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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09
PACkW GOD.

Mrs. c. D. Chandler and children re-
turned Monday from visit with hel
sister Mrs. Chas. Carlson Of South OF.
tumwa. rc .~4 ~
Misses Ola and Edna Caldwell d
Hedrick are visiting relatives here.
Rev. r. K. Holiday began protracted
meeting at Center NJ. e. church Sun
day evening.
Mrs. Bertha Edmund of Wahoo
Nebr., and sister Mrs. Iowa Miller u
Fairfield have returned home after
visiting relatives here.
Mrs Rose Lyon Is visiting relatives
in Kansas.
Miss Esther Raney is spending q
few days here with relatives.
The second violin contest was held al
the city hall at Abingdon Monday
night.
Mrs. Winfield Wilson of Elm Grove
was calling on friends here Saturday.
Mrs. O. e. Myers served four
course New Years dinner to q dozer
relatives. The menu consisted Of roas
goose. with all the delicacies of ths
season. Beautiful place cards. design.
ed by Miss Grace Moorman and Mrs
o. B. Myers were at each plate. Witty
toasts and responses enlivened the din
Filer hour.
We. Kenyon left Monday Off Oma :
ha where he will enter school.
Thomas Sisson died Friday at tn.
home of his youngest daughter Mrs
Margaret Crawford near Brookville
Mr.. Sisson had retired to HIS room fol-
nap and when his daughter went t.
summon him to supper. his cold ant
]ifeless form met her eye. Mr.. Sissor
was IS years of age and was q pioneer
Of this county. His wife died twenty
five years ago. Mr.. Sisson was a kind
generous man and was esteemed b,
all One son and two daughters sur
yive him Rev. Holiday conducted this
funeral servieessand the body was .lai6
10 rest in the Brooks cemetery
Mr.. and Mrs. L.. G.. Myers attended
the violin contest Monday night at ABB
ingdon. u .-as.- -
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the o',est of the Y. P. S. c. e. Of the
First Presbyterian church. which So
ciety was host also to the other So.
cieties. Mrs. .Garst is a very entertain
ing speaker and brought o very eff
fective and personal message on. mis-
sions to the young people.
Riley Moss of Fargo, N. D. Returned
last week for a visit with his parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Moss near Frederic
and with old time friends at Abba Mr..
Moss who is now one Of the leading
jewellers in his home city, learned the
business in Abba.
Geo. Reel of Des Moines was an AL
bia visitor Saturday. >#
| Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Schriver Of Des
Moines stopped at Abba Saturday en-
| route home from Centerville where
they spent Christmas at the home OF
| the formers parents.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09

few days at the parental Fred Fred
erickson home recently
Arthur Carlson of Ottumwa spent
a few days at home during the holt
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles L. Swanson
and family spent Saturday evening al
John Peterson's.
Mrs. David Lindahl returned to her
home in Des Moines Friday after
spending the holidays with her par
ents Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Anderson.
Mrs. Fred Grooms spent Friday
with friends in Avery,
Misses Della Keller and Mary Swan
son spent New Years day with Alice
Peterson.
Mrs. Margaret Dixson has been
spending the past few days at the
Andrew Johnson home.
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BLOOM FIELD

Mrs. Ann Freeman spent Friday in
Ottumwa.
K. F. Baldridge was in Floris Friday
on business.
Miss Matte Yakle visited In o.
tumwa Friday. ~.
Miss Ethel Hicks is visiting at the
home of her uncle, L. G.. Warthen, in
this city.
Mrs. Harry Taylor returned to her
home in LaPlata, Mo-. Thursday, after
brief visit at the home Of her cousin,
Jos Blank, near Bloomfield.
Raymond, Jennison, an employe3 at
the K. c. depot is spending his month
vacation with relatives In Mt. Sterling.
Iowa.
VIII Hotchkiss Of Mitchell, 8. D., is
visiting with relatives in this city.
Will Russell has returned to Lake
View, Ia, after stay Of a few days
in> this city.
Mrs. H. P. Campbell and children
have returned from a short visit in
Hillsboro, Ia, with relatives.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09

COLUMBIA.

Myrtle Cramblit Is very I'll with
pneumonia.
Mrs. w. w. Rapp Of Ottumwa visit
cd at the Harry Stevens home Thurs
day.
Inez Stevens is on the sick list this
week. $@
Miss AIDA Crook left for Red Oak
Thursday for visit at the home Of her
aunt Mrs. Geo Diener.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Barber Of Chill
licothe visited at the +, l. Cramb1it
home Wednesday.
The little son Of Mr. and Mrs. Ben
Mycr is quite liz.
Clark Garfield from Indiana visited
relatives here the past week.
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AGENCY.
James Connolly is sick.

James Connolly is sick. ! -
Miss Agnes Shanke, Miss Meta Rouke
and Miss Edith Connolly have return
ed to Mt. Pleasant to school.
Thomas Lee of st. Joseph, Mo-, is
visiting friends here. t: ...
Mrs. John Newell who was sick, is
a great deal better. ..a s- r..
The oratorio-cantata that was to be
given in the M. 2. church Sunday
evening, January Z, has been postpon.
ed an account of the severe cold
weather. till Sunday evening, jan IA.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09

been called here by the death of Mr..
RusselFs mother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harlan King are the
parents of a daughter, born Tuesday
Miss Margaret Tinkham who has
been visiting her parents Rev. and
Mrs Tinkham, returned Thursday to
Fulton. Mo-. where she is attedning
college. g,
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I orrnnrny's Compost
Booster Committees

committys witch quit THAR wurk and go
mummy fer facrys and public enterprzez
THAR wurk is always
The furs thay go subscribe ennyhing becoz
pay much thet he hezent now
helps crate deel becoz he tells the commity the
sevru uher who has mulch mummy tibet hay
has tn bye a hay baler tn handful it.
So the committy him out tn get
the Manned the ferst Thay hunt
he and thay find him just
spent all his fer two farms jest outside
city limits and stoar building and he is SO pore he cant
bye meal tickut. >.#..s -. ~ -
Jest as commy going the dore he calls them
back and tells tell them the nam of who
has mummy and will subscribe, and in whspur ne
Mains the ferst the commtty called
Pa sez boostn committy finds
more men who rich than he kin
in other
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AGENCY SCHOOL NOTES.

The fourth~month of school closed
Dec. % for the holiday vacation The
per cent of attendance for the past
month was as follows: 81"
First room-93.5.,
Second roOm-97. z.- 'sre
Third rooln--957. ~
Fourth room--96.5.
Fifth room--97.85.
The month just finished has been
one Of profit and interest. The students
are interested in their work as shown
by the quality Of work they are doing.
Throughout the school there seems to
be the spirit of industry and applica.
ton. ~. - 81
On Friday. Dec. %, the primary
grades gave a Christmas program. Tho
first primary room was very tastefully
decorated in Christmas fashion and
made the children feel kindly inter-
est in the work the teacher is doing.
The high school also gave their regu-
lar literary program that afternoon.
The A. H. s. basket ball team while
not having won so much in actual
points is nevertheless winning IN many
other ways. Considering the length of
time they have given to the game they
have done well. They are gaining a
great deal by simply getting out and
coming in contact with high school
men from other schools. Thus far they
have played three games, with Eddy
vile, Garden Grove and Eldon.
All the reports and records were
made up at the close Of the month so
the work can start in with full force
at the beginning of the new year Let
this new year bring7with it new resolu-
lions on the part of the students to
put new effort and concentration into
the work, and renewed interest in the
schools on the part of the patrons OF
the school.
A girls basket ball team has been
organized
I wish for the students a new and
prosperous year full Of good and profit
and to the patrons year of renewed
prosperity.
Ralph Kreiner, superintendent.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09
ALBA.

Mrs. Warren Garst Of Des Moines
gave delightful evening to the mem
bers of the Young Peoples society of
the various churches Of Abba last Sat
.-rday evening at 6: 3 O'Clock. She was
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09
Morris Williams
HORSE MARKET
B% THIS WEEKS SALE.
THIS WEEKS SALE.

We will have much more OF sale
this week. More horses and more buy.
ers. So If you are In need OF something
for this years use, next Friday will 10
a good time to secure it, ~
We; also have a dozen more mares
and horses on hand now to4sell at pri-f
vate sale.
Our buyers are at the following
places this week, where they will cash
your horses il you take them to them.
On Tuesday they will be at Richland.
Melrose, Griswod and Bridgewater. On
Wednesday at Fremont, Bloomfield,
Creston.s and Fontnnel1e. On Thursday
at Hedrick and EDDYVlLlE--and Mr..
Printer. put that aEDOYvlLLE in big
black type, for the ONLY REAL
HORSE BUYER rs GOING TO BE
THERE. That's me (most people would
know that, but some might not) and
I'm going to give free dinner there to
all l buy of.
MORRIS WILLIAMS,
OttunWa, Iowa.
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FOR SALE-HAY BY THE BALE,
tonsor car load; also feed of all kinds
at reasonable prices. Give us trial.
Ottumwa Seed Co., 115 S. Court.
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Poultry and Eggs

turkeys, hens and young goblers
Mrs. Thomas Miller, Selma, Ia, r
No. 2. Box 78 ~.
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LiBERTYvILLE.

sBornTo Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne
Haney last Monday, baby girl.
Mrs. Frank Kenick and daughter
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-09

2,25S ACRES, 500 ACRES BOTTOM.
does not overflow, all in cultivation,
first class alfalfa land, 100 acres now
in alfalfa, about rs acres along the
creek in timber, balance first class
blue stem grass pasture; one OF the
best stock farm propositions in the
4 state Of Kansas. For description
address r. A. Williams, Cedarvale,
KanS.
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PUBLIC SALE.

III will sell at public auction at my
residence 2 niles south OF Highland
Center and miles northeast Of OF
tumwa on the J. f. Wolf farm, COM
monty known as the Alfred Whipple
farm on -"r
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For Sale

FOR SALE-SPLIT WHITE OAK
fence posts in small amounts or In
car load lots. T. P. Box, Danville, la.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

The Seaboard connection which
Sumter had long wanted is an ac-
complished fact and there is a rea-
sonable certainty that this road will
be extended to Charleston in the near
future, but this is no reason for sit
ting down and doing nothing in the
direction Of improving our railroad
facilities. Sumter needs the Alcolu
railroad or direct road to Shiloh.
\ big thing for Sumter would be the
extension Of the Sumter Wateree
railroad (Southern) across the county
to Southport, n. G. This would open
up an undevelopcd and fertile section
of tho state that sadly needs 4 rail
road.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
McMAsTER SUGGESTS REMEDY.
Wants Legislation to Make Lower
Fire Insurance Rates Possible.

Columbia. Dec. 15.-"Rates of fire
insurance and fire insurance rate
making are on satisfactory basis in
South Carolina" says Insurance Com
missioner f. H. McMaster in his an
nual report tothe General Assembly,
In discussing this subject and In sug-
gesting remedial legislation.
Thus an unnatural and illogical
condition exists In South Carolina" /"
says the commissioner after discussing
the rates and rate-making now In ef-
feet, and continues: by forbidding
both agreement as to rates between
companies. and local board argee-
ments between agents, and by re-
quirins each company to file and ad-
here to Its rats on the several classi-
fication which II writes, there will be
provided an equitable system which
1t Is believed will reduce fire insurance
rates In South Carolina"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
SATISFIED WITH RESULTS.
Philadelphia Women Plan Further
Fight Against Trusts.

Philadelphia, Dec 15.-With ex-
pressions of satisfaction over the re-
suits OF their campaign for cheaper
eggs. officers of the Housekeepers
League today spoke enthusiastically
of plans to reduce the price Of other
food products and predicted that
within a short time Phiiadelphians
will be living cheaper and better
than for many years"
During the four days crusade near
ly 100000 eggs have been sold at
"a cents a dozen with a saving to
the consumer, according to Mrs. Will
liam, b. Derr, president Of the League,
Of ss3.O5O.
And we arc not yet through with
the trusts" declared Mrs. Derr, when
We have broken the corner in eggs.
other items will be taken up. There
are nine million pounds more butter
in cold storage than at this time last
year, which to me indicates an excel
lent field for extending our effort to
reduce the cost of living. The League
Is negotiating for the purchase of a
large amount Of this butter to be dis
tributed at prices very much lower
than is now being cha. sed."
Mrs. Derr displayed hundreds of
letters from farmers in all sections Of
the East offering to sell their products
to the League for distribution to con-
sumers far below their present cost. A
conference Of officers Of the League
and these men probably will be held
soon.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
MEETS WITH SERIOUS ACCT.
DENT.

Mrs. Montgomery Is Kicked I'm Face
by Her Horse-Other News of WI
sacky.
Wisacky. Dec. 16.-Christmas Is
about here and every one is in a rush
to get ready for the holidays. 1t is 70
be hoped that all who anticipate hap
py unions and good time In general
will have nothing to mar their antici-
patton, mindful OF what the Christ
mas season means to us all. And what
II 10 intended to celebrate, and
though we ought to be joyful. yet Let
us be grateful. Most Of US are In a
position to enjoy the occasion. but
others are not.
Mrs. John Montgomery met with a
serious accident last week when she
was kicked by her horse. She was
struck In her face. fracturing one
Of the bones and causing her much
suffering. She 10 doing as we'll as
could be expected. and we hope will
soon recover entirely.
Mr.. Asa monaghan Ia very Ill and
10 a great sufferer. / trust God will
be merciful and spare him to h,s dear
wife and little children.
Mrs ]. c. Scott ia also quite sick
and . great sufferer. She Is in Mt.
Pleasant but her daughter. Mrs VIM.
McCutchen, has gone to her. and will
move her to her beautiful new home
which has just been completed. and
where she can have her with her and
give her every attention.
Mr. w. B. Mcleod. Of Hartsville, is
visiting at the home Of Mr.. w. w.
DesChamps- He Is better than he has
Teen for years
The stork has visited In the neigh
horhood recently and brought us a
little Reid" not Carrie" hope.
The way the father smiles shows ne
has no fears Of his future destiny.
The pastor Of st. Luke's Church.
Rev. j. :. Bethea, has not arrived Mt
our parsonage yet. consequently we
had no preaching last Sunday. Hope
he will be here In time to fill his next
appointment.
The farmers are living high now.
We have plenty OF sausage, ribs and
backbones and many other good
things to enjoy.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21

A short time ago l contracted a SO
we're cold which settled on my lungs
and caused me a great deal OF an
noyancc. l would have bad cough
Ing spells and my lungs were So sore
and infiamed began to be seriously
alarmed. A friend recommended
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy say
ing she had used IL for years bought
a bottle and II relieved my cough the
first night, aud I'm a week | was rid OF
the cold and soreness of my lungs
writes Miss Marie Gerber. Sawtello,
Cal. For sale by all dealers.---Advt.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
HELEN GOULD DECIDES TO WE'D.
Rich Bachelor Maid" Falls Under
Cupid's Dart.

Lakewood. y. j.. Dec. 15.-An-
nouncement OF the engagement of
Miss Helen Miller Gould, OF New York
to Finley j. Shepard, prominent
railroad man OF st. Louis, was made
this afternoon at the residence Of Mr..
and Mrs. George j. Gould here.
1t was said that announcement OF
the time and place of the wedding
would be withheld for the present
and this statement was confirmed up
on inquiry at the residence OF Miss
Gould in New York.
Mr.. Sheppard has long been promi-
nently Unidentified with railroad and
financial affairs in the West He Is at
present assistant to the president OF
the Missouri Pacific Railroad, with
headquarters in st. Louis.
Upon the death of her father, Jay
Gould, in 1892, Helen Gould, then "a
years old, inherited a fortune OF
about s1O.O00.00O. 1t has been esti-
mated that by Investment she has
trebled this fortune, md - -, can
time devoted fully half OF her time
to bcncfactions which brought her
into world prominence.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
COTTON MARKET REPORT,
GINNING FIGURES WILL BE AN
NOUNCED FRIDAY.
Market Will Probably Be Nervous and
Easily Influenced by Reports From
Interior.

New Orleans, Dec. 15.-Without any
doubt. the chief event in the cotton
market this week will be the census
bureaus report on ginning, to be given
to the trade at 9 o'clock Friday. New
Orleans time. This report will be i'm
portant because Of it's bearing on the
government estimate Of the crop last
week The figures, 13,82O,0oO bales.
are generally considered by the bears
to be too low and hardly to be re-
conciled with the amount of cotton
ginned or to be gnned since Decem-
Der 1, to about which time statistics
upon which the estimate was built
were carried.
At the end Of last week there was
many rumOrs concerning ginning, and
this week the market probably will be
nervous and easily influenced by every
report from the interior relating to
the output Of the ginners, or re-
garding the statistics of private crop
reporting bureaus. There are many
traders who believe in the govern
ment's small crop estimate, and as a
result they believe in a sudden falling
OFT In ginning. One element in the
market is prepared to believe that
only 100000 bales were turned out by
the gins in the period just ended
that Is, between the end Of Novem-
ber and December 13.
year ago in the same period the
gins turned out about $4,000 bales.
In the two weeks preceding the end
of November this year, the period
preceding the one now under consid-
Grafton, the gins produced about l.
oS9,OOO bales. Should any such de-
crease be shown in this last period,
as the bulls are now predicting, prob
ably violent upward pric~ movements
would take place. unless the proba-
bility Of any such report was discount
ed before hand. The market can hard
~ escape considerable excitement
over this pending census report.
The export movement, which con-
tinues remarkably large. the out Of
sight movement, or mill takings.
which are still on record breaking
basis. the spot demand, on the one
hand; the unsettled and pessimistic
tone In the stock market, the money
situation and the war scare In Eu-
rope. on the other hand, will be the
main features to be considered by the
trade this week. outside Of the GEN.
sus report. Unexpected developments
might result in very heavy trading,
especially as the approaching holiday
period will be unusually short.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
Bet on Game; Cadets in Trouble.

Annapolis, Md, Dec. 13.-Punish-
ment. consisting of twenty-five de-
merits each and restricted to their
rooms for six days, was assigned to-
day to the 400 midshipmen who were
found to have violated superintendent
Gibbons orders forbidding betting on
the recent inter-service football game
1t Is understood the youths practi-
cally confessed to having participated
in the formation OF $4,000 pool to
wager with the West Point cadets on
the result Of the game.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
Chicago Women in Line.

Chicago, Dec. 15.-Meot, butter
and vegetables. as we'll as eggs, will
be sold at cost here by women's
leagues In the endeavor to break the
egg market by selling eggs at "a
cents a dozen. Today twenty stations
where eggs will be sold beginning to-
morrow at that price were announced
The announcement was also made that
campaign Of provision selling to COW
er the whole range Of fresh food
would follow the egg campaign If that
Is successful.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-12-21
Bradstreet's Weekly Review.

New York, Dec. 13.-Bradstreets
tomorrow will say:
Despite cross-currents in trade. re-
fiecting the advance Of the year to-
wards the close, business as a whole.
Is still active and industry is also in
high degree In purely wholesale
lines there is less doing as the time
for stock taking approaches, but while
there is some talk Of tariff unsettle-
ment the situation in most lines is
one Of light stocks and insistent de-
mand.
Jobbing trade reflects more and
more the influence of holiday demand
and orders from statesmen are smaller.
while mail business is larger, especial
ly in recorders to fill broken stocks.
1t is in retail trade that chief refiec-
ton is found of the advent OF colder
weather and the near approach of the
reports received from different sec
tions.
In the West and Northwest trade
in seasonable goods has been stimu-
lated by the colder weather as well
as the near approach OF the year-end
holidays. In the Southwest trade is
good, especially so in Texas, and yet
in that State there is some talk Of re-
tail trade expectations having been
keyed too highly. In the lower Mis-
sissippi Valley trade is good as a
whole at retail, but in the South At
lantic States. while business is better
at retail, there is no great rush and
wholesale trade is dull.
In industrial lines there is no ap-
parent let-up in the general activity
heretofore noted. Iron and steel.
coal, coke, lumber and cotton goods
concerns are full of business, and the
chief complaint is lack OF help and
car congestion, but statistically the
latter situation has ceased.
Business failures in the United
states for the week ending December
II were 279 against 2S9 last week.
3O9 in the like week of 1911, 200 in
1910, 273 in 1909 and 81 in 1908.
business failures in Canada for the
week number 81, against % last week
and % in the same week of last year.