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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
CONGRESSMAN GREEN
SENDS THE RECORD

Congressman w. r. Green, of this
city, representative in congress from
the Ninth Iowa District, has had the
Congressional Record sent to a num-
Der of Audubon people. This paper
is published by the government ana
gives the daily account of everything
that transpires in the House and the
Senate. The Republican has been
favored with a copy and those who
are interested in it are welcome to
come to the Office to look 1t over at
any time for it is impossible to send
a copy of the Record to everybody.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
WILL BUY MORE HORSES

Murphy & Rukes who were in Aud
ubon last week purchasing horses,
shipped car load to the east on Sat
urday. They had almost enough for
second car, but being unable to
get another car in time to ship, they
held them over until this week They
are here for few days and will at
least buy enough horses to fill out
the load. These gentlemen know
how to buy horses and are very pop
ular in this vicinity.
They will be at Elk Horn on Mon
day, December 20; at Audubon Tues
day, December 81, and at Extra on
Wednesday, December %. They also
want to buy some good mules.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

The special election, which the
board of education has called in or
der to decide the question of issue
ing bonds for the new high school
building, is to come next Tuesday,
December 21st. The election is to
be held at the City Hall between the
hours of one and six o'clock D. m.
In connection with financing and
planning for the building, all of the
following facts should be t.lken into
consideration. II will be especially
noticed that the board of education
had to propose a new building In or
der that the additional school work,
provided by law, may be taught in
our schools 1t will also be noticed
that under the present conditions, the
school is very much over-crowded.
Although our present investment
in buildings equipment, and land is
large, our outstanding bonds amount
to only about $1,000.
Bonds
1t is the plan to issue the bonds
so that they will be paid during a
twenty years period. In this way
there will be no heavy burden any
6lNCh 1CoAs
1t is the whole Independent dist
riot and not just the corporation that
will be taxed for the building. There
are and "A sections in the district.
Although the tax on moneys and
credits will help to pay for the build
ing, yet the tax on these items will
not be increased, because this tax
is always five mills.
The Law Compelling The Teaching
of Manual Training, Domestic
Science and Agriculture. 35
G. A., s. f. 2O5
Section /. The teaching of ele-
mentery agriculture, domestic science
and manual training, shall, after the
first day of July 1915 be required in
the public schools of the state; and
the state superintendent of public in
struction shall prescribe the extent
of such instruction i'm the public
schools. And aftor the date afore-
said, elementary agriculture and do
nestle science shall be included
among the subjects required in the
examination of those applicants for
teachers certificates who are requir-
ed by the provisions of this act TO
teach agriculture and domestic
science.
(Without q new building, our
school can not do this work, and in
addition, our school could not be
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
NOTICE OF PROBATE OF WILL

District Court in and for Audubon
County.
State of Iowa, Audubon County SIS.
To All Whom it May Concern:
Whereas, on the 18th day of De-
cember, A. D., 1915, paper purport-
ing to be the last Will and Testament
of Sarah <. Foster late of said Coun-
ty, deceased. was filed in my office,
and was by me opened and read, and
the 21st day of December 1915, APP
pointed and fixed as the time when
the same will come before the Court
at the December term thereof then
to be held, for final proof and pro-
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
CHILDS INFLUENCE
FELT in AUDUBON

Wallace In 'Ben-Hur' Describes Birth
/ of First Child Which Is Cele-
/ brated by Audubon People
! Each Christmas
i A mile and a half, it may be two
miles southeast of Bethlehem, there
is a plain separated from the town,
by an intervening swell of the noun
tain. At the side farthest from the
town, close under the bluff, there is
an extensive marah or sheepcot, ages
old. In some long forgotten foray
the building had been unroofed. AL
most demolished. The enclosure at
tached to it remained intact however,
and that was Of more Importance to
the shepherds who drove their charg-
es thither than the house itself
Here, upon this eventful occasion,
were assembled six of these men,
emitting the Waterman. Supper over
and clustered in a group near the
fire. some sitting, some lying prone,
they rested and talked.
Rude and simple as they were in
their ways, they had knowledge
and wisdom of their own and a
| firm belief in the one God, and that
they must love Him with all their
souls. While they talked and before
/ the first watch was over, one by one
the shepherds went to sleep, each
Il lying where he sat.
4 The night, like most nights of the
winter season in the hill country was
clear, crisp and sparkling with stars.
There was no wind. The atmosphere
seemed never so pure, and the still
ness was more than silence, it was
a holy hush, warning that heaven
was STOPPING low to whisper some
good thing to the listening earth.
BY the gate, hugging his mantle
close, the Waterman walked; at times
he stopped, attracted by stir among
the sleeping herds or by a jackals
cry off on the mountains side. The
midnight was slow coming to him;
but at last it came. His task was
done; now for the dreamless sleep
with which labor blesses its wearied
children.
He moved toward the fire, but
paused; light was breaking around
him, soft and white like the moons
He paused breathlessly. The light
deepened; things before invisible
came to view; he saw the whole field
and all it sheltered. A chill sharper
than that of the frosty air-a chill
of fear smote him. He looked up;
the stars were gone; the light was
dropping as from a window in the
sky; as he looked II became SPLEEN
dor; then. in terror he cried: awake
awake!"
Up sprang the dogs, and, bowling
ran away. The herds rushed togeth-
er bewildered. The men clambered
to their feet, weapons in hand. What
is it? they asked in one voice. See!
cried the Waterman, 1.-The sky is on
fire." Suddenly the light became in
tolerably bright, and they covered
their eyes and dropped upon their
knees, then as their souls shrank
with fear, they fell upon their faces
blind and fainting and would have
died had not a voice said to them I:
Fear not" and they listened. Fear
not; for behold bring you good It'd
ings of great Joy which shall be to
all the people,
The voice in sweetness and sooth-
ing more than human and low and
clear, penetrated all their being and
filed them with assurance. They
rose upon their knees, and looking,
worshipfully beheld in the center OF
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
HOG FEEDING
EXHIBIT TO COME
Feature of Exhibit Car at Short
Course For Audubon County TO
Be Big Drawing Gard

bC DiS DEo"AhS Sahu
The exhibit car, in connection with
the Short Course at Audubon on
January 1915, will contain the ant
NAL husbandry hog exhibit which
created such a wide and favorable
impression at the Iowa State Fair
this fall. Those who were at the
State Fair will remember that the
exhibit contained three different pens
of pigs. These pens of pigs Illus
trate different methods of feeding.
In one pen, pigs were fed according
to Grandfather's way; in another pen
according to Fathers way, and In
still another pen according to the
best way known at the present time.
Back of each pen are charts which
explain the work of the Experiment
Station and methods employed, and
results obtained in feeding pigs.
This exhibit illustrates in a re-
markable way the work which has
been done by the Iowa Experiment
Station along the line of hog feed
ing. 1t is not only an instructive
exhibit, but it is also one that is ex-
tremely attractive and everyone,
whether farming or not, will be
pleased with 1t. During the past
five years the Iowa Experiment Sta
ton has become recognized the
world over as having done the most
valuable work along the line of for
age crop experiments in feeding hogs.
During the past two or three years
the Experiment Station has shown
that "piggie" knows how to select
his feed perhaps better than anyone
knows how to compound it for him.
Different methods of feeding will
be on exhibit in the exhibit car, and
a man will be on hand to explain
them to visitors.
In addition to the hog exhibit, the
car will contain cases of exhibits
showing many lines of work. Some
of these exhibits have been used in
the county fair WORK this fall and
have been very favorably received
everywhere
An electric lighting system with
engine, storage battery and dynamo
has been installed in the car, and
there will be plenty of light no mat
ter how dark the day. Those who
are interested in lighting systems
will secure some valuable informa-
ton from this exhibit. Altogether,
this is the best exhibit that the Col
lege has ever sent out, and town peo-
pie as well as country people will be
interested in seeing It,
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
The High School Tuition Law

seven times the usual number OF
coupons.
On Monday before Christmas we
will give six times the usual number
of coupons.
On Tuesday we will give five
times the usual number of coupons.
On Wednesday we will give four
times the usual number of coupons
On Thursday we will give three
times the usual number of coupons.
On Friday we will give two times
the usual number of coupons.
Boosters can profit by getting their
friends to do their Christmas shop
ping early.
RUHS & CARTER
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

classed as one of the good schools of
the state).
Cost of the Building
The present plans of the building
show that 1t will contain 100000
cubic feet of space. The architects
estimate, based upon the cost OIL
many other fire proof buildings, is
that it will cost 10 cents per cubic
foot to erect the building. This
would amount to $4,000 then for
an entire fire proof building.
The Money From the Lois G. Stuart
Estate
The executors of this estate have
agreed to the use of this $4,000 for
equipping and completing the build
ing.
School Enrolment
Both the grades and the high
school are over-crowded, and 1t is
impossible now to do as good school
work as should be done.
Enrolment at the end Of the third
month.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

Extra, Guthrie Center, and Atlantic
already have new buildings.
The $4,000 of Annual State Support
Because of our having the normal
course in the. high school, we have
been receiving $3.50. each year from
the state during the past few years.
Inspectors from the department of
public instruction have told our
board that this support will be with
draw if our over-crowded conditions
are not relieved This support has
been of considerable help in keeping
taxes down, and we can not afford to
lose 1t.
Additional Considerations
1t is felt that our school work has
not taken care of all of our pupils.
This is true for the grammar depart
ment work as we'll as for the high
school. In the high school, our cour-
ses are college preparatory courses
to very considerable extent. While
this kind of work is necessary for
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
CARD OF THANKS

We desire by this means to thank
all our friends and neighbors for
their timely assistance during the ILL
ness and burial of our beloved broth
er, VIM. A. Bailey. We wish espec-
tally to thank those sending floral Of
ferings and also the choir TO rtheir
services.
The Brothers and Sisters.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

bate. as the duly executed last Will
and Testament of the said Sarah E.
Foster, deceased, at which time all
persons interested may appear and
show cause why the same should not
be admitted to probate.
Dated this 14th day of December,
1915.
F. M. RICE, Clerk.
BLAIR e. RICE, Deputy.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
NOTICE

have taken charge of the barber
shop of my late brother, VIM. A.
Bailey and will continue the business.
Will appreciate the patronage of all
the old customers and any new ones.
sow z. E. Bailey.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

Ld5b year fof
This year SGT
Enrolment at the end of the year:
Last year ...--......-.....---...-.--...- 537
This year Probably about 57o
The High School Tuition Law
Rural pupils are not permitted to
attend high school at the expense
of their home school corporation.
While this has increased the attend
ance in the high school, 1t has, at the
same time, increased the tuition re-
ceipts to a very great extent. Last
year, $2,1S4.75 was collected in the
high school alone. With the having
of new building, this amount will
materially increase, and will help
considerably in paying for the build
ing. The town can not afford to tell
rural people that they may not send
their children here. The more rural
people there are that attend our
school, the more of a trading center
Audubon will become. Harlan ana
Carroll are planning new buildings.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
Additional Considerations
DANISH LUTHERAN CHURCH

The confirmation class meets this
afternoon at o'clock. Young Peo-
Piles meeting this evening at 500
O'Clock.
School Saturday morning at 900
O'Clock.
Confirmation class at lis.
Sunday school Sunday morning at
$3.50. Services Sunday in the morn
ing at 1890 and in the evening at
1880.
j. p. Christensen, Pastor.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16
EsTRAY NOTICE

One req bull calf about six months
old came to my place about 5 weeks
ago. Owner can have same by prov
ing property and by paying for its
keep and this notice. John Sandrock
Phone 22X, Dedham, Iowa. 49-4.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

How do you like us with our hol-
iday clothes on this week.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-16

EXTRA COUPONS IFYOU DO YOUR
CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY
With all purchases on Saturday be-
fore Christmas we will give seven
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-16

that intense moment of complete ST.
lence they could hear the splash of
his lifeblood as it dropped from his
forehead on to the polished boards
beneath: then he threw up his arms
and fell in heap to the floor.
"Deadl" broke from little Miss
Weeks as she flung herself down in
reckless abandonment at his side. She
had never known an agitation beyond
some fiuttering woman's hope she had
stified as soon as born, and now she
knelt in blood.
A solemn hush, then a mighty sigh
Of accumulated emotion swept from
lip to lip, and the crowd of later In
vaders, already abashed If not terri
fed by the unexpected spectacle OF
suspended animation which confronted
them from the judges chair, shranh
tumultuously back as little Miss
Weeks advanced upon them, holding
out her meager arms in late defense oi
the secret to save which she had just
seen a man die.
Let us do as he wished" che
prayed. 81 feel myself much to blame
What right had we to come in here?'
No one in authority was present
no one representing the law, not ever
a doctor; only haphazard persons from
, the street and few neighbors who
had not been on social terms with thu
judge for years and never expected
to be SO again. His secret!-always {
/ source Of wonder to every inhabitan
Of Shelby, but lifted now into matter
OF vital Importance by the events o
the day and the tragic death of the
negro! Were they to miss its solution
when only door lay between it anC
them-a door which they might no
even have to unlock? Miss Weeks
was about to utter an impassioned ap
peal to their honor, when the curren
Of her and their thoughts was changed
by a sudden sense of some strangt
new influence at work In the room, ant
turning. they beheld the Judge upol
his feet, his mind awakened, but hi
eyes still fixed-an awesome figure
some thought more awesome than be
fore.
Death was present with them-h
saw it not. Strangers were maxin
havoc with his sOlitude-he was a
oh':y!ous of their presence as he ha
been Gn0onscious of it before. Hi
faculties and all his attention wer
absorbed by the thought which ha
filled his brain when the cogs of tina
subtle mechanism had slipped and hi
faculties paused inert.
Where is the woman?" he cried.
1t was cry Of fear; not of mastery
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-16
DELUGE BEFORE MANS FALL
sumerian inscription Reverses the
Accepted Order Of Bible
Narrative.

According to a translation Of a re-
Gently deeiphered inscription on one
Of the Sumerian tablets Professor
Langdon of Jesus college, Oxford, says
the deluge preceded the fall Of man.
according to the Scientific American.
The tablet, which has been almost
completely restored. contains six fine
ly written columns of about two hun
dred and forty lines, most of which
are intact. 1t begins by describing
the land of primeval bliss, which it
locates at Dilmun, an island in the
Persian gulf In this paradise dwelt
mankind, whom Nintud, the creatress,
with the help of EMIL had created.
After the deluge this king is called
Tagtug, the divine. And this Tagtug
lives in a. garden, is himself garden
er, and the wise Enki reveals unto him
wisdom The Greek historians. too,
preserve this legend in the story of
Cannes. who rose from the Persian
gulf TO teach men wisdom in primeval
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-16
CHAPTER II.
The Yelled Woman.


The intensity of the question, the
compelling. self-forgetful passion of
the man, had a startling effect upon
the crowd of people huddled before
him. With one accord, and without
stopping to pick their way, they made
for the open doorway, knocking the
smaller pieces Of furniture about and
creating havoc generally. Some fed
the house; others stopped to peer in
again from behind the folds of the
curtain which had been only partially
torn from its fastenings. Miss Weeks
was the only one to stand her ground.
When the room was quite cleared
and the noise abated lit was a fright
full experience to see how little the
Judge had been affected by all this
hubbub of combined movement and
sound) she stepped within the line of
his vision and lifted her feeble and
Intellectual hand in an effort to attract
his attention to herself.
But he did not notice her, any more
than he had noticed the others. Still
looking in the one direction, he cried
aloud in troubled tones:
"She stood there! the woman stood
there and saw her! Where is she
now?"
She is no longer in, the house, "
came in gentle reply from the only one
in or out of the room courageous
enough to speak "She went out when
she saw us coming. We knew that she
had no right to be here. That is why
we intruded ourselves, sir. We did
not like the looks of her, and so fol-
lowed her in to prevent mischief"
How dared you! How dared shell"
Then as his mind regained it's full
poise, And how, even if you had the
temerity to venture an entrance here,
did you manage to pass my gates
They are never, open. Bella sees to
that"
AS she watched she saw his eyes,
fixed up to now upon her face, leave it
and pass furtively and with many hesi-
tations from object to object, toward
that spot behind him where lay the
source of her great terror, till finally,
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-16
GREAT NEED FOR COURTESY
Matter Really Costs Very Little, Yet
It Means So Much to the
Recipient.

After the nations of the world have
proved that they are through with war
by melting up all their armament, the
great reform next in order will be that
Of instituting universal courtesy. This
reform may be said to be on its feet,
even at the present time, but it is
wObbly-legged and needs a great deal
of encouragement.
We have some very courteous in
dividuals in our midst, most of whom
we're born that way and who insist on
staying that way despite all tempta-
tions to the contrary; but we have
tome who are almost hopeless.
Courtesy is Just another name for
unselfishness. The greedy, self-cen-
tered individual is never courteous, no
matter what kind of manners he dis
plays in public Courtesy does not re-
veal itself for effect; it is not calcu-
latinS. 1t acts out of the promptings
of consideration for the just claims
and rights Of others. and, in smaller
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-16

matters at least, it is even willing to
make sacrifices. 1t is the sense OF
service revealed in action.
When you give your neighbor a
smile instead of frown you do him a
real service, for you cause him to
smile and be happy. 1t is courteous,
therefore, to smile.
When you smother the needless
word Of criticism you save some one a
pang 1t is courteous. therefore, to
control your tongue.
1t doesn't matter very much at just
what angle you tip your hat to lady,
although it is commendable to regard
such points. The important thing is to
look like you were glad Of the opportu-
nifty to tip it, That is the real cour-
tesy.
II the world would start out today to
follow two rules-smile and avoid
mean gossip-it would be almost civil
lized at the end of year.
Middletown transcript., 1915-01-16

special to watch my room door. But
it's of outside protection we're talk
ing now. Only, who is to protect me
against your men?
What do you mean by that, your
honor?"
"They are human, are they not
They have instincts of curiosity like
the rest of us. How can be made
sure that they won't yield to the temp
tation of their position and climb the
fences they are detailed to guard?"
"And would this be so fatal to your
peace, judge?" A smile tempered the
suggestion.
at would be a breach of trust which
would greatly disturb me. l want no
body on my grounds, nobody at all.
Has not my long life of solitude within
these walls sufficiently proved this? l
want to feel that these men of yours
would no more climb my fence than
they would burst into my house with
out a warrant"
Judge, l will be one of the men.
You can trust me-"
Thank you, sergeant; l appreciate
the favor. / shall rest now as quietly
as any man can who has met with q
great loss. l shall always suffer from
regret that l was not in a condition
to receive Bela's last sigh. He was a
man in a thousand. One seldom sees
his like among white or black"
HE was a very powerfully built
man. 1t took sixty-horsepower rae
ing machine, going at a high rate of
speed, to kill him"
A spasm of grief or unavailing re-
gret crossed the judges face as his
head sank back again against the high
back of his chair.
Il should like to ask a question, u
he finally observed. you were not at
the inquiry this afternoon, and may
not know that just as Bella and the
crowd about him turned this corner
they ran into woman leading a small
child, who stopped the whole throng
in order to address him. saw that
woman myself, earlier. She was in
this house. She was in this room.
If you will consent to look for her,
and If she is found and no stir made
l will pay all that you think it right
to demand"
(TO BE CONTINUEDl