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Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
A Modernized Jerusalem
(SeattIe Post-Intelligancer,

Not oVerWelcome to millions will b. the nouncement that Jerusalem is De made into modern city Oriental conser va'isn will permit A waterworks system trolley and electric lights will spell the past that has hovered cOnsongly this bleak spot which is the plexus of so many faiths, and the harsh color tones 0? eye so long accustomed the soft hues, mellowH1 by the years. since man lived in simple fellow ship with heavenly beings.
 Jerusalem stands today is a monument O it's traditions; it enough t" a visual supplement faith It is the reaza ton of dreams. concrete stmu!rS 10 the mysticism all religions Ii proof But JrrusaeIa with the clang of street gOngs, the safa of electric signs. and hydrants with their crude efficiency every corner is ncOngruity that affrOnts the imagination and OMtrages the of prOpriety.
 The very thought of transfer to OliVet is almost stcrilegious. Rails the Via DolOrosa and 2 pumping plant tft. P .o Bethesda, The pie stirS the heart pot ntmnet. These thinPS be No 3rgumeIt progress prosperity justify them Christendnm will submit 70 the spectacle of Jerusalem being turned into Wes- boom Sentiment has some claim that science recognize. right that investors public service corporation securities bow to If the sanitary engineer comes. let him in spirit of reverence for holy ground But the troify and the lights ordinations They will be destructive the legiOns of Titus leaN.yr q stone upon stone. A municipality stil exist after their advent but Jerusllenl. sacred to half the world. will cny remain a memory. q city that and is
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
LITTLE JAMES

Concerning the Confusing Number of Democratic
 HeadquartersD
 My Paw down Town tn other nite an he to Nav. My deer, mebhe I'll be little ait to- Transack an Pm agon' down to tn Democrat Hedquarters Transack it. II relats to tn Disterbushun Federle Offses an my Trend Woodrow Wilson has me to AssOom charge of tn Bizness fer this here Stait.
 Iait that Mite Nav wanted to Tellyfoam to Paw to bring home some Perry sorrick She called up tn Democrat headquarters in tn Ford an sez: Tell my Husbun to tn Foam. l want him to bring Home Perry Gorrick."
 A natif of tn Headquarters anscrs an seZ: Your Husbun aint here. They aint nobody here but Democrats Your Husbun to come here but he aint Fillyated with More. They's been Sep pyrashun of tn Sheep from tn Gotes. Were tn Sheep"
 When Paw come home he sez: Well it's been q Job but got tn Offises Distributed all Rite an l aint got nothn' Q but send Endorsement of tn SuXessfIe Applycants to Presi- dent Wilson after which we'll begin to Draw tn Saries"
 Where this Grand Disterbushun of tn Offses take Place." Nav.
 tn Democrat Hedquarters of coarse" rcpliZe My Paw.
 You wasn't there when I Tel1yfoamed" sez Nav an they said wasn't no Democrat nohow an hadn't TO more do with th Offises'n if you was Bull Muse Republican,.
 T see,' My Paw, "'at you made Mistaik; you TelIyfoamed to tn Wrong place Them's tn Old Democrat Headquarters which is like a last Yeers Burd's Nest. They aint nobody there now but some Remains of tn Democrat party. Us Reel Democrats has moo Headquarters in tn HOte Adams through tn Convert, Mister Adams thinks at they aint nothin too Good tn Democrats. He'd let us have tn Birdie Chamber if we'd a ast fer it
 LITTLE JAMES.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
Sweet Sixteen in Romance
CPhiladclphia Prcss)


 Statsticans affirm that the averag, length Of human life has been increasing steadily for hall d century. At any rate. the prolonged tnjoyn'n' oi health and vigor has radically shifted the general attitude civilized mankind relative youth and relative age. reader will need put little ac- quaintance with literature 10 appreciate .ha eltra ordinary revolution in this respect
 Shakespeare in Richard IT. speaks of john of Lancaster old Gaunt" and aged Ciun-." and treats him throughout the play as a VefY od man. decropit and laden with the burden oi wears. Yet Gaunt died 59. at which the generality nowadays consider themS Ives their ripcned prime Again Shakespeare ma;c. Juliet II, and commentators exercise their ingenuity m plainna the circumstance by thr rapid blos~oning of young Womankind in the sunny southern cline c- Italy
 sweet and -twerty" may have been Shake spcares own ideal, but in making Juliet '5. jn t.e acting version of the beautiful tragedy of NouHg love modern stage directors conform to the po@tc1 convention of sweet sixteen" as the marriageable age of English girls. This convention has passed into the limbo social absurdties while the world has wiser in the past half century. Juliet Miranda at sixteen is still schoolgirl and two three years eapse before she goes to col Ioec finishes her high school course
 The sweet sixteen convention of the poets and the novelists persisted even beyond the middle of the nineteenth century. A quotation has been made from q story published in America time after the war in which it said of a girl. 'She was no longer in her first youth having passed her nine tecnth year" Nowadays woman would have reached the age of thirty at least before anyone would venture to suggest that she had passed her first youth.
 In "Geoffrv TIamlyr" novel by Henry Kings ley first published in 1859 and lattcry reissued one O the most amiable characters is Miss Thornton a superannuated goVcrnesS, who emiGratcs to Aus tralia and her arrival there is described as a poor old maid thrown adrift in her old age She 45. The description would not now he con sdered applicable to woman in like circumstances under @. Other examples from poetry and fiction will readily occur to every one.
 But look around and the men and women or 60 65. hale. hearty and well preserved Better attention personal hygiene and improved santa Of . medicine in 2 large measure to be credtted Wlth change. but more important still is the optmlSuc mental outlook and mental buOyancy resulting there from. which more than anything else defef5 old age and continues the period O usefulness. People are nowadays practicing with success the gentle art "' keeping young
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
The Enqlish Protest
CtSSOr.

The English protest, which is daily growing louder against the isthmian canal policy of the United States. is probably not sincere While it seems to be directed against the proposition to dis criminate in favor of American ships in the matter of tolls it is suspected that the protest IS actuaN inspired by the continental railroads Of this country and their foreign stockholders and that the real object the protest is against the dscrmha- tfon proposed against railway owned vessels
 As we have previously pointed out. no foreign nation could in the present situation be affected by discrimination in favor of American vessels which are all engaged coastwise trade and in no other Foreign vessels could not be brought into compet- ton with them.
 There is of course, a probability that Ameri- cans will sometime engage in foreign trade but they have so far been prevented from competing with the vessels foreign nations which grant large subsidies to the ships of those nations. The policy of this government has always been against subsi- dies and it is unlikely that policy will be changed Thus the proposed discrimination which the Eng fish object is calculated only place ships on an equality with the vessels of other nations.
 In order to establish such an equality we might adopt another rule that of allowing free passage ot the canal to the unsubsdized merchant marine of all nations or we might adopt the policy of chars- inc all ships toll remitting the toll of American ships in lieu of subsidy.
 Regardless of the provisions of the Hay-Paunce- fote treaty the course proposed by this government is a fair one and think there would have been no English objection it but for the proposed dis criminaton against railroad-owned ships That such discrimination is necessary. is evident Without II all ships except those owned by the roads would be forced out of business by a runous competition, un- less this government undertake the regulation of water rates.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
Easier Loans for Farmers
(Harpier's Weekly)

We have not observed a single really hostile comment on the plan to in this country banks and associations for the farmers on the model of those in successful operation m ter many and France On the contrary. the idea seems to be welcomed by all classes. All classes. appar- ertlv are disposed to agree that the farmers ought Q he enabled borrow money more eaSily ana OH better terms It is suggested, that the govern ment ought to help the plan, and even this feature of it has not yet provoked any audible opposltoh
 Here is evidence of general goodwill to the farmers Possibly very great rise in the prices of farm products should be taken as in part eE- planing the universal readiness to make farming more and attractive. but we do not think the feeling on the subject is mainly selfish If 1t were ii would work out differently It would work out virdctively. not benevolentlY. People do not hold the farmers responsible in culpable way for the rise in the prices of what they have to sell. The rest of us do not envy them the prosperity that has come to them this autumn. It is not regarded as injurious to other classes but the opposite. We want it to continue and are willing to help make 1t
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
Secret of Political Success
tChicapo POSt

How did Woodrow Wilson drop the Thomas" from his name? Sixteen years ago when the president elect professor Wesleyan University. he explained it all evening in call fellow professor
 For those who wish to achieve any success in public life said Professor Wilson when the conversation turned and their value. the best kind of a is that consists of dactyl and a SpOndee For instance, Daniel Webster. The next best kind Of is consisting Of spondees-Woodrow Wilson. instance?
 What is a dactyl? What is a spOndee? These the questions which the with political bitions will promptly ask himself MT. Wilson may tell his fellow climbers go to the dictionary and unwrap his meaning there. But for poli- ticians there q dictionary handy.
 If he lives at home the politician finds Webster commandeered by his wife, who it a make weight the clothes closet If he lives in a bachelor hotel there dictionary in the nothing but a Gideon Bible If he lives at the ath- club sole intellectual companions Spal- dnG's Guide and Sporting News
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
LLOYD GEORGE AND HIS RELATIONS
(December Strandl

David Lloyd Georges relations have played great part his life It is, indeed. perhaps the inspiring feature of his private lie that all his family seem to have formed themselves into league for his advancement. His uncle in the truest second father to him. His wife has thought anything sacrifice which has helped win him fame. His brOther-then junior partner in the firm Lloyd George and GeOrge-uncom- plainingy did the work of two in the early days the senior partners career when his parliament tary duties took him awOy from the office for the greater part of the year. and long before he had been able to give up his profession and devote him. self wholly politics. Mr Lloyd George. his side has always regarded his family at Criccie.h partners with him in enterprise which hap pencd throw him the light publicity while they have remained in comparative obScu1':,. iIc has never grown away from his old home.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
KEEPING THE DEVIL OUT
CWide World Magazine)

Some Out-of- the-way parts of Cornwall England. offer many singular sights to the visitors. None these is curiOns, however, than that which is be seen in the small village Neryan southern part the county. each side the main roads which lead to the group cottages clustered around the church there be certain queer looking round houses each surnounted by a cross These cottages built object keeping the devil of the village More than hundred years the vicar the parish q certain Mir. Jeremiah Trist, d parSOn who to have been most worthy man. though curiously superstitOus In spite of all his endcaVors make his pari5hionerS good it seems that the village folk did improve very rapidly and he decided that something must be right matters. Accordingly after much CO2nition the famous round hOurSeS built With these position, protected by their urged that the Evil One would not dare enter the village. and therefore all would be well in Neryan. Whether the good vCar's hopes realized it is. unfortunately impossible say. but the houses stand today a singular instance of attempt to baffle the powers of darkness.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
AGAIN THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DRooD

. Has the problem of Dickens last work been solved? "The Problem of Edwin Drood," by Sir Robertson Nicol just published in America by George H. DOran Company has rcYiVcd one ot the most interesting controversies in literature. Sir Robertson has discussed the problem from all points and having by careful research added much new material that already available, has offered d startlinelv new and logical solution. Most of the well known book-men of England who took part in the controversy aroused by this study have come around to Sir Robertso1s view. Some of the ques- lions he answers w Edwin Brood murdered? :? Who was Datchery? How was Edwin Drood' to
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
A REAL TRANS MIGRATION
(I.llhbOck1

The Hndus have theory that after death animals live different form: that those that have done well in higher. those that have done ill in a grade To realize this they find a powerful incentive a virtuOus life But wheth- CT if be true future life not, it is certainly true of our present existence If do our best for a day. the morning shall rise to a higher life: while if give to our passions and temptations take with equal certainty step downward toward a lower nature.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
HE'LL PROBABLY GIVE IT UP
Chicago NeWS)

Will Professor Walter Dill Scott or some other eminent psychologist explain why d strong minded able bodied citizen will lie semi freezing hours enduring slow torture than get up in the full strength cold for two minutes while getting another blanket?
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Carpatbag rule, bad as it Was foisted greater blatherskite on community than the peo- pie of south Carolina foisted themselves when they elected Bease their governor. Moreover, he announces that he expects elected the United States senate in two years. South Carolina might at least spare the country this disgrace
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Members of congress looking forward to the holiday vacation almost as eagerly as the small boy who has been tied the school routine since Sep tember. They have some excuse. They will have little time to play after the first of the year.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

The New York Stock Exchange threatens {" make war on the brokers Fortunately, there is no danger that outbreak of violent hostilities would comprcate the delicate situation abroad and delay the signing Of articles of peace.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

A Minnesota man has made a record. He has lasted 115 days Don't let fears the cost of liv- ing deter you from Christmas buy ing. After the carolsal is you fast few weeks and make up any deficit in family treasury.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Again direct the attention of the stranger within the of Phoenix to this midwinrcr weth- and invite comparison with the kind of weather the folks back home are having
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

Asbestos whiskers for santa Claus should mol DC overlooked by the $. P L. C. whose members are working for Il sane Christmas.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
- Daily Christmas Hint An Attractive Gift For the
 NeedleWoman

The art shops are showing delightful things for the needlewoman this sea- son, and not the least among the good looking pieces of handcraft work Is
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

All the good things of life come Mir. Rockefeliers s ,av He has 2 voung grandson who is developing
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

While buying everything else for Christmas, do not forget tine Red Cross Christmas Seals.
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15

SEWING CABINET. the portable sewing cabinet pictured. Frames of these sewing cabinets may be purchased all ready to cover with fabric.
 Cretonne is the material used in GOV. ering the sewing cabinet illustrated
Arizona republican., 1912-12-15
- Arizona Republican Editorial Page [-=
The Precincts

County Attorney Iymans opinion presented to the of supervisors yesterday in the matter of forming new precincts holds board be vested with poWer similar to that of owen Glendower who exclaimed. call spirits the vasty deep" which HotSpur replied mockngly. Why |; so can any man, but will they come when you do call them?"
 district the county. forming precincts. but it is their duty under the law to do By redistrictng the county of course, the existing precincts abolished on January and all the precinct offices become vacant The law authorizes the board to fill the vacancies.
 In brief. the county attorney advises the board to do what the law says it shall do. But, whether the law is constitutional not, the county attorney ventures no opinion informs the board that neither he Is official eXpounder of the constitution
 the law the constitution will be discovered in good time by the courts
 The Republican this morning is again some newspaper for a town the size of Phoenix is not d special edition, of days prepara- ton. It was got up in the regular of busi ness just as every issue of The Republican the other 364 days of the year is prepared It must be regarded creditable the index of the prosperity. We were about to say that in it is flected the enterprise The Republican, but on second thought, that might be regarded as mmodest
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-05
HELD FOR RANSOM.

According to the latest information
by telephone yesterday afternoon, Mi
lus Partlow, the negro who Is wanted
in Gastonia for his alleged attempt to
wreck the Carolina and Northwestern
train at .Crowder's Creek trestle on
September 19. is still being held in the
Charlotte police station and 1t looks
like he Is being held for ransom.
1t appears that Constable Horace
Johnson, who Is after the negro on the
strength Of evidence gathered by him
self and other parties, has been taking
every legal step ordinarily considered
necessary to get possession Of pris-
oner under such circumstances; but
the Charlotte police are still holding
the man tight behind their bars with
out allowing even the sheriff of Meek
lenburg to get at him with a warrant.
In this particular case, the warrant
for Partlow, charging him with at
tempting to wreck the train was issued
on September 25 last. Immediately af-
ter Fartlow's accidental capture in
Charotte, Sheriff McClain Of CASTOR
had the warrant certified by the clerk
of the court of CASTOR county to the
clerk of the court Of Mecklenburg
Pcounty, as the North Carolina lay
provides in such cases and placed the
same in the hands Of Sheriff Wallace
Iof Mecklenburg county.
Although Sheriff Wallace at once
made demand on the Charlotte police
for custody OF the prisoner, he claims
that the police refused to accede to
his demand and as the man was lock-
ed up in cell the sheriff has not been
able to proceed any further.
While statements have been given
out to the effect that Partlow was to
have been taken to Raleigh, and that
he has actually gone to Raleigh, from
the best information obtainable ct this
time the negro Is still in the c. .rlotte
police station, and as to how long he
Is to be kept there seems to depend on
whether the judicial power Of the state
of North Carolina is greater than the
|arbitrary will Of the Charlotte police
department.
Mr. S. y. Johnson said yesterday
that the question Of reward does not
enter into the matter in 80 far as he
Is concerned OF course he and his
son, Mr.. Horace Johnson, have done a
lot Of work in the case, and they are
not willing to give up any right they
might have. But all l want" said
Mr.. Johnson, us that the prisoner Be,
turned over to the Castor authorities
and given a fair trial. If he Is acquit-
ted, | have nothing to say except that
l have been doing my best. If he is
convicted, then l am willing for the
question of reward to come up on its
merits, and whatever the court or 9TH
er impartial authority might saw about
the disposition of the reward will have
my approval"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-01-05
THE ROAD SUPERVISORS.

The annual meeting of the town
ship road supervisors with the legis-
lative delegation and the county board
Of commissioners was held In the office
of the county supervisor last Thurs
day as required by statute, and as
a result of the meeting recommends
tions were adopted suggesting that the
road law be changed so as to allow
township supervisors to draw theii
warrants for as much as $50 instead OF
only $40 as now and also to allow su-
pervisors to hire their own mules for
road work: something that they are
now prohibited from doing.
All of the road supervisors have
found themselves more or less ham,
pered at times by inability to pay a
claim for more than twenty dollars
There are plenty of bridge. lumber
and tool bills that go beyond that
figure and then 1t is frequently desir-
able to issue checks for labor in pret-
ty good sized Jumps. To be compelled
to wait for the regular monthly meet
ing of the county board is sometimes
very incOnvenient.
The proposition to strike out the
provision Of law that prohibits road
supervisors from hiring mules from
themselves was based on the fact that
1t is sometimes difficult to hire mules
from the people. In the first place the
labor IS very hard, and unless mule
happens to be peculiarly adapted to II
he cannot stand under it long. One
of the supervisors stated that he had
been In a fix where he was unable to
get mule power sufficient to prosecute
his work for the simple reason that
the neighbors would not hire their
animals.
There was discussion Of the question
of changing the time of paying the
Communication tax to the regular tax
paying time and making the tax COM
pulsory. Some Of the supervisors were
in favor of this proposition. and 9TH
ers were opposed to It. Those In favor
agreed that they could do more with
the money than with the labor and
those opposed thought the labor was
worth more than the money But
there developed several serious objec-
tions to the proposition. one OF which
was tnat the arrangement would put
the township road finances year be-
hind their present status. and for this
and other reasons the recommendation
did not carry.
Mr.. Wilkerson offered his resolution
recommending a change in the pres
ent system of county government so
as to abolish the county commission
ers and devolve their duties upon the
tow nship road superI isors. His idea
was to have the road supervisors serve
without pay. One objection that was
urged to the proposition was that the
supervisors should be paid not less
than SO day wnen serving as COM
missioners and that would make each
monthly meeting cost $27. Represen-
tative Beamguard thought that a
board of nine would be too large and
unwieldly but suggested that the whole
board might elect two of their men,
bers to serve as commissioners during