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The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-28
Former Green Forest Lad to Eeoone
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Former Green Forest Lad to Becon1e
 6 Foreign Missioi ary.
 A copy of the Monroe County (N. Y) Mail tells us of the ordination of David Crockett Graham to the Baptist minis try which took place at Fairport, N. Y., April 8.
 MT. Graham is son of William Graham, ho left here with his family for Washington state more than twenty years ago. Old-timers knew them well. Among other things the article referred to says:
 Tomorrow at D. m., there will be meeting of a council eff delegates of the Baptist and Free Baptist churches of Monroe county, to examine David Crockett Graham of the First Baptist church, for ordination to the gospel ministry. The sermon will be preached by Dean J. w. A. Stewart, D. D. of the Theological Seminary, Rochester. The charge to the church will be given by Rev. C. B. Tenny of Tokyo, Japan, and the charge to the candidate by Rev. w. T. Elmore of Ramapatnam, India.
 The ordination is of peculiar interest from the fact that Mr. and Mrs. Graham have been designated by the Baptist Foreign Missionary Board for work in the foreign mission field. Their assignment will probably be announced in May and it is expected that they will start for their field of work in the fall.
 MT. and Mrs. Graham will go to the foreign field as representatives of the local church, which has voted $750 toward their maintenance for this year and expects to pay the full amount of their salary next year and thereafter.
 MT. Graham was born in Green For est, Arkansas, and at the age of four years removed with his parents to Walla Walla, Washington. He gradu- ated from Pearson's Academy in 1903 and Whitman College in 1908, with de- gree of A. B., both of these schools being at Walla Wala. He then came East and entered Rochester Theological Seminary, from which institution he will be graduated in May. He has held several school offices including that of president of the College Y. M. c. A. and has been quite prominent in athletics. For the past two years he has acted as pastor of the Carlton Bap- tist church. He has also done work under the Home Mission Board
 In June of last year he was married to Miss Alicia May Mercy, eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph w. Mercy of this village. Mrs. Graham was graduated from the Fairport High school in 1901, and the University of Rochester in 1908 with degree of A. B.
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-28
YOCUM TIE MS.

We think Yocum is a good place at present for doctor to locate.
 MT. and Mrs. Babe Rhodes visited at the county sest one day last week.
 The majority of our farmers seem to be busily engaged in planting corn.
 MT. and Mrs. Jones and Miss Lilly attended church at Oak Grove Satur- day afternoon.
 A number of our lodge boys attended a special meeting of the grand lodge of Odd Fellows at Green Forest Tuesday night.
 MT. and Mrs. John Harvey of Maple drove over to our burg Tuesday. MT. Harvey informs us that his son Dr. Wm. Harvey will locate immediately at Berryville.
 W. J. O'Neal requests all parties, who are interested in the Yocum ceme- tery to meet him there Saturday morn- ing, April 29, for the purpose of clean ing off the graves.
 Mir and Mrs. Mace Parker are nov ing back to their home at Head school house this week, having sold their farm near Berryville. We gladly vel come these desirable people back.
 There is more Catarr n this section of the country h11 I'll other discnss put together and until the last lev years supposed to be ineurable. For great na1z tc9t9 doctors pronounced 1t local disease and ? sssrihed local remedies. and by constantly falling ta with local treatment pronounced 1t ineurahie fse ace has proven Catarrh to be constitutional dis e7se anJ therefore requires constitutional treatment Hts s9tarrh Cure, manuiactured by F. J. Cheney
 t1t Toledo Ohio, is fhe only Constitutional cure on the market. It is taken internally tn doses from 10 drops to teaspoonfu It acts directly the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. They offer one hundred dollars for any 1t fails to cure. Send for eirculars and testimonials.
 Aeldress F. J. CHENEY & O., Toledo OhIo
 Sold by Druggists, 7se.
 Take Halls Family Pills for constipation,
The Green Forest tribune., 1911-04-28
Letter List.

Letter E!St.
 The following is a list of letters at the Postoffice uncalled for since our last publication. Persons calling for same please say "advertized:"
 Rev. and Mrs. A. Larmier,
 Rev. A. Larmier,
 Miss Hattie Libbey,
 G. w. Lettzell,
 J. Ii. Libbey,
 Clint Latten,
 Lucian Smith,
 Mrs. J. B. Hagle,
 Henry Hall.
 Claude Fuller,
 w. E. Fuller.
 The dapper little travelling man glanced at the menu and then looked up at the pretty waitress: "Nice day, little one," he began. "Yes it is, ' she answered, land so was yesterday, and my name is Ella and l know I'm little peach and have pretty blue eyes, and I've been here quite while and like the place, and l don't think Pm too nice girl to be working in a hotel-If l did I'd quit my job and my wages are satisfactory, and 1 don know if there is show or a dance in town tonight and if there is l shall not go with you, and I'm from the country and Pm respectable girl, and my brother is cook in this hotel, and he weighs two hundred pounds, and last week he wiped this dining room floor with a fresh fifty-a-month travelling man who tried to make date with me. NoWwhat'l you have?" The dapper little travelling man said he was not very hungry and cup of coffee and some hot cakes would do. Everybody's Magazine.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
GRUESOME FIND
NEAR PACkWO0D
Driver Of Milk Wagon Killed by
Live Electric Wire.
MURDERS WIFE AND KILLS SELF
Alleged Prize Fight at Davenport to
be Investigated Corn Canning
Factory at Hampton Started.
Diamonds Found in Iowa.

Packwood, Aug. 22.-Special: A
very gruesome find was made on the
d. NJ. Johnson farm, adjoining Brook
vile on the south. Mr.. Johnston was
having some ditching done on the
farm and while the ditching machine
was being operated in a field on the
east side of the farm near the road,
the 12-year-old son of Mr.. Johnston
dropped into the ditch to remove some
debris, when he discovered the hip
bone of an adult person and the up-
per and lower artificial teeth in a per-
feet state of preservation; one tooth
was missing, having been broken off.
Some letters were engraved on the
upper plate, but were too dim to read.
The ditch was four feet deep and the
soil where the bones were found was
blacker than the surrounding soil,
showing that the top soil had been
thrown in So far no solution of the
mystery has been heard. Local his
tory tells that a prominent man OF
Brookville mysteriously disappeared
many years ago, though careful
search and inquiries were made for
months and years, nothing tangible
was ever learned concerning the miss
ing man.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
THE COUNTY NORMAL
More Than Two Hundred Enrolled
at Noon To-day.

Over two hundred normal attend
ants had registered by twelve o'clock
noon, today, but the enrolment will
not be completed before Thursday or
Friday. The names of the teachers
attending will be published later.
Sessions commence at seven thirty in
the morning and adjourn at twelve
o'clock in order to give the teachers
the privilege of attending the Chau
tauqua If they so desire.
Chapel service is from nine-thirty
o'clock and visitors are welcome at
this time.
The most interesting service of the
normal will occur Friday morning
at eleven o'clock when the graduating
exercises for those leaving the coun-
try schools having completed the work
OF the course, will take place. No less
than eight-four pupils the entitled to
diplomas this year. Fifty-seven of
these are from the schools of FIRE.
mont, New Sharon and Barnes City.
Possibly some of those from town
may not be present but a class of
fully fifty or more is anticipated. DR..
spyker of Penn college will give the
formal address.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
Murders Wife; Kills Self.

Des Moines, Aug. 22.-Special: Mrs.
Faye Clements, "a years old, was shot
and instantly killed in the Des MOines
Dairy Lunch cafe on Fourth street at
about o'clock yesterday afternoon
by her husband, Dallas Clements, who
was Jealous of attentions said to have
been paid to his wife by other men.
Clements then turned the gun on him
self and sent a bullet through his
brain. He was hurried to the Meth
odist hospital, where he died at 5
o'clock without regaining conscious
ness. Clements was desperately jealous
of his pretty young wife, according to
relatives of the dead couple. He is
said to have caught her writing let
ter to a travelling man at Oskaloosa
Saturday, and it Is claimed he took
the letter and another one, signed by
the man to whom she is said to have
been writing. Clements took the let
ter to County Attorney Thomas Guth-
RE and asked to have the man arrest
ed. Guthrie promised to take charge
of the case.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
Crisis Expected,

q Des Moines, Aug. 22.--Special A
crisis is expected at any time within
the next few hours in the controversy
between the Des Moines Car company
and its 400 car men. For some time
Manager Harrigan has been consider
ing a three years agreement propos-
ed by the car mems union and this
afternoon he surprised them by pro-
posing an entirely different agree
ment to them. AS a result mass
meeting of all the car men has been
called for two o'clock this afternoon.
Interesting developments are expect
ed within the next few hours. H.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record In Recent Real Estate Trans
fers In County.

John H. Green, trustee to T G. Jan,
ney, lot No. 4, Greenwich addition
$4,000.
J. A. Brown and wife to F. p. Reed
lot in gov. lot 10, southwest quarter
of the northwest quarter, of section
Is, township IS and range 1850. 90.
Heirs of VIM. Hart, to Thos. l..
Davis, lot 6 of irregular survey OF
the southwest quarter of the south.
west quarter of section ~, and lot l
quarter of the northwest quarter OF
section 10, and also lot l of irregular
survey of the southeast quarter of the
northwest quarter of said section -,
also lots l and 2 of irregular survey
of the northeast quarter of the south
west quarter of said section Is and
lot 8 of said irregular survey of the
northwest quarter of the northwest
quarter of section 10, all in township
"A north, range l6 and containing So
32-100 acres-$6.300.00
One of the largest land deals that
has been recorded this year, was re-
corded Thursday with County Record
er Shoemaker, when A. S. White and
wife disposed of 80 acres to A. B.
Holbert for the sum of $31 100000, or
an average of $4,000 per acre. The
land sold is described as follows
The east half of section IS, township
II north, range II, except the 10
acres of che southeast quarter of the
southeast quarter.
Security Land and Trust Company
to Geo. w. Davis, the north half of
lots and of Montgomery's addi-
tion-$1.0O and other valuable con-
sideration.
Thos. West and wife to Geo. West,
"a acres of the north side of lot one
of the irregular survey CT the north
east quarter of the southeast quarter
of section IA, township rs north,
range 16-$1.00 and other valuable
consideration.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
FIRST AID TO MINERS.

Thirty thousand miners are expect
ed to attend the great national Mine
Safety Demonstration to be held in
Pittsburgh, Pa, October 26 and q,
under the auspices of the Federal Blu
reau of Mines, the American Red
Cross, the Pittsburgh Coal Operators
Association and the United Mine
Workers of America.
The date which was originally set
for September 16, has been changed
so that President Taft may be pres
ent on the second day, October q,
to witness a mimic mine explosion
in a temporary steer gallery on For
bes field, an exhibition of rescue work
by helmeted miners following an ex-
plosion, and to review the parade of
miners. b.,
The president will make an address
and will present souvenir prizes to
the miners taking part in the first,
aid-to-the-injured and rescue work eX-
hibitions. Walter l.. Fisher, secre.
tary of the Interior Department, Gov
ernor Tener, of Pennsylvania, and
DR.. Joseph A. Holmes, the director of
the Bureau of Mines will also be pres
ent. The general arrangements for
the demonstration are in charge OF
H. NJ. Wilson, engineer-in-charg Of
the Bureau of Mines.
The demonstration, the purpose Of
which is to teach greater safety in
mining, will begin the morning of
October 26, at the experiment station
of the Bureau of Mines. The first day
will be devoted to the interests of the
mine operators, mine owners, mining
engineers and superintendent of
mines. There will be an explosion of
coal dust in the experiment gallery
and tests of mine safety lamps in gas.
The dangers of electric sparks in gas
and coal dust will also be shown in
one of the galleries.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
SMOKING IN THE HAY NOW.

IL the railroad men who are
threatening a general strike are wise
they viii consider long before they
put the threat into action" says the
Marshalltown Times-Republican.
This is particularly poor time t5
strike or to further disorganize bust.
ness activity. 1t is day of readiust.
ment after long period of industrial
and speculative activity when pessim.
lstically inclined persons are predict.
ing close times" and it Is on the eve
OF presidential year. To add to
these the depression inevitably conse-
quent upon a general railway strike
would be a very dangerous proceed.
ing, not only on all business but par
ticularly on the business of labor.
Whoever is annoyed and injured by
big labor strike always goes hungry
first. Every workingman knows what
happens when wages stop. If the
grain and hogs cannot be moved the
mill always grinds enough and the
pork barrel may be always filed. In
dustrial depression Invariably pinches
hrst and hardest in the homes OF
those who work for wage. 1t
touches the farmer but there il
vast difference between going without
an automobile and wondering where
the next loaf is to come from.
If the railway men are inclined to
throw a monkey wrench into the
speeding cylinder OF general prospect
~ they win hurry to strike, Condi-
lions are ripe for them to do the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
THE STORY OF LUCY GRAY.

One of the questions propOunded by
the examining board at recent
state teachers examination was as to
the authorship of Lucy Gray. Other
questions involved certain character
istics of the production. The teach
ers were stumped None OF them had
ever heard of Lucy Gray, and the
general impression was that the ques-
tions were what is known as catch
questions" Thereupon it was pro-
posed by Mrs. Jennie Steele Huegle,
superintendent of the Polk county
schools, that Lucy Gray clubs be or
ganized in every county in the state
with a view of bringing pressure on
the legislature to eliminate foolish
questions from teachers examina
tioDs.
IL has since developed that the
poem was written by William Wads-
worth and appeared in successive edi-
tions of the old National Third Read
err" But the work of organizing Lucy
Gray clubs is going on nevertheless.
The Polk county club is said to have
nearly four hundred members and is
known as Lucy Gray Club No. l."
The poem is as follows:
Oft heard of Lucy Gray,
And when | crossed the wild
CHANGED to see at break of day
The solitary child. eE.
No, mate, no comrade, Lucy knew;
She dwelt on a wild moor:
The sweetest thing that ever grew
Beside cottage door.
You may spy the fawn at play,
The hare upon the green,
But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
WIN never more be seen.
Tonight will be a stormy night,
You to the town must go,
And take lantern, child, to light
Your mother through the snow"
That father, ! will gladly do;
tbs scarcely afternoon
The minister clock has just struck two,
And yonder Is the moon"
At this the father raised the hook
And snapped a fagot band;
He piled his work, and Lucy took
{ The lantern in her hand. bassg
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
9A m
Annual Watermelon Day.

Webster City, Aug. 22.-Special:
Webster City is preparing for its an
nual celebration of Watermelon
Day" This event is put on under the
auspices of the Commercial League.
The most unique feature of the day
is the free distribution of watermel-
ons. Last year the city was throng
ed with 10000 visitors and prepare
lions will be made to entertain as
many more this year. 1t is proposed
10 celebrate the day about Sept. 20.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
Railroad MEETING,

Malcolm Leader: Friday evening
w. G. Blair, H. F. Smith, Amos Faul.
kinburg and Arden Mccoy attended
the railroad meeting held at Sheridan
Center, the trip being made in Mr..
BARS auto. During our stay at the
Center We met several of the repre-.
sentative farmers of that section who
are all of course interested in the Os
kaloosarWaterloo line. They have one
of the best farming localities in Iowa,
and with a railroad to facilitate ship
ping, will have all that could be de-
sired as a prosperous farming COM
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
GOOD FOR osKALoosA.

The value of the factory to a town
is being wildly illustrated by the
success of the Hawkeye Pearl Button
Factory in OskaIoosa. The institu.
ton was opened only a few months
ago with inexperienced help and has
since been seriously Handicapped by a
suspension of operations, due to the
labor troubles which originated in
Muscatine. But with all the Difficult.
ties in the way, the factory has moved
on, and is now giving employment
10 more than fifty men, with a pay
roll that runs about $500 per week.
Like all new institutions, it has
also been subjected to the criticism
that the wages are poor. This criti-
cism in this instance is not supported
by the facts. All work at the factory
is piece work, and the operatives are
paid for what they do. 1t takes skill
and patience to make pearl buttons,
and man must be adapted to the
work to succeed well.
A few instances will prove that
even green help" can do fairly well,
as good or better, perhaps, than they
could in other lines of industry. B.
p Barnhart, who knew nothing
whatever Of the work, earned 1915
the second week Ray billiard, like
wise ignorant of the business,
caught on" quickly and earned s10.07
for his third weeks work. After
eight weeks experience Harry Rice
earned s15.47 in six days. An exper-
fenced hand, G. A. Lisk, earned s17.71
last week.
In the light OF these facts, II would
be well IL Oskaloosa could secure
more such institutions as the Hawk |
,ye Pearl Button Factory. |
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
RurIinaton to Have Fair.

Burlington, Aug. 22.-Special: Bur
lington is going to have a fair next
year. A number of live, wide-awake
citizens have been discussing the sit
uation and have arrived at the con-
clusion that the time is ripe to ar
range a frst-class fair in Burlington.
They have been noting that real agri-
cultural exhibits do attract attention
now, and they believe that what
draws in other counties will bring
out the crowds here.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
Killed by Live Wire,

Des Moines, Aug. Especial: Rodd
Johnson, aged IS, a resident of this
place, was instantly killed at 800
o'clock this morning by an electric
wire. Johnson was in the employ of
John Artman, dairymap and was
delivering milk at the time of the &C
cident. The electric wire had broken
and was lying exposed on the ground
and it is thought Johnson's milk can
came in contract with the wire and
transmitted the current to the body.
The boy was dead when found by his
employer.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
A BAsY,s SHOE.

few days ago servant girl was
killed by a motor car in Chicago. Her
name was Mrs. Kate Porter and she
was the divorced wife of Selwyn c.
Edgar, millionaire of st. Louis. Her
husband had disowned her and her
son, now grown to manhood, was
never allowed by his father to speak
of his mother or to communicate with
her.
The woman's effects were few, but
among them was a baby's shoe which
showed the mark of baby's foot and
the stains of mothers tears. With
the shoe was blurred copy of verses
entitled THE Mother" and the only
lines that remained legible were:
Sometimes the little lips of him, all
dewy wet and tender,
Are laid against the lonely breast
The mutilated verses found in Mrs.
Porter's effects were a portion of a
tender poem written by Mrs. Mabel
Hillyer Eastman, of Kansas City, and
were first published in a Kansas City
paper ten years ago. Reporters who
called upon the author found her bent
over a Washtub. Between sobs she
told them of the heart-burst which
had prompted the poem-the death OF
her own baby. A week later both
author and poem were forgotten, to
be finally recalled by the death OF
Mrs. Kate Porter and her futile love
for the son who was dead only to her.
The complete poem follows:
Sometimes the little lips of him, all
dewy wet an tender
Are laid against the lonely breast
that never felt their kiss;
The baby eyes look smilin' up in all
their shinin' splendor-
Oh, little son, my little son, that |
should mourn like this!
Sometimes | see him comm through
the furze an purple heather,
An oh, the toddlin' feet of him,
that never stepped the earth!
An when we're settin quiet like,
himself an me together,
There's dimpled hands that beckon
!, in the peat smoke on the hearth.
The happy mothers children - sure
they come ant lean beside me
An their eyes SO full of pity that
my own deep teardrops start
An himself so kind an watchful that
no evil shall betide me
But naught can ease the weary ache
within my empty heart.
Oh, Mary up in heaven, if my little
son be weepin'
(Though heaven is grand, tits. lone
ly; an my babe is SMALL so
smalD;
Oh, take him on your Mother-heart,
an soothe him into sleepin',
Lest sobbing through the long, long
night, he hears his mothers
call.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
Remodelinu Home,

l.. M. Meas, of Sigourney, was in
the city visiting with relatives and,
during his stay, is having his property
at 31S North Fifth street in which his
son, George, and family reside, re.
modelled and rebuilt. Additions, al
terations and repairs now in process
will materially change the appearance
of the property.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24
Little Boy is Killed.

Washington, Aug. %. - Special:
"Bobbie" Morette, the ten-year-old
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Morete,
met his death yesterday by being
run over during switching operation
in the local Rock Island yards. The
boy was wont to play around the cars
and had been cautioned by the train
men upon several previous occasions.
He was sitting upon a box car which
was being switched in the yards and
in some manner lost mis- balance and
fell off. He was run over and nearly
dismembered. Both lower limbs were
also broken.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1911-08-24

Not blither is the mountain roe,
With many wanton stroke,
Her feet dispense the powdery snow,
That rises up like smoke.
The storm came on before its time;
She wandered up and down,
And many hill did Lucy climb,
But never reached the town.
The wretched parents all that night
Wen shouting far and wide;
But there was neither sound nor sight
To serve them for a guide. q,
At daybreak on hill they stood,
That overlooked the moor,
And thence they saw the ridge of
wood,
A furlong from the door.
They wept, and turning homeward,
cried,
In heaven we shall meet"
When in the snow the mother spied
The print of Lucy's feet!
Half breathless from the steep hills
edge
They traced the footmarks small,
And through the broken hawthorne
hedge
And by the long stone wall.
And then an open field they crossed
The marks were still the same;
They track them on, nor ever lost,
And to the bridge they came.
They followed from the snowy bank
Those footmarks one by one,
Into the middle of the plank
And farther there were none!
You may yet spy the fawn at play,
The hare upon the green,
But the sweet face of Lucy Gray
Will never more be seen.
William Wordsworth.