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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
IN NEBRASKA AND VIRGINIA.

When the preliminary investigation
into the killing of the youth, whose
death occurred in the capture of the
penitentiary, began yesterday the
county attorney and the lawyers are
said by the news dispatches to have
consulted as to whether a number OF
persons who were known to have come
armed to the trial should be disarmed.
1t was concluded that the better plan
was not to attempt disarmament. So
it is to be assumed that excited men
sat listening to testimony which was
calculated to still further arouse pas
sion with deadly weapons close TO
their hands ready to fulfill the passion
and purpose Of murder
1t was not a lack of understanding
that left the pistols in the pockets of
angry and excited men. The blood had
not dried on the floor Of that Virgin Ia
court room and the slayers of a whole
sale killing are still at large 1t was
slNipiS d VI GOLS tllS RESPONSE
bility. That court officials should
agree to permit the wearing Of con-
cealed weapons in court room is evil
dence Of weakness. They took a chance
of another Virginia tragedy and in order
to avoid plain duty and a precaution
deliberately permitted within a court
room. the criminal offense Of carrying
concealed weapons.
The trouble is not With the laws
Generally there is plenty of law. plain
enough in its provisions. The weakness
is of officials. not of law. The man in
the office means as much as the law on
the statute books. The character Of
county attorney and the sheriff are as
important as the legislation they are
elected to maintain. No law is strong
er than its enforcement
There is enough law. There are too
many policy playing, sycophantic exc
cutives and prosecutors seeking votes
at the expense of their sworn duties
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
Raotime in Sunday Schools.

St. Louis Globe-DelnOCIaSJ.
The members Of the Music Super
visors. National Conference. in session
during the past week, not only made
deadset on our national hymn. but they
aimed a blow at the music of our sun
day schools Miss Eleanor Smith, OF
Chicago. made an onslaught on the
n,eces now. and for a long time. the
vogue bringing In the sheayes.'
| will There Be Any Stars In NJ,
Crown" ST Want to Be an Angel
Hold the Fort" and other favorites IN
Sunday school singing she denounced
as ragtime music.
Well. what Of it? Why should not
ra etime be made to serve the ends OF
righteousness Is the devil to be given
a monopoly Of all the good things IN
these days of antitrust wars? That
preacher who saith at time when the
contributions OF Johr4D Rockefeller
were under. the suspicion Of being
tainted money" and unfit for holy
work, that il the devil was providing the
money he was willing to take enough
of IT to bankrupt him, had the real
philosophy OF the case II the devil has
heen using "a gtime music to serve MS
nurpose. 1t is time TO infringe his copy
rights.
Statistics show a much larger at
tendance at Sunday schools In these
DAYS than formerly. Less than fifty
wears ago every Sunday brought Out
a dismal song telling how las Rooer,
Raikes walked out one day to see II
children were at play, two boys We're
seen on Sabbath day. a playing. play
ing. all met" 1t can go without saying
that such puerile words as these were
set to a strain Of long meter. dragging
itself out In a wearfsome length to
break the heart Of any boy worthy OF
the name. And this wretched per-
version of the right spirit OF Sunday
school work. pitched the standard Of
the Sunday school music Of that day
Ragtime music and such songs as
Hold the Fort" and bringing In the
Sheayes." breathing something OF the
spirit OF a church militant, and telling
something Of faring forth and daring &c
do In righteous causes. mean come
thing in the life OF live boy. OF
course. they are not the last word. II
is possible to get better Sunday school
music than we now have. The mem
bers Of the Music Supervisors National
Conference can try their hands at the
work. They may find something better
than ragtime But we warn them thai
| the world will never return to the
dolorous strains telling OF Robert
Raikes' discovery Of two boys at play
all me!
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
BOUGHT 1909 PENNIES.
TShenandoah Sentinel-Post.l


For time Saturday night there was
a rushing business In 1909 pennies. A
young man was rushing up and down
the street offering fabulous prices for
all of Uncle Sans coppers bearing that
date. He was very secretive. He was
excited and somewhat frustrated. He
went into ore store and after consid-
cradle shrewd and deep financiering.
bid up to 50 before he secured the lone
l cent piece in that establishment.
bearing the mysterious date. When he
had cornered the market, he took his
way. followed by a curious audience. to
the BOYLE candy kitchen wherein was
on display a card announcing, "s15 paid
for 1909 pennies" Thinking to begin
easy. the young man said. Here's one
of those 1909 pennies. Give me the s15
please
Sure" said Mr.. Boyce. but where
are the other 1902"
And a brick of enormous proportions
seemed TO fall out Of the atmosphere,
and settle with great precision on the
young mans perso1.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
For Sunday Reading
All Sorts of OtinisnJ
Tho Mon and Religion Movement.


SO many pastors Of the Lutheran
church as are embraced within the
Long Island Pastoral Conference Of the
Missouri Synod have given notice to
the public at large and to many
preachers of other denominations in
particular that they decline to partici-
pate in the efforts Of the Men and Re-
ligion Forward Movement. Their rea-
sons are stated in q circular issued
from Brooklyn and signed by COM
mittee of five members. The principal
impeachment that they see to joining in
this endeavor where all denominationai
differences are waived, is the implicit
Inconsistency OF such a surrender. They
admit that according to the word OF
Cod" all who believe in Jesus Christ
are members Of the holy Christian
church. yet they also learn from that
same word OF God that II is contrary
to the will Of God to ignore, or make
light OF doctrinal differences" They
express themselves in this form: :
I'VE cam not understand why any
thinking man can not realize the SER
iousness offconditions : Tho Case y
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
MAns1f ARCH ao1,,a

n y ~
grabbers'' and scuriosaely ssnotigh the
net result; 6f a deatswittf them has
proven to include in many Instances
transfer OF ownership inathe business
to which the loan was made. The ex-
perience of one land company in Flor
ida, which secured loan of over $780,
600 at a rate Of Is per cent bonus and
6 per cent interest, was reported thus:
1.-THE security required was absolute
title to all the land holdings and con-
tracts OF the company and the loan
concern first put man in charge OF
the company's finances, then another
man in charge Of the land sales. Soon
afterward the employees Of the COM
pany were dropped, one by one, until
only the officer who was featured In
advertisements remained. From that
time on the land company was a mere
fiction by which the lender avoided re-
sporsibility to land buyers. altho all
the cash paid in monthly by the thou
sands who had bought on the INSTALL
ment plan was seized upon and &C.
counted for by the loan companys
agents according to the methods ap-
proved by the loan company" In an
other case the borrowers for an irri-
gated tract finally found the loan
shark neatly had acquired their prop
erty for a bagatelle and that they owed
the loan shark money beside. These
giants in the lending field are said to
have mysterious relations to certain
bankers and banks which have unem-
ployed funds which were unavailable"
for the loan in question. Whether the
warfare against the loan shark will be
extended to the big ones is a problem
that federal agents are said to be look
ing into
But the big ones are not of so much
concern as those who loan to the poor
man who is a victim from the time
he places his name on paper. A large.
legitimate concern that needs a large
amount of money in the way OF a loan,
can usually get it at a bank--it is only
where there is doubt as to returns and
as to security that bankers refuse
loans. A concern that has to borrow a
half million or a thousand from loan
shark, isn't much OF a concern.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
Iona Newspapers
ROAD DAMAGE.
INayerly Independent.l

Just the same, such road work ought
not to happen again: One fall few
years ago road bose said to farmer
that he had SIS left to work roads in
that neighborhood. The farmer said 1t
was too late in the fail to grade roads,
that the SIS had better be saved until
next season, when with another years
taxes a more satisfactory job Of grad
ing could be done. But the road boss
knew better. He came along with.4the
grader and rolled a streak Of sod upon
the road. bed. The road boss got the
SIS and that neighborhood had a
streak Of sod about zoo rods long. The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
Why Ulster Oppose. HON. Rule.

Tho no riot broke out when Winston
Churchill braved the Orangemen Of
Ulster and spoke for home rule in the
city Of its foes, yet many who know the
ardent nature of the people freely pre-
dict that when home rule comes, and
the Catholic majority in Ireland begin
to make laws for the Presbyterian mi
nority, broken heads will be common
enough. The prediction may be wrong;
Catholic and Protestant may surprise
each other by their sweet reasonable
ness and moderation; but just at pres
ent there are extreme Presbyterlans
who aver that any serious attempt to
impose Catholic rule on the Orangemen
of Belfast will provoke religious war.
always the bitterest of 1nternecine
struggles. One Of these prophets is
Mr.. L. Cope Cornford. whose words In
The National Review dondon) are
worth quoting as an example Of alarm
list feeling in North Ireland. Here is
what he says:
"The real evil, as every 1rfshman
knows to his bitter cost. Is that religi-
Gus intolerance is habitually and rfgidly
exercised against Roman Catholics by
the Roman Catholic priesthood. The
Irish Roman Catholic is the slave OF
the priest. That he should be taught
this religious dogma or that Is another
affair with which no one need interfere.
But the priest claims all. He claims
the body and soul and the goods Of his
people. and enforces his claim with
threats OF grievous physical III In this
world and the fires OF pursatory in the
next No man can marry without per-
mission Of the priest. II he takes to
wife Protestant. the church, under
the Ne Temere decree, declares the
marriage null and void, and the chill
dren Of 1t are denounced as basstards.
No man can buy or sell OF hold farm
but by leave Of the priest. No man dare
vote but as the priest directs. No man
can save a penny more than the priest
will spare him. unless the poor wretch
boards in secret There is not an honest
man who knows what Ireland is today
who will not vouch for the absolute
truth Of every one Of these statements.
Now if Ireland were wholly Roman
Catholic, to confer homo rule upon her
would be virtually to confer the power
OF civil governance upon the Roman
Catholic priesthood. But a. about
one-fourth of the population Is prot
estant, the effect Of granting home rule
to Ireland would be to place the prot
estant minority at tho mercy OF q Ro-
man Catholic majority. Hence the out
break Of civil war will instantly follow
upon the institution Of an Irish gov
eminent Amid the shadow-dsnce OF
politics, the vacillations, whisperings.
intrfgues, ,boasting, complaints. false
promises, and Commissions that have
| stupefied the browbeaten British pub
lie, there has been at least one real
thing. and it's name is Ulster. There
are (let us say) 100000 or 50 resolute
men In northeast Ulster who have
mace. a last stand against the betrayal
by consent which has been 50 smooth
lily proceeding during the last five
years"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
THE FARMER IS NO FOOL


You may say what you please
about the farmers" said one of FREE
mort county's most progressive farm
ers, but let me tell you the farmer
is 70 fool. He is a whole lot smart ar
than the fellow. who has nothing
more elevating to do than to- stand
on the streets and knock on the
farmers. He would be a sight better
Of those despisable farms and earn
great men in this country originate
people have the idea that anyone can
sccessful farmer. Why is 1t that
fellow who does the most blowing
and knocks hardest on the country,
seldom gets beyond low common
wage position? They are just jeal-
Gus because things are begin
ming to get little more prosperous
for the country people, who have had
hard enough time, goodness knows.
and I think that it is no more than
fair for them to come to the front.
That's where the people who feed
| the earth belong. Another thing.
| you seldom find a farmer broke
| There is too much comnDtion and
continued strain in city for the
average persons to really develop
| themselves as fully as some OF them
would like. In the evening. after the
days work is done, the rural citizen
| is not attracted by some cheap NOV
ing picture show, but instead he
can sit and enjoy his papers and
magazines to his hearts content
and really, in the end, be better posted
on national and current affairs thar
his city cousin, who gets his informa-
ton from the gossip heard on the
street"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
ROCK ISLANDS DISGRACE.
1Ca1ar 2 niGs p e11l hlinan

Some years ago the writer was IN
Rock Island and he was told that
Anything goes in Rock Island" And
they had everything on exhibition.
Our Informant rallied at places like
Cedar Rapids where there is nothing
going on at night" And what were
the things that were going on In Rock
1slando First of all, houses Of pros
titution without end, all night saloons
without end. and gambling over every
saloon and bawdy house.
| And these things, they imagined.
made a Tive town" and a growing
city. It is the old mistake Of think
ing that vice is builder Of cities.
But in the case of Rock Island it has
proven true that It is a destroyer OF
cities, The blackmailer has flourished
with the rest of the vicious elements
and one of these backmailers has
been editing a weekly paper in which
the secret lives of prominent men
were published-unless they paid SO
much to keep then out. That sort OF
Journalism naturally exists where the
other vices exist. 1t has existed for
years ard many men have been driven
out Of the city thru it's influence The
whole thing finally eliminated in riot
ing and bloodshed and disorders and
martial law.
Nothing else could have been ex-
pected. 1t Is the whirlwind that al
ways follows the sowing Of the wind
Instead OF presenting itself as a fit
place for decent people to Hive, it is
now in the situation of place that all
decent people should avoid. Even fac
tories will not be located in such a city
for there is no assurance of having
sober and decent woEkmen and no
guarantee Of law or protection to eth
er property or persons,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
Topics of the Times

It begins to look as tho DeS NoineS
would De obliged to spend her own
money on her own river fronts. The
government engineers can't see their
way to do it with everybody's' money.
1t seems to be mighty hard travel
ing for band wagons this year. And
they're loaded light at that.
Bryan's name was mentioned at the
banquet of Linn county democrats ana
I"cheered to the echo" That's good.
There hasn't been as much Cheering
to the echo this year as ought to be,
AS Colonel Roosevelt puts it he pre-
fers free country against a share of
common stock in a company controlled
by the Morganheimers Theoretically
Colonel Roosevelt may have meant
well, draw Your own differences.
If competent health board can
drop the death rate in Panama from
240 TO ~ per thousand it seems that
a similar organization could do great
deal for every community We need
city physicians with training and ca
pacity and health boards that realize
both their responsibilities and oppor-
tunity.
John T. Familto1's boom for demo-
cratic nomination for governor has be-
come a thriving plant. The Iowa
denlocracw is showing unlocked for
judgment in its early selections of can
didates.
Alexander Revell, Of Chicago. pre-
diets Roosevelts nomination on the
second ballot. That sounds like mere
revelry
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
KENYON VS.. YOUNG.
INT. Vernon Record.]

INCCVIUs
IN fact Senator Kenyon has made
a strong impress on this session OF
the senate-an exceptionally strong
impress considering the fact that this
is his first year. He has proven him
self to be an unusually valuable man,
and to defeat him and send back Sem
ator Young would be a calamity to the
state. That this precinct will have no
hand in such action is assured by the
Saturday caucus.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30

work was q damage to the road for q
whole year. 1t was wickedly waste
full job. We sometimes hear bowling
against the road laws! The best road
laws that can be made by men can not
endow men with common sense.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
BIG LOANS BY SHARKS,
fWater!oo Times-Tribune.1

"atGE!oo T1meS-Trlpune.J
Giant loan sharks" whose loans are
made to corporations and In sums. as
large as millions, have been disclosed
by the investigations in Chicago made
Of loan shark methods. The rule OF
extortionate rates seems to hold good
regarding, these '.plutocratic money
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
True Greatness,

Genuine greatness II marked ~
simplicity, Observation-Disclosures. self
forgsAfulness. . hearty interest 10
otAers, . feeling Of brothsrhooA VIII
- hunau fsniiy.-Chan1ing.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

The Newton Record favored a day
light saloon law and says: This law
has been tried in other places and il is
thought that il would iesaen the saloon
evil in Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30

About this season Of the year there
Is a great deal Of very partisan poll
tics crowded into little necessary
legislation" says the Davenport DEM
ocrat.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30

"The opposition to Cummins must
pick up somewhere quite a bunch of
delegates out of Cummins territory. or
the state convention will be for Cum
Minis" says the Nevada Representa-
tive 1.-THE nearest they have for, some
time come to doing this hs to get an
uninstructed and non -committal dele
cation from Senator Kenyon's county
of Wehster."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30

The Marengo Republican SAYS. "Tom
Bray has withdrawn as a candidate for
congress in order to reduce the cam
raign to its lowest denominations-a
contest between Kendall and Allfree."
"If the race lasts long enough the
state would certainly go for Roosevelt"
saws the Humboldt Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-30

Alexander Revell, Of Chicago. pre-
diets Roosevelts nomination on the
second ballot. That sounds like mere
revelry.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-05
CO5URN'S MINSTRELS
BILL AT GRAND TONIGHT

Tonight at the Grand with it's sweet
singers, funny men, beautiful cos
tunes, bright lights and special see
mic equipment, Coburn's Greater Min
strels entirely new people from last
year, wiz duplicate and surpass their
success of last season, with a bigger
and letter show, the latest songs and
modern and old time minstrelsy. Les
lie ,. Berry, the interlocutor and bar
itone, is the only singer retained this
year from the old favorites. His
songs Good Bye My Love" and Till
the Sards of the Desert Grow Cold"
(both by Ernest R. Bald are the lat
est productions from this seasons
publications, and surpass "In the Gar
den OF My Heart" of last year.
Mr. Berry requires no endorsement
from his manager, as his singing and
his personality have won him host
Of friends in past seasons with this
company, which is extremely crafty
ing Mr.. Lyman Goodwin known as
the male Melba, who has just return
ed from an engagement in England
and Scotland, is a new feature this
season, and possesses a clear, power
erful soprano, a most unusual voice,
equally effective in solo and chorus.
A splendid company supporting
these voices guarantee a fine perform
ance.
Seats on sale today. Prices, 25c,
soc, 75c and $10O. Tickets put aside
will be sold if not called for before
3 O'Clock today. Mothers are re-
quested to leave their babies at home
Watch for the grand street parade this
morning.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-05
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: Doing. N SOCIETY. !
X * IL ~ xxx Ek 3Saak k "a I'll I'll

Mr.. George Blanton of Atlanta, is
the guest OF Dr. and Mrs. G. w. Blan
ton.
Mrs. Ross and Miss Ross OF Mis-
sissippi, are the guests of Mrs. ]. P.
Carr.
Mrs. w. C. Peoples and her guest,
Miss Bailey, leave Saturday for Louis
vile, Ky.
After a visit to Mrs. r. f. Sher-
man, Mrs. NJ. l.. Parks has returned
TO Augusta.
Mr., and Mrs. W. H. Weeks have ar
rived from Atlanta and will reside
here in future
Mrs. Hoyt Gale and children Of Co
lumbus. o, are the guests of Miss
Matte Gale on Norwich street.
family have removed to the Calnan
residence, corner Norwich and Monk
streets.
Miss Bessie Anderson, who has
been spending some time in Jackson
vile, Is now the guest of friends II
Gainesville, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs d. b. Thayer, former.
ly of this city, are welcoming a lit
tie daughter at their home in Way
| cross,
Miss Kate Slater, who has just re
turned from the market where sh,
bought an elegant stock of millinery
| is preparing for her spring opening
which will be held next week. TIL,
date will be announced in a few days
The ladies are anXiously awaiting thu
coming event.
The Brunswick news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1906-2016, 1912-03-05
AmuSGmcnfS
AKEsPEAREAN coMrDY

SHAKEsPEEREAN COMEDY
AT THE HIGH SCHor-
A literary and dramatic function OF
unusual interest will occur on Wed
nesday evening, March 8, at $50
O'Clock at the High School. Mrs. Han
niDal Williams, the well known ar
tist as been engaged to present the
delightful comedy Of "As You Like
It."
Mrs Williams has been continuous
ly before the public for twenty years
during which time her splendid abil-
tiles have been limited to the pre-
sentation of the best literature; but
won in the special field of Shakespeare
won in the special ED of Shakespear-
can representation Her repertory
includes ten of Shakespeare's plays
and several of the dramas or crown
ing
Although this will be Mrs. Williams
first appearance in Brunswick she is
by no means a stranger to Georgia,
having appeared repeatedly in the
principal cities Of the state.
The following is from the Savannah
News of Saturday: Mrs. Hannibal
Williams recital Of Twelfth Night
which took place at the Pape school
yesterday morning, was most delight
full. Mrs. Williams has a charming
personality and sweet voice and
carries her hearers with her. So
wonderful is her power that while lis
tening to her it is difficult to realize
that it is one woman taking all the
parts. Her shades and intonations,
different for each character, are little
short of marvellous
Admission, SOC.