Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-12-19
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IS told here for the benefit ot all young
and Old, who handle other peoples
money; for all employees Of corpora
tons who handle cash. The success
full swlndIer is now in the p~enitentlary.
while his victim is still out OF the
lone and suffers more or less in rep
utation. In one Of our low cities the
telephone company sent u bills on the
first of the month as usual. John Jones,
a prominent business man, received one
for Sails. A few days afterwards,
early one morning Jones came into the
telephone office and said: MARY l
want to go to Chicago on the next train
and haven't money enough and the
banks will not be open before train
time, can you let me have some, and
l will give you my check for it. You
can get ii as soon as the bank opens"
Sure" said Mary, how much do YOU
want" Lets see" replied Jones, and
ne figured a little. Give me s47.15."
Mary gave him the cash n n
gave Mary his check. Mary cashed
the check when she went to dinner,
put the non in the drawer n
thought 40 more about it. When Jones
came back from Chicago the telephone
company collector called or him for
last months charges. Why he had
paid it before he e to Chicago, here
was the check book stub. SAILS 70:
August bill. Paid it to Mary. probably
find the check In the bank endorsed by
Mary. They found 1t. Mary had to
put up the money, came near losing
her Job as the officials doubted her
word as against so prominent a bust
ness man as Jones. Nov Jones is q
convicted occupant OF a cell in the pen
itentiary. The public now believe her
story. out the company has not refund
ed the $47.15.
Moral. Well it does not occur to the
writer. One thing sure, Mary will not
cash any more checks.
The leading republicans here SAY
there VIII be no progressive county
ticket for Hardin county at the next
primaries. That is they don't al one.
don't think there will be. and If there
is such a ticket it will be Smashed to
s~mtthereens" and every man on it de-
feated. This is very suggestive con-
corning such a progressive county as
Hardin, where the progressive vote was
a big one. While many voted for Roose-
welt, nearly ali of such voters, voted
the republican state ticket, and now
it's generally understood such votes
were more against Taft. than for
Roosevelt and "progressiveness." One
republican says the progressive ticket,
if such a ticket is in the field, will not
receive one-third OF the votes cast for
Roosevelt. If such opinions are backed
up by facts there is something the
matter with the progressive party in
Hardin.
One hears but very little opposition
here to the Rainsbarger parole. j. f.
Hardin. a prominent banker. says he
does not know of a half a dozen voters
in The county who would object to
their being given a parole at this time.
Other business men here say if the
friends of the R~ainsbargers had not
attempted to try the case over again
each time an effort has been made for
a pardon or parole they would have
been free long ago. And the writer's
opinion is that a large percentage Of
the residents here have no objections to
said, eff they are guilty they have been
punished long enough, and If innocent
ought to have been let out long ago."
The other day a man living eight
miles north OF Grinnell brought to
town and sold to a grocer a bushel OF
Jonathan apples for 1928 a bushel.
Every apple was good sized and free
from scab or worm holes for the grower
sprayed his trees. This man sold his
Pcweshiek county Jonathans for az
much as any fancy Idaho or Oregon
naDer wrapned hoYo6 ann1es And his
neighbors who didn't spray, didn't set
out Jonathan trees. his neighbors who
do not trim their trees. who do not
pillow the ground between the rows Of
trees, who shake of the apples instead
Of hand picking, who market good, bad
and Indifferent apples all in one sack,
who put several varieties together, well
they can sell their apples for Is cents
to 81 a bushel.
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