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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17
Auction Sale.

The undersigned will hold an auc-
ton sale on the P. j. Qualley farm,
four miles southeast of DEBORAH, on
Friday, November 26th. Horses, cat
tie. hogs, machinery, hay grain etc.
Free lunch at noon.
1872 PAUL QUALLEY.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

AL kinds CT sewing machines
cleaned and repaired. G. w Payne,
lat L. Il. Morriscn's store exchange.
44tf.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

We have just tie kind of a
shoe that your boy would like for
winter shoe, at $185 and $500.
Sizes l to > II S. Larsen
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

20 per cent discount on Wall
Paper to make room for our new
stock. II. A. Prastmark e. Son.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

1t is false economy to buy cheap
glasses. M. j. Soukup, Optometrist.
3Stf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

Our glasses are reasonable in
price. Come in and see us. Nj. j.
Soukup, Optometrist. 3Stf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

Watches repaired by us keep
good time. Muller Bros, 45tf
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

--Sheepskin-lined listers fog
$1,000. These coats would be cheap
at $1,000. S. Larsen.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

Stamp Photos 10 for loo at the
Novelty Studio, Grand Opera House.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

Ladies' Hair Work at Trzcin-
skis. 45-6
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

Wall Paper at Brunt & Par.
mans.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1909-11-17

mans.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
GOVERNOR SMITH
TO PRACTICE LAW

Governor Smith will resume the prac-
tice of law after he retires from office as
chief executive of the state.
That much is now known positively,
from statements which the governor is
said to have made to intimate friends. II
was indicated some time ago by certain
engagements and extensions that had
been arranged for the governors old law
offices in the Peters building, where the
governors son and one of his former
partners have. under the firm name of
Smith and Hastings. been continuing the
practice of the old association. But the
definite announcement that Governor
Smith would resume his practice has not
seemed authorized till now.
II am not a candidate for any office
and do not contemplate entering any con-
test" the governor is reported to have
said to a friend a few days ago, while
telling of his plans for the future.
But it is known that the governor will
continue to take lively interest in the
affairs of the state and will let himself
be heard from time to. time on such mat
tiers as he considers related to the well
fare of Georgia. He promised the fore
going in his speech at the banquet of the
Americas board of trade last Wednesday
night
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27

cessary. of course, for hauling purposes,
but they are now to be a valuable aid
In conveying children to nearby schools.
II we are not playing simply on harp
with one string. the time is near at hand
when Georgia will have turnpike roads
from Rabun Gap to Tybee light.
When I married and moved to Cass,
now Barlow county, we had excellent
roads until the winter set in; then the
rich lime soil soaked up the rain until
the roads became almost impossible.
The buggies and carriages would sink to
the hubs and loaded wagons could hardly
travel at all. We have been forced many
a time to horseback riding because We
hicles were next TO impracticable.
1t is very different now, because we
have good roads nearly all the time, so
am prepared to speak or write intelli-
gently on the value of good roads. 1t has
long been a grievance with the plain peo-
pie of our land, that the law compelled
everybody to work so many days on the
public roads, or pay in enough money to
hire others to work in their places With
the convicts on the public roads there will
be much more pay TO come, unless 1 am
greatly mistaken in by representations
of the future. Perhaps there will be COM
plant OF too much money, ere many
moons Snan wax ana Wdne. Inc quoSliOi
of railroad rates has been a perplexing
subject to our people. 1t may happen
that farmers will choose to haul their
products over the well-built public roads
to central market rather than patro-
nize nearby railroad stations with the
heavy rates in force on the railroads.
There is also a general movement to
open up waterways. and float heavy
goods to a seacoast market, at a low
rate of transportation. and these rivers
belong absolutely to the people and there
should be a generai'uprising for their util-
ization and service. t-.e
The very easiest and best way to bring
these autocratic railways to proper terms.
il TO open up other ways of travel and
traffic.
we lived about two miles In the coun-
try from a cotton factory. Several years
ago we sold thirty bales of cotton to the
factory people. A railroad runs in sight,
within two hundred yards Of our country
home.
The weather was bad and roads heavy,
so I applied to the railroad for a flat
car to roll the cotton into the factory
yard They put a price of ten dollars on
one flat car. to be switched into the fac
tory grounds. So we hired wagons, paid
90 many centsra bale, and drove around
on the dirt road at half that expense.
so when we get turnpike roads and open
rivers and use canal boats. we can settle
railroad rates by doing something better
FOR ourselves and less for railroads.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
The Federal civil Service.

Some one has called our civil service
system the SWIVEL service. and 1 find the
application. appropriate after reading a
debate in the senate OF the United States
on April 9Th 0ast week
A senator from New Hampshire (Repub-
'Iican) threw hot shot into the business
He sad: mir. President, in my opinion.
civl, scivics rs run mad in this coun-
try. We are asking land PAYING a great
commission to examine char-women as
to whether they can scrub floors, and
messenger boys whether they can carry
messages, or do that kind OF work. which
Is an absurdity that no language Of mine
can properly Characterize
Senator Smith, OF Michigan, said: Two
hundred million dollars a year are spent
in the executive civil service. l do not
know what the commission costs. The sal
aries of the executive civil service amount
to two hundred million dollars year.
wish to give my opinion for whatever Ii
NAV be worth, but from IA years expert
ence and observation. that the meanest,
most contemplate and petty politics OF
the United States are carried on under
the holy cloak OF civil service reform.
Every department OF this government is
so honeycombed with little department
clioues that merit is no longer the basis
of promotion, bat AFFECT subserviency and
toadyisms the sure passport to favor.
desire to give II as my opinion that few
men or women can get promotion In the
civil service as now administered unless
he or she will bow low and cringe and
kotow- 10 some little petty chief who
shields himself behind the civil service
law.-I deny that merit rules in the civil
service of this government. l know cases
where clerks have been slapped in the
face and women Inundated In the pres
ence Of these petty autocrats without
proof. where privilege and promotion go
hand in hand"
This is Republican testimony and car
ries weight with the assertions.)
Senator Bacon said: ''It is even worse
thar the senator now states; II VIII be
found that appointments are credited to
certain states. when the appointees never
saw those states; they are appointed from
states and credited to certain states where
they have never been"
What a farce the whole thing has be-
! come. And yet the taxpayers are fieeced
Of two hundred millions of dollars to keep
IN the farce
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
Flour. Grain, Hay and Feed

Flour. sacked. per bbl.-Iglehearts Best
Flour, 1925; Puritan full patenD, $500: Home
Queen (full patent). $3.50; Supreme tful pat
entl Sc. so; Ocean Spray, (half PATENT. Sc. 20
Sun Rise Chalf PATENT, $500: Fitzhugh Lee
Chalr patent). $500 Tulip (straighD, $500.
Meal sacked. per beshel-Plain SO 10. sacks
sac: Plain, As 10. sacks, sec Plain, "a ID,
sacks. ssc.
Grain, sacked, per bushel-wheat, for poul-
try $3.50; corn. choice red cob, &c. corn
No 2 white, s1c; corn. choice yellow. s0c
corn. chops SOC; oats, choice irrigated. clip
ped 72c cats, fancy white clipped zoe: oats
white clipped, roc; oats, No. g white CSC;
oats clipped barley mixed, SIC oats, mixed
&c. .. ~ u.s.
seeds sacked, per busheI-Cane seeds am
Der 81 50l cane seeds. orange, $3.50.
HAY per cwt.-Choice large bales, 81. 10
Timothy No. ], small bales. S10oi timothy,
No. /, third bales, s1.OO; timothy. No. /.
clover mixed, SOc; clover hay, sOc; timothy,
No. 2. 90c.
Feed stuff, per cwt.-Chicken feed so ib.
sacks N.OC; Purina Scratch. bales l doz.,
81 20; Purina chick. $780, Purina scratch, 100
ID sacks s2.O5: Purina feed 175-lb sacks
H.75; Purina feed iOO-lb. sacks. $3.50; Arat
Horse feed $3.50; June Pasture. $50; shorts
white. SIS: shorts. fancy 75-lrs> 81. 49, shorts
p Wheat. cot sacks 75-lb, S1.T0: shorts
brown. lO9-lb $685. bran, 1OO-lb, $1.6O sat
brick. per case. $3.50; salt brick, medicated
per case. $3.50: salt rock, per cwt., S.O0; salt
1OO-Ib sack, soc: Cotton seed meal. prime, pei
ton. $50. 90: Cottqn seed meal. No. 2, per ton
$500 square sacked hulls, per ton, $3.50.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27

AS / sat in the Atlanta auditorium yes
eraI carefully prepared -papers-read by
women Of note-whO had been invited by
Mr.. Ogden's educational association 10
address the convention. / heard woman
educator. the dean Of a woman's college.
from Rhode Island, declare the superior
tty OF men teachers for girls. over wo-
men teachers. Her own sex. she discoun-
ted as the best for girls. p. --.- ..-
While 1 was not prepared to indorse
her statement even after listening to her
paper. I was still quite satisfied to allow
her TO admit her own incapacity, as a
teacher for girls. that is. IL she was
50 disposed. The college Of which she is
president or dean. as she styles herself.
expected TO find a capable teacher for
girls. when she was selected TO head the
institution. II she is willing to resign in
favor OF a more capable male instruct.
or. then she viii be acting up 20 iIeT
convictions. and nobody is going f6--bes
heve In her sincerity until she does 50.
In my Judgment some teachers. are born
and not made, and their capabltity Is due
"a the Individual. not to the sex of. the
Instructor. A great many women. adopt
the profession OF teaching until they can
do something better ga a matrimonial
OF financial way, as they understand the
betterment &.
When they can do better for themselves
they drop the role OF teacher, 1 feeIaauite
sure I have seen women who were fine
Instructors for boys and girls. and n is
q fact that BOYS are. more ant -ror-fee4~ a
proper restraint IN regard 10 their nlan-
ners. with lady teacher. and 1u Is krIy
very bad boys who need a man s fzu-
thority. .--tt - -
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
inc Good Roads RerlraI-

We take spells. go BY fits and starts.
IN Georgia and We have striven with the
educational problem until we can rea-
sonably say that we know evey phase
OF that problem. We have jerked in and
terked out on the convict problem until
We are tired Of that question. but as il
seems We are obliged 20 ride hobby. so
long as the mild animal will hold I'D our
weight, we are now rushing TO and fro
with the good roads idea.
We have got the ailment bad. because
We have actually resolved the convict
question into a good roads undertaking.
Congressman in various states are hub
bling over with plans and purposes, OF
road building which are exciting our COM
monwealth. Good roads are deemed ne
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
RreiTn IThaw Petting snakess;

Dre~uu,e nearly al. khe1readers sof
Trhe sef1i-weekIy Journal sreFremberT III
noted case OF Harry phawss who SHOT
down q New York architect because ne
thought ne had been too intimate VITA
Evelyn. who afterwards became Harry
Thaw's wife
re murder trial was disgusting in
some OF it's details and the testimony OF
Evelyn made the public familiar WITH
the sensuallty and depravity OF wealthy
people in New York. which was perfect
" Appalling to read about: and the
young woman was placed in the lime
light Of public disgust and offensive no.
toriety. -
she Vas such a marked figure during
the trial that her sayings and doings
have been recorded I'm various newspa7
pers. While miserable Harry Thaw Is
dragging out, MS existence in prison
for the insane
Evelvn's fast life in her teens has
douhtless made everything else tame by
comparison. The last report tells OF her
evasion OF bailiffs. who had papers 10
serve TO collect debt of several hundred
dollars
Bnt : bafIin intent on getting his fee,
becomes a perfect ferret in searching for
the people who can be made to pay. and
they finally discovered the woman in her
latest apartments playing with pet
snakei The woman Is blase with her ia
miliarity OF terrible things. and common
pets have no attraction TO her. A snake
suits her style and temper better than a
dog or bird or kitten.
Poor Harry Thaw -. Inherited large
wealth. and as soon as he, came in pos
session, the sharp yomen of the city lay
IN wait, TO catch him. and this chorus
girl actress with a disreputable past his
tory caught the silly fellow In her tolls
and then she began TO see Paris, London,
everywhere she could persuade Thaw to
go. and they spent the Thaw money with
spendthrift hands. And this woman (Old
IN immortality although young in years.
began 10 tell Harry OF her former life in
New York city. he began to fume and
rage. and finally his shallow brain be-
came unsettled and he killed Stanford
White. because the latter had been the
chief paramour 70 whom the girls vic
ious mother had traded her for money.
The unhappy Harry is likely 10 spend
the remnant OF his DAYS behind prison
bars, where the criminal insane are kept
for safety. And this Evelyn. with spend
thrift habits. and a past full Of horrible
excitement and crime amuses herself
with pet snake, IN the lodgings that tho
Thaw money provides for her. fis ,
Her beauty has been her bane-and
this scorus girl OF unenviable notoriety.
may yet live many years as a standing
menace to the peace Of the Thaw fam
fly, which Is burdened with her keep.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
What is Needed to Succeed On a.
Farm .sr~-


First. a willing mind. II young taIni-
er begins by sinking the work. he oush'
10 Quit and 80. at something that ne does
-, shirl. because he will certainly fan.
ard that r.sht early. No business Wi.
s,,Seeed without close attention, aho
even with attention he may make some
mistakes that will cripple the business,
but he can regain his former posieion -, -
he tries with an honest mind 10 90 'iIe
best ha can He should not expect 10
succeed IL he does not put In goou ~
and zealous endeavorg TO get what there
h An Il for himself by close attention
ana dilirent work out Of the unoertak-
Ing. He must add thOrOughness 10 TINS
diligence OIL his farming will only sue
cead nv q miracle of luck and good sea
so1s n As easy 10 discover why so
v,arv rrous wilt and die under droutn,
Tor vveIl-pIowed, deeply-turned land VIII
give some return despite unfavoraOie con-
dittons. and a crop with sorry cuielVA,
ton wiz always be disappointing anu
meagre. 81 y
Tbere "a much to be gained by fobser-
walton and experiences. A close ooserv ,OsL
who a willing to work and then does ms
vror,< thoroughly. viii be apt TO compare
his own farm with that Of other success
ful aSrfcuIturaIists, and then he VIII
discover his own mistakes after such
comparison and will avoid them next
time
Whenever I think of the scratched over
son that Is so painfully familiar TO US
and understand how impossible that suen
miserable preparation can yield iair
return. 1 wonder that our scientists 90
not organize a school TO teach better
methods, based entirely on Willingness 70
work. thoroughness IN work. and per-
sistent Application ..-- - 81.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
Gov. smith Spoke at Moultrie Friday

MoULTRIE. Ca, April Ex-Governor
,Efoke Smith delivered the memorial adj
dress here Friday to one of the largest
crowds that ever gathered in Moultrie
on such an occasion.
The arranged program was to have the
exercises In the court house, but before
the hour to speak had arrived 1T was
seen that the court house would not hold
one-half the people that had come to
hear the governor speak.
The meeting was moved out In open all
and the governor spoke from the steps
on the north side of the court house "a
about 1000 people that stood intent and
responsive throughout the speech
During the time of the speaking
heavy rain fell. but the crowd determin-
ed to hear the speech, stood for one and
a half hours in the downpour.
After the address the exercises OF
unwilling the Confederate monument took
place.
Dinner was spread in ,.,e large Planters
warehouse.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
SAYS f. HI. HARTMAN
is BIGGEST NAN IN WEST

NEW YORK. April 26.-After telling OF
the solidity and the remarkable growth OF
the cities on the Pacific coast and in the
far west, Darwin P. Kingsley. president
of the New York Life Co., who has 1nS<
returned from a trip of ten weeks. said.
'I found that the mighty man in all
thar great region is E II. Hartman.
found little criticism of him even IN Cali
fornia On the contrary. his plans and
purposes are recognized everywhere from
New Orleans to Seattle, as involving the
best interests of all the Pacific and inter-
mountain region.
San Francisco, Los Angeles. Tacoma.
Seattle. Portland. Spokane. Salt Lake
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
Mother Suicide

If I felt any uneasiness about writ
ing on mother suicide (as distinguished
from race suIcide) some weeks ago, the
letters I get from appreciative mothers
would convince me that the subject is
a live wire.
have a letter in my hand from a
woman who has borne nine children and
expects to become the mother Of an
other one Her youngest is now five
months old, has cut no teeth yet, and
a hot summer is to be dreaded for the
child she has had to wean two others
at eight months old. and one Of the two
died with cholera infantum. The other
child came very near dying after strug-
Cling through the hot weather
She says her heart fails her to look
ahead. under these conditions, and she
thinks race suicide Cor fewer children)
would be much better than this con-
tinued struggle with difficulty and dan
ger TO both the born and unborn, not to
mention the mothers inability to do
justice to herself or the children she
brings into the world.
know this is a delicate subject and
there are many and diverse views on the
question Of collaborating. but public
thought is being awakened on the sub
ject. and you must arouse public opin-
ion, agitate and discuss vital questions
to make an impression or work any re-
form.
l trust nobody will be unjust enough
to say that infanticide is even suggested
Dy my attention to this subject.
abhor such violence as much as anyone,
but / do say there should be some relief
given TO suffering women and their en-
feebled offspring.
.Han.
ailing women. feeble exhausted
mother cannot give vigOr to her child
because she has none to, give the infant.
AS I look on this subject, / have me
opinion there is entirely two much
mother suicide.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
Shaft to Forrest Will Be Unveiled.

ROME. Ca, April 23-This afternoon at
8 o'clock, a handsome granite shaft to the
memory of General Nathan Bedford For
rest was unveiled in Rome. General For
rest is the Confederate cavalry leader
who captured General Streight, with a
force three times superior to his own, III
May of 1863, and thus saved the city from
destruction.
The exercises were participated in by
all of the patriotic societies, and the
Rome public generally. The unveiline
took. place at the corner of Broad street
and Second avenue where the monument
stands, at 8 o'clock.
The orator of the day was former Con-
gresham John w. Maddox. The master
of ceremonies was Judge Max Meyer
hardt The veil was drawn by little Sa-
rah Elizabeth Bass, daughter of Hon.
The monument was erected by the n. b.
Forrest chapter Daughters Of the Con-
federacy, at q cost of S1.5cO Many Wis
itors from north Georgia and Tennessee
were present a
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
Yeggman Given 90 Years by Court

VIII Jones, first Of the yeggmen to be
,arraigned before Judge Roam in the su-
perior court, criminal division, was on
Thursday given 20 years by Judge Roam,
the limi of the sentence. He pleaded
&uhty. - Sa7te--t al te-A -tt+. go
There, are eight other cases against
Jones' but he was sentenced in only one
That was for blowing the safe OF the
Laurel Market company and taking $lIO.
In passing. sentence, the court said that
it had been shown that Jones had served
sentences at the United States peniten-
tiary for postoffice robberies, and had a
bad record. He was now over forty years
old. and if he couldn't reform in that
time, he never would
There are several other yeggmen arrest
ed with Jones. They will be arraigned
later in the day.
]. e. Bugg, a negro, was given ten
years for robbery and forgery He attack
ed a negro woman. whom he robbed, and
in his pockets were found three forged
checks. ....
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
New York Produce

NEW YORK, April 2s.-Flour: Receipts 20,
b5sT; sales I.500. Unsettled and dull. Minnesota
patents S5.90G6.20.
Wheat: Receipts 800. Unexpectedly firm
Liverpool cables. liberal decrease afioat AND
bullish Minneapolis stocks caused higheI
oneninr in the wheat trade today. large
northwestern receipts. poor outside demand and
realizing caused a setback later. May SI25g
~: July S115%GL16; September d.0I5sgl. oS%.
rive firm: No 2 western 96 fob. New York.
Corn receipts 21.37b Steady early, but eased
off later undeb big increase afloat larger
worlds shipments and commission house sell
ing. July 75h; September TAN.
Beef quiet.
Pork steady.
lard steady; western Sl0.55d1O65.
sugar raw firm: fair refining SO. 45; centrifu-
gal se test s. s5: molassesh sugar 1870: refined
steady; crushed $50; powdered S.1b; granu-
lated s5.O5.
Petroleum steady; refined, all ports $3.50
$50
s7S69.
Molasses steady; New Orleans 2s942
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-04-27
Judge Rodgers for District Attorne,

1 Judge Robert L. Rodgers, historian OF
the. Georaia division of the United Con-
federate Veterans, is an applicant for the
position Of district attorney Of the United
States court for the northern district of
Georgia Judge Rodgers is well known
member of the Atlanta bar and is prom
lnent throughout the state.
From various quarters Judge Rodgers
has a large number of recommendations
and testimonials with reference to his APP
plieation for the district attorneyship.
He has a large number of friends in At
lanta and in all sections of the state who
wish him success in seeking the appoint
ment to be district attorney.