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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
POSSIBLE AND PROBABLY.
Knoxville Journal. ]


The Seventh district republican con-
vention will be held in Des Moines
Tuesday, March II, for the purpose of
selecting two delegates and two al
ternates 20 the national convention.
The Sixth district convention will be
held March 6 and the Ninth district on
the same date as the Seventh. There
are some indications that it is the pur-
pose OF the old timers to refuse Sem
ator Cummins solid delegation. The
Sixth First and Eighth districts are
controlled by the conservatives In the
event Of a factional fight they will
proioa bly, elect delegates who would OPP
pose the Iowa delegate. However
the disposition over the state seems to
be that Iowa republicans ought to
stand united in support Of our Iowa
candidate SO long as there shall be q
possibility of his nomination unless
he sooner releases them. The Journal
believes that there should be no at
tempt to elect delegation that will be
for LaFollette, or Roosevelt or Taft as
second choice. The delegation should
be absolutely free TO go where they
choose when support OF the Iowa can
didate becomes useless, If it ever does.
AS the situation now appears it seems
probable that great fight will de-
velop in the convention between the
Taft forces and the Roosevelt sup
porters, with LaFollette's and Cum
Minis friends holding the balance of
power. In that event the nomination
Of Senator Cummins as compromise
candidate is entirely possible, If not
probable.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
Poor Boys and Millions.
CSf T.o,,fa Globe.

In the biographical notices Of the
late Edwin Hawley, the railway mag
oyer, appears the statement that he be-
gan in business as an errand boy and
that he departed this life at the age Of
81, leaving an estate Of $30,000.000. An
nouncements of this kind are so fire.
uuent that in tracing the genesis Of an
American multimillionaire 1t is quite
in order to look up the original office
boy who starred at few dollars q
week. II the multimillionaire il an un-
desirable the place to get rid Of the
germs Is among the poor boys whom
circumstances compel to 80 to work
esaszrs :jr ard hustle With tue first job thai
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
ApNz.1>A<
Billiards and Pool in Churches.


Conservative minds may be some
what shocked FIRST off, at the proposal
Of putting billiard and pool tables into
church buildings, but when tho ques-
ton is further considered In a sensible
way, who not? This Is under consid-
Grafton now in Central Congregational
church, not only for the benefit Of the
boys Of that church. but for the benefit
OF the neighborhood. Billiards and pool
are as wholesome az reading. or any
other recreation People, and churches.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
Anything In Trousers.

woman no longer regards, mar-
riage the be-all and end-all of life"
said Mrs. Miriam Sells Wagner at tho
State Federation Of Women's Clubs In
New York Woman no longer takes
Miss Nancy Prices view Of marriage.
Miss Nancy said q young girl.
what kind of a husband would you ad-
wise me to choose?"
"well, my dear said old Miss
Nancy, peering over the tops of her
spectacles, If you can't get bachelor
or a widower, / advise you by aD
means to take divorced man."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
THE MAIN REASON.

At Boone, Gust Dahlberg has sued 3.
NJ. Brooks for $3.50 damages, claim
ing that Brooks has broken up his
home. 1t is not quite clear that the
nome will be restored, If the jury
awards the plaintiff the sum asked for
or any fraction thereof worth mention
ing. Nor will it appear clear that the
nan who is in the wrong will be pun
ished as he ought to he. il he is in the
wrong. by being compelled to pay a
certain amount. There ought to be no
such litigation. If the defendant is
guilty, and has $4,000 which can be
taken from him, then the money ought
TO go into some public fund. If that
were the disposition of the money,
such cases would be few and far be-
tween.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
IOWA'S EETRAVAGANCE.

fDes Moines Register and Leader.l
Iowa is between hay and grass in
This matter Of the public work. 1t still
clings to the pioneer methods, while
its business is piling 10, and in most
instances is carelessly and extrava-
santly done. The bridging and ditch
ing OF Iowa have run into the millions
in recent years, and yet there is neither
uniformity of plan, nor excellence Of
execution. nor reasonableness Of cost.
1t costs Iowa between 100000 and
100000 a year for roads alone. And
there is not a road in the state that a
dozen intelligent men With teams can
not do more good work on in two
months than has been done with all the
taxes for roads in fifty years.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
NEWSPAPERS DO PRETTY WELL
Des NnineS Trihune1


The easiest way TO test Senator La
Follette's wholesale charges against the
newspapers is to ask oneself frankly
what important piece Of news has been
kept from his attention during these
years 0 frTust busting by the newspa-
pers subservient to special interests.
Everything the senator has said,
everything Mr.. Bryan has said, in fact
everything that anybody has said that
was readable, has been given public
ity that was not known in any prev
ious decade in the worlds history.
And al! this time there has been a
raid on indicators OF great wealth
that they would have kept from the
public if they had known how to do It.
The newspaper has great deal TO
answer for, and great many newspa
rers are not without leading strings.
But the press as a whole is honest,
and deals honestly with the reading
public.
If anything the press runs too much
to the exploitation of reckless charges
II is over radical rather than over con-
seTyaIive. ~
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
Iona Newspapers
STILL FOR WILSON.
[Creston American (Dem.)

The American is in receipt of a let
ter from ex-Congressman w. D. jamie
son. strongly uring the candidacy OF
Champ Clark for the presidency. We
recognize the fact that Champ Clark
would make splendid president We
recognize in him a man of sturdy pro-
gressive principles, a man of splendid
ability, but we do not think Champ
Clark would get the vote that Wood
row Wilson Will get; and then we want
Champ Clark to stay just where he is.
1t is Just as important for the people
to have man like Champ Clark speak
er Of the house as it is to have him
president. Champ Clark can be re-
elected to congress and he can continue
to hold the speakership.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

are growing more progressive every
year, and the time is not far of, prob
ably. when every city church that pre-
tends to fulfill its functions in the COM
munity life, that has any ambition to
be living force. will be provided such
wholesome attractions.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

wolves McCabe whose part in the Wiley
lie confidence in him and his relations
as an adviser to the head Of the de-
partment.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
"cures In Every Case"

Mr.. Jas McCaffery, Mgr. OF the
schlitz Hotel. Omaha, Neb.. recon-
mends Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound, because it cures In every case.
II have used it myself and have rec
commended 1t to many others who have
since told me Of its great curative
power in diseases Of the throat and
lungs" For all coughs and colds II Ii
speedily effective Mcbride & WIN
Drug Company
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

element Of pure independent thought
is apt to be obscured. In the present
discussion Of vital questions presiden-
tial, gubernatorial, congressional, ETC.,
note how the office holding editors
hesitate to get in wrong Nothing like
it,; this free and independent feeling
that comes from absence Of ambition
to get office or to hold one"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
Foley kidn.v Pills

always give satisfaction because they
always do the work. J. T. Shelnut.
Bremen. Ga. says: Il have used Foley
Kidney Pills with great satisfaction
and found more relief from their use
than from any other kidney medicine.
ant: I've tried almost all kinds. Lean
cheerfully recommend them to all suf-
ferers for kidney and bladder trouble"
Mcbride & VIII Drug Company.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

which Colonel wattersoa
nomination whether the colonel to solicit
Wilson
statement that
F. enliing financial
for the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

scanty advantages than any of the poor
boys who leave monumental milliona
as their mark, questioned one, on the
sands of time.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

COUNTRY PARTIES IN WINTER.
Twin Chamberlain in Sioux City Jour-
nall
In town, where evening gatherings
are so common rs to attract scarcely
any attention beyond certain circles. an
ordinary neighborhood rarty is given
but small applause. Lodges, guilds,
clubs, and fraternties OF local interest,
not to mention the stated gatherings
for religious purposes, enliyen and ac-
cupy the after-supper hours in the city.
But out among the farms things are
different. y winter time rural party
is something to be Looked forward TO-
something for grave. domestic tc.e-a-
tetes. something for saliants and girls
to dream of week in advance. The
country buzzing bee. for example.
social institution which shows signs Of
falling out of favor, afforded many de-
lightful auxiliaries. OF these the bob
sled ride over miles of crusted snow
thru crisp air. sometimes blurred by
snowfakes. anon rejecting stars, was
rot to be forgotten. What laughter and
gay shrieks. what coyote yelps and owl
calls marked the trips: There would
be always some fellow who could imi-
tate bird. beast or insect.
Then there We're the forms Of party
more particularly dubbed taffy pulls.
Did you ever go out to convenient
snowbank and pull molasses taffy with
the rosy checked damsel who had prev
iously agreed to permit you to see her
home? And did your jaws ever get
stuck in your restlessness to test the
candyo Or maybe, you had to pry
open the girls mouth and seal your
success with smack which sounded
like quick jerk on the taffy.
Town parties are very nice and priIn,
but for real reckless fun YOU must get
ont where the dry corn tassels whisper
to the jackrabbit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

The Guthrie Guthirian says Senate,
Kenyon by his action in endorsing the
candidacy of Senator Cummins, has
cinched the senatorial toga."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

"a mortgage is not oratorical. but it
is influential" observes the Sioux City
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

Strange how the people shift from
one end of the country or from one
section of the country to the other"
says the Burlington Hawkeye. The
man vino lives III d state where land
prices are high digs out for a new
country where land is cheap, and then
people from the new country, where
land is cheap, come into one Of the
older states of the middle west and
pay top prices for land"
The Jefferson Free Lance considers
it doubtful If the opinion Of an office
holding editor is worth face value. I'm
consciously or otherwise he is apt to be
Influenced by the effect on the organi-
ration Of the fellows higher up The
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13

cinched the senatorial toga.'
Thousands of Iowans have been mis-
f! led ny the false claims of western
states. only to make bad investments,
| lose money and ultimately be forced to
| return to the state where they amassed
the money they lost says the Dubu-
| que Times Journal.
The Monticello Express insists that
the moral element can not be divorced
from the activities Of life without low
ering every standard OF living and de-
preciating the value Of civilization. 1t
can not be eliminated from CONNER
ciaism and preserve honesty in trade.
Too often men are heard to depreciate
moral right because it hurts trade.
Commercialism is not all of life; the
getting Of money beyond the necessi
ties of home and family is the most
sordid part of life, and unhappy is that
community that makes it the chief end
of existence"
The Waterloo Times Tribune. (demo.
thinks las events have transpirei.
Speaker Clark stands today as the most
likely, as well as the most formidable
candidate. He is Of three leading can
Gidates: Clark. Wilson, Harmon.
Clark is the second choice of the Will
son men as we'll as of the Harmon men
and he has a great following as first
choice. There is no fight on Clark
anywhere among steadfast democrats.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-02-13
1n1EsRnPuB1IoAN MARsHA11HoW. IOWA: FEBRUARY

| versity. down to the mission and the
helping hand must have money. The
business OF raising money in Gods
name was never equal in magnitude to
what 1t is now. Money Ia extracted
from stinginess and from vanity. It ID
given In return for advertising; 1t ID
given for memorial halls land doors.
and windows. 1t is exchanged for food
for vanity. The defense Is that 1t is
devoted to good purpose. The word to
Simon was that he repent of his wick
edness, and pray God, II perhaps the
thought of his heart might be forgiven
him.
The thought Of money is much in the
minds Of men. 1t is the burden of life,
and many times its passion. 1t is in
volved with the thought of life. But
in the midst of all the struggle, the
competition Of it and the wrong. there
comes at times out Of the peace of the
sky the holy thought of food and shell
ter for the spirit. At times men are
moved by the heart desire to put away
the market place and the tools to which
their hands are skilled. In such hours
they have need Of communion. More
than communion with themselves they
need. They need association whose
members are in like need, and where
inspiration is brought low out of high
heaven under kindred thought and
pulsing of heart. 1t is time when
architecture is not Of large Importance:
it is time when the soul is in humil-
ity. 1t is q time when out Of the very
WEAKNESS Of the flesh men would put
away the thought Of what money can
do. In this mood and situation there Us
petition that they may receive the
Holy Ghost.
But, withal, d business session is in
troduced. The contribution box goes
about in an insinuating way. The con-
dition of financial affairs is presented
in print and emphasized by word OF
mouth. The mind is given drift to
pocket change and bank account.
Simon offered them money. There is
not the laying on of hands, and the
reception of the Holy Grost is deferred
to more convenient season.
1t is hard to get away from the
things of the world. There are many
weary, and many faint by the way.
Thy money perish With thee, be-
cause thou has thought that the gift
of God may be purchased with money
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02

pleted in the latter Part of last August
at cost of $4,000.
Tho building has four rooms. two on
each floor with ample halls. cloak
rooms. etc The usual equipment has
been installed, such as modern desks
seats. nfece boards. pictures. a small
library. etc. The upper rooms are so
arranged with folding doors that tbs
entire floor can be converted into a
hall or auditorium that Will com
for'ably scat 400 people. The rooms
grade. two for intermediate grades.
and one for the four-year course high
school
The rooms arc large, airy. VOL
lighted by large windows we'll VENT
lated. and are in every way suitable
for tho business for which they were
intended.
The four-acre lot is to graded. orna-
mented and made into model sur
rounding for an up-to-date country
school. but /. will take a little time
to do this.
The FIRST term opened on the first
day day OF last October. with eighty
seven students on the roll and the
following teachers: Miss Halle b
Christman. principal and Misses Ruth
J. Kizer and Lula c. Powell. teachers.
ne Two lirSt named are Iull graduates
OF the State Female Normal School at
Farmville and Miss Powell is full
graduate of the Richmond High School
that has been succeeded by the John
Marshall High School Another teach
er is TO he added next term. and the
school has become so popular in the
district another two-horse wagon will
be required to haul the distant schol-
ars to school and back home Last
term only one wagon was used. run
ming from Hallboro TO the south
ward and next term there will be
wagon TO collect the children every
morning from the northward. starting
from The Arch" down near Bon Air.
1t Is now estimated that the roll next
term Will contain the names of near
TO goo students. 1t may he remarked
In this connection that the three teach
ers named above did hard terms
work, and that work was so success
full. and they so much pleased the
patrons. that, unknown TO them. re-
quest signed by every patron Went up
to the school authorities OF the coun-
~ that they be reelected for next
term. and Il is a foregone conclusion
that this will be done. The people
OF Midlothian District are proud OF
their high school. and when any one of
them Is asked anything about it will
answer in about these words: I'VE
have the best school and the best
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02

Mrs Winfield I!ggebt this week. and
tnen we Mt 10 see Miss Pennybacker, at
Llnv!lle.
Miss Mary Watkins. of Brunswick.
Nd. was the recent guest of Miss
SiEafoose. at Stokesvnle.
Mrs Robert u. Brooking. wife OF rho
iomner Episcopal rector has been vis-
itinti in town and county.
Mrs. Samuel J. Harnsb erger Is Wis
Ting her daughter. Mrs. Barlow Jones.
at Point Pleasant. w Va.
Miss Grace Lee Duncan. of Clarks-
burg. w. Va. ia visiting Miss Irva
Payne. on East Market Street
Miss Helen Sheehan. of Roanoke. IS
visiting Miss Margaret Peale. They
Will attend the finals at s, NJ a. in
Stanton
Mr.. and Mrs. C. W. EHnger, Of Lex
ington. is visiting Mrs. p ". Effinger.
on Court Square.
Mrs. E. B. Crawford is visiting her
parents. Mr., and Mrs. Rountree. in
Richmond
Mrs. Gertrude r. Witt. of Richmond.
is the guest OF Mrs. o. 3. Cooley
Miss Mamie AIaher. of Raleigh, n. c.,
is visiting Mrs. w. p. Manor
Miss Wilson. OF Washington. was
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02
new HIGH SCHOOL
At M|DL0T HAN
People OF Midlothian School Dis
trict Got Tired of One
Room Affair.
HISTORY OF BETTER SCHOOL
Taxpayers Demanded Higher
Levy That They Might Build
More Largely.
BY FRANK $. woopsoN.

Midlothian. Va, May sl.-The com.
mencement exercise. OF the Midlothian
Hlsh School. (which took place this
week closed TIE hrst term of the
echooi IN Us new building. which is
ahs pride o, tn. villagers and the
patrons OF the school FOR miles around.
The public school of the Midlothian
District IN Chesterfield county wa.
sons, too long. little one-room az
fair. sccomm Cd 0t!ng a very small mum
Der OF pupils Two years ago tho
M'de, wake people in the village and
""e DISTRICT made up their minds thar
they were going to get In tn. swim
and have here h!Sh school worthy
me name DR.. Charl.s NJ Hazen VII,
was then the county school eupN-!n-
't-nde:it. and prom ounrei by tho people
the most progressive, Intelligent ana
NaFf-"oTk!ng superintendent the coun-
ny mas ever had. encouraged the pAo-
,plc in every nay and rendered ,hs;n
every assistance possible.
tnrly IN tho year 1918 great meet,
t:ne was held here IN the interest or
'I"Itlar education in general and a
high school Tor Midlothian in part.cu-
lar All the ~ ople around hero at
tsnded tho meeting. and ADDRESSES
ware made BY Hon J. u. Eyrlc.,nn
tfate superintendent OF Education; DR.
Fazen. then county superintendent,
Senator John B. Watkins. OF Chester
hs!d' REPRESENTATIVE W, w. Baker. Of
Chesterfield. and DR. John b Fisher
ono OF the most public Spirited ctt,-
= rs Of ,h:s part o. the county. or Of
IN" State. as for that matter. The
people decided then and there that Mid
lothian School District should have a
yflrst-c!ass align school Senst tor Wat
,H.rs and Dr. FISHER we're appointed
tcomnittas to act in conjunction with
l-ne count and district school authori-
it'es and 10 erect the necessary build
l.ng--nnt to discuss the matter. mind
you, but 10 erect tho building These
men contcrn>d with the authorities and
with the district school board and with
Superintendent IIazen. and then they
went TO work sure enough.
First they bought a four-acre lot
on the Midlothian Turnpike in the
center OF the cillnge, for which they
paid the Midlothian Coal Company
sr!ct board and many citizens OF the
district, went before the board Of
supervisors OF Chesterfield county and
asked that their school tax for the
district be Increased from 90 cents on
the 500 to 80 cents. This was done
and thus n part OF the money TO erect
the building and maintained the
borrowed from the State literary fund.
Work was commenced without I'M
necessary delay. and by July 4. 1911.
the builders wore ready for the cor
ner-stonc laying. and that good work
was done on Independence Day by
Midlothian Lodge of Masons. The
handsome two-story building was com
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02
BERRYVILLE

Especial to The Times-D spatch.l
Berryville, Va, June Miss Julia
Cocks. of New York is visiting at the
home of Hon. y. Moore. Jr
Mrs Horace Smithey has returned
to her home in Washington. after visit
ing her parents. Hon. and Mrs Mar
shall Mccormick.
Miss Portia Baldwin is visiting
friends in Norfolk.
Miss Mary Powers has returned from
a visit to her sister. in Leland. Miss.
A. G. Weaver and a. L. Warthen,
both OF Front Royal, were in town re-
Gently.
Rev. and Mrs. P. NJ. Boyden have an
nounced the engaGefent of their
daughter Miss Rosa Rutherford Boy
den to Sidney S. Clary, of Richmond.
The wedding will take place June IS. at
Meade Memorial Church, White Post.
Clarke county. the father of the bride
officiating.
Among the recent social events was
garden party, given by Miss Halle
T. Mccormick. at her home, Rose Hin.
Those present were Misses Louise Pow
ers. Margarettn Henry. Sadie Meade,
Ruth Mckay and Fannie Dorsey, and
Arthur Warthen, Shelby Undertake
Baldwin NELL. Edward Mccormick, Tom
Blencowe and James Lindsay
Invitations are out to the marriage
Of Miss Bessie Taylor Mccormick
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Province Me
Cormick, to Herbert s. Whiting, Of
Lexingtos. The wedding Will take
place on June IL ut Grace Episcopal
Church. Berryville.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-06-02
BLACKSTONE
Especial to The Times-pispatch.l

Especial to The Times Dispatch.1
Blackstone. Va, June Miss Louise
Haynes. of Bowling Green, and Miss
Elizabeth Ames. of Norfolk. have been
visiting Miss Anne Moncure for the In
stitute commencement
Rev. w. G. Boggs and Mrs. Boggs. or
Urbanna. have been visiting friends
here for several days.
Mrs. j. r. Fercivall. OF Richmond.
and little son arc visiting Mrs George
P. Adams
Miss Agnas Brown. OF birmingham,
is visiting Mrs Burnett Jones
Miss Maggie Bogss and Miss Hattie
Taylor. of urbanna. have been visiting
Miss Mary Epos this week.
Miss organ, of Kenbridge. Is the
guest of Miss Julia Bagley.
Mrs. Magee. of Clarksville is visiting
her parents Mr.. and Mrs. D. NJ. Stith.
Mr.. Simms Of Petersburg, is visiting
his sister. Mrs. r. w. Manson, Jr.
Colonel l. S. Epes was a business Wis
itor to Nottoway this week
DR. w. D. Kendig. w, S. Irby and L.
ham t. Wilkinson. of Kenbridge, visit
ed friends here this week.
Dr. james Cannon. of wnynesvti1s,
y. c., attended tho commencement ex.
eraises OF the institute this week.