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clan, but who had spent most Of
bis loog life as a school teacher
in st. Tammany and Washing
IN Parishes. Many were the
.ories told Of him and the rough
.ethods he was forced to adopt
18th the young hoodlums Of
chose pioneer days, who fell IN
der the all-conQuerlng ferrule.
| The other visitor was old DR.. Wal
lace, who had seen service as an
armysurgeon on the frontier in the
Indian wars, and who had been a
volunteer physician at Memphis
during the frightful yellow fever
endemic which devastated that
city.
| It was at DR.. Affords that the
"Pickwick Club held its meet.
ings, when such were not adj
journed because Of an urgent
summons for the Doctors skill in
a critical case. This club was a
source of great enjoyment to its
members, both for its literary
flavor and the relaxation and
jollity which it afforded. Old DR..
Pierce, whose aldermanic proper
tons suggested the character,
was "Mr Pickwick," around
whom revolved as satellites Judge
Fate, Dr.. Afford. and Charlie
OFT, Of Mt. Hermon, La. These
are all that | can recall at this
distance of that famous piney
woods coterie. It's meetings
were even then a thing Of the
past, as DR.. Pierce's age and
growing infrmities made it i'm.
possible for him to attend.
was often RECALLED, however, by
DR.. Affords description of the
proceedings of this gathering of
the literatureurs Of that COM
J munity.
DR.. Afford had taught school
in his early manhood, and more
than once commented upon the
fact so many celebrities had be
gun their career in the same way.
He preferred law to medicine, as
his profession, but said that IN
his younger days he thought that
: a lawyer must be tricky and
stoop,to falsehood and other
questionable things in order to
. succeed, so he chose medicine
: instead. Afterwards he learned
that a lawyer could be as honora-
bic as any other professional
man. This shows the Doctors
canscientiousness, which was
further exhibited in his specific
ing in medicine. He told the
writer that if any one must suffer
from his lack Of knowledge as a
physician, he did not want it to
be the women and children, and
hence he studied diseases Of that
class more than any other. By
his wide practice, and the affec-
ton in which he was held, he re.
called to mind the picture of "A
doctor Of the Old School, so
graphically portrayed in "The
| Bonnie Brier Bush"
! DR.. Afford was one of Nature g
noblemen. He had that innate
chivalry which made him con.
siderate and courteous to all
with whom be came in contact,
and he was especially kind to the
weak and helpless. He was an
ardent admirer of the fair sex,
and as widower when the writer
first knew him, he was full of
pleasantly, with delicately con-
veyed compliments, when in the
presence of ladies. An incident
Will illustrrte his gallantry and
consideration of others. Going
down to New Orleans with some
friends on Mardi Gras excur-
| civ, 4noip tbo oo,ob :, WI ;,b ho
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Two Gentlemen OF The Old
School.

Picayune brings the sad intelli.
gence Of the passing away of DR..
]. j. Afford, Of Washington Par
ish, La, and Judge 7. E. Tate,
Osyka, Miss, two men whom |
count tia privilege to have known,
and with one of whom to have
been intimately associated. The
character of these men and their
achievements deserve more than
a brief press notice, and the
hand of a sorrowing friend offers
the following sketch as a token of
appreciation and affection.
Nearly thirty-six years, after a
twenty-five mile horseback ride,
the writer drew rein at the front
gate Of DR.. Afford in Washing
ton Parish. To the strangers
hail, a tall and stalwart man re-.
spended, and invited the tired
rider to dismount and partake OF
his hospitality. The young man,
fresh from college, had decided
to make a start in life by teach
ing school, and had been directed
to DR.. Afford as the most promi-
nent man Of that section, and one
who was deeply interested in
everything that made for the
betterment of the community,
and especially..in schools. This
first interview proved to be the
beginning of a friendship which
grew with years, and a CORES
pondence which terminated only
with the Doctors death.
Through the influence and per-
sonal efforts of the genial sphysi-
clan the school was started, and
for six months the writer was an
inmate Of his home, Four years
later another school was taught
at the same place, and the friend.
ship and personal association re.
newed.
Trained in the strict discipline
of the New Orleans public schools
of the early seventies, the teacher
held his pupils to similar require.
ments, which soon caused fric'
ton with some of the Older
scholars and one of the patrons
son Of whom was chief offender
Corporal punishment was resent
ed, and threats of personal VIC
lence were made against the
young teacher. He was rocked
as be passed along the public
highway, insulted on the street Of
town, and dared to a fist fight by
a tipsy hoodlum. The enmlty
eliminated in the burning down
of the school house in the effort
to break up the school and drive
the teacher from the community.
Another building was secured,
sessions were resumed, and the
school carried to a successful
close, These were strenuous
days for the young pedagogue,
and through it all he received the
encouragement and active sup
port OF the Doctor and the other
patrons of the school, to whom he
has ever since owed a debt of
gratitude for their help in his
time of testing.
DR.. Afford lived at that time
twelve miles east of Osyka, Miss,
in the edge of Washington,
Parish. Rural delivery was then
unknown, and Saturday being
the market day, we received our
mail on that day once a week
from Osyka. 1t was the Doctors
custom on Sundays, when there
was no church service in the
neighborhood, and he was not
called away on professional
visit, to tilt back his chair on the
wide front gallery and pour over
his voluminous mail. Many a
discussion we held over the topics
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Phone No. ~ for Cheap Feed
for Cash.

f. NJ. Browns Feed Store at
the Farmers Union Ware House
will sell you all Xxi. DIS Of feed
stuff at rrch bottom prices.
Come and see for yourself.
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with his one hundred and eighty
pounds avoirdupois.
DR.. Afford deserves the graft
tude Of his State and country be-.
cause Of his unflinching adherence
to principle in the lottery fight.
AS a representative from his
Parish, he at once aligned him.
self with the anti-lottery forces in
the Legislature, and no induce.
ments could swerve him.from the
path Of duty. Irecoll the scorn
with which he spoke of some, Of
whom better things were expect.
ed, who hearkened to the given
song Of the lottery lobby
sciOus of the righteousne
cause, and firm in the Diet,
ton to maintain it at all co.
had little tolerance for
whose lack Of backbone in
contest gave comfort and ale
the enemy. The soul of no
himself, he could not understa
how a public servant could b,
tray the trust reposed in..him by,
confding constituency.
Like Judge Tate, Dr.. Afford
was foe to liquor. A total alb
stainer from alcohol and tobacco,
he constantly fought the demon
rum, and as d physician he threw
his influence and example against
it, which carried great weight.
He joined a temperance society in
early manhood, and throughout
his long life he sought to enlist
young men in the cause. An
ever-welcome guest at every
gathering, and the center of at.
tentive listeners when he engaged
in conversation, his departure
leaves a great gap in the com.
munity, and he;will long be sadly
missed by young and old.
With Judge Tate the writer was
not SO intimately acquainted, but
having met himlfrequently, and
having been a tguest under his
roof. one came to know him as a
remarkable man. A native OF
Covington, La, his home..was in
Mississippi, just above the State
Line, a few miles east of Osyka.
A farmer all his life, he had
sufficient leisure to cultivate his
intellectual powers. He was a
we'll educated map, and master
of the English language, as his
many letters to the press and his
excellent verses proved. Over
lis pen name of ''Nemo,' he was
we'll known in Southern Mississip-
pl, and his articles were eagerly
awaited by critical readers as the
worthy product of a master mind.
He Was also a fine Fren Oh scholar
and the night spent in his home
by the writer was devoted in part
to browsing together in his favor.
tie French authors.
Judge Tate was a man of bril-.
liant intellect, q great reader. and
a profound thinker. Had he so
chosen he might have held high
position in official life, and at one
time he was prominently men.
toned as candidate for govern.
or of his State, but except serv,
ing as probate judge, and later
as county treasurer, he held no
political Office. He took a promi-
nenS part i'll the fight for prohi-
oition in Pike County, and was
an active churchman of the Bap-
fist denomination for many years
Judge Tate and DR.. Afford
were both remarkable men. Both
were self made, and both rose to
positions Of commanding influ-
ence in their sections. Both
were fine examples of the old
|
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SEer.. yale.-No. 25l2.
Union Bank, III Liquidation
J. A. Brinker Eft Ais


tue of writ Of iieri facias, issued
out of the 26th judicial District Court
of Louisiana, in and for Washington
parish, in the above entitled cause
and to me directed. / will proceed to
sell at public auction to the last and
highest bidder, on
Saturday, February 6, 1918
at the principal front door of the court
house at Franklinton, La, between
the legal sale hours for judicial sales,
the following described properly, to-
wit:
All the pine timber situated on the
following described lands il Twp. 3,
south, Range II, nast. tO-Wit:
South half of the nwi; the swt of
the nei; the nvi of the SCI, and that
part of the sWi of the swi of Section
80, Twp, 3, south, Range II, east,
commencing at point chains and
4 links north of the Sc corner, thence
est 20 Chains, thence north IA chns,
ence east 20 chns, thence south IA
ilns to the point of beginning, con-
ing 27.4S acres.
SO all the pine timber on the fol-
20 described lands, towit:
of the mel CT nwi of Section 2.
!. south, Range II, east, COM
gat lie ne corner of said mel
Section 2, Twp 4, south,
east, thence south 20 chnS
:, thence west chns and 10
stake. thence north %
hns and 80 links to X on
: west chns, thence north
NV corner of said sub
?nce east 20 chns to'point
containing 1882 acres.
G: Cash with benefit of
of December, 1914.
Simmons, Sheriff.
e-NO. 1891.
n Liquidation
nmobile Co.
IN that by vr-
taclae issued
District Nuurt
Washington
titled cause
proceed to
. last and
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PAOoCilSO VI ioolSo. ]Au iIASiOAOut
Will illustrrte his gallantry and
consideration of others. Going
down to New Orleans with some
friends on a Mardi Gras excur-
sion train, the coach in which he
rode had every seat filled, with
numbers standing in the aisle,
among whom were several ladies.
The Doctor was among those
standing, and he took in the STU
alton at a glance. Raising his
voice SO as to be heard thruout
the car, he appealed to the men
who were seated as Southern
gentlemen to give their seats to
the ladies, indin a few minutes
every lady was seated. Then
he made one more appeal for an
old gentlemen in his company
who could not bear the fatigue of
standing, and his friend likewise
secured seat. He was the hero
OF the hour, especially among the
ladies, two of whom in their graf
ltude, crowded themselves to
gether on a seat, leaving space
enough for a small child, which
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
THE Law THAT FAILED.
ITraer Star Clipper.]

SldI-S1IPFSi.1
In our opinion the moss important
piece of legislation that failed to be-
come a law in the late legislature is
the proposition to empower counties OF
districts to begin WORK on permanent
roads. or surfaced roads. One bill pro-
yiding for the submission to vote OF
county road bonds PASSED one house
but in the closing rush failed in the
other. A similar fate pefell the meas :
ure providing for the lorna ton OF road
districts and the voting OF miiage
tax for hard roads. These two meas
ures would have given the state OF
Iowa, or at least it's more progressive
communities, an opportunity to nave
really done something IN road improve
ment and either one meant much more
to the good roads cause than all OF the
other measures proposed, and the ran
ure to give them consideration in the
house means that Tor TWO years more
Iowa will continue 70 be one of three or
four states in which :he people OF
community can not spend their own
money for road improvement II they SO
desire. 1t seems queer that Iowa, with
more automobiles PEE capita than most
any other state. and with more tom
mage to haul per acre than any osner
should be almost the last to begin work
on permanent roads. No state in the
union would be more benefited by nara
roads than Iowa. II Iowa had better
roads she would have better success In
keeping people upon farms. II she mad
better roads her population would
show increase. The interest on bonds
would be but fraction Of the amount
lost yearly by bad roads.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
Topics of the Times

And now the scrub women in the
federal buildings are to be laid of eight
days in the interests Of economy. AS
those women make about $50 month
it is easy to see how the saving will
be made but hard to zee just how the
scrub women are to manage thru the
enforced vacation. The democratic
congress is economical ike the man
who swears over the grocery bill and
buys cigars at two for quarter.
The country is with Wilson in the
present crisis and will stay by him 20 a
fareyouwell, but that is not 10 be taken
as an approval Of his party in It's man
agement OF domestic affairs or pledge
10 future political prefermen- for him
self. There is very distinct differ
ence between staying ~ the president
Of the United States in crisis and ap-
prevail of the policies Of his party.
That gaseous war talk is more dan
tween the trenches.
Another silly assertion that has been
sent to the lumber room Of foolish talk
is that Of the unsuitable ship" Those
who go down upon the sea in ships
take their chance IS in the old time
when ships were oockleshells, not so
great chances but the chance remains
and will always remain while the ele-
ments are stronger than man.
The invention that is making most
for peace is not .ong range cannon
but the long range linotype.
DR.. Dernberg is to quit the United
States and will probably sail for South
American soon. It is said that Presi-
dent Wilson has suggested that he
doesn't approve the doctors style OF
conversation.
Funny state OF affairs when the state
Of Iowa can't handle 10000 auto plates
without getting month or two be-
hind the demand. An ordinary Mar
shalltown factory would do It and not
be twenty four hours behind the game
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17

geographic basis for great nation
such as Is possessed by no other peo-
pie unless 1t be our own, says the Pop
ular Science Monthly. 1t is wanting.
however, in one important respect-it
LACKS an adequate coas. line. Russia
sea coast Is too small for so large a
state, and she is bound to demand
more. Indeed. that Is what she has
been doing for centuries, her coast
ward movement has been III Progress
for at least 400 years. and we are wit
nesses today of another gigantic step
in this direction. The Germans block
the way, and ultimately, combined
with them, the Swedes and Danes.
That Russia, with her population OF
$4,000, 900, increasing at the rate OF
nearly 10000 gear, and with re-
sources so vast ana undevelOped that
they can only be roughly estimated.
Will be kept permanently bottled up IL
not likely. Her eastward advance,
however. will follow lines OF least re-
sistance, and the conquest OF an out
let by way OF ConstantInople to the
worlds trade is as inevitable as IL Its
geograp hic reasonabisness. Toward the
Persian gulf the way is also open and
inviting Indeed, everywhere in Asia.
she has the unique advantage of In
ternal lines Of development and. there-
fore. also of attack. Geographically
the serious menace to British world
supremacy does NOT lie in Germany.
but In Russia.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
THE STATE OF TRADE.

Possible International political COM
speculative markets, particularly Sc
curities, grain and cotton. and perhaps
throw shadows over optimistic ex-
pectations Of a boom in trade, but thus
far foreign developments have failed
OF especial untoward effect upon
domestic trade or industry. In fact,
and allowing for seasonal shifting from
one branch Of distribution to another,
growth over a rather wide area seems
industrial quirters evidences Of in
creasing activity are patent though. of
course, certain enterprises and Sec
tons Of the country must still be
counted among the economic laggards.
In any event, the week has brought
forth better retail trade, thanks TO
warmer weather, while activity in
wholesale and jobbing lines is reflected
in northw estern, southwestern and
central western reports. The agricul-
tural south, where cotton is not SO
high as 1t was in April, and the Pacific
northwest continue slow, and in the
east trregularity is visible. But in
those zones where high prices for
cereals have superinduced activity.
the general tendency IL to buy ahead
and to report that trade is equal to
II not better than at this time last
year. when business conditions were
rejecting favorable ex pectations az
distinguished from actual betterment
the situation then being marked by
slowness. Foreign orders continue
heavy, and urgent demand for war sup
plies stimulates industry. helps bridge
the gap in domestic demand, and
makes for shortage Of certain kinds
Of skilled mechanics. Domestic trade
| in finished steel is not at all satisfac.
tory, though there seems to be some
prospects Of the railways buying car,
more freely. April returns are thu
displays but slight Improvement
Bituminous coal mines are increasing
working time, and the prolonged strik.
Of 5000 coal miners in Ohio has beer
settled. Usual seasonal reports Of in.
sect damage to winter wheat are heard
but on the other hand spring wheat Il
in excellent shape. the dry sections o
the south have received moisture, an,
the general cereal crop outlook ha
rarely been equalled. Commodit,
prices are at next 70 the highest leve
ever known. Railway traffic 10 heavier
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
THEIR OWN ANTIDOTE.

Two new methods OF killing and in.
spring terror have been prominent IL
the present war-the airship and rhs
submarine. The subm arines have pro.
vided its power and efficiency. The
airship Of which so much was expect.
e0 mas so far failed as an attacking
force as aeroplanes find range for
cannon. But the submarine has taken
the crown from the drea drought and Is
master OF the sea coasts. Sly, unseen
and deadly. il inspires terror and fur
nishes its quota OF death and destruc-
ton daily. The latest Zeppelin raid on
England by forty airships slew three
and did small damage to property; the
submarines give different account in
sunken ships and dead men. The prob
ability that ship may be sunk by
air dropped bombs is neglible De-
Struction by submarines seems to be a
practical certainty. So the spectacle is
presented OF the mightiest navy Of the
seas cooped in harbors while the tiny
cobras OF the coast waters rule the
waves from beneath.
A dreadnought costs perhaps 500
100000 a submarine less than $780,
600. Forty submarines may be bull,
with the money and manned with the
men required for one great battleship.
The com parison seems to point out the
solution OF our coast defense along the
interminable coast lire Of this country.
We can fill the waters full of submar-
ines and defy the world as Germany
is defying the navies Of the world.
But we are not done with the airship
in war. Mans invention runs to kill
ing other men. Assault has always
kept up with defense. 1t is confidently
expected that inventive genius win in
time make the airship as dangerous OF
land as the submarine at sea. For of all
arts the art of killing is most strenu-
ously pursued and perfected
Perhaps the sooner the better. Per-
haps the gas bomb and the shells
pitched across county and the death
that strikes without warning from the
depths are their own antidote.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
s.,,io.r.ncv !. Help to Germany.

What could German militarism IKE
better than TO detach the United states
from its place at the head Of the neu-
trail nations and thrust it into posi-
ton of impotent belligerency? An an
open enemy Of Germany we would be
the most futile OF the allies. Our navy
is not needed in European waters, and
our dreadnoughts could not approach
the English channel without Tashly
inviting submarine attack. Our army Ii
so small that it is needed at home;
even IL six months ago we had begun
to train 100000 soldiers for European
service, Canada's experience proves
that their weight could not be much
felt this year in the trenches Of France
and Flanders. But a positive Advant-
age to Germany would come from .
s.a+e of war with the United States
Today the Anglo-French allies are
drawing great stores OF war material
from this country. The moment the
United States declared war every
American arms and ammunition fac
tory would be bound to I'LL. first OF all
the orders for war material from their
own government, and England and
France and Belgium would ind theif
supplies suddenly diminished. Such
state OF affairs would contribute to
German military NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
(Mass.) Republican.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-05-17
the coxesEeA1,oNAl,s1,s JUBILEE

At Des Moines this week the Iowa
Congregational Society Is holding a
jubilee along with Its seventy-f fourth
annual session, celebrating the founda-
ton Of the first Congregational church
association organized this side of New
church of the society in Iowa had been
organized two years before at Den
mark and at the time Of the birth of
the society there were three Congrega-
tional churches in the state, grouped
in southern Iowa, at Denmark, F,airfieli
and Danyille. Three ministers and five
laymen constituted the society as it
was organized. A feature of the jubi-
lee will be the attendance Of their de-
scendants.
The group Of New Englanders who
founded the Congregational society in
1S40 have had mighty influence upon
the development of the state and its
character. Those whom New England
sent to the territory then and later to
the new state were men of force and
purpose and settled belief. They have
left ineffaceable marks of their pres
ence and their purposes in the consti-
tuition and the laws and the later pro-
gress Of Iowa
1t was the New England settlements
that made way stations for John
Brown in Iowa and We're the ganglions
OF abolition in southern Iowa 1t was
a New Highlander who wrote an
antiliquor reversion clause into
every deed be gave for a bus
ness or residence lot in the new
town of Grinnell and when the pro-
gress and reform of Iowa is traced
home to its beginning it will find the
graves Of the early New England set
tiers of Iowa And these the Congre-
gationalists claim.
The New Highlander created the
Congregational church. 1t was his re-
ligious town meeting There every man
had his way. 1t was to his religious
iiie what the town meeting was to his
civic life. Analysed it was the modern
puritan in action. It was democracy
speaking in religion as in politics.
So when the Congregaionalists hold
their jubilee they are holding an old
settlers meeting. For the churches
and the circuit riders of the early
Iowa churches were pioneers of the
thought and purpose Of Iowa. What
the influence Of that ministry Of the
various church organizations which
pushed aside the prairie grass to carry
on their work has been upon the state
is incalculable but that it has been vast
and always for betterment is plainly
written in the annals of the state.