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The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-23
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rights OF any man in this country end
right where the happiness OF women
and children begin. personal beliefs
and fool notions to the contrary not
withstanding."
In speaking of the revenue obtained
from the business. he said that We ap-
point the liquor dealers as tax col
lectors but do not reduce the taxes
any. He said that last year West vlr
ginia collected about $500. 900 from the
liquor business. With over 1900. 900
inha bitants. this amounts to but so
cents per capita. Some men, he said.
were willing to sell their boys an. III
the boys in West Virginia to the
liquor traffic for 80 cents. and in add
ton. were willing TO sell the comforts
OF old age and the tears OF mothers.
as Herod sold the bleeding head of
John the Baptist to Please the whims
Of Salome.
Last year. according to the speaker
the average amout taken by the liquor
dealers in the United States was S.
700. while the average license fee was
$500. making $500 profit for each sa-
loon keeper. This, he said, they put
In their pocket as commission for gath
ering money from ourselves for our
selves.
The one thing that appeals to me
most" Mr.. Fannig continued. els the
boy. The church in cle future must
depend on the boy OF to-day. The
nation must depend on the boy Of to-
day. as everything must depend on
him. The liquor traffic must have
boys OF II will die. And II must get
boys from some home. yours or mine. ("
lie concluded his address by saying.
I God forbid that any man. apreclating
this fact should vote Dor the saloon"
With the wit characteristics OF the
Irish people. Mr. Tanning told many
funny stories and his address was
punctuated with with brilliant re-
marks. The meeting was largely at
tended. with the entire seating capaoi-
| ~ Of the church occupied Special
music was rendered. and the services
! began with an impressive prayer by
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-23

and hates the saloon an opportunity
TO vote In favor OF the amendment
without scratching his ticket. IL gives
the Democrat who loves his home and
country and hates the saloon, an OPP
portunity TO vote In favor OF the
amendment and vote his straight tick
ct. IN allows the Socialist TO vote his
ticket and then vote for his home
with other parties. A constitutional
amendment also gives greater perma-
nancy to results.
The speaker then went on to prove
that Statewide prohibition greatly
decreases the manufacture OF alcohol
ic liquors. and said that in the six
prohibition States. Maine. Kansas.
North Dakota. North Carolina, Missis-
sippi and Oklahoma. there were but
5S4 barrels OF beer and s47 gallons OF
wbiskey manufactured In one year,
which. divided among the people Of
those States. would make less than
one-fourth Of one ounce OF beer and
six drops Of whiskey per capita.
Continuing. the speaker said: "Ex-
tend the legislation which produced
such conditions IN six States to cover
all the other States and produce like
conditions in them. and then well be
a dry crowd. No man can sell liquor
where there is legislation against ~,
and II liquor Is not produced. but Is
sold In violation OF the law. where
does II come from but licensed States?
Wherever prohibition fails. the blame
is always due to licensed territory
somewhere else"
Mr.. Tanning then spoke at length
on how the saloons decreased the pur-
chasing power TO the community in
general. and produced several argu-
ments 10 prove his points. He then
discussed the argument Of many sa-
loon people that this is a free coun-
! try and the prohibitionists have no
right 10 interfere with other peoples
business. In answering this the speak
! OF defined liberty by saying: LIB
crty is not power; and liberty is not
right. but liberty In the power with
the right" In addition. he said: mo
man has a right 10 engage in business
I n that business interferes with the
rights and privileges OF others. The
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-23

search OF the ground for the high
waymen. but no one was to be found.
This particular cut is claimed 20 be
one Of the most dangerous places
along the National road. Oniy ~
weeks ago a man was held up by two
men and robbed, and on different occa-
sions parties have been stopped. II is
claimed that a good description was
given OF the parties. and II is likely
they will be caught very soon.
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Rev. w. s. Dysinger. pastor of the
church.
Last evening. Mr.. Tanning spoke to
large audience in the North Street
NJ. f. church. and he also spoke at the
morning service in the Chapline street
N. r.. church. He delivered a differ
ent address on each occasion, but both
we're strongly in favor OF prohibition
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
WORK OF LOVE
How Little Boys Are Put on
Right Track.
Mrs. Dudley's Experience in
Massachusetts Reform School
HER FAMILY OF URCHINS
With Husband Has Charge of
the Very Young.
Humanitarian Methods Applied
to the Children.

Mrs. ira G. Dudley, who recently
visited her aunt, Mrs. ]. w. Thurston,
of Topeka, went as a bride II years
ago, to superintend a branch of the
Massachusetts refrom school. This in
stitutior. which is for little chaps I'M
der IS, too young to enter the Lyman
school, was established by Mr.. and
Mrs. Dudley, and has been fiourishing
ever since. 1t is for youngsters con
victed % breaking, entering and lar
ceny'-not a bad lot, for Mrs. Dudley
says of them, The chief difference be-
tween them and other boys is that
these have been caught, and the 9TH
ers haven't"
The school, which is in Berlin, 80
miles west of Boston, is more like a
home tia an institution. 1t is a COM
Portable white farIl house on a sunny
90-acre lot, with MAN. trees, a flag
pole, BAH, chickens, cows, swimming
pool, and all sorts of things to please
a healthy boys heart. The only differ
ence w it and any other prosper
ous New England homestead is that
there is an unusually large crop, not
only of apples and pumpkins, but Of
boys: 20 or 80 are usually in sight. The
eager youngsters. fresh from the CEN
ter of he slums in the Hub, adore
every inch of the place, and grow to
love it more and more during the four
or five months they are allowed to
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Kansas and study the birds on the
Kaw. IF any of h boys see me in
a particular hurry" she laughed,
they are sure to say, There goes
Mis- Dudley, Betcha she's after a
bird!'"
One notable fact about the boys is
that when they have been at the farm
a couple of months they take the ut
most pride in being v%irtuous. After
they find they can have plenty to eat,
they scorn to steal anything; and if
one of the uninitiated breaks a rule
and boasts of it, he is scoffed so
heartlessly that he soon mends his
ways.
Nevertheless, the first question
fired at a newcomer, in a whisper,
but with exceeding interest, is: Say,
little fella, what'd they nab yuh for ?"
AS a matter of fact, they are not
ruffians, but sturdy, smiling citizens
of Boyville, who have not had half a
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01

THIS Is TIL e
BEST TIME Of
the year to be-
gin a business col
lege course. If you
start now you Will
be through just
when there are most
positions o p g n.
Phone Dougherty's,
$50.
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! pride as the best fishing place in the
state. He called to a fine
picnic grounds across the creek. Inc
| party followed the stream until they
came to a bridge and then crossed
into an alfalfa field that would have
made Joshua leave the land of
Canaan in disgust. The alfalfa stands
three feet high in this field and is so
thick that the party could scarcely
force their way through its jungle
depths and Instructions.
Doran found his tenant at the end
of this field vainly trying to cut the
| alfalfa as fast as it grew. The man
had another man to help him, but he
was up against it. They had cleared
A little space at the end of the field
it, but the second crop was coming
on like a blue loud driven by the
| wind. Doran arose in his majesty
and called on the heavens to see how
long he had been delayed the cutting
of that alfalfa. He held with
his tenant about the matter. The ten
ant talked to Doran like Hubert
talked to King John at the Ashley
tournament when Robin Hood OPP
posed him with the long bow. "A
man can but do his best" quoted the
tenant sadly. Il will cut the rest of
that alfalfa tomorrow and then start
over the mex day to cut this end of
the field"
Doran was counting the stacks.
The m were building up another
stack from the wagon. Every fork
full of hay thrown IN the stack
meant rs cents for Doran. Alfalfa
sells for about $40 a ton-a cent a
pound. A forkful weighed 20 pounds.
Doran was getting rich at the rate OF
25 cents per second The alfalfa field
stretched away in the distance under
the May sunshine a dazzling picture OF
blue and green. Doran found a space
in the corner of the field 20 feet by
80 and he wanted alfalfa planted
there right away. The man of thou
sands wanted millions.
A Raiser of Mules
The party crossed the creek again
and climbed a big hill. DOran showed
the fine stand of bluegrass on this
hillside. He pointed to another flo *
of horses and mules. Best team CT
mules there in the West" he observed.
They were. No question about that.
Doran passed a little field of red
clover that ooked as beautiful as he
hansing gardens of Babylon. He in
dictated it with a gesture. Then ne
came to a woven wire -ence. The wire
was rabbit proof, hog tight and bah
strong. 1t was as high as a house.
The posts were four-inch gas pipes
set in cement and filled with cement.
Those posts stood like the rock of Gil
braltar. They will still be standing
when Doran's great grandchildren
visit that farm.
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estant manse in another. Whether it
is Sabbath training or not, they are
obedient youngsters. and behave well.
Corporal punishment is never en-
ployed; being deprived of the swim
ming pool is a great grief, and being
sent to bed is the worst punishment
inflicted.
Many holidays are observed
Christmas. of course: there is always
a Santa Claus, but some of the young
sters do not know what the CHEEKY old
saint means. There is a wild Fourth
of July, when many fireworks are do
mated; Mr.. Dudley's birthday is a red
letter day and on Decoration day the
boys soIemnly parade through the
town with the old soldiers.
Sent to Farms.
After the youngsters have passed
what Mrs. Dudley Gals the morally
convalescent STAGE which usually
lasts four or five months, they are
sent to a farmer who can furnish re-
f~erences, and the state pays 50 a
week for them until they are IA
years old; they are started out from
the Berlin farm equipped with two
of every conceivable garment, attend
school until they are of age. and re-
turn they can steal a min
ute to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley. More
than half never see the inside of a
reformatory again except as visitors.
That the youngsters are devoted to
Mrs. Dudley is evident. She had a
postal from one little man just learn
ing to write. we hope you are
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stay. Their greatest delight, next to
milking the cows is to hunt for ggs
The newest boy is always allowed the
honor, and his observations on such
momeatcus occasions are often re-
markable. "Oh, Mis- Dudley shouted
one little fellow after his first trip, II
got a huh hat full, an what do you
think? One of ems warm. 1 guess
it's cooled"
Plenty of Play.
There IS a regula- routine, varied b.
| weather, season and circumstance, so
as not to make it monotonous. Mrs.
Dudley has two admirable maxims
1--WE believe it is little children's right
to have plenty of play" declared she,
but we impress it upon them that
when thsy work, l. is not how much,
but how we'll the work is accomplish
ed that c, units"
The boys rise at six, help get break
fast, clean, scrub. NOV or wash until
school time, dine at noon, and dig at
their books until four; they study not
only "readin', writin' and 'rithmetic,"
but music; and howl Justify while Mrs.
Dudley plays her VIOLIN They are
free to I mp and enjoy life until sup
per, ana after the dishes are DONE, the
part of the day they are most fond of
arrives. in the winter they lounge
about a 1eaping pine fire; in the sum
mer they sprawl on the lawn; they
chat, get acquainted, listen while Mrs.
Dudley reads the Youths Companion,
st. Nicholas, or some historical books,
and ask innumerabIe questions. The
favoritA in their library. strangely
enough, IS the Bible, and they can re-
peat m4ly of the tales told therein;
the most popular is the story of Christ
mas, which is usual in
this wise: zone awful nice night
when there was hull gang o. angels
hangin' eround-"
A few years ag> Mrs. Dudley read
the story of Naomi, and passed the
simple sentence, "Naomi was a wild
ow." with the question, Harry, what
is a widow ?"
"HulIv eee!" said Harry, in surprise,
Don't you know? It's a nat"
Natural History by Sight.
Natural history is another impor-
tant study. The children keep lists
of the birds and blossoms as they
appear. Mrs. Dudley is particularly
interested in ORTHODOXY, and regret
ted that she could not stay longer in
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Best fence in Shawnee county" OBJ
served Doran to n of the newspaper
men.
Best fence in the world" replied tia
reporter.
Doran came at last to the feed lot
Water runs through a trough and eaIk
there. Doran has a waterworkS system
Oh his farm. More white pigs were
here and Doran told about offering a
little pig as big as a watch charm TO
a man for S2h He was worried for fear
he had set the price too low. He asked
his tenant about it when that worthy
came up from the alfalfa mine. The
tenant thought the price about right
and Doran sighed his relief at the go0d
news.
Doran pointed to an iron gate he h11
built. 1t was fastened to a stone col
umn that would have served for a
tower to a castle.
Real Farm House.
Doran's house is built of stone and it
has a basement that is a model for all
Easements. A cream separator stands
in the basement. Twenty cows were
grazing on a nearby hillside to keep
that separator going all the time. N
the dooryard some fifty-pound geese
were playing tag with a few angie
worms. About a thousand chickens
were scratching around in the orchard.
A vineyard basked in the sun on the
south slope.
The visitors had seen it all and were
exhausted. Doran was as fresh as
paint. While he found about forty
other things for the tenant to do tle
newspaper men took pencil and paper
and tried in their humble. ignorant
way, to figure Doran's income firm
his farm. They also tried to figure
out the time that tenant could find TO
squander in sleep. but failed to locate
it. They figured that Doran's livestock
brought him $4,000 per year. His poul-
try and dairy products, $4,000. His
corr and hay. 81, 800: his bees and fruit.
81 600, and his alfalfa, $40, 1000. These
figures may be too low. The news
paper men do not know a great deai
about such things. But if they We're
offered their choice of buying shares
of stock in a gold mine in the West,
or Tom DoraH's farm east of Topeka.
they would take the farm stock at
twice the price. Doran is some farmer.
n his newspaper guests ugh to
know, for they tramped over every foot
OF his farm and saw and talked to
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and about every living thing on hat

and about every living thing on Ina
farm.
Politics to Farm and Af1uence.
An incident happened on the home
ward journey that is worth talking
about. Doran stopped at John Trout
mans place, located a mile or two
closer to town than lie Dora farm.
John Troutman used to dub aroun To-
peka and fool with politics. Now ne
is a plutocrat. He did it on twenty
acres of Shawnee land. Troutman
chuckled when he talked to Doran
about what a fool a man was to stay
In town. The newspaper men had
thought that Doran was a great farm
er and a millionaire in the agricultural
graft, but Troutman had Linn dashed to
the mast. If Doran had done great
things with his 120 acres, Troutman
had performed miracles with his 20
acres. Troutman was only making
O $25 a day from his Strawberries
n a hundred, more or less, from his
alfalfa and Eggs and milk and butter.
Il came very near making the fool
mistake once of settling in California
said Troutman. L a do three times
a. we'll here"
little tour of Doran's farm was
a revelation Mix the blue of the al
falfa and the green of the
n the white of those Chester pig
and the brown of the COWS and geese
and chickens and the red of the clover
n the tawny. tints of the vineyard
and you will get a color of solid gold.
And more than this. says Tom Doran,
II you watch these colors often ana
long enough you will ain health and
happiness in the bargain.
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| chance. Visiting day is once a
month, and when the parents call on
their offspring, Mr.. and Mrs. Dudley
catch glimpses of a life that is heart
| breaking in it's miserable ignorance.
Most of the mothers lie with every
breath.
Had a peach of a time gertin'
here" one complained to Mrs. Dud-
ley. Had to up an tell my boss 1
was goin' to a funeral"
The conductor on your line is just
fierce" another confided. He al
most made me hand out Jennie's fare,
an L had to swear h was only
seven"
what a shame for the conductor to
doubt your word exclaimed Mrs.
Dudley.
You bet" assented the woman,
with ease. Lucky Jennie's small of
her age. She vas 'leven last birth
day"
The boys enjoy the visits of their
families, treat them to the stores in
their own Individual gardens, and dis
play their individual e with pride.
One little chap coaxed to have his
chum spend a day at the farm.
rs he a nice boy?" asked Mrs.
Dudley.
You bet he is said Abram, who
had been taught self respect; why,
honest, 1 b'lieve he's most as nice as
me-"
An Outdoor Camp.
One of the dearest possessions of
the farm is the camp not far from it.
1t is on a spicy pine knoll, and the
youngsters VIII have slept in the open
only in barrels, roll on the fragrant
edl and enjoy life to the full.
Their appreciation of nature is as
founding. one stolid Italian youth,
who had not known the meaning of
Excuse me-" plucked Mrs. Dudley's
sleeve at sunset and whispered, See
the yellow light in the pines. It's a
goldy world, isn't it, Mrs. Dudley"
There are tents, tables and trees, and
twice a month they have a picnic
ice cream and all-tell stories around
the swapping cones, and cram in as
much fun as little boys can.
On Sundays they are arrayed in
shirts with breasts in en-" and taken
to church, part to a Catholic cathe-
dral in one town, and part to a Prot
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01
TURNED into COLD
True Story of Experiences of a
City Farmer.
How Tom DOran Made a Gar
den of a Wilderness.
finds HEALTH and WEALTH
Alfalfa a Jungle and Pigs Are
Giants.
What a Casual Visit to Dorm
wood Revealed.
FINDS HEALTH and WEALTH

They say that he average town man
who has succeeded in any one OF the
professions or commercial enterprises
always wants to spend his money IN d
farm. And the greater the success IN
town the greater the failure of the
am ateur farmer. But there are exrep-
tions to this rule as well as to most
all other rules. Tom Doran, the To-
peka lawyer. is one of the exceptions
He owns a 120-acre farm that he Calls
"Dornwood' about five miles east Of
Topeka. 1t is the apple of his eye.
He visits it every day in the summer.
He has proved to be a practical Sue
cessful farmer, and his farm, in spite
of its poetical name. is a profitable ir-
vestment and will increase in value
and productiveness every year.
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When Doran first bought his farm
and began to spend money on it for
buildings and ences and hire men Ia
grub it's hiIlsides and plant it's low
lands, his friends laughed at him.
They declared he had Joined the IN
Vulnerable "a of successful city
men who have made the goddess of az
riculture weep at their efforts to ran
a farm. They told him about the man
who tried to make water run uphill,
and the other man who tried to over
come the law of gr~avitation. and so on.
But Doran smiled in a superior way
and went right on with his work of
improving his 120 acres. He spent oun-
dreds of dollars for fences and seeds
and hired help. He had ideas about
farming and he tried them one after
the other on hat Gefenseless 120-acre
tract. And his friends in town laughed
and his farmer neighbors laughed.
But Doran has the laugh now.
Takes Reporters on a Tour.
This week he invited a couple of
soothing newspaper men to ride out
with him and see his farm. The dsy
was fine and the offer was accepted
with alacrity. Here was another chance
to prove the rule about the fool city
man who dabbles with a farm. But IN
today'S paper may be found an I'd
vertisement wherein two poverty
stricken reporters seek to find a tract
OF ground they may rent in order that
they may get rich in a few yes rs.
Doran's farm is a gold mine. He
leadS a visitor over it carrying Alad-
Gin's lamp in his hand. Doran in to11
Il known as a persistent and aggrcs-
sive lawyer. Doran on his farm is an
other man entirely. He throws off zen
years with a single motion. He tramps
over his place with an eye for all
things. He shifts the air like an In
pala ram and at the same time points
out to his tenant work that has Bean
neglected or improvements that are
a dogs life.
As soon as the party descended
from the a Doran led the way across
a pretty meadow that lies in front
of his house. He was hunting for a
couple of horses and two or three biq
mules. He found them in a draw at
the end of the He looked
them over with a satisfied eve and
called the attention of his visitors to
their fine condition. Then he made
for another pasture that he thought
would be better for these horses and
mules. 1t was. This pasture was a
jungle of grass and alfalfa and red
clover. About forty Chester White
pigs were working over union hours
trying to make some headways against
the growth of grass and alfalfa. But
the grass had buried the pigs and n
porker had to raise his head in the
air before one could see his snout at
ten feet range.
Doran babbled about his fine pas
ture all the way across the field. He
pointed to his pigs and called for
praise from his guests. He got it. The
pigs were white as snow and fat as
priZewinners.
Then Doran climbed a barbed wire
fence as high as a cats back and led
the way across a sixty-acre corn field
that had been cultivated like a wen
kept garden. The sun was hot and
thu walking bad and the dust rose in
clouds, but Doran did not notice these
things. He walked with a jaunty stem
like a man walks in a parade when
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the band is playing and the people
cheer from the sidewalks. He was
talking all the way across the field
about how well it had been plowed
and how the harrow had got in its
deadly work. It was a fine field, de-
by Providence since the be-
ginning for a corn field, cared for by
the sun and protected by the gentle
rains.
Alfalfa Like a Jungle.
Doran came at last to the banks of
a creek to which he pointed with
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-06-01

a nice time in Kansas" he
printed, but we hope you come back
very oon."