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Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Bassett. was drowned while in bath

Bassett. was drowned while in bath
ing.
Those on the retired list OF the con-
ference who have died during the year
are B. c. Hammond, Of Springfield.
No. and NJ. T, Smedley. of Mount
Vernon.
There will be quite large percent
age of pastoral changes this year. AL
ready several Of the leading appoint
ments are booked for new pastors.
stuntz Well Received.
Bishop Stuntz is being royalty re-
ceived by the conference. He began
his ministry in the Upper Iowa con-
ference, his first charges being Chel-
sea and LeCirand. He went to India as
a missionary, giving several years of
his life to that country. He then re-
turned to Iowa and was pastor at First
church, Waterloo, and Mount YER
non. He then went to the PHILIPPINES
to superintend the Methodist mission
splendid work there. he came back to
the United States and became field
secretary of the foreign missionary
board. He represented the Upper Iowa
conference at the general conferences
Of 1900, 1908 and 1912. At the latter
conference he was elected bishop and
chose South America as his field. In
response to a persistent request he
was appointed to hold the present ses
sion of the Upper Iowa conference. His
son, Clyde b.. who is pastor of the
NJ ethodist church at Farley will be
ordained by his father this coming
Sunday and is soon to go to India to
become pastor of the great Thoburn
Memorial church of Calcutta.
All day yesterday the undergraduates
of the conference were busy taking
their annual examinations. strict
rule providing that every man should
be present the day previous to the
conference session and take the exam
nations allotted him or give his rea-
son for not taking the examination
in open conference caused almost every
man to be promptly on hand.
The examining board is composed Of
w. G. Keller, of Mount Vernon: A. NJ
Mcintosh, of Parkersburg: D. NJ. Par
ker. of Fayette: c. E. Baker. of Ep
worth; D. W. Clinton. Of Hampton: A.
E. Curran, of Charles City, and E. G.
Copeland, Of Traer.
Those taking the examinations in the
first year course Of study were E. G.
Cutshall, of Fairfax; H. l.. Dole. of
Van Horne, and B. L. Weaver, Of
Shellsburg. Those in the studies of the
second year were Frank H. Schepple.
of Stacyville; w. S. Sylvester, of Pres
ton: F. w. Cass, Of East Dubuque:
J. c. Davis, of Dumont: 0. j. Felter, of
Coleshurg: ]. H. Graham. of Clermont;
F. o. Hillman, of P1ainheld: j. B.
Kofske of Ossian. and E. J. Starr, of
Hansell.
j. w. Reed. of Earlville: c. B. Stuntz.
Of Farley, and F. S. Hurlburt. of
Laurel, made up the third wears class.
w. I. n. Densmore, of Quasqueton.
is the only member of the fourth class.
Not as many men are joining the
ranks of the conference as are needed.
Several of the charges must be sup
piled by local preachers. Only a very
few Of the men in the active ranks
will retire this year.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
BALLPLAYrRs WIN SUIT.
Greene and Allison Teams Hold limo
cent Of Law Violation.

Special to Times Republican.
Mason City, Sept 15.-After holding
fire for over year the Greene and
Allison baseball teams came out win
ners in court litigation. The two teams
were engaged in playing ball. The
diamond was on the Butler side If the
county line Butler county authorities
complained and the boys went over on
the Floyd side to complete their game
of Sunday baseball In a short time
Floyd county officials pounced down
upon them and had the eighteen arr
rested This was on Sept. 6. 1914.
When the case was first heard there
was disagreement but now the deci-
sion handed down declares that the
boys in playing baseball were not
playing in violation OF law or ordi-
nance.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Rob.r. Haddoek Champion Plowman.

Pierson, Sept. 15.-Approximately
5000 persons turned out for the Kings
ley Pierson- Washta blowing match,
a big annual feature in this section.
The event was held this year at the
Thomas Irwin farm. three miles north
of Pierson.
There were twenty-one entries IN
the blowing contest and each had his
enthusiastic hackers At noon the
women Of the Methodist Episcopal
church served dinner to about 500
people A general program of sports
was held in the afternoon.
The following awards were made by
the judges to the contestins plowmen:
First in professional suliy. Robert
Haddock. He was also awarded sweep
stakes, thus holding the gold cup for
a year. First in professional gang, Joe
Stinehagen: first in amateur sulkH,
William Irwin; first in amateur gang,
John McCauey. In the boy class. sulky,
Marvin Dawson was first.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
CLOSE JAIL TO VISITORS.
Prisoners Supplied With Highly In
toxicatine Liquor at Muscatine.

Special to Times Republican.
Muscatne. Sept 15--The Muscatine
county Jail has been closed to all Wis
itors as a result of a startling dscov-
cry made this week by Sheriff John
Wiley For some time prisoners IN
the Jail appeared to be in Supplied
state a close nvestiga ton resulted
in the discovery of vial. the contents
of which when tested revealed the
connection to be ~ centimeter var
iety Of booze and dope. Four highly
concentrated ingredients gave the
preparation strength to put one pris-
orer into a drunken stupor for thirty
six hours. One tablespoonful OF the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
DISAGREE As TO WHETHER Bill.
LION DOLLAR LOAN SHOULD
be MADE TO ALLIES.
MANY DO NOT LIKE
LACK OF SECURITY
Others Consider Bonds Of Allies Good
and Making Of Loan Good Stroke Of
nanoisrins-Dawson Believes Loan
Would Make United States Financial
Dictator Of World.

Sioux City, Sept. 15.-Sioux City
bankers were timid in making any
statement in regard to the advisability
of making the huge loan asked by the
Of the allies of the
bankers of this country. w. P. Man
ley, president of the Security National
Bank, expressed himself as favorable
to such loan, providing the allies put
up the right kind and a sufficient
amount of American securities as col
lateral.
j. J. Large, of the First National
Bank. said the loan would not be ac-
ceptable if the security offered were
SIMPLY bonds of the nations.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Afraid of Bonds.

Davenport Sept. 15.-President F. F..
Dawson of the First National Bank
of this city expressed the majority
sentiment of the bankers of the city
when he made the following statement
in regard to the huge loan .he allies
are attempting to place in this coun-
try:
1T would place in this country the
worlds financial center, and it would
be the only wise thing to do to take
care Of them, providing they deposit
proper amount of good American Sc
curities as collateral But if the loan
was made with nothing but the gov
eminent bonds as collateral, these
countries would be able to dump lot
of American securities on our mar
kets at any time they so desired. With
the floating Of this loan. the credit of
these nations would permit them to
buy their supplies in America, ana
thus keep up the prices of our products
in a year when our crops are the larg-
est in history"
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
BUILDING BOOM PROMISED.
Many Cottages to Be Erected on Odd
Fellows Plat at Clear Lake,

Special To Times Republican.
Clear Lake. Sept. io.-Thc coming
year will see a building boom on the
south shore OF Clear Lake. In the new
state l. o. O, r. plat there are seventy
four lots. sixty of which have been
sold to members of the order and out
OF this number twenty cottages are to
he erected between now and the sum-
mer season. Seventy-siX lots were
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15

sold in Bayside and Oakland Park adj
ditions and fifteen cottages are 70 b
erected In this addition next summon
At least Atty cottages will be erected
within seven months on the west side
Of the lake. There are now over 100
cottages there and the expectancy ID
that tho west side will exceed the
popularity Of tho east side ~ resort
a. = ,,iement, =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15

mixture poured into cup of water
made It highly Intoxicating. Local Of
flcers are now seeking to trace the
origin OF the drink and to ascertain the
identity OF the person bringing 1t into
the jail. No parcels or foodstuffs may
be given to prisoners in the future
until they have been inspected by the
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
REPUBLICAN,. MARsHAILTowN SEPTEMBER 15 1915

land. and receive $500 q year. for
three years, under the will OF the dia-
mond king. DR.. r. H. Macbride, presi-
dent OF s. u. l.. is the committee chair
man. The candidates represent Grin
nell, Upper Iowa, Cornell and Drake.
Six will compete. Iowa university has
no candidate thus far
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
HOLDS Bond. Poor Security.

Oskaloosa. Sept 15.-Not one of the
siz big banks here want any part OF
the war loan now being negotiated for
in New York by the allies, nor would
they advise any of their customers to
take any. This Is especially true IL
the only collateral to he given is me
bonds of their countries for at present
bonds of England. France and Russia
are not considered very good.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Rank on Hills Word.

Des Moines. Sept 15.-The bankers
of Des Moines seem to be strong for
the loan, tho they are without any
anxiety to take part of it. it being
their opinion that eastern bankers may
handle it If they care to. H. T. Black
burn. cashier of the Iowa National
Bank. says the loan is all right, pro-
viding the security is the proper kind.
siman Cassidy. of the Central State
Bank. said that if James J. Hill APP
proved the loan. as he did, it would be
a good one, simply matter OF Sc
curities.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Mrs. Elizabeth Reyer-Jones Dead.

Special to Time Republican.
Mason City, Sept 15.-Prof. S. W.
Boyer of Ames college, was called to
this city on acc punt of the sickness
and death of his sister, Mrs Elizabeth
Boyer Jones. Mrs. Jones is survived
by one daughter. DR.. Margaret Mona
han, of Chicago.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
pn.umooi. KIN. ,s.v..r. Old ssy.

Special to Times Republican.
Greene. Sept. librarian Gibson
died at the home Of his parentA MI
and Mrs. James Gibson Tuesday after
a short illness. He was young man
about Is years OF age. He caught q
severe cold which developed into
double pneumonia. The services will
be held at tho home on Thursday. and
interment Will be made at Rose Hill
Il
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
waterloo Asks Collateral

Waterloo. Sept. 15.-The bankers OF
this CITY express emselves as being
in favor of the loan asked by the al
lies. providing they use American Sc
curities as collateral.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Council Bluffs Lukewarm.

Council Bluffs, Sept. 15.-There is
no tendency among the bankers Of
Council Bluffs to approve the war
loan asked by the allies. 1t is simply
a business proposition whether or not
to loan the money, if the security is
right
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Hunting Without License Cost s2es5

Waterloo, Sept. 15-Fred Brown was
arraigned in the court of F. F. Knapp.
Justice of the peace, on charge Of
hunting without license and filed by
Ed Chapman, deputy fish and game
warden. Brown pleaded guilty and
was fined s25 and costs amounting to
s29.S5. Brown was arrested Sunday
by Deputy Chapman.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1915-09-15
Rhode. Scholarship Examination.

Special to Times Republican.
Iowa City. Sept. 15.-Rhodes scholar
ship examinations for Iowa will be held
at S. U. l.. Oct. 5 and g. The winner
will he sent to oxford University, Eng
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23

After the repast Mr.. Sullivah
introduced The gentlemen IN. the
following order: 4. l. Hampton
of Magnolia. Miss, whose stock
farm at Angie. in Washington
Parish is noted for it's thorough
bred cattle, which, by the by,
will be exhibited at the Fair in
Franklinton next month: J. f.
Redhead, demonstrators Of tick
eradication III the department Of
agriculture of Che United States:
Harry D. Wilson, advocate Of
corn and pork prosperity; !. X
Johnson, SUPERVISION of the cut,
over land department Of the
Great SouthurnLumber Co., and
Hoh. j. 1}, Lancaster, Judge of
this the twenty sixth judicial
district. who extoIled t he voca-
ton of farming. i
Mr.. Gushing refrained from
making a hatfo1'm' speech but
was delighted with bis vi,itors
aud earnest in hi, talks about
The production Of his fields. Ali
provendel' for livestock will be
growth owpeas, corn. oats,
o"Slium, soy beans, sweet POI
S|t'U''VS and Burbank's spincle> S
catcuS. /,
! He says they will breed and
raise HEREFORD cattle, Duroc
Jersey swine, Shropshire sheep,
and 'gocd mules and and fuhses.
Wilhi1hanks for their .atten-
dance, for their behavior and
lively interest Mr.. Sullivan is
sued an invitation to everybody
to call when they. pIeased-that
they would be welcome. He
also said he would have a silo
in operation at the Washington
Parish Fair where he hoped
to meet these and many other
farmers and homeseekers.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23
INTERESTING FACTS NOW
IN line FOR. FAIR EDITION

The extraordinary edition Of
The ERALEADER, which will be
issued shortly will contain, as
announced, matter of. interest to
every resident Of Washington
Parish. Not an incident Of his
tOrical fact: will be omitted if
possible to obtain a narrative of it
in time to be included in the
makeup of that edition. Already
some of our readers have inter
esteA themselves sufficiently to
give US some data respecting
the pioneer days in this Parish;
incidents in :the'lives of revered
and hOnOred ancestors who im-
grated from South and North
Carolina, Virginia. Georgia and
elsewhere; anecdotes regarding
the early settlers; narratives Of
the struggles and perseverance
of worthy citizens memories of
whom are cherished by the pres
ent generation; and achieve
ments, mllitary .valor, and acc,
QUESTIONS ofthe departed dead
whose posterity proudly veneer,
ate them as worthy of honorable
mention. Besides, we want to
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23
J Republicans Meeting

At a meeting of the. I:ebubli-I
cans of Washington Parish called
TO order by E. II. Taylor mem
mber of 1.-THE State Comadita, ee.
Jno. L. Magee was elected chair1
man and J. Lea, Sec'y, -. a
After the organization WI
completed it was moved and car
ried that we held a mass meet
ing in Bogalnsa, La, Sept. 25.
1915. at s ps m,,. for es.purpese
of electing delegates to the Re !.
publican Convention to be held
in New Orleans, Oct. 9TH, 1916,
to nominate State Ticket.
Hon. G. S. Hebert and ether
Prominent speakers will be.
resent. @
Jno. l. Magee, c. 4
II J. Lea, Secret d
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23
t.bIC-> DEMONS TRAT|0N BY.
~BoCuE: CHI ITO !; STOCK I'd { /. FARM

Com mittees, assigned by D. II.
Gushing, the general manager,
escorted groups Of men and
women here. and there to wit
ness operations. and receive in
formation. There were
present farmers, breeders of
live stock, parish officials, cap
ltalists and mea of various cal
lings who were interested in the
AGRICULTURAL development of the
country, some from neighboring
ing parishes and states, AL
interested :. ,.sp e ct a t o $
or willing e.! demonstrators q! ?: rs: Nh:
W. H. Sullivan, president of the,
company owning the farm, affab
Iy greeted everybody and Was.
ELUSIVE and sincere in assun
ance of a Willingness to help tt e
farmers of Washington Parish
and the homeseekers who may
want; to locate on cut over lands
that lie betwixt the valleys: ttotf
the. two rivers Bqgu,e Chitto
and Pearl.
Before the speaking commenced
the crowd, as guests Of the farm
were invited :. 10 IL luncheon !: NJ. IN pic
nic,stylle. These ye e. was asa an abundance
in the way Of saqrdines, sandwich
es, crackerrs, eggs, and apples,
AND gold soft. & Kinks l!lf! and cigars
We're literally handed out to the
crowd Of three hundred or more
visitors.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23

In aSeeptauon Of an invit a4ion
to visit Bogue Chitto Farm near
:. ISABEL, on Saturday the 18th our
Representative appeared on the
scene beh0iding with amase.
;,ment. tl}e remarkable trapsition
of whata few years ago was a
virg in :. forest. Of yellow pine
timber, but is now an immense
) tract of hundreds of acres off cut,
over lands. under cultivation. A
model OF gade|de, roadway admit.
ting to the fields led on to the
headquarters this gigantic farm
the lick Of which had never be-
fore ben seen in washington
Parish. Two cyIindr>l stacks.
called silos, were the first build
ings to attract the tye of the Wis.
.;;itor... These tmere sixteen feet
in: diameter and each had a ca
pacity> of a hundred tons of sill
age. The barns, stables, sheds,
water tank, masters residence,
hot house, etc; the array of i'm
Elements to be used by hand,
Horse power and trans nitted
power; the artificial lake bed in
course 4! e CONSTRUCTION" !r the. fields
under tillage including twenty
acres IN corn planted June %,
now being cut into silage and
stored into silos; the broad
patches of potatoes and other
vegetation, we're to the eye of a
"2x4" rustic, truly dazzling.
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23
Getting Rid ofthe Cattle Tick

More than nine thousand square.
miles of. territory in the states of
Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia
and South Carolina have been
freed from quarantine for cattle
tick, beginning Septem Der 10Th,
according to bulletin from the
United States department of
agriculture.
The territories freed are these
in which the countries, the state
and the department of agricnl,
ture, working in cooperation,
have eradicated the tick which
causes Texas fever by systematic
dipping of cattle in an arcenical.
bath. The territory just released
makes total territory Of I. 252469
square miles freed from the, tick
since 1916, when systematic work
to get rid Of this cattle pest was
undertaken. AS the original
territory under quarantine for the
cattle tick was 94l ,515 square
miles, more than one-third of the
territory infested, has. been
cleaned. - -
Kentucky, Missouri and Ten
nessee have succeeded in com
pletely wiping out the cattle tick.
In Tennessee: torty-two Counties
were infested. California and
Virginia also are now practically
free from the pest. Figures from
other states, however, are not so
favorable, as is shown by the
fact that in North Carolina but
50 per cent of the infested terri
: tory has been cleaned up. After
North Carolina comes South Car
DINA with So per cent, Mississippi
with Al per cent, Oklahoma with
AZ per cent, Arkansas with .
per cent, Texas with % per cent
, and Georgia with Is per cent
, Louisiana is next to last, with
, only 40 per cent, and Florida has
not as vet succeeded in freeing
auy portion 'of the forty-seven
, counties which were infested II
1905.
} In territory already released
B there are about 100000 cattle
To free these it has cost about Z:
I cents head, a little over half 0
which has been borne by tn
l4United States government. Il
|freturn for this outlay the losse
IIfrom Texas. feEsgin this tsrritor,
4 have been don9 away with alto
/ gether, the grade of the cattl
, markedly improved, and the valu
, increased. Inthe tick. belt a
} thu present time, it is said, tn
3 value of beef bred cattle. at wean
4 Ing fine is $40 toS16 q pead be
IIlow the quarantine line, an
i above Ina quarantine line in FIRE
Hlterritory the vaiiis sSgT50to 1875
! per head. The lossss from Texe
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23

publish something about twins,
triplets, etc; old timers who
hewed with broad axes, built, log
cabins. loaded guns at the mlE
zIe, shot squirrels with rifles,
hunted coonS with dogs, diSpor-
ted with deer where residences
and farms now appear. In fact
every matter of interest will be
treated. if our friends submit
the facts, TO this end we are
exploring = Old records, inter-
viewing anybody whose name
has been suggested ind hiding
Bickham, Burris, Shoeboots,
Forlnea, Foil, richardson. Jones,
Magee, Simmons, Darlington,
Thigpen. Johnson, Brock, Var
nado, Wood, Fisher, OFT, Burch
Bateman, Pierce, Williams and
knights; societies, fraternities,
organizations Of civic, military,
commercial. aeancial and manu-.
featuring Institutions Now,
then, will our friends gather the
Facts ia theirsmiads and apprlse
this office so may send them
a scribe to write up the data. or
will they kindly write in their
own style, Alleging US the priv
lege to rewrlte the same for ou"
columns? AS showing what eur
people tolerated in the days of
political misrule and opQEesSiQa
we wereta111
' it, ~ 81 Ri!
board was asked Whabs
done at. a meeting ~
he raplied tf,AfgaIf fssss| E ssn {, rs
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23

out was they were to- draw three
dollars a day for setting there
ldai wuz to draw tree dollus per
day fur sottin dare. AnotherS
told us that his ancestors f1oated .
On a fac boat down a river AjE
some point from where he jour I
neyed afoot to this section. An
Others said he had been bern here.
reared here, lived iere all Ills
life and expected toI lie here and |
remain dead here ii It'll tue day.
of resurrection. AIlthis we baqef
said viii be interesting reading
tits hoped that no time be lostin
preparing for nor fact be omitted
from our faithful write w.
our extraordinary edition WI
We are getting out at our |
cost. ,sx ia
Business concerns sFaesirins
space for their advertisements in
this extraordinary edition. which
will be issued October .7thsh0nld
place their copy in Dur minds
without delay. The styles OF set.
up Of that issue will .exenYlify
our purpose to. arrange the f,nls'
nmns of reading matters d s.a, 4
yertlsements so .tastefhIls /
command the admiration 4 4
eaase who will read the his !,
OF Wa9k ;.1gts~ Pariisllw ithN &
hghtoSfroui thosa VINO nay Be
attracted blythe afsis.ically ST.
up advertisements. sAi
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23

All kinds of printing except bad.
Fine Commercial JOB Printing.
Amply equipped to do first-class
book and catalogue work. No job
too small 0. too large. Try us,
The Era-leader. [volume] (Franklinton, La.) 1910-current, 1915-09-23

The paper the people read-the
best advertising medium in Wash
ington Parish. Covers this section
of the country like the dew. Rates
reasonable
The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-12-13
Washington's City Christmas.

Peace on Earth. Good VIII to Men"
This sentence. blazing from a bril-
liantly lighted electric placard raised
almost to the dome of the capitol, re-
iected the predominant sentiment of
thousands who assembled at the capitol
plaza to celebrate Washington's com
munity Christmas A giant Norway
spruce. Illuminated with glimmering
red. white and blue electric bulbs; the
Marine band. a huge electric star Of
the east and chorus of 1000 singers.
with the capitol itself outlined as the
background against the dark curtain
of the sky, made a scene of impressive
beauty. Tableaux representing the
story of the Nativity were presented
in the improvised amphitheater In
the audience were many men and wom-
en- well known throughout the country.
including high government officials.