THE EAST PRAIRIE EAGLE. 35 EAST PRAIRIE, MISSISSIPPI COUNTY, MISSOURI, FRIDAY, OCT. 30, 1931 $1.50 A YEAR 27. NUMBER In The Matter Of Friendship By Senator Harry B. Hawes.
in The Pathfinder All that can be expected of any man is to make the best use of the things that are within his power. Only the contented man is rich; HO we must look for the things that bring contentment and first of these le to find a friend; and it vou find two friends, you are indeed a lucky man; and if you dad three friends -real friends--then you are a rich and pow erful man. In prosperity it is easy to find a friend, bat in adversity it in most difficult of all things No matter how small a man's means may be. It he gives of what he has to nix friend it is the same an if it WAN great amount. A man's pleasures are insured by sharing them with friend and his griefs are reduced by securing the sympathy of a friend.
The council of a friend is the best council because it will be true advice: for, when received from A mere ac quaintance, it may be so filled with flattery that its value will be destrov ed, and faithful and true council rarely comes excepting from the true friend. It le said that in youth we have visions and in old age dreams. and the vision and the dream may give us an ideal of perfection; but perience and large contact with men compel us to accept the man who measures in his virtues only to the substantial average. If we view man as a whole and tind him good as a friend, we must not be diverted from the happy average--the everyday, human average--by using magnifying glass upon his faults or frailties. We must, in order to have and hold a friend, accept him as he in, demanding one thing in return for our affection-bis fidelity.
Warning In Regard To Use Of Home-Canned Foods Destroy all foods showing any signs of spoilage -take no chances. Never taste canned non-scid foods before boiling. Botulinus poisoning may be caused by eating unbolted canned vegetables or meats. You cannot detect the presence of the bacteria that causes this poisoning by sight, smell or taste, but it is deadly, The United StateR Department of Agriculture is 80 concerned about the possibility of poising oning from home-canned foods that they recommend that vegetables other than tomatoes, and meats, be canned with 8 pressure cooker. The high temperature possible with pressure cooker is more apt to de: stroy the bacteria which causes the poisoning.
Where there is untilled virgin country, as where there are mountains or woods, there is more danger of this bacteria being on the vegetables when they are canned. Oarefal washing helps to some extent in removing this soil bacteria. Boiling all vegetables thorougblv when the cans are opened and boiling or heating canned meat and chicken before using will absolutely prevent any danger of poisoning. Take no chances, Boil all non-acid canned foods ten minutes before you taste even 8 small portion. It the product is to be used for salad, boil and cool.
Lift and stir greens so the heat will reach every part of the dense mass, Area Cotton Production Is To Be Lower Southeast Missouri's cotton crop for the 1931 season is forecast by the Department of Commerce at Washington at 32,531 bales, or 20,378 baler less than the crop last year. The production by counties in. 1930 and the estimated yield this year follow: Butler-1930. 730; 1931, 635. Dunklin-1930.
15 168; 1931, 9161. Mississippi-1930. 2166; 1931, 1145. New Madrid-1930. 8950; 1931.
4972. Pemiscot-1930. 1931, 14,499 Scott-1930, 2150; 1931 578. Stoddard-1930 1787; 2931 1434 Bubby Dewitt Mr. Bubby Dewitt died at hie home in Mattheve.
Surday night Oct. 25. He suffered a paralytic stroke about a year ago from which he never recovered. Mr. Dewitt was a devoted husband and father, lived a Obristian life for many years and was liked by all who knew him.
He leaves his widow, two daughtere, Ruth, who is a school teacher in the Ozarke, and Hazel, a nurse in St. Louie, and one son, Louie Dewitt of near Sikerton. Bride Carried Horseshoe When Miss Jean McGregor became the bride of Rev. R. Leonard Small in Lothian Road church, Edinburgh, Scotland, she carried in her bouquet a horseshoe tied with blue and white ribbon.
The horseshoe bad been presented to the bridegroom, a well-known football player, for. luck prior to a gridiron contest. Nugget of Wisdom But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy If I may. ested parente attend these assembler 88 they exhibit our school during their leisure hours. We would like to say that these programs are uno ually good, or have been so in the past and we believe they will be thoroughly enjoyed.
At the middle of each quarter we are sending out slips notifying par. ents their children are doing inferior or railing work in certain subjects. This is being done only for the bene fit of the parents and the children themselves, Parents who are inter. ested should see the teacher under which the students work 18 being I done and ascertain the cause for the poor work. It is desired parents sign and return these slips, while not necessary still it makes it somewhat easier to cooperate with the parent In aiding a child than to work with the child alone.
E. G. Rolwing Dies Edward G. Rolwing, an insurance executive and owner of extensive farm lands in Southeast Missouri, died Saturday in his apartment at the Forest Park Hotel. St.
Louis. He was 57 years old. Death was caused by a heart attack which followed an illness of three days with influenza. The body was taken to Thebes, hie old home, for funeral services and burial. Mr Rowing was president of the North American of St.
Louie, which holds a controlling interest in the Mississippi Valley Life Insurance 0o. The Mississippi Valley company merged recently with the First tional Life Insurance and the Universal Life Insurance be tablished the Universal company in 1925. Before coming to St. Louis about 15 years ago Mr. Rol wing was president of the Mississippi County Bank at Charleston.
Mo. In St. Louis he or ganized the Standard Life Insurance from which he retired in 1923 Surving are a son. Edward G. Rol wing.
Jr two daughters, Mra. Thom 88 J. McCann and Miss Rosemary Rolwing; two sisters, a brother ard his mother, Mra. Marie O'D. Ro'.
wing of Thebes. Ancient Jewish Custom A sabbatical year was the one year in seven when all land of the ancient Jews was supposed to lie fallow for 12 months. It is now used for a migsionary's furlough, or a year of vacation from a profession. Southeast Missouri Teacher's 56th Annual Session After nearly three full days of discussion. dinners and addresses, east Missouri teachers Saturday, concluded their 56th annual meeting in Cape Girardean, a program formally ending the session at noon.
Besides fitting addresses, the last meeting was featured by selection of next year's officers, who are: President, T. Foard of Doniphan; first vice president, Fred Cole of Potosi; second vice president, Walter T. Webb of Thomasville; secretary. treasurer, Prof. L.
E. Strunk of Cape Girardeau, and Prof. A. O. Magill of Cape Girardeau as the new member on the executive board.
President Fred Lewallen of Annieton had charge of the session, the last of his year as presiding officer of the organization. Following the tion by Rev. J. F. Gastian, Charles A.
Lee, state superintendent of schools, made an address. Mra. Katherine M. Cook, from the United States Bureau of Educatien, spoke on New Education in Mexico." of Peace," was the subject of the address of J. L.
Bracken. president of the State Teachers Association Secretary L. H. Strunk reported a total attendance of 1460 for the sere LOOKING BACK INTO YEARS OF THE PAST News Notes Selected From the Files of the Prairie Eagle TWENTY- FIVE YEARS AGO The little girls of East Prairie have organized a club. Children Literary Society.
President, Tallie Myers; Haz Convers, Vice- President; Clarice Doyle, Secretary: Idell Jamison. Annie Mitchell and Bessie Treasurer; Ms era, Editors and Minnie Lawrence Olub Reparter. Self of Bowling Green, has accepted a position in the dry department of the Goodin Mergoods cantile Co. Claud Smith and I' A. Zilafro left Wednesday for Paducah to attend school.
Tom Thumba Wedding at Lobe's Opera House, Oharleston. on Nov. 5, for benefit Obristian Church. On Friday evening Oct, 19. at the home of Miss Aura Mainord the F.
A U. were entertained in a most hospit able manner. R. Grissom was at Piggott, the past week. TWENTY YEARS AGO Marriage licenses; James P.
Bridges of Charleston, Maud Adelie Smith of Doe Run. Alex Barnes of Hickman was bere Wednesday. Miss. 0o. Teachers Association will be held at oat Prairie, Nov.
16, 17 and 18 Rev Blackman was unable to fill his appointment at the Baptist Church, Sunday on account of sick neAR. Mrs. Chester Lucas will entertain the Home Mission Society next Wedpesday. The High School bove won from the town team by a score of 18 to 5 at basketball last Frida night. (Among the names mentioned were Foley, Pritchett, Ponder.
Doyle, Blanken whip, Hill, Reilly, Jones, Harper and Guthrie.) The second girls team won over the first girls team by a score of 18 to 14 (The girls names mentioned were; Balderson, Foley, G. Shanks. Ponder. Oonyers, Edwards, B. Shanks, Webb, A.
Mainord, Swingle Drew, M. Mainord, Doyle and MeAdoo, TEN YEARS AGO W. B. Bledsoe formerly of Sikeston has moved to Bacoda. Born to Mr.
and Mra. Alvin Had eon. Oct. 22, a boy. Mrs.
John Grissom left the firat of the week for LaPryor, Texas. Born to Mr. and Mrs. A. 8.
Hudson, Oct. at Anniston, a boy, Dr. 8. P. Martin was transacting business at Poplar Bluff, Tuesday.
Tom Zilafro is reported improving in St. Mary's Infirmary at Cairo. Lions Club The East Prairie Lions Club met Tuesday night at the Striker Motor Company sales room with only a few members present, owing to the in clement weather. Dinner was omitted and topics of general interest were discussed. among them the or.
ganization or a labor bureau to assist in taking care of the unemployed. A committee was appointed to late plans and select A location for the bureau. Next Tuesday night is "Ladies Night" and the club will meet at the basem*nt of the new Obristian eburch. The Ladies Aid of that church will serve refreshments and the Ladies of the Lione Olub will ar: range for a program. Mr and Mra, Mounce Stewart, Oct.
23 a girl, Doris Lucille. Mr. and Mrs. Herman Humphreye, Oct. 19, a boy, Harry Lee.
Mr. and Mrs. Norman Tanner, Oct. 26, a bov. Mr.
and Mre. Roy Houston, Oct. 23, a boy, Kenneth. Mr. and Mre.
Bishop Ooffer, Oct, 22, a girl. Long a Church Member Births During the centenary of the North church of St. Nicholas in Glasgow, Scotland, It was revealed that Mrs. MacPherson, the oldest member of the congregation, was only three years than the church and had attended it regularly for more than 90 younger years. Holds Handles on Tools Tool handles that have a tendency to come off can be kept tight by filling the hole in the handle with heavy shellac.
Heating the tang of the tool before it is pressed into place will cause the shellac to dry more quickly. -Popular Mechanics Magazine. David and Goliath To be a hero one doesn't have to be a hammer thrower. -American Maga- Society JUST A FRIENDLY VISIT Twas not a home coming nor a fam. ily reunion.
but just a friendly visit. Last Sunday, the 25th, the following named parties assembled at the home of G. E. Cain and wife in the Concord neighhorhood: 0. L.
Travis and wife, 715. 23rd Owiro, Alvin Hudson, wife and HON Howard of Deerine: I. M. Wood and wife: G. 0.
MeMican and wife; W. D. Cain and wife; Mra. H. H.
Brooks and son Billie; K. 0. Doyle. wife and son Bobbie; T. F.
Travior, wife and daughter Madeline and son Blanton all of East Prairie; and J. M. Osin and daughter Rose of Charleston. An it was just a friendly visit, to be sure we did not want to be too much trouble so we all carried something along to help make the lunch easy on the hostess. The writer arrived just in time to get his nane in the pot and his dish on the table.
So by the time we got in a few hello's and triendly handshakes. someone said go to the dining room." And my, after thanks was returned, and an invoice we found fried chicken, baked chicken, scrambled chicken, and chicken pie and chicken dressing and someone was thoughtful and brought along some chicken gravy. And then there were ail kinds of pies and cakes. some of them dressed up and some with their plain clothes on, but ail of them hit the spot at the right time. Then there were a lot of other good things on the table too numerous to mention.
After all had been well served we retired to the sitting room where we were entertained for a time with some very fine singing rendered by Mre. O. L. Travis, assisted by others, with Miss Madeline Travior at the piano. After the day was well spent we all returned to our various homes feeling it had been a day enjoyably -One who was there.
FAMILY REUNION A family reunion was enjoved at the home of L. 0ook. Sundav. when a number of relatives prepared a dinner, taking in their dishes But day noon. The occasion was the fifteenth wedding anniversary of Mr and Mre.
Cook, who received a nice set of silver cablespoon given by those present. they were; Mrs. Q. E. Beckwith, Paul Tanner, wife and two children of Cairo, Mrs.
Rachel Finley and Mary Leta Orenshaw of Oharleston, Mrs. Barrett and daughter of Chicago. Leslie Fox. wife and daughter of Fox dietrict, Mrs. H.
L. Finley and daughter, R. A. Doyle and wife and Mra. Callie Oook.
SURPRISE BIRTHDAY DINNER Little Miss Lucelia, daughter of Mr. and Mra. H. H. Russell W88 agreeably surprised with a birthday dinner at the home of her parents, last Thursday noon.
in honor of her twelfth birthday. Her mother posted her teacher to keep her in after school was dismissed. in the time her little friends arrived at her home and were sea'e1 at the dining table when Lucelia arrived. She received several nice presents The little Misses who enjoyed this dinner were; Evelyn Hubbard, Maurine Finlev, Maxine Davis, Laverne Tucker. Helen Watson and Ruth Hunter.
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR SOCIAL As a result of a contest held in the Senior Ohristian Endeavor, it was the task of the losers, the Colas, to enter tain the winners, the Akeetas. A social was given Wednesday night at the home of our pastor, Brother Matthewe. Many were present, there being twenty-nine in all. Games were played and a good time was joved by all. The Seniors departed after refreshments of sandwiches and hot chocolate were served.
The next Ohristian Endeavor Social will be given in the new building, the time of which will be announced later. ENTERTAINED AT DINNER Mr. and Mrs. Eules Presson enter tained a few young people at dinner sunday. Those present were; Misses Alaska Powell, Mable Majors, Novel and Mable Pope, Clara Martin, Doro.
thes DeLeon, Lolita Presson, Faye and Sue Presson; Mr. and Mre. Ollie Lewis; Mesars, Everett and Grady Hogae, Tanner Powell. James Scott. Ross Long.
All reported a good time. Governmental Tura-Over The United States civil service commission says that there are on an ayerage of 50,000 appointments yearly to government positions throughout the service. These are mostly made to replace positions vacated by death, resignation, transfer, and inability, and consequently this figure represents the average annual turnover among United States government employees. Forgery Costs Millions Losses from forgeries in the world now total more than $250.000,000 annually. Schools The United States Office of Education has publisbed facts showing that the average American boy or girl of 1931 received two more years educa.
tion than the average boy and girl of 1914. The school child of 1931 in one of a class of 30 pupils while his ents of the 1910 school year belonged to a class group of 34 pupils. The chances of the child of 1931 going to high school are now one in two. and the chances in going to college are now one in six. -American School Board Journal, During the past vear parenta visiting the school activities and playa have been continually harassed by certain youngstere who come to the school building and on the school grounds, Instances of theft, of glasses being broken out of cars, and other actions which are carried on.
by small grade pupila and some of our high school pupils, have been reported. It is with no degree of satisfaction that we e4k parents to keep their children from the school ground during any school activity at night unless they intend paying admission and going inside. This year we are asking kindly. at first, for parente whose children come up here and hang around the school building and do not intend to go inside, to keep them at home or away from the school grounds. Children who are found around the building during school activities at night are going to be asked to go home or pay aumie and go inside.
If they refuse to do this they will be arrested. People are refusing to come to school activ. ities because of the behaviour of this class of youngsters and while we are sure they do not mean to commit acte of this sort still someone does and therefore all those who are not attending the exercise are being asked to remain away from the school building, Another custom which does not meet with the approval of the faculty is that of remaining out of school to prepare for school progrema which are to be given in public or during assemblies. Last Tuesday, in preparfor the operetta which was to be given that night, 7 of our high school students were forced to remain from school to make preparations to be in the program. If vour children cannot be in any school activity without doing this we would appreciate you informing us as soon as possible and we will do all in our power to see that they are not included in the next school activity.
We are not pressed for material and can make our selec. tions from those who can make preparations outside of school. Vertain of those students are making low marks in some of their school work. we do not give credit for tion in these activities, if it is going to require all the energy of 8 pupil such person should not accept a part in any program. Parents, we believe thet the responsibility for this reate upon your shoulders, the atudente have known for six weeks they were going to be in this program and it unthinkable that they have not bad time to prepare their costumes; the person who suffers in the end in the popil so we are asking you to do all in your power to assist u8 In remedying this situation.
Attendance in our school has been rather irregular during the past month. A survey of the lower grades bas just been completed. It shows some interesting facta We have children in the first grade that should be in grades higher up. The cause for this retardation is that those children have not been given 8 chance to attend school regularly. Many parents are worried over the progress of their children in school; they place the blame of course on the teacher and the school in geueral.
When a child attends school regularly we very seldom have any trouble with his or her promotions. The children who are usually in doubt concerning promotion are those who have attended less than half the a school year. We cannot promote such children very well bacause they will sooner or later come to the place in their school work where they will ba unable to go further because of the fundamentals which they missed in the lower grades. For instande, child learns the fund mental tions in mathematics, adding, multiplying, dividing and subtracting. in the fret four years of school.
How will this student ever be able to gO on through achool without knowing these fundamental processes? He can not well do it, the fact i9 very. very few ever do it. Surely it would be of interest for parenta to prepare their children so they will be able to do school work in the upper grades at least; this can only be done by hav ing them attend school regularly. Each Wednesday there is an assembly program held in the gymnasium parente are invited to attend these programe. The programe begin about 8:15 and usually last about 30 minJutes.
We are anxious to have inter. sion. The meeting closed at noon, after Supt. Foard of Doniphan, the new president, had been introduced by the retiring president. Walter Webb, past president, represented the convention in presenting flowers to Mrm, Lewallen.
Nearly all the teachers from the East Prairie schools as well as most of Mississippi County's rural teachers were present at this session. Piercy- Majors Miss Alma Doris Piercy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L.
Piercy of Holloway and Raymond Majors, son of Mr. and Mrs. Kin Majors of this com munity, were united in marriage at the home of J. E. Scott, Saturday afternoon by Rev.
Ora Scott, in the presence of the groom's sisters, Mrs. Webb DeField and Miss Mabel Majors and Miss Opal Pope. The bridegroom is associated with his father in farming and for the present they will reside with his parents. Ancient "Taxi" Meters It is claimed for the Chinese that some six centuries ago they used vehicle which not only carried its passengers, but dropped a pebble in a receptacle to measure off every mile traveled. WATCH FOR SATURDAY'S SPECIALS at R.
D. Watson's CLOSING OUT SALE Sale Will Continue Until All DRY GOODS, FURNISHINGS and SHOES Are SOLD Utility Service What Dollar You Spend Buys More Value? EASY AS OLD SHOES We want our service to you to be as friendly as a pair of old shoes. Many and varied problems enter into the work of a public utility company. We must provide equipment for production and distribution; we must prepare for increasing demands; we must extend our service-area as the community grows, keeping always a little ahead; we must obtain the money to finance such extension, and we must sell our service at rates as reasonable as possible. These problems are met and solved with one object in view, to make your service so satisfactory that it may be as good to live with as the most comfortable shoes you own.
Missouri Utilities Co. D. D. HILL, Manager.
