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SIX THE TIMES, THURSDAY, FEBRUABY 10, 1927 THE FEATHERHEADS By Osbopne 1C IP MV five-yew? OLD SON EVER UP Tb BS THE KINb OP TIN-HORN SPoRfr Vou AOE t'LL PEED HIM VEH-AND SON GETS QUO ENUP To DISCOVER WHAY HIS.OLO MAN'S HE'LL PROBABLY TAKE I TELU VOO I HADDfc HAQOft. DEAL DIAMOND SCHOOLS OX FIRST CLASS LIST The Diamond public schools are continued on the first class list ac- cording to the report made after an inspection made recently by Prof. K. Deardorff. The following letter from State Superintendent Chas.

A. Lee was received by the secretary of the board of education of the Diamond schools: January 7, 1927. Mr. N. R.

Love, Secretary Board of Education, Diamond, Mo. My Dear Mr. Love: I have the report of the high school inspector, Mr. Deardorff, who visited your school recently and I am pleased to continue your school on the first class, list with eighteen units approved. From the report I noticed that you have made several improvements this year, such as, heating system, fountains, painting walls and walks around building.

These are all very commendable. A very good type of work is being done by your teachers and pupils. For the further improvement of your school I suggest: First: More reference books are needed in both high school and grades. Second: Arrangements should be made to have a place indoors to give physical education. Third: Playground equipment Is needed.

Roll call was answered with "Poultry Pointers," which was also the topic for discussion under the leadership of Mrs. Chas. Doyle. A lively discussion was held as most of the ladles are interested in poultry rals- If I can be of service to you, please let me know. Yours very truly, CHAS.

A. LEE, State Superintendent. HOME CLUB MEETING The Loyal Home Club met February 3rd with Mrs. H. H.

Fetterolf for their regular afternoon meeting. ing. The usual business meeting was conducted by the president, Mrs. Dick North. The program committee anounced a supper and patriotic program to be held at Mrs.

W. A. Howard's Tuesday night, February 22. The next meeting will be with Mrs. Tom Williams at the hbme of her daughter, Mrs.

W. A. Howard, and at this time Mrs. Lasater and Mrs. R.

O. Roberts will teach rug making. Mrs. Wilson was the only guest at the recent meeting. Dainty refreshments were served during the social hour.

SUPPORT THE NATIONAL GUARD (Editorial printed in Kansas City Times-Star, Tuesday, February 1, 1927.) The state may well be disturbed by the action of the budget commission in cutting down the biennial appropriation for the National Guard from $250,000.00 to $150,000.00. If the legislature follows this recommendation it will put itself in the position of trifling with the defensive requirements of the state and Missouri's obligation to the Federal Government. The nation has equipped Missouri. Guard with military properties valued at million dollars, and demands that this equipment be ment of the guard, possibly by more than 50 per cent. Missouri already is far behind the group of states with which it properly should be compared in its pro- properly cared for by the state.

Even with the appropriation of the last two years IK has been impossible to comply fully with this obligation because of insufficient appropriation. The Missouri National Guard has made its own budget for the period of 1927-1928, and fhias Its needs be $380,000.00. To reduce this to $150,000.00, would mean a disband- the last biennial period it spent only an average of $64.63 per man for its force of 4,576 men. In the same period Illinois spent $281., per man; Iowa, Minnesota, Kansas. Nebraska, and Oklahoma, $75.

If the budget commission is followed Missouri will either have to cut its expenditures per man to $32.77 or reduce the National Guard 40 per cent to keep its expenditures per man even on the low plane of the last two years. Do the people of Missouri expect or desire such treatment of their defense force? It is not merely a matter of the necessity of the guard to the state; Missouri's quota of reserves is a part of the national defense establishment. With the regular, army trimmed to the minimum, the reserves play a relatively larger part of national defense. Missouri is admonished not only by its own but by the example of neighboring states to do its part. 5 PER CENT FARM LOANS ENGLISH That the English language is rather a difficult thing to handle is known to all who write or speak it.

Even the best writers make grain- Commencing November 1st, the rate on Federal Farm Loans will be reduced to 5 per cent. Our territory: Newton, McDonald, Lawrence and Barry counties. First National Farm Loan Association. Neosho, Mo. (Office at First National Bank) D.

S. Landis, President. C. W. Wallace, Vice-President.

E. C. Coulter, Secretary-Treasurer. -A GREATER TELEPHONE SYSTEM FOR MISSOURI Vol. II A Journal of Telephone Information Published by the Southwestern Bell Telephone Company No.

2 WHAT "SERVICE" MEANS SWITCHBOARD GIRLS "What I Did today" Stories Tell of Helpful Deeds of Telephone Operators For the past four years telephone operators throughout Missouri have been reporting acts of kindness, and helpfulness extended by them in the ordinary course of duty. This practice ia the "What I Did To- Day" plan. Some of the incidents are selected each month and printed on small cards. These cards are forwarded to every central office in Missouri and dis- I played on bulletin boards. This plan has been an inspiration to telephone people and has resulted in carrying the spirit of sfervice even beyond the ordinary call of duty.

The following incidents, selected at random from hundreds reported by telephone operators in Missouri are published to indicate the scope of these voluntary activities; Locates Injured Boy's I' Grandmother "I answered an information call from St. John's Hospital. They said a little boy hud been run over by an automobile, was very badly hurt, and they wished to notify his grandmother who lived at 911 St. Louis Street. There was no telephone at that address, and they knew no names of the parties living near.

I obtained the nearest r' number from the city directory and they called the grandmother to the telephone. After they had finished talking, the lady from the hospital called in and thanked me very much." JESSIE BLANKENSHIP, Springfield, Missouri, Sends Timely Aid "One morning an operator referred a call to me and as I listened I finally heard someone groan, "Oh, if I could only die." I found that the voice had come over a party line and immediately called the other station. I asked the woman who answered if she knew of anyone living near her wtarwas ill. She did, and after I explained the circumstances went right over to see what was wrong. Later she called in and said VL a woman who was not to live had been left 2 for a few minutes and i fallen out of bed." LINA PAYNE, Joplin, Missouri.

Helps Destitute Famiy "One night about 10:30, a little boy asked me to call a doctor beqause his mother wr.3 very ill. I had to call several doctors be ore I found one that was willing to go. I later made inquiries and found a large family vary much in need of help, the more so because of the illness of the mother, who was the only support. The girls at the toll office sent the family a twskct of food. The woman was very much pleased and thanked me for what I had done, and expressed her appreciation to the girls for their kindness." VERA BRADLEY, Jefferson City, Missouri.

Saves Loss by Fke "One morning about three o'clock a lady on a rural line calhd in and said her house was burning and asked me to help her notify her nearest neighbors. I called several neighbors who reached her home in time to prevent a total loss. The lady called in the next day and thanked the I chief operator for the service." i ONA. LEE MILLER, Sedalia, Missouri. THE MESSAGE MUST GO THROUGH of those who use the spoken word.

Speakers, however, have one do not have to spell what they say. Careless handling of English often results in comedy, sometimes In lawsuits, occasionally in tragedy. A few examples of comedy may be given: A grave marker In a Boston cemetery bears this inscription: "Sacred to the memory of Eban Harvey, who departed this Ufa unexpectedly by a cow kicking him on the 15th of Septembef 1853. Well done, thou good and faithful servant." A scrap book in the editor's possession gives these Instances of the dubious use of English In which a double meaning may be detected: "He kissed her back." "She fainted upon his "She whipped him upon his return." "He kicked the tramp upon his sitting down." "He kissed her passionately on her reappearance." "Chicago gunmen shot in the tunnel." "Oklahoma woman shot in the oil region." These are a few of the most striking cases. Then there was a man stabbed In the rotunda and another shot In the tenderloin district.

A sn- kitchen of the home while his mother was washing when he fell backwards into the tub. Mrs. Layne called a physician and administered first aid remedies. The child was taken to the hospital in Jupllii the critical nature of his injuries became apparent. Besides his parents he is survived by a brother and sister.

A widower in this neighborhood can't even have his shoes shlned without making the neighborhood women think he might have waited a little State Join Subscribe for The year. TO LOAN- Money to loan on good, Improved farms, at the lowest rates. Prompt sprvlce. w. NorthWi'st Corner Sqiinre.i 34-tf Ntioshor Mo.

ciety girl was kissed on the impulse and a Boston matron 'assailed on the front porch. While standing on her dignity another girl dropped her eyes. Yet another dropped, her voice at gate. This is the girl who looked daggers at her beau, causing a smile to freeze on his lips and his to fall. These mistakes are all easy to make.

They sound funny to the reader, but those who made them doubtless did not see much to laugh about at the time they were made. They show that a person handling English has to be careful. They also indicate that a writer or speaker who gets by for any great length of time without making serious mistakes Is entitled to something equivalent to an iron cross or a congressional Sarcoxle Record. MARRIAGE LICENSES Marriage, licenses issued within the past week by the recorder of deeds. Purl O.

Clark, St. Louis. Catherine L. Ray, St. Louis.

Ralph Bennett, Joplin. Emma Joseph Hicks, Joplin. Jessie McDowell, Lebanon. Scobey Joplin. Lillian Barber, Joplin.

Chas. Hill, Joplin. Leona K. Hanna, Joplin. William A.

Thompson, Erie, Kans. Erma Marie "Fisher, Olivet, Kans. Clovls E. R'ocky Comfort. Grace Elkins, Stella.

Stephen Edward Kendrlck, Seneca. Martha Andrews, Seneca, Melvin Paul, Granby. Wllrna Wood, Granby. Matthew Roach, Joplin. Zetta Myrtle Quails, Joplin.

DEATH OF LAYNE INFANT John Albert Layne, 2 years old, son of Mr. and Mrs. Edmund M. Layne of Spurgoon died Sunday afternoon at St. John's hospital in Jbplin, from burns received when ho fell into a tub of scalding water at their home Saturday morning.

The funeral services wore hold yesterday at the Spurgoon Methodist church and were conducted by Rev. J. C. Saylor, pastor of the M. E.

Church South, in Neosho. Burial was in the Thresher cemetery. The child was playing about the II FOR SALE Farm Leases and Inv proved Small Tracts of Land Near Granby. S. B.

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