Monroe City Democrat., March 19, 1908, Image 7

About Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919

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W. C. T. L'. COLUMN.
Through the courtesy of the
Democrat this space is reserv
ed for the W. C. T. U. It is
edited by Ella L. Shearman,
District Press Superintendent
of the W. 0. T. U., who is re
sponsible for aTl statements
which appear in this column.
Our Watchwords: Organize,
Educate, Agitate.
OUR PRINCIPLES.
Total abstinence, Prohibition
oi the liquor traffic, One stand
ard of morals for men and wom
en. The education of public
sentiment for right.
The liquor men are flooding
the county with misleading
statements. The W. C. T. U..
is sending out temperance liter
ature in abundance and putting
along side facts and figures as
antidotes
In the District of Columbia
a rule laid down by the fire de
partment and approved by the
commissioners was first enforc
ed March 6. The rule requires
that before a man can receive
an appoiotmeut as a temporary
fireman be shall make affidavit
that he has uot used intoxicat
ing liquors for the sx months
previous, and shall sign a
pledge that he will totally ab
stain from the use of all kinds
of intoxicating liquor for five
vears
fifteen hall of learnir g in the
District ul Colombia, ranging
from the George Washington
U vpr ; - i 'V 'lit' 'indn I
school, does h benit" face of
Fr-tnce-s E Wii'xrd 'ook down
upon those, the future citizci
ti' mi- yitMi iM'iun
0,,:c . T) i ' I v N""
KrewM are qu-if peopli Th-
. if rest ' I v t'armd a' the
prppr of Pro1'! hit ion. which
t own reM t-'l figures prove
r '-lnsivelv increases the con
sumption of their product.
Many Unions in Missouri
have held memorial services
for Mrs. Hoffman and adopted
resolutions expressing their
sorrow at her eatb and their
deep appreciation of her serv
ice to the state and to humanity.
Oklahoma City, Okla , also
held services in honor oi Mis
souri's W. C. T. U. president.
This new state is indebted to
Mrs. Hoffman for some of its
most active workers, among
them being Mrs. Alice Black
burn, editor of one .of the lead
ing papers.
SMILES ARE THE WORLD'S RIGHT.
The Sour Faced Man or Woman is an
Enemy of Society.
What' the use of stifling all
the laughs and smiles and good
thoughts that are inside you?
Heaven knows there re in the
world tears enough that can't
be helped! Whenever you feel
like laughing, go ahead and
laugh, says the April New Ida
editorially. When you feel line
singing, go ahead and ini out
good and loud. Ii will break
the clouds of the worry-disturbed
atmosphere; It will shake
away the mlser.ioie lid e
troubles that come hanging
a rou a d, bothering ope and in.
terrupting and making fuss-s
all the lime.
Don't Let Trouble Down You
Put on your steel armor i f gu !
thoughts Get out your tnu;n
stick of optimism and
Trouole cuine uiou im ion
one, big beautiful swoop. Then
run away so he can't catch you
Don't laugh this isn't a joke,
it's "for real."
Some people have a fool idea
that to keep young and happy
is to be regardless of the seri
ous matters or life But the
real serious matter in life is to
be courageous. Force yourself
to say the pleasant, bright
things that come to your mind
Hard? Of course it is! But
it is a good fight, this one
against allowing one's self tc
be submerged in personal griefs
and out of it you can come a
conqueror if you will.
But There Is Always A Rem
edy For A Heavy Heart. It
may be in good, hard, all-absorbing
work it oftenesc is.
It may be thinking out the
joys that have been given to
you, and the sorrows from
which you have been saved.
It may be in helping others
by sympathy or in whatever
way help is most needed, in for
getting self entirely, and in re
membering and relieving the
needs of others as far as possi
ble, or in thinking out what the
future holds until your hart
grows light and the wnt
iffins tii ' ot sunshine
Precept Verasus Example.
Excelsior Springs Standard:
Roosevelt's race suicide teach
ings do not seem to have much
weight in hi9 own family. He
isn't a grandpa yet. and the
"operation for appendicitis"
was successful.
Prison at a Thief. I
New York, March 13. Mich-'
ael C. Padden and his corps ot
water sluths bit an eight-inch J
pipe which the colonel declares
leads straight to 1,000 prison1
cells. It is Sing Sing prison.
An actual fact, Colonel Padden '
said, that be had caught Sing
Sing prison stealing water from
the city. What's more, the
thetts have been going on prob-;
ably for many years, and at a
rate which may amount up to
110,00 a year. Colonel Padden
says he wl'l have something for
Gov. Hughes to look after. 1
Worm-Eat en Pale Realms.
Editor Zoellner in Perryville
Sun: The idea that the elec
tion of a republican president
means "roast beef, pork sau
sage and two dollars a day for
the working man," has along
with that other equally bril
liant idea that the foreigner
pays the tariff tax been relegat
ed to the pale realms of indis
position. Evil of Ingratitude.
Ozark Democrat: Our obser
vation and experi:nce is. that
every subscriber who beats
publisher out of three or four
year3 subscription is ever after
the publisher's enemy. The
publisher may have marked his
name off the list, charged tbe
account to profit and loss, and
forgotten all about him long,
ago, but the d b don't forget,
not on your life.
Taylor Pltzer, of Louisiana,
one of the best fellows ever,
and a former Monroelte is pay
lng friends in this city his an.
nual visit.
M
ILL1NERY
The Most Up-to-Date Styles in
ReadyWear Tailored and
i '" , , i
Dress Hats
M
now ready for your inspection
aude Evans
Third door West of Monroe City Bank.
A Bachelor's Soliloquy.
To wed or not to wed:
That is the question.
Whether 'tis better
To remain single
And disappoint atew women
For a time:
Or marry
And disappoint one woman
For life!
April Young's Magazine.
"Seeds that Grow"
0. 0. P. Soup House Talk.
A soup house will be opened
at West Seneca todav as a re
sult of the meeting of tbe town
board and citizens yesterday.
Buffalo Express.
What! Asoup house in a
season ot DrosDeritv under a
hieh protective tariff'" Whv.
tbe stand-patters have been
telling us for years that such a
thing was absolutely impossi
ble. Buffalo Evening Times.
Executrix Notice.
Notice is hereby given that letters
testamentary on the estate of John D.
Pierceall, deceased, were granted to
the undersigned on the 28th day of
February, 1908, by the Probate Court
of Monroe County, Missouri. All
persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them for
allowance to the executrix within one
year after the date of said letters, or
they may be precluded from any bene
fit of such estate, and If such claims
be not exhibited within two years
from the date of this publication they
shall be forever barred.
This 12th day of March, 1908.
S-DSAN F. PlKRCEAI.L,
3-20 Executrix.
nre the Ilrit Sreiii that can le (irown.
H do the testing. ) n run no risk! Ii you
E&T'lnn cither Tor pVnt'irt? ct nroTit vci
shollii stiitlv k Matiitiu AlLKtrii-illA N-ii
Catalog.' A postal canl will bring you a copy by rtti!ru mail.
W. ATLEE BURPEE & CO., Seed Growers, Pliilndcli hia, Penna.
What Legislation Cannot Do.
Legislation has done its work
when it has provided just
enough laws and no more to
secure public order and equali
ty of opportunity. Beyond this
it is vain, it is harmful to go.
No legislation can accomplish
these thirds.
1 Make a bad man good.
2 Make a weak man strong.
3 Make a foolish man wise.
Wall Street Journal.
The Republicans have hd
charge of affairs at tbe State
capitol for over three year9,
and there basa't been a chirp
about the falsified records under
Democratic administration,
"wanting to look at the nook''
was the Republican campion
cry four years ago. and wiwn
they got (heir "look in" ihey
found the books were correct
and balanced to a cent They
don't 'ike to acknowledge it.
j but it's 60. Spectator.
Another Proposition.
Here is a proposition that the
business interest mu9t face and
meet.
Tbe warm sunshine and the
March wind sent the dust in
clouds ioto the stores Thurs
day afternoon.
Will the business interests
put up with it all summer or
will it arrange for sprinkling?
If tbe latter, then tbe sooner.
the better. The sooner, the
less goods will be damaged.
The sooner, the sweeter will
the temper of the shoppers be.
Quite Old.
Mrs. Bettie Maddox 68 years
old of near Palmyra was tn tbe
city Saturday. She had been
over near Stoutsville visiting
her mother, Mrs. America Tip
ton, who is 92 years old. Mrs.
Tipton is growing quite feeble
as well old and ber daughter,
Mrs. Maddox, will return to ber
shortly to care for ber until tbe
end.
Washington. D C , March 12
Eighteen republican senators
must submit their claims for re
election to legislatures that will
be chosen this year. Most of
them will either succeed them
selves or be succeeded by other
republicans, in all present like
lihood But it is said that not
in many years have so many
senators bad serious opposition
in their own party, to their re
turn. ,
D'. A W. Miles, ot Quincy,
ha- decided to locate in Monroe
the Queen ot the Prairies to
practice medicine. He was for
tunate in secuting tbe Dr. A.
W. Ely residence property on
Davis Street. He and bis fami
ly will receive a warm welcome
in social and religious circles
and the Doctor will soon have
a practice of bis own.
There are 185,000 men out of
work in New York City alone.
There are at least 75,000 out of
work in Chicago. There are
30,000 out of work in St. Louis.
There must be more than 500.
000 unemployed, in the whole
country, on the most conserva
tive' estimate What a ghastly
lie It is then, when we read the
headline over tbe stock market
news. Prosperity has Return
ed " Prosperity has not return
ed. Hannibil Journal.
Nail in Foot.
Enoch Griffith has been hav
ing a time witn his right toot.
He was picking up shingles
when be stepped upon a board
and a ten penny cut nail and
tbe nail did the rest-
Mrs W J. Krause and son,
came up from Hannibal, Satur
day to visit her sisters. Mrs.
John Cleary and Miss Tudie
Swinkcy. Masters Krause and
Cleary had the time of their
lives.
Our exchanges are still en
gaged in loading up that big
Missouri corn crop in 8,000,000
wagons which the Gazette some
weeks since unloaded into 26,-
976 bead of cattle and 46,731 J
bogs, and it is just as well to
keep hammering away at the
matter and let the world be ful.
ly informed that Missouri raises
corn as well as mules. Brook
field Gazette.
Road drags are becoming so
popular in Bates county, it is
said, tbat farmers come to town
on their road drags instead of
in wagons. It is possibly only
a question of time when canopy
topped, cusbioned-seat road
drags will be tbe thing. Brook
field Gazette.
Jackson, Miss., March 11.
Constitutional prohibition was
defeated in the senate yester
day by a vote of 21 ayes to 19
nays. Tbe defeat of the meas
ure was not expected.
John Jayne, student in a
Quincy school has been spend
ing several days at home, or,
oh well, John says, I've not
been feeling well.
D. K. Yowell is happy. He
has traded his Carthage, IU.,
residence property to Dr. Wor
ley and cleaned up $1,000.
Miss Sadie Bagar, one of
Monroe's nice girls is putting
In the millinery season at Bates
vllle. Ark.