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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
N0FUND FORITALIAN
CANNOT RAISE MONEY TO DEPEND
 vENCENTTA.
Slayer of Robert Laird, Jr., on NayRI ReseFvatfon WIli Be Tried in the United States
 rar6gf

Pensacola, Fla. Dec. 2s.-(special. ) Friends of Salvatore vencentia, the Italian who. shot and killed Robert Laird, Jr., at Warrington recently. are endeavoring to raise funds among the Italian residents of Pensacola and Warrington 10 employ counsel, but so far have met with no success.
 The Italians at Warrington condemn the act of Yencentia and positively refuse to donate to employ attorneys to defend him in the United Statea Court. where he will be tried owing to the fact that the murder was com- mitted on the naval reservation.
 In the city, with the exception of a few. the Italians have declined to as- sist. The brother-in-law of the man, who is a member of the Marine Band stationed at the navy yard. Is much incensed at the actof VSlcentia. and has requested a transfer from the local yard. which has been approved.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Cruiser Montgomery. Expecteal,

Srhs ioruishss 4A8onrgomseyS which Is fltted out exclusively for experiment. ing with various types of torpedoes. is expected here during this week from Newport Newe, and will remain dur ing the winter engaged in experiment. ing with torpedoes. This ~ai1 be done in Pensacola Bay, where the vessel worked so. successfully last year.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Tueatlny Tea cub.

Mrs. R. s. Bacon did the honors for the Tuesday Tea Club today, which held its meeting at II a. ln- A centre of roses and ferns formed the attract ing setting for the table and those present were Mesdames St. John Will son. Erwin Little, Arthur Yerger. Palmer Pillans, Paul Wilson, Russell Isadd and Ernest Planck.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Ceancli of Jeriak Women.

A general meeting of the Council of Jewish Women was held this evening in the B'nai B'rith Hall, at the Temple. There was a large attendance on hand and the members and guests enjoyed program.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30
Nesus of Mobile Society

meeting today with Miss Lena Metz ger as hostess.
 The prizes were pieces of neckwear, and those present were Mss Ethel Miriam Jacobson. Viola Lyons, Gertie and Lucille Schwartz, Matilda spira. Teresa schwarz, Zerline Well, Elaine Eichold. and Lena Hanaw.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-30

Afternoon B00 Club. The Afternoon 500 Club enjoyed their
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
SCHOOLHoUSE STANDS
Case From Leighton Decided In
Supreme Court.

The supreme court Wednesday
handed down an opinion sustaining
Judge K e. Willcockson of the trial
court in Mahaska District IN the case
of Julia A. Mendenhall VS.. the school
district of Leighton. The case was
brought before the county superin-
tendent by Mrs. Mendenhall to pre-
vent the removal of a school house
from one point and relocating it near
Mrs. Mendenhalls property. The
lady brought her case on the grounds
of violation of the state law giving
property owners the right to demand
a, building being placed at certain
distance. at least 80 rods, from a
residence. The case went to the
district court and quite a fight was
made on the phases of the law de-
veloped by the question. The trial
court held in favor of the plaintin
and the case was appealed by the
school district of Leighton, which de-
sired to better the school accommoda.
tons of their district The supreme
court in an opinion by Judge Deemer
sustains the findings of the trial court
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
First Baptist Church.

Sunday was good day for the
church. There was good attend
ance. The interest on the part of the
membership is increasing, The B.
Y. P. U. is doing great things. The
membership has doubled the last four
months. The B. Y. P.lU. decided to
have the Central University Glee Club
composed of eighteen person, to give
an entertainment March II, '0S. Then
the Oskaloosa Associational B. Y. r.
U. rally will be held with ting church
April Is, 16 and H.. A large delega-
ton from outside is expected. The
Sunday school has started a Red and
Blue contest and interest is manifest
ed in that a number OF new scholars
have enrolled.
In the evening service good at
tendance was present and the pastor
spoke on the text, "Ye are my friends
if you do whatsoever command you,
John 15:14. After the sermon one
united with the church, and three fol
lowed the Lord in the ordinance OF
baptism.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
AMONG THE CHURCHES
Items of Interest Cleaned from Pul-
pit and Sanctuary.

The morning sermon at the Chris
tian church was given to the subject
of missions. Along with the leading
thought of missions the pastors SER
mons have been largely interviewer
with church duties and obligations
generally. In the evening we nau
the first OF two sermons on the SUP
ject of Sin. History has never given
us record of sinless nation. THE
trail of the serpent is over them all.
No argument is needed. The preach.
err who undertakes to SO prove wastes
his time and weakens his cause. Sin
is fact of history, of observation, OF
consciousness and of revelation.
Every law presnpposes it. If there
were no sin we would need no jails,
or penitentiaries, or reform schools
Under. sin is under bondage. It's
chains are forged day by day. BE
sure your sin will find you out" II
cannot be covered up. Nations suf'
fer for their sins in time, but individ
uals are judged on the last great day
One lady united with the church al
the morning service and one made the
confession at the close of the even
ing address.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27


summer months. Preparations are
now being. made for the annual mis-
Tsionary offering which will be taken
up on Easter Sunday.
Another large audience was present
at the evening service. The choir
rendered an. attractive anthem and
Rev. Allen preached upon the subject
of the objectionable Sin" The dis.
course was given close attention and
made deep Impression on all who
heard it. Another baptismal service
will take place on Thursday evening.
when il is expected that others will
be immersed. The young peoples
class in Bible study viii also meet on
this evening. The regular quarterly
conference will meet on Wednesday
levening of this week, when all Off
cial members of the church are ex
lpected to be present. Presiding Elder
McClelland will be present and will
preside.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
Friends Quarterly Meeting.

The Friends of the Oskaloosa dis.
trict closed most successful and en-
Icouraging quarterly meeting, Sunday,
and good reports were heard from sew
eral sources. The attendance was
much larger than usual and new
Interest seems to be noticeable in all
divisions of the church work. Mrs.
Melinda Hunt of Iowa Falls, who is
conducting a series Of meetings in the
North H street Mission, reports pro-
gress and excellent results. The bus
mess meeting was neld during the 'af-
ternoon, Jasper Hadley of Marshall
town, superintendent of the Commit
tee on Evangelistic Work for the
Yearly Meeting, was present and he
gave an interesting talk along the
line of his duties and the results being
obtained. The superintendent of the
Evangelistic Department of the Quar-.
terIy Meeting also reported successful
meetings held in various places and
a genuine revival of interest in all
branches of the Friends work.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
Bo6-SLED PARTY.
Sophomores of Penn College Enjoy
Ride to Without Home.

The Sophomore class of Penn col.
lege enjoyed bob ride and oyster
supper Wednesday evening. They
drove to the beautiful country home
of Miss Nell Without, a member of the
class, which is just two miles north
east of Oskaloosa. The crowd arrived
at the hospitable home about eight
O'Clock, and no sooner had they laid
off their wraps and warmed their fin.
gers until number of interesting
games and all sorts of amusements
were INDUCED. After this kind of
amusement grew tiresome the party
were favored with a number of piano
selections by various members of the
company, and then songs in which all
were able to take part. Eyerybody's
face beamed with joy and their
mouths fairly watered when they saw
the slips of paper being passed with
which they were to obtain their part
|ners for supper, for they knew what
was awaiting them in the dining room.
After each one had obtained his IL
her partner. all marched to the large
and commodious dining room where
covers were laid for twenty. The
supper was one that would be enjoyed
by crowd after riding two miles in
a bob; it consisted of two courses, the
first being oysters, crackers and
pickles, and the second course being
peaches, cake and coffee. After sup.
per guessing contest in the form of
conundrums was INDUCED Papers
were passed to the various couples
containing twenty conundrums which
were to be answered with the last
names Of Penn college students. They
were given seven minutes to answer
them, and two couples tied for the
honors. each getting fifteen names.
1t was quite unique and caused much
fun at guessing your own name. At
a late hour all loaded into the bob
again and departed for Oskaloosa, at
ter expressing their pleasure and ap.
probation to Mr.. and Mrs. without
for the hospitality of their home
One Who Was There.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
Am 0SKALOOSA GIRL.
Louise shumate Winning Success
With Sothern.

Sundays Register and Leader con.
tains a large cut "a well known Os-
kaloosa girl and adds: Virginia Ham.
mond, Oskaloosa's talented young ac-
tress, now playing with E. Fl. Sothern,
continues to receive most generous
commentator from eastern dramatic
critics. Miss, Hammond, whose real
name is Louise Virginia Shumate, has
been on the stage less than two years,
but in that short time has attained to
the position Of leading lady to the
greatest living actors among English
speaking races today. Her phenom-
email success is highly gratifying to
her many friends here and throughout
Iowa. Miss Shumate was born and
raised here, was a pupil of the public
schools and, of Penn college. Later
she attended Miss Blood's school of
oratory in Chicago, where her work
attracted the attention of William
Wade Hinshaw, of the Hinshaw ORA
matte school, which school she also
attended. When the Sothern-Marlowe
company Was III SHlSdSu, NAao ptu
mate was invited to read IL Were
King before Mr. Sothern and Miss
Marlowe. who were then starring in
that play. Much to her surprise she
received an offer to join the company
which she did, taking for her stage
name Virginia Hammond, her own
middle name, that of the native
state of her parents-and the family
name of her mother. Her rise was
marvellous, The girl who two years
| ago had never appeared before the
lfootlights this year seized "a favor
able opportunity and sprang at one
bound into an actress of the first
rank. Old actors assert that hel
ltranscendent leap into prominence ii
feat not witnessed once in gener
alton. This year she is playing such
parts as Ophelia in Hamlet, Sonia
In The Fool Hath Said There is Nc
God Hugette in If / Were King, and
Mary Meredith in Lord Dundreary'
Miss Hammond is yet in her early
Itwenties, and those who have watched
her short career thus far predict thai
the zenith of her powers will witness
a name famous for the strength ant
brilliancy of her achievement, Oska
loosa friends are much interested IL
the appearance Of Miss Hammond IL
Des MONIES in April, and hope to SEE
her in one of those parts that have
already brought her into noteworthy
prominence in the dramatic circles o
the east" .a
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
NOT ON THE PROGRAM
An Interesting Incident Of Wash
ington Celebration.

pretty incident occurred at Fifth
ward school Friday, during the Wash
ington's Birthday program. Major
John F. Lacey was talking to the chill
dren of the primary department. A
little fellow on the front row and near
the gentleman leaned forward and said
with a show of pride, Major Lacey,
my papa was in the war with Spain.
The Major smiled and the remark Of
the little fellow prompted him to en-
quire If there were others in the room
whose fathers were in the Spanish
war Several little hands promptly
went up. Now Them continued Mr..
Lacey, "'let's see now many had grand
fathers who were in the civil war, land
more hands were raised Miss Har.
riet A. Cruzen, daughter of Marion
Cruzen in her response to the ques,
ton Immediately attracted the atten
ton of the Major. She had replied
by holding up both her hands.
How, now, what is this, asked the
gentleman.
L Ht reply Cdule lHoIdulIy liuHi IhN
little Miss. Both of my grandpas
we're in the Civil war, sir, and | had
| to show for both of Them"
The major was pleased and the
children laughed. Taking silver
dollar from his pocket the speaker told
the children the story of Fredericks
burg at which place Washington Is
said to have thrown silver dollar
across Rappahannock river. The
story being related to noted senator
one day drew the comment, swell, IL
must be so, have heard that Wash
ington could make a dollar go farther
than any other man of his time" The
children took the point and had g
good laugh. Mr.. Lacey handed Miss
Cruzen the dollar and told her to keeI
| 1t as momento of the day and the
occasion and as a reminder of the
story And the little lady fairly beam
with pleasure. .g.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
THREATEN NAVAL MAGAZINE.
"slack Hand" May Blow Up 5000, 600
Pounds of Powder. .3i} 3g&


New York. Feb. 24.-In letter
signed "Black Hand and addressed
to Commander Braunsrueter, in charge
of the United States naval magazine
at Iona island, the threat has been
made that the enormous stores OF
smokeless powder on the island will
be blown up unless the married men
discharged from employment on the
island January /, 1908, be put back to
work at once. There are 100000
pounds Of smokeless powder and other
explosives stored in the numerous
magazines.
Secret service men are working to
discover the identity of the writer OF
the letter. Printed by hand, the letter
was mailed at the Haverstraw post
office two weeks ago. 1t was as fol.
lows: pig
II the married men that were dis
charged from Iona island are not taken
back again at once all the magazines
on the island will be blown up. The
writer does not fear death.
(Signed) BLACK HAND"
On January l between 80 and 40
men, civilians who had been employed
on the island, were discharged owing
to delay in Forwarding funds from
Washington to continue work. This
delay was looked upon at the time as
temporary, and it was understood the
men would be taken back as soon as
fhe money arrived,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
COMES HERE IN APRIL
Baptist Young People Will Be In
0skaloosa. IT,. 49, .,

Howard F. Kirk, president of the
local Baptist Young Peoples Union
and president of the B. Y. P. U. de.
partment of the 0skaloosa Baptist AS
ISOLATION, went to Eddyville Saturday
to hold meeting of the program com
:mittee to complete arrangements for
the holding of the annual meeting oil
the Sunday school and B. Y. P, U.
departments of the association and it
was decided to hold the convention at
the First Baptist church in Osk;iloosa
Ion, April Is, 16 and II. The oska.
ilcosa association includes the major
iity of the churches in MahaSka, Wap-
yello, Marion and Monroe counties and
ii few small churches in adjoining
counties and between fifty and seven
ty,five visiting delegates are expected
at the convention and an excellent
program has been prepared for the diff
ferent sessions. John w. Dye, of
Eddyville, is president of the Sunday
School department of the association.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
YOUNG FELLOWS WIN
Interesting Contests in the Shooting
Match at Fair Grounds.

THE big shooting match between
the eOld Tuners" and the Young
Bucks was held at the Fair Grounds
Saturday upon the occasion of Wash
ington's birthday, The crowd in at
tendance was surprise even to the
management. Between twenty-five
and thirty guns were out, and the in
terest in the game never Jagged. The
shooting started at ten O'Clock and
barely stopped for dinner, many of
the shooters staying on the ground
and sending out for lunches. The
contests were resumed as soon as the
shooters could have bite" and the
matches were still In progress at
dusk when it became too dark to see
the targets.
The outcome of the match was a
victory for the young shooters and
the title Of "Old Timers" will have to
stick. The old masters of the gun
were much in evidence at the start
with the intention of showing the
boys that tney did not know so much
as they thought they did, but the boys
stood their ground well and, unban
tered by the talk and fun made OF
their opening work, soon set pace
that was entirely too good for the
has beens" to reach. The honors Of
the Sday rested entirely with the
younger set of shooters. Joe Taylor
carried off the ribbon as the best
shooter of the day. winning the ma
joFity of the matches. Wilbur Bass
of the postoffice force, also captured
| a number OF trophies.
Chas. /. Hoover, a former star per
former and the winner of many q
match, was on the grounds during the
day, hut he had to acknowledge thai
he was scarcely up to his old time
form, Lem Swearingen was another
of the old school who competed fol
| honors.i a'
The has, beens" are loath to ac
knowledge that they are down ant
out and they are not in the best o
humor over the defeat of Saturday
The young men have said that the,
may have all necessary time and op
portunity to retrieve lost laurels ant
another gun contest has been arrang
ed for Monday, March 8.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
A. M, {. Church.

Before a congregation that filed
nearly every seat in the A. M. h.
church Sunday evening, Rev. Geo. w.
Leach, the noted evangelist of the
North MISSOURI Conference, began
his work in this city in the interest OF
Christ and humanity. He chose for
his text Jesus beautiful similitude to
Nichodemus, as recorded in John 3
XIV: AS Moses lifted up the ser
pent in the wilderness, even so must
the son of man pc lifted up" The
sermon was both historical and logi'
cal and was an eloquent illustration
of Gods mysterious workings in be
half of those who trust in Him. Ell
der Leach is a wonderful preacher
and stirred his audience to high
pitch of religious enthusiasm. His
appeal to sinners was forceful and
touching and one person came for
ward for prayers. Elder Leach will
have full charge of the meetings dur
ing the coming week and will preach
each evening. His subject for to-
night will be After the Dance" A
cordial invitation is extended to all
persons to De present
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
conareaatlonaI Church.

Prof. j. ID. Stops, of Grinnell, once
more filled the pulpit yesterday. His
coming is a synonym for a fresh way
|of presenting a truth. The scripture
taken as basis for the morning SER
mon was that part of the 18th chapter
Of 1st Cor referring to the various
members of the body, their relation to
each, the fact that they constitute one
body and are dependent each upon
the other. This scripture was classi.
fed as one Of the immortal pieces of
literature.
The topic which Prof. Stoops said
would do to begin with, but would
not answer when he had finished was
individual and Social Morality" One
of the fallacies Of modern thinking is
the idea that Individual morality is
one thing and social morality quite
another. The rather startling state
ment was made that no such thing as
moral development was possible for
the individual isolated from his social
environment. Both the man who is
personally moral but lacking in a
sense of social righteousness, and the
man strong on the side of civic NOR
atty but weak in personal morality,
were set down as abnormal Man is
not unit but complex organism, and
it is a narrow view of life when a
man says he has no longer any tempt
atoms so long as brother struggles
with evil aud degradation.
The topic of the evening sermon
was What Eduaction Should Mean
For Life" 1t was shown that educa.
ton to prehistoric man meant first
his religious education, because to all
barbarous peoples every act of life is
a religious act, and his first thought
is to perform them IN such a way as
will enable him to get on comfortably
with his gods, The second considep
alton was to teach him now to do his
work in the best manner. Books, cur.
riculum and teachers. in technical
sense, there were none.
The Greek system of education
where one-half the boys education
was conducted out of doors, not tc
make strong bodies but to make men
was warmly praised. A strong point
was made for manual training by sta
tistics taken from our penitentiarieS
Seventy or eighty per cent of the pris
onefs took fromsthe library books OF
good. literature. showing that intel.
lectually their education had not been
NEGLECTED, but only twenty per cent
had received any training as to how
to do things. These statistics prove
conclusively that it is not enough to
teach boy how to think, but he must
also be taught toSwill and to act.
The whole discourse was a refuta
ton of the idea too commonly held
that education means examining a
certain plumber Of books into the mind
of the child and a strong plea for the
method which considers the child
from a psychological standpoint and
strives to lead out his motor and NOR.
al as well as his intellectual powers.
/ Prof. Stops sermons are a great
factor in the education of commun.
Iity and Oskaloosa, and the Congrega.
tional church in particular, feels that
Iowa college added to itself a source
of much strength when it secured the
Services of such man.
z # H.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
wAsHlNeToN's BIRTHDAY.
Holiday Was Observed In variou.
Ways in Town.

/ Washington's birthday was celebrat
ed in 0skaioosa this year more in the
spirit OF a holiday than ever before,
The occasion was given prominence
by elaborate decorations in the shop
windows, many of the merchants put,
ting in special trims. Flags were dis,
played from many OF the prominent
buildings about town, a big shooting
match was held at the Fair Grounds,
several social events were enjoyed
during the evening. and last but not
least, the Herald assisted in the gen
eral celebration by issuing its special
Trades Edition. the biggest and best
paper of any kind that has ever been
published in 0skaloosa,
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
NOT THE SANE ASSOCIATION.
Confusion In Names Regarding the
oratoricai Contest.

The oratorical contest which Is 70
be held at the Central Holiness uni
yersity the first week OF March. Is
that of the Iowa State ter-Collegiate
Prohibition Oratorical association,
which is separate and distinct or
ganization from the Iowa State Inter
Collegiate Oratorical association, al
though many of the same colleges are
represented in each, Penn college
will not be represented as school
in the contest at the G. H. U. this
year, although one of the students
may enter an Grafton, but she will be
represented at the meeting of the
Iowa State Oratorical association at
Mt. Pleasant on March q by two dele
gates, Alexander Purdy and Miss
Jessie Richie. Neither will deliver
an Grafton in the contest, but Mr.. Pur-
dy is on the program for a toast at
the banquet.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-02-27
MINERS ELECTION.
Event Passed OF Quietly in Local
Field Saturday.

Saturday. Washington's birthday
was election day for the Iowa Mine
Workers. District No. 10, and it pass
ed off in the usual quiet and orderly
manner. The polls for the oskalooss
local were open at the supervisors
room in the court house. where the
miners have their regular place OF
meeting.
The results of the election cannot
be known until officially canvassed by
the election board at the meeting OF
the state convention at Des MONIES
April LIST.
Saturday was also miners pay day
This fact delayed the voting to some
extent. but as the polls were open un,
til 1900 o'clock, the usual complete
expression OF the wishes OF the Indi,
vidnal miners was obtained.