The Washington herald., 1915-03-07

The Hopcv!r- Dc!atin' Soricty was
| one afternoon as he WAS ho-in in his
garden. and that ,vcnIn' ~. cam" over
! To- the drug St"r" and mad" Il speech and
| started the ball r"llm'. y week later tine
! society had its first tin. Tncr" was
! :: hot time fur about an hour. of tn"
| forty men present five wanted TO be
: president. hut after awhile. and 10y put
tin in two votes fur himself, III" SGuaf
was duly elected. Deacon Jackson was
made referee. and the other offices was
struggled after to an extent. Their"
wasn't any dcbat" at the first meeting.
but SuIIdr' JoSlyn mad" a speech 81 dc-
ceptancc which raised tn" pie" 81 hut
ter in IIOp"Nile =" cents per pound.
NIt-r saying that n" wouldn't "NChanS"
places with the President of the nitcd
States. i've began with I'll" year 40 Il; e.
down I" the year 1870 made In" s'aSS |"
tin. windows rattle II" excited tn"
crowd as he hit Nero. brought applause
As he touched Columbus. and when ne
wasn't no hnldiu' Enos Williams. and
Jonas I;chec and Aaron Bradshaw was in
tears. After the speech was over Elder
IIarr..r ng.crc,t up and declared ."at
tn" Squar had mad'' twenty seven az
f"r..IIt p'iutS iu his Grafton. winch WIS
four p'ints NOR, than Dcm"sth"ncs or
Cicero had ever made.
The subject fur debate At tn next
me"tIn' WAS Docs IluucSty Pay: The
number Of the aiiIr!nativ" and n"@"tlN"
side yaS almost "v"u. and Eh'nezrr
how i!un"Sty pdi,! hinr. Each speaker
WIS 10 br limited To ten minutes. Et"'n-
cz.r had been thiUkin' it over fur three
"r four days. AMI when IL" got up II"
began with:
.'F"IIcr M. back t" thu days If Julius
'.,cS"r. When caesar TdS - Young nan
Of tw.nty-tw". he hadn't a dollar I" his
name. auI u" show t" strIk" - job. lie
Il Ii. Rrfl
suicide " hen II" found 81 %"lIlpi"'f' ~
IN. road. His first Thought WIS I" us"
IN" nIuu.I I" start in business. nHt II
WAS "UlN temptation. His honestly
wouldn't permit Su"n It thiuS. IL" went
around iuuuITiu Who mad lost s. AVID AT
length found til" owner. and tn" "wn"r
took ii likiu' to him and pushed him
along until h" Was finally mad: a king.
''Thaf's "n.. tally-InaTk fur the affirm
ntilc side said In" Deacon ~ III"
.p"tk"r at dow. land ! decide that
ED.H req, it'S mad" five pIntS. W.
TOW hear fr"m Jonas li"n"" ~: tn"
NEGATIVE. side
''T"lirr NJ. back to tn" davs ~ julius
caesar. hogan Jonas ~ h. r"S'. NJ.
Il uhirci.' protested F.h"n"z''r. 'HavIn'
f''l"H"'I IN" back. the me.tin' can't fol
L.. Jonas appeal 1" tn" RIFE rec"
Il shall have {" "V"rrul" Tn" "hi"c-
zion. said th.' Deacon W.. follered
N"u back. and "" must Civ" Jonas jest
~ good = show II h"S GOT ANYTHING
new about Julius caesar Nd III" t"
hear il.
..Wnrn caesar w.is . yoUu: man Of
tN-uty-iN". n" hadn't - dollar To- hiS
NAM" continued Jonas. ami though h"
offered I" dig out stumps fur L. cents \
day n" couldn't hit Il job. ~" had made
up his mind to han" himself when y"
found stray mule in the woods. He
knew lie ought To- ddv"rtIS.. th,' ulU',' and
restore him to his owner. hut dishonesty
carried the day. II" sold tn" crtt.r TO
III" first man who would buy. and with
the 81 he received he went into politics
ard pushed IIon- until he finally became
on" "f IL" great'St men of his time. He
lived fur thirty years after ~tcIliu' that
m"wl and he WIS h"n"red and respected
aai had = GOOD tim" and died lamcnted
10y all
That's a tally mark ON tho negative
side said tn" Deacon. ami IT," Prints
seem To- he even
But whar' did Jonas git his facts:'
"wha.r' did, YOU git yours asked
Jonas in reply.
Tho Deacon said TIN spcakin' hal host
continue. and h" called upon AARON
BRADSHAW. who was "u the affirmative
sid. fur his argument.
"F"ll.r me back 20 tho days Of julius
caesar hogan Narun. with a waye Of
his Hau!. but when n" had got th.t fur
both Eh"n"E"~ and Jonas tried t. Yell
NV. GOT I" xiv" AARON "A fair show.
r'pii.. the. U"'Ic"u. IF H.. wants L. he.
foler"i back T." the days If Julius C:u..-
Sir. this S"ci"ty has got to tag along
Incidence that the thr"" Of You wants to
lee f"ll"rr'l back t. the sam" man. hut
that's non" Of my business. Go on.
.iarnn.
Aaron went on, II" had it that caesar
Was poor and out Of job and dis. "
aS"d Mhen h" happened t" find :. dia- !
m"nd ring in nludnnlr. He rut!!d have
cot an advanr" Of s." on it NJ y pawn .