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FIATTS3I0HTH SEMI-WEEKLY JOURNAL
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1926.
Alvo Department
Fred Hoffman is shipping straw
to Omaha, where he has been selling
the same to A. A. Nixon & Co., of
that place.
rhillip Coatman. who is attending
the Wesleyan university, was home
for Thanksgiving and enjoyed the
visit very much.
Earl Ilennett has moved to Elm
wood, where he will make his home
in the future, he having secured a
place in the city to live and employ
ment there also.
Thanksgiving day and had for their
guests, Mr. and Mrs. S. L. Dinges, of
Paymyra, as well as a sister of Mr.
Dinges, Virginia, who makes her
home at Bennett. Art and Abie had
been tramping over the wooded tract
near the home of Jesse Hardnock,
when they ran across a sure enough
raccoon, which they captured and
which put them in a peculiar posi
tion. They found a way of eating his
"coonship," but the hide which is
valuable, they cannot sell. They have
. : 1 u,,-
Wm Foreman of Ravmond was a a nunung nceu-se uu c
visitor in Alvo on Wednesday of last kill the animal for the meat, but
week and was looking after some cannot dispose of the hide. Well the
business matters as well as visiting laws are peculiar, anyway.
with friends in the lively little city
Mrs. M. O. "Wead was able to be
cut and down town last cdnesday
Enjoyed the Heeting
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Godbey en-
and stated that she had not been feel-'tertained at their home on last
ing very well of late, but was glad : Thursday for their friends and rela
te could get out on that day, it ! tives and had for the occasion a most
being nice. 'sumptuftus dinner which was most
Chris Eikeman. who has been rust- ; thoroughly enjoyed by all present,
ling to get his corn all picked, has;jrrg Godbey is a very accomplished
about gotten one-half of it out, and 'coofc as well and she and Charles
while working in the west ground j Deing adepts at the art of entertain
sprained his back and had to take ajnfrthey made the occasion one of
rest for a few days. imuch pleasure for the guests who
Paul Coatman. during the time were viola Campbell, a sister of Mrs.
that his uncle. R. M. Coatman, is Godbey, who is visiting here from
serving on the jury at Plattsmouth, jher home at Sac City, Iowa; Messrs
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Ice Skating May
be One of Winter
Time Attractions
Secretary of Chamber of Commerce
Finds Much Encouragement
for the Move.
is assisting in the store, as Mr. Skin
rer cannot be at the store only
portion of the time
and Mesdames II. A. Weese and hd
ward Casey, of Lincoln; Eddie Craig
and wife; E. D. Friend and wife; A.
Mrs. R. L. Parmenter was staying ij. Friend and family and F. E. Dick-
fnr a few days at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. D. E. Sheesley, during the time
their daughter was away on a short
visit. Mrs. Parmcnter assisting Mrs.
Scheesley with the household work.
W. W. Coatman and Wm. P.orne-
erson and family of Alvo.
Did Not Cone Back
It has often been fa id that the
cat came back." and this is gener
ally the case. From out of the ether
meier were on the market ;n tmiana th rpnnrt thrft a cat which had
last Tuesday with hogs, the porkers j attempte(i to cross the streets of
beinsr token to the big city by John Alvo haa Bank from exhaustion be
P. Skinner of the Coatman-Skinner j fore It had made the opposite side,
truck line, he making two trips in aQ(1 dieu The telephone rang in
one day. the office of the city mayor, and
Mrs. Mary Skinner has not been someone fr0m somewhere called his
f!in very well for the past week attention to the incident, but mostly
and has b..en suffering from an at- illustrating the extreme condition of
ta-k of acute indigestion, which was the thoroughfare, which should be
quite painful and which her many remedied. The thing -which is in
f nerds are hoping she will soon over- terej,ting. the people of Alvo and vi
conie and be in her usual good health ioinjty js the putting in condition and
again, hard surfacing of the road from the
S. C. Boyles and wife and C. D. prhool nouse and cemetery on "O"
Ganz and wife were enjoying the s(reet, to the turn of the D. L. D..
day Thanksgiving by visiting at Lin- which i3 a gtretWi of eleven miles and
coin, where they were guests at the ' re it put in KOod condition, would
home of Mr. and Mrs. C. I.I. Skyles, ereatly effect the whole surrounding
of that place where they all enjoyed , corrntry as it would afford an outlet
tne inank-sgiving season ana nere to market which is now sometimes
very bad. The hard surfacing of
what is known as Nebraska No. 1.
from Murray to the present end of the
gravel two miles north of Elmwood,
Poultry Wanted!
Direct from Farmers
Wednesday, Dec. 1st
Plattsmouth, Nebraska
A car load of live poultry wanted
to be delivered at poultry car near
the Burlington freight house, Platts
mouth, "WEDNESDAY, Dec. 1. one
day only, for which we will pay the
following
Cash Prices
Hens, per lb r21c
Springs, per lb . 19c
Old Boosters, per lb 10c
Young Fat Turkeys, per lb 30c
Old Tom Turkeys, per lb 25c
Live New Zealand Red Eabbits15c
Live Belgian Hares, per lb 15c
Ducks, per lb 16c
Geese, per lb 15c
Leghorn Poultry, 5 lb. less
Farmers, Notice!
Our prices are based on carload
shipments and the highest you will
find anywhere. Bring us your poultry
Wednesday, December 1st.
We have been coming to Platts
mouth a long time and our reputa
tion for fair dealing and top prices
is well known.
W. E. KEENEY
The Old Reliable Buyer
pre-
the truly Thanksgiving spirit
vailed.
Mrs. John Murtey entertained the
Missionary society of the Methodist
church at her home last Wednesday j and the extension of the road from
afternoon, the ladies doing a great ;the rorner southwest of Murdock on
amount of work as well as enjoy
ing a most pleasant afternoon and
partaking of the most delightful
luncheon which was served by this
estimable lady.
Roy M. Coatman and Harry Apple
man were spending last v.evk moMly
in PI l-tsmouth. whero they have
helping fo solve some knotty prob
lems in the district court, i id they
will also have to return M3 tV-re were
some which they had not gotten to.
Th--y are jurors in the di-.fr. .:t court
and were kept pretty busy.
Charles T. Foreman entertained at
his home for Thanksgiving day and
had with him hi3 aunt and uncle,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Greer, who have
been visiting here for some time and
who are making their home at this
time at their ranch home in Elberta,
Canada. Mr. and Mrs. Fred M.
Prouty were also guests at thi3 hos
pitable home.
A number of American Legion boys
from here who are members of the
Lincoln post were over to the capital
city last Monday evening for the
meeting which chanced to be the elec
tion cf officers and in which the boys
from here participated. Thoso to at
tend the meeting were R. L. Par
mcnter, Art Dinges, Sam Jordan and
'C. D. Canz.
Elmer Rosenow, who has been with
the John Woods market for some
time, making a valuable assistant at
that plare, has accepted a position
west into Waverly would give the
western portion of Cass county a
network of good roads that would be
easily accessible to nearly every farm
er. And it can be done, with a lit
tle effort.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank all those who
so kindly helped us during the death
and burial of our dear mother and
sister, and also do we wish to thank
the singers as they sang the songs
so beautifully and also for the beau
tiful floral offerings. The children,
and grandchildren and sisters, Misses
Ella and Lilly Bate3.
Doing Good Work '
The Mothers and Daughters' coun
cil met with Mrs. Arthur Skinner,
November 12th, with a large crowd
in spite of the bad roads. Eleven
ladies engaged Dan William's dray
to take them out.
The club is taking up the Home
Project work under the Nebraska
Extension Service and much interest
is being manifested, with Mrs. Tinrb-
lin and Mrs. Vicken directing the
work. The topic for the day was,
"Making the Living Room Attract
ive." We each arranged our living
room as we thought it should be.
Draperies were then discussed and
samples of materials shown as well
as colors, after which the club ad-
with the L. F. Langhorst Poultry ' journed to partake of a fine lunch
company, of Elmwood. and is work
ing there. Mr. Rosenow. we are sure
will more than make good in his new
location and Mr. Langhorst is indeed
fortunate in that he was able to se
cure this sterling young man.
Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Stroemer were
entertaining for dinner at their
home on Thanksgiving day and had
for dinner and the day as their
guests the parents of Mrs. Stromer,
Mr. and Mrs. John C. Brown of Wa-
1 ash.
served by the hostess. The lights
were on when we reached home, but
we all felt we had spent a most
pleasant and profitable afternoon.
Mrs. John Murtey,
Reporter.
Alvo School Notes
The Freshman class of the High
school had a debate in the English
Hass on Tuesday morning. The ques
ts fn U'na ' ' T? ocnl TTrl Vla clnni. a
This John Brown is not the!,,,,! or,,i ,,i,ni,i .a
?":5U;ei. n h.! m?n roper." The judges gave the decis-
r,,nV 17 , i ,ion to the affirmative side. Miss Mie
rur.s the Farmers elevator at Wo . ... ...
i,,,-!, i T-i, . , juwjjvu. me usucueis were ua
bush.). They all enjoyed the occa- f,,n.c. r-,.rt t c,.
elevator at Wa-!lenz judged. The debaters were
n joyed the occa- . f,oio - iari rnmm t tn. tj
,n Z?m to eat ertson and John Brobst. affirmative;
than the, could get away w.th. i sterling Sheesley, Robert Meyers and
The mayor of Alvo and his accomp- Eleanor Hensley, negative,
lihed wife entertained for dinner a3 The P. T. A. met in the wiTi
well as the day at their home onjschool assembly room on Wednesday
dippers
and Jobbers
Go dry shod through the wet weather and have your
feet warm. The cold days of winter has to be forti
fied against by good reliable clothing.
"GOODRICH who makes the best line in the long
run," also makes the best footwear.- We sell them.
Men's, Women's and Children's.
iratechcl fcr Your Radiators!
Soatman Hardware Co.
ALVO -:- -:- -:- NEBRASKA
evening. Alter tne ousines3 meet
ing, each of the teachers gave a
brief account of the most important
things she or he had heard or seen
during the Association. The High
school orchestra gave several num
bers.
The advanced Home Economics
class presented a short play entitled
"The High School -Girl's Clothes
Line" in the-asse.mbly-Friday morn
ing. , . .
The basketball games between the
girls' and boys' teams of Union and
Alvo, which were scheduled for Fri
day night, were canceled because, of
the bad roads. A team of boys from
the Freshmen class of the Nebraska
Wes'eyan came and beat the Alvo
boys 2 S to 14. A team composed of
town girls was defeated by the High
school girls by a score of 29 to 8.
The Camp Fire girls have been
given a room over the Coatman hard
.ware store in which to have their
meetings.
The O. I. C. club of the High
school had a Thanksgiving tea in
honor of its patronesses on last
Thursday. After a business meeting
in which each committee chairman
told of the work of the committee,
and the singing of club songs, a lunch
was served. Those ladies who are
patronesses are Mrs. Charles Ed
wards, Mrs. Floyd Fickerson, Mrs.
R. II. Chenoweth, Mrs. Carl Ganz
and Mis3 Mielenz.
Mrs. Snegden spoke to the girls
and boys of the Fifth and Sixth
grades on Tuesday afternoon. Her
topic was the "Land of Germany."
Because she is a native of the coun
try she was able to tell the children
many interesting things in connec
tion with their Geography work. On
Friday afternoon, Mrs. Simon Reh
meier spoke on her native country,
Denmark.
Spent Thanksgiving at the county
farm. Was impressed with the im
maculate condition of this place, and
the evidences of the kind and loving
treatment accorded the inmates by
the management.
One dear old lady, totally deaf,
has been in that home for twenty-
five years. Our good citizens ougnt
to ca'l out there oftener: see how
well it is being run, and throw" some
sunlight and cheer about for these
unfortunate of God's children who
have slipped in the struggle of life.
New Engraved
Christmas Cards
The remembrance of refinement
and good taste for the friends that
wish to carry a yuletide message.
The Bates Book & Gift Shop has a
very large and beautiful line of
these cards in many handsome and
artistic designs and which are now
awaiting your inspection.
Those who wish to have their
namc3 engraved' on the cards are
urged to place their orders now that
the cards may he prepared in time
for the Christmas season.
Inspection of the fine line of
Christmas cards is convincing, this
is the largest and best line at the
most reasonable of prices that has
been offered in this city.
SHOE CLIPPED OFF, ; .
BUT FOOT UinNJTJIlED
There has been a great deal of
complaint reached this office yester
day regarding the deep ruts near
Oreapclis. which was called to the
lttention of Mr. Douglas, who prom-
iseil to take action at once to remedy
tills us lar its (nmiMuic. r .... .
found Mr. Dougla3 glad and willing
to-operate with this otlice in matters
if this kind, which is very gratity-
insr. The snow, thawing, and freez
ing now, have made an unusually
hard problem to meet.
Various members of the Chamber;
of Commerce committees appointed,
are calling at this office and assur-j
ing us of their desire to get intoj
the harness, and buckle down to
work. This is the rpirit that will
ultimately bring results.
One of this -city's hard worker?
in civic matters, and a dyed-in-wool
booster. Ij. O. Minor, assures us of
the eo-oprratior of the water com
pany in the matter of furnisbing
water at cost for a skating rink.
Mavor Johnson in talking this mat
ter over feels it can be worked out
things are progressing and the
"roose hangs high." Patience, Al
fonso, patience!
The matter of taking things for
granted is a poor policy. If you look
nvpr dailv Daners from other citie?
about the size of Plattsmouth. you'll
congratulate yourself on having such
i paper to speak for Plattsmouth. We
are proud to distribute it far and
wide as an advertisement of our
"ity. There is much free space given
to civic activities: our clubs; our
churches, that calls for thanks. The
best fhanks to give is to subscrib
to the greatest booster Plattsmouth
possesses its daily paper.
Theoretically f II people are created
t,qUal at least that is the condition
before the law presumably. How
ever many of our old men and women
who seek charity for relief, may have
been born equipped, but. thru physi
cal defects, eyes, ears, adenoids, ton
sils, etc., have lost out. They came
before the day of our splendid schools
when children were adjudged in effi
cient for many removable causes
The greatest philosopher the world
has produced declared, "The poor ye
have with you always." But it i3 a
wrong philosophy and is being fast
rcl'igated to the past with bleeding
leeches, the ducking stool, "ncarlet
letter." torture for the insane, and
mistreatment of-the helpless.
Milwaukee, Wis., Nov. 26. John
La n gen today was thankful that hia
shoes were several sizes too large for
him.
When a locomotive wheel ran over
Langen's foot in railroad yards here
today the toe of his left shoe was ,
clipped off, but Langen's toes were '
untouched. He was bruised, how-;
ever, when the locomotive kocked
him down.
We find some grocers here who
are handling exclusively Plattsmouth
bread. They haven't been run out
cf business yet! Showing their loy
alty and devotion to PlattsmoutliV
progress in an ellkient and practical
wa y.
Whose afraid?
The Legion at their meeting Tues
day night voted to join the Cham
ber cf Commerce. New, we're like
D;cken's character Earkus "will
ing." We're expecting hourly notice
from the K of C. Masons. Odd Fel
lows, Woodmen. Elks, W. O. W..
churches. Eagles city council, some
more such joyful news!
"Lip stuff" doesn't count it's the
mazuma with it!
The Burlington route, subscribed
memberships for Mr. Baird. Mr.
Clements and Mr. Groemeter. Good
stuff.
Good morning. Mr. Missouri
Pacific! Plattsmouth is elated over
the splendid passenger service about
to go into effect on your line. In
stead of "taking off," your "puttin
on."
Tornado's Death
List in Six States
Increased to 80
Greatest Damage Wrought at Heber
Springs, Arkansas, Where 26
People Are Dead.
Memphis, Tenn., Nov. 26. Groping
through a tangled mass of debris left
in the wake of a wind storm which
swept in from the northwest Thurs
day, six southern and southwestern
states tonight counted a toll of 80
dead and approximately two hundred
injured. Property damage was es
timated at hundreds of thousands of
dollars.
After snaking its way through the
Ozark mountains, the storm struck
with its greatest fury near the Ozark
foothills late yesterday and swirled
through them to Heber Springs, Ark.
Then it twisted across into Missouri
with the proportions of a midfall tor
nado, dipped into half a dozen Arkan
sas counties and into Louisiana,
whence it veered to the east, into Mis
sissippi and then into Tennessee and
Alabama.
In Texas the disturbance whipped
up a sand storm which took one life
and caused extensive property damage
about Lubbock county.
rialf of Town in Ruins.
Heber Springs suffered most. Half
of the town was left in ruins and
about the town 21 persons were kill
ed and 50 injured. Quitman, Green
brier, Gay, Pearson. Wilburn. En
ders and Tyler, suburbs of Heber
Springs, were among the villages
which paid in lite and property the
storm's price.
Brandsville. Competition and Big
Piney bore the brunt of the wind's
whirl into Missouri, while in Arkan
sas. Conway, Grant. Cleburne, Jack
son, Jefferson and Yell counties paid
a death toll.
The oil'and gas fields in Claiborne
ami Morehouse parishes and farming
sections about Mer Rouge and Haynes
ville were hardest hit in Louisiana.
In Mississippi plantations were dam
aged near Marks, in Quitman county.
Early today the storm passed into
Tennessee and disappeared after caus
ing miner property damage about the
town of Smyrna.
The known loss of life in Arkansas
tonight had mounted to a total of
4 0. more than half of these at Heber
Springs, and the injured more than
one hundred.
Ten Dead at Moscow.
Ten are dead and 40 injured at
Moscow in Jefferson county. Conway
county rc-ported eight dead at Opello,
Choctaw and Macedonia. Two were
lulled near New port and one man
was crushed to death at Sheridan.
Other counties reported property dam
age and injuries but do lore of life.
The . dead and -- injured at Moscow
mostly are negroes. -
Eleven were killed and the same
numbered injured abott Mer Rouge
and five killed and 15 injured near
Haynesville, where 50 oil derricks
were levelled and the camp of the
Roxana Oil company was wrecked.
In Alabama the tornado swept the
vicinity of Zion church near Win
fieM. demolishing more than 20
homea and tearing barns, plank from
plank. Three persons were killed and
many slightly injured when the
storm swept a strip of land about
half a mile wide and four miles long.
All residents turned to relief work,
many of the families having lost all
their possessions in the gale. No at
tempt has been made to estimate the
loss in buildings, homes, crops, cat
tle and foodstuffs tonight.
In Missouri three were killed at
Brandsville and one at Competition.
Approximately 70 were injured in
these places.
Damage Is Surveyed
Ten negro 'tenant farmers were
killed and 13 injured on plantations
near Marks, Miss. Several substantial
buildings were destroyed and gins
damaged on the plantations of C. D.
Smith of Memphis, former president
of the Piggly Wiggly corporation;
the. Green River lumber company, J.
A. Cook and P. M. Sellin. Relief
ma?ures have been undertaken by
the American Red Cross and surveys
are being made tonight to determine
the amount of aid needed from state
sources. C .W. Jackson was sent to
day from the St. Louis headquarters
of the Red Cross to establish a relief
base Pt West Plains, Mo., and R. M
Reddy was dispatched on a similar
mission to Heber Springs.
Governor Tom J. Terrall of Arkan
sas tonight awaited reports from na
tional guard officers sent into the
fctormswept area to determine imme
diate needs in men and money to
meet the situation. Newspapers of the
rtaie made ready to act on petitions
from citizens of Heber Springs to con
duct campaigns for relief funds.
PHON
FLOUR Frost King, 48-lb. bag . . $2.09
SUGAR 10 lbs. for 69
ENGLISH WALNUTS 3 lbs. . . .
MIXED NUTS 4 lbs. for ...... .
PINK SALMON Tall cans, 2 for
PEANUTS Salted, per lb
SOAP Creme Oil, 3 bars for.
MINCE MEAT 2 pkgs. for.
1.00
.95
.35
.25
.23
.25
If it weren't for our poor "sin
ners." what would our churches have
to do? If it weren't for bootleg
"licker" what would the vast army
of prohibition agents do for jobs?
The law of compensation is a great
thing. If we didn't have the demo
crat and republican parties, where
would our cracker-box politicianr
be? Have mercy on us, miserable
sinners!
rW. G. DAVIS,
Secretary.
J'fAre tou a member of
the Chamber of Commerce?
TWO BULLED IN BLAST
See our large Christmas display of
CMnaware - Toys - Candy
Fruit - Nuts, Etc.
37 Vears of Service
We deliver Phone 51
Hum i. tm iu i.
Marriages and
Divorces in U. S.
in the various states ranging from
decreases of 29.5 per cent in Nebras
ka and 23.1 per cent in Rhode lslau.1
to increases of 22.9 per cent in Utah
t Other states showing considerable
f TT "1 .Of ! dec reases in the number of divorces
lOr JL ear J.tt),were Massachusetts, with a decrease
in x..- per ct-UL, uuuiMauii, vvuu a
decrease of 8 per cent; California,
with a decrease of 5.6 per cent; and
Minnesota, with a decrease of 4.6
per cent.- Other states showing con
siderable increases include New Jer
sey, with an increase of 16.9 per
cent;Delaware with en increase pf
The Department of Commerce an-I.S per eent; Wyoming, aj,
nounces that, according to the returns "" " e"'r"V . ' '
Nebraska Shewed Gain in Marriages
of 91 Per Cent as Ec-sult of
Law Change.
jliota, with n increase of 16.4 pet
cent; and Mississippi, with. -an Increas.
of 1(5 per cent. . . ; , ,
The average rate of "1.52 divorces
per 1,000 of the population, "which1
is fhown forthG-?ited 6ts-s a
whole, likewise represents an average
of rates in the individual states rang
ing from 0.41 in New York to 0.65
in New Jersey to 13.98 In Nevada
and 3.34 in Oregon.
PETE.0LEULI AND PETTICOATS
A prominent oil man, in discussing
the future of the petroleum industry.
THREE LEGS," WOLF, KILLED
ISapa, Uai., NOV. Z4. An expiu-j
sion of dynamitt claimed tne lives
of two men Tuesday in the old Corona
quicksilver mine, 45 miles nortneasi
of here.
Early reports had It that a num
her of miner also were entombed, but
this later was discounted, although
full details were not atainable. The
mine is far back in the bills, acce6-(
sible only over steep trails.
Minneapolis, Minn., Nov. 26.
"Three Legs,' a giant wolf with only
three legs which hod terrorized set
tlers in northwestern Minnesota for
several years is dead. His carcass
was exhibited here Wednesday by
Fred L. Darkow, of Detroit Lakes,
Minnesota, who shot the animal.
"Three Legs" won his name two
years ago when he was caught in a
trap. He broke the hain, chewed
off the Imprisoned leg and escaped.
Scores of sheep and calves and un
counted chickens were killed by
"Threp Legs." County organizations
and individuals offered rewards to
taling $300 for his capture.
"Three Legs" measured seven feet
from tip to tip and had a four-inch
foot print.
received, there were 1,181,838 mar
riages performed in the United States
during the year 1925, as compared
with 1,178,318 in 1924. These figures
represent aa increase pf 3,5.20 . mar-,
riages, or 0,3 per cent.' The relative
increase, however, was somewhat less
than the estimated increase in the
population, which amounted to 1.6 per
cent.
During the year 1925 there were
175,495 divorces granted in the
United States, as compared with 170,
952 in 1924, representing an increase
of 4,543. or 2.7 per cent.
The estimated population of the
United States on July 1, 1925 was
115.378.094, and on July 1, 1924 'says:
113,727,432. On the basis of these "No matter how earnestly we may
estimates the number of marriages, desire, we cannot recover and utilize
per 1,000 of the population was 10.2;a greater supply of petroleum than
in 1925, as against 10.4 in 1924; and:exists.
the number of divorces per 1.000 ofj "The miser, hoarding his gold, may
the population was 1.52 in 1925, as fall upon the day when it will have
against 1.50 in 1924. Host its value.
While the net increase in the num-j "Tomorrow may not need our pe
ber of marriages performed in the trcleum; and if it does, it may dis
country as a whole was only .3 per cover that it has more than it needs,
cent, the relative change in the dif- Our duty, in the light of our pres
ferenct states ranged from a decrease ent knowledge and understanding is
of 13.5 per cent in Georgia to an in- to use it with reason and moderation,
crease of 35.4 per cent in Florida and to apply the most effective methods
an increase of 91 per cent in Ne- of recovery, refinement and utiliza
braska. tion, and to avoid parsimony that by
Other states showing considerable paralyzing effort and preventing pro
decreases in the number of marriages gress, might easily produce disastrous
were Iowa, with a decrease of 11.8 consequences.
per cent; Wyoming with a decrease "A few years ago cotton was woven
of 10.8 per cent; Michigan, with a into cotton fabrics. Then fashion in
decrease of 7.1 per cent; and Idaho, sisted on silks and so today cotton
with a decrease of 5.3 per cent. Other and wood pulp are combined and
states showing large increases in- woven into the superior product of
elude North Dakota, with an increase rayon, or artificial silk,
of 18.1 per cent; South Carolina, with. ' Likewise, e little while ago, the
an increase of 5.9 per cent. most important petroleum product
The rate of 10.2 marriages per was kerosone.
I, 000 of the population for the United- . "Precisely as new fashions enabled
States as a whole represents an aver- the women to get more dresses per
age of rates in the individual states hale of cotton, so new mechanical
ranging from 5.0 in Delaware and 5.7 methods have enabled the motor cars
iD.TnCSint0,,15-3T ln Marlad to get more miles per gallon of gas.
and 19.9 in Florida In general the st ,es have changed, that's all. in
nSnV.H? numb,er f carriages motorB aud in petticoats. But can
?er,i,0V? 6 POP"1?"?11' as shown anybody imagine law and regulation
,n the table on page 2 form a more brinK,nff sucn revolutions into the
satisfactory index cf the trend with t u, band . petrojeum industries?
regard to marriage in the several Nothin on oarth except the untram
states that do the absolute figures , d orkl of ta5te, inventive
or the numbers of marriages, because inirenuitv and free economic
they take account of differences In lnn? .mom
v .., . 4 . , forces could have made these things
the rate of increase in the general 5 hl .,.
population. The reader who wishes P8S1Die-
to make an intensive study of the sub-! . .
ject is therefore referred to this table. Bess Streeter Aldricn B newest
The net increase of 2,7 per cent at the Eates Book & Gift Shop. Call
II, 1 threT IJ?n?beJ. diorcJes granted in story (Xhe Cutters" is now On sale
the United States during the. year. t , 4,-.
1925, las compared -with the year earIy secure your copy Of this
1924, is the net resultant of changes J popular novel.
A writer says that twenty years
ago it would have been utterly im
possible for women to play the part
they play in politics today. Naturally.
Twenty years ago it would have been (
Impossible for a bobble-skirted woman
to straddle even the tiniest issue. i
December 1st, 1926
Pefsrssn Hall, Ehirraft ieb.
eaaooviLLE bnouESTRfl
A good time assured to all that attend.
All the latest and old style dances.
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