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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
THEIR BIG CHANCE
Legislators Could Arrange 1t So BOns
Dry Law Couldn't Touch Them.

Maybe there will be no sine die adj
Journment of the legislature this year.
True, the two houses will probably
complete their work before the mid
die of March, but it has been sug-
gested by several members that the
part of wisdom would be to just go
home and forget the sine die adjourn
ment.
All that in view of the passage of
the bone dry law.
Inc state constitution, you know,
throws sort of protective halo
around member of the legislature.
1t prohibits his arrest for anything
except a felony or a breach of the
peace during a session of the legisla-
ture: Violating the bone dry law
would not be a felony and it would
not be a breach of the peace.
Senators and representatives are
wholly human. Some like a drink now
and then Just as much as and no more
than any other aggregation of 165
average citizens. The bone dry law
affects them just as it affects others.
They might stave off the EVIL day.
for some little zine if they cared to.
But they don't.
And they won't
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
FACE BIC PROBLEM
Negro Students on Increase In
High School.
Several Glasses in Which Three
Fourth ColOred.

The unusually increased percentage
of colored students in the high schooi.
particularly in the entering class, IS
the chief subject of conversation
among the high school students these
days. With the entrance TINS term OF
a class from the grade schools' OF
which more than half were colored,
high school authorities are racing d
problem in distribution OF classes
In the first disposition Oh classes az
the beginning of the term there Were
several in which three-fourths of the
students were colored. A hurried re-
distribution occurred, reducing the uh-
usual proportions, but Statistical sur
vey made by one of the teachers SHOWS
an unusual percentage of colored STU
dents.
More than thirty classes are com
posed of from one-fCurth to one-hall,
or more. of colored students. accord
ing to the report. In nearly every one
of these cases it is in the FIRST year
classes. This is largely explained, &C
cording to the school authorities, as
being the result of the creation OF the
two junior high schools which includes
the first year of high school work.
The Quincy and Sumner junior high
schools have about $50 students, near
ly all white, in their third year classes,
which is the equivalent of the flrSt
year in the high school. These chill
dren enter the high school in the sec
ond year.
Increase 20 Per Cent.
According to teachers the percent
age of cOlored students in. the first
year at high school is nearly 35 per
cent as against 10 per cent last year.
The average for the entire school is
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
USE VEGETABLE FATS.
X. U. Experiment Shows They Are as
Good as Butter For Cakes.

Lawrence, Feb. 23.-Experiments
to determine the relative value of but
ter, ioleomargarine and vegetable
cooking fats for cake baking have re-
Gently been made by the department
of home economics in the University
of Kansas. The fact that butter and
oleomargarine are only So per cent
fat, while other vegetable cooking fats
are 100 per cent fat, was taken into
consideration as was also the fact that
butter and oleomargarine both con-
tain salt, while vegetable cooking fats
do not. Salt, therefore, must be add
ed to the fat not having it.
CAKES made with each of theseNfats
were submitted to the judgment of
the merchants, men and women, at
the Merchants Short Course recently
at the University and none of them
could detect a difference between the
cake made with butter and olkes
made with cheaper fats However
Miss Elizabeth Sprague, head of the
department. said:
1--WE do not insist there is no diff
ference in these cakes. I myself be-
lieve butter gives a subtle flavor that
nothing else can give, but we do main
tain that very good cakes can be made
from the cheaper fats and the use of
these may prove a very satisfactory
means of economizing in cake baking
in these times of the H. C. L.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
'WETS" IN LAST DITCH
Final Effort Enacted Today to 'Save''
District Of Columbia.

Washington, Feb. 2S.-"The last
stand" was being enacted by ''wets"
today in what appeared to be a futile
effort to save the District of Columbia
from becoming dry territory after
November l.
At 1 o'clock the house rules COM
m1ttee began hearings on a special
rule for quick action on the Sheppard
bill ousting the capital city from the
wet" column.
After the hearings close the COM
mlttee will go into executive session
and determine when the Sheppard
Dill, already passed by the senate,
snail come up for final vote before
the house
The prohibitionists are LEAVING moth
ing undone to get action on the meas
ure this session
Advocates of a referendum will be
given their chance to move recon-
mltment of the bill after discussion
ends In the house, but such a motion
could not survive the opposition, it is
believed today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23

You don't know what upset your
etornach-which portion of the 1000
did the damage-do you? Wen uoI
bother. If your stomach is in a re
volt; if sick. gassy and upset. and
what you just ate has, fermented and
turned sour; head dizzy and aches,
belch gases and acids and eructate
undigested food: breath foul. tongue
coated-just take little Pape's Dla-
pepsin to neutralize acidity and In
five minutes Won wonder what became
of the Indigestion and distress
Millions of men and women today
know that it is needless to have dys-
pepsia A little Diapepsin occasionally
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
HUNT MURDER SUSPECT
Chicago Police Connect Alleged Safe
Cracker With Auto Mystery.

Chicago, Feb. 23.-Chicago police
have spread a dragnet over Chicago
and surrounding towns for Harry
Stead, police character, and alleged
safe cracker of international reputa-
ton, suspected in connection with the
Hammond, Ind, mystery murder"
Police have learned definitely that
Stead, with two of his companions ate
dinner on the night of the murder at
the Durham roadhouse.
A Hammond garage keeper has fur
nished an additional clew, by telling
police he sold five gallons of gasoline
to four men in car, who ordered him
to hurry up and kept a close watch
in all directions while he was filling
the tank. 1t is believed the autoists
may have been Stead and his COM
panions.
The suit worn by the dead man has
been identified by a cleaners mark
as having been cleaned by a Chicago
shop, in the neighborhood where
Stead and his companions are in the
habit of frequenting.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
TO BE A BIG DINNER
Many Topekans Plan to Attend Wheel
err Affair at the C. of E.

Nearly 100 reservations have been
made for the Harry A. Wheeler din
ner at the Chamber of Commerce,
next Monday evening. Wheeler was
the first president of the United States
Chamber of Commerce and is now
vice president of the Union Trust COM
pany of Chicago. He is recognized as
one of the best authorities on business
in the country.
Wheeler will speak on National
Problems Arising From the War" He
is a personal friend of E. l.. Copeland,
treasurer of the Santa Fe who says of
him: wheeler is one of the biggest
men in the younger circle of finan-
ciers in the country. There is no
theory in his statements. He is emil
nently practical and sane in his state
ments."
Reservation for the dinner may be
made thru J. Will Kelley, secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23

"Once More" a Really Remarkable
Sale of Extra Fine Shirts at $1.15
ATHER than tell you the real value of the shirts
(Which might your skepticism) we'll say that
they're the biggest values offered Every Of
them is of standard make that you know and respect
wish permitted to tell you their There
plain and plated bosoms starched soft cuffs Ex
ceedingly handsome fabrics new
o ~
valu at. l. l.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23

IL per cent, an increase of about z
per cent over last year.
The statistical survey issued today
shows that there are eighty-four
classes with a colored enrolment OF
above IL per cent, of the total: fifty
five classes with colored enrolment
of above II per cent: thirty-four
classes with an enrolment of above
26 per cent; twenty classes that are
rs per cent colored; nine in which
80 per cent of the students are colored
and five in which colored students
make up over half of the class. That
is in 207 classes out of the 462 the
colored students make up more than
/ per cent of the enrolment. Forty
classes have no colored students and
lis have less than IL per cent
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
Food Souring Causes Indigestion,
Gases, Heartburn--Pape's DIapepsIn
Instant Relief! Neutralizes acid in stomach, stopping
dyspepsia, pain bechng- fine!

keeps the stomach sweetened, and
they eat their favorite foods without
fear.
If your stomach doesn't take care
of your liberal limit without reoei /,
1io, IL vour food is a damage instead
of help. remember the quickest.
surest, most harmless antac1d is
Pape's Diapepsin. which costs only
fiftv cents for a large case at drug
stores It's truly wonderful stops
food souring and sets things straight.
Ga gently and easily that it is really
os+0nishing Your stomach will di-
rest your meals if you keep acids neu-
tralized Advertisement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
HOT TEA BREAKS
A COLDeTRY THIS

Gel small package of Hamburg
Breast Tea, or as the German folks
call it, Hamburger Brust Thee, at
any pharmacy. Take a tablespoonful
of the tea. put cup of boiling water
upon it, pour through sieve and
drink teacup full at any time. 1t is
the most effective way to break a
cold and cure grip, as it opens the
pores, relieving congestion. Also loos-
ems the bowels. thus breaking cold
at once.
1t is inexpensive and entirely vege-
table. therefore harm1ess-Adv-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-02-23
Will Take Off
All Excess Fat

Do YOU know that there is simple
harmless effective remedy for overfatness
that NAV be used safely and secretly by
any man or woman who is losing the slim
ness of youth:
There is: and it is none other than the
Prescription, known as Marmola Prescrip-
ton Tablets 70 can we'll expect a reduc-
without dieting or exercising. Marmola
Prescription Tablets are sold by all drug
pists mt 75c for large case. or if YOU
nrefer YOU can order direct from the Mar
moIa Co. SG4 Woodward Ave, Detroit,
Mich=Advertisement
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
MORE CAUTIOUS

The government has established
regulations under which the water
fronts at New York and other impor-
tant coast cities will be placed under
military guard. This is done by the
Department of Justice under Presi-
dent Wilson's recent alien enemy pro-
clamation. This rule went into
effect in New York last Sunday night.
The soldiers will have instructions
to shoot all persons, aliens or citi-
zens, entering the barred zone 100
yards from the piers, docks and ware
houses, unless identified by special
guards. Blue uniforms will be worn
by the soldiers to distinguish them
from other military forces and to
lessen the danger of accidental shoot
ing Of persons claiming ignorance of
the guards identity.
Alien enemies under the presidents
may not enter the pro-
hibited zones under any circumstan-
ces and must move out if they al
ready have business or residence
places within the 1O0-yard limit. BY
this strict system of patrol the gov
eminent hopes to eliminate the pos
sibility of enemy plotters causing
fires and explosions on piers and IN
water front warehouses.
This government cannot be 100
,aucious for every day brings renew-
ID evidence of the treachery of the |
German ,vmpathizers in this coun-
,ry. This is a time when none aut |
rue Americans should be on guard. |
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
RED CROSS NEWS
CONTINUED from page -

Of the Red Cross All the church
bells are to be tolled at the same
hour the candles are lit.
At 8 o'clock Christmas eve groups
of Red Cross singers will be asked
to go through each neighborhood
singing Christmas corals. A large
squad of Huntingdon's best singers
will be trained for this special ser
vice. Song leaders in every section
of Carroll county are hereby asked
to volunteer and take up this part
of the Christmas program in their
respective communities and if pos
sible carry on the singing during
Christmas day.
Last Friday night Mr.. NOEL went
out to Rosser and spoke on Red
Cross work. The donation to the
Red Cross chapter amounted to over
forty dollars. Claude Mebane and Ed
Daily are the authorized representa-
tives of the Huntingdon chapter in
that community to receive contri-
buttons.
At Long Rock church Sunday after
noon a splendid Red Cross meeting
was held. An interesting program
Of music and Rotations by members
OF the Sunday school was followed
by addresses by Jno. 7. Peeler, Mr..
NOEL and Mrs. Corine Tidwell on
Red Cross work. Rev. G. w. Woods,
Rev. Jones and Edgar Traywick also
made interesting talks for the Red
Cross. The freewill offerings for Red
Cross work was S52.05.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
LAST SPAN PLACED

Officials of the Nashville, Chatta,
nooga & st. Louis railway announce
chat the last span of the big bridge
across the Ohio riversat Metropolis
Ill, has been placed and has just
been cleared Of the falsework. This
means that within a few weeks the
traffic from the Northwest will have
an allrail route into the Southeast
and vice versa.
A paris paper published last week
a rumor to the effect that the Dixie
Flyer, train that has grown to be
a very popular train here, will be
routed via Hollow Rock junction and
Metropolis, ILL.,, commencing some
time in the. near future. We hope
this is only a rumor and will not
prove true.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
CODE OF THE JUNIOR POLICE
Organization Of Young Boys IN New
York Is Given instruction In Civic
Duties and Good conAuet.

The junior police Of the city of New
York Il an organization for boys be-
tween the ages Of eleven and fifteen.
who are regularly trained, drilled and
instructed in athletic sports, civic du-
ties and good conduct under competent
and responsible supervision. In the
Century Henry Rood describes its
origin. "Tt occurred first to a police
captain Of the East side-Sweeney Of
the Fifteenth precinct. The commits
sloner and several civilians got to-
gether with Sweeney, and the idea was
worked out. Today the junior force
Is well organized, with inspectors and
captains and other young officers, and
a growing membership that will reach
5000 and over this spring. Uniforms
are permitted, but are not insisted on;
every junior, however, is entitled to
wear a special badge. which is never
worn on the outside Of coat or jacket
excepting at drills or other gatherings.
Duties of the junior police include the
use Of clean and decent language at
all times, In all places. The code con-
tinues thus:
"Nevcr hitch on wagons or street
cars; always cross the streets at the
corners; do not build bOnfires in the
streets do not break windows or street
lamps, or deface buildings or sidewalks
with chalk; do not smoke cigarettes or
play craps see that garbage cans are
kept covered, that garbage and ashes
and waste paper are not MIXED in
ears tlat cans are promptly removed
from the sidewalk after being efnptiest;
that persUHs are requested tokeep side
walks aud areaways In front Of their
buildings clean, and that they do not |
throw refuse in the street"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
True Friendship.

We are all inclined to lean too much
on friendship; to depend not on our
own souls for strength, but on the
strength that comes from other souls.
So the building in process of erection
has many props to support it; but as
it nears completion prop after prop is
knocked away, and it Is secure only
as it rises firmly in its own founda-
ton. No friend can bear our burden
for us; the most he can do is to help
us to bear it well, prompting us to en-
deavor by his sympathy and wisdom.
If we have so used friendship that we
have lost the power to stand alone, we
have misused it.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
Blossoms for Dead Soldiers

One Of the most prosperous agricul-
tural districts in France at the pres
ent time is in the near neighborhoOd
of Toulon, the Mediterranean seaport
not far from Marseilles and therefore
far distant from the scene of war.
But the war Is TO this district the
most important source of it's prosper
lty. For IFS chief product is those
tiny, long-lastlng flowers known as
''immortelIes." They so, in vast guam
titles, to decorate the graves of French
soldiers. In early spring the fields
planted with them are densely carpet
ed with the blosSOms-aSsociated in
everybody's mind not with life, but
with death-which are picked In early
morning, before the dew is Off the
ground, and shipped, vie Toulon, to
all parts Of France.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
comnlaint Of the stunid.

1t is only stupid people who complain
that they are misunderstood. If they
were not stupid, they would know that
there is absolutely no such thing as
being understood, and, therefore that
there is nothing whatsoever to be
gained By complaining about It.
Wise people who want to be under.
stood do not spend their time complain
ing, but in perfecting some means OF
expressing themselves by which they
may reveal to the world about them
some slight remnant, at least, of their
souls, or their minds. or their ideas, or
their discoveries, or their eccentrici.
Ties, or whatever it Is they want to
make known.
When you complain about not being
understood, the only thing you make
clear is that you are a compIainer.--
Puck.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
Sea Gives un EatanIes.

Early strollers on the beaches az
far north as Belmar recently recOy.
cred from the surf enough food to stock
country grocery, says Sea Grt,
N. Y, dispatch to the New York Times
The fiotsam Included canned goods
of many sorts, but mostly tomatoes
and asparagus; one man carried home
three tubs of good butter and many
clothesbaskets full Of lemons, all Of
which were fresh and hard. Submarine
activity, was secuted as cause for the
pickings, but one guess as to their
origin was that some vessel, warship
or possibly a big yacht, returning from
a long cruise had passed up the coast
and her crew had emptied the Iarder
overheard SO as to be certain Of abso-
lutely fresh provisions when next they
put to sea.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
War in We olden Times.

In Gen. Sir George Higglnson's In
teresting book on the Crimean war, the
following passage in which Higgnson
writes home from Malta occurs: you
have heard, / dare say. Of the adyen-
ture Of the Fury steam vessel which
1t had in the Black sea. She took a
Russian prize while on Il cruise recon.
noitering Sebastopol. The Russians
sailed out with three frigates, and the
poor Fury was obliged to cut her tow
rope and leave her prize, which she
could not sink, for after taking the
crew out as prisoners she found that
one unfortunate man had been left be-
hind in her.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
BIRDS WOULD CONSERVE FOOD
Return Of Feathered BenefaetorS 70
Farm Would Mean Saving Of Bill
lion pollaFs q Year.

II the Eastern states alone could
bring back the. quail, the rOse-breaSted
grosbeaks aud other bird benefactors
they would save $15,OOO,O00 a year in
the price Of materials used to kill POI
tato bugs.
Charles r. Shoffner of the Liberty
Bell Bird club made This statement, the
Philadelphia North American states.
He made plea for the birds as n
means Of conserving the nations food
resources.
'If Pennsylvania had but one pair
of robins to the acre." he said, "the
lArds would consume $500 tons Of in
sects a day. The nation loses $1,000
100000 a year through ravages Of in
scots which the birds can eliminate,
next year the country must double
its crop output to feed its army. 1t IS
necessary, therefore, to have the best
crops we can obtain, and the way to
obtain them is by bringing back the
birds"
Mr.. ShOf'ner explained the impOr-
lance of erecting bird houses to take
the places of the Tickets the hollow
trees and other natural resting places
for the birds which have disappeared.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
MISS LILLIAN ETHEL WOOD

The remains of Miss Lillian Ethel
Wood were brought from Memphis to
Westport last Saturday afternoon and
carried to Holiday for burial. Miss
Wood died at the Baptist Memorial
Hospital Friday morning, November
20, 1917, at 5 AS o'clock. The death
was caused from being severely burn
ed few days before. She was heat
ing some tar to place in a hog trough
when the tar became ignited and in
her efforts to extinguish the flames
her clothing caught fire and she'was
so badly burned that death ensued.
She is the daughter of George M.
Woods and they lived at Wilson, Ark.
The family once lived in Huntingdon
and are kindly remembered by our
people. She is survived by her father
three brothers A. A. and John k.
Wood of Wilson, Ark, and Louis, NJ.
Wood of Tyronza, Ark, and one sis
ter, Mrs. Paul Finch of Crab Orchard,
Ky. The burial occurred at Holiday
Sunday, after appropriate burial ser
vices. She was a member Of the
Methodist church and was ysung
lady highly esteemed.
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
BERMUDA IN FOOD CRUSADE
Government Of Island Colony Uress
Farmers Not 70 Rely Further on
Imported Supplies.

United States Consul Carl r. Loop,
at Hamilton, says: The department
Of agriculture Of bermuda has issued
leaflet for general distribution
throughout the colony. urging on the
farmers the necessity Of growing larger
quantities Of food for home cOnsump-
tion. 1t says in part:
"The government Is most anxious
that farmers and others realize the
Importance under present conditions OF
increasing local food supplies. The
high prices OF imported foodstuffs,
which are likely to be still. further in
creased in the future, add very great
ly to tho cost Of living, and at the
present time 1t Is q patriotic duty for
all TO do their utmost to insure the
practice Of economy In every depart
ment of life.
Heretofore the farmers of the col
0ny have depended too much on i'm
ported and too little on homegrown
foods. The present aim Of every farm
er should be TO produce as much food
for his family and live stock as he can
grow with economy, and to have sur
plus to sell. BY 20 doing he can great
~ reduce his own cost Of living and
ut the same time lessen the cOlony's de-
pendence on imported foods. The high
cost Of imported fOOdstuffs should in
crease the demand for local grown
foods, and market would seem to
be assured especially for p0tEtoea, 4
both Irish snd sweet, and pigs"
Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1917-11-30
A VICIOUS RUMoR

Among the many absurd and vic
ious rumors put into circulation these
days, probably through pro-German
influences, is one that the United
States proposes to confscate money
on deposit in banks. The absurdity of
the statement is obvious on its face,
These rumors are wholly without
foundation and probably circulated
for an evil purpose. The Govern
mcnt has no power to confscate the
money of depositors in banks"-From
statement of Secretary McAdoo.