Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1900-11-02
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Des Moines. November 2, 1900.
The supreme court has affirmed the
decision OF the lower court in the
Polk county conrt house controversy.
n The court holds that the county may
Sell the old court house site and use
the proceeds thereof in the purchase
OF d new site and may use any avail
able money in the county treasury in.
a Hike manner. The court holds that
the county cannot issue bonds for
h the purchase ut q new site, but may
Z issue non-negotiable warrants for
\ the purpose and may levy tax rum
ming over a term Of years for the re-
demption Of these warrants. This
permits the county board to buy a
new site. which it is trying to do.
John Cnwnie of the state board
Of control has returned from Daven-
port, where Ire closed the purchase
of bit Of land for the state. The
Z Orphans home, as it is at present,
is WithoutSa garden, aud it was felt
that it was absolutely necessary for
the state that land be purchased to
keep those capable of working in
that institution busy. For this pur-
pose an appropriation was made by
The iegisiaturc. The entire matter
was flacetl in the hands of the board.
The purchase made is known in Day-s
EXPORT MS the TondorF tract, and
,adioins tie Orphans home.
State Superintendent Barrett will
issue circular in few days relat-
ing to the plan of Transporting chill
s&aren from rural school districts to
township centers as was provided by
the f'wenty-eighth general assembly.
he idea is being used in a number
of places in the state. and has been
adopted with especially fine success
in ,,ura1o township, Winnebago
count. where six buses are run
every day and ninety-eight children
from the country districts are con-
veyed TO Buffalo Center. The school
at33uffalo Center is a good one. and
six teachers are now employed there.
In speaking of the economy of the
new system, as well as of its other
advantages, Mr.. Barrett said that
last year in one of the counties of the
state there were three school dis
triets where the combined attendance
Of the children did not average quite
five. Each of the three teachers was
paid $50.
The state convention of The Ep-
worth League e.ected officers as fol-
lows: President, Fred L.. Montgom-
ery. of Fsyettc: Secretary. c. B. Rob-
erfs. of Abel; Treasurer. George I.
Huffman. of i>ss Moines; Junior Sup
eriutendent, Miss Susie A. Mills, of
AaFsllailtown: Independents, Prof.
Charles 4Eldred Shelton. OF Irdianola;
Rey, II. ". Troy, of New Hampton;
Miss Louise Hinsey. Of 0ttuIlwa;
Res. George Whitfield. Of Burt. The
place Of holding the next convention
was left to the new cabinet.
Among the notabies il attendance
at State Epworth League convent Il
were Bishop Isaac w. Joyce of MIN
neapciis, president OF the Epworth
League; Dir. Is. L. Berry of Chicago,
general secretary: DR.. Il. l.. Paine Oh
lincoln. Nebraska, and Rev. DIR. j. G.
w. Coke of Washington. Iowa, mem
hers of the General Board of Con
troll; Mrs. lucy Ryder Myer of Chi
cago. deaconess: and DR.. s. L. HA'nil.
ten Of Los Angeles, Cal. travelling III
the interest of the Intcrna tiDnai ED-
worth League convention TO be Held
at San Francisco next July. This
Eleventh convention was the largest
ami most enthusiastic one in the
history of the sta tie org anization.
at the closing services on Sunday
evening a grand revival service was
held and fifty on more seekers were
lit the altar. at least helf this number
testifying to a glorious experience.
In the trial of the peculiar Mary
Gordon case before the county in
sane commissioners an old slavery
lag of the state Of Missouri WAS
quoted to support the contention of
oAe Of the parties. Mary Gordon IS
Il Young white girl who ran away
from hel. home III Missouri and mar
ried colored man. Her father and
ether relatives overlook her III TINS
city. wlleTenpon she set up the claim
that she had negro blood in her
veins. derived from her mother. and
that her father had abused her and
Tas pursuing her to get control OF
property she inherited from her
grandfather. 1t was shown under
the law of Missouri that a ~coIored
+ person. no matter how slight the
trace of negro blood, cannot inherit
frsEa a white person. If the girl is
colered she could not inherit the
property in question. The father
preferred charges Of insanity, and
the court sustained the charges. II
is proposed TO place her in private
asylum in Missouri.
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