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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1910-10-07
TAX NOTICE.

HS ldA UOOAS LII ~NS"O AooAA
ty will open for the collection of tax
es for the fiscal year commencing
Jruuary 1, 1910, the 18th day of Oc-
tober, 1910, and will remain open
without penalty until the 31st day Of
December, 1910. Upon all taxes paid
after the 31st day of December, 1910,
and before the 1st day of February,
1911, a penalty Of one per cent. will
be added; upon all taxes paid during
the month Of February, 1911, penal
ty of one per cent. will be added, and
from the 28th of February, 1911, to the
18th day of March, 1911, inclusive, an
additional penalty of five per cent.
will be added.
The following is the levy:
Mills.
For State purposes. :. :. .. :. 81
For ordinary county purposes.... 37a
For special court house.. =. .. Il
For State sinking fund loan. :. n
Fod roads and bridges. .. .. :. /
For constitutional school pur-
4OLdl..
Except in the following localities
where an additional railroad tax has
been levied, viz:
Hills.
Township No. l.. .. .. .. .. .. 2
Township No. g.. 80. -. ..... 3
Township No. g.. %. -. -. .. 2
And except in the following school
districts where a special school tax
has been levied, viz:
Mills.
Township No. 1. -. -. -. -. 6
Prosperity School District No. IA. Az
Little Mountain School District
NO. 5O... lH2
Whitmire School District No. 81. 4
Chappells School District No. 80. 2
Trinity School District No. 45.. 2
Big Creek School District No. 20 2
Pomaria School District No. 26.. 1a
Zion School District No. So. .. 2
Utopia School District No. TO-. :. 2
Excelsior School District No. 35.. 2
A poll tax of one (S100) dollar has
been levied on all male citizens be-
tween the ages of 21 and 80 years, ex-
cept those exempt by law.
A tax of so cents each is levied on
all dogs.
Persons liable to road duty may pay
communication tax of two (S200) dol
lars from the 18th day of October,
1910, to the 18th day of March, 1911.
All tax payers remember that all
property has been listed separately
and please see that you have receipt
for each piece of property so listed.
J. L. Epps,
County Treasurer.
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Pulaski Lodge.
Pulaski Lodge, No. 20, l. o. o. F.,
will meet Friday night, Oct. IA,
in Klettner's' Hall, at 8 o'clock. Let
every member attend.
J. NJ. Davis,
W. G., Peterson, Noble Grand.
Secretary.
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NewDerry Lodges No. Is, Z. of P.
Meets every second and fourth
Tuesday night at o'clock, at Frater-
nifty Hall.
Van Smith,
G. A. Bowman, G. q.
z. Of r. & S.
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Cateechee Council, No. 4, D. of P.
%. E. NJ.
Meets every Tuesday night at 8
o'clock. O. Klettner, Il. &.
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Bergen Tribe, No. "a, I. o. &. ID.
Meets every Thursday night al
Klettner's Hall at s o'clock.
O. K.ettner, c. r.
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10-4-2t-1taW.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-04-16
WILLIAM AND NELLlE'S
EXPERIENCE.

William and Nellie Scott were the
only children Mr.. and Mrs. Scott had
and of course they were petted quite
bit They lived in a beautiful man
sion situated near the bank of a
river.
Within was ten years old and Mel
lie was eight. The two children we're
very fond of each other. One day their
parents went to town and left the
children at home to keep house while
they were gone The children played
awhile and then William seeing his
fathers fishing pole and thinking he
would like to try it, away they skipped
for the river William baited his line
and threw it into the water. He sat
ve. still and waited. He soon became
tired and was about ready to give up,
when something jerked him so hard
he nearly fell into the river. And
what do you think he pulled up-the
largest fish he had ever seen. The
children were very happy and went to
the house to weigh it. 1t weighed II
pounds and the children were very
delighted over the fish. In about an
hour their parents came home and the
children ran to tell them Of the good
luck Their parents kissed them
both and said, You may try again
some day.
Helen Gardner, age, L.,
Box LOG Selma, Iowa.
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Bessie liked stories the best Of any
thing in the world so she said, and be-
lieved that all her little picture books
were true, and oh, how she did wish
she were story book girl herself, and
that such things would happen to her.
Dear little Bessie she used to go out
in the green lanes and hunt for FAIRIES
and listen for talking birds and talk
ing flowers. And one day she thought
she would try one of the stories and
see If it would come true with her. She
chose the story Of Little Red Riding
hood because she had red hood, and
because she knew a poor old woman
who lived alone in an old house. So she
put pat of butter and custard pie
in little basket, tied on her red
hood and started away.
But there were no woods to go
through, and no wolf came along. Bes-
sic called Wolf, wolf many times,
but no wolf came. When she came to
the old house she tried to reach the
bio knocker. But she could not so she
knocked with her little knuckles. A
verv thin low voice said: Lift the
latch and come right In Bessie did,
and there was poor old woman
right in bed, just like the story She
had sprained her ankle and, could not
get up and was very hungry. So Bes-
sic was not only in real story her
self but she also did great deal Of
good.
Lana Yeager,
q ~
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the children would 90 after school and
play on these snow drifts. The trains
would be delayed all day sometimes
and lots Of times the farmers would
have to get out and hunt up their cat
tie that would be running out If the
snow came on suddenly, and there
was many time people would get
lost and II their strength failed they
would freeze to death. The winters
used to be 80 much harder on people
that were not able to live In good
houses and buy good warm clothes.
Our winters now, we hardly get good
sleigh ride, only this winter. and |
think there were sleighs out that had
been stored for years. But then we
are having such nice early spring.
l think good winter, with lots Of
snow. makes better crops, SO heard
my cousin, Perry Dixon, Of Kansas,
say, and now our flowers are all conf
ing up and We have planted some gar
den and in week we will have some
little chickens.
Forest Weber, age 9.
1905 East Main st.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
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THE-.FuN COLUMN.

Itswas past the little girls bedtime
and she was SO sleepy. AS she knelt
Inv the side Of her white cot her curly
head nodded and her dimpled hands
were held together TN an attitude OF
prayer by the last efforts OF droWsy
will ''Noy lay me down to sleep"
said sher mother, softly. 'Now-lay-
me down s'eep," repeated the little
girl II pray the Lord my soul to
keep the mother continued. Pray
Lord soul-kep," murmured the little
girl, eff" said the mother question
inely. for she wanted the little girl
to continue the prayer, but the curly
head rested on the white coverlet and
the little girl was drifting into slum-
hefand. "If," said the mother again,
touching the kneeling tot on the shout
der. e-holl Observation-Disclosures
eenie-meenie miny-mo," sad the
little girl. So her mother picked up
the little girl and kissed her and put
her to bed. and she didn'h know it, be-
cause she was sound asleep.
A little girl came home from school
In great excitement. What is the
matter?' asked her mother. Tommy
scared me- How" "Why he has
been having the mumps and he's got
some left. / wouldn't give him bite
Of my apple and he said he was going
to take mump out of his pocket and
throw it at me-"
Yours truly,
Elva Huffman, age 10,
r. F. D. No. 1,
Chillicothe, Iowa.
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sTo3IEs-LETTERs.
A WEATHER CONTEST,

This has been the most beautiful
March that ever saw.
The flowers are blooming My
brother and went flower hunting and
we got some daisies and violets., This
has been such nice weather. The
grass is growing and the trees are
blooming, The spring birds are here
with the blue birds and robins. This
March is as nice as May. Usually the
March weather is changeable. but this
March was all alike. There was TWEEN
ty-four clear days, four fair days, three
cloudy days in March. A year ago
this March President Taft was inaug-
Grated. 1t was stormy and very dis
agreeable. We thank the Lord that he
has spared our lives up to the present
time. That we have seen such beau
tiful March. There may never be an
other March as nice as this.
Lulu Jones, age II,
II
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am afraid l cannot afford to keep a
canoe that requires to be fed
But Sigana summoned five dark
slaves and gave each slave five. boxes
of dried berries mixed with grease.
There" said be, ''this is the food
the magic canoe feeds on. Take it
on board"
Wien iae five slaves hsd deposited
thu. boxes of grease and berries in
the; cnroe it was loaded down almost
to the waters edge. but Gasta stepped
it went.
When it reached the fishing groun ds
it started to 60 back. but Gasta threw
box Of the berries and grease at the
figurehead. which. to his surprise,
opened its mouth wide and swallowed
it down Then he went to fishing and
caught 2 great quantity Of fish. When
ever the canoe started to go home
Gasta would give it another box of
berries and grease and it would re-
main quiet.
Finally when he had the canoe full
Of fish, he cried Home and off went
the canoe for the beach.
Every day Gasta fished from the
magic canoe and at night he and his
mother worked putting up boxes. OF
grease and berries to feed it with.
Wherever Gasta went in toe Canoe
there was always plenty Of fish and no
matter how big the fish was he could
always get it into the magic canoe.
So he became rich and built for his
IL. E,,~ I1,,
stored it with all sorts of food and
skins.
Then one day Stigma sent for Gasta
and said to him. Now give me back
my canoe. You are now able to buy
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MINNIE's FARM HAS 14s ACRES.

Dear Editor:
live on farm Of 14S acres foul
miles from Richland and three miles
from Rubio. | have been going to
school but it was out last Friday and
We had an exhibition that night and
there was a large crowd present My
papa has sheep and has several lambs
and and we have one pet lamb that
we call baby. I go to church nearly
every Sunday. live mile and one
half from church and quarter Of a
mile from school We had a pie social
at our school house this term and
made $14.
We have a separator and milk four
cows. milk one Of them all OF the
time when am at home, and two OF
them part Of the time.
| have written to the Courier Junior
before and have got three post cards
from it. We have an incubator and
are going to set it this evening am
going to set some hens this year and
try to raise some chickens.
Muriel Fleif, age 10,
Richland Iowa.
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ADA IRENE LIKES JUNIOR.

Dear Editor:
AS have not written for a long time
thought l would write. / go to
Centennial school, District No. 5. Our
teachers name is Tillie Newhart.
like her very much. My seatmate is
Edith Singleton. have received eight
post cards from the Courier Junior. l
think they are pretty and many thanks
for them l have two hundred post
cards altogether.
My father takes the Tri-Weekly
Courier. We receive the Junior page
or Tuesday. like to read the stories
arA letter that the boys and girls
write to the Junior page.
Ada Irena Singleton, age IA,
Box IS, r. F. D. No. 2. Richland, la.
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The Courier Junior
Published by
THE CoURIEE PRINTING co,
OTTUMVvA, IOWA.
MATILDA DEVEREAUx. 8
EDITOR.
JUNIOR FUN COLUMN SPLENDID.

Dear Juniors: Our Fun Column
today is far better than any we have
seen in a Junior paper. 1t is so good
that we have decided to run the con-
test again today: All Juniors may
contribute to the ''Fun Column We
VIII give surprise prize to the one
sending the best joke or conundrum.
These need not be original. All con-
tribut1ons will receive souvenir pos
: tai.
Here are a. few OF the contributions
received for the Fun Column this
week.
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MARCH OF OTHER YEARS.

Dear Editor
We had the loveliest March this
wear Of any ever know. 1t seems as
if spring came in the winter time, 80
much different to the weather Of years
back. My mamma said when she was
Q little girl the bad weather would set
in early and the snow would fall and
stay on the ground all winter, hardly
ever melting off, and snow drifts would
be four and FIVE feet high. and then
when it would become little warmer
1t would melt little and that would
form a hard crust so they could walk
on top Of the snow. and sometimes it
would be as high as the fences and
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Dear JUNIORS:
received my Easter card from the
Courier Junior. have a hen sitting on
geese eggs. She will hatch in two
weeks. / went flower hunting and we
gathered all kinds of flowers which
were sweet williams, spring beauties.
violets, blue bells. boy britches, ferns,
and various others. I have three sis
tiers and two brothers going to school
and five cousins. Our school will be out
in five more weeks.
For pets have a dog and a cat
Ny sisters, names that go to school
are Eva. Avis and Faye. Heron and
my brothers names are Virgle and
Judy Heron. am going to have i
postal card shower on my birthday
which is the 18th of April and hope 70
hear from some Of the Juniors.
Madge Marie Heron,
Age H. LacOna, Iowa.
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found the heron sitting on a rock ana
nearby an old canoe.
1t was very old canoe and the
grass was growing in the seams OF II.
On the bow was fignrehead carved
with mans head and dragon $
body, and that too, looked old ana
worn and weather-beaten.
Much disappointed, Gasta came back
to the old mans house and said: l
have found the canoe. But it is such an
old one am afraid to go to sea in it.
DO not fear" replied Sigana,. Get
in and put off from the land
Again Gasta went to the canoe ana
looked about for paddles. but he could
find none. So once more he returned
to Stigma saying: 81 can find no pad
dies"
"What a particular boy you are,
cried Sigana. "You do not need pad
dies That canoe is made out of the
same sort of cedar bark as your drum
and it goes itself. Get in and COM
mand it saying. Go, Chiefs canoe.
Again Gasta went to the canoe, and,
launching it, stepped in and cried:
GO. Chiefs canoe" And it went. Far
out on the water it went and then 1T
turned and started back for the shore.
mo. no." cried Gasta, ''do not go
home vet. Go on But the canoe would
not obey and went swiftly back to the
beach from which it had started
The next morning Gasta presented
himself ct the house of Stigma and
said: "Oh. Chief | have tried your
canoe but it will not mind me. When
( it gets tired it turns ami goes home :
"Ha. hal laughed Stigma, you
must feed il.
Feed ito" said Gasat. ut is all
can do to f>.s. my mother and myself.
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NEW CONTEST NEXT WEEK.

We will announce another big con-
test next week. In the meantime the
Juniors can write some good letters.
We will give surprise prize at the
end of April to the Junior who writes
the best letter, as well as send sow
enir cards whenever their stories or
letters appear
The Juniors can write on one OF the
following subjects and receive beautl-
full souvenir cards, if they do not care
to write letters:
MABEL AND HER LITTLE SPADE.
A MAY PARTY.
TOMS FIRST BALL GAME.
MY VACATION PLANS.
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MARCH OF OTHER YEARS.

/ will try and write an essay about
March of Other Years. Part of it is
true and part of it is imaginary. The
essay is:
First day-March / to March 81,
1898. | was years old that March.
We lived in Kearney, Neb. don't re-
member it but mamma told me that it
was nice month for March. They
sowed oats, wheat and almost all OF
the small grain. The sun shone and
it was almost like summer days.
Second day-The day was windy
but somewhat warm and the farmers
were blowing the soil for grain.
Third day-Some Of the farmers
were sowing alfalfa. It was not SO
windy as the second day OF March.
Papa went to Kearney that day, March
8. Mamma set out onion sets and
was out of doors with her.
Fourth day-Papa and my uncle cul-
tivated the garden My aunt and two
cousins were at our house that day
and mamma and had good time
with them.
A small talk about March l to
March 81 in the year Of 1898. On the
morning of March II, 1899 my
cousins awoke with great joy for one
of them was Is years old that day. and
they felt sure, of party for her and
they thought they would have good
hoI N iP0
presents for her, too. And they knew
that her teacher at school and her
school mates had some presents for
her. They hurried and did all they
could do to arrange things as nicely
as they could possibly do so they could
have good time. They had my
cousin who was Is years of age that
day to come down to orr house to
see if we were all well, so that they
would have good chance to work
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The Magic Cedar
Bark Drum

Once upon time in Sea Lion Town
there lived boy whose name was
Gasta. His mother, who was widow,
was very poor, and he supported ner
and himself as best he could by hunt
ing and fishing AS a child the boy de-
lighted in playing at being shaman,
or magician. He made himself dane
ing skirt out of an old mat, some
shells he made into a rattle, and OUT
of some feathers he constructed 1or
himself dancing hat. Taking piece
Of cedar bark he said, "Now you shail
be my drum and he made himself a
drumstick out Of piece OF fireWood'
AS he grew larger he found that ne
really had great skill in magic. He got
so that he could make his dancing nat
90 out of the door and come up
through the floor Of the house, and
when he commanded it the drumstlck
would beat the cedar bark without MS
touching it.
One day old Sigana, the chief of the
village, fell sick and the shamans
were called in to cure him. They
danced and beat drums and made q
great racket generally in the house,
but old Sigana only got worse. Ineh
ssid some one to Gasta: why do you
not 90 and cure Sigana? You are al
ways Dragging about your magic. NOW
let us see what you can do.
But Gasta knew that all the beating
of drums, rafting Of rattles. and dane
ing in the world would not cure 81
CANA If he was really sick.
At last, goaded by the taunts OF the
other boys, he said to himself, Il Will
go and see Chief Stigma anyway. MY
magic is as good as that OF any one
else"
So he put on his feather dancing hat
and his dancing skirt, took his shell
rattle and his cedar bark drum ana
went to the house of the sick man. Al
the doorway stood two big, black crea.
lures holding aloft blazing torches OF
nitch-pipe wood. They were the Por-
poise people.
At first they would not let Gasta
enter the house "You are only a boy,
they said, what do you know of
shaman's work. Go away"
But when they saw the boys dane
ing hat fly up into the air and come
back to him again without his touch
ing it. and heard the cedar bark drum
without the aid of hands, they let
him in.
Old Sigana was grooming on bed
in the middle of the room and the sha-
mans were seated around him.
where do you feel pain?" asked
Gasta
"Oh, right here" replied the old
man. nlacins his right hand under his
left arm.
'Drum." said Gasta to the cedar
bark, and the bark Immediately be-
gan to beat itself with the drumstick.
While this was going on Gasta
looked under the rich chiefs arm and
found big splinter, which he pulled
out saying: There! Now you will be
better. Send away the shamans and
go to Sleep
The next day Stigma was better and
in a few days he was well. Then he
sent for Gasta and asked him how he
could reward him for his cure.
We'll" replied the boy, eff had a
canoe so that could go fishing on the
sea, would like it. Then I could gath
err more food for my mother and my
self and get fish to sell"
eco down to the shore said 81
CANA, land walk along until you see
a heron sitting on a rock. Near the
heron you will find canoe. Take 1t. :
Gasta did as he was told and soon
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one Of your own. I am old and my
canoe is old, and we are going away
on long journey. Give me also your
cedar-bark-your magic drum which
beats itself-for you shall be chief
and have no use for magic. But the
cedar-bark drum Is brother to the
magic canoe and l would take 1t with
me where l am going"
Then the five slaves brought Stigma
down OF the shore, for he was feeble
with age SO that he could not walk.
and placed him In the canoe; and Gas
ia brought the magic cedar-bark drum
and placed it there ALSO Then the
slaves showed on the canoe and step
ped in themselves. The canoe moved
from the shore and at once Gasta saw
it grow new and bright and shining
as it had looked when 1t was first
made, and the figurehead on the bow
began to chant song as 1t moved
away.
u Gasta looked again and saw that
the old chief had changed into .
young man, who stood high In the
bows and waved his arms toward the
setting SUM- Straight toward the set
ting sun the canoe went, the Ave dark
slaves sitting with their elbows on
their knees and covering their faces
with their hands.
Then a cloud rolled up out of the
ocean, enveloping the canoe and its
passenger, and Gasta saw It and them
no more forever
When the people of Sea Lion Town
heard what had happened to Stigma
they elected Gasta chief In his place,
and as chief he lived there until he
was very old man.
Now on the beaches of Sea Lion
Town, at the time of the sunset, you
can hear sometimes faint, booming
sound, as Of a drum beaten far of,
coming over the water and the peo-
pie say it is Gasta's drum, and that
somewhere beyond the horizon Chief
Sigana, young and strong once more,
is out in his magic canoe.
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MABEL GOES TO THE WEST
GROVE SCHOOL,.

Dear Editor:
/ will write you a letter as l have
never written before. My papa takes
the Tri- Weekly Courier. like 70 read
the letters and stories in the Junior.
/ go to West Grove school, Or
school was out 9Th. of March. we
had program My teachers name
was Arthur Stookesberry. Ny studies
were, reading, history, arithmetic,
grammar, penmanship, geography,
spelling.
Mabel Hunt, age II,
West Grove, Iowa.
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NY PETS.

Dear editor
AS ! have never written before to
the Junior I thought I would write
about my pets. \
have cat and dog. ~
The cat is gray and white. His name
is Bonnie.
The dog is white Her name is
Bessie. V
The cat catches mice and rats. The
dog catches rats and mice, too.
Merritt Amiss, age II.
South QttumWa Iowa
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was four years old She asked MIN
If he knew who that was and he didn't
80 she told him it was me, and he SAID
that was him when he was a gai 'he
meant a girl.) had long curls tnen'
Forest Weber,
1906 East Main ST.,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
(Original) OttumWa, iowa.
Mamma. after giving James bottle
told him to buy some glue.
When the clerk had filled the bottle
he asked for the money.
ooh, it's in the bottle, unless you
took it out said James.
Dale Mcconnell,
Drakeville, Iowa.