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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-02
Alike for the friend and the foe;
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day

ALLAN lOT Iu5 ITlouQ ana lue lOo,
Under the sod and the dew,
Waiting the Judgment day
Under the roses, the blue,
Under the lilies, the gray
I'VE are met on the solemn beauty
of this occasion to render homage to
the departed dead of our great civil
war, and to impress upon the mind Of
the present and younger generation
the meaning of its enormous sacrifice.
"The great seal of the state Of Iowa
admonishes:
Our liberties we prize and our
rights we will maintain, but few of
we younger people have an adequate
conception of what those rights are
and what they cost in human blood
and treasure.
Captain CIoutman's Company
Captain Cloutman, whose name is
perpetuated in your organization, was
a typical representative of the human
significance of that awful conflict III
which 100000 of the flower Of the
manhood of the north yielded up
their lives in that supreme contest.
He was, at the time of Lincoln's in
auguration captain of the local militia
here, the city guards Ottumwa at
that time was a small pioneer town Of
some $500 people, the population of
Wapello county only 14,51S. FIT. Stump
ter was fired upon April IL, 1861;
April % at a public meeting it was
resolved: That we are in favor OF
sustaining the government, and a
committee was named to receive and
hold in trust such contributions as
might be made for the support of the
families of the members of the city
guards, during their absence in de-
Tense of the country. Captain Clout-
man was one of the first officers in
the state to tender by telegraph to
Governor Kirkwood the services of his
company, which were accepted, the
company was sworn in, and
on the oath of May, almost the
entire community turned out to bid
God speed to the brave boys, and the
ent wife and four children he was
sault on FIT. Donelson, pierced to the
heart, Feb. Is, 1862.
Among his papers was found a
letter to the Ottumwa Courier, writ
ten on the eve of battle, in which he
answered with unsurpassed clearness
the questions even then agitating the
public mind, as to why this war was
waging, by stating, in substance, that
it was not alone to free the shackles
from 100000 slaves. nor because
Lincoln had been elected president
and stephen A. Douglass defeated, nor
because 1T was sectional strife be.
tween the north and south as such,
but because our opponents had REBEL
ed against the government consecrat-
ed by our forefathers, repudiated the
doctrine that all men are created po-
litically equal, and had actually fired
upon and shot down the symbol of our
government and called upon us to sur
render. Surely armed resistance to
such demands was iustifiable
Wapello County's Enlisted Men.
"Of the 2,778,304 men enlisted in
THE union army Iowa furnished 49,
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temporaneous color. What Of the
larger significance?
The muffled drums sad roll has
beat
The soldiers last tattoo:
No more on life's parade shall meet
That brave and fallen few
On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac Of the dead
ours has been well said to be an
individualistic government, church
without prelate, land without a
King, where every man must stand
or fall upon his own merits accord
ing only as he lives in conformity
with the eternal truths of all nature
and time.
In the interminable tragedy of the
worlds life. William the silent prince
Of Orange, in the Netherlands, one of
the greatest of all statesmen,
at sacrifice much crueler than
ours. laid the foundation for
the spirit Of religious federation, as
surfing unto the Jew and the Gentle,
the Protestant and the Catholic. Orth.
odox and Agnostic, Quaker and
Witch, the right to follow the die.
tates of individual conscience in re-
ligious matters, free from restraint of
church and state, answerable alone
to the Almighty ruler; with equal
opportunity to all in the blessing nj
education.
Government by the People.
Cromwell, the commoner and pro.
tector, with his 'ironside' cavalry, fol
lowed century and half later bg
| Washington with his colonists, estab
lished for us the principles of civil
| liberty, vesting the power of govern.
ment exclusively and entirely and fin
ally in the governed, Withholding unto
them the right to select their rulers
to make their own laws, to name their
own representatives and judges and
officials and limit their tenure: re-
serving unto themselves the sole right
| to say when war should be waged; to
say what their taxes should be and
to levy them, and assuring that every
one charged with crime should be &C.
| quainted with the charges against
him, have the right to counsel and
compulsory process to obtain the at.
! tendance of his witnesses. and the
right to a trial by jury at the place
of his residence, and not across the
seas; that cruel and unusual punish
ments be abolished; subordinating the
military to the civil power and assur
| ing freedom of speech
| "For two hundred and fifty years
the stroke Of the pioneers ak has
been echoed by the war whoop OF
the savage, the earthen floor of the
cabin stained with the life blood OF
mother babe and father, the lives ot
some seventeen whites being sacri
feed for that of every red man: ali
this that our lands might be opened
to settlement of the world. on equal
opportunity. free from the restraint OF
the feudal age.
'"The war of 1872 was waged agains;
the dominating maritime power of the
world that our commerce might sal
! untrammelled across the seven seas.
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FITTING MEMORIAL DAY ExER-
cISEs CARRIED OUT UNDER
AUSPICES OF cLouTMAN POST
q. "A. r.
C. w. WHlTMORE
MAKES ADDRESS
BRINGS TO MIND THE MEMORIES
OF BYGoNE YEARS AND
PRAISES THE SURVIVORS OF
THE GREAT STRUGGLE.

Thousands turned out to do
honor to the memory of the countrys
heroic dead by participation in the
annual Memorial day ceremonies
They who are being cherished in fond
memory today and through whose
noble. efforts the republic still lives,
are in numbers reaching many thou
sands. to be found in that sweet sleep
that comes after a hard task well
done. Some are beneath the green
mantle of mother earth sleeping the
sleep of the just, in places far off be-
meath the southern skies away from
parents, wives and children, all that
was dear to them on earth, that this
might be one country. undivided
Many Of these sleep on the battle
fields upon which they gave their all
for the union, many never seeing
those dear to them after enlistment
In the cause that means so much to-
day.
Comrades Arrange Program.
The program of Memorial day was
arranged by the comrades who are
yet here to remind this generation of
the Gid guard who are now bent with
the cares of years, the SHOWS of many
winters streaking their hair.
Cloutman post of the Grand Army
Of the Republic, led the arrangement
for the days ceremonies and was as
sisted by all of the old soldiers of
the city. Many members of Tuttle
post Of South Ottumwa, whose serv-
ices took place this morning, taking
part in the afternoon service on the
north side.
Meet at Court House.
The meeting place Of the partici-
pants was the court house, where at
2 o'clock the parade formed. Captain
W. H. c. Jaques, marshal of the day
had charge OF the formation which
was as follows: A platoon of police,
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consisting of Chief Gallagher and Cap
tain Mier, Officers Black, Holland,
Souders, O'Brien, Peterson and Light
ner. followed by the bath Regimental
band
Co. G Iowa National guard came
Immediately behind the band and
were followed by the school children
with flowers, in charge of T. r. Bick-
ley, who preceded the Sons of Vet
Grams.
The Old Boys.
Here followed Cloutman post No.
SO, and all old soldiers. The old vet
erans' step was steady and their car
riage erect where physical disability
did not interfere They We'd with
patriotic pride to again march for the
cause for which so many of their
comrades died or were MANNED.
Following came the Women's Re-
lief Corps, many of them widows of
those whose memory all are honoring.
They were followed by citizens in
carriages.
Arriving at the cemetery the SOL
diers' graves were decorated by the
school children led by Comrades
Bachman and Scott, who placed the
children about the cemetery one at
each grave where they stood with
flowers clasped in their hands await
ing the bugle call which with salute
from the firing squad of Co. G. was
the signal for placing the flowers on
the soldiers graves.
Many a sad recollection was called
to mind this point. After the chill
dren deposited the flowers on the
graves the buglers sounded taps and
many grizzled old veteran gulped
hard at the memory of those sounds.
A suspicion of tear could be seen to
glisten in the eye of many of the
brave old guard and strong mems
faces quivered at the recollection of
their comrades whose sleeping forms
repose beneath the sod and who were
given that same salute when lowered
into the grave.
The Exercises.
Following the decoration of the
graves all assembled at the platform
and the program of the day was begun
under the direction of Major T. P.
Spilman, chairman of the day. The
invocation was delivered by Comrade
w. H. Fetzer, chaplain of Cloutman
post, and was followed by music by
the regimental band. The Ottumwa
male quartet then sang after the ad-
dress of the day was delivered by
Chester w. Whitmore.
The exercises closed with a bena-
diction by Rev. Robert ]. Locke of
the First Congregational church.
Mr.. Whitmore's Address.
Following is Mr.. Whitmore's adj
dress:
The Commander and Members of
Cloutman Post No. 60 of the Grand
Army of the Republic, the Women's
Relief Corps, the Veterans of the
Spanish-American war the members
of Co. G of the 54th regiment of the
Iowa National Guard. the Sons of Vet
Grams, Ladies and Gentlemen:
From the silence of sorrowful
hours
The desolate mourners go,
Lovingly laden with flowers
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Card Of Thanks

We desire to extend to our many
friends and neighbors our heartfelt
thanks for their sympathy, help and
floral offerings in the sad hour Of our
bereavement for our little daughter
and sister, Delta.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. B. Gardner
and Family
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On fame's eternal camping ground
Their silent tents are spread,
And glory guards, with solemn round,
The bivouac of the dead
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Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
ALFONSO.

Miss Christine Barrack has returned
home after delightful trip to Balti-
more, Washington and the Blue Ridge
mountains.
Those on the sick list are Mrs. A. j.
Headley and p. ID. Northern
Little Miss Evelyn Booth, of Samp-
sons Wharf, is spending some time this
week with her grandparents, MIR. and
Mrs. John E Haynie.
Miss Bessie A. Brown has returned
home after ten days stay with her
cousins, Misses Jennie and Edith Brad
shaw, at COan.
Mrs. Jane Bramble is spending some
time at the home of A. j. Headley.
Misses Hazel ID. Haynie, of Tibitha,
and jamie Marsh, of Reedville, were
pleasant guests of Misses Virgie and
Bernice Haynse Sunday and Monday.
Miss Olean Webb has returned home
after months stay in fredericksburg,
where she attended the Normal.
Miss Mary Alexander and nephew
are visiting the home of p. d. Northern
and r. E Bush.
Few from this vicinity are attending
camp
Mr.. and Mrs. W. ]. Haynie have re-
turned home after trip TO Fredericks-
burg.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
OCRAN.

Miss Adelaide Pasquith, of Baltimore,
IS spending the summer with her
father here.
Miss Nina Bellows has just returned
from a two weeks visit at the home of
Miss Ruby Clark in Wicomico.
L. K. Jones, jr., r. l.. Longworth,
Misses Ruby and Lottie Bellows are
quite sick at this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Cook and two chill
dren, of Baltimore, are visiting at the
home of George P. Squires, as is also
Mrs. Mary J. Toulson, of Election.
Mrs. Freeberger and daughter, Miss
Bessie, and Miss Annie Krantz, of Bal
timore, who have been spending some
time at the VERIFY Hotel, near here, re-
turned home Tuesday to the regret of
their many friends here.
Miss Grace Long returned home Mon
day from very pleasant visit to
friends at Glyndon, Md.
WEARY WILLIE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
DIVIDING CREEK.

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert L. Wharton and
sons, Robert and Lenox. and daughter.
Nellie, of Crisfeld, Md, are visiting
Mrs. Wharton's daughter, Mrs. w. A.
Die.
Mrs. John Landon and son, Willard.
have returned to their home in Girls
field, Md.
Ernest Bitzwell, of Washington. and
nephew, Joseph Bitzwell, of St.
Mary's, Md, visited w. ID. Chitwood
recently. --
Those on the sick list are: Mrs. w.
A. Die. Miss Sophronia Barrett and
little Miss Viola DIE.
Misses Rosa and Eliza Hall and Hell
en- Hudnall are visiting Mrs Carroll
Hurst.
Misses Margaret Shehigh anil Eunice
Todd spent Wednesday and Thursday
with Miss Jamie Landlord.
Noble Davis and brother, Arthur, of
Fairhelds, spent Sunday with their
father, Philip Davis.
Lenox b. Wharton and Miss Eunice
Todd have been quite sick.
Miss Kate Pugh has returned home
from four weeks visit to relatives
in Washington and Baltimore.
Capt. j. P. Die is building q new
barn. FoRGET-ME-NoT.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
LANCASTER COURTHOUSE.

Among those of our villagers tentine
at Marvin Grove we note the families
of Rev. Porter Hardy, w. G. Beane, j.
IL. Davenport and DIR. Oldham.
j. Russell Gresham and wife. OF
Kentucky. are here for a visit to the
formers parental home.
Miss Susie Chiffon is spending this
week with her friend, Miss Susie War
ner, In Essex county.
Rev. and Mrs. Combs and two small
children are spending some weeks ir
Stafford county, while Miss Lila re.
manned in Lancaster to attend the
camps.
Miss Alice Chiffon spent few day.
last week with her friend, Miss Jennie
Harding. at Tipers.
Mrs. Jett and children, of Baltimore
Mrs. Lucy Eubank, of Ottoman, Mise.
Lillian Dunaway, of Pinckardsville, anC
Genevieve Pinckard, of Rehoboth, have
all been recent guests of Mrs. w. M
Pinckard.
Wild ducks are very plentiful in the
marshes around this place. Number.
of them being shot every evening.
Mr.. Goad lost nice cow last week
presumably from over feeding.
Mrs. Horace Beane is convalescent
from her recent spell, also the youngest
child of Mrs. Jett.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
NOTICE THESE.

Competent book-keeper wants posi-
ton.
Citizens meeting at Reedville August
18th.
Notice to tax payers of White Stone
district
Rev. S. p. Defaults parsonage
chickens.
DIR. Newlin, the eye specialist, has ad
this week.
To public teachers of Northumberland
and Lancaster counties.
The Water Front Coal Company, Nor
folk, has the best coal that can be
gotten on the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. and
New River Steam Goals.
All over the country you see evidences
and hear of cemeteries being cleaned
and put in beautiful condition. Why
not go futher and erect slabs and monu.
ments to the memory of loved ones.
The best time of all the year to do this
is the summer, and the best place to get
your memorial stone is Norfolk. Try
the Copper Marble Works or Lawson &
Newton. the best two in that great
! city.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
RELIGIOUS NOTES.

Monthly business meeting tonight
(Friday) at Irvington Baptist church.
A majority of the bishops and stand
ing committees of the Episcopal Church
have given their consent to the cleo
ton of bishop-coadjutor for the Do
cese of Virginia.
Rev. R. Aubrey Williams left Sunday
by steamer for Menoken church, in
Richmond county, of which Rev. DIR.
Geo. w. Beale is pastor, and will assist
him in revival services this week. He
will return in time to fill his pulpit
Sunday. Free Lance.
Rev. w. F. Dunaway, d. D., will
begin protracted meeting at Zorro.
toman church next Sunday, August 9th
assisted by Rev. H. L.. Corr. DIR,
Dunaway then goes to Loudoun county
to assist in meeting in Little River
church. Protracted services will begir
at Norwood the first Sunday in Sep
TENDER and at Lebanon the third Sun
day.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
GORED BY ANGRY BULL.

= Hon. T. A. Jett, of -Tibitha, Nor
cumberland county, member of the
House of Delegates from Westmore.
land and Northumberland, was attacked
at his home late Monday evening by q
vicious bull and besides being severely
bruised had his arm and one rib broken.
The animal just few hours previous
gored a valuable horse belonging to Mr..
Jet from the effects of which the
animal died. Mr.. Jet is resting COM
fortably, and while suffering a great
deal his condition is not regarded as at
all serious.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
PALM Err.

Miss Lizzie Davis, of Merry Point, is
the guest Of friends at this place.
Leo Robertson and sister. Miss Irene,
have returned to their home after
spending some time with friends and
relatives in Laurel. Md, and Baltimore
The Misses Bruder, of Baltimore,
who spent few weeks with their
friends. the Misses Harper, returned to
their home last week.
c. G. Churn, of Blackstone, is the
welcome guest of his relatives here.
Mrs. G. L. Robbins and Miss Eula
Harper are on a visit to friends and
relatives in Laurel and Baltimore.
j. Tyler Robertson and Mrs. p. C..
Ingram are on the sick list. Mrs. In
gram is improving.
Mrs. Edwin Bussells and daughter.
Miss Norma. of Irvington. visited reia-
tives here one day last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland Robbins and
Miss Sallie Robertson visited Mrs.
Robbins parents in Middlesex last week.
Launch riding appears to be the ia
vorite pastime of our boys and girls
during the summer season, and the
MERRY Widows" also come in for their
share of the fun.
Miss Etwa George, of Fishermans,
recently visited the Misses Harper.
Misses Mae and Mamie Buchan, who
have been in Baltimore the past win.
ter, returned to their home this week.
/ Misses Myrtle Iand Bessie Harris ano
Madge Ward, of Baltimore, are guests
of Misses Blanche and Myrtle Hender-
: son.
Mrs. T. Treakle and Miss F. Leslys
} Treakle, of Ocran, visited relatives and
friends here one day last week.
HAPPY HEIMIE.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
AFRO. AMERICAN NOTES.

Misses Cornelia Edwards and Irene
Carter, of Baltimore, are visiting rel
atives at Tombs this week.
Mira. Jesse Parks, who has been
spending the summer at Hartford,
Conn.,, has returned home.
Mrs. Cordelia Brown. Of Boston is
on visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Robert Waddy, on Eastern Branch.
Mesdames. l.. v. Thomas and p. M.
Edwards and Geo. Fisher, left Satur-
day to attend the SIND annual session
of the G. U. o. of C. F. at Hampton,
Va, in session this week.
Morris Taylor and sister. Mrs. r, H.
Holmes. of near Irvington, was called
to Avalon on Friday last to attend the
obsequies of their brother, John Taylor,
who was killed in Norfolk July 3Oth.
Nathan Taylor and his daughter, Miss
Addie, also attended the funeral.
Mrs. Lavalia Parker who has been
spending some time with her niece,
Mrs. R. II. Holmes, is spending q week
or ten days with her brother, Nathan
Taylor. r. H. H.
While in Norfolk last week Jno. Tay.
lor and Frank Davenport, two sailors
from Northumberland county, got into
an alteration during which Davenport,
stabbed Taylor in the right breast cut
ting two ribs in too from which hs
died FIVE hours later. They were or
board fishing steamer E. Warren Reec
at Colonna's Railway, on which boa
they worked when the fracas occurred
Davenport was Immediately arres
ted. Taylor's body was brought to hi
home at Avalon for interment, which
took place Saturday. The decease,
was son of Fielding Taylor, of Avalol
and brother of Mrs. Francis Holme
near Irvington, and also has severa
brothers.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
RICHMOND COUNTY.
SHARPS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Eubank, of this place,
visited their parental home recently.
w. R. Brown and ]. r. Faunce have
returned to their home in Washington.
after spending several weeks with B.
B. Lewis.
Miss Carrie Lewis spent several days
at Rainswood week before last.
Miss Mamie Bryant visited the home of
c. II. Lewis Sunday.
Our schoolhouse is being improved
very much by painting it.
We regret to have to report so
much sickness in this place. Those on
the list are Mrs. B. B. Lewis, Miss
Helen Smith, Albert. Harris, Manoah
Balderson and Mrs. r. l.. Sisson. Miss
Lille Balderson arrived Tuesday to
attend the bedside of her brother and
sister. Manoah Balderson and Mrs. B.
B. Lewis. SKIDDoo.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
CAUGHT ON THE FLY.

Messrs. Coulbourn, of Waterford.
Va, are guests of their aunt, Mrs. Frank
Landlord, at Wheaton.
Miss Lucy McCarty, of Richmond,
accompanied by friend. is guest at
the home of NJ. F. Ficklin, near Kill
marnock.
Miss Grace Dunton, who has been
dressmaking in Baltimore the past two
years, is at her home near White Stone
for couple of months.
Mr.. Charles w. Snead, of Middlesex
county, and Miss Annie Virginia Lind.
say, of Fredericksburg, were married
in that city Friday night at the home
of the officiating minister, Rev. R. A.
Williams.
Heavy rains last week washed OUT
Fosters mill. near Edge Hill, $500
damage. Smiths, near Weedonsville.
$1,000 damage, and Garnett's nea,
Ninde's Store. $3.50 damage, in the
Northern Neck, and some half dozen or
the southside with heavy losses.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
WHEATON,.

A brass band has been organized here
with E. ID. Rock in charge.
Emanuel Methodist church is closed
during Marvin Grove meeting. e. E.
Rogers class, No. 2, win not suspend.
but meet at the home of the teacher
the two Sundays.
The Misses Wheaton gave dances
Saturday and Monday nights in the ex-
tension over Wheaton Packing Co. s
store.
Waring Lewis returned home last
week, having spent several weeks
playing ball after school.
Walter Hayden, accompanied by four
friendsof Norfolk, were here last week.
Mr.. Hayden and friend were cruising
the western side of the bay and went
as far up as Washington.
Virginia citizen. (Irvington, Va.) 1891-1921, 1908-08-07
BASEBALL.

Ottoman and Irvington will meet
today friday ON the latter's diamond.
Lara defeated Lancaster Wednesday
Irvington has played two games
since last issue. winning both. First
with Ottoman with score of IL to anG
the second with Amburg who was shut
out. Score 8 to O.
Ottoman defeated Kilmarnock by
score of 8 to 2 on the formers grounds
Kilmarnock played Amburg Wednes
nesday on the latter's diamond. Score /,
TO in favor Of Kilmarnock.