
clude Jane Lee and Aittens ReiChert.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08
- ItnFVkD e1plalalne mysLenas

seven minutes OF applause from al
audience at the Drury Lane theater iu
London It's by n. W. Griffith. who
produced The Birth OF q Nation
An Italian audience in 2 Rome the
alter burst into cheers for America at
a showing OF the movie Invasion Of
America"
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

But the script calls for the mother
70 carry the two sisters out OF a burn
ing building laments Fannie, and
how am 7 going 70 do ito
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

Indian Bicycles. Allen Arms & Cycle
%, 4e4 n Oregon St-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

CANARY PILLS. T s25, iS,
to =. Purgative . to l. No sick
stomach. No gripping. No weakening.
25c. Purely vegetable. Are better
than what YOU thiuk-Adv.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

~ TASH one head OF lettuce, take
w away the outside leaves, and
cut the heart into small
pieces Put them into bowl. season
with salt and pepper. add can OF
sliced pineapple; whip one-half cup
OF cream. stir it into one-half cup OF
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

Last June, when we had to advance the price
of the Handy Volume Britannica few
dollars, oUer II, 900 orders came IN after
the last day of the lou price.
We warn yOu nOW-the remaining sets
of the "Handy Volume Britannica, printed
on this wonderfully thin, opaque India paper,
that makes each volume only I inch thick,
will be exhausted IN less than three weeks.
Tense thousands of peoplehaye written for and
received our descriptive book that tells all about the
Britannica. They are making up their minds and
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-05-08

If you want the oId-fashioned stage coach-horSe
and carriage-saing vessel kind of an Encyco-
paedia Britannica you need not be in any hurry to
buy now. You can get the heavy, bulky, thick
paper Britannica at any time.
But if you want the modern Handy
Volume" Encyclopaedia Britannica, printed on
genuine India paper, you must order at once.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-04
SCEARCE
PLANS BUILDINGS

Stanley Scarce announces this
week that he has determined upon
extensive improvements and greatly
enlarged buildings to meet the con-
stantly growing volume of his busi-
ness in Roman. The first improve
ment contemplated is the erection of
additions to his present large store
building, which will add 10000 feet
this result he has let a contract to
Frank d. Smith of Plains, compe-
tent brick maker, for 100000 brick
This contract is conditional, however,
on their being satisfactory brick ma
terial or clay found in the vicinity
which will enable the brick being
manufactured here, or so econom-
ically as to permit them being made
here. TO test out this feature of the
contract Mr. Smith has already COM
menced the manufacture of 1000
kiln of brick, which will determine
this important feature. Should the
clay now thought suitable prove sat
isfactory, the entire 100000 will be
manufactured at once.
Besides building the extensive ad-
ditions to the present store building,
Mr.. Scearce intends to build at least
six elevators, and perhaps eight,
along the line of the new railroad
now building. These elevators will
be built at Moiese, D'Aste, Chariot,
Roman, Flathead and Poison. One
may be built at Sloan and it is cer-
tain he will build one this year at
Plains, where he shipped something
over 40 cars of grain last year.
This means an investment of at
least 100000 by Mr. Scearce and
shows his entire confidence in the
future of the valley.
The Ronan pioneer., 1917-05-04

in the market. This addition has
just been plated and was placed on
the market last Friday. Already one
half of the acreage in community
tracts offered have already been alb
sorbed by local buyers and there has
been a brisk demand locally for the
lots. Mr.. Cochran states that an out
side building syndicate has in con-
temptation the prompt construction
of number of bungalows in his ad-
dition which will be placed before
the public for sale and lease.
A number of Missoula residents,
familiar with the possibilities of our
community, have purchased lots in
the Cochran addition.