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The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-02-23
CIVIC LEAGUE
HOLDS MEETING
Meeting Held Last Sunday Afternoon
in Presbyterian Church to Con-
slider Equal Suffrage.
rouRTELLor AND SIMS SPEAK
Two veey Live Addresses in Favor Of
Equal Suffrage Were Heard by
Large Audience.

The Civic league met on Sunday af-
ternoon in the Presbyterian church. 1t
had been announced that the program
would consist of talks pro and con on
equal suffrage, but as no one could be
found to take the opposing side the
program consisted of two very live
talks in favor of equal suffrage.
The first speaker was Rev. J. c.
Tourtellot. who began by stating that
equal suffrage Is right and good
thing. He told how laws effect the
home. lax laws in regard to divorce
tending to tear down the home. etc,
and pleaded that she who has most to
do with building the home and keep
ing up it's standards should have
voice in making the laws whereby
that home shall stand or fall. Speaking
of the effect which equal suffrage
would have on the church, the speak
err cited that SO many OF the great
leaders recorded in the bible were
women. While the church should not
devote its time to great reforms such
as suffrage or prohibition as that is
not its primary function, yet it should
furnish the inspiration as we'll as the
leaders, and it does. In closing Rev.
Tourtellot stated that since the devil
and his forces are so universally and
actively opposed to women voting that
that should be enough to arouse the
christian forces to their duty and priv
ilege in supporting it at the polls.
The second speaker was Mr.. Jacob
Sims. He opened his address by ask;
ing the question, What divine right
have we. have |, to deny women the
right of suffrage? Where did we get
it?" And in answering he said: "We
took it by right of superior physical
strength; we took it and reserved the
right to extend it," He then showed
how the negro and the Indian were en-
franchised without even asking for
that right and yet women have for
fifty years been asking for the ballot
and men have steadily denied her the
right OF franchise. who are we
said the speaker. Some OF US are in
telligent beings, but along with us
stand the gambler, the saloon keeper,
the thug and the man Of vice, whose
business it is to tear down society. Ev.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-02-23
PAVlNGCONTRACT
ACTS AS MAGNET
Contract for Practically $1,000 Square
Yards Of Paving Let to NJ. L. Finn
Paving Co., Of Sioux City.
PRICE .1.27Is Per SQUARE YARD
Fourteen Bids Presented-Letting At.
tended by More Than Fifty Bid
ders and Material Men.
LIST OF Low BIDS.
For Brick.

Glass A, Base of Glass A.
Thos. Reagon, Council Bluffs 1921 1850. 90
Glass A, Ease of Glass b
j. a. Beebe, Omaha ..... -. 121,223.92
Class B, Base of Glass b
J. A. Beebe, Omaha .... -. ll9,704.54
Glass c, Base of Glass b
j. A. Beebe. Omaha 49,. -. 112,SS1.82
Fiber Brick.
Dearborn Con. Co., Waterloo. l15,410.94
Sheet Asphalt
Class A, Base b
Jas. HOrrabin, Des Moines :. 1O5,5S9.O6
Class B. Base b
Jas. HOrrabin, DeS MOines :. 1O3,314.S2
Glass c. Base B.
Jas. HOrrabin, Des Moines :. 03,3l4.S2
Asphaltic Concrete
Glass A, Base b
Jas. Horrabin, Des Moines :. O1,609.14
Glass Il, Base b
Dearborn Con. Co, Waterloo. 33,501.52
Glass G. Base b
Dearborn Con. Co., Waterloo. 92,36440
BituAthic
Jas. Horrabin, Des Mones :. 1lG.6759s
Plain Concrete.
NJ. L. Finn Paw Co. ........ s1,'OG.52
-. ~. Armorsd copcrsts.
NJ. L. Finn Paw. Co. ..... S4,934.6O
Friday, Feb. IS, 1916, was the begin
ming of new era for Denison, for on
that date long step was taken that
will place Denison on par with 9TH
er cities Of the state-a paving step.
The contract for paving some $4,000
square yards of public streets was
awarded the NJ. L. Finn Paving COM
pany, of Sioux City, at a total price
of 81,SO6.52. At this price there is
also included the curbing and nay nee
essary grading. The price for plain
concrete was $1.271s per square pard;
for curbing 3S cents per lineal foot
and 40 cents per cubic foot for grad
ing. The contractor must sign the
contract within ten days from the let
ting and furnish bond for SO per cent
OF the contract price. Work is to be
started April ,1st and completed Aug.
I, 1916.
The letting of the contract served
as magnet and drew more than fifty
bidders. and material men to Denisor.
and by o'clock on Friday afternoon
the city hall was filled with contract
ors. supply men and Interested tax
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-02-23

in black coats and white trousers ar
ranged in semi-circle, while at the
rear the orchestra was seated upon an
elevation. The orchestra, composed
of j. " Barborka, violin; Mrs. D. E
Voss. piano; George Hover, clarinet
and D. E. Voss, traps, added much to
the musical numbers. Denison is most
fortunate in having such accomplished
musicians who are always glad to rem
der their services for entertainments
CT this character.
1t would have been hard matter to
have improved upon the four colored
gentlemen who kept things lively with
their witty jokes. addressed to w. f.
kahler, who was master of ceremon-
les Their makeups were clever and
those in the audience almost thought
that they We're in sunny Alabama lis
tening to conversation among real
darkies. One of the features of the
first act was a ventrloquism sketch
by Carl Caswell, who proved himself
q master.
Z. r. Adle proved to be one of the
hits of the evening, being forced to ap-
pear four times in his dancing spe-
cialty. Mr.. Adle is buck and wing
dancer Of no mean ability and for each
encore he had different step, which
pleased the audience more than the
one which preceded it. The avalanche
of applause was cut short after the
fourth appearance for the numbers to
follow.
The Indian operetta, creed Bird"
was one of the main features OF the
evenings entertainment and six pref
ty Indian maids. Helen Boylan, Dor
othy Jones, Beulah Aylesworth, Agnes
Henry, Frances Leahy and Erma
Chamberlin. presided over by the In
dian chief, Earl Baum, danced artisti-
cally in the moonlight to the accom-
paniment OF an Indian song which they
sang The setting for the operetta
was exquisite. the lighting being most
effective.
The operetta was followed by harp
specially by J. V. Barborka. These
solos are always a treat for Denison
people who are indeed favored when
Mr. Barborka consents to appear on
the program. He responded with sew
eral encores.
The big hit of the evening was thel
colonial minuet, participated in by six
little cavaliers and colonial maids,
Maxine Robinson, Sarah Pfarr. Cath
crime Woolston, Edna May Simpson,
Marie Hawley. Eleanor Kott. Greta
Thompson and Naomi Poster. The lit
tie misses were most attractive inl
their pretty costumes Of the colonial
days and they perfectly performed the
artistic minuet without single mis-
take.
The comedy sketch, Too Much Mar
ried. was perfect scream from start
to finish, involving more and more
as it progressed. The;
audience was kept in an uproar by the
turns in events and every
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THIS PAPER issued in
Two Sections; Section
tWo-pa9es I to 6-Lo.
cal news, stories, CORE.
spondence and Denison
locals.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-02-23

Attorney P. j.. Hlinker was a pas.
senger to Omaha yesterday morning,
where he spent the day transacting
business and. incidentally took occas-
ion to visit the auto show.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

The further he ran the faster he got.
He went down South Main street hit
ting the Slide" and before the Off
GERS had time to breathe he had slid
onto horse and was tearing out the
Nashville pike at the rate of a mile
less than nothing. Deputy Harrison
jumped into his car and overlook the
negro out about Newt Hoods farm
and brought him back He at first
denied the charges, but afterward, it
is said he made clean breast of all.
A search warrant was issued and
the negro's home out near Goodwin
was searched and a pair of trousers,
shoes, underwear and other articles
he had gotten from the merchants Of
Columbia upon the same scheme were
found. Ernie" is now basking in the
speandors of Sheriff Griffn's hand.
some bastile on East Sixth street
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
APPOINTMENT NOT
YET CONFIRM D


WASHINGTON, April 13.-The con.
firmation of James Wesley Thompson
as United States circuit Judge in Ha'
wall has been delayed. Senator Bran
degee of Connecticut asked the ju'
dietary committee, to which the nomf
nation was referred, to delay the con-
sideration Of the matter until certain
charges which had been forwarded to
him from Hawaii could have time to
arrive. However, it is anticipated that
Mr.. Thompson will be confirmed, as
the charges, 1t is understood, do not
reflect on his character. His friends
intimate that the charges have been
fnstigated by the republican incurn'
bent, who has the love of office COM
mon with the republican officeholder
and wishes to retain his place as long
as possible.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
BUY AT HOME.

This is an Old one that has been
going the rounds for long time De
cause it fits great many portions OF
the great Southland Let us take II
home to ourselves:
The average Florida farmer gets up
early, at the alarm OF Connecticut
clock, buttons his Chicago suspenders
70 Detroit overalls, puts on pair OF
.cOwhide shoes made IN Ohio, washes III
a Pittsburg .tin-basin, using Clncln-
natl soap, and dries on a cotton tower
made in New Hampshire; sits down
to a Grand Rapids table; eats hot bis
Muts made with Minneapolis Hour,
Kansas City bacon and Indiana grlts
fried in Omaha lard, cooked on a St,
Louis stove; buys Irish potatoes
grown in Michigan and canned fruit
put up in California, seasoned with
Rhode Island spices; claps on his old
wool hat made in Philadelphia, puts
New York harness on Missouri mule,
fed on Iowa corn, and plows his farm,
covered by Massachusetts, mortgage,
with an Indiana pillow.
At night he crawls under New Jer-
sey blanket and is kept awake by a
Florida dog, the only home product on
the place, and wonders why he keeps
poor.
Moral: Patronize home industries.
Spend your money where it will give
you a market for what you grow,
and thus make money and increase
the value of your farm. This is pub
lie spirit and the highest form OF pa
tr;otism.-Areadia Enterprise.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
RANGE EXHIBIT AT
COOKS NEXT WEEK
EXPERT FROM THE FACTORY IN
CHARGE-SPECiAL FEATURE
FOR CHILDREN.

Beginning next Monday and lasting
for the entire week, there will be a
demonstration of the Majestic range
at the store of the Cook Quitting Co.
There will be an expert man from the
factory in charge of the demonstration
and with all stoves that are sold dur.
ing the demonstration a handsome
$500 set of aluminium cooking ware
will be given free. See the hand.
some display advertisement to be
found in this issue of The Herald tell.
ing about the demonstration and the
special children's feature in connection
with the demonstration.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
BIG INCREASE In
PRODUCTION CARS
WlLLYS-OVERLAND CO. SHOWS A
TOTAL OF 47,565 CARS FOR
THREE MONTHS.

1t was disclosed in a report sub
mitted by officials of the company tt
John N. WHY'S, President of the
Willys-Overland company, on Satur
day, that all previous production rec
ords had been broken at the close Of
business, March 31st.
This three months statement shows
a total of 47,465 cars manufactured
and shipped.
The month of March just passed
leads with total of nearly 10000 cars
1870 to be exact. This Is compared
with the March, 1915, production OF
zoos cars and shows a gain of 1875
cars in the single month.
Still more remarkable is the fact
that the number of cars shipped in
the three months period, January first
to March 31st, comes within a thou
sand cars of equalling the entire year
ly production Of 1914.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

firing a center shot at the nefarious
fee system that had grown to the pro-
portions of a real industry" and not
an infant one either. 1t appears that
under the good old days OF Edging-
ton and Estes, the sheriff and clerk OF
the criminal court we're permitted to
oay a lawyer $25 per month to draw
indictments. He drew them by the
wholesale. If man stole dollar a
day for thirty days from his
employer he was not indicted for the
embezzlement of $50. One indictment
might serve the ends of justice and
meet the demands of the taxpayers, but
plainly it would not serve the needs
of the fee grabbing sheriff and clerk.
Instead thirty indictments, each charg-
ing the theft of dollar would be
drawn. The criminal judge would see
that there was conviction in one case
and then he would be accommodating
enough to have verdicts of mot guilty
entered upon the minutes of the court
in the other Twenty-Five cases and the
costs of each certified to the comptrol-
Ter of the state for payment.
The new encouragement takes his
duties seriously. He believes that the
law means what it says when it re-
uuires the attorneys general to pass
upon indictments. He has discharged
the employee of the clerk and sheriff
and has gently informed those officials
that hereafter in Shelby county indict-
ments will be drawn and submitted to
the grand Jury that crime may be pun
ished and justice meted out and not
simply to line the pockets of lot of
constituencies Degrading officials.
If the old practices in Shelby county
shall end, if really there will be in
that county some regard for Justice
and the law will be measurably en-
forced with regard to the rights Of all,
as the result Of the recent impeach-
ment proceedings, they will be we'll
worth to the taxpayers all the cost.
In making his appointments to fill the
vacancies in Shelby county Gov. Rye
seems to have been fortunate. While
some of his enemies have intimated
that the governor played politics, they
have been forced to concede that he
selected good men for the high places
of Judge and encouragement.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
SAVING FEES.

Gov. Rye's new attorney general Of
Shelby county, the Hon. Hunter VIII
son, seems to have lost no time In
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
BOY ARRESTED ON
CHARGE OF THEFT
EDWARD DUKE SAYS HIS HOME
Is IN DAVIDSON
COUNTY.

ADAMS, Tenn, April 13.-Ed Duke
a white boy giving his home as David
son county, was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff w. E. Hornberger of this place
at Hopkinsville Monday on the charge
of stealing $50 from the home of Mr.
Jerre Davis here. 1t is charged that
Duke entered the Davis home last
Sunday unknown to the owner and
secured the money, making his get.
away to Hopkinsville.
Duke was tried before Squire George
Ogg and bound over to the next term
Of court.
Failing to make bond he was taken
to the Jail at Springfield.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
A5Dlf ROAD FUNDS
OF COUNTY BEGINS
ALL FACTS WANTED
COMMITTEE WILL APPOINT TIME
TO HEAR ANY CHARGES
FROM ANYONE.
Committee From County Court And
That From the County Road Asso-
citation Will Act Together and Make
The Probe a Thorough One.

No time has been lost in beginning
the audit of the road accounts OF the
county. On Monday afternoon, after
the adjournment of the County Court
meeting of the committee on the
part of the court, the accountant and
William P. Ridley of the citizens COM
mittee, was held at the court house
and it was decided to begin work at
once. w. Harris Puryear, the account
ant, commenced his task this morning.
The committee of the court decided
that it would work with and welcome
the cooperation and assistance of the
committee, of which Mr.. Ridley, Col
Brown and T. H. Taylor are members,
and that nothing would be left undone
to make the audit and investigation
full and thorough.
The committee will meet at an early
date when notice will be given to the
public of the meeting. At that time
everyone having charges to make
against the commission involving any
wrong doing, extravaganza or misap-
preparation OF public funds, will be
asked to appear and give the facts.
The committee made it plain that
full and fair investigation was desired
and in order to attain this end, all
who have any information bearing
upon the conduct of the commission
in its expenditures of road funds are
urged to present the facts.
1t was also decided to make the
audit from September /, 1910, to the
present date. The cash balance to the
credit of the general and special high
way funds upon that date will be the
basis or starting point of the investiga-
ton. That date was selected because,
while a little more than five years ago,
it marks the beginning of the admin
istration of the present County Court
and county Judge, and it was felt that
the examination should cover the en-
tire period.
Mr.. Puryear, the accountant, is no
novice at the job He is thoroughly
familiar with tax records, having
served ten years in the trustees office
and two years in the office of the state
comptroller. During the session Of
the last legislature he was appointed
by the committee examining the office
of the state superintendent and was
highly complimented upon the result
of his labors. During the past year
he has been engaged in regular audit
work for the revenue agent of East
Tennessee. He is also one of the rev.
enue commissioners of the county.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
SAVE THE HUMUS.

1t is rare treat to drive through
the country these glorious spring days.
1t is better if, one is not in too big a
hurry, and unfortunately most of us
usually are in that condition, to ride.
There Is nothing more exhilarating or
more calculated to make one thank
full for the great giver of all for the
blessings we enjoy in this magnificent
country, than ride at this time of
the year on a good Maury county
mount, through the lanes and roads
and across country. All nature seems
to rejoice The air is fine and invig-
Grating, the scenery not to be sur
passed anywhere in the world. 1t is
rare combination of the poetry and
beauty of nature with the material
gifts so necessary to the prosperity
and advancement of mankind.
But there are some things that one
sees as he passes along farms that are
not pleasant to look at and that is the
seeming carelessness Of SO many farm
ers of the preservation of the fertility
of their soil Too many act upon the
idea that they were mining and not
farming their land They apparently
take no stock of the years that are to
come when the cry for bread will be
uttered by thousands upon thousands
yet unborn, although the earth's sur
face will remain practically unchanged.
This attitude is indicated by the
large number whom one sees piling
corn stalks together and burning them.
This Is a complete loss of material
that if turned under and allowed to
decay would add to the earth's store
OF humus, something in which all too
many of our fields are lacking. When
consumed by the flames these corn
stalks are of no value at all to the
land. Even worse, we see many farm.
ers burning old straw stacks and the re-
mains of old hay ricks. These old stacks
are rich and contain much plant food
of value and on every farm there are
'scalded" or barren wastes that could
De easily restored to fertility if only
this material were properly used for
that purpose, We have been in such
a hurry to get the last possible dollar
out of our land that we have neglected
soil maintenance, the most vital need
of the day.
These are not pleasant subjects, but
they are matters that should be called
to the attention of our farmers who
unthinkingly go upon the idea that be-
cause under such system of waste
the land has produced certain crops
IN the past 1t Will continue to do so
In the future. This unfortunately is
not true.
Again there is tendency among too
many to sacrifice the great shade trees.
Trees along the highway; trees that
abound along the water courses are
being removed every year and too
soon our landscape, il this policy is
persisted in, will lose much Of its beau
ty as we'll as its ability to arrest the
progress Of torrents and floods. Trees,
fine old shade trees, are the creations
Of the ages almost, and one should be
slow, very slow, to remove them. The
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
Ne GRO FORGER GIVES
OFFICERS OF LAW A
REAL LIVELY CHASE
AFTER PERPETRATlNG SEVERAL
FORGERIES STARTS TO
MAKE GETAWAY.
OVER1AKtN WITH AUTOMOBILE
After Having Nabbed Horse And
Made a Record Run Out the Nash.
vile Pike-ls Said to Have Been a
Very Slick Artist.

Ernest Partee, negro living at
Goodwin, and slick artist at the forg.
ing game, was nabbed Tuesday after
noon by Deputy Sheriff Sam Hardison
and Constable Butts. 1t seems that
Partee has written several checks
oupn prominent farmers of the county
among them being ]. H. Woody, A. j.
Timmons and S. c. Long.
The last check was for $500 and
was on Mr.. Long. The first check
was on ]. H. Woody and was made
payable to Ernest Timmons for work
and was for $17.0O. This check was
passed on Bogatzky & Bauman. The
negro bought $3.50 in merchandise and
got the remainder in cash. The next
check was on A. ]. Timmons and made
payable to Robert Cross for work.
This check was passed on the Racket
and was for 1915. Partee bought two
caps and got the remainder in cash.
The last check was attempted to be
passed on the New York Store, but
P. H. Haskell, the proprietor of the
store, was suspicious and refused to
honor the check without seeing if it
was good. When the negro saw Has
kell go into the Racket he at once
became scared and bolted down South
Main street. This set everybody to
running, and chase in a moving
picture scene wasn't deuce high com.
pared with the way this negro ran
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
GIVE QUANTITY
OF THE NARCOTIC
ORDER TO THAT EFFECT FROM
THE INTERNAL REVENUE
DEPARTMENT.

After May /, all dealers in narcotic
drugs must label their bottles or box
es with the amount of the narcotic
drug to the fluid or avoirdupois ounce
or if in tablet or pill form, the guam.
tity of narcotic drug in grains or frac
tons thereof contained in the pill OF
tablet must be stated. The order to
this effect has been issued by the in
ternal revenue department at Wash
ington.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14
JAMES P REEFS
OPENS UP OFFICES
SUPERINTENDENT OF AGENTS
FOR MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE
CO., OF NEWARK, N. J.

James P. Rees, superintendent of
agents for the Mutual Benefit Life In
surance Co., Of Newark, N. j., has
opened up an office in Columbia and
is located in the office Of E. D. Looney
& Co., in the Masonic building.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1916-04-14

Don't take anybody's word for it
insist on knowing how a range is
made, inside and out, and you will
buy but one in a lifetime. A range
expert will be in charge of our SPE-
CIAL MAJESTIC DEMONSTRATION
for one week, commencing Monday,
April II. Ask him.-COOK OUTFIT
TING CO.-(Advt.)