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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-25
BLOOMFIELD.

Bloomfield.-M. j. Appleton died at
his home in this city Friday at
6 o'clock after long illness. His son
]. F. Appleton and wife of Burlington
were with the wife and daughter at
his bedside and another son, Grant, of
Burlington were here. The funeral
was held Monday
Fred Sax and family returned Thurs
day from ten days visit with rela-
tives at Fl Scott, Kansas.
Miss Effie Richardson and Miss
Sadie Wombs were operated on for ap-
pendicitis at the hospital Friday.
Both are doing as well as could be
expected.
Miss Pearl Anderson of Donelson,
came Saturday for short visit at the
G. E. Spicer home.
Miss Ruth Lain left Saturday to
spend week with Centerville friends
and attend the carnival.
Mrs. N. P. Latimer and son, I,
turned to Centerville Saturday follow
ing brief visit at the S. G. Latimer
home.
Miss Carlotta Evans, daughter o
Rev. Edward Evans of F't. Scott, Kas.,
spent several days last week at the
w. H. Dillener home on her way to
Troy to visit relatives. Miss Evans
expects to spend a month or longer
with Davis county friends and rela-
tives and will visit in Bloomfield be-
fore returning home.
Mrs. Ode Snoddy was called to
Unionville, Mo-, Saturday to attend
the funeral Of her brother
Mrs. ]. H. Wright started for her
home in Enid, Oklahoma, Saturday
after six weeks visit with her sister
Mrs. w. H. Dillener and other rela-
tives and friends in this vicinity. She
will stop off at Wichita, Kas., to re-
main over Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Will Dillener, Jr.
Will Stokes of Ottumwa, spent Sun
day in Bloomfield
M. J. Walker of Moosejaw, Canada
arrived Saturday for short WISH in
Bloomfield.
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Owens are
rejoicing over the birth of tweiv2
pound son Saturday morning
Mrs. Anna Mustard of Troy, Via
has been stopping at the H. C. Leach
home for several weeks went to West
Grove Saturday to spend some time
at the home of her father John Leach
Miss Bernardine Upton left for hel
home in Moulton. after a weeks visit
at the home of her aunt, Mrs, Al
Tharp, southwest of Bloomfield
Mrs. M. w. Busby of McPhers IN
| Kas., after an extended visit with brl
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BELkNAP.
' Ladies extra size IN
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Belknap. - A very interesting ses-
sion of the Epworth League was held
Sunday evening with Miss Jennie
Lockman as leader. Miss Edith Bell
and Miss Loczman gave very interest
ing reports of the district league con-
vention, at Keolluk, which they at
tended as delegates. The league gave
them vote of thanks for so ably rep
resenting them and for this excellent
report Miss Bell gave resume of the
talks and address and Miss Lockman
the social side of the trip. On Thurs
day they took a steamboat ride to
Quincy, ILL.,, where they visited the
Soldiers Home and also saw Clarence
Blankinship of this place, who is at
tending college there. Several points
of interest were visited by them.
Many helpful ideas of league work
were brought back by them and it is
hoped the league will take on greater
activity. campaign for new mem.
bers is expected to be made as one
result of the enthusiasm aroused by
the convention.
Miss Addie Combs is quite i'll at her
home.
Mrs J. L. Mum and children of
Des MONIES are visiting here with rel
atives and friends and also at other
points.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. s. Swift of Bloom
field are spending the day with Mrs.
Swift's sister, Mrs. j. N Putnam.
Mrs. Mary Sharon left Wednesday
night for Winfield, Kas., to see her
daughter, Miss Cora Sharon, who is
quite i'll.
John Hart of Bloomfield has pur'
chased the 25-acre tract of land north
of Belknap of Mrs. Sarah MCGEE for
$50 an acre. Mr.. Hart expects If
the crops are removed SO he can, to
build this fall.
A. D. Rayburn took in hogs Satur.
day and today, shipping them to OF.
tumwa.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Guile of Moulton
spent Saturday and Sunday with Mrs
Elmira Morris, all three leaving Sun
day evening for Floris, where they
spent the night with Mrs. Kate viii,
hanson, returning to their homes to-
day.
G.. H. Hughes was in Centerville
| Wednesday on business.
NJ |. Pence and G. F. Eberline
shipped load of cattle to Chicago Oh
Monday.
Quite heavy wind storm visited
this vicinity Thursday night, blowing
down valuable fruit trees for l. Ware
| Wash Hawkins and G. H. Hughes
| Several shade trees were broken.
The members Of the Belknap band
gave an ice cream social Saturday
evening, taking in over $21. The CIR
members of the band have recently
purchased new caps to match the caps
and uniforms of the male members Of
the band.
The Misses Eliza Sample and Elsie
Nelson of Sherman Chapel visited
here Saturday and Sunday with the
families of j. J. Mum and Davic
| Num-
/ Clyde Spohr, wife and two sons o.
Ottumwa spent Saturday, Sunday an6
Monday with Mr.. Spohr's parents
] Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Spohr.
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RISING RIVER
WORRIES ROADS
MILWAUKEE BRIDGE EAST OF
KANSAS CITY USED BY
DIVERS RAILROADS.
MUST DETOuR TRAINS
Birmingham is Made Great TeIe'
graphic Center Temporarily ow-
ing to the Raging Missouri
Three Ottumwans There.


Owing to the high water near Kan
sas City, the Milwaukee railroad has
been put to great amount of trou-
BILE in moving the traffic of that place
The large bridge belonging to that
company, which crosses the Missouri
river east of Kansas City, has been
endangered for the past two weeks
and in order to protect it the company
has been put to enormous expense.
The railroad company has been ship
ping material for protection of the
bridge approaches for some time past
and has thus far kept it intact.
he Milwaukee road has not been
great sufferer as some of the otll-
roads entering Kansas City. The
burlington and Rock Island are at
present, and for some time past have
been detouring their traffic by way
of the Milwaukee bridge. The Wabash
company also used the bridge until
their service, was entirely discontinued
at that point In order to handle this
immense amount of traffic the operat-
ing force at Birmingham, Mo-, has
been greatly augmented by additional
telegraph operators from other ploints
along the road
OttumWans Assist.
Among those who are at Birming-
ham assisting in the operating depart
ment are John Niman, l.. B. Hanan
and R. P. Wilson, all of this city,
whose place of occupation IS the june,
ton in the west end of the city They
have been at Birmingham for some
time past and it is not known just
how soon they will be returned to this
city. AS result of the taking OF
these three operators from Ottumwa
it leaves the junction force rather de.
pleted, and, as a consequence, very
hard worked. Added to this, the time
freight business is picking up some
what and makes considerable more
work for the men at the keys, all OF
whom say that the arid desert coun
try of Arizona and New Mexico is
preferable to the rainy north and mid.
| die west of the present
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Britannica, as we'll as other works OF
scholarly standing. Since retiring
from the pastorate he has spent most
Of his time in Wolfville, N. s., where
his brother is a professor In Acadia
College. He never married but will
be sincerely mourned by a very largo
circles Of friends gained by his genial
courtesy and sterling worth.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-25
Mr.. and Mrs Byron Skinner spent

Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Skinner spent
Saturday and Sunday in Ottumwa
with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Mccormick were
guests Sunday of Mr.. and Mrs. Newt
Mccormick of Bloomfield.
r. E. Anderson and children spent
Sunday with friends at Floris.
Miss Lucille ziegler and brother
Carl returned home Saturday evening
from West Grove where they had Wis
tied friends.
T. e. Putnam left this morning for
Ottumwa where he has employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. G. Rankin and chill
dren attended the Holiness meeting
at Bloomfield Sunday
w. S. Cummins came home Tuesday
evening from Kirkville. His grandson,
David Cummins, came home with him
for visit.
Mrs. C. F. Eberline of Sherman
Chapel was the guest Sunday of Mrs.
J. M. Eberline.
Will Putnam and family of Drake
vile were the guests Sunday of Mrs.
J. N. Putnam.
Mrs. Wash Hawkins spent last
week near Sherman Chapel with Mrs.
Harmon Rimes.
Charles Wishard, who is employed
by the Rock Island railroad company
at the semaphore work, left last week
for Beverly, Mo-, but returned on ac-
count of high water He does not
know when he will be able to resume
his work there
Charlie McMain, who is employed
in Ottumwa, spent Sunday with his
family.
Harry Christy made a business trip
to Ottumwa Saturday evening.
Albert Mum, wife and daughters,
Floy and Nellie, of Drakeville, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. David
Num-
| The Wabash bridge gang is now at
work at this place.
Rev. J. A. Sinclair of Floris accom-
panied by his daughter, was here on
Sunday.
j. C. Thompson of Ottumwa was q
Sunday visitor at this place.
Miss Myra Bolivar of Floris passed
through here this morning on her
way to Bloomfield to visit her sister,
Mrs. Bert Wishard.
TASTED THE DEVIL THEN DIED.
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sister, Mrs w H. Dillener and other
Davis county relatives, left last weak
for Springfield, H.. to attend the wed.
ding of her granddaughter.
Miss Minnie Evans is spending this
week with relatives near Mi. 10,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Horrible Crime In Georgia.

AUGUSTA, Ga, March ga Chron-
icle special from Granite Hill, Ca,
says:
"A posse of negroes is chasing
Porter Cooper near here with the de-
termination of lynching him for the
brutal murder Of his wife.
Monday night Cooper dismember-
ed the body, carried the parts into
the woods and buried them, after
which he burned the house to hide
the evidence of his crime. After
crushing the woman's skull he al
most severed the head from body
with aknife, chopped the body in two
with an axe just above the hips and
cut the lower limbs apart. He put
several pieces into a sack and buried
the bundle in the woods some distance
from the house.
Cooper made his escape, but it is
reported tonight that a posse of ne
groes has formed and is searching
the woods for him. Excitement is
high among the negroes and they are
determined to lynch him if he is cap
tured."
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Getting Even.

mo, don't believe in expensive
practical jokes" said aSan Francisco
business man, Except by way of re-
taliation.'
''Now last year I received a tele-
gram from a friend who was travel
ing in Italy. Itcame collect and cost
me seven dollars; and when opened
it, all read was, Thank you, / am
well.'
''Then I sailed forth and sought
me out cobblestone-a nice, large
cobblestone weighing about eleven
pounds. And I wrapped it in ex-
celsior, pink cotton and white paper,
and l boxed it up in a handsome box;
and / sent it by express, collect, to
my facetious friend far across the
bounding pillows.
'sAnd when he had paid his little
fifteen dollars, and had opened the
box in St. Petersburg, if / remember
rightly, he found in addition to the
precious contents a note from me
that explained, This is the load that
rolled off my heart on receipt of the
news of your good health "-Wo-
mans Home Companion for April.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
WHITE GIRL ARRESTED.
Chicago Police Find Her Living With
Chinaman In SquaIid Room.

CHICAGO, March 26.--Living in a
squalid room with a Chinaman, a
young white girl, apparently 16 or II
years old, was arrested last night.
According to the information receiv.
ed by the police, she has been locked
up there nine weeks.
1t is believed that the girl ran away
from her home in Baltimore. She was
dressed in expensive clothing, fur
coat she wore being worth $500. She
declared that she was married to the
Chinaman two years ago at Norfolk,
when she was 18 years old. Police
say she is not more than II years old.
She said the Chinaman's name was
Charley Lee.
The name of Harry G. Glickman,
1919 Mccullough street, Baltimore,
Md, was found in her room.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Candidates Called.

Editor The Bamberg Herald:-As
this is election year and the primary
is drawing near, it is time for the
voters to think of the men who
will represent them in the legis-
lature, as prohibition will be the is
sue. It is time for the voters to be-
gin to think for themselves and try
to get good men to back up Mr..
Featherstone in this county. So we
we call on Capt. j. B. Guess, of Den
mark, J. G.. Rhoad, Of Hunters
Chapel, j. F. Jones, Jr., of Bamberg,
and j. F. Carter, Esq, Of Baimberg,
and other prohibitionists who will to
let us hear from you by putting your
card in the the paper. VOTER.
Bamberg, March %, 1908.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Bad Economy.

A southern gentleman recently at a
banquet in Washington related the
following story about a certain
philanthropist he knows at home. He
said:
my friend heard of q negro family
that was reported in destitute circum-
stances, and. calling at their home,
he found the report true. The family
consisted of mother, a son about Is
years old and three young children.
After hearing the mothers story, he
gave the oldest son a bright silver
dollar, saying:
Here, my lad, take this dollar
and get a turkey for the Christmas
dinner "
''No sooner was he gone when the
mother said in a stern voice to her
son:
&" 'Heah, Jackson, you done glib me
dat dollar, and go git dat turkey in
denachralway. '''-Harper's Weekly.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Paid Her Fathers Shortage.

Ten years ago Henry Barton, treas.
urer of Muncie, Indiana, went out OF
his office short in his accounts for a
large sum. His bondsmen paid part
of the shortage and he removed to
Los Angeles, CAL, where he has since
lived with his family.
On Friday last the last dollar owed
by Barton to the city was paid by his
daughter Marguerite, who is a steno-
grapher in Los Angeles. She has been
making payments Of $25 at a time on
the indebtness for years, and the re-
ceipt sent her on Friday is in full and
clears her father.
Muncie officials were inclined long
ago to cancel the debt, but the young
woman refused to consider the offer,
saying she wanted to pay in full and
thus free her father from the stain
of embezzlement.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

Claude A. Graves, who has been
manager and publisher Of the Branch
vile Journal since it was organized
nearly a year ago, has returned to
Walterboro where he has his former
position of foreman of the Press and
Standard. The Journal will be run
by j. H. Camper, an experienced
newspaper man. Mr.. Graves many
friends will be glad to welcome him
back.-Walterboro Press and STAN
dard.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Drug Store Dynamited.

CENTER POINT, IND, March a.
The Nader business block, containing
a drug store, shoe store and barber
shop, with the Knights of Pythias
hall on the second floor, was destroy
ed by dynamite yesterday. Hardly
anything but splinters is left of the
building.
The town has no saloons, and Mr..
Urey, a druggist, has been importun.
ed often to turn his store into a blind
tiger, but refused.
It is believed that the liquor sym.
pathizers who wanted the blind tiger
established destroyed the building
out of spite.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Take Your Choice.

Have you ever almost run into some
one on the. street, and then lodged
from side to side for half a minute,
vainly endeavoring to pass, while the
other person by some strange fatality
blocked your every move by trying
to pass you in the same way?
Such was the recent experience of
a young man in Portland, Maine. He
and a strange young woman had been
going through this performance for
several seconds, when his unwilling
vis-a-vis staggered him by saying:
''Well, hurry up! Which is it to be
"a waltz or two-step. ."-Woman's s
Home Companion for April.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
HEROIC WOMAN.
Goes Into Burning Building to Save
Children.

New YORK, March 27.-Two trips
by a brave woman into a burning flat
house in Borough Park last night re-
suited in the rescue of five children,
who unconscious of their danger,
were playing happily in a room as yet
untouched by the flames. The res
cuer was a stranger, Mrs. Lila Ray
mond, who was passing the house
when the fire started, rang in an
alarm and then ran back to the house.
She burst in the front door and dash
ed upstairs, finding Mrs Joseph Lock.
whom she led through the smoke to
the street.
Mrs. Lock then awoke to a arealiza-
ton that her three children were
still in the building, which by this
time was in blaze. Mrs. Raymond
ran back into the house up to the
second story, carried out two Of the
little ones, an older boy following her,
and then repeated the trip for two
little playmates of the Lock children,
who were with them when the fire
broke out.
The last two were half suffocated
when she reached them, and the
dress of the younger was ablaze.
Tearing it off Mrs. Raymond got both
the children in her arms and made
for the stairway again. This time it
was entirely ablaze, but she dashed
down and reached the street just as
the stairway fell. Her face and
hands were badly burned, but she
refused medical attendance and went
home. All this happened before the
arrival of the fremen who had been
delayed by the poor condition Of the
streets. The house was entirely de-
stroyed.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
EDITORS IN POLITICS.

For some reason our copy of the
Beaufort Gazette has not been reach
ing US recently, and therefore%e did
not see the excellent article Of our
friend Christensen in reference to
newspaper men in politics until we
saw it in the Abbeville Press and
Banner of last week.
There are always two sides to a
question, and Senator Christensen
has made an able argument against
the position taken by us, yet he ad-
mits that there was a great deal Of
truth in our article.
Senator Christensen is one Of the
few newspaper men who have not
been ruined by going into politics,
and in his case it appears to US that
his newspaper connection has rather
been of benefit to him in his legisla-
tive and investigating duties. In the
main, the position taken by this news
paper, i. e., that newspaper men
should not go into politics, is correct,
but there are exceptions in all mat
ters, and Senator Christensen is a
most notable exception.
We might also mention our good
friend Col. E. H. Aull, of Newberry,
as another instance of the added SER
vice an editor can give to his State
by going into politics. Col. Aull has
been a member of the house for sew
eral terms, and is one of the leaders
in the body. He is now member of
the ways and means committee, and
one of it's hardest-worhng, most val
liable members. We believe that
there is still further and higher pub
lie service towhich Aull and Christen-
sen will be called by the people.
But after all, the safest rule for
editors to follow is to take the advice
of Col. Jas. T. Bacon, of the Edge
field Chronicle. He says: my son,
shun politics as you would the devil"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

April 1st is here, and the rule of
the postofice department as to send
ing newspapers on credit is in effect.
My, what dwindling Of subscription
lists therewill be with some newspa-
pers. They had better obey the law,
too, as ''Uncle Sam" is a dangerous
fellow to monkey with. It does not
affect this newspaper to any extent,
and we gladly welcome the change.
We are ready for the Inspector when
ever he calls, and our books are open
to him.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
A c0llard Course.

A North Georgia editor hands out
the following regarding a social
function" pulled off in his town:
"Mr. C. J. Clark entertained re-
Gently with a delightful 'collard
course with side entrees of pot-liq-
uor and buttermilk.
"Green was the leading color, each
guests being presented with a hem
stitched d5Iishrag d as a souvenir Of the
occasion"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
NEGRO SHOOTS FARMER.
Difficulty In Greenwood Sunday May
Terminate Fatally.

lSEHludIc Fdtduy.
GREENWOOD, March Milledge
Colt, a negro, was lodged in Jail here
yesterday, being sent up by Magistrate
Lugon Brooks, charged with shooting
Mr.. j. Belton Hargrove, white farmer,
living on the Greenwood-Saluda line.
From reports received here, it seems
that Mr.. Hargrove was looking for some
negroes who had been in a fuss with
some of his tenants. In the search, he
came upon the Colt negro, whom he took
to be one of those who had been in the
difficulty.
Colt had single-barrel shotgun at the
time, and Hargrove was carrying Win
chester rifle. Colt says Mr.. Hargrove
shot at him with the rifle, giving him a
flesh wound in the side and was ready to
shoot again when he, Colt, used the
shotgun, hitting Mr.. Hargrove full in
the face with charge of No. shot, a
short distance away. Hargrove was
still living yesterday, but was in very
serious condition. It was reported here
last night that there would be an at
tempt at lynching, and the sheriff pre-
pared for any emergency, but there was
probably no ground for the report.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
Gasoline Explosion.

TAMPA, FLA, March 2s.-The ex
plosion of gasoline at Eggmont Key
upon which Fort De Soto is located
late last night resulted in the destruc
ton of three buildings at Pilot station
probably fatal burning of Marx
Ryan, a soldier, and serious burning
of Capt. Ira Washington, a pilot
The fire was checked before the
fortifcation and officers quarter:
were endangered.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

The annual meeting of the South
Carolina State Press Association is to
be held in Gaffney the 18th, 18th, and
18th of June, /and we know old De-
Camp and the Parrott boys and all
the people of Gafney will take US to
their bosoms and treat us royalty all
round.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02
THURSDAY, APRIL Z, 1905.

Thirty-seven drunks faced the re-
corder in the city of Augusta last
Monday morning. This is fearful
record for a prohibition town.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

The Dorchester Eagle came to us
last week as a five-column eight page
paper, all home print. We congrat-
ulate our contemporary on its pros
perity.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

We notice that several bright
young newspaper men in different
sections of the State are preparing to
break into the legislature. What a
pity!
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

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The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1908-04-02

Put all the men on one side of the
ocean and all the women on the other
and there would be many poor gal
drowned" was spoken by woman
and not by a man.