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The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02
Youthful Burglars
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lnSpringfield
Make 3 Raids
In One Week

An even one.half dozen boys
suddenly develop kleptomania
and made three raids on two
stores in this town from Friday
night of week before last to
Tuesday night Of last week.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02
Musical Program

At the Methodist Episcopal
church, Sunday, Feb. 23. 7:30
p. m.
Selection Springfield bard
Hymn Quoir and Congregation
Hvlnn - !"
Scripture reading and PRAYER
Duet Mrs. Roy Mat hews
Mrs. Chss. RoWeth
Announcer ents and Offering
Selection Band
Hymn Quoir and Congregation
Sernonette Rev. Garner
Duet II. + flint. Alre. Stewart
Hymp l-
,BenedictfoRe
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02
The Address
OF Prof. Knight
AT PIT. Meeting

We are paying special at ten
to this address because of the
many good. sound, sensible things
that in it we're said. and further
because by many it was pro-
uounced one Of the best adj
dresses ever delivered in Spring
field.
The address wasn't Of pn rely
arRumentative, or purely reclta
tional. or purely purfunctory.
but was little of all, with inst
enough of droll humor, witt
cisms and localisms to make il
spicy and to drive home the
CREST truths the speaker wish ed
to impress upon the audience.
What lecturer says at any
time and on any subject always
wants to be taken with a grain
of allowance, for when the Y
start out in the interest Of any
particular cause they are gencr
ally sufficiently over-enthusias
tic to go to extremes, and thust TO
promulgste things neither prob
able, desirable or practicable.
The first thing that came to
the speakers mind was where
all these people came from. stat
ing that as he had visited over
the town in the afternoon and
hacn't seen 50 many good lonli-
ing people, he concluded that
most Of them lnust have come
from the country,
Ls contrast between this
meeting and similar meetings
at Lamar-in all the meetings
Of the parent-teacher association
,sirce hc-has been the sunsIjn-
tendent of the school, there
wouldn't be as many as werr
present at Spring fields 6rsl
parent-teacber meeting.
He then stated that the sue
cess Of the school room was d.
vided up in respou sibiIity be-.
tween the teacher and the par-
ents, with the school board a
good third factor. aud as a con-
sequence tho Parent-Teacher as.
sociation was for the purpose
of mutual cooperation, and thus
all brought to a common cud
and for common pur pose.
The board Of directors be pro
nounced The most cus3aa nnd
the best paid (hearty laughter
by the board Of directors nf any
other body Of men op eArtil,
About here he got the lnnyhuu
Robt. Dickey. who made tho in
troductory address. by stating
that as he didn't have many
gray hairs and only two or three
teeth out. it was evident h : had.
Mt been long On the bolrI.
He paid the highrsL possibla
compliments to the Springfield
schools. stating that no better
work was being done anywhere
and be hoped the Springfield
high school would soon be an ac.
credited one. which wculJ mean
that the credits of the schoo
would be accepted by the stat
university. and a. pupil could
thus enter the university with
out further preparation or rec
ommendation.
In his opinion the one thing
needed in the Springfield school
above other things is a greatly
Increased library, aud recon-
mended some kind Of socisls
TO raiso the money. say some
thing Ike $4,000 annually, the
Lamar board espeuding some
HING ill.,. goo Dl ,,,,,l,, -,
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02
ones for the success of the asso.
citation 20 far. ,.of course the
school faculty among others.

IN this connection. remember
the meeting Tuesday night. and
the regular monthly meeting.
date to be given later.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02
Trash in Libraries

In'givina . kind Of digest Of
the address Of Prot. Knight else
whore. We stated that what is
said by . theme lecturer wants
to be taken always with . grain
Of allowance. and his library talk
is ope Of the things that wants
to bs taken In that way.
- -.Js
Libraries Of the right kind of
books are great things for school
,oonas. but, the bare facts are
that the average library is losd-
cd down with trashy stuff that
the pupil has no time for. and
that is without the least educa-
iopal. value.
Mr.. Knight says thsy put $500
yearly in new books for their
school, but we'll venture that
ninty per cent ot those added
oooxs. and probably Wper cent
Of the books now In the Lamar
school library. will not Be known
twenty TO thirty years from now.
OF at least by~theu will be out
OF publication.
. Such IL the fate Of hctional
writinass,they live their age. and
then the tombs. Probably min.
ty, per cent Of the iction.l works
in the libraries twenty-five years
ago Is now obsolete
And yet the poor dominies of
those days had to pass ninty pei
cent in those books. or he was
personanongrstis as . teacher -
9 way back number.
Among 6ctional works. about
one in a generation survives Its
sge. and may be one IN a hun.
dred years becomes immortal -
such as The Last Of the Mohi.
cans. Miles Standish. Rip Var
Winkle, Uncle Tom's Cabin. etc.
ETC., ninty per cent Of the fic.
uonai writings contemporsneous
with those works lived their
age and died.
A novel that has in It nothing
but the excitement of happen.
iugs and events. what ever may
be its title, regardless Of who
writes it, is not a book for a pu.
pill to wsste bis time. on.
Probably nipty per cent Of
6ctional Works in the libraries
are of this nsture-of no more
value than Sherlock:Holmes, stor.
ies Of the wild and woolly. or
purely OF psasIon and love and
k'ndred topical inventions.
As m instance. Zane Crews
writings are jus, now very pom
ular, but he will be lucky man
" one Of his works sur wives the
age Of it's production.
Schoo! libraries are great
things, but
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

Editor Ellison of the Sto ming
ton News was looking over
some more Of the county seat
the first Of the week, and is
con vim ced more than ever that
one half has never yet been
toii land never wants to be-.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

Lamar IS planning for its Sec
ond stock show, to be held
sometime in the early future:'
Last year stoc elk was taken clear
from the Cimarron to the show,
and naturally there will be more
interest this wear than last.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

When we rad Of the acquittal
of the Herr!n Duruerers We felt
like sayip9-"O, for ku k'ux.
And when we read Of he ku
Klux murders at Ba Rouge, We
feel like "a ing may be is
Just as well to let the law take
it's course. even If justice does
som times miRcarrV
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

For the present we are mot
giving any names, but say the
hoys will average around from
fourteen to sixteen years Of age.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

Sho If DO van II asi W"et
aftrr jain N'm; elk, wantcd for
csr'a,n debts he lei. behind -
Cas- fornia.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02
pareat-Teacher's
First Meeting
In Baca County

AZ in the csse Of the darkie
whose tomb stone said that
while he lived he did his durnd-
est. 90 .hs parents and ssschers
In their first parent teacher Sf-
tort Saturday night did their
durnd~st. with the result Of the
creates. mob FUSED with sriend-
y meanina) q the psrent-teaoh-
Or meeting that ever ewarmed
over the ramparts and gathered
ct . meeting place in this mans
town
''May Be we'd better 90 early
to get 9 sest. " said the editors
"seat!" said We. "a couple
Of dozen parents will feel it
their duty TO be there. ourselves
among :tham thare'll be no
trouble i6out seats"
And when We had gotten there
70 found IN hundred or more
bad preceded us. and to our
mortal surprise and grstificstion.
some hundreds moro came fol.
lowing jettSS; aud - they came
al ws could say was - veil be
syerlsstiuely dsbberaasted!" E
The plan was that the. child
that coHdtbring the most par.
sots (or was it the roem!l should
es awarded u certain prizs, each
Of ,the, sooms giving an enter.
taiaOent @ . drawing card.
An6yo,shst there was sshus-
6ins oflcards 70 get the parents
.luto thoss rooms. msny Of the
parents dividtns Themselves W
between two rooms - aud sorry
.-thnSe weren't more.
Up % the close Of the room
entertainments the mob was n
ssgments: but it was when they
dsobAked their forces in the
ursat auditorium of the : school
I. building. sfser the room enter.
tainmsnts. that the people be.
.-eaa t9, realize how much that
editor up at- Las Animss lied
when he brosdcssted the news
. that the people Of Baca, county
are leavine and the country
again gpiat back to ita original
sstate. 81
How many people were there
We'll. there are, $50 pupils.
and each pupil allowed, two par
snts-that's $50. besides those
that haven't yet gotten in to the
arentclssg-
@. hang it. let every Teller
make his own guess about how
many were there.
The great enthusiasm in Baea
county for educational ADVANTAGE
ssaud achievements was SYMBOLIC.
I'd in that great gathering Satur.
day night at Baca county's first
parent teacher meeting. and au-
4 gura well tor tho future educa-
tional welfare of Springfield and
.Baca county. and is an ndica-
.tlpnof the good schocls = being
nov here conducted.
The sequel to the coming OF
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02


For the present we are mot
giving any names, but say the
hoys will average around from
fourteen to sixteen years Of age.
: Apparently four of the Toys
broke into the Truax hardware
store on Friday night. They
then showed their stolen goods
to two other boys and told them
how easy it was.
These two other boys then on
Sunday night broke into the
Truax Mere. store. and helped
themselves to what they want.
ed.
And then on the following
Tuesday night some Of them or
all of them again broke into the
Trusx hardware store, and help
ed themselves to some mort
stuff.
-
The sheriff's force being NOR.
ally certain of two or three of
-tAe boys. they called one of them
into the sheritf's office, and
without facts or evidence in the
course of an hour or more wrung
confession, and finally got
from him who the boys all were.
Having facts now to work on
it took less time to break the
next boy down, and the next
and next. till the six boys had
all confessed.
They took knives and watches
and skates and nuts and candies
and chewing gums. ETC., Prob
ably all amounting 10 value to
$500 or slightly more.
These boys have taken the first
step to the penitentiary, and the
ofiense cannot be passed over
with out a dangerous after effect.
Properly banded just now. the
most OF these boys. and probably
all Of them. can be saved from
the career they have started on,
but some drastic measures may
be necessary for the accomplish.
ment of this much desired end.
We shall comment further Oh
the matter next week.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

These two other boys then on
Sunday night bsoke into the
Truax Mere. store. and helped
themselves to what they want.
ed.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

: Apparently four of the 6oys
broke into the TruaX hardware
store on Friday night. They
then showed their stolen goods
to two other boys and told them
how easy it was.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

And then on the following
Tuesday night some Of them or
all of them again broke into the
Trusx hardware store, and help
ed themselves to some mort
stuff.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

We are paying special atten-
to this address because of the
many good. sound, sensible things
that in it were said. and furth sr
because by many it was pro-
nounced one Of the best adj
dresses ever delivered in Spring .
6eld.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

+: Such Is tho fate Of dctionsl
writinRss.they live their age. and
then. the tombs. Probably min.
ty per cent Of the tictional works
in the libraries twenty-five years
ago Is n0w obsolete
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

In his opinion the one thing
needed in the Springfield school
above other things is a greatly
increased library. aud recon-
nended some kind of soc!sIs
70 raiso the MONEY. say some
thing Ike $4,000 annually, the
Lamar board cspeuding some
Thing like $4,000 auually for
that purpose.
He dwelt ut some length Oh
te chers' wages. and thought
the district and parents were
Go tnst,t. Page
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

And yet the poor dominies Of
these days had to pass ninty per
cent in those books. or he was
personanongrstis as . teacher -
q way-back number.
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

''Seat!" said We. "a couple
Of dozen parents will feel it
their duty to be there. ourselves
among ttham - .thsre'll be no
trouble i6out seats"
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

Great credit 10 dus certain
The Democrat-herald., 1923-02-02

The address wasn't Of pu rely
arRumentative, or purely recltp
tional. or purely purfunctory.
but was little Of all, with inst
enough of droll humor, witt
cisms and localisms to make il
spicy and to drive home the
grest truths the speaker wish ed
to impress upon the audience.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
ARTS SOCIETY TO HEAR
NOTED LANDSCAPE ARTIST

-Bearipg In mind the idea OF max
| ing Washington, the nations art
fcenter, Thee T. Morgan: landscape
artist win speak on Fart In Every
day Life," at the meeting and soiree
tomorrow night Of the Washington
salon and United Arts Society to IS
held at the Playhouse, 1914 N
street northwest. MRS. Adelaide
Clarissa Baker Morgan, painter and
designer win also speak.
others appearing on the program
Include: Miss TheIma Smith, mezzO
lcontraito with Miss Margaret B.
Grant at the piano presented by
Paul Bieydel1; 'SIgnor Harry An
gelico. Italian baritone with Mrs.
John "A. Chamberlain at the piano:
Miss Ethel Garrett, OF Corstcana.
Tex. piano sOIoist, presented by
Henry r. Kaspar; Herman r. Hoff-
man. violin soioist OF the Marine
Band Orchestra with Mrs Gertrude
McRae Nash at the piano: Mrs.
William B. Bagnam, formerly with
Augustin DAILY and the Carroll In.
stitute Dramatic Club in nionologue
and Rotations. sf
EthelWyn Johnson, OF the Mar
jOrie Webster School viii present
solo and ensemble Interpretive and
rhythmic dances with the Misses
Louise Perkins, Peggy MorgenWeek
and Polly Arnold and Miss Mary
SfhitherTflan at the plano. Rudolphe
de Zapp. president Of the society
VIII be In charge of the program.
Invitations have ben extended to
| the League Of Ameri IAN Pen Wou,-
en-. the Arts Club, the University
Club and the National Press Club.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
YIELDS
| TO OFFER Of
MOVIES
Signs Contract to. Produce Ills
Notable Stage Successes
for Films

NEW YORK, Jan. 24-David Be-
lasco, about whose studio motion
picture producers and magnates
have been buzzing for more than
eight Years In their efforts to In
Ednce him to devote at least a part
|ofa his theatrical genius to the cine
ma play, at last has not only grant
co motion picture rights to three Of
his most important stage plays, but
also has consented to assist per-
lonaily in various DEPARTMENTS OF
their screen production.
Three Plays "a BE. FiImed.
The glory for having persuaded
Americas foremost playwright imam.
sager to come over goes to the firm
OF Warner Brothers, an independent
picture concern.
The three plays which will be put
Into production on the West coast
a. quickly eas It ID possible to en-
gage the casts and prepare the cos
tunes are saThe Gold Diggers,"
]" Debyrau" and 'Daddies.''
Warner Brothers announced last
might that they had paid to- Mr..
Belasco $25O.O00 as an initial pay
ment for. the rights and that Mr..
IBelascO also would receive d per.
lcentage Of the profits on each pho
ItOplay.
win Help Direction.
Tn q separate agreement" Mr..
Warner said, .s.Mr. Belaaco sets
forth that he win, among other
things, give his personal supervision
ito the plays, win edit the scripts
and cooperate IN the Preparation OF
the pictures. He has consented to
the use Of many Of the original
stage costumes and says that he
win give as free access to his, files
and knowledge Of the plays at hand
We shah use his name III coniiec-
ton with the productions, ana he
also agrees to help us il selecting
casts.
Il Ii learned that Lionel Atwill,
who appeared III .'Deburau,D Ii IKE.
" to be engaged for that same part
on the screen.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
CIGARETTE STARTS FIRE
IN GIRLS RUSSIAN BOOTS

MARTINS FERRY. Ohio Jan.
g24.-James Wilson saw . young
man nip q cigarette toward the
gutter. Just then pair Of Rus
sian boots, adjoining. very attrac-
tive miss. came into range. The
Pcigarette fell into one. Of the boots,
Iigniting the girls stocking.
Wilson was unable to learn the
extent OF the damage.
Hundreds were attracted to the
scene 0f the blaze. - s'e4
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
GIRL MUST GET CONSENT
or INTENDED HUSBAND

GETTYSBURG, Jan. 24.-Under
q peculiar set Of circumstances
which arose in the local court here
recently Catherine o'Hannigan win
have to obtain the consent Of her
intended husband before she can
wed.
Miss O'FIannigan, whose parents
are dead, recently became engaged
to Harry o. Melhone. Under the
state law Miss O'I4annigan, who
10 nineteen, and therefore a minor,
must have the consent Of
guardian before she can be mar
fled.
In her petition to the court Miss
O'Hannigan said she wanted to wed
Melhorn and asked he be appointed
her guardian. The petition was
granted. -
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
CUBAN AeRLEs" TURN
OUT TO az FINE BEER

HARRISBURG Pa. Jan. a.
Three truclxloads Of beer. in sugar
barrels, marked "apples from Cuba, .
were copfiscated by State police at
Palmyra. near here. The apples
at Palmyra when the police az.
rived.
The police said the beer con.
tanned more than the legal alcoholic
content, and 1t was turned over to
q prohibition officer here.
The Washington times., 1923-01-24
Texas to Probe Standard Oil.

AUSTIN, Tex. Jan. 24.-The house
cominittee on commerce and manu-
facture of the Texas Legislature,
'''o1ously renorted fayorably
Monday a resolution calling for an
nv, $ ,igation OF Standard Oil Com
pany interest sin Texas and methods
Of fixing prices of oil and gasoline.
Evening star., 1923-01-10

Evening"
nkmasro Fehbm
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
Mininu With a Feather.

Placer mining in Mongolia is a prim-
tive process compared even with the
American pioneer methods of washing
out gold in pan. The Mongol-so DR..
Ferdinand Ossendowski tells us in his
book Beasts, Men and GodS''-lies fiat
on the ground, brushes the sand aside
with feather and keeps blowing into
the little excavation so formed. From
time to time he vets his finger and,
gold or a diminutive nugget, drops it
into a little bag hanging under his chin
In this way he collects about a quar-
ter of an ounce, or 50 worth, of gold
a day.-Youth's Companion.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
Angry With Him.

"Ill tell you how it was, my dear"
said the first girl. II was driving on
the wrong side of the street-it just
happened so-and in turning the cor
ner / struck his car. one Of those dis
gushing little f1ivvers. I hit the side
of it-not so very hard; my car wasn't
hurt at all-and showed it around so
that one of the rear tires came off.
And 1 believe the fender was bent and
one or two other unimportant things
broken. At any rate, he was a very
coarse man. He jumped out of his car
with an oath-Qr l guess it would have
been if l could have heard it-and-"
"What did you do then?"
ooh, l gave him such look, and
drove From the Country Cen
tleman.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
Desk Man Versatile.

Fred Loucks, desk man at police
headquarters, when not sending police
men TO investigate murders burglaries
and other crimes, composes quips
and Jokes which he delights to
"spring" on visitors. a few of his
compositions follow:
sTd hate to be like a window sash
always full of panes."
81 feel sorry for a box of matches.
Always boxed up and then struck on
the head"
"Why is a watermelon full Of wa
ter. Because the seed is planted in
the spring"
"Why is a dogs tail like the heart
of a tree Because it's farthest from
the bark
'The letter * is like pigs tail be-
cause it is on the back end of pork
Indianapolis News.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01

thing that comes along, and we all take
your medicine as tonic when we don't
feel just so. am thankful for what
the Vegetable Compound has done for
my health and for my family. Mrs.
MARY SAIEcHEcK, 944 18th Street, Mil
waukee, Wisconsin.
Letters like these testify to the value
of the Vegetable Compound. These
women speak from the fullness of their
hearts. They describe as correctly as
they can their conditions: First, those
symptoms that affected them most con-
spicuously; and later the disappearance
of those symptoms. They are sincere ex-
pressions of gratitude. For nearly fifty
years Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compoundhas beensopraisedby women.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
cuticura for Sore Hands.

Soak hands on retiring in the hot suds
of Cuticura Soap, dry and rub in Gu
ticura Ointment. Remove surplus
Ointment with tissue paper. This is
only one of the things Cuticura will do
if Soap, Ointment and Talcum are used
for all toilet observation-disclosures
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
Has a Full Supply.

Hub-So you've been to a teacher
of physical culture. Well, what did
he tell you?
Wife-The first thing he told me
was to keep my chin up.
Hub-Huh! / hadn't noticed any
falling off in that line.-Boston Tran
script.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01

sands and thousands of pipe smokers
throughout the country.
If we should try to Improve"
Edgeworth or change it in the least,
we might be doing ar injustice to the
men who have smoked Edgeworth
for years and years and who expect
to find it always the same good
smoking tobacco.
And so we hope Mr.. Whitlock will
agree with us that, all things con-
sidered, it is best for us to go on
making more of the same Edgeworth.
To add to our list of friends we are
always glad to send free samples to
anyone who cares to send us his name
and address.
Just drop us a postcard and we
shall Immediately forward to you
generous helpings of both Edgeworth
Plug Slice and Ready-Rubbed.
For the free samples address Larus
& Brother Co., rs South 21st Street,
Richmond, Va. If you will also add
the name and address of your tobacco
dealer, we shall appreciate your
courtesy.
To Retail Tobacco Merchants: II
your dealer cannot supply you with
Edgeworth, Larus & Brother Com
pany will gladly send you prepaid by
parcel post a one or two-dozen
carton of any size of Edgeworth Plug
Slice or Ready-Rubbed for the same
price you would pay the jobber.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
The Man.

No man who hath eyes open spirit
ually will make more of structural al
iteration and addition to the church
building than he does to the invisible
superstructure of the church's life
William PorkeSs.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01

WAS dLl1lB ana cOulO
barely do my house
work and washing /
was so rundown,
just from having one
child. / took a lot Of
medicines and had
doctors. Then 1 gave
them all up and took
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V e ge t a Bile Com
pound and ] feel
wonderfully good
now. | do everv-
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01
Tribute to Civil Engineer.

From the standpoint of the artist,
the civil engineer type represents the
highest type of masculine perfection.
He has the imagination to conceive
and the practically and intellect to
execute his nceptions.-Emily Mich
OILS Hatch.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01

Such assistance as ones friends
may give is seldom satisfactory. The
best way is not to require it.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01

On the average every man, woman
and child in Great Britain pays a
little more than 800 a year in taxa
ton.
The Winslow mail., 1923-06-01

In Moorish cafes green tea Is
served in a glass of mint to the Euro
pean it is said to taste sour.