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In Teacliino Reading Is Tn
Awaken
In Child's Mind As Much In
terest As He Has Shown In Learning
To Talk
The Place Of Mathematics In
The Curriculum .
Other Subjects Discussed At
Teachers' Institute
Singing by tho audience opened
Tuesday afternoon's session of the
Knox County Teachers' association in
stitute at the high school.
Prof. Barbour's subject was, "Prim
ary Reading." In substance his re
marks wero as follows: The great
problem In teaching reading is to
awaken In the child's mind as much
interest In learning to read as he has
already shown in learning to talk. (He
discussed the' various methods in
teaching reading.) Tho" sentence
method cultivates a rapid motion of
the eye and secures natural expres
sion In reading at the start. Sentenc
es containing action words should be
given first. The word-method Is also
employed ' with good results by as
sociating the word with the object
named. In the phonic method the
sounds of the vowels and consonants
are taught. In this way a child may
be able to pronounce quickly and ac
curately many words not known by
sight. The phonic method should not
be used until the pupil has been In
school some llttlo time. -At the end
of the first year a pupil should bo able
to read without hesitation and with
natural expression and should be able
to use the vocabulary found In his
reading lesson.
Supt. Coughlln gave a very Interest
ing talk on "The Pedagogy of Arith
metic." He said that the place of
mathematics in the curriculum with
regard to other studies should be de
cided first. He thought it should be
a, minor study in the lower grades,
increasing in importance each year,
being a major study in the higher
grades. The reason for this being
that younger children have a greater
memory power while older ones have
greater reasoning power. As arith
metic is a thought study It should
come later than tho memory studies.
The greatest difficulty a child has in
tho progress of arithmetic Is to un
derstand the language of mathemat
ics. More attention should be given
to tho Interpretation of the words and
symbols used. Study of mathematics,
should give alertness of the mind
with the power to act quickly.
Enjoyable
Social, Event.
On Tuesday evening, the principal
social event of tho Teachers' Insti
tute was held on the lawn In front of
the high school and union school
buildings. The event was In tho na
turo of a lawn fete and was thorough
ly enjoyed by all present. The
grounds were vpry prettily decorated
with Japanese lanterns of various
colors and with a large number of
colored electric lights which illumi
nated tho grounds.
Tho fete began at seven o'clock and
KNOX COUNTY SAV
INGS BANK
28 It stimulates character
building by encouraging
thrift and saving.
29 It Is one of the most .con
servatively managed banks
in the United States.
30 It has earned the confi
dence of business flrmsand
Individuals as an absolutely
safe depository for funds of
all kinds. .
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WEST 8IDE PUBLIC SQUARE
was opened by a Bolcctlon by tho M,
H, Sunday school orchestra which
played at intervals throughout tho
ovcnlng. Readings wero glvon by
Miss Ornco lleadlngton of Mt, Vor
non and Miss Ula Johnson of Fred
orlcktown. Theso woro very inter
esting nnd beneficial to tboso who
heard them, A number of selections
wero rendorcd by tho ladies' auar
totto made up of tho following: Mrs.
Iva Baker, MIbb Edith Boll, Miss
Molllt, Miss Ua Williams and Mrs.
Wlthcrell.
In conclusion of tho program, a
number of short stories woro told by
various morabcrs of tho party, each
being called upon in turn by Super
intendent J. S. Alan, who acted as
toastmastcr.
After the program, ice cream and
cako was, served and a social chat
followed for about one hour.
Wednesday Morning
Tho opening exercises at this ses
sion, consisting of scrlpturo reading
and prayer, wero in cbargo of Supt.
Borden of Frcderlcktown.
Prof. Barbour continued his talk oi
reading. "Advanced Reading" Was
his topic. He stated that tho elements
to be given attention in securing good
oral reading aro pitch or forco, em
phasIs.InflectIon, time and quality of
voice. Prof. Barbour gave several
readings Illustrating what is meant by
each of these elements and showing
tho Importance of each to good .oral
reading. Ho said that the teacher
should strive to get tho child to onter
into tho spirit of the selection he is
reading and then theso elements will
enter naturally Into his reading.
Supt, Coughlln, whoso talk was on
"How to Study," said that tho teach
er in helping pupils to study, should
lead them to observe, to compare and
to analyze. If they aro familiar with
the scenes of nature and allelic out
door world, much of their work In
school can be connected with the act
ual world outside and the study made
real to them. They can compare what
they read in their books with what
they already know and In this way
see real things rather than symbols
In their lessons. A pupil should al
ways bo taught to see a subject in
Its parts and thus become a master of
the whole.
Registration
The following is a complete list of
those who have registered:
R. A. Knox, Lena Hunger, Julia
Bell, Ula Mao Johnson, Eulalla Hyatt,
Gertrude James, Fannlo Do Voo, Mar
tha Jones, Lucie Craig, Nannie
Wright, Blanche Long, Ethel Sock-
man, Graco Headlngton, Maria Chase,
Lulu Mbffltt, Wilda Clark, Ella Youst,
Edna Green, Emma Hunter, Esther
Gunn, Mary Bone, Jessie Bone, Ethel
Crouch, Llsslo Burgess, Bessie Por
ter, Alice Ewlng, Lucy Ewlng, Anna
Schnebly, J. S. Alan, C. V. Metcalf,
Laura Bowman, Wllma Magers, Mary
Fawcett, Fred Murphy, Paul Adams,
Earl Wolker, Leland, Brlcker, Cicely
Clark, Benton Horn, Dana Snow, O.
G. Taylor, John Rice, Elmor Wander,
C. E. McMillan, E. O. Miller, Garrett
Greer, H. C. Ventllng, Frank Greer,
Mrs. Lottie Fobes, Graco Metcalf,
Charles B. Workman, Otto RIchert,
W. B. Maglll, C. G. Harris, Monna L.
Skeeles, Mabel Mitchell, Brooko Reed,
A. WC Dprr, Ruth Pfautz, George Cain,
Olive Hicks, Elizabeth Long, C. H.
Wlnans, F. B. Levering, Margaret Dev
alon, Jennie Clark, S. F. Carey, Ethel
Sharrock, Iva S. Baker, Grace Beach,
Pearl Staats, Cora Colgin, Earleno
Rinehart, Ethel PJtkln, Donzol Van
Winkle, Hazel Myiors, O. B. Cum
mins, Edith Bell, Michael Underwood,
Stella Ellse Fish, Pauline Durbln,
Flora Welmer, W. W. Borden, Jessie
McKeo, Anna Neldon, Alice Durbln,
Besslo Overly, C. F. Stout, R. L.
Jones, L. S. Durbln, Isabel Carey, O.
E. Poro, Sabro Mclntlre, Anna Craft,
Ernest Hess, J. W. Moyer, AUco Gantt,
Minnie. Clark, Ethelyndo Studer, Cora
Dobes, Annlo Severns, Jean Mcin
tosh, Mary Lord, Anna Barton, Walter
Mossholder, Walter Burger, Clinton
Fawcett, Boyd Rowe, Guy Ewart, H.
C. Flckel, Irene SIgler, Cora Balrd,
Loa McPoek, Mabel Ewalt, Daisy
Gcarhart, Ethel Deaklns, Cordelia Gar-
bor, Ethel Snow, Laura Evans, Edith
Hawkins, Maudo Owings, Lola Wag
ner, Anna Hajre, Mary Do Voe, Clara
McKay, Katherino Fordney, Fannlo
Wltherell, Llnna Carey, Jessie Bry
a,nt, Mildred Aler, Fannlo Durbln, M.
C. CummlnB, C. W. Cotroll, Bet Evans,
Anna Coup, J. G. Ralston, Mary Brad
dock, Mamie Van Voorhls, Winifred
Chrlsman, Viola Wllklns, Lucy M.
Kaiser, Nettio Grossman, Grace Gross
man, Mary Debolt, Floy Gleason, Eth
lyn Auten, Lllllo Stamm, Carl Staram,
Ollvo Eggleaton, Nora McKay, Lena
Conklo, Nora Frye, M. M. Ross, Aria
Ross, Earl Van Winkle, Laura Rob
ison, Mary Durbln, Rena Smith Lottie
Newton, Golda Kunklo, Clothilda Lep-
loy, Paul Lybarger, 0. W. Colgin, R.
S. Hyatt, vi. J. uarnuan, vj. vj. uuhu,
J. C. Skaggs, W. R. Youst, Lulu Rino
hart, Charllo Horn, Myrtle Overly, W.
M. Dill, Ralph Metzgor, Robert Coch-.
ran, A. L. Murry, C. M. Barber, Ila
Williams, John Wolfo, Edna Daniels,
Susie Frlbley, Alice Wlso, Mrs. N. E.
Adrian, Earlo White, Earl Baxter,
Florence KInnard, Edyth Colgin, Net
tio Simmons, W. F. Beam, Lura Cun-
nlngham, Tcna Hockley, Guy Scolos,
Maudo Dudgeon, Ilesslo Farquahar,
Loroy ChrlBtnati, Mao Black, Avlce
NledorhoiiBO, C. 1 Swingle, Nona
Greer, Ethel Hhrlmplln, Gortrudo
Shultz, l'carfl KIrkpatrIck, Hattlo
Clark, Clmrlotto I'calor, Mao Pcalei,
Graco Conrad, Winifred Ulalr.
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j OBITUARY
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Walter C. Farber
Walter C. Farber of Bellvlllo, who
ImB for tho past several days been con
fined to tho Mt. Vornon Medical and
Surgjcal Sanitarium, died at that In
stitution Tuesday evening at about
eight o'clock aftor a short Illness caus
ed by heart disease. The deceased
was formerly a bank clerk and was
twenty-eight years of ago at tho time
of his death. Ho Is survived by his
father and two brothers, Olln Farber
of Mansfield, and Harry Farber of Bell
vlllo. Tho romalns wore shipped to
Bellvlllo on the 2:44 train on the B. &
O. Wednesday afternoon, at which
place the funeral and Interment will
take place.
Reed Kearn
Reed, the elghteen-months-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kearn, died at
tho home of its parents in Martins-burg-
Tuesday morning at about five
o'clock after a ten days' illness of
cholera-lnfantum. The child is sur
vived by his father and mother. Tho
funeral Wednesday afternoon at two
o'clock at Eden chapel about two
miles south of Martlnsburg, Rev. Jam
ison officiating. Interment in the' Ed
en chapel cemetery.
Infant's Death
Tho Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Shannon Burchard died at tho homo
of Its parents In Brink Haven Wed
nesday morning at seven o'clock after
a two weeks' illness caused by cholera-lnfantum.
The child was three
months of age at' the time of its
death and Is survived by Its parents.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh That
Contain Mercury,
as mercury will surely destroy tho
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering
through tho mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable phy
sicians, as tho damage they will do
Is ten fold to the good you can possib
ly derive from them. Hall's Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, O., contains no mer
cury, and is taken internally, acting
directly upon tho blood and mucous
surfaces of tho system. In buying
Hall's Catarrh Cure be sure you get
the genuine. It is taken Internally
and made In Toledo, Ohio, by F. J.
Cheney & Co. Testimonials free.
Sold by druggists. Price, 76c per
bottle.
Take Hall's Family Pills for consti
pation. MITCHELL BRIDGE
Contract Awarded Mt. Vernon Bridge
Co. And Payne & White
At a joint meeting of tho county
commissioners of Knox and Licking
counties Tuesday afternoon, the con
tract for tho building of the Mitchell
bridge was awarded as follows: Sub
structure, Payne & White for $1,89C
04; superstructure, Mt. Vernon Bridge
Co., for $4,000. Total $5,890.04.
Before making tho award, a report
by County Surveyor A. S. Thompson,
the engineer for tho wouk, was gone
over. This report went Into an anal
ysis of the bids and showed that each
of tho three bids of H. E. Williams
& Co. of Chicago on plans submitted
by them for the building of a concroto
structuro was in excess of tho combin
ed bids of tho Mt. Vornon Bridgo Co.
and Payne &WhIte. Thoaggregate bids
of II. E. Williams & Co. figured out
as follows. 90-foot arch ?G,507, 95-foot
arch 7.11G, two 50-foot arches ?G,
793. FOR SALE Fine grain and stock
farm In Knox county. 131 acres lovel
land; good 9-room frame dwelling, 3
good barns and tool houso, nil paint
ed; good orchard; three good wells
and wind pump; good gas well pay
ing $200 per annum and free gas; fine
location in good community, ',4-inllo
to school, ono mile to church; R. D.
and telephone. To close an estate
will soil at tho very low prlco of $65
per acre. Call or address J. E. Lltzcn
burg, executor, R. D. 4, Conterburg,
Ohio. Boll 'phono 402. 8-27
FOR S A L E Eight-room framo
houso with soft water bath, hot and
cold water up stairs and town, Pat
rick furnace In collar. Located north
east corner West High arid Mechanic
streets. Will sell choap If sold within
next two weeks. Will sell for Jialf
cash, balanco long time, 5 years if
wanted. If not sold, will bo for rent
Sept. 1st. Inquire at tho property, or
see owner, Park,Worloy, at tho C. & G.
Cooper Co. offices. tf
CRUELTY
Charged By C. ii, Cochran
Against Wife
In A Proceeding Instituted
For Divorce
Says He Was Assaulted And
Forced To Leave
Prof A. L Murry Is Appointed
Teachers' Examiner
Other Items Of Interest From
The Court House
Charles B. Cochran has commenced
suit In common pleas court against
Ursula Cochran, praying for divorce,
custody of minor children, accounting,
alimony and general equitable relief,
and for Injunction to prevent tho de
fendant from selling or Incumbering
her property. They were married in
1885 and four children wero born to
them, two of whom aro minors.
Cochran charges his wlfo with ex
treme cruelty and cites July 5, 1910,
as a date on which she, In company
with a man, assaulted him. There are
several other Instances of alleged as
saults given In the petition, and plain
tiff says that he was compelled to
leave homo on July D. Gross neglect Is
also charged,' plaintiff charging that
his wlfo has refused to do anything
for him for several years past Coch
ran claims that he owns 70 acres of
land In Monroe township, worth about
$3,000 and that ho bought a houso and
lot on North Sandusky street, Mt
Vernon. The title to ,tho properties,
he says, he placed In defendant's
name. They jointly own household
goods, an automobile, carriage, etc.,
all of which are in defendant's pos
session. L. C. Stlllwell for the plain
tiff. New Examiner
Prof. A. L. Murry, superintendent of
the schools at Jelloway, was on Wed
nesday appointed by Probate Judge
Berry to succe'ed Mr. C. M. Grubb as
member of the board of county school
examiners.
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Executor Appointed
John F. Gardner of Howard has
been appointed executor of tho Car
oline Shilling estate. Bond, $7,000.
Ball, F. M. Gardner and E. L. Gardner.
Appraisers, J. B. Brockler, Frank Sapp
and Clement Blubaugh.
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The Deed Record
Alexander C. Scott to Jesse Ealy,
parcel In Jackson, $75.
George Schooler to W. J. Workman,
1C.58 acres In Clinton, $3,564.70.
OUR BEST ASSETS
Satisfied Depositors and satisfied bor
rowers The Buckeye State Build
ing and Loan Company, Rankin
Building, 22 West Gay Street, Co
lumbus, Ohio. Assets over $4,200,
000. 1. Depositors satisfied knowing
that their money Is loaned only on
first mortgngo on homes tho safest
of all mortgago loans, and satisfied
also with tho fivo per cent interest
which they receive so promptly and
regularly.
2. Borrowers satisfied with the
fair six per cont Interest charged, with
their semi-annual settlements, and
with the prlvllego of repayment In
whole or In part at any time.
RIFLE BISCHARliED
And Boy Received Shot Over Right
Temple
Mr. Jack Wagner, residing on Woos
tor avonuo, was tho victim of an un
fortunato Bhootlng acldent on Tues
day afternoon. The young man was
loading an air rifle and had placed
a number of largo shots Into tho mag
azine and was cocking tho piece when
It was accidentally discharged. Ono
of tho shots in tho magazino was
blown f-om tho muzzlo of tho rlflo and
entorod Wagner's scalp Just over tho
right temple. Surgical attention was
rendered and the shot was removed.
Tho wound Is not of a serious nature.
A crlckot makes more noiso than a
hornet, but commands less respect.
CAN MAIL ORDER HOUSES SELL
DEPENDABLE EBCHffiSE
CHEAPER THAN Kb
MERCHANTS?
DY O. A. CHARLES.
tCopyright by O. A. Charles, 1510.
tn analyzing the causes which en
able tho merchant to sell cheaply one
of tho most lmportnt features of busi
ness Is tho cost of operating, or, as
more commonly spoken of, the per
centage of overhead expense.
To determine whether or not the
mall order house can soil goods more
ohoaply than the home merchant It
will be necessary to see what Is the
ratio of overhead expense of the mall
order. hotAe In proportion to the vol
ume of business done by this mall or
der house.
Assuming tho statements a, print
ed In the catalogue of a very
large cat&loguo house, In fact orio of
tho largest In the world, are correct,
we find that this house claims to hare
a capital of over $40,000,000, half of
which Is Invested In real estato In
Chicago and factories all over the
United States. Any buslnoss man will
tell you that money tied up tn real
estate is not available as working
capital for a mercantile houso and Is
subject to a higher ratq of taxation
than any other class of proporty.
Then If this, mall order houso has
half of this forty million dollars tied
up In real estate which is used entire
ly for Its own business, thereforo
thero are no other rovenues other
.than thoso coming direct from Its
business; then $20,000,000 worth of
real estato taxed at tho rate of saj
8.5 per cont would mean that this
mail order house was paying taxes on
Its real estato alone to the amount of
$700,000 per year.
In addition to this they would havo
Insurance, maintenance, city Improve
ments and numerous other Items of
expense, all of which would make
their total cost for real estato at least
$1,000,000, per year.
This name houso states in their cat
alogue that It has nine thousand em
ployes In Its Chicago plant alnce, to
say nothlna of tho thousands of work
men, mechanics, foromon, superinten
dents, etc., of Its numorouq factories.
These nine thousand employes ore
employed not In tho producing of the
merchandise tbey soil, but In tho dis
tributing; consequently wcul.l come
under the head of operating or over
head expense.
Bome of these aro vory High-' ilarlcd
executives, managers, adv rtlslng
men, correspondents, .buyers, clerks
experts, etc., and taking them as a
whole a very conservative average of
their salaries would be at least $25
per week each; then the payroll for
one year for the operating of this
houso would be eleven and a quarter
million dollars.
This same house claims In their
cataloguo that they publish 24,000
catalogues per day; with 300 working
days In the year, thoy would print
over 7,000,00 per year. They also
claim that these catalogues cost them
$1 each and 25 cents for mailing,
which makes eight and three-quarter
million dollars more expense.
They use nearly two million wood
en boxes yearly, which at the very
small cost of 10 cents each would
cost one-quarter of a million dollars.
The heating and power plant of
this house has a capacity of 100 tons
of coal every hour; supose that they
use one-eighth of this capacity twelve
hours per day, they would use 150
tons of coal per day or 45,000 tons
per year, which plus tho freight would
cost them at least $3 per ton. This
gives us $137,000 moro expense We
could go on enumerating these ex
penses Indefinitely, such as tne cost
of electric light, tho keeping of a
thousand head of horses, inbound
freight and. express, etc., but using
these figures as a batis, we would say
a vory conservative estimate of tho
operating expenses of this house
would bo at least $20,000,000 per year.
Now, quoting further from their cat
alogue, wo find that UBlng their fig
ures they sold over fifty million dol
lars' worth of merchandise In a year,
lot us say sixty million dollars. Then
their operating expenses would 33 1-3
per cent of their total sales. Now,
then, with the operating expenses
nlono amounting to one-third of their
total sales, does It look reasonable
that with the other two-thirds they
coud keep dozens of large factories
running, pay salaries of hundreds of
managers, wages to thousands of
workmen, control the output of nu
merous other factorlos which have
managers and workmen, rent., taxes
and oporating exponsos to pay? Does
It look reasonable with this vast ex
pense that this house could supply
you with really first-class merchan
dise, goods that they coud stand back
of and guarantee, at such a low price,
and at the same time accumulate
suoh vast wealth as they claim in so
short a period and from so small a
beginning!
LABOR DAY
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To Be Observed At Park With
Program Of Amusements
Tho Hiawatha park association
amusement commltteo mot at tho of
fice of Mr. Litton, manager of the
Boll Telephono Co., last evening and
decided to hold a labor day picnic at
the park September 5th.
Tho program will be ready In a day
or so and will consist of a fine lot of
sports and will be published In the
papers for tho benefit of tho public.
Tho commltteo say If you are looking
for a great day of amusements, It will
not be necessary to go any farther
than Hiawatha park to get it.
BANNER WANT AD8 PAY
An Invitation
I cordially invite you
to inspect my new Importations for Fall and Winter.
Stock new and Nobby and Workmanship first class.
John R. Doelf s
PRACTICAL TAILOR AND CUTTER
Opera House Block
r.
R.B.ANKENY&CO.
ESTABLISHED 1894
THE WATCH SHOP
DIAMONDS MOUNTED
Mt. Vernon, Ohio
4
Per Cent. on SavjngS
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The Highest yield that absolute safety of
Your Patronage Solicited
The Guarantee Savings Bank and Trust Company
BOXES FOR RENT IN SAFETY DEPOSIT VAULT8.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LEAVE HOME
to get the best business education.
One year of performance Is better than ten years of prom
The Mt. Vernon Business College has made good.
Ise.
We weren't experimenting on Mt. Vernon the past three
years with our local Branch School. We knew just what we
were doing. Business men had pledged enough students for a
fine class before even the first announcement, and each year
was a grand success, -this one will be even better.
Your money couldn't secure you a better education no
matter where you want. There Is only one BEST and in Col
lege Systems, and methods we control them absolutely. We
pay large salaries to Instructors who know their business and
graduates of this school need never be out of a position we
guarantee that.
Stay at home with your family and go to business college
In your home town what can you ask better than that espec
ially when you have everything that the big city college can offer
nothing different but the size of the school, and that can cer
tainly be no disadvantage.
WE POSITIVELY GUARANTEE POSITIONS UPON
GRADUATION OR REFUND EVERY CENT' OF TUITION
PAID. HOW CAN YOU LOSE7
Fall Term Opens Sept. 6th, 1910
Send for our new and elegant 60 page Catalog and other
literature FREE upon request.
MT. VERNON
MT. VERNON, OHIO.
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Aug. 22. Tho much needed rain ha$
not as yet reached this vicinity. Pas
tures burning up and corn crop cut
short.
Tho annual reunion of tho Clutter
Cllno families was held at tho Owl
Creek Church last Wednesday..
Mrs. Angcltnu Morrison, who has
been on the sick list for some Umo,
past, Is not much better.
Ed Hayes, living Just south of herd
who was kicked by a colt two week
ago, Is some better at this writing.
A few from here attended tho Boll
Hays reunion at the Union Grova
church In Harrison township last Sat
urday.
Morgan Orange met last Wednesday
erenlng.
Clarence Farmer passed through, our
village Sunday.
H. H. McLean can be seen la his
new automobile nowadays.
to my Tailoring Parlor,
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Mt. Vernon, O.
WATCHES REPAIRED
principal will permit
