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Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-24
A Strange Bequest.

In olden times, when rushes
were strewn on the floor in lieu
OF carpets, many persons left pro-
quests of money and land for pro-
viding rushes for the floors of
churches. The use, of course has
long been discontinued, but in
certain places the church wardens
attend to the preservation of the
rights by cutting little grass
each year and strewing it on the
church. But perhaps one of the
most eccentic beqnests was that of
certain John Ridge, of Trvsull,
Statfordshire, who left pound
a year for a poor man to go round
the parish church while the SER
mon was being preached awak-
ening the slumbers and inciden-
tally to eject any stray dogs that
might invade the sacred premises.
London bankers clearing house
business in 1918 totaled $T9,9S7,.
760, ,Q66,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-24
Death of Ernest Sitz.

Ernest, the 10 year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Marion Sitz, died at
their home here Sunday about IL
O'Clock, after an illness of two
weeks with fever. Funeral SER
vices were conducted by Revs.
FL. e. Sumner and Ferrell Tate,
and burial took place at the City
Cemetary at 5 o'clock Monday.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-24
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Druggists.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-24
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j. Z. BLAIR, Chairman.

In the Russian and German
hospitals goats milk is much used
for children as being more nour-
ishing than cows milk and free
from tuberculosis,
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-24

MRS. GRUNDY-A character in Morton's
Comedy, Speed the Plough" the wife of a
lucky farmer, envied by DameAshield, neigh
Dor, who constantly exclaims "What will Mrs.
Grundy say" hence, society in general regarded
censor of morals.-Standard Dictionary.
Mrs. Grundy. (Tracy City, Tenn.) 1903-1930, 1914-09-24

Advertisements must have'merit or they
will not be accepted. Mrs. Grundy has large
and increasing circulation. Artistic designs in
typography special feature in our ads. With
the latest improved machinery we are also turn
ing out superior grade Of job work.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
THE GAME AND The GAMBLERS.

Much elimination and denial and es
TIE participants void say general rag
chewing match has been IL progress
since the Iowa Nebraska football game.
L was rough game right enough
and PROBABLY each team was guilty o.
rude behavior. !. Iowa City, however.
the -'oeeang~ OF Nebraska is attributed
20 the thousands Of dollars Nebraska
hackers dropped betting on the ausn
Der Of points Nebraska would eea,
Iowa
That's about the size .. it. Iowa
.City is right. The betting was heavy
and the cornhusking contingent lost
theirs. The year before the Iowa dele
CATION left their money in Lincoln and
came home full Of wrath and voluble
of language directed al the officials.
Talk as YOU please the hardest loser IN
! the world is q gambler and a betting
man.
! But the serious point about 1t all is
not the grouchy recriminations between
successful and unsuccessful gamblers
but the fact that the interstate uni
versity games have degenerated into a
sort Of betting debauch. The amount
bet on the game has become to large
degree the insignia Of LOYALTY TO the
| colors. To 20 broke on the home team
is BY way Of winning an iron cross.
decoration Of patriotism and this
reaches from the freshman 70 the
alumnus. Added is the gambling con
tingent who may nave never .natr4cu-
lated IN any college or managed 70
| get past the seventh grade Of high
school but VINO make the game a ve-
| hicle 10 carry their bets as they would
back Drizefghtter or racehorse.
/ The game isn't worth fl. Il isn't the
idea. The gambling and heavy betting
On intercollegiate football games &
verging close to the scandaloug. The
rag chewing between iowa and Ne
braska and the reasons given Tor il ap-
proach the scandalous when concerted
with the athletics Of universities Of
states Ike iowa and Nebraska.
The worst enemy Of clean sport is
the gambler. He killed horseracing.
he would xiii baseball could ne get
MS fingers on It Give the betting con
tingent in charge 0; sport and i:
degenerates
when the Losses and winnings # me
betting bunch On interstate football
games remain a bone Of contention
weeks and months after the game has
been PLACED II is time to take steps
70 suppress the gambling Or the gameg.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07

haps thu third item has eosmo connSo.
ton with the second, but anyhow lt lss
Everyone around 0priAgdale y hone0e
This conclusion y drawn from the
following paragraph which - lifted
from our West Liberty letter today:
I'm closing up the books OF the firm
Of Ewes & Maxaon, who have conducted
q general store at Sprtngdale. VILLAGE
a few miles north Of West Liberty, for
many years. remarkable record 10
merchandising ID found. J. w. Ewes
and Willard Maxson has sold the store
to w. s. Fineneld. and viii retro.
when II 10 remembered that Spring
dale il very small village. completely
away from railroad. the average Of
better than $4,000 q year for twenty
five years. 10 worthy OF record. Mr..
Ewes began the business about twenty
five years ago and some twelve yeare
ago Mr.. Maxson became q partner. Bet
ter even than this average in Gales.
however. Ia the fact that In this quarter
century Of business there remains only
a paltry 5000 on the books, uncollect-
able. This amount may be lowered, but
the opinion Of the retiring merchants Is
that this sum may not be realized"
Many city grocer will read that
paragraph and wish his business had
been located in Springdale. Think OF
doing $4,000 year for twenty-five
years and accommodating In that time
only 5000 worth OF bad bill. We will
all have to take our hats Off to Spring
dale, Iowa, where everyone Is honest.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
THE rEAsERs.

Monticello ExpreSS.J
II the editors and preachers needed
all the requests OF all the societies
that desire them to boom all sorts OF
public and asi-public enterprises.
we would have all the enthusiasts
who never consider anything but
their own hobby taking all the space
in the newspapers and oil the time In
the pulpits. There are Greater Iowa"
clubs. tuberculosis societies. Lincoln
highway boomers. THE Dear Old Flag
brge des suffragette bands, hospital
squads. holy rollers and self-appointed
and self STYLED boosters for all sorts Of
projects who considering nothing else
of much Importance, and who therefore
want the advertising of the newspapers
and the booming OF the pulpiteers.
These various and other tormenters OF
patience try to get united action thru
particular weeks OF effort when the
newspapers are asked to hammer and
the pulpits to thunder for them. They
are less successful than they used to
be, Editors of any experience throw
their long winded and windy literature
into the waste baskets, and the preach
ers with any sort OF mission of their
own tell them to go to. or hire a hall.
The average reformer needs to learn
that people are not all OF one mind. II
he has a mission of merit 1t will receive
some attention by somebody. but not
by everybody. Newspapers are run as
the business of their owners, and
churches are erected for preaching the
gospel, but they are the targets for
more impositions than any other lines
OF endeavor Happily they are not
always hit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07

length Of time. Aside from tho Quee-
ton OF how far business should excuse
any man from the duties ana embar-
easements Of citizenship, the circula-
ton OF petitions for or against the sa-
loon leaves few noticeable effects three
months after the fight Is over. The
merchant with the bargains and the
good business methods gets the trade
Of all factions Just the same.
The petition system has been pretty
thoroughly thru the courts. 1t is pretty
well settled. It's results are definite.
They are now acceded to by both sides
of the contention. OF course technical
points are used to delay The action OF
law which would close or open the sa-
looms. But all in all the petition has
been thoroughly threshed out and is
we'll understood.
Admitting that the mulct is a
changeling, that il says one thing and
does another, that in the beginning 1t
was legal evasion of the prohihitory
law and ground anchor 10 the liquor
interests, it remains that ii has be-
come under the changed sentiment
ard common sense OF the state bull
wark of temperance. The towns that
have gone dry and stayed dry have
done so under the petition system
Perhaps Des Moines can scheme
some sort OF election that Will show
better results than the petition but
most of those who have'.o'Iowed the
temperance campaigns closely viii re-
main Missouriens until they are shown.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
Aso1nEe pEs MONIES PLAN.

DEG Noines is taking aDoll. q saloon
election, 4 sort ri special election ~
decide whether or not the saloons shall
be granted permits by the city council
The discussion II az TO whether sucn
an election would be binding.
1t Is up 10 Des Noines u handle her
saioon question az she sees IT. How
ever II looks from the outside tbst such
an election would not 6ellger much 1.
would depend upon the members NJ the
council to accept or refuge " ao!Se by
the results Or 70 throw the matter into
court. At any rate Whatever the cum
Gil 5itfsuii55 tsccinie 10 IT, the Questiyri
would Immediately go 70 the courtz
and drag It's weary way back and forth
to and from the supreme court and the
saloons would continue 10 % D1ssness
at the old stand while the iitigs tion
should be In progress.
The fact Of the matter is that the
mulct offers the best way out III IL q,
present. The petition System ha4
ousted the saloon wherever II has beer
busted In Iowa and that coyers sr.ogs o,
lowa's territory. 1t IL true that the Pc
tition puts those dependent upon pub.
lie patronage in an embarrassing posi.
I ton and results in th4A.
However that is mostly annoyance sn1
I! temporary. In towns wne.z. .he re.
titions have circulated the history ot
It 10 that nobody's trade excepting III.
isaloonist 10 seriously affected for an,
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
AGRICULTURAL EXPERTS.

A matter that is being very much
discussed in various counties and
which finds it's advocates and oppon-
ents in about equal numbers is that of
the employment OF a county adviser
and agricultural expert. Some coun-
ties where the agent is employed fur
nish strong recommendations OF the
plan.
1t is new thing and should be dis
cussed. II the agricultural expert is
actually an expert, an organizer and an
executive. there can De very little doubt
OF his value 10 the agricultural inter-
ests. And in Iowa agricultural coun-
ties those are the Interests of the
whole county. But /, is a matter to be
threshed out thoroughly and every man
has a right TO his say.
New things meet opposition. Some o.
them are worthless and fail. y good
thing rarely dies under opposition L;
is easy to recall that the mail route
met opposition and ridicule: that the
rural telephone had to win its Way Eat
It IS also easy TO remember the COM
plete acceptance % both when their
ut:lity was made evident
So. perhaps, with the agricultural
expert. II the system IS success i
viii win But & mainly depends on the
class Of men and their efficiency who
take up the work. a real expert IS
one thing. a mock expert isn't any
thing
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07

Thomas Mott Osborne, rich and with
his own ideas of prison reform, has
just taken up his duties az warden OF
Sing Sing prison. the worst in the coun-
try. 1t was Mr.. Osborn who spent O
week in Auburn prison, New York, as
q prisoner under the alias Of Tom
Brown, so as to learn first hand what
prison life IL like. Here are some OF
Mr.. Osborne's prison reform ideas:
There may be one incorrigible out Of
ten men. II punish him he will not
only grow to hate mo, but he will resent
the society that represent. and the
others will sympathise with him. Az
Judge Weed said. Don't let the tail wag
tho dog intend 70 have the nine men
who wish to behave take care OF the one
who doesn't.
II believe the warden should devote
part OF his time to the educational
problem OF the men. may arrange for
informal talks by outsiders. such as
professors. One great trouble at Sing
Sing 10 that there 10 no one meeting
house where all the men can come to-
gether.
II would rather have the men work
hard two hours instead Of puttering
along for eight hours. One Of the worst
things this state can teach tho men y
to work badly.
"The real object Of prison life 10 to
send the men out with such efficiency
as to labor and In such a state Of mind
that they won't come back. It Ia to the
interest Of tho state to aid the men to
that end.
THE model prison should be based
on the farm plan, with workshops.
where the men could labor like human
beings, instead of number Of for.
tresses huddlsd together.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
THE BULL MOOSE PROSPECT.
'TNovo do Rapresontat iye,1


The national committee and otner
leaders Of the progressive party ORGAN
ization have been holding conference,
the conclusion Of which as given to the
public is that the party will keep up
its fight and will run candidate lot
president in 1916. The matter is IN
teresting rather than important. what
ever the politicians who have put their
political all into the bull moose bust
ness may think of their investment,
they are bound to stay ~ 1t now until
they either realize or know that 1t IS
a dead loss. Meanwhile the voters,
who have In the matter TO stake but
the promotion of the political things
which they believe in. will inevitably be
governed by their sense OF the stu
alton and the probability of their De-
ing able to make their votes count in
one way or another. There is nothing
in this latest demonstration that In
any wise jeoparizes republican success
in 1916. provided that the republican
party manifests reasonable sense in its
own conduct and nominations; and OF
course unless the republican party does
exercise such sense. any such little
matter as bull moose activity will make
small difference to II.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
COON RAPIDS AND SALOONS.
(Coon Rapids Enterprises

The saloon consent petition II again
being circulated all over the county.
Saturday OF last week it was brought
out in Coon Rapids and locality and Is
being actively presented to everyone
whom 1t is thought would likely sign
it. We understand that unlike othef
petitions. this one is being presented
in slip form so that the signor has
no way Of seeing who else may have
signed It, nor of having his own name
exposed to the public along with other
names. This seems to be q clever
ruse and will no doubt aid some IN
gaining signatures. But of course
when the petition Is filed at Carroll
then everyones name which Is on 1t
will be known to the public. Just when
the petition will be completed here Is
not known, OF course, but the parties
interested can have thirty days for
fling from the day they begin cir
culating the petition and 1t Is likely
that the petition from Coon Rapids
will not be filed until virtually the last
day allowed for fling.
1t hardly seems possible that the
saloon could ever return TO Coon Rap
ids During the Ave years OF It's abb
prospered as never before. Business in
all lines has been good and the town
has had marked growth in improve
ment. Many buildings. residences as
well as business, have gone up and OF
the most substantial kind. There has
also been a marked Improvement In
the general civic conditions in the way
Of better morals. fewer arrests, and
causes for arrests due to liquor than
formerly. Those who had been In the
habit OF spending their money day
after day over the saloon bar and In
consequence much OF the time unfit for
regular work. have since been In con-
dition to persue their labors and have
had more money with which to support
their families ana more time to be
with their families. Moro than this
they have been in q mental condition
more fit to be OF some enjoyment to
their wives and children. Taking
everything into consideration the town
and community has shown q notable
Improvement. To go back to the sa-
loon would be like = reformed drinkei
returning to his cups-a moral re-
lapse which would not only be dis
creditablc but hurtful to the town and
community, and make for unhappiness
In many homes which have had q
larger degree OF happiness since the
saloon disappeared The starting OF
an open saloon would be the cultiva-
ton OF new crop OF drinkers. adding
more and more to the curse OF the
drink habit.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
Topics of the Times

No the man Isn't hearse from cheer
ing the suggestion to bring over 100000
BeIsians to Iowa, He's jus; caught a
Geld.
II we can make men out of convicts
by working them on the highways and
state buildings and on custodial farms
the results VIII re worth infinitely
more than The cost Of few hundred
acres Of land and the only ones TO lose
viii 5e the prison labor contractors.
Now the Carranza side OF the Next
can fuss has esta ohshed press bureau.
l, is possible iha; those willing work
ers OF the Hamilton bureau have
slipped across the line? The stuff
sounds ike them
II the United States needs a big
hasn't been convinced OF the need. y
big army as preventive Of war is
effective as an automobile as a means
Of keeping the family at home Sundays.
Has the Belgian appetite been able
10 get away with all those Belgian
hs.es?
Lord Kitchener says be didn't give
irwin Cobb any interview. Maybe Cobb
took II. Anyhow the odds are in Cobb's
favor. Kitchener may have imagined
that he vas pumping Cobb bu; those
who know American Newspaper men
VIII understand that the reporter go,
as much as ne gave.
Tina, Federal baseball outfit seems to
be batting along about ..5o
Its two weeks 70 Christmas. II you
don. buy them this week You haven
bought them early. And the chances
are that you viii not be able to buy
Z n as wisely.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
REAL sURFAcING NEEDED.

dubuque IeleSraph- fefalQ.J
That Iowa has made progress In the
matter OF road building, but that re-
CARELESS of the fact she is expending
more than other states she Is behind
them In the procession. Is the tenor Of
a story from the Marshalltown Times
Republican which is presented else
where on this page.
There are no finer roads In the
woodworking dry weather-that the
average Iowa prairie affords What
happens after a few hours OF rain ere
ates condition in the popular mind
that seldom is expressed In polite So
ciety.
for Iowa roads that is brought out
in the Times-Republican story which
Incidentally reviews a series OF expert
ences OF Mr.. Brockway. former chair
man of the Iowa house COMMITTEES
which enacted the present county
read law. The facts and figures pre-
sented in the article furnish subject
matter for earnest thought and doubt
less will not be overlooked in the de-
lberations OF the next legislature.
The country highway. the means
available for getting the farmer and
his produce TO market, is one of the
greatest factors in the development
OF any state. After a season of heavy
rains many farmer might as well he
500 miles from a railway as within ten
miles OF II. SO far as his ability to get
his stock or grain to shipping point 10
concerned.
Large progress has been made in
the Improvement OF Iowa highways.
splendid results have been accom-
plished In the matter OF uniformity
o. construction. There still are large
problems to be solved and the state will
not come into It's own until an approx
imation OF the solution It attained.
Quicker access TO market Is one OF the
r,ryinf, needs OF rural Iowa
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
Iona Newspapers
sAys IT'S THE LIMIT"

That loDKs like the limit \ party
of nix carpenters AZ Mason CITY were
helping a friend 70 get his house IN
s}abe for the winter. They were not
working for p2y. hut IT was SUNDAY.
and the sheriff came along ana stopped
them. Perhaps ne VIZ within ms riSnts,
and perhaps he was simply snf0rclns
the law, b1t ~ 81 apparent that tnAt
man ~ mt JppkfpE TOR re-s'ect'0H'
ny me sayHe ts,is~1 NJ ~IS's = =
rested ne5SbboTs vim vent 'nto fns
faAa1 "a, a sunday 70 assist \ nsfghboT
wfo H,shf be unable ~ ~ for n,msssI
That Ufr;eer w3H MT su&fe1y set him
s<K d,sIlkeA, Eut hs n AQfag the yssJ
thing ~ paAt1 ths isw s14eeua0as -
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
e.,.,ex a. PUZZLE a,lr,s

II . man undertakes to do anything
Of public service without being part
OF . machine. or II On organtsA&joo
which 10 composed merely Of repee
sentative citisens and has NO predae
tory interests undertakes 70 do any.
thing, the word which sums up the
objections Of the standpat mind =
"self.constitutod."- Weekly.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
WHERE EVERYONE is HONEST.
Davenport Democrat

Springdale is a little village in Cedar
county, Iowa. It has heretofore found
mention In the papers usually for two
reasons. One is because John Brown
once had his headquarters there, drilled
some of his partisans there and was
accompanied from there by some OF his
lieutenants in the outbreak at Harper's
Ferry. The other IL because II Is the
center of community OF Friends or
Quakers.
From the West Liberty correspondent
OF the Democrat comes a story which
shows that Springdale u entitled to
public attention for a third reason. Per-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
pInsrsnee In Lives.

Il costs to send. To give message
20 the world, to express ones person
atty in ones time calls for real ex.
penditure. That ID why small and
selfish lives are only receivers. while
those lives which bless mankind have
given OF their substance and Of their
selves
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07

there was Just ono boiler. He stuck
to his work and progressed.
We fancy . majority Of the idlers IN
any city are those who have never
regularly learned trade. A trade 10
something that 10 always handy. al
ways available. and no mechanic ID
long idle. This ought to be o tip to
the young fellow under 90.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
Masonic Meetings.

" SPECIAL comMUNiCA ION
Marshall Lodge. No. 1os A :. 6 A NJ
tuesday. Dec. 8. 1880 p. M. For WORK
Th,rd degree. John w, Wells secre-
tar !. 7 Forbes. ". NJ.
SPECIAL coNvocATioN, s!gnet
Chapter No. IS, r. A. NJ, Mo''uas
Dac 7:3o .. n. ROYAL Arch
lr-ee John ". Wells. secretary a.
D. Meeker, z. Il P.
STATED ASSEMBLY. King Solomon
Council No. 20. R 5. NJ Monday a,'e e
,ss third SUNDAY. ]. T. Forbes, recoroe5'
a D Meeke-, 7. L IL
SPECIAL conclAvE St. Aidenar
c..--andsry No. 50 x T. iaesuas
Sov -. WORK az 5 O'clock: 6:'o
49, .-su@c.son- F. NJ. wilbur. L e
II : Mcfarland. Fec
REGULAR MEETING central ,,. chap na.
-. ~. 3. o. z :. wednesday. De
rs-5s- II. go , IL Election o. on
- a--a Downing. secrstars Maj
sacx Co.t.as, X Il.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1914-12-07
Mlnlmsm Waas.

The object Of . minimum waees
law II the prevention OF low wages.
The law, like the Fair Wage" regular
ton, would decide the lowest (mint
NUM- wage II would Do legal TO pay
upon public works. II could not apply
TO private contracts, Of course.