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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
BANK WARMING JAN. 8.
eradford's New Savings Bank to Be
Formally Opened Jan. 6.

SpSCldl ~ AIl1ICS-LSSpoOAASdA
Iowa Falls, Dec. 2S.-The new saw
ings bank building at Bradford,
which will be formally opened January
6, is to have a house warming on the
third of next month. to which gen.
eral invitation has been extended by
the banks management. This is done
to afford the people Of Hardin and
Franklin county an opportunity to in
sp,ect the banks new building and its
facilities for doing general banking
business. During the reception, there
will be music and light refreshments
will be served by a ladies' society.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
ACCIDENT At eLIpDEN.
Burg Boy Shot in Shoulder and Side
BY Companion.

Special to Ttmes-Republ1can
Glidden, Dec. 2S.-One day this
week Gus Burg's boy, with other
companions, was out hunting and the
Burg boy got charge Of shot In one
shoulder and side, but being some dis
lance away his life was saved. He
is reported as getting along alright
The Presbyterian church is now
completed, except the windows, which
should have been here October LIST.
Dedication will take place about Janu-
ary 10th. 'OS.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
Traer Couple Quietly Wed.

Special to Times-Republican.
Traer, Dec. 2S.-Herman Blocker
surprised his friends on Christmas day
by taking Miss Julia Hess to Toledo,
where they were married. The bride is
daughter of ]. Hess, living six miles
south of here. They will live in Gu
tier, where Mr.. Blocker is engaged in
the hardware business.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
Aged Storm Lake Woman Dead.
70


Storm Lake, Dec. 28.-Mrs. Cathar
inc Yookey died Tuesday and was
buried Thursday from the Catholic
church. She was II years Of age and
was the widow of P. Yookey, who died
eight or ten years ago. Mr.. and Mrs.
Yookey were among the early pioneers
of Buena Vesta county, having come
to the county thirty years ago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28
Public Speaker Interrupted.

Public Speaker Interrupted.
Public speakers are frequently inter-
rupted by people coughing. This would
not happen if Foley's Honey and Tar
were taken, as it cures coughs and
colds and prevents pneumonia and con-
sumption. The genuine contains no
opiates and is in yellow package.
Mcbride & Will Drug Co.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-12-28

accused as witness, and his apparent
effort to carry out the order to the
letter, even tho he erred in interpret
ing it.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
CURIOSITIES OF WILLS
Continued from page 8

the Rev. Hugh Worthington, formerly of
Islington, one of the northern suburbs of
London. The other side of the little book
box also opens, and contains letter addressed
to my dear Eliza Price, who is my adopted
child 1t is evident that the reverend man
was fanatical stenographer. because he says
" | do know you will perfect yourself in short
hand for my sake" 1t would take a long time
to relate the vicissitudes experienced by this
novel shorthand will for all kinds of queer
accidents appear to happen to these fateful
documents. They get burnt or thrown into
water, torn up. eaten by rats, carried away
by BIRDS and SO on.
One will is preserved in cotton wool in big
legal looking box, and the investigator was
told that on being touched the document
would crumble to pieces 1t is the will of
very rich wholesale baker, and in some strange
way it got into huge oven, where it remained
for months. The original is never disturbed,
for certified copy is kept for reference.
Among the freak wills was one by which the
trustees were directed to pay the widow every
year her own weight in gold The weighing
was to take place more or less in public; and
the woman usually receives about eleven hun
dred and sixty-one ounces, troy, of the precious
metal, which at twenty dollars an ounce worked
out at very handsome income. Somewhat
similarly. Scotsman bequeathed to his two
daughters their weight in one pound bank
notes. The elder got two hundred and fifty
six thousand dollars, and the younger two
hundred and eighty-six thousand seven hun
dred and twenty dollars.
Evening star., 1907-05-26
A Malevolent Testator

INSTANCES of bitterness and malevolence
L are by no means infrequent. hereby direct
lay out twenty-five dollars in purchasing a
picture of a rattlesnake biting the benevolent
hand of the person who saved him from per-
ishing. And l direct that in memory of me
they present the same to J-G-B. so that he
may have frequent opportunities of contem-
to which is best and most proftable-a grateful
remembrance of past friendship and all but
parental regard, or dire ingratitude and in
science. This | direct to be presented to him
in lieu of legacy of fifteen thousand dollars,
which l had by former will, now revoked
and burnt, left him
Vaugelas, the famous French grammarian,
although in receipt of several pensions. was
habitually in want of money, SO prodigal was
he in his charities. Indeed, his intimates at
length bestowed upon him the nickname of
:" The Owl" because it was unpleasant for
were his creditors. In his will he first disposes
of the few dollars he possessed, and adds,
Still, as it may be found that even after this
sale of my library and effects these funds will
not suffice to pay my debts, the only means l
can think of to meet them is that my body
should be sold to the surgeons on the best
terms that can be obtained and the sum re-
sulting applied in SO far as it will 60 toward
the liquidation of any remaining sums which
l still owe. l have been of very little use to
society while l lived, and should be glad if in
this way am of service after death
DR.. Dunlop, a of Scottish origin, and
at one time a Senator of the United States,
clearly held teetolaters in contempt, because
he inserted the following paragraph in his will
81 leave my silver tankard to the eldest son
of John. as the representative of the family. l
would have left it to old John himself but he
ance medals. and that would have been a
sacrilege."
Evening star., 1907-05-26

ton; for poor married niece, who was sup.
posed to be out of the running altogether,
came in for nearly the whole of fortune run
ming well over four million dollars.
The records of the law courts of the nations
show that wills are often found in unexpected
places, from weathercocks to picture frames
but there is surely only one instance of a will
being found prosaically entered with other
business matters in an office daybook Such
a volume is treasured carefully at Somerset
House, because will has been made in it.
following other entries relating to goods and
the sale of cattle. 1t is a long, narrow book of
the we'll known office kind, and on the outside
is written, Peter Smith March, 18o7.-Day
Book for the Park" Smith was evidently an
overseer or steward on some noblemans estate.
AS the probate court authorities were con-
cerned with only one folio, the remainder of
the leaves are fastened together. SO that the
book Immediately opens at the required place.
The entry which is really the will has been
marked Exhibit A" and here we read, Left
due to my dear wife $500" Just above is an
entry debiting "Mr. Richard Hill" with
three beasts at ST. EACH
Evening star., 1907-05-26
Post Mortem Prejudices


IT is peculiar to note how strong prejudices
long ago an eccentric Partisan died, and left a
rambling document in which he characterized
the French as a nation of dastards and fools ="
For that reason he bequeathed the whole of
his large fortune, made entirely in ribbons in
the town of St. Etienne. to the poor of London
and directed that his body be thrown into the
sea exactly one mile off the British coast.
Another Frenchman, but of a much more
jovial type, directed that a new cooking re-
ceipt should be pasted on his tombstone every
day.
AS to fears, it is common thing to leave a
proviso in a will calling for the services of
surgeons in order to make absolutely certain
of death. The will of John Blount Price is a
case in point. Here the teStator directed that
four skilled physicians should be paid twenty
five dollars each to perform such operations
on his body as would surely kill him in the
event of his remaining alive in a trance or
other condition of suspended animation
A Vienna millionaire had such horror of
darkness during his lifetime that he provided
not only that the vault in which his body
should rest to be lighted by electric arcs,
but also that the casket itself should be illumi-
mated by small incandescent bulbs.
In many man and woman's last will and
testament there are curio1sly precise and &C.
centric directions about the disposal of the
remains. Recently Philadelphia man named
Chambers directed in his will that his body
was not only to be cremated, but his ashes
taken by committee of friends named in the
document to the Bartholdi Statue of Liberty
in New York Harbor and there flung to the
four winds of Heaven" which ceremony was
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
SUPERINTENDENT GUNNELS
 [ IS BACK FROM ATLANTA
Attended Conference of Southern Edu- cntional Association In Georgia's
 Capital.

State Superintendent Harry c. Gun nels returned yesterday from Atlanta where he was in attendance on the con, ference of the Southern Educational Association last week
 The meeting, he said, was purely in- formal and was attended by about sixty of the leading educators of the Southern States Ten States were rep resented at the conference which was called by Robert c. Ogden. Of New York, who is at the head of the Soutn- : ern Educational oBard, in whose hands are the funds for dlstrloutton among Southern States.
 Superintendent Gunnels took prom 1nent part in the discussion which en- gagged the time of the conference. He was appointed on the committee to make suggestions for the more effective conduct of the schools of the South. :. The report of the committee, which was unanimously adopted, was as follows:
 Improvement in county supervision as the stragetic point in the entire edu- cational system. ft t
 The establishment and adequate maintenance and equipment of. public high. schools as necessity in any mod ern system of education. q right or every boy and girl, rural and urban. and an efficient means of linking the elementary public schools with the col leges and universities and of improving the sch rship sf the rank and file of public school teachers and the intelli- gence and efficiency of the entire cita- zenship of the State.
 Industrial and agricultural education in the elementary and secondary pub lie schools to give better and more practical preparation for the life that the majority of the pupils of these schools will lead and the work that they will do.
 The education and professional train ing of teachers to meet the just demand for more efficient service sor more nioh- ey by increased, taxation.
 Specialization and unification of the work of the schools from elementary school to the colleges and universities
 Increased attendance by urging the importance of education and. also, by conservative legal requirement in such communities as are prepared for this.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10

the struggle, But as the soul is in- finitely superior to the body, the syls- tenn of education which would try to ignore his soul. his souls interest, the external interests of man certainly would seem to be deficient.
 Now, there 10 no objection to tho public system of our country from us except in this way; 1t does not go far enough. It ignores mans higher nature. its whole object seems to be to equip him for this world. There fore. this serious want must be sup piled either in the home, by the pa rents. and in the Sunday School, or in the Christian school.
 of he is not taught those necessary truths and principles, then no matter what may be his position in life, there is a gap which can never be supplied. Tt is not fair to himself, nor to the society of which he is member and which is composed of moral units like himself, and 1t is not fair to posterity which reflects the virtues or the vices of succeeding generations.
 The subject of Father McDonald lecture this evening will be The Church: Past, Present and Future"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
CAFFEY WAS SICK
COUNTY PHYSICIAN INsTRt rEI
 TO INVESTIGATE.
Uegre Sent . Doctors Certificate of llinesa-C0uld Not Appear, He
 Said--Jurors Empaneled to
 Finish Crfminal Docket. | 8f

when the Caffey case was called m the City Court yesterday morning. the defendant was not only not pres ent. but he sent physicians cerun- cate that showed he was Tn poor health and unable to attend the trial. Judge Thomas then set the case TOT trial Wednesday morning and gave instructions that County Physician pr. e. T. Pollard should make an exami- nation of caffey. ascertaiN his exact physical condition and make re- port should the defendant fail to show uo in court.
 Not only did Caffey send word that he was sick, but he stated that there was sickness in his family which would prevent him from coming 10 court.
 The cases against George Shreve and Jesse Shreve, both charged with ob- structing justice, are set for today In the City Court.
 Yesterday morning just before the Cnffey case was called a jury was ernpaneled to try the remainder of the cases on the criminal docket. The ju- TOTS are: w ]. Reynolds, W. J. Al ford R. L. Surles. P. s. Hay, W. R. wallace. T. Fl. Collier, J. D. Lee. John Bradford, c. c. Glider. J. c. Samson. IL R. Holmes. R. E. Hunt, W. Black burn and J. D Collier.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10

Demopolis by January i. and take charge of his work.
 Jesse Hearin. of the Demopolis bar, has returned from professional visit to Pensacola, Fla. ~N
 Dallas Tucker manager 1.-the West ern Union Telegraph Ofice at this place, received word of the serious ill- ness of his mother at Florala, and left immediately for her bedside. The travelling auditor of the company is in charge of the office here until MT. Tucker returns.
 ' Mrs. Sallie Bolton of Livingston Is the guest of her grandson, E. B. Ma son.
 Leon .Schwar of Mobile, delivered the oration at the Temple in Demopolis Sunday afternoon at 4:30 o'clock to a large and appreciative audience. The occasion was the anniversary of the l Jewish society. B'Nai B'Rith, the pres ident of the order hAving set apart Sunday to commemorate the birth oi the order.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
HUNTERS, LICENSES READY.
Game War den Wallace Busy Sendin
 1908 Cards to Probate Judges.

Game War den Wallace Busy Sending
 1908 Cards to Probate Judges.
 The hunters licenses for the year 1908 are ready and State Game Warden John H. Wallace, Jr., has been very busy for the past several days sending them to the various Probate Judges throughout the State and requesting them to begin issuing licenses imme- diately to applicants, so that there shall be no trouble for hunters during the first few days of January.
 The licenses are said to be better constructed than any other such in the United States, The non -resident license is green in color. the State license is blue and the county license is red. All of the license cards are ma de of practically indestructible weather-proof card board.
 Since all hunters licenses expire on December. 3lst. sportsmen who secure their licenses immediately by appli- cation to the Probate Judges of their sounty. there will be no trouble and such sportsmen will get full berefit of he privilege of hunting around the new year holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
YOUNG COOKE SHOOTS
 HIMSELF AT F0RKLAND

Demonolis. Dec. s-t Special. ew-A re- nort reached Dem ,pnsis this afternoon from Forklanl that young white niSn ? named Cooke had siot hin1Eelf m 'he left breast with a pistol.
 Information fram the scene ed tne shooting is 10 tla pseffscr that Ccehe was at the home of .iis gTaninaotnsar a when the report of a pistol, was neara. W It is not known at this fbur WncsHeI Cooke shot himself asclden'ally . whether it was an att sInpt at self de- struction.
 Young Co, xa. is wnll and oiy " known in Forkland and the county
 Late reports froG, his bedside 'o- night are to the effect that he is can gerously W 1unded and not expected to recover
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
Parasrnphic Chestnuts.

paragraphers. which The Richmond Tinles- Dispatch suggests ought now to be outlaw ed because of old age.
 ''The Fairbanks Cocktail"
 Capt Richmond P. Hobson in His As- pect of Bellicosity"
 ''The slowness or sieepiness of Philadel- phia" ..,.
 'The partition of Turkey from a Thanks giving Standpo4ntr
 "The Weight (wait) of Secretary Taft" Mir Rockefellers Wig"s
 "The Running Powers of William J. Bry- an" s"The Literary Style of Henry James" "Signor Caruso's Mopkey-Sh ines"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR.

When man will diet it's with some- thing he won't eat anyway.
 The more a girls photograph looks like an angel the more surprised her family would be to know it..
 It's the man who. hasn't any balance in the bank who makes the most fuss about 1t cashing only small checks.
 Even when a man Is in such hurry at breakfast that he can't look at his newspa- per he believes it helps him to catch his train not to let anybody else touch it,--New York Press.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
MAY ESTABLISH EElsMY.
Citizens on Tennessee Rlvcr arc Agi-
 tating 1t. x

Huntsville. Dec. s--(Special.)--The c establishment of a free ferry across the Tennessee River at Whitesblrg is pe- ing agitated here as means or eN- & tending Huntsville's trade into tne counties of Morgan and Marshall so"'h of the river.
 This city's trade with that section is already considerable, but the leErS at Whtesburg, on which the cidI eo are exhorbitant. is great iarrier
 The agitation was started Dy the people in those counties and 1t is De- iieved If a free ferry Is establisneo Huntsville's cotton receipts from tnas section would be increased by at least 5000 bales per year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10

Warren Graves. who is connected with the Southern Railway at Selma, spent Sunday at home.
 Eugene Breitling, who sustained sev- eral bruises last Friday by toys fall ing on him from a wagon, has recoy- cred sufficiently to be at his place of business again.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
IF THE ALABAMA PEOPLE

Knew the merits of the Texas Wonder
 they would never suffer from kidney. bladder or rheumatic troubles; $1 bot tie, two months treatment. by drug gist or mall. Dr. E. W. Hall, 2026 Olive Street, St. Louis. adv.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
aCHRIsTrAN EDUCATION.
Father Mcdonald of the Lazaresk Nil
 sion Tells the Need of Christ.

sfon Tells the Need of Christ.
 The second of the series of lectures given by the LazaFest Mission now at St. Peter's Catholic Church, was de- lfvered last night before large an d intensely interested congregation. The lecturer was Father Mcdonald.
 s Father Mcdonald took as the subject of his lecture Christian Education ,' taking his text from the Gospel of St. Luke. if. 51-52. And He went down with them and came to Nazareth, and was subject to them. And Jesus ad- vanced in wisdom and age and grace with God and men,"
 Man. my brother" said the priest s'is composed of bo dy and soul, and as such in any comprehensive system of education these two elements must be taken into account. His material part must be taken care of, so that when he goes forth to fight the battle of life, he may be well equipped for
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
AInhan,a l.ostrn.ssters.

Washington, Dec. 9-,SpeIiai. .}-- Postmasters have been appointed as follows: Blae Springs, Barh. rr cevn- 'ty, Porter F. Whit eh;.m; Hupcwell, Cleburne county, ". F. Grower.
 The postmaster at I3irfhingnam has been allowed six additional letter car riers, to begin service Dec. l6.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
MIR. JONES ACCEPTS.
Episcopal cIersymnn will Take Up

Demopols, Dec. s.--(Special )--Rev' II. w Jones, of New Decatur, who was recently called by the vestry or Trinity Episcopal Church of this city to fill the vacancy caused by the deatn of Rev. J. A. Harrison. has accepted the call and has promised to arrive in
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
nE,.. K,tie Moon Drn.I.

Huntsville, Dec. 9-(Apecial,j Miss Katie Moon. daughter d v. ". Moon, died at the home of her pcrents n this county Saturday .nignx Mise Noop was 47 years old.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10
Chr,.tp,.. .Photograph..

Should be ordered at once to insure timely delivery and best work. Don't wait until the rush starts--see me at once. I can give you best work at the most attractive prices
 Echultze Studio. 10 Court Square.
 adv-tu-thu.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-12-10

Fuel"
 Yes, lay them away gently.
The Seattle Republican., 1907-11-22

Treat your husband like you wish to be
treated the advice Of the young man who
attempted to commit suicide in Seattle one
day this week owing to family trouble with
his wife, is bit of advice that good many
women who have husbands and seemingly
without family jars would do well to heed.
The president has signed the proclamation
making Oklahoma and the Indian Territory
the state Of Oklahoma. AS she now stands
she will be in the Democratic column at the
next presidential election, but can be placed
on the Republican side if Republicans will
get busy and draw heavily on the surround
ing states.
The Seattle Republican., 1907-11-22

the white man., said James K. Vardeman,
governor of the state of Mississippi Of
course, the settling of the alleged race prob
lem in the United States should be left en-
tirely to the white folk of the South The
very idea of white men from the North, East
and West wanting to have anything to say
in the settlement is preposterous, ridiculous
and absurd