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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-21
MANCHESTER & ONEIDA ~.
Time Table No. Fl, aG

Effective January 20, 1912.
Train No. 2. Daily. leaves Manchester
at s:4v a. M. connects with c. G: w
train No. $ west-bound due at Oneida at
$40 a. M, also connects with c. G. "
train No east-bound due at Oneida
at 6:10 a. m. Returning arrives at Man
chester at $50 a. m. ~
Train! No, 4. Daily except Sunday
leaves Manchester at $40 a. M. connect
due at Oneida jung. at s:0s a. m:. Re-
turning arrives at Manchester at 9:40 a.
m. n.--. -'
Train No. g. Daily leaves Manchester
at 2:lO p. M, connects with c.
w. train No. 4 due at Oneida at 2:43
m. and c. G. w. train No. 8. west
bound. due at Oneida at :32 p. m. Re.
turning arrives at Manchester at 400 p.
m. i4.
Train No. s. daily except Sunday,
leaves Manchester at $500 p. m.. connect
with c. M. L. St. P. train No. 81 south
bound due at Oneida juno at 5:32 p.
n. Returning arrives at Manchester at
C.. J. BoARDwAY,
sI.a Traffic Manager
Agent for Wells Fargo & Co. Express.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-21
SPECIAL WASHINGTON CORES
PoN0ENcE.
BY Clyde H. TaVenner.
A Good Dinner.

Judge Gary, head Of the steel trust,
attended banquet in New York. The
food was good; the lights were
bright; the silver shimmered; the
wine sparkled; the cigars added
final completeness to the happiness
Of everybody present. When it came
Judge Gary's turn to speak his mind
was saturated with benevolence, and
his thoughts turned to the welfare
of the republic the sufferings' Of the
working men. Listen to him:
Things are being said at the
present time akin to the things that
were said just prior to the French
Revolution, and in my opinion there
is danger ahead. Unless capitalists,
corporatins, and men of great
wealth take leading part in the
amelioration Of conditions, there will
be changes made later by the mob
The same newspapers which told
the story Of the banquet, and OF
the testimony of witnesses before ths
Stanley committee. These witness es
told how the steel trust forces men
to labor twelve hours day, seven
days a week, for wages which COM
pei them to- live like swine-a condi-
ton which Judge Gary could amel-.
iorate with a stroke Of his pen.
4 The banquet hall is dark. The din
ers are gone. The tables are strip
ped of their linen and viands. And
somewhere in that deserted room,
shrunken so small that the servants
failed to see it when they swept out
the crumbs, is Judge Gary's Beautiful
Altruism.
Roosevelt and the Tariff.
Once in his life Theodore Roose-
welt almost expressed an opinion on
the tariff question. In prelimin:
airy draft of one Of his messages, as
it came from, the printer, was this
sentence:
"In a later message shall discuss
the tariff"
Senators Aldrich and Lodge and
Speaker Cannon saw that pregnant
sentence, and Immediately they
rushed to the White House. Presto!
when the message was finally sub
mitted to Congress. there was no
reference to tariff. &l
Aside from that, no living man
can point to any written or spoken
opinion that Mr.. Roosevelt ever ex-
pressed on the tariff question.
A standpatter's Wall.
\ The senate was discussing the bill
for the establishment Of a children's
bureau in the Department of Com
merce and Labor. Senator Borah,
the author of the bill, had gone to
great lengths to explain how the
huge corporations were exploiting
little children, crushing them, with
hard toll, while, they were yet Of
tender years. He explained that the
bill contemplated no interference with
the proper relation of parents to
ward their children, and that it's pur.
pose was merely, 70 provide for the
collection of statistics and informa
ton on which the separate states and
might base a solution
of the problem of child welfare.
In the great cities" said Senator
Borah, little children tester and swell
ter and steal and starve and die.
This bill is designed to- aid them"
By this time Senator Hepburn was
tearing his hair When Mr.. Borah
finished he rose in his place and for
two hours complained Of the "un-
constitutionality'' Of the bill. His
final argument was that Abraham
Lincoln was poor boy.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-21

Let no one forget that more COM ON
blnations. to restrain trade and rob
the general public, came into
existence during the time Roosevelt
occupied the presidential office than N
during all the previous years Of our
history.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-21

There are but a comparatively few
old-line, conservative democrats, and
it is fortunate that their numbers are
Z limited, for, as a rule, they are worse
reactionaries than the average stand
pat republican.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-21

Senators Kenyon and Cummins are
both in favor Of the democratic dollar
day pension bill. Our Iowa sena-
tors have good many democratic
tendencies. ltT& Il:
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-02-21

MANCHESTER MARBLE WORKS
Is prepared to furnish GraS:te and
Marble Monuments and Head S..nes Of
various designs, Have the county ..Sht
for Sipe's tatent Grave Cover: also
dealer in iron fences. We meet all S~Li-
petition w. NJ. Mcintosh.
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The East is not as democratic as
Great Britain is today, but it is 60
ing to wake up before long.
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Discourtesy Resented.

would as soon shake hands with
a soft mackerel a. with 4 man who
offers two dnEers.-Sir Francis Vane
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DR.. c. S. LISTER
DENTIST Successor to DR.. E. E.
Newcomb. Office over Burton Clark S
Manchester. Iowa.
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@ GEO. s. LISTER.
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. All collec
lions given prompt attention. Real estate
loans and Insurance. Office City Hall
Flock Second floor. EG..
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BUSINESS DIRECTORY
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/, ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Office over
Hutchinson & Atwater's hardware store
Manchester. Iowa.
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poRmAN BROS.

DENTISTS. office on Franklin street
north of the Globe hotel. Manchester.
Iowa. Dental Surgery in all its branch
es Make frequent visits to neigh0or-
days.
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wr,ter's Mean Remark,

1t 10 mistake to suppose that WON.
en- are always talking about their
dresses. Sometimes they are talkins
about their hats.-Exchsngs.
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osrEoPATH1C PHYSICIAN. License
by examination under Iowa State Medic
hardware store. Day or night calls at
tended. Phones: Office. 1913. House. 49,.
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THos. r. cARkEEk
ARCHITECT AND BUILDER SUPER
INTkNDANT, s. E. corner 8th and Main
streets, Dubuque. Iowa
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Or. Wi|beIt Sha|Ienberger

The Regular ana Reliable Chicago
Specialist, who has visited Manches-
ter. every month since 1901. will be
at The Clarence House, Manchester
Zone day only) and return once every
20 days from q. INTO $3.50 P. NJ.
Wednesday, February 20,
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STATEN EMIT
OF the Condition Of the Delaware
County State Bank.

County state Bank.
| organized under t. Q laws Of Iowa: located q,
b"Wa IN the county tns Of az Feh
| ruary A u. 1912 made to the Auditor OF State as
required by law: .ssrrs =.
Amount of Pills. Ponds and her
evidences OF debt dlscollnt.a, or
purchased actually owned by this -
Amount n Of cash on hand, '' "
described as follows:
Gold coin in vault -. $500 l2e40 '.
silver coin and vault -. lO4O.1O
Legal tender and national
bank notes and subsidiary ..
Drafts and checks ard other ''''
cash items not dishonored, 4S279 2Ssz2. SO
Amount subject to be
drawn at sight on deposit
with solvent banks. 1888. *
Overdrafts.. ....-...... fsa 2S
Value OF Reel Estate $500. 1898. ~
Total A ssets. ............ s6sts9 U63
E,- LIABILITIES.
Amount Of capital stock 1890. q.
Amount Of Deposits Subject
A TO Ghff Cine deposits ~ sss4 - e =
Amount Savings DEPOSITS 2l4l6f3 ,1.s=.-
TOTAL DEPOSITS. 5575s4 .6s
Other II i" profits after ;deduiccting y WV
expenses. III ;tSJ 70 Fl ~ !)
Total liabilities. .....- 69s.97J 63
State of Iowa. Delaware County-ss. ..
W.. VIM. G Cawley, Pres r. W. Thrill Vice.
Pres and Chss. j. Seeds. Cashier o the Bank
above named. DO solemnly swsa! mat tire y"
going sta ement s full. true and correct. to the
hest IT k, owledge and ,lief. thai the assets
therein set forth are bona fde the property Of
part OF the same has been loaned or advanced
to said Eank Tor the purpose of being exhibited
as a portion Of its assets,
VIM. C. CAWLEY.
. President,
r. W. THRILL.
..F .- Vice-President.
CHAS. j. SEEDS.
Cashier.
Sworn to before me ard Subscri ed in my
presence by VIM. G.. Cawley, CAas. !. seeds ard
r. " Thrill this 10 Gay Of Feb1uaIy 1872
r lsFAL1 G G. Pierce.
Notary Public in and for De!awale County
Arrested by:
E. B. Stiles
los. Hutchinson
II F. Arnold
Geu " Durham ....
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and each caught her by one foot: Then ran, too,
taking Mabsl with US wsin' b easy ior Mape IS
or than we knew. Even if she was dead, couldn't
leave Mabel to the lost souls in that ruin we ran
and dragged, and dragged and ran Once Mabels hair
caught on the stump of tree, and we had to stop
and another time her blouse caught on something and
tore straight down the front before could get her
away All the time I thought of how the evil spirits
might pursue lis for robbing them Of their prey, and
Of the shapes they might take 1t is strange, indeed
and terrible. how many different thoughts the mind
While we we're pulling the blouse heard painting
breaths around us At first was afraid ITO to look up
did, and that it was only the rest of the girls.
running behind and beside us. We were all to-
gether again Everybody running except the stark
burden dragged after us, but that getting
the ground nice and fast. too By and by it began to
kick so we could hardly hold the feet. We Stopped
We had been dragging Mabes face through the wet
grass because we picked her up by the wrong end
and were in such hurry. But it had revived her.
you it was really the best thing could have
done, though hadn't thought of that at the time.
We had Just trusted to instinct which it is truly said
rarely fails the young.
Pretty soon Mabel began to moan and at last she
sat up and wiped her face and asked what had -1ap-
pened and where she She wasn't very far from
the ruin We hadn't dragged her long distance after
all, though it had seemed miles. The haunted church
lay close behind us, spectral and terrible We could
it by looking back.
couldn't walk and she begged not to leave her there
to die alone We had to wait till she stronger,
and while we were waiting began to get camer and
finally had idea fastened to share it with my
dear companions.
81 don't believe heard any voice at all" I said.
u believe imagined it, because frightened
perhaps we hypnotzed ourselves. I'm going back
to try again"
1t not noble courage that moved me- but that
which is stronger than lie-ry art. All OF sudden
it seemed impossible for go without knowing
what down in the awful bowels OF that ruin Be
sides. how could | write story about it if didn't
Of he OR o 10 haC with me
but didn't Almost before they could offer (not
quite before, but dpioSt) | running back alone.
In very few minutes reached the ruin and without
waiting second called down into it the old wall
the way Mabel had done. The wind getting
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ago would have said That it like a silver horn
a golden crescent My expressions are original
now. would be sorry II no one but noticed 1t,
though already realize that much OF an artists
greatest art is lost to the thoughess reader.
The girls hudded together in a group white and
scared staring the ruined church. just ahead of us,
and afraid to go one step farther It indeed wild
and lonely scene with the light of that elfsh
touching bit of the befry and everything else looking
shadowy and terrible. like things in troubled dreams.
The wind was beginning to moan among the tall pine
trees in the churchyard and. while stood shvering
and hesitatng scheech-owl IN the belfry let out
frightfu screech
OF we knew what it was; we had heard lots
Of screech-owls before. They love the along
river, and half dozen OF them live there But
weren't expecting any noise then, all jumped
and ktte James screecied too. The other girls
sorry for Kittic | was Though | am only fiji
teen. | am a student of life and this thought came
how perfectly dreadful he must have felt when Kittic
James screeched much better. For, of course,
screeching was, in Kitties life "a thing apart, as
Shakespeare says, but it his whole existence.
quote more from Shakespeare than l do from the
Bible, because Shakespeare is so coldly intellectual.
While the thought about the screech was in my mind,
and | was wishing | had pencil and paper to
getting entirely about the haunted ruin Mabel Blossom
spoke up in distinct but trembling words.
Il will go first" she said Il will ask the first
question The rest of you needn't with ii you
afraid
She started off toward the ruin with rush if she
had picked herself up and thrown herself at it, knew
why. 1t because she scared to death and
didn't dare to go slowly The other girls thought it
was because she brave Don't you see how
much better understand things than they do? Maudie
and / went after her with languid steps; | wasn't
bit anxious to get to the ruin. OF course the
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other girls followed us. guess they thought it was
better to go with into the Jaws of death, and per-
haps slide down. than to wait behind and die alone.
The minute Mabel got to the wall she leaned across
and hung down over the awful blackness below.
was right behind her, and | distinctly saw her shut
her eyes The owl hadn't screeched again after kittc
had discouraged him, and now there wasn't sound
except Kittie's hard breahs The moon had gone be-
hind a cloud again We heard wings flutter-the owl,
perhaps or bats in the ruin-and the scampering OF
little feet below us, like the feet Of mice.
Suddenly Mabel spoke up, loud and clear, in the in
vocation Adeline Thurston had written for her:
"Oh ruin ruin tell me true
Hhdt /, Mabel Blossom. ask Of yon,-
The name Of my future hnsband'
We stood slosc behind her and held our breaths and
waited for what would happen. The wings and feet
stopped | never listened to much Stiffness and
wide world must have heard Mabels words going
down into that abyss like thundcr-caps, and coming
up again in of sound that rolled around us
Kittie James says was three hours before any
a low. waiting voice came to us from below This is
what it said,
"J-o-h-n G-o-rd-o-n.
The gentle reader wont believe this but it hap
pcned. You have heard of heroncs being frozen TO
the spot when something terrible occurred That's
the was-fro2en. | could not stir inch, and
felt my knoed and combined locks parting. exactly
the way Shakespeare says they do
! guess the other girls felt the way did there
wasn't sound among them. Even Kte stopped
breathing: not a Leaf or a pctticoat rustled. ! tried
to look around but my eyes wouldn't move. My eye
balls felt like frozen gum-drops Then we heard a
queer. heavy sound, and there in front of us was
Mabel Blossom, stretched ont ON the around flat on
her face She lay perfectly still we knew she dead,
That moved the girls! They started off in every
direction in leaping bounds, if the ground was
rising under them and they had TO get up first: and
as they ran they uttered chokcd horrible noises They
were trying to scream and they couldn't. 1t was like
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"Rmn, ruin. tell me true.
/, May IaeySou, ask of You
The name of my future hnSbdnd.'


1, MAY I1'erS0U, ask OF You
The name of my future husband"
At first there wasn't sound IN reply. But Just as
began to feel my spine getting little warmer that
terrible voice from the abyss again. and this time
it walled like banshee:
"F-r-e-d-e-r-i-ck M-a-n-s-o-n."
Don't ask me what happened next 1t would take a
real writer like Edgar Allen Poe to tell you Besides,
don't remember. | only know that got back to the
girls somehow, and that stumbled across the cold,
wet fields for centuries and centuries. At last |
thought had always been running away from ghost.
through dark night, and that keep doing it
till the world came to end.
was going to shrek with the awfulness of it Eyes.
| really was) when | looked up and the blessed
old convent buildings Struggled together in front Of
us with beautiful the chapel spire pointing
peacefully to the stars that beginning to out
| knew nothing could happen to us, then, so stopped
breathe and the others did, too. and pretty my
mind got quieter, 1t work again right away,
detesi, and the girls know it. see him when | am
home vacations, but never the letters he
writes me- He has soul for art, and he is not in
tcllectual He makes feel the way you do when you
peel peach draw your finger nail across crack
i'll the window-pan The thought of marrying him was
grass and began to cry. never felt so in
my life.
81 won't marry Frederick Manson," I cried 81
won't! i won't! I'd rather die right here, without
wangp
Maudc Joyce is a Southern girl, from Virginia Once
in very very long time when she gets terribly excited
she talks with kind Of queer Southern drawl and
accent, the way her old black nanny nurse used to
talk to her when she tiny girl She sat right
down on the wet grass beside me, and put her arms
tight around me- and rocked me back and forth.
"Doan you be frightened honey" she said. over and
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nee, when I was a little girl, three whole
years younger than | am now, Sister Es-
Sometimes they do. | can almost feel them
guiding it and beautiful flowers of thought
fall on the snowy pages before me, and l
write so fast my hand gets covered with
ink up to the wrist, and have dreadful
time afterward, with pumice-stone. Even
when angels are not guiding, though,
usually have two beautiful hopes sprout-
ing in my breast when / begin a story.
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will you promise soernly to do it, and not to tell
living soul, except Matde Joyce, till it's all over,
Cross your hearth" she asked.
us it wicked?" | inquired
Is said Mahc
The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1912-08-17

wan Yu,rS .aupuIa, .,..s 49, s~-.-
trend of mind would lean toward the
medical profession.
The success which DR.. Porter ID
having now Is nothing like as interest
ing to those who are familiar with
her even tenor Of life as the fact Of
how, almost single handed. she made
her way up from obscurity to promi-
hence in a profession in which not so
many women Of the race are repre-
sented. Within ten years she has built
up large clientele.
There are few cities or towns In
Tennessee of any considerable size In
which DR.. Porter Is not known. For
time she was located In Nashville. but
as her practice grew she found that
Memphis would be a more convenient
center from which to reach the larger
number Of those who desired her serv.
ices.
In religious circles she Is well known
and bears the reputation Of a woman
Of strong integrity and devotion to
racial advancement. Always generous,
sympathet and kind. she has Q host
Of friends. who lavish upon her their
confidence and esteem. Perhaps no
other factor IL more necessary In the
struggles Of race than individual eff.
fort. On this no doubt depend In a
large measure the solidarity and hope
of the masses.
The achievements of the race thus
far have been remarkable. The in.
terest which the women have taken
has been a potent factor In every
movement for betterment Their clubs,
mutual benefit societies and religious
organizations have been the leaven In
the lump by which our home life has
been kept active and secure.