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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
Notice to Key Holders.

All former patrons of the Centralia
post Office who have paid for their
keys will please present them and
receive the 20 cents which they paid
for the key. Please present them to
r. A. Mcdonald, formerly post
master in the Centralia office and
now employed in the Grand Rapids
office. This is requested on post
office Inspector FraSer's order.
Please attend to this promptly, SO
that a full settlement of the key
deposit fund can be made with the
department.
Yours respectfully,
If A. l.. FONTAINE.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10

We are glad TO see that SO many of
our young people are improving their
opportunity TO get practical bust
ness education at the Grand Rapids
Business College. Mr.. Hayward re-
ports that new students are coming
in all the time. Following are the
names of those who have entered
since our last report: Mae MulrOy,
Minnie Pagel, Kenneth McCamley,
Frank Smith, Arthur MadSen, Albert
NimtZ and Howard CrOtteau.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
Bunde & Upmeyer CO.
MILWAUKEE,, WISCONSIN.

Senator II. c. Wipperman departed
Saturday night for Madison, where he
in company with other friends of.Judge
Webb, have opened headquarters
in the Park hotel during the sena-
torial contest. We sincerely hope
that cur friend Wipperman will be
successful in the election OF his old
time friend Judge Webb to the
United States senatorShip. We join
with his many friends in wishing
hin success.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10

before" "Oh"' calculated the sub
scriber. II didn't mean that [ had
stopped the paper. l stopped only my
copy of it because l didn't like your
editorials" "Pshaw.' retorted
Greeley, sit wasn't worth taking up
my time to tell me such a trife as
that. My dear sir. if you expect to
control the utterances Of the Tribune
by the purchase Of one copy day, or
if you think to find any newspaper
worth reading that Will never express
convictions at right angles with your
own, you are doomed TO diSappOint-
ment. Exchange.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
Advertised Letters. January 3, $50:

Aamison, Frank
HaberkOrn, VIM,
Kreks, Geo,
Larson, AXei
Mesoelius, s..
Readdles, Chas..
Rose, Arthur
LADIES.
Blow, Mrs. Janet:
Crawford, Emma
Fenlon, Mrs. p, w.
LOcn, Mertie
MuurS, Mary
Phillips, Mrs. GLADYS
ShoulCh, Lizzie
Letters Advertised. January 9, 1905.
GENTLEMEN.
Benson, Fred
Cara, Rev. A. W.,
Leamans, e. A,
Marth. Earnest
Matthews, Frank
Young, w. b.,
LADIES.
Archamban, Minna
Bayer. Hiss Anna
BelOt. Tina
FOuntaine, Mrs. Elsie
Menier, Mrs. Geo,
Phelps, HrS. G. A.,
Those calling for the above letter:
please say, "Advertised,"
A. L. FONTAINE. ?. NJ.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
Deafness Cannot be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot reach the
diseased portion of the ear. There is only one
way to cure Deafness and that is by c. nstitu-
tional remedies. Deafness is cansed by an
lntiamed condition of the mucous Iiiiug of the
Eustachian Tube. When this tube is nfiamed
you have rumbHEg sound or imperfect hear
ing, and when it Is entirely closed. Deafness is
the result, and unless the inflammation can be
taken out and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases out of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamCd condition Of
the mucous surfaces
We will giveOne Hundred Dolla rs for any case
of Deafness Caused by catarrh) that cannot be
cured bv Halls Catarrh Cure. Send for circu-
lars, free. f. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo o.
Sold by druggists, 70 cents.
Take Halls Family FILLS for consti pation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
A United States Wall Map.

Well adapted for use in Office, library
or school, substantially mounted,
edges bound in cloth, printed ia full
colors, showing the United States,
Alaska, Cuba and our island posses
Sions. The original thirteen states,
the Louisiana Purchase, the Oregon
Territory, etc. are shown in outline,
with dates when territory was
acquired, and other valuable informal
ton. Sent to any address on receipt
OF fifteen cents to cover postage, by
w. 3. Kniskern, P T. NJ, G.. & y. W.
Railway, Chicago. 6-3t
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
DATES TO REMEMBER
Wednesday, Jan. IL.

" wednesday, Jan. L.
The east side ladies' aid society
Of the n. E. church will meet
with Mrs. \. E. EmmOnS.
The west side ladies' aid society
of the VI. E. church will meet with
Mrs. ChaS. Gothke.
The ladies' aid society of the Con-
gregational church, east side, will
meet with Mrs 9. e. Kruger.
NJ. ". K club will meet with
Mrs. B. R. Goggins.
Friday, Jan. 49,
The w. G.. L. Z. will meet Friday
Afternoon at O'Clock with Mrs. j.
W. Cochran.
Saturday, Jan. IA
The Mission Band will meet with
Miss Kate Parrish.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10

reports an excellent trip and delight
tui session of that order.
Amiel c. Cady who has been visit
ing with his grandparents at KilbourE
for some time. arrived home Friday
morning and reports his grandfather
as well as can be expected after the
severe fall he had about two weeks
ago.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
0ne Way Second Class Settlers Rates to
South Eastern Points.

The G. NJ. g St, Paul railroad will
sell one way second class settlers
tickets to all important South Eastern
Points at greatly reduced rates. Dates
OF sale January 3 and II. February
aud q, March and q. and April +
and IS. Fer information please apply
to Geo. Andersen Local agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10

Homeseekers excursion for 1905 via
the o. M. & ST. Paul railway. On
January and II, February and 81,
March and q, April and Is, the
c. NJ. & ST. Paul railway will sell
round trip homeseekers excursion
tickets at one regular fare, plus $500
return limit Fl days from date of sale.
For territory routes connections etc.
please apply to ticket agent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
POSTOFFICE BUSI=
NESS INCREASING

Ever since the Centralia and Grand
Rapids poStotficeS were consolidated
the first Of June, 1904, the records
show y constantly increasing business.
The last quarter ending. December l,
1904 amounted to So, 1918 made up of
the following items
Month of October. " 81 ,09S. IS
Month of November ... 927.97
Month of December 80. 80. 1,160. 40
From the above showing the reader
can easily understand that if this
continues for the next quarter end
ing March 81 1904, the business for
the past year will easily amount to
100000 the amount necessary to
give this city free delivery. We
would be glad to have il reach
Sl2, 100000. making an average of
100000 month. This amount
would place us on an equal footing
with Stevens Point and MarShtield.
We are confident that it will come
pretty near this amount.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10
Gone to Fargo, North Dakota.

Chas S. Whittlesey has received
the appointment as State Agent and
AdjustOr for the Hanover Fire
Insurance Co. of New York, for the
states of North and South Dakota
with headquarters at Fargo. He
transferred all his local companies to
T. G. Gilkey in this city. He left on
Monday for his new field of labor
where he will make all necessary
preparations for the establishment Of
his office and renting suitable home
for his family. His wife will remain
in Grand Rapids until spring during
which time Charlie will expect to
visit Grand Rapids at intervals until
he makes a permanent change. While
we are sorry to have Charlie and his
estimable wife leave US. We are fully
aware Of the fact that his promotion
is an excellent one. We join with
their many friends in Grand Rapids
in wishing them success.
An acquaintance met Greeley one
day and said: MIR. Greeley, I've
stopped your paper" Have you?"
said Horace, well, that's 100 bad, !"
and the old white hat went it's way.
The next morning Greedy met his
subscriber again, and said: Il thought
you stopped the Tribune?" $50 |
did," Then there must be some mis-
take" said Horace, flor / just came
from the Office and the presses were
running, the clerks were as busy as
ever, the compositors were hard at
work, and the business was going on
the same as yesterday and the day
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10

l make this sworn statement for the
benefit OF other people who are bald o.
getting that way. | have been bald for IA
years, and on the 18th of July one year ago
L commenced the use of Germ -kila. The
picture without hair is a correct one of
myself as | have been. and the one with
the hair on it as | am now since | used
Germ-a-kila. My hair first came out after
l had worn a sealskin cap, which | think
was the cause. In years after l was en-
urely bald. I may say in 90 days after
using Germ-a-kila l noticed new growth
Of hair.
People addressing me will please incIose
stamp for answer. August Frederick
Schultz, 4S6 Cass Street, Milwaukee, Wis
Does your head itch? If so, this germ is
lurking in your scalp. This germ you see
here is 2S,O00 times its natural size How
ever, this is just as it looks under a power
full microscope 1t can be found
on any scalp that has dandruff ~
Some people have as many as
two or three thousand. Germ-a- h8f
kila destroys this germ and ~
causes the hair TO grow; besides 49,
cures any case of dandruf, stops ~4
hair falling out in a very short
time. Put up in SOC bottles only.
This bottle is as large as most ~
dollar bottles. We give no free
samples. One 50-cent bottle will show for
itself. Address all mail orders TO The
Germ-a-Kila Medicine Co., Milwaukee, Wis
For sale BY all druggists.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1905-01-10

Read the Reporter. That's all.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28

Ia Your shortcomings keep you short.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28

ly. You think your old father ought
to run the world. Why, l am absolutely
helpless. If telegraphed the governor
to order out the state militia, they
couldn't get here in time, and if they
could these determined mountain men
would make it hot for them. Twenty
lives would be lost instead of one."
Just then breakfast was announced.
The colonel gallantly offered his arm
to Mrs. Lancaster, and as she took it
she started to draw Evelyn along with
her. But the girl drew back.
II don't care to 60 in now," she fal-
tered. 81 had a cup of coffee in my
room. Oh, I am so afraid they will
hang him!"
"Well, l shall come out to you soon,
DEAR" said the widow, tenderly. "Wait
for me-"
Seated at a window in the drawing
room-she felt too nervous to remain on
the veranda alone-Evelyn had good
view OF the road running along the
edge of the swamp. She could see the
ever-strengthening chain Of men, their
guns and pistols cleaning in the sun
light. To her the sight was more aw-
full than had it been an army in bat
tie array. Presently she saw figure
on a white horse moving along the line
of men, pausing now and then as II
in argument. She decided that the
horse was Ronald Fanshaw's-thst he
was the rider. Something told her that
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28

LONG AND SHORT LErTERs.-Sherwin
Cody in his Training Course In Cor
rect English. Business Correspondence
and Advertisement Writing lays down
some rules as to the length of business
letters. He says:
Write a long letter to
"A farmer.
"A woman.
"A customer who has asked you a
question.
"A customer who is angry and needs
auieting down and will be made only
more angry II you seem to slight him.
"A man who is interested, but must
be convinced before he will buy your
goods.
Write a short letter to
"A busy business man.
IAN Indifferent man on whom you
want to make a sharp impression.
"A person who has written you
about a trivial matter for which he
cares little.
"A man who wants only a record OF
piece Of information.
"A person who needs only the slight
est reminder of something he has for
gotten or overlooked"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
The Only chiId's Sad Life.

She Is the only child Of the only
married child. That makes her the
only grand child and the only niece.
and you might think that hers was
life Of lollapops and lenient indulgence.
But It is nothing Of the sort.
The other morning her mamma
spread a nice piece of bread with cur
rant jam and passed it to her on her
breakfast plate.
my dear" said her papa, do you
think she ought to have jam so early
In the n orning"
well, said her mamma, "the doc
tor says we must tempt her appetite"
But Jam, my dear, is too rich for
a child's stomach" said her papa firm
", as he removed the slice Of bread
and jam.
Now, don't cry, dear" consoled
mamma; you know you are mamrna's
only little girl"
mo. don't cry" added her grandma
you shall have an apple by and n.y..
IAN applet" exclaimed her uncle
who is a dyspeptic. "The idea or CIV
ing that child anything so indigestible
as an applet"
But, William" argued the grandma
fruit of any kind is good for the sys-
tenn"
"Nonsense!" cried her uncle.
"Well, do give the child something
to eat. Why don't you make her eat
that porridge."
"Yes. eat the porridge, darling" urg-
ed mamma.
1T hasn't got enough sugar on It.
pouted the only child.
"Auntie will put some more on It,"
said her aunt.
That's right" cried grandma, Toad
the child's stomach with sugar"
Auntie dropped the sugar spoon back
in the bowl. II suppose that would be
bad for her." she agreed doubtfully.
An hour later her mamma bundled
her I'D in hood and leggings and sent
her out to play in the fresh air."
She had hardly trundled her sled
half DlOck Wnere ner BrdhuPd Sohe
round the corner with his throat nauf-
fed up and his hands in his pockets.
why Madeline!" he cried In
shocked tone, what on earth is your
mother thinking about, to let you come
out in this damp weather? Does she
want to kill her only child with pneu.
monia?" And forthwith he bundled
her up in his arms and carried her
straight back into the house.
Then there was a heated argument
and a family council, during which
the only child stood in hope, fear and
doubt, finally to be sent to the nur-
sery, where the temperature coul1 be
regulated.-New York Press.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
CHAPTER vi.

One morning in the month OF July,
when Ronald returned from his to-
bacco field, he found score or more
mountaineers in the front yard. They
were discussing an awful crime that
had been committed about dawn that
day. Mrs. Telplay, widow who lived
alone in q cottage at the foot OF the
mountain, was found brutally MUIR
dered. 1t had been generally known
that she kept quite sum Of money
in an old hair trunk under her bed,
having always refused to take the ad-
vice Of her friends to put her savings
in q more secure place. The trunk
was found to have been split open by
the bloody ak which had killed the
owner, and the money was gone.
Sydney Hart, tall. raw-boned
young man, with sharp black eyes and
a big mustache dyed to match, sat
astride his fine horse and told what he
knew of the affair. AS he talked he
famed his aquiline face with his
sombrero.
"As soon as JEFF. that's her niger
house boy, came in 10 make the fires"
he was saying as Ronald approached,
"he seed what had happened, an run
out to give the alarm"
Didn't nobody suspicion Jeff?"
queried old Fanshaw, who sat on the
steps IN his stockings.
Don't be so blamed fast" snarled
the narrator, with frown. He could
not abide interruption. He was sort
of leader of moonshiners. though it
had never been proven against him,
and he was accustomed to more re-
spect than he deserved.
well, go on" grunted Fanshaw,
you are about as good at tellin' a
thing as a one-legged man is at a
kickin' bee. You no sooner make a
start than you kick the end O. yore
spine up in the ground an thar you
are"
The crowd laughed impulsively, but
the fierce glare Of sgd Hart's eyes
soon put an end to the merriment.
a-udO sOuP
breakfast, he grunted, letting his eyes
lest on Fanshaw, and then he began to
smile. THAR wasn't no use a sus-
picionin' JEFF" he proceeded; "fur as
soon as the news got out Thad Will
liams straddled his mare an notified
the sheriff. Ratcliff is quick on trig-
ger, an he tuck Thad's mare an made
fur the spot armed to the teeth"
"Well, did he ketch the one that
did it?" broke in Dave Fanshaw, i'm
patiently, and anyone could have seen
from his face that be was not one OF
Hart's followers.
sgd bent his eyes on Dawes face and
sneered. "You are like yore daddy"
he observed, "you want yore hog fore
it's barbecued. Yes, you bet he
ketehed i'm; that's what he was out
after. About half a mile from the
widows house he run across young
stranger a-hidin' in a barn nigh the
tale mines. He was too good thing
to be missed, so Ratcliff arrested i'm
then an thar an made i'm turn IL
pockets wrong side out. He had
Atty dollars in hard cash. an. more
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
PARTISAN SECRET POLICE.
Strangers In the City Constantly
Watched and Acts Recorded.

About the words "the secret police
there is a pretty air Of mystery. They
summon up pictures Of cloaked fig'
ures, Of a man waiting in dark alley
ways and Of stealthy steps behind the
curtains Of corridors. They are wo'
ven into nine-tenths Of popular
French fiction. The woman concierge
summing herself in what Partisan door
way YOU please, feeds her imagination
on tales of multiple DISCUSSES. Fol
her the agent de la surete, who comes
to inquire about her dodgers, is darl
with mystery; he Is "of the secre'
police" AS a matter Of fact, this
branch Of the police, though dressed
in plain clothes, is not all occult
1t has to do with plain and simple
crimes. Most of the agents OF the
secrete are old soldiers, honorable men
They are supplemented, however, BY
band Of quasi police known as indi'
cateurs. The people, who are perma'
nently auxiliaries Of the service, are
recruited among the street fakirs and
masterless rogues who foregather In
Paris.
Behind these humdrum agents and
those gloomy outcasts, their aids, there
is a mighty and mysterious "secre'
police" about which not one Partisan
in a hundred has definite knowledge
The real secret police-today, as un-
der the empires that which Is
known as the brigade des recherches
that is, the brigade Of investiga-
ton. The members Of this force are
recruited In a far higher range OF So
ciety than the fellows Of the surete
Indeed. there Is no classroom the
old nobility to the new feudality OF
finance-which does not contribute to
this occult system Of espionage. 1t
Is not my purpose here to describe In
detail the many ramifications OF this
ancient and potent order Of spies.
A foreigner in France, II he asso-
ciates frequently with people OF I'M
portance, comes in time to know them
we'll. They follow him in his comings
and goings, report upon his acts and
opinions, and sift his life with care
unknown In our careless republic. one
of these who were sent out on my
train came to know very well. what
I was suspected Of know not, though
during the troublous days Of the
Dreyfus case I fraternized with many
men-one Of whom, the compte du
Temple, an ex-deputy. was an aggres-
sive royalist. Anyway, my spy and
came to know each other very we'll.
He played a good game Of billiards
and was a companionable gentleman
A little later DR.. w. ]. Sullivan, an
assistant corporation counsel Of New
York, visited me in Paris. He was
greatly interested in the secret police.
I could hardly persuade him that
from the moment We met and shook
hands in the Care du Nord until his
departure from the Care st. LaZare
every act of his had been noted. 1 gos
the evidence from my friend, my pet
SOY in the brigade des recherches
The doctors record was singularly
complete. He had not chatted with g
woman, he had not dined out OF
breakfasted in my garden, he had not
bought a pair Of yellow gloves, unseen
by some ubiquitous spy. The amazed
gentleman, when he learned how close
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-02-28
THE siNEWs OF WAR.
President Smith Makes an Address to
the Farmers Of the State.

President Smith Makes an Address to
the Farmers Of the State.
The following address was issued
last Friday by Mr.. E. D. Smith, presi-
dent of the South Carolina Cotton as
sociation:
ITO the People of the State who are
Interested in the Southern Cotton
Association:
"In view Of the numerous inquiries
that have come to me by those who
are holding spot cotton as to what
method they can secure a loan on
their cotton to meet their pressing
necessities, call on the several county
organizations to appoint a committee
consisting of their chairman and three
other members to see their local bank
ers at once and arrange plans by which
those needing the money can secure a
loan on their cotton. It Is needless
for me to emphasize the urgent i'm
portance Of this step. The three car
dinal principles in our fight are as
follows: The reduction Of acreage, re-
duction Of fertilizer and holding spot
cotton. Already the price Of cotton
has advanced $3.50 per bale, since the
New Orleans convention. Had 1t not
been for this organization and the
hope that It inspired, cotton would
have flooded the market at the disas-
trously low prices prevailing a month
ago and the south would have lost be-
tween $5O,OOO,OOO and 100000, 900,
IF the local banks and the farmers
who are able to and the merchants In
their local organizations will pool
their interests and stand together at
this acute crisis. the fight Is won.
am in a position to know, but cannot
give the names Of the parties furnish-
ing me the information, that the world
's needing cotton more than we are
needing to sell; that Liverpool has
not received one-fifth Of the cotton
that has been exported. Eighty per
cent of that exported in January and
February has gone to Russia; very lit
tie to Manchester. The stocks In all
foreign centres are short, in all for
eign and domestic mills they are short,
and 1t is only a question Of holding to-
gether to secure a good price for our
cotton.
II would like to state further that II
no arrangements can be made locally,
that the banks and warehouses Of Co
lumbia take care Of every bale Of cot
ton sent them and advance 80 per
cent Of its value at the rate Of 8 per
cent.
Anyone wanting further informa-
ton as to shipping to Columbia,
Messrs. F. H. Weston and F. H. Hyatt
may be communicated with.
1.-The president, secretary and treas
urer who were elected at your conven-
ton to take charge Of this matter and
see that you succeed, cannot hope to
do our work efficiently without having
facilities for doing it.
I'VE need an office. we need station
cry, we need a stenographer, we need
a typewriter and we need postage
stamps, the incidental expenses to
such great undertaking. Therefore
we call on the public at large who
are interested in this movement to
seni Mr.. F. H. Hyatt, treasurer, any
contribution they feel able to make
and send It at once and We promise
that every cent sent US shall so far as
we are able do 100 per cent good for
every 100 cents contributed"