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The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
CHAPTER III.
The Moving Finger Writes.

The condition of affairs In the At
las Building lasted long enough to car
ry the matter up to the experts in the
employ OF the companies: that is to
say, until about three o'clock the fol-
lowing morning. Then. without rea-
son, and all at once, the whole build
ing from top to bottom was blaze of
incandescent light.
The little group of workmen and
experts nodded in competent and
satisfied manner. and began leisurely
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Softly.

He remarked to her that men are
but clay"
Bright"
And she asked him if that applied
to her."
And them"
He replied that it applied to all. .
And now his name is mud
She, threw cold water on him, eh 2'iN
Houston Post. W
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24

this once who doesn't want one sin
gle thing Of you"
'I suppose that's IT," agreed Mo
Carthy. The telephone rang. He
snatched down the receiver. listened a
moment. and thrust forward his heavy
jowl Not on your life" he growled
In answer to some question. While
he was still occupied with the receiver.
Percy Dnrrow nodded and sauntered
out
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
sIo EnoIIsh Incomes.

Replying to parliamentary inquiry
as to how many persons in Great Brit
ain are assessed for super-tax at $780,
900 or more, the secretary Of the treas
ury said: Il cannot undertake to classi-
fy I'm separate divisions incomes ex-
ceeding s500.000 a year. The aggre-
gate number OF persons assessed for
super-tax in respect to an income ex-
ceeding $780, 900. according to the la
test figures available. is Co.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Puzzled.

Husband-I see that a German has
invented a clock that tells the day
of the month by sounding the num-
ber.
Wife-I don't see how it can tell
the 10th, goth and Both of the month.
1t can strike the one, two and three
all right, but how can it sound the
cipher?
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
JovIallty Out of PIaes.

Your mistake was in misunder-
standing your country" said Mr.. Plow-
den. to man and woman found dan
cling in the street and charged with
disorderly conduct at Marylebone
This is not a country where people
can afford to be 3ovial. You must cul-
tivate spirit Of melancholy If you
want to be safe. Go away and be az
sad as you can."-London Ttt-Bits.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Soiace.

Aren't you worried about these
public questions?"
Yes" replied Farmer Corntossel.
But I'm thankful fur this much
There's enough of 'em so that when
you get tired of worryin about one
you can rest your mind thinkin' about
another"
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24

ing. was dizzy
and exhausted at
the least exer-
ton. Hands and
feet were cold
and he had such
a dragging sensa-
ton across the
loins that it was
difficult to move.
After using 8
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Real Mourner.

What are you wearing that thing
for?" asked Mrs. Gabb, when her hus
band came home with band of crepe
around his hat
For your first husband" replied Mr.
Gabb. I'm sorry he died.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Grounds for Complaint.

Hip-Taste that!
Hop-Why. that's the best soup
ever tasted,
Hip-Yes; but the steward had the
gall to say it is coffee.-Michigan
Gargoyle.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
A cLEReYMAN's TESTIMONY.

The Rev. Edmund Heslop of Wig
ton. Pa, suffered from Dropsy for q
year. His limbs and feet were swol-
len and puffed. He had heart flutter.
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24
Dim.

What do you think of my mus
tache?"
81 hadn't noticed it. It's rather q
dark day
The Elbert County tribune., 1914-04-24

Smile on Yash day. That's when you use
Red Cross Bag Blue Clothes winter than
snow. All grocers. Adv.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24

ing. 1t was, too, but we've executed
our purpose nobly. The cost has not
been so very high. Our taxes are no
higher. Our neighboring counties
roads are not nearly so good, though
they've worked theirs with convicts
too. They did the work, but didn't
do it as substantially as we. We
now have as good roads both winter
and summer as is to be found any
where in the State. Tourists from
all parts of the United States praise
our roads.
The answer of this is not hard
simply harmony between commits
sioners and people. Money invested
in the right things and good work
on part of overseers and convicts.
"Our good roads is our password y
We appreciate and are justly proud
of them. Where it once took from
two to three hours to go, we can
now make it in thirty to forty min
utes with horse, but those more for
tunate to have an auto are still bet
ter off-from ten to fifteen min
utes.-Frank Dunn in Home and
Farm.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24
FUNERAL OF JAMES b. MOORE.
Brother of Adiutant General Expired
at Barnwell.

Barnwell, Dec. 17.-Mr. James 3.
Moore, aged IA years, a brother Of
Adjt. Gen. w. w. Moore. of Colum-
bia. died at his home in Barnwel
Tuesday morning after an illness of
only one day. The news of his death
came as a great shock to his many
friends, very few Of whom knew that
he was i'll. Mr.. Moore was on the
streets Monday morning. but upon
his return home suffered stroii2 of
paralysis and lapsed into unconscious
ness. from which he never rallied.
The body was laid to rest Tues
day afternoon in the Baptist church
yard, after touching funeral services
at his late residence, conducted by
the Rev. w. L. Hayes. He is surviv-
ed by his wife, who was Miss Sarah
Carter. of Anderson; five daughters
and one son: four brothers, Gen. w.
w. Moore, of Columbia; Messrs A:
R. Moore, of Barnwe!l; G. H. and J.
H. Moore, of Hendersonv;lle, I. g.,
and four sisters, Mesdames R. c.
Kirkland and w. C. Milhous. of Barn
well; w. A. White, of Henderson
Vile and E. B. Norton, Of Warsaw,
n. Y, who have the sincere sylnna-
thy of a host of sorrowing friends.
Mr.. Moore was a devoted husband,
a kind and loving father and a true
friend. and he will be sadly missed
in the community in which he has
lived for so many years.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24
SCIENTIFIC DISCOVERY
A Vegetable Element That is Rapidly
Doing Away With the Use of
Calomel.

Mack's Drug Store is one OF the
first progressive concerns to offer for
sale the new system Of medicine that
is fast supplanting the use of old
fashioned calcmel as liver medicine
Nearly everyone knows how easily
the liver becomes sluggish in this
climate and how this sluggishness
effects not only all the other physl-
cal organs but the mind as we'll.
The signal towers Of this dread
condition, which some call malaria
are coated tongue. lack of energy,
dull eyes, constipation, sallow COM
plexion.
Taken with regularity this proven
scientific liquid vegetable medicine in
the form of CARSWELL'S LIVER
AID will prevent or promptly relieve
all liver troubles.
On sale under money return guar
antee by Mack's Drug Store, Bam-
berg, S. G..
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24
The Southern Farmer.

The Southern farmer gets up aroused
by a Connecticut alarm clock.
alarm clock.
Buttons his Chicago suspenders to
his Detroit overalls.
Washes his face with Cincinnati
soap in a Pennsylvania pan.
Sits down to a Grand Rapids table
Eats Chicago meat and Indiana
hominy fried in Kansas lard
on a St. Louis stove.
Puts a New York bride on q Ken
lucky mule fed with Iowa
corn.
Plows a farm covered by an Ohio
mortgage with a Chattanooga
plow
When bedtime comes. sits besides a
lamp filled with New Jersey
standard oil. he reads Bible
printed in Boston, and says a
prayer written in Jerusalem.
Crawls under a Delaware blanket, 10
be kept awake by the howl
ing of South Carolina
hound-the only home pro-
duct on the place.
And then he raises cain because he
can't make money raising
cotton-Exchange
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24
NOTICE..

I will file. my final accounting as
administrator on estate of Mrs. B. {.
Bellinger, deceased, with G: P. Har-
mon, Judge of probate, on SATURDAY,
January 9th, 1915, and will ask TOR
letters dismissory on said estate. All
persons having claims against estate
will file same before that date or be
forever barred.
H. Y. BELLINGER.
Administrator
December 10. 1914.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24
Without a Flaw.

Grubbs-What is your idea OF per-
feet happiness?
Stubbs-WeN. if my wife would
stop telling me what she thinks of
me. and I had the privilege of telling
nv respected employer what I think
of him, it would seem about right
Richmond Times Dispatch.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1914-12-24
Invigorating to the Pale and Sickly

The Old Standard general strengthening tonic,
GROVES TASTELESS chill TONIC, drives out
Malaria enriches the blood and builds up the sys-
tenn A true tonic For adults and Children. SH
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-07
BITS OF NEWS

William E. Brown, attorney, dis
barred from practice in U. S. district
court by Federal Judge Carpenter.
Railroad crossing ordinance at
tackled. Attorney declares safety
guard measure unreasonable.
City Hall scrubwomen granted
overtime pay. $500 given jan
itress by'finance committee.
Attorneys in vote fraud case fail
to get juror. Selection of jury may
take all week.
George NJ. Casey, prizefight pro-
moter, arrested in Cleveland. Want
ed here for $500 fake bout.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-01-07

Mayor Harrison bIanes traction
owners for lack Of bids on subway,
plans. -+-..s- -.'
indianapolis. - Structural IRON
workers will receive So cents an hour
during 1914 and IS during 1915, ac--
coFding to agreement between en-
ployers and union.
Kansas city.-StFange craving for
bits of stone which she chewed and
swallowed caused death of Mrs.
Grace Albino, 80.
London.-Upside down dinners in
honor of loop-the-loop aviators latest
thing. Begin with Hqueurs and end
with soup. .rs., ..'.- =.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Something That
Bob andDorothy
Didn't Knou
DAY susan Perry Peckhan..]


One sunny morning. when the air
was cold and the leaves were mostly
red and yellow, Dorothy and Bob were
on the piazza, talking. Dorothy sat in
her rocking chair, putting her doll
Lydia's things on. Bob was on the
floor, rolling back and forth for a little
while. Soon they we're going to do
something, but they had not yet de-
cided what it should be.
Thanksgiving day" said Bob
Thanksgiving. I don't know what
that means. Was anybody born on
that day-anybody like Washington?
81 don't know. / guess So, said
Dorothy.
Maybe Aberham Lincoln?"
might be- said Dorothy.
81 want to know about that. Ma-a'
ma.a!" called Bob Mother, was
Washington born on Thanksgiving
day." Mrs Mason came to the door
why, no, Bob" she said, you
know that isn't what Thanksgiving
day means, don't your
mo, Doffie doesn't, and don't know
what it's for-unless you just want us
to say 'htank YOU lots of times, and
so you give us turkey and all sorts of
special things. We might get so used
to saying thank you'-'Thank you for
this turkey, thank you for this ice
cream, thank you for this jelly, thank
you for the apples and oranges and
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05

the time. Just try to do what's the
right thing. That's what makes peo-
pie learn-Daddy and me and every
body, children and old people"
Not tell stories?" said Dorothy,
land not slap and scream?"
ITO be sure said her mother.
"And be kind to people, and say
thank you" said Bob. But then,
what is the Thanksgiving dinner for,
and the big lot of people. grandmother
and everybody, babies, too?'
why said his mother, don't you
see? After they've been to church,
people think it's lovely to be thankful
together. It's great pleasure to be
thankful. Haven't you ever noticed?
You know how happy it makes any
body to be thankful to somebody for a
gift? Well, you see you don't know
much yet, but you will. Why, yes,
grandmothers and grandfathers and
the fathers and mothers like to be tn
gether and feel how much there is -
be thankful for, and of course. they
want their children to be with them"
"Oh, well, now l know said Bob.
II never knew Thanksgiving was
such day as that said Dorothy.
ooh, yes" said her mother, Its a
lovely day when you know"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05

The 1914 Christmas Stocking club
was organized last week with mem
bership of eleven. Today the member
ship is Sc.
The 1913 Christmas Stocking club
gave out 933 pairs of stockings to 933
needy little children. This year we
want the membership to reach 1000
The Courier Junior has many new
readers, SO we will tell them something
of the club.
The Courier Junior was the first
Christmas club in Iowa, or any of the
nearby states and was planned right
here in this Office, December, 1906. Its
purpose is to make little children very
happy at Christmas time. Then again
if we wish to give presents at Christ
mas time and do not want our friends
to know from whom the Wits come,
Santa Claus will deliver them for us if
we ask him. You all know that Santa
Claus does not always give useful pre-.
sents such as stockings, mittens, SO
the members of the Christmas Stock.
ing club can supply these needs. All
one has to do to become a member OF
the club is to give a nice pair of we'll
filed stockings.
HERE is THE WAY TO FILL A
STOCKING:
Into one stocking put some candy
and nuts, also toy, an orange a pair
of mittens, an apple and the other
stocking. Many of the Juniors fill both
stockings. On the card with the donors
name put the age of the child for whom
the stockings are intended.
We will publish the names of the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05

nuts, thank you, thank you. thank
you'-might get SO used to it we'd
never stop, hardly, and then you
wouldn't have the trouble to remind
us all the time"
"That would be good thing" said
Mrs. Mason, "but I should think boys
and girls could remember to say
thank you, without their mothers
having the Thanksgiving dinners just
to give them practice"
YES" said Dorothy.
What is it for, them" said Bob.
why, it isn't all for children. It's
really more for grown people"
SIS it? Do you thank? What do
you thank each other for?"
"Bobbie, dear, we don't thank each
other especially on that day. You see,
dear, Thanksgiving is a day when we
all think especially of how much we
have to be thankful for"
"Children?" said Dorothy, land good
homes?"
yes, yes, indeed; and healthiness,
and beautiful country and weather,
and good times-such lots of things!
And, you know, we don't thank each
other for those so much as we thank
-
I know" said Bob quickly. God .
"Bobbie, dear, you don't know much
about that. Little fellows can't, Dor
othy can't yet; but by and by You
keep your eyes open, keep trying to
be sensible. to do what's the right
thing, and then some day you'll know
lots of good things that you don't
know now. But you can keep on
learning all the time, you and Dor,
othy."
MN. Specially when we go to
school," said Bob.
We'll, you can be learning now, all
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Isabelle Watts Sends in :
School Composition

There are two children, little boy
and a little girl The girls name is
Helen and the little boys name is
John. Helen is II years old and John
is Is years OF age. They are broth
er and sister They live in the coun-
try and it is a holiday. They have
been out playing and have found a
strange dog. He was lying by the
roadside crying pitifully. He looked
at them and it seemed as though he
wanted help.
The children heard the noise of the
carriage. HAS he been bitten by an
other dog or has he been run over by
a carriage?" they asked each other
They are trying to bind up the dog S
poor foot. They are going to take him
home. What a nice playfellow he
will make if he gets WE'LL the chill
dren said.
A few days later the children and
the dog were playing on the bridge.
The little girl was throwing sticks
into the river and fell in. The dog
jumped in after Helen and John ran
to get help. The dog got Helen out
and then went and got her hat. Helen
might have drowned if the dog had
not plunged jim after her.
Helen waa sick for long time. The
dog would 10 in and see Helen. Hell
ems papa jnd mamma were glad the
children found the lame dog. They
named him Carlo.
ISABELLE Watts. Age 8.
Il. 7. BoxS Z. Ottumwa, la.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
THE BIG LETTER CONTEST

we will continue the big letter con-
test for some time. The rules follow:
We want the Juniors to wrle some
yery interesting letters, "newsy" let
ters. Some of the Juniors can write to
their parents, as if they (the parents)
we're away from home. Other juniors
might write as though they were visit
ing some big city.
The writer's can select their prizes
from the following articles: Box OF
letter paper; box of school supplies;
roller skates, football, knife, doll, book'
box of candy, souvenir spoon.
Pauline Wilson is awarded the prize.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Tuck The Children in

o mother, tuck the children in,
And draw the curtains round their
heads;
And, mother, when the storms begin,
Let storms forbear those cradle beds
And if the sleepers wake too soon,
Say, children, tbs too early yet,
And hush them with a sleepy tune,
And closer draw the coverlet.
o Mother Earth, be good to all
The little sleepers in thy care:
And when it's time to wake them, cal
A beam of sun, breath of air!
Edith NJ. Thomas.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Pauline Wilson,
Welland, Ont, Canada. Box 866-A.

brother and I are twins.
I go to Central school, district No. L.
I like to go to school | don't have very
far to go. I go every day except when
1 am sick.
I am in seven classes at school. They
are arithmetic, fourth reader, history,
grammar, physiology, geography and
spelling. My teachers name is GLADDEN.
Archer He lives at Troy.
/ have two pets. Their names are
Pearl and Clyde.
Allie Hess, age II,
Coatsville, Mo.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
THE COURIER JUNIOR
Published by
THE COURIER PRINTING co.
OttumWa, Iowa
MATILDA DEvEREAUx
EDITOR
be BOOSTERS AND HELPERS.

Dear Juniors: -Thanksgiving day
the 1914 Christmas Stocking club was
organized by eleven friends. Today
We have a membership of Sc. we
want all the Juniors to join the 1914
Christmas Stocking club. We also
want every Junior to be a booster
and a helper. Helpers or boosters
will not only join themselves but will
get their friends and parents to join.
Under the wreath of holly we are tell
ing all about the Christmas Stocking
club.
We will announce the Christmas
contests next week.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Hedrick Junior, Ethel Den.
ser, Tells Santa About
Her Brother

Dear Santa Claus:
Please, will you bring me swing
for my. doll and set of dishes?
Now, dear Santa, have little baby
brother He is about six months old
and l think if you would bring him a
Teddy Bear he would like it.
This will be all this year, Santa,
unless you want to leave us some
candy and nuts which we would like
to have if you have any to spare
Goodbye, Santa.
From your little girl,
Ethel Deuser, Age T.
Hedrick, Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Pauline Wilson Writes to
Her Friend liza

Dear Ila:-As we only get our Fri
day paper on Monday, just saw your
letter in the Junior page tonight.
l am glad you had such nice time
on your trip. wish you would take
trip up here and see us. often
wish l could see some of my friends
in Ottumwa once more. Only last
night was thinking about you.
wrote a letter to Warren, asking him
if you still lived on Wabash avenue.
/ don't think you would know me
now as have grown so tall.
When is your birthday? was IA
years old on October IL
What room are you in at school?
am in the senior fourth, that is the
eighth grade. If pass my entrance
examination will be in high school
The methods in school here are lots
different than when I went to school
in Ottumwa. When you are trying for
high school you have to try test and
if you pass that you then try your en-
trance examination, but if you don't
pass your test you can't try your en-
trance examination. think that is
more difficult than the way of trying
just the one examination. We have
an examination every Friday after
noon. At the end Of two months your
report is put in the paper.
This coming Friday our examination
is going to be English and Canadian
history. fear it will be rather hard.
They are building new high school
here. Do they have the penny banks
in the schools in Ottumwa? They
have them in the schools here. Every
child that wants to take out bank
account gets bank book. Every Mon
day morning whatever you want to de-
post in the bank you bring your
money and bank book. You can de-
post anything as low as penny. You
give your money to your teacher and
she marks your bank book. The
money is then turned into the Imperial
Bank of Canada. If you want to draw
any money out of the bank, you have
to give a weeks notice. I think it is
a nice thing to have, as it teaches the
children to save their money.
am sure if you would come up
here now, you would get frightened
and wouldn't want to stay very long
as it is a common thing to go down
town and pass soldiers with guns
over their shoulders.
This Welland canal that divides
Welland in two parts. like the Des
Moines river divides Ottumwa, has to
be guarded all the time, especially the
locks. This canal is important be-
cause it joins Lake Erie and Lake
Ontario and is a great water way for
grain boats, especially. Not long ago
there were large boats loaded with
wheat on their way to England, and
they were afraid some of the Germans
might try to blow it up, so they have
guards guarding the canal night and
day.
There have been several reports
that airships have been sailing
around Welland and neighboring
towns at night but / don't think IL
was true. A person can't believe all
the reports in war time. What do
you think the end of this war will be?
think it is very puzzling question.
Has it been very cold in Ottumwa
yet? We have had a few light
SHOWS, but it would melt as soon as it
touched the ground. l think the low.
est it has been was rs above.
: CONTINUED Next Weekly
Your friend,
Pauline Wilson,
wa11and Ont Canada Box 1894.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Francis Watts Has a Pony
Named Peanut"

] am little boy five years old. This
is the first time I have ever written
so l thought I would write and tell
you about my pets.
/ have dog named Collie and a cat
named Peanut. My calf is named
Rosy. My colt is named Queen. |
have a good many pets.
I like to help papa.
Francis Watts, Age S.
r. 7, Box 4a. OttumWa. Ia
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05

members of the club every day until
Christmas. We do not want the stock
ings until the Monday before Christ
mas but we will be glad to have the
names of the children and grownups,
who care to belong to the club right
away. Juniors and grownusp living at
also sum of money sufficient to buy
the candy, toys and mittens.
We are so glad to have the grown
ups interested in the club. These gifts
may seem small but they bring untold
pleasure to many needy little children.
The stockings will be left just as the
Donors bring them in, and will be dis
trihuted Christmas eve direct from
this Office, among little children whose
parents are unable to provide any
Christmas cheer and to little ones be-
reft of their parents.
The club membership up to 10 a. m
follows:
IN MEMORY OF MAMIE LEE,
WHO DIED JUNE 8, 1914.
BESSIE LEE.
BUELAH BINkS.
WAYNE EDWARD soNGER.
PAUL CLIFFORD PICKETT.
FULTON NlMoCks.
EVERTlA CECIL KING.
WILLIAM JAMES KING.
RUTH ELEANOR GlLLEN.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-12-05
Minnesota Junior Writes
First Letter to Santa
Claus

Dear Santa Claus:
Win you please come to Minnesota
again this year.
would like to have harp and the
st. Nichalas magazine for a year.
Rees Hoy, Age Z.
Box 336. Deer River, MINI.