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The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-02-22
Largely a Woman's Fight

IL VIII. De TO great measure
woman's fight. Ever since the evening
of February g. when Bunker exposed
what he branded as the plot of the
three majority members Of the board
has been high. Women have made up
half of the crowds that at two meetings
plainly showed their sentiment for
Bunker With registration going on,
women have qualified to vote in num-
bers exceeding men, sometimes 400 of
the new citizens registering in one day
in a single district.
And not only is Mrs. Carlisle. for
years prominent in clubs and various
organizations. one of the directors un-
der fre, but against her will be nomi-
mated woman candidate. one quail
fed to serve only on the school board,
say the proponents of the recall.
War Against Directors
The campaign against the directors
will be directed from two rooms in the
Wright block in Shattuck avenue. That
will be the headquarters of the execu-
tive committee. Thence the recall Pc
titions will be sent out, and there, il
such are deemed necessary, means to
enlighten the voters will be arranged
These preparations might have been
made last week, but were held up until
after last nights meeting of the school
board, for that was the occasion APP
- t1~v xv;1.<x,, - NJ
Isle. to vindicate their attitude toward
Bunker.
The grounds on which the recall
of the three oficials is demanded. as
stated in the oficial recall petitions.
Continued On Fase ?, Column 5
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-02-22
Recall of Judges

OF the recall OF judges, he said:
The question is one of expediency
merely. Each community has the right
to try the experiment for itself in
whatever shape 1t pleases. I do not
believe in adopting the recall save
a last resort, when it has become clear
ly evident that no other course will
achieve the desired result"
Senator La Toilette was mentioned
but once as follows:
Following Senator La Toilette
number of practical workers and think
ers in Wisconsin have turned that
state into an experimental laboratory
of wise governmental action in aid of
social and Industrial justice.
Praises La Toilette
'They have initiated that kind OF
progressive government which means
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-02-22
Roosevelt on Public Topics

onel HOOsevelt. You VIII nave my
answer Monday
Roosevelt on Public Topics
COLUMBUS, O., Feb. z1.-"Big bus
iness.'' the fitness of the American peo-
pie for government, the recall of
judges and praise for the progressive
legislation in Wisconsin Instituted and
furthered by Senator Robert NJ. La Fol
lette when he was governor. were top
les discussed by Theodore Roosevelt in
an address today before the Ohio Con-
stitutional convention here.
Colonel Roosevelt chose as his sub
ject, "A Charter of Democracy" OF
what he termed big business" Col
onel Roosevelt had this to say:
The antitrust law does good in so far
as 1t can be invoked against combina-
tions which really are monopolies or
which restrict production or which ar
tifcially raise prices.
But in so far as its workings are un-
certain or as 1t threatens corporations
which have not been guilty of anti
social conduct. 1t does harm.
There should be a fixed government
al policy which shall clearly define and
punish wrongdoing and give in ad-
vance full information to any man as
to just what he can and just what he
can not legally and properly do
AS to the fitness OF the American
people for self government. Colonel
Roosevelt said:
Many eminent lawyers believe that
the American people are not fitted for
popular government and that 1t is nee
essary to keep the judiciary independ
ent of the majority of the people
take absolute issue with all those who
nald such O poSftiar
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-02-22

whether you are to be a candidate
"My hat Is In the ring replied Col
oneI Roosevelt. "You will have my
answer Monday
The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1912-02-22
THE WEATHER

Highest temperature. 90;
lopest Tuesday night so.
FORECAST FOR TODAY Cloudy; brisk
south mind, changing to nest
For Details Of the Weather Soc Page IT.
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Continued On FaEe 2, Column 5
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
HOME OWNING and
BUILDING AND LOAN
inREE HOUSES OUT OF EVERY
-FOUR IS CHARL0TTES
GREAT RECORD.

OF the "l,0uo people .itln; IA
Aaflotte, -.,oup .. them otrHps
.cnic, erc' sd through tnc a2.n,
iac auildins and loan ae.3ei,-
ons
ilia .s,l was d .rloned a. tao
,llt il an Investigations n.dc Z. Z.
ertrg several Weeks aSo aAIa..-
..e ion. local ASA, ia,l,ns, lhr Ale
hanias' Perpetual, Manual, Chariot
l. Z .ayskionburs.
II tlanspircd that three out ol
every lour houses constructed in
, h.ariottr We're built with funds 81
cured from the building and loan as
s9rialions and that in other cities in
, luldrd in the Investigation. notably
hester. Edgciield and Concord, thu.
loportcd similar experiences, II also
developed that although the four To-
cal associations had handled millions
ot dollars since their organization,
the oldest thirty and the yOunges-
four years ago, that not one penny
had ever been lost.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
To Suit Borrower.

Some of these days we will soc 4
building and loan working in Char
lotte where the period of payment
fer each stakeholder and borrower
may be made to suit the borrower.
This same association will not have
any series. hut will run an individual
account with each member and open
the account whenever it suits the
member This same association will
require life insurance as well as fire
insurance with each loan, and that
will constitute the best security to
the widow in ease the borrower
should die.
In general terms. the old Four C's
Co. is utilizing a good many of the
building and loan features. II will
furnish lot, build a house to suit
the purchaser and then determine the
period it will require their monthly
payments TO pay up the debt.
Home Purchase Plan.
The home purchase plan intro
duced by the Equitable Life Assur-
ance Society of New York would
make the installment payment to suit
the purchaser. and then figure out
the length of time that installment
payment would cancel the debt In
this ease the installments would in
olude the lot, the house. fire insur-
aEce and life insurance. II may b.
figured out that in any case the rent
money paid will buy and pay for 4
house. 1t is n question OF figuring
out how long in each separate case
the rent money will have 10 Ne paid
TO pay for the house. Real estate
companies Yin Charlotte are doing
practically the same thing Char
lotte Observer.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
Life Insurance.

Another gr,at Improvement to the
lu;ldus and loan plan not VT ac-
,empli,hcd is lie coupling up OF life
insurance with huilding and loan
harcs In all The local associations.
y lire Insurance policy is required
y here the collateral is comhustiblc.
Equally Well Il lie insurance policy
might be- required. because life is a
very uncertain factor.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
The Possible Future.

\ review of these facts, which were
litcn in detail in The Observer, led
Il Charlotte gentleman, who is con-
~ sant with the subject and familiar
with operations in Pennsylvania,
ohio aud other States, to make the
statement that the building and loan
in his estimation, had not yet at
tanned its highest usefulness Said
he:
The beneiiccnt local building and
lean association is just beginning To
recover from the doings of the inter
state swindlers who initiated them
through long period to the disaster
OF many people. The local buildina
and loan has been constantly reliev-
ing itself of cirrumscribing handl-
Gaping conditions. Years and years
ago ii abolished charging premiums
tor loans Later it provided to tighten
the fines of those who did not pay
ON time. Most local associations now
start two to four series in year.
In Ohio, they don't have any Sc
rics at all. The Ohio system has been
called the Dayton plan, and a per-
son may 30 in and start shares a.
any time. II is just as feasible to
keep an account with an individual
stakeholder in Il building and loan
association as il is to keep an ac-
count in savings bank with an in
diridual deposition. The profit of
course is proratcd and requires a lii
tie more book keeping. But that is
nothing rs compared with the benc-
fits that accrue to the pope.
Neither is there reason why the
term of loan should be 6 1-3 years.
/; might as well be made any num-
her Of years TO suit the subscribing
stockhodcr For example. if the
payment OF a i -, years is too
arcat for the convenience OF tho bor-
rover, TN" period might be made 10.
- or even 20 years.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
Monarch's Fine Library,

The library of Philip the Good Of
Burgundy, in the fifteenth century,
surpassed all other European book
collections of the time. 1t contained
nearly 10000 volumes. all richly illumi.
mated on yellum. with bindings of
damask satin and velvet incrusted by
Jewels. with clasps OF gold and gems.
Bruges. where the ducal court was
held, was filled with literary crafts
men. and certain of their splendid pro.
auctions are still To be seen in the
Belgian royal library.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
|. S. MORROW
Candidate for
Clerk of Circuit Court

TX the Voters and Taxpayers of Polk
County;
Having heard several versions oil
my position in regard to the fee sys-
ten in paying county officials. | de-
sire to state my position clearly and
positively.
There has been considerable effort
made by members of the Legislature
to reduce the compensation on the
county officials, either by reducing
the fees or putting them on salary
basis.
But it has been impossible to Sc
cure legislative action, mainly be-
cause accurate data could not be OBJ
tanned as to the compensation re
teived through fees by the various;
Office holders who would be affected
by the reduction.
| have been informed that in this
county no record has been kept in
the clerks Office of the fees received
and this would be trueu, suppose,
in regard TO other offices in this and
other counties.
That the fees i'm the clerks office
make an unreasonable large rcmu~
ncration there is no doubt.
Now, what propose to do. if
elected as your circuit clerk, is to
keep an accurate account of every
dollar received in fees, showing from
what source, what class OF work, the
various amounts are received, and
the total per annum. | will go be-
fore the proper committees of the
Legislature with this itemiZed state
ment showing just how much | am
receiving i'rom the people and ask
the Legislature to reduce it to Il
reasonable salary This would give
the friends of reduction something
definite on which to work instead
Of. as at present. working in the
dark, and would, believe, be prompt
~ successful in causing the Legis-
laturc to fix a reasonable salary for
all county officials.
One man in Office. asking for Il re-
duction in compensation, can do mora
than Il thousand who are on the out
side, and guessing in the dark.
II elected. promise 10 use my
best efforts To secure the necessary
reduction. and firmly believe | can
accomplish it before my time is hall
out
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24
No License on That Journey.

There is no car line to heaven. II
you find yourself sitting down as YOU
journey you are not on the way
Christian Herald.
The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1912-04-24

III COMPENSATION WOULD
NOT BE AFFECTED LEGALLY BY
The REDUCTION DURING ny
TERM OF OFFICE. BUT l WOULD
ACCEPT THE REDUCTION, AND
TURN BACK TO THE SCHOOL AND
ROAD FUNDS ALL RECEIPTS IN
EXCESS OF THE SALARY FIXED
BY THE LEGISLATURE.
In an adjoining county, one Of
fetal has been turning back to the
county all over a fixed amount. That
is all right. but it affects only one
office, and one man in that office,
and does not affect his successors.
My plan would affect not only N.Y.
self but my successors and alo prob
ably uch other offices as need re-
duction.
know that in presenting tits
proposition | am inviting the bitter
opposition of a certain class of po-
litical influence.
The fight will be not against the
proposition but against me person.
ally. to keep me- from getting in a
position to carry it through to sue.
cess. Respectfully.
l.. S. MORROW
April 2. 1912. 4-17-e0-24-o7.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

Atlanta proud Of its annual grand opera season,
mfccn Auditorium organ its reputation as city culture
b j, o,nonnir, This winter t ,roye whether love. music
:.,. M en- l l I,i. 49, tr r b,o
m ,,.,
INV
ira mas become 'HF rest
Before farA large audience The fhHaaf"one orchestra
sixty excellent Atlanta musicians It's first concert Of The
son AT the Grand last Sunday despite made
mate rbearsas was . revelation, even TO the most critical music
=. - l; g. b ;4;a+. ,l;ei,,,4. ,,,h a. pot1o
yer. iScil'iNo"SN\' were '"''' WIZ" ""'i' ~ 'Ni ~ "
Keeping with the" Importance Mortimer "So" inc ne" con
ducor proved himself fully capable OF welding INTO hniouS
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

they felt that it was their duty to
pay the ransom and get their adored
royalty" back again.
The story of Richards reign is
anything but a delectable one.
Crowned in 11S9, the original
Rough Rider" began running
amuck at once, which practice he
faithfully kept up to the last.
on the very day of his corona
tiun he gave the order which re
suited in 24-hom massacre of his
Jewish subjects. for no other rea-
son than the fact that they were
Jews.
With the blood of his unoffend
ing Jewish subjects suu undried
on his coronation robes Richard be-
gan collecting money and men for
rescue OF the Holy City from the
hands of the "inhdals."
We know how utterly fruiuess
his Crusade turned out to be. and
how, after having perpetrated in
Vulnerable follies and brutalities. he
finally turned his face homeward
again TO be shipwreclzed on the
coast of Italy and, later on. cap
tured in the German forests.
Ransomed by his people, and re-
turning home, Richard spent the
rest OF his lfe--a period of some
five Years fighting his worthless
brother John who, it seems. had
designs on the throne.
Millions Of English money ana
thousands Of English lives were
sacrificed In this foolish tuegfe-
q struggle THAT ww- happily ended
hy thr arrow which. Oh tic 6th of
April 1909 bald Richard lav before
fbs castle II rhdaa which h. was
at thal }ime bgaleHug
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
The Song of the Rail
By ELLA WHETHER WILCOX.

Copyright 1912. by American Journal Examiner
NH, an ugly thing is an iron rail,
~ Black, with it's face to the dust o.
But 1t carries message where winged things fail;
1t crosses the mountains and catches the trail,
While the winds and the make sport of sail;
Oh, rail is a friend to trust.
4sie$
The iron rail, with its face to the Sod
Is only bar of ore;
Yet it speeds where never a foot has trod
And the narrow path where it leads grows broad;
And it speaks to the world in the voice of God,
That echoes from shore to shore
Though the iron rail, on the earth down flung,
Seems kin to the loan and the soil,
Wherever its high shrill note is sung,
Out of the jungle fair homes have sprung,
And the voices of babel find one tongue,
In the common language Of toll,
OF priest, and warrior, and conquering king
OF knights of the Holy Grail,
OF wonders of Winter, and glores of Spring,
Always and ever the poets sing
But the great God force in owy thing,
sing in my heart Of the rail
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Richard the LiOn-Hearted
BY REV. THOMAS 3. GREGORY.

~ EVEN hundred and twenty
years ago, King Richard the
First of England better known
as Richard the Lion Hearted"
while making his way home from
the point where he had been ship
wrecked on the Adriatic. was made
prisoner by the Duke Leopold OF
Austria. and sold for a good round
sum 10 King Henry the Sixth Of
Germany.
1t was the richest prize thai had
fallen to anybody for a long, long
time. We are not informed how
much Duke Leopold received from
Henry for the regal capture. but we
know that Henry made mighty
good thing out OF it, for in order to
get their king back the English
people had to pay the German mon
arch three hundred thousand
pounds in gold. or reckoned in our
money one million five hundred
thousand dollars.
Sentiment and national pride
aside, it was a very foolish deal on
the part OF the English. The Lion
Hearted was not worth tae price
that they paid for him, Except ais
a trouble breeder. Richard was not
worth a penny The English peo-
pie would have done better TO have
left their king remain in Heury'-
keeping
But the generality ~ people lu
those days even Ia England were
fetich-worshipers. aud felt about
their "kina ana "lords as tan
Aleutian ISLANDER does todag about
his totem poole o. the African 49,
ero about his "Aumbo-Jumbo ana
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Why Elay Every Gard.

At Twenty-Five a Wo'lan's beauty
is at its best, her enthusias are
at tulI tide. she knows enough to
listen inteDligentIy. ana not enough
to make her opinionated Above
all, sine is ready to love and be
loved, and she is still plastic
enough TO be nodded to the hand
of the man who gets her
Thirty is the age at which the
fool woman is impossible, the col
lege woman at her best, and the
worldly woman most fascinating.
The silly woman. who was
charming little goose at sixteen, has
developed into a bore and bundle
Of heaviness by the time she is
thirty The college bred woman,
who is a late bloomer has just come
into her own and is a sensible. in
teuigent companion for men who
like women served up with a gar
nish Of brains Also they have
not yet developed mission in life,
as they are liable to later on. so
thirty is their most attractive age.
AS for the worldly woman. at
thirty she is no longer an amateur
at the game of life. but a profes-
sional who knows the value of every
card and how TO play it. SHE has
learned how 70 make the most Of
her charms, how 10 dress. and, more
valuable still, sne has acquired the
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11


N 4 lS@ MAHf GARDEN. VINO Is
WI generally conceded to know
thing or Two, has an
nounced that 80 is a Womau's most
attractive apa and thar SHE never
,,,,,,.,,.- a.. ~ ,,-,-.,.7 :.
Many otber women aeraa in this
opinion. Ii is, in fact, no uncom-
NM, chino IN an, I.,d,, 81, ..,,.,,,,-
a.
''''' ''''' ''''''
lor - years az Slre'eh' indeed
my'faVortte story concerns Wom-
an who, when arrested for some
oftense against the law and
bro,,a.bt 70 MAI s.a,.a ba, noe. a,. ~.
Nv Ss''S ''''e' sue "'s 's'''''
haied INTO court before the same
Judge, ana again gave ner age az
80.
But Sala me Judge Wheh YOU
were brought here 1--WE years ago
you gave your age then as 3d.
very hNeiy' Your Honor re-
sponded the lady I'm not the
sort OF a woman VINO would say
one thing one day and another
thlns tomorrow,
But when IS woman most at
tractiNe? Il depends upon the Wom-
an ana the taste Of the Judge
Heroines of the Past,
T., tiao. .+ a,. e,.....-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

woman is at her best. Certainly
she is midway between youth and
age. and has some of the charms
and advantages of both. but her
youth is the youth Of sophistication.
1t is a time when she calls art TO
the aid of nature, when the bright
ness of her eyes, and the roses on
her checks. and the redness of her
lips. and the gold of her hair owe
something to the corner drug store;
when she enthuses over things with
malice aforethought, and loves with
her head instead of her heart.
Ii is an age at which a woman is
most dangerous because she knows
with deadly certainty what she
wants, and is colby calculating in
her way Of getting it. 1t is an age
at Which a woman marries for an
establishment instead of a hus-
band. and when she would rather
have a string of pearls than a
hearts devotion.
F'orty-five is the age Of the sur
vival of the best fitted among wom-
Ell. All the others have gone into
the discard. 1t is the age at which
the business woman is at her best,
when she is sanest, most comradely
and most interesting, 1t is the gold
en- age also of the spinster, who has
given up the struggle to be a fas-
ctnator of men and absorbed herself
in other pursuits. Many women
who have been unattractive in
youth at middle age have an In
dian summer of loveliness of mind
and person that their springtime
never knew.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11
Come into Their Own Then.

There are other women who never
come into their own until they
hold a baby on their breasts. They
may have been homely. awk-
ward, hard of face and blunt of
speech, lacking all grace; but moth
erhood turns them into madonnas
that send us to our knees before
them.
And there are other women
whose best hour is almost their
last hour. Ugly in youth, they are
beautiful IN age. for life and expe-
rience often chisel rough features
into beauty, ANA love lights a lamp
within the dull soul Of many a
woman that irradiates her whole
being. Just the goodness and the
kindness on many nm odd woman's
face make Il beautiful.
\ woman is AZ her best anywhere
from the cradle to the grave-ac-
eording 10 the woman herself
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1912-12-11

THE American people needed
just such a shock as the rich
Mr.. Carnegie administered
the other day. It has helped to
clear the atmosphere. and to give
stimulating tllip to the spirit of in
dependence which has made this
country what it Is. 1t has caused
the American people TO wake up to
two important facts-first, that
they ought TO look out for their
own dignity in caring for their pub
lie servants. and, second, that
money is not everything, nor even
the greatest Of things, in American
eyes
The idea Of having an eX-presi-
dent of the United States, or the
widow Of an president, made
comfortable for life by the bounty
Of an ultra-rich individual is alb
horrent to our entire social and po-
litical system. Very wealthy per-
sons are liza lie to catch the Monte
Cristo spirit and to think that "the
world is mine"