Americus times-recorder., 1919-11-12
TRAILING
THE NEWS
OF THE DAY

Wonder Buster. the young boar
at the head of the Webster L. Clay
herd of Poland Chinas, at Boom
vile, Mo-, sold the other day at Mr..
Clay's disposition sale near Bunce-
ton, to Head & Gray, of Palmyra,
Mo, for $4,000. That is double
what Wonder Buster brought two
years ago when he was sold at the
W. B. Wallace disposition sale.
Wonder Buster was purchased
by W. B. Wallace, Houston Harte,
and F. C. Brickey, of Ambria, Ind,
in 1917. He brought 81 500 at that
time. He is recognized as being
one of the greatest sires of the
breed. Hog men from six states
were on the ground bidding for
him. Six men bid on him up to
$4,000 and three stayed up to $10,-
600.
To back up their charges that
some of their employers were prof.
teering, striking butchers of Chi
cago opened large retail shop
and sold porterhouse steak at 18
cents pound, veal chops at 16
cents and hamburger steak at 10
cents a pound. Other meats were
sold at a correspondingly low price
and the union butchers asserted
that although figures charged by
them were from SO to rs per cent.
below the prices charged by ma
jority of retail dealers, the strik-
ers were making fair profit on
their sales. The union butchers are
demanding an increase from $35 to
$40 a week in their minimum week
ly wages.
Present day styles of clothes
worn by women were censured at
the national training conference of
the interchurch world movement of
North America, at Atlantic City a
few days ago.
"The indecent dress of some
women in our churches makes it
tremendously hard for a young
man to keep his thought clean and
pure" said the Rev. J. P. Crow
ther, Of Seattle. SIN public these
days you can scarcely tell the diff
ference between a street woman
and church woman"
Students at Manual Training
High school at Kansas City, will be
taught social dancing, says the
Kansas City Star. The classes will
be under the direction of Miss
Rowena Campbell, director of So
cial activities at Manual Training
o. High school.
Miss Campbell has been watching
the dances held by the students at
Manual Building and has disap-
proved the various interpretations.
She believes that dancing by
students should be without wrig-
giles or shimmies.
students will dance in spite Of
any order from the board of educa-
ton, the principal or instructors
to the contrary" Miss Campbell
told Porter Graves, principal of the
school.
eve should teach them the
proper kind of dancing. Many stu
dents honestly believe the new
wiggles and walks are the proper
methods"
Mr.. Graves agreed and brought
the question before the manual
representatives, a student organi-
cation which consults Mr.. Graves on
questions Of student welfare. This
body was enthusiastic over the plan
to eliminate the fashionable steps
and voted to cooperate with Miss
Campbell. 1t was decided to en-
ploy a reputable dancing instruc-
tor to teach the students. The in
structor will be paid from funds Of
various clubs at the High school.
The plan is to teach the seniors
first in small groups and then the
juniors. Those students who regu-
larly attend the school dances will
be instructed first. They will be
asked to teach the others who at
tend school dances.
Manual Training High school,
as well as the other high schools
of the city, has permitted dancing
among the students. Manual stu
dents hold a dance in the main cor
ridor of the school each month.
Student musicians furnish the mu-
sic and the young men and women
are chaperoned by Miss Campbell
and other teachers.
That American labor conditions
are worse than German at the pres
ent time, while other war strick-
en- countries of southeastern Eu-
rope are still fighting, was the state
ment of Maj. Leon Matassarin, of
Wichita, Kans., former member OF
the American medical mission for
the repatriation of Allied war pris-
oners.
''The German laborers are work