The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 10, 1908, Image 3
WILL BE IN RACE
FlufcuiKKHTONK WILL RUN FOR
GOV KILN OU
Two Yours llcuco on u State-Wide
Prohibition Platform Aguiust All
Comers.
Laurens, Dec. 1.?The Hon. C. C
Mr. FoatherBtoae doclared his candldeflnitely
thin morning that lie would
bo a candidate for (kjvernor of
South Carolina in the next campaign.
1910. It will be remembered that
Mr. Foatherstone declard his candidacy*
at the opening of this yearn
carer* Ugn, but withdrew because of
the bat>inised stand of Governor Ansel
On the liquor question; that 1-$,
the Governor's advocacy of a platform
that was a step toward Statewide
prohibition.
Mr. Ansel has been Governor for
only one term, and there were
thousands who deemed him worth;
of a second term because of hit? sue*
~ I * A -1 -> n*
v^ooiui UK u l. u^itilini 111U U1U
dispensary. Consequently Mr.
Featherstone deemed It inadvisable
to oppose Mr. Ansel at that time and
withdrew from the race, at the saim
time announcing his continued advocacy
of State-wide prohibition and
hi", willingness to keep up the fight.
*.11* view of the growing sentiment
for State-wide prohibition, and the
fact, that one-half of the counties
in the State have already voted for
prohibition, and believing that the
time has come in the political lite
of the State for such a camptvign
Mr. Featherstone announces that he
will make the race on a platform
for State-wide prohibition.
The announcement of Mr. Featherstone
candidacy so early is in response
to numberless inquiries as to
his intentions. Ho has received
many inquiries and has been insistently
urged to make the race.
Whllo his withdrawal statement in
July was practically an announcement
that ho would make the race
two years hence, the statements this
morning were made to apprise the
many friends of prohibition as to
Mr. Foatherstone's intentions.
CLAIMS ANOTHKH VICTORY.
Second Death in Atlanta From the
PellcKra I)l?ea?c.
Atlanta, Dec. 1.?Mrs. Sarah C.
Smith, wife of R. Smith, died at the
Grady hospital Saturday morning at
10 o'clock of Pellagra, a disease resulting
from the eating of corn improperly
cured.
Mrs. Smith was 35 years of age,
and was originally from Chatifleld,
Texas. She has been under treatment
at the hospital since October
19 for the curious disease, which,
though known to the medical profession
since 1755, is very uncommon
and said to be in most cases
fatal.
It will be remembered that Miss
10mma Payne, aged 37 years, of G3
McDonougli street, died of the same
disease in Atlanta on November 21.
making, with Mrs. Smith, the second
death resulting from the disease
within the past two weeks.
BURNED SCHOOL HOUSE.
Prominent Farmer Trailed by Dogs
ami is Arrested.
Ilawkensville, Qa., Dec. 1.?A sensation
was created by the burning
of Dorminey Hill school house, ten
miles below here, this morning, and
tho arrest of John T. Knight, a prominent.
farmer, charged with being the
incendiary.
Sheriff Rogers and a posse went
immediately to the sceno of the
lire, with track hounds, which followed
the trail to the residence of
Knight. Suspicion is said to have
fallen on Knight from the tirst,
because he was known to be hostile
to the school. He is now in jail
here, but denies the crime. The
value of the selipol house and furniture
was about $3,000.
ACCIDENT OR SUICIDE?
Chief of Police Ix>st Overboard From
.4CJ Patrol Boat,
ranr
San Francisco, Dec. 1.?William
111 ,.L1 ^ J -- B ll l_i.
IllKK.Y, Ulliei OI pOUCC, WHS lOSl
overboard from the police boar,
Patrol, between Belvldere and San
Francisco, shorty before midnight.
The only other occupant of the
police launch wan William Murphy,
the engineer. Murphy missed the
chief when the boat was about half
way across the bay, back to the
city. A search of the small launch
showed no trace of the chief and
Murphy put on full speed and mad)
for the dock. Ho reported the loss
of the chief at once on his arrival
aud was taken into custody.
\ (Yum Once More.
?4 Washington, Dec. 2.?At the explration
of his term of office early
this month Collector Crum, *r.
Charleston, will bo reappointed.
There was a long and bitter fight on
the original appointment of Dr.
Crum, who is a negro. For several
years his name was hung up in the
Senate and the people of Charleston
stubbornly fought his confirmation
1)1G HWKKT POTATOHfi.
225 nuNhlcH 1'rtKluml on Ono Acre
of Toxhm Uad.
Weatherford, Texas,?Two hundred
and twenty-flv? bushels of bwwi
potatoes to tho aero is tho yield produced
ou the little farm of S. O.
Maddox In tho south-east suburbs
of Weathorford, according to n communication
to tho New York Herald.
From lose than ono-flfth acre Mr.
Maddox dug forty-flvo full measured
bushels, and the potatoes aro as
fine and smooth as one over saw.
They are of tho Hunch yam variety,
not the regular old pumpkin yam,
but of a lighter and brighter color
and grow long and smooth.
Out of one hill Mr. Maddox took
sixteen potatoes, the average weight
of each being a little more than half
a pound; out of another hill ho took
seven potatoes, the combined weight
of which was tlfteen and one-third
pounds.
Mr. Maddox does not lay claim to
bo a farmer. This is the first crop
of potatoes ho ever tried to raise,
and as, of course, proud of tho success
of his firHt effort.
Another part of his crop, of which
Mr. Maddox is proud is his cotton.
Out of 1,390 pounds of lint cotton
ho ginned a bale that weighed f?2f
pounds and out of 1,410 pounds of
lint cotton he got a bale that weighed
54 0 pounds.
While Mr. Maddox was telling of
this cotton to a party of friends
another cotton grower remarked that
lie had some cotton on his place
that would equal it, if not heat P..
lie was J. M. Phillips, whose farm is
two and half miles east of the town.
He showed a sample of cotton, of
a very fine grade, which had just
been ginned and which gave him a
400 pound bale out of 1,310 pounds
of seed cotton.
Mr. Phillips states that he has
eight acres of this cotton, and that
he will get twelve hales from it, thit
in some places it will produce as
much as two hales to the acre, anl
that the land was overflowed a half
dozen times last spring.
If there is nny part of the United
States that wants to compete wPh
Parker county in productiveness and
variety of crop it is time to b>? making
that claim known. If there is
anything In the agricultural or horticultural
line that is not produced
abundantly in some parts of Parker
(ashevq mfwy mfwy fwy wypwypp
county it has not yet been found.
THEY CXXST TOO MUCH.
Votes That Cost Over Two lluiidcrd
Dollars Euch.
Hoston, I)cc. 1.?Independence
league votes are valuable In Massachusetts.
Forty-one of them cast
at the city primaries of the various
municipalities of the State last week
show that they cost $212 a piece.
According to the official returns,
the total Independence League vote
in all of the cities and towns was
41. The election commissioners
made a good sized allowance for
ballots and had twenty thousand
printed.
These ballots, in addition to the
league's election officials prescribed
by law, brought the total cost up to
$8,692, or at the rate of $212 a
vote. Under its present showing,
unless it makes phenomenal gains
at the election, the league will be
11 win luu uny uieuuon oailots
next year.
MAI) l)()(i BITE FATAL.
Bitten on Last Sunday and Dies on
Tuesday.
A special dispatch to The State
from Fort Motto say? about three
weeks ago a small dog owned by
Richard Pennington was running his
chickens, lie proceeded to catch the
dog and punish it for the offense.
While whipping the dog, he was
bitten on the hand.
At the time there appeared to ik
nothing wrong with the dog, but
subsequently it died. His family
tried to prevail on his taking tno
Koon treatment, which he did not
do.
He was taken sick on Sunday and
died Tuesday morning. Drs. Wolfe,
Foirey and Symmes pronounced it a
genuine case of rabies.
lied Cotton Bug.
Our farmers are not the only
ones that have pests of all kinds
in the shape of insects that destroy
cropa 10 cunteiiu wnil. une or tno
most destructive, as well as one of
the most, offensive pfsts that afllet
the planters of India Is the red rotton
bug. Consul General William
II. Michael, of Calcutta, in reporting
on the matter to the bureau of
manufactures, says that the bug has
been reported as a cotton pest from
every part of India and that it does
not confine itself to the cotton plant
but spreads out on several species
of the cotton family.
Iluni Tobacco Ham.
Evansville, Ind., Dec. 1.?"Night
riders" early today destroyed tho
barn of W. II. Gossar. Tho barn
was flllod with tobacco and tho loss
is $3,000. Gossar recently came
from Kentucky. Whil'* a resident !
of that Stato ho had r1 used to pool j
his tobacco. !
BANK WAS LOOTED
IIY FIVE DARING ROBBERS WHO
ESCAPED
In an Automobile, Carrying Fourteen
Thousand Dollars In Cosh Away
With Them.
Pepperell, Mass., I>?c. 3?Although
the police of every city and town
within a radius of fifty miles were
keeping a sharp outlook for traces
of the five burglars who early yesterday
blew open the safe of the
First National Bank hero and escaped
with $14,000 In cash, no clue
to the Identity or whereabouts of the
safe blowers has been discovered.
So confidently were the burglars
that their preliminary preparations
were effective that they fired two
charges of nltro glycerine in the safe
after they knew that they had boon
discovered. Then, gathering the
bills together hastily, but overlook
ing about $3,000 in gold und silver
coin, they made their escape in an
automobile with about $14,000.
The bank vault was blown open
about two o'clock, at which time the
last of three explosions was heard by
Ernest Tarbell, who was Bleeping
next door. lie reached the bank
just as the robbers were leaving. After
shouting an alarm, Tarbell 11 red
several shots at the burglars, but
there is no indication that any of
them took effect.
Me found a quantity of bills and
silver scattered al>out the vault, giving
evidence of the hurry with which
the burglars secured their booty.
SHOT THE SHERIFF
Who Was Trying to Arrest lllm for
St4 ling.
IUlelgh, N. C., Dec. 1.?Sher.ff
Jackson Stanlaud, of Brunswick
county, was shot down and probably
fatally wounded by a man named
Walker, at the latter'a homo In a
remote part of the county Sunday
night while a posse, Including the
sheriff, was attempting to arrest
Walkor on a chargo of Btorebreaking.
Walker is said to bo a deserter
from an army pout in Georgia, but
worked in Brunswick several year.*
ago. For several weeks the sheriff
had been trying to locate Walker
and Sunday night with his posse he
came upon tne fugitive, wh? opened
flro upon them. SherifT Stanlan.l
falling with a bullet wound through
his kidneys. Walker was arrested
and taken to Jail at Southport under
a heavy guard. The sheriff died
Monday.
RECTOR GETS CHECK.
He Rwclves Substantial Token Froiu
His Congregation.
Now York, Doc. 1.?When the
Rev. Dr. William Huntington, rector
of Grace church, of this city, sat
down to his breakfast he found under
his plate a check for more than
$40,000.
This sum was voluntarily contributed
by members of his congregation
as a token of their esteem for
his long and faithful service.
Dr. Huntington recently celebrated
his seventieth birthday, and on
Sunday, the twenty-fifth anniversary
of his coming to Grace church,
was observed.
lie thought at the time that hewould
resign, but instead of accepting
the resignation he was urged to
remain and the handsome testimonial
of good will and regard followed.
COTTON PICKKRS
Quarrel .Alnxit Trival .Matter and
Two Are Shot.
Spartanburg, Dec. 1.?As the result
of iH-feeling among negroes as
to the amount of cotton tlu>y couM
pick, one man lies at the point of
death and another seriously wounded.
Saturday night, while Charles
and Will IlinoH were feeding the
stock of Mrs. McMillan, in the extreme
northern portion of the county
Mack Whbesides fired on them
with a double-barrel shotgun. The
younger Hines fell to the ground
with a hundred shot in his abdomen,
and Charles Hines was seriou sly
wounded by shot, from the other
barrel. Sheriff Ntcholls has sent
deputies to the scene of the trouble.
Our Greatest Need.
A good country road is always to
be desired and is a source of comfort
and convenience to every traveler.
Good roads attract population,
as well as good schools and churches.
Good roads improve the value of the
property, bo that it in said a farm
lying five miles from market, connected
by a bad road is of less value
than an equally gooc farm lying ten
miles away from markot connected
by a good road. A larger load cai
bo drawn by ono horse over a good
road th n by two over a bad on ?.
Good roads encourage tho greater
exchange of products and commodities
between one section and anoth
er. 1
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THE RURAL MAIL
NOW NUMBKIW NKAItLY FOKTY
THOI KAM) ItOUTKH
And Mail lkdlvery is Now Ktdahlisle
cd Ovt'r One Million Mill's of
Public Highways.
That the people of the United
States now thoroughly appreciate
the advantages of the rural free mail
system Is shown in the annual report
of the Postmaster General of
tho United States for the present
year. On November 1 0, 1908, there
were In operation 39.516 routes,
with a partonage of more than 18,000.000
people. In many States
practically the entire area available
for rural delivery is now covered
with a network of rural routes.
Rural delivery is now establisho I
on nearly 1,000,000 miles of roads
throughout the country. During the
current fiscal year th?e rural carriers
will be required to travel more
than 200,000,000 miles. Thus the
necessity of good roads becomes
most apparent.
Tho policy of the department insisting
that all roads covered bv
rural delivery shall he maintained
In traversable condition throughout
the seasons has resulted in greater
advances toward universal good
roads than ewr before in the his
tory of rural delivery. The Legislatures
of the several States have
enacted progressive road laws and
made liberal appropriations for road
building and improvements.
An evidence of the growing usefulness
for rural deliver is the increased
quantity of mail delivered
and collected. While no exact figures
are now available giving the
amount of mail handled by rural
carriers, it is estimated to be nearly
2,000,000,000 pieces for the lasi
fiscal year.
The expenditure for the fiscal
year ended June 20, 1907, was
$1 4,840, while for 1908 it was $34,361,463.
What the expenditure will
Ivo ten years from now it is startling
to consider.
Rural delivery is now in ration
on 943,087 miles of road, over which
carriers are required to travel daily.
Of these roads 35,000 miles are
macadam, the remainder being earth,
sand, or gravel. Since the service
was first established $70,632.16~
has been expended on roads traversed
by rural carriers. Road official*
and patrons are notified whenever
repairs are necessary on rural routes.
More work has been done on such
public highways and more expenditures
made in their improvement
during the past year than in any
previous year in the history of rural
delivery, and the official report received
clearly indicates that interest
in road improvement is being generally
manifested throughout tlm
country.
The estimate of appropriations
necessary for this service for the
next fiscal year, as submitted by
Assistant Postmaster General I)e
draw Is $36,246,000, an increase of
$67.3,000 over the current appropriation.
Of this estimate $.34,9.r>.3,1 56
is for continuing the service on 89,277
routes in operation on June 30
last, $626,8 11 for continuing the
service on 7 23 routes, which it is
m.tlmnU,! ,.,111 ? II : 1 , ,
I m iunii.ni mil u?- I'Mil UJ1HIICU (lllllUg
the current fiscal year at an estimated
average salary for carriers of
$867 per annum, $179,000 to inaugurate
new service during the fiscal
year ending June 3 0, 1910, $1,3 60,000
to pay substitutes for 39,638
carriers of $867 per annum less six
per cent deducted on account of carriers
not in service twelve months,
$1 2,000 to pay clerks in charge of
stations of rural delivery service,
and $15,000 to pay tofts and ferriage
charged for carriers who
traverse toll roads or turnpikes or
cross streams over toll bridges or
ferries.
During the past year there wer ?
1,672 new routes established, 17
routes discontinued prior thereto
were re-established and 110 routes
discontinued, leaving net increase in
number l,.r>49. During the year
1,9r?8 postofilces were discontinue l
and tho patrons nen<$ red service
by rural carriers. On only a little
moro than 10 per cent of the rural
routes the quantity of mail handled
was less than 9,000 pieces per quar
ior, wnira nereioioro nas Oeen considered
a fair average for a standar 1
route. Included in this number an
659 tri-weekly routes serving restricted
territories.
MOW INSURANCE COM PAN V
Orangeburg in Columbia Willi Home
Capital Entirely.
Columbia, Dec. 1.?The Gulf and
Atlantic Insurance Company, was organized
here today at meeting of
stockholders. Comptroller General
Jones being made president and
Mayor Remain treasurer.
It. was chartered with a capital
of $100,000 to do a general fir",
casulty and bonding business, and
today put up $10,000 security wi'.i
Commissioner McMaster for the license
to do business in this State.
The directors consists of A. V/.
Jones, W. S. Reamer, C. K. Henderson,
J. T. Simons, P. II. Gadsden.
George S. Mower. James A. Hoyt,
ID. O. Herbert and S. M. Jones.
GF.NKKAI, STATISTICS
Of tbo M. K. (Iitirch, South, in
Smith Carolina.
Tho following is ft summing up of
the flnal figures of tho Mothodisfs
for tho Stuto this your:
Number of local preachers, 87;
members, 85,539. Gain, 455.
Infants baptised, 1,851; mini's
baptised, 2.0 18.
Number of Kpworth Leagues, 9(1
members, 3,002.
Number of Sunday schools, 051*
otllcers and teachers, 4,880; schol
ars. 4 7,2 14.
l'ald Buperanuato preachers, wi
ows and orphans, $ 10,039.11.
For mist-Ions, for Ign, $19,138.63;
domestic, $ 1 7,32 1.44.
Paid for church extension, $(>,803.02;
American Bible society,
$722.70.
BvncSd i it <r too n " oo. .
, ' ^ ? w w . I I . - * .
preachers in charge, $ 1 8 I ,4 13.12: ;
bishops, $2,941.14.
Number of societies, (organizations)
796; house of worship, 762.
Value of houses of worship. $1.979,893.69;
liuiebteclness on same,
$47,318.27.
Number of pastoral chars ?. 237'
parsonages, 19 7.
Value of parsonages, $39 1,979;
indebtedness, $ 1 2.060.
Number of presiding elders districts,
12; parsonages, 9.
Value of parsonages, $90,000; indebtedness,
$2,900.
Churches damaged by tire or
storm, 4; amount of damage, $7,3
9 9.
Insurance carried, $ 189,233; losses,
$7,399; premiums paid, $3,690 1.9;
collected on losses, $9,909.
(educational statistics, number of
schools and colleges, 6; value, $069,299.96;
endowment , $1 1 9,796.9 1
professors and teachers, 99; pupils.
9 2 8.
TACKLiei> WltONM WOMAN.
A Negro Mail Shot and Killed for
Insolence.
Birmingham, Ala., Dec. 1.?Tom
Brown, colored, was s.hot and fatally
injucrd early yesterday morning
by Mrs. Minnie Arnherter at her
home on South Eighteenth street.
The negro knocked at the front door
and told Mrs. Arnherter, who was
alone, to go to the hack door whero
he wanted to see her. She secured
a pistol and opened the door and
the negro started to run. Mrs. Arnherter
shot him between the shoulder
blades and notified the police.
The police found the negro in a
dying condition several blocks from
the house.
GKTH HIS PAY.
For Supporting Tnft in the Late
Presidential Flection.
"Washington, Dec. 1.? Daniel J.
Keefe, of Detroit, president of the
Ix>ngshoremens' union, and an activ
worker for the Republican cause
during the recent campaign, was today
appointed commissioner general
of imigration, to succeed the late
Frank 1*. Sargent. It will be remembered
that Keefe at first joined
other labor leaders la urging Hryan s
election, but after being promised
the above job by Roosevelt he
flopped over to Taft. Keefe denied
selling out, but his appointment
shows that he did.
MAMK>X KIiK<TK!> MAYOR.
Carried Kvery \Var<l With the 10.vception
of Two.
Atlanta Ga., Dec. 3.?While not a
landslide Maddox's victory over
Woodward was overwhelming. He
carried all the wards but two. and
lost those by but small minorities
The election passed off wonderfully
well considering the excitement tha*
had kept the city at fever heat fot
weeks. The figures are: Maddox's
total vote in the eight wards was
7,7 19; Woodward's total, 4,4 G 7 0;
Maddox's majority, 3,149.
Speaks Well for Them.
The rural carriers in the service,
of which Fourth Assistant Postmaster
General DeGraw is the head, daily
pass 3,000,000 homes, and he recommends
onee more the adoption of a
uniform suitable to the conditions
under which they must work as undoubtedly
adding to the dignity and
efficiency of the rural service. The'r
high standard of efficiency is attested
by the fact that only 165 carriers
out of a total number of 3 9,143
were dismissed for cause during
the oast vear. This certainlv snonU?
Iwoll for the character of the men
who carry the rural malt.
A Neglected Industry.
The annual value of poultry an<l
eggs sold is more than that of the
silver, gold and pig Iron produced
There Is millions of money In poultry
and eg.gs, and hut small capital
required. The annual import of
eggs In England approximates 100,000,000
dozen, and into the Unite I
States 17,000,000 dozen a year, i
Here is an industry in which the demand
is greater than our home supply.
Look well at the poultry, and
they will assist you to find the
"golden egg." Thousands of eggs
could be sold at good prices right
here if our farmers wouJd bring
them in.
V
RURAL PARCEL POST
KKCOMMEN I>K1) BY ASSISTANT
POSTMASTKIt CJKNKRAL
lie l'rK('?i Thai llnrrlcrs bo Allowed
to Curry local Packjiges Weighing
Not Over Klevrn Pounds.
Touching tho heart of the agricultural
communities In every State
of tho Union, tho annual report of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster (Jonoral
P. V. De Oraw announces Increased
usefulness of the rural free
delivery service and the unprecedented
bringing of the work of tho
bureau up to date and recommends
rural delivery of packages of 1 I
founds maximum at a special postage
and the uniforming of rural
carriers. The package "provision
suggested require Congressional legislation,
and is designed to be effective
between the distribution,
poetoffico and the patrons of any
rural route emanating from such
post offl CO.
Such a service, according to tho
report, would benefit alike , the
rural delivery patrons and local merchants
without in jurying or competing
with any other service.
"It can he given," adds Mr. Pa
draw, "with the facilities now employed,
and would materially increase
the revenues of the department
A -...l....-..! ?
n|l< I nil I ' II 111 I'll l ilir II
postage for merchandise carrii il only
l?v rural carriers would unquestionably
bo of marterial value to the
retail merchants on rural routes and
at rural delivery distributing centers
as well as enhance the Inftiunro
of the rural service in making life
in the country more attractive."
Uural carriers tit present are not
permitted to carry for hire any matter
or package that is mailable, but
Congress increased the salaries of
the carriers. The demand for a
package service by them, fostered in
the tlrst years of rural free delivery,
still exists. It should be met, according
to Mr. I>e flriuv, not in the
old way, which permitted the UHe of
the Government's agency for private
gain, but bv the establishment nt i?
system for the carriage of merchandise
by rural carriers at such rates
as will bo a fair compensation for
the service performed, the revenues
to be credited to the postal rectiuts.
Patrons and merchants, he adds, desire
to have small packages delivered
by rural carriers, but will not
pay the present fourth-class rate,
which is prohibited as applied to
this class of service.
Should Congress grant the department
authority to utilize rural routes
still further by the establishment
of a limited parcel post, confined entirely
to rural delivery routes, it
would then be possible to earn additional
revenue amounting to millions
of dollars, and at the same time
benefit the farmer by enabling hirn
to have merchandise delivered when
ordered by telephone, or postal card,
which would otherwise not be purchased.
Frequently consumption ih
reduced owing to inability to secure
articles at the time they are wanteo.
'I he reason for increased consumption
In the cities Is that goods aro
accessable and are invariably de
liverod to the purchaser. This "rural
parcel express" is to be confined
entirely to rural routes, and there
would be no cost to the (Invert)rnent
for railroad transportation.
No merchant or dealer not a bona
Arte resident of the town in which
the distributing postofTices is located
or on tlx* rural route would be permitted
to have goods delivered at
the proposed special rate, and
packages won .1 not be accepted
from any person acting as agent for
a concern located outside or the deii,,......
ii. ..< ?.. - > -
it Tii j 11 nil id ui iuu r u i'ii i rouies.
The rural delivery routes will
cost this year f>,r>2h.000, and the.
service .hould be thoroughly *11i 1 ii;< (1,
especially where it would he tc
th" benefit of 18,000,000 patrons.
The special local parcel service wl'l
enable the farmers *o have small
pan.ctlls delivered at their gates,
to live better and to obtain easily
the necessaries of life. The increased
consumption will in turn Increase
the business of the local merchants
and benefit the jobber by th ?
additional order transmitted through
the drummer.
The liiKul Paper in the Home.
The local newspaper should be
found in every home. No child wi'l
Krow up ignorant who can bo taught
to appreciate the home paper. It is
the stepping stone of intelligence in
all those matters not to be learned
in books. (Jive your child a for
eign paper which contains not one
word about any person, place or
thing which they ever saw or perhaps
ever heard of, and how can you
expect them to he interested? But
let them have the home paper and
read of persons whom they meet,
and places with which they are familiar.
and soon an interest is awakened
which increases with every
arrival of the local paper. Thus
a habit of reading is formed, and
these children will read the papers
all their lives and become intelligent
men and women, a credit to
"their ancestors, strong in their
knowledge of the world as it is today.
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