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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
Thousands of Republicans, who, aft

Thousands of Republicans, who, aft.
er Allison's death, were for Governor
Cummins if there was to be no con
test for the senatorship, will not be
for Governor Cummins if his calling
the legislature together makes con.
test. The governor is the only man on
earth vested with powers to bring on
this contest, and in doing so he drives
away from him thousands Of people
with whom he was not their per.
sonal preference, but who were will.
ing that he should be senator if it
would obviate fight Naturally if
those men have to make the choice
as between Governor Cummins and
some man who represents more near
ly their own views, they will not vote
for Governor Cummins.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
JUDGE ROBERTS, CANDIDACY.

Burlington Hawkeye.-Judge M. A.
Roberts of the Second judicial district
has announced his candidacy for the
Republican nomination for the vacancy
on the supreme bench. Judge Rob
erts is the only candidate in south.
eastern Iowa, and will have large sup.
port in this section of the state where
lis qualifications as judicial officer
are well known and appreciated. He
has an excellent record and is held
in high esteem by the bar and by his
fellow citizens, who will be pleased to
have him promoted to the higher field
Of service.
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BRYAM's SON TO MARRY.
William Jennings Jr.'e Engagement
to Miss Helen Berger
Announced,

Milwaukee, Wis, Sept. 1. The
marriage engagement of Miss Helen
Berger, daughter Of Alex Berger, a
prominent miller of this city, and
William Jennings Bryan, son of the
Democratic presidential nominee, is
admitted by Mr. Berger, who has re-
turned from a business trip to Colo
RADIO and Nebraska. Miss Berger and
her mother are at present visiting in
Lincoln, Neb. 1t is said the wedding
may not take place for yaas or
longer.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

Commenting on the statement of the
Cedar Rapids Republican that the
farmers Of Iowa have harvested one
of the greatest crops in the history
Of the state, the Des Moines Capital
holds that even though Iowa land may
be high priced in comparison with
lands of other states, its production
is accordingly greater. The Capital
seconds Secretary Wilson's predic.
ton that Iowa land will double in
value in the next few years.
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The saved are the safe.

A life lived with God is a strong
life; strong. because strengthened.
The might Of the Master is shared
with his disciples. 1t is not that
Christians are stronger in themselves
that they can resist temptations and
do 1nod worka hi,f that thav have l.A
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03
BY William T. Ellis.

An observer of conditions in the non
Christian lands is impressed with sew
eral striking differences between these
various religions and Christianity. For
one thing, 1t ever enters into the
mind of heathendom that their gods
are to be enjoyed or to be fellowshipped
with. The thought of communion
will be sought for in vain, even in the
distractions Of Buddhism and Hindu
ism. The gods Of the heather are to
be feared and propitiated and favors
to be purchased from them; but the
devoutest worshipper never thinks of
having pleasure in association with
his deities. One must look to the re-
llgion of Judaism and Christianity for
this. 1t Is the Christian who covets
walk with God; and who has delight
in the presence Of the Lord To find
happiness in the company of God, with
out thought of seeking material favors
is purely Theistic conception.
Life does not attain its highest end
until it is lived in fellowship with Him
who is life's beginning.
In Faneuil Hall, Boston, there is a
celebrated painting of Webster adj
dressing congress, and uttering his
famous words, Liberty and Union,
one and tnseparable, now and forever"
The occasion Of the sentence is scarce.
ly recalled by the present generation;
and prefer to remember an interpre-
tation which l heard given to them by
Vnsnnh No or;@ "a
visit to Boston by General Booth.
Pointing to the inscription on the
painting behind him, Joseph Cook
cried, dramatically. Liberty from sin,
union with Christ, one and insepara-
BILE, now and foreyer!" There was ex-
pressed great truth How to rid life
of the sin which is the source of all its
misery, is one of the worlds problems,
its biggest problem. The answer is In
the preachers words. Until a life is
won to Christ, and one with Christ, it
cannot be delivered from the bondage
of sin. Only they who live with him,
and in him, know this sweet liberty
A life hid from God reveals Goo to
the world
A life lived with God is safe life,
Nowhere else is there protection from
life's storms and dangers. The Psalms
overflow with this thought of God as a
refuge, a high tower, a shield, de-
fender, fortress, shepherd-in a
word, the idea of safety and protection
and succor Is intertwined with the
Jewish conception of jehovah. That
Is the basic reason for the supreme
popularity of the Twenty-third Psalm;
the weary heart of humanity wants the
|shepherding of Jehovah 1t cries, with
the confidence of ages of testing, 'The
eternal God is my refuge, while under.
meath are the everlasting arms"
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It is announced that the Johnsons
of the country are planning for a
national reunion of their clan. The
Johnsons are not original. Reunions
of the Smiths are frequent occur
renceS.
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LIVING LIFE AT ITS BEST.

Terse Comments on the Uniform
Prayer Meeting Topic Of the Young
Peoples Societies-chrstian En-
deavor, Baptist Young Peoples
Union Epworth League, etc-For
Sept. 6, "A Life Lived With God"
Psalm 81.
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An eastern paper describes the
Salome dance as ''bare faced ef-
frontery." An exchange believes this
description to be somewhat inadequate
from printed accounts.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

No action, whether foul or fair,
Is ever done, but II leaves somewhere
A record, written by fingers ghostly,
AS blessing or curse, and mostly
In the greater weakness Of greater
strength
OF the acts which follow it.
Longfellow.
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medicines
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IHE SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, GA.
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In the absence of a clear command
stay where you are and do your stint
as if it were the finishing touches OF
the universe.
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Sunday School Lesson and
Young Peoples Meetings
What the Church Folks Are Thinking About
and Doing Religious News From Every
where.

Of the prophet Samuel, "Behold. to
obey is better than sacrifice. and to
hearken than the fat of rams"
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Use the world as not abusing it; for
the fashion of this world passeth
away.-Bible.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

come shares of the impaired strength
of Christ
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-09-03

They who live for God are rewarded
by living with God, here and forever
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Closer is the Lords protection than a
near-investing wall,
Closer than moat about me, closer
than tower tall;
Closer than suit OF armor, or my
hands or feet can be,
For against mine own assailing His
protection keepeth me.
Amos R. Wells
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quences; you are TO tell the truth
Johnson.
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The wise dog is retiring in the pres.
ence Of the poundmaster.
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You have no business with conse.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
BELIEVES in JOINING The UNION.

VIII you allow me space in your dear
old paper to say few words. see SO
many nice letters from the ladies and
children that it makes me want to
write. belong to the union, and
think it is just grand | love my home
and country, love God, and the union.
Come on girls and join the union and
let us help to win the victory that the
dear old farmers have SO long been
fighting. They have been imposed on
for a long time, but we hope to soon
see the day Of victory dawn. Some OF
us may be tempted to say they do not
need me in the union, they will not
miss just one, IL they do not join, for
could not do any good. Do not say
that, put confidence In yourself and go
go to work in earnest for the union
and it's principles. If the union does
not need you, why you certainly need
the union, and all ask is for you to
join, for am sure you will never re-
gret it. We must trust to the merchant
to provide us with what we need to eat,
that must be made at home at home,
and we can do 1t easily If we only try.
| like to attend school and / think we
should all study hard and strive for
an education. for that is something
that everybody needs. Our fathers
and mothers did not have the chance
that we have in this day and time.
and we should do all in our power to
make the most of the privileges they
have made it possible for us to re-
ceiye. guess have talked long
enough for this time, so l will bid you
all adieu.
Yours for the union,
o. w
Sun, Miss.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
LADIES' and CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT.

fully. Molly ringed belll Men come!
Come play wiz Molly!''
The little witch had wanted the men
to come and play with her, and SO she
had pulled and tugged at the rope
with her small hands until she had
rung the bell herself.
And the men stopped and played
with her, in spite of the coming show
er. They thought there never was
such cunning trick for baby to do.
And they never tired Of telling about
it afterwards. That is how chanced
to hear about it, though it happened
ever so many years ago. Bertha E..
Bush in Little Folks.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
WHITFIELD ARRl
JUD ARLINGTON.
FROM FRENCH HALL LOCAL, NO.

354.
Dear Advocates:
May come in for another chat, this
makes the second tiIne have written
to the dear old Advocate, a paper j
couldn't keep house without.
My husband, our Oldest boy, and my
self, belong to the Farmers Union
and we have some brothers and sisters
in our local who are true blue union
people, and some who are so weak
they have to rest awhile and wait fo,.
the others to do for them. Now, broth
.ers and sisters, this is not right, the
idea is to work together, put more
confidence in each other, and not so
ready to find fault, and / insist on ev
cry farmer taking The Union Advo-
cate, and will say to those who are
weak, If they will read more it will
give them strength. / cannot see why
every farmer is not member of our
grand organization; it looks like that
when help is offered them, they would
open their eyes and take it.
! Come along sisters, let'sdo all in our
power to encourage our husbands te
attend the local and keep their dues
paid up at the right time.
I believe in living at home, don't GO
in debt, we can go plain a while long
or and get out from under bondage.
hope will live to see the poor farm
ers free from the speculator, and I
think it won't be long before they gain
the victory.
Our county meeting was at Harris
vile last Friday and Saturday. / re-
gret very much that could not go, as
/ was to read an essay. Will send it
to The Advocate to publish.
7 will close, may God bless our faith
full leaders. that they may carry on our
noble order until the victory is won.
MRS. c. G. COOPER.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
AS HER OTHER LETTER WAS
PRINTED, THOUGHT SHE
WOULD WRITE AGAIN.

AS | have nothing to do thought
would write short letter to the Ad-
vocate and / like to read the cousins
letters very much. will describe
myself. am II years old and my
weight is sixty pounds. have dark
hair, blue eyes and fair complexion.
How many of the cousins like to go
to school? do for one. Come again
Thelma Moore your letter was fine.
Boys. you had better hurry up or the
girls will get ahead of you in writing
to our page. How many Of you have
a dear grandfather and grandmother?
have and love dearly to go to see
them. / will close with best wishes
to all.
Your loving cousin,
ETA HAMILTON.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
FROM sTRlNeER, MISS.
Dear Advocate:

Dear Advocate:
Here. come another little girl to join
your happy band OF girls. MY papa
belongs to the union and thinks it is
q grand thing for the farmers. I think
that everybody should belong to the
union and take The Advocate. GER
tainly like to read the children's let
ters. will tell you all what can do.
I can churn, wash dishes. sweep the
floor, make up the beds, milk the
cows, and do a lot OF other things.
have three sisters and two brothers.
II this escapes the waste basket, will
come again.
Your cousin,
EIBERY BUCKLEY
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
FROM TWO LITTLE TEXAS BOYS.

Dear Advocate:
Will you admit two little farmer
boys from Texas into your happy
band. We live in Columbus, small
town on the Colorado river. The river
touches the town on the east and
north, our home is near the north
bank, the court house is one mile
from our house. but if you go by the
river it is sixteen miles.
We help feed the chickens and
COWS, and we have little dog named
Dixie. We like to read the cousins
letters. If our letter is accepted, we
will come again.
WHITFIELD ARLINGTON,
JUD ARLINGTON.
Columbus Texas.
Dear Little Boys: We are indeed
glad to hear from our Texas nephews
and know you have a good time on
the farm, the editor wishes he could
be there with you for a while Come
again.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29

will soon start to school. and then
will feel like bird out of a cake. Well,
/ guess had better close. and If I see
this in print, win come again.
Your friend,
HASSIE STEADMAN.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
GLAD SCHOOL WILL OPEN SOON.

Dear Advocate:
Here / come again to join your hap
py band Of girls and boys. We are hay-
ing some cool weather now and / tell
you this sort OF weather Is hard on
poor little cotton picker's fingers. I
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
Essay to BE Read Before the County
Meeting BY Mrs. G. c. Cooper.

DIOIHSTS and SISTERS:
Owing to the short time Of my con
nection with the Farmers Union /
feel sure that you cannot expect
much Of speech from me this time.
The Farmers Union is an order that
every man, woman and child should
hold as dear to their hearts, as they
do their life'sblood. 1t has already ac-
complished more than our wisest men
expected in SO short time. The world
lis what you make it, is what the great
poet said, and how true it is that our
lives and homes and our unions are
just what we make them. The Farm
ers' Union cannot revolutionize every
thing in day, make men out of cow
ards, or truth out Of falsehood. A To-
cal may not be kept up but the Farm
ers' Union will last forever.
am a farmers daughter and a
farmers wife, and / have worked in
the cotton field as long as / want to
for Mr.. Speculator. / think it is time
for them to lend a helping hand, and
divide with the farmers wives, who
have so long toiled day after day to
feed and clothe them. / am proud to
know that the farmers who till the
soil for many years and have been
swindled out of their rights are now
on the road to success.
Brothers and sisters, don't become
discouraged and think we are not ac-
complishing very much; just take a
good look at your wife and children
and think who will be responsible for
the welfare and future happiness, then
rise with all your manhood and
strength, and say you will be men and
women and work for the rights Of your
country and the rising generation.
If ever there was class OF people
who need organization it is the farmer.
the backbone of the world, think how
soon the world would go under if his
part of the business should stop, and
think how your beloved wives and
children have to toll through all kinds
of weather, and then see how the farm
er's wife is looked upon by the
wealthy Think how they are clothed
and then how the mercnants and his
family are dressed in silk, and live in
luxury, have good schools for their
children, and rob our children of an ed
ucation. This isn't justice. We owe
our children an education. Did you
ever stop to think that you are uncon-
sciously acting the part of robber
We keep our little ones in the cotton
feld from early spring until late in the
winter, and could not afford to have it
chopped or picked.
| think all of the laboring class
should come into this grand or
ganization, the Farmers Union, and /
urge every member to attend their To-
cal, be prompt in paying their dues,
give your neighbor an invitation to
Join the union and insist that they
read The Advocate.
Some object to the women belong
ing to the union, but these same men
would not object to the women chop
ping and picking their cotton. am
union woman and believe in equal
justice and the golden rule. Let US
as one obey the greatest com
mandment given by God, that we love
one another.
will close, wishing the union all
possible success.
GLAD SCHOOL WILL OPEN SOON.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home., 1908-10-29
WHY THE BELL RANG.


named Molly, and she was the only
little child for miles around.
AS FAR as you could see from the
door Of Molly's home there was not
tree, not fence, not even hill, to
break the smooth round horizon line
Violets and lady slippers and wild
roses grew up to her very door, and
the green prairie grass stretched
around it. don't think Molly really
thought how pretty it was But she
was happy child, and laughed doz-
en- times for every once that she cried
Molly lived in town that had only
two houses. But 1t was a real town.
and had its name printed in big let
ters on the map, for it was the county
seat of the county And now another
house was going up, and it was court
house Of red brick. Oh, how proud the
people Of the county, and particularly
Of the tiny town of two houses, were
of that court house!
The little, town was not going to
stay little. All the settlers knew that
They expected 1t to be as big as Chi
cago in few years. (Chicago was
not very big then!) Across the prairie
every day the white-covered prairie
schooners" were moving, and the
country was settling up fast.
At morning, noon, and night Molly's
little house and the one other were
lively places. for the men who were
building the court house took their
meals at these houses. Some OF the
men slept at the two houses also: and
some of them slept in the unfinished
court house, and when it rained they
had to get up and hold umbrellas over
themselves to keep dry.
Molly liked the men, for they took
her up and petted her and played with
her, and sang her funny songs. and did
tricks to amuse her. She liked to have
them come. and she did not like to
have them go away.
Now beside Molly's house was a.
great bell in frame work. At din
ner time and supper time mama would
ring that bell, and the men would
come to their meals. Molly soon
learned that they came when the bell
was rung.
Mama, ring bell!" she would beg
at all hours of the day. But her ma
ma only rang it at meal-times.
One day the men were working very
hard, for a shower was coming up and
they wanted to get all the shingling
on before it rained, and so keep dry
for once il they could.
Suddenly the bell over at Molly's
house rang. 1t was only three o'clock!
The head workmen scrambled down
the ladder from the scaffold with a
white face. "Somerning must have
happened at the house! Run. boys!
he cried.
How they ran across the strip of
prairie, with their heads full OF dread
full thoughts of fires and rattle-snakes
and Indians and all the pioneer dang
ers! But the little house was as quiet
and peaceful as could be. Molly's ma
ma sat by the table sewing, so alb
sorbed that she had not even heard
the bell
What did you ring the bell for?"
asked the men.
Il did not ring the bell,' she replied.
much surprised.
They all hurried around the house,
and there. her chubby hands still hold
Ing the bell-rope, was baby Mollyl
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-17

who was teacher of the primary class.
Rev. and Mrs. Prince spoke OF how
greatly surprised they were and how
much they appreciated this token of
esteem and friendship. as unselfish
and genuine. The children renamed
until early evening playing Simple
Simon, the Johnson Family and the,
Menagerie. Eating, laughing ard cry
ing were all in evidence in its turn.
We also wish to say that the mem
bers and friends of Hubbard Chapel
are very proud of our new pastor,
Rev. ]. P. Watson. He has warm
friends in La Junta and we predict
for him here a successful pastorate.
Yours truly,
MRS. NJ. A. BERRY,
Superintendent.
MISS BESSIE VERNON,
Secretary.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1908-10-17

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