The Oskaloosa herald., 1909-05-06
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS
Items Of Interest Gathered by Her.
aid Correspondents.
oLiVET.

J TUSCALOOSA shopping
]. S. Oldham is putting in a fou
; ton wagon scales in front of his stor,
, Otto Drake left Tuesday for othe
, fields of labor but was undecide
/. lwhere he would stop.
: Garrig Wiser, of Leighton, was i
town Saturday and he always receive
: la warm welcome here.
Mrs. J. E. Mcdowell has been con
fined to the house the greater part o
1.-THE week with a severe case OF rheu
Imatism.
Nellie Grady, of Abba, and Alic,
wharton, of Oskaloosa, visited thei
grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Do
Ilan, last week.
Mrs. r. Williams spent Tuesday ant
"Wednesday in Oskaloosa trading
While there she was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Moody old time friends ant
neighbors.
| J. H. Anderson of Des MONIES, was
in town Tuesday He is great ad
mirer of Senator Cummins and thinks
ne is making an enviable record in
washington in spite of the opposition
to his ideas.
We are in receipt of marked copy
of Success Magazine calling our atten.
ton to the fight against Cannonism. He
has Nate Kendall in the fighting
square and you can bet your last dol
lar that Nate will be ON the right side
Iof all questions.
B. F. Burnett, the candy man from
IOskaloosa, was caller in town Fri
day. Ben comes at noon and after dis.
posing of his sample case he goes to
Aunt Martha Thompson's, who he says
serves the best meals between Oska.
loosa and Omaha.
Mr.. Ross, the veteran merchant OF
Eddyville, has been helping Mr.. Old.
nam in the store this week. He is
past 70 years of age and has spent 40
years selling goods in Eddyville.. He
is still hale and hearty and bids fair
to count eggs for 20 more years.
r. Williams and wife spent Sunday
evening at the John Cole home west
of town. They own 80 acres and it is
one of the best improved farms in all
ways that can be found anywhere.
They are very hospitable entertainers
and one always enjoys himself when
with them.
Grandma Nossman, who is past so
years of age and who lives with her
children west of town, was trading
here Tuesday and had her little grand
son with her. She is spry and can
get in and out of wagon without help
and always has a smile and a warm
handshake for her friends and neigh
bors.
AL DeCook was in town Wednesday
and when asked why he appeared an
CRY, he said the weather man had
forbidden his working and he could
see no reason why a man should not
work when he wanted to. Well, AL,
Napoleon said during the siege of Glib
raltar that he could control men, but
not the elements.
Horace Barnes, of the Abba Republi-
can, is to be congratulated on the way
ne handles the booze question each
week, and he displays neither fear nor
favor. We had about eight years ex-
perienCe fighting the traffic in Monroe
and we know what it means
to tackle the subject in that county.
Therefore we extend congratulations
to Horace.
Il. j. Evans, Sunday school mission
airy for Marion and Mahaska counties.
was very interesting caller at the
R. Williams home while in town last
Thursday He visited our Sunday
school and made a very interesting
talk to the scholars, paying high com.
pliment to the superintendent, Mrs.
Oldham, and said he was well pleased
with the interest shown in the study
of the lesson.
1t Is often said that when a man is
elected to an Office he forgets all his
promises; but this cannot be said of
Nate Kendall, for we were shown
letter from him to Taylor Duke, writ
ten long before his nomination, setting
forth his views in regard to the old
soldiers and what he would advocate
If he were in congress, and the bills
ne has been introducing fulfill every
promise to the entire satisfaction OF
his constituents.
We notice in the Press that John r.
Price of Abba will help defend Junkin,
the negro murderer. We knew John
when he wore knee pants and lived at
Swan. AS he grew up he worked in
the mines for several years at Hite-
man with his father. One day he ask
ed for our opinion as to profession
and we advised him to study to be
lawyer for he was especially
adapted for that. He preferred the
civil law, but he took our advice and
has been successful. While he has no
chance of freeing Junkin, we know
that the negro will be we'll represented
by Mitchell and Price.
May 8. r. w.
SEWERS.