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CARTHAGE, ILL.,, SEPT. II.

Carthage public schools opened Mon
day morning. with Prof o. A. Barr,
uperintendent of schools, assisted by
an efficient corps Of teachers. AL
though some changes have been made
III the teaching force. yet all are on
hand and ready for the opening day.
A number of changes have been made
In the text books, which coupled with
the fact that the pupils each year re-
qufre different set of books, has
caused the first days work to be very
light, and some of the books will not
be obtainable for few days. The
book stores are overrun by the pupils,
and It is almost impossible to secure
the services OF a clerk, without wait
ing IN line until ones time.
The following changes in text books
have been made:
The revised edition Of Hawkes., Luby
and Touton's Algebra, instead Of the
present edition Of the same
Longs outline Of English and Ameri-
can History, instead Of Painters In
PRODUCTION to English Literature, and
Longs American Literature.
Hufrout's Element Of Business Law.
Observation-Disclosures Language Series,
book one instead Of Language Through
Nature, Literature and Art.
Bacon's New German Grammar in
stead Of the old edition Of the same
now in use.
A number of Carthage citizens at
tended the Primitive Baptist associa-
tons meetings, held in Bentley Sat
urday, Sunday and Monday. A mum
Der Of visiting clergymen were pres
ent and the annual meeting was a de-
cided success, the crowd being large
Sunday, despite the cool weather
The local board for county of Han
cock. state of Illinois, has certified to
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One More Rsce

limited Press Leased Wire Service, I
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Papp this
years futurity winner at Belmont
track Will run one more race. it was
announced here today. Then. win or
lose, he will be retired. The George
w. Loft, star will be shipped to Ken.
lucky, where he will enter the Rreed.
ers futurity to be run at Lexington
Sept %. o VII
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to incite or abet, promote or en-
courage hostility or opposition to the
government of the state of Iowa or
of the United States shall be guilty
of a misdemeanor and on conviction
shall be punished by Imprisonment
in the county jail not less than six
months nor more than one year and
shall be fined not less than three
hundred nor more than one thousand
dollars.
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UNITED Press Leased Wire Service !
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Eddie
Hearne, one of the pioneers Of tho
auto speed track, has entered the
Hardness trophy race, to be run at
the Sheepshead Bay speedway Sept,
~. Hearne has been absent from the
big track four years.
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To be Sent AGAINST Hourleao

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service 7
NEW YORK, Sept. 11.-Omar Kah.
yam, most brilliant of the seasons
three year Odds, will be sent against
August Belmont's Hourless, his only
rival next Saturday at Belmont track
If the track is fast. The pair met early
in the season in the Brooklyn derby
md Omar kahyam showed his heels
10 the Belmont horse.
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FIGHT to Draw.

UNITED Press Leased Wire Service. ]
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. Sept. IL
Eddie White. California, and Al
Young, of Ogden, fought six rounds
last night as the main event Of the
Manhattan clubs second boxing bill
Of the season. While the bout was
called a draw. the decision was I'M
popular. White evidently having the
shade. Five other bouts were staged.
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Carman Roy Hopson. Stillwell; Ever
cite r. Meredith, Augusta; BENJAMIN
n. Ruhs, Hamilton; Guy Marion Clark,
West Point; John w Ketchum, Angus
ia: Paul Ronald McGrath, LaHarpe;
William Harrison Davis, Pontoosuc:
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Point; Raydle F. Cunningham, War
saw; Milo Franklin McClintock, Den
yer; Henry Henderson Williams, Fer
ris; Paul Bert Peyro, LaHarpe; Joseph
l.. Worrel, Bowen: Henry Maize, Ell
vaston; Arthur s, Orth, Blandinsviile;
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Charles Ed Montgomery, Dallas city,
Irving Mar Graham, Carthage, K. H.,
Joe Wilbert Bryan, LaHarpe; Jonn
Peter Dickwisch, Suffer-; Clarence
VIM. Porter, Carthage; William PAIN
or. Pontoosuc.
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Speaking of Excite ent

Des Moines Register: The farmer
VINO has nice bunch of fat hogs to
gaze on every day is not likely To
be greatly interested in baseball Der.
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State Officers Are Empowered TO
Make Arrests and Bring People
to Bar Of Justice for
Utterances.
FLAG DISSERTATION, TOO
Instruction and Hostility lncitors
Are Held Under State Laws
Which Have Been
Made.


severe and fully cover any act of a
reasonable nature, either Commit
ted by word Of mouth or by action.
Under these laws it is not necessary
for the officers to await the action of
the federal authorities to bring the
offenders to justice. Any officer has
power to arrest and any citizen may
make complaint, prosecution may be
had in the state courts and the Of
fender brought to trial more quickly,
probably than by the federal action.
There have been number Of cases
in this state where arrests have
been made and the accused turned
over to the federal officers for prose
cution. 8 few days ago a man Was
arrested at Coggan. Iowa. for tramp
ling the United States flag in the
dust Under the state law, If found
guilty, he could have been made to
pay a heavy fine and been imprison-
ed Iowa laws which penalize dis
loyalty are as follows:
Flag Dissertations.
Sec. 502S-a Dissertation OF flags.
ANY person who shall pub
licly mutiliate, deface or defy by
words or act on any such flag, stand
! ard. color or ensign, shall be deem
/ ed guilty Of a misdemeanor, and shall
/ be punished by fine not exceeding
/ one hundred dollars or by imprison-
ment for not more than thirty days
| and shall also forfeit a penalty OF
fifty dollars for each such offense,
to be recovered with costs in a civil
action, or suit, in any court having
Jurisdiction, and such action or suit
I ~ I,-o L.
OF any citizen OF this state and such
reasonable cost and expense Of action
or suit and recovery, to be certified
by the clerk Of the district court Of
the county in which the offense Is
committed, shall be paid into the
county treasury, for the benefit OF
the school fund, and two or more pen.
alties may be sued for and recover
ed In the same action or suit. (Code
supplement, 1879
/ melting Insurrection.
Chapter 372, Acts 18th general as
sembly Of Iowa:
Section 1. melting Instruction:
Il any person shall incite an insur-
rection or sedition amongst any DOR.
ton or class OF the population Of
this state, or shall attempt by writ
ing, speaking. or by any other means
to incite such instruction or sedi
ton, the person or persons so Of.
Tending shall be punished by i'm.
pTsonment in the state penitentiary
not exceeding twenty years and shall
! be fined not less than one thousand
! nor more than ten thousand dollars,
lncfting Hostiities.
Section 2. melting hostilitIes.
Any person who shall in public or
private. by speech, writing. printing
or by any other mode or means adj
Tocate the subversion and destruction
by force Of the government of the
state or Iowa, or Of the United States.
or attempt by speech, writing, print
lhs' or IN any other way whatsoever
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American League.
YESTERDAYS RESULTS.
National League.

National League
st. Louis, 2; Pittsburgh, l.
Brooklyn, 10; New York, s. Second
game, Brooklyn 2; New York, 1.
Philadelphia, 5: Boston, 2. Second
sgame, Boston. -; Philadelphia, 2.
Cfncinnati-Chicago game postponed
Son account of cold weather.
American League.
. Washington, 2; Boston, l. Second
.game, Boston. 4 Washington. 8.
New York, 10; Philadelphia, /.
Second game, New York, 5; Phila-
delphia. l.
I, Open date for other clubs.
ToDAY'S SCHEDULE.
r. National League.
I Pittsburgh at ST. Louis 1.-TWO
sgames).
+ Cincinnati at Chicago (two games).
Brooklyn at New York.
Philadelphia at Boston.
American League.
Cleveland at Detroit.
Boston at Washington.
! New York at Philadelphia
! Open, date for st. Louis and Chi
| cago
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
HOME FROM CAMP, YOUTH
REFUSES TO GO BACK

Saying that he had come home to
die, Maud Hilton, Barry county
youth, refuses to go back to Camp.
Doniphan, where he is wanted on a
charge of desertion. His family and
friends cannot persuade him to re-
turn to his command and Sheriff
Houston of Cassyille cannot get close
enough to the youth to even talk to
him.
He has been at the home of G. W
Woodhouse, five miles south of Schol
ten, for several days, and last Sunday
Sheriff Houston went to the home to
arrest him as deserter, but the young
man ran away. The sheriff then made
4 proposition to him through his
brother that if he would come and talk
the matter over with him he would not
attempt to take him if he could not
persuade and show him that it was
his duty to go. The she.ff promised
to accompany him back to camp and
intercede for him with the officers if
he would go, but he refused to talk
to the sheriff and would talk little of
the matter to his brother.-SpringfelG
Republican.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
BAPTIST CHURCH MEF. rTNG

The members of the Baptist church
held their annual church meeting
Wednesday evening, at which officers
were elected for the next year and
plans We're made for future work.
Church officers elected were clerk,
w. E. Spilman; treasurer, Percy john
son, to take the place of J, f. Harvey,
resigned.
Sunday school officers elected were
general superintendent, D. S. May
hew; superintendent adult depart
men, Percy Johnson; intermediate de-
patment, D. B. Meador; junior de-
partment, w. E. Spilman; primary
Mrs. j. M. Adams and be-
ginners department, Mrs. w. c. Hath
away; cradle roll, Mrs. Frank Row.
den; home department, Mrs. F. c. Will
liams; superintendent Mission Sun
day school, Mrs. S. A. Mott; treas
urer, Audry Lassiter; pianists, Bessie
Hoover, Leta Russey, Mrs. W. A.
Todd and Mrs. Jack Thomson.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
STRINGTOWN

dy Wednesday.
Miss Jewell Carlin visited Gladys
Carr Tuesday evening and attended
church at the Kings Prairie Union.
w. M. Carr and j. T.. Henderson
took load of fat hogs to Verona,
Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Fleming Dummit and
daughters, Jessie and Elsie, visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Carr, Sunday of
last week.
Clyde Mccormick and Miss Jewel
Carlin attended church at the Union
Wednesday night of this week.
Quite a crowd attended the bap-
tizing at Sideways pond Sunday after
noon.
Walter Henson attended church at
the Union.
c. C. Drake has returned from the
Springfield hospital. We hope for his
speedy recovery.
Mrs. j. w. Marbut visited Mrs.
Phelix Jackson Wednesday.
We hear some of the Camp Fun
ston boys are coming home in few
days. We can hardly wait until they
reach home.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
SEND TOBACCO TO SOLDIERS

The Red Cross Unit of Eve Re-
bekah Lodge No. 63 /. o. o. F. have
through the firm of Liggett and N.Y.
ers Tobacco Co., of New York City,
sent $1,000 worth of tobacco to our
American boys in France, mentioning
few names of those from Monett
and vicinity as special beneficiaries.
We hope the boys will receive this
gift from their Monett friends for
their Christmas. This firm agrees to
send return post cards with the to-
bacco so they can acknowledge the re-
ceipt of same.
This same firm the Sunshine Unit
sent through and back orders were
mailed at the same time. This COM
pany gives dollar for dollar for all
orders sent through them
Tobacco seems to be the crying need
when wounded or sick. Let us send
the boys more tobacco.
MRS. FRANCES L. RING,
Financial Secretary.
MRS. MOLLIE HOOVER,
Noble Grand.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
LONE HILL

Mrs. G. C. Burch and children Wis
tied B. w. Lambs Sunday.
Mr.. Bill Cannady was trading in
Verona, Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Bill Henley and chill
dren spent Thanksgiving with John
Smiths.
B. w. Lamb, who is at work in
Picher, returned home and spent Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Bliss Henley went to Butterfield
Sunday to help dehorn cattle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tom Marbut and Mr..
John Smith and son, Clarence, attend
ed the sale at Roy Davis, where Tom
Marbut purchased Jersey cow.
Will Marbut has ordered a new, car.
Weather is fine and farmers are
busy butchering hogs.
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MRS. l.. H. GABRIEL,
President,
OLD FASHIONED SOCIAL

Circle No. 3 of the NJ E. church
gave an old fashioned social at the
,ome of Mrs. r. B. Kyler, Wednesday
evening. Eighty people were pres
ent and the costumes they wore Gre
ated a great deal of amusement Some
of the ladies wore their wedding
dresses while others wore clothing
that belonged to their grandmothers.
The guests sat on board seats and
of course that reminded some of them
of their school days when they went
to the little red school house on the
hill.
An old fashioned program was
given which included the following
numbers.
Song, "My Lover Has Gone to
France"-Mrs. W. B. Flynn
Recitation, "Poor Little Kitty"-Mrs.
j. F. King
Japanese Song-Georgia West.
Recitation, "The Widows Mitep-Al
ma Russell
Dialogue, "Mr. and Mrs. Love-Joy"-
Mrs. Robert Ellis and John Hoberg
Refreshments consisting of ginger
bread and coffee wore served.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
MISSOURI
FRUIT GROWERS
ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting Of the direc-
tors of the Southwest Missouri Fruit
Growers Union was held in Monet
Tuesday, December the 5th.
Officers. for the ensuing year were
elected and are as follows: Presi-
dent, Dudley Biggs, Wheaton; vice
president, u. S. Lane, Purdy;. secre-
tary, Philip B. Davis, Monet; treas
urer, N. NJ. Browning and manager
William Smerdon, Monctt.
Reports were made by committees
that had been appointed and the re-
port of the secretary showing thu tie
crop of 1917 had been ma ketod a. a
cost of four-fifths of one per ceI< OF
the gross sales, was very gratifying
Work for the coming year was plan
ned and several very interesting talks
were made by some of those present.
Representatives were present from
tn following places: Verona, N. NJ
Browning; Purdy, James Mcintosh, u
S. Lane and c. M. Bennett; Wheaton,
w. J. Narrell, w. P. Graber and Dud-
ley Biggs; Sarcoxie, S. F. Woods;
Monet, j. j. Lauderdale, S. c. Had
dock and VIM. Smerdon; Cassville,
w. w. Witt.
In addition to these representatives
were number of visitors both from
Monet and towns close by.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
SNIP SELIGMAN
CLAY TO SHELTER

Messrs. Code and Stobba, who have
been leasing and buying certain lands
sn and near Seligman which they say
contain platinum, gold and silver in
paying quantities, have been there
this week and have been leasing and
buying other land. James Talbert of
this city, their attorney, has also
spent several days there with them,
is information brought here by Wn
Bridges Of near Sehgman.
On Tuesday from fifteen to eigh-
teen sacks of clay were shipped from
Seligman to Van Buren, Ark, to a
smelter. 1t is expected that dirt Will
also be shipped to other smelters, as
it is known that a number OF smell
ters will be tested before operations
are commenced at Seligman.
A company composed of Mr. Rags
dale and others of Springfield has
leased ground on which they say a
smelter will be constructed.
1t was reported here Monday that
James Talbert had purchased the
Noble land at Seligman containing
ten acres for which $100 per acre was
paid.
Some Seligman citizens have heated
this clay to such an extent some min
eral was easily seen but not one of
them knew what it was.
Gold and plantinum are mined in
clay on large scale in Spain and has
been found in this way in California.
c. C. Larson, Charles Bashe and
Others of Seligman have recently pur-
chased some land in this belt near
Seligman.-Cassville Democrat
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
RECRUITS WANTED FOR
THE 3Sth ENGINEERSR

Recruiting Officer G. W. Morrison
received the following bulletin, We'd
nesday:
Accept for 3Stn Engineers, Nation
al Army, eligible applicants who pre-
sent themselves with written or tele-
graphic authority from an engineer
officer. Send accepted applicants to
Depot for enlistment, for this regi-
ment. Married men may be accepted
for all branches of the army on the
same basis as singlc~men during the
period of existing emergency. Resume
recruiting for Stevedore Regiments,
Q. M. Corps, National Army, and for
Cavalry, white, Regular Army, until
further instructions. Send no more
recruits to the following named
camps: Sewer, Wheeler, Shelby,
Beauregard, Bowie and Funston.
MCCAIN.
The "period of emergency" refer
red to is for the duration of the war,
and married men accepted under this
authority will have their papers made
out accordingly; no certificate is re-
quired from a wife and these lien
will be required to allot one-half pay
to dependents.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
THE SURVEY OF
COUNTRY SCHOOLS

State Superintendent Lamhn, work.
ing with and through the
State Teachers Association, is hav-
ing an extensive survey taken of the
country schools of the state. For
this work Mr.. Lamkin has appointed
the teachers in Teachers Training De-
partments, who will visit specified
country schools and make an exhaust
i've report of conditions.
The country schools of Missouri are
not up to the high standard they
should be. The terms are too short,
the teachers are changed too often,
many of the teachers have not had
proper training. Some of the rural
schools are without any equipment
whatever to help the teacher in her
work. Many of the buildings are too
small, improperly built and arranged
The survey will show what the needs
are and how they are to be met.
One school in every ten in each
Training head in her county. The
county is to be visited by the Teacher
county superintendent sends a list of
three times the number of schools to
be visited. The list will contain the
best schools, the poorest schools and
the schools of medium quality. The
state superintendent from this list Sc
lects the schools for the one making
the survey to visit.
In Barry county Miss Fern Veer-
kamp has been appointed for this
work. Where possible the county SUI
perintendent, w. E. Hankins, has
gone with her. This week she is Wis
iting the Kings Prairie and Marbut
schools and next week she will go TO
Cassville and visit schools in the
south end of the county. She will re-
port -on eleven schools in Barry coun-
ty, there being 110 country schools.
The summary of the reports made
will be gone over by expert educators
who will make recommendations to
to the legislators in regard to the
necessary legislation to bring the
schools up to standard.
In many country districts the fault
of poor schools lies with the teachers,
who refuse to study new methods or
to change from tic cd time way Of
ers who would progress are restrained
By the patrons who look askance at
new tangled notions
The fact that the people of Mis-
souri, need educating along these lines
was forcibly illustrated when so many
districts voted against the CONSOLE
dated high school districts, which has
proven so successful in other states.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
CHARGED WITH
DESERVING ARMY

5 The Frisco and city night officers
Thursday night, arrested Mark
Saunders, of Carthage, ON suspi-
cion of deserting from the army.
Saunders claims that he is not de-
serter. He is member of Company
A 128th Gun Battalion, Fort Sill, Ok.
He left camp without getting a fur
Tough. He claims that he was stopped
at Oklahoma City and that ON tele-
phoning back to camp the officer told
them to let him go as he had not been
gone long enough to be called a de-
serter. Saunders says he was going
home on visit but expected to re-
turn to Fort Sill.
The officers here are holding him
waiting instructions.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
DIR. FRED WOODRUFF
TO BE MARRIED

DR.. Fred f. Woodruff, of Denver,
Colo, who has been visiting his par
ents and hometown friends the past
week, left Wednesday evening, De-
eember 6 for Kirksville, Mo-, where
he will spend the week end and Sun
day visiting his college friends and
Acacia Fraternity" brothers. From
there he will go to Moberly, Mo-,
where he will be married to Miss
Irene Woods, of that city, December
IL, at s o'clock p. m. This will come
as a surprise to his friends here, al
though rumor has been persistent in
guessing" that something was going
to happen.
DR.. Fred is we'll known in Monet,
having spent the early years of his
life here, until graduating from Mo-
nett High School in 1912, After
spending one year in Wichita Business
College, he went to the American
School of Osteopathy, in Kirksville,
where he fitted himself for his pro-
fession. 1t was while in college there
that he met Miss Woods, who was at
tending the State Normal, she grad
'uating from that institution in the
spring of 1916. Miss Woods is spoken
>6G as a most charming young lady,
highly educated and accomplished.
She has been teaching this year in
the East Park school in Moberly, re-
signing her position to become the
bride of DR.. Woodruff. The Moberly
papers give a pretty write-up of an
announcement party given at the
home of Miss Woods on November 28
to twelve Of her mostf intimate girl
friends, who were duly surprised that
their friend was to leave them so
soon and showered her with love and
best wishes.
DR.. Woodruff has many friends in
Monet and vicinity who will join the
Monet and vicinity who will join the
ulations and to wish the young couple
all the joys of life.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Woodruff will
leave Monday night to attend the
wedding Prof. Joel Bounous, super
intendent of Monett High School a
former schoolmate, will attend and
act as DR.. Woodruff's best man at
the wedding.
The couple expect to leave at once
for their home in Denver.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
Attest: C. M. Lands,
ExECUTRIx'S~ NOTICE

Notice is hereby given, that Let
tiers testamentary on the estate ot
VIM. Noble, deceased, were granted
to the undersigned, on the 18th day
of November, 1917, by the Probate
Court of Barry county, Missouri.
All persons having claims against
said estate, are required to exhibit
them for allowance to the Admins
traitor within six months after date OF
said letters, or they may be precluded
from any benefit of such estate; ane
if such claims be not exhibited withia
one year from the date of last inser-
ton of this publication, they will be
forever barred.
This 18th day of November, 1917
JAMES JOHNSTON,
Attest: Executor
G. N. LANDIs
First Insertion Nov. 16 1917.
The Monett times., 1917-12-14
GOLDEN ROD SUNSHINE
CLUB ELECT OFFICERS

At the regular meeting Tuesday af-
ternoon of the Golden Rod Sunshine
Club which met with Mrs. James
Mansfield, 81 5th street, the follow
ing officers were elected for the year
1918: President, Mrs. W. T. Daley;
vice president, Mrs. George Miller,
secretary, Mrs. S. C. Dow; treasurer
general fund, Mrs. James Mansfield;
treasurer incidental fund, Mrs. VIM.
Such.
The Club sent $25.OO worth of to-
bacco to our boys in France for their
Christmas. This was the work of the
Red Cross Unit of the Sunshine Club,
and the money was made for that
purpose and not taken out of the gen.
eral fund or fund for helping the
poor.
The Club voted to have Tag Day
December 18th as Tag Day to help US
with our Christmas baskets.
Our funds are very low as we have
had but one benefit this fall and that
was the card party November 29th
which netted us $500.
We, the members of the Club, wish
To express our appreciation and
thanks to the merchants for their do
nations of prizes and for tables and
chairs; also to Mr.. Osborn for the
hall. You have ever been ready to
help US in our work Of charity.
Again we thank yod
MRS. G. H. RING,
Secretary.
MRS. L. H. GABRIEL,
President,