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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
FOR LASTING WORLD PEACE.

America is going to strike with all
it's might for lasting world peace
Never in all history has nation
drawn it's sword for a nobler, for a
grander, for more unselfish pur-
pose.
The forces heretofore engaged in
the great conflict have been too near
ly equal to make any peace between
them little more than an armed truce
And any peace which recognized the
continuance of a military autocracy
would not be a lasting peace.
The fates have decreed that the
United States shall help turn the
scale, shall help to make Germany
a democracy.
This country has never waged a
war, except for human liberty and
human rights. 1t has never concluded
peace that did not provide for the
freedom Of the, country in which its
soldier dead were buried.
The colossal resources of this coun-
try, are being mobolized with i'm
petuous speed and will soon be NOV
ing forward in the ranks of war. A
war not for territorial advantages OF
indemnities, but war to lift the yoke
of militarism from the necks of the
German people and rid the world OF
it's menace. o..
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
First National Bank
ament, faithful to her religion; neve
MANCHESTER, IOWA.

ament, faithful to her religion; never
was there a dispensation so gloomy
that she could not discover the ray of
hope that buoyed up her spirits,
through trouble and adversities as
through joys and happiness she ra-
dated sunshine. Notwithstanding the
hurried notice of the funeral service
there were many old friends and
neighbors who came long distance
to pay their last respect; many of
these, now grown to mature years and
middle life, whom she had "mothered"
in their childhood days, paid tribute
there more touching and impressive
than can be expressed in cold type
on engraved on marble. She was the
friend and comforter of all in her cir
Gle, and advancing years merely re-
stricted her activities but not her
sympathies or endeavors to do good.
She has gone to a reward which
should be rich compensation for
long life Of sacrifices for family and
friends, and trust that was never
shaken. The full measure of her in
fluence as it has touched the lives of
others along these eighty years can
never be estimated. The service yes
terdayiliwaS conducted sbyGRe8 F. H.
Wyrick, who paid a worthy tribute to
one whom he had known and appre-
ciated, He was assisted by the local
pastor, Rev. Nye. Ia
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
EDITOR BEELS' MOTHER CALLED.

W. S. Beels, editor of the Hopkin-
ton Leader, has the sympathy of the
newspaper fraternity of eastern Iowa
in the sorrow that has come upon him
because of the death of his aged moth
er. From the Leader of last week we
take the following:
The editor of the Leader was sum-
moned last Friday to 1ngilvie, Mimi.
by message announcing the critical
illness of his mother, Mrs. Mary Beels
She passed away few hours before
his arrival there, following a stroke
of paralysis. The body was brought
to independence, where it was laid to
rest yesterday in lakewood cemetery
beside her husband, whose death &C.
hcurred in 1890. Mrs. Beels was in
her S1st year. She was born in Madi-
son, New York, September IL, 1886.
| With her parents she moved to She
boygan county, Wis, in 1910, where
she was married in 1855 to Capt. Alon-
20 Beels. The family came to indie
pendence in 1869. There were four
children to this union, the oeldest dy-
ing in youth. The survivors ARE F.nE.
Beels of Marshfield, Wis, WINS.
Beels of Hopkinton, and Mrs. G. f.
Bunce of Ogilvie, Mimi, where her
death occurred. . Since fthe death of
her husband she has divided her time
with the CHILDREN and relatives and
friends, with whom she was always
welcomey spending most of the time
with her daughter, who was permit
ted to give her loving and tender care
in 1.-THE closing days. She ,was,ya life-
long member of, the Methodist church
and active in her younger days in pro-
noting church work, joining with her
husband, who as an ordained local
preacher. took a leading part in mis-
sion work along the lakes, where he
sailed for more than thirty years as
a captain and commodore of a fleet.
After coming to Iowa these endeavors
were extended in rural church work.
Mothers life was continuing bene-
diction to those who knew her we'll.
She was firm in her principles, trust
full in character, .optomistic in temper
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
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Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
GETTING BETTER.

II NY -Tftii 81
The last legislature will be thanked
by the people Of Iowa more for what
they did not do than for what they did
do AS a rule recent legislatures
have felt the necessity Of doing some
thing, passing bills of some sort or
other just to make record of achieve
ment and as a result many bad and
some freakish laws have been enacted
1t is no slight to the last legislature to
say that it is distinguished for what
it did not do. It is. rather an evidence
that better judgment is being exercised
It takes better judgment and common
sense. to. sift out and pass few good
bills. from several hundred good,
bad and Indifferent ones than to let
the whole bunch become laws with
the thought that if they prove unpopu-
lar the next legislature can repeal
them. Needed changes in our laws
Should be made but experiments
should be relegated to the discard.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
WHY WE JOIN.

1--WE are not going to war because
our ships have been sunk at sea or
because of any issue of the rights of
individual Americans here or abroad
but because we must take our part in
the world fight between democracy
and autocracy or resign ourselves to
being subject race for all time. -
Elihu Root before the Republican club
of New York City.
While it is possible that Mr.. Root
states the alternative, if we should
not have part in the war, rather
broadly, it is extremely fortunate
that he does give our real reason for
having a part in the war.
There has been tendency to make
out technical case against Germanys'
submarine warfare, as though our
course must be determined by the
legality of this or that blockade. AS
a matter of fact no blockade has been
legal in this war, and the German af-
front that justified intervention-the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18

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Hermann, Editors and Publishers.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18

sinking of the Lusitania-we consent
ed to overlook.
We are not going to war because
our ships have been sunk. 1t is we'll
to reiterate that until we are our
selves convinced. For we belittle our
own undertaking by giving technical
reason for it and we also commit our
selves to an untenable position, for
the German inquiry at once becomes
pertinent, why with Germany alone?
After two years Americans have be-
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
HAVE HEED FOR THE ARMIES
BEHIND THE FIRING LINE.

The number of men bearing arms
can give no assurance of success with
out the support of at least three eff
cient armies to furnish equipment and
food supplies. The army of farmers
and miners that produce the raw ma
terials, the army of manufacturers that
shapes the raw materials into useful
forms, the army of transportation and
the army on the fighting line are like
links in chain; and, as no chain is
stronger than it's weakest link, no ar
my is stronger than it's weakest army
Of support.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18

come convinced that victory for Ger
many would be intolerable. Every
thing hostile to Americanism would
be stimulated; everything friendly
to Americanism would be minimiZed.
In the end Americanism itself would
be put to the test, under circum-
stancses much more trying.
America is in this war to help il
the overthrow of military autocracy.
and Leader.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
HELP TO FEED A STARVING
WORLD.

The men, who by long hours of toll
with brain and Drawn wiring from our
fruitful Hawkeye soil the food sup
plies so essential to those at the front,
and at home, are serving their coun-
try in as distinct and as useful
capacity as would be possible should
they follow the call to the factory or
the call to arms.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
FIRE DESTROYS FARM BUILDING

FIRE !: DESTROYS s';llRQq IS, F 5iBRJ BUILDING
1 Tbs hay barn and large stray ST +
on the, Kaltenbach farm near Lind
sey Bridge were destroyed by fire
last Saturday forenoon. Mr.. Kalten-
bach was burning brush in his tim
Der, and the fire got away from him.
Mrs. Ed. Kelley saw the. fire and
called the neighbors and they saved
the other buildings after hard bat
tie with the flames.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18

The pacifists, who for the sake of
peace would see America damned off
the ocean, are. becoming less numerous
every day.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18

Iowa is the greatest food NUM-
TONS factory in the world, and this
is the season of the year to speedup
and do everything possible to make
the 1917 output a record breaker.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18

The army Of the vacant lot is
abroad in the land It's members are
going to do their bit to help win the
war.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-04-18
FOR SALE

500 Seasoned White Oak posts. In
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OSCAR HOCKADAY. 4
Manchester Iowa,
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
RET HE'LL REGISTER NOW.
Nero Preacher Before u S Commission
ef in Spartanburg.

Spartanburg, June 18:-Fletcher
Griffith, a negro preacher. was the
first man arrested for violation OF
the law requiring men between the
ages of twenty.one and thirty to re-
gister for military purposes in this
country. He lives near Woodruff,
and for some time. it is said had been
preaching to the negroes not to reg
ister, as the white people wanted to
send the negroes to France while
they stayed at home. He was arrest
ed by Special United States deputies,
and given hearing by United States
Commissioner R ] CAN'T. He stated
before Commissioner CAN'T that he
was twenty-eight years old and had
not registered and wasn't going to- "
After serving twelve months in the
federal penitentiary this negro
preacher will, no doubt. register.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
LATEST ON LIBERTY LOAN.
Reports Indicate Estimate of $2,sOO. .OOO,-
900 is Correct.

Washington, June 1S:-The full
extent of the nations response to
the liberty loan was still in the realm
of conjecture tonight. although indl-
cations were that the estimate OF
81. 500, 100000 would besubstantlal-
iy correct.
Only four districts Philadelphia.
Cleveland Chicago andSt Louis-had
reported official tabulations to the
treasury and these were not disclosed.
Atlanta final compilation. completed
Saturday, had not been officially re-
ported.
From other districts reports were
received stating that the work OF
making tabuIations was still in pro-
gress. A force of clerks at the treas
ury was engaged also in tabulatlng
the subscriptions sent direct to Wash
ington. These subscriptions will be
distributed among the respective re-
serve banks raising the totals in each
case.
No word was Forthcoming today
as to the approximate time of COM
pletion of the work
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
KILLED IN GAMBLING ROW.
RT Pegues the Dead MAJ and Three
Companions Accused.

Bennettsville, June 18-Last night
nine negro men engaged in a gam
bling card game and carousal four
miles north of the city. which ended
in ageneralrow, Two breech-loading
shotguns were used. RTPegues was
instantly killed. Coroner 7 F McRae
held the inquest and the jury charg-
ed Jim Davis, Eli Green and Morris
Long with the killing. All three are
in Jail awaiting court.
Magistrate Gibson issued warrants
for five of the negroes charged with
gambling. All pleaded guilty today
and each paid a fine of $25. Sincet the
inquest. it is stated that Eli Green
has admitted that he did the shooting.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
Big Money in Potatoes.

(. is hard to realize the import.
ance to this section of the Irish pota-
to crop of this spring. The railroad
men say that it has exceeded in VOL
pe as we'll as in price any extrava-
It expectations that might have
en- INDUCED init is said by those
a position to knowtbat a reason
Bile estimate for the truck farm at
Myrtle Beach will be a quarter of a
million dollars revenue from that
crop. In the irrigated land the, re-
ge a hundred barrels to the
~crG. One farmer in the Waccamaw
Neck section is said by the same au-
thorities to have make at least S5O.-
600 on his potato crop. Potatoes
have been raised everywhere in this
section this year and the yield has
been immense. At one time it looked
as if the farmers here as we'll as else
where were going to lose great deal
by reason of their inability to get
barrels, but the Florence Chamber
st Commerce got active and the sup
pl5 was secured.-HOrence Times.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
The Evils of Constipation.

Constipation is one of the main
reasons why the average human life
is below 40 years. Leaving waste
material in the body poisons the
system and blood and makes us liza
bic to sick headaches, biliousness,
nervousness and muddy skin. When
you note these symptoms, try DIR
Kings New Life Pills. They give
drompt relief, are mild, non-griping
in action, add tone to your system
and clear the complexion. At your
druggists, 25c.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
The War No Passing Effort.

Apparently few people i'll this coun-
try have begun to estimate the war
at anything like its full significance.
When the war opened it was gener-
ally believed, even in parts of Eng
land, that six months would see its
end. The late Lord Kitchener was
roundly criticised when his first pub
lie comment was uttered that the
war would last fully three years.
Were he alive today he would doubt
less feel justified in extending his
prediction two or three years longer.
On this side the public. with only
their hopes as basis of judgment.
declared it would not only soon be
over. but could never involve the Uni
ted States. Time has now prolonged
the struggle into nearly three years.
and the United States is itself in the
war. We must not allow our own
sanguine hopes, which are steadily
fed with suitable propaganda from
Germany, to longer deceive ourselves.
Germany has today 100000 SOL
diers. Our own Ambassador Gerard
tells US that while Germans do not
have as many foods asin peace times,
nor as much, a condition of fstarvation
there is very remote possibility.
And he declares the world will look
in vain for a revolution similar to
that in Russia, at least duringthe Pc
riod of the var.
On the other hand. German intri-
guers in every country. large and
small, are working at supreme effort
in sowing seeds of discord. Those
who know the South are we'll aware
of the effort put forth the past few
months in all the Southern States to
incite the colored people to an upris-
ing against the whites, one of the
many rewards offered being that
laws would be passed authorizing
marriage between black and white.
in that near future when Germany
shall be in control here. That the
colored people of the South refused
to be disloyal to their country is ere
ditable to their good sense and pat
riotism, but the attempt did not fail
for want of earnest efforts on the
part of our enemies.
While the clash of arms is yet be-
yond wide ocean, the sun does not
set on an idle enemy, whose long
cherished plans of two generations
for world domination are daily being
unfolded.
A large number of our easy going,
who assume to be informed but are
far from it, still refuse to consider
these plans seriously. They are the
same careless thinkers who in Aug
ust, 1914, confidently declared the
war would not last six months. II
II Windsor IN the July Popular Me-
c6onjce Hoo1,j,,o
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21
Yes sub!

IT'S this way in the black-land
belt now" said the New York Even.
me Posts friend from Texas: Cot
toms so high that a farmer comes
into Dallas, eats square meal at
one of the best hotels, puts down a
cotton seed, and gets fifteen cents
change. Yes, suh!'
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1917-06-21

The Washington memorial arch at
Valley Forge, Pa. was dedicated
Tuesday.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05

out first. These classes would yield the
smallest number for training, for the
percentage Of men to assume family
responsibilities goes up rapidly after
20 years is reached. They would be-
however. men in their most vigorous
years, ready for any hardship. Each
succeeding increment Of 100000 called
out for training would probably. have
reached the same stage OF physical de-
velopment by the time the training
had been given. Physical standards Of
the regular army will be rigidly main
tained.
Registration of all single men be-
tween the fixed ages will be a big task
Cooperation of state and municipal
authorities may be- sought under the
plan for state cooperation in the ma
tional war measure program being
framed by the council Of national de-
Tense.
Several million men must be en-
rolled and examined physically be-
fore the process of selection can be
applied. Probably workers of. certain
classes, whose labor Is vital to main
tenance Of the food and war supplies
of the nation, will be exempted as a
class
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
JUDGESHIP BILL
FINALLY KILLED
House Strikes Out Enacting Clause,
Thus Annullins Previous Action -
Administration Crowd Loses Ae-
-tion Seen as Rebuke to Saineers.

Special to Times Republican.
Des Moines, April 5.-The Epps bill
to add an eighth judge to the su-
preme court was killed by the house
this afternoon in a motion by anti
administration forces. The enacting
clause was stricken from the bill. g.
to 40, thus killing the bill. The result
was greeted with applause. The vote
on the enacting clause followed the &C
ton of the house in sustaining an APP
peal from the ruling Of Speaker Pitt.
who ruled the motion out Of order.
The vote on the appeal was 81 to ~
against the speaker. The action is
considered rebuke against the Sal
myers and the Kitchen cabinet" who
backed the bill.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
EUROPE MOVING TOWARD PEACE
As Political Changes Loom kaxer
Leans Toward Reforms.
[By James O'Donnell Bennett

BY James ~ DOnnell tSennelt.J
Berlin. April 5.-7More and more the
Inducements of the time are direct
ing both the public and official mind
toward the conviction that the best
possibilities of peace have their source
in the specialization of liberal ideas
now taking place in Europe.
The sequence is clear. First. de-
mocracy wants peace. Second. democ-
racy is growing. A rapprochement be-
tween the liberal leaders in certain OF
the warning countries is not hopeless
This statement is, supported by the
German chancellors emphatic-almos,
angry-repudiation of any sympathy
on the part of Germany with the car
list and other Russian forces Of reac-
ton.
Long Step Toward Goal.
With ahsolutism dethroned in Russia
and explicit promises of franchise re-
form given in Prussia, the European
democracy realizes it has taken long
step toward its goa, orc
The great masses Of the people are
con vinced that Germany is on the
verge of electoral changes. which viii
be the more safe and salutary because
they are the result. not of sudden
clamor. but Of long years of education
and because the German emperor is
known to sympathize with the reform
movement. He has supported socia
legislation continuously.
See Signs Of Times.
The opinion here is that the Hohen-
zollerns for three generations. includ-
ing the present emperor, have not beer
blind to the signs Of the times.
This conviction of the coming of q
new stage in Germany's political de.
yelopment makes her feel she Is in &
position to talk to democracy in its
own language.
This feeling undoubtedly causes the
German democratic leaders to face
with more pain than ever before the
imminence Of hostile relations toward
the American democracy.
New Era on the Way.
It can not be too emphatically re.
peated that democracy, working undel
ancient and beloved forms. but still es
sentialry of the new era. is on the way
and that it wants peace on basis en-.
aiding democracy in all belligeren
lands to go about it's work in safety
and with self-respect
The defining Of this attitude ha.
wonderfully cleared the air here ant
filed mems hearts witfr.the hope thai
the great solution is not far distant.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-04-05
Daily Grain Letter.
Furnished by Lamson Bros. Il CO., 20;
Maaoutc Temple. Phone 1871

FURNISHED by Lamson Bros. Il CO., 203
Masonic Temple. Phone 1881
Chicago, April 5.-Wheat-Except
those who are obliged to use the mar
ket in hedging way. there Is compar-
atively small interest in wheat market.
Spectators are not disposed to place
themselves In the position Of advancing
food prices and. despite all Of their eff
forts SO far this year. scarcity Of wheat
the world over has brought the highest
prices in years for contracts for future
delivery which. even at these levels, are
selling Af very wide discounts under
spot wheat in every part OF the coun-
try. The effort to hold prices down has
SO far. been unsuccessful and the
strength OF the cash situation does not
seem to warrant this position now.
Corn-Altho practically all Of the
leading local holders have disposed of
their corn futures, there Is such an ur-
gent demand for cash corn that new
high levels have again made for all de-
ferred contracts. BY midday premiums
for cash corn had advanced to 21a
over yesterday and No. grade were
selling at 4 to over the May.
OatS-The changing Of seaboard con-
tracts for our oatS with western ship
pers OF Canadian oats has been the de-
pressing factor yesterday and today.
The immediate action OF federal agents
who may be appointed to work for low
er prices Is likely to come in the form
OF assistance to country shippers, who
have both corn and oats for sale and are
anxious to market them at prevailing
prices, but are prevented from doing SO
on account Of car situations. Oats seem
to be selling at too big discount under
other grains.