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Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06
TO BAND.
Complimentary Concert For Director
c. A. Sperati and Luther
College Band.
CITY TO SHOW APPRECIATION.
Returning From Triumphal Tour
to Pacific Coast, DecOrah Organi-
zatiOn Will be Received With
Hearty Welcome Home.

welcome home to Director Carlo
A. Sperati and the Luther College
Concert Band will be the slogan OF
every citizen of Decorah and vicinity
on Friday, Sept, 18th. On that day
this magnificent organization will re-
turn from its tour of the western
states and the Pacific coast, where
they have been accorded a constant
ovation throughout the entire three
months trip; where they have made
good In every sense of the term (;
where they have spread the name
and the fame of Decorah and Luther
College from Decorah to Seattle;
where they have not only made sue
cessful tour in q musical sense, but
alike in a financial way, they are
coming home covered with laurels,
and with money in their purse. 1t
is something which every loyal citi-
zen of Decorah is proud of, and we
are going to prove it.
For some time there has been a
desire on the part of the citizens gen.
orally to do something to show their
appreciation of the magnificent or
ganization which Prof. Sperati has
built up here, their appreciation of
his marked ability as musician, a
director, a business man, and his
excellent characteristics as citizen.
And also to the personnel of the
Luther College Concert Band, the
splendid, manly young men who have
done their share as we'll.
Accordingly a meeting was held
the other day. 1t was decided to
give a grand reception and COM
plimentary concert upon the return
Of the band on Sept. 18th. The De-
corah Merchants Band will Join in
the resslsion; the Wiansshiek Coan-
ty. Sangerforbund will also add to
the occasion, and the people general
ly will unite in a rousing welcome
home" for these forty men. Let's
at least give them as good recep-
ton as they have received on their
tour, and that will make us hustle.
Friday evening, Sept. 18th the
date, a grand home coming compli-
mentary concert at the Grand opera
house, admission only fifty cents to
all parts of the house; reserved seats
at Parman's. Get in line.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

The sign Keep OF the Grass" is
going out of style and is to be super
seeded by the more humane one
Keep On the Grass" What bar
barians we were when We thought
grass superior to children! But we
are recovering our sanity and are
coming to know that grass, and
trees, and flowers, and birds, and
streams. and children all combine to
make the world more beautiful and
more habitable. Moreover, these in.
gradients of the worlds beauty must
be combined in order to perfect har.
mony and. hence, children and grass
are compliments and the grass IL
more beautiful because the children
are playing there.-Ex.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

A scientist claims to have figured
out that the average healthy man
has In his makeup the materials
"for thirteen pounds of candle, one
pound of nails, carbon sufficient for
500 pencils, bindings for sixteen oc-
tavo books, 500 knife handles. TWEEN
ty-eight violin strings. twenty tea
spoonfuls of salt and one pound OF
loaf sugar." We suppose II he were
making up the composition Of the
average woman he would add "stuff.
ing for good sized sofa pillow oi
twelve rats nests"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06
The Youth of '61.

We wonder if every one realizes
how young were the soldiers who
fought in our great Civil war. 1t is
fact that the Union was saved
literally by boys-boys in their teens
and many who had not reached their
teens. Startling as this statement
is, it is nevertheless borne out by
official records.
There were 2,77S,3O9 enlistments
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

Law enforcement is a mighty
good thing" says the Iowa Falls
Citizen, when applied to the other
fellow. We are quick to enlist in a
war in pursuit of the other fellow
and we prance OF In fine togs and
wreathed in smiles. When the en-
forcement comes home. the eyes
snap, the blood quickens. real wal
paint is donned, and there is trouble
brewing. It Is the story of the OK. y
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

Oscar says: GAY tank 1t bane
funny somehow mans and womans
can't see no clouds in sky when dey
want to git married; but bimeby 1t
bane tunder and lightning all time,
and hall to pay, by gee."
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

II never could understand why
men like you succeed" whined the
defeated shrimp. That's why you
have failed" smiled the successful
business man, buttoning up his hun
dred dollar ulster and telling his
chaffeur to drive around to the news
paper ofice so he could blow his horn
a thousand dollars worth.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

Pete says: Socialists Is de best
peoples to run de citys. ven you want
dem run right. And dat Is de rea-
SON Wy, the socialist means to do
Everybody shust alike, ven he can do,
and dat is de reason Wy Everybody Is
satisfied ven he does It,"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06
The SIMPLE LIFE OF A COMMONfR
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY

Editors Note-The editor OF
this paper has prevailed upon
his father, Rev. H. H. Green,
d. D., to write an autobiogra-
ply of his life, to be preserved
as q matter of record among
his children and grandchildren.
While 1t was written with no
intention of being made public,
yet his life has been filled with
such varied experiences, dating
from his birth in England, boy
hood, soldier, clergyman, legis-
laton ETC., that we find much
which we believe will be read
with interest by the public, and
we will therefore from time to
time az space permits publish
sections of this autobiography,
should It prove of sufficient in
terest to continue.)
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

The only man who never makes a
failure Is the man who never has the
nerve to make an attempt.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

<&s<t&3 ~ .sk<s AsSsskzas2 0isat-t - sstAu
over 22-that is, 2,519,798 and
61S.511-the total enrolment was
2,77S.309.
AS one writer says:
Never in the worlds history, be-
fore our day, was nation saved by
youths in their teens. In the stirring
years of Father Abraham. these boys
came forward by the tens of thou
sands, in response to the call to
arms.
War expenditures reached $6,000,-
100000. During the war $1,000
were killed in battle.
The records also show that 4,302
died of wounds.
Disease claimed 224,5S6.
And 24,S72 perished from other
causes. There were 100000 wound
ed in battle.
Between all these dread disasters,
it Is a wonder that even remnant
of the Grand Army of the Republic
survives, and it should ever be the
pride and pleasure Of this American
Republic to remember the debt owed
to the boys of '61.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1911-09-06

There is a minister who appre-
ciates the editor. At recent edi-
torial convention he offered the fol-
lowing toast: "TO save an editor
from starvation, take his paper and
pay for it promptly; to save him
from bankruptcy, advertise in his
paper literally; to save him from
despair, send him every item OF news
of which you can get hold; to save
him from profanity. write your cor
respondence plainly on one side OF
the sheet and send it In as soon al
possible: to save him from mistakes
bury him. Dead people are the only
ones who never make Mistakes
Elk.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
Why Drink?

What excuse can man offer for
learning to drink
The young man with life be-
fore him and a commendable am.
bltlon to be successful can ask
40 more important question,
seeing that drink has spoiled the
careers of so many. Nor can
successful business men do a
greater work for the world socl-
ally and materially than to ans
wer this question.
The temperance question used
to be treated sentimentallY. That
was before business began to
dominate everything in this coun'
try. The temperance orator in
those days cotented himself with
painting the horrors of the drunk
ard IS home, and he did 1T IN the
iercest colots.
The days Of sentiment have
been gliding by until an era has
been ushered in that demands
action rather than talk,
1t is no longer question wheth
err drinking Is merely sinful and
wasteful, but does 1t pay? If so,
how, or in what way? The an
swer to the question must be CIV
en- by the successful business
man and not by the sentimental
alone.
If it does not pay, why indulge
in it? That Is the practical com.
mon sense question of the hour
and the one that thousands OF
young men are waiting to have
answered before starting out In
life.
And business men are answer.
ing 1t by refusing to employ men
who drink.-Exchange.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
Number one.
4 JOINT RESOLurIO.

Proposing an amendment to the Con-
stitutlOn of the Commonwealth OF
Pennsylvania, so as to consolidate
the courts Of common pleas OF Ale
gheny County.
Section ]. BE it resolved by the SEN
ate and House Of Representatives OF
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met That the fol-
lowing amendment to the Constitution
of Pennsylvania be and the same is
hereby, proposed, in accordance with
the eighteenth article thereof
That section six Of article five be
amended, by striking out the said sec
tion, and inserting IN place thereof the
following:
Section 6. In the county of Philadel-
phia all the jurisdiction and powers
now vested in the district courts and
courts of common pleas, subject TO
such changes as may be made by this
Constitution or by law, shall be in
Philadelphia vested in five distinct and
separate courts of eqnal and co-ordi-
nate jurisdiction, composed of three
Judges each. The said courts in Phil
adelphia shall be designated respect
lively as the court of common pleas
number one, number two, number
three, number four, and number five,
but the number Of said courts may be
by law increased, from time TO time,
and shall be in like manner designat-
ed by successive numbers The mum
Der OF judges in any of said courts, or
i'm any county where the establishment
Of an additional court may be author
lied by law, may be increased, from
time 10 time, and whenever such in
crease shall amount in the whole TO
three, such three judges shall compose
a distinct and separate court asafore-
said, which shall be numbered as
aforesaid. In Philadelphia all suits
shall be instituted i'm the said courts
Of common pleas without designating
the number of the said court, and the
several courts shall distribute and
apportion the business among them IN
such manner as shall be provided by
rules Of court and each court, to
which any suit shall be thus assigned, 4,
shall have exclusive jurisdiction there
Of subject to change of venue, as
shall be provided by law.
In the county of Allegheny all the
jurisdiction and powers nov vested in
the several numbered courts of com
mon pleas shall be vested in one court
of common pleas, composed of all the
Judges in commission in said courts.
Such jurisdiction and powers shall eX-
tend to all proceedings at law and in
equity which shall have been institut-
ed in the several numbered courts, and
shall be subject to such changes as
may be made by law, and subject to
change of venue as provided by law.
The president Judge of said court shall
be selected as provided by law. The
number of judges in said court may be
by law increased from time to time.
This amendment shall take effect on
the first day of January succeeding its
adoption.
A true copy of Resolution No. l.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
The Two Men Inside.

An old Indian once asked a
white man to give him some to-
bacco for his pipe. The man
gave HIM loose handful from
his pocket.
The next day he came back
and asked for the white man.
"For," SAID he, 81 found quar-
ter Of dollar among thetobacco.
"Why don'tyou keep it?" asked
bystander.
"I've got a good man and bad
man," said the Indian, pointing
to his breast; "and the good man
say: at is not nine, give 1t back
to the owner. The bad man say
Never mind, you got 1t, and 1t Is
your own The good man say;
No, no; you must not keep 1t.
So | don't know what to do, and
[ think to go to sleep, but the
good and the bad men keep talk
Ing all night, and trouble me;
and now l bring the money back
1 feel good"
Like the Indian, we have all
good man and a bad man within
The bad man is Temptation, the
good man is Conscience, and they
keep talking tor and against
many things that we do every
day.
Who wins? That is the ques-
tion; and the answer decides
child's character for his life ano
the life to come. Who wins
Stand up for duty. Down with
sin! Wrestle with temptation
manfully. Never, never give VI
the war till you wln.-Selected
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
FALL SEEDING OF CLOVER.
Continued from first page. }

(COntlnued from llrst page
from dry killing.
Even where the bacteria are
established in the fields, have
found that lnoculatlng with the
fresh cultures has impaired
fresh ylgor, and has saved clover
from dry-kllling, while, right
beside it, unlnoculated clover has
been partially or totally destroy
ed. lfyou are gong to seed
clover this fall send me a postal
asking for lnoculatlng material,
and | will send 1t TO you at once
with instructions how to use it.
A. B. Ross.
Schellburg, Pennsylvania, Au-
gust 10, 1911.
p. S. Where soil from an old
clover field can be obtained 1t is a
good plan to scatter wagon load
or two per acre on the held be-
fore seeding.
For free literature on this sub.
ject address the Department of
Agriculture, Washington, D. &.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31

Labor is honorable, and the
lgnoble are those who will not
work. Get you a home. Fence
a field and plow it and plant it,
and gather around you the COM
forts of home. And when you
have made a character for ener
gy and thrift, ask some young
lady to share your home with you.
We would say to every young
lady, mark these men who are
lounging around attempting to
1--we by their wits, or on the inter
est of their debts; and when they
ask you to share the lot of an
aimless life, passed them on, for
you cannot afford to marry a man
without prosperity or business
habits, unless you wish to sell
yourself for mess Of pottage.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
Church Notices.

Announcements tor Sunday, Sept.
3, 1911.
McConnellsburg Lutheran Church,
Clifford Il. Hays, pastor.
Big Cove Tannery Sunday school
$3.50 a. m church worship 1890 a M
Sermon, "Hezekiah's Boil Teaches
U.s."
ST. Paul, McConnellsburg Sunday
school 9:l5 a. m, Y. p. S. G. r.
$3.50 .. M, church worship 1880 p. m.
HusToNTowN, NJ. f. CHARGE.
l.. w. McGarvey, Pastor.
Fairview Sunday school $3.50.
Preaching, 1890.
Center-Sunday school 1870.
Training Glass 2:3O.
Preaching 800.
Hustontown-Sunday school 800.
Epworth League, 1900
Preaching 1880.
Prayer meeting Thursday 1880. p. M
HUsToNTowN, U. B. CHARGE,
Il. II. Swank, pastor.
MISUNDERSTANDING 1850 a. m.
Bethel-Preaching 2;3O.
Notwithstanding 1880.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
Number Two.
A JOINT RESOLUTION

Proposing an amendment to section
eight, article nine, of the Constitu
tiOn of Pennsylvania.
Section ]. BE itresolved by the Sen
ate and House of Representatives of
the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in
General Assembly met. That the fol-
lowing is proposed as an amendment
to the Constitution of the Common
wealth of Pennsylvania, in accord
ance with the provisions of the eigh-
teenth article thereof
Amendment to Article Nine, Section
Eight,
Section ,. Amend section eight ar
ticle nine, of the Constitution of Penn
sylvania, which reads as follows:-
"Section s. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor-
porated district, except as herein pro
vided, shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or increase its in
debtedness to an amount exceeding
two per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the as
sent of the electors thereof at public
election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
debt of which now exceeds seven per
contum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum, in the ag-
gregate, at any one time, upon such
valuation" so as to read as fol-
lows
Section s. The debt of any county,
city, borough, township, school dis
trict, or other municipality or incor
porated district, except as herein pro-
vided shall never exceed seven per
centum upon the assessed value of the
taxable property therein, nor shall
any such municipality or district in
cur any new debt, or increase its in
debtedness to an amount exceeding
| two per centum upon such assessed
valuation of property, without the as
sent of the electors thereof at a public
election in such manner as shall be
provided by law; but any city, the
| debt of which now exceeds seven per
centum of such assessed valuation,
may be authorized by law to increase
the same three per centum, in the ag-
gregate, at any one time. upon such
valuation, except that any debt or
debts hereinafter incurred by the city
and county of Philadelphia for the
construction and development of sub
ways for transit purposes, or for the
construction of wharves and docks, or
the reclamation of land to be used in
the construction of system of
wharves and docks, as public improve
ments, owned or to be owned by said
city and county of Philadelphia, and
which shall yield to the city and coun-
ty of Philadelphia current net revenue
in excess of the interest on said debt or
debts and of the annual instalments
necessary for the cancellation of said
debtor debts, may be excluded IN as
certaining the power of the city and
county of Philadelphia to become 9TH
erwise, indebted: Provided, That
sinking fund for their cancellation
shall be established and maintained.
A true copy of Joint Resolution
No. 2.
ROBERT McAFEE,
Secretary of the Commonwealth.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
lIOuSe-keeper Wanted.

A good, moral, honest woman
wanted for a house.keeper for a
small family. A good place for a
suitable person.
When answering this adver'
tlsement, the best references, or
recommendations must be fur
nlshed.
w. o. FIELDS,
Mt. Union, Pa.
p O. Box No. All. 817.4t
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31

PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO
4 THE CONSTITUTION SUBMIT
TED TO THE CITIZENS or THIS
COMMON WEALTH FOR THEIR AP-
PROVAL OR REJECTION, BY THE
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE
COMMONWEALT OF PENNSNL-
VANIA. AND PUBLISHED by Or
DER OF TIE SECRETARY OF THE
COMMON w EALTH, IN PURSU-
ANCE OF ARTICLE XVIII OF THE
CONSTITUTION.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
CaIarrh Cannot be Cured

with local application, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease.
Catarrh is a blood or constitution
al disease, and IN order to cure it
you must take internal remedies.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken IN
ternally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces.
Halls CatarrhCure is not a quack
medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one of the best physicians in this
country for years and is a regu-
lar prescription. 1t is composed
of the best tones known, COM
blned with the best blood puri-
iers, acting directly on the mu.
cous surfaces. The perfect COM
binatlon of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful
results IN curing Catarrh. Send
for testimonials free.
f. }. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by all Druggists. Price,
75c. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for con
stipatlon.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31

HlDES.-james Sipes & Sons
pay the highest market price
for beef hides at their butcher
shop IN McConnellsburg, also
highest price paid for calf SKINS,
sheepsklns and tallow.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
Waterfall Cider Mill.

The Cider Press at Waterfall
Will begin operating on Wednes'
day, August 9th, and will be IN
operation on each succeeding
Wednesday during the season.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For Prothonotary. &c,
NORRIS T.. HOOVER.

Taylor Township.
Subject to the decision of the DEMO
CRATIC voters at the primary, the last
Saturday in September, between the
hours of 2 and p. IN. Your support
and influence respectfully solicited.
Pledges support to ticket nominated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For County Commissioner,
WILLIAM MELLOTT,
TayIor Township.

/ hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the REPUBLICAN nomina.
tion for the Office of County Commits
sioner, subject to the next September
primaries, and pledge my support to
the ticket then nominated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
or County Treasurer,
l.. l.. CUNNINGHAM,
Wells Township.

| hereby announce myself as can
didate for the DEMOCRATIC nomina-
tion for COUNTY TREASURER, subject
to the decision of the Democratic vo-
ters of Fulton county at the uniform
primary election to be held on the
last Saturday in September and pledge
myself to the support Of the ticket
nominated.
L. L. CUNNINGHAM,
Nou Cpana1a pa
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For Sheriff,
Jacob w. Mellott,
Ayr Township.

| hereby announce myself as can
didate for Sheriff of Fulton county,
subject to the decision of the DEMO-
CRATIC voters of Fulton county at the
primary election on the last Saturday
in September, and pledge my support
to the ticket nominated.
j. w. MELLOTT.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For Sheriff
JAMES &. ALEXANDER,
McCOnnellsburg.

The undersigned respectfully an
nounces himself as a candidate for the
office of Sheriff, subject to the decis-
ion of the REPUBLICAN voters of Full
ton county at the uniform primaries
to be held on the last Saturday of
September.
j. G. ALEXANDER,
McConnellsburg, Pa,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For County Commissioner
SIMON n. GARLAND,

! hereby announce myself as a Dem
ocratic candidate for the Office of
County Commissioner, subject to the
decision of the voters at the next
primary election to be held the last
Saturday in Sept, 1911. | pledge to
support the ticket then nominated.
SIMON N. GARLAND.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For County COMMISSIONS
A. NJ. Corbin,
Taylor Township.

The undersigned respectfully an
nounces himself as candidate for the
Office of County Commissioner, subject
to the decision of the REPUBLICAN
voters of Fulton county at the uni
form primaries to be held on the last
Saturday in September.
A. NJ. CORBIN.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-08-31
For County Commissioners,
ALBERT X. NESBIT.
AYR Township.

/ hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the REPUBLICAN nomlna-
tion for the Office of County Commis
sioner, subject to the next September
primaries, and pledge my support to
the ticket then nominated.
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s. Candidate Cards E
For Prothonotary, &c.,
ELLIS l.. LYNCH,
hnVu

! hereby announce myself as a can
didate for the DEMOCRATIC nomination
for the Office of Prothonotary, &c,
subject to the next September prima-
ries. | also pledge myself to support
the ticket then nominated.