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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-04-30
low A SPECIAL
FROM 0TTUMWA
CLAUDE NJ. MYERS, DELEGATE
FROM SIXTH DISTRICT WILL
HAVE CHARGE,
REPRESENTS STATE
DELEGATES, Politicians and prom;nept
REPRESENTS
STATE
Delegates, Politicians and Prominent
Men Of State Will Assemble
in ottumwa for
Start.

The National Democratic conven-
ton at Denver, Colo, July Z, promises
to attract immense crowds. Not only
delegates and alternates and promi-
nent politicians and press representa-
tives, but many other people will
make the trip, just to see the city and
the crowds and to note how the west
ern metropolis will handle the conven-
ton.
Plans are being worked out for the
Iowa special which leaves Ottumwa on
the morning Of July s. Delegates and
tourists and politicians will gather
here from all parts of the state to take
advantage of the special train leaving
this representing the Sixth Con
gressional district of Iowa and Incl
| dentally the whole state.
Claude M. Myers, delegate from the
Sixth will make 1t his special business
to see to it that Iowans are we'll taken
care OF. The home Of William Jen-
| n1ngs Bryan at Lincoln, Neb., is on the
main line of the Burlington, and all
trains bound for Denver stop there.
Those desiring to stop over at Lincoln
may do SO within the transit limit of
| their tickets, on application to train
conductors. Sleeping car berths will
be reserved now. on application to j.
P. O'Malley, of Perry, Iowa.
Iowa headquarters at Denver will be
at the Brown Palace hotel, where q
large room on the second floor has
been engaged for the purpose. adjoln'
ing the headquarters fthe national
democratic committee. For those OF
the tourists who prefer scenery to pol
itics, there will be much of interest in
Denver herself and in addition, there
are side trips that will keep the most
energetic sightseers busy.
Trains for Denver will leave Omaha
via the Burlington route, Sunday, July
| 5, at 4:10 p. M, and the Iowa state
special train will leave Omaha the
same day at p. m.
Other big delegations from the
east will use the Burlington route to
the convention. And those who will
remain at home will have something to
see Of the big show for the Tammany
braves and the other New York dele
cations, and the unterrified from I'LL
nois and the Cook county marching
club and many other big delegations
will be going to Denver over the Bur.
lington and will take few minutes al
least to see Ottumwa.
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BIRTHS.


BORN-Wednesday, April 30. to MI
and Mrs Dell Kirkhart who reside
on the Foster farm east or the CITY
son.
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I. LOCAL NEWS ITEMS

From Tuesdays Daily.
Nesnam sells the best Watches.
Doctors Cronk and Cronk of Bloom
field were business callers in the city
yesterday.
We have the school girl oxford in
tan; heel low enough to suit. Best
quality. Church Shoe Co.
Mrs. Basil Davis and little nieces
of Farson returned to their homes
after short business trip.
Bordeaux mixture for spraying
trees. Sargent's.
Miss Myrtle Bircher and Miss Amy
Bircher who have been visiting at the
home Of Ed. Right who resides north
of the city, returned to their home in
Hedrick last evening.
Mrs. A. H. Stalker of Richland who
was in the city attending the Women's
Foreign Missionary convention return
ed home last evening.
Zenoleum kills lice on stock. sar-
gents.
Mrs. H. r. Williams of Hedrick pas.
sed through the city this morning en-
route to Batavia where she will spend
a few days with her father.
Insect powder soc per pound. sar-
gents.
From Wednesdays Daily
Jap-a-lac makes old furniture new
Sargent's.
]. w. Neff of Cody, Wyo., was in the
city today on business and left this
afternoon for Hedrick, where he will
visit with relatives until May 5, when
he will return to his home.
Mr.. and Mrs Walter Wilson OF
Fairfield, who have been visiting al
the home of Mrs. A. T. Wilson of 919
blackberry street, returned home this
afternoon.
Rexall obesity salts reduce flesh
Sargent's.
Mrs. W. A. Shoots who has been
visiting at the home of Will Overman
of North Court street, returned to he1
home in Mt. Pleasant this afternoon.
Il Mrs. L. Smith of Hynes, passed
through the city this afternoon en-
route to Selma where she will spend a
few days visiting few days with
her grandparents
Yrs. L. L. Bowlin and Mrs. w M
ord of Hedrick, who has been in
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MT. ZION.

Mt. Zion.-Mrs. Perry Patrick spent
Monday afternoon with her mother
Mrs Bethel Campbell
The Kaylor family visited at the
Galen Wolf home Sunday afternoon
Friday John S. Watts was a BUSH
ness caller in Birmingham
Last Monday evening, some Of the
Keosauqua young people were pleas
antly entertained at the c. s. Boyle
home.
Charley Hawbaker, Of near Pitts
burg, was in this vicinity on business
Monday.
Frank Smalls are engaged in dig
ging the cellar for their residence and
in short time the carpenters will
be at work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb Barker and son
William, took dinner at Chas. Bogles
Sunday
Orange Calhoun, Of Birmingham
was in this vicinity on business Satur-
day.
The school here will close with a
program, Friday, May 1.
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Ina Faye Hughes was born In OF
tumwa, Iowa December 10, 1885.
Moved with her parents to Hedrick,
when about seven years of age.
She was married to Irwin W. Ste
phenson June II, 1905. They made
their home in Eldon, at which place
she died April II, 1908: aged % years,
months and ! day.
The deceased leaves to mourn her
death her husband and father, Wilson
Hughes, and an aunt Mrs. Nellie
Warren of this city, besides many
other relatives and trends.
Funeral services were held at her
late home on Walnut street, Monday,
April Is, conducted by Rev. w. H.
HORNED of Ottumwa. - Contributed.
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Obituary

Theodore L. Finney was born In
Kentucky February 5, 1S45 Died at his
home four miles east Of Eldon April
Is, 1908; age GO years, 2 months and
20 days.
Mr.. Finney came to Iowa in 1855,
was united in marriage with Miss
Maggie M. Sears August %, 1886. To
this union was born three sons and
two daughters. His wife and all the
children were at his bedside when he
passed away. One brother and three
sisters and one half brother and one
half sister still survive the deceased.
Funeral services were held at his
late residence Sunday, April 26, at /
p. M, conducted by Rev. F. l.. Dona-
boot of Selma. Interment In Rominger
cemetery. The funeral was attended
by almost the entire neighborhood.
Contributed.
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no symptoms Of serious illness were
manifest last evening when she re-.
tired. She is survived by eight chill
dren, and many grandchildren. Her
husband preceded her in death several
years ago.
No arrangements have been made
for the funeral as yet.
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FOUND DEAD IN BED

Munteryille. April 2S.-(Special)-
Mrs. Hannah Larson, aged 81 years,
who lives south of MunteryilIe, was
found dead in bed this morning at s
o'clock. Mrs. Larson had not been
feeling well for the past few days but
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Special
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The Fair
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We Have Opened

branch school Of the famous Keis-
ter's Ladies Tailoring college of st.
Louis at 1125 Twenty-fourth street,
Des Moines, Iowa. Call or write
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FAlRF FIELD.

Fairfield.-Seven criminal cases are
included on the docket of the district
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Tri- Weekly Courier
ANelNG ADDRESSES.

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The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-06-25

The union label, always remem.
Der it.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-06-25
Resolution of Respect.

Whereas 1t has pleased the
Great Spirit in his iofinite wisdom
to send the angel of death into the
home of our beloved brother e. s.
Crawford to call the spirit of his
daughter Mollie, from a world of
suffering to one of endless joys,
and
Whereas, 1t is fitting that we
should cherish the memory of the
dead and give sympathy to the
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-06-25
oereaved. Therefore be it

bereaved. Therefore be it
Resolved, by Miami Tribe No.
46, that while we sympathize with
them in their great loss, we also
recognize the hand of God who
''doeth all things well' and, that
we should never fail to acknow-
ledge this wisdom and mercy in all
His dealings.
Resolved, That while she is
done with the pain and suffering
of earth. and has earned her re-
ward, we of the living have yet its
sutferings to endure and its temp
tations to meet and we should so
regulate our conduct that our lives
may meet the divine approval of
the Great Spirit Of us all, that we
may all be reunited beyond the
Dark River toward which our foot
steps are vending, and be it
further
Resolved, That we tender to
each member of the bereaved
family our heartfelt sympathy and
assure them that we treasure with
them the memory of the departed;
and that copy of these resolutions
be spread on our minutes; copy
furnished the bereaved family and
copy given to the Tomahawk
for publication.
Bert Thomas,
John Thomas,
j. M. Epperly,
Committee.
The labor argus. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1906-1915, 1908-06-25
LABOR IS WEARY
OF IT'S FRIENDS
And IS Demanding Real Champions
For the Cause In the Future-WilI
Cease to Bite at False Bait.

The Cincinnati Chronicle. Of
fetal organ of the Cincinnati
Labor council, is afraid Labor
will forget to vote for its friends. -
We can see no cause for alarm
Labor has always voted for its
friends Who ever heard OF
san enemyiof Labor'' during a
campaign7 Just before election
Labor's S'friends' are as thick as
the seashore's sands. But thew
ale not needed then. After cleo.
ton the test is on. Result: Labors
friends" are as scarce as daises
in the Artic zone.
Then we swear like troopers,
vow Vengeance on our traitorous
"friends.' as the politicians invite
us to again try the "can't.lose-
game" Once more we bite, and
once more we find we have picked
up the wrong shell.
This has been going on for years,
and we still find Labor editors
'capping'' the game.
Labor'S "friends'' have BROUGHT
us to point where trade union
ism is classed with the most brutal
and mercenary trusts.
Labor's ''friends' have outlaw
ca the boycott and legalized the
blacklist.
Labor's ''friends" have gagged
a free press
Labor's "friends" have enjoined
men from organizing labor unions.
Labor's "friends,' north and
south east and west, have dubbed;
slugged and wronged the workers
until they stand without vestige
of right before our courts.
Labor is weary of its "friends -
Labor, today, is demanding
championships like othe coun-
tries.-Union Leabor.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-02
aTHE UNION AND POLITICS.
A Reply to Recent Editorial Under
the Above Caption

Editor Of the Mississippi Union Ad-
vocate and Southern Farm and
Home:
In your paper of the Goth of May,
I notice an editorial on THE Union
and Politics, you say the tariff IL
responsible for the trusts.
I will not at present refer to that
question further than to say the tariff
may facilitate the formation Of trusts,
but free trade would not, for tine rea-
son that it could not prevent the for
nation of trusts. AS proof cite you
to the formation Of trusts in free
trade England
You say whoever controls the vol
ume of currency controls the prices
Of wages In reply win say that
1t matters not to the toiler what cur
rency legislation we have, SO long as
he recognizes private ownership Of
the means Of production and distribu-
tion of the products Of labor, as shown
by the following, namely:
The Exploited Farmer rs the
farmer exploited? The following
facts, taken from the Abstract Of the
Twelfth Census, 1900" Issued from
the United States Census Office, show
that an unqualified statement that one
is the owner Of farm does not alone
determine whether he is an exploiter
or the victim Of exploitation The
total value Of farm property was $780,
439 ,9O1, 164 (p. 217), while the total
value Of the farm product, not fed to
live stock. was $S,764, ,177,7O6. Deduct
from this $54, 4,7SS,757, which was paid
for fertilizers (p. 1861, divide the re-
mainder by 1O,SS1, ,765 workers en-,
gagged in farming industry (p. 24), and
you have 1857 to the Individual EN-,
ployed. From this 1857 must be fur
ther deducted interest on mortgages,
taxes, cost Of repairing machinery,
etc. (which amount Is not stated In
order to find the average annual re-
turns for the labor of an individual
employed in the farming industry.
Worse Than Cotton Factories.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-02
FAMILIAR TALKS
ON FARMING
The Cotton Crop Under Boil Weevil Conditions and
Methods Employed for Its determination

If the cotton planters in the infest-
ed districts have followed our instruc-
tions in preparation of the soil. in the
use of nearly maturing cotton, and in
giving a little more space than usual
between the rows, they are now ready
for successful battle with the boil
weevil.
Early in the spring and all along
through the spring months cotton boil
weevils continue to come out Of win
ter quai s Az first they eat the
tender leaflets of the terminal Du4s
of the young cotton plants After the
squares begin to form they feed upon
the square only. but if theses are not
abundant they finally puncture the
half grown bolls. Some advise the
early planting of a few rows of early
maturing cotton, to be used as trap
rows" and poisoning them when the
over wintered weevils first collect up
on them. This undoubtedly would be
helpful, but experience must deter
mine whether sufficient advantage can
be, derived from it to cover the ex-
pense.
In general a good crop of cotton
can be made by deep plowing Of the
field in the fall, by thorough prepara-
tion Of the seed bed, the planting Of
early maturing varieties of cotton and
intensive cultivation; and it IS the
method of greatest economy.
Cultivation should be rapid. The
plow is too slow. 1t was always too
slow A cu1tivator with broad sweeps
should be used SO as to work a row
on both sides and half Of each middle
at one time. If there are too many
stumps in the field use single cul-
tivator. Run the sweeps not over one
and one-half inches deep. When the
squares begin to form look for the
weevil and other insect enemies. The
advantage Of more space between the
rows will now become evident
The loose, hot, surface mulch is de-
structive to weevils, If they fall upon
it. Attach brush or smooth pole
to the signletrees and cultivator han
dies so as to strike the cotton. It
win cause some weevils to fall to the
ground sand if the soil is hot enough
they will die. Some try poisoning with
Paris Green after the squares begin
to form and claim good results.
The evidence Of scientific tests thus
far has been against its use and these
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-02

tests have been made with such care
that they seem to be conclusive. (See
Farmers Bulletin No. I'll. United
States Department of Agriculture.l
Nevertheless, the final proof in all
such matters is the verdict of human
experience. The use of petroleum and
machine devices for catching the wee
wills have generally been abandoned
as Of little or no value. We have an
instance where man and three chill
dren made three mrth If a bale of
cotton lsn acre on 75 acres by hand
picking the weevils, picking up and
burning the fallen squares and inten-
#siye cultivation, when adjacent cotton
fields made nothing. If the fallen
squares drop where the sun can strike
them, in dry weather the larvae are
killed. The evidence seems to be that
it is best to pick up the fallen squares
in wet weather if practicable, but in
dry weather such a large per cent of
the larvae in the squares will be de-
stroyed that it hardly pays to pick
them up. Continue the cultivation
late as possible.
Cotton plants on very rich land and
on river bottoms develop SO much
stalk that the branches soon interlock
across the rows and form a shade
ideal for the development Of boll-wee-
vii larvae. Such rank growth pre-
vents late cultivation. When the boil
weeyil prevents fruiting, the growth
of the plants is greatly increased.
In order to make cultural method
effective against the boll-weevil, ex-
cessive growth OF plants must be
avoided. This can be aided as fol
lows:
1. The space between the rows
should be not less than 5 to 6 feet
2. Use seed from prolific, early
maturing, upland cotton Of dwarf
habit with fair staple. The acquired
dwarf habits Of the cotton plants will
hold quite strongly for one season. #
lis wise to plant new upland seed
every year.
8. When the plants are to 10
inches tall and thinned to q stand
bar off on each side to prune the
roots and check growth, and II there
is considerable moisture in the soil
let it stand barred for few days.
Occasionally a second barring off Is
made about 1S inches on each side
Of the row when the plants are about
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-02

two feet tall. The object is to induce
a dwarf habit and promote early fruit
ing. Sometimes a resort is had to
topping and limb pruning.
4. If dwarfing is practiced the
plants may stand IL to is inches apart
in the rows.
BY S. "A. KNAPP,
Special Agent in Charge, Farmers Co
Operative Demonstration Work,
Washington, D. G.
*For life history Of boll-weevil see
Bulletin No. 81, Bureau Of Entomo-
logy.
The Mississippi Union advocate and Southern farm and home. (Jackson, Miss.) 1907-1909, 1908-07-02

The value Of the product of S,S75,S62
Of these farms averages less than
$3.50. This number is equal to 58.8
per cent Of all the farms in this coun-
try (p. 222). The value of the product
Of 1,S7S,539 of the better farms, i.e.,
"a per cent of the total number Of
farms, averages about $3.50. From this
must be deducted the amount paid for
hired help, interest on mortgages,
taxes and repair Of machinery in or
der to find the net income of the farm
er of this class This shows that on
the average the "a per cent of the
total number Of farmers are exploited
to as great an extent as the iron and
steel worker whose wages average
1884 per year Opp. 322-323), while the
58.S per cent, the farmers Of the poor
or class. are exploited on the average
ito a greater extent than the cotton
factory workers. where SO many help
less women and children are employ
ed for the poorest wages paid in any
of the manufacturing industries
It is interesting to notice that the
southern manufacturers reply to the
complaint against the employment Of
children in the southern factories by
calling attention to the fact that these
children are better cared for in the
factories than they had been before
cared for on the farms. To this no
answer can be made by those who OBJ
liect to child labor in the factories,
but ignore its existence on the farms.
A Bare Existence Capitalism ia
the shop and store and on the farm
alike, leaves for most men but bare
existence and appropriates for itself
the bulk Of labor's products, secur-
/ ing for the capitalists an income
which they can neither use nor waste.
By the specialization and organiza-
ton Of industry under capitalism the
means of producing the means Of life
are no longer in the hands of any of
the workers. This is as true Of the
farmer as of any of the other work
Iers. He is as dependent on railroad
as he is on a self-binder. He is as
dependentlon a cotton factory as he is
on cotton field or a herd of sheep.
He is as dependent on a sugar REIN
cry as he is on his garden He is as
dependent on the market as he is on
his farm. The means of transporta-
tion, manufacture and return to him
of the means of his own existence are
as far beyond his control as they are
with the carpenter who owns his kit
Of tools and yet lives solely by the
consent of capitalism.
Public Ownership. Capitalism cam
not deliver the farmer from exploita-
ton, nor can any possible reform.
made under capitalism, do SO. Pub
lie ownership of railroads simply
leaves the coal, the machinery and
the steel mills and ore mines in pri-
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1908-07-24

came into her ifa when Alfred
GVynrc vanderuuts string Of horses
we're taken to Richmond aud shown.
After the brlcfc-t acquaintance the
-.r broke her engagement with t.'
on,cor and ran away with Wilson.
She went to London with him as whiJ
for Vanderbilt and her cscapades in
the English capital as The wife Of
Wilson were accorded the most open
comment
Miss Schenck Las always said that
.nr was married TO Wilson in Nor
fDlk and that it was long afterwLra
she discovered that the horseman had
e wife. one who has since sued him
for divorce.
Another incident was added TO the
,hrckcrcd story OF tUc young Virgin
Ia girl when George + Bronson How
ard. the story writer who moves In
the Baltimore social set, married Dos
SNmrr. a friend Of Miss Schcnck. and
took her to London Soon afterward
be- returned to America without his
bride aui said thar the dissolution of
thcir romance was chargcable to Miss
Schcuck. into whose fast moving com
pluy Mrs Howard had driftcd
This event was not forgotten wncn
q steamer came to dock in New York
early last July bringing a weeping
Young woman and an elderly man who
sWorc at her as she stood talking to
he reporters on the d.ck. The girl
was Florence Scheuck, cast out by
her parents. penuiless and thrown
aside by the man for whom she had
broken her engagement.
Wilson even refused 10 pay the duty
ON her trunks. and Strangers had to
take her to the Hotel Victoria and
pay for her room. that she might not
Dee left alone in the night without a
meal or a bed
"lf thought my father and mother
would forgive me I would crawl TO
t.cm ON my hands and knees" said
the desperate girl, hut her parent.
paid no attention.
Miss Schenck came into the glare
of uotorlctv more recently In connoc
F.r with the marital woes Of Alfred