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The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1910-09-21

Forget it,
Thirteen cents the pound for cotton.
Exit Assistant Adjutant General
Brock-offcially. He resigned Tues
day.
There's going to be some new
colonels, possibly one or two in Lau-
rens?
With the free mail delivery install
ed, Laurens will have all the symp-
toms of city.
Elections go on forever Laurens
county has two more primaries before
peace is declared
Stores to close at six i'm Charleston
Sound proof to the clerk that Charles
ton really is the Garden OF Eden.
The special election for auditor
promises to be a lively one for the
candidates are rigging up full sail for
the race.
Lots OF children are glad that the
circus is coming. -Greemvine Pied
mont And lots OF old folks in the
Same Bv
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
END CAME SUDDENLY
Miss Bessie Wells, Former
Well Known Teacher, Died
Friday at Sanitarium
WAS ACTIVE IN CITY SCHOOLS

Miss Bessie E. Wells, for many
years a teacher in the Kenosha High
School and widely known in the city,
died at the Pennoyer Sanitarium on
Friday afternoon as d result of creep
ing paralysis. Miss Wells had been
taken to the sanitarium about three
weeks ago and while it was known
that she was very i'll the announce
,ment of her death came as a great
shock to her friends. The end came
very suddenly. On Friday morning
Miss Wells had been feeling better
than at any time since she went to
the sanitarium. She had chatted
with her friends at the institution and
had declared that she was so far i'm
proved that she was hopeful of re-
turning to her home in the near fut-
ure. She ate her dinner and just af-
ter dinner she had a second attack
Of paralysis which resulted in her
death The announcement of Miss
Wells death caused great sorrow
among the large number of people who
had known her for many years.
Miss Bessie Wells was daughter
Of the late David and Mary Wells.
She was born in Canada little over
fifty years ago. She was educated in
the south, but, came to Kenosha with
her mother more than twenty years
ago and since that time she had resid-
ed in Kenosha. In 1887 she was en-
ployed as a. teacher of English Iitera-
ture and German in the Kenosha High
School and she held this position until
1899 when failing health forced her
to give up work as teacher. While
in the public schools of the city Miss
Wells was leader in the work of the
schools. She was a great favorite
among the students and many of the
best known graduates of the Kenosha
High School in recent years were
among the students who studied under
her. After leaving her school work
Miss Wells built home at the corner
of Exchange and Deming street where
she resided until her death. Miss
Wells was well known among the club
women of the city.
She is survived by her mother now
more than 90 years of age and in very
feeble health. The aged mother has
not as yet been told of the death of
her daughter as it is feared that the
shock, attending this great sorrow
might result in her death
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
GET BOOST IN RATE
Charges for Coal Transports
ton Slightly Higher Than
in Former Season
SHIPMENTS TO BREAK RECORD

Season carrying charges on coal to
the leading Lake Michigan ports have
been fixed at an advance of 5 cents
over last season. A big shipper came
into the market Saturday and made
some contracts and during the next
few DAYS the same firm will line up
capacity to move between 100000
and 100000 tons.
The charters were made at So cents
to the fast docks at the big Lake
Michigan ports, and it is expected that
that will mean 10 cents to the slow
docks at Milwaukee, which means
about 10 to Kenosha During the sea-
son of 1909 contracts were made for
Escanaba, Green Bay, Manitowoc and
Sheboygan at 30 cents, and some coal
for the big docks at Milwaukee was
carried at the same figure.
Now that a start has been made. it
is thought that the other shippers will
get busy and chartering in the coal
trade will be active. Vesselmen were
hopeful of getting a straight rate of
40 cents to Milwaukee. 1t is claimed
that small boats cannot take coal to
the slow docks at that port at a lower
figure.
The rate to the head Of Lake SUPERB
or was fixed some time ago at 80 cents,
and considerable tonnage has been
tied up at that figure. All the vessels
that loaded coal during the winter
were placed at the going rate and the
contracts made Saturday fixes the car
rying charges for the boats that will
60 to Lake Michigan. The storage
rate at Ohio ports was 10 cents a ton.
The outlook in the coal carrying
trade is very good, and the shipments
for 1910 will be the largest on record.
Stocks will be low at the upper lake
ports when the season opens. One of
the largest shippers in the northwest
who was in the market this week said
that the docks would be pretty well
cleared up by May l. Very little coal
will be carried over, he said, and the
movement will be heavy.
Vessels are holding about 100000
tons of coal at Lake Erie ports. A
number of the coal carriers will sail
next week, but some of the coal that
is afoat will not be delivered until
May. Wild vessels will as a rule, be
held in port until the latter part of
the month.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
Racine and Kenosha County
Game Wardens Raid Ille-
gal Fishers at Pike Creek
MEN WERE ALL FROM RACINE
(From MONDAYS Daily


Michael F. Kleist, deputy game
warden for Kenosha county and Cap
tain John Pugh who holds the same
Office in Racine made raid on band
of fishermen along Pike Creek at the
north line Of Kenosha ~cOunty at mid
night Saturday night and as a result
six men appeared before Judge Ran
dali in the municipal court this morn
ing and pleaded equity" to violating
the game laws of the state and every
one of them paid fine of $25 and
the costs of the action. The county
and state were enriched to the amount
of nearly 5000 as result of the raid
The men gave their names as Fred
Schroeder, John Schuster, Otto Pofahl,
Edward Helm, Peter Mandernach and
Fred Mandernach. All of them were
from Racine county and four are said
to be prominent men in Racine. The
first four pleaded guilty to spearing
fish while the others were charged with
operating a dip net A big bunch of
suckers and dip net We're brought in
to court as evidence against the men,
1t was an exciting time for the game
wardens. For several weeks local
fishermen in both Racine and Kenosha
had been making complaints that the
game laws were being violated by men
fishing in Pike Creek. It was declar
ed that night after night the banks
Of the creek were lit up with automo
bile lanterns and that these fishermen
were taking fish by the hundreds in
dip nets and by spearing them.
Saturday afternoon the two wardens
held a conference and decided to watch
the creek Saturday night Deputies
were sworn in and just before mid
night the party went out. Schroeder
who is prominent contractor in Ra-
cine, was one of the first men to be
sighted by the official party and the
wardens began to surround the fisher
men. Making their way over a field
Kleist, the Kenosha warden, fell into
an old we'll and was badly injured,
but he refused to give up the chase
and just after midnight the arrests
were made. The party taken into
custody consisted of eleven men and
they were brought into Kenosha and
booked and put up their bonds for their
appearance in court this morning. At
ter the arrests had been made the list
was pruned down and five of the men
released as it was shown that they had
been spectators and had not been actu-
ally connected with the fishing opera
tions. The men all came to Kenosha
this morning and none of them offered
any defense to the charges.
| It is declared by the wardens thai
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
BOOKS ON DOMESTIC ECONOMY

in order TO become goOQ COOK, neat
housekeeper and ideal manager of q
home, every woman should read some
of the following books on domestic
economy.
Abel-Practical Sanitary and Ecno-
mic Cooking.
Barrows-Principle of Cookery.
Observation-Disclosures and Health
keeper.
Burrell-Gala-day Luncheons.
Bradley-Book of Fruit Bottling.
tterworth-Manual of Household
Work and Management.
Campbell-Easiest Way in House
keeping and Cooking.
Campbell-Household Economics.
Curtis-Left-overs Made Palatable.
Dodd-Chemistry of the Household.
Elliott-Household Hygiene.
Fuller-Upto-date Sandwich Book. i.
Herrick-Liberal Living Upon Mar
row Means.
Hill-Up-tod Waitress.
Holt-From Attic to Cellar.
James-Housekeeping for Two.
Reed-Every Day Luncheons.
Ree-One Thousand Salads.
misunderstanding of Cooking and
Cleaning.
Richards-Cost of Living as Modi-
fed by Sanitary Science.
Rorer-Vegetable Cookery and Meat
Substitutes.
Salmon-Progress in the Household
Sherwood-Art of Entertaining.
Terrill-Household Management.
Wilson-Household of omestic
Science.
Wright-Old Time Recipes 70 7
Homemade Wines.
Mechanics Will be interested to know
that the following new books have
been added to G.. NJ. Simmons Libary.
Anderson-Boiler Feed Water.
Bacon-Forging; a Manual of prac-
teal Instruction
Collins = Shafting Pulleys, Betting
and Rope Transmission.
Collins-Steam Turbines.
Gibson-How Telegraphs and Tele-
phones Work.
Hadley-RaiIway Working and APP
planes.
Hancock = Applied Mechanics for
Engineers.
Laughter-operators Wireless, Tele-
graph and Telephone Handbook.
Raikes-Design, Construction and
Maintenance of Sewage Disposal
Works.
Roper-Engineer's Handy Book. :
Tate-Foundry Practice.
Williams-Wonders of Mechanical
Ingenuity.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
PLEASES BIC CROWD
Union Depot" Given on
Last Thursday Evening
Proves Great Success
SETS NEW AMATEUR RECORD

The local talent entertainment
" Union Depot" given last evening at
the Rhode Opera House for the bene-
fit of the Y. M. G. a., was one of the
finest, most interesting entertainments
ever given in Kenosha, and proved a
marked success in every particular.
The plot of the play is very simple,
nothing but Union Depot scene with
the rush, hustle, noise and excitement
of real depot. With depot mas
ter, who acted his part as though he had
spent several years in actual service;
ticket agent, lunch counter woman,
scrub woman, newsboys and passengers
from all parts of the earth, made an
excellent setting for many funny
scenes and situations. The cast was
too large to mention individually, but
many played their parts like profes-
SIGNALS and all truly deserve personal
mention No entertainment is com
plete without its good lively up-to-date
music and last night s play produced
an excellent musical program, one of
the greatest attractions was the
"Stingy Kid chorus by about 200
little girls and ''one" stingy kid.
Little Marie Swift as soloist led the
chorus very gracefully. The choruses
were beautiful for they excelled any
ever seen in the city in an amateur
performance.
Miss Williams in her speciality was
greatly enjoyed and applauded as were
all the soloists. Mr.. Morgan, Mr.
Tower, Miss Lampe, Miss English, Mr..
Thompson and Miss Lewis all did them
selves great credit.
The closing See Saw chorus was
most effective with the colored light
effect on the beautifully decorated saw
horses on which the young ladies were
lettering.
Miss Sparkling, the instructor, GER
tainlv showed skill and talent in her
management and drilling of the entire
play and chora =.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
LANGAN GETS HOTEL
President of the Wisconsin
Liquor Dealers Assn, Goes
Into Hotel Business
GETS NEW PARK STREET HOUSE

John F. Langan, president of the
Wisconsin Liquor Dealers Association
is to be "Mine Host Langan" after
the first of next May as it was an
nounced this morning that Mr.. Langan
had secured the lease Of the new
Fortune Brothers Hotel on Park street
and will open it at the beginning OF the
new month. Mr.. Langan Is now sup
erintending the finishing of the hotel
and it will be one Of the most up-to
date places in the city. The hotel
when opened will have twenty rooms
together with all the appointments of
a high grade hotel. When the work
of the erection of the hotel was start
ed it was planned to make it board
ing house for workingmen, but this
plan will be in measure changed.
Mr.. Langan will seek regular boarders
but he will also seek to have the hotel
suited for the high grade transient
trade. The twenty rooms in the
house will be furnished with new
furniture which is now being made to
order for the place and it win be one
of the best furnished hotels in Keno
sha. The dining room will he one of
the prettiest dining rooms connected
with any Kenosha hostelry.
Plans are already being made for an
enlargement of the hotel and with the
signing of the lease Mr.. Langan has
the promise that if the business war
rants it another story will be added
to the hotel before the end of the
present year.
The equipment of the hotel is to be
modern in every way and it is the in
tention of the proprietor to make it
place which viii appeal to the high
est grade of the hotel grade The
work on the interior of the hotel is
now being rushed with all possible
speed and it is declared that it will
be ready for opening by the first week
in May. Mr.. Langan will dispose of
his Main street saloon before taking
over the hotel.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
Con" McKune Asks the State
Board of Control to Release
Him From Prison
SHOT EMPLOYEE OF FATHER

Cornelius McKune, formerly of Ke-
nosha, who on September l6, 1905, was
found guilty of assault with intent to
commit murder on Miss Dorothy Mel
son, in Racine, and sentenced to serve
y years in the state prison at Waupun,
has made application to the state board
of control for parole, after having
served nearly five years of his time.
The matter will be taken up by the
board which will meet at Waupun on
April 10Th, and Judge Smieding of Ra-
cine, has been notified, and asked to
state any reason why McKune should or
should not be paroled. Miss Nelson,
the young lady whom he attempted to
kill, has since been married and it
lis highly probable that the parole
will be granted, as McKune has been
Ia model prisoner;
On the evening the assault was COM
mitted, August 10, 1905, Miss Nelson,
who was employed by McKune s faith
err, left work. going homeward along
the st. Paul right of way. She was
accosted by MeKune shortly after 8
clock, while near Tenth street. Me
Kune had been drinking heavily, and
he pulled out So calibre revolver and
fred two shots into her body, laboring
under the impression that the young
lady had wronged him.
McKune then attempted to commit
suicide, but was unsuccessful. He
fred two shots into his own body, in
aicting dangerous wounds from which
he eventually recovered.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
PIONEER WOMAN DEAD

Mrs. Margaret Garrett, aged So
wears. wife of Thomas Garrett and a
resident of Kenosha for many years,
died at her home on Congress street
on Sunday evening after a long i'll
ness. Death was due to a natural
breaking down due to advanced age
and Mrs. Garrett had been in feeble
health for many months. The deceas-
ed was native Of Ireland, but she
came to Kenosha when a young wom-
en-. Mrs. J. G. McHugh was an adopt.
ed daughter. The husband is the sole
surviving member of the family.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
ALL BIDS REJECTED
Bids for the Repair of Kenosha County
Jail Far Above the Estimate
{ From Monday s Daily

(From Mondays Daily
County Agent Russell H. Jones open
ed bids this afternoon for the contract
for repairing the Kenosha county Jail,
but all bids were rejected on account
Of the fact that the amounts named
we're far above the estimate of the cost
Of the repairs as set by the county
board The lowest bid received de
manded an expenditure of 1885 and
the estimate was a thousand dollars.
In TACT the board set $1,000 as the
limit Of the amount Of money to be
expended on the repairs. 1t is not
known what will be done. The plans
tor the repairs have been pruned con
aderaby already and there is some
doubt as to whether or not the state
board of control will stand for any
further changes in the plans On the
other hand it would be necessary to
call1a special meeting of the county
board in order to secure any more
funds for this purpose.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

fishing at night is contrary to the law
and that it is a double violation when
the men fish with spears and dip nets.
1t is understood that a close watch
will be kept on the creek and that
every man violating the law in this
regard will be arrested.
The gang arrested on Saturday night
was the largest ever taken into custo-
dy by the wardens in single raid in
Kenosha county.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

Maurice Funck, who recently sold
his residence to DR.. Thompson, has
purchased the lot 54xl70 at the corner
Of Milwaukee avenue and North street
in the Howe subdivision from E. R.
Head and will begin the erection Of a
new home at once. Joseph Funck, his
son, has purchased the lot adjoining
and will also build the coming sum
mer.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
70 Be OPENED NEXT monday
New Building Will Have Twelve
Rooms Filled and viii Furnish Ac-
commodations for 500 Pupils Now in
Other Schools Of the City.


Eleven Of the members Of the Ke
posha Board Of Education paid an
official visit to the Columbus school
bn Sunday afternoon and it is stated
hat the, members of the board are
highly pleased with the new building.
There is still little work to be done
1t the building, but the work Of set
ting the desks and making the final
cleaning up will be started on Wednes-
lay and it is certain that the build
ng will nc ready for opening a week
from today when the annual spring
Facation for the school boys and girls
ZONES to an end. The painters will
complete their work by Tuesday night
Ind with this completed the work of
putting in the furnishings will be
started
All of the twelve rooms in the build
ing will be used and the day it is
opened will mean change in the
school home of 600 of the children of
ahe city. The new building viii take
sare OF every grade from the kinder
garden to the eighth grade Miss
Marie Heating will be principal of the
school and she will not do any teach
ing work, but give her entire time to
he supervision Of the work of the
other teachers in the building.
The opening of the school will make
possible the closing of all of the base
nent rooms, it will make it possible
For three rooms in the Central build
ing now used for grade rooms to be
used for higher education and it will
take away the last room in which the
children have been dividing time
Three rooms will be moved intact
from the Central building, but at that
The greater number of the pupils will
be transferred from the Durkee to the
Columbus and the proportion going
from the Frank and Deming to the
bew school will be decidedly small
No children will be changed from the
north side buildings to the new school.
1t is thought that the opening of the
1ew buildings will materially improve
conditions and that when it is opened
40 child will be forced to walk more
Than three quarters of a mile to school
Rooms in other buildings have been
terribly crowded during the past
months and it is thought that this will
all be done away with and that with
5he change of the pupils it will be
possible to reduce the number of child
rem in a room so that no teacher will
have more than fifty to take care of.
In some of the rooms as high as sixty
children have been under one teacher
and it has been held as almost impos-
sible for the children to get proper
training under such circumstances.
With the exception of one room
teachers have been assigned for the
new building and the teaching force is
n unusually strong one. 1t includes:
PrincipaI-Miss Marie Heating.
Eighth Grade--Mrs. Williams
Seventh Gradc-Miss Sutton.
Sixth Grado-NIiss Gebhardt.
Fifth Grade g rooms)-Miss Martin
and Miss Stanley.
Fourth Grade-NIiss Toner.
Third Grade-Miss Langan.
Second Grade-Miss Spartz.
First Grade-Miss Haddican
First and Second Grade-Substitut
10 be named later.
Primary Depart.-Miss Jacob
Kindergarten Depart-Miss Allbee.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

The funeral of the late Miss Bessie
Wells was held from the late residence
of the deceased on Exchange street on
Sunday afternoon. Interment was at
the family plat at the kenosha City
cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

Former City Clerk Frank Mathews
slipped and fell at his home on Elk
change street on Sunday night and
suffered the fracture of two of his ribs.
He viii probably be laid up for some
time as a result of the fall.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

Mrs. W. P. Hewitt was among the
passengers sailing on the Steamship
Princess Irene Of the North German
Lloyd line on Saturday, April 8, 1910.
from New York for Naples and Genoa
via Gibraltar.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14

The infant child of Mr.. and Mrs.
Chris Neergaard, died at the family
residence on Crate street on Saturday
evening. The funeral was held on
Sunday, the remains being inferred at
The Kenosha City cemetery.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1910-04-14
TWO FUNDS ARE OvERDRANN
Report Bearing the Date Of April
1st Shows That the City Has
Balance in the Bank of More
Than S62,O00.O0s

The city treasurer has filed with the
city clerk his report of the finances
of the city up to and including March
31st and this report shows just how
much money will be on hand with the
starting of the second administration
of Mayor Scholey. The total cash
balance in the First National Bank
is $62, 440. 43 and this should be enough
money to provide for the running ex
penses of the city until the saloon Ii
censes are issued on the first of July
and at that time the funds will be
increased by little over $45, 1000.
None of the funds have large bal
ances. The pauper and streets funds
are overdrawn. With careful manage
ment it is estimated that the city will
have money enough to meet all expen-
ditures until the middle of September
but it is expected that it will be neces-
sary to borrow money at that time to
take care of the demands of the city
until new tax levy is made and col
lected. When the taxes were collect
ed the total amount received by the
treasurer was $262,S78.76. Some of
this money, however, had to be used
to pay the overdrafts of the various
funds.
The amount of money in the differ
ent funds as shown by the report of
the treasurer is as follows:
Contingent -. ".......... .$4, l44.26
Harbor and Breakwater 49,. 4,10S.27
Public Grounds /. ......... 984.23
Fire Department :. . .......-1 ,848.85
Gas and Light ............. 1,2l2.65
Interest on Refunding Bonds. 2,951.75
Improvement Coupon Account 4,773.03
Police Department ..,.... ABBA
Pauper Dept. (overdraft) 49,. 2,187.50
FflnClhg $500 .'...''.'.-.... 43o'2c
Sewer and Paving ......... 6,97151
Streets, Alleys and Bridges,
(overdraft) ......... 1,0S1.06
Hydrant Rental =, ........ $4,000
Columbus School Bond Fund. 100000
City Cemetery Association -. 100000
Public Library Fund ........18,6 61.58
Water Connections ...-. 252.oo
Sewer Stubs Y. ...... 1900
The report shows that at this time
there remains uncollected personal
taxes to the amount Of $1,11476. This
includes the amount of this tax for
three years and the council will I'M
doubtedly make some effort to get
these taxes paid into the treasury For
some time the treasurer has been seek
ing some plan to collect these taxes
and it is probable that they will be
placed in the hands of the police force
with instructions to either collect the
tax or take some of the property of