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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
KANSAS HOUSEWIFE
TELLS THEM WHY
Reasons For Not Sending
Money Away From Home
A Logical Argument In the Support
of Home Merchants and
Home Trading.

A mail order house at Peoria, ILL.,,
solicited the business of woman in
Kansas town, who wrote the con-
Germ the following letter. 1t is clear
and logical argument for the sup
port of the local merchants. Here is
the letter:
Referring to the subject of Home
Loyalty, which you call a 'bogie,
held up by local merchants. You sug-
gest that it would be better for me to
send my money to mail order houses
and keep the retailers profit myself
than to buy goods at home and let
our home stores make the profit.
''Your essential promise is that
you sell to me at the same price
which the local retailer pays at
Wholesale. That is a vital point which
1 am not ready to concede, except for
the sake of argument.
But assuming your promise to be
correct, has it ever occurred to you
what the consequence would be if
myself and all my neighbors out in
the smaller towns should begin to
send their money to the mail order
houses, in order to keep the profit for
themselves? Let us suppose that
My husband clerks in the store.
Mrs. Smiths husband drives
the delivery wagon.
Mrs. Browns. husband is cash
Ter in the local bank.
Mrs. Jones, husband teaches
the village school.
Mrs. Whites husband breaches
in the village church. s&
'And we all stop trading at home.
Suppose all the rest Of the wom
en- did the same. What is good for
one is good for all. What would be
the result?
First, the stores would close up.
my husband would lose His job.
We would have to move-probably to
some big city.
MRS. Smiths husband would lose
his job and they would move away.
1.-THE stores being closed and local
business suspended, the bank would
be driven into liquidation and Mrs.
Browns husband would lose his job,
and would move.
"All the families in town having
been driven away, the school would
of course close up and Mrs. Jones
husband would lose his place.
''The church would die and Mrs.
Whites husband would be out hunt
ing for new pastorate.
''And we women, by organizing our
Larkin clubs, and by distributing our
Montgomery Ward catalogues, have
practically discharged our own hus-
bands, and separated ourselves and
our children from our bread and but
ter. The small town would be dead.
We would have to go to the farm or
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
CHRISTIAN ENDFAVOR
HOLDS CONVENTION
Chicago Holds MuItitudes of
Enthusiastic EndeaV0rerS
Story of Recent Gathering July 18th
to 18th and the Purpose of it
New York in 1917.

What was doubtless one of the
greatest constructive Christian con-
ventions of recent years was that
held in Chicago from the 7th to the
18th of this month. 1t was signifi-
cant, too, from the fact that it was
a convention made up almost entirely
of young people who have promised
allegiance to the principles and charac-
ter of Christ. In a time when so
many of US are devoting your time
almost exclusively to the commercial
world it comes as a refreshing bit
of news that ten thousand and twenty
young men and women have just
closed a convention devoted absolute
ly and solely to the discussion of
questions which are fundamental to
the perpetuity of virtuous national
life.
The Christian Endeavor movement
is only thirty four years old. The
first society was organized by Rev.
Francis +. Clark in 1881 in small
city in Maine. Little did he dream
that it would become the nucleus OF
an organization destined to find its
way into every Protestant denomina-
tion and into every nation where the
Christian church has gone. Now
Christian Endeavorers are numbered
by the million.
The convention opened on the even
ing of July 7th with great enthusiasm,
young people assembling in groups
by states and provinces giving their
respective songs and cheers with all
the vigor of happy youth. They
revealed this truth which we sadly
need to appreciate that the hap
piest people on earth are the
Christian young people. The idea
of old fashioned puritanical long faced
ness being a necessary accompani-
ment of Christian experience and
character is fast being relegated to
a forgotten past. The remarkable
thing noted by many at the conven-
tion was that when in the midst of
the display of joyous enthusiasm
there came call to prayer there
was almost instant quiet. Enthusiasm
is not stranger to reverence.
With we'll balanced youth they go
hand in hand. The mornings and
afternoons were devoted to conference
upon subjects dealing with the needs
of local societies. 1t may not be
we'll known but the fact remains that
no organization is built along such
practical and scientific lines as is the
Christian Endeavor Society and their
recent movement toward efficiency
along the line of a thoroughly de-
veloped standard, we'll merits the
high praise and approval being given
to it by men of business sagacity. 1t
is an application of scientific
methods to Christian propagation.
Several conference were going
simultaneously with thousands in each
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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
GRANT COUNTY DENTISTS
HOLD INITIAL MEETING
Dentists Follow Lead of Other Profess
sions and Form County Organi-
cation Officers Elected.

At a meeting held at the Country
Club at Lancaster Tuesday, July
18th, the dentists of Grant county
organized society to be known as the
Grant County Dental Society. which
will hold two regular meetings q
year, one meeting in May and another
in October.
Eighteen dentists out of a total Of
twenty-five were present.
Officers elected we're:
DR.. r. M. Carter, of Livingston,
president.
DR.. T. M. Savage, of Platteville,
Vice president.
Or. H. H. Hancock, of Blooming
ton, secretary.
DR.. L. F. Rundell, of Livingston.
treasurer.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
News of the Churches.
Presbyterian Church.

Sunday school at 9 as.
Divine service 10: As.
Hurricane Sunday school 2 30.
Divine service 3 80.
Evening services at Boice Creek
300.
Due to unfortunable weather last
Sunday the pastor will exchange
pulpits with Mr.. Ratz this Sunday.
There will be lawn social this
Wednesday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Hodoval. Every
body invited.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
new SCHOOL BOARD
HOLDS ITS MEETING
State Supt. Rules FaVOrably
on Board of Seven.
Monthly Meetings to be Held. Com
mittees Appointed.-Boa
Ready for Work.

The first regular meeting of the
new school board was held at 4 p.
N. last Thursday afternoon in the
directors room of the Union State
Bank, all the members of the board
being present. Mr.. Brennan, clerk
of the board, read the communication
sent to c. P. Cary, Supt. of public
instruction at Madison, reporting the
minutes of the last school meeting
Of the joint district, and also the reply
from Mr.. Carey, as follows:
July 8, 1915.
Hon. G. P. Cary,
Supt. of Public Instruction,
Madison, Wisconsin.
Dear Sir:
/ am herewith enclosing to you a
COPY of the. minutes of our school
meeting held last Tuesday evening.
The school district is joint one COM
prising the entire city of Lancaster
and parts of the North and South
townships of Lancaster The city of
Lancaster is operated under the general
charter law of this state and is
divided into four wards numbered,
one two, three and four. All cleo
lions are held separately in said wards
except school elections.
Prior to our annual school meeting
a notice was filed with me as district
clerk asking that the question be sub
mitted to the electors at the meeting
changing the district board from
three to seven members, and as you
will notice from the minutes the
annual school meeting notice COM
prised this particular question.
After the election of director then
this question was brought before the
meeting and it was voted to change
the membership from three to seven.
No attention was given to ward
boundaries and the board as now
constituted and as shown by the
minutes is as follows
First Ward, j. H. Fowler, Direc-
tor; Second Ward, w. j. Brennan,
Clerk; L. H. Stevens one year and
Mrs. G. B. Clementson two years
Third Ward, no membership; Fourth
Ward, Richard Meyer Jr. treasurer
and D. Crichton for one year; South
Town of Lancaster, Mr.. z. j. Austin,
member for two years; North Town
of Lancaster, no membership.
What construction do you place
upon Section 493a of the statutes
regarding the district board OF
school membership hereunder
Should each ward be represented
under that statute, and if so, what is
the result of the election of the
four members? We wish you would
take this matter. up at once and LEI
Us hear from you and if you do not
feel like giving an opinion, will
you kindly have the Attorney
General do so. We wish to have
the matter determined as early as
possible as we have matters that
should be brought before the board
FOR determination, and greatly
0blige.. Very truly yours,
Walter j. Brennan,
District Clerk
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
Congregational Church.


Rev. H. A. StuGebaker, Pastor.
1000 Sunday School.
HOO Morning worship. Preach
ing by the pastor.
6:45 Christian Endeavor. You
are wanted.
7:30 Thursday prayer meeting
Mission study and Junior Endeavor-
800 Friday. Ladies Aid meets
with Mrs. Clifton.
700 Saturday chior rehearsal
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
Methodist Church.

$50 Sunday school.
1870 Morning worship.
2 80 Hurricane Church
2 30 Junior League.
6 30 Epworth League.
7:3O Union Gospel service to be-
held on the court house lawn.
Thursday z 80 Prayer meeting.
Friday 3 and z 80 p. m. Specials
meeting Speaker, Rev. H. A
Musser.
Saturday Choir rehearsal.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
Baptist Church

10 100 a. m, Sunday school.
IL 100 a. M, Morning worship.
Sunday School and services at
Dyer 2 80.
Young Peoples meeting 6 AS,
Evening Services z 30.
Special music.
The public is cordially invited to-
ali services.
The Baptist Sunday School will
hold their annual picnic at the
Schreiner park, Tuesday, July 9th
An interesting program is being pre-
pared and let all come and enjoy an
outing.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
July ID, 1915.


Ir. Walter j. Brennan,
Lancaster, Wis.
)ear SIR
] have your favor of July 9Th tell
ng me that prior to the annual school
1eeting held in the city of Lancaster,
request was filed with you as dis
riot clerk asking that the question
changing the school board from 8
z members be submitted TO the
lectors assembled at the said annual
leeting of July 6. You state further
nat after the election of a director
the regular order of business this
uestion was then brought before the
leeting with the result that a
.ajoTity of the members present
1ted IN favor of changing the men,
srship of the school board from
z. You state further, however,
lat no attention was given toward
oundaries and members of the board
ere elected as follows:
First ward, J. H. Fowler as
rector.
Second ward, w. j. Brennan clerk.
l.. H. Stevens for one year and
rs. G. Clementson for two years.
Third ward. No membership.
Fourth ward-Richard Meyer, Jr.,
.easurer and d. Crichton for one
sar. However, the south part of
,e district in the town of Lancaster
as a member of the board for two
.ars and that no one was elected
ON that part of the district lying
tside the city in the town of
nth Lancaster. Under this state
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21

In one of the northern counties
there is a silo to each farm in one of
the townships. Not every farm in
the township has silo but some
have more than one, so the average
is one to the farm. :
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
Marriage Licenses Issued.

Leo Bernard Mccormick, Lancas.
ter, and Elizabeth Vogelsburg, Potosi'
Owen Hill, Bridgeport and Ida
Geardean, Patch Grove.
Archibald John Granville, Linden,
and Barbara l.. Nicholson, Livings-
ton,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
BOOSTING FENN|NORE
ON BIG day TRIP
Over 100 FennimOre Citizens
to Make the TOun.
July 22-25 the Date and the County
is the Field.

Fennimore is one of the best towns
in southwestern Wisconsin in every
respect, and whatever is undertaken
is done with a vim and pushed TO
successful completion. In order to
become better acquainted with it's
neighbOring towns and people and in
cidentally boost its coming Big Day
celebration, it has been planned TO
organize a big booster crowd num-
bering not less than % automobiles,
and in the neighbOrhood of 100 peO-
pie, and take couple of days out
ing, touring the neighboring coun-
try and boosting Fennimore and its
enterprises at every opportunity.
The boosters are to be accOmpan-
led by the band and double male
quartette, with H. E. ROethe TO do
the heavy talking and Frank Roach
the monOlogue entertaining act. That
with the talent at hand a first class
entertainment can be put forth goes
without question.
Car owners and others who may de-
sire to go are requested to leave theip
names with the secretary of the Big
Day committee, E. J. Roethe. Auto
mobiles from the country will also
be cordially welcomed.
Let's all pull together and make
this booster trip big success, COM
mensurate with the standing, pres
tige and progressive spirit Fennl-
more has always shown.
The trip is to be of two days do
ration and the itinerary includes calls
on the good people of nearly all the
towns in Grant county and adjoining
counties. ThursdaA and Friday Of
this week, July % and %, have
been chosen for the outing. The
complete schedule follows:
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21
Financial.

Money is the root Of all evil" and
grating doesn't improve the fruit
Smart Set.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-07-21

Leave Fennimore Z a. m.
Montfort S:15 to $50. VI
Cobb 900 to 9:15.
Linden 1910 to 10:15.
Livingston 1920 to 10:45. 4
Rewey 11:00 to 11:15. Ks
Cuba City 1900 to 1870. "a
Platteville 2:15 to $500. N
Lancaster 400 to 4:30. IA
Sitter 500 to $3.50. -
July %.
Leave Fennimore a. m.
Mt. Hope S:15 to $3.50.
Bloomington 900 to $3.50.
Patch Grove 9:45 to 10000.
Bridgeport TO:30 to 10:45-
Prairie du Chen 11:30 to 1909
WauZeka 1:45 to 2:15.
BoscObel 3:15 to 400.
Blue River 4:15 to 4:30.
Muscoda SEQ to Sis.
Highland 5:45 to $50.
Times.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
THE LITTLE Gypsy"

This newest Fox feature which
comes to the Majestic, Monday and
Tuesday is a decided triumph. More
than anything, it is a dictator's tri-
umph for the rare taste and artistry
shown i'll the selection of settings and
locations, in addition to the character
izations and the building up of the ac-
ton toward dramatic meridians, is of
a distinguished order A direct APP
peal has been made to the intelligence
Of the audience, and made so direct
ly that any audience will respond In
some subtle way, which artists have,
the spectator is invited to join with
the company, and the joys and woes
OF Lady Babbie and the Little Minis
ter are made ~ublic property, This is
the first of Oscar Apfel's productions
for the Fox company we have seen;
and, taking his measure from the
handling of the story, he is in an envi-
able position among directors.
Mr. APPEL has had high grade OF
material to work with Dorothy Ber-
nard is charming capable Babbie. As
the petted daughter of an English
nobleman she is dignfed and we'll
poised, and there is nothing neon
gruous in her barefoot gypsy dances
through midnight glades. Her naive
mannerisms are especially enticing in
her scenes with the minister, and with
the boy on the wishing-stone As the
minister, Thurlow Bergen is human
and convincing.
The rural and gypsy types, con-
tributed to Riley Hatch. Mamie
Webster and Bobbie Thew, enhance
the picture. The scenes are laid in
Scotland, mostly in and about the viii
lage of Throms. Thrills are provided
in the burning of the factory the
charge of the Highland troops on the
strikes. and the breakink of the dam,
and the rescue of the Minister and a
young lordling from the torrent Skill
full placing of the camera hasstrength-
ened all of these scenes.
The story is introduced with a
dainty novelty. The infant, Babbie is
packed into a basket by her gypsy
mother. and as the caravan is fording
stream. the basket is lost and drifts
down with the current Thus Babbie
is foud by a nobleman and raised as
his daughter, Her gypsy blood can
not be cooled, and she has fondness
for masquerading in the gay costume
of her real people tits in this mas
querade that she enchants the Minis
ter, and rouses his congregation Tex
cellent types. incidentally, and he is
saved from their wrath when her true
identity is discovered
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
LEADING ISSUES OF TINES
CONTINUED from page II

Continued from page y
and union labor needs some one with
Walsh's ability to promulgate 1egis-
lation and fight for it in the interests
of the organized labor hosts of this
country. Anything emanating from
Walsh will not be class legislation be-
cause he is not that sort of labor
sympathizer-he believes that all la
Dor should be organized labor and he
is anything but an advocate OF exclu-
siveness. That has been the cause of
much trouble in the advancement of
union labor's cause in the past. There
were too many mediocre leaders who
simply aped the capitalists methods
of class conscious exclusiveness which
brought the ill-will of the whole COM
munity against the organized at
tempts to win labor war by resort
ing to the same methods adopted by
capital, without going further and
entering the field of politics which
was already occupied by the enemy.
Nowadays organized labor is much
better and more wisely led and is go
ing to the causes of injustice instead
of attempting to mitigate effects.
AS it steps forth boldly into the
field of economics and politics and
demands justice-not privilege-it
will grow with leaps and bounds be-
cause it will widen its horizon, which
was formerly too small to allow the
broad minded to enter.
The genera, amalgamation Of labor
into one great body is keeping up
with the counter amalgamation of the
enemies OF labor and there is certain
10 be titanic struggle in the not far
distant future when monopolistic
capital makes a bid for complete pow
er over the destinates of the people,
which it has always had in mind and
to which goal it has always been
steadily advancing since the reign OF
privilege in this country began.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30

should also concentrate their atten-
ton upon the study of this question
because in it lies the great master
solution Of economic independence.
If land is held out of use arbitrarily
there is certain TO be a corresponding
surplus on the labor market and as
the surplus on the sea OF unemploy-
ment grows there is relative weak
ening of independence on the part Of
those who are forced to sell their
labor FOR the means of living.
To-day this country has developed
so far in labor-saving machinery that
if there is not great openings opened
into agricultural fields that draws off
the excess population and makes of
this class body of independent peo-
pie, there is certain to be overproduc-
ton and constantly increasing. toll
in the form OF rent which automatical-
ly contracts the general volume of
business activity and strangles the
natural growth of industry which UNI
der the proper environment would al
ways be increasing.
There is no need for unemploy-
ment-every man born into the world
becomes an employer of some other
man and once Justice is done there
will be no further increase in the
number of millionaires. The exist
ence of millionaire is proof Of the
inability Of the government under
which he lives to grasp the funda-
mentals of enforcing economic JUS
tice. No one man was ever worth a
million dollars to the general mass
who would not have been worth that
much had he not accumulated it.
There are a conspicuous few among
the millionaire class who are worth
much to the country-Thomas A.
Edison as an example but as Edison's
wealth has no relation of consequence
to his service to mankind-he would
be working for them anyway
But the very richest in this country
are those who not only are of no SER
vice to the country but are handi-
cap on it's further growth.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
Majestic Theatre
DIVORCED.

- - -NCA4A(
There is a big story in Divorced, -
the hve-part photoplay by Edwin Ar
cher in which Hilda Spong, England S
most celebrated emotional actress is
the star. which is coming TO the Ma
jectic Theatre, Friday and Saturday.
/ he play shows the evil results which
yielding by an impressionable man to
the lure OF fthe stage siren lead up to.
A marriage is broken up by the elop-
ment OF the husband, the wife secures
a divorce, and with her son lives on
the income provided by the recreant
husband. When the son grows up to
the college age this income is insult
ticient, and she is aided financially by
a rich society man, who induces her
to live with him on the understand
ing that they will be married as soon
as he can obtain a divorce from his
wife. When his wife dies he refuses
to keep his promise. The son finds
a check made out to his mother by
this man; his suspicious are aroused,
he demands the truth from his moth
err but she keeps her secret. The son
and his benefactor have quarrel, the
man, i'll anger, reveals to the son the
relations with his mother under which
he has been sent through college, and
the mother, driven crazy by the effect
OF the revelations on her son, shoots
her betraycr.
In wonderful court scene the mo-
Their is acquitted OF murder on the
ground OF temporary insanity, caused
by the society man; the mother and
son are reconciled, the boy wins the
girl he loves, and the play ends hap
PLY. The big wedding scene, it may
be noted, is the first moving picture
ever taken in a sure enough church,
with the official organist and sexton
in attendance, and people of the
neighborhood among the wedding
guests. The vaudeville for Friday
and Saturday is also we'll up to the
high standard set by the acts already
shown under the w. V. NJ A. Banner
and round out program which is
hard to equal
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
WHY SEAMEN PROTESTED

New York.-Writing in the. New
York Times, c. S. Stanworth, a retir-
ed United States naval officer, sug-
gests amendments to the seamen' S act,
although he makes the following ac-
acknowledgement OF degrading condi-
tions American sailors were forced to
accept prior to the laws PASSAGE
Sailors have for generations been
outside the law that protects the or
binary man in his rights, and custom
or common usage, that equally with
law protects us in our relations to 9TH
ers, has always been invoked against
any attempt to better the sailors life.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
K.B. A. Dance

The members OF the X. b. A. Frat
ernity gave their annual ball Thurs
day evening, in the Knights of Pythias
Hall. Beautiful holiday decorations
prevailed. The programs were un-
usually unique. The covers were of
green wood inlaid in. mother OF pearl
with the fraternal emblem engraved
in gold About seventy FIVE couples
were in attendance.
The Gem worker and the Idaho labor herald. (Boise, Idaho) 1914-1917, 1915-12-30
Concert. a Success

The Choral Society gave the Mes
siah to a filled house at thePinney
Sunday evening Thesoloists we're all
in splendid singing voice, Miss La
verne McCrum and Miss Gladys
Evans sang the soprano parts. Miss
Ruth Davies of Nampa and Mrs
Fred Rosene the contralto parts Mr.,
Dwight Endrus Cook sang the tenor
solos and Mr. Ward French the
bass solos. Professor Tompllins di-
rected the orchestra and Mr.. Eugene
Farmer the chorus.