The Neosho Times from Neosho, Missouri • Page 1

"lV' 5 FIFTY.FIRST YEAR. UNIVERSAL TRAINING; A DISASTROUS POLICY Missouri Sociologist Scores Compul sory Drill Provision. I Washington, D. Feb. -Disastrous consequences" of the universal Military trainig provisions of the army reorganization bill are pointed out in a letter received by Senator Seldon P.

Spencer of the Senate Military Affairs committee from Charles Ellwood, professor of sociology in the tTniversity of Missouri. I feel it my dttjy to challenge the wisdom of the majofltjr report of the Senate Military Affairs committee Which approved a provision for compulsory military training in the army reorganization bill," says Prof. Ellwood. "All the more thoughtful students of social and political conditions with whom I have talked express amazement that Congress should consider With favor such a provision. The universal training of large populations to the use of arms has invariably been followed in history by increased political disturbances, both internal external; and with our complex population we could scarcely look for a different result in our case.

What, forexample, will be the effect upon our negro population of this universal training in the use of arms and in ganized military action? No citizen of the South, or of the North- either, for that matter, can look with Equanimity upon the training in military tactics of. two million negroes. The growing restlessness and resentfulness of our negro population makes it more than possible that such military knowledge might be used by them to to redress real or fancied Wrongs by organized force. "We rightly fear Bolshevism, a proletarian revolution, civil war between classes, in this country. If there is one thing more certain than another to bring to pass such an event in the rt is universal compulsory military training.

It is a commonplace among students of social and political affairs that the Russian Revolution took the bloody turn that it did' only because it occurred in a large complex population universally subject to military training and with military standards of political action. A population long habituated to the use of arms and to military methods seldom has scruples against the use of organized force as a political method. We could scarcely hope that it would be different with us, and this, you will agree, would result sooner or later in the downfall of It would be fatuqus to think that the little patriotic civil instruction Which might be sandwiched in with compul- sdry military training would suffice to negative the tendency groups to achieve their ends by the use of the TO DRILL FOR OIL SOUTH OF NEO NEOSHO, MISSOURI, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1920. Drilling for oil on a large tract land south of Neosho is to begin as soon as the plans of a recently organized company are perfected, and the belief is that oil wil be found in paying quantities. The new company was organized ten days ago under the name of West Benton Oil and Gas Company, composed of men 6f West Benton township.

Included in the company are Elmer Fennimore, president; J. B. Johnson, secretary; quist, John Johnson, K. E. Sprerikle, directors.

Leases have been procured on about of land and the company expects to enlarge the total to 3,000 acres. Other plans include the leasing of the land to Oklahoma oil companies who will test it out thoroughly by drilling to determine Whether it contains oil or gas sands. It has been generally believed for a number of years that oil existed in that part of county, traces of it having been found in wells, on the surface of water in streams and other places from time to time. CALL FOR DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION. WOMAN'S COLUMN.

very methods of organized force in, Which they were instructed. "It is the more remarkable that any of our Senate should consider favorably such a projusioB-fer compulsory military training when, as I understand, no such measure is being seriously contemplated in Great Britain. I Surely our international position is I analogous to that of Great Britain. we need is manifestly an efficient navy and an efficient small Banding army. If our navy is efficient, surely the only enemy we have I to ear is wjfhin our gates.

But compulsory military training would place 'arms in the hands of that 'would train our population not for democracy, but for war, civil consideration of patriotism and Of political prudence, therefore, dictates that- we hesitate long before we enter upon an experiment which hag so often proved the undoing of nations, especially of free ments, in the past. I trust, therefore, that the unwisdo mof this provision in the army reorganization- bill will become evident to you and to your colleagues in the Senate and that it be speedily' eliminated." J. R. Sheldon, of Holden, Johnson County, Missouri, farmer, has won the $1,000.00 prize and awarded a goW medal by the Philadelphia Farm I Journal for, having produced 127,47 of csorn per acre, on five acres. The Ozark Playground.

I'VE traveled over the world for years, AND worked in its busy mart. BUT there is one place that memory holds, A longing that fills my heart. I can recall the bright sunshine, EACH brooklet, each whispering tree. WHERE I wandered at-will over valley and hill. OH that's where I long to be.

THEY call it the Ozark Playground, THE land of a million smiles. YET that does not half tell the story. OF its beauty that you for miles. OF the flowers, the birds and the sweet air. SO healthful and pure each day.

OH I want to go back to the Ozarks. I want to go back and play. I've grown so tired of travel, I'VE grown so weary of work. OH let me play'for a little while, BY where the fishes lurk. LET me take a rod and tackle.

AND amHe along at will. AND fish in the pretty brooklets, WHERE the waters are deep and still. OR perhaps I would take the footpath. AND climb the Ozark hill. AND talk to the squirrels and chipmunks, Wherever the fancy willed.

Perhaps the birds would hold revel, WHILE I listened to their lay. OH I want to go back to the Ozarks, I want to go back and play. LIFEJs so full of worry. LIFE is so full of pain. For some so little sunshine, For some so much of rain.

BUT down among the Ozarks, WHERE gentle breeze, YOU'LL forget about your troubles, IN the shade of the whispering trees. A summer a can of bait, A lunch, a fishing pole, THE butterflies, the buzzing bees, THE dear "ole smimmin' hole." IN fancy I can see them all. At a meeting of the Democratic jCentral committee of Newton county, held at the court house in Neosho on Saturday, March 6,1920, it was ordered that precinct mass conventions be held at the -regular voting all the precincts of Newton county at 2 o'clock p. mv, on Thursday, April 8, 1920, for the purpose of electing delegates to a county convention to be held in the City of Granby on April 10, 1920, the said county for the purpose delegates to the state convention to be held in Joplin on Thursday, April 22, 1920. For the purpose of conducting the precinct conventions, the township committeeman is authorized to designate some one to call the precinct meeting to order and organize same by election of a chairman and secretary.

delegates to the county convention shall be elected on the basis of the votes cast for Wilson for President in 1916 and the respective precincts shall be entitled to one delegate for each 25 votes or major fraction thereof. The chairman and secretary of the precinct convention shall issue credentials to the delegates elected by majority vote. On the basis as above stated the several precincts entitled to the following delegates to the county convention: Votes. Delegates. Christopher 134 92 Capps 53 Hickory Grove 35 Racine 39 Hornet 87 Fairview 140 Stella Aroma 59 Granby 422 Diamond 146 Donaldson 49 Pepsin Cave Springs 76 East Neosho 430 West Neosho 236 Clover Dale 46 Newtonia 83 Stark City 76 PEMOCRATIC CONVENTION AT -GRANBY ON APRIL 10TH meeting of the Democratic county committee held at the court house in Neosho last Saturday afternoon, Granby was selected as the place for holding the Democratic county convention to elect delegates to the State Convention at Joplin April 22, and Saturday, April 10th, as the date.

The'township meetings to elect delegates to the county convention will be held on Thursday, April 8. On account of the bad weather there was MONEY PLEDGED FOR EAST AND WEST STATE ROiD ill attend: This should 'be a lesson to the farmer I whp has been producing 'less. You nlay aWe. to equal the yield but I Tjy the condition of your soil and in preparation of seed bed the selection I'M longing for the day, WHEN I can go back to the Ozarks, AND spend a while in play, Olf I want to go back to the Ozarks, I want to go back today. TO fish and hunt and swim jjuLrestr I want to go back and play.

My Lady Laughter. Say, did you ever stop to think how much a laugh could have to do wjth your happiness or misery Were you ever in a and all.at once you would hear gay, ringing laughter that just made you feel good'all over? And you joined in spontaneously without thinking, because you were, so happy. on the o.ther hand haven't you been among people when some one WQuld laugh loudly in a hateful, sarcastic way that would fly all over you and make you feel wretched and miserable? A laugh should express joy, happiness and good will, but some people take this method of expressing spite, 'sarcasm and maglignity. A laugh can hurt like a knife thrust, or it can make one happy for a day. There is music in the soft cadance of a-woman's laugh that lingers for a long 'time after the incident which caused it is forgotten.

So My Lady Laughter, laugh as long as you feel but don't'laugh to hurt. Keep-hold on the chord of Laughter's bell, Keep aloof from the tones that mar; The sounds of spite don't carry well But the lilt of a laugh, rings far. .143 40 Seneca Gregg Spring City 43 Staples 65 Thurman 86 Prairieview 19 Ritchey 71 Wentworth 145 Meeks 5 4 2 1 2 3 6 ,6 2 17 6 2 2 3 17 9 2 3 3 6 2 2 3 1 3 6 5 at the committ meeting, only eleven townships beir represented. Members of the conv- mittee present were Geo. Wood of Buffalo, C.

T. Ford of East Franklin, Edgar Thornbury of West Franklin, John Lambert of Granby, John S. Crouch of Marion, Dr. E. M.

Roseberry of Neosho, G. C. Harrison of Newtonia, M. W. Morgan of Shoal Creek, B.

J. Canada of Van Buren; also Mrs. M. T. Rice, chairman of the woman's county committee, and Mrs.

Alvery, member of the committee from Seneca. On account of the inability of A. W. Culkin to act as secretary of the committee, this office was considered vacant and H. S.

Sturgis was elected secretary. There was a vacancy in the committee for Berwick township as H. T. Hawkins bad moved from the county and T. 0.

Troy was elected 'committeeman for Berwick. Also, Elmer Fenimore was elected committeeman for West Benton to take the place of W. H. Worthington who is leaving the county. Neosho and Granby asked for the county convention but in the ballot Granby got one majorify.

The selection of Granby was then hiade unanimous. John Lambert, the Granby committeeman, was appointed a special committee on securing a hall in which to hold the convention and to niake all arrangements necessary. At the of the Neosho Ad vertising Club Monday night L. Mitchell, member of the Neosho spe cial road district commission, made a statement of what had been done by this commission in connection with the commissioners of the Seneca, Racine and Newtonia special road districts toward the construction of and west state highway county by way 6f Newto: state hiehway had been located. Total Delegates E.

M. Roseberry, Chairman. H. S. Sturgis, Secretary.

RITCHEY COMMUNITY CLUB ORGANIZED Another tiresome joke is the fellow who, is engaged to the same girl for two years. He should either buy chips or get up and make room for a live player who means business. Talking about a young widow who for No, 2 can Jook like The citizens of Ritchey and vicinity met in a body Monday night for the purpose of organizing a talk's by some of the prominent citizens it was unanimously agreed to proceed to perfect an organization with the following results: President, F. L. Denton; secretary, James J.

Jack; treasurer, W. G. Mullins, The purpose of the club is to establish a sales day for Ritchey. The first sales day will be March 27th and on the last Saturday of each month thereafter. The following were charter members: Chas, Bailey, James J.

Jack, L. N. Barbee, N. T. Norwood, Earl Norwood, Arthur Largen, Curtis York, F.

L. Denton, L. F. York, Clyde Douthitt, R. A.

T. Heflin, John Dorland, L. G. Crow, W. G.

Mullins. Everyone that is the welfare of Ritchey and is cordially invited to become a member of the Ritchey Community Club. There is no membership fee for the farmer. Anyone that has something to sell is invited to bring it to Ritchey on the last Saturday in the month. It will be sold without any cost to the party owning the article.

The following committee will wait on you in the way of advertising; N. Barbee, Curtis York and Earl Norwood. -The township meetings are to be held at two o'clock and the basis of representation in the county convention is, to be one delegate to each 25 votes -or major fraction thereof cast for Wilson in 1916, and delegations are to be divided as nearly as possible between men and women. (Jommitteemen are authorized to make all arrangements for the township meetings. The following resolution, introduced by Judge Geo.

Wood, was adopted unanimously: "Resolved, that we as a committee endorse the administration of Woodrow Wilson and the state administration of F. D. said; from Seneca, east through Neo- sho to what is known as the Granby corner but the state highway commission had not yet designated the route from there on east to the county line. Between these points two sujpzeys had been made. The first survey was made by the state engineer going thr6e miles north of the Granby corner to the city of Granby and thence east following the section line most of the way.

The route by Newtonia was afterwards surveyed and the cost of the survey was paid by citizens along the route. Mr. Mitchell said he with some others appeared before the state highway commission in Jefferson City some three weeks ago when the question of deciding on the route was taken up and he said that the surveyor told the commission that the Newtonia route could be built with much less expense, that it would 'serve more people and that it was the only one that could be made to conform to the requirements of the state and Federal governments for state highway construction. Notwithstanding this, highway commission decided to leave the for a new hearing. this meeting the commissioners of Seneca, Racine, Neosho and Newtonia special road districts have held two conferences and at the last one they agreed and decided to pledge the county's part for the construction nf t.Kp highway "Resolved also that this committee condemn the course taken by Senator Jas.

A. Reed during the last eighteen months." DEATH OF T. J. WORTHINGTON. We are all bluffers.

About the only time the children ever see napkins onthe table is when Company comes to dinner. A wife will do almost for her husband until she opt wants to T. J. Worthington, an old citizen of Neosho, died Saturday, March 6th, at the home of his" daughter, Mrs: H. A.

McEntiro, southwesir of-town. ceased was born Sept. 8, 1840, near Baltimore, He lived the greater part of his life in Illinois and came to Neosho some few years ago and owned a farm near June. He was married in 1864 and was the father of six children, two sons and four daughters, W. H.

and Fred Worthington of Neosho, route Mrs. C. C. Dunn and Mrs. McEntire of Neosho, Mrs.

Cleo Lindsay of Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, and Mrs. Rose Reeder of Elgin, 111. He leaves'also 16 grandchildren and six great grandchildren. His wife died in 1888, ly respected citizen He was a high- andi splendid neighbor.

Funeral services were conducted by Rev. John Nalley and Dr. Snoke at the Bigham Undertaking parlors Tuesday in the presence of a large number of relatives and friends. Interment was made in the I. 0.

O. F. cemetery. through the county by way of Newtonia and make requisition on the state and Federal governments for their part of the, cost of construction. The length of this road through the county as proposed is miles and the total cost will be $181,000.

The average is $4800 a mile. The road is to be constructed 24-foot surface, nine feet of center with 10 inches of gravel. Taking the average cost of $4800 a mile, the state will pay $1200, the Federal government $1800 and the county $1800. Of the total cost the county will pay $67,500 and the state and Federal government $112 Mitchell stated that the Racine and Newtonia special road districts had given their certified checks for their part of ihe cost and had authorized Neosho special road district to make requisition on the state and Federal governments for their part. Neosho special road district had pledged its part, about $11,000, by anticipating the district's revenue from taxes for the next two years but ALLEGED "REVENUE MEN" TAKE "PRIVATE Three men representing themselves to be government revenue agents went to the home of Warren Heaton on South Wood street last Sunday night and demanded the whiskey which they said they understood was stored in the house.

Mr. Heaton himself away from home but Mrs. Heaton and their son, Clarence, and his wife were there. The three men acted cooly and litely and were sorry they were forced to proceed in this way. While one of them remained with the family the other two searched the house and found the whiskey in the attic.

They carried out some 22 or 23 cases of 12 quarts each of the Spring Hill brand made Jn Frankfort, and loaded it into an automobile waiting outside. In their haste at the last they left one case on the back porch. After they had driven away with the whiskey, said to be valued at some four or five thousand dollars, it was found that they had cut the telephone wires leading from the house and the unable to call the officers for some time. The officers secured a description of the three men and started a search the next day. In the "rouge's gallery" at Joplin they found the pictures of three men who were recognized by the Heaton family as the men who took the whiskey.

On eof them has already been arrested it is believed the others will be "taken soon. MEETING OF ADVERTISING CLUB A splendid meeting of the Advertising Club was held Monday Anight, about 65 being present. A chicken pie supper was served by the ladies of the Presbyterian church. The usual business meeting was then held. A report on the progress made toward construction of the east and west lighway through the county was made by L.

E. Mitchell and it was unanimously approved, by the Club. A proposition from a company to locate a baby shoe factory in Neosho was referred to a special committee. Some other business of minor importance svas transacted. Rev.

C. E. Van der Maaten of Chicago who had come to Neosho preach at the Presbyterian church on From springlike weather the first of last week to three degrees below zero and back again to 60 degrees above. These are the changes that the weather clerk has rung within a week. Thursday we had the most terrific snow storm of the year, not so much as once before, but there was more wind and more drifting of the snow.

The cold Weather continued until Sunday and Saturday night, March 6, the mercury went down to three below zero, indicating the coldest weather of the winter. Once before, in December, it was twp degrees above zero. Very frequently our coldest weather is in February, but we do not remember any before we had weather as late as. he said he thought probably the better plan would be for the district to issue bonds for about $12,000 to meet this expenditure and allow the regular revenues to be expended on other roads. By unanimous vote the Advertising Club endorsed and approved what the special road district commissioners had done and also would recommend a bond issue to take care of Neosho's part in case state highway commission approved the proposed road.

VETERANS' JEWELS PRESENT BY I. 0. 0. LODGE. the Chistian Church Monday night in the presence of a large audience Veterans' Jewels were presented to 12 members of the I.

0. 0. F. Lodge who had been of the order for over 25 years. Previous to the presentation a banquet was served to 150 people in the basement of the church by the ladies of the Rebekah Lodge.

of those who.had earned the Veterans' Jewel were present, namely, E. M. Nay, Parr, Joseph Barnard, J. S. Rowe, U.

S. Rowe John T. Stuvgis and Eugene Mathey. Asa Carter who lives in Neosho was prevented from being present by a recent accident and a Jewel was taken to him. Jewels were also sent to four out-of-town members, Geo.

R. Terry of Kansas City, Jas. H. of Carthage, 0. J.

Ford of Alabama and Hedges of Burlington, Iowa. Grand Master 0. Harvey of Webb CJty maele the ad- draw by unday remained attended he Club meeting. He was called on and made an interesting talk of about 20 jninutes. He'had been in the Y.

M. C. A. service during the war, part if the time at Camp Taylor, but most the time in the transport service, le had crossed the Atlantic eighteen imes troop transports and was also for awhile on the front lines in France. He told some very interesting experiences and his entire talk was heard and greatly enjoyed.

Chas. Haas, Dr. Morgan and others also made short talks. Jeff Woolfinbarger who was wanted here for forgery and jumping bond was located by Sheriff Sanders at Chillicothe last week and Deputy Sheriff Foster McConnell went after returning Sunday morning with the prisoner. Woolfinbarger was first arrested for forgery and was but on bond awaiting trial.

He then stole an automobile and robbed a house and has since been evading the officers. He was placed in jail and will be held until circuit court meets April 5th when will be arrainged for trial. When some eggs begin putting by some thing for a rainy day they act like it was going to rain every day for 40 years. You do not have to be a Sherlock Holmes to tell the man whose wife buys his neckwear for him. If the man looks like a scared mouse and is wearing a tie that looks like a Bull Fight, his wife does the buying.

Tilings are not always what they seem. Many a modern Marie Antioh- ette was chistened Mary Ann, La Grippe JSpanith "flu" or, BSK QLO Grip and.