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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
KINDERGARTEN NEWS


Our visitors this week were Mr.. Sic
mems, Mr.. Goldman. and Mrs. Blair.
Bennett Babb and Max Beavers
have been frequent visitors this week
also.
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On February fourteenth, the kinder
garten pupils sent valentines to The
boys and girls at the school house and
let me tell you we had all kinds Of fun
making and taking them over. Late
in the afternoon one Of the girls came
over with mysterious-looking box
and gave il to us and when we opened
it and found nice Valentine for each
OF us we were surely surprised. We
appreciate it, brothers and sisters
many thanksl
We had big time one day this
week as it was the day to take our
Measurements. We were surprised to
see how much we have grown. One
little girl aged four On January n.
showed the following measurements:
Chest 22in,. height. 43Iz: neck, 10.
Second measurement: Chest 81:
height. 45lz; neck. 1923. Little boy
SIX years old: lst-chest, n; height.
46; neck 10. End chest u; height.
46I7; neck 1917.
Miss Myrtle Kemp.
II 1888
i there is no more contemplate type
of human character than that Of the
lnerveless sentimentalist and dreamer.
who spends his life IN a weItering sea
lof sensibility. but never does a con-
'crete manly deed.-W William James.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
BY THE WAY

Judge Andrews of the New York
Court Of Appeals, who wrote the OPP
inion that the soldiers bonus law Of.
that state was unconstitutional, has
been nominated for reelection by the
Republican Convention. But what,
could you expect from the Republican,
party, anyway q .2.~ ~
n. 3s Is y = So =
Of the 53l members of the present
Congress. sixty per cent are lawyers. A
judge of the high court of England
gets $4,000 a year. s. "
They were engaged. Her name was
Evelyn, but he called her Eve for
short, She was particular what she
was going to wear at the wedding. and
was continually writing him about her
rousseau. and wishing him to give her
some advice. He got tired Of it and
wrote her a note like this: Dear Eve.
Whether you wear silk, satin, muslin
or a fig-leaf, don't care-Adam."
X * 4 s.
''And now the story has come to us
from out of the war and all its attend
ant evils. that the German nation has
not won its place in chemistry by hon
orabIe methods. but has been guilty of
theft in the dye industry which has
made Germany greater than any other
stated commercial enterprise. =" Such
is the statement of Frank P. Gavin,
president of the chemical foundation,
before the American Chemical Society
at Columbia University.
s. =
Mr.. Gavin emphatically and with a
host of evidence to prove his assertion
states that in the year 1856 young
Englishman named William Henry Per-
>kins. aged Is. was working in a Lon
don laboratory seeking to make arti-
fetal quinine. obtained dark muddy
sediment. which when washed. proved
to be the dye we know as mauve. This
discovery was stolen and taken to Ger
many by confidential friend named
Hafman. This discovery brought Ger
many out from an agricultural country
into the second commercial country in
all the world.
SIS ~
DR.. Cook. who really claims he dis
covered the North Pole, is living in
Fort Worth. Texas. He is doing well
in the oil business, and now that an
explorer from near the North Pole
claims, to have discovered the papers
left there by DR.. Cook, which will
prove that there is some truth in the
doctors statement. has induced the
doctor to again ask for recognition of
his claim to being the first discoverer
of the Pole. The doctors life has been
a hard one since the bitter campaign
that enveloped the whole world against
him. He took his family away to Eng
land to escape the publicity occasion
ed by the wild stories that were started
her and there against him. But in
England he was discovered, and again
he was compelled to move, until he has
visited every country in the world to
try and escape from public gaze. AT
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
THE SWIMMING POOL
b Earl Jones (Age, 1Ol

BY Earl Jones Gage, 10y
Let's all be off to the swimming pool
This nice hot day-it will feel so cooll
As we splash away in the water so blue
And think of the boys on the outside,
too
FOrthere's plenty of room for you and
me,
And everybody else. in this Colony.
Remarkable little verse above
was written by little boy ten year
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

old in the junior room. We think We
have some very good talent here, and
we mean to encourage il all We can.
Margaret Seelye
1888
We had an extremely good meeting
last Saturday afternoon at our Self
Government League meeting
In place Of our usual debate. Mr..
Pickett made a motion that The hotel
furnish the school children a midnight
meal and also an extra one during the
day. He explained--or tried to make
us believe that BY having two extra
meals, our digestive system would get
plenty Of exercise, and BY getting plen-
ty of exercise the stomach would all
ways be in good working order. So
we would never have stomach trouble
and also never have colds. Well, we
hate to say how badly he was de-
feated by some of our great orators.
Robert Lindsey then gave very IN
teresting talk upon the digestive sys-.
tenn, stating that BY eating too much
sickness and colds were bound to come.
Besides Robert. we had five other
visitors from Jennings. Louisiana-Mr..
and Mrs West, Messrs. Sanders, VAIN
wright, and Gault. - Bennett Babb.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
FINE PLUMBING

Ask us for estimate on your new
building.
Call I79.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
FINE PLUMBING.

Ask US for estimate on your new
building. .......,.-..,..-. ..........,--
Call l79.
The Vernon Parish Democratscan be
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The Vernon Parish Democrat can be
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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

The Vernon Parish Democrat can be
purchased at the Cory Fruit Parlor.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
MARcARET So. 20

The staff fOr this week Isl EdoN Margaret sssysi Rosa Ma
Bennett Babb, and Erfa Tede reporters
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

WANTED-Six Rhode Island Red
hens and Cockeral. Address Vernon
Parish Democrat, No. 5. 2.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

A first-class electrician wants work;
able to do anything in the electric line,
no matter how difficult. Phone l79.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

! FOR SALE. - Al acres of land;
IL acres cleared and under cultivation.
4-room house, and barn. 100 peach
trees; 20 apple trees; 20 grape vines;
strawberries, bIackberries, and dewber-
ries; some figs. Well improved
terraeed,s Price. $Il00. Main road.
A. E. WELDON, Rte |, Box 50. Lees
vile. La.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

They have found palm tree on the
island of Borneo, that grows with its
palms pointing direct east and west,
By the way. it may be interesting to
know that this island is only half ex-
plored, the natives are so wild and war
like and great shots with an arrow.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

up your copy and let Us figure On it.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

The war widows in France have
adopted simple method to obtain a
husband, and it is a good one, They
wear ring on their left hand with red,
white and blue bars on it, this denotes
that the wearer is a widow that wishes
a husband and is willing to consider
any man who can support a woman,
Gee wouldn't that be great if the wo-
men here would wear something Ieke
that2 What cinch we would have in
picking out the one that looked good to
US, think it over girls get one made,
we'll catch on all right.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02
Classified Section

49,
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1922-03-02

Our visitors this week were Mr.. Sic
mems. Mr.. Goldman. and Mrs. Blair.
R& & a.
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Overdid the Part.

There is II smart Chinaman stay
ing now perforce in northern Mexico
who, but for a slight error, would be
enjoying a residence in the United
States. Arrested for attempting to en-
ter Illegally via the Mexican border,
he tried to palm himself off before the
court, according to United States Com
missioner A. J. w. Schmid at Ell Paso,
Tex, as an old resident of Seattle. So
well had he been coached in the part
that the federal attorneys could pick
no flaw in his apparent knowledge Of
Seattle, m and places. In desper-
alton, the prosecution finally asked II
he had ever known julius Caesar up
there. Yes, the Chinaman had heard
Of him often Did he remember Mark
Antony. and how he acted as states
witness at the trial Of Caesars MUIR
derers? Yes, he remembered Anthony
well, and the murder, too, and was
only a little hazy in his mind about
the trial. Ten minutes later he was
on a Mexican bound trolley.-New
York Evening Post.
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!ST TREASURE WAITS FINDER
Hidden Somewhere In the Sudan
Desert Is Osman Digna's Store
of Gold and Ivory.

In my travels, when a young girl
in Egypt and later in the Sudan, in
Ismailia, I met with a woman who
had fled from the Sudan during the
wal with the British. She was related
TO the once famous Osman Digna, the
mahdi's general and most trusted
friend. She related the following,
which l translate:
Every year Osman Digna used to
take 50 Sudanese men and load them
up with ivory, gold and precious stones
which the mahdi obtained from traders
from the Congo. He led these men in
a march which lasted three days into
the wilds of Khartoum, to a noun
tain where was his cache. When every
thing was put In safely, they started
off to return, but halfway another
trusted man, named Mahomoud, met
Osman Digna with a hundred men,
who killed everyone Of the men used
to carry the v%aluables. When that
deed was done they returned to the
mahdi, waiting for the next years
Osman Digna consequently was the
only man who knew the cache. When
taken prisoner he was offered q large
sum Of money to conduct a party to the
place but he absolutely refused to
speak. The last l heard Of him he was
still lingering in prison in Cairo nearly
blind and insane.-MOntreal Family
Herald.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02
SAYS IVY HURTS BUILDINGS
English Architect Advises Its Removal
From the Historic Structures Of
Oxford University.

Ivy, q picturesque adjunct to the
lanscape in covering old buildings and
which has been so greatly admired by
American visitors to the historic towns
of England, is doomed. 1t is asserted
that not only Is the ivy highly in
furious to the buildings which are
covered by the vine, but that, In scores
Of cases it destroys more beauty than
it creates by %obscuring examples Of
fine old architecture. In oxford, es-
pecially during the last few years,
many Of the old college structures
which have been covered for gener-
atiOns with masses Of the glossy green
leaves have been entirely denuded
of every vestige Of ivy and the work
is still going on.
Edward Warren, an English archi-
tect, in writing Of the architectural
moving the ivy covering, admits in
the London Times hat he has been
responsible for the removal Of a large
amount Of Ivy from oxford walls.
II am its declared enemy" he says.
1T should be permitted to grow upon
no walls but those of uninhabited
and uninteresting ruins, or the rough
walls of fields or gardens, Ivy is
a terribly insidious foe to architecture,
Its acid secretions destroy the mortar
Of the joints. reducing it to ~incOhesive
sand, its fibers and its tendrils push
their way between the joints, its
clinging branches grow and swell
in every available hollow and c~revice,
bursting ancient holdings and shat
tering carvings. penetrating thick
walls If given time, lifting copings
and parapets, and stealthily and
steadily disintegrating the work Of
mans hands, while it smothers its pro-
portions and its beauties.
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HOLD FIRMLY TO BELIEFS
Mennonites Stress Biblical Stories
Which Other Christians Regard
With Some Lightness.

The advent of the M%ennonites to
America came about when William
Penn had been granted land for his
Quaker followers. He was told of
Mennonites who had fled from Ger
many to Holland and his Quakers
came to their aid. The Quakers are
credited with helping them financially
in colOnizing parts of Ohio, Indiana,
Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota.
Later, colonies were established in
Saskatchewan and other parts Of
Canada.
A peculiar custom Of these people
Is the washing of feet. They say that
the command Of Christ to the woman
to wash His feet stands on the same
spiritual level as His acts Of distrib-
uting food and drink to the hungry
and thirsty. To the Mennonites the
story related by St. Luke Is as impor-
tant as the ones other Christians re-
gard, including the sacrament and
communion.
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LUXURIOUS DID NOT "BELONG'
Old Gentleman Wrong in CHASING Him
as One of Seven Wise Men
of Greece.

The seven wise men Of Greece.
whose names and sayings have come
down TO us from antiquity, have been
distinctly secondary in enOwn re-
Gently TO the several score wise men
Of the nations gathered here In the
conference on the limitation Of arma-
ments.
But the ancient wise men are not
forgotten. Here and there are men
who treasure the sayings which those
worthless handed down to US. They
are keen on the proper pronunciation
OF their names, and know to a de-
gree in which Grecian state they lived.
One Of these scholars anne In last
week to settle a dispute, says the
Washington Star. Several of his
friends, in whom the fine flower Of
learning had not withered any more
than it had in him, were disputing
about those seven wise men Of Greece.
"They could only think Of SIX" de-
clared the gentleman, nodding his
white head. II said the seventh was
L~ycurgus. Am l right?"
The seven wise men Of Greece, not
having figured in the news for a few
years, 1t was M easy task to locate
them. But a fat volume finally gave
them up-and Lycurgus was not in the
list.
Bias, Chilo, Cleobulos, Pittacos, So
Ion, Thales and Fernandez were the
seven wise men. Everybody remem-
bers Scion as the man who got off
that really tremendous saying "Know
myself" CleobulOs is credited with a
good one too. avoid extremes" This
latter is the famous golden mean" Of
Epicurus.
"And to think | would have put
L%ycurgus In that list !" exclaimed the
old gentleman.
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Goats Milk.

According to the annual report Of
the California development board, the
only goat milk cOndensery In the world
Is located at Pescardero, San Mateo
county, California, where a herd of
5000 milk goats is maintained by the
Widemann goat milk laboratories. The
demand for timed milk for tubercu-
lous patients Is said to far exceed the
supply, goat milk having been found
a particularly valuable nutrient for
consumptives. The number Of milk
goats In California has increased 50
per cent In the last two years. A
large farm at Cool. Eldorado county,
was recently stocked, and the produc-
ton Is 70 be used exclusively for the
manufacture Of goat milk cheese.
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Wireless Aids jewelers.,

Fifteen hundred small wireless out.
fits have been installed in Paris Jew.
elry, watch and clock stores to enable
the jewelers. to catch the correct
Greenwich meridian time as it Is sent
daily at ten o'clock by the Eiffel tow
er. Formerly the exact time had to
be obtained from the observatory by
telephone.
The installation is simplicity itself.
The outfit, about nine inches In diam
eter, is hung on a nail In the wall. A
copper wire u down to the cellar or
along a water or gas pipe serves as a
ground wire," while the removal OF
the bulb from a nearby electric light
and the insertion Of a contact plug
take the place of antennae. 1t can
be done in five minutes.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

| wish to announce myself as a can
didate for the Office of Treasurer Of
this county.
| have been a resident Of the county
for the past forty-three years, thirty six
years having been spent in the city OF
White.
| have had thirteen years banking
experience, which with my other ex
perience, fully qualities me to fulfill
the duties Of this Office.
have always voted and worked for
the interest Of the Republican party.
and so far as | know / am the only
candidate from the northeast part of
the county.
| assure you that if elected | will
do my best to please the voters of
the county.
Thanking you for any favors you
many show me, l remain,
Yours respectfully.
J.. e. Dricken.
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For TWenty-S Seven Cents.

An unforeseen interruption Of travel
occurred on the West side elevated
railroad one morning last week. A
short, somewhat stout, middle-aged
woman ambling her way to the down
town platform at N~inety-third street
dropped her purse, as well as her
ticket, In the box.
The son Of Erin whose special duty
1t is to see that tickets are dropped
in the box tried to extricate the
purse with a wire. He failed and
then the womao wanted to try. The
ticket seller was called out.
Potential passengers were held up.
A crowd collected. Variegated re-
marks e~nlivened the occasion. Final
ly a mechanic was summoned. He
took the top of the box and recov-
cred the purse. 1t contained q cents.
Travel had been delayed almost an
hour.-New York Sun.
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PAID

In compliance with the code provi.
sion relating to political advertising,
|, Arthur S. Mitchell. declare the fol
lowing advertisement headed Political
Announcement to be in behalf of the
candidacy of Arthur S. Mitchell of
Bookings, S. D., for the office of Rep.
resentative, that same is authorized by
myself and that l am the author of
the same.
Signed, Arthur s. Mitchell.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

hereby my candidacy for
the office of Sheriff of Brookings Coun-
ty, subject 10 the will of the electors
Of Bookings county. / have resided
in South Dakota continuously since
1884, excepting three years that l
served in the Philippines and have
never sought public office. Your sup
port Is solicited and any favors shown
me will be appreciated.
Perry Bishop,
Bruce, s. ID.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT

/ hereby nounc my candidacy for
the Office of sheriff for Brookings
county subject to the will of the
Electors Of Brookings county. / have
been a resident of the county for
eighteen years and have cried sales
in nearly every township. / hava
never been a candidate for office but
am deeply interested in county affairs
and if nominated and elected will per
form the duties of the office to the
best Of my ability. Your support Will
be appreciated.
S. II. VanLaningham.
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(PAID ADVERTISEMENT

In compliance with the code pro
vision relating to political advertis,
ing, |, Herbert w. Blakely, declare the
following advertisement headed Polit
ical Announcement to be in behalf o
the candidacy Of Herbert w. Blakel,
of B~rookings, s. d., for the Office O
Clerk Of Courts, that same is author
lied by myself and that | am tn
author of the same.
Herbert w. Blakp,v
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FOR

To the Republicans of Brookings
County:
l wish to announce that I am a car
didate for the Office of State Repre-
sentative.
Am a graduate Of the Volga higf
school, lived for two years on my
fathers homestead in lakewood town
ship, later attended State college fol
three years and have been in business
in Brookings since my discharge from
the army. Your support will be ap
preciated. Arthur s.. Mitchell.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1922-02-02

Community property is another
Mennonite belief, although 1t Is not
general. The members of the sect CO.
operate in building roads, school
houses and churches.
One of the largest migrations of
Christian people of modern history Is
that of about 100000 Mennonites, So
600 families, from Canada to Mexico,
which will begin soon. They claim
unjust treatment in Canada during
the World war. The Mennonites re-
fuse to enter any war.
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POLITICAL ADVERTISEMENT
County Treasurer

l wish to announce myself Is a can
didate for the office OF County Treas
urer of Brookings County, on the indie
pendent ticket subject to the will OF
the voters at the March primaries. !
have lived in Brookings city and coun'
ty most of my life where l have farmed
and engaged in business. All my In
terests are here and II nominated and
elected I shall give Of my best to serve
the people honestly and e~ficiently.
will greatly appreciate the supper,
OF all my friends and solicit the sup
port or all the taxpayers Of Brookings
county. Robert B. Loban.
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All Have Obligations.

Every citizen has obligations In the
community in which he lives. Wheth-
err q man is prominent or not he Is
expected to do his part In helping
bring about normal conditions in this
country.
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PAID ENT

|, ]. e. Dricken, Of White, s. Oak,
the following advertisement
headed, political Advertisement" o.
o in behalf of my candidacy for III
Office of Treasurer, and that l am tn.
author thereof. j. T.. Dricken.
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT

/, Perry Bishop, Of Bruce, S. Oak,
declare the following advertisement
headed Political Advertisement" 20
be in behalf Of my candidacy for the
office Of Sheriff, and that ! am the
author thereof. Perry Bishop.
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human nature is
all right"
"They don't con-
vince me, to any
great extent" OBJ
jected the star
b e r. mo
body ever does a
good deed with
out expecting a
reward, Mrs. Jig
gers. In highly
moral books in
t e n d e d for the
young, people do
such things, but
never in real life.
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PAID

l. S. II. VanLaningham, of Brook
ings, S. Oak, declare the iollowine
advertisement headed Political AID
vertisement," to be in behalf of my
candidacy for the Office of sheriff, and
that | am the author thereof.
S. II. VanLaningham.
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT

1. Robert B. Loban of Brookings, S.
D., declare the following advertisement
headed, Political Advertisement" to
be in behalf of my candidacy for the
Office of Treasurer, and that I am the
author thereof. Robert B. Loban.
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PAID ADVERTISEMENT

/, J. H. Roberts, of Brookings, S. D.,
declare the following advertisement
headed Political Advertisement" to
BE in behalf of my candidacy for the
office OF Sheriff, and that l am the
author thereof. j. II. Roberts.
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NOTHING FOR NOTHING

gsK WAS feeling bad this afternoon,
Il and Mrs. Pollywog heard about
1t and brought me over some chicken
BROTH" announced the landlady. II
thought it was very kind of her. Such
considerable actions convince us that