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The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1910-09-08
LOCAL DASHES.

The Oldest active business man in
Oskaloosa is perhaps ]. c. Sellers who
has not missed but two days at his of
fee in years, and on those two days
he was up and around the house and
transacted business by telephone.
Mr.. Sellers will be SO years old the
l4th of next January, beating w. A.
Durfee. another active business man
at the Durfee mines, by three days.
Rev. E. H. Waring has both these boys
beaten by several months, as he will
be SO years old in October. Rev. War,
ing is not in regular business but he is
busy every day and carries his years
as well as many men 20 years his jun
| Tor. He has just completed his book
on the Iowa Conference of the M. E,
Church." a work that required months
of hard labor and represents years OF
toll in collecting and condensing the
data and comments that will prove
interesting reading wherever Method
ism is known. Mr.. Sellers attributes
his good health and strength to tenn
perate habits, hard work, absence OF
worry and abundance of hope. 1t is
always an inspiration to talk to such
men as are mentioned, and we hope
the century mark will find all of them
active and happy.
- =. -
Why does a circus not go south and
show all winter? We asked of Harry
Lindley, the press representative of
Ringling's, 1T is practically impossL
ble," he said There are so many re-
pairs to be made to property, and then
the animals as we'll as the people con-
nected with the show demand a few
weeks rest. One of the biggest tasks
of the winter is the manufacture OF
Sunshine" uniforms. This is purely
professional remark so am not sur
prised that you do not understand.
Every big show carries two complete
sets of uniforms for its people. When
the weather is threatening in the
morning the old uniforms are unpack-
ed and distributed. But when the
| weather Is promising the Sunshine -
uniforms are brought forth and used.
The Sunshine" uniforms of this year
are the old ones next season, and a
complete new outfit, costing about
$1,000 is made every winter. All five
of the Ringing Brothers are actively
connected with their properties. They
now own the Ringing show, The Bar
mum & Bailey show and the Sells &
Forepaugh show. With all their i'm
mense property interests and the enor
nous business done, the Brothers
have no incorporation papers or con
tracts among themselves. They run
the big shows on the family plan and
at the end of the season they divide
up the profits-and there is no use
to deny the fact that each fellows
share amounts to enough to keep him
until another division is due"
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The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-08

Barney Oldfeld, in his famous
2OO-horsepower Blitzen-Benz car,
smashed two worlds records for
a one-mile circular track at
Brighton Beach, N. Y, Monday.
In the first of the one-mile speed
trials Oldfeld tore around the
track in so rs seconds. clipping
rs of a second from the record
made by Ralph de Palma at St.
Paul, and later he covered a mile
in 40 As, lettering his mark set
earlier in the day by 3-5 of a
second.
Through the energy and co.
operation of the postoffice EN-.
ployes throughout the country,
a saving of $11, 900, 900 became
possible in the Postoffice Depart.
ment this year. according to {
statement made by P. V. d.
Graw, fourth Assistant Post
master General, in an address be-
fore the United Association o;
Postofice Clerks, which began
it's eleventh annual convention
in Saratoga, N. Y, Monday.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-08
The Wrong Resolution.
Charlotte Chronicle.

Charlotte Chronicle
The Chronicle has no quarrel
with that element of the farm
ers' meeting inRaleigh last week
that prevailed in the passage Of
a resolution, which, by implica-
ton. charges the newspapers of
the State with neglecting the in
terests of the farmers. We
would have rather expected a
resolution asking some of the
more Jealous newspapers to quit
givinglthe farmers sclmucha dvice.
Our judgment is that the sin of
papers of North Carolina, daily,
semi-weekly and weekly, is rath-
er one of commission than omis-
sion. Speaking forTheChronicle,
it would rather hop onto a farm
ers' bulletin from either theState
or national agricultural depart
ment than it would a campaign
document and if the farmers have
followed it's advice about the use
of postal card requests to secure
a fine agricultural library free
they have done we'll. The RICH
sort of a resolution to have beer
passed would have been one call
ing upon the farmers to read thei
papers more carefully and to Civ
thought to the various sugges
tons they may come across.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-08
MCDONALD NOTES.
A Successful Meeting MIR. Sior
Afford Gets His Bride in
Charlotte-Personai.
Correspondence of The Robesonian,

Correspondence OF Inc ROD3SOnI3u.
Mcdonald, Sept. 6-Miss Man.
ME Thompson, who has been the
guest of Miss Edith Mclean the
past few days, left this mornin e
for her home at Back Swamp.
She was accompanied by Miss
Catharine Mclean. Mr.. Haddon
Mclean returned last week from
Massey's Business College, Rich
mond, Va, where he had just
completed a stenographic course.
He has accepted position with
the Iona Supply Co. Mr.. Albert
McCormac andMiss MabelTowns-
end left this morning for Row.
land, where they will attend
school this year.
Rev. D. P. 2ridgers, assisted
by his brother-in-law, Mr.. Rog-
ers, conducted a most successful
meeting at Raynham Baptist
church last week, which resulted
in ten accessions to the church.
They were baptized at Pleasant
Hope church Sunday afternoon.
| Mr.. Dan McCormac visited
friends at Back Swamp Sunday
afternoon.
Mr.. F. NJ. Davis has resigned
his position as salesman in the
store of Mr., J. H. Britt and will
engage in cotton buying this
, fall. He is succeeded by Mr.. C
j. Ham.
Mr.. Spurgeon Mclean is il
, Lumberton today on business.
! Mr.. Sion Afford, our enter
prislng young carpenter, left las
6 Wednesday for Charlotte, wher'
on Thursday he was to be unite(
in marriage to Miss Carrel Hill
,, Of that city. They were to spen'
!. a few days at the home of tn
" groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs
D. j. Afford, of Carolina, S. C.
. and are expected here some tim
: this week. They have our bes
> wishes for long and happy MAI
:, ried life.
7 Miss Bessie Mclean has bee
i quite sick for the past few days
o but is much improved at presen
. we are glad to report.
t. Mr.. and Mrs. P. H. Adams, {
A. Purvis, visited relatives here SUI
t. day. Miss Campbell, Of Abe
t. deem, passed through here Sa
at urday night on her way to lon
> where she will have charge {
l., the school this ear.-Mr. Doul
r. las Driggers, of Fayetteville, W;
e. the guest of friends here yeste
" day. Mr.. Haddon Mclean visi
re ed friends at Elrod Sunday. M
&c Lawrence Parker, of Lumberto
" spent Sunday here with his pa
e, ents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Parke
Rufus. !"
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-08

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druggists.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-08
NEGROES IN FEDERAL
EMPLOY.
More on the Payroll Now Than
Ever Before In the Country's
History-Some of Them Hold
ing High-Salaried Positions.

ing High-Salaried Positions.
Washington Special. 4th, to Charlotte Observer
A wonderful array Of facts
concerning the employment of
negroes in the government service
is presented in the Republican
campaign textbook, which has
Just been made public and
distributed throughout the
country.
On August l, 1910, there were
more Afro-Americans in the
service of the United States gov
eminent than ever before in the
history of the country. Among
those named in the list as holding
high Federal positions are William
7 Vernon of Kansas, register of
the Treasury; H. L. Johnson Of
Georgia, recorder of deeds for
the district of Columbia; Ralph
Tyler of Ohio, auditor for the
Navy Department: Henry A.
Rucker, collector of internal
revenue, Atlanta, Ga; Whitfield
Mckinley, collector, Washington,
D. c.; Joseph E. Lee, collector,
jacksonville, Fla, and others
scattered throughout the South.
In the diplomatic and consular
service there are eleven negroes
whose salaries run all the way
up to $40, 900 year each. The
army shows eleven coloret
officers, while the government
printing office, the patent office
and the Postoffice Department
show large numbers of colorec
men.
Out of a total of IA, 1877 negroes
in the government service, draw
ing an aggregate Of So, 255, 761
many of them are located il
Washington, divided as follows
State Department 26, Treasur.
703, War rs, Postoffice 1872, In
terror 421, Justice "a, Agricultur
129. Commerce and Labor III
Government Printing Office ST
4uIClOldIC OOllllllCL &c SOlllIIllSSlO
81, United States Capitol 49,
Washington city postotfice POI
District of Columbia, includin
unskllled labor, 1884.
In the campaign book it is sta
ed that there are q negroes en-
ployed in the Houston, lex. pos
office, drawing salaries amour
ing to $4,000 annually; 43
Jacksonville, Fla. drawing $35
900; 80 at Montgomery. Ala
drawing S27, 900; Is in the inte1
nal revenue service at Loulsvill
KY, Mobile, Ala. ,postoffice ora>
ing $42, 900. More negroes al
probably in theChicago postoffi'
than anywhere else, SIP now ha
ing their names on the rolls ther
drawing annually $500, 900.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1910-09-08
VIII Keep to the Front.

Raleigh News & Observer.
Those God Blessed Macs
will keep to the front. Elk SEN
ator E. F. MacRae, of Maxton,
had the first bale of cotton. 1t
weighed 468 pounds and brought
l6 Sd cents per pound.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
BIG DAM SLOWLY BURNING
lowfands Of Mississippi Below Brain
srd, MInn., Are lmpsriIed by
Firs-Psopis Desert Homes.

Duluth. Minn.. April 25.-The low.
lands on the upper Mississippi river
for hfty miles below Brainerd. Minn..
are imperiled. The big Weyerhauser
dam. holding back immense head
water in the height Of the manufac.
turing season, is slowly burning. Its
center piers were afire when the last
word was received from there.
The city water plant was destroyed
by fire Of unknown origin. The city
is dark. water service paralyzed and
the citizens reported panic-stricken.
Residents of the lower quarter have
deserted their homes. couriers report,
and women and children line flame-lit
banks. while the men fight the fire
hopelessly with buckets.
The Northwest Paper company's
pulp plant was catching afire when
the last mounted courier left Brainerd
downstream to warn settlers to dee
to the surrounding hills.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
Colorado At the Land Show.

Denver.-Colorado. under the direc-
ton of the state board OF immigration,
is making preparations to have the
largest display OF land resources OF
any state in the Union at the second
great Land and Irrigation exposition.
to be held In Chicago tor sixteen days
in the early part Of November under
the management Of the Chicago Trib-
une. Robert T. Cross. secretary OF the
Exposition company, is now in Denver
for the purpose OF closing contracts
and allottins floor space. After . con.
ference with Alfred Patek, the
state commissioner OF immigration.
who has established his offices at the
capitol. Mr.. Cross announced that Col
orado will be represented by twenty
one booths. One OF the most desirable
exhibit spaces In the Coliseum. where
the exposition will be held. has been
given to this state. and 1t will be di-
vided among the various organizations
which have contracted for space.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
News Summary of the Past Week

Fire destroyed $530,000 worth of the
Anheuser-Busch brewery at st. Louis
Wednesday morning.
Recent increases in wages on fif-
teen eastern railroads will beneft EN-.
ployes $44,700. 900 per year.
Forty thousand miners in the soft
coal district around Pittsburg will 20
to work as q result of settlement Of
the controversy there.
G. B. Reeve. former vice president
and general manager OF the Grand
Trunk railroad. died at his home at La
Mirada, Calif.. Sunday night.
The recent frost has given the
South its greatest setback since the
war. Millions of acres of young cotton
are reported to have been destroyed.
John Quincy Adams Ward, one Of
Americas greatest sculptors. died
Sunday in New York in his eightieth
year. He had been i'll for three months.
The parents of Lorraine Clark. who
Is in a sanitarium as a result of haz.
ing. are having the Bridgeport. Conn,
high school Investigated.
Roger Feury. a new and irate fa.
ther-in-law. bent on breaking up the
plans Of his eloping daughter after he
had raced against time from Omaha
to Chicago to catch the pair, was kid.
naped by his new and athletic son-in.
law, Chester ]. Nolan, in the heart OF
Chicago Friday. thrown into = cab and
mysteriously spirited away.
William r. Hearst on SATURDAY. be-
gan a lible suit against the New York
Times for 100000 for reporting May.
or Gaynor's speech at the Associated
Press dinner IN which the mayors
mention OF Mr.. Hearst was not compli.
mentary.
Investigation of a bribery scandal
involving the Chicago & Western In.
diana railroad, the Illinois legislature
as composed two years ago. the city
council Of Chicago, and sums of mon.
ey which may run anywhere between
100000 and treble that amount, was
ordered Friday at Chicago by States
Attorney Wayman.
Although the end OF the tail Of Hal.
ley's comet may brush the earth about
May Is or 20, Professor o. C. Wendell
Of the Harvard observatory says that
he does not look for any interference
with the electric wire or wireless com.
munication.
Three little girls on their way home
C.s.
overtaken by q 500 passenger train
on a bridge over the Fond du Lac riv,
er near Fond du Lac. Wis. Two
jumped thirty feet into the river and
were drowned. The third was struck
by the engine and fatally injured.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
0Ia PNILAMrHAoPY
val - Reeksesisee Tevar
6atieN.

Ithaea.-JoAn d. Roekefeller's PHI
lanthropic scheme. which the Rocks'
'eller foundation bill. nov pending IN
congress. proposes 70 Incorporate vas
commended BY PrssiAsnt Jacob G.
Schurman in an address before the Cor.
oell congress Friday night. In sun
miag up a. exhaustive diseussioa oe
the measure. President 6churna1
said:
Il recognise that sectioa No. ; Il the
bin. which AsAnes the object oe tAs
Rockefeller foundation. authorizes and
empowers that foundation to Do any.
thing and everything which may pro
mote and advance human civilization.
that b 70 say. morals and rsligioa. at
And science. Danssss and social inter
course. and all that concerns the 20
litical. economic. and material well
being Of individuals and communities.
This 10 vast Geld for the exercise of
philanthropy.
But Mr.. Rockefeller has conceived
. vast scheme OF philanthropy. for the
benefit Of his fellow citizens and mar
kind. His character. ability and o..
ganising skill are adequate guarantees
that he will carry out his scheme
wisely and successfully, with incaL
culable benent and blessing to man
kind. It IL in the interest Of the M.
ton that he be given . free hand in
the exercise OF his colossal bench.
cence. 30 long ~ he 10 active or his
influence remains It would be wise
and safe to give the foundation the
sort Of organization he desires. Meth
er now nor hereafter does it seem nee
essary to limit the scope Of his bened-
cence. which 10 coextensive with the
efforts Of mankind to attain . higher
civilization.
"The only change I would desire to
see In the proposed bill ID the total or
partial elimination Of the method Of
selecting trustees by cooperation. The
organization might well be left close
corporation, II Mr.. Rockefeller 10 do
sires, for . generation. But after that
time am confident that 1t would inurs
both to the efficiency of the foundation
and to the public welfare-to say moth.
ing Of the satisfaction of the sentiment
Of democracy-ift the majority Of the
trustees were appointed BY the presi.
dent Of the United States. with the
advice and consent Of the senate, or
selected by some other high abiding.
governmental agencies that may fairly
be regarded a. representing the peo-
pie Of the United States, whose well
fare Is the primary object Of the i'm.
mense and glorious benefaction."
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05

HoltvolA viii have . nswspaper.
U. p. graders are nearing Fort Col
lins.
GiIerest has orga.izsd . commercial
club.
The Blanca News reports . side
valk eDide0ic"
II 10 reported that Ia lara will have
another DeWspaSer.
Brighton viii lay several blocks Of
cement walks this year.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
SPORT.

Denver won four straight from Oma-
ha last week.
Jack Hathaway. once famous horse
man committed suicide in Brooklyn.
Pitcher Mitchell has been sold by
the Denver team to Houston. Tex,
and will leave at once for that city.
Peanuts Sinclair of Salt Lake and
Young Erlenborn Of Denver fought
twenty rounds to draw At Salt Lake
Thursday night.
A special from Louisville, KY. says
the Jockey club Of Juarez will not on
ly double the stakes for the meet this
fall, but has ordered the expenditure
Of $150.0o0 for club house. cottages
and additional stables At Its track In
Juarex.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
WEsTERN.

Denver will make race for the Re-
publican national political convention
in 1912.
Governor William r. stubbs Of Kan
sas has gone to Denver to take up the
campaign for q dry" town.
The interests OF forty.seven rail
roads west of Chicago and Of their
enginemen and firemen now hinge upon
the selection Of q third party.
Shipments Of bullion from the assay
offices at Boise and Salt Lake City
will hereafter be made to the Denver
mint instead of going to Philadelphia
as heretofore.
One man fatally shot, another fatal
ly stabbed, and at least score wound
ed by gunshots and knife wounds, was
the feature of great Mexican ball
at Ell Paso. Tex, at 3 O'Clock Sunday
morning.
One passenger was killed, two fatal
ly injured and fifteen others hurt Sun
day night by collision OF passen-
ger car and q loaded coal car on the
same road at Rainier Beach on Lake
Washington, seven miles from the CEN
ter of Seattle.
Miss Louise Herdman, aged twenty
four. and e E. Saunders. young man
Of the same age, were drowned In
Green lake near Seattle Sunday after
noon when q canoe in which they were
riding was turned over by the swell
from passing launch.
AS the result of q mutiny at the
Colorado state penitentiary at Canon
City, Colo, Monday night, Andrew
johnson and Harry Brophy. convicts.
are dead, and two others badly wound
ed, one perhaps fatally. 1t had been
planned to blow up the prison with
dynamite when the conspiracy was
discovered.
That the sugar Investigation insti-
tuted by the government in the East
some time ago is about to be taken up
in San Francisco was indicated Mon
day when representatives of four of
the biggest sugar concerns in this city
and Honolulu were summoned to ap-
pear before the federal grand jury in
session there.
Friday morning, after being out for
fifteen hours. the jury brought in a
verdict Of guilty against James F. Ed
wards. alias Morgan, and John H. Will
son. for holding up the cashier and
bookkeeper and robbing the Citizens
National bank at Glenwood Springs.
Colo. Of over 100000 September 29th
last.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05

Danny Maher. the American Jockey,
received = retainer Of $4,000 from
Lord Rosebery to ride his colt Neil
Cow. in the Derby.
Zbyscko. the Polish wrestler. won
from Mort Henderson. known a. the
Northwest champion, in two straight
falls in New York.
Sam Berger. Jeffries' manager, left
Ben Lomond Sunday night for San
Francisco. to be present At the posting
Of the 100000 additional purse money.
for the big fight. The money will be
deposited with San Francisco bank
and later will be sent to Stakeholue:
Tim Sullivan OF New York.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
HOT WAVE IN NEWFOUNDLAND
Temperature Reaches s5 Degrees In
Shade Where Freezing Weather
Usually Prevails This Time.

st Johns. N. Record break.
Ing temperatures have accompanied
hot wave that has been ex-
perienced on the west coast Of New.
foundland for the last few days.
At points where the usual tempera-
ture at this season of the year would
be below freezing the Thermometers
have registered a. high as IS degrees
In the shade.
These figures are unprecedented in
the history Of the colony.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
SHIPS COLLIDE, ONE SINKS
Two sehoonsrs Crash In the Might
on Fortune Bay, N. F., and One
Foundsrs-crew Saved.

North Sydney, N. s.-A col.
usion in the night on Fortune Bay.
u. F., Of two Newfoundland schoon.
ers. the Edna Carter and the Victoria,
by which the former vessel was sunk,
was reported. For two hours the two
vessels hung together with their rig.
ging entangled, and it was feared both
would founder. After they were cut
apart, the Edna Carter went down.
Its crew escaped to the Victoria.
The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1910-05-05
WARRINGTON.

The contract for the Denver postof.
flee was awarded to the Heddon COM
pany Of New York, who will use Col
orado marble.
Gen. Nelson A. Miles was severely
injured Wednesday by being thro(
from his horse. Two ribs were brokaM
and other injuries sustained.
Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn. re-
tired. who was chief constructor Of the
navy. died Sunday night after q long
illness. He was seventy-one years old.
The Senate committee on judiciary
will conduct thorough examination
into the third degree methods Of OK
torting confessions from persons
charged with crime.
Gov. Charles E. Hughes Of New
York has advised President Taft that
he would accept the supreme Justice
ship to succeed the late Justice Brew
er. and the President has sent his
nomination to the Senate.
The House has passed the bill to
pay overtime claims OF letter carriers
previously passed by the Senate. The
claims of Colorado beneficiaries AZ
gregate 1898.
A letter sent to the American con-
sui at Managua, Nicaragua, and for
warded by him to Washington. recit.
ing numerous atrocities and barbara
ties occurring in that republic.
The Senate public lands committee
wednesday reported favorably the
bill which has passed the House. pro-
vidins for the survey of lands within
railroad land grants, so they may be
subject to taxation.
What the President will do with the
rivers ana harbors bill is agitating
many members Of the Senate and
House. The measure is now in Sap-
ference. but no headway has I, n
made in disposing of the differences
between the two branches. Tha>de-
lay 10 said to be caused BY the n Nor
that the President will veto the bin.