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Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04
School Teacher Attacked

Miss W;nona Fox who teaches
the Crum school was knocked
down last Thursday morning by
Fred Burriss. a pupil about Ii
years and rendered unconscious.
This act came as a climax to
trouble between the teacher and
pupil the day before. Miss Fox
was hearing the spelling class
and gave Burriss a word. After
two trials the word was passed
to another pupil. Burriss claim
ed he had spelled the word right
the fret time, which the teacher
denied. After the argument
had gone on some for time Bur-
riss is said to have told the teach
er to shut her mouth" or words
to that effect, whereupon the
teacher struck him with a switch.
which Burriss jerked from her
hand. She then attempted to
whip him and Burriss caught
her by the hand and is said to
have twisted her arm when Miss
Fox grabbed the poker and
struck him over the head with it.
This ended the trouble on the
first day.
On Thursday when Burriss
came to school Miss Fox was sit
ting at her desk, he approached
her and told her she had no
right to strike him. She made
no reply and he repeated the
remark. Still receiving no re-
ply he is said to have said,
whats the matter with you,
can't you talk? to which she re-
responded, Il don't have to talk
to you" Shortly afterwards
she stepped out on the platform
to ring the bell. When she re-
entered the building Burriss
struck her with his fist knocking
her down. She was rendered
unconscious by the blow or fall,
or both, and remained so for
some 10 or Is minutes until she
was resuscitated by the pupils
and Mr.. Strawhacker who was
attracted to the scene. The
Burris boy then went home.
Miss Fox was unable to teach
that day. She laid the mat
ter before the school board
and later preferred charges
against Burris. Five members
of the school board went down
Tuesday afternoon and heard
evidence in the case which was
about as above stated.
A motion was made to expel
Burris from school, the vote be-
ing two for expulsion to three
against. Thus will the boy be
permitted to return to school
without punishment, the wisdom
of which many doubt, consider
ing the nature of the offense.
Mandon Constitution
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04

Mrs. Ernest Young and baby
of Slater are visiting Mr.. and
Mrs Walter Rucker this week,
A. a. Cloyd a prominent stock
raiser of Salisbury and Mrs. a..
G. Browning Of Huntsville were
married last week,
A representative for the Red
path Vawter Lycenm Co. was
here the first of the week in the
interest Of a lyceum course here
but failed to get one.
Last week while VIM. Carter
was excayating the ditch south
Of town he dug up a nest Of
black snakes which were numb
from the last freeze which ena-
bIed him to Kin them.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04
Farm Bureau Notes

On Tuesday, February lst the
Executive Committee of the
Charlton County Farm Bureau
met at the courthouse in Key
tesville at the office of the county
agent for The purpose of talking
over conditions and making'some
plans of the work for the year.
Those present included Fred b.
Miller and DR.. Kaye of Sumer.
C. w. Garhardt of Salisbury, Ed
Grotjan, ]. o. Richardson and
Sam Jordan of Keytesvills.
While many farmers seem TO
be discouraged at this time. Of
year on account of financial COM
tditions and demorlized markets
yet the spirit of the Charlton
County Farm Bureau is one that
knows only courage for the flu.
ture of Agriculture. There is at
this time more need than ever
for farmers to stand by each
other and help solve their prob
lens. This committee is opti-
mistic and sees no cause for anv
decided encouragement among
farmers.
1t was admitted that things
are little out of joint at pres
ent but with half of the world at
starvation we believe that if
proper credit was established
our plentiful supply of food stuff
in this country would not be too
great. The Committee is united
in the opinion that we need as
never before to work out better
systems of marketing and a bet
ter system for obtaining credit
for farmers.
Of course the thirg for US to
do is to go ahead and produce a
reasonable crop this year and do
it just as efficiently as possible.
The committee decided that
special encouragement should be
given to the Charlton County
Association which work
should be developed and enlarg-
ed as rapidly as proves BEST 1t
was also suggested that special
attention should be given to the
orchard industry and that help
should be given whenever posi-.
BILE in the proper management
Of orchards already at bearing
age in the county. We have
never had too much fruit of
good quality.
Assistance will be given in Sc
good seeds of all kinds
including seed corn. SOY beans.
etc. The manner of
controlling soil washing by ter
racing was also dicussed.
Several other matters of inn
portance were discussed and the
committee decided TO hold month
y meetings the second Tuesday
of each month.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04

The Presbyterian Aid Society
will hold a Valentine party at
the Ernst hotel Friday evening
Feb. IL. A great spread Of good
things. Come with the small
fee.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04

Julins Sleyster and family
moved totown the first of the
week.
Robert E. Lees birthday was
celebrated az the home Of Mrs.
H. G. Minter Monday evening.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04
Asks For Higher Rates

The Brunswick Light and
Water Co. has made application
for an increase in the rates OF
the light and water supply ac-
cording to the state Public Ser
vice Commission who notified
the Brunswick City Council. A
date will be-set by the Public
Service Commission at which
time arguments for and against
will be heard. Its well known
that the rates now paid are high
enough and. the service very
poor.
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04
frances Unreasonable Attitude

worlds championship for blind
lobstinacy from the United States
Senate. The demand at this
Hate date for a $4,000, 600, 600 in
demnity from Germany is on a
par with the attitude of the sen,
ate toward the League of Ma
Etions. 1t is fully as threaten
ing to the peace and stability Of
the world.
Fifty billion dollars can no
more be collected from Germany
than it can be picked up from
the beams of the mooa. The
Edemand for such a sum is
Equivalent to refusing to fix the
I.size of the indemnity at all. The
Indemnity fixed must be collect
Iible, to secure the benefits Of or
derly progress toward liquidation
Eof war losses.
I France is defeating her own
Ehope of financial relief in hold
ling out for an impossible claim
upon Germany. 1t is more i'm
Iportant for France to secure.
$50, 600, 100000 from Germany
in the next ten years, than to
get three times as much ultima.
tely, and nothing during the
next few years.
But it is mistake to suppose
that postponement will make. the
ultimate payment larger. The
longer Germany is permitted to
go witht ut paying anything, the
more difficult. it will be to start
collections. Postponement also
means a smaller total, for Ger.
many's resistance TO paying will
increase as the war recedes in
history.
All people who have a friendly
feeling for France will desire
that Germany be made to pay
for the ravages of the war, and
they must regret that the French
have been led astray by the hope
of an impossible indemnity. But
lit is not alone self-injury that
France inflicts. The rest of the
world, and particularly the rest
of Europe, will suffer irreparably
if the present French policy pre-
walls.
The first damage is to the f.
nancial, social and governmental
structure of Europe. All Europe
is close to the line of bankruptcy
and above everything else needs
to be able to look confidently
into the future. As long as the
future of Germany IS unsettled
Europe will mark time on the
edge of an abyss. An unreason-
able indemnity or failure to fix
the indemnity at all will project
Germany into some form of dis
tempered radicalism. Does any
body believe that a collapse of
the social and governmental Ia
brio of Germany would stUp at
the Rhine?
But even if Europe weathered
the immediate financial and So
cial strain of the French policy. |
the ultimate effect would be a
new European conflict. The in
demnity must fall upon the pres
ent generation of Germany. Col
lection from the next generation
means war.
France stands alone in her
present attitude toward German
reparation. 1t is inconceivable
that she will obtain international
support for policy which would
wreck Europe. Aside from adj
vising and urging France to pur.
sue a course consistent with her
own best interests and the well
fare of Europe, other nations
need TO consider the possible |
necessity of definite. indeDend-
ent action. Here the burden
falls upon Great Britain.
If France proves persistently
unresponsive to reason. Great
Britain should agree with Ger
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04
UP IN THE AIR
Sixty Million Dollars Puzzling
Everybody Everywhere
Pussyfoctlng

700lrepresentatives of Of COM
mercial clubs and others from
over the state, one of which we
were what, met in convention at
Jefferson City Wednesday and
Thursday Of last week and man
aged to come out the same hole
we went in, so to speak The
commissioned met at Library
Hall and overflowed it. Mr.. /.
R Kelso was made chaifmaQ
and speeches from Atchisort to
Pemiscot and Mcdonald to Clark
counties and straight across the
state north and south of the Mo.
river were heard but nothing
done. A committee of IS was
named that business might be
more, expeditiously transacted
and the editor of this paper was
one of that committee to no
puspose so far as is now known.
Proposals in the nature of
motions were made that the 9th
amendment be referred back to
the people, that bonds for sixty
millions dollars be authorized
and the amount divided between
the several counties of the state
in proportion to population. auto
licenses and valuation of proper
ty for taxation purposes; that
the whole matter be left in the
hands of the governor and the
legislature with Recommendation
that an extra session be called
to take action, all of which were
voted down. A program put on
BY women Wednesday night.
speechifying on different sub.
jects by women politicians from
various sections of the state,
prevented further action until 2
a. m. when the convention adj.
journed to meet Thursday morn
ing at 8 at Library Hall. About
so of the committee of 85 were
on hand ty $40 and the chair
man, Mr.. Kelso, proceeded to
business. Motions were offered
by the same parties to the same
effect as those voted down the
previous evening, that is to say
a motion to leave the matter to
the governor of the state and
the Legislature, recommending
that an extra session be called
to act on the matter and that a
committee of one from each
congressional district in the
state be named to meet at the
time the extra session. if any,
is in session and be of what as
sistance was needed to arrive at
a solution. This motion carried
under the circumstances and the
program for a number Of other
speeches on other subjects was
opened by a gentleman from
Illinois and as he started out as
many others had started and
finished on propaganda for sup
port of the new constitution
move, a large number left the
hall. In fact, nearly every
speaker introduced the new con-
stitution proposal and many are
of the opinion that the purpose
of getting representatives from
all parts of the state to assemble
at the capitol was at least equally
divided With the subject of the
disposition of the road question
and support for a Lew constitu-
tIonal convention.
So far as the plans for the
hard surfaced roads are con-
cerned. it appears that they are
well undertood BY some and sat
isfactory. whatever they are and
unless something better is pro-
posed, or at least which win ap-
pear better to the legislature,
routes for primary roads may be
fixed already and permanently.
Mrs. D. O'Bannon returned roI
her home At Marshall Friday
4
Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1921-02-04

Mrs. D. O'Bannon returned 20
her home at Marshall Friday
after 4 visit to her father Judge
Crews.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
IMPURITIES IN CLOVER SEED
In Recent Purchase North Carolina
Farmer Finds Weed Seeds Of
Various Kinds.

farmer In Rowan county, NJ c.,
was about to purchase some clover
seed last spring from one of his neigh
bors, preparatory to seeding down his
wheat acreage. He. noticed that the
seed was somewhat impure, and was
reminded of the warnings so frequent
ly given by the. county agent in re-
spect to pure seed. He asked to have
q small sample tested for purity by
the state seed laboratory at Raleigh.
The sample was reported on merely
as mo. g." Each pound was found to
contain approximately 65.062 buck
horn seeds, 2,2s2 dodder 1922 wild
carrot, 2,20S black-seeded plantain,
Ala curled dock, 276 Venus looking
glass. 1873 each of crag grass and green
foxtail--a total of 1910 weed seeds
in each pound. This would, no doubt,
he sufficient to seed the mans land
to these pests for the next decade.
Although this sample was the worst
of any tested through the county
agents Office, on casual inspection 1t
indicated only ordinary impurity.
A laboratory test is safe check even
on the purest farm seeds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
GREW WHISPERS TO GET JOB
And Secretary Of State Hughes Has
Worn the Required Facial Adorn-
ments Ever Since.

Charles e. Hughes, secretary Of
state, gave little indication to his
teachers and classmates at Brown uni
versity that he was to become leader
in the nation, though it is true that he
had his bachelor degree before he
was q. It was his intention to make
teaching his life work, and he did
devote some years to that occupation.
His first application for a job was as
a teacher of Greek in small eastern
college. The head of the department
received him kindly, but evidently re-
garded his youthful appearance as
making him an impossibility in that
line.
"Why," said he, you have no more
hair on your face than an egg"
eff beard is necessary I can raise
one" said Hughes. who knew his own
ability in that line, and soon was able
to qualify for the job and got 1t. And,
by the way, he has the same whiskers
yet. He has never worn a clean
shaved face since Columbus Dis.
patch.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
SUNSHADES FOR LUCKY DOGS
innovation That Was Brought About
by the Protracted Spell Of un-
usually Hot Weather.

One Of the Quaintest innovations OF
the recent heat wave in London was
the Introduction Of sunshades for
dogs These consisted Of light crepe
decline projections suspended over
the animals necks by light wire
strands.
The lucky" animals whose masters
or mistresses bought the sunshades
did not seem so pleased with them as
perhaps the donors had hoped, re-
marked London Answers.
One dog found the heat so oppres-
sive that he sought the shelter of a
railway tunnel on the Highbury tube.
Here he was, however, SO frightened
by the continual passing of trains
that he shrank into dark corner and
remained there for two days, until
his master, on the, information of 8
railway man, fetched him.
Although sunshades for dogs made
their first appearance, there was a
strange absence of the straw hats
that horses used to wear before the
war. Have horses been so hardened
by the great campaign that they dc
not need the consideration that dogs
get?
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
SOME EGG SHIPPING 'DoN'Ts'
Department Of Agriculture Offers Few
Practical Hints for Benefit of
PouItrymen.

Here are some "dont's" offered by
the United States Department of Agri-
culture that many times mean the diff
ference between loss or profit in
shipping carload eggs:
Don't waste time and labor by using
cheap cases; time and labor are pre-
ciouS.
Don't save pennies by buying poor
filters and fats when you lose dollars
in broken eggs. The saving of one egg
would pay for the extra cost Of set
of No. l filters.
Don't nail braces to sides of car
against an incomplete top layer; they
seldom hold in place and often are the
cause of damage. They injure the eff
ficiency of the car insulation. The use
Of small under-case braces will prevent
all of this. st1, t-es
Don't waste ice and refrigeration by
slowing the load SO as to make air cir
culation in the car impossible.
Don't tie up your money in freight
claims because of loose load. Tie up
the load and leave the money loose to
work again. -
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
SAVE CORN FOR EXTRA SEED
Excellent Plan to Select Enough to
Serve for Two or Three Years
Paintings.

When corn is selected from the field
for seed, the United States Department
of Agriculture urges that enough seed
be selected to serve for two or three
years paintings. This is essential in
the origination and perpetuation Of
high-yielding varieties adapted to local
conditions. Seed corn that natures
well and dries out promptly without
Injury will keep its good terminating
and yielding power for four or five
years. Often a bad season will pre-
vent the selection of desirable corn for
seed. But homegrown seed corn of
the best quality can be always avail
able by protecting sufficient quantity
from moisture and from insects and
other animals.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
PLANT DISEASES
/. TAKE HUGE TOLL
Farmer Suffers Loss of income
and Consumer Compelled to
Pay Higher Prices.
CONTROL OF PESTS IS URGED
Can Be Brought About Only Through
Painstakino Technical Research,
Followed by Adoption Of REM
edies by Farmers.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture.)
When q plant disease or some other
crop pest destroys an important crop
throughout large area, it is easy to
see how dangerous these pests are
both to agriculture and to the cOun-
try. The farmer whose crop is de-
stroyed suffers through loss OF his
income the consumer often through alb
normally increased cost Of his food
supply. Occasionally, as in 1916, when
the wheat crop of the United States
and Canada was reduced approximate
ly 28O,OO0,0O0 bushels by black stem
rust after the entire expense involved
in it's production, except that of har-
vesting and threshing, had been in
Cured, the result is so serious as to
endanger the stability of banks and of
business generally in the devastated
region and even, as In that case, to
threaten the future Of nations through
Impairment of food supply when need
ed for winning the great war.
Take Heavy Toll on Crops.
But spectacular and widespread de-
struction of crops is by no means the
only harm worked by plant diseases.
Every season and in substantially ev-
cry important producing section they
take heavy toll on crop production.
Their existence without control con-
stitutes one of the chief hazards which
the farmer encounters, increasing his
cost of production and ultimately the
price which consumers must pay.
1t has been difficult to determine
even approximately the amount Of
damage done by plant diseases, but
very careful estimates recently made
by the Psychologists Of the state ex-
pertinent stations and the Department
Of Agriculture indicate that in 1919
the production of ten Of the important
cereal, fruit and vegetable crops was
reduced more than 650,O00,000 BUSH
els by plant diseases. This estimate
does not include damage due to in
sects nor to adverse climatic condi-
lions.
When it is remembered that sub
stantially equal expenditures for labor
and other items up to the point of
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
Il Worked, "Anyhowl"

Bobby will be six next month and
is very proud Of the fact, but he isn't
much larger than a child Of four.
The other day mother and daddy
went to buy tickets to Detroit and
found that youngsters more than five
years Of age had to have SIS fare. Sc
they went home and instructed Bobby
to say: "I'll be five, years old next
month" ,--,5
Bobby is wise and obedient. A few
moments later mother heard him
shouting in his high, sweet treble to
his pal:
BILLY, do you know what you must
say on the train when you go to De
troit? You must say when the man
asks you: No, I'm not even going tc
be five until next month. won't be
six at all indianapolis News.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14

them. A spading fork or potato hook
is best for digging them and great care
should be taken to avoid spearing or
cutting them in digging. Only a small
quantity should be turned out at once.
as they will become sunburned if ex-
posed more than an hour or two.
Store potatoes in a cool, dry place
where they will get plenty of ventila-
ton and be in the dark. Potatoes must
not be allowed to freeze either before
they are dug or while in storage. A
good, cool, well-ventilated cellar or
storm cellar forms suitable storage
place for potatoes and under proper
conditions will keep through the win
ter and into the early summer. An
other method is to bury the potatoes
in a pit outdoors and cover them so
that frost cannot get to them.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
Protecting Wheat Seed Against Smut
by FormaIdehyde Treatment.

harvest are required for the diseased
and the healthy crops, it is clear that
these pests constitute most grievous
and dangerous overload on agriculture,
our basic industry.
Must Aid Sterilization.
That sterilization of agricultural pro-
duction, which is highly desirable from
the standpoint of business as well as
of the producer and the consumer, can
only come when farmers generally are
able so to shape their paintings that,
with normal weather, the acreage
planted will produce the approximate
quantity required to meet the consum-
ing demand. Until this is accom-
plished, seasons of shortage with
prices painfully high to the consumer
are certain to be experienced. Along
with these will come years of exces-
sive production in which the producer
is compelled to bear destructive loss
because prices are below the cost of
production. For the correction Of
this destructive alienation of too lit
tie and too great crop production the
development of effective control of
plant pests is one of the most impor-
tant factors.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
Radio Time.

How useful it would be to watch
makers and repairers to have a simple
wireless telephone outfit with which
to receive the daily time signals, Is
brought out by HI. Gernsback in the
Radio News, New York. He says:
"If once the jeweler sees how simple
1t Is to work time-receiving radio
outfit he will soon become enthusiastic,
and, as many of his tribe have done,
will even go so far as to put the out
fit in a show window in order to
attract trade. We know a jeweler in
the South who uses loud talker out
side his window, where everyone for
half block around can hear when
N. A. A. seconds out the time at noon"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1921-10-14
DIG POTATOES WHEN
SOIL IS QUITE DRY
Tubers Are Matured When Vines
Begin to Drop off.
Care Should Be Taken to Avoid Spear
ing or Cutting Them-Store in
Cool, Dry and Well Ventilated
Cellar or Pit.

(PrepareA~by the United States Department
! of Agriculture.)
Potatoes require 30 to 100 days after
planting before any will be ready for
use. The tubers are not fully matured
until after the vines die, or at least
ripen and shed most Of their foliage.
Late potatoes in the Northern and
Northeastern states are frequently
caught by frost before the vines ripen,
so should be dug just about the time
frost first strikes them. Potatoes
should be dug when the soil is reason
ably dry, so that it will not adhere to