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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
Where the Sun Goes Down.

Wall street has got tn imjams an is within
now In pain.
But, glory be. We of tn west has got our hogs
an grain!
We're feelin' purity bully, an we amt got nary
fear
Itmay be dark In Wall Street, but out west th
sky is clear.
Their stocks are full o. water, but our stock is
full o. hay;
An while Wall Streets feeIn' fearful, we're feel
In blythe ar gay.
We are gettin' bigger daily-stand aside an give
us room!
Way out west the sun is shnin' even If Wall
Streets in g,oom!
We won't feel sing.e tremor if all frenz.ed fl.
nance stops,
top crops.
| Hogs an steers are er win fatter an. our bins
are full o. wheat
An it tickles US amazn' as VI watch tb, frantic
"Street.'
Gotta celler full o. taters! Molly, put tn kettle
on!
Smokehouse full o. hams and bacon; fears O.
paine dead an gone.
Wall Street full fear and tremble. but our
fears are set at rest
BY the bumper crops we gathered iii the fair an
boundless west.
Giory Hallelu,ah. brother! We've no fear of
reefs an rocks
Cot TIL crops all safely garnered-don't depend
on watered stocks.
j, in the chorus, everybody; got enough for all
our needs,
An we laugh cause Wall Street got it right
whele Cora wore her beads.
The Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
Rich Man Lives On IS Cents A Days


With a fortune of upwards of a
quarter OF a million dollars, "Tax
Title" Seaman of Omaha lives upon
Is cents day and declares that
the expenditure of this modest snm
gives him everything needful to his
comfort, and that he, having no fam
lily, is not justified in expending
more. Seaman recently gave the
Young Mems Christian association
$l00 to help it pay off an indebted
ness on its new building. This is
the first gift of the sort be ever has
been known to make.
Seaman is 60-odd years old and a
bachelor. The story Of how he a.
massed his fortune is very unique
He has got together his quarter Of a
million dollars trafficking in tax
titles. His Christian name is An.
drew, but he is known to everybody
in Omaha as "Tax Title" Seaman or
account of his peculiar business,
This peculiar man lives alone in
a little old, weather-beaten, dilapi
dated house near the village oI
Benson, a few miles west Of Omaha
and he does his own cooking, wash
ling, ironing, sweeping, mending
and cobbling. 1t is five or six mile,
from his home to the business dis
trict of Omaha, where he transact'
his unique business. Yet he doe,
not make a practice of riding on tn,
street cars. He commonly walk
from his home to the city in tn
morning and from the city back t,
! his home in the evening, and not in
frequently he takes much longe
walks. Every once. in a while b
goes to Kansas City and Denver t
buy tax titles, and it is rare that h
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
Neglect of Spelling.

AT an examination OF students OF
an eastern university, recently, it
was developed that many of the stu
dents who stood high in other bran
.ches were remarkably deficient in
photography of common words. AT
the examination referred to, the
prize for best spelling was awarded
to a young student who had received
his elementary education at coun-
try school. But even the country
schools are giving less attention to
the matter OF correct spelling than
formerly, as multiplicity of studies
abridges the time formerly devoted
to this fundamental branch, and the
country boys and girls like those OF
the city, are leaving school with a
snlattering Of much, rather than a
thQroughness of any.
1t would be a hard matter for a
poor speller to convince the world
that he is an educated person, fol-
correct spelling is one Of the best
evidences Of culture, and there really
is little excuse for slovenly orthog.
raphy. In these days, when every
body reads more or less, it is an easy
matter to observe the form of words
and thus detect any error in ones
own spelling. Dictionaries are
cheap-a very good hand dictionary
can be had for twenty-five cents
and where there is a growing family
of young people, there should be
both hand dictionary for ordinary
use, and an unabridged for more
particular definition. A very prof
liable way to spend the evenings
of the coming winter would be tc
have periodical spelling matches,
where several families of friends
could meet at each others houses
and find both entertainment and'cul
ture. Many Of our elderly peopl,
remember with pleasure the "spel
ling matches" of their youth .anc
these could be revived with prof
to all.-The Commoner.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
Catholics Stand for Law.
Whereas, Attempts have recent

Whereas, Attempts have recently
been made to enforce in our city
Davenport some Of the more i'm
portant provisions Of the law regu.
lating the liquor traffic, and
Whereas, These efforts have led
to.scenes Of lawlessness on our streets
and serious interfence with trial in
a court Of justice, and
Whereas, In view of these events,
the time is opportune for an,expres-
sion of the views of the Catholic
clergy Of Davenport and vicinity
relative not only to the aforesaid oc-
currences but to the liquor traffic
generally, therefore be it
Resolved by this committee, Tha!
we condemn the recent lawlessness
and denounce the interference. with
justice with justice incident thereto;
and
Whereas, further, False ideas rel
ative to the scope OF personal liberty
are prevalent in this community; be
it
Resolved, That true personal lib
erty does not mean that the individ-
ual may do everything he pleases
nor even everything that he thinks
right; that it means no more than
that man may follow his own will
in so far only as that will is in har-
mony with the law of God, the legal
and natural rights of others, and de-
cency and order generally; and that
we declare ourselves in hearty ac-
cord with this sort of personal lib
erty and no other.
Whereas, further, The argument
has. been advanced against regula-
ton Of the liquor traffic that finan-
cial interests would suffer thereby,
be it resolved that our views of this
point cannot be better stated than
by using the language Of President
Roosevelt, who, in a recent speech,
declared: "It is my contention that
the moral tone Of the country is far
more important than its material
prosperity. In fact, it is the foun-
dation of which commercial prosper
ity is the superstructure."
Whereas, further, Human law may
be, and not infrequently is, imper-
feet, and may at times work need
less harm.
Be it Resolved, That we are not
adverse to such notifications Of the
law regulative of the liquor busi-
ness in Iowa as are consonant with
the maintenance Of order and de-
cency in the community, provided
that these notifications are brought
about by legal and peaceful means.
Laws may be, and sometimes ought
to be, amended; they shonld never.
be openly, fagrantly and contempt
uously defied.
Whereas, finally, Gross abuses and
evils of a most outrageous character
flourish in this city in connection
with wine rooms, dance halls and
low theatres, and, whereas, these ev-
lis land abuses are traceable to the
saloon business and that business is
at present conducted by many OF
the saloon keepers in this city, and,
Mhereas, tho mulct law is the only
law we have whereby these evils and
abuses can be corrected, and, where
as, the enforcement of said law would
also work a restrictive influence on
prize fighting and gambling, be it
finally resolved, that we proclaim
ourselves unresorvedly in favor Of
the enforcement OF the mulct law in
the city of Davenport.
j. F. A. Flanagan,
]. P. Ryan,
D. j. Flannery,
L. j. Enright,
William p. Shannahan,
Committee
Signatures appended by Williams
P. Shannahan, Nov. Z, 1907.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
the end he will fix the responsibility

the end he will fix the responsibility
where it belongs.
1t is an unhappy thing that mon
ey should inspire SO intense a love
1t is bad enough that men sacrifice
the sweetness of life to get it. 1t is
wretched enough that the covetous-
ness for gold has brought the coun-
try to this uncomfortable position.
OF course we shall get over it. II
can only be Temporary. The mon
ey still exists, and prosperity goes
on apace.
But it is Infamous that men
should be unwilling to do their part
The profits made by these institu-
tions> who are today deliberately
throttling the produce will be the
dirtiest profits ever made in the
name of business.-Des Moines Dai-
ly News.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
United After Man y Years.

Lost for 4S years and given up
for dead as one of the victims of an
Indian massacre in 1859, when. the
other 80 of the party were killed,
Alanson X. Lockwood, father of
Mrs. 1. M. Bennett of 1851 Green
wood avenue, Seattle, has been loca-
ted in Manton, CAL, and the daugh-
ter, now past the half-century mark,
left Saturday over Che Northern
Pacific to meet her father she had
supposed to be dead, says Seattle
correspondent Of the Winnipeg
Journal.
Merest chance has placed the long
separated father and daughter in
communication and brought events
in. such a manner that the, aged
father can he brought back to the
family long lost to him. His aged
wife, who married again after the
report of the massacre of her hus-
band, will hasten back to Seattle
from Princeton, Ill. where she is
now visiting. The second husband,
whom she married Al years ago,
died a few months since. and she
will now meet her husband Of so
years ago. ,
During the goldrush to California
in 1859 Mr.. Lockwood went from
Fairbault, Mimi, with q party of
80 others to seek his. fortunes in the
gold fields, leaving behind his
young wife and daughter of three
years. By the slow overland route
of those days the party reached
Boise, Idaho, where they constructed
a raft and started down the south
fork Of the Boise and Snake rivers
with the intention of going to As
toria and thence to California.
What became of the party no one
ever knew, but the bones and be-
longings of 80 of them were found
bleaching upon the prairies and the
report went back to the little Mimi
esota town that all had been killed
by the Indians. Years crept slowly
by and the little child became the
wife of E. Wickham and the fate of
LOCKWOOD past into the forgotten
past.
Friends of Mrs. Bennett in the
east recently heard of man by the
name Of Alanson X. Lockwood, liv-
ing in California, and the popularity
of the name aroused their interests.
They wrote to Mrs. Bennett and she
asked friend who was going to
California to investigate. The re-
suit was that after exchange of
of letters it was learned beyond all
doubt that Mrs. Bennetts father was
still living.
Only meager details of the escape
of Mr.. Lockwood and his subse-
quent failure to find his family
have been sent to Mrs. Bennett, but
that little reads like a chapter from
the strangest romance. When the
party was set upon by the Indians
after leaving Boise, Mr.. Lockwood
was struck upon the head and the
Indians believing he was dead, threw
his body into the river.
How long he rem aimed in the
water he does not know. Eventual
lily he made his escape and after
many privations reached Lewiston
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-11-20
Gives Warming of a Storm.

In the bay of Biscay frequently dur
ing the autumn and winter in calm
weather heavy sea gets up and rolls
IN on the coast four and twenty hours
before the gale which causes it ar
riyes: and of which 1t is the prelude.
In this case the wave action, general
ed on the other side of the Atlantic by
the wind. travels at Il much greater
rate than that of the body of disturb
ed air and thus gives warning of ths
coming storm Dundee Advertiser.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
PLEASANT VALLEY
Cloudy and threatening weathe

Cloudy and threatening weather.
 ..School is progressing nicely.
 R. w. Brady is very i'll at this writing. ...C. V. Hinkle visited friends and relatives at Holland last Friday night Mrs. J. R.. Johnston is up again. Health IS very good in this community. J..
 s. Munns lost a fine milch COW last week. Miss Mary Graham is an- ticipating a trip to Little Rock next week. .. Miss Mary Graham spent last Thursday with Mrs. J. w. Mcdonald. .. Miss Allie Monger spent last Sunday with Misses Mary and Ada Graham. ...K. Henry visited J. E. Monger and family last Wednesday. -. Mrs. J. s. Munns spent Thursday evening with Mrs. Belle Brady. ...G. M. Cornell, who has been teaching school at Center Point, will move to the Will Hendricks place next week :. Mrs. Ida Downs of Vilon- ia is visiting her sister, Mrs. K. w.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
ROUND MOUNTAIN.

Health is very good in our com |, munity at present. MT. Crowley who has had lagrippe for some time, is able to be up..... There was a good attendance at Sunday school Sunday. w. E. and l. R. Hardin of Holland spent Friday night with J. M. Hardin and fam fly. Ezra Crouch and wife spent Saturday night and Sunday with w. H. Sevier and family. Our people put in good time last week turning the soil tor another crop, Edgar Harrison was on the Noun tain Sunday. Mrs. c. R. Berry, who was sick last week, is able to be up and will finish her school on the wire road this week. Our school will be out in two more weeks. Mrs. c. A. Simmons was reported as being better yesterday
 March II.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
MT. VERNON.

MT. and Mrs. David Pence of Romance visited at Hotel Sanders Sunday B. Wood closed his term of school at Bethlehem Fri day =. Arthur Richards and B. J. Fowlks were up from Bristol Sun day. -. Uncle Johnnie Req has been quite feeble for several days, but is slowly improving. Mir. Hardin Kemper and Rev. Thoma- son of near Hammonsville were buried last week. Two good men have passed away. The aged mother of Boony Clement, colored, died last week north of town. ..... Frank Harrison and Miss Nellie Bell of near Barney and Garland Spring were reported married Sun day. Also Aisle Curtis and Miss Maggie House and Earnest Sulli- van and Miss Hannah Bags of Bethlehem. Esq. J. J. Henry officiating, the two last couples. The boys say it took two marriage licenses for MT. Sullivan to get married, so he must be well tied. We wish great pleasure for these these on the matrimonial sea. Elmer Req and family visited in town Sunday. Edgar Mum and wife spent Sunday visiting T. M. Hogues and family near Bethle- hem. w. I. Ray carried three hogs to Little Rock last week that brought him $50. Spring fights have opened up. A broken finger and bruised head are the results of too much booze. Old men should set good examples for their boys, rather than evil ones. ..... Mrs. w. B. Flippen was confined to her bed last week with lagrippe. E. B. Atkisson was here Sunday. J. H. Breeding has located at Huffman, l. T. w. s. Alexan- der is selling out a fine lot of seed sweet potatoes. He is great po- tato raiser .Dr. Tullie Henry has moved back from Little Rock where he has been attending the medical college.
 March II.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
BALLARD SCHOOL HOUSE.

We have had several days of fine weather down here which the far mers have taken advantage of by planting Irish potatoes and bedding out sweet potatoes, and getting ready for farming in general ..... Mrs. Meadie Hendricks and her little one visited her father, E. P. Snow, and family here Saturday and Sunday. w. E. Roberts of this place preached at Enola the first Sunday. Sam Ford, who is about IS years old, has drawn map of the Central States. A teacher here says he can get o5 per cent on it. 10. G. Moore and !. P. Ford went to Enola last Mon- day to get some fine cotton seed.. E. R. Wilson, Jim Frazier and their families visited relatives in Little Rock last week. ..... Lane Wicker, who came here from Ten- nessee some time ago, is working for R. M. Blasingame. -. Arthur Park visited friends" here the first Sunday in March .... This scribe enjoyed some music over the telephone last Wednesday night from G. w. Fuckers, which was very fine. :. Beryl, you may brag about your telephone exchange, but we believe we can beat you when it comes to country party line. .....O. c. Moore and Collie Snow went to Cabot last Friday. I. A. Downs of Vilonia will close his school at Ebenezer next Fri day. This is his second school at that place and we learn he has given general satisfaction. ..Alva Ward closed his school at Belmont last Friday.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14

passage of the appropriation meas ure. Cox testified that he gave S2 500 of this amount to M. D. L. Cook, to be given to Covington, and Cook testified he gave the mon- ey to Covington. The testimony of these witnesses was not allowed to carry weight in itself, under the instructions of the court, and, as there was no corroborative evil dence, Covington was acquitted after the jury had wrestled with the case for three days.
 Later Senator F. o. Butt was convicted of giving Senator R. R. Adams bribe of SIoo for his vote on the same bill, and Butt is now serving a two-years' sentence in the penitentiary on a charge of bribery. For his part in. the trans action Senator Adams was ex- pelled from the senate at the be- ginning of the present session.
 Because of the manner in which Caldwell & Drake figured in these boodling cases, the demand has been made in the present legisla- ture that the contract with Cald- we'll & Drake be cancelled by the state and subcommittee of tn e in- vestigating committee has been directed to make an investigation to determine whether or not the contract could legally be abrogated if the general assembly should de sire to do so.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14

has been hauling pickets for the past few days. He intends to put up large amount of fence. .....A. l.. Powell and J. R. Blessing of Barney were here Saturday repair ing their telephone line. ..E. Blessing visited his aunt Sunday, who lives on the Cadron. ...P. A. Wilson is doing some fence repair ing. ...Several from here attended the singing at Pleasant Hill Sun day afternoon and report nice time and good singing. The Sunday school is progressing nice ly at the chapel. Our local un- ion is having some interesting meeting of late. Do not ask what it is but come and see and get in terested in the things that pertain and concern the farmers of this country. Edward Utley was in Conway last week trading. C. Woody treated himself to new corn and cotton planter while in Conway last Wednesday.
 March II.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
HANNA.

Weather is fine again. -. The roads are improving nicely. -. The singing at Pleasant Hill Sunday evening was largely attended. Among the visitors were Miss Ol- lie Wray, F. D. Utley and family, Prot. R. E. Perry and wife of En- ders and Dinkie and Jim Ingram of Eglantine .... w. B. Owen was on the sick list last week, but is able to start to Conway this morn ing accompanied by his sister, Clara. -. Mrs. J. w. Presley of Rose Bud is visiting her mother, Mrs. M. A. Owen, this week. R. E. Blessing and wife of Eglan- tine are visiting friends and rela- tives this week. J. s. Treadway and l.. L. Johnson celebrated their birthday Sunday with dinne-. J. R. Jolly went to Conway today. M. B. Wofford and family have been visiting his parents near En- ders this week. Henry A. Gray and w. M. Owen are frequent call CTS at w. V. Thomas these days. They seem to be running race, but 1t is not decided which will win yet. Bro. Gam, a we'll known chicken peddler, passed through this vicinity last week.
 March I2,
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
CENTER POINT.

The weather is fine for the farm and the people are using it. Corn planting will con- >nce this week if the weather remains favora- ble. The orchards are in full bloom and the gardens look fine. ..Rev. Roberts filled his regu- lar appointment here Sunday.... George Dixon has bought him a fine surry =. Miss Claudio Gunter has returned home from Little Rock where she has been visiting relatives Walter White has re- turned home from the medical college at Little Rock and will commence a school at Fl Paso next Monday. The Fl Paso lodge of F. & A. M. are doing considerable work this spring ... We had three services yesterday; preaching at II o'clock, Sunday school at 5 p. m., and prayermeet- ing at night. All services were largely attended, which. speaks we'll for the settlement. {. Charlie Yam and Rentie Henson are haul ing saw logs to the mlll w. R. Berry has built him a fine smoke house. The school closed here Friday with several of the patrons present at the closing.
 March IT.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
SIXTEENTH SECTION.

It looks like the people are go- ing to farm now. We are very glad to report that the sick are bet ter. Rev. J. H. Gibson preached at the Section yesterday and took dinner with w. c. Russell. We have had a new preacher here this week and preached at the Section Thursday and Friday night. His name is Simpson. =. Miss Dealey Hampton has been visiting at J. H. Goodwin's recently. .... The young people enjoyed themselves Sunday evening at H. s. Harris by singing and playing. Mrs. w. T. Walker visited at w. M. Tygart's Sunday....J. s. Russell was at Ward Saturday. =. Born, to Mir. and Mrs. S. l.. Cazort, a girl and Mir. and Mrs. J. T. Thompson, a girl. .... Johnny Morris of Fl Paso was here last week on busi- ness. He is trying to organize a w. o. w. at the Section school house. Johnny is business boy.
 IT. w. Russell is over on busi- ness this morning.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
BERYL.

Farmers are busy again prepar- ing to plant corn. We are having spring like weather. Wild geese are going north, doves are cooing, flowers are blooming surely winter is over J. B. Graddy is quite sick with lagrippe. The following pupils were awarded prizes at the close of the school last week. In the advanced grade, Lloyd Fulmer and Siles Full mer; second reader grade, Myrtle Wilkerson; first grade, c. Full mer;for punctual attendance-Effie Wilkerson and Wat Vaughn; de- pertinent, Clarence Lackey. Fulwood Smith and daughter, Es- sic, visited at Vilonia Sunday. Mrs. w. $. Harrell of Conway is visiting her daughter, Mrs. Clarke Wilkerson, this week .... Prof. Ambrose Forrest of Hamlet passed through here Sunday en- route to Vilonia Rev. J. E. Buch- anan preached an able sermon at Mt Olive Sunday. A Sunday school will be organized at Mt. Olive next Sunday with w. l.. Easter as superintendent. Mrs. c. H. Nelson and her son, Claud of Conway will teach the summer school at this place.
 March IT.
The log cabin Democrat., 1907-03-14
CENTERVILLE.

Health is very much improved for the past few days. Mrs. J. D. Gray fell few days ago receiv- ing some very painful bruises.
 Josh Owen of Enders was here last Thursday on business and traded horses with w. T. Troxell. ... John Williams and family spent Sunday with Andy Johnson and family. Geo. Woolly and fam fly visited at Greenbrier Saturday and Sunday. P. A. Hyatt had a log rolling today. =. Wash Troxell