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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
Orchard Reservations Drop.


The number Of orchard reserva.
tions in the state is decreasing, &C
cording to reports being received by
Wesley Greene, state forester. The
number OF forest reservations will
show no gain, according to the indi-
cations.
In 1907 there were 1928 orchard
3,54s acres. In 1911 the number Of
reservations dropped to SGT, compris-
ing 1903 acres of orchard. The av-
erage size OF the orchards is two
and one-half acres. Under the terms
OF the law, which exempts these acres
from taxation for period Of eight
years. the saving In taxes to the
owner OF the reservation is but $3.50.
This Is so small an amount that the
farmers are not willing to meet the
restrictions provided in the law in or
der to exempt the land from taxation,
Mr.. Greene asserts.
The number of forest reservations
this year will be nearly 1000 and
they will amount to about $4,000
acres, the forester estimates. The
average size of the forests is twelve
and two-fifths acres. Under the tax
exemption the owner OF the land is
saved about s7.45 year in taxes. For
forest reservation the law requires
that there be at least 200 trees to the
acre and that stock be kept out of it.
For an orchard reservation the law
requires that there be at least seven.
| ty trees to the acre.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

A ring with glass set in it viii
make any little girl happy until she
meets another little girl with a ring
that has two glass sets in It.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
Money for Christmas.

money TOT CnrfStrnaS.
Selling guaranteed wearproof hosi-
cry to friends & neighbors. Big Xmas
business. Wear-Proof Mills, 5000
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa.-Adv.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
Life Prisoner Is Pardoned.

Orman Mcpherson. civil war vet
eran, who has been confined in the
Fort Madison penitentiary since 1897
on a life sentence for murder, has
been granted pardon by Governor
Clarke. The old man will be given his
freedom at once.
Mcpherson is IS years Of age, He
killed a town marshal in Morning
Sun in 1897 for abusing his son, who
was under arrest. According to the
record, the governor asserts that the
man should not have been convicted
OF crime more serious than man.
slaughter, the penalty for which is
eight years. The board Of parole,
when asked to investigate the matter.
declined to recommend clemency.
The G. A. r. OF Iowa at the re-
cent convention at Burlington passed
resolutions asking for the release of
Mcpherson. Every surviving member
of his regiment has called on the gov
ernor personally to request that he
be pardoned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

Almost any man may work himself
up to high degree of popularity with
his neighbors by taking up his resi-
dence on an uninhabited island in
midocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
The Forward Turn.

Pierre Rodjestvensky, the Russian
consul to San Francisco, said in q
recent military argument:
These assailants of the Russian
campaign are ignorant. Their argu-
ments show a military ignorance as
great as the sea, ignorance that was
shown by the young tripper on his
first visit to Coney island.
"As this tripper and his girl stood
on the Coney island beach, the young
woman said:
"'Al. is the tide going out or COM
ing inT
Coming in, Of course. you Ounce.
AL answered. Can't you see which
way the waves are turnin' over?'"
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

Men boast OF their bravery when
they resist small temptation.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
Defines "Ablebodled."


The question Of what constitutes an
ablebodied man subject to poll tax.
was put to John Fletcher, assistant
attorney general, by councilman of
Moulton, la. The state official declares
that the statute does not define the
term "ablebodied' as applied to poll
tax and that ii is up to the road fore
man to determine in each case wheth-
er man is CAPABLE OF doing a days
work.
The Moulton councilman. In his
letter, declares that there is a person
In Moulton who has finger off at the
first joint who declares he is not able
bodied and therefore is not required
to pay poll tax. Otherwise, the coun-
Gilman says, the man is in good con-
dition
According to the state law, the poll
tax Is SO a person. In some localities
the officials levy the tax on every
ablebodied man, but in other sections
it Is overlooked.
Safety Device at 0iriS School.
The state architect Is preparing
plans to have installed at the indus.
trial school at Nitchellville an cleo
trio device for throwing open the
doors OF the dormitories. The change
is for the purpose OF safety in case
OF fire. For years the girls In the up
per dormitories have been exposed to
danger in case fire should break out
in the building.
VIII Ask for More Inspectors.
That the work of catching fire
bugs In Iowa can be carried on with
greater efficiency, ole o. Roe. state
fire marshal, probably will ask the
Thirty-sixth general assembly to in
crease the appropriation for his de.
partment from $4,000 to $4,000 This
will permit him to employ two more
deputies for field work. At present
three inspectors cover the state.
A number Of peculiar fires which
have occurred In the last few weeks
have kept the state inspectors busy
following clues.
An unusually large number Of stores
in the smaller cities Of the state have
been destroyed by fire, causing sus-
picion that some Of them were not ac-
cidental. The state marshal asserts
that his department has secured the
indictment Of two fire bugs and sew.
eral others will be arrested soon as
the result Of his investigations. He
declares that there is no financial
stringency in any section Of the state
which would cause merchants to be-
come pinched and attempt to realize
on their stocks by means Of their in
surance policies. The IRE losses as
q whole have shown Improvement.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29

Bee Business Bad.
Iowa bee keepers have just COM
pleted gathering the 1914 honey crop.
According to the Bureau Of Crop Es-
Inmates of the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, the yield per
colony of bees was twenty pounds. In
1918 the production per hive was six
ty-five pounds.
The latest census figures of the
bee and honey industry of this state
relate to 1910. That year there were
sS,935 farms in Iowa that kept bees
and the total number OF colonies was
i6o.o25.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-10-29
cHIR0PRAcTIc DOCTOR

W. N. u, DIES MONIES. NO. 44--1s14.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-13
CARELESS OF HIM

A Birmingham man, on receiving
his doctors bill, hurried to the doc
tors Office and protected:
What does this mean, doc? Be
sides the stipulated fee for my wife's
operation you have charged me $1OO
extra for Instruments
Eyes, know" said the doctor.
That's for a very valuable saw that
I found I had left in your wife after
her operation" ..
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-13
cAP, sTREETER,s "IN AGAIN"

CAP STREETER'S "IN AGAIN"
Old Cap Streeter is in again. This
time it is because a real estate agent
sold a girl some of the land which
the Cap claims on the lake front.
The real estate agent, Charles D.
ROLAND, with Offices in the Bush
Temple, is under arrest. He claims
to own the land which he sold to An
ma Hooker, 211O N. Cullom av., for
$285.
The property came into his hands
as fees for legal services rendered
the Cap some time ago, he says. Cap
Streeter says not, and it was he that
advised the girl to swear out the
warrant.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-13
TERRIBLE BLUNpER

What's the matter?"y colleague
asked of the advertising manager,
says the Topeka Journal.
Matter enough! The fools have
placed Nine. COpranO's testimonial
for a cold cure on the same page with
the announcement that she had a
sore throat and couldn't sing"
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-13

TEACHERS PLAN TO FIGHT THAT
"MOTHER" RULE
New York, Oct. 13.-In order to
fight the board of education in it's
ruling against expectant-mother-
teachers, a local teacher who is about
to give birth to a child will remain on
duty until compelled to retire. Her
name is being kept a secret, but it is
stated by Miss Henrietta Rodman,
vice president of the league for the
civic service women, that the woman
is q years old, 4 graduate Of the
teachers college and the daughter of
a Methodist minister.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-10-13
FAMOUS GERMAN SIEGE GUNS
INVENTED BY AN AMERICAN

INVENTED BY AN AMERICAN
The mighty siege guns which the
Germans have employed with such
deadly effect against the Belgian and
French foTtresses were first con-
stTUcted in Chicago and tested by
the U. S. government at Sandy Hook.
Louis Gathmann, at one time con-
nected with the Northwestern Uni
versity, is the inventor of what is
known as the Gathman gun and
shell.
When the United States tested
these shells it was found that there
was great danger that the gun after
it had been used a dozen times, would
explode because of its terrific power.
The shells are about feet long
and Is inches in diameter. carrying
nearly barrel of gunCotton or nitro
glycerine.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
ANNUAL
Inspection Of Clinton Chapter
Wednesday Night
Excellent Address Given By
Frederick ], Crane

The annual inspection of Clinton
Chapter, No. 26, Royal Arch Masons,
occurred at special convocation at
the Masonic Temple Wednesday eve
ming. High Priest Gail o. Cooksey
and corps of officers were in their
chairs at Z o'clock when the honorary
degree of Mark Master was conferred
upon three candidates. The work was
we'll given.
The inspecting officers were r. e.
Companion Frederick ]. Crane of near
Cleveland. After the work, the in
specting officers highly complimented
the officers and the members for the
excellent showing made by the chap
ter. After this the inspecting officer
gave a very interesting history of the
founding of the grand chapter in
Ohio and the rapid growth of that
body in Masonry. After the chapter
closed smoker was held in the club
rooms
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
ASSAILS WILSON'S
MEXICAN POLICY
SOIOn Says RuGrta Should Hare
Been Recognized at Outset.

Washington, March 26-President
Wilson's policy Of "watchful waiting"
over Mexico was attacked in speech
delivered in the house by Represen.
tative Ainey Of Pennsylvania, a Re.
publican member of the committee on
foreign affairs Mr. Alney's address
followed the action of the committee
on foreign affairs in tabling the reso.
luton introduced by Mr. Ainey call.
ing on the president to forward to
the house all information in his pos.
session bearing on conditions In
Mexico.
Mr.. Ainey paid his respects to Villa
and the revolutionists in scorching
language. He argued that the admin.
istration should have recognized Hu.
erta at the outset and. concluding.
said: "If war comes with Mexico; IL
Huerta, spurned by the United States.
turns to Japan and the price Is Mag.
daleua bay; if the citizens Of Ger.
many are murdered in Mexico and we
are thereby involved. the responsible.
ity for the dire results rests upon a
weak and obstinate policy which has
refused the pathway of safe aud pa.
triotic precedent"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Birthday Party
Given BY Miss Hurley

Miss Helen Hurley entertained a
number of her classmates, little
friends and teachers from four to
eight o'clock, March 25th, in honor of
her twelfth birthday. A delightful
time was spent ii games and all en-
ioyed the buTet luncheon. The decor
ations were pink and white carnations
and ribbon festoons. Miss Helen will
derive a great deal OF pleasure in
using the camera given to her by her
schoolmates and appreciates all the
pretty and useful gifts. Mrs. Albert
Crumley and Mrs. Howard Splitter as
sisted in entertaining.
The following poem which was writ
ten by her father for the occasion was
read for the guests by Mrs. Witherel'
My Highest Aim
To try to find around me beauty
everywhere,
With fellowmen the beautiful in life
TO share.
To long throughout my life, within
myself, to be
That which I wish in ey'ry other life
to see.
To gather honey from the works of
all the good,
And all the wise e'er since the world
in beauty stood.
To make companionship with these
my daily aim,
And seek for fellowship with those
who love the same.
My highest aim of all supremest good
to know,
In likeness to His image steadfastly
to grow,
From glory into glory changed till
earth is past,
And then to see Him face to face In
heaven at last.
NV dearest daughter these lines ex
press my own aspiration. There are
twelve lines to celebrate your twelfth
birthday. May their sentiment be
come your sentiment through life.
Lovingly Papa to Helen
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
LIVE STOCK AND GRAIN
CHICAGO, March


Cattle - Beeves, 81 1n9s GO; Texas
steers. 81 256S 80: stockers and feeders.
As e0eDs 10; cows and heifers, SO zoos 81;
Hors--I,ight. IS 65@s 80; mixed SO so
as ST.. heavy, S8 4O1s 55; rough. Ss 40
G0 55. pigs 81 1908 TO-
sheen and Iambs-Native sheep, 81 IS
60s so: western. IS OO66 50; native lambs,
ss S5D7 80; western, 50 S5@s 90.
Wheat--No. REQ, 94i4 D95c. Corn-No
2, 69hc. Oats-No. Waite 42c.
Receipts Cattle, 1900; hogs. 2s.90o;
sheep and lambs, 2S,cO0
EAST BUFFALO, March %.
cattre-Pr1me steers, 50 OO@s rs; snip
ping $S OO0S rs; butchers. So 75Is So;
beifers sc oO@s IL. cows, SO 1907 so;
bulls S6 0Oa7 60; fresh cows and spring
Eogs-E5eavv 50 5000 35: mixed, 50 So
6aa AZ. yorlers SO 3OGr9 40; pigs, 50 300
. M. rouchs. IS 4OGS 50; stays ST 600
: TX. deiries 80 25@9 IS.
sheer and Lambs - YearlIngs, IS 500
Ok. wethers Sc 2506 40; ewes. fs OO9
8 90 mixed sheep, So 0O@6 15; lambs,
s5lkOns is
Receints-iJogs 900; sheep and lambs,
ono. taI,,es t95
'''0N ~ ENJeiAN0 NT,rcb 2S
cattle Choice fat stesrs, ss 0O@s rs;
,o,d IN choice steers. ST 500s 90: heifers,
es En@D7 Eo COWS So OOn6 90. bulls So 90
az no. m.jchers and springers, S35 OOcl
so 90: calves $40 OO@1O go
era light Workers and pigs, 80 20; stays,
81 60: roughs, IS Is.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
WORTH KNOWING

Spare ribs are much improved by
parboiling before roasting.
Meat broths should be made only in
porcelain or agate ware utensils.
To beat the whites of eggs stiff, al
ways have them cold and add pinch
of salt.
Camphorated oil will clean the
marks made by hot dishes on the pol
ished table.
Open canned fruit or vegetables and
pour into dish several hours before
they are served.
A gas stove should be wiped off each
time it is used and washed with tur-
pentine once week.
To clean pewter wash it with hot
water, rub it with fine sand and when
dry polish with leather.-Dallas News
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
OFFICERS
SEARCHING
For Earnest Williams Who
Stole A Horse
And Sold 1t In This City For.
Sum Of $40
Man Under Suspended Re-
fOrmatOry Sentence
And Officers From Institution
Are Notified
Aud viii Try To Locate The
Horse Thief
Aud viii Try To Locate The
Horse Thief

Ernest Williams, colored who was
sentenced to the Ohio State reforma-
tory by Judge Jewell at the February
term of common pleas court, and
whose sentence was suspended upon
condition of good behavior, is again
in trouble and officers are searching
for him.
Sometime Wednesday morning Will
liams is alleged to have stolen a
horse from his step-father, who re-
sides on East Burgess street. Young
Williams then sold the horse to G. L..
v. Mercer for $40. This occurred at
the noon hour Wednesday.
Wednesday afternoon the elder Mr..
Williams discovered that his horse
had been stolen and informed Sheriff
Woolison. An investigation was made
and the animal found at the Mercer
barn. Mr.. Mercer stated that he had
purchased the horse from young Will
liams, who represented it as his own
NOOlAGOA az OhSO
started out in search for Williams, but
he could not be located.
The sheriff then informed the Of
fcials of the Ohio State Reformatory
and it is up to them to run down the
man. Information came to the sheriff
Thursday morning than an officer
from the reformatory would be put on
Williams trail at once.
Williams is about 10 or 20 years OF
age and was indicted by the grand jury
for assault with intent to kill and rob-
berry upon Stephen Lafever, while the
two were stealing a ride, in a box car
enroute from Utica. Williams was
found guilty and was given suspend
ed sentence by Judge Jewell upon con
dition that he abstain from intoxicat,
ing liquor and that he behave himself
in the future. Williams has been on
his good behavior until Wednesday
when he stole the horse from his steT
father
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
ARREST
Of Jay HissOng On A Peace
Warrant

Jay Hissong was arrested Thursday
morning by Constable Alex Bumpus
on a peace warrant sworn out before
Justice of the Peace George S. Harter
by Helen Hissong, his wife. She al
leges that Iissong follows her and
that she is afraid that he will strike
her. Immediately after his arrest,
Hissong was taken before Justice
Harter and was placed under bona
og 800 to keep the peace.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Case Against Commissioners
Is Not Finished
By Decision Of Supreme
Court On Tuesday
Several Applicants Under
Mothers Pension Law

The last will and testament of Mar
tin V. Horn, late of Harrison town
ship, has been filed in probate. By
the terms of the will the testator
gives all his estate, both real and per-
sonal, to his wife, Martha E. Horn,
during her lifetime ana at her death
all the property is to be sold and the
proceeds divided equally among the
following children LIMA Horn, Mamie
j. Brown, Rosa Bell Davis aud Levi
Horn. The testator directs that after
his death his son, Levi j. Horn, be
given the privilege Of purchasing the
home farm of 65 acres in Harrison if
he so desires it, at SOS per acre. If he
should refuse to buy the property then
it is to be sold by the executor and
the proceeds divided among the child
ren as mentioned above. Levi J.,
Horn is named as the executor OF the
will, which was signed October IA,
1918, in the presence of P. A. Berry
and F. o. Levering.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Jeanette Hess

Jeanette Hess, the young daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Hess, died at
the home of her parents at 645 Nortbi
Sandusky street Wednesday night at
IL o'clock after an illness of two.
weeks duration caused by scarlet
fever. She was 3 years. 10 monthsa
and % days old at the time of her
death and is survived by her father andA
mother.
The funeral at the house FridaH
morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. o. E.
Ford officiating. The services will be-.
private. Interment in Forest cemetery
at Fredericktown.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
+ i. i. i. !. !. = !. :. !. :. !. !.
+ MT. ZION +
4. X i. X j. i. + i. Il i. 4. !. i !.

Sunday school will be organized
at the Mt. Zion church Sunday, March
Goth at 2:30 D. m. Let everyone come
and lend a helping hand.
Mrs. Belle Elbert and Mrs. Fanny
Howell of White Oak spent Saturday
with Mrs. Cora Burch.
Mr.. John Wolfe, Davy and Carl Har-
ris we're business callers at Utica
Saturday.
Mrs. Matilda Dawson of jug Run
fell and broke her hip one day last
week and owing to her advanced age,
it is quite serious.
Mr.. Earl Burch and Lawrence Green
attended Grange at Henpeck last
Thursday night.
Mr.. Allen Schooler Is moving on his
farm in Happy Hollow this week.
Mr.. Donald Johnson of Fallsburg is
quite ill at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
Lawrence Green.
Geo. Harris is working near Mar
tinsburg this week.
Mr.. Lester Sholtz of Pine Bluffs is
working for Lawrence Green this
week.
Mr.. Charles Dugan is quite i'll with
blood poisoning.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
OPERATION
On Clarence Galley Was A
Complete Success

Columbus, o March 26-The oper.
alton by which a piece of one of his
ribs was grated into the skull Of
Clarence Galley, an oil driller, aged
35, of Hebron, formerly of Mt. Vernon,
was pronounced complete success
yesterday and he was discharged from
Grant hospital. He was injured in
the head by a heavy iron bar and the
wound healed in such way that a
broken piece of the skull pressed on
the brain. 1t was removed and piece
of the cartilage from rib substituted
in its place.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
In Honor Of
NewlyWeds

On Wednesday evening the operat-
ors of the Mt. Vernon Telephone COM
pany and other friends to the number
of thirty rendered Mr.. and Mrs. How
ard Thompson, No sos North Gay
street, a miscellaneous shower, which
consisted OF aluminium ware, pictures
and fancy dishes. During the evening
refreshments were served AT late
hour the guests departed wishing Mr..
and Mrs. Thompson a long and happy
life.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Successful
Reception

The reception held at the public IL
brary Wednesday afternoon and eve
ming by the College Women's club
was a very successful and exceedingly
enjoyable affair. An orchestra rem
dered delightful music during the
hours of the reception and light re-
freshments were served by the mem
bers of the club A large number of
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Aimed at convict.Made Goods.

Washington, March 26.-The hou
passed the Hensley bill, forbidding tn
importation OF convict or pauper-
made goods. Efforts were made by
Republicans and Progressives to
amend the measure so as to include
In its inhibitions the admission of the
products OF child labor Speaker
Clark ruled that the amendment was
not germane to the measure.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Manhattan Club
Enjoys A Dance

The members Of the Manhattan club
enjoyed the last dance Of series Of
twelve in the Pythian armOry on We'd
nesday evening. a large number
we're in attendance Dancing was en-
ioyed until 1870 O'Clock when ban
quet was held. The event was one of
the most delightful ever given by the
club.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Aid Society
Entertained

The Ladies Aid Society OF the Buck
eye City M. L. church met at the home
of Mrs. Harmon Burris in Buckeye
City Wednesday evening. The occa-
sion was in honor of Mrs. Walter Bur-
ris who will move to Mt. Vernon in
a few days Thirty ladies were pres
ent to enjoy the occasion. Delicious
refreshments were served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27

people called both afternoon and eve.
ming and contributed substantially.
over fifty dollars we're dropped in the
basket. This with the fund to be
given by the club will aggregate about
eighty dollars, all of which will be
used for the purchase of new books.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27

The shuberts are planning to revive
"The Girl from Kay's," with Sam
Bernard in his original role and Gaby
Deslys in the title role. Several other
players of prominence have been en-
gagged for the cast
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
NOVEL DESSERT

Oranges and cfanberries mako a
delicious as well as an attractive des-
sert. Cook cranberries as for sauce
and pour over sliced oranges. Serve
cold, with or without whipped cream
Los Angeles Express.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1914-03-27
Frazier-Derringer
Maddinn

Frazier-Oerringer
Wedding
Mr.. Hiram E. Frazier OF Marengo
and Mrs. Laura Belle Derringer OF Mt.
Vernon were married by Justice Of
the Peace George s. Harter at his Of
fee Thursday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock. They will make their home
at Marengo.