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The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1908-03-28
Decatur News.

Decatur is yet alive and plenty
of money seems to be in circula-
ton.
Rev. w. L. Anderson, the de-
putty general and Mrs. Lou Lee
Young, the Rosebud lecturer of
the Western Grand Division, left
Decatur for Indianapolis, last
Friday, after spending several
days here in the interest of the
True Reformers. While here
they established new work IN the
following cities: Springfield,
Lincoln and Chamgaign. The
new work is progressing nicely.
Antioch Baptist church is car,
rying on revival this week and
is having fine meeting conducted
by The pastor, Rev. j A. Crock.
EFT.
Rev. S. B. Jones just closed
his third quarter last Sunday,
raising 5000 during the quarter.
Dr.. b. II. Cottman was present
and preached at the morning and
evening services. and the col.
lection for the day was $54.OO.
The Jolly Twelve gave a house
party in honor of Miss Gala
Mitchell's birthday, Friday,
M,rob On Of tbo bor,o of N6;oo
Mitchell, d member of the club. }
The following persons were
present:
Misses Ida White, Nellie Mont.
gomery, Alice Johnson, Lizzie
Slaughter, Willie Pearsell, Eva
and Cora Page, Margurite Hurry,
Edna Clanton, Gussie and Ethel
Caldwell, John Sharp and wife,
Charles Browner and wife, and
Messrs. Fred McGregory, Benz.
Rogan, Leonal d Page. Robert
Lindsey, Harvey Watkins and
Albert Montgomery and wife.
Refreshments were served at
II o clock which consisted of
chicken salad, pickles, white and
brown sand wiches. coffee and ice
cream in club colors. The affair
proved to be one of the finest
house parties ever given in De.
catur. 1t is hoped that one just
like it will be given each month.
Mrs. G P. Ganaway was cal
led 10 Chicago last week to the
bedside Of her daughter who is
better at this writing:
Joseph Motley of Lincoln, is
in Dec ttur to live. He is stop.
ping with his brother on Spring
avenue.
Miss Gussie Caldwell served
at her home, 3l2 S. Broadway, a
four course dinner last Sunday
in honor of Mrs. Necil Johnson s
birthday, the following guests
were present-Miss Gala Mitch.
ell, David Hunt and H rvey Wat
kinS.
Mrs. Mary Boyd is reported
on the sick list this week.
D. W. McMurray has been
confined to his bed f 5 several
weeks with lagJippe.
DR.. G. H. Jones of Springfield,
was in our City last week on bus
ness.
The ball given by Gus Smith
last Friday, was a fine affair and
everything was carried out or.
derly and there were many out
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

Of getting peek at these CHASTITY
pieces of what once were human
frames, OF the two, the latter seems
to be infinitely the more horrible,
although the law will not and cannot
say so.
At the worst, these murders inyolv-
ed no moro than two or three people.
OF these wild beasts, the chief Grim.
wal is supposed to be dead, and the
other is a wretchcd creature with
whom society can presently deal. But
what is It to do with the 5000, re.
presenting a comparatively small
community who are so lost to the
first instincts of dccency that their
curiosity could find satisfaction In
such sight? How Is a human being
made who can be gratlfed by walk
ing about the premises where murder
has been done? And is II a human
being at all who can be made happy
by the sight of some Jumps OF flesh
that once formed part of the body OF
a man or woman. before being char
red by fire or moldered by earth into
mere bits of putrid matter? 1t is
something almost too disgusting to
think of. Yes here we have the fact;
and that not in some haunt OF ignor.
ance or far away from the restraints
Of civilization hut in ono nf tho most
thickly settled and comparatively
most civilized states of the union.
1t is things like these that shock
us out OF our complacency, and made
us see the ugly facts as they are.
These curiosity seekers and relic
hunters are not wicked people. They
are not criminals. They would shrink
from hurting a human being. But
they are as uncivilized, nevertheless,
as the head hunters Of Borneo. They
have developed something lower than
the brutes, for the brute instinctively
shuns the presence of a dead body.
They have simply developed a NOR
bid taste that is awful to contemplate
and that must deaden every finer i'm
pulse and make them among the least
admirable Of living things. 1t is this
disposition that is being cultivated
by the sensationalism of our time
and it is a fact of no happy augury
for society or for the country.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
PAVING.

The proposition of the president of
the Commercial club to have the city
macadamize First street from the
Junction to Norfolk avenue. on the
assumption that there is no POSSIBLE
ity of paving Main street this year,
Will find plenty of opposition. The
opposition will come, not because it
would not be good thing to do just
the work that Mr.. Durland suggests,
but because there are only very few
people in Norfolk willing to concede
that there SIS no probability of paving
Main street this year" The present
city administration was elected on the
Identical issue of paving Main street,
and any attempt to substitute some.
thing else for that issue will not meet
with the approval of either the city
administration or the people who
elected the present officers. If the
effort to take in outside additions to
the city is successful, as in Justice it
seems it must be, then the way will
be clear to vote bonds to pave inter
sections. If the city does not succeed
in expanding, then the enterprise of
Norfolk will certainly find some other
way of raising the money to take care
of intersections. If the city could
provide $4,000 to macadamize First
street it certainly could find a similar
amount to pave intersections, when
there is no comparison between the
value of the two propositions to the
city. Press dispatches bring the an
nouncement that the town of Wymore
in the southern part of the state, a
place of $500 people, is paving its
main streets this spring. If a town
OF $500 can find way to pave, GER
tainly Norfolk with twice that num-
Der ought to have no serious Difficult.
ty in finding way out of the diff.
Guilty.
The News does not find fault with
Mr., Durland's proposition to make
one first class thoroughfare between
Main street and the Junction. On
the contrary, we would be in favor of
1t after Main street has been paved
so that the macadam could connect
with the paving, but we insist that
that the taking care of the streets in
the business section Of the city is far
more important at this time and is
the first street improvement that
should be given consideration by the
city. After that has been taken care
Of The News will gladly join with
any enterprising citizens in an effort
to secure other public improvements,
and the construction OF a good high.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
A GREAT NATIONAL MOVEMENT


Not since the close of the civil war
has there been a movement so prom
Using, cause that should appeal so
powerfully to all our people, as that
which is represented by the recent
conference at Washington to take
steps for conserving our national re-
sources. And as usually happens,
its indirect and expected consequent
ces promise to be fruitful of results
more permanent and important even
than those which were designed
and expected to follow it.
Directly, it will be productive of
the greatest possible benefit if it only
impresses upon the public mind the
necessity of stopping our spendthrift
course. Probably the forestry ques-
ton has done more than any other to
bring this subject to the front. Every
body can see, and nearly everybody
feels, in the enhanced cost of lumber,
the result of permitting our forests
to be cut down as fast as greed could
turn them into cash. The end of our
iron and coal resources is more re-
mote, but the process is the same
and it must lead to the same state
of poverty. Our water powers are
all passing into private ownership,
where they will represent a tax on
the community instead of one of it's
most valuable assets. Our lands have
practically all been given away.
There will be a great decline in ma
tional wealth and a brake upon ma
tional prosperity if this process be
not checked 1t is time to take an
inventory of our possessions and to
set guard about those that remain.
Indirectly, there is promise in a
thousand Ways from the introduction
of a system of conference between
state and national authorities. AL
most from the foundation Of the gov
eminent these two powers have work.
ed at cross purposes. They have been
jealous of each other, and each has
sought to extend its sphere at the
expense of the other. But If they
confer agree and unite, they are actu-
ally omnipotent. There is nothing
which they cannot accomplish; and
all the regulative forces necessary to
our life may be exercised through
them simply and universally. The
better understanding between state
and nation and their agreement to
cooperate may prove the most last
ing fruit of the Washington confer
ence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
1T WILL BE TAFT.

One great difference between the
republican and the democratic party
is the difference between an orderly
convention and a mob. The mob is
swayed by passion and listens to
that leader who, for the time being,
bowls loudest and gives most violent
counsel. The convention proceeds
according to regulations laid down
before hand, and has enough self
control to understand that minorities
must yield to majorities II men are
At to govern themselves.
The great quality Of the republican
party, which has kept 1t in power
and enabled 1t to present and carry
out plans for constructive govern
ment, was never better shown than
in the agreement reached practically
by the several candidates to support
Mr.. Taft. 1t is policy of profound
ism. And it is precisely because
it is capable of such wisdom In plan
and of carrying it into effect in action
that the republican party remains in
control of the nations destinies.
The fact, which every one now ad-
mits, is that Secretary Taft is the
choice of great majority of the re-
publican voters of this country. II
representation in the national con
vention were based on republican
votes, as it ought to be, instead of
upon population, he would have a big
majority on the first ballot. There
was every probability that he would
be thus nominated anyhow. But it
was also possible that the splitting
up of the vote by giving compliment
airy votes to favor1te sons might
make possible some other result.
And if Taft should be defeated, in
some moment of convention excite
ment, party success would be en-
dangered
The republican party being an or
ganization, and not a mob, its leaders
have taken counsel and determined
to prevent any such misfortune. Mr..
Taft is to be nominated. Minor de-
tails will be arranged by mutual con.
cessions. The party and the country
are first considered; and the party
that is capable of doing this is worthy
of the support it enjoys and will still
receive. The supporters of Mr.. Taft
are to be congratulated in that their
fight is now substantially won.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
NO CURRENCY LEGISLATION.

The happiest feature of the last days
of congress is the failure of the two
houses to agree on any currency bill.
Both of them are disastrously wrong
in some respects. The senate clings
to the principle of a bond-secured cur
rency, which is abominable; and seeks
to extend it to other securities, so that
we should have initiation limited only
by the ability of promoters to issue
worthless securities. If its plan were
followed, we could not fail to have a
crash sometime in the future the like
of which the world has never seen.
The house adopted the principle of
asset currency; but so poorly stated,
so inadequately safeguarded, that
those engaged in banking would be
at the mercy Of another set of pro-
motors. Both bills are bad; and it will
be happy thing for the country if
both of them die while graphing each
others threats for supremacy.
The extraordinary thing about 1t all
has been the persistence Of congress
in trying to do something in a hurry,
no matter whether the thing done
were right or wrong. The currency
question, as we all know, is a big one.
1t is more or less obscure and the
policy which we are to follow ought
to be matured after the gravest DELHI
Grafton and study of all existing
models in other lands. Almost no
body has made this study except Con-
gresham Fowler His work ought to
be supplemented by a commission Of
experts. It's work should be present
ed to the country, discussed, debated
and then thrown into the form Of law
after all the light possible had been
cast upon it. That is the only way
in which to legislate wisely on a mat
ter so weighty. 1t is, of course, i'm
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
CUT OUT FAKE ADVERTISING.

The business men of Norfolk are
to be commended for the wisdom in
organizing to protect themselves
against the dozens of petty advertis-
ing schemes of doubtful value with
which the business men of all COM
munities are constantly besieged.
The larger the community, the
greater is the number of these adver-
Using schemes into which merchants
and other business men are incessant-
ly urged to drop odd dollars. Many
of the schemes are entitled to no
more complimentary a term than
graft. Few of them have any real
value as advertising mediums. These
schemes have been increasing until
the Norfolk Commercial club took up
the matter and as a result most of the
business men of this city have signed
an agreement to patronize no more
of them
Newspaper advertising is about the
only form of publicity, in the opinion
of the business men, which really
brings adequate returns. 1t is the
concensus of opinion that if the money
being expended on this, that and the
other petty scheme were devoted to
newspaper publicity, the advertisers
would realize far greater benefit.
The stand taken by the business
men of Norfolk is along the same line
as that adopted some time ago by
Lincoln business men.
A committee of Commercial club
directors will investigate any plan
presented and it goes without saying
that any plan worthy of patronage
will be endorsed by the committee.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

King Gustav of Sweden is a royal
democrat. He cares nothing for the
trappings of royalty. Instead of go
ing through the elaborate and expen-
sive ceremony of coronation he said:
What is the use of it? If am king,
it is by virtue of the love and respect
of the people of Sweden, not by the
spending of a million dollars out of the
peoples treasury" He feels the de-
mocracy of the age. The world has
lost its regard for gorgeous parades.
1t is the man. not the uniform, which
it places first.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The Chicago Tribune suggests to
the grand Army of the Republic that
once a month some member of its
local post in every community in the
United States address the children of
the public schools" This is good
idea and the personal experiences of
those veterans would be vivid lessons
In patriotism which would do more
to fix the history Of the great struggle
in the children's minds than anything
else could do.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

Mary d. McFadden in her sprightly
column in the Duluth News-Tribune
called Sabbath Diversions" is re-
sponsible for what follows: "lt's easy
enough to give a working woman, out
in the world, full credit for her cour-
age and fortitude, but these qualities,
after all, are but the expression OF
the eternal feminine in her. Any
average domestic woman's life work,
in detail, would stagger any average
man who could be made to understand
its irksomeness and need of thorough
ability"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

possible at this session and unwise
in the face of a national campaign.
There is no need whatever of haste.
The country does not need more
money.
We are In no present danger of a
panic. The money of the country Is
not insufficient, it is redundant, What
we have to study is not how to In
crease its volume, but how to make il
elastic without cndangering its sccur
ity. The passage Of either measure
favored by this congress would have
been a national misfortune of the tlrst
magnitude.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
THE GOOD ROADS MOVEMENT


1t is to be hoped that the efforts of
the Norfolk Commercial club in Sc
curing a government road expert for
the purpose of building a model road.
way near this city, may meet with
success.
Good roads are a tremendously val
liable asset for any community. A
good road means prosperity for far
mer and merchant alike. 1t costs the
farmer less money to haul his crops
to market over good roads; the result
is added profit from his sale. Good
roads invite farmers to town oftener
by making the trips easier
There is no one item of public i'm.
provement which means more for an
agricultural community than good
roads. A model government road
would act as the seed from which
many miles of good roads would grow
in all this territory, for once the full
import of good road were realized,
progress along that line would be in
evitably rapid.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

An immense demonstration in favor
of woman suffrage is to be held in
London on June 10, by the better class
of English women who are opposed to
the violent methods of the suffragists.
Women who follow the Carrie Ma
ton order of campaign put the day
when the women of England will be
granted the ballot farther away with
each unwomanly demonstration and
do more to prove woman's unfitness
for the ballot than any enemy of their
cause would possibly accomplish.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The American lady stenographer
is quite likely to rule with regal au.
thorty her department in the bust
ness mans Office in which she has
become a necessary fixture, but in
Europe the art of tipping" as they
call it there, has become a favorite
fad among the titled ladies. Queen
Alexandria of England and her
daughters, the Czarina of Russia,
Princess Ludwig of Bavaria, Queen
Amelia of Portugal and even the
Empress of Japan are expert mani
pulators Of the type writing machine
and assist their royal spouses with
their correspondence.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The city of Philadelphia appropri-
ated $4,000 to give municipal work
to the unemployed. In order to make
the money go as far as possible and
keep from actual hunger as many as
it could, the price offered for labor
was $100. This the men were urged
by labor union agitators to refuse be-
cause it was insufficient and would
lower the standard of American work
ing men. Farm work at 500 and $25
per month with board is also refused
by many who are suffering want or
accepting charity. This is a wrong
course. One dollar per day is not
enough for a man with a family to
live on, but 1t is better than nothing
and should be promptly accepted till
better times are brought about.
Every man who earns dollar a day
where he has earned nothing helps
to start the business of the country
to moving so much faster.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The fact that Governor John A.
Johnson is considered successful
governor of Minnesota and an &C
ceptable and desirable candidate for
the presidency by the democratic
party, certainly shows that this coun-
try is capable of doing in the way of
assimilating foreign elements. Gov.
Johnson is the son of Swedish immi-
grants. One generation has produced
an American citizen capable of TAX
ing a place among the foremost men
of the nation.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The playground movement in con-
nection with schools and public parks
in America has made wonderful prog
ress in the past year, In the past
six months s6,OOO,OOO have been spent
in opening new Fairgrounds and main
tanning those already open, while Chi.
cago alone has spent two millions a
year for the fitting up and maintain.
ing of fourteen Fairgrounds ranging
from six to seventy acres in extent.
The playground work has so far been
done almost wholly by municipalities
but a new departure is to be under
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The Toledo Blade remarks that one
way to trim a hat would be to cut off
about a foot all the way round. This
cynical remark was, of course, aimed
at the Merry Widow variety and
sounds as though made by sad
widOwer.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
ITALIAN INJURED.
Foster Section Man Fell OF Hand Car
And Injuries Back.

George Petron, an Italian section
man. was brought down from Foster
last evening with a badly injured
back, II was at first thought that tho
mans back was broken but an exam.
nation by local doctors did not indL
cate this.
Petron's story, as it came through
an Interpreter, was that he had fallen
on a handcar and struck the rail.
The man seemed to think that he had
been run over by the car but his in.
Juries did not indicate this.
DR.. Pilger and Dr. Salter looked
after the man.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

The habitual gambler is only a par
asite that has to be supported by his
industrious fellow citizens. Nine
tenths of the forgers. defaulters and
clerks who steal from their employ
ers, turn criminals, not to establish
or maintain legitimate business, but
in order to gamble in bucket shops,
pool rooms, race courses, lotteries
and at cards.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

Flags, flowers, and children are the
proper setting for Memorial Day. The
flag the veterans saved, the flowers
they earned, while to the children they
gave the priceless heritage of free
and united republic.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

New York milkman when he found
his milk to save his family from starv-
ing instead of having him arrested
gave him more. That milkman was
possessed of the milk of human
kindness" with full share of COM
mon sense.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29
TWO HORRORS

Two horrible things happened a
week ago down in Indiana. The one
was the discovery that a dozen people
more or less. had been lured to a
farm house, there murdered and their
dismembered bodies buried In pits
on the premises. The other was the
focking of some $4,000 persons on
Sunday to the place, ON the chance
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

Why should the democrats feel bad
over the repeated defeats of William
Jennings Bryan? They have never
hurt the country. The nomination Of
Mr.. Bryan at Denver would be a pa
triotic action. 1t would insure in ad-
vance of any campaign the election
of William H. Taft as the next presi.
dent.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

Gov. Johnson is not seeking the
Office, but he has opened very COM
modious and hospitable headquarters
where the Office can drop in any
time with reasonable assurance of
finding him at home.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

1t does not seem to disturb Gov.
Johnson's serenity to have Mr.. Bryan
announce his candidacy an impertin-
ence. You see some people question
Mr. Bryan's title to absolute owner
ship of the democratic party.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

A report from Chicago says that
Andrew Carnegie will endow a $25,
100000 university at Washington and
that Theodore Roosevelt will be its
president. If this is true, students at
that institution will be assured of a
good training in football, base ball.
wrestling, boxing, rowing and bronco
busting.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

A Texas widow has boldly declar-
ed that her next husband will have
to cook his own food or eat it raw.
That woman has courage but she is
quite likely to remain what the
Bostonian's call IAN appropriated
blessing"
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

Senator JEFF Davis of Arkansas has
a very soothing and gentlemanly way
of dealing with the people and things.
Referring to some of the newspapers
which have seen fit to criticise him
in senate speech he said: GO, dam
nable imps of pelf and greed. l defy
your taunts!" Now, say fellows, will
you be good?
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1908-05-29

A Berlin financial authority says
the visit of the American fleet to
Japan will be regarded by all the
world as a public attestation of the
peaceful intentions of Japan and will
advance the credit of Japan in all
the bourses of the world at a time
when she very much needs it strength.
ened.