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WICHITA WEEKLY TIMES, WICHNT A FALLS, TEXAS, FEB. 24, 1911.
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Wichita Falls, Texas, February 24, 1911
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John Wesley Gains, who for twelve
years was a congressman from Ten-
nessee, representing the Hermitage
district, is soon to become a resident
of Oklahoma. On a recent visit to that
State he addressed the legislature, and
they made him feel so good that he
then and there decided to make the
change.
Those Englishmen never could see
the joke in Champ Clark’s speech
about annexing Canada to the Unit-
ed States, and the next time Mr.
Clark gets off anything like that be
should brand it before turning it
loose. Even President Taft did net
seem to understand that Chump was
only joking.
Expresident Roosevelt is advertised
to appear in Fort Worth on October
14th. Those who were so anxious to
see and shake the hand of Teddy while
passing through this section of the
country a few years ago, but were de-
nied the opportunity because of the
great mass of people gathered at the
stations and stopping places of the
then President of the United States,
will probably have a better chance to
do so at this time.
Texas now ranks first in the produc-
tion of cotton and fourth in the pro-
duction of corn. Twenty-nine prizes,
ranging from $100 to $2,500, are of-
fered by the Texas Industrial Con-
gress, Dallas, for the best yield from
ten acres of corn and ten acres of
cotton. This, no doubt, will encour-
age greatly the efforts of cotton and
corn raisers in Texas, and if kept up
for a few years, Texas will rank first
as a corn producing State as well as
that of cotton.
Amarillo citizens will be given an
opportunity to vote on their special
charter or commission form of govern-
ment on February 23. That, in the
humble judgment of this paper, is the
proper way in which to determine a
matter of so great importance. If
the majority of the people say by their
votes that they desire to change from
the present form of governing them-
selves to that of a commission form
of government, then the minority will
have no “row" coming to them. It is
the only absolutely fair and correct
way to submit such a measure.
Says the Dallas News: The Con-
gressional District bill presented to
the House by Mr. Williams has one
conspicious merit. That is candor.
Let no one taunt it with attempting
a gerrymander. It avows its purpose
without blush or equivocation. To any
accusation of unfairness that may be
made against it, its one reply is:
"What are you going to do about it?"
It will be more susceptible to the re-
proaches of its friends than to the
criticisms of its enemies. If it has
any excuse to make, it is doubtless
that it has not been able to devise a
scheme that would perfectly preclude
the possibility of sending to Congress
any man who has refused to burn in-
cense at the altar of Senator Bailey.
As for ourselves, we think that com-
plaint could be made only by the hy-
percritical. There were certain ob-
stacles of a physical and legal kind
which rendered it impossible to ban-
ish from public life quite every Con-
gressman who has not seen fit to be
an humble follower of Senator Bailey,
or to pronounce a decree of caveat in
advance against the possible ambition
of any private citizen who may have
arrogated to himself the privilege of
expressing opinions without first hav-
ing submitted them to censorship.
Considering the limitations placed up-
on it, this bill accomplishes its mani-
fest purpose to a degree that pays
to its ingenuity a tribute second only
to that to which its zeal is entitled.
Many of the beauties of this bill
are obscure, but him some that
stand forth conspiciusly. The fact
that the population of these proposed
districts ranges from 184,311 to’ 254,-
412 shows to what extent the prin-
ciple of equal representation was
twisted and bent to accommodate the
primal motive of the bill. Equally
notable Is the bill’s complaisance to
those three Congressional ambitions
which have become most notorious by
reason of their greater obstrusiveness.
The decree of banishment against Mr.
Randell, and Mr Henry, and Mr.
Hardy, and perhaps also ‘aginst Mr.
Burleson Is emphatic, while such as
have committed no greater offense
than to be lukewarm In their support
of Senator Bailey, such as Mr. Gregg
and Mr. Slayden, are given tasks
which may or may not prove great-
er than their strength.
Packing a jury is a criminal offense.
Gerrymandering a State for the pur-
pose of promoting a single cause dif-
fers not at all in principle. If the
people of this State countenance the
purpose of the Williams bill or fall to
visit their indignation against those re
sponsible for it, in the event it passes,
then they will deserve about any out-
rage which the politicians see fit to
inflict upon them.
The County Commissioners on yes-
terday settled the matter of a new
bridge to span the Wichita River at
this city by ordering that an election
be called for the purpose of voting a
sufficient amount of bonds to con-
struct a 16-foot bridge by the side of
the present structure with a five-foot
passenger bridge between and con-
necting the two bridges. This was
not what a majority of the people of
Wichita Falls wanted, but the Commis-
sioners' Court seemed inclined to the
belief that the people from the coun-
try should be consulted as to the con-
struction of this new bridge and it ap-
peared that a majority of the country
people wanted the new bridge located
by the side of the old one, and the
Commissioners, or nt least Commis-
sioner McCleskey and Burnett agreed
with them, while Commissioner Thom:
as. representing Precinct No 1, favored
the putting in of a new bridge at the
foot of Scott Avenue. Commissioner
Dale did not vote on the proposition,
saying that he had not had time to
go over the matter thoroughly in or-
der to determine how to cast his vote
intelligently. Judge Felder voted with
Commissioners McCleskey and Bur-
nett on the proposition to put in the
16 foot bridge by the side of the old
one, and it carried. The next thing
now is to oilier the election and vote
the bons. Because the people of this
city did not get what was asked for
through the Chamber of Commerce
and leading citizens. It does not mean
that they should feel sore or dissatis-
fied and vote the proposition down.
Later on another bridge will be need-
ed,. If the city and county continues
to develop as now, and it will be built.
If the people of the country are satis-
fied with the action of the court in
the matter, the people of the city can
well afford to support the proposition,
and carry it through.
During the past week more than 1%
inches of rain have fallen Farmers
in town today report that the rain of
last night which amounted to about
one inch in the city as measured by
the government rain gauge, say that
it was greater than that in the coun-
The towns that progress are the
ones where the people get together
and work for the good of the town.
Not two or three or a dozen, but
where all of the live ones recognise
that in unity there is strength, nnd
where the men of means take the lead.
Tlie towns that do not progress are
the ones where n few own the earth
thereabouts and are afraid progress
will disturb their per cent of income.
—Palestine Herald.
A beautiful sentiment, that, when
lived up to. One thing, however, that
is often overlooked, and that is that
we who are so anxious to boost and
build often lose sight of the fact that
we are under obligations to some ex-
tent, at least, to take care of, by pro-
viding work and patrons for those we
already have with us, many of whom
try, and was sufficient to fill to the have been induced to come and em-
overflowing point many water tanks
that had not been filled for a year or
more. Judging from this, there can be
but little doubt that while the fall was
quite sufficient for all purposes in the
city, it was much greater in the coun-
w ty where it was the most needed, and
where it will be of much greater bene-
fit.
The dependers of Lorimer contend
the correct way to settle his case
would be to throw out votes of mem-
bers of the Illinois Legislature who
either admitted to having accepted
bribe money or against whom it can
be proven did accept money for their
votes, and count the votes of the hon-
est members. Then, if a majority of
the honest members votes were cast
. for Lorimer, he should hold his seat.
That kind of argument seems fair and
reasonable at first glance. But sup-
pose the constituents of these bribe-
taking members of the Illinois Leg-
islature had instructed their repre-
sentatives to cast his, or rather
their votes for another man for Unit-
ed States Senator, and when they
disobeyed instructions and cast their
votes for a man who was not even
a candidate before the people at the
time these Inst ructions were given,
, are not these bribe taking members of
the Illinois Legislature “embezziers"
of power, and should their coustitu-
ents by their honorable conduct be
disfranchised in the election of a
United States Senator? Down here
in Texas, a member of the legisla-
ture who would dare do such a trick
would be designated as a hyena, rush
I nd into the Gulf of Mexico and drown-
I nd and bis picture hung in a rogues
sallery.
bark in business on the flattering pros-
pects that abound in a city or town
that is being boosted to the limit for
all it is worth by our ever enterpris-
ing commercial organisations Imbued
with the “pull-together”spirit. There
should be competition in every line of
business, but some care should be
taken to avoid, if possible, inducing
too many to locate and engage in the
same line if there la evidence to be-
lieve that that special line has more
competition in the field than the pa-
tronage will well justify. When such
n condition exists, it means that one
or more, and perhaps all who happen
to be engaged in that special busi-
ness, will be forced to conduct it at
a loss, and maybe some will fall, and
business failures, when brought about
by the lack of patronage, are not good
advertisements for any live and pro-
gressive town or city.
The Bailey majority in the Texas
Legislature would dispose of six of
the ant 1 Bailey Congressmen in the
Texas delegation a la Kilkenny cat
fight, 1. e., tie their tails together
and hang them over a wire to fight it
out Henry and Hardy. Slayden and
Calloway and Gregg and Young, are
scheduled by the redistricting bill to do
the Kilkenny stunt while Randell and
Burleson were left each to himself, but
in strong Bailey districts. It is as-
serted that twelve of the present six-
teen Texas Congressmen aren’t even
on speaking terms with the Junior Sen
ator, nnd the charitable effort to re-
district the State on strictly a Bailey
basis seems to be in the nature of an
attempt to make the Texas delegation
confined only to worshippers at the
Bailey shrine. The bill seems, more-
over, to have carved out the addition-
al districts to suit the powers that be.
The first districts furnishes a place for
Senator Hudspeth. The Third for Lieu-
tenant Governor Davidson, the Eighth
for Speaker Rayburn, the Fifteenth
might suit Senator Astin and the Six-
teenth might suit Senator Lattimore.
There’s an old saying, "The best laid
plans of mice and men oft gang aglee.”
We’ll see if it still holds good.—Den-
ton Record and Chronicle.
Redistricting of the State should be
made without regard as to the wishes
of those who are already in Con-
gress or who want to go. The dis-
tricts belong to the people and not the
candidates. As formed at present they
are all right, and the-attempt to cut
out districts to the linking of aspiring
candidates, if successful, will result
in defeat of those who offer as can-
didates in the districts they have had
gerrymandered to their liking. Rather
than have the district cut out as in-
dicated by the Record and Chronicle, it
would be better by far to let them re-
main as now and elect two additional
congressmen to which Texas is en-
tilled from the state at large. If they
happen to be what is known as Bai-
ley men," it will be all right and de-
cidely more fail.
The Times is in receipt of the pro-
gram for the third annual conven-
tion of the Southern Commercial Con-
gress to be held at Atlanta, Ga., March
8, 9 and 10. The topics to be dis-
cussed at this Notable meeting will
be the development of the South, Its
resources, its progress and its pro-
jects, covering a period from 1861 to
1911. The influence and effects of
such meetings are Inspirational and
educational In, all lines of coustrue
tive effort, and cause the world’s es-
timate of the South correct, and to
stir the South itself to a clear un-
derstanding of its potential lead r
ship to the nation’s history.
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We admire Senator Bailey, and we
have followed him with splendid loy-
alty, but we will be dinged if we can
go with him in his stand for that Re-
publican boss, Lorimer, Sophistry,
high tension adjectives and sky high
flights of oratory are all good and
immensely enjoyable to the gallery
occupants, but they fail to leave last-
ing impressions or tangible whys and
wherefores—Wise County Messenger,
II Senator Bailey’s able and eloquent
defense of Lorimer does not appeal
to the editor of the Messenger, a man
who is as near Bailey crazy as an
editor ever gets to be, how can the
Senator’s admirers throughout Texas
expect papers that make no preten-
sion of being friendly to him endorse
this last political stunt of his? ——
-----------------
Roosevelt snubbed Lorimer, and re-
fused to sit at the same table with
him. Those senators whom the ex
president had attempted to snub seem
Co have remembered the incident, and
got partially even with Teddy by say-
ing something nice to defense of the
Illinois Senator who, It is charged,
was elected by bribery. Lorimer is a
republican, but was not .elected by a
popular vote of the people of that
state. In fact, he was not even a
candidate, and the man who did
receive the nomination by that
method of electing United States
Senators was defeated by Lorimer In
the legislature. Several members of
the legislature were indicted for sell-
ing their' votes, and the most of them
confessed to receiving the bribe mon-
ey. The best that could be said for
Lorimer was that he could have been
elected without the aid of the purchas-
ed votes.
Senator Joseph W Bailey endorses
Governor Colquitt's position on the in-
itiative, referendum and recall matter.
What good reason these gentle men
can offer for opposing such a law is
yet—a matter of conjecture. If the
people are not competent to,run the
government it is a matter of serious
doubt whether a few men who profess
to be endowed with wisdom enough to
undertake the stupendous task can be
trusted to do it in a safe and sane
manner.—Floresville Advertiser.
It is a very popular idea of the most
advanced municipalities to have the
Initiative, referendum and recall in
city charters. Home States have gone
so far as to include it hi their consti-
tutions. It is called local self-govern-
ment, and its advocates wonder how a
Democrat can argue against the gov-
ernment of the people is hard to un-
derstand. If the people of Texas are
entitled to freedom they are certain-
ly entitled to self-government. The
movement to bring the Government
nearer the people cannot be blocked,
except for a short time.—San Antonio
Express.
Just to give an Idea of how real
estate in Wichita Falls is rising in
value, the deed records at the court
house show that four 50x150 lots that
were purchased by the owner eighteen
years ago for $25 each, or a total of
$100. It is true the owner was re-
quired to pay taxes on the lots for
that length of time without receiving
any income, or at least very little
but he sold them the other day for a
cash consideration of $9000. You can
figure out for yourself the per cent
his $100 Investment brought him.
1
One of the senatorial redistricting
bills to be submitted places the coun-
ties of Wichita, Olay, Montague and
Denton in one district. How does this
appeal to some of our own near states-
men?
FRIEBERG-THORNBERRY
ITEMS OF INTEREST
There were 33 present at Sunday
school at Friberg last Sunday morning,
regardless of the weather.
A fine into fell in this vicinity last
Friday iright.
Ernest Byman is the first man to get
his oats sowed, so far as we have
learned. He finished on Wednesday
of last week.
The mercury dropped to 23 degrees
last Bunday night. Who thought spring
had come? .
Miss Eunice Musgrave was out of
school the first of the week, doctoring
rheumatism).
Master Milo Thornberry was quite
sick the latter part of last week.
Miss Estelle. Friberg celebrated her
thirteenth birthday last Thursday.
Misses Eunice Musgrave and Bernice
Cunningham accompanied her home
from school and they spent the night
together.
Next Sunday is State Rally Day in
the Sunday School. Let everybody go
to Sunday School and take a new mem-
ber. The number attending next Sun-
day is to be reported to the state or-
ganization. Try to have the largest
attendance ever had.
There will be preaching at Friberg
next Sunday morning and evening.
Make an extra effort to get some one
to Sunday school and also to the
church service.
The young people of Friberg had
singing at the home of A. J. Andree
last Sunday afternoon.
Mrs A. J. Andree entertained Mr.
and Mrs. (1. Ryman and family and
Mr. and Mrs. C. A Andree and family
and Lawrence Johnson to dinner last
Sunday.
Mr. Lester and Miss Louise John-
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fectly, delicious hot biscuits,
hot breads, cake and pastry
there is no substitute for
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......With The Exchanges......
(Some Editorial Views.)
An eastern woman has been divorc- i If it is true that the astronomers
ed from her balloonist husband. He on Mount Wilson have discovered a
was such a high flier.—San Antonio
Express.
Mary Garden is writing a book.
Following her well known foible, it
new world in process of formation,
steps ought to be taken* at once to
secure it to the United States before
Mr. Rockefeller gets his books on it.
—Dallas News.
will deal with unclothed facts.—Fort _
W North Record. -1 John D. Rockefeller’s "own pastor"
. . “ __has been given an increase of $2000
An exchange says a Washington , .
. , __., a year in salary. How much is oil
man has been granted a patent on a.
up today?—Los Angeles Express.
Oil hasn't gone up. The pastor re-
fused the raise. Yes, truly—he really
did. —Houston Chronicle.
combination fork and shovel. Now
bring in the green peas.- Fort Worth
Record.
People who live in El Paso, Texas,
are most fortunate. They have box
King George made his maiden
seats at a fight without paying a cent.speech from the throne Monday and
Some of these Mexicans seem to be the press gang sized H up as color-
getting real angry,—Philadelphia In- less. In the present state of British
quirer.
ston and Mr. Reasor and Miss Curlee The Honduran congress probably
all of Petrolia, spent Sunday with Mr
and Mrs. E. E. Byman. Mr. and Miss
Johnston are brother and sister to
Mrs. Ryman.
The parsonage folk have Mr. and
Mrs. Noel B. Singletary to thank for
a fine donation of fresh beef this
week: and Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Mus-
grove for fresh pork.
E. E. Ryman came up last Thursday
and turned the surface of the parson-
age garden upsidedown, and with the
mercury below freezing it is going to
be hard on the bare roots of that
Johnson grass.
suspects by this time that, by refus-
ing to borrow money on the terms
recently proposed, it borrowed a great
deal of trouble.—New Orleans Times
Democrat.
The sausage bill at Harrisburg will
be watched with interest. It we have
been rating the kind of stuff that is
alleged, some one ought to go 'to Jail
and also help pay our doctor’s bills.—
Philadelphia Inquirer.
TEXAS PARAGRAPHS.
politics. King George, in expressing
bin opinion, doubtless feels as bold as
a pro candidate in a wet precinet,-
Denison Herald.
With James J. Hill declaring Cana
dian reciprocity a measure of true
statesmanship worth more than
armies, and the hardy Gloucester
fishermen halfmastering their flags on
the plea that it will bankrupt them,
the difficulty of pleasing everybody be-
comes apparent.—Fan Antonio Ex-
press,
IN LIGHTER VEIN.
The Times is in receipt of Volume
1. No. 1 of the State Democrat, a
weekly publication issued at Austin.
It is a political paper and claims to
be against graft and grafters, and in
Its salutatory says in part:
“Conscious of the desire to be on the
right side of every question affecting
human rights and the public welfare.
The State Democrat confidently joins
issue with all who would assail those
rights and torn governmental posi-
tions and privileges into mere private
assets for self-gratification and ag-
grandisement of the few at the ex-
pense of the masses. The one great
end to which it will direct and energise
its efforts is an honest, impartial and
efficient administration of govern-
ment, and it will be its policy to avoid
entaglement with side- issues that
might hinder the work of stamping
out graft and machine methods in
politics and making the rule of the
people a fact and not a mockery." ,
According to the way the Congres-
■tonal Redistricting Committee have
things mapped out now, Wichita Coun-
ty will be In the Eighteenth Congres-
sional District, which, if the bill passes
as offered, will be composed of the fol-
lowing counties: Clay, Archer, Baylor,
Knox, King, Stonewall, Kent. Dickens.
Crosby, Garsea, Lynn, Lubbock, Hock-
ley, Terry, Cochran, Yoakum, Bailey,
Lanis, Hale, Floyd, Motley, Cottle,
Foard, Wilbarger, Hardeman, Chil-
dress, Hall, Briscoe, Swisher, Castro,
Farmer, Deaf Smith, Oldham, Potter,
Randall, Armstrong, Carson, Gray,
Donley, Collingsworth, Wheeler, Hemp-
hill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree. Roberta,
Hutchinson, Hanford, Sherman, Moore,
Hartley, Dallam, Wichita. The pop-
ulation of the above counties is, accord-
ing to the census reports, 230,739.1 It
will be noticed that the counties of
Wise, Montague, Denton, Cooke and
Clay, formerly In Congressman Step-
ens old Thirteenth District, have been
lopped off.. Cooke, * Montague and
Wise, together with Grayson and Col-
Un, will compose the Ninth District,
which win be the district that Con-
gressman Randell will represent, pro-
vided he can be elected over a strong
Bailey man, who no doubt had the dis-
trict ent out to suit himself. Jack,
Young, Haskell and Thockmorton,
formerly or at present In the Thir-
teenth District, will be in the Seven-
teenth District under the provisions of
the bill offered by the redistricting
committee.
There is no denying, however, that
a man with a good digestion has a
good deal of fun wrecking it.
One of the reasons given by Guy
arnor Colquitt for vetoing the Texar-
kana special charter bill was that at
the election held for the adoption of
the charter only about 15 per cent of
the people voted. Still it is not denied
that everyone was given to chance to
vote, and the election was both legal
and fair. The instances of where
only about 10 per cent of the people
vote on matters which they are," or
at least should be greatly interested,
are- innumerable, and yet no one has
ever before dared to question their
legality or fairness. In truth, Gov.
Colquitt himself was elected by a
minority vote, but no one has ever
questioned but that he was the choice
of the people and Is therefore our
governor. By the same sort of rea-
soning the people of Texarkana or of
any other town or city In Texas,
should be given the right to govern
themselves as they see proper, so long
as they do not ask for something not
permitted by the laws of our state.
A newspaper has two legitimate
sources of revenue, to-wit: its sub-
scription list and its advertising pat-
ronage. The first is governed almost
altogether by the news it furnishes
and the character it sustains. The
paper’s sixe is determined by the
amount of advertising it gets. The
man who advertises is not moved
thereto by benevolence; he wants full
value for his money. Nor will the ad-
vertiser take two pages when one will
■newer his every purpose. To print
a 16-page paper on 8-page business to
to face certain bankruptcy—unless of
course the paper is willing to sell its
infinence. But even here there is risk,
for the reading public has a discrim
inating sense and will refuse to sup
port a paper whose opinions are be-
Moved to be for sale. Concealment
may obtain for a season, but eventu
ally the true character will assert it-
self and one by one the paper’s pat-
rons fall away and it gore down with
a crash.—Waco Timov-Herald.
Kansas Woman Helpless.
Lawrence, Kas — Mr. J. F Stone of
this city, says: "My wife suffered for
ten years from womanly troubles, dur-
ing two years of which she was to-
tally helpless. She was examined by
many physicians, some of whom gave
her up to die. Finally she began to
take Cardui, and since then has great-
ly Improved in health. The tonic,
strengthening, and restorative effects
of Cardui, the woman's tonic, on the
womanly constitution, are the most
valuable qualities of this popular
medicine. Cardui acts specifically on
the womanly constitution. Half a
century of success proves that Cardui
will do all that is claimed for It.
it for your trouble.
Try
A NOVELTY CLOCK
IS BEING DISPLAYED
A clock which, it is claimed will
run 400 days Without rewinding Is on
exhibition in the show window of
Sears and Wilmering, Jewelers nnd
pawn brokers next door to the post
office. A pendulum In the shape of a
governor suspended from a flat wire
controls the movements of the clock.
A glass case covers the movements.
The clock was made In London and
is one of the first ever brought to this
section of the state.
A. H. Caward, accompanied by his
sister, of Cresto, lowa, were the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. A. Zundelowitz yes-
terday and today, leaving for their
home They are old friends and were
neighbors of Mr. and Mrs. Zuendelo-
wits in Iowa and took advantage' of
the opportunity to come by for a short
visit while they were in Texas to see
relatives. They expressed themselves
before leaving as being much Impress-
ed with Wichita Falls, and were
especially attracted by Lake Wichita,
♦ -
♦
(Commercial Secretaries) )
The historical phase of agriculture
is first the soil rubber, second dim
In a historical tragedy there are
always two heroes, one in the play,
and the other in the box office.—. Flic-
inished production per acre, third the vende Dlaetter.
agricultural scientist, who points the
way to better and larger production
per acre. In Texas we have all three
of these processes in operation on a
gigantic scale and as the proportion
of these classes of lands vary in rela-
tion to the entire cultivated area of
each crop the average production per
Judge—Now, tell the gentlemen of
the jury- do you drink yourself?
Defendant That is my business!
Judge—Quite so! And have you
any other business?- Exchange,
acre has varied.
We have millions and millions of
acres of Tresh land but there is no
economic reason why we should rob
the soil; this sort of agricultural
vandalism sooner or later reacts.
The mills of the Gods grind slow but
when nature is sinned against her
penalty extends to the third and forth
generation and one worn out farm
lands will become a sort of agricultur-
al ward to the state. Willful waste al-
ways makes wocrul want.
The competition of fresh land
rapidly consuming soil capital in the
production of crops has retarded If
not prevented the improvement of
old lands and has caused poor re-
sponses from the farmer to the sug-
gestion of the scientists, but the gen-
eral decline to reduction of some of
the so-called inexhaustible lands has
brought the farmer face to face with
conditions he can no longer ignore
and has surprised him Into a higher
appreciation of our agricultural
departments and hr is taking active
Interest In farthers institutes, conser-
vation congresses, farmers unions,
cotton growers associations and other
associations organised for the better
ment of agricultural conditions, :
Uncertain,
T know it's none of my affair.
And yet somehow 1 fret.
Can anybody toll me where
The waist line will be sett
• - Birmingham Age-Herald,
Thoughts of War.
Mr. Kidder (reading paper)— Well,
another bryl engagement in South
America.
Mrs. Kidder—What in It? e
Mr. Kidder—Trained nurse and an.
army officer.—Exchange. -
Her Deduction.
Mrs. Jinks-1 think our new maid
will do all right. Her name is Clo-
rinds. a
Mr. Jinks—Why do you think she
will do?
Mrs. Jinks—Well, for one reason,
we’ve never had a maid namel Clo-
rinda.—Exchange.
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No Chance.
The Joker—There is an epidemic
of smallpox in the southern end of the
city. Why not send some of your
force down to investigate?
Detective Captain—But man, that
disease is contagious.
The Joker—Won't hurt them. They
won’t catch anything, Exchange.
Possibly So.
After staring at the minister straight
through the first course, Adeline in- •
quired: "Mamma, why la that man’s
hair so black when his board is M
white?”
She was hushed by the stricken. 1
family, and stayed hushed until the
salad was brought to.
"Then she saw her chance. “I
know," she said, “it’s ‘cause he uses
his jaws moron he does his head.”-
Success Magazine. . r .
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