Woodson County Journal from Yates Center, Kansas • 1

WOODSON COUNTY JOURNAL. VOLUME II YATES CENTER, WOODSON COUNTY, KANSAS DECEMBER 18, 1913. NUMBER :2 One of two things must be true. sot either Curtis, Troutman and others sio who fought, progressive republi pri canism every inch of the road for pa six years and went out and licked ba it in Kansas last year, have suddenha ly been converted without anyone ari knowing it, or else they are simply tic plain, unblushing, nervy hypocrites. sy We'd hate to hear or read what they would say of Stubbs, White, th ca Jackson or Dolley if these would offer to harmonize and in order to It of do so desert every principle for mit which they have fought six years.

cha For our part, we believe such men as Anthony, Curtis and other men Ref cha. who get so far in public life have tion. nore them. more honor, more mightegrity, more manhood than to stultify themselves before the peotl ple of this state by saying they give 0 up principles they believe right, for 110 more reason than to lick the Kansas democratic leaders who need it. And these horns of the dilemma 11 ought to be apparent to the wayr faring man though a fool.

If Curtis and his followers were honest in the fight they have made against progressive government in Kansas I six years, they ought not to der now. If they were not honest in their fight, we are very certain we shall ask no friend of to join them in any party, The democratic standpat administration which Curtis and his faction installed in Kansas last fall needs a licking, but it doesn't need it so bad that two factions instead of one in the republican party must be self confessed hypocrites to accomAish it. -Council Grove Guard. th At no time during my connection sola with the Kansas State Agricultural College has the board, either the old board of regents or the new board of administration, appointed or promoted a teacher except upon the recommendation of the president of the college. No member of the board of administration has ev.

en suggested the name of a friend, acquaintance, or other person for appointment on the teaching staff. In no case has the question of the political or church affiliation of any person raised to a teaching position been raised by the board. H. J. WATERS, President.

C. W. Hubbard sold the La- Harpe Enterprise to E. H. Spencer last week.

Mr. Spencer is a Methodist preacher and has had experience in the newspaper business, That should be a good combination. The experience as a Methodist preacher should accustom a man to the sort of living common to country publishers. Of course the printer is handicapped in his living by less frequent opportunities to gerta square meal--at some other home-) -but he gets more watermelons brought in." the speakers for the big Progressive banquet and meeting at Topeka on Lincoln Day, (12, are James R. Garfield, former Senator Beveridge, Victor Murdock, Senator Poindexter, Raymond Robins, Henry Allen and W.

R. Stubbs. It will be a great time. A good many are expecting to be present from Woodson county. The Nobel peace prize for 1912 was awarded to Senator Elibu Root.

This was not as some may have supposed for the Senator's efforts at Chicago as a director of the 'national Republican convention, 1 but for his work for world-wide peace while secretary of state. Macon, Missouri, voted the town dry last week, after a bitter fight. The drys carried the election by 36 ts. Four years ago the town wet by 250. Macon county fighe entire Fifth congressional Hitct is now dry territory.

Moral Grip of Scout Scheme Charles Howard Mills, Supervisor Department of Municipal Recreation, Grand Rapids Michigan, formerly Scout Master at Hull House, Chicago. I should not be loyal to my principles and ideals of boys' club work if I did not say a word about the Boy Scout activities. I regard it as the greatest scheme for boys that has ever struck this or any other country, and for four reasons: First, Because of its universality. It touches every class of boy without respect to social standing or race or religion. Second, It touches every side of boy nature.

Third, Because of the wonderfully strong, underlying, quiet working of the moral grip that the Boy Scout scheme has on the boy. Fourth, Because it works. It is not theory. I have worked actively in Boy Scout activities for three years, and in my work have combined the Boy Scout scheme with the boys' club scheme. I would make the boys' club plan I have outlined work up under the headings of regular Boy Scout activities.

The advantage of calling it Boy Scout work is the same miraculous moral hold. You do not have to preach to the boys. They take the oath and learn the laws. It is not the director that has to keep reminding them to live up to them. It is the other boys themselves who do it In all their training, play, study, work, they must live up to the Scout law, and you will find them struggling to do it.

Stand By The President Arthnr Capper. We have in Washington a president whose expert knowledge of the history of peoples and nations is surpassed by no other statesman. The world has no stronger champion of the Rights of Men. His patriotism is as unquestioned as Lincoln's; his far-seeing wisdom, as well, many think. His conception of the part the American nation should play in the affairs of this hemisphere, as recently given to the world, is in line with the finest and best of our traditions.

Cannot such a man who is in hourly touch with Mexico be better trusted to do what is wise and right, than the best intentioned citizen in Congress or in the ranks. The people of Mexico at the present time are totally unfitted for self-government as we understand it. The present struggle is as much evolutionary as it is revolutionary. Mexico is learning its lesson. By survival of the fittest, out of this contest between petty revolutionists and robber bands, must soon arise the native leader who will rescue the country from disorder and darkness.

It is simply history repeating itself. It has been estimated that we would require an army of half a million young men to effectively police Mexico in case of forcible intervention. Forcible intervention in Mexico would mean: An army of half a million of American youth at a cost of much more than $1,000,000 a day and many lives risked in a dangerous climate probably for years. A continuous homeward procession physical wrecks and blood forwarded to replace them, draining the nation's vitality. The spread of sorrow in homes now happy, the disturbance of peaceful industry and commerce, more pension burdens, a generation fretted.

Who are calling for such a sacrifice? The owners of property in Mexico, many of them mere gamblers on a long chance. Big interests which find in war new opportunities for public plunder. The restless, the speculative, the turbulent. Not one of the men who are clamoring for the invasion of Mexico would be in the ranks. Those men never fight, except by proxy.

You would have to do the fighting- you and your sons. Isn't this a time for all really patriotic Americans to stand behind their president, to trust to his undoubted wisdom and better information, to help him restore order to Mexico in the best and wisest way, and to prevent this nation from being stampeded into a mistaken and costly war by a selfish and conscienceless war party seeking some advantage? All Home Print. Good home Reading on every page. Inquiries received at the United States Geological Survey indicate that a good many people believe that Mount Washington, in New Hampshire, is the highest mountain in the eastern part of the United States. Mount Washing.

ton is 6,293 feet high, but the Southern Appalachians contain many peaks which are several hundren feet higher than New Hampshire's famous mountain. North Carolina has the highest mountain in the Appalachian system, namely, Mount Mitchell, with an elevation of 6,711 feet, and Tennessee's highest mountain, Mount Guyot, is 636 feet above sea level. -Bulletin. The Mexican congress has declared the recent balloting void and has called another election for next July. Meanwhile Huerta is declared provisional president.

And the congress gets all the authority it has from that election- -for its members were chosen by the same ballots what were declared void so far as president is concerned. Huerta's right to the presidency is, however, as clear as it has ever been. In an address in Mr. Taft advocated reform in city government. He wanted a mayor and the smallest possible city council.

He said that there were wide departures being made but that the people were demanding them and had a right to have them. It sounds funny to hear that man talk progressive but that is what lie talked. -Lawrence Journal. Eugene W. Chafin, the noted prohibition speaker, who has made many campaigns in Kansas, some of them as the candidate of the Prohibiton party for president, and is thoroughly informed as to condi tions in Kansas, is telling in his public speeches in other states that Kansas is the most civilized state in the Union, and has the best prohibition laws.

The total mineral production of Oklahoma in 1912 was in value $53,614,130. The chief mineral products are oil, gas and coal, the -value of these being 93 per cent of the total mineral output. Cement, lead, zine, clay, asphalt, gypsum, lime, pyrite, salt, sand and gravel are among the other mineral products of Oklahoma, Chanute has signed up with the Redpath people for a seven day chautauqua, to be held sometime in June or July. By 251 to 75 LeRoy last week voted $13,000 in bonds for an electric light plant. Good for LeRoy.

G. A. Laude was chosen vice president of the Humboldt Farmers' Institute at the annual meeting of that body at Humboldt Thursday of last week. And the Institute showed excellent sense in coming over into Woodson county for so capable an officer as Mr. Laude, The pro re nata meeting of the Presbytery of Neosho held at Iola Monday dissolved the pastoral relation between Rev.

N. A. Shedd and the Yates Center Presbyterian church. The Christian church people are preparing a social evening for Friday evening, December 26. Home comers will furnish the program.

A fuller notice next week. Mrs. M. P. Bowman was a welcome visitor at the Journal office Tuesday.

Mrs. T. B. Palmer was one of our pleasant visitors Monday. Death of Silas Childers Silas Childers was born in Decatur county, Indiana, November 25, 1844.

He departed this life in Yates Center, Kansas, December 14, 1913, aged 69 years, 19 days. When a young man he came with his father's family to Putnam county, Missouri. It was there he enlisted in the Union army August 11, 1864. He joined the 42nd Missouri volunteer infantry, company and became a corporal. He was honorably discharged June 28, 1865.

January 21, 1866, in Putnam county, Missouri, he was united in marriage to Mary E. Hiney. The ceremony was performed by Rev. C. H.

Bentley, an army comrade of Mr. Childers. This union was blessed by the birth of six children, three boys and three girls. About twenty years before his death Mr. Childers united with the Baptist church in Barton county, Missouri.

When he came to Yates Center about 16 years ago he brought his membership to the Baptist church here, where he was an honored member at the time of his death. There survive Mr. Childers Mrs. Childers and all the children with their families, also two brothers and two sisters. The funeral services were held at the home of Mr.

A. A. Culver at 3 p. m. Tuesday, December 16.

Four of the children, Mrs. James Burk of Lamar, Missouri, Mr. Ira Childers of Buffalo, and Mrs. E.W. Culver and Mrs.

A. A. Culver of Yates Center, were present at the funeral. Two of the boys, Arthur and Frank, living in Wyoming, were not able to be present. Rev.

S. A. Hageman of Galena, Kansas, assisted by Rev. N. A.

Shedd of the Presbyterian church of Yates Center, officiated at the funeral. The pall bearers were from the Grand Army of the Republic, of which body Mr. Childers was an honored member. The body was laid to rest in the cemetery at Yates Center, and we can truthfully say of him; "Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord." Rev. B.

Barthel received a mes sage Friday from Emporia that his mother had suffered a stroke of apoplexy and immediately went to Emporia. Mrs. Barthel died Saturday 11001. Rev. Barthel phoned for his wife and children, who went Sunday.

Notice of the death, as given by the Emporia Gazette, is published in this Journal. After the burial Rev. and Mrs. Barthel went to St. Joseph, Missouri, the children returning Tuesday to Yates Center and going to the home of H.

F. Stockebrand. All Yates Center people grieve with Rev. Barthel and family. Frederick Kersten, who has been very ill at the home of his daughter, Mrs.

Charles Stockebrand, near Burt, is reported as considerably improved. Mrs. Julius Stockebrand, a daughter, and her son, from California, and Will Kersten, a son, from Western Kansas, who were called here by their father's illness, have been visiting relatives and friends in and near Yates Center. The county Sunday school institute, scheduled for Yates Center last week, was called off, Some of the speakers could not be present, and it was thought best to indefinitely postpone the institute. L.

S. Harvey of Topeka, deputy United States attorney, was a Yates Center visitor last week and this, called here by matters connected with the failure of the Yates Center National bank. Mrs. John F. Barthel Dead.

Emporia Gazette 13th. Mrs John F. Barthel died at noon today at her home, 125 South Commercial Street. Mrs. Barthel suffered a stroke of apoplexy Thursday morning, which caused her death.

Mrs. Barthel's maiden name was Ursula Schwentz. She was born in Germany October 5, 1844 She came to America with her parents, when a child, and settled in Clinton, Canada. She received her education and grew to womanhood in Canada. After her marriage to John F.

Barthel, they came direct to Emporia, and they had lived here for the past thirty-six A part of this time was spent on a farm near Emporia. The high qualities of Mrs. Barthel's nature found expression in her home and church work. Fromm early childhood she had been a member of the Evangelical church. In Emporia, she was a prominent member, and faithful attendant of that denomination.

She reared 3 large family of children who have gone out into the world as good citizens and worthy men and wow men. As: Christian wife and mother, her noblest work was done. Besides her husband, she is survived by ten children. They are: Mrs. Josephine Pleatzer, Canada; Mrs.

Minnie Emmet, Mrs. Ernestine Bamesburger, Americus; Henry Barthel, Palestine, Texas; Edward Barthel, Atchison; Gideon Barthel, Sam Barthel, Mrs. Lydia Bamesburger, Emporia; Rev. Ben Barthel, Yates Center; Rev. George Barthel, Leavenworth, The funeral services will be held at the home, 125 South Commercial Street, Monday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, Rev.

Charles Meader, Mrs. Barthel's pastor, will conduct the service. Interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery. The postoffice fight is getting "warm" in Yates Center. Win.

Reedy, Judge Thoroughman and F. M. Patterson are among those who are circulating petitions, To an outsider it would appear that the real contest will be between Reedy and John Barrett. Both have been county officers in Woodson county, both have many friends throughout the county and both are considered competent to hold the office. We are told that Barrett fully expects to have the support of Senator Thompson and hopes for Congressman Doolittle's support; and that Reedy relies confidently 00 the support of Doolittle and hopes Senator Thompson will see things his way.

A number say that Patterson is relying chiefly on being the editor of a Democratic newspaper, that he is already counting the postoffice as his and that the northeast corner of the square would be a fine place for it. The talk as to Judge Thoroughman is that he would be glad to get the office, but is not walking the floor or losing any sleep over it. Our chief concern is to print the best newspaper mailed at this postoffice, for we are hoping that whoever gets the office will properly perform its duties. Rev. Toedman preached at the Evangelical church in the morning and Rev.

Howes preached in the evening, filling the appointments of Rev. Barthel. The Finney Sunday school will give its Christmas program next Sunday afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs. Ruth Bowman, who was hurt three weeks ago, is improving very slowly.

Mrs. Tom Holliday entertained Miss Evalyn Cooper of Moran over Sunday. L. E. Eads, a hay man of Kansas City, was in Yates Center Saturday..