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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
THE PROvocATIoN OF TEXAS.

The Texas legislature appears to
have been an energetic body and the
more astonishing from our precon-
2&eiyed notions of Texas, much inclined
10 the promote righteousness thru leg
Mslation. Concerning it's judgment and
boise some adverse criticism may just
#y endure but certainly none against its
Activity and willingness to do full
lays work. Thus it passed laws abol-
EIshing passes and franks, prohibiting
@he drinking of liquor on trains in the
gtate, requiring landlords of hotels to
furnish bed sheets nine feet long, for
Budding wire service to brokers and
Bucket shops, levying tax of so per
Gent on all firearms sold, abolishing
COX fighting, requiring foreign life In
!gurance companies to invest Is per
ISent OF their Texas reserves in Texas
Securities, and disqualifying negroes
SSor school trustees.
Is 1t also Strengthened an antitrust
ssaw by compelling corporations to pro-
luce their books and their servants to
testify, and gave the courts power to
Enforce civil liens against corporations
hat violated the law. This law makes
II a felony for any merchant or trader
10 deal in trustmade goods. Any person
Getting as an agent or dealer in trust
shade goods is subject to Imprisonment
saor from two to ten years, and the law
specifically provides that the dealers
gnorance of the character of his goods
S-ill furnish him no immunity Natur-
ally and with some justice the mer-
chants are wrought up over
Mlis law and its non-immun-
Sy clause. The merchants see
fouble for themselves ahead and an
opportunity for unjust prosecution. The
legislature argues that every merchant
should know where he buys his goods
md govern himself accordingly.
sWhen we come to analyze the mo-
ives of the Texas lawmakers the mat.
ar Of provocation comes in for consid-
cation as in the trial of an assault AMI
attery case. II Texas hit too hard
nd without sufficient consideration of
that heads happened to be in the way,
Is provocation had been great. Trusts
I'D dominated Texas. Its leading SEN
sor had Borrowed" money of the
aagnate of the oil monopoly and while
exas reelected him it did SO under
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES.

The George News solemnly states
that com plants are being made that
some parties are very careless in re-
gard to the disposition of their beer,
whisky and any other bottles. They
are often found in the road broken up,
which is as dangerous for horses feet
as boards with nails sticking out" and
suggests and advises IF everybody
would practice using little fore
thought much harm could be averted.
We do net for minute believe that
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
yHes- s5ssehlar Observation-Disclosures anua, Gully ~ 1907

i anybody would maliciously perpetrate
such doings bat rather think it is
! thoughtlessness, and we write these
| lines merely as II matter of good adj
+, vice. Better throw your bottles in the
ditch, boys, where they can't do any
| harm"
"The railroads are getting out Of
politics about the time publicity of
campaign contributions is coming in"
notes the Sioux City Tribune.
The Rockwell City Advocate thinks
at this stage the governorship debate
may be said to be purely academic
How many years do You suppose
would elapse if all officials were like
Senator Allison before we had laws
governing railroad rates." inquiries the
Webster City City Freeman Tribune.
"Of course they get into the band wa
gOn when some man like Roosevelt
turns on the light and demands action
but they seldom lead In such matters"
in many respects the mulct law is
a farce admits the Des Mones Trib-
une. so is prohibition, or any other
law that seeks to suppress or control
the liquor traffic. But the mulct law"
1t concludes, If enforced, is about the
best thing OF its kind Iowa has yet
had"
Remembering that the Upton Con-
servative has department called Bar
gains In Farms" the Davenport DEM
ocrat says: There Is not Il newspa-
per In Iowa but could run such a COL
umn. Not that farms are sold at a sac
ritice; not that the owners are speci-
ally anxious to sell. But land values
in Iowa are reasonable and the pur-
chaser always has a bargain when he
gets deed to the property. Stocks de-
cline and advance but Iowa farms will
never BE worth less than they are to-
day. They are exempt from depreci-
alton by legislation
What dangers a merciful provi-
dence guards most OF us front" says
the Sibley Tribune, commenting on the
report that million and half of doll
lars In bills had fallen on treasury
employe at Washington. and broken
one of his legs.
Every man ought to take vaca-
tion-after his bills; are paid" says the
Ida Grove Pioneer
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
A DUTY OF slsTERHOOD.

It was hot yesterday. All day long
the vertical sun beat on the pavement
until the bricks and concrete fairl,
sizzled Grass wilted under it's rage and
the green leaves of the corn curled un-
der the heat And when night fell the
breezes rested as tho weary with the
a breath stirred. Exhausted men and
women sat in the open air seeking re-
lief. Electric fans We're busy and cool
ing drinks in demand. The city sat
and painted.
Down on a back street before a little
tumbledown tenement a woman sat
last evening, and suffered silently.
Four children lay about the little mar
row yard, half dressed seeking the
comfort of GOODNESS There were no
electric fans in that house. The mother,
a woman past forty, had toiled ten
hours that day, scrubbing offices for
the $1.25 a day that keeps the little
:
family together, furnishes food and
clothing, pays rent, buys every neces-
sity it requires. and the occasional!
luxury it enjoys. Ten hours in the
steam Of hot water yesterday and the
day before and every one of the TWEEN
ty-six working days of every month
q a ,S1,,
for the price of existence and six hours
additional cooking, cleaning, mending,
avoidable work that four children cre-
ate.
You, woman, lady if you prefer
the narrow title. physically happy
in fresh summer clothes, with your
daily trip to the country, with your
horse and carriage for an evening
drive, with the lake trip awaiting you,
have you ever dreamed of your re-
sponsibility Of sisterhood and wished
you might divide with the scrub wom-
an? Have you ever seen her trudging
YEARLY home after her days work, to
more work at the close of the day, as
you rode by in your carriage and real
lied that you are both women and
that a shift in the wheel of fortune
might have set her in your carriage
and you trudging the pavement with
the little bundles clasped in hands call
loused with hard work and red and
rough with the scrub water? If so, and
If you have felt the touch of sister
hood that should make all women kin
what have you done to tighten her
burdens and let hope into her life?
1t was hot yesterday. 1t is hot to-
day and will be hot tomorrow The
city reeks with heat and the taint of
sweat and labor but not mile away
trees are waving In the winds above
carpet Of green grass to the murmur
of the waterbrooles. Have you ever
conjured up in your mind a little city
of tents beneath the trees with chill
dren asprawl on the grass and tired
mothers, free for week from the days
work, watching restfully with a. con-
tented smile while the children played?
If you have had this vision, know that
it might be made real for one family at
cost of $40 for week and that 800
would create a seven days colony out
on the bluffs above the river, where a
dozen tired women who are spending
their lives to keep their families to-
gether and "off the town" might gain
a week of surcease and rest and the
children an unknown pleasure. 1t is
easy to do and its doing belongs
elementarily to women. Why not do
it? For as ye did it not unto the
least of these. We did 1t not unto Me-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24

not a very expensive lot
Now, If you think this is not fit to
publish and that it will offend the
regular medical profession, why just
have regular doctor look 1T over.
and state his objections, and learn IL
/ have not stated the facts. Yours
Fraternally, j. S. GROIN, NJ. d.
Gladbrook Iowa.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-07-24
Moral Difficulty.

IF the big trusts and monopolies
robs the people"
Yes"
And the government carries out its
announced policy"
Yes
And what the people says goes
Yes"
Won't the people the government
put in charge of the bad trusts be
receivers of stolen goods?
baltimore Americana.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
AN EVERLASTING EXHAUSTLSSS
 BAl [ERY

Bodcow, Ark. -Mr. Charles D.
 May, who foI several years has been experimenting in electricity has solved the problem of the everlasting exhaustless electric battery, absolutely doing away with all zines, which is the only material utilized in all of the present systems of electric bat teries, which renders them worthless after a short usage.
 Mir. May has sent telephone messages with the new battery, and he positively asserts that it will completely take the place of all the present systems of zine batteries, which, at their best,
 wont last over eighteen months.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
M GREES0N F PRESCOTT RECENTLY ELECTED GRAND RASTER
 Of TIE MASONIC ORDER OF ARKANSAS.

and for that reason and many others l am determined to try.
 1 now have the great opportun- ity of attending the University of Arkansas, an opportunity that seldom comes to a poor boy, and had it not been for my dear old father, sacrificing everything he could for me, ] evidently would not have been here today, and while I am here l certainly am going to take advantage of every opportunity. An education means something to ne, and 1 am sure 1 am going to nave one if work will get it. am confident that any boy N.o s Udies can get an education, a rich boy or a poor boy as well. Hoping that this sraR letter will come out in print and also wishing much sue cess to the PlcaVane.
 Edgar A Pruitt.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05

Our merchants will hardly buy cotton at all unless the producer owes it to them. Neither can we get money advanced on cotton. But what do we farmers care. We have plenty of meat, bread, potatoes and clothes enough to run us another year. The spin ners can buy our cotton or let 1t alone. We are determined that it shall not go throughthe middle mans hands. y
 This letter has put me to think ing. That Joy produced that cotton and he has a perfect right to set his price on it. Yet there are many farmers that think they must take any old price the speculator sees lit to set on his cotton. Suppose you have mule to sell. You will be pretty apt to set your price on it, will you not? And you would call the merchant a fool that would dare to set the price on 1t and demand that you let him have 1t even though he had a mortgage on it. You have as much right to say what you shall get for your cotton as the merchant has to say what you must pay him for his goods. Brother don't 5 sleep on your rights any longer. If your cot ton is mortgaged and you are forced to sell you still have a right to say what it is worth. Let the buyer pay you your price and then he can look out for himself. 1 know that thls custom has prevailed so long that it is generally believed that the producer has no rights in the matter, but it is a mistake. Lets contend for our rights.
 Yours truly,
 J. M. Thomas.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
CONFERENCE MAKES
 NEW APPOINTMENTS
Rev. W. K. Harrison Sent to DeQueen---Rev, '. D. Scott
 Pastor Here.

The following are the appoint ments made by the Conference at Malvern for the Prescott district:
 T. H. Ware, presiding elder. Prescott Station, T. D. Scott. Okolona Circuit, l.. W. Kidding, c. D. McSwain, supernumery.
 Hope Station, W. P. Whaley. Washington Station, E. D. Lind sey.
 Mineral Springs Circuit, H. E. Van Camp.
 Center Point Circuit, l.. E. N. Hundley.
 Nashville Station, A. P. Few. Bingen Circuit, A. D. Jenkins. Blevins Circuit, J. J. Mellard. Murfreesboro Circuit, P. s. Heron.
 Chidester Circuit, J. l.. John- son. sHFulton and McNabb, to be SUD- piled.
 Spring Hill Circuit, F. R. Can field.
 Pike City, D. D. Warlick.
 Gurdon Station, w. A. Steele. Harmony Circuit, to be SUD- piled,
 Nathan Circuit, c. F. Messer. Professor in Hendrix College, J. E. Godbey.
 Conference Secretary of Edu- cation, T. D. Scott.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
< LETTER
Editor Picayune:

Editor Picayune:
 I have often thought of writ ing to your paper but for some reason never did make the at tempt, It always seemed to me that if I did it would find it's way to the waste basket. But now Mr. Editor should you allow me space in the Nevada County Picayune am almost sure that its mighty host of readers will never have an oetasion to regret t. It is true that If we never try we can never accomplish anything,
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
[JRAL ROUTE !! !! ! ..,,;,-.>, FREE DELIVERY
L,ns of Interest By Patrons and Carriers of the COunty'S
 Rural Routes.
II. BURNS, ED.]

thanksgiving has come and
 r,ne, I don't know how the
 ss+ If the boys spent the day,
 h,t the editor of this department
 asnt it very quietly. Clint Me
 r,Iler of Route 4, went duck
 Trting at McNabb. He reports
 rpat sport, but the number of |fcks he killed and didn't get ,Iolt ouadrupled the number he
 M oct. Ob Mcguire of Route Bvas less ambitious. He was
 autent to try his skill in marks rsnship with his old'trusty single
 arel upon the feathered tribe Iparer home. He also reports
 neat sport. Result: one bob [bite and one 'yallerhammcr. ,
 he rest of the boys have been
 py quiet as to how they spent
 he day.
 ]. Windy" Holloway, of Route Eo. g. Rosston, quietly dropped rto town Thanksgiving day and Eirted away the bran new mail ksgon that had been on the de- Er platform several days pre- Fously. It has all of the latest .tachments and equipments, sTsn to gasoline heater, but E can't see the necessity for / teheater, especially in this case, s Windy" could furnish more asn a sufficiency of hot air to kad up amail wagon, in as much | |ghe has the heater, he will not | k at tn extra expense of buy |ng gas, as he generates his own
 as as he goes. We knew that umething was going to happen, but just what we were at a loss b prognosticate, But since 1t as happened we are not at all Fuprised, though we are sure hat he made the mistake of his fe. Now we are sure that in fS case it would have been EOnOmy to have gotton a balloon P automobile. It takes horses f pull his mail wagon, and EBes must be fed and you know i he prices Q feed, but you can Ea balloon or run an automobile hhot air Now we want itI ENinctly understood that we are Ethe fighting editor. As the EuteS of the executive committee EVe never Geen clearly explained EPesume that doing the fighting
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05

who are holding their cotton. It shows the temper of the Misiss- ippi farmer. Here t is:
 I made only about half as much corn as 1 made last year, but my cotton is better than expected. l will get three bales. 1 have two in the warehouse at Verona already and will put the other one there as soon as it is ginned and 1t will take just 15 cents a pound to move it.
 T never heard such a cry about money matters in my life.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
SAY, Ba5tafR, 40lD UP

2 minute and let me tell you 1 have bought the entire saddle and harness repair shop and have a fine line ef first-elass leather and | fine young BoIls to work it up. He will do you good work all work guaranteed to stand until it rips or bursts or tears. All work cash on delivery.
 DANIEL & B0LLS.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05

Wanted---Local representative for Prescott and vicininy to look after renewals and increase sub- scription list of prominent monthly magazine, on a salary and commission basis. Ex- perience desirable, but not neces-. sary. Good opportunity f or right person. Address Publisher, Box 59, Station 0, New York.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
EMMETT
Editor Picayune:

LWILUT INdN UIIO'
 promised you some time age that l would write some for your paper but l find that l have no time to gather local news. l give below an extract from letter written by my brother few days ago that I think will be interesting to our farmer brothers
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05

of the editor is one of them, so
 always call on the executive
 committee when you have any
 business of this kind with the
 editor.
 Sam Rudeseal is one of Gods
 noblemen. He knows that it takes backbone to be a rural car
 rler or else he thinks 1t takes it
 to be an editor. In either case It amounts to the same. the edi
 tor who is carrier on Route No.
 5 got the backbone anyway. of
 which some member of the gay and festive swine family was de- prived by Sam, and we can attest
 that 1t filled long felt want, but
 not to such an extent that We do not still want if all the rest of our patrons should feel inclined to emulate his act. 1 am here to tell you that it takes a lot of back
 bone to keep things moving. We appreciate Sans kindness, and we want to say of him that he IS the kind of patron that makes Rural Free Delivery a success. He was one among the first to erect box on our route. He always remembers the carriers when worth while, and is enthu- siastie for the building up of his route. and in the fall of the year makes provision for his reading matter just as reigiously as he does for the comforts of life, in fact his reading matter is a part of his comforts. He not only takes both of his county papers but other weeklies, semi-weeklies and a daily paper and is going to add another daily to his list of reading. If the rest of the patrons did as well as he we would stop counting our pieces of mail and have to buy an automo- bile to haul our mail out in-pro- vided we could arrange with J. Windy" to furnish us hot air.
 All valuable letters and parcels sent in the mails should be regis tered to insure their safe trans mission and correct delivery.
 Rural Carriers are prepared to register mail matter on every trip. The registry fee is s cents in addition to postage; and both must be prepaid with stamps affixed to the article registered, or in money paid to the carrier, who will write theamount in the receipt given yoQ.
 Letters and parcels to be regis tered mUSt i. Be plainly and correctly addressed. 2 Bear the name and address of sender. Z Be iaeIosed in envelopes or wrappers strong enough to carry ! to destination 1. Be ir perfect condition.
 The rural carrier will give you a receipt for each letteror parcel at the time he accepts it forregls- tration. A second receipt, signed by the addressee or his authorlz- ed agent. will be mailed to you when the letter or parcel is de- liyered.
 If a letter or parcel prepaid at the letter rate of postage, regis tered at a United States post office, or by a Rural Free De- livery Carrier, and addressed to a United States post office, be lost in the mails, and such letter ,r parcel, or it's value, be not re- ,overable, the Post Office De- oartment will make good it's value lp to twenty-five dollars.
The Nevada County picayune., 1907-12-05
Fire and Life Insurance. .

o. B. Gordon, at Nevada Co. Bank, writes fire insurance in companies that are confagration proof, having paid ther losses promptly for nearly 75 years. He is also agent for The Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-30
LOCAL GATHERINGS.

Two carloads of Chinese passed
through here on the early morning train
last Wednesday en- route to Hong Kong.
They came from all parts of southern
New England and were Fastening to
Vancouver to take the Empress of China
of the Canadian Pacific line.
The first almanac for 1908 to come
to our desk is "The Old Farmers Alma
mac" in it's 116th edition. This is pub
lished by William Ware & Co., at Bos-
ton, and contains fund of valuable
information.
An exhibit of ginseng in the window
of Bingham's drug store attracts much
attention as it is valued at $3.50 and
was all collected in this vicinity. Wild
ginseng is worth from SIS to So a pound
and it is all exported to China for
medicinal purposes. AS an investment
the growing of gingseng is more protlt-
able than following the stock market
though it takes about seven years to get
a crop.
The Summer street laundry has
added to it's plant big mangler and
are now thorougly equipped to handle
| famlly anu notSi Wolh. ~ n
weighs five tons and is large enough tq
take sheet from the extractor ant
deliver it in the fraction of a minute al
ready to be folded.
One of the attractions of the Murray
Rostell Company which is playing at th'
Opera House all the week is Bertha, th'
man who breaks away from all fetter'
| 90, +ba e+ooe 7 ast NIGHT he extricate(
himself from straight jacket and at
this afternoon he will be publicly hand
cufed at the police station and thei
break away.
The Star Entertainment Co. hav
engaged Frank Q. French as singer.
Olive Branch Lodge, D. of R., give
Halloween party, including supper an
social at Odd Fellows Hall Thursda
evening.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-30
HaStingS-Carr Wedding.

|. A very pretty but quiet wedding took
place on Saturday at high noon at the
home of Mrs. w. H. Carr in Sunmerville,
when her daughter, Miss Nellie ]. Carr,
was united in marriage to S. Harold
Hastings of San Antonio, Texas, only
the immediate families being present.
To the strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march the bridal party entered the par
lor, where the ceremony was performed
4 by Rev. !. M. Frost. The bride was at
tended bv Miss Sadie Carrick, and the
groom by Willard Goss Of Washington.
| Arthur Carr acted as usher and Miss
Eugenia Scott presided at the piano.
The bride was daintily gowned in a
white dress trimmed with ecru lace and
carried brides roses. The bridesmaid
wore a white nuns yelling and had
pink carnations. Her gift from the bride
i was an emerald pin and the best man
received carbuncle ring from the groom.
After the ceremony delicious turkey
dinner was served by S. D. Atwood to
IA members. The rooms were tastily
decorated with evergreens and chrysan
themums. Mr.. and Mrs. Hastings left
| on the afternoon train for Laconia, Bos
tton, New York and Washington, ant
will make their home in San Antonio
Texas. The brides going away gowi
was light gray with hat to match
Mrs. Hastings graduated from tn
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-10-30

4 The night trains were delayed over
an hour night before last on account of
a washout between Lyndonville and
West Burke.
w. o. Rocheleau returned from
CRANKY Wednesday without a deer, but
saw two herds each containing FIVE does
and plenty Of deer tracks.
Fifty Photographic views OF Nor
wegian scenery, from Christiana to the
North Cape, are on exhibition at the
Athenaeum gallery until November III.
AT the St. Johnsbury Hospital are
Miss Jessie Cleveland, Morrisville; Mrs.
F. H. English, Littleton; Mrs. c. E. Love
ioy. St. Johnsbury Center. The follow
ing have returned home, Charlotte
Legendre and George D. Woods, both o.
this place.
The new patients at Brightlook Hos
pital are Mrs. Ada Maxwell and Perley
Johnson, St. Johnsbury. Allen Knight
and RAYMOND Bean of this place have
returned home.
e. E. Caller has sold his house in
Paddock's Village to 0. n Drew.
The police had three cases of intoxi
cation the past week. Two of the
parties are serving ten days sentence
in Jail and the other paid the usual fine
and costs.
| The Boston & Maine carpenters are
building large water tank at the depot
to replace the smaller one which will b
razed when the other is completed, Th'
new one will have acapacity OF $4,000
gallons and the staves of whichit II
| made are 16 feet long.
| Samuel Thomas, who was charged
with larceny of the moving pictur'
apparatus of the Star Entertainment
Company, was discharged by the cour
Thursday as the evidence at the hearing
showed that he was partner in the en-
terprise and had committed no crime
Mr.. Thomas wasrepresented at the hear
ing by R. w. Simonds and Marshal
Montgomery, and lis now employed a
the scale works.