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The Jasper news., 1919-12-18
DEWEY.
Mrs. MAY MATTHEWS.

Monday morning the men of Dewey
to haul gravel for the roads. The
freezing weather caused the necessity
of building fires on the gravel bed be-
cause the roads must be fixed for Santa
Claus.
Rev. Mr.. Dowless preached at Salem
Sunday morning and and evening"
He went home with Mr.. Kincaid for
dinner and took tea with ID. Matthews
in the evening
Lester Garter has new touring car
and Sunday lie took his family and
parents TO Neosho.
The Ladies' Aid Society will serve
lunch at Mr.. Karls' sale.
Mrs. Ben Elliott who formerly lived
where Mrs. Mciteynolds does, spent
the week end visiting ut ID. Matthews
The rest that were her neighbors when
she lived here are gone.
Miss Redmond has invitations out
B. Stth OF Colorado is visiting Dick
Carter and family.
Ora Alexander, who had n broken
arm, is able to be out. She spent Sun
day Sam Mclieynolds'.
Cordell Keller came home Sunday
night from Manhattan, Kans., to spend
the holidays. lie is attending the
college there.
Pearl Alexander and Ruby Bull
spent Saturday night at Bert Wood S
near Carytown.
Mr.. AleXander's family spent Sun
day visiting Jim Bull and family.
The debate ut Carytown was on the
following questions: "Itcsolved man
should give bond of II thousand dol.
lars TO support wife before he is al.
lowed marriage certificate"
The Jasper news., 1919-12-18
ChiIdhood's Wish.

Barbara wanted n piece of apple, but
while grandfather was getting 1t for
her sleepiness almost overcame her
and her eyelids began to droop. 1t was
bedtime, hut she winked and blinked
and at last exclaimed: II wish they
had made the eye hinges little tight
er."
The Jasper news., 1919-12-18
The Six Senses.

In primary school examination,
question about the senses was an
swercd by bright pupil in this fash
ion: "Thc five senses nre sneezlng,
sobbing, crying. ynwnng and cough
ing. BY sixth sense Is meant an
extra one which some folks have.
This Is snoring. G."-Boston Transcript.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
PHILADELPHIA PRODUCE.

PafiaEeluhia, Scgt- l7.-PrUdnce prioes on the
markCt ranged as follows:
BUTTER Solid -pacN u crsameTy. extra 5s5zc'
hI-4l-soGrug goods, 6osA62l1c. the after Tor
jo5bins sales: ex-ra frsts, 551zc; irsts, Sh51c'
s,cDEds. 5Oa52c; thirds, Rli9c; sweet Teamery
cholcs to fancy. g. lsa6Jzc; fair TO good. oo7-a
6g-c; ladle~ Tacked. ~ to brand. 4Ta4Sc; PACK
ine, stock, 4las6c fancy bCands q nearb- prints
jDls5irg at 64a66c: good TO choice. Iablc, fair,
54aTc
TriG-Nrarbv fr5ts. Is 5 per crate; nearly
current rec ipts that would grade according TO
r-llr $50 Te- C11te. fair TO god nearby egEs.
a iOaLy On mr. crate, seconds. IL 3hIi.lO hf
crate; Western extra frsts, l6 per crate;
trsss, IIGI56O pr crate; DO secondS ID IA
Il 10 Dyr cate infenOr lots, lower; fancy
carefully selected ergs lo6bing at 6laRoc per
dozen.
LIVE POULTRY-FUwlS. not LeGhOrns, fancy,
fat, weighing TO lbs and over, via express.
g-aJsc; exceptional lots higher; do, medium
7iu-s, Suisse: do. small sizes, 52aSc; White
IaguOTns VA eIpress, 52A6c, exceptional lots
higher; spring chickens. bruIlers, not Leghorns,
yellow skinned. weighing @ls TO ) lbs apiece,
JTL6c; spring chickens brOilers. not leEAOrns.
yellow skinned. weighing l5sa2 lbs. apSeoa. "a
sc; white leglOSns yellow skinned smaller
SIS. 2Jl5Oc: ruo5ers. Zca24c; ducks. sIring.
choice, Sc; do Pekin. old. 27a2Sc; do Indian
Rr1ner old, 2Jazc, pigeons. old. per pair. +oc;
do young. pr pair. 5aac
WHITE POTATOES-Jersey, pEr basket: No.
l. lOGaI.D; lower grades, 5Oa75c; white potA-
LDes. pr l5Ol5 sacks, Ga4. :; do, PenDsC /
vB-ria. per cwt. 40a2.I5; sweet POtatO.S.
= Salthe-l. No. /. yer barrel. 3.5a3. .; No. 2.
Tr- barrrI.' 25a275; jersey, pr basket, LOO
Al =
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
CHICAGO GRAIN.
by JOSEPH F. PRITCHARD.

Cl-.aEu Sept H.-Corn prios dr0Frod with
a crash late in the sessiOn today, following a
hs advance during the morning. At the ClOss
active months showed net declines ri Ia to
l7sc September dropped from Sl.49 to s. ga.
and closed at Sl-+ilz, but still showed gain
It 4 TO i..c over the previous resting spot Re
actions in the deferred mOnths amounted TO
SIS % 2sc.
JnfavOrabls news concerning the labor Stua~
tlOn was chiefly respnsible for the display of
weakness 1t came at a time when shorts
were pretty well in and the long interest much
extended with the result that general selling
vas EreGPitated Longs who had profits tzied
TaiRly to save them. but the market went
down 50 rapidly it developed mainly into a
desire 70 get out with the least possible loss
Kansas and the surrounding States reported
showers and reports said farmers were hopeful
conditions would soon permit blowing for fall
wheat planting.
The oats market turned weak at the close
With net loses Of 4 to Isc. Strong houses
led in the carly buying but late in the session
there was a disposition to take proftA
The rT1Sis0n market weakened with grain
and coed irregularly lower.
Chicago, Sept. H.-Grain and provision futures
here today were:
CORN
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
GERMAN WOMEN
WEAR SILK HOSE
Large Orders to U. S. Show
Nation Not Poor, Says.
Holland.

Following speedily after the partial
resumption OF trade relations with
Germany there come to the United
States demands for American made
commodities which are not needed in
the rebuilding Of German Industries.
The president of one OF the largest
OF the American corporations whose
product is silk stockings has been for
some days securing incidental evi-
denCe that many of the people OF
Germany are not in distress and in
fact possess funds in considerable
amount. Probably these are funds
which were boarded during the war.
The German women, or many of them,
are anxious to secure AmeriCan-maue
silk stockings. The demand has be-
come very large. Recognizing this
demand. German dealers in merchan-
disc which is fashionable and high
grade. have communicated recently
with American makers of silk stock
ings. asking that they be appointed
agents of these American manutac-
Ill tt - say lllE III llAtl lllOl = Nlldl an
extraordinarily large and persistent
demand has come from German
women for articles of this kind
Within a short time, therefore. \
large export Of these goods to Ger
many will be made, the presumption
being that the demand will continue
steadily, thereby furnishing an unex-
pected but very large market for
these products Of one of the American
Industries. As these particular articles
are not Of low price, and as the Ger
man mark is far below the purchasing
value of the American dollar, the
probabilities are that the German
women are willing to spend a large
amount OF money for these commodl-
ties, il Notwithstanding the cost they
can secure them.
This, however, is not the only Amer
ican-made commodity designed for
women's wear for which a heavy de-
mand has come from Europe, partly
from Poland, and strange enough
partly from France. France has been
looked upon as the leader in the cor
set-making industry, but the women
OF Poland are passing France by. part
Iy no doubt because this industry has
not been sufficiently revived in France.
( 1t is apparent that it has not been
revived TO any great extent because
a demand comes also from Paris and
other parts of France as well as from
| Poland, for this article OF women's :
wear manufactured in the United
, States.
Polish women apparently have
abundant means whereby they can
pay whatever the cost of this article
may be. Investigation has shown that
there appears to be gold in plenty in
Poland and that the Polish people
are willing to make use of it for the
purpose of buying American mad e
goods.
HOLLAND,
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18

names of Mr.. and Mrs- Pershing and
of John and Jim.
G. A. r.. Honors Him.
But to revert to Mr.. LomaX. Be-
fore one leaves him he will insist
upon showing one the records OF Il
resolution passed by his G. A r.
post on May 4. 1918, concerning the
general. and the letter he received
from the general in reply.
The resolution reads:
This being the birthplace Cf
Gen. John J. Pershing, the post is
pleased to pay high honor to so
brave and inustrious a soldier, and,
Whereas. He is now leading all
the armies OF the United States in
France and Europe, we feel that the
G. A. R should share with the
citizens OF Laclede, Mo. in the high
honOrs that have come to the county
OF Linn and especially to Lacled. ''
The resolution is signed by Mr..
LomaX and John Duckworth. acl-
ing post commander
The letter in reply illustrates (by
it's postscript in the generals own
| handwriting) his courtesy and his
love for his old home, never forgot
| lth even III llltcC IuDSl Nlldl mo-
ments of today:
American EXpeditionary Fore -
I office of the Chi"l
France, July II. 1919.
"Pcrsonal)
Mr.. William NJ. Lomax.
'Laclede, Mo.
| My Dear Mr.. LomaX:
Il have your letter of May d tell
| inc NJ resolution L.
, the Phil Kearney Post, No. 10. Com.
! ing as it does from my old boyhovd
, home, the confidence thus express
| is a source of much inspiration L
me.
with very best wishes, belieN5
me as always,
Very sincerely yours.
"(Signed) JOHN ]. PERSHING
(The transcript OF Gen. Pershinq
on hand)
Hope to get back to LacleHs
| some of these days-when the Wal
shall be won"
This announcement in news
paper. read by chance by Johr
Pcrshing. marked the big epoch il
/ his life.
This announcement in news
paper gave to America her Gen
! pcrshing-Cave him TO the world
/ this man who our Americans i.
| France helped to save civilization
! from the Hun.
/ Jonn Pershing had been calIcc
| back to his home in Laclede from
some place. as the story of Lac,
/ leGc folks has it, by his mother
| Some say it was while he was ;
! STUDENT in the Missouri State MOI
NAL School at Kirksville, other.
that it was after he had beer
| graduated from the school will
the degree of Bachelor OF Arts
Even the members of his famiI,
are not certain on this point This
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
Terrifying Itching Causes
Continuous Torture.

Do you sometimes feel like you
will scream if you do not get re-
lief from the tormenting and ter
rifying itching and irritating burn,
ing that makes you feel like your
very skin is ablaze?
Possibly your disorder has not
reached the torturing stage as yet,
but there are thousands of victims
of skin diseases that know too
well the almost uncomfortable pain
that comes from eruptions, irrita-
lions, pimples, boils. ulcers, &C.
zema, psoyasis, carbuncles and
the numerous other forms of tor
ture that attack the delicate It's
sues of the skin.
The only proper method of
treatment for any disease is a
remedy that will reach its source,
that will remove its cause, and
not simply palliate its symptoms.
Many forms of skin ailment come
from colony of millions upon
millions of tiny disease germs that
infest the blood. Naturally, then,
these germs must be eradicated
from the blood before a cure can
be expected.
You know well enough that you
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
COTTON MARKET.

New York. Sept. E.-Fears that a strike ot
zeeI workers cOId not be averted forced
hea5y liquidation Of cottOn today and broke
the market s5verely following frTnDe5 early.
Curp advices continued Of a most bullsd Az
C-l-', bUt for the time beinEy were OSeTiOuked
wall street and Western houses were thought to
u dispUsing Of lines taken up earlier in the
week. while tine demand from the trade dried
up Nth the aFpsarance Of the news that a
waLzOLt al steel plants seemed TO be Ger
tainty because Of Chairman Garys reitcratiOn
that the United States Steel Cooperation would
not stand for a closed shop.
A thIty-pOint rally on covering marked the
last hour. but the improvement seemed To eTl-
courage a renewal Of speculative and hedge
selling. ard it was poorly held Closing prices
were barely steady at 1 net decline Of 3 to
81 points
Spot here Vas quiet at decline Of 90 points
for midGlng at DC There were no sales
Spot at New Orleans was steady with mid
ding &c higher at SOC The sales were 427
bales.
Tday's port receipts were 5zg bales There
were no exports
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18

however. Is of little Consequence
Tie essential fact is that he had
returned home-calied back because
a burglar Rad broken into the
Pershing home or store during the
absence of Mr.. ,Pershing and be-
cause Mrs. Pershing was alarmed
She had sent for John.
The Day of Decision.
Back by a day. his mothers fears
allayed, John seated himself In the
cosy living room of his home.
There was a table close by his
chair, and. looking up, he noticed
a newspaper lying where someone
had tossed it on top of a pile of
books. He picked it UP and casu-
ally started to read it
His eyes were arrested by Con-
gressmhn Burrows announcement
He read and re-read the announce
ment.
Who shall say. looking back
through all the years, what were
John Pershing's thoughts7 Did he
day-dream there. sitting in the liv-
ing room? Did he, perhaps, live
again the bushwhacker raid and see
as il in life the commanding figure
of the bushwhacker leader, Capt
Holtzclaw? Did conversations with
that veteran of the Mexican and
civil wars, Captain Henley, come
back to recollection? Or did he,
maybe. reliye those days when he
knelt by his mothers side ana
watched her while she made the
first American flag ever flung TO
the breeze in Laclede? Watched her
while she explained what each star
meant what each stripe meant?
Did he think again Of that first
Memorial Day Laclede ever knew
and how he walked along, a child
ny s, beside his father to lay
offerings of flowers on the graves
of Laclede's soldier dead? Did he?
Who shall say?
But then and there John PERISH
ing made his decision.
He would be a soldier.
He knew it.
And as he made that decision. the
biggest decision of all his life, so all
his life has he made decisions.
True he talked the matter over
with his mother and with his sister,
Bessie. So today he talks over with
his staff the strategic plans and stu
/ pendOus operations OF lne war. Dul
| ne never hesitated. His mind made
up, his purpose clear. he acts.
That was John Pershing Of Laclede
days.
That was Gen. Pershing on the bat
tlefields of France.
Mrs. Butler. his sister Bessie told
me something of his biggest deci-
sion" when ! talked with her at her
home in Lincoln, Neb.
Before he read the announcement
so some Laclede folks say. John had
been considering that lifework for
him meant either teaching or engag-
| ing in the legal profession. Clay c.
| Biggers, Johns schoolmate Of boy
hood, now a lawyer in Laclede, de-
clares John had even considered be-
coming his law partner.
Judge Libby Spins a Yarn
Now Johns purpose was definite,
indeed. Thoughts OF teaching and
law were dismissed. He would &c
to West Point, and he applied him
self diligently TO preparations for the
approaching competitive examination
for the cadet appointment
There is a kindly. gracious old man,
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
STOCKS uNHURT
BY STRIKE TALK
Wall Street Does Not Fear
Sustained Trouble in
Steel Field.
BY BROADAN Wall

New York, Sept. 17.-WalI Street
believes that there are enough radi-
Gals among the steel workers to
cause trouble next Monday. but
not enough to make a strike ef-
fective. on that theory the stock
market proceeded today. Trading
was fairly active and several issues
made new high records for the
movement
Just at the close Of the session
announcement was made that the
United States Steel Corporation
positively would not consider the
establishment Of a closed shop. At
about the same time official an
nounccment was made on the part
at the American Federation OF
Labor that the strike would be at
tcupts,I en- Monday. The result
was some selling by timid traders
with 4 Shedding down Of prices. but
with no weakness. The market
closed somewhat nervous.
Another collapse Of foreign ex-
change was also. seen, new low
records being established for sterl-
ing and lire. Money was a drug
on the market
Some traders bOugh ht the indepcn-
dent steels today On the theory that
II theS United States Steel Corpora
tiOn fhds itself seriOSsly injured by
the sGike, the business will 90 to
ths iudcpendCn
Tobacco stocks were again at new
high records and retail stores and
American Tobacco led the list
NexiCau Gil stocks were only
slightly AFFECTED by tne publication
Of r.por.s in Washington that the
oil rnsn were working for interven-
tion.
There is a good deal Of talk in
Wall Street OF the possible dissolu-
rfon - the United states Steel Cor
Doratfon as a voluntary act 1t has
srown SO large in fact. although
not in percentage Of business. that
II is unvicIdy. Many Of its lead
ing stockholders believe the cor
r,0rarion could make more money
K divided into its original com
ranIcs and all of them were com
netting with one another. 1t would
enable them to fight harder for
business against the present in
dependents.
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18

clean sfeet IN the mudne, tbsn bor-
rowcd my pencil
Like this" he continued. carefully
writing q sentence-tbe same sentence
twfce-on the sheet before htr,
read over ais shoulder He had WRIT
ten these words:
Il love 10 run
The old Judge divided the two -~n-
tences by circles drawn about the
words into Their component gram
matical parts before he spoke again.
John and Higginbothsm" he re-
sumed at last were called back into
the room and told Cley must parre
the sentence written on the board ac-
cording to the rules OF Csrk's gram
mar.
How rershins Wen
The boys started John parsed che
sentence as l have drawn the first
one" and old Judge indicated cie
sentence at the top Of the sheet be-
fore us-"T' the subject. love tbs
! predicate, to run the object OF the
verb. Higginbotharu parsed the-sen-
! tence, and tie Judge moved his finger
down the sheet, "as / have drawn
the second one-T the subject. love
the predicate, to run an infnitive
: phrase qualifying the veSb.
John won
The committee decided So
! And TIE old Judge, q rAre smile
| lighting his face, such a smile as
back and looked at me. Then. sure
II had understood what he had eT-
| planned and said to me. re added:
| John always did win
Thus il was, by the clever analysis
OF a sentence, John Pershing secured
| his appointment as a cadet 10 the
! United States Military Academy at
| West Point. lAll honor to HIM
| The day IN Trenton was perhaps
! the most momentoUs in the Life OF
Gen. John Joseph Pershing-
! Almost thirty year, sfterva-d
! brieadIer general in the United States
army. commander Of the Department
| OF Mindanao and governor Of Moro
| province in the Philippine Islands, As
| president Of his class at West Point
! TO which much envied position he
was elected his first year y the
/ Academy and whichle has held con
] tinuousIy ever since-the class OF ~,
wrote a letter OF greeting from bis
headquarters at ZamooangA P. l..
I
Of the class at West Point He re-
called that day in Trenton. declaring
/ that above all others. II stood out a.
one 70 the ''proudest'' OF his life.
He wrote:
The proudest days Of my life with
one exception. have come 70 me in
connection with West Point-days
that stand out clear and distinct from
all others. The inst OF these was
the day won my appointment al
I Trenton, No, in a competitive eX-
animation with seventeen competitor.
An old friend Of the family hap
pened to be in Trenton that day and,
passing on the opposite side Of the
street. called 70 me and said:
John. hear you passed with
flying colors.'
In all seriousness, feeling the great
importance OF my success, I naiyely
replied in loud voice:
Yes, did feeling assured no on,
hadever quite passed such a fine eK'
animation as had"
CTo Be ContinuedO
Copyright. 1919. by the Wheeler
Syndicate. Incl
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
EARLY LIFE OF
GEN. JOHN J. .PERSE 1lNG
AUTHENTIC STORY
OF THE BOYHOOD DAYS
OF THE FAMOUS GENERAL
By HAROLD F. WHEELER
By HAROLD F. WHEELER.

CONTINUED FROM YESTERDAY.
Studies for John continued until
1880. when. having successfully
completed the course at the State
Normal School, he was graduated
with the degree OF B. A.
About this time. or soon after
wards-stories of folks regarding
this matter vary-while John was
away he received a summons from
his mother to return home. During
Mr.. Pershing's absence from home
a burglar had broken into the
Pershing house or store. John re-
turned, and it was while at home on
this occasion that he picked up a
newspaper and read in it a notice,
buried obscurely in the papers
columns.
The simple announcement was 10
prove the biggest thing that ever
entered John Pershings life.
1t is story to be recounted in
another chapter.
Influence of Home Life.
Much was told me when l was in
Laclede of the influence which
Johns christian home" had upor
his life. In that connection it is in.
tCresting to talk with another oi
the LomaX brothers, William NJ. Lo.
max, a delightful, dignified old man
the oldest of the brothers. He is
II, a veteran of the civil war, arC
adjItant of the Phil Kearney Post
No. 19. G. A. r, the Laclede GranC
Army post
Mr.. LOmax was present in the Ole
First Methodist Church of LaclCS-
in May of 1872. when John. then 1.
and his brother Jim, then 10, we've
taken into the church.
Somehow the day stands Ou
clear in my recollections." Mr.. Lo.
max told me. Perhaps it is be.
cause OF the wonderful happincs,
the event brought into the life OF
Johns mother. She and her hus,
band had been members of the
church since February. 1867, anC
the reception of their sons into the
church by examination brough'
them great Joy ard pride.
The Rev. James Parker, a truly
beautiful character. was pastor o.
the church at the time l remcm.
! Der that Mrs. PershinE. after JOnr
had been received, gathered hin
into her arms and kept saying ov"I
and over again, He's my boy, he.
my boy 1t was not that she loveC
Jim less. 1t was that she lovec
John much"
The old church has long since
/ been torn down and in its plac,
there stands an imposing briCE
edifice. But the records of the ole
church remain, and on a page G,
! the book which contains an alpha.
! bHtical record Of the old members
may still be seen in DR.. Parker.
| handwriting the entries of the
The Washington herald., 1919-09-18
BALTIMORE GRAIN.

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s-.l-r -. >1. D. .,a.+s. 49,
GTE-S-l1E .- etTa---s Is4-. bushels:
su-reIfts frzn cav4sa7s. -6 buslc.ss No
WFstFr-f erpu-- -s1r-. I52s bag lots. nearby,
II pllI D
HAY ltrer .0u.-No. ~ tlmrt17 3c-5Oa34 %;
s.arG1-I tfT.-hs. g. 5Gs.5C %. NJ. timothy,
4 nz3e o: M. 3 tursrr s Ea@J %, No !
light eISss- uiv~l. y 1l-l 90 NJ . light clover
mixed . E-.0 -r. Nn. l. ..-.r ULoi. = "a
. o. Va. ra- r..ret. -.ra2aD; No. l
c.rrn- V--.ra'. $40. NJ . r.ov-- nominal,
STRAW O.s-- --- y. s.--.-n- re. i7.Ooa
500 Nc = s.ral-r. --. Is -O1'irO: No.
tangled nc. I4Du-a -. No tangled re 100
aIZ5l: 30. uaalr. I-C'aI3OO. Nr wheat
II o1aII ,. NJ 1 o-t. l-nG--500. No. . cat