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Activities of County Groups
Awards Merits
feature section,; a Kcgular Department in This )
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..lpeY;' Marshall Talks
t?;vCoirfc of, f onpr Meets
The first Court! of Honor
(.
pf
1926 is over, the following scoujs
Vera. presC" and. received;, ad
vancement as follows: f
First class, : Perry Andrews,
troop 2. and . Russell' iRankln,
troop 4.t t -t , , j " ;'
- - Seco nd . , class, Kenn etlt , Lew Is,
troop 3; Gaddes Cavenai, Ralph
unor. Vergil Danison and Law
rence Stoddard,, troop, . . ; ;
v. i The y following t Merit Badges
were awarded to the scoots listed
below,:: Tjroo.p Patfc finding,
Howard Adams; Athletic,, John
Seek ley; Firemansbjp. Carpentry,
Public Health Henry Clement;
Yirenianshlp, Bill Trindlei Troop
2, Cooking, Camping. Civics, My
ron Bstler;. Electricity,! Handi
craft , Personal , Health. Arthur
Jher:; Carpentry' Cycling, Ftre-i
mansbip .Kenneth ...Morris; ..Tex
tiles Carpentry. Handicraft, Billy
Mullen; t JEJersonaJ ;Health, Elec-
' trfcity; Craftsmanship lii Vfrod.
Hilton :, Taylor, Troop 4, Swim
ming. ! Flremanshlp. s Fred Car
ta i e a I ; Carpentry,' Pioneering,
.Plumbing. Varley Ennori Pioneer
ing. Ardery Rankin . - j
. In order to.be advanced to the
rank of Star Scoot a boy must
hare fiTe Merit Badges. jThe fol-
Jowing scouts were advanced to
Star Scouts, Thursday night:
Troop 1, BiUVTrindle Troop 2,
Milton Tayior Arthur Fisher and
Myron Hatler- i , j
.Hereafter the Court of Honor
,will.met on the third Wednesday
of eath month instead of the third
Thursday. j
'. C- Changes in Tests)
" - Scoutmasters . and scouts" will
notice In the last Issue of Scouting
that many 4 changes hatef been
made la -the second, and first class
tests and also in the following
Merit Badges: Camping, Scholar
ship. Angling. Foundry Practice,
FOUR OUT OF FIVE VETERANS
ASK ADJUSTED COMPENSATION
. . i 1 -s - k
Ugbtning Calculators 3fear End
. j vnciuwcr ion vwmyirira jwr k turu i
WASHINqTQN, p.; C, fTan.J3,
Four out .every five. W?rd.; war
veteran's entitled to adjusted com
pensation, had applied for it up
" to December 31; 1925, when Un
cle Sam's largest single j clerical
job approached completion.
, Applications received tfj to Jn
.uary 1 approached 3,00000, ac
cording to information received by
The American Legion sponsors of
ithe bill, from the adjutant gen
eral's office, of .the , warj depart
ment. ; Of .these,! apprciximately
2.77t,00 i.w.ere. certified! to.-.the
.eUrans bureau as . TMid , The
' others t had been j disallowed or
were in process of correction.
, . Soma Idea of the magnitude of
the task. can..be ha.d.fjrp.mjth.fact
that 10.00e.000 individual papers
of, record had to be filed; in con
nection with it. Papers for thou
sunds dt veterans Ineligible for
"compensation "had; to. be weeded
.out' of, the mass.' - Three hundred
thousand veterans! forgot to sign
their names to the; applications,
ing amount of detail, for .which a
special ''bonus machine", ;w as de
vised. Standard adding" machines
"THE 6LD GRAY MAKE"
SIASXX OP XUA IJ5GIOX
, 1M.SSCS TO ANTIQUITY '
f
BUOW?rVOOr . Texas Jan.
33 .-The "Old Cray Mire" i
dead ; ' . ' " :- M
Famous nationally ijn 4hei
American Legion theiOid Gva
Mare, mascot of. the Old Gray
Mare- LegiontBand of Brown
wood, died suddenly In Ja pas
ture heTe recently,. f!
The bony gray mare was pre
sented to the band fivef years
ago and accompanied the band
to state conventions of Ithe Le
gion and to the national con
ventions at San? Francisco a.nd
St. Paul, where she was ridden
by May Peterson, the jfawoos
n. n . i I '
A membership contest; is be-j
ing waged by the aepanu.
of Qklahoma and Texas for per
manent possession of the oia
- m, .nH atl rights to the
Old r.ray Mare.eor.?. both dc-I
partmciits clalnlcs 19 "7:"
bcrn ihe orSSual fcal'.Ut of the
saiul Ranks
"Outlined in Statesman's Sunday
Radio, I Seamanship, Hiking
Athletics.
.' . ... L Yew," Merit tiadge
and
.The .new .Merit Badge Just ap
proved by the National CcAirt of
Honor A$ -a merit badge In -Rep-
uies; mere are seven require
ments ' listed., under this., .Merit
Badge -all of, which,, are quite, ,dif
flculU j, Three proBpectlvet Merit
Badges which the ,aionalqurt
of Honor , has, apj?rp,ved in print i
pie , and referred to. experts for
further study, .are:. Public Speak'
ing, Meteorology And Journa
ishl
1 Fire ALarslutl Talks
...Thursday night scouts and
dth-
era present at the Court of Honor
bad the pleasure of hearing i Col
onel -Will Moore, state fire mar
shal, talk on Fire Prevention
Colonel Moore, is deeply inter-
ested In all boys and the jBoy
Scout increment. Colonel Moore
spoke 6f some of the past inven
tions such as the steamboat, auto
mobilej and telephone, . The, he
said," were remarkable inventions
and of great assistance to the de
velopment of the country; things
we could hot do without. j ;
He said, "With these exeat Jn
venUoiia we Bbuli class th In
vention of the program of the
Boy Scouts of America it is
equally great.
t Colonel. Moore said that-.there
were things that, the Boy Scouts
could do locally to assist in! fire
prevention, such as being on! the
lookoa for fire hasards in their
own homes and in public build
ings and halls. The majority of
fires are started by defective wir
ing. - j , j
It .Is the Intention 4 of Bcout
headquarters that & definite pro
gram be worked out along this
line, In border that, the .scouts, Jmay
cooperate to the greatest advan
tage. The scouts appreciated' the
j( Continued., n.page 4.)
of Huge Task As Lists Up to I
were , rebuilt in such a way jthat
all an. operator had to do was to
give -th- machine the. facts' re
garding the applicant's service and
the machine calculated the bonus
due in dollars. With Jthese ma
chines. ; a single employe cpuld
compute,, 2,350 .of -the simpler
cases In a day, about one case ev
ery ten seconds. 1 j '
I Applications ; i came. tn from
eighty-four foreign territories, .in
cluding! China,. Armenia, the Cape
Verde Islands. Iceland, India, Pal
estine, t Latvia, Cypress, Tahiti,
Korea, iBurma and San Marino, i
. All sorts of, personal problems
had (0 ibe dealt with. One veter
an wrote, that ihe i"did , not . need
the money but would like the war
department to -send- lumber - for a
new house."
"A. Wi O. L.
A wife located! her
" husband thrtiugh
his bonus application. The two
became reconciled and announced
that they planned to use the mon
ey received to, set up housekeeping
asain- I i . I.i
A man In a midwestern com'
munity tasked I the war . department
to : recommend : a ' good bank ' In
which his son might deposit! s
bonus money.' as he did not pen
elder the -banks in his home, state
safe. An Arkansaa. veteran want
ed, in lieu of his compensation, 'a
pair of Juttonhole shirs and a pair
of cuttiing shirs, a square a yard
stick i and a corner., stick. ... If ' I
could get iust . enough money to
pay my board, and. bair my little
expenses that,' will be enuf.'l he
wrote. , . , ' t-f'
Under the law, applications may
be accepted ,up to January' 1,1023.
However, the f big task, of Adju
tant. General Robert. CJDa vis
and
his lightning bonus calculators Is
about over. , 1
! :
WRITI3 LIKE THE DICKEXS"
An Oriental paper, having an
Englislv.soctlon,'. printed the
fol-
lowing notice: 1 r '
"The.. news of English we
tell
the latest. "Writ In perfectly style
and most earliest. .Do a murder
commit, we hear of and tell lt Do
a. mighty chief die, we publish It
and in border somber.' - Staff;. has
each one been .colleged and .write
like the Kipling and the Dickens.
We circle every, town and citor-
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GDOOlOiM:
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ULU mi m JILL I i j
But They Appear Jn a; New
Nursery Story for .States
man Children
By Key. E, II. Shanks , n
Did you ever stop to think that
all. or nearly all. of the "Mother
. ... 4 .... , ' .
Goose" storieR, the nursery rhymes
that, ve.Ji:is8 .off. so easily.. and
never.orgct,,have a serjous mean
ing back of them? We run, them
off with a sort of tune .and. they
tickle our fancy - and ) make us
laugh. . . t . , . . . , 'i: . ,( .
. Hat really, and , truly, s there is. a
beautiful lesson to. be. learned, if
-we only take the trouble to look
for it. Sometimes several les
sons may - be found in a single
story. Often the lesson is a sad
one, even though we laugh ovet
it. May be that is the' purpose of
the THother Goose stories, to help
us to laugh at our difficulties and
get over them with; courage.
. Tae. this .story. .tf. Jack and
Jill as an example, i Now Jack and
Jill may stand for brother and
sister, or for a young couple Just
starting off in life . together, or
for partners In r,busjness; ?'
' "Tbe hill? up "which tjhey went,
represents the difficulties they
have to meet. Sometimes the hill
is pretty stiff and hard s to climb.
"The spail" may mean the busi
ness of life which is .the vessel ,in
which to bring "the prater" of
suecess. !
"Jack fell .down.t' yott will re
member. Many it boy or? man has
found the place too hard, the hill
too slippery. ? the temptation too
great for him. He has proved to
be weak whed he" should have
been strong. Then '"Jill cahie
tumbling" idown , after him. . In
his fall Jack pulled her down too.
His - fall was so -hard jthat he
cracked his head, that is, he
got a terrible bump, , but the hurt
was.fnot .all his. It always ha-s
seemed to me that 'Jill iwa the
first to get on her feet ana : help
Jack up again to refill the pail
and try all over. .-.4! .-.
Now for a little story. Jack
and Jane ( Jane for the sake of
choice) Barlow were just starting
out in life.j,They had been down
to the minister's house and came
away with a pretty certificate that
read something about, "bonds of
holy matrimony." T - "i ,
They were just married and of
course were very nappy. TUey
did not have a great deal of capi
tal, but what they ; had - they in-
(Coninoed on pug A.l .
Volume i.
If you haven't had !time to
The
ly and want to lceep in touch witjvjocal development sr read
this The Busy Header's Newspaper is dedicated to those
who want a concise, accurate review of all Important happen
ings, and to those who find Sunday the best day in the week
to eniov a cood clean tiewsaner. 1
T,. Monday, .January 18 ..Li . .,. '
'City council met and ad jonrnedr believing it had settled
a question 'that; has remained
week, namely the election of
deadlock of two week? earlier,- Fred A. Williams received
seven votes and Chris J Kowitz four votes, on the second
ballot; Mr. Williams resigned,
as city attorney, and declared his policiea for the year. City
council thought the-matter closed.!;; But it wasn!t. i '
City zoning . commission , received many assignments.' by
city-council that night. Urging that the new wooden bridge
on North Church .street was needed : to- keep the thorough-
i are open to lire irucn.9, requests 01 resiutnu uiai cyiisu uu
tion be stopped until ajconcrete bridge could be placed, were
ruled aside. The combission asked thai! a, measure for. a
S5J)00 yearly levy to jcarry
placed on the ballot atlthe May
that the -zomngsof the; city .would: take three to five years.
The question was held oyer till the; nexf meeting,-
1 -"Save Oregon resources for
by A. E. Clark, of Portland,
nomination for United States
the Chamber, of Commerce at
T. B. Kay. nresident of
denounced as unjust and u'iif oynded jrumors 'that'speculatlon
had entered into the purchasa of the plant site; . v j, .
Directors' of thej Miles Linen
vealed that from October 1,
uary 1, the first three: monthay
tionshowing gross earnings
a concern just started. Sale
stock was authorized. ; .
. Tuesday,
Governor Pierce declared
in our history. v I. :n our people
Tdmfhdhy Starts "Clean Face" Drive;
rians uanieisomwi i earn tor '28
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. Tammany Chieftains hope .to induce Josephus Daniels above,. JsTqrth
Carolina editor, who was secreiary of navy in the Wilson adminis
tration, to consider himself a vice-presidential, candidate with ?A1
Smith in 1928. Tammany hopes, by a model administration- in New
York in the next four , years, to commend itself to the-country and
override the ! opposition to Smith.
detttiat candidate
to placate, the
left,' and Daniels.
I By CLARK KIXXAIRD
Central Press Staff CotTMpondent
NEW jyORK:, Jan. 23. Back Of
tie (order "No grafting ; but DO
somjtijing!" going out of Tam
many headquarters for thorough
circulation and absorption among
precinct and district leaders as
Mayor James J. Walker begins his
administration, is a strategic plan
to make At Smith the democratic
Sabbath Schdbl
Arranged From; the Improved Uniform
International by
. ! t " F. J. T60ZB I
Lesson text John 4:4-4 2U V
Gblden text With joy shall ye
drajr water iut of the wells of
salvation. Isa. 12:3.
1. 1 Jesus 31 ust Neetls Go Through
Samaria 4-6. i ;;
The growing popularity of
.Jesus aroused the envious opposi
tion rw. of the; Pharisees, which
obliged Him to, leave Judea and
go into Samaria. iThere was an
other way tos reach Gallilee, -one
used by many Jews to avoid con
tact j with, the despised Samaritans,
on the eastern side of the-Jordan.
He must "needs go through. Sa
marta' in order to find this por
Busy
aaer
?lnblishit'd In the Interest of those seek ins full and accurate survey i of
j" ' -'i :: 1 week's local developments, . . ,
reaJ your daily paper regular
the center of controversy all
city attorney. Breaking:; the
as alderman, was sworn in
on ; the program of zoning be
primary, fit was estimated
Oregon," was the-plea made
candidate for the Republican
senator, in,a strong talk before
luncheon, j .
the Oregon Linen Mills,. Inc.,
Xonipanymet.. Reports .re
when! the mill opened, till Jan
,thfii..miLshowed a.neLop4rat-
that are most gratifying, fori
of ?o0,000 additional common
, 1-
January 19
ncver.has there been a time
as a whob were eo pnylial
- ii
Daniels is sought as a vice-presi
"Solid South.." Above are Smith,
presidential candidate in 192S.
Tammany's chieftains Judge
Otvany, d r i m e minister, and
James Foley, commander of the
army have decided that New
York is to have a model adminis
tration in the next four years, as
sufficient 'advertisement of Tam
many's complete reform.
(Continued on page 4.
sinful woman and kthe needy citi
zens of Sychar. The. great neces
sity which was upon Him was to
seekf f nd to save that; which iwas
lost LUkeJl9:26. '
. , ir. 'Jesus Testimony to the
Woman 7-26.
A This is a fine example of per
sonal evangelism.
1. JV. Favor Asked 7-9.
. Jesus tactfully made a request
whichfeappealed to the woman's
sympathy,.,Not only did the thirst
of the weary traveler appeal to
her, but the 'fact that He being a
Jew asked a" favor of her, showed
f
( Continued on page -)
Lesson
Newsp
a competence for old age." in his proclamation ; urging full
support of.the .Thrift Week.program. : . . : , ,.
. The supreme court granted Benjamin Lentz ; claim for
$1762.58 from the Oregon Growers Cooperative Association.
:The suit was brought to recover money for, 44,036 pounds of
loganberries delivered to the association during; July and
J August, 1922.
, m the realm 01 sport, &aiem nign scnooi ucieaicu uuw
burn tossers at Salem by a score of 49 to 14. At Silverton,
the same night, Henry. . Jones eliminated, Johnny Maurus by
use of the "airplane spin" after 46 minutes struggle. The
bout ended with the first" fall. ,.rj ;. - - :
Wednesday, January 20 I ,
..Councilmen went to sleep believing the problem, of city
aittorney had been settled. ; Late that night, however, Chris
J. Kowitz. made known his stand in refusing to. vacate his
office on grounds that the city council lacked power to ap
point one of its own members and that, therefore, the election
of Fred A. Williams was illegal. - . .
The Marion County Pomona Grange held an all day ses
sion, in Union JIall.; Officers were elected and the meeting
addressed by -Governor. Pierce and Fred, J..Tobze,j candidate
for Republican nomination for State Superintendent of Pub
lic5 Instruction. .;. 1 1 ' - " -" v
" ; Trustees of Kimball School of ,Theology, meeting n Port
land, decided that the institution .should be.mbVed to, Seattle..
Theaction was taken, in accord yriih recommendations made
at previous meetings of ministers and, laymen of the Oregon
conference and bv a ; similar group in Seattle., The school
will open there in September, 1927. I ;
" J. J. Quinland,. engineer at the Oregon state penitentiary,
left for Eastern CanadaAvhere he will investigate a new sys
tem of retting and drying flax. If the system in use there
is found to be satisfactory t may! be adopted In connection
with the" operation of the state flax plant here. ,
In the Salem AiTOory. rrankie Juewis x ougnt. tn& neavier
n r - t . r i m ' nif 4 Vi i Vttrat-'' f ina conn
George McCormick to'a draw,
here
Thursday, January 21. , ;is
Statesman's celery .slogan
The Oregon '-
issued.--" -
" ChriJtTvowitz stand on
nili
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BREftST TUra RED
Indian Legend Accounts for
Crimson Plumage of
Bird In Spring
GLACIER PARK, Mont. In
dians of the Glacier national park
reservation cling, tov this legend as
explaining how the robin go ts Its
redibreast: j 1 - j
They say, that i niany, many
moons ago- too far distant tor
any living Indian to remember, a
bear limped through the mountain
forest in Cut Bank valley with a
thorn in his bleeding paw.
A kindly robin sat perched upon
a limb singing its welcoming notes
to springtime. Noticing bruin In
distress, the bird suddenly ended
its I musical rendition and flew
down beside .the suffering beast
. Grabbing the thorn in its bill
the! robin pulled it out of the
bear's paw with a quick jerk, just
as it would an angle worm from
thel earth, t
The bear growled in pain from
the: operation. ?
v The blood from the dripping
thorn drenched the robin's breast
and the bird flew frightened
through the. foliage back to the
limb, smearing the deep carmine
over the leaves . as it , fluttered
through the trees, t ' '
STUDOJTS SUE
KM
Those Who Must . Make
Money In Order To Study
, Stand Well In Class
, UNIVERSITY OF OREGON.
EJugsne, Jan. 23. -(Special). -
Few students who are , working
their? way through the university
flunk out, according to figures
given out. by Mrs. C. R. Donnelly,
r who directs the YMCA employ
ment-bureau on the campus Out
of ihe. 129 ; men who: are putting
theiiselves entirely through col
lege on work obtained through the
bureau, Mrs. Donnelly's, figures
show .that only oner man who had
a regular job and only one doing
odd jobs failed.. Only four men
out of this group were below
standard--, 4- -
."There are some men working
their way through, spending eight
hours a day, and yet do not fail."
' Mrsi Donnelly; said. ' ,
aper
the
.
NUMBER 3
in one -of, the best; battles seen
number
was
.1.. ,;'.-..- , 1 "" .
th6 validity of the election of
Mil
spit u exxersoni i aiSn t
'Great Aethers of The AVortd
sTl nt6m ?jcs Tiimn Tivm 4Ta
oerved. by r
' . Ily Iar' Greer Conklin ;
. If . anyone . believes that I easy
stages .of apprenticeship are not"
necessafy to final success in any
profession, even to those talented
persons born ;totan, art. let , him
read - the fascinating: .-autobiography
of the Inimitable Rip Van
Winkle. . , 5 v ' i'
v. In his mother's Arms a$ a stage
baby.be made his first appearance
at the tender age of six months;
at four years of - age came his
first speaking, appearance on the
stage. ;, The comedian,1 T. D. Rice
ho was , considerably, over six
feet tall, observed the boy's clever
imitation of his 'Jim Crow song
and dance, blacked the -youngster,
carried him on the stage in a bag
over his shoulder and rolled him
out on the stage floor a com
plete miniature likeness' jf the
original singing: , '
"Oiladies and gentlemen, j I'd
have you for to know,
That I've got a little darkey
here that jumps Jim Crow." J 1
Joseph Jefferson took "his audi
ence by storm on his infantile ap
pearance;. but his own stage car
eer and that of his talented moth
er "were destined to know many
rebuffs before sustained success
attended them. ' ' . j
After the death of his father,
suddenly, the victim Of - yellow
fever, their mettle, was tested in
Mobile. Alabama. His; grief strick-'
en mother,, having then no .heart
for the stage, gave up itinerant
acting and opened an unsuccessful
boarding house for actors, hoping
thereby, to Jteep- her, Iw.o children
in school. , , , -
This beautiful ...Frenchwoman
went gracefully from leading lady
to landlady, when the rich genius
qf 'southern society vat .that, time,
Madame Le Vert, arranged, a ben
efit .".for Mrs.. Jefferson's chil
dren," though .the ' widow was
it
THE PIONElErt .TRAIL"? LOCAL! Ul ,
- CLUB'S PAPER OUTLINES TEST
Details of Story Contest ''Are Set Forth. by Officials, Little Unique
" ' Newspaper Circulates. Widely Among Members of Group
imON.E TnOPHY COXTKST
The Leaders of the ,Salem Pio
neer clubs ..formulated the follow
ing rules for the Bronte Trophy
Contest: ' ,
. J. The contest shall run from
February 1 to May 29, 1926. in
clusive., i j
2. M Id-Week Meetings For
attendance, at meetUigseach clob
will be allowed 700 points for 100
pet cent attendance, graded it en
down"; . the scale. (If a member
absents Jilmself from three con
secutive meetings he Is not count
ed again until he returns).
3. j Sunday School Attendance.
For 100 ;per cep attendances at
Sunday, school, each club gains
100, points, per week, graded! as
above. ' ,
4. Devotional Period. Each club
can. gain 25 points per week for a
minimum devotional period of ten
minutes. - (Ritual not included in
this). - - j !v ' . 'J:.
5. Practical Talks. Each club'
can gam, 2 5f points per 4week i lor
a practical talk - of. not less .than
ten minutes, or .for going,, as: a
club, du an educational or ; indus
trial trip. . t ' ' '
Lvs.Service If a club performs
a service to, tne cnurcn or com
munity it gains 100 points per
project. 1 ' ' r '
7. Rally Attendance. For 100
per,, cent attendance ' at city or
county rallies, a club ' gets 100
points per project. . " !
S. 'Physicat Activities. For. ac
tive participation (.without for-
ei() In are later-Pioneer athletic
contest or tournament a club
gains 100 points. '
9. Notches. For an average of
one . notch per member a club
gains' 100 points per month. (For
instance, if a - club - has 11 mem
bers and gets a total of 19 notch
es. It would nave an "average or
173 ,notches,4- which would gite
the club 173 points), i . ' . -f
;10. The shield shal! be awarded
each month, to the high' point
club, and at the end of the con-'
test, it, will be awarded perman
ently to, the club having the high
est 'number of points for the en
tire period. . ;
II., Reports: .must 'be in the
hands . of the. Boys Work Prcr-
tary by the 81h of o;i';h iiioj.tl;
$ttry Tellk of Early Appear-
ar " ra wm A AtinroniiMtcKin
anted Jc or
f
" f
uppermost In the generous Jla-
4ame Le Vert's mitld.
tA.sain with a little 'capital to
enter their profession, they
ited in the 'town of Grand
If, Missouri,- for Joseph's step
brother. "Charles Burke. then
somewhere in the interior of the
state with a smal); company of
actors struggling from town to
town. . Letter? crossed or miscar
ried and ,they were obliged to
await hi coming several weeks.
Charles -Burke started at 'day
break and walked from Port Gib
son to Grand Gulf to join his be
loved mother and fher children.
He hired a team and wagon to
take them on. Only four miles
from home the smll Joseph ob
served his step-brother and the
driver in- close conversation and
saw that something .was wrong.
Presently the wagon stopreJ,
his brother turned round and
said: ''Mother, I made a bargain
with this man to take us to Port
Gibson for ten dollars. I have
no' money and, expected to pay
him out of tonight's" receipts after
the play. He seemi unwilling to
trust 'me, so h must be paid now
or he will turn back." Little
Joseph looked at.his mother and
hinted that perhaps iif she search
ed hard somethingmight be found
in her stocking. Her eyes filled
with tears ana he saw by her face
that-the bank was -broken. An
other "attempt of, t&e loyal step
brother brought forth an ox-cart
driven by an old negro. -
.Joseph Jefferson I said of .tH-:
occurrence: "My moi her had once
been one pf. the most attractive
stars in ' America. the Ieadins
prima donna of the; country, aiui
yet, from no fault of her own, the
was reduced to the humiliation oi
being put out of a wagon with hei
' (Continued on pjige ' .
.. . .
Ole Sei
Bey 'jimlney, Ay jtast see dat 1.1
brum trophy ... shoeM dat de Vy
Em See iss. given tb de Pio-yun-ears,
an, say et shufe iss a dan 'y
vun, Ay tal yu.
Ef Ay vis vun usfdese.Pio-yun-ear
fellers Ay vould.be m!ty
prode tu bavin dat Jhangin ,on ' :
vails uf mey clob roms. An Ay
vant tu say dat Ay tink dat t-
clob vat vorks de hkrdest is goiu
to gitting et, tu. -Yust tink, perty
nere efry ting yu du iss goin tu
count on dis contest! Gitsy.
Bible Story Contest
Ruies for the County-City Ell :
Story contest; . ,
- 1.., The contest is open to s.!l
boys of Marion county 12 to IS
years inclusive. . :
2,. There are two classlficatior
(ConUnued on page 4.)
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certain city and county schools,
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Its appearance was greeted ..
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taking place in several sch ' ."
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