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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-03
Social Amusement.

"You say to me, Mrs. Muirhead, is it
wrong for us to indulge in little So
cial parlor dance? You bet it is, be-
cause the devil is In the little parlor
dance, and where he is there isn't
very good company You wouldn't so
to dance if you knew you had to
have a woman for partner, now.
would you? You just ask those girls
in the red light district what they
date their downfall from and they'll
tell you TIE dance. The Saturday
night dances have the air of respecta-
bility on The outside, and the air OF
hell on the inside. I would as soon
place girl of mine in the very jaws
of hell as TO place her in public
dance or parlor dance.
and cards they are the devils
calling cards. He has his name on
every one of them You see his cloven
foot on them. Card parties are gam.
bling dens. If Mrs. So-and-So plays for
hand painted china and cut glass. she
CANDLES. You don't have to put it up
| in dollars and cents. the china and
glass are Just the same. You have no
more right to play euchre and whist
| in your parlor than the boys have to
| play in gambling den II game OF
cards can send my brother to the
penitentary, then I cannot play cards.
| If you claim that you can be a con
sistent Christian and play cards, then
send an invitation to your next party
to Jesus Christ.
The sporting house life is nothing
compared to the chorus girl life. and
still you women who are SO particular
about whom you associate with, will
go aud let them make fools of them
selves, let them sell their souls to
hell, to entertain you. Take Jesus
Christ with you to your next theatre
party II you can. If you are child OF
God, Jesus Christ is your abiding
guest, and don't you dare go any place
where you cannot take him with you.
ga church rattle is high toned gam
bling" She made prominent the idea
that some women considered them
selves Christians if theyaDaked AZ pot
of beans for church supper or sold
ten tickets to minstrel given for the
benefit Of the Methodist church.
The New Woman.
The following satire on the modern
woman. written by Mrs. ]. B. Smith
and read at a meeting of the Marshall
Mimi, Wonen's club, was then read
Il by Mrs Muirhead.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-12-03
Born in Iowa.

Fred, like his boss" is native OF
Iowa. He was born in Waverly in
1871 and lived there with his parents
until about II years of age. At that
early age his tremendous energy ex-
srted itself and Fred sought new fields
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Card Of Thanks.

We take this method of extend
ing our sincere thanks to the pub
llc for the very liberal patronage
they have given us during our
many special sales, especially the
last sale which was the largest
aad best we have ever made.
Notwithstanding the sale de-
pIeted our STOCK, @e are daily
replenishing stock with new good,
OF all of the latest styles and
designs. We intend to show our
appreciation by keeping as per-
feet a line of ths goods we handle
as money and experience can buy
Again thanking you, we are yours
to serve,
O'QUIN & GIBSON.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
WINNFIELD'S new
CITY GOVERNMENT
Some Points Concerning the
officers Who Have Recently
Taken Charge.

The newly elected officers OF
the Town of Winfield have been
installed and the wheels of gov
ernment are moving on smoothly
Hon. j. d. Pace, the mayor. is
the president of the Pace o.
Ctmpal.y aud a member of thu
real estate firm of Pace & Orr.
He has done more than any other
one man in the city of Winfield
toward making the possibilities OF
this section of the state known.
Mr.. B. L. Anderson, a member
of the board of aldermen, was for
a long time assistant cashier of
the Bank of Winfield and is now
the head of the insurance agenc,
of B l.. Anderson & Co.
Mr.. w. +. Copper, the onI,
member of the old board r.
elected. is president of People,
Hardware & Furniture Company,
Limited. and director in tn,
Bank of Winfield.
Mr.. S j. Harper. new men,
ber of the board. is successful
business man having a larg,
mercantile business and is inter
ested in the Peoples Harlwar'
& Furniture Company and the
Winn Parish Bank.
Mr.. G Z. Long. new member
of the board of aldermen. ha,
b-en a resident of the town {
number of years and is iargel,
Interested in the real estate of the
town. lie is also one of the vice
presidents of the Bank oil
Winfield.
Mr.. j. Henry Mathews, new
member, is u rising young lawyer.
He has served one term ON The
board before and is familiar will,
the affairs of the city.
The clerk, Mr.. Cyrus McGinty.
Is man of fine business abiIt,
and. with the multiplicity OF
duties which havs been placed on
him. he will be- very busy man.
Mr.. j. X. Heard, who was re
elected treasurer, is the cashier
of the Bank of Winfield and 3
young man of sterling qualities.
Mr.. &. G. O'Mslley is serving
his second term as marshal and
was reelected without opposition,
which shows that he is the right
man in the right place.
Mr.. &. A. Felix. the police
officer, has al~o been reelected
soi has proven himself to be u
thoroughly efficient officer.
Mr.. G. I'll. Sutton, the sanitary
officer, has been created n deputy
marshal also this is Mr.. Sutton's
second term and to him and DIR.
Fittz and Marshal O'Mallry is
due the fact that Winfield has
escaped contsgi0n ol small pox.
He has made a thoroughly ac-
ceptable aud competent officer.
Mr.. Carl Swanson. the street
commissioner. is new man and
the flattering vote which he got
shows how he is esteemed by the |
citizens of the town.
Mayor Pace is getting every
thing in readiness to put in
system of waterworks, the tax for
which was voted over year ago.
but on account of the stringency
Il the money market the old
administration could not dispose
OF the bonds.
Likes Our Prospects.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
A MOST ELEGANT
ENTERTAINMENT
Given In Honor of Miss Stewart
at the Home of Mr.. and
Mrs. j. S. Hunt.

'''Ho "cit Sent out DIV
Mr.. and Mrs. j. 5. Hunt to attend
reception Tuesday evening. in
honor "f Miss Cathrine Stewart.
nf Arkadelphia, the charming
young lady visitor of the host and
hostess.
The beautiful spacious home,
with broad verandas AMI wide
halls. was beautifully lighted with
Chinese lanterns, which gave the
surroundings more the appearance
of a fairy palace than the habita-
tions of human being. There
we're a number of out-of-town
people present. At nine O'Clock
the guests began to arrive and
were graciously received by the
hostess and the fair honOree.
There were present: Miss Row
ley of Hodge, La; Miss Ward of
Homer; Misses Baker and David.
IF Min len; Miss Daisy Strong, of
Wet Monroe; Miss Ripheal, of
Shreveport: Misses Roberts and
Catharine Stewart. Arkadelphia:
Misses Gwin, B ,rrow, Milturn.
Nettie and Clara McGinty, Dale,
Scott, RandIe. Pearl and Nettie
Wright. May TannehiIl. Peters,
Ingram, Olive Long, Crawford:
Messrs. Walsh. Parker, O'Malley,
Morgan. Williamson, McLees.
K. Bernstein. Stewart. Branch.
Noscley, Campbell, Collins, Har-
rel, Petty, ,CrOzier. Garland. Tug
well, Stennis, Mead, Russ, Drs.
FIttz. Nixon and Nettles. and
Nr aud Mrs. j. Ii. Scott. All
we're comfortably seated at the
tables on the porch after the in
production of strangers. A gen
,ral social chat was INDUCED in.
Delightful refreshments were
served, after which progressive
amOgram was first played. Then
a guessing contest, bean bag, then
pitching contest. After the
games delicious vanilla ice cream
and nuts with elegant cake were
served. Orangeade punch was
served from a well during the
entire evening. After this there
was splendid music and singing. |
This was one of the most ele-
CANT receptions ever occurred in
Winfield, one that will be long |
remembered by all who were for
tunate enough to be one of the |
honored guests. Everything was
propitious to make it the most |
enjoyable affair. 1t would be i'm
possible to describe the elegant
toilets of the ladies present. 1t is
safe to say that there was a num-
ber of magnigcent toilets, and a
most strikingly beautiful bevy of
Young ladies and handsome young
men that was ever gathered under
the same hospital roof.
Mrs. j. FL. Scott assisted the
hostess in seeing that the young
people had a good time. The
praises of the charming hostess
are in the mouths of all who were
present. The host, Mr.. j. s.
Hunt, comes in for a good need
of praise in making it possible for
the young people to enjoy them
selves. Every one who was pres
ent enjoyed themselves and left
happy on account of being there.
u
Travelling Correspondence.
Gambler, o.. June 2l.-After
AZ hours continuous travel the
Sentinel representative reached
this place yesterday morning at
3 o'clock. Fifty-two years after
graduation! w hat wonderful
transformations have occurred!
Dame Nature has kept steady
pace with the march of civiliza-
lion. The struggling village of
Gambler has been transformed
into the pretentious town of at
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Hon. C. p. rhornhill.

In another column will be- found
the announcement of the candi-
dacy OF Hon. G. p. ThornhiH for
the Office of District Attorney of
the 5th Judicial District. The
notice came too late to be given
an editorial write up this week.
but will DO so in \ latter issue.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
BRIEF REVIEW OF
WINNFIELD'S TRADE
Notwithstanding Hard Times
Business Of all Kinds Shows
UP Remarkably Good.

The Winfield Iron Works are
putting in an elevated tank. Hon.
j. ID. Pace drilled them IA well and
they have a splendid supply of the
very best water for the use of this
industry.
The Winfield Brick Company
is now working on full time when
ever the rains will permit. Mr..
a. j. Gwin, the general manager,
is hustling things around that
plant.
O'Quin & Gibson have shown
themselves to be alive to the
wants of the trade as they have
no favorities, and are determined
that the public shall know they
are in business.
The Winfield Furniture Co,
Limited. one of our new firms,
have, during the short time they
have been in business, won for
themselves a reputation. They
carry an extensive line of under
takers goods, and have one of
the finest hearses in the State.
The grounds for the Creosote
Works, which is one of the most
important industries for Winn-
field, have been cleared and
number OF telephone poles are
already on the ground awaiting to
receive attention. The machinery
for this plant is expected every
day and operations will begin a.
soon as it arrives and installed.
The Winfield Mercantile Co..
who recently established them
selves in this city, have forged to
the front rank Of the retail trade |
as dry goods firm. This COM
pany is composed of Messrs. j. S.
Hunt, 0. Z. Hodge and Earl E. |
Spencer. with the latter as man
ager. The manager and all the
employees always have a pleasant
smile and reception for you.
PEOPLES HARDWARE & FURNITURE
COMPANY.
This popular business firm was
reorganIzed some time ago and
elected the following officers: w.
w. Cooper, president; A. L.
Mcdonald, vice-president; j. r.
Heard, secretary and treasurer;
w. K. Heard, general manager.
The reorganization practically
puts the gentlemen who formerly
composed the Winfield Hard
ware 6 Furniture Co., and made
that concern one of the best pay
ing investments in the country.
1t goes without saying that these
same gentlemen have lost none of
their get up, and the success of
this popular firm Is assured.
NOVELTY WORKS.
Many will be surprised to learn
that Mr.. w. III. Baker, the popu-
lar contractor, has installed 4 gas
oline engine and all the necessary
laths, jig, cutoff, and circular
saws. He is turning out some
beautiful work. Mr.. Baker found
the necessity for this character of
work being made in Winfield
and, taking time by the forelock.
put IN the machinery. 1t is small
now but be thinks he will in q
short time have to increase the
VI. BERNSTEIN.
The caption of this article is
one of the landmarks of Winn-
field, coming to this town in 1852,
with his brother, Phillip, who is
also resident of this city; has
remained here ever since with the
exception of one year when he
was engaged in business at Tien-
ton, La. 1t is one of the sayings
of this section, "If you can't find
anything you want anywhere else
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26

improvements.
Kenyon College with its mas
sIve walls of stone, three stories
IN height. stands unchanged as it
has, stood for nearly 100 years.
Within it has been transformed
INTO attractive rooms, with plaster
ceilings, oak wainscoating and
beautiful ornamentation, until it
is a very bower of architecture
beauty, where the students room
and sleep amid luxurious sur
roundings.
Trinity Church is an elegant
stone structure that within Is
magnificent in its adornments,
with its lofty stained windows,
each dedicated as memorial to
some distinguished son or event
connected with the university,
while all its ornamentation is of
n fascinating type to make at
tractive and comfortable.
The college park, what a glo-
rious picture is it of natures deft
Iimning. A well moved lawn of
grass is its emerald carpeting.
The graveled walk of this campus
is well as the park, is shaded by
rows of naples for nearly half
a mile. 1t is the favorite resort
of ladies aud students; so dense is
the foliage of these beautiful
trees that but little sunlight sifts
through ON tue cool pathway
beneath aud the students or
ladies seldom wear hats, but roam
through the grounds bareheat.ed.
The Kakosing valley-the fair
est piece of landscape scenery
that the sun ever shone. Stand
lag in the park and looking east
ward is scene of such charming
perfection-calm, peaceful varie-
gated in coloring-as 1t is seldom
the fortune of mans vision to
rest upon. For II mile or two
the valley slumbers in its quletude
-variegated with farms-alter-
nate shades of clusters of dark
green trees, interspersed with the
gold of the ripened wheat field
and relieved by the neat white
farm houses:
The Kakoring skirts a range of
hills, in perfect parabolic lines of
beauty, the sides and tops and in
tervening valleys densely covered
with forest trees in every shade of
emerald coloring, among which
is the relieving glout of cultivated
field.
Bayard Taylor, the noted trav-
eler, tourist, author and poet,
once gazing at this picture of
landscape lovliness, broke forth
IN his eulogy of admiration by ex-
that i'm all his travels his
eye hal never rested upon land
scape picture of natures lemning
within the same compass, more
perfect and exquisite in all its
beauty and attractive than this bit |
of landscape, seen from the cam
pus of Kenyon College.
Your correspondent Is the par
ticular guest of the members of
the Ditta Kappa Epselon Frater-
nifty and specially honored because
of his connection with the most
notable event in its history-the
building of the first secret society
hall ever constructed in the Unit
ed States-The Old Log Cabin.
Alumni are pouring in here
from every direction by raIl and
in autos and from present indica-
tions this will be one of the most |
memorable gatherings in the re-
cent history of this university of
nearly century.
Tonight the commencement ex-
ercises open with the baccaIaure-
ate sermon by Very Rev. Paul
Mathews of st. Paul Cathedral of /
Cincinnati. followed by other |
varied exercises for three days. |
Thus far Wiunfield has tie senior
alumnus in attendance dating
back so years. The people are |
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
B. Y. p. u.

The Baptist young people had
an entertaining and instructive
Meeting last Sunday afternoon
md have arranged the following
program for 4 D. m. next Sunday:
Scripture reading-Luke lO: l.
9.-Miss Cora Sewers.
A map study of North and
South America. pointing out the
Catholic countries.-Mrs. Odom.
Mexico, oar neighbor. (Paper.) }
Miss Ruby Wasson.
Why send missionaries to papal
lands? paper. Miss InaWatts.
What do we know of the
Romanism of Mexico?-Charlie
Smith.
Why ought we to win Mexico? i?
Harlie Bozeman.
What is being done to win
Mexico? paper. .)-Miss Edith
Listnn.
Male quartette.-Messrs. w. X.
Garrett. o. U. Payne, l.. G..
Moore, Ii. NJ. James.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
A Mark Of Appreciation.

The citizens of Winfield gave
a reception Thursday night to the
teachers attending the summer
normal as a testimonial of their
appreciation of the compliment
t. them. There was large at
tendance of teachers and the cit
izens We'd with each other To see
who could make themselves the
most agreeable. Mayor Pace does
nothing by halves. Ices of all
kinds were served in splendid
style by the young ladies'.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Grover Cleveland Dead.

Ex-President Grover Cleveland
died at his home at Princeton, N.
D., at $40 a. m. June "a, heart
failure being the cause of his
death. He had been quite ill for
some time but his death was not
expected so soon. This is another
good and useful man gone.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Likes Our Prospects.

We were pleased to meet on
our streets Monday and Tuesday.
Col. j. c. Nolan, formerly super
1ntendent of the Arkansas South
ern, now of the .Farmerville,
kaston and Natchitoches road.
vhich has recently been voted =
~ BY the city of Ruston.
Mr.. Nolan was accompanied BY
e. j. J. Ball Of Little Rock
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26

who Is a capitalist Interested in
gas, oil and concrete construction.
They visited the marble quarries
and MIR. Ball was greatly sur.
prised to find the kind and
quantity of stone in these hills.
They also visited the oil well
Tuesday md Mr.. Ball was mucl,
impressed with ths possibilities
of this section.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Lecture Last Friday Night.

Rev. ii. X. Singleton delivered
4 splendid lecture at the opara
house last Friday night. The
subject was "1he Wedding
March,. We regret that more
IF our young people did not hear
1t; the advice was good, and th,
before and after mar
riage were well treated. Tie
whole sui ject was ably handleG
and enough OF amusing. and
interesting incidents were relate,
which kept the audience SPELL
bound during the entire lecture.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Sunday School Entertainment.

Searchlight class of the Baptist
Sunday School gave a very en-
joyable social at the class room
Thursday night of last week.
Delicious refreshments of cake
and orangeade were served by
several of the winsome young
ladies under the direction of Mrs,
e. w. Wyatt.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Leg Broken.

Ed White, one of the men en-
ployed on the fremont & Gulf
telephone line. happened to quite
serious accident Friday having
one of his legs broken. He and
his companions were on a hand
car and ran into q fat car on tn.
track. breaking his ankle and
otherwise bruising him up con-
siderably. He was carried to
Eros where his leg was set soon
after the accident aud he was
brought here on the noon train
Saturday by Mr.. G. A. Pinckard.
He is getting along finely and il
is hoped will soon be up again.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
NUMBER If

80 I'D Uncle Morris Bernstein's.
he's got it," You will always
ilnd the genial (Bootsy) Rudolph
to meet you. and the sedate man
ager, Julian, nephews. to greet
you when you visit them.
MRS. $. A. WRIGHT.
This Is business successiop of
the late James ID. Wright, who
was to manor born, and was one
OF the most successful and re-
sourcetul men that ever lived in
the parish. His death was a sad
loss to the parish, but his most
es;ImabIe wife. assisted by her
two splendid boys, Wade A. and
James NJ, took up the business
without intermIssion and have
successfully carried it on. They
are ably assisted by Mr.. Henry j.
Perkins, one of the best known
and popular men in the CITY.
NJ. VI. FISHER DRY GOODS co. LTD.
This well known firm is one of
the newly established business
houses here. BY their system of
fair dealing have won for Their
selves splendid name. They are
progressive and composed solely
OF citizens of Winfield. Jas. NJ.
Hyde and j. r. Watts are in the
active management of their large
and increasing business. They
have recently built themselves
one of the most complete retail
general stores in North Louisiana.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Born.

To Mr.. and Mrs. G.. A. Felix, q
girl. DIR. j. j. Peters reports the
mother and little girl doing we'll.
To Mr.. and Mrs. j. III. Craw-
ford, two glrl babies weighing
6 and 6 l-s pounds. DIR. Peters
was the attending physician.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Rates to Alexandria, July 4.

Saturday. July 4th, 1908, the
Louisiana & Arkansas railway
will make special rate of $3.50
for round trip, Winfield to
Alexandria. Proportionately low
rates from other points along the
line. For any further informa-
tion ask any l.. & A. agent or
B. 5. Atkinson, General Passen-
ger Agent, Texarkana, Ark.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26
Fatal Collision.

A heavy freight train ran into
a mixed train of the Baton Rouge,
Hammond & Eastern railroad
Monday, striking the rear coach
of this train and completely
turning it over, killing DIR. q.
w. Jones, representative of Liv-
ingston parish and wounding u
number of other persons.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-26

Dress Making and especially
children's clothes, at the old
Crawford House, now occupied
by Mrs. Phillips. Phone No. 7S.
The Republican journal., 1908-03-19

time, who was James Pattee, good
Republican, to explain. and that If it
could not be accounted for it was an
other piece of dirty Republican dis
honesty. The Journal showed last week
from the records that the unaccounted
for balance was not turned over to the
treasurer. that his books, ETC., were ex-
amined by the finance committee and
found correct, and that the treasurer
had nothing to explain. An explana-
ton is still due from the Mayor.
What the Mayor says Of the assets
and liabilities of the city, the railroad
matter, the bonded debt, etc., was
thoroughly threshed out during the
campaign; and it is fortunate lndeeo
for Belfast that the city's railroad
stock has been placed out OF his reach.
In connection with the fire department
he recommends buying a secondhand
steam fire engine (of which something
was heard before the election); but
when he says that the fire department
was "assailed for political effect" he
saws what he knows to be untrue. 1t
is only another illustration OF his con-
slant endeavors to provoke enmity and
strife whenever he sees opportunity to
promote thereby his personal and polltl-
cal ends.
With regard to new school building
it did not require any exhaustive lega
opinions" to show that until Mr.. Z. w.
Frederick attains the age of IS years he
has no control whatever over the Opera
House block, and could not turn 1t over
to the city in advance of that time EVEN
If disposed to do so. That was made
very clear by the statement of his coun-
sci, Hon. Robert F. Dunton. But II
Mr.. Frederick had that right he would
hardly feel called upon to exercise 1t
after the Mayor had assailed him with
coarse abuse from a public platform.
There is one feature of this address
which NAV cost Belfast dear-the ad
vocacy of fight with the Belfast Wat
er Company. When, by request OF the
Mayor, the city council passed an order
instructing the Mayor to withhold the
payment of hydrant rental, it is the
opinion of those versed in the law that
the contract was broken, or that it gave
the water company opportunity to have
the contract declared null and void. In
that event we should have to pay rental
for the 50 MIGRANTS, now free, and there
would be no restriction as to the rates
charged private consumers. The talk
of another water company in this con-
nection is to be classed with much OF
the Mayors talk before election and
does not call for serious attention.