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Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-21
Bonaparte.

Bonaparte, Feb. 2c.-Miss Clara
Entler is visiting in Eldon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Smith are the
happy parents of a little girl.
Protracted meetings are being held
at the Methodist church.
Last week Byron Meek had the mis-
fortune to slip and fall, the result be-
ing broken limb.
o. J. Coolidge is. making a brief
stay in town.
The ancient and discordant school
organ has been replaced with new
Lakeside"
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Marsh Smith,
daughter
The high school athletes are pre-
pairing for field meet to be held a,
Birmingham next April.
Mrs. William Chapman, who died
Thursday, was buried Saturday.
Fred Morti will move to Bonaparte
this week.
During the past week extensive re,
pairs have been made to the south end
of the dam.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-21

The anti-saloon league in Sioux
City has commenced crusade to closes
drug stores.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-21

two weeks visit in Missouri, accompa-
|nied by Mlss Pearl Parker.
Miss Hattie Hale left Wednesday
for Chicago on business trip.
Chas. Box, of Eldon, made bust
ness trip here Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Plank went to
Pulaski Saturday to see his parents
who are reported sick.
Ray Caldwell, former resident of
this place, was here calling on friends.
Nathan BintZ went to Kansas to Wis
1t relatives.
S. G. Mcclure and daughter, Bertha,
were at Bloomfield Monday.
Austin Lyons father came Tuesday
to visit while.
j.. M. Peden is moving into his new
residence. George McVey in the house
formerly occupied by Mr.. Peden, and
John Ed Strickland in the Mrs, Diana
lSwinney house and John Reisch where
Stricklands were located.
Harden McCauley and family start.
ed to their future home in Garfield
county, Oklahoma, Monday.
Sheriff Young passed thru here Mon.
day.
Amador.
Amador, Feb. 20.-Stella and Emmett
Bachman, of Belknap, were visiting
relatives in this vicinity last week.
| Bert Wilkinson made business trip
| to Ottumwa Thursday.
| Mrs. Annie Myers visited Mrs. l.. H
| Wellman Wednesday.
| Ira Haning closed term of school
at Copperhead Saturday.
Mrs. Fannie Hendrickson visited
the Wellman school Wednesday.
Mrs. Kittie Hendrix and son, Willie
spent Thursday at Scott Wellman's.
Mrs. Susan Kent and son Will visit
ed relatives in this vicinity last week
Monday, Feb. IL. occurred the mar
riage of Miss Joie Sinsky and Rolly
Gosney. Both are well known and
highly respected young people. Theil
many friends extend congratulations
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Cloyd visited
Mr.. and Mrs. Scott Wellman Sunday
Mr.. and Mrs Otis Harrow, of Blakes
burg, visited Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Will
liams Thursday.
Tuesday evening. Feb. 10, Mr.. and
Mrs. ]. A. Day will entertain large
party of young people at their home
west of Amador complimentary tt
their daughter Nora's eighteenth birth
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Schwartz ant
son Leon visited at the Wilkinson
home Sunday.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-21

eye district No. last Friday, and re.
turned to her home in Douds in the
evening.
Miss Eliza Marshall of South Keo-
sauqua visited last week with Mrs.
Vine Mccullough, here.
F. S. Harryman and Lewis Plow-
man we're at the capital city last week
transacting business.
Miss Maggie Ferguson of Leando,
visited several days last week with
friends near Troy.
The spelling school and ciphering
match given at Union last Thursday
evening by the teacher, Waldo Harry
man, was largely attended and every
body seemed to have an enjoyable
time.
Mr. and Mrs. VIM. Johnston attend
ed the Plowman-Kerr wedding Thurs
day evening. Feb. IA.
Rev. Catlan of Peila, filled his reg.
ular appointment at the Providence
Baptist church Saturday night and
Sunday.
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Selma.

Selma.
Selma, Feb. 21.-Mrs. Geo. Winters
was called to Keosauqua last week
to attend the funeral of her niece,
Mrs. Frank Smith.
Mrs. Elmer Fishel is quite sick. Hav-
ing sold out they will move back to
Batavia soon.
Mrs. Anna Blanchard has purchas-
ed the Hughes place south of Eldon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Adams and Fred went
to Birmingham on visit last week.
]. P. Swain, of White Elm was in
town Monday. He will move his re-
naming stock of goods here and open
up a store next week.
The Modern Woodmen of America
served an elegant supper to an inter-
ested public at the hall Friday night.
A fine program was rendered.
Charley Vandever has gone to Kill.
bourn as an employee of the Western
Bridge company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson, of Hillsboro,
have left the parental home of J. N.
Fender for Washington state, where
they expect to remain couple of years
for the benefit of Mrs. Wilson's health.
Stephen Puffington spent the great
Ter part of last week in Eldon on bus
mess.
/ Oscar Dulin is reroofng his dwell
ling.
| W. E. Baldwin has been quite seri-
ously sick, but is now convalescent.
H. G. Swift sold fine bunch of
steers to 7. j. Davis last week.
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church will give literary program
at the church next Saturday night.
Admission 10 and 20 cents.
Thos. Rifle lost fine horse last
Tuesday. The animal was valued at
$125.
Harvey Henderson has accepted a
position at H. M. Perry's.
Mrs. Anna Lutz, of Eldon, visited
her parents, Mr., and Mrs. A. Holmes,
the first of last week, returning to
her home Friday morning.
Sunday afternoon at the home of
Mrs. DELLA Holmes occurred the mar
riage of her daughter, Miss Dollie, to
VIM. Langford Both are highly es.
teemed young people and have the
best wishes of the community.
John King and family moved to
Mr. Peebler, from near Libertyville,
will occupy the residence vacated by
Mr.. King.
| Tuesday to look for a location. If he
finds it satisfactory he expects to
move his family there soon.
Mrs. Woodruff, of Competine, was
| in our city Tuesday
| w. IA. LEWIS anu VIE are VlSlLluS
in Chicago this week.
Miss Bane, of Agency. spent Sun
day with friends south of town
Miss Minta Williams, of Bladens.
burg, is spending a few days at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Lewis, south
of town. Mrs. Lewis is suffering
from an attack of the grip.
Miss Maud Wagner returned Satur.
day from a visit with her sister. Mrs
Ida Raudebaugh, of Birmingham
A large number of the young people
of this, vicinity were in attendance at
a dance given by Miss Marie Kriegh
at her home Saturday evening, Feb
16. Music was furnished by the Dim
mitt Bros. of Ottumwa, assisted by
Rollin Phillips, of Bladensburg. Ev.
erything went along nicely under the
direction of N. H. Sumner One OF
the browning features of the evening
was a cake walk rendered by the
members of the K. J. & R. T. P. Klub
of Bladensburg. The guests were al
so highly entertained by series OF
the latest clog steps by Prof. c. E.
Dean. Everyone present participate,
ed in the amusements of the evening
and all experienced an enjoyable
time.
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Harrington,

Pennington. Feb. 21.-Rev. Wehn,
of this place, is holding revival meet
ings at Croton.
Ed. Booth, of Selma, spent Sunday
with his family.
Mrs. Frank Ketchum spent Sunday
with her mother in Bonaparte.
| John Jack and wife visited friends
Tuesday near Primrose.
John Corwin returned from Kansas
Friday to visit his parents.
l.. l.. Bickmore has been visiting in
the city of Burlington. While there
he made the purchase of boiler for
the electric light plant.
Mrs, F. M. Baldwin has been con-
fined to her home on account of the
grip.
Guy Meek, of Bonaparte, has been
assisting in the bank here, the past
week.
w. F. There visited in Keosauqua
Thursday of last week.
| Will Walker. of Keosauqua, visited
! in town the first of the week.
Misses Lena Coffin and Georgia
Mohler, of Bonaparte, spent Sunday
with friends in town.
Mrs. Geo. French and baby, of OF
tumwa, are visiting her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Corwin.
w. P. L. Muir, Charley Fuller, VIM.
Lackey and several others from Bona
parte, were in town yesterday on bus
Iiness.
Harry Sawyers sold his interest in
the Sawyers & Ross livery barn, to
his partner and started Tuesday for
the Klondike in company with Tom
Cores.
F. G. Naeve, great chief of records
of Iowa Red Men, spent Tuesday Wis
iting the same lodge of Pennington.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-07

than the prescribed time and the priyi-
lege of the library shall be Withdrawn
by the librarian from any person who
refuses or neglects TO pay arrearages,
or who abuses or suffers book to be
abused.
All books must be returned to the IL
brarian by the 18th Of May of each
year, and no book shall he taken out OF
the library from the 18th of May to the
first day of June, except by written per-
mission of the local manager.
On or about the 18th day Of May of
each year, the librarian shall make out
list of the books on hand, designating
such as have been received by pur-
chase and such as have been donated.
He shall report, by title, author, and
publisher, every book which shall have
been lost during the year and the name
of the person against whom the book is
charged. He shall also report the num-
Der of volumes taken out during the
year, making mention by name of the
three children of school age who have
shown the greatest interest in and inn
proyement in literature.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-07
THE CHARLOTTE PRIMARY.
Prospects For Heavy Vote Tuesday Excite
mont in the Air.
Cspeeial to The News and Observers

Especial to the News and Observer
Charlotte, N. c., April 6.-The regis
tration books for the primary Tuesday
closed at shutdown last evening. The
registration is full, and the prospects are
that a heavy vote will be polled Tuesday
Excitement is in the air, aud viii; be
until the bell taps Tuesday evening. Each
side claims a majority of the votes reg
istered.
The name of the Queen CITY Telephone
Company was changed today to the
Charlotte Telephone Company. The ar
tieles of incorporation were filed by the
new company today. The incorporators
are ]. B. Curtis, ]. O. Taylor, and A. A..
Miller. Capital stock, 100000 no bonds.
Time of duration, 80 years. Messrs.
Curtic. Taylor and Miller are the direc-
tors. Officers of the company: Mr. Cur
tbs, president; Mr.. Taylor, secretary,
treasurer and general manager. The
new company begins business with prom
Use of being most successful The COM
pany desires, and will no doubt win pat
ronage.
At the annual meeting of the Farmers
Mutual Fire Insurance Association in the
court house today, President Audrey said
that he thought the Farmers Mutual
Fire Insurance Association, zone of the
best organizations the farmers have ever
had"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-07
NEW HIGH RECORD
IS MADE BY CORN
May Corn Closed Seven
Fights Up.
OATS RISE IN Sympathy
Wheat succumbs to Formidable Bear.
ish Influences.
CLOSES ONE AND AHALF CENTS LOWER
May Pork at the Days End ThirlY-Fise Gents
Depressed. LARD and RIBS Each Show
a Loss Of Seven and
Ralf

New York, April 6.-Bad weather to-
day has reduced spot business in dry
goods to minimum in all departments
Mail orders of about average character
No change in prices here. Sales of 381z
inch, 81 square grey goods at S1kc. Print
cloths inactive and unchanged Cotton
yarns continue weak and lower prices
than a week ago accepted by some sellers,
Wooden and worsted yarns quiet and
easy.
Chicago, H., April 6.-Corn displayed
great activity and strength today and
attained new high price, May closing
&c. higher. Oats in sympathy closed a
shade up, but the wheat market in con-
trast succumbed to a formidable array
of bearish influences and closed l1sc. un-
der Thursday. May pork at the close
was S5c depressed, while lard and ribs
each showed loss Of 7ihc.
WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.
New York, April s-The weekly state
ment of averages of the Associated Banks
shows:
Loans 1904, 44O6 500, decrease $12,449, 300;
deposits 1886, 7S1, $780, decrease $18,5 900;
circulation $S1, 7S1, 700, increase SAG, 700;
legal tenders $50, 400, 800 decrease ST.
967. 700; specie 1882, $3.50, 500, decrease 50,
100000 total reserve $252, 26S. 800. decrease
$685. 900; reserve required $246, 445. 1926
decrease $4,625, ATS; surplus reserve IS,
S17.975, decrease $2,052525.
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rHE PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES.
Rules and Regulations For Their Control and
Management.

The State Superintendent of Public
Instruction yesterday sert out to the
superintendent Of education in the va
rious counties copies CT the law in re-
lation to the establishment of public
libraries and the rules and regulations
for their management.
The rules and regulations he has pro-
vided for the control and government OF
such libraries are as follows:
THE PURCHASE OF BOOKS.
THE purchaser of hooks shall not turn
over the books until book case shall
have been provided without expense TO
the public The case must be of good
material and furnished with substan-
tial lock. The doors MAY be of wood or
of glass. The case should be not less
than three feet high, three feet VIDE,
and one foot deep in the clear Tnere
should not be less then three shelves,
each about one-half nth thick. The dis
lance from the bottom of the case TO
the lower shelf should be TO inches, from
the second to the third shelf to the top
of the case, s inches. White pinte chould
not be used for the case or shelving.
The purchaser of the books, when he
turns over the books shall furnish to
the local manager a full and complete
list of the books in q blank book, and
said entry book shall remain in the pos
session of the local manager.
THE LOCAL MANAGER.
The loca. manager, shall upon
the receipt of the books, enter in a
blank book the title of each book, and
author and publisher, and said book
shall remain in the library He shall
appoint a librarian and shall designate
the place at which the library shall be
kept. During the session Of the school,
the library may be kept in the school
house, but the library shall not remain
in the school house during the months
that the school is not in session If the
local manager may deem it best to have
the library located at some point other
than the school house While the school
is in session, he shall SO order.
Upon the death, resignation, or re-
moval of the local manager the teacher
of the public school in the district in
which the library it situated, shall at
once report the facts TO the county SUI
perintendent, who shall see that the
vacancy is filled without unnecessary
delay.
The local manager shall transmit an
nually on or about the first day of June
to the county superintendent of Public
instruction, the report CT the librarian
as hereinafter provided with such sug-
gestions and observations as he may
deem desirable.
THE LIBRARIAN AND THE BOOKS
The librarian shall be authorized to
loan books, free of charge to any mem
Der of the school over twelve years OF
age, and to any patron of the school OF
donor to the library.
No book shall be .aken from the Ii
brary until it shall have been charged
by the librarian in a book to be kept
| for that purpose only
A book may be kept out for two
! week with the privilege OF one renewal
penalty of one cent day shall be
charged for each book kept out longer
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K1EsroN MOVING AHEAD.
The People of Lene If show no Shadow of Turn.
ing in Their Democracy.
Especial to News and Observer

.
Kinston, N. c., April 6-Kinston is
moving ahead rapidly on industrial lines.
The plant of the Lenoir Ice and Oil
Company is nearing completion, while
a few hundred yards east of it the en-
larged home Of the Kinston Mantal Com
pany is building. The furniture factory
has man touring the southwest fer
its voluminous output, and the Neuse
Milling Company has just completed its
immense structure, to he open for bust
ness April 10th. The cotton mills, knit
ting mills and lumber companies are
still doing the same pushing business
and Kinstons most prosperous tobacco
season has just closed.
Some of these fine days you will see
Kinston holding the same prominence in
business that it held socially in the old
Colonial days before Governor Tryon
moved his court from Tower Hill, where
now is the largest dairy farm in eastern
Carolina, to Newbern.
Lenoir is certainly a representative
county, and if we can judge the whole
by part, the Legislature was certainly
upheld by the people in presenting arti-
cles of impeachment against the two ST.
preme Court Justices, subsidized editors
to the contrary notwithstanding. We are
a little curious down here to know, also,
whether now that the judges are acquit-
ted. the Republicans and their allies ere
going to deliver the goods" They must
have a different kind of Republican up
the State from our kind down here il
they can trust them out of sight. We
don't ask them for promises, and don't
expect one kept and have never yet been
disappointed. We have also QUIT de-
nominating Mckinley High-Tariff- Gold
Imperialists as Democrats OF, in OTHER
words we say that if barrel has had
every stave in it renewed and retains
nothing it once had but the bunghole-
it's another barrel.
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Address by DR.. Charles Weaver.
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer
Newton, N. c., April 6.--Last night,
the third of the series OF addresses to
the students of Catawpa College was
delivered by DR.. Chas. Weaver, Presi-
dent of Rutherford College. to a very
large and attentive audience. The SUBJ
ject Of the address was: THE Greek
and the Puritan"
The speaker in a clear and forceful
manner portrayed these two peoples SO
diverse and yet closely related. The
leading characteristics of each nation
We're presented and lessons for the bene-
fit of our State and lation were drawn
from their teachings.
Preceding the lecture were a piano
duet by Misses Falls and Cline and a
beautiful vocal solo by Mrs. j. B. Gun
ter. Following the lecture were an in
strumental solo by Mss Yount and a
male quartetta by Mc5srs. Templeton,
Warlick, Brown and McFalls. Each Sc
lection was excellently rendered and
showed the skillful training of the
teacher
Commencement will be from May 18th
to 22rd, Week later than reported re-
Gently
Nearly all the students took advan-
tage of the Easter holidays to go home
or 20 visit friends.
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THE CASE NOT MOL PRESSED.
Stated That No Official Action Was Taken Re-
specting the Be gistrars
Special to News and Observer

Special to News and Observer.)
Greensboro, N. c., April 6.-The state
ment in this mornings papers to the
effect that the cases against the regis
trars had been mol pressed in the Fed
eral court is inaccurate. Beyond what
has been published in these dispatches to
the News and Observer. nothing has been
done. In fact no official action has yet
been taken. 1t has been generally un-
derstood, as indicated in special from
this place to the News and Observer 9
week or more ago, that the prosecution
would be abandoned, but as yet all the
cases remain on the docket for trial
That will continue to be the situation
until Judge Boyd issues an order from
the bench directing otherwise. Such an
order is expected at any time.
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SOLD A BIG RArrLEsSAKE.
The Wilmington Produce Exchange TOtterirg
to It's Fall
Especial to News and Observer

Especial to News and Observer.)
Wilmington. N. c., April ga Column
bus county man in the city yesterday
was exhibiting a mammoth rattle snake
killed at Lake Waccamaw, which meas
ured 51s feet in length and had ten rat
ties. 1t was sold at a fancy price to a
gentleman collecting specimens here for
a Boston museum.
The Wilmington Produce Exchange is
said to be ION it's last legs" to use an
ordinary phrase. The membership is not
such as will warrant its continuance al
present expenses and at the annual
meeting next Tuesday notice is given that
the question of Reorganization will be
proposed. 1t is one of the Oldest of Will
mington's four commercial bodies and a
strong effort will be made, especially by
wholesale and naval stores men on the
wharf, to keep it in existence. 1t is
only through this agency that statistics
OF the ports commerce are gathered and
the official local market quotations given
Wilmington's baseball team in the
league is rapidly getting itself in shape
for the opening of the season at Richmond
April 18TH Practices are held each morn
ing and afternoon.
IL Is ieafheu tnaI wilmington Will nave
a lively competitor, in Southport for the
next State Guard encampment. The peo-
pie of the citys pretty little neighbor al
the mouth of the Cape Fear are not
making any unnecessary noise over the
matter but in a quiet way it is SAID
they are making strong pull for the
meeting.
Good Friday was perhaps more gener.
ally observed yesterday than ever be-
fore in Wilmington. All the banks, rea
estate offices and other places of bust
ness We're closed during the day. TIL,
Easter services at the churches tomor
row are expected to be very elaborate.
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THE Ratchet BURIED
Mayor and Aldermen Putting
the Pipe of Peace.
Ordinance Nesting Aldermen With Power to
Appoint Standing Committees Repealed.
Did WaddeIl Grant Concessions?
Especial to News and observer.)

Especial to News and Observer
Wilmington, N c., April 6.-A recon
ciliation of the differences between the
mayor and board of aldermen in regard
to the question of authority as to the ap-
pointment of standing committees was
effected at a conference of the board and
Mayor Waddell last night. The confer
ence was strictly private, but at a few
moments open session after the confer
ence the ordinance adopted by the alder
men Wednesday night abolishing the
standing committees appointed originally
by the mayor was repealed as was alsS
an ordinance vesting the aldermen with
power to appoint the committees. There
are rumors II Re mayor granted some
concessions in the way of alterations OF
the committees but this is not shown by
the official record by the clerk The
aldermen say that details of the plan OF
settlement will appear at Monday nights
session and that the action is perfectly
satisfactory to both sides
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The broadness of some mems minds il
only exceeded by the shallowness,
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-07
LITERATURE VS.. NECK STEAK.

CWalnut Grove Cor. Macomb Bystander.)
The Banner man is still with us. We
don't want him to leave. bat if he is
really going we want him to get move
on him, so Snapp can open that much
talked of meat market in the Banner
shack. We like Nelson, but we are
starved for slice of neck steak.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-07
NORFOLK PEANUT MARKET.

NORFOLK Va, April Peanuts dull; fancy,
q st ictly prime. 2lG12%; prime 202h com
mon, low grades 1140IA machine picked,
hD2; Spanish, roc per bnshel.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-04-07

There are two kinds of family jars.
Into one you put preserves, and into the
other you put your foot