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The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-17
THE AMERICAN ISIS UE

IA
put of business, where the places of temptation
removed where the basis of operation of the liquor
traffic is destroyed, and the very channels, through
which its life-bood flows damned up and stopped
Here is the place of embarrassment; this is the
place of test the field of trouble of sacrifice, of cost
both sides of the contest And it is because the
swirl of the conflict the place of discomfort and in
convenience that like to avoid it. They would
choose the easier way, the comfortable way,
though it be far slower and far less successful.
Liquor Man Boasts He Can Drive Preachers Out.
few days ago leader Of the liquor interests in
the of Illinois in the present legislative contest
made his boast told, that he could drive any
minister of any church out of a certain large city Of
the state of Illinois. And when asked in regard to
his statement two of the leading ministers of that city
declared, that he could do it, too" Why he do it
Because there business in those churches
whose business operations closely in contact with
the liquor traffic One man sells coal to the brewery
another supplies glassware to the saloon, another
furnishes meat for the free lunch, and the news
paper man advertses the pernicious business-and
all OF them under the influence of the liquor tra
fc. Many of these business are more careful of
the prosperity of their business interests than they
of the prosperity of the church. Cruel statement
but true. And SO when it to the question of
lining up the church against the saloon, the business
operations of these and all of their selfish inter-
ests, fight on the side of excluding the Anti-Saoon
League and the avoidance of any action whatsoever
that might embarrass the liquor traffic aad those under
its influence
Pastor Told to Touch Temperance Question Lightly
Another instance. We are told that recently in
of the large churches Of the city of Chicago the
minister warned by one of his influential members
that he should touch very lightly upon the temperance
question 1t is needless to say that this church does
not admit the Ant-Saloon League to it's pulpit
Church policy is thus often indirectly controlled by the
saloon through church members who do business with
the liquor traffic, and who are intinidated by it,
Church Must Be Free From Liquor Influence
The church must sign declaration of independ-
ence from the liquor traffic before she prosper
she ought. She must not permit herself to be con-
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-17
May II, 1912

victory easy if they would but join heart and
hand with those who stand in the fore front OF the
battle
The American issue. [volume] (Westerville, Ohio) 1912-19??, 1912-05-17

The church must sign declaration of independ-
ence from the liquor traffic before she can prosper as
she ought She must not permit herself to be con-
trolled even by ndirecton through business who
bow to the wishes of the liquor traffic Shrug your
shoulders as you may, Mr.. Businessman, it is true
We lament with you brother pastor, but is the fact
Let us state the full fact however, and say that the
churches whose policy is controlled by the liquor traf
hc directly indirectly by far in the minority The
heart of the great body of the church is right on this
question. The overwhelming numbers of her mem
bers in line and fighting. But there are many too
many, of whom these things are true. There are
enough who stand aside and take part make the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14
THE j. BURRIER FIRE SOME DEALS IN DIRT
The Horses Burned Were Ali I'm.
ported Animals.

( Between six and seven thousand
dollars loss was caused Thursday
morning at the burning of the barn
of James J. Burrier, east of Cedar.
The horses burned in the building
were all imported, Percheron stall
lions, and were quite valuable. The
value of the horses alone was in eX-
cess ov five thousand dollars. An
insurance of $2,S00.00 was carried on
three of the animals and there was
a young stallion, probably one of the
most valuable, recent arrival, upon
which no insurance had been taken
out. The stations were all in box
stalls. All were down and helpless
or dead when the owner got TO the
burning building.
A young man by the name of Fer.
guson, passing through Cedar about
two o'clock, first saw the flames.
Nh. Burrier is at complete loss
to account for the cowardly act. He
has had no enemies so far as he
knows, and cannot understand the
object of the miscreant J. G. Sci
lers, with whom Mr.. Burrier had an
insurance of $2,S00.O0 on three of the
horses, went to the place Friday tC
make adjustment of the loss.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

sion before a change of the fundamen.
tai law; but such amendments can be
made, and il SO. the effect OF the de-
cision can be reversed in respect to
new law by an amendment with
express terms of authority to enact
such a law. An answer made to this
Is that the same judges will construe
the amendment and defeat the popu-
lar will as in the first instance, This
assumes dishonesty and gross VIC
lation Of their oaths of duty on the
part Of judges. a hypothesis utterly
untenable. II the meaning of the
amendment is made plain, as 1t read
lily can be. of course the court Will
follow 1t. ..
Freedom Would Be Lost.
have examined this proposed
method of reversing judicial decisions
on constitutional questions with care
| do not hesitate to say that 1t lays
the AK at the foot of the tree OF well
ordered freedom and subjects the
guarantees of life, liberty, and prop
erty without remedy to the ftful i'm
pulse Of temporary majority of ar
electorate.
I agree that we are making prog
ress and ought to make progress II
the shaping Of governmental action Il
secure greater equality of opportunity
to destroy the undue advantage o.
special privilege and of accumulated
cauital and tn remove obstruCtiOnS Il
the pursuit of human happiness; ant
in working out these difficult prob
lens, we may possibly have, from
time to time, to limit or narrow thu
breadth of constitutional guarantees il
respect of property by amendment
But If we do it, let us do it deiiber
ately, understand what we are doinl
and with full consideration and clea
weighing of what We are giving u
Of private right for the general WEI
fare. Let us do 1t under circun
stances which shall make the opera
ton of the change uniform and just
and not depend on the feVerish, III
certain, and unstable determination q
successive votes on different laws b
temporary and changing majorities
Such a proposal as this is utterl
without merit or utility, and, instea
of being progressive, is reactionary
| instead of being in the interest OF a
the people and Of the stability c
| popular government, is sowing tn
seeds of confusion and tyranny.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14
In Praise Of COURAGE.

Certain virtues are divided from
vices by SO narrow a line that we must
discern very clearly to see the differ
ence. Few men can distinguish pride
frch vanity: perseverance from stub
bornness; economy from avarics. The
same Is true OF courage as distin-
guished from efrrontery. The coursg-
eous man must have ambition, not
merely dream OF what he would like
to have. The audacious have been
found fault with for their brutality In
overcoming all obstacles--but force Is
necessary to accomplish any real pur-
pose.--Chicago American.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14
THE BUCKEYE GRANGE
An Unusually Interesting Meeting
on the Corn Problem.

Buckeye Grange had session or
unusual interest last week over the
corn problem. The meeting was held
at Buckeye church and every member
able to be out was in attendance.
Spirited debates and an excellent pro
gram engaged the undivided attention
of the participants until the usual
time for closing was far exceeded In
the absence of Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Lou
Norris, lecturer of Buckeye Grange,
presided
Sig BrOerman, who believes in
grows and breaches" white corn,
tOld about what is the best and most
profitable kind of corn and why. This
opened the way for argument and a
big discussion followed.
A. A. Rinden and Mark Beach had
battle royal over the subject OF
How to Select Seed Corn and When"
Mr.. Rinden talked along the lines ad-
yocated by the agricultural schools,
Mr. Beach had little use and less faith
in the university teachings. He held
| to the good old fashioned methods.
The entire house joined in the discus
sion and the meeting warmed up to
he topic in a wonderful way.
Cy Jordan started trouble again
when he talked about How to Test
Seed Corn" and another general de-
bate ensued.
Special seed corn planting on one
side of the field was another topic
open to variety of opinion and eXper'
fence.
Harry CrOzier talked about discard.
| ing the weak ears in a tested lot of
corn and he handled his subject in a
comprehensive and instructive way.
Lou Norris told about Smelling each
ear by itself and grading it and this
called more comment of general
| character.
After the relation Of a variety of
experiences following the talk OF
| How Many Kernels to Plant in Hill'
by Byron Martin the company settled
it in their own way by declaring that
two or three stocks to a hill gave bet.
! ter and a more satisfactory crop in
size, quality, etc, than three or four
| stalks.
Roscoe Smith voiced some excel
lent ideas on soil preparation and Ed
Gilchrist brought out other points
that precipitated another general dis
cussion. Neither was the subject OF
cultivation over looked and numer'
Gus excellent ideas were expressed.
But the men folks had nothing on
the women of the audience. When
| the men had told how TO raise the
corn the women told what to do with
! it and from roasting ears down to
corn cakes for breakfast they let
| loose a lot of wisdom worthy of pre-
servation. Mrs. Grace BrOerman gave
this one for corn bread that is said
to be a winner.
Corn Bread. Two cups corn meal
! to one cup of flour, one-fourth cup
| sugar, two eggs and a pinch of salt
| four tablespoonsful of lard, two cups
of sweet milk, two teaspoonsful OF
| baking powder. Bake in small gem
| tins in preference to one large loaf
Try this on the old man at the first
opportunity and he will cry for more
| Iowa corn on the table" Mrs. c. w
Jordan told about the old fashioned
corn dodger" and Mrs. Lou Norris
was equally prominent with her old
time "lye" hominy. Variety was
added to the program now and then
with song or quartette and more
enjoyable evening has not been eX
perienced by Buckeye Grange.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

JORDON - UPTON.-MiSs Vida NJ.
Upton, daughter of Mrs. A. c. Upton,
OF New Sharon, and F. S. Jordon, OF
SpringVille, Ia, were married Sunday
evening, March 8, at Z o'clock at the
Presbyterian parsonage in New Shar
on, Rev. |. p. Clark, officiating. The
bride comes from one of the best fam.
lilies of the community. She was born
and reared in this vicinity and has
many friends who extend congratula
lions. The groom is very pleasant
young gentleman and although his &C
Quaintance here has been limited to
few brief visits, he has acquired a
large number of warm friends. He is
engaged in stock buying at Spring
Vile, where the couple will make
their home
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14
Must Protect Constitutions.

Constitutions ought to be protected
by such requirements as to their
amendment, to insure great delibera-
ton by the people in making them
much greater than one vote of a mere
temporary majority. This method OF
amending the constitution would give
1t no more permanence than that of
an ordinary legislative act and would
give to the inalienable rights of lib
erty, private property, and the pur-
suit of happiness no more sanction
than that of an annual appropriation
bill. Can 1t be that the power OF a
temporary majority Of the electorate
by single popular vote to do away
with rights secured to individuals,
which have been inviolate for seven
hundred years since the days Of
Magma Charta, approves itself to
those who love liberty and who hold
dear its sacred guarantees? Would we
not In giving such powerful effect to
the momentary impulse Of majority
OF an electorate prepare the way for
the possible exercise Of the grossest
tyranny?
Finally / ask what is the necessity
for such crude revolutionary, fitful
and unstable way Of reversing judicial
construction Of the constitution?
Why, II the construction is wrong,
can It not be righted by constltu-
tionai amendment? The securing of
that, It Is true. Is usually hedged
about by checks and balances devised
70 SECURE delay. dsliberation. discus'
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

JACKSON.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs.
Clyde Jackson, at Helper, Utah, Feb.
ruary %. 1912, girl. Reports state
that the mother and babe is getting
alCng nicely and that the name of Lii,
liam Nadie has been given to the babe.
Mrs. Jackson will be remembered as
Miss Gettys Calfee, formerly resi-
dent of this city.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

John Richmond, Oskaioosa.. q
1893 and
Gertrude Vittum, OskalOOsa 2
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

BOWEN.-Born, to Mr.. and Mrs,
James Bowen, at their residence,
Thursday. March 7, at 2:3O p. H., an
SK-pound boy. Mother and son doing
nicely.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

BOLDEN.-Born, Saturday March
., 1912, to Mr.. and Mrs. Lee Bolden,
of Bolton, a nine pound girl.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

NOEL.-Harold James Noel, infant
son of Percil Noel and wife, living a
mile south of Union Mills, died Thurs
day, February 29th, and was buried
at Union Mills Saturday, services be
ing conducted by Rev. Hargis. The
deceased was born December 10, 1911
and was i'll but few days, death be.
ing attributed to pneumonia.
The baby was distinguished by hav.
ing among its surviving relatives four
grandparents and six great-grand
parents. The great-grandparents are
Barney James and wife, Henry Nicho
la and wife, of Battle Creek, Mich.
Mrs. susanna Noel, of Verdon, Neb.
and Joe Adkisson. Many friends and
neighbors extend sympathy to the be
reayed parents.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

NS-FOX.-The Binns home at
New Sharon was the scene OF one OF
the happy events of the year when on
Wednesday evening of last week oc.
Cured the wedding of their daughter
Miss Vivian Gertrude, to Henry Ed.
ward Fox. Miss Madge Phillips play
ed the wedding march while the bride
and groom took their places in the
parlor, which had been tastefully ar.
ranged, Elder F. V. Kearns perform.
ing the ceremony. After congratula,
tions a bounteous three course din.
ner was served by Misses Madge Phil
lips, Gertie Garner and Lucille Bur
bank. The guests included only the
immediate relatives and formed con.
genial and happy group. The bride
received many beautiful and useful
presents. These young people are
well known and popular in this com
munlty and their many friends are
glad that they VIII make their home
among us.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1912-03-14

Days and nights are now almost
OF equal length.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-05

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EGAL
First published in The Topeka State
Journal September 4, 1921
onice of Commissioner of Election,

Office Of COMMISSIONER of Election,
-.=1ssr Topeka, - Kansas, Sept & 1872
MEETING OF THE BOARD OF SUPER
VISORS OF ELECTIONS.
A meeting of the Board of Supervisors
of Elections will be held at the office of
the Commissioner of Elections on Tues
{p. M, for the purpose of revising the reg
istration, hearing appeals from the de-
cision of the Commissioner of Elections
and the consideration of bids for furnish
ing meals to the election boards for the
Special Election to be held Tuesday,
September oath, 1912, also any other bust
ness which may properly come before the
board of supervisors.
Bids for furnishing meals for the cleo
ton boards are solicited and same must
be filed at the office on or before -
O'Clock Tuesday, September 18th, 1912.
ISeaL1 ". G.. TANDY,
Chairman Board of Supervisors of EIec-
tons.
c. H. TITUS, Secretary.
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49,
LEGAL.

PROPOSALS FOR STEAM HEATING
PLANTS IN QUINTON HEIGHTS AND
POTWIN SCHOOL BUILDINGS TOPE-
KA, KANSAS.
Sealed bids will be received by the
Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas.
for the construction of a steam heating
system in the Quinton Heights and Pot
win school buildings at Topeka, Kansas.
said bids to. be on file in the office Of
the clerk of said board not later than
September 18th at p. m. A certified
check for 3 per cent of the bid must ac-
company each bid. Bidders can make bids
on the heating, boilers, regulation sep
arately or combined.
Plans and specifications can be pro-
cured of Miller-Sandy Machine company,
Kansas City, NO. or Of the clerk OF
the Board, Topeka.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
NJ c. HOLMAN.
Clerk.
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10 s915 or the State Journal offiee-l
-. scott and Miss Ruth Scott of
pidgevilIe. NO. are visiting their slste, :
Ms Ernest Grub. and Mr.. 4Grupp I -, =
few weeks, The Misses s srov, No. and
Kansas CITY before they came mere
NJ u A. Starr. of Oakland avenue
who has been seriously i'll, Is Slowly I'M
proving. 1900, n Il
cb,,rch will have an afternoon and even
ing picnic Friday at Central park. MI D
Warner, teacher
Every school child In Oaklana Is ~, Pr
paring this week for school, when opens
99eVt Monday The boys are getting thetr
crt ana bruised feet healed and the glriS
are looking over their old oooks ~, an a. A.
a. oil doing a thousand and one things IN
this last week of vacation, the busiest OIL
them all
Mrs. Charles Darby and , cnlldaeh an4
East Eighth avenue spent 1ue ..q;y e.
Wednesday with Mrs. Floyd Wettrng AM
family of Reno street. -.
E. r. Welsh of Eureka, Kan, VINO mas
been visiting at the ]. G. Huey home on
chester avenue the past few Gays, leLt
Tuesday evening for st. Louis, Where ne
will remain. 49, -
Mrs. NJ. Nelson and daughter Verna ex-
pect to leave the first of next week TOT
their home in Ashland, KAN aIter
short visit here with friends.
Mrs Roy Williams and daughter Helen
returned home last night from Denver
Colo where they have been visiting rela-
t{S.Ss the mast two weeks. Mrs ChaS.
Suit who has been with Mrs. Williams,
also returned home. Miss Ferne Williams
will remain two weeks longer.
Mrs c. r. Cole of Oakland avenue was
the guest Tuesday evening at dinner OF
Miss Hazel Jo1ley. 235 Chandler street
e Belts and family of Topeka have
taken the house at p Forest avenue va
Gated by Mr.. and Mrs r. L. Hummeil
and will move tomorrow.
Mrs L. Biscoe daughter Virginia and
Mrs. Bert HummeH and son Lennox b.
left yesteday for Kansas City, where they
will visit relatives until the first of next
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Williams and soE
Ogden of Forest avenue will leave Friday
evening for Chicago, where they will visit
Mrs williams brother. Mr.. Joseph G.
Miller, and family for a few days.
Mr. and Mrs. N. z Copeland entertained
the members Of the Priscilla Embroidery
club and their families last Monday even
ng at their home, 2OS Michigan avenue
An elaborate supper was served on the
apacIous porch of the Copeland home
AFTER which watermelOns and cantaloupes
from the Copeland patch were served in
large quantities. The followed enjoy ed
Mr. and Mrs. Copeland's hospitality to the
fullest extent: Mr.: and Mrs, Oscar Nein
and children Gladys and George, M.
Chas Suit and children Mabel Louis and
Chas, ir., Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Shuler and
daughters Mary and Dorothy, Miss Kath-
crime Jordan. Mr.. and Mrs. L. Biscoe. and
daughter Virginia. Mrs Bert Hummell
shaw Mr.. and Mrs W. F. Amos. Mr..
and Mrs NJ T. Kelsey and sons Chester
and Scott ir Mr. and Mrs w F. Shaw,
Mr.. and Mrs w. J. Williams and son
Ogden. Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman Bell and
Mr. and Mrs o. J. Wolff. Although rain
ing and the ground wet, the men played
horseshoe to their hearts content, and all
declared the affair a complete success.
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FOR EXCHANGE.
-FOR EXCHANGE

FOR EXCHANGE
1000 worth of merchandise and dry
goods for good clear Topeka property.
200 acres of fine land in Woodson Coun-
acres, to trade for good Topeka property,
or merchandise or hardware
q acres, lays well. light improvements
to trade for nice little Topeka home
81. 800 worth of general merchandise,
close to Topeka, to trade for good eastern
Kansas land.
$50 acres well improved, nice bottom
farm, H. miles from good town in Norton
county, lots of alfalfa, $4,000 to trade for
Topeka property
o. NJ. ELLIOTT
ABS Kansas Ave. Phone 1928 r.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-05
First published in The Topeka State
Journal September 5, 1921
Office of the City Clerk,
Topeka, Kansas, Sept. S, 1912.

PROPOSALS FOR COAL.
Sealed proposals viii be received at the
office of the city clerk until 500 o'clock
a. m. Monday, September 16, 1872 for
furnishing Usage City or Burlingame
shaft, Pittsburg, Cherokee, Weir City or
Frontenac lump, mine run, nut or slack
coal to the City of Topeka; coal to be de-
Hvered on track at the City Water Works
and City Electric Light Plant; also, to
be furnished to the various city depart
ments, including the Crematory plant,
Detention hospital and the plant at Gage
Park, when needed and in such quantities
as may be needed; all coal to be weighed
on the city scales or on such scales as
may be designated by the Board of Com
missioners.
certified check in the sum of one
hundred $4,000 dollars must accompany
each bid, payable to the City of Topeka,
which will be forfeited to the city If the
successful bidder fails to enter into con-
tract with the city within five days after
the award is made.
The Board of Commissioners reserve the
right to reject any or all bids, or parts
of bids.
ISeaL1 c. B. BURGE,
City Clerk.
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THEY WILL NOT MIX.
Lighted Cigarette in Gasoline Pro-
duces Usual Result.

Philadelphia, Sept. 5.-A lighted
cigarette thrown carelessly into a tank
containing 81 gallons of gasoline;
caused an explosion in cleaning ano
dyeine establishment in the southern
section of the city late last night thsh'
may cost four lives.
Nine men were at work in the sho[
when the explosion occurred TOUR Oh
whom were so badly injured that phSsl
clans say they cannot recover.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-09-05

FOR SALE-A modernly equipped S-room
house with porcelain bath, and three
piece toilet; a splendid large cellar, city
and well water, combination light and
heat A large elegant stable, poultry
houses, large yard and garden, with fruit,
8 lots, shade and lawn, at No. 515 West
ST. near Potwin station Price $4,000, on
easy terms. Apply to P. H. Coney, BIG
kansas ave. city. Ind. phone 575.