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The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15
Mr.. COTT|NGHAM DIES
AFTER BRIEF ILLNESS

Mr.. H. NJ. Cottingham died at his
home on Church street last Satur-
day of acute pneumonia in his S0th
year.
He had been a resident of Marietta
for many years, but his business was
in Atlanta. He had once been sup
erintendent OF the Atlanta & Char
lotte Air Line railroad.
Besides his wife he leaves one
daughter, Mrs. T. R. Patterson, one
sister, Mrs. Oglesby, of Atlanta, and
one brother ]. D. Cottingham.
The funeral service was conduct
ed at the residence on Monday after
noon by Rev. Randolph Claiborne
and the interment was in the st.
James cemetery.
The hymns were Lead Kindly
Light" and I'm the Hour of Trial"
sung by Mrs. c. T. Nolan, Miss Mary
Cole and Miss Virginia. Crosby with
Mrs. II. q. Cole accompanying on the
piano.
The floral tributes were many and
extremely handsome.
The pallbearers were F. w. North
cult, R. w. Northcutt, Guy North
cult, M. L. Mcneil, J. G. Oglesby,
Jr., A. V. Cortelyou, NJ. G. Whit
lock, D. c. Cole, R. G. Clay, L N.
Trammell and Howell Irrelevant.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15
G|NNERS REPORT IS
AHEAD OF LAST YEAR

MIR. j L. stephens report on cotton
ginned in Cobb County up to Octo-
Der II, bshos a total of 2,57S bales.
For the same period last year 2,26S
bales had been ginned. This increase
is probably due to the fact that last
year the price was low and the far
mers were not in a hurry to get it
out while this year the price is
good and the crop is being gathered
as fast as possible.
This is Mr.. Stephens first report
on the 1915 crop.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15
CIVIC LEAGUE TAKE NOTICE

On account of Mrs Wayland
Camps funeral Tuesday aftevRocn
the meeting of the Civic league was
postponed until Friday afternoon
when it will be as usual at the Ken
nesaw House.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15
U. D. C. MEETING.

The U. D. c. meeting will be held
with Mrs. J. J. Daniel next Tues
day afternoon at half past three. A
full attendance is urged as the occa-
sion will be of unusual interest.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15

Represent party who has $4,000
which he desires to lend for IL
months ON well improved farm land.
FRED MORRIS.
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15

Continued on page two)
The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1915-10-15

There's no stronger guarantee of
quality than the PRIMBLE SHIELD. It's
the mark of identification which is found
on only the highest grade of cutlery
steel.
We have an unusually nice assort-
ment of Table Knives and Forks of the
PRIMBLE BRAND, and can meet your fancy
IN both price and pattern.
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

and booking agencies for chance to
begin.
Shed planned to be a school teacher.
And it was at normal college that the
stage as possibility first loomed on the
horizon. She had small part in school
play. and she rehearsed and rehearsed un-
til she was just bit more than perfect.
And when the curtain rose on the first
performance and she heard her cue, she'd
forgotten her lines, her role. and her name.
Which wasn't much of q start, she de-
clared later. though it made her decide to
try again.
Broadway didn't hold out much promise
for an inexperienced girl who wanted to
learn to be star, The best Elsie Fer
guson could do was find a place in the
chorus Of THE Belle of New York"
"And IT," she says, Il were to advise
any young woman who is anxious to sue
ceed on the stage, and who possesses real
talent and ability-for she had better
keep away unless she does-I would
recommend the musical comedy stage for
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
For Years Miss Ferguson Refused to Do. Anything
Sensational. or Even Exciting, put Nov Her En-
gagenent Has Given Her Much Distraught Press
Agent His Long Awaited Opportunity

or less Of success my mother claims Il
was her influence. because she always
wanted to be an actress and once when
she was girl played Mary Stuart. But
father was Scotch. and think the
imagination inherited from him made
me- At least / sm sure 1t Is by using
my imagination to the fullest / am able
to accomplish the lest results. It is only
BY imagining that am the character I
am playing that can really reach my
audience ] might give as good per.
formance technically without really be-
ing for the moment the person am por-
traytng. but fail to convey the human
touch. That is the real work Of acting;
reaching for the intangible and endeavor-
ing to make It real We are all such queer
mixtures! Before rehearsals started for
The Strange Woman / had read ana re-
read the play, and pictured mentally the
childhood. youth. girlhood and young wom-
anhood Of my character, delving into the
secrets which had made her the woman
she is in the play. was living that wom-
ans life when the first curtain rose.
Gowns must be selected to 1T moods.
That's why ! plan and design my own.
A costume Of airy material. that sort Of
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29
OW do you suppose Elsie Fer
guson planned to hand the
pa. lie a thrill?

Up to date. covering period
Of something : like fourteen years. she's
shone from behind the footlights-and
gone out when they went out-as though
she were operated by the same switch
She has lurked behind barrier of seclu-
sion that might have been cloister wall.
SO far as the newspaper reading public
was concerned. Some of the things she
hasn't done are:
Written beauty recipes
Posed for cold cream labels
Bathed in champagne
Lost a million dollars worth of
''ewels
Eloped with a steel trust official
Conferred her name on a shopping
bag
Married Nat Goodwin.
By reason of all of which she has had
to worry along on her career with nothing
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

the start. There one appears in the en-
sembles and that heartbreaking self
consciousness which accompanies the first
few years on the stage is minimized.
Later she played In "The Strollers" and
in Liberty Bellies" She drifted over to
London and caught the attention OF VIII
liam A. Brady. He brought her back to
America and she began to succeed.
Caste" Arizona" and THE First Lady
Of the Land" were some Of the plays she
appeared in first Then she played the
lead in "Such Little Queen" and became
a star. She read about it--her stardom-
in the morning papers and when she went
to the theater she saw her name in cleo
tric lights. She next was seen in The
Strange Woman" in which play her gowns
caused delirium to descend down on the
feminine portion of her audiences Her
greatest success came last year in "The
outcast," when her work was pronouncsd
the seasons triumph
She is not yet quite thirty and she has
touched the top. TO those who have
watched. It seems that she has risen IL
most without effort. But she tells difs !
ferent story.
TO CREATE roles that live- tbs q the
ambition Of Miss Ferguson.
Whenever zee my name in incander
cant lights in front of the theater. I fsel
! ought TO stand out and urss psople q
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

uttis things, but believe In aiding vhsn-
ever possible, not 30 much because n
makes enects easier, but because II NAV
assist In making effects stronger
which talking, as much as Miss Ferru.
son ever did about herself and her Art
all TOOK place before her engagement was
announced. Since that announcement she
Life is 30 full of 30 MANY thine an:
should never be at loss to and some.
thing interesting to do. am ready TO
quit the stage at any time have reached
the ptnnacle ! sought, and am satisfIed." !"
Afterward she actually gave utterance
to these cynical bon mots:
"A woman Is poor loser in every
game, especially love.
"A woman never lets go anything
she has once possessed.
"A woman always resents the mar.
riage Of her discarded lover to some
Woman cannot understand honor
as "a sportsmanlike man does: she
wishes to pay only when she gets
something.
v'' -. -. -.
KISS FERGUsON's home l. IN the
4v4 Gainsboroush studios, In Central
park. overlooking New York's biz plAy.
ground. The south windows. like picture
frames, enclose siimpses Of the famous
Manhattan skyline, With tn maxnxfne
cover possibilities.
The reception room ID an expression Of
the personality Of the popular actress
One corner IL filed With grand piano.
and q rather complete music library. She
has always been = musician. pupil Of
Lambert =
Engraving cf famous buildings Of the
old world. cathedral. Of Gothic design
and MoaGnes q, tho tlr oast deck the
walls of thA roeeptlo1 roonl. ln he cen-
ter Of one space. hung over draped blue
velvet curtain. p : portrait In on Of Miss
Ferguson.
But the vans, tahles and the plano are
not slone selected for the display Of little
curios. n ne vegy center Of the Aoor
reposes aWblto sch1na ct that looks yery
rsal and On the vtndpw eeat. propped -
on sofa plllQW. = O aNusipe 1gufe q
Chinese by Vith 1eou etueoed and umi7inH.
no 0plb2 o1 IA Nh1to eA1na cat A
6om09heEo Gbout DuExs NEltto11, IL bonNp
tt1eI E6eulo4 90 - l1l1nf cpmpanloa
Of IT, ee0S ~ 1ollR Tko amt
s;s;sss s''ss Z s s,sss = - = ssss 8, !
.. s; I! :
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

y
CHE has been described as the best
- dressed woman on the American stage
She plans set Of gowns for every role.
designs and personally supervises their
making They are exquisite a. her per
sonality and she Is the shadow OF beauty
rather than beauty itself; possessed of
wraithlike loveiiness that suggests pastel
sketching by the master artist There %
IN absence Of color about her: yet she
Is far from colorless. she dos not glov;
she haunts
That is the way she looks now With
her Eame written in ire on Broadvpy aaA
her salary mounting tpward slddy ha1lhte
Not 20 many years ago she wqs ros11f
04nng yepng DsEsoa oonsdAioG eon
The Washington herald., 1915-08-29

10 depend on for success excepting her
work. face, figure, good taste and good
sense. She hasn't even Maude-adamsed
into queries and mystery stories; the half
dozen interviews she's given out were
characterized chiefly by what she didn't
say about herself.
And all Of a sudden there bursts on .
goggling public the news that she's to wed
Announcement has just been made of her
engagement to Thomas Benedict Clarke,
Jr., vice president of the Hartman Ma
tionaI bank, New York, Yale graduate,
member of the University, Brook, Racquet,
Tennis and Suffolk Hunt clubs, and for.
merly adjutant of Squadron cavalry, Ma
tional guard. He is brotherin-law of
Richard Newton, Jr., M. F. H. at South
ampton, son of Thomas B. Clarke, well
known art collector, and a prominent So
bright, bright light Of publicity on the
hitherto shrinking figure of the actress
Is she going to marry money and social
position (not casting any doubt on her
AiouNC. IL Picpdpiy lONCJ, anu Sil III
with old families sand ancestral halls?
Cause IL she does the Sunday supple.
ments will get her. Or is she going to
marry as mentioned and remain on the
stage with friend husband admiring along
the space between somebody's back hair
and the orchestra leaders right arm? And
II she does that, the press agents IL get
her. And If she happens to think of all
this and really wishes to remain in the
vague shadows and therefore breaks the
engagement. the front pages II get her.
with art. Then where will be all her
esthetic seclusion?
Is 1t possible that Elsie Ferguson. firing
Of her solo number. wanted to come out
and play?
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
DUST EXPLOSIONS

In his annual report just made to
1.-The secretary Of the Interior Director
Joseph A. Holmes OF tue United Stat
Ies Bureau Of Mines states that eX
cellent progress has been made dur
ing The past fiscal year in the inyes
! LEGATIONS of TIE eXplOsibiity of coal
dust at the experimental mine near
| BruCetOn, Pa. These Investigations
included a careful examination into
the infammabiity of coal dust col
,eCied from hundreds OF mines, in
different coal fields and a systemat
lie study OF the possibility OF Goa
mine explosions starting from the III
,pr0pcr use Of explosives or the US,
Of improper explosives, or from cleo
t-ic sparks, miners lamps, mine fires
or other agencies.
! Four great explosions occurred
+ during the year. a follows: One III
me stag Canyon mine, al Dawson
~. Men. October -. 1913, resulting
N The deatn Of 2G3 men; one at Ac.
ton. Ala, NoycmOer 18th, l4l3, in
Which - men were killed; one al the
Vulcan m.Le. New Castle. coo. Dec.
. IC.. 1919, IN WuiCn 81 men We're Kill.
ed; and one at Eccles, W. Va, April
rs, 1914. in which ISL lives were lost.
, The general ventilation in most Of
the mines involved N explosions was
good, but the detect in certain mines
vas in permitting the local acCumula
ton OF gas through not bratticn5 up
/ to the face of gaseous entries or work
ing places. One of the great disast.
ers was probably caused by tie use
of dynamite for blasting, and by dis
obedience in firing snOt or shot
Wen miners We're in the mine. in
spite of the fact tnat an outside shot.
firing system had been installed.
/ Looking to the future, the Dircctoc
observes that. despite the progress
male in ascertaining the nature OF
mine explosions and in devi5inS
methods Of prevention, they still
continue to occur, and It is to be
feared t4at complete prevention will
be difficult, owing to the inherent dit
tiCulty Of eliminating errors OF OBJ
seryatiOn, judgmen or understanding
from among miners or mine officials.
Thus, one Of the shocking disasters
Of tie past year was brought about
because of one mans willingness to
risk the sacrifice of not only his own
life, but the lives OF many others in
order to gain a few tons of coal. 1t
is difficult to meet SuCI a case. and
Yet with the progress that is being
made in the methods of preventing
or limiting explosions, it is certain
that hereafter in well-protected
mine properly cared for there will
be much less danger Of wide
spr Fad EXPLOSION.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
SOME DEALS IN DIRT
Record in Recent Real Estate Deals
in Mahaska County.

George K. ChilCOte and wife to Per
ry II. Gregg, W u Sc NV and "a "
y ne NV sec 20-74-16. Warranty deed
Cons $27OO
Rosa Gunsaulis and hus to A ]
Augustine, lot 1874 blk f, O'Neills add
OskaloOsa. Warranty deed. Cons 500
Abb n. Shannon and hus to Elmer
Eddy, lot blk 3 Whites add Oska
loosa. Warranty deed Cons $500.
Leonard A. Pettitt, unm'd to Ross
Malcolm. lot Al O'Neill's add Oska
loosa. Warranty. Cons 1920.
Hattie Onstine and hus to City OF
.OskaloOsa, part lot ia blk O'Neills
add Oskaloosa. Warranty. Cons $50,
c. A. Hoover Trustee to Elizabeth
A. Novels, lot 2 blk c Myers Mod
add Oskaloosa, also part o l. 2 Tough
ridge & Cassiday's add Oskaloosa. al
so lot 81 S d of NV "A sec 1855,
also lot 1 of S ID NV u sw a sec
13-75-1G. Warranty. Cons $1.0O.
Matte u: Hixson and hus to City of
Oskaloosa, part lot IT'S blk S O'Neill's
add Oskaloosa. Warranty. Cons $50.
l.. d. Beatty and nus to George j.
Thomas, lots s and 6, blk Montgom-
s srsSo add oskalRosSga5 aY44 rs 4IBBsc Cons
s. 3, Shannon to A. H. shanhoh, part
lot Is o p Sharon. Quit Claim deed.
Cons $1.00.
James Il. Weston and wife to Peter
ID. Doty, lot 81, University Park, Cons
$4,000.
Joseph w. Elder and wife to Glenn.
ent Cooley, lot 144 o. p. University
Park, Cons. 5000.
Mary Todd and husband to J. A.
Critchlow, lots 61-62, block J. O'Neills
add Oskaloosa, Cons. 1920.
Harvey Buckler and wife to j. w.
Sc II Sc u NV u sec.
S-74.15, quit claim deed, Cons. $1.0O.
Charles NJ. Holbert and wife TO Ellz
absth' M Felty. lots 8 ana 10. block q,
pbrth add. 70 Fremont. warranty deed
$4,000. e
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
LIE RuslNEss OUTLOOK.

In a circular New Years letter to
the trade, f. A. kellogg of the Rak,
erS &ConfectiOners Co., Of New York
springs some original IDEAS. Among
them are the following:
Every little While down at Wash
ingtOn they create a new bureau to
regulate something. and put a $4,000
man at the head of it to tell $780,
600 heads Of business companies how
to 90 the Government has no mo-
nOpoIy on men with brains, ability
and efficiency.
The banks are going to lend money
more freely in the future but it
will be q new Kind OF credit which
must be paid up at stated Intervals;
no more renewing and renewing
the old kind of credit ran on forever
like a brook.
The worlds stock on hand Of food
and clothing was never enough for
q year, and never Will be.
The resources of our country are
so great that if our Government
fought and 70 per cent of our pOpu-
lation fought to hamper business =
they could no sooner stop business
than they could hold up the ocean
tide for this reason business will
so ahead in spite of everything that
has been done against it.
unemployed wOrkmen are begin
ing to realize that they are silent
partners in good business they
will find work slowly but surely in
1Q15"
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
ANNUAL U. P. DINNER
Congregation Meets At Church And
Enjoys Several hours Together.

The annual congregations dinner
and business meeting of the Unite
Presbyterian Churcn was held New
Years day.
he families of the Congregation
from both town and country came tC
the church before the dinner hOuI
with baskets laden with the provision
for y bOuntiful Congregational din
luer which was served in the church
at one o'clock.
After the dinner the meeting was
called to order by the Secretary, MI
c. A. Seigfried. Mr.. II. II, Morrison
was elected moderator.
| Reports of the different depart
ments was an interesting review OF
the work of the past year. The pas
tors report showed that while there
las been number of deaths and re-
mOvals by letter there has been a sub
stanttal net increase in the member
ship.
! The report aof the treasurer show
| ed the finances of the church to be in
a prosperous condition.
/ Tie Y. p. C. U. was reported b.
tie secretary, Henry GreeVes and
was very Encouraging as the young
people of the church are live ener.
| getic body.
The reports of the WOman's Miss
ionary Society and the Sabbath
lscAoel were not complete and will be
given by the secretarys as soon as
completed. But the congregation was
! informed that both these departments
had enjoyed prosperous year S
work.
The officers for the ensuing year
are
President of the annual meeting,-
H. H. Morrison.
Sec'y.-C. A. Seigfried.
Chm. of dinner committee Mrs.
Theodore Greeves.
Treasurer-C.. E. CrOZier.
CONSEQUENTLY. |. Robson.
Session Elders-Joseph Boyd, Thos.
Stephenson, H. H. Morrison, J. ID.
Stewart, VIM. Z. Batey, John Mas
teller. r. l. Bobeson, c. A. Seigfried.
Trustees - J. w. Mcdonald. c. +.
Crozier, Joseph Boyd, Mr.. Baughman,
Mrs. VIM. Burnside.
Sabbath school Superintendent.
A. Seigfried; Sec'y., Maud Moore;
Treas. Maxwell BOYD
Y. p. c. U. PRESIDENT. D. Stew
TART; Secretary Henry Greeves.
Woman's Missionary Society-PreS-
identMrs. S. J. Malone; secretary,
Mrs. f. A Tennis; treasurer, Mrs.
Eugene Hen.
The first Sabbath of the new year
at the morning service, Elizabeth
Ann, infant daughter Of Adward A.
and Ina G.. Bowen, and Edward Nit
cheH, infant son Of Francis E. and
Emma l.. Oble, We're conSeCrated to
/ God in BAPTISM
The prayer circle Of 20 members
will meet in the church parlors each
Ievcniug this week ct 1870 to pray
earnestly for God't,, Spirit to come up
on the church IN mighty power.
! Others are united to join the circle.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07

More than three millions of per
sons examined to make sure that
their entrance into this country
would not endanger the health of our
citizens; over $4,000 vessels inspect
ed, and nearly 5000 fumigated; over
So. 900 persons treated in hospitals or
dispensaries; a constant tab" kept
on every outbreak of disease occur
ring here or abroad, so that if occur
ring abroad it would not enter this
country. and if in this country, that
il would not extend to other states;
and a series of laboratory and field
Investigations of diseases or Condi-
tons which menace or may threaten
this country; this in brief is the rec
ord of the United States Public
Health Service during the last year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
GOLDEN WEDDING DAY
Former Mahaska Co. People Cele-
brate Happy Anniversary.

OF the golden wedding of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. II. Barber, celebrated Tues
day, Dec. Is, the National City (Calif)
News says of these former well
known Mahaska county people:
William H. Barber and Nancy Il.
DiIdine began their married career in
1864, Dec. Is, in Madison township,
Columbia county, Pennsylvania. The
following spring they moved to Michi-
gan where they remained for six
years. Their next move was to the
state of Iowa in which they resided
for thirty-six years. During that
time their one living child Nellie, was
married to Ora ]. Claypoole and
moved to Grand Junction, Colo. This
place naturally became the center OF
interest to them and they moved
there and called II home for three
years, when the lure of California eli
mate became too strong to resist.
They came here as tourists but adopt
ed National City as the ideal home
for the golden years Of life. Their
golden anniversary found them pos
Sessed of many friends and enjoying
a fair degree of health. Their one
regret was that their only daughter,
Mrs. Claypoole. OF Colorado, was not
permitted to participate in the cele-
bration Of their golden wedding" n
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07
THE DIES MONIES WAY.

In addition to the aid given factor
les by the Greater Des Moines Com
mittee. the F. NJ. Hubbel &SonB co
VIII build suitable buildings for fac
tory anywhere along the line Of the
Des MoineS Union Railway tracks.
For the first ten years the Hubble
Co. charges the Tenant only pei
cent per year on the investment, and
per cent per year for the second
ten years. Thus with the financial
aid offered by the Greater Des Moines
committee tae factory is enabled to
feel its way along without a great
burden to bear until it gets on its
feet. 49,
Here in Oskaloosa we have a going
concern which is in need OF more
capital, but it is unable to secure q
loan, or more correctly speaking, sell
preferred stock bearing 7 per cent in.
terest 10 secure the money. If Oska-
loosa grows any more, it must have
more smoke stacks, must be built and
maintained by local money.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1915-01-07

rert AYERS. than the chaps who have
not had the advantages of college
training Farm work usually is re-
garded as unskilled labor Much of it
is rudimantary in simplicity. And yet
the simplest of tasks are better per
formed by those whose hands are di-
rected by trained minds. Intelligence
breeds conservation of time and en-
ergy. Intelligence reads tne worker to
shortcuts in his work without impair
ing its eXceIlcnce. In a wSrd intellt.
genCe is 'atE inE the realm of labor.
w.2tser IT BFh labor demanding the
highest mcchaittcar skill or whether
it be harvesting CROPS on the plains
Of Kansas