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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28
COTTON MARKETS.

New York, January 2T.-An early advance
in tho cotton market to-day was checked
prices eased eff IN the late trading with the
close barely steady. net 2 points higher to
point lower. Near months We're relatively
h.in The opening was somewhat Irregular
a; decline of points 10 an advance OF S
points, but tho tone was steady and prices
quickly advanced covering O, shorts,
foreign buying aud bull support. Liverpool
INJURIES were rather disappointing from n
9u!!ish standpoint. but the Liverpool spot
market showed continued n:mness over
night advices from the South indicated very
gay with continued good demand from
both exporters and domestic n,tils; rcv.ews
OF thc dcmest!c goods market were more
favorable, ana IT seemed that the trade
ready absorption Q. Southern offerings so
faT TINS seaaon, ana the prospects for big
"o''d requirements. At any rate two or
three loca! Arm Issued circulars o, a buliish
character on the theory that the bia cron
had been discounted and that the demand
"I"una INC present level OF prices would be
Su'Ilcieht TO absorb excess supplies. and this:
EieW o' tho situation seemed TO be influence
ing considerable buying After working m
70 net advance OF a bout 5a8 points how
ever mo market became easier under real
l"!hE Tor over tile weekend. and price.
Closed within Do!n, or TWO o, the lowest,
f,TiTaie cables from Liverpool attributed the
decline In futures there 10 realizing by
sehlncTs, Will. the good bugincys reported
~ spot cotton a. an advance o. points
suggested 4 continued demand from spin-
heFs. Which tended TO confirm hullish spot
hhvie"s from the South. Commercial aScn-
A"s feToEted an improved demand FOR cot
tor goods ia domestic circles, and sale. OF
print Cloths fail River for The week
we're Estimated a: 5000 pieces ngainst 1885,
q" !aF, year Reports from Boston that a
genera! strike OF Ne" England textile work
err AAG been Threatened may have been a
70 'pr ~ TIA" late reaction.
H'c''?is a. the ports to-day were IS.li2
2i'es asaihii 5bsi last week and ~ SOL last
ca Tot the week ;H0.1'p bales against 3as :
VI ."-i "eek aud iso0si asi year To-day's
E.cH'pI5 az Sew Orleans 6.a%2 bales against
''1e lat GEAR; Galveston 1857 bales against
- !ss' %"a'. and at IioUatOn is.27G bales
against s5il last year
-"'ton futures clozcd barely steady:
OMEN. HIGH Low. Clnsc.
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Cash grain closed: Whcat-No !. rcd, o9ia
&c $780, No. red. 81 e9c.: No. . hard. slol@
i.oi No. hard. 923si.ce; No. northern.
Sill GLE; No. northern. sl.Gs Clio; No. J
northern, S1031I.0S No. . spring, sIo20LV7;
40. 3 spring as9 si.06: No. 4 .nrlng. eoI sio3:
velvet chaf, sl.oj; durum, eo@S1.o5. Corn
No. g. 63it q 63hc.: No. white. 8iI q 6iJsc.:
No white. SsGp6sc. No. yellow, SEA sss.'
Oa,s--No. .. Jp.hc. No. white, 5t,aa52c;
No white. 6lu6liac.; No white, soy
5o%c: standard, al85lisc
Baltimore Md, January G.--Whcat..-l'irm;
spot contract, 3ac. Corn--Easier; spot, con-
trnct. 7lisc. Oats-1'irm; No. white. 55i:Gf
ts5c. Ryc--Frm: No. western, domestic,
SlmInl
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DRY GOODS MAnKETs.

New York. January 1.-The cotton good.
market closed the week s;cndy With buytn.;
showing normal increase. Staple rrnts
petcaie' hearY brown shectinSs, mapped
goods and b!cache- cotton a.c in fair ca!
ana orders arc hcins placed at agents.
prices Cotton yarn markets are ilrIncF. Tho
!opnors hhd very fair week. and they re
looking 70 stcady expansion in the rc;nu
dthiand ircin this time forward
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NAVAL, STORES

Wilmington. n. G. January g7.-sp.rus
durpent!ne-Steady NJ i6c.: receipts casks
kosih-Sicady ut $50; rcceipts iJ7 burru's
IaT-F!Tin ut sl1o; receipts barrels Crude
Iurpcntine-Firm at s35oJiJo: receipts
Savannah. Ga, January .,.-1,urp.n,inc-.
FIRM ut 4sIc.: sales 100, casks: receipts 40
CASKS: shipments IS casks; stock .s,s:7 casks
Nosln-Firm; stock i2j.il2 barrels QUOTE:
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MARINE INTELLIGENCE,

PORT OF RICHMOND, JANUARY q, 1912.
ARRIVED.
Steamer Brandon. Harncy, Norfolk mer-
chandise and passcngcr5. Old Dominion Linz.
steamer Hampton Roads, ursvc-, Norfolk
and James River landings merchandise ana
passengers Virginia Navigation Company.
SAILED.
steamer Brandon. Harvey. Norfolk, mer-
chandise aud passengers. Old Dominion Line.
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MISCELLANEOUS MARKETS.
PEANUT MARKET.

Ikrportcd By Rodgers. McCabe & co..
Petersburg, Va. January .7-lkanuls-
Spanish.-Narhet steady: small spanish. :,:
per 5ushe!: jnmho spanish SIC. per bushei
Vtrg.nias.-Firm; fancy jumbo iGIii.c nor
pound: fancy handp!ckeo. 3Mc. per pound:
extra prime, 3H,c per pound; prime, aI-c
per pound. machine picked. ig3i-c per
pound; sheil!nE stock, 2is u3c ucr bound
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BOND LIST.

ANS Chalmers IS tbid) o.
american Tobacco old is................. RS.
american Tobacco old 6s................,. 1915:
a 'ahtic coast Line LIST is toid) ......... @5i2
y. c. LII. and y. col. tr. 4s........ .si3
a; C.L' conv' Is Gin Baltimore. bId).. 1918
.he sa peake ana ohio conv. ii5s......... 95!s
-ieGeu y Myers ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. s5hs
!.isEett s Myers Observation-Disclosures. 12S
Lori!iard Company Observation-Disclosures. PCS.
,:otIttnrd company Ts.................... l23i:
Noriolk and Western COW. is........... l1sis
St1 ouara AT Line stamped ia tbid).... Sia
Seabcard Air Line adj. Ss........... sSi.
Southern Railway ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 7SA.
southern Hallway ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. lTIs
United states steel Observation-Disclosures. 1893,
Virginia Brown Bros. ct.s....... 50
virginia Car. Chem. lst 6s........... lQoi,
Va lty. * Power Co 5s Gin Baltic bid 81
wabash deb ts tbid) Observation-Disclosures. 5sia
Wabash Pitts. Term. list IS, c,fs tbid). ios
Panama now Is OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. 1915
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$40 Int. Mer. Marine. pfd.... CO.'S -
tremc weather of the first two weeks
| OF January. The bulletin showed TINT
IN these two weeks the net surplus
/ OF idle cars decreased i5,663, rs com
pared with Increases in every fort
night since the early part of No
| Ncmhcr. This decided change in the
trend was undoubtedly due almost en-.
| ircly TO difficulties OF operation. for
thousands Of cars must have been
storm bound III the Middle West and
IA me Northwest, where the weather
WaH most severe, tho number of idle
cars was cut in half, and this decrease
was certainly duo to unfavorablc
weather conditions.
Reading, the second of the antira-
cite roads to report for December,
showed for all companies an increase
OF $4,000 in CROSSE and an increase
OF $4,000 in net. The railroad COM
pany did rather better than the coal
company, the latter reporting de-
crease OF s552.000 in gross. though a
! decrease of but $4,000 in net. The
report strengthened the opinion that
the railroad business In the East is
more active than in the West
Tho governing committee OF the
stock exchange to-day posted n rul
, inS OF interest 10 members OF the cx-
'hhhSc and particularly to floor trad
eFS' whose operations may be made
more expensive on account of it. The
text OF the ruling follows: The gov
erhlhE committee rules that in tho
matter OF clearing charges between
members of the exchange. said charges
snail be based upon a stipulated SIM
of money for each 100 shares OF stock
or $4,000 Of bonds or portions thereof
INC payment OF a certain sum of
I money Tor any period of time for said
! securities, irrespective OF the number
OF shares or amount Of bonds cleared,
Is forbidden.
The railroad commissions OF Mchi.
gan Nebraska and Wisconsin have
granted the application of the Chicago
and Northwestern for authority. to is
sue sl5,o00,o00 divisional per cent.
bonds 10 reimburse the company for
expenditure on the milwaukee,, Sparta
eAo Southwestern. The latter is a
company incorporated in 1903 for the
purpose OF constructing lis miles of
road III Wisconsin. The work IS near
~ completed. The bonds Will bear
date OF March T. 1919, and will prob
ably be offered for sale next month
Ten shares OF Lake Shore sold at
/ f99 an advance of Zoe points since the
last reported sale of an odd lot. These
plans OF the Now York Central 10
merge this subsidiary with the doutn
ih' system have served TO make the
STOCK increasingly scarce, for though
u Is not Incumbent upon the dominant
company 10 buy IN any OF tho out.
s'eni!nG stock, some holders believe
that IT viii do So.
Nlosl q The Independent: stock
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CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.

chicago. H., January c7.-BcIicf that the
wheat crop OF France had been overcstI-
mated resulted to-day In a material advance
In price. Tho close was firm at T,Iic. gain
over last night. Corn finished i.a..c c. down;
oats a shade oft TO ,sc. up. and hog products
moro expensive by 2Hm5c. to Toe
The leading futures today ranged as fol-
.ows:
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LOCAL MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Furnished by Levy Commission Co, Com
mission Merchants. Richmond, Val
Richmond, Va. January q. 1919.
ACTUAL WHOLESALE QUOTATIONS or
MARIET
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-28

Georgia. Sou and Fla. lsib...... l0
Georgia and Ain. Con. Is, Iei5... l07
Nor and West Ry. 4s, l9a5 90
Seaoonrd Air Line U.s. loSo IS
Southern Railway LIST S. la9i los
western y. t. list Is. C.. lsl4 io3
STREET Ky. STOCKS Far
va Ry and Power Co. ptd 100 sii. sT,s
va ity' and Power Co. com. 100 ITi- As
RAILROAD Stocks. par
Chesapeake and Ohlo........lo0 ::
Norfolk and Western coIn....l 100 100
BANK AND TRUST CO. STOCKS
american National. -. POT
broad strcct......... IS 50 -.
Bank OF Commerce and Trusts. lco 100 -,
flrst national. iD 3Sj 49,
Merchants National. 10, 100
National Bank OF Virginia. 100 30
National state and City Bank loo ia5 80
Planters acknowledgements. 100 7Jo
savings Bank of Richmond. 25 IS
Onion Bank OF Richmond..... 80 a,5
Virginia Trust Co. ............0o lC0
west End. observation-disclosures. -. I2L, az
Richmond Bank and Trust Co. 80 -
INSURANCE COMPANIES,
va. State Insurance pfd.......i2GD II
Va. state Insurance com.,....la 80 icH .
MISCELLANEOUS
Fa-car Chem. pfd. 2. e......iop in =.
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Official Range and Sale OF Stocks in New York
Stock.

Allls Chalmers ............
100 .\llis- Chalmers pfd.......
100 AmalSnmatcd Copper -.
10 Amer. AEri. Chem. com.
so .Amuri. Beet Sugar. COM.
l.in American Can ..............
i,ovt American eau. pfd. .......
no Amer. Car and Foundry.
100 Amer. Car anu Foun.. pfd
400 American Cotton OIL.
American LinSeed OIL.
American Locomotive -.
Amer. Locomotive, pfd..
Amer. Malt Co.. pfd. 49,.
500 Amorican Smelling ......
8 ~ American Sugar
l.rSp Amer. Tel. ano Tel. Co..
l.S0 American Tobacco, com.
l,S0 American Tobacco. pfd..
100 Anaconda Copper
3,lD Atchlson
100 Atlantic Coast Line. -.
\. Z. l.. of Connecticut.
500 Baltimore ana Ohiu....
leo Brooklyn Rapid Transit.
loo Central Leather, com.
to Canadian Pacific ..........
~ chesapeake end ohio...
chicago Great Western.
IL, 100 Chi. Mil. and ST. PAUL.
10 Crucible Steel Cor. com.
J'u Crucible steel, rfd........
LOO Chicago and Northwest.
Colorado Fuel AMI Iron.
Colorado and Southern.
l,SS Consolidated Gas ......
Delaware ana hudson.
% Den. ana Rio Gran, com.
Den. and Rio Gran, pfd.
tSo DistIllers' Sec. Cor.
!, 100 Eric
coo Erie, LIST ptd.
Fed. Min. and SIN. prd..
$50 Geo. H. lclmc Tob. Co. /
200 General Electric ..........
so Great Northern, pfd. 800.
100 Great Northern Ore ctfs
Illinois Central ....
l.GD Intcrboro-A Met. .......
4,@o lntcrborc-Mct.. pfd.
$40 Int. Mcr. Marine. prG....
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Quotations for .ntcrcst-pay!ns bonds ar,
at price TO which Interest must be added
Income bonds and certificates OF indebted
ness are fiat.
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RICHMOND nay st.nKrr
CATTLE MARKETS.
LIVE STOCK MAnKEr.

RICHMOND LIVE STOCK MARKET.
tsales at Union Stock Yards)
Richmond. Va. January e. 1912.
Report of the live stock market for the
week ending January 80, leii:
Receipts-Cattle. PA head; calves. i!9 head;
sheep, - head hogs. 5,2H5 head.
Catte-Isest steers. 81 q 6&c. medium TO
good, Oh a. Sc; common 10 fair. ~. 65c: best
hc:iers. 6i506c. medium TO good. i,.ft5ac;
common to fair. fd &c; best COVE, IA q &C.
medium TO good. 3'i q tie: common TO fair,
.iG si.c.: best oxen. 5Gf5i&c.: fair 10 me-
dunn, tnIi=c.: bulls 3ss atiSc.; calves. fi.d
Sc. fair 10 medium. 5a G!fc Cows and
calves. SIS Gptp.oo per head. Hoss--.jest heavy
hogs. 6Hd6S0; good 40 to $50 pound hogs,
81 a SIC: light hogs ana pigs s.. fG,sc;
sows and stags. 6Q6c. Sheep-BeAt sheep,
81: He; common to fair. q: "a gle: best
lambs. 6!sd7c.; common to fair, i,5q5i:c.
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Live Poutry-Iicns and small chicken,
fairly active: large chickens dull Turkcya
also fairly active
EGes-Markct very active.
Buttcr--Mnrisct very active
Live Stock-SIarkct fairly active.
Htdca--Markct fairly active.
Dressed FouItry--Most of old stock has
been disposed Of and market In much
hrmcr condition.
Iiame--scason closed
EEw YORK PRODUCE MARKET.
New York, January 2I.-Elour-Firn prices
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than yesterday; mlddiins urland, osS:
msddiinG gulf. ESQ
Cotton. quiet; middiins. as5: gross receipts
Lbs bales: stooit. iSs,T3o bales: export to
Great Britain. l.oo2 bales: 20 the Con tinent,
"S SaieS; CoastwIse. SO bales.
Total to-day ut all ports-Ect receipts
te.li5 bales: export to Great Britain 74G3
bales; 10 France 5.6S6 bales. to the CONT
| nent. 1857 bales; stock. I,325.4s7 bales.
consolidated mt nll ports-Nct rece!p,s
4s'iiS bales: export to Great Britain Z iu2
bales; to France. 6.6Sj bales: to the conti-
ncnt, 1857 bales
Total since September / at all portr-Nct
| receipts, S,5i3.see bales: export TO Great
britain. @'Iol.3S2 bales: to France slosSs
bales; to the Continent. 27Je7is bales: to
Jhpan' St'oiS bales; to Mexico. 4.SI balos
New, Orleans, January cI.--cot,on ,utures
opened quiet point of TO 4 points up com
pared with yesterdays close. Tho market
crossed steady ut net advance OF t06
points Cables were not up TO expectations.
and the weather map was again very fav
"rabic, hut bears unable 10 hold tho
market down after the nrst cali. From
The middle OF tho morning on Offering. from
inc long stdo increased. shorts were nerv
Gus over the forecast of unsettled weather
Tor sunday. This forecast stimulated IN.
ouEinS Of covers their part Prices
were sent down TO the level of yesterdsy,s
close nj the lowest Spot steady, unchanr-
eo: ihiddlinE, eStc: sales on the spot . 30
oaIes ana 400 TO arrive. Closing bids: lam
nary. IS; anked; February, a7i; March. ga.
May. aS; July, e.a5; August oae; octoner
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The fortnightly bulletin oh tn.
american Railway Association AMI.
piled statistics that would hav, ain
pearcd astonishing. but for Inc az.
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nrcuMoNp TOBACCO MAnkrr

Richmond, Va, January e. 1912
Following arc the quotations OH Tic Rich
nond Tobacco Exchange:
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New York. January -Becves-ReceIpts
SIS head. Dressed beef unchanged Calves
Receipts AS head. Common to prime veals
s. a 1850: culs, siT650: barnynrd calves So
@4oo sheep and Lambs--Receipts i,s5Ihead.
Ordinary to fair lambs. $500 CSC: common
to good sheep Ducks and ewes ss9iOh
Hogs-Recepts 1855 head. State hogs 500
q $50; pigs, $5.j0I610
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Chicago. H., January observation-disclosures

Chicago. ILL.,, January c7.-Cattle-Rcccipts
1910 head. Market dull and weak. Bccves
A.co@S.i0; Texas steers Si.4oG5.15: western
steers, si65a7.1o stoclers and feeders. 1850
$3.50: cows and hciters s2.l0Gi Sos calves.
S5.OGs..S. IIogs-Recclpts e5on0 head Mar
kct slow. sc. lower. Light. S5.601 60: mix
cd s5.s5I 635: heavy. s5.o565.$7: rough, s5.oj
I6.I0; piga. $tl5 $3.50; bulk OF sales. s6.i0su
go Shccp-Reccipts $500 head Market
47a: yearlings sAs0aaG0; lambs. native,
si.40a6s0: western, sLGoT6.sO.
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90 ,utuEe. cIosea ha-aly. .tendy:
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

John Delafield was married in 1884,
one year after his arrival here, 10
Ann Hallett, the daughter of Gen.
Joseph Hallett one of the early mem
hers of the Sons of Liberty and
member of the early Provincial Con
crosses, The Halletts had large
country estate, embracing the great
or part of what is now Astoria, on
the Long Island shore, opposite He'll
Gate, and Hallets point, which iutted
cut into the sound was fortified with
blockhouse during the war of 1912,
being a part of the Notifications %
ward off the British ships should they
attempt to approach the city by way
oi the sound Mr.. Delafield soon after
built his elegant summer home at
Ravenswood, just below Astoria, call
irg his estate Sunswick, and up TO
the time Of his death, in 1924, it was
known as one of the handsomest pri-
Natc mansions in the vicinity of New
York.
When John Delafield died he lstl
seven sons and four daughters. He
rad in all thirteen children, but two
OF the sons died in infancy. He had
recovered some of his fortune prcvi-
Gus to his death, but it was not SUM-
Gent to make any of his children
rich.
He did leave them, however-and
1t was a more goodly heritage-an am
pie share of his own determination &c
succeed and progressive spirit Every
one of the seven sons attained posi-
tons of worth and some distinction
It was an unusual family, and the
heritage of good living, manly charac-
ter, public spirit and broad-minded
interest in the worlds affairs has been
banded down through successive gen
Grations.
The seven sons, in the order Of
their birth, were: John, 1856, mer-
chant and banker; Joseph, 1890, law
yer, soldier and scientist; Henry and
william, twins, 1892, merchants; Ed
ward, 1894, physician; Richard, 1898,
general, and Rufus King, 1900, mer-
chant, named in honor Of Senator
Rufus King, an intimate friend OF John
Delafield-The Washington Star.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08
A HOUSEHOLD NECESSITY.

Il always have a bottle Of Cham
berlain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy in the house" is what peo-
pie all over the world say of 1t when
it has once been used. A trial Of
this medicine proves 1T to be so salts
factory that it always holds an hon
oled place in the home ever after
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

mother. What book is that you are
kicking about?"
Aiming another blow at the latter
cd volume, Johnny replied; ITS The
Hound of the Baskervilles. Judge.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

One dose promptly relieves cramps
in the stomach, collie and dysentery.
Try it. For sale by all dealers. Ben.
son, Smith & Co.. Agents for Hawaii,
Fine Job Printing, Star Office.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

Light weight suitings for hot wea-
tber. ]. f. Rocha. tailor, Elite build,
ing, Hotel street
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08
INCORPORATES

CONTINUED from page 1O.)
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

lacking in courage, for in his recent
attempt to recapture his throne he led
his troops with bravery and skill.
There is a romance In that forlorn
attempt to overthrow his enemies A
mysterious French woman was the
principal financial hacker of the de-
posed shah. She is Countess HenTiette
de Clermont-TOnnerre, a very wealthy
spinster of about forty-five, belonging
to a historic French ducal family Not
only did she finance the recent inva-
sion, but she accompanied Mohammed
and was present at several engage
ments, remaining with the troops I'M
til the final defeat. 1t was believed
that she had been killed or captured.
but it is possible that she has joined
the piratical party now operating on
the Caspian Sea
Unlike his father and others of his
twenty-five ancestors in direct line
from the Prophet, Mohammed Ali APP
pears to have had moderate views in
regard to marriage Muzaffar, his
father, had 500 wives but Mohammed
Ali contented himself with one.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

EVERYBoDYs DOM 1T.
Johnny you bad, bad boy" cried
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

expended the greater part of his pri-
N&te fortune.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1912-06-08

Fine Job Printing, Star once.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-06-07
The LATE En- s. CARTER.

In the death last evening of Ed. s.
Carter Keokuk loses another old and
valued citizen whose taking off will
occasion general and sincere regret
/ He was not old in years, as life IS
measured nowadays. but his entire
career as a business man and citizen
was spent in this city and some of his
activities are an important part OF
Keokuk history His connection with
OF the city dates back many years.
and he did his full share in advancing
keokuk's prosperity along this line. In
municipal affairs also he was pronli-
nent. influential and useful Fet a
number of terms he served as alder
man from the Third ward. and there
will be no dissent from the statement
that the city never had more cap
able or conscientious official Every
matter thar came before him received
his best thought and most careful al
tention. Especially did he render
valuable service to the city as chair
man of the finance committee of the
city council He was called to this
important position at time when
municipal finances were in confused
and critical condition and the avail
able resources were at low ebb. Not
only did he evolve order out of chaos
and meet all outstanding current in
debtedness, but he arranged for the
gradual reduction OF the permanent.
debt, at the same time refunding
some of the latter at a lsssened inter
est charge. For his services in this
matter Keokuk owes Mr.. Carter
debt of gratitude that should enshrine
his memory in its heart of hearts for
many years to come.
But it was in his family relations
that Mr. Carter shone Respondent He
had an ideal home and ne appreciated
and enjoyed 1t to the utmost. Every
spare moments was spent in those sa-
cred precincts There was never any
attraction elsewhere greater to him
than was to be found in this sweetest
type of heaven fit be true that the
first sure symptom of a mind in
health is rest of heart and pleasure
felt at home his sanity was beyond
dispute. There could not be more con-
Tincing proof OF domestic happiness
than his deep love of home Conscious
" or unconsciously he e1emplifed in
his daily life the idea that the domes-
tic relations are worth more than all
our other social ties and that the re-
sponsibilities, joys, sorrows. smiles.
tears. hopes and solicitudes of home
form the chief interest in human life.
The value of the lesson he thus taught
can scarcely be overestimated
AS husband. father, neighbor, friend
and citizen he was without reproaeh.
A good man has gone from among us
and his going has left a void in the
hearts of all who knew him.