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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

some other snan's farm "a much the
worse for tho other man. There's no
law 10 prevent man from protsctinx
his farm against q Hood Of water. SO
successful has this man been in this
original business, that he il now pay
ing taxes on $14o.ooo worth Of river
bottom land.
Feast or famine is 1owa's experience
In many products Of the soil. Potatoes
80 a-begginS some years at 20 to %
cents a bushel. Some years we ship to
Oklahoma potatoes and make barrel
OF money. This year we are importing
potatoes As many q consumer knows
to his sorrow. and they taste Of money
at $1.20 to $50 bushel. Some years
ago the writer was in West Bend. Iowa,
and baled prairie hay was selling FOR
IS ton on track. Tratnloads were
sent east and thence to Havre, France,
where it was sold for $50 ton. ten
times the original cost, freight charges
and "middiemen's profits" making these
figures possible. THIS year hay has
been shipped into West Bend, according
to a dealer there. Last year over 100
car loads were shipped out.
Once more about Iowa apples. On
the 10Th Of March in this place. Ma
haska county, man brought to town
and sold to the stores as fine lot Of
Jonathan apples as were ever marketed
anywhere. They were good-sized, high
colored, fresh and crispy. not wilted
or decayed. Equal. yes better. than
any fancy Washington or Montana
apples selling now for nickel piece
on the fruit stands. The writer knows
what he is talking about for he ate
some Of them. How did it happen for
this farmer to have such nice, sound
Iowa Jonathans on March 18th? Simply
because he buried them in pit at the
right time, handling with care each
apple from the time they were picked
till he sold them. And about the time
he was burying those Jonathans, this
scribe saw lying on the ground hun
dreds of bushels Of good fall apples. and
many more bushels on the trees, In
Albion, Marshall county. that "were not
worth picking up" One farmer there
shipped twenty barrels to st. Paul and
cleared" 35 or 3S cents on the whole
twenty barrels. That was the price
he got for his labor, apples and barrels
thrown in. There's something rotten
in Denmark" Perhaps 1t was apples
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
,owHs CRISIS IN RATES TO-DAY.

The interstate commerce commission
at washington today is hearing rate
case which involves as much of inn
portance for the commercial develop
ment Of Iowa as the testing OF seed
corn, more than the election Of our
next president, more even than bank
ing reform. fully as much az good
rosaA Il goes to the very seat Of the
probism Oft expressed in the query,
sWha& ~ tho matter with Iowa."
what IL the matter Of Iowa anyway?
8a> = ali right. We know she 10 all
raghG IN AL things save one: Iowa does
MT 0svelop In manufacturing ana Job
bing - other states have done. Agri-
cultu1ally, hea1thfully, morally. socially
AMI IN point Of education Iowa is the
80 g The entire G60tehooo Of states
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
A REMNANT OF BARBhRISM.

Said Mr.. Balfour in the British house
of commons yesterday where the mini
mum wage bill was being considered:
THE country has never before been
faced with a crisis such as this; Gre
ferring to the coal miners strike) I'VE
are witnessing the new. strange and
portentous spectacle Of a single organi-
cation, acting within it's legal powers,
threatening to paralyze the whole trade
of the country" And still Mr.. Balfour
and the country are witnessing nothing
new except a new impression Of Il
* Ia old discomfort. 1t has manifest
ed itself in one way and another since
the world began and men had learned
the elements of organization for mu-
itself manifest until the millennium ar
rives. The ferment of dissatisfa ction.
the desire to improve present cond-
tons and the hope of better things to
come is the yeast of the worlds pro-
gress. If the spectacle OF single
organization acting within its legal
powers terrorizing the trade of an en-
tire country says anything louder than
another it prophesies a change in in
dustrial conditions The industrial rev.
olution nea-s settlement. or at least
an armistice and compromise which
approach the dignity Of settlement
When a single organization. acting
within it's legal powers, can control
destroy and alright the entire trada
of a country there is something need
or in the conditions Of which the or
ganization complains. If the organi
zation is lc:,ng within its constitu-
tional and fundamental rights the
chances are that conditions need swift
reform. At any rate the situation thus
created is certain to force adjustment
and compromise.
The strike must 60 into the discard.
It belongs in the junk heap Of barbar-
existence. It must be reformed to
death It is cruel to those who in
augurate it and carry it on. cruel as
war and rife with poverty and starva-
ton. It is careless Of public rights. II
is economic crime The wage Of the
idle miners would purchase half n
continent 1t is direct loss
1t is time that prejudice on either
side OF the industrial question ceased
to rule and override and that com
mon sense and common justice deal
with the most important problem this
age has before it for settlement It is
die to rave against labor or against
capital The whole country is sick unto
death Of the assumed right Of or
ganized labor and organized capital to
fight their bloody and quarterless laws
over the fields Of the public good tr
general destruction Of the growing
crops of commerce and industry and
trade. 1t is time that the two immedi-
ate principals to these barbarous meth
DDS study patriotism as well as self in
terest and reprisal. And above all 1t il
time that the general public which sui
/ fcrs more or less innocentiy should
assert it's rights as intervenor and in
| Jured person.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
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THE PRICE OF FEED.
shenandoah World.l

IShenaNUOdN w OCIU.J
wild hay Is the highest ! have ever
known it to be- said ]. A. Fletcher. Il
got a call from Ewing, Neb., Offering
me car Of prairie hay at $40 ton
and said would take it and be glad
to get it at that. have sold oat straw
for $40, when never knew 1t to bring
more than IS before. It looks as tho
the prices would keep up for some
time, too. The last hay I got was all
from distance, some Of it coming over
300 miles. l have to ship it in from
Nebraska. Oklahoma or any state
where I can find any for sale and the
men who used to refuse wild hay are
glad to get It at almost any price"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
Topics of the Times

Teddy's experience with majorities
has not been Of kind to inculcate
fear Of popular verdict.
Mr.. Taft's position is perfectly clear.
It is that we have in this country
special class Of persons wiser than
the people, who are above the people,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
THE MAIN POINT.

LBoone ws-Republican.]
The main point Is that the primary
law, which Iowa was among the first
states to adopt, Is being recognized by
the nation at large as the only suit
able way to nominate candidates. The
News-Republican has always contend
ed that nominations should be as open
to the people and as we'll safeguarded
as election laws. 1t is absurd to per-
NIT the people to go to an election
to choose an officer unless they have
a full vote in the nominating function.
With all important offices covered
by a nominating primary a vast
amount Of corrution in the halls OF
congress and in state legislatures
will undoubtedly be eliminated. So
strong has this conviction now be-
come that we have the rather re-
markable spectacle Of all four candi-
dates for president agreeing on ma
tional primary.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

Reasoning Power Lacking in Apes.
Apes do not count further than four,
and the Beers of the Transvaal, when
they hunt these animals, hide IN num-
bers exceeding four. Four depart in
succession in such a manner as to be
noticed by the apes, who then come
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

. Wise ruler and great president the
country would have had. There should
be no one, two or three terms-no
iron clad rule. Let the people divorce
. man from the presidency at tho end
OF one term II they don't want him
longer-the same at the end Of two
terms but do not make an iron clad
rule such as the precedent" men ad-
vocate now.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
IOWA OPINION AND NOTES.

George w. Perkins. one of the
wealthy citizens Of this country, it is
said is in favor of Roosevelt for pres
ldent and the Taft papers are horror
strlckene." notes the Marion Register.
But Congressman Mckinley, who can
hu! everything Mr.. Perkins owns and
still have money to burn, is Taft's
campaign manager and that is all
right we are told"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

Entered at the postonice at Marshall
town - second class mail matter.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

woodrow Wilson has not been very
successful in Iowa so far in gradual
ing Delegates remarks the Sioux CITY
Journal.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22
"A chaperone is a person who goes
along for the purpose of being fooled.
asserts the Tama News.

For the good Of the country. the JEFF
ferson Bee hopes that another DR..
Wiley can be found for the department
OF agriculture. What is needed is an
other man with courage and integrity
and energy equal to his when he be-
gun. Such men are rare, and consid-
ering the fact that some of those with
in the department itself who have con-
stantly sought to discredit and harrass
Wiley are still there. the prospect is
not as promising as 1t might be-"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

Observing that twenty men in
Franklin county are in the field for
particular preference" the Ackley
World says: The desire to serve the
dear people is strong with some men
because the money behind it looks
easy; and it is easier than saving
Wo od,currying a horse or milking
bossy."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

Keep as sweet as you can," advises
the Cedar Rapids Gazette. 1.-THE cam
pa1gn will soon be over. and then we
Will all have to live together, no mat
ter who is electede."
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1912-03-22

And now DR.. Wiley has gone. He
resigned last week. For man who
is progressive and believes in the
square deal. as the supporters Of
President Taft would have us be-
lieve, the president seems to have
very serious time keeping the men who
are honest and fearless" says the Mt
Vernon Record. The great difficulty
seems to be that the actions of the
president and his protestations do not
seem to jibe. And while protestations
may go with a standpatter actions are
what count to a progressive"
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
A Good Suggestion

The writer, as a boy, once witnessed
panic in a theater, caused by an
incipient fire on the stage. The awful
horror of that scene has remained
indeliblY impressed on my memory and
whenever / see an invitation for the
repetition of that dreadful catastrophe,
feel l must enter protest. During the
series of meetings just closed at the
high school chapel it was the custom to
block the aisles with chairs. These
aisles barely furnish room enough for
exit when clear, and should the large
crowds, that nightly assembled, become
panic stricken, no one can picture the
the attending horrors and desolation
that would reign in scores of homes.
Let Us not wait until after the holo-
caust happens before we take steps to
protect ourselves and loved ones, but
see to it the town council passes, at
their next meeting, suitable ordinance
to prevent the possibility of some of
our fellow toWnsmen suffering the
awful agony of being burned to death
or having their lives stamped ont in a
futile attempt to escape from a public
buildinf in panic
CITIZEN
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
Riehlands News Notes.

Richlsnds. Va. July so.
There is q revival going on at the
Holiness church now.
Miss Jessie Sexton, of the Memorial
Hospital, in Richmond. is at home.
Miss Louise HAnkins is expected home
soon from Coaisood. ". Va. where she
has been visiting.
Miss LoGlie Shannon, Of SaltvilIe. who
has been visiting Miss Margaret Spratt
left for home this evening.
Miss Maggie Mae Cottef. of Lynch
burg, arrived Saturday for a two
week visit 70 Miss Margaret Boggess.
Mrs. L V. Carter gave q party last
Friday night. She had two very delight
ful contests besides many games were
played. Ice cream and cake were serv-
ed for refrehments while punch was
served all during the evening. Those
present were; Mrs. Cunningham, Misses
Sue Carter, Margaret Sprstt, Loulis
Shannon, Jessie Sexton. Margaret Bog
CESS and Gertrude and Daisy .FSavis-
Alessrs. Arthur Sdnson, Guy fFlanaAy.
Chance Buchanan, Carl and Pat M
Kenry and Rife Boggess.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
CITIZEN
Schools 10 Open September End.

The Tazewell County School Board
held their annual meeting at the office
of the district superintendent on last
Saturday. The full board was present,
consisting of the following members:
Clear Fork, II. S Bowen, R. s. Moss
and J. w. Hicks; Jacksonville, w. w.
Peery, X. p. Buchanan and w. L.
Moore; Maiden Spring, w. E. Thomp-
son, DR.. w. E. Baylor and J. b. Crab
tree.
The principal business transacted was
to make settlement with the county
treasurer in the matter of school funds.
All accounts were found to be o. X.
Other matters before the board were
the selection of date for opening of the
schools. which was set for September
2od, in order to get advantage Of the
early fall. Teachers salaries were fixed
on basis of grades at examination and
at same rate as last year. The length
of the terms and regulations governing
the various schools were made the same
as last year.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
IannerSYilIe News Items.
Tannersville, Va. Jul

Tannersville, Va, July 30.
Robert Holms visited home folks here
on last Sunday.
Mrs. Effie Kirk was the guest of Mrs.
Ryburn Patrick Sunday.
Mrs. Dennie WINNER was the guest
OF Mrs. Will Crabtree last Thursday.
w. T. Brewster, of Cedar Bluff. was
here to visit her mother Mrs. Josepb
Harris.
Madams Isaac Patrick and James Pat
rick were the Sunday guests of H. j.
Whitehead.
Mrs. Ed. Booth spent last Sunday at
Broadford, as the guest of Mr.. and Mrs.
Geo. French.
Miss Maude Williams, Of McCradys
Gap, is the guest of her sister G. 2.
Holmes, and friends at this place.
Mrs. Ssllie Holmes returned home
Saturday after a weeks visit with her
son DR.. E A. Holmes, OF Broadford.
Mrs. Will Earnest, of Salem. has ar
rived here to be with her father, Otis
Colwell, who is real sick at this time.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01

mittee making the awards, for the in
terest they took in the work. A com
mittee could not have been selected who
were better qualified for the work, as
they are all men who are interested in
the advancement Of the agricultural re-
sources of the country, and the energy
and zeal with which they went about the
work showed they were well qualified for
the positions they hold.
The interest and pride taken by the
householders in keeping their yards and
gardens proved revelation to the en-
tire committee, and the value of same
to the householders is almost invaluable.
for aside from a monetary standpoint
it gives the householder fresh vege-
tables throughout the greater part of
the year. After seeing the gardens,
the committee estimated that from a
monetary view alone, the gardens will
average at at least $1OO 90 per garden,
while number of them will greatly ex-
ceed this amount, and an estimate of
the gardens as whole was placed at
from $4,000 to $50, 900. The manner
In which the gardens and yards are kept
at the various works show that the
householders are becoming awakened
and getting to know what good gardens
mean to them. Improvements in the
yards and gardens also lead to sanitary
improvements, and great benefit is de-
rived from this source.
DR.. Schubert, who served on the COM
mittee last year, said that in his opinion
the sanitation had improved and that
the gardens had improved at least 200
per cent.
These premiums will be awarded from
year to year, as improvements in the
yards and gardens will be of vast bene-
fit to the householders, the company and
the Surrounding community.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
GEORGE f. WOOD,
Secretary District Committee.
Premiums Awarded For Best
Kept Yards And Gardens.
District Chairman

In accordance with notices published
under date of April 10, 1912, premiums
for the best kept yards and gardens at
the plants of the United States Coal &
Company, Gary, w. Va, were awarded
to householders on July 23rd and oath.
The awards were made by a committee
consisting of Prof c. R. Titloe, Director
of Agricultural Extension, College of
Agriculture, West Virginia University
Morgantown, W. Va, DR. R. A. Schu-
bert, Travelling Agent of the Agricui-
tural and Industrial Department of the
Norfolk & Western Railway Company,
Ronoake, Va, Col and Mrs. Swope, of
Welch, accompanied the party.
The prize given was $1,000 for the
best kept garden and $500 for the best
kept yard at each plant, with an ad-
ditional prize of a fine lawn swing,
which was awarded by the Agricultural
Department of the Norfolk & Western
Railway Company for the best kept gar
den and premises generally at all the
plants, which was awarded to John
Wolfe (German) at plant No 9.
The awards made by the committee
are as follows: Yards.
Works No. 2, jim Marcelli; 3, Mike
Wasso; 4, p L. Gillespie; 5, Hugh Jen-
nings; 6, Jacob Brown; z, Jim Rose; g.,
w. A. Graham; 9, NJ. Grobelink; 10, H.
c. Mann; II, j. w. Lester; II, j. E..
Money.
Gardens: Works No. 2. Rufus Tatum;
8, Zach Socoah; 4, Paul Conchia; 5. Andy
Saxon; 6, Arthur Gray; 7, VIM. Doush;
s, Mike Dutsio. 8, John Wolfe; 10, Joe
Wassus; IL, A. P Mitchell; IL. S. T.
Spencer.
Honorable Mention. Yards:
Works No. 2, T. G. Beckner; 8, Jno.
Cheronks; A. L. K Pack; 6, John Fore
ing; 7, w. r Bird; 8, Jno. Seareja; 8,
Jno. Konner; 10, James Hess; II, Joe
Cardwell; IL, r. L Wadron.
Honorable Mention. Gardens:
Works No. 2, VIM. Kyle; 8, Pau
Kamensky; 4, S. L. BowliD; 5, Sam
Monarch; 6, C. A. Woodson; z, Patsy
Dooso; 8, Geo. Somitosky; 9, d. SIM
mandy; 10, Andy Bardee; IL, Frank
Fredella; IL, d. b. Spencer.
The division of the awards among the
various nationalties represented we're as
follows:
Americans l6; Colored 6; German 5;
Hungarian 5; Italian 4; Slavish 4; Po-
lish g.
In making the awards, the location
and natural conditions were taken into
consideration, as we'll as the general ap.
pearance of the yards and gardens.
The householders, as well as the COM
pany, are greatly indebted to the com
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
School Ends And MdSOnS Go Home.

The twenty-first annual session of the
southwest Virginia school of Royal Arch
Masons came to close last night with
the election of the officers for the en-
suing year after a most pleasant and
profitable session of one week held
at Maple Shade Inn. With the exception
OF two or three members all the ~oem-
bers in attendance departed today for
their respective homes While the
sessions for the past several years have
been held in Pulaski it is possible that
the school may assemble elsewhere next
year, probably Mountain Lake, in Giles
county. This matter is determined by
the officers of the school. Pulaski is a
most convenient point for all the mem
bers to assemble and the next session
may return here.
The attendance this year was excep
tionally good, many of the members
arriving early and remaining throughout
the term. Others came in daily up
until within day or two of the close,
having not been able to reach here
earlier. The majority of those in at
tendance with the number of their
chapter was given last issue.
The officers elected for next year
were: L. w. Clarke, of East Radford.
president; James Bowman, of Roanoke.
vice president;J E Morton, Of Graham,
Va, secretary and treasurer The
nA,cne &c
combined at this election, the president
having formerly been treasurer.-Pu-
laski Southwest Times, July 26th.
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
G. @. P. CONVENTION
BRISTOL AUGUST 28.
Chairman Davenport Issues Convention Call
For Naming of Republican Nominee For
Congress in Ninth Virginia District.

BY virtue of the power vested in me
by the Republican District Committee
of the Ninth District of Virginia, at a
meeting of the said committee held at
Bristol, Virginia, IN said district, at 1
O'Clock p. m, on Monday, July 18th,
1912. convention of the Republicans
Of the Ninth Virginia district is hereby
called to meet at Bristol, Virgins, on
the 2Sth day of August, 1912, st 2
O'Clock p. M, for the purpose of nomi-
mating a candidate for Congress, and to
transact such other business as may
properly come before the said Conven-
tion.
The basis of representation in the
said convention will be one delegate and
one alternate for each twenty-five
voters, or majority fractional part
thereof, cast for Hon. c. B.. Slemp, in
the election of 1910.
The County and City committees of
the respective counties and cities in the
said district will forthwith fix the time
and place for holding County and City
Mass-meetings for the election of the
said delegates and alternates to the
said District Convention, and also for
the purpose of electing for each County
and City in said district a County and
City Chairman, Secretary of the County
and City Committees, a County and
City Committee, composed of one
member from each precinct in said
county and each ward in said city, and
a precinct committee of three members
for each voting precinct in the several
counties and each ward in cities in said
district.
The certificates of election of said
delegates and alternates to the
Congressional Convention, the County
and City Chairman, Secretary of the
County and City Committees, County
and City Precinct Committees, shall be
signed by the Chairman of the mass
meetings respectively, and by the
secretaries of the said mass-meetings.
and shall be counteasigned by the City
or County Chairman, as the case may
be, and promptly forwarded to P. ].
Davenport, District Chairman, Abing-
don, Virginia.
All voters, without regard to past
party affiliations, who believe in Republi-
can principles and policies are cordially
invited to participate in the proceedings
of the county and city mass-meetings
hereby directed to be called.
Respectfully
2. j. DAVENPORT,
District Chairman.
CEnDrE Il uynnn
Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1912-08-01
BURKES GARDEN.
Items Of Interest Concerning People You
Know and Hear Talked Of.

Burkes Garden, We, July 29.
Miss Ethel Meek wss visiting in Taze-
well last week.
Miss Sallie Mahood, Of Ceres, was in
the Garden Sunday.
Mrs. H. H. Greever is visiting rela-
tives and friends In Graham.
Homer Ritchie, nephew of Rev. E.
l.. Ritchie, is visiting in the Garden.
Mrs. Frank Moss and daughters were
the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. jeff Hoge in
Bland last week.
Mrs. Ann Barger and daughter, Mrs.
Myrtle Foglesong, of Bland, are in the
Garden visiting friends.
Miss Emily Waters and DIR. Grahah,
of Wytheville. are the guests of the
Lawson's here this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Thompson and
children were the guests OF Mr.. and
Mrs. b. R. Moss Tuesday.
MEs. T. E. Peery and children, of
Bluefield, are visiting relatives and
friends in the Garden this week
Mr.. and Mrs. George w. Wynn cele-
brated their tenth wedding anniversary
last Saturday. A large crowd was
present and all had a nice time.
Miss Garnet Lawson gave a moon
light picnic last Thursday evening in
honor of her guests. Every one who
attended had most pleasant time.