Art in Public Schools
That public sentiment in Amer
will demand better ami inure
b.aut;fui architecture, better
planned eilies. m-ne relinement
ia t".' t'urmshiiijrs ot homes ami
in ! e :rt in dress and daily sur
ra ulmcs. is the belief of Miss
1". 1; i .Vi. Piarida, instructor in
a ; at the Ofvtrnn A.U't'H'ulHiir.i
t ilece. ll is the purpose of art
i: eull:c schools t; train the
child to meet th 'se demands The
mild suould be taught to know
t;ie needs of our people and tie
hne-l ways of meeting those
r e is. This is where the appn -iiM.iot,
and application of an
piii'.eipli-s are a vital part of the
chiid'.s '.rainiiiir. .Vc. aviati '.') of
the Ivuitiful and .'her things in
hr u iii m ke hrai hapjiier,
l"-oa.!i-r. more liberal, and an
st at ion to nis fellow creatures.
'!' u it is rh t art is for the
m:.ny and not tor the few.
:;-:--:!! l-i-i-i-M-i-i-t-i-i-i-i-i"!"!"!"!-;-
A Round f
Robin
S It Proved to Be a $
A Boomerang o
t Its Signers
T-i-'I ii-i-I-.-;"i-I-i I'V't-I-H-i-X-S-vv
l:t'lirins ;m si'lcloiii ih'ciiuijiIIsIkhI nil
:it once, and w ln u they arv thvy ruri'ly
hoi, I cootl. Tlie citizens of Jimtown
lni:i, I their efforts to dispense with the
vi:i;iiice couimittee :ind establish a
le. ilir court of law intended with
tiiiii ult.v. As one of them expressed
it "We was between lire mid water.
.'e w is bnniecl up if we kept still, ami
if we jum.iel we d lie drowned."
.li;niown- now Jamesiown has do
veioped into a beautiful city, with
sciiools and churches innumerable, but
in the days when jjuu law had be
come unbearable the principal build
iii-rs in t"i town were devoted to Katii
bl'ir-r houses, in w hich an apolouy for
liipior . was Mild at cents a drink.
In these pl.M os every man was armed,
mid whenever a dispute arose t lie only
question was which disputant was the
quicker on t lie trte.irer. This state of
n dairs attracted desperate characters,
find tlie town was rapidly j;niii from
bad to worse. A secret meeting was
held amon:-' the best citizens, at which
twelve men were selected as a vigi
lance committee to clear the town of
roughs. By a vigorous course of lynch
lnu' and shooting it trot rid of nil the
bad characters except one. but four of
the tvelv.;i d been eliminated.
The bad character left. Pete llollls
tcr. was not to lie Intimidated. The
only way to i;et rid of him was to kill
him. and the vigilance .committee had
found that method decimating its own
ranks I'our of the remaining vigilantes
bad been l;i!!ed. leaving four men who
had become tip-d of the work.
Meanwhile a court had beeli organ
ized and brought to a state of tolerable
ellh ien -y. It was easy enough to con
vict a person guilty of breaking the
law on sulhcient evidence, but it was
not easy to get the party Into court if
he would not come willingly. It cer
tainly was not easy to get Pete Ilollis-
ter there, because he would not go
willingly, and any one trying to take
him by for e was sure to get killed.
The four ijin remaining on the vigl-
lam e committee held u meeting to eon- i
wider means of eliminating the des
perado. It was agreed that If Pete
could be got out of the way there was !
only Kill Cundiff remaining, and Bill '
was not considered n very hard case. I
It was even thought that he might be
converted to a supporter of good order. ;
In some way Cundiff got wind of the
movement to get rid of Holllster, and
one day he asked one of the commit
tee how much would be given for the
desperado's sea I p. The other members
were consulted, and each man sub
scribed .$."0 for the purpose. Cundiff
said that to do the job was worth more
than that, but if they would take the
responsibility jointly with himself he
would consider the proposition. He
said he didn't wish to be tried for mur
der in the newfangled court that had
been organized and must have some
guaranty. The best guaranty he could
have would be an order to do the job
signed and sealed by the committee.
After a good deal of deliberation the
four men remaining on the committee
signed a round robin Instructing him
to "make away with". Peter Ilollister
and agreeing to pay him the sum of
$200 for the job. At the time the ar
rangement was made die Intended vic
tim bad gone to an army post near by
to look, as he expressed It, "for scabs
among some o' Ihotn sojers." I to fore
t'u ivlitt started on bis errand of mercy
su. Ii ii was considered l, the cltlr.ens
of .limlown the committee offered to
pay him In advance the money that
had been subscribed for the Job. Itut
fundi IT said he wasn't sure he could
"get him" and his conscience wouldn't
penult him to take pay for n Job ho
hadn't done
The committee was much pleased at
this, feeling encouraged to hope that
after llollisier had been put out of the
way t'umliff would make an excellent
citizen An election for mayor had
been called, and some wore in favor ot
limning t'miclifT for the oltice. Tho
rumor that he might be u candidate
reached bis cars, and he stated defi
nitely that he proposed to reform and
d'dn't consider any man reformed who
had anything to th with politics. This
added to the growing confidence that
was being built up In the man who
was to do for .llmtcwii what Charlotte
('onlay did for Trance.
Win n CunditT. covered all over with
knives, pistols and Winchester rifles,
rode out of .limtown on bis errand In
liohalf of law and order he whs given
an ovation There were by this time
many respectable women In the place,
and they, their husbands and their
c hildren tmiied oat to wish the re
formed mini success Handkerchiefs
were waved to him by the women,
while the men tired salutes from their
revolvers rundifl' was n'eii to draw
his shirt sleeve across his eyes, which
was considered evidence of those In
tense emotions that are usually a part
of the reformation of a wicked fierson.
Thev were destined to meet with a
siir iM' Not two hours after Cun
diff 's dcputiu'e he returned, and riding
besid-' liiin. still In the flesh, whs Pete
Mollisicr A rlil'l passed over the clti
:-ciis of Mtntown. most of whom saw
the eiitrv from their windows and did
not go out to welcome back the man
thev had sent off with -iil.-h enthllsl
asm. Ilollister reined up before
small group on the street mid said:
"1 have business with four promi
nent citizens of tliis yere town Martin
Shaw. Nailian Parker. Thomas War
tin and i.eoi-.'e t'ruer. 1 would like
to coiii'cr with em and would be
ol lee-cd to any ciuzeti to tell em that
I'll wait fo: 'em at O'Neill's tavern.
:-ay that It's not a question of shootln',
but oi l.i w '
After saying this Hie speaker and his
attendant ro le on to the tavern, where
they di.Miiouiilcd. The gentlemen men
tioned -the four inembeiN of the vigi
lance couimitiee who had signed the
round robin - were informed of the In
vitation and after consultation con
cluded to accept it. having been as
sured that they were wanted not on a
matter of gun practice, but iif law.
"Gents." said Ilollister. drawing a
paper from under his shirt. "I have
yere evidence of a conspiracy on your
part, with Hill CundilT. to murder
me. lliil. tin in' shown signs of refor
mation Intel;, instead of coliimittlu'
the deed, comes to uie repentant and
with tears in ids eyes bauds me this
yere agreement to pay him S'JilO for
my scalp He finds me likewise re
pentant for my many sins and dispos
ed to abandon gun law and leave these
yere questions to the courts. Therle
fore it Is my painful duty to sw'ar out
u warrant agin you four gents, to lie
dealt with by the courts in the reg'lar
way."
T-tfere was a grim silence on the part
of the men who in trying to be saviors
of .limtown had walked into a trap
and. according to law. would be pun
ished by rtoitli or iaiprlsonmeiit by the
courts they had taken so much pains
to establish.
"Owin' to the tenderness of my
heart." the desperado continued, "and
the refill uiiitluti goin' on In my bosom.
I don't want to be hard on you. My
duty as a reformed citizen is plainly to
let the law take its course. Hut you
gents bein' disposed to help us who are
tryin' to turn from our wicked ways
Hill C'uiidiir kin testily to that and
some of you bavin" families. 1 wouldn't
mind u pecuniary consideration instead
of seein' you suffer In the fust place.
Bill, who was too conscientious to take
the price of my blood, should be re
warded for right doiti'. Five hundred
dollars would be a small sum for so
much resistance to temptation. In the
second place, if your scheme had work- j
ed 1 would now be slcepin' In the val
ley. Willi the long grass wavin' over
me and coyotes scratcliin' for my j
bones. All these should be paid for. j
But. remomberiir that there's no great
wealth in the town. I'll make the fig
ures reasonable. Call my share $1,500."
The signers of the round robin ask
ed how long they would have to accept ,
or decline this generous proposition 1
and to raise the money If they accept
ed it and were given three days, at the
end of which time the warrant would ;
be sworn out. Then they retired for j
consultation.
Advancing civilization brings many ,
problems. Here was a problem with a ;
paradox. A villain was about to use a
court of justice as an instrument for j
the condemnation of men who were
working to eradicate crime. What was !
to be done? After consultation the
round robiners sent a message to ask
the two reformed men If, on the pay
ment of the sum demanded, they would
ieuve tlie town, never to return. The
repl. was mat, having reformed, they
would prefer to remain and CundilT
had decided to run Cor minor.
While thedellberallous were going on
It happened l bai n young man who
had served an enlistment as an elec
trlclaii passed through the town on his
way lo a large mining c enter Hint had
acquired vlvlllznilcui, where he was to
be employed putting In electric lights
and different devices made practicable
by electric ll.v I touring of the d leinnn
that confronted the c lll. ens of ,11m
tow n and i"iiciiiiy the round robin
ers. He Volunteered io show them a
method b which the) might get rid
of the two villains without datc:er to
themselves The) offered to pay linn
llbi'i'iiHy for any device that would
bring about Unit end. but he declined
to receive inoiie lor such a purpose or
to work It him -elf
iMirln the three days that the round
robiners h id been given lo outre to a
decision and raise funds the olectrl
clan worked ubrhts. and no one saw
what he did. tie was engaged In lay
lint wires from an empty oab'n to the
house of one of the remnants of the
vigilance coiiMiiiiioe. Martin Shaw
When the liiice was up, after explain
lug Ills device to Mr Shaw, he with
drew from all parti. Ipalloii In the
scheme.
On the third day after the return of
Holllster mid l 'undid thev were In
vitcsl to the deserted cabin In which
the electrician had been at work to
roocle the Ii : -st installment of the ran
som that had beer, levied on the town
The four cpieiis most inicresiMl were
in the cabin at the other end of the
wires, where they could see piilnly
the place to which the rnscals had
been lio l'ed I'lilons were warned to
keep away iroin ihc inbln and re
garded the w-irtinir Hoilster and
CundilT went Into the cabin prepared
for them slid found a liottle and two
glasses on n table "Thev poio'ed out
a tumbler of llooor ea h raised their
glasses and were drinking when the
floor ne e mo Ihev we'v tossed a linn
dred feet bi the air. mid when thev
ertre dow n ttiev had c cased-io be ter
rors to .limt'-w n The cabin had been
und"i""'"e i ""d a cbar'.'e of dynamite
gi Ileal lc clo'-tctclty
i'h t d the e!--n of terror with
which ' i i ii f a' 1 1 had been altlicted since
Its scltleiaciit The courts his-ame ef
fective sellouts were opened and clf
lllatl"ii !"-ow raoldlv Mill few of the
clliens who v'nosed On. explosion
by wiil'-h the t.M of the gun men were
eP' 'lo 'ic il rc' i iiii. Mini hey don't care
to l.'t''o the storv
THREE NOTCH ROADS.
Thir Curiout T tie Comes From the
iNume ot George III.
In Missouri and some other central
western slates tin re are roads that are
c ulled ' l Ii 1 1-- noli Ii niads." They are
public hiuiiw.u us ui-iiiigui-liial from
the pinls ihal lead lo a saw null, a
schiHiihoiiM'. a i b ii nil or an isolated
farmhouse. A throe notch road "goes
(ouiewhere." rinceiling along such a
road, tlie traveler is bound, in time, to
reach a low u.
There lies hcliinc! (lie curious title an
Intel e-tlng story. It appears that
King (ieorge III. decreed that all Kug
lish public mails, as king's highways,
should be ma i keel with his name. In
tile colonies i was often impossible to
mark the mads with the care and
thoroughness that were used In FJng
land, and in the wilderness It was
enough to cut three notches on the
largest tree along the liacs.
After the lievcilulion. of course, t tie
name o King Oeorge was omitted,
but the thro- notches proved useful as
a means of marking pubic roads.
Virginia colonists, it Is said, curried
the practice info Tennessee, Kentucky
and Indiana, and their children, in
turn, carried it into .Missouri.
Originally Missouri had no counties.
Later, when they wore tortned. the
state dec ided that It the task were left
to the counties there would be little
road building. Accordingly, the state
constructed the roads and marked
them with three notches. Later.
when the counties undertook to build
roads, they were designated In the
timber country by two notches. I'tior
to and during the war between the
states (he distinction was preserv
ed, and three notch roads were al
ways "through roads" that led from
one town of Importance to another.
Two notch roads were less Important
highways, and roads not notched at
all were either rail roads or plunk
roads, A rail road was a road leading
to a canri where men spit rails, and
a plank road led to a sawmill.
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