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Mime, Patti believes that tic pleas.
f,,ees of the table are not for the
singer. .al,.:t 49,.
DR.. Ella Head. las sbcen appointed
city, phSsiciall Of Gre.thy, Col, the first
woman 10 serve in this capacity in
the city. fll;.i
Mrs. Georgine R.sWide, daughter Of
Mrs. Henry Siegel, Of New York, was
smarrieI IN London to- Count Carlo
: sDelticeS Sdl kFrSsso: =.
The Emp. ass Of Russia. has n hand
5kerciliee which 1t took seven years tc
nuke. It COST ;5lier $4,000: - e. 2.
Miss Clara e. Cornell. Of Bridgeport
Conn. has been named as one OF the
six speakers TO compete for the Wood
ford -oratoplcalprize at Cornell: ,as..,Z
More estl,an is tine case ill any other
American college for women, the work
6of ARadcliffe5 s%llke that of Newnhan
and Girteliln.tlie, English Cambridge.
The oldest Baptist in the world. and
sllie Oldest White Rfbboner in the Uni
led States, is said, to be Miss Caroline
Brown, aged 100, of Wlndhanl, Conn:
q. The executive board .pfathe National
Council OF Women, in session at-To
eledo.s Ohio, voted; to- erect$a Susan B
ANTHONY memorials, at Washington
u, c, ~,
X III ;lccordance with Spanish custom
King Alfonso will present his bride
.;wlth herSwedding dress (which is being
snlade in: a Madrid conrent) and five
.other gowns. s.ss'.!.t -
=! Two women. iii lighting.a picnic fire
on the slope of Waterman Mountain
San Bernardlno County, California, the
other day, discovered asphaltnm de-
posits Asrush followed. 10000 acres
have been located, and an oil boom Is
lin progress.
Miss, Edith Metmore, daughtef oil
s The wealthy Rhode Island Senator. Il
one Of the .Most consistent music low
ers. among fashionable folk, and has
been. an earnest worker in the effort
] tt. establish. Il national conservatory In
Washington. st' 81 -;
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Liable For Income Tax.

Columbia, Special.--In response to
an inquiry from the Lancaster county
auditor. Attorney General Youmans
rendered an opinion in which he holds
that the salaries Of State and county
officers are not exempt from the in
come tax law. So for as is known,
not man in the State has ever paid
any income tax while holding office.
The law fixes the minimum income
reached by the law at $1,000.
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San Francisco, Special,--An appeal
to, Congress for the loan ef sevcal
millieh dollars at pei cent interest and
to be secured by mortgage, is to be
made by the business men Of San
Francisco. The loan,' it is planned,
is. to run for a long period of years.
Herbert E. Law, one Of the wealthiest
men in the State, is now on his way
to Washington to cosult the President
OH the matter. He made known his
plans before starting.
The impression which seems to have
prevailed in eastern cities that there
was. friction over the concentration
and distribution Of Red Cross supplies
has. been corrected BIZ DR.. Devine,
general agent Of the Red Cross, who
repeated his assertion of Thursday
that the work was carried OIL to the
entire satisfaction of everybody.
The task of placing the city in a
sanitary condition is i'll full swing.
Every available barge is being used to
haul the debris five miles from the
city and dump it into tho bay. One
of the greatest tasks yet TO be per-
formed is i'll the districts Which es-
capped the flames,
Practically every house lost its
chimney, necessatins the issuing of or
ders prohibiting the building of fires
until the chimneys are rebuilt. House
wiven are cooking their meals in the
yards, rain or s'.1e.
The evenings SO cold that many
have contracted bronchial troubles.
The Withdrawals from the banks con-
tiinue light, i'll fact arc lighter than
-depositS.:- S.:--------.------
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Farmers Union to Build Warehouses;

Anderson, spccial.-The Farmers
Union will erect large warehouse in
This city for the storage of cotton.
Work will begin OH the building at ON
early day and everything will be in
readiness for the fall season. The
warehouse will have a capacity Of
1900 bales aud will be freproof. The
cost will be approximately $4,000.
The Union is a strong organization OF
ipracital and prominent planters OF the
county and is doing much good for
the agricultural interests of this Sec
ton.
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q. IS. Leads in Exports.

Washington. special:--1Tlhe United tied
States exported more goods III l9I'
]. than any other nation III the world;
according to the statistics tabulated
by the British board of trade. The
total exports of this country amount
ed to ST. ,621, 100000, while that Of the
next nation, Great Britain. only reach
cd 81 ,6o6,O0O.ooo. In imports Great
Britain ranks first, the United States
being third. ,
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Physicians and Nurses.
Freight Train Kills Three.

BlueGeld, w. Va, speeial.-Harry
Wilson, his wife, and Edgar Smith,
were struck by freight train on the
Norfolk and Western road here. and
were instantly killed, their bodies be-
ing badly mutilatcd. The three were
walking on the. track and stepped
from in front Of one train into the
way of the freight.
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Diocese of South Carolina.

Anderson, special.-The 1l6the an
nual council of the diocese of South
Carolina will convene in This city on
Nav Sth and will continue in session
for one week. The members Of Grace
Episcopal church are making arrenge-
given a most hearty reception when
they come to Anderson.
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Passenger Train Fired On.

Petersburg, Spccial.-As passenger
tran No. IS, southbound, OIL the Allan
tic Coast Line railway, was passing
through Petersburg, and while going
up the grade between Lombard and
Franglin streets, some unknown per
SON fired into one Of. the passenger
coaches. The bullet shattered one Of
the window glasses, but no one was i'll,
;ured.
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Strong Programme.

Nashville, -Special.--A- strong pro,
gramme lis being prepared for the
East Tennessee Farmers Institute to
be held at Knoxville May l6, II and
1s. among the speakers will be w.
"a. Hayes, assistant secretary Of ag-
riieultnre; E. b. Webster, chief of
dairy division of bureau Of animal in
5dnstry; Prof. E. R. Lloyd, Mississip-
pi; j. w. Spiliman, of the bureau Of
plant. industry: James E. Rice. Cor
neil University and j. A. Bonsteel,
2natio1ah bureau of soils. 81
s.I,... 4 .Et!.T -. -: ~.
Greece boasts the largest sun dial
on tha planet
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Conditional Gift of s19,5oo:;

s Boston, spccial.-A conditional gift
of s12;5OO by Andrew Carnegie to
Morris Brown College. (colored) At
lanta, Ga, was announced here by
Rev. R. d. Stinson, vicc-prcsident of
the college. Mr.. Carnegie has just
written Rev. Stinson promising this
sum toward the erection # all indus
trial building at the college after q q
certain amount, not made public, has
been raised elsewhere by Stinson.
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A Ten Thousand Dollar Crop.

Beaufort, special.-Ten thousand
dollars represents the gross receipts OF
truck shipped and sold by the Whip
pie brothers, who operate truck
farm of 80 acres in close proximity tc
this place. They have grown and
shipped more 'radishes than any other
grower in The United States; they
have not yet shipped their entire crop
of peas and besides have large
quantity Of other truck to ship.
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Gift To Newberry College.

Newberry, special.-The semi-cen-
lennial year Of Ncwbcrry college will
20 down in the history of that insti-
tuition as an epoch year, with the
promise of great things for the future.
a few days ago it was announced that
DR.. y. X. Pearson of Chicago had
made au otter TO Tic college of So
900 on nest liberal terms, and that
The nnselnznt ,yonld he begun at
once locking to large endowment
fund
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Charlotte Cotton Market.
New Enterprises.

The Secretary Of State has issued
a commission to the Bank Of Heath
Springs, capitalized at $4,000 The
corp corporators arei K: i: MacAey; W. S.
Moore, P. L: Hwiils and Leroy
Springs.
A commission was also issued to the
Concrete Stone Contracting Company
of Batesburg, capitalized at $3.ooO'
The petitions for charter are: w. D.
McCartha and NJ. Z. Rentland.
The Ehandon Annex Company, a
local company, of which Julius Il,
Walker, Bruce W. Revenel and J. S.
Moore are the corp0rdtors. received a
commission. The capital is $4,000.
Tile WILLIAMSON Building and Loan
association received d commission. The
capital is $5O,OOO, and the corporators !;
are: D: l.: Donald, B. i. Russell, 7.
/. M. Mah0f, +; II; Welbori1 and D. U.
Duckworth:
The Anderson ralncio
Warehouse Company received a char
ter, the capital being $4,000 and the II
officers: B. Harris, president; L. II;
Watson, vice president, and c. .. Bur
ris, secretary and treasurer.
y The st. Matthews Warehouse eonl-
nonv received commission. The capl-
tai is $4,000 and the corporators are; .
W. E. Wimberly, T. H. Dreher and j.
III. Lotea:
The Carolina Mutual Benefit COM
,Spany Of Gifney is eleemonsynary The
are W. C. Macarthur and t
] B. B. Steedy.
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An Old Negro Killed By His Young

CireenvilIe, Special.---ln a row with
her old husband, Betsy Goldsmith,
colored, beat. him into insensibiiity at
their home near Mauldin, in this
county, Saturday morning and then
flushed The job by sabbing hin With
a steel fork Sh" has teell arrested,
The woman is 50, while Goldsmith ssas
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A Boy Lost.

Spartanbllrg, special--Roscoe Walk
er, a lad about II years of age, has
disappeared from his home aud his
parents are much worried as to his
whereabouts. The disappearance has
been reported TO the police by the
boys parents, Mr.. and Mrs. j. d.
Walker, and search is being made
for the boy. The boy was employed
al the Rigby Manufacturing Com
pany's plant and was seen Oh Tuesday
and has not been seen since.
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Conditions Becoming Normal

- The last sign OF confusion and mis-
understanding which at times existed
has disappeared. aud the first signs of
the return 10. former conditions were
Tue resumption of street car traffic in
certain streets and the taking out Of
the first permit Tor the erection of a
modern steel STRUCTURE on the ground
occupied few days ago by "a less sub
stantial building.
Chairman Pheian, of the finance
committee of the relief and Red Cross
funds, gave out complete statement
Z Of money contributions received for
the relief of San Francisco up to and
including April 526. The list shows the
grand total ofs 931 ,,03S, &of which.
s213, 95Osvas ntributed local
8 Physicians and Nurses.
San francisco, Specialize stcam-:
ne Buckman, of the Alaska line, In
command of Captain e. B. Wood, ar
rived here late Wednesday night with
provisions and supplies for the home
less people of this city. The vessel
made record run from Seattle, but
encountered off Cape Blanco, a terri
fic sea Which crew and passengers be-
lieve was caused by 4 subterranean
eruption aud which for time threat
ened TO engulfthe stauncll ship on its
errand Of mercy.
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Hail Storm in cheraw.

Chcraw, Special. Sunday alter
noon at about 5 'clock there was one
! of the most severe hail storms here
that has ever occurred in Cheraw. 1t
contiued to hail for about half an hour
10 that the ground was perteetelY
white in many places. The extent OF
the damage done to the fruit IS not
yet fully known, but it has been, with
but doubt. severely injured.
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new. Plan FOR HELP
San francisco Would Borrow
Large.s of Government
CITY BECOMING NORMAL AGAIN
San francisco, Special,--An appeal

. Vftg1es'
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-05-01

It was warm day in July and two
little girls, Tempest and Sunshine,
asked their mother if they could go to
see their aunt Their mother said,
Eyes, but do not go through the for
est" Thee hildren promised not to.
But after they got started Tempest
says let us go in the forest. 1t will
be so much shorter and so they went
and when they have gone a half mile
they saw white object coming toward
them. Oh, how frightened they were.
1t moved closer and closer toward
them and they came home and told
their father and mother all about their
adventure.
The father shot it and what do you
think it was? 1t was an Indian with
a blanket over it.
< The children thought it was a
ghost as it was dark and gloomy and
white like ghosts:
The next day party Of Indians
came to inquire about Black Hawk
Cromwell. The children's father told
them that he shot him. The Indians
felt angry, but they took the body back
to their home in Montana and buried
it. 1t taught Tempest and Sunshine a
lesson to keep their promise and obey
their parents.
Efie Brown, age 10.
Fremont, Iowa.
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A RICH MlsER.

Once upon a time there was rich
miser who lived in France. He was
ordered by the government to give
some of his money to the poor He
tells the government he has no money.
He has a large cellar and in this cellar
he has dug deep hole; hid all his
treasures and has made a spring lock
door.
When the government cannot find
his money they leave him alone. The
miser IS SO well pleased with himself
for acting so sly. After while his
nephew comes; is poor and has a
large family.
He begs his uncle for some money.
He is refused, laughed at and is
turned from the door.
A few days after his nephew, had
left the miser is missed. All the
neighbors search for him, and at last
they discover the door in the floor of
the cellar. The miser is found dead.
They found the candle stick, but no
candle-he had eaten the candle with
agony of hunger.
His nephew becomes very rich. He
spends his money rightly He helps
the poor in many ways. He is a good
kind neighbor and is respected and
loved by all.
Miss Frances Martin, age 10.
Mystic, Iowa.
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his desk bennington took out the raw
hide and drew 1t through his hand.
Then he swung it, and as the snaky
thing bent over Billy's arm and bit At
his breast one Of the girls screamed
Billy Turner, his face as gray as
ashes, smiled. Again and again the
rawhtde stung him, but all the time he
smiled, Incensed beyond measure by
his victims passivity, bennington
rained blows upon him. At last Billy
spoke, but all he said was: Keep it
up till you're satisfied" And Lean
ington kept it up; he kept it up till
his arm fell palsied at his side and his
breath came short and fast like run
ner's. He tossed the whip upon his
desk. The smile went out of Billys
eyes then, and such a look came into
them as never want to see in the
eyes of man or boy again.
you've thrashed me" he said,
you've thrashed me for something
didn't do. If had fought you would
not have saved myself. You're a man
and stronger than I am. I'm only a
boy But l want you to remember
this, bennington; I'll be a man some
day. My people are going to Califor-
MIA next week, and I'm going with
them Maybe I'll never come back
here, but if l do come back, man,
and you are here, I'll thrash you with
in an inch of your life. Remember
mat; within an inch of your life"
And he left the room with the rest
Of us, Leamington's sneering laugh
ter echoing in his ears. The next
week he was gone. Who did put that
pin on the chair? Reub Strobridge;
and he laughed when he confessed to
it-after Billy had gone west with his
people, however.
(To be Continued.)
Arthur Harris, in the Pilgrim.
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JUNIOR STORIES.
Is.ssr4s, es,~
TOMS LESSON.

Uncle Jack had taken Tom for a
walk in the woods, and as they came
through the grove Tom idly brought
his stick down on family of ants that
was busy carrying into the home some
crumbs that had been left by picnic
party.
IT am sorry that the woodland news
paper will have to report tragedy"
said Uncle Jack, soberly. "They will
have to say, While busy storing pro-
visions in their home near Long Pond,
the ant family was struck by terrible
This was an excellent family and was
doing no harm. In the home were sew
eral little ones, who waited throughout
the night for something to eat, but
finding the house overturned and their
parents missing, they strayed away
into the woods and were lost. The
cause Of the tornado is unknown
"Why is it like that?" asked Tom,
in surprise. Certainly they have been
at some pains to build that little
house; see how ingenious they were
in fashioning it! Now it is laid waste,
and they must find a new spot. Some
of the little ones are dead, too"
Tom looked down ruefully at the
havoc he had made.
81 know what will make them hap
py," he said. 81 will leave this piece
of nut cake from my lunch box, and
they will eat that" He laid the cake
down carefully, and was rewarded by
seeing other ants swarm over it and
carry bits to another place, where he
thought they meant to build a new
home.
81 think they will soon forget" he
said. Don't you?"
Probably; but if they forget I am
sure you will not" said Uncle Jack
And Tom found that he never did.
Gail Stanford, age 10.
r r. No Q Batavia, Ia.
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deal Of her4time visiting the poor. One
morning she told her children about q
family which she had visited the day
before. There was man sick in bed,
his wife took care of him and could
not go out to work, and their little boy
whose name was Ralph had interested
her very much. wish you could see
him, she said to her own children,
John, Harry and Clara. He is such a
help to his mother. He wants very
see what he can do.
After their mother had left the room
the children sat thinking about little
Ralph. II wish we could help him to
earn money" said Little Clara. $50
do IT, said Harry. For some moments
John said nothing, but suddenly he
sprang to his feet and cried. II have
an ideal" The other children jumped
up, all attention. When John had an
idea it was sure to be good one. 81
tell you what we can do said John.
"You know that big box of corn Uncle
Sam sent us? Well we can pop it and
put it into paper bags and Ralph can
take 1t round to the houses and sell it,
When Mrs. Smith heard of Johns
idea she, too, thought it a good one.
Very soon the children were busy pop.
ping the. corn, while their mother
went out to buy paper bags. When
she came back she brought Ralph with
her. In short time he started out on
his new business and, much sooner
than could be expected, returned with
an empty basket: He came home and
had ten nickles and when he found
it was all to be his he was delighted,
and he ran home to take the money to
his mother.
Lee Gallup, Aged 9.
Birmingham, Iowa, R. F. D. No. 3.
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THE SICK WOMAN.

AS 1 was living on a farm several
years ago l received letter from an
old friend of mine, telling me that a
family had moved in our neighborhood
and that they were very poor and
needy and the mother and her son
were sick. There was nothing to eat
or wear and the mother was almost
dead. She had four children She
took hold Of my hand and asked me
if would not take care and comfort
her children. told her would. She
said, II shall die in peace because my
children are cared for Her last
words were: "Take care and keep my
little children"
buried her and took her little chill
dren home and kept them until they
were large enough to make their own
living. am glad cast ray of sun
shine before she passed away to hel
beautiful home.
Efie Brown, age13.
Fremont, Iowa.
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IUuTS CruIy,
Floyd James, r. F. D. No. 6.
williamsburg, low

Williamsburg, Iowa.
Dear Editor and Juniors: My papa
takes the Courier and I have been
reading the letters of the little boys
and girls, so I thought would write.
have just finished reading Reeva
CARROTS letter. thought it was very
interesting. live on farm five
miles from Williamsburg. My school
commenced on April 9. We had a box
social February 16. We have mile
and three quarters to go. Our par
ents takes us most of the time. In
the summer vacation 1 go and visit
my grandparents month. have
such nice time.s The next vacation
my little brothers expect to go with
me- They were out in the barn play
ing today. They would ride the calves
around in the barn. They said they
were going to break them to ride. It
is almost time for our mail man to
come. I will close for. this time. Sc
goodbye to all. Jennie NJ. Williams.
r. F. D. No. 5.
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HOW TO MAKE THE GARDEN
PRETTY.

The way to make the garden pretty
is when spring comes to hoe the gar
den and rake it. Then get some rich,
sandy soil and put in the garden, scat.
ter the seeds on top and cover with
soil. Brick or stone would make a
nice edging around it. The flower beds
can be made square, round, star or
diamond shapes. should plant ma.
sturtiums, violets, pansies, sweet peas.
cannas, asters and rose bushes. When
the flowers bloom they look very pref
ty. Now the weeds must be kept out.
Your friend,
Mabel Reifsnyder, Aged 9.
Ottumwa. Iowa, 522 E. Second St.
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A STORY ABOUT A CAT.

A cat has long tail and two eyes
two ears and four legs. A cat has
sharp claws. They can scratch very
hard. l have been scratched by cat
very often. We have a cat. 1t is
black and white spotted. We call ii
Tom. 1t is a very large cat. 1t can
scratch. A cat can catch mice and
rats. Cats are nice to have about the
house if there are any mice or rats
around. A cat can move it's ears. A
cat has soft paws.
Well, as my story Is getting long
will close for this time, SO goodbye.
Yours truly,
Minnie Carey, Aged 10 years.