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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1915-01-21

at the party. Forget something?"
Loaned my car" Sledge explained.
us Molly engaged?"
I'll see," offered Marley, setting for.
ward decanter. 81 think she is still
in the library"
81 mean to be married" corrected
| Sledge.
mot to my knowledge" replied her
father, with slight frown.
"Hunh!" grunted Sledge in salts
faction. 81 figure on marrying her
! myself"
"You!" returned Marley and the
tone was not complimentary. For
moment he looked troubled, and then,
smiling again, he poured drink.
molly will have the final say about
that"
Sure" agreed Sledge. That she
was highly popular was only corrob'
Grafton of his own judgment. BERT
Glider leads the betting, doesn't he?,
you're a very close observer;
laughed Marley. "Bert's a Hkable
young chap"
"He won't do" decided Sledge.
Lean against him and he'll squash
He's too pretty"
II can't discuss this any further
Mr.. Sledge," Marley announced
There is very little could do in the
matter, anyhow
Keep him away" ordered Sledge
~ can't interfere protester Mar
ley. wishing that he dared show his
resentment more plainly. molly
picks her own friends
Good night grunted .Sledge, and
stalked out of the den. He stopped
in the door of the library, where
Molly and Fern and Bert sat chatting
over the unusual party. Want to
ride home. Glider?" he invited.
Thank you," accepted Bert, with
glance of amusement at the girls, and
he arose. 80,
The girls came to the door with
them and when they had Whlrleo
away Molly and Fern went upstairs
and hurried into regulation chatting
costumes.
Fern clad in billowy marvel OF
dainty blue, trotted into the bouoolr
of white and pink, and curled coHl-
fortably up in the corner of the dlvan'
where she experimental with eleven
nillows until she had a nest Whlch
precisely suited her ideas of luxury;
then. and not until then, she announc-
ed that the party had been glorious
success.
moreover" she added, with refresh
ing directness, II want to bet you
mink parasol that an important cpl,
sode in your fair young life happened
tonight" Az,
How do you know" inquired Mol
w. turning, startled from the opera
ton of brushing her shining hair.
81 could tell from the way Bert act
ed" replied Fern, with a glggle.
"I don't think he liked it that Sieoge
was here" went on Fern. you kno~
his people are very exclusive. wy
Molly the Maryland Gliders, OF WEom
he is a direct connection, are the most
aristocratic in the east. the 1ami,y
can trace its ancestry for hundreos
and hundreds of years You oon
know how lucky you are, Molly! just
tn think of having proposal after pro-
nosal from a fellow like that!
"I'm going to make him stop IT,
threatened Molly dryly.
(To be continued)
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a farmer who complained about the
pesky potato bugs, he went on:
There are three or four nice girls
here. but who can tell what sort of
wives they will make:
And, after selling box Of cough
drops to a red headed woman who OBJ
served that it looked like rain, the
druggist went back to his musing.
Yes, Miss Carter has got money.
and she must find it a worry to take
care Of it. I'm not a man to marry for
money, but if had a tidy little sum
should know how to use it to good ad-
vantage. They say that Miss Carter is
thirty eight years old. while l am only
twenty four. but love does not take age
into account"
That night he called at her home and
said: Miss Carter, I am a business
man.
"Yes?"
Il am called rather blunt man."
II see"
..Will you marry me?"
mo sir, I WON'T
will you tell me why?" he asked.
Because, sir, l am picking out hus-
bands for others ....
When it was reported that the old
! maid had turned down the druggist
that one Of the girls might have a
chance at MIN, an indignant meeting
was held in almost every house
What sort Of game is it?" was de-
manded.
why doesn't she lie and tattle and
start rows the same as other old
maids?"
Il want to tell you that this comes
| mighty nigh breaking down the bull
warks Of American liberty!" said Dea-
con Pardon.
| At length che of the ministers was
| induced to call on the old maid and ask
for an explanation.
! Have l been the cause of single
broken engagement" she asked.
| "No-o-o."
ION the contrary. haven't I brough,
| about quite 4 rumoer?"
yes"
do you know Of girl in Bloomfield
| that wants to marry but has ne
chance?"
Il think not
| Then I don't think l can be called
upon to make further sacrifices"
! And within a month she was married
to a fruit-trec man, and Cupid wa.
| smiling on them, and Deacon Pardon
was rubbing his leg and saying: TT.
a mighty funny way for an old maid t.
! act, but I guess them bulwarks Of lib
| erty are all right--aI right"
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BY LEE PAPE

littel joak, you no what Tennison sed
Men may KUN and men may go, but
a joaks joak for aw that, sed pop
And he stuck his he'd out of the doal
agen laffing like enything, and Glad
dis and Mr.. Parkins jest sat thare
tawking without starting to danse
agen, so l went out to see II eny OF
the fellos was GROUND, and aftir had
CAIN in agen and went to bed l hero
the fonograff going down in the par
Ter playing the fox trot, and l went
downstairs in my pidjammers to see
who was plying it, and the parlel
doar was shut and I opened it and
heer who was jumping up and down
awl by himself but pop.
G, pop. wat are you doing, sed.
You musent open the doar and
shout at persin that way, you pritty
neer scared the life out of me that
time, sed pop, wy, I'm keeping warm
Of corse. now you shut that doar anC
martch rite back to bed, do you wan
to catch yure deth of newmonia.
Cant jest stand heer and watcf
you vile, I sed.
Beet it, sed pop. WITCH 1 did. goins
back to bed agen, and l Good still heel
the fonograff playing the fox trot, anG
aftir a vile I went down agen anC
peeked throo the keyhole and pop was
still jumping up and down, beeine
pritty warm by that time, CESS, avn
akkount of having his cote awf, an6
then l went back to bed agen anC
went to sleep and the fonograff was
still going.
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bonds of wedlock with such girl as
that
And then came a proposal. He loved.
He loved as he had never loved before:
should It turn out that he had loveo
in vain the dark waters of Lake Erie
should close over him.
did you want me fdr a wife. sister,
aunt or mother
"Heartless woman
Run along sonny, ana gro" so1le
more and get older!
And he returned to the girl who
didn't love cats, instead of plunging
beneath the choppy waters or Lake *
Erie. And the cat girl was actually
mad about it-mad at the old maid TOT
refusing him, and there was contempt
in her tones as she inquired:
who does Miss Sarah Carter think
she is. anyhow
A sewing machine man heard OF MISS
Carter and her money, and said to
himself: Now here's where I show the
world that a sewing machine man has
a heart This old maid has been wait
in. for years and years for an offer,
but none has come will sacrifice my
SELF
And at his second call to see if she
didn't want to invest $50 in machine
that sewed and tucked and ruffled and
hemmed and gathered, and did almost
everything except the family washing
he drew a long breath and said: Il
have thought l should never marry,
! butt
"But now you think you will re-
piled the maiden, to help MIN out.
Il do"
"Then move right along to the widow
| Green's. 1 believe she wants TO- get
married, while l am sure l don't
And when it became known chat the
old maid had given the unmarried re-
males of BLOOMFIELD! still another
chance instead of gobbling the man uE
for herself, there wasn't a word OF
praise for her
"She thinks nobody good enough fol
her" people said Think Of the i'm
pudence of her picking out husbands
for u.s."
| And Just before the opening Of pray
err meeting at the Methodist church one
| evening, as eight or ten people were
gossiping about the old maid. Deacon
Pardon became so excited that he ex.
claimed: by thunder, but she ortel
be arrested and made to give an ac-
| count of herself! I'm telling you thai
it amt natural--no, it amt natural
young druggist who had just start
Ell in business in Bloomfield had wor
favor in the eyes Of at least three maid.
ems, though he had as yet pledged him
self to none His trio Of girls had beer
very bitter toward the old maid, be
lieving that she would try to catch the
druggist. Miss Carter had been in thu
store half a dozen times to make small
purchases, and, Of course. had beer
| treated politely, when one day thu
! druggist found time 10 muse
shes an old maid. but l don't be
lieve she's set in her ways. She ha!
reached the age when she's no longe
frivolous and she must know consid
cradle about business"
And. after selling box Of pills t.
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Mr.. Parkins CAIN to see my sistlr
Gladdis last mite, and Gladdis termed
avn the fonograff and they startid to
show eetch uthir sum moo fox trot
steps in the parler and sat thare and
watched them vile, looking moar
like as if the floar was so hot they
coodent hardly stand avn 1t than IL
looked like dansing.
G. that's a funny kind of danse, l
sed.
I dident heer enyboddy ask you for
yure opinion, sed Gladdis, if you don't
like it you can ANYWAYS go out, you
no.
dident say | dident like it, jest
sed it was funny looking, | sed. Wich
It was and they kepp avn dansing IT,
and the fastir they dansed the hottlr
YOU mite think the f1oar was, and a1tlr
vile pop stuck his he'd in the doar'
saying, Leep hop and be merry, so
that's the fox trot, is 1t.
Yes sir, sed Mr.. .Parkins. do you like
it.
Well. it's highly intristing from a
medical point Of view, sed pop, but IN
my day they dident ust to call It the
fox trot, they called it the Sent Vitus
danse.
Ha ha, very good, very good, sed
Mr. Parkins. And him and Gladdis
stopped dansing and termed aWf the
fonograff and sat down, and pop sed,
Wv yure not cured are you, meen,
yure not throo awlreddy.
Now. farthir, sed Gladdis
n we'll us old felloS must have our
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OPENING ARGUMENTS
IN SEWERS ACTION
Case One of Long Standing
and Has Been Tried in
OttumWa Before

Rafael Davila, Fellif1i Garisca and
Yknamo Mayagshta, were each sen
fenced to five years Imprisonment in
the state penitentiary at FIT. Madison
by Judge D. M Anderson in the dis
trict court this morning at $50. The
trio was found guilty of breaking and
entering railroad car in the yards at
Eldon, and stealing from it quantity
Of food products, by the jury which re-
turned verdict at o'clock Sunday
morning. Clara Mitchell, colored, re-
Gently found guilty of receiving stolen
goods, was to have been sentenced this
morning. Her counsel has filed a mo-
ton for new trial and the court will
take up the matter at $50 Wednesday
morning.
With the opening of the court this
morning the case of Byron Sewers VS..
the Cleveland Coal Co., was begun
The jury was selected Monday after
noon, this morning was taken up with
opening arguments of the counsel and
testimony was begun this afternoon
This is an action of long standing and
involves prominent parties on both
sides. The plaintiff is at present the
mayor of the city Of Oskaloosa and the
Cleveland Coal Co., was an auxiliary
of the old Whitebreast Fuel Co., one
Of the largest and most influential
| concerns of it's kind in the Iowa coal
| fields.
Mr.. Sewers is asking judgment
amounting to $38,OS2.5O for services
| which he alleges he rendered the
company. The case was tried here in
1910, and the plaintiff was given q
verdict for $15,357.S6. 1t was then ap
pealed to the supreme court and sent
back to be retired after the major
portion of the verdict had been re
versed. There are certain parts of the
original action which were taken out
! by the higher court and it is probable
that this hearing will not take over
week, although the first trial lasted
nearly three. Six attorneys are in
volved, three from Oskaloosa ano
three from this city. The jury select
ed is as follows: O.. Budges, O. =
Clark. Henry Lock, George H. Giltner
A. w. Anderson, Raymond Lanes, T
! M. Parker, J. B. Smith, H. A. Martin
Robert Lumsdon, John Maring and F
L. Long.
Employed in 1908.
The plaintiff in his petition to 1.-THE
court, says that in 1903 he was hiree
by the company as an option securer
and that for his services the concern
is now indebted to him to the extern
of S14,5O0 He states further that ne
was to receive one-half the reductions
on all the options and that thl:
amounts to $S,475. He alleges alst
that he was to receive five per cen
as commission on all lands bough
and this totals s15,107,50. The com
pany claims that Mr.. Sewers wa
never in their employ in the capacit!
alleged and that no agreement was
made between the two as he ha
claimed.
The Sewers case, as it is general!
known, was assigned for last term ant
continued on motion of the plaintiff
While the criminal docket has not We
been completed, this action was espec
tally assigned for this time, and at it
conclusion the cases on the crimina
docket will be resumed. This term ha
,ue.A noteworthy for it's convictions OF
the criminal docket Three hav
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DOWNRIGHT, 1915 by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
When the news reached Biooin1lelo
that Sarah Carter, old maid was ~
move there from Hastings, there was
r,uttpr among the marrlageapie
e;rls There were but six young men IN
the town. and the girls had formed
sort of trust to prevent outsiders AioliA
hearing any Of them away.
"Something should be done! ex-
ola imed one member of the trust.
"Of course there had!' echoed a
second. old
IF any man wanted to marry an oia
maid II would be different, explained
q third "but there's no one here that
will look at her twice. That VIII MAKE
her mad. and she'll do her best to break
up our friendships. 49,
"I have heard that she has broken up
no less than four matches over there. :,
And 7 have heard that it was nVe!
.Jf she goes and tells our fellows that
we went on a joy-ride with orul1 :
mer!" eu,
There were shrieks Of despair from
the entire bevy.
Miss Sarah Carter made her appear
.nca in due tim e,and commissions fol-
lowed. She owned to being th1rty-elgnt'
but did not look over twenty-five. 9ne
had a good figure; she was good look
Ing. And If this weren't bad enough, II
was shown beyond doubt that she had
a number Of thousand dollars IN cash.
Six girls shed tears of grief and IN
dienation. Six young men ANNOUNCED
that they didn't even care for an lntro-
duction to Miss Carter, and then took
advantage of the earliest opportunity
TO secure one. 1t was the married WON
en- of the town who let the old maid un'
derstand what thin ice she was slldlns
on, and the reply was
"Tell your daughters to wait before
criticising me. I may think best 10 get
married some day, but I'll give every
girl in town a chance first.
It was a query with them whether
the old maid was in earnest. but she
soon gave proof that she was
Number one man who was engaged
70 Number One girl, had vowed dozen
times over that nothing but deatn
! could separate them, was introduced to
Miss Carter in store and called at her
! home On the fourth call he Informed
! the old maid that if he was held to MS
engagement he should certainly com
NIT suicide, as he had discovered that
he and his fiancee were not consenla
as to poetry.
On his next call he boldly proposed
| marriage, and was surprised anu oe
! wildered when Miss Carter replied: LAS
YOU were born that way | suppose
shall have to overlook It,.
/ Miss Carter got word to girl Number
! One that she had refused an offer OF
marriage from the young man Number
One. and after he was given a bad
! evening he returned to his loyalty
! Then came the query from dozen peo-
| pie: ....
What do you suppose is the reason
| she didn't accept him.
; Number Two young man was ready
| to step in as Number One stepped out
| He admitted his engagement to Num-
| her Two girl but doubted if there
would be a marriage His fiancee haC
! come out flat-footed and said she'd be
hanged If she'd have cat around the
! house after marriage. He being warm
hearted toward cats, felt that 1t woulc
be an unwise thing to be joined In the
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STATE OFFICIALS
AT KETCHUM BIER

Marshalltown, Jan. Ex-Governor
Clarke, Clifford Thorne and James
Wilson, members Of the state railroad
commission, and other state officials,
were here today for the funeral of N.
S. Ketchum, late member Of the rail
road commission, who died Saturday
night The funeral service was held
this afternoon.
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FIND BooTLEGGERs.

Sioux City, Jan. 19.-Three govern
ment inspectors sent to Sioux City by
the department of justice have, within
the last three weeks, located and OBJ
tanned evidence against 167 bootlegg.
ing joints.
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RAILROADS GALL
DEMANDsUNEl|R
Arguments Of Employers
in Wage Mediation at
Chicago Presented
WESTERN WORKERS
DRAWING HIGH PAY
Have Big Advantage Over
Railroaders in the East
and in the South

chicago. Jan. l9.-An exhibit of 326
pages, two feet in length and nearly
! tnat wide, inaugurated today preselta-
tion OF testimony of the railroads in
tne western wage arbitration. The lest
dlrect testimony for the men was re-
corded yesterday and James NJ. Sheean
outlined the case for the railroads. The
feature OF this was Sheean's pointing
out mat some western railroad encin-
GERS draw higher salary than do the
governors of six states.
Today's bulky volume, entitled "Ex-
hlblt l." was placed in-evidence hy the
flrst witness, D. H. Breme11nan. of the
staff OF vice president of the Chicago.
burlington and Quincy 1t analysed,
from the railroad viewpoint, the six
teen demands made by the $4,000 en-
glneers and firemen of ninety.eight
western railroads. Bremerman had no
comment to make on the right or
wrong of the demands but showed
where they departed from precedent.
! He stated that the enginemen of the,
west by reason of the increase granted
by the concerted wage movement of
1910. are better paid than their breth-
rem OF the east and southeast.
Passenger engineers in the west, he
said, consulting his figures, receive
$3.50 day for engines weighing I'M
der 80, 600 pounds, to $500 or more on
larger engines, against flat rate Of
1925 for all classes of engines in the
east. The western minimum thus, he
F., said, is higher than the eastern flat
rate.
Despite this, he said, the passenger
engineers in the west now demand
rates ranging from $3.50 to $500 day.
In freight service he said that western
i engineers also are paid more than in
the east, but nevertheless demand fur
Their increases.
| His analysis showed he said, that
the demands call for minimum twen-
ty-five cents higher than is paid in the
east, and maximum over the east Of
$1.35 to $1.65 day.
Bremerman's compilation purported
to show all conditions of wages and
hours and other information on mile
| age basis. He said he thought his
method was fairer than that used by
the men, whose comparative tables, he
said, gave nine mile road the same
Importance as 10, 900 mile system
pleaded guilty, and four have been
found guilty by jury, while only one
has been acquitted. Two more &C,
| lions remain on the docket
Juryman Chosen Twice.
Among the jurymen who were ex-
amined for service in the Sewers case
was G. A. Murray of Eldon. A singu-
lar fact in connection with Mr.. Murray
being drawn for service this term is
that he was one Of the twelve men
who tried the case before in the Octo-
Der term of 1910 before the late Judge
frank w. Eichelberger. The Eldon
man was challenged and is not serv-
ing On this jury.
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CHAPTER TX.

Molly Has Her Own Little Plan.
81 thought you were gone observ-
ed Frank Marley, as Sledge opened
the door Of his den after the dispersal
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Evening Story
AN EXCEPTIONAL OLD MAID.
(By Don La Grange.o

1918. by the Mcclure News
paper Syndicate.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-10-28

these proposals was political and per
sonal. II he could send $3O,O00,000
Of Government money into the South,
placing it in such banks as he chose,
he would confer a great favor upon his
favorites in a section already favored
beyond measure By this Administration,
and he would thereby add to his own
and to the Administrations strength
with the dominant Southern wing Of
the democratic party in Congress.
Mr.. McAdoo's proposal to put the
Federal Reserve banks into the bank
ing business in South America was
due possibly 10 his rumored personal
hatred Of the National City Bank Ct
New York, which has already taken ad-
vantage of its rights under the Reserve
law and is establishing itself as a force
lul factor in South American financial
and commercial development. The
South American brar ches Of the
| National City Bank offer all tine
ezra banking facilities which Ameri
can business men require in Soutf
America; and il they are to be put iutc
rivalry with branches from the paren
reserve system, there IS no doubt a
to the result-ruinous competition or
complete withdrawal from the f d
It is fortuna e that the Reserv,
has been strong enough to resist MI
Mr.. McAdoo's attempt play polite
with the Reserve system and to max
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-10-28

istration began. Nor could we we'll
avoid publishing the state treasurer's
report last January, showing the pro-
digalty OF the present administration,
compared with its predecessor. In no
spirit of unkindness we reminded the
governor that he erred in assuring the
last session Of the General Assembly
that the state revenue was adequate.
When the attempt to divert S5l4,503.-
% Of the public school fund became
knowns early in August, we called on
the Governor for help. We were
shocked to learn later that he was one
Of the quintet Of officials who plotted
the thing last May. When he sub
sequently promised to call an expen-
sive extra session Of the General AS
sembly to undo what he and his as
sociaies had secretly plotted to do,
we could but mildly wonder why he
had ever countenanced the scheme.
1t is also true that we have quoted
some Of the findings Of the expert ac-
countants employed by the House In
yes,gating Committee. We have
asked how the wicked Vaccinations Of
the oil interests could be thwarted by
suit TO interpret the language Of the
school fund appropriation. We have
set out a ieE facts about nepotism in
which the public seemed interested.
But we are not running against Gov.
Major for auy Office nor would we
throw a stone in his way. In fact, we
would not mind it il the Democrats
nominated the governor and all his
Jefferson City associates in 1916. 1t
would greatly simplify campaign issues.
We would much prefer discussing
their records to dealing with the rro'
misses OF candidates without records. -
Globe Democrat.
The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1915-10-28
Our Governors Error

One might conclude from parts Of
Gov. Majors speech at Cape Girardeau
that the Globe Democrat is the sole
oiuse ci the political ostracism his
fellow par,isans are visiting upon him.
Bat lis not our Iaull that ILLUMINATION
ne tings" are being held, that the
governor is urged not TO mention the
Jefferson City mess, and that nc is es-
;or,sd only by an appcintee Or t4o
While some other prominent Demo
cra,s are attended by brass bands.
The governor cannot accuse US Of
malice. We have from time to time
generously applauded his boyish en-
tnusiasms. We have gloried in his
ter 3sichorean skill when certain Of his
poli;ica household were prone to ridi-
cule his social activities. We have
shared his devotion 10 the cause oI
good roads, although skeptical Of The
ficlcy Of annual picnics.
Bu. as a public journal we have
printed the news. We did mol sup
press the state auditors first report
describing the splendid condition o
the treasury when the present admin