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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Jefferson Polk, Muiti.Miti. ~onaire, Dies.
pes Moines, lowa.--JoteSson Polk,
president Of the Des Moincs Pioneer
street railway an da multl-millionaire,
died at bis homo Sunday morning
after q two weeks illness.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
Spoke Factories Resuma.

The three plants Of the Tnsc0lameta
Spoke Company at Walnut Grove. which
shut down some time ago, have all re-
suned work, and are now running on
full time. Another &c, 600 plant Ia,
being built ear Carthage and will be
In operation by Jan. l. This makes
four spoke factories that have been In.
stalled within the past year in the heart
OF one Of the best hardwood regions Of
Mississippi.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Washington. q. C-The 55th birth.
day anniversary of the Emperor Of
Japan Wa Sunday night celebrated by
q dinner It the Japanese embassy.
when the members ~ the embassy
werc gucsta Of Ambassador and Count
ESQ AokL
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
Warning AGAINST Cape Town.

Washington. d. C.--The British
ambassador has suggested to the de-
partment Of state that, owing to the
existence OF depression In Cape Town.
persons seeking employment win be
warned against immIgrating to that
place.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
A Knnsas man Il CONVINCED ,hat a,

A Kansas man is convinced that ad.
vertising pays, Recently he lost a Sc
bill and advertised In one OF his town
papers Within three hours thoreaf.
ter be had the bill returned to him by
a stranger who had found II. The
next day. says the Ohio Sun, he found
tho missing bill In his vest pocket,
and now declares that advertising
payn Just exactly 100 per cent.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
s4.ooo,ooo Estate Disposed OF.

Des Molnes, Iowa-An estate
OF approximately 81, 900, 900 was dis
posod OF in the will OF late ]. s, Polk.
capitalist and street railway promoter,
which was filed Wednesday. The
large property IA equally divided
among the widow and four children.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
ouito Chamber Of Commerce.

Paris, France.-Charles H. Becker,
secretary Ct the American chamber
of commerce, has accepted the secre-
taryship Of the National Association
Of Manufacturers Of the United States.
He will take up his new duties Dec. 1.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
WashInaton Moo Eormlnn.

Spokane, Wash. - sherif Ratlif
has received word that a mob Is
forming at Elberton to lynch James
Royleston, who is in jail at Colfas
charged with maltreating his 2s.year.
old daughter. R~oyleston is said to
have confessed.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Lincoln. Neb.-Fred NJ. Killing ol
Philadelphia ~ founded dead in the
Burlington yards here with q bullet
hole IN his head and one IN the neck.
The body had boon placed on the
track and was fearfully manglod BY
the switeh engine
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
Wholesale Jail peliv.rv.

Nine prisoners, all there we're in IAN.
escaped from the County jail I I Cansos
BY saving q steel bar and letting them
selves down on . rope made Of blsukson.
Three Of them wcre charged With
murder.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Tho Rev. Mr.. Mcpherson's observn'
ton that sin Is merely virtue In the
wrong place Ia suggestive Of the an-
Client truth that dust ls nothing but
mud with the Juice squeezed out"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Kentucky Legislature Democratic.
Louisville. Kys-Latest returns "a
the legislature give the house 81 dem.
ocrats. ~ republicans; senate q dem.
ocrats, 16 republicans.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

San rrancisco. GAIA trolley
car on the Potrero avenue llns got
beyond the control OF the motcrmsm
and ran down grade 70 First avenue.
where Il collided with . butchers
wagon loaded With sheep.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
EIectricltv Kills Bov

Highland, m.--Milton Baumann, Is
year old, o of c. P. Baumann,
and employed as assistant electrician
In the lighting plant here. was cleo
trocuted.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
State Sells cot.on

The board Of p~eniientiary trustees
sold 300 bales more Of short staple cot.
ION at II cents, which will bring Into
the State treasury from $1,000 to oiSxr
GOO in cash.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Ernest Ray, member Of Z highly -
spected family, was shot and ssriorlv
wounded - Canton ~ : negro namea
Jim Jas,isons Lynching ~ shrsat
esed, but tho sheriff spirited Jani1cn
away and placed him i'll 81 Jscrsu
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

An international yacht ace with
real boats Instead Of with freaks
would be approved by Americans as
well as Britishers.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Grown Prince Frederick William Of
Germany is taking a curse intended
TO prepare him for the throne. That
must be a fine trade to learn.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15
TERRITORY Farmer Kills uImse,f.

Tulsa, l.. T.--Alexander Lawson, Z
well-known farmer residing two miles
northwest Of this city. killed himself
owing to worry owe the financial SID
nation.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Connecticut comes along with q
story Of a hen with u wooden log.
Another nature fakef.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Suspicion aud opposite interest viii
break any kind Of friendship.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

One Of the popular pastime8 this
fall will be guessing how much the
price of meat will advance from hour
to hour
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Present happiness Is far better than
p0sthumous fame.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Regrets and remorse In old ago are
the wicked children of youthful indis-
cretion.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Great excellence Is enylcd In life,
but hoaore1 and monumcnted In
death.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

The milk OF human kindness contln-
ues 10 be circulated at the good old
vale
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1907-11-15

Condition o. 1Hssissippi panka

E -
State Auditor Henry has COmpiled
the statements Of the Miasiasinni a,.s.
h.cL. -. 80. ..u u
- ~
w uo' ktsvitytuk tcsuis = SHOWN
fn0re are z64 Stale Qonke, ~ n9Htnnt
272 on Sept, II. 1903. an increase ~ \
4 nn....x 4; - t:nn.
W .
eics hihounoSa "
TOTAL 10 OGf. 10. l M. WAN . 066 VA m1 "a
I Total for ScuG II. lSx vAs Ss.xaa "a a
-
increase .'..-..- S6iSbsgSs
Otner items snowcd the foi'owiux increase:
heai esuttc ana coiat0rai secnritie ,Sl,5Ss9i3t
Overurafts secured and demand loans c,oi9 Sp6so
uverorafts unsecured ............- xS,61a.,o
Banking houses. real estate, stc- :. ESt.7Si S
Expenses ana taxes .-.f....s.-... t6oSets
Il lAen and SfQEt eYrh0nQA u. y Tx IN m
Gusnense ,c,.u,n, . al ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07

merchandise broadens steadily and
buying of staple lines is strongly main
tanned. The dry goods jobbing trade
continues active and a very good bus
mess is reported in mems wear hats
and furs. Women's wearing apparel
and millinery sales compare favorably
with last year and jewelry and notions
are In better request The wholesale
drug and chemical markets are active
and firm. Footwear and harness man
ufacturers are busily engaged. Hard
ware and groceries move freely at
firm prices and there is an active.
steady demand in builders supplies
and machinery. Rubber clothing and
footwear is fairly active. Collections
are good.
St. Louis. Trade in general Is quite
active. This is carnival and festival
week and the city is fun of visitors.
many of whom are placing orders Re-
tail stores are doing an increased bus
mess. Collections are fair,
San Francisco. Trade continues
quiet, normal conditions not having
been fully restored. Business houses
are not as well concentrated as before
the disaster of last year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
Autumn
Special Rates

CHEAP ONE WAY RATES TO THE
FAR WEST:-Until October Slst,
daily reduced to California, Washing
ton, Oregon, Idaho, Montana. Utah,
and the big Horn Basin. These rates
are money savers for California win
ter colonists.
THROUGH SERVICE Daily through,
Tourist Sleepers to Los Angeles and
San Francisco via Denver. scenic
Colorado, Salt Lake City. Write me
early for your sleeping car reserva-
lions, and do not put off your coast
"trip on these Colonist rates until the
last date.
HoMI:sEEkERs' EXCURSIONS: -
Cheap rate excursion tickets first and
third Tuesdays this Autumn to Ne
braskR, Kansas, Oklahoma, the Gulf
Country, Colorado, Utah, Wyoming,
Big Horn Basin Montana and the
Northwest. Ask your nearest agent,
or the. undersigned.
WE HELP YOU BUY LAND:-Join
our personally conducted land excur-
sions to the Big Horn Basin and Bill
ings on the first and third Tuesdays.
in charge of D. Glen Deaver General
Agent, Landseekers' Information Blu
reau, Omaha Write him. We help
YOU buy Irrigated land cheap.
BURLINGTON SERVICE Two daily
trains from Omaha into the North
vest; an afternoon and night train
from Omaha to Denver; daily through
pullman Standard Sleepers to Cali
fornis.; chair cars (seats free) on all
through trains; two daily trains to
Kansas City.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
BUSINESS AT LEADING POINTS.

Interest centers in fall retail trade
and results are all that could be de-
sired. There is no sectional difference
on this point, all leading cities re-
porting liberal distribution of seas
enable wearing apparel. Supplement-
airy orders are coming to wholesale
and jobbing houses, and satisfactory
results with autumn goods encourage
manufacturers to extend preparations
for the next season. Mercantile coll
lections have also improved. October
payments being fairly well met thus
far, altho rates for commercial paper
are abnorma1ly high. Among the man
ufacturers the most notable increase in
orders is reported by New England
shoe shops, while there is no idleness
at cotton mills, and the reduction Of
steel output is not significant. Pro-
nounced improvement is noted in the
footwear industry, New England man
ufacturers receiving many supplement-
airy orders for staple goods at full
prices. A better feeling exists in pri-
mary markets for cotton goods, while
mills are producing as rapidly as pos
sible without overtaking orders to any
appreciate extent Jobbers at the
west continue to transact large bus
mess, altho the money market is still q
restraining feature.
Chicago.-Weather conditions favor
distributive dealings in general mer-
chandise and staples, and sales make
seasonable progress, especially in food
products, textiles, boots and shoes and
house furnishings. The presence of
many visitors adds much to the ex-
tending activity Country buyers from
nearby points operate freely in the
jobbing lines, many placing good sized
orders for early delivery. Shipping
rooms work day and night and the
forwardings make favora BILE
comparison with those a year ago.
than at any time hitherto and some
experience difficulty in furnishinb the
necessary cars to move crops mercan-
necessary cars to move crops. Mercan-
tile collections cause little comment in
The west, and defaults in this district
are smaller in numbers and liabilities
han last year.
ST. Paul.Retail demand for fall |
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
--Donshev in Cleveland Plain Dealer.
England's Parcels Post System.

factors combined shall not exceed 6
feet. The weight must not be over
eleven pounds.
The rates for transmitting parcels
have been steadily reduced from year
to year, as the business done has in
creased. This year the rates for par
cells are as follows: For parcels up to
two pounds in weight. 6 cents. two up
to three pounds, 8 cents: three to
five pounds, 2 cents: five to seven
pounds. Ia cents: seven to eight
pounds, rs cents. eight to nine
pounds, Is cents, nine to ten pounds,
20 cents: ten to eleven pounds, 22
cents. .
1t will thus be seen that an eleven
pound parcel bulking to six feet may
be sent anywhere in England for %
cents, a remarkably cheap rate.
Lure Of tho Church.
OF the many ingenious devices for at
tracting people to church the latest Is
seasonable at least, says the New York
Press Pasted OH the bulletin board
outside an uptown church in New York
Is n sign reading:
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
a LINE MUST BE DRAWN SOMEWHERE.

The Sioux City Journal is mucn eS-
ercised over the possibility that Roose-
welt may accept another term of the
presidential office. 1t draws from the
suggestion of second election OF
Roosevelt that the logic of a Roosevelt
be reelected in 1908 but in 1912, 1916,
1920 and in fact SO long as he may
live" This newspaper Toes not Ike
it, AYERS the Journal. "'fo say that
after popular policy has been de-
veloped there is only one man in the
whole country who is capable OF ad-
ministering 1t is u melancholy con-
fession Of inadequacy" to the mind of
the Journal when it contemplates re-
of Roosevelt. "A line must be drawn
somewhere" concludes the Journal.
The Journal, however, would appar-
emily draw this line not against the
senie incompetency of old age but
against the vigorous and active. If
recurrence in office may be carried to
an extreme it would seem that thirty
odd years of office seeking and office
holding might furnish an example in
point. If line is to be drawn 1t seems
that it should cross the path of the
office holder before he has attained his
At tail ,irn n rsa n
trust in principles rather than In indi-
viduals," if policies are vastly of
more Importance than individuals"
what is the Journals serious objection
to putting younger man in the place
of one infirm with age and the cares
and burdens of third of a century of
office holding?
President Roosevelt has not been
elected to the presidency twice, but
once Senator Allison has been sena-
tor from Iowa since the first vote was
cast by men who have themselves
grown aged and gray with the gath
ering years. He is at the thresh-
old of his eightieth year. He is ask
ing at this advanced age for a sixth
term of six years. President Roose-
Welt has served as president about one
sixth Of the time Senator Allison has |
been honored with the
Roosevelt is in the prime
of his vigor and usefulness, Allison !
at the end Of human activity.
The Journal has offered an argument
which even the most enthusiastic of |
those demanding another term for
must admit is of weight and t
to be considered. 1t could confer
favor by explaining why the same ar
gument should not be applied to the
aged senator who has reached the period
Of life when the lightest service is Ia
Dor and the grasshopper a burden.
If the line must be drawn somewhere,
why not across the thirtieth consecu-
tive year of service as United States
senator as against the third term of
the executive office.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
Topics Of the Times
Eat creamery butter and die poor.

| 1t begins to look as tho Ed Hunter
might find a vent for his activities
pretty soon.
The fact that George Washington
once forgot to mention Il carriage rs
among his taxable property is not proof
that every man who hides his mort
gage from the assessor is patriot.
Elmer E. Johnston has sold the
| Rockwell City Advocate and has pur-
chased the Citizen at Iowa City. Mr..
Johnston is keen, hustling editor of
the brainy type. Iowa City may con-
graduate itself on the prospect of an
excellent newspaper edited with skill
and Judgment.
Mr. Bryan is TO make a confession
to the people November %. He will
probably own up that he is actually
the man best fitted to be president.
Wonder why Rhinehart didn't tackle
the Cedar Rapids Republican?
Armed guards about an Iowa shop.
military discipline and the dread por-
tents of war in Iowa? Can't that situa-
ton at Oelwein be settled on an
equitable basis for both the men and
the corporation?
From their proposition that a few
leaders should be permitted to fix
everything, held previous to the Alli-
son declaration, the standpat syndicate
has now shifted to the position that the
leaders can not fix anything.
Senator Allison was noticeably and
properly absent from Keolluk on the
occasion of the presidents visit. 1t is
too much to expect that man on the
verge of his eightieth year endure
journey and the hustle of crowd.
With the Des Moines Tribune trem-
bling to its fall into the lap of democ-
racy has any one suspected that SIM
liar overtures may have been made to
the Sioux City Journal and the Du-
buque Times?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
sehooIte.oher a Growing Giant.

schooIteaoher Growing Giant.
Greene county, Pa, has produced a
prodigy in Stanley Wright, it's youn-
Gest schooiteacher, who for height and
avoirdupois, It is believed, stands with
cut peer in the state, says the Phila-
delphia Record. Young Wright is q
product of Richhill township and, al
though only seventeen years old,
stands six feet seven inches in his
hose, tips the beam at 25S pounds and
IS still growing He wears No Is
shoe, which he has made to order
The young giant will teach in one Of
the schools Of Richhill township. and
the foolish Richhill schoolboy who IN
dertakes to lick the teacher Will need
to be a David and know how to throw
stones.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
FANS, ICE WATER, ETC.
FOR COMFORT.
A PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
The Launch Of the Leaves.

The Launch Of the Leaves.
The yellow leaves so sailing down the
Whose whispering waters run to seek
the sea,
Where slender alders and pale aspens
CLEAN
And every wychelm seems golden tree
Amber and brown and red the light leaves
float.
You cannot see the Pixy at the PROV,
But each gay galleon is faery's boat
The good folk throng the craft from
poop TO bow.
You cannot hear the laughter and the
song.
Though to sweet reedy pipes they laugh
and sing.
You'd say. 80 Late the robin sings and
long
This autumn twilight has q sound Of
spring"
The hunters moon is rising. broad and
bright,
bronze lamp in the ashen colored sky.
To light their shallops down the stream
tonight.
Far through the woods hear the white
owls cry.
from the low bridge watch them on
their way.
Fleeing the sunless starveling days to
How would my heart rejoice if, even as
they.
I. too, might follow summer oversee
-Rosamund Marriott Watson in Harper'0
For September.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07

| In view of the present agitation on
| the subject of parcels post system III
America some account of how the sys-
TEN works in England and Germany.
i within certain limits, should be of in
terest to American readers.
Parcel delivery by the government
popular features of the British postal
system Not only do the general pub
lie eagerly avail themselves of the
service for the transmission of all
sorts of articles, ranging from a hat
pin to wedding trousseau, but the
great retail houses, in increasing
numbers, also employ il for sending
home the purchases Of customers. in
stead of using their own delivery wag-
ons They find the government does
the work for them cheaper and better
than they can do 1t for themselves.
The price charged, which is paid OF
course, in postage stamps. varies from
2 cents for parcel weighing under
two pounds to % cents for a parcel
not exceeding eleven pounds Many
of the London laundries now send
home the weeks washing by the par
eel post for the same reason that the
big stores are taking to it, The serv-
ice costs less than that which they
have previously provided themselves.
One of the great advantages of the
parcel post, as compared with the work
of private companies, is its celebrity.
1t is stated that within the London
radius, 1t is case of only few
hours, for the parcel post makes sew
eral deliveries daily. BY paying a
small additional fee Immediate de-
livery" Is secured. Another excellent
feature is that all parcels are insured
up to a certain value.
Almost anything may be sent by
parcels post. Fish are often sent to
the large hotels by parcel post direct
from seaport towns: and their fresh
ness is assured. as they are delivered
the same day as shipped Fruit, veg
etables. and eggs in huge quantities
are sent from country farms to Lon
don markets by the same method The
postoffice egg business is so large that
special departments are assigned 70
1t, and minute instructions for packing
and shipment are issued. The postof-
flee, however pays no compensation
for broken eggs; but it is remarkable
that the breakage is extremely small,
providing packing instructions are
followed. Eggs are shipped in boxes
containing small cardboard divisions.
soft fruit, such as
Observation-Disclosures be packed in
boxes in such way that the juice
will not exude and injure other par
cells At Christmas time vast num-
bers of turkeys are sent by parcel
post.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
Short Savings.


Like beauty, grating is only skin
deep.
The fool sayeth in his heart: There
are no lirts"
modern novel in three words !:
Matrinlony, parsimony, alimony
No man is a hero to his valet" -
but every man is a hero to his wife.
When we are children we are silly;
when we are grown up we are silly and
wicked.
| often wonder what kind of booze
Adam had been drinking when he saw
that wonderful snake.
When u girl has nothing to do she
always calls in two or three particular
friends to help her do it,
The difference between safety and
satisfaction is the difference between
happy marriage and the other kind
Few women are ever arrested for
vagrancy, tho except on rainy days
they have no visible means of support
One advantage of living in a fiat is
that you cannot have family skeleton
There is no room in the closet for one
Beautiful women are not necessarily
deficient in brain power-in fact they
usually possess it--but they don't
need it.
Honest confession may be good for
the soul. but the soul doesn't have to
lie awake nights listening to a curtain
lecture.
Would the matinee girl ever care for
her idol again did she see him boiling
his own frankfurters and chasing his
own GROWER?
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
IOWA OPINIONS AND NOTES

I'm these glorious times of general
prosperity, with wages and most
everything else going up, it would
be a splendid plan for the wage earn
ers, and salary earners, and others
with small incomes, to lay by for the
proverbial rainy day." suggests the
Oelwein Register. And yet the great
majority are spending full as much as
they make in order to keep up with
the rapid procession. There was big
rainy day in 1886, and there may be
another"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07

The size of the packets which may
be sent by parcel post is, of course.
limited. The greatest length allowed
is feet 6 inches, but a parcel with a
length and girth combined of 6 feet
may also be transmitted. For instance
a parcel whose longest dimensions is
feet inches may measure in girth
as much as feet inches, while
parcel 3 feet in length may measure
the same distance around. the essen
tial requirement being that the two
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1907-10-07
loxan. Wanted WHIPS.

The man with the whip privilege ad
the Iowa state fair probably made
more money with less work and a
smaller Investment than any other con-
cessionnaire this season, says the DeSI
Moines Register and Leader. 1t was
stated recently that he sold $4,000
whips during week, making profit
of about $500.