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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22
souTH STAMFORD.

j. o. Kendall spent Sunday in Corinth
Isaac Tyson left for Baltimore recently.
j. L. Barrett was in Chelsea Tuesday on
business.
Miss f. Buchanan has returned from
New York.
Charles Downer OF Sharon has been a
guest at Buena Vista.
There was a social dance at Marcellus
Robinson's on Thursday.
G.. +. Everitt and Geo. Handl of Copper
field spent Sunday in town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Troupe of Copperfeld
called ON friends last week.
Mrs. Mary A. Hatch has gone to Lex
ington, Mass, for an indefinite stay.
Commissioner Rich of Burlington was
in town on official business last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theodore 8. Butcher and
family are to spend some time at Hanover,
n. II.
Rev. Geo. Gray spent Saturday and
Sunday in North Tunbridge, attending
the Baptist association.
John X. Kendall has been so unfortun-
ate as to lose his four team horses within
the past two months from CHAMBERS.
Messrs. Koerber and Gardner of White
River Junction were in town last week
ombining business with pleasure. As a
result Of their pleasure trip they carried
three hare feet home as trophies.
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STAFFORD.

| Gerald Hayward is i'll with the measles
| DrJC G. Kenney of Sharon was in town
/ professionally Friday.
Miss Florence Scribner had birthday
party Friday evening.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Mosher visited
| in Sharon on Saturday.
G. f. Chandler and daughter were IN
Tunbridge on Saturday.
John Darling has been reaping an ex-
cellent ice harvest the past week,
Mrs. Nellie d. Chaffee is the guest OF
Mrs Samuel Pingree of Hartford.
Harvey Hathorn has gone TO Bridge
water to work in the Mckenzie mills.
Don c. Root returned the first Of the
week to his employment in Lowell, Mass.
Mrs. Hiram Sargent of Pompanoosuc
was the guest of her brother, l.. A. clark,
on Friday.
Nathan p. Morrill, left Monday morning
for New York for a business trip before
returning to Chicago.
The Ladies' Benevolent circle meets this
week Friday with Mrs. A. NJ. Hazelton,
to which all are invited.
A. B. Carpenter lost a horse Thursday
morning which had been ill for some
time with the horse distemper.
A large delegation from Temple Lodge,
No. 81, +. d A. M, are attending the dis
trict meeting at Randolph today.
Mrs. William G. Root and Miss Minnie
Parker of Sharon have been recent guests
of Mrs. Win Clogston Of Pompanoosuc.
The young people gave Miss Mary
Cummings a surprise party on Thursday
evening, which was greatly enjoyed by
all.
At recent communications of Temple
Lodge, James r. Hayes took the f. A.
degree, +. q A. NJ, and L. A. Purmort
the r. 9. degree.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. X. Kittridge and Mrs.
Gertie Dearborn and sister attended the
quarterly meeting at North Tunbridge
Saturday and Sunday.
Mrs. Hiram Fulton and Mrs. Henry +.
Fox returned Saturday from their visit
at the home OF their sister, Mrs. VIII
Reynolds, IN Randolph.
The STAFFORD creamery butter scored
II points above the average for the state
at the recent Vermont Dairymen's meet
ing at Rutland, the score being 954.
Miss Florence T. Baxter Of Washington,
ID. e., presented the past week TO the
Harris library a handsome edition OF
DIR. John Lords "Beacon Lights OF His
tory" IS volumes.
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peafness Canned Ia Co.

BY local applications as they cannot reach
the diseased portion Of the ear. There i
only one way to cure deafness and that is
By constitutional remedies. Deafness il
caused hy an infiamed condition Of the
mucous lining Of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is infiamed you have a
rumbling sound OF imperfect hearing. and
when Il Is entirely closed, deafness Is the
result. and unless the Inflammation can
be taken ont and this tube restored to its
normal condition. bearing will Be- destroy
ed forever; nine cases out Of ten are caused
hy cstarrh which i nothing but an in
famed condition Of the mucous surfaces
We viii give One Hundred Dollars for
any case Of deafness fcaused by catarrh3
that cannot Be cured b. Halls Catarrh
Cure. send for circulars. free.
F. J. CHENEY & Co, Toledo. o.
sold BY druggists. 75c.
Halls Family Pulls are the best.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22

under no license 10. Pitts6eId ~
license s5, under no license 80. ss SAL under
under license 140, under no b@ caaml had
Average per month for the Ave c;t;nsse 2.
der license, 100, under no licenss ~
as one man to three men. y, or
STILL OTHER MASSACHUSETTS crru.
Quincy, prohibition for twenty veo.1
ulation, 5000; Chicopee, Marlboro pop
buryport, Northampton, Pittsfeld Nes-
license, average population, II. Goa. sr under
cost OF these five cities per capita Tag, nag
license for support Of the poor. 81 2a Under y.
Quincy, s0.56. f''-'i LOT
The average cost for police in n.
cities per capita, 1910; in Quincy = n v
Average arrests for drunkenpess qo9t
five cities for one year, sos; Ouino,n u, .he
or gain of nearly 300 per cent Z, ni
man to three men. VI one
In Quincy in twenty years the no,.,.
tion has increased 100 per cent XII gPu ia
poor tax has actually decreased 10 sns
cent. - PIT
These statistics all point the same
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NEWS IN Towns ABOUT.
BARNARD.
JOIN A. MOORE, Local Editor.

Highest cash price paid for bark by r
c. Fisher & Co., Bethel, Vt. Write then
for particulars.
Mrs. Seth Aikens returned from Han
over last week.
George Herford of Woodstock is chop
ping for NJ. j. Chamberlin.
John n. Ward has connected his house
with the outside world by telephone.
Bert Brownell sold load of potatoes al
Woodstock for Toe. per bushel last week.
Nelson Chamberlin and wife are spend
ing a few days at Randolph with friends
Perry Adams and Gertrude Wilson Wis
tied at Allen Eastman's in Woodstock re-
Gently.
The Village Improvement society held a
meeting at the Silver Lake House Monday
evening.
Owing TO the continued illness of Miss
Granger, school in the village will be
closed this week.
Austin Ward has bought Of Dighton
Adams 30 acres Of pasture and woodland
on the North road.
W.T.. Davis is to start his mill with a
full force Of men, having on hand at TINS
time large lot OF logs.
Prof. and Madam Brooke gave their en-
terldlUintII NJ lut lONh hatA AANoNA'J
evening TO good house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Cleveland visited
his father at II. l.. Brownell's last Sunday.
The old gentleman is quite well.
Miss Nellie Ward gave a party TO her
friends last week Wednesday evening,
that proved very enjoyable to all
The Ladies' NJ. S. will give another
sociable Friday evening, Jan. 80, at which
a baked bean supper, with coHee' VIII De
served from till 10.
A number of the members of the Wind
sor County Agricultural society OF this
place attended the annual meeting at
Woodstock last week.
Prescott Spooner died last Friday at the
age of SO years, at the home OF his daugh-
ter, Mrs Christopher George. The
remains were placed in the tomb Monday
Frank c. Churchill was in Woodstock
last week and, having secured an ice
pillow, has commenced cutting for the Sil-
yer Lake House, Gus and =. b. Hadley and
others.
The dance at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lilley brought large number OF
their friends together, about 30 couples
taking part. Music was furnished by
Moore q Straw's orchestra.
VIM. II. Edmunds OF Bethel has bought
of Orson O. White for 300 all the standing
spruce timber on his Barnard farm and
has ten years to remove Ii. Second /
growth spruce will increase large per
cent in ten years.
Barnard retail market Hay, $40 per ton |
at the barn; corn, 75e. per bushel; oats,
Soc. wool, zoe; potatoes, l5c.; apples
soc. onions, 500; wood, 16-inch, - per
cord, four-foot, 81; eggs, 3Oc.i strawDer-
ries, none in town.
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The Best OF Al ana

Per over dfty wears Mrs. Ninsiuufs Soothing
syrup has been used hy m1thers Cor heir lidHea
while teethinE, Are ypu disturbed az night and
broken q your rest ~ sick child suffering and
crying with pain ~ cutting feefkf NJ 80 send a
syrup f0r children teethluE- tts value "a
tncairllhle- il vii relieve the rsar little
Sufferer Immediately. neueud urson ID. mlfhers.
there a. no mistake shout e. DO cures 1ilrrhfa
regulates the stomach and bowels. cures ufnf
collie sufteus tie guns. reduces Inflammation and
gives tone and euerer r. tire whnle sFrferi.
-Mrs- Winsi0u-s saufhiug sFrurH fur CHILDREN
teethlnE T. pleasant o. the taste and u the
fsfrl rfinn 81 one - the oldest ara best female
physicians and nurses in the Udifai States and
a Tor sale ~ al truEeists thrrlEhluf dhe world
prira 80 s bottle Be sure ana ASA far Mrs
1insIoE's soothing syrup
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22

CRIMINALS ARRESTED IN MASSACHUSETTS
CITIES.
Under no license in 1899, Fitchburg,
Waltham. Plymouth, Lowell and Salem
made / $50 arrests. The following year
under license they made 3,S47 arrests, an
increase Of $50 per cent under the license
system.
OTHER MASSACHUSETTS CITIES.
Haverhill had under license an average
per month Of 81 arrests for drunkenness,
but under no license only %. Lynn un.
der license had an average per month OF
315 arrests for drunkenness, under no u
cense III. Medford had under license 20,
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22
Group.

The peculiar cough which indicates
Group, is usually well known to the moth
ers of croupy children. No time should
be lost in the treatment OF ii, and for this
purpose no medicine has received more
universal approval than Chamberlain
Cough Remedy. Do not waste valuable
time IN experimenting with untried rene
dies, no matter how highly they may be
recommended. but give this medicine as
directed and all symptoms Of Group VIII
quickly disappear. For sale by F.E.Bryan,
Randolph
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A Card.

We, the undersigned, do hereby agree to
refund the money on a 50-cent bottle of
Greene's Warranted Syrup of Tar n ii fails
to cure your cough or cold. We also guar
antee a 25-cent bottle to prove satisfactory
or money refunded.
e. r. Black, South Royalton.
Geo. A. Laird, Royalton.
Nalbridge q Heath, Sharon.
Badger & Noyes, sharon.
A. y. King a Son, Tunbridge.
Edward Miller, East Barnard.
NJ. J Sargent A. Son, South Royalton
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22
EAST RoxauRY.

Ira Wiley is working for F. o. Allen.
Gilbert Wheeler is at work for Paul
Duffany.
Ruth and Ruby Wardner were unable to
attend school last week.
e. Il. Howe and Joe Duffany were in
Randolph last Thursday.
Harley Ward returned from the Sol
diers' Home last week on a furlough.
Elroy Fuller moved into the tenement
recently vacated by Charley Blanchard.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jones steele attended the
farmers meeting in Brookfield last week.
Robert Bickford has moved onto Mr..
LaRock's farm with his son, Frank Biek-
ford.
Mr.. and Mrs. Tim Blan chard from Will
Jamestown were at Fred Blanchard's Sat
urday.
Alphonso Ladd was in Montpelier Sat-
urday. Miss Addie Laid, who is working
in Mortified, returned home with him.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22
AIife At Stake.

II you but knew the splendid merit of
Foley's Honey and Tar you would never be
without it. A dose or two will prevent an
attack of pneumonia or la grippe. II may
save your life. Frank G. Bachelor, Brain
tree; Il. j. Prince, So. Randolph.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22
IT'S ACRES ONLY $4,000.
Ads. run in all G papers.

One Of the best farms in Rutland County. Only
10 miles north Of Wallingford ON the main road
To Rutland One and a half story house, rooms,
good cellar, large barn. Best ~ running water
at house and barn. Rich soil. cuts 100 tons 81
best hay, fne orchard, well fenced and large wood
lot Houseand barns insured for sl675. This farm
can be bought ON easy terms and Is cheap az the
price ofer H. For further Information address
FRED A. FIELD, Rutland. Vt
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FOR SALE.

Farm % IS acres mile % post0f1ce and stafs.
church, etc; Ia miles to station, creamery snt
milk ear and large manufacturing town gaaa
land and free from stone; well fenced plelfr
fruiti two sugar places and sugar house 500 cords
Of market wood, and timber enough for home use
land for al crops about IS acres II tage halancs
wood and pasture landi good house ~ rQQns
painted Whitei good repair, woodshcd ani uasna
shed connected with house barn sQN5o, and 1ihef
necessary out buildings all In good repair never
tmling spring water 20 house and barn price oaF
500. one half cash, balance $50 year, seed .
In stamps % o. y. SARGENT Pc. Building,
Canaan, ~ II for illustrated catang 81 other iarHs
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WANTED !!

Everybody TO know how easily you cas-
stop paying rent, build or buy a home o.
pay OF your mortgage In small weekly o.
monthly payments without interest, tines
or assessments. Information free, write
A. G. GIBSON, Mead Building, Rutland, w.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22
The Hero Whistle.

just what everyone needs Initiates quail, whip
poorwill various animals, signals calls dogs etc.
MADE OF BRASS AND NICKEL PLATED
Used by wheemen, sportsmen, boatmen; sound
reaches one-hah mile Try one Sent post paid
90 any address for 25 cents. Try one.
Empire Mail Order supply Co., 27f stuyvesant st.
Brooklyn, ~ Y.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1903-01-22

Terrible plaques, those itching, poster
ing diseases of the skin. Put an end to
misery. Doan's Ointment cures. At any
drug store.
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The crowned heads OF every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers,
All join in paying tribute to

Dewitt s Little Early kisers.
II. Williams, San Antonio, Tex, writes -
Little Early Riser Pills are the best ! ever
used in my family. / unhesitatingly re-
commend them to everybody. They cure
biliousness, sick headache,
torpid liver, jaundice, malaria and all
other liver troubles. G.. NJ. Miller, Bet hel;
J. A. Chedel, Gaysville.
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WAN ED.

Ladies everywhere to sell Franklin peit'
coats, best made, most stylish OF any los
cost, handsome profits, exclusive Territory
costs nothing to begin; write today ioi
particulars TO The Franklin Co., Depts
Melrose, Mass.
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WANTED!

Detectives, shrewd, reliable man wantes
in every locality for profitable secret ser
vice. Experience unnecessary. Wrih
American Detective Association, Indias'
apolis, Ind.
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A Scientific pisooverx.
The Small
of the Back

That is where some people feel
weak all the time.
They are likely to be respondent
and it is not unusual to find them
borrowing trouble as if they hadn't
enough already.
The fact is their kidney, ara
weak, either naturally or because
OF sickness, exposure, worry or
other influences.
| am thankful to say writes 7. g.
bell Of Sycamore, H.. that Hood,s $50.
riiiA has cured me. For many yesrs -.
troubled with bsckaohe. Al times -. = :,
bad bad to be helped from the Bed q cb.1r
~, -. nov wen and strong and free from pain"
Whist this great medicins did FOR I'm I, II.
done for others. nm I" hAs
The Washington times., 1903-02-01
CHAPTER XxI-(Continued).

s. lust contain yourself until have
done It is not true, but it
viii be before the Duchesse de
Grammont is any the wiser. Very nat
uraIly the Choiseuls will be combing
France in search Of louise. Doubtless
they viii dispatch a courier to Toulouse
TO consult a notary. All well and good.
In the meantime. Comte GuilIaume VIII
arrive in Paris and the ceremony will be
performed. Is it now plain to youe"
CAS- a miracle"
Rather as a marriage. Ha- ha-ha. Be
fore Paris goes to sIeep. upon another
Sunday sermon we shall show the
Choiseuls a Comtesse du Barry who can
hold her head as high as any titled
scarecrow in Europe"
But the King"
All. I had forgotten HIS majesty.
But he viii have small care whether
my dear sister-in-Iaw has borne the
title and honors Of our noble family for
three days or three generations. for
that matter.
'.True-very true" responded Lebcl.
now completely Modified. His unrumed
countenance and the admiring glance he
cast toward the superior genius OF the
two were expressions OF profound hom-
age LebeI bowed and withdrew. He
was soon followed by Du Barry. who lin
gered a moment 10 admonish jeanette
on observing due caution with his mai
osty. Hardly had the door closed be-
hind him when the usher announced
Louis the Fifteenth.
His majesty was on his way from the
petit lever and had stopped in. as was
his custom, to pay his respects 10 Jean
cite. Louis was in a particularly ami
able mood this morning. owing TO a let
ter he had received stating that the
King Of Denmark would be delayed in
visiting Paris, Louis was always care
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

to serve Us with more diligence than
he has shown in other quarters Any
deTeliction in this regard will merit
the severe disappTOvaI Of the King.
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

Of Europe
.MademoiseIIe. permit me to wish you
a good morning" he said, taking her
hand.
And your majesty" returned Jean
cite, with a sweeping courtesy. The usu-
/ ally rosy complexion which Louis SO
much admired in her was noticeably
absent now that she had resolved 70
chance her all upon a cast of the die,
MORN is careful that you shall not
freeze" he remarked. walking over and
holding out his hand before the CHEEKY
fire pickering in the crate.
Us it too close? II SO. the window
can be opened. replied she
Pray do not disturb yourseIf-it IS
very comfortable" So saying, Louis
glanced at the bric-a-brac and quaint
bits of ware which were scattered over
the mauteI in endless profusiop. Since
jeanette had been in a position to hu-
NOR her fondness for luxuries str -ad
surrounded herself with miracles of he
arts and bandicrafts. Her apartment was
a eposttory-without a suggestion of
bourgeois taste-for the rarest and most
expensive creations Of the human fancy
She was reminded of the time by
German clock. representing the thres
Graces; and supporting the dial was
Cupid who indicated the hour with his
arrow
Bronze groups after sarrazin; pictures
by Vatican and Vanioo done upon ex-
/ quisite Sevres china and framed about
with violcts ard forget-me-Dots: a por-
ceIafn escritoire, where little loves were
nesting in wreaths of roses. an English
modelled pianoforte by the celebrated
/ elect: curious boxes Of teak and ma
hogaay; priceless trifes il ivory and
gold, statuettes in stray. corners-the
whole in an airy setting characteristic
{ Of an age when every decorative coneep-
ton few to the fairy-Iike-met the eye
st every turn
eHa. What have we here" remarked
Louis, as he picked up the offending
journal His eye was arrested by the
verses. which he began TO read AS he
aid SO an ominous frowu darkened his
brow.
( i-S coi-i'e u -''-'' --'-e-
/ Judged the King when he conjectured
ina LOUIS "01iu -'S'll'1S l--e 'siSeS WIN
va % MS "'''i1 -'e-i - --''l l'D----
. '--i-'s me '9'7'S - >'-'7 '1s- IL
~ ll9 IL anu Ds7'-1 ~ p@1s '"s ''O''
W E--1''' --7- Jus 81 --'7
I'VE Soul i--7'es'y s'iOoS0 ~ Oe HI
IL ''''7 "'' al
's-l'i'.
/ ~ "''' me iepis' 'e'1oln Is'-u
SU'n nonSen'e
~ -,'D7'-'
''-s No ~" '"1
'-i7 1'sp -iO"H 'i-''' Asu Se''ied upon
MS O''" vas pp-'1'''l '' d qDl@@ie@i
smile
/ III your majesty permit your name
anu niue 10 Dc d Dy"oIa on me streets
%
'ls''' ,-'' S'iaii se' 7' the
''-'o--- u ms DUS.-s@S yet Dla0le'
A'l are sumo i''''i'i cd 'oio'S II my
lo-ll--lolS VINO are possessed with an
-. - --.',',-'' ''- "''''lis' / i-eii
'--' spirit 0' re-
% % Liz
:. .-,-I.-.,--
...--,--. AsD ''''S
- i''-.@ mo 'ils OOil
- ID -'''''' 'iia'
-. - -. ''.''-''-l u'7u
/ '--e u'''-s'
'--''' ~ III ~ 10 % q
- ~ -
me ''''0'H OF 'liS
uH''el
- '-S'''D 'HSIiIy began
- . ~ anu ~ " Il '-'s salon jeanette
-1'--S III sue" d rage
The Washington times., 1903-02-01

Continued Next Sunday
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
GIRL WEDS TO SAVE LIFE
Clinton Woman Demands Divorces Deolar-
iur Husband Forced Ceremony.
NOW FEARS SPOUSE WILL NDNAP HER
Man Takes Her for walk and Insists
on Instant Marriage in Spite
of Protests and Previous
engagements.

CLINTON, Ia, April 26.-(Special.)-A
case which is without parallel in this Sec
tion is soon to be tried in the circuit court
of Rock Island county, Illinois. The plain
tih is Mrs. George Lewis and her husband
is the defendant She alleges that he forced
her into a marriage with him on April
and since then has repeatedly tried to kid
nap her and carry her to his parents house.
She says she was an unwilling party to the
contract and wants It annulled.
According to her story Lewis, without
her knowledge. procured the marriage IL
cense on April aud the next day accom-
panied her from Milan where she had been
visiting a sister, on her way to Moline,
where she Is a teacher in the city schools.
When they left the car in Rock Island he
proposed a stroll. He led her toward the
parsonage OF the First Methodist Episco-
pal church and when within a block OF the
pastors residence, informed her that he
had license In his pocket and proposed
they 60 to the parsonage and be married.
She refused emphatically, but he informed
her that IL she would not be his BRIDE she
would never be. the wife OF any other man.
AS they had been lovers for seven years,
but had not been keeping company for
year and as each was engaged to another,
she was surprised at the strange command,
but she saw he was determined and fear
ing for her life, went to the parsonage and
Rev. r, B. Williams performed the cere-
mony, but her protests never ceased.
After the ceremony she went to her home
and has remained there ever since. He
also went home and has made several at
tempts to kidnap her. However, she is on
her guard and so far has succeeded in
evading him.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-27
National Roofing Co.. i2s Main Street.
Nicola SEEKS CONVENTION
Promises TO Give Republicans Hot
Time IL County Meeting f.
Called There.

For years the republican convention of
Pottawattamie county has been held in
Council Bluffs. but this year the republl-
cans OF Nicola are urging that II be held In
their town. Chairman Wright of the county
central committee. has been besieged within
the last few days by numerous requests
from prominent members Of the party In
the east end OF the county on behalf of
Nicola.
r. B. FELTON,, one Of the leading attorneys
In that part OF the county, has written
Chairman Wright urging that the conven-
tion be held In Nicola this year He con-
tends that as Nicola is a strong democratic
center II would be OF considerable advan-
tage to the republican party TO hold its con-
Vention there, Mr.. FELTON, assures ample
hotel accommodation and the assistance OF
the citizens, irrespective OF party. in enter
tanning the delegates. The democrats held
their county convention last year in Nicola
and the citizens, democrats and republicans
alike. did everything in their power to en-
tertain the delegates
George l.. Wilkinson postmaster OF Nicola
= leading member OF the republican party
is taking a prominent part In the move
ment. He offers the use OF the opera house
for the convention and agrees to furnish q
cornet band. Mr.. wilkinson calls attention
to the fact that Avoca has been honored
in the past but up to date Nicola has not
90 been recognized. In concluding his re.
quest for the convention. Mr.. Wilkinson
says Nicola promises the hottest time In re.
publican history II Chairman Wright will
call the convention there.
Chairman Wright said yesterday he wai
willing that the county convention be held
there but that the say so did not rest en-.
tirely with him. The members of tbs
county central committee and the candi.
dates we're the ones who had the dictation
AS no can for the county convention woult
be issued until after the state convention
had been called, he could not say wha
the central committee would do but n,
was Of the opinion that the candidates
would prefer that the convention be held il
Council Bluns