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JAN. 7, 1916 gent. Ye editor can imagine of eating the bountiful repast. spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs.

G. Johnson. Mrs. Agnes Miller was a Ft. Scott visitor Pridav.

Mr. W. J. Smith was a Walnut visitor Monday. The ladies of Hepler met at Mrs.

Scott's Wednesday afternoon to organize en embroidery club. ANOTHER MILE OF ROAD IT WAS DECIDED THAT IMMEDIATE STEPS BE TAKEN BY COMMERCIAL CLUB. Committee Appointed to Solicit Funds for Project- Will Accept Cash or Labor Donations. Several have been inquiring as to the, whereabouts of the Girard Good Roads Boosters. Well, if they had disappeared at all, they are back, and with a vim.

It was decided at the last Tuesday meeting of the Girard Commercial Club to build one mile of rock road to the north. Said road will start at the Santa Fe crossing and go one mile north to the Grant corner. A committee consisting of Dr. A. T.

Havelly, John Vincent and Fraser Cole, was appointed to solicit funds for the proposition. This road will be built by co-operation, pure and simple. The town expects to furnish a great deal of the coin and it is thought that the farmers at least 3. majority of them, will assist with teams and labor. This is a starter for the Jefferson Highway and it we don't get enough built to get on it we will have our permanent highway just the same.

Which, if it was built at this time, would make it possible to pull a single rig along the public highway without breaking a singletree. 609 MARRIAGE LICENSES. And Probate Judge Dowd Married 50 Per Cent of Them. Probate Judge John Dowd is a popular man with the newly weds in this county according to the number of licenses issued during 1915 and the number of applicants that he married. The records show that 609 couples applied for the license to journey along life's pathway together and the judge estimates that he married half of them.

Several licenses were issued the past week, the last one in the year being issued to George and called Mrs. Belle Lucas of Pittsburg. 'and Green Johnson and Miss Lucy Weakley were the first to get licenses in the new year. Following is the list since last week: Chas. R.

McElwain, 26, Monmouth. Daisy 0. Caster, 25, Monmouth. Guy Spangler, 21, Pittsburg. Edna Holderman, 21, Pittsburg.

Harlem 28, Pittsburg. Anna 18, Frontenac. Earnest Beattie, 25, Nashville. Mo: Bertha Jones, 20, Opolis. Albert Pool, 24, McCune.

Mileta Reich, 26, McCune. Perry L. Beals, 24, Arcadia. Helma Mack, 24, Arcadia. George Welty, 54, Pittsburg.

Mrs. Belle Lucas, 40, Pittsburg: Green Johnson, 56, Mineral. Lucy Weakley, 58, Girard. IN THE DISTRICT COURT. The docket for the January term of the district court is now on the press and will be a full one.

The only first degree murder case was filed last week, that being the state versus Jefferson Helt, who is charged wtih having killed his nephew, James Jenkins on 3 farm south of town several weeks ago. Only one other case has been filed this week that being the state VS. Alfred Clark, Ray and Tracy Conrad, the Turner hall at Franklin on who are being, held for holding up the night of November 29th. There were no civil cases. Nothing doing in Justice Raymond Key's court this week.

Judge Smith had two booze cases before him during the week. Myre Kanisal got a bad start on the New Year's journey, as she was arrested and brought before the court, charged with having sold booze. She lives at Radley. She gave bond for appearance on January 5. Joe Corbis was also charged with having sold booze in South Radley and will appear before the court on the 11th for a preliminary hearing.

The preliminary hearing of the Miller brothers and E. Lee, who beat up the Walnut marshal, will be held before Judge Smith at 10 o'clock Saturday, Dec I I WHEN THE AMATEURS APPEAR Another Good Story Added to the Many That Are Told About Those Enamored of Stage. The anecdotes toid at the expense of amateur players are innumerable. and of course of varying degrees, both of truthfulness and of drollery. Another is added to the list by some students, who ambitiously undertook to play "Hamlet" for the benefit of charity.

The man who was to act the part of Horatio was extremely timid, and when the night of the performance came he was so overcome by stage fright that he could hardly remember the lines he had so carefully studied. During the scene where ratio and Marcellus tell Hamlet of the appearance of the spirit of his father, and the prince asks: "Stayed it long?" "While one with moderate baste might tell a Horatio managed to stumble out. but so confusedly that Marcellus forgot his cue, and instead of rejoining "Longer. long. er," stood staring at Horatio.

The prompter, with a view to helping out Marcellus, began to whisper from the wings, "Longer, longer." Unfortunately Horatio, having lost all control of himself. was inspired with the idea that the man playing Marcellus was looking at him because he had made 2.12 error. and that the words from the wing were addressed to him. With a great eifort he straightened himselt up, cleared his burning throat, and said, loudly: one with moderate haste might tell two hundrei, then. MADE BY HIS ENVIRONMENT Contact With the Sea Has Imparted Sternness to the New England Character.

In winter the sea is no joke, remarks the Boston Globe. It quickly knocks sentimentalizings over it out of the' sentimentalizer. He bad better stop ashore. It is bleak, angry and cruel. Yet one wonders it the men of New, England would have been the breed they have been without that stern discipline.

On a day when the wind roars out of the east through skies of clear blue; when spray spouts half the height. of lighthouse towers; when fishing achconers scurry under jib and trysail -then to stand on the deck of a coasting stearser and watch the huge rolls of solid green water bulge and fling the vessel up over their shoulders; to feel the vessel plunge and bury DOWE in a smother of foam; rise again; aim at the clouds; tremble. wallow and lift to meet the next; to see the shores dimly, dashed into a golden haze 01 flying spray; to hear the hiss of foam and swash of bow wave--that is to get a glimpse into something which has gone into the making of New England what New England is. That is to get an inkling of the coast wisdom of the coastwise. Blissful Depravity.

In a border southern town lives an elderly negro carpenter who is locally distinguished for his use of large words and his abiding fear of his wife, who is big, impressive and domineering. In this town a trio of young professional men keep bachelor quarters. Not long age one of the three called the darkey in to do some small repairing. "Boss," inquired the old man. in the midst of his work.

"does you white gen'l'mens live heah in total depravity of de feminine sex?" "We do," was the answer. From the bottem henpecked soul the cld darkey fetched up a long. deep, sincere sigh. "Well, ne said. "et wuz ex you is.

I should suttinly remain so. Artificial Pearis. Large artificial pearls have bean made by tilling thin glass bulbs with a solution of fish scale nacre and they are very clever imitations. An easy way to detect them is to note the spot where the bulb was sealed. Liesegang has now made artiticial pearls by another method.

The glass bulb is coated on the inside with ten per cent gelatin solution, allowed to dry only partially and then a small amount or sodium phosphate added and the coat ing dried very slowly. The iridescence is an optical phenomenon caused by minute wrinkles, parallel, formed on the gelatin. American. Important to Human Welfare. It is not without reason that cookery is called an art.

There is nothing which does more to build up and maintain good health than the proper preparation of food. It may be considered the first essential. It is commonly considered a menial task, yet next to motherhood it is one of the most important. of DOW the his school. in the of country, ol DI right the Kansas state.

is its: knows Tts the its is THE ENTERPRISE AND ROCK ROADS. Just a few words, regarding the rock roads and the Jefferson High- When the unintond of real live Eastern Kansas boosters left Fort Scott to go to New Orleans to attend the Jefferson Highway convention, they left their business and homes to get, what each and every one though NOS one of the greatest improvements that could be landed in Eastern Kan- as at the present time. They worked 'ay and night while there, showing so nuch light and ginger that they were the most popular delegates in the arge convention and through fighting. hey won. What? It seems that about all the delegates from Crawford county WOl.

was chance to come back home and have abuse heaped upon their heads. chance to have their citizens ridicule hem and tear down the work they had net their heart and to de. When that train Inad of delegates ar rived in Fort Scott on their return. from the New Orleans victory, they were as happy as school boys. Why not? They had won; won al victory 'or the folks at home, their and 1ad arrived safely to help finish the work.

They laughed and they cried )ver the great fight and victory. Now. after seeing this fine group gentlemen as they desended from their train and again in the banquet at Fort Scott. after hearing their enthusiasti alks, we do not believe that one was 11 "cahoots" with any automobile concern. We do not believe that on of them had any malice at heart, or hat they were trying to push something over on their best friends.

the farmer. We do believe that they tho they had done something that wal worthy of praise and that they had given Eastern Kansas something tha she would be proud of. Listen, gentle reader: The Jeffer son Highway is not a myth, not an idle dream, but a reality, and some community in this central west is goEng to be just wide awake enough get it. We have our chance, now, and if we don't take it and take it quick. it will be too late.

This is just what it is going to take to get it. The town man can do nothing more. Of cours: he can keep on talking for it or ally other rock road. He knows what they are, as there is not a town of any consequence in Kansas that does not have the very best brand of rock road. But, it's the farmer who should be in the pronosition.

It is the farmer who is going to foot the bill, or a majority of it. Although many cannot see it now. it is our 2001 friend and producers, the farmer, who will derive the great benefits from 'such a road. Here is the point--it the farmers of Crawford county do not want rock roads, if they do not want 011 this great Jefferson Highway, they should leave it alone. And if they do want it, they must get out and work for it.

The town man has gone just as far as he can. It is not his place, or The Enterprises' place to quarrel with anyone over the proposition. The farmer is the man who is fighting the road at this time and it MUST be the farmer who wins it over. The cities have 110 reason to fight the man of the rural communities. When they want pavement, they do not ask them to help fight for it, they do it themselves and pay for it.

That is what the farmer must do if he wants any improvement, and there is no other way out. The Enterprise is going right on singing the praise of permanent highways, kick who and is going to talk for the may, long as there is ferson Highway as any chance, and we are also going to be greatly disappointed along with several thousand others when it is finally decided to give it to some other community, that has opened their eyes to progress and have seen the light. H. W. B.

Ladies' Reading Club. The L. R. C. will meet with Mrs.

Burns next Friday afternoon. program is as follows: Reading of minutes. Roll call, Quotations from Dramas of Kansas." Lesson--Mrs. C. F.

Millington. "Needed Legislation," Mrs. D. Whiteside. Conversation-Mrs.

C. M. Tabor. Items of Interest -Club. Critics' reports.

Read the ads. BIRTHS REPORTED. Mary Hutchins is the name of the new daughter at the Wm. Hutchins home in Crawford township, born on December 18. Born to Mr.

and Mrs. Wm. Koppa on December 15, son. Mr. Koopa is a farmer living on route 1.

The youngstor's nano James Albert Alfred Koppa. Born to Mr. and Mra. F. ProvenZaria, son, el Ringo on January 1 1916.

Thin the only New Year's baby reported. daughter WILS born 10 Mr. and Eugenio Chiocci at Ringo on December 31. Dehilla Birvle Stonerock is the Quine of daughter at home of the now the Mr. and Mra.

George B. Stonerock of Crawford township, born on December A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. E. Perry of this city on December 26.

Mr. Perry is a colored miner. LAST GENERAL DEAD. George M. Dodge Died :11 Council BuMs, Monday, Jan.

General George M. died at home at Council Bluffs. lowa, 011 Monday. Jan. 3.

at 3 o'clock p. 11. He noted it railroad builder being one of the foremost men In the building of the Union Pacific. He vears of age and the last non general commanding the Civil War. MRS.

SESAN PRINTER IN DEAD. End Canto Saturdas Might to Old! Rosident o. County. Trister, who had lived in Crawford county 34 years and Pittsburg sixteni years, died at the home, 512 North Highland, Oil Saturday night. She was 65 years old.

raving been born in Indiana 111 1850. The was married to S. Trisier who her. Tears They lived Girard eighteen years before coining here. Mrs.

Trister was a member of the Degree of Honor and 01 the Triple Tie. Besides the widower, three daughters, Mrs. Maude Baest, Mrs. Grace Clark, and Mrs. Gertrude Barton, all ol' whom live on North Highland near their father's home, two sons.

Ursle Trisler, also of Pittsburg and Earl 'Trisier of Bartlesville. Okla and one stepson, William Trister, of Girard, survive her. The funeral was held at the home at 2 o'clock Monday. Sam I. Smith officiated.

Burial was in Highland park cemetery. EDUCATIONAL PREPAREDNESS. What Kansas Needs lastead of Militars Preparedness. Manhattan. Kan.

We need preparedness in Kansas more than military preparedness," declared W. D. Ross, state superintendent of public instruction. 111 speaking on "Itural Education in Kansas." Monday alternoon at the opening session of Farm and Home week. tor a general idea that the free public school WitS brought to this country by the Pilgrin Fathers, is a comparatively modern institution.

The first tree puble school for fall persons was established in Boston in 1818. "We are inclined to take the free public school as matter of course and are apt to fail to appreciate its purpose and benefits. "We should have a system which in its true purpose trains for American citizenship. It is a common concern that we have good schools. It is more important to have good rural schools than good town schoolsthere any distinction.

the average, Kansas cities are paying double the tax rate for school (purposes than that which the communities are paying. Because the country schools have cheap schools, not much has been expected and naturally the schools have been poor schools. "Now that there are two families in the city to every family in the country the rural school must become better and different one making the country life both attractive and effective. First, it should stem the drift from the country to the city, and second it should train those who remain on the farm to become economic producers of the things all the world must have. "We can afford to do this.

First, because we are the richest agricultural st in the union; second, because ddition that better schools will meas. "to our already great wealth will pay many fold. "The possibility of better rural schools lies in standardized oneteacher schools. in consolidated schools, and in rural high schools, which shall dignify country life by demonstrating that agriculture, both science and as a business, demands and will regard las brains of the best quality strengthened by the best training that can be had. E.

L. Holton, professor of education in the Kansas State Agricultural college, gave a strong address on the "New Rural Education." Several hundred persons, men, women, and children- here today form Farm and Home week. MUDDYING THE WATERS. OWN NEWS NOTES A XMAS GATHERING OF ORR FAMILY. During the Christmas holidays there was reunion and Christmas ratherappor the W.

W. Orr family at his home in Hepler. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. W.

H. Cleveland. Palouse, Miss Tesele and Miss Vera Orr of Tremonton, Utab: Mr. and Mrs. E.

M. Orr of Joy Coy, Colo, Mr. Bernard Orr, Mr. and Mrs. Jake Wyatt and family, Myrtle, Grace, Lena and Leonard of Hammond: Mrs.

R. F. Wyatt of Orlando, Mr. and Mrs. C.

M. Orr and family, Cecil, Earl and Ivan of Hepler. Mr. W. and daughters, Maude and Nellie," besides a few friends, Mrs.

C. Wonn, and Mr. and Mrs. W. C.

Stephens. This was a most enjoyable occasion, not just because it was Xmas because of the family, gathering and several them been together for several years and memorles of the old days were vividly recalled when mother was there, and all were under mother's loving care, but mother has long since taken her dearture to better and happier where that. that great and glorious day it shall again be a glad family reunion never to be broken. Card of Thanks. We desire to thank our neighbors and friends for their aid and sympathy, also the many acts of kindness daring the illness and death of our darling baby.

MR. AND MRS. JNO. JOHNSON. OBITUARY.

Little Victor Raymond Johnson, infant son of Mr. and Mrs. John John600, was born September 8, 1915, and died on December 22, 1915, being only 8 montha old at the time of his death. He bad been with the loving parents only short time, just long enough to make the bonds of love so strong 89 to be almost impossible to bear their being broken, but God in his wisdom, doeth all thingg well, and he called him home to dwell with the angels after a short sickness. The funeral services were held at the 5 miles east of Hepler, Rev.

E. T. Lacy officiating. Interment in flepeler cemetery. Mr.

and Mra. P. L. Howard, who have been visiting their daughter Miss Helen, in western Kansas, have returned home. A revival is in progress at the M.

B. church. Elder T. H. Wilson will preach on Sunday morning and evening at the Christian church.

Mrs. R. F. Frailey was a Fort Scott visitor Tuesday. Mrs.

Hattie Smith spent Monday with Mra. Ollie Mason. Andrew Tedder, who has been with his wife in the hospital at Ft. Scott. returned home Monday and reports bis wife to be doing fine.

Mr. and Mrs. H. Thorniff of Salida. were here visiting Mr.

and Mrs. C. C. Curry during the holidays. Gillaspie, is reported to be Cephus on the sick list.

Miss Vinnie Sawyer who has been quite sick is reported some better. Mra. G. W. Cowley of Crawford, is visiting her daughter, Mrs.

Maude McMurry and family. Mr. George Murry visited his perents during the holidays. F. H.

Heard, whose interesting letter you read a few weeks ago, is now at home and reports a fine trip a a Ane time, but is glad to get back: awong old friends again. Miss Edith Alexander of Parker, is visiting Mrs. Victor Johnson. Mrs. Pierce and daughter, Elizabeth, were Fort: Scott visitors Monday.

Mr. Jesse Grabam returned from Mulberry on January 1. Lavon Coghill Saturday. visited relatives Walnut on Mildred Whitehead and two chiland Ross' Porter visited Mrs. I dren Huffman and family.

Mre. Date Long and baby are vissting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Whitevah. Dir.

and Mrs. B. F. Harris of lahoma, are visiting her sister Mrs. B.

F. Landers and Mrs. B. F. Harryman.

The M. E. Ladies Aid met at Mrs. B. P.

Landers Tuesday afternoon. Miss E. G. Smith, the postmistress, la reported to on the while list. Miss Daisy Cosgrove, has been visiting relatives in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, returned home Sunday.

Mrs. Maude Yeakle is quite ill with i pneumonia fever. Ollie and Ray Tedder are reported to be on the sick list at this writing. Gladys Odell is on the sick list. birs.

Oran Pantier is quite ill at this writing. Birs. Victor Johnson and son, Lester, The Lone Elm Busy Wives' met in an all day session at the home Mrs. George Lincoln and an old fashioned basket dinner was enjoyed by all pre- From the Topeka Capital. The Kansas state officials have planned a pleasant little jollification for tomorrow morning on the occas- way, on of the burning the outstanding against the Yet every Kansan who anything about own last bond State knows that its public institutions are suffering from lack of funds.

115 Cheap John Legislature last winter refused Lo make sullicient appropriations proper maintenance schools. charitable institutions prisons. The condition of Kansas prison. last vetoed at Lansing is a disgrace to the state. but the governor winter an appropriation for sanitary cells for the prisoner- because state was SO poor.

places among the schools of the public roads are mad hotes. first The Kansas dropping to second and third rare in nothing To one who has the vission of Kansas it would appear that the burning of its last bond occasion for Kansas City Star. anything but an The above front the Kansas City Star is Al tissue misstatements. which have repeatedly put forward from the same SOURCE The facts may be briefs stated. Instead of institutions suffering from lack by funds reason of the parsimony of the last legislature, the fact is that every antitation the of state received from the last logistature larger appropriations than were ever before made.

The statement that the governor "vetoed an appropriation for sanitary cells" ill the penitentiary a false statement. The governor, on the con trary, recommended in his message 1.0 the legislature an appropriation for that purpose. The only items vetoed by the governor in regard to the penttentiary, were the two. The item of $25.000 for purchase of an island in the Missouri river was vetoed. which one ofthe recognized grafts that has been proposed to number of legislatures.

It sot by the last egislature, the governor vetoed and it his veto was commended by the best business men of Leavenworth. The only other vetoed item was of the revolving fund of $50.000. This was ve toed because it WaS not needed to keep the twine plant going. only purpose The twine ph.rat has not skipped a day or reduced its output because of the veto of the revolving fund item. The huge appropriations of more than a million extra dollars foisted on the last legislature by the Democratic senate tor unnecessary expansion were of exactly the same class and in most instances identical tems that were rejected by the Democratic legislature of two vears before.

But the Star repeatedly complimented the Democratic legislatore and the Hodges administration for excellent service to the state. Yot the last egislature's appropriations, as stated above. were larger not in single cases ut for every institution of the state The Star has played politics in this matter for several years, but has not leceived the Kansas people. That a deliberate political attempt was made 11 the last session to load down it new administration eXcessive appropriations all alc.is the line is well known to every person who keeps in 311 sort of touch with state aqairs. DIES SUDDENLY.

Mrs. Sarah Upion Dies at Home of Her Son. Mrs. Sarah Upton died at the home of her son Clay Upton. of this city 011 Saturday about noon, where she 138 made her home for several years She had been visiting in Pittsburg or several days and had just returned rom that city on the nine o'clock treet car.

Upon arriving home she aid down to rest. and when dinner vas called she did not respond and upon examination it was found that be had passed away. Mrs. Sarah Upton was IT'D at Uponville, Hardin counts Kentucky. She was 76 years, 6 months and 12 lays of age at the time of her death.

She was married to W. E. Upton in 1859 in Kentucky and ten children were born to this union, six of whom tre still living. Her husband died in 1894. The surviving children are: Mrs.

J. T. Stith, of Mrs. Josie Puttman. of Kansas City, Clay W.

Upton, of Girard. virs. Harry Turley and Mrs. A. C.

Upon, of Blackwater, and C. T. on. of Lebanon Ky. She also leaves twenty grandchildren and hriteen great grandchildren.

She was a life-long member of the Baptist church and Rev. G. S. Daugharty of the local Baptist church ofLiciated at the funeral. The body was shipped to Blackwater, for burial.

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