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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13
Lincoln Highway Not a spe edway.

A mistaken idea seems to exist in
some parts of the country, regarding
the great Lincoln Memorial highway
which stretches from New York to
San Francisco, distance Of 34OO
miles and is rapidly being improved
through the efforts of the Lincoln
Highway association.
The fallacy which has in some sec
tons taken a strong hold upon the
peoples minds is that the Lincoln high
way is being built largely for the So
called joy riders and upon which it
will be possible to hit it up" to fifty
or sixty miles an hour across long
stretches of country without interfer-
ence. This idea is shown to be redic-
ulous. The investment of $25,OOO,OOO
in 340O miles of hard surfaced, drain
ed graded and Strengthened road for
the enjoyment OF few speed demons
is too ridiculous to be given mo-
ment's thought.
The association emphatically denies
that this great road is to be regarded
in any light other than thoroughfare
to be used for every business purpose
and upon which over 80 per cent of
the travel will be local.
The Lincoln highway is for the use
of all the people, over GO per cent of
the population of the United States
lying along its course.
The motor traffic on the Lincoln
highway will be no where near the
proportion to the whole. which one
would estimate. The horse is still the
principal means of locomOtion in rur-
al communities and rural commun-
tiles" includes IS per cent of the en-
tire distance traversed. The farmer
and manufacturer and the business
improvement Of the Lincoln highway.
Goods can be more cheaply moved
from the producer to the consumer,
and can be more quickly distributed,
from manufacturing centers to the out
lying districts. The impulse towards
a great increase in the educational
advantages provided for country chill
dren will be tremendous. Bad roads
are one of the greatest detriments to
education in this country.
The speedway idea must be forgot
ten in considering the Lincoln high
way, and the facts brought out by the
Lincoln Highway association in their
months of investigation and analysis.
must be carefully regarded. The
highway means more business, more
advantages, more prosperity, more
pleasure. to every community in the
United States. and in formulating any
plan for this great transcontinental
road, pleasure is the last considera-
ton. and the practical benefit to the
majority of the citizens Of this coun-
try, is the first. r.
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Master Rodney North spent Sun
day with his friend Leslie Bremner.
Mrs. Frank Mcguire and mother
Mrs. Patrick Harrington spent Sum
day at the A. Harrington home.
Mi. and Mrs. VIM. Mcguire and
children and the latters aunt Mrs.
Tetwell OF Omaha were Sunday visit
ors at the Fred Fitzsmons home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Mccullough
were Sunday visitors at the r. White.
ing home.
Mr.. ]. r. Brockelsby was Sun
day visitor. at the Frank Wulf home.
Miss. Myrtle Albert spent the week
end with her aunt Mrs d. J. Maxwell.
Mr.. John Ainsworth spent Satur-
day and Sunday in Denison.
Il and Mrs. Frank Mitchell spent
Sunday at the B. Mitchell home in
Vail.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

1t is a mistake to get SO lame work
ing in the garden that you can't dance
the tango.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13
GOOD ROADS AND RURAL
SCHOOLS

The rural population is more will
ing to support better schools today
than at any previous time. 1t Is be-
ing realized that all educational act
ivities or agencies must be more or
less correlated. and. more than all
else, that they must be made access
ible to the children. In many coun-
ties where bad roads prevail, most
of the schools are Of the. Anticipated
one-room variety They are usually
located along bad roads, which dur
ing the winter, when the schools are
usually in session, become so nearly
impossible as to make it difficult for
the children to reach them. This con.
dition causes irregular attendance
and restricts the educational oppor-
tunities of the child. Not only this
but often impedes the economic con-
solidation of these smaller schools
into larger, stronger graded schools.
with high school courses, directed
by a competent principal and corps
of teachers.
On the other hand, in counties
which have improved their roads. the
schools are easily reached, the aver
age attendance greater, the efficiency
largely increased and economic con.
solidation made possible. Regular at
tendance at. school means consistent
and regular growth of both school and
pupil, and consolidation of schools
means a maximum of efficiency at a
minimum OF cost. 1t is also note
worthy that there is marked tend
ancy for the consolidation school to
become the social and intellectual
center of the community. Most mod
ern rural ,school-houses are so con-
structed as to serve the community
as gathering places for various kinds
of public meetings, and where vans
are used to convey the children to
school during the day they are fire..
quently pressed into service to haul
the farmers and their wives to insti.
tute work. lectures or entertainments
at the school house. % =
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13
SPLENDID music
RECITAL GIVEN
In the Neighborhood Of Sixty Guests
Present at the schiumberger Home
Last Saturday Afternoon
ENTERTAINMENT SHOWS TALENT
Those Attending Proclaim Recital
One Of the Best Given in Deni.
son in Many Years.

]n the neighbOrhOOd Of sixty peO-
pie enjoyed the music recital given
by the students of Miss Grace
Schlumberger at her home on East
Broadway last Saturday afternoon.
Thirty students participated in the
musical and each student was allowed
to invite two guests to the entertain
ment.
Those. who attended the musicale
tell us that it was one of the best of
each one of the thirty numbers was
we'll rendered and apparently without
a hitch of any kind. Miss Schlum-
berger is recognized as one of the
best musical instructors in this part
Of the state and has always a large
number of pupils, not only in Denison,
but surrounding towns. The enter
tainment Saturday afternoon was on
Iva fitting proof of her talent as an
instructor.
After the musical numbers had
been given light refreshments. con-
sistfng OF ice cream and cake, were
served. Below we print the program
which was given:
Part I
Dance of the Fairies 80. Streabbog
Who Will Dance With Me -. Biehl
Blanche Tucker
A surprise DllDrO
Hilda Lochmiller
Attention March ......,....... Kern
go, George Huffman,
Etude Koehler
Alma Lange
The Cuckoo ............... koehler
Frieda Mundt
Two Marches ........... Koehler,
Herbert Steenson
My First Waltz ........... Schmoll
Mildred Foderberg e. :.
Fairy Wedding Waltz $3.50. Turner
Lucia Mundt
EdelWels .........:... VanuerDeck
Elsie Heiden
Shower of Roses ....... Streabbog'
Lille Steenson - .
The Music Box ............ Liebllchs
Beryl Faul
Part u
-Four Leaf Clover ............ Helms
Ethel Biggs
Evergreen waltz - ..... otouuaFu
Hattie Otto
Thistle Down Two Step. ..... Willis
Made Meyers
Merry Springtime ...... Brownfield
Elsie Christensen
Barn Dance ...... Sawyer
Lydia Otto
Black Hawk Waltz .......... Perry
Ella Hasse
Fairy Rambles -............. Pridham
See. Saw Waltz ......,. Friedman
Hattie Mordhorst
Cherry Blossoms ............ Harte
Alta Schafer
lmpromptu Mazurka ........... Lack
Miss Dobson
Part III
Duet: Mother Hubbard .Engelmann
Florence Kinney, Miss Schlumberger
Moonshine ........... Mcdowell
Virgil Smell
Sounds From the Racks 80. Walters
Fanchion Jobe
Song of the Rose .............. Kern
Ruth Peterson
Pas des Amphores ..... Chaminade
Miss Hayes
FlOWef song ...... LduSe
Ruth Tucker
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

purchased Father Lynch's Brush car.
Miss Caroline McCracken visited
Miss Nina Sykes in Des Moines over
Sunday.
Mrs. Goodenough OF Manila has
been secured by the Seniors to drill
them for their class play. g.,
The Ladies' Aid society Of the NJ
E. church will meet Wednesday. May
Is at the home OF Mrs. Fish.
The Foreign Missionary Society OF
the NJ 4. church will hold quarterly
missionary Tea in the basement OF
the church Thursday. May IA. A pro-
gram viii be rendered, followed by re.
freshments. Mrs. Vanslyke Is leader.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

New York City seems to have got
back to the 10th century conditions.
where any man who tried to rule
city needed to wear a mail shirt
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

Some grocers and butchers are so
as to expect their bills
to be paid at this time of the year
when gasoline and new tires must be
bought. ...
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

If it should turn out that one of the
81 guns of Huerta's salute was crack
ed, it might be. necessary to go to wal
about it.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

Probably if Gen. Coxey's army Of
the unemployed exert themselves to
the utmost they may be able to march
as much as mile day.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13
PAGE, THREE

with the school district according to
his proposal and give a satisfactory
bond for so per cent Of the contract
price within ID days after the accept
ance OF his bi(l.
The Board OF Directors reserves the
right to reject any or all bids.
M. GUY MARTIN.
19-4t Secretary.
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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1914-05-13

the aviation
over the II .
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
STATE ITEMS
OF INTEREST TO ALL NORTH
CAROLINA PEOPLE.
Womeh's Clubs End Session.

Following the election of officers
and the choice of Goldsboro as the
place of meeting next year, the North
Carolina Federation of WOmen's
Clubs adjourned it's twelfth annual
session here The business-lige pro-
gressiveness of the organization has
been a cause of no small wonder to
those unfamiliar with the work of the
state club women, who have shown
themselves we'll informed on current
questions and practical in the plans
for the advancement of the cause OF
a fuller womanhoOd At session the
committee Of courtesies warmly
thanked the local committees, all cltl-
zens who had helped in entertaining
the visitors and the Lodge of Elks in
particular for the kindness shown the
delegates during their stay in this
city Thanks were also given Mrs.
Pennybacker, president of the Gen
eral Federation, for her presence here
and the inspiration of her address be-
fore the convention. Three officers
were elected as follows: Miss Ger
trude We'll, Goldsboro, first vice presi
dent; Mrs. A. c. Avery, Morganton
recording secretary; Mrs. D. Y. Coop
er, Henderson, treasurer. Other Off
GERS of the state organization remain
| the same.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
Bio Thinos For Nav 20.

The Mecklenburg Declaration Soci-
ETY. received letter from Commander
w. G. Abbott of Fort Moultrie stating
that a special train will arrive in
Charlotte at o'clock on the morning
Of May 20 bringing by the Southern
Railway 14O men, including a band
and company Of coast artillery cloth
ed as infantry. They will leave Char
lotte that night at II o'clock. The
contract was signed for a sensational
high wire bicycle act The contract
or will ride a bicycle on a wire
stretched between the tops of the
city's two skyscrapers over $50 feet
high and $50 feet long. This he will
do twice daily at IL in the mornin g
and at o'clock at night on May 19,
20 and 21. This will be the most
spectacular event ever given in this
city, unless one is to except aviation
and this is now much more novel
than straightout aviation.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
Hard Yarn Spinners Meet.

The Hard Yarn Spinners' Associa-
ton with a representation of approx
imately 100000 spindles at meeting
held recently at the Selwyn Hotel in
Charlotte decided to curtail produc-
tion approximately one-third between
the present time and the first of Sep
tember. The number of spindles af-
fected by this decision and the num-
Der of pounds manufactured product
that will thereby be taken off the mar
ket has not yet been figured, but this
will be done within the next few days
and the proper announcement made.
1t is understood that all agreed to cur
tail and any time between this and
the first of September was allowed to
meet the individual needs and con.
venience Of the mills.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
BANKING BOARD SELECTED
PRESIDENT WILSON HAS Sc
LECTED THE FEDERAL RE-
SERVE BOARD.
OLney Named for Governor-O+hers
Are Warburg, Wheeler, Hard
ina and Miller.

Washington.-Presi Wilson had
selected the five men, who, together
with the secretary of the treasury, w.
G. McAdoo, and the comptroller of
the currency, John Shelton Villains,
are to compose the federal reserve
board. The selections are:
Richard Olney of Boston, Mass, for
mer secretary of state under President
Cleveland. to be governor of the
board
Paul Moritz Warburg of New York,
member Of the banking firm Of Kuhn,
Loeb & Co.
Harry A. Wheeler of Chicago, vice
president and Union Trust company,
of Chicago, and former president and
organizer Of the United States cham
ber of commerce.
W. P. G. Harding of Birmingham,
Ala, president of the First National
Bank of Birmingham, and one of the
leading bankers of the South
The fifth member is from the Pa
cific coast, and is DR.. A. c. Miller OF
San Francisco.
Secretary Houston was one of the
men whom the president wanted tC
place on the board, but he did not
wish to make any changes in his cab
| met.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
NATIONAL TRIBUTE
To DEAD MARINES
PRESIDENT LAUDS HEROfSM OF
THE FIRST WAR VICTIMS AT
VERA CRUZ.
THOUSANDS LINE STREETS
President and Many Dignitaries Were
In Long Procession in New York.
Wilson's Speech.

New York-To the men of the navy
who died in the occupation of Vera
Cruz the city, the state and the ma
ton paid tribute in demonstration
chiefly remarkable for its silence and
solemnity For four miles through
the city streets the funeral cortege
passed and behind with barred head
rode the president.
Perhaps a million persons saw the
seventeen coffins, each on calsson,
borne from the Battery plaza in Low
er Manhattan to the navy yard in
Brooklyn. Such was the feeling of the
massed thousands that the silence at
times was oppressive. There were a
few sporadic outbursts of applause as
the presidents carriage, passed, but
these were quickly hushed.
Though there were but seventeen
of the dead in the procession, Secre-
tary of the Navy Daniels made it plain
that the ceremonies were for all who
had died at Vera CruZ-not only the
seventeen whose bodies we're brought
up by the cruiser Montana but also
for Clarence Harshberger and Henry
Pulliam, who have since died.
The religious ceremony at the navy
yard was more impressive, if possible
than was the sight of the slow NOV
ing cortege, "I never was in bat
tie or under fire." said President Will
son in his brief address, ''but 1 fancy
it is just as hard to do your duty
when men are sneering at you, as
when they shoot at you"
1--WE have gone to Mexico" he said
in another part of his address, etc
serve mankind If we can find the way
We don't want to fight the Mexicans
we want to serve them.
"a war of aggression is not thing
in which it is proud to die, but wal
of service is a war in which it is {
proud thing to die"
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14

Vera Cruz.-News reached here
that John R. Silliman, acting United
States consul at San Luis Potosi, has
been a prisoner in the hands of Gen.
Joaquin Mas, the federal commander.
for eleven days, and has been threat
ened every night with execution.
The information about Mr.. Silliman's
predicament was brought here by two
newspaper correspondents who had
come to Mexico City at the invitation
of Provisional President Husrta.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
HuertaSpurned by Villa.

Torreon, Mexico-The answer of
Gen. Francisco Villa to a request from
Federal General Mas that Villa join
the federals in avenging the American
occupation Of Vera Cruz, was delivered
to the federal messengers. General
Villa refused absolutely to ally him
sell and his men with the federals and
and Leo G. Miller, the naturalists, col
voked foreign Intervention for their
own ends. General Mas letter to
Villa announced that in addition to oc-
cupying Vera Cruz the port of Sa-
lima Cruz had been seized
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
France Not Hostile to u. S.

Paris Statements published in the
United States that French opinion con-
cerning the Mexican situation is hos
forth protests in the French press, the
most authoritative of which appears
in the Figaro by Gabriel Hanetaux,
president of the Franco-American com
mittee for the development of politi-
cal. economic, literary and art rela.
tions. M. Hanteaux says the vast diff
ficulty that confronts the United
States is recognized in France.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
"Bio Navv" Bill Passed.

Washington - The house passed
without a roll call the annual naval ap-
preparation bill, carrying $139, ,56O,334
and providing for the entire admins
tration naval construction program.
The building program includes two bat
tleships, one to be built in some gov
ernment navy yard; six torpedo boat
destroyers, one seagoing torpedo boat,
three coast defense submarine torpedo
boats, to be constructed on the Pacific
coast and four submarines The little
navy" men made their final stand
against two battleships
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
Labor Leaders Win Fiuht.

Washington.-The contempt SEN
tences imposed by the district SUI
preme court upon Samuel Gompers,
John Mitchell and Frank Morrison, Ia
oor leaders, were set aside by the SUI
preme court for the second time as
barred by the statute of limitations.
The decision of the supreme court in
the contempt cases against Samuel
Gompers, John Mitchell and Frank
Morrison of the American Federation
of Labor was handed down. Justice
Holmes said that contempts were not
to be treated as conspiracies
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
Shriners lake Atlanta.

Atlanta, Ga.-Atlanta is in the hands
of the Shriners. 1t was estimated
that 10000 mobiles Of the Mystic
Shrine had arrived to attend the forti-
eth annual meeting of the Imperial
Council of the Order, which convened
here.
The ingress of the Shriners con-
tinued through three days. Special
trains arrived at short intervals and,
with scarcely a break, the air was
filled with the blare of trumpets and
the roll of drums.
William w. Irwin, the imperial po-
tentate of Wheeling, w. Va, arrived
during the day. He was greeted with
a salute of 21 guns.
Many of the visitors are living in
the special trains that brought them
here. The hotel accommodations of
the city have been reserved for
months and the railroads arranged
to park the trains for the accommo-
datfon Of the overflow
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
Two Killed in Birminoham Fire.

were killed and one badly burned here
when fire completely destroyed the
general office building of the Birming-
ham Railway. Light and Power COM
pany. The property damaged was es-
timated at S15O,OOO. About two hun
dred employees were in the building
when the fire was discovered Com
pany officials said they believed all
had escaped outside of the two known
to have been killed. Firemen were
unable to search the ruins on account
Of the intense heat
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
NORTH CAROLINA BRIEFS.

One of the most important an
nouncements made by the directing
heads of the Southern Railway is
that of it's purpose to extend it's dou-
BILE track from Charlotte to Armour,
Ca, distance of 263 miles just as
soon as the necessary bonds, which
are to be issued within the next 80
days, are sold
Fire was discovered in the top story
of the large tobacco manufacturing
plant of Robert Harris & Bro, Reds
vile, few mornings ago. The fire
department responded promptly, but
owing to the big start the flames had
gained before discovered it was i'm
possible to save the building. Some
tobacco and the office fixtures were
saved.
The Henderson county board Of
education has ordered an election to
be held on June to decide on con-
solidating Reedy Patch and Dewitt
school districts and on the levy of
special school tax of 20 cents on the
S100 wort hof property and so cents
On the poll.
Charles E. Pugh, of Philadelphia
representing a concern of that city,
which controls the gas works in Eliz-
abeth City, Henderson and Oxford, NJ
c., and Rock Hill, S. c., stated before
leaving Kinston for Johnson City.
Tenn, that Kinston's plant would be
in operation by January 1, 1915.
The Guilford county creamery, re-
Gently established under the auspices
of the Guilford County Farmers
Union, is doing a splendid business,
and it is believed that the promises
of promoters in the outset will be
more than realized.
The State Journal, published at Rail
eigh the past two years by Alex ].
Field and R. F. Beasley as weekly
mirror of North Carolina life" sus.
pended publication with a final eight
page edition. An editorial statement
is to the effect that this step is neces.
STATED by lack Of adequate support in
subscriptions and Advertising
Conviction Of the murder of L. Pres.
ton Lyerly, merchant at Barber, on
the night of February "a, Sid Finger
negro, was sentenced by Judge w. F.
Harding, holding Rowan superior
court to die in the electric chair at
Raleigh June 10.
With the completion of the first
two buildings, the Kennedy Memorial
Home at Falling Creek, near Kinston
Is now expected to be opened within
90 or 80 days. The two buildings fin
1shed are the Lenoir building, dona
ted by Lenoir county subscriptions
and the Biggs building, given by ar
individual.
Ground was broken recently for the
erection of a building and plant valu
ed at $125,OO0 for the Salisbury Mill
tary school. The first dirt was thrown
by the newly elected president, DR.. A
S. Ford.
The First National Bank, of Dur
ham, has closed a deal for an eight
story bank and Office building which
will be fireproof throughout. The
contract has been let and the architec
has turned the plans over to the build
ing committee, which accepted then
without many changes. The buildins
will cost $175,00O, and will be finel,
fitted out in every department.
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
WILL MEET IN CANADA
ENJOYS WHO HAVE UNDERTAKE
EN- TO PREVENT WAR WILL
MEET ON CANADIAN SIDE.
ENJOYS Hope Rebel Leader Will Agree
to Armistice-United Statese Will
Hold Vera Cruz.

Washington.-The three South
American ENJOYS who have undertak-
en- by diplomacy to settle Mexico's
civil strife as we'll as her national diff
ficulties, announced that the first for
NAL conference with the different par
ties interested in the mediation will
be held at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Can
ada, May 18.
Secretary Bryan made the announce
ment for the three diplomats in a
brief statement which read as fol
lows:
''The mediators have notified the
different parties that Niagara Falls,
Canada, has been selected as the place
where the mediators will confer with
representatives of the different parties
interested in the mediation and that
the eighteenth of May has been fixed
as the date for the conference to be-
GIN
The commonwealth., 1914-05-14
Rates Based on Value Valid.

ashington-Passing on the death
of a mule in transit from East ST.
Louis, ILL.,, to Raleigh, N. c., the Su-
preme court held again that rates bas-
ed on value are valid. In this case
the bill of lading fixed the rate on
valuation of 500 on the mule. The
Supreme court of North Carolina held
that the railroad was responsible to
the J. NJ. Race Mule company for the
full value of the dead mule, $500. The
court reversed the state court, hold
ing that the value in the bill of lading
must be used in fixing the damage.