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Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
LIES BATTLE OVER
lydia Hudson Wagner.

Lydia Hudson Wagner, daughter OF
Hiram and DOrcas Hudson, was born
in Springville township, Susquehan-
ma county, Pennsylvania, March Il,
1884. and died at the home OF her son,
Hiram Wagner here Friday morning,
Jan. %.
She was one of eleven children.
When about twelve years Of age, with
her parents, she came to BeetOWn,
Grant county. then q thriving mining
town. Later they settled on what was
known as the "Old Hudson Farm
Dec. %. 1919. she was married to
Jesse Wagner To them eleven child
rem were born, five dying in infancy,
and one son. Frank, at the age o.
twenty-eight Those living are, Mrs.
Elizabeth Roberts OF Bloomington, HI
ram and VIII Of Prairie du Chen, Mrs.
Emma Suttle Of Lancaster, and Mrs.
Ethel Irish of Fond dU lac. Her nus
band died Dec. q, 1891, in Lancaster,
where they moved from their farm
home. and engaged in the hotel bust
ness. After the death Of her husband,
she lived in Lancaster for some time,
later making her home with her
children.
i'll their early married life they
united with the Methodist church at
was retained until the close of her
life. To her the christian life meant
a life of service, ministering unto
those as did her Master. Hers was
a kindly disposition, ever appreclat-
ing the things done for her, and re-
calling the pleasant rather than the
unpleasant things through which she
had passed. During her last illness
her faith in God was unWayerlng.
She knew no fear, having the assur-
ance that to depart and be with Him
is far better.
Besides her children she leaves one
sister, Mrs. Mary Stephans Of Huron,
S. d.. and one brother, Henry Hud-
son Of Flora, Grant county, Wisconsin,
twenty grandchildren and eighteen
grandchildren.
IA brief service was held at the home
on North Minnesota street, Sunday
morning at S o'clock. the remains then
being taken to the Dodge church near
bloomington Here a large number
Of relatives and old friends had gath
cred to pay their last tribute to one
they had known so long and loved so
well.
The funeral services were conduct
ed by Rev. Irish of the M. E. church
at Bloomington and & quartette COM
pOsed of Mr.. and Mrs. WOOdhOuse,
Mrs. Lille G. BARLEY and Mark Hos
kins. sang. Interment was made IN
the cemetery nearby Crawford Co.
Press.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
Mrs. Sarah E. Davies.

Sarah Bushnell, daughter Of DR..
George w. Bushnell, was born in
TrumbuII county, Ohio, on September
S.1S27, and died at the home of her
stepson, r. A. Watkins, in the city of
Lancaster, on February 8, 1916, be-
ing then aged So years and months.
She was married to Stephen d..
Watkins on March %, 1859 and lived
with him on a farm in the town Of
Lima. Grant county, Wisconsin until
Dec, 1866, when the family moved
to the then village Of Lancaster. There
were then faur children, of Mr.. Wat
kins, by his first wife and one child
by the second wife. Mr.. Watkins died
in 1868. leaving her with four step
children and one child of her own.
This child, named George nv. Watkins,
died in Lancaster on May 20, 1873 at
the age OF 10 years, and on September
2, 1874 she remarked Charles Davies
OF River Falls, Wisconsin, and there
after lived in and near River Falls I'M
til the death OF her second husband,
which occurred in the spring of 1898.
Soon thereafter she returned to Lam
caster with the fixed purpose Of spend
ing her remaining days there. For
about eight years she kept house with
her step-daughter, Miss Dora |. Wat
kins, and the last eight years her
home has been with r. A. Watkins.
Mrs. Davies was educated at Oberlin
College and spent the next eight years
teaching in several Ohio cities. For
Mr.. Watkins she raised four, and for
Mr.. Davies three step-children from
early childhood to full age.
Of the seven step-children all but
one survive, Mrs. M. G. Moses, Mrs.
Emma w. Reynolds, both born Wat
kins, and William Davies of Southern
california, Mrs. Lucy Davies Keston,
wife of George II. Keston, druggist Of
Milwaukee, and R. A. Watkins and
Dora l. Watkins Of Lancaster.
She was one Of a family Of eight
children, a sister of Hon. A. r. Bush
nell and Of Mrs. Addison Rewey,
both of whom died in March, 1909,
since which she has been the last Of
her fathers family.
In her girlhOod Mrs. Davies went to
school to her future husband, Mr..
Watkins in Ohio. and was there also
acquainted with Charles Davies, af-
forwards her second husband. She was
a member of the Disciple or Christ
ian church. as was her fathers fami-
~ and her first husband. In Lancas-
ter she habitually attended the Meth
odist church until her failing strength
made it impossible.
Mrs. Davies was a devOut woman,
firmly grounded in the Christian faith,
and had long waited the final sum-
mons as something to be welcomed
rather than feared and she quietly en-
tered into rest on Tuesday morning,
Fee. 8, 1916.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16
John IT. Ellis.

why mourn the quiet ones who die
Beneath affections tender eye,
Unto their household and their kin
Like ripened corn sheayes gathered in
John III. Ellis was born in the town
ship OF Lancaster, Grant county, Wis.
May IL, 1S4S. He never resided else
where. From the home of his daugh-
ter Mrs. John Mcmahon, Of this city
he entered into rest after long and
painful illness, January 20, 1916.
He was married Dec. 26, 1869 to Miss
Sonora H. Hodges. One daughter Eva
Mrs. John Mcmahon, blessed their Un-
ion, and she has indeed been to them
Gods hottest, dearest gift, q loving
dutiful child, answering ever in heT
loyalty to parents, and her husband
has been likewise to them as the
blessing of an own son.
When accident and disease came
hand i'm hand upon them in the home
Of their beloved children they found
the care and attention and cOnsOla-
ton that only the bestOwal of love can
convey There with the faces of loved
ones ever in sight after weeks of un-
told suffering most patiently borne the
kind and beloved husband, father and
friend sank into peaceful and final
rest. And among the many who gath
cred to do him the last honors the
dominant note was sorrow that we
should see his face no more. His had
been the simple life His home was
his shrine. His dominating trait-the
love of little children. He was man
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Don't let your footprints on the
sands of Time show that your shoes
badly need half-soling. 1t is a sign
of slovenliness.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-02-16

Ned-Why 10 authors always speak
of smile creeping over the heroine's
face?
Ed-Perhaps they're afraid that if it
went any faster it might kick up a
dust-powder dust-Cincinnat Com
mcrcial Tribune
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

BE fool. II you want to; but
for heavens sake don't be fooled.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

Every person on this earth has
creed. but with most OF them IL IL
SELF
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES

. Miss Mabel Deioe was awarded the
gold medal given by the Remington
Typewriter company last Tuesday
when representative of that COM
pany was in the local high school
building and gave the speed and ac-
curacy test required for the winning
of such a medal.
She wrote nine minutes and In
that time copied six hundred and
thirty one words. making seven err
rors. This makes a gross speed OF
seventy words per minute and a net
speed of sixty-five words per minute.
The requirements for the winning
OF the medal is 55 words and the
fact that she so far exceeded the
requirements speaks we'll for that
branch of training in the local high
school under which she has become
80 efficient. Many other members
of the class missed only by a very
close margin and bat for the excite
ment under which they were labor
ing would probably have come out
winners. The champion professions
al stenographer of Idaho took this
test and failed in passing last May
due to too many errors with not
sufficient speed to raise the net num-
her to 55 words.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
THAT EDITORIAL DREAM.

II was in the small and silent
1honrs OF the night, when all our
people we're peacefully reposing in
the slumber of innocence.
The god of dreams lowered over
che editorial couch and spoke in
soft and glowing tones of vacation
in the sweet summer times. with a
brain relaxed from the tiresome lab
.ors of mental toll, and the green
slopes OF gently flowing stream
Astounding with the finny tribe.
And the god whispered into the
editorial ear and this is what II
said:
"There are many good people who
.ove aundry sums on subscription.
These people are honest and they
mean to pay. but their minds are en-
crossed ir weightier affairs, to the
exclusion of the editor and his needs
But I. the God of Dreams, will lay
the hand OF wisdom and rcmem-
brance upon these good people, to
fhe end that they will all give oi
their abundant store the little that
10 Justly due And when each gooC
citizen has handed In the mite that
Is due. !. the God Of Dreams dc
decree that when the sunny days are
come again the editor shall leave
this toll for a week OF rest In som'
far away spot. whore mind and hear
may regain the strength and cour
age for better and greater things II
the days TO come. And the God o
Dreams win bestow his benign ap
proyal upon all delinquent subsorib
ars who harkon unto this sage an
earnest advice"
II ever uream coues true. th
editor prals that this roy be th
one. aud he has fairh that II vii
be even no.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
NO CHANCE.

Undoubtedly Theodore Roosevelt
had good reason tos be pleased with
his tumultuous reception In Chicago.
The picture OF the guests at the ban
quet which the Colonel addressed
standing on their chairs and shout
ing uproarious approval Of his ap-
peal for national preparedness was
pleasing and even thrilling.
Il ls no wonder Colonel Roosevelt
Welt re.urns to oyster Bay nightly
delighted with his reception. II Is
possible that he yisualized In his
minds eye another Chicago scene,
In the coming June, when nine hun
dred odd delegates To the National
Republican convention will join a
general stampede TO Roosevelt for
president We say II is possible
But whether Colonel Roosevelt eX-
poets such happening or not. II Is
clear that many OF his followers, old
and new. hope for IL. pray for II,
dream about II. and confidently ex-
pect Il.
But The oregonlan does not. A
few months ago, Il looked as II there
was real substance to the Roosevelt
boom. But not now. not now. Mass
aohusetts settled H. In Massaehu-
setts the issue over Roosevelt was
tried out in fair and thorough ref
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
Mr. Bryan's Defeat.

Nebraska democrats defeated w.
]. Bryan for delegate to the demo
cratic national convention because
they we're loyal to President Wilson
and because they regarded Mr.. Bry-
ans peace campaign as an anti-Wil-
son campaign The leaders did not
plan his defeat. but the rank and
file turned on him when he attack
ed the president. He defeated him
self.
Mr. Bryan spared no effort to win
lie made hundred speeches and
flooded the state with letters ant
Commoners His paper denounced
the president
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

erendum of the republican voters
and the verdict was against Roose-
welt.
A majority of delegates to the re-
publican convention have been elect
ed. and they are not for Roosevelt
The favorite sons have a tenuous
hold on a part OF them, but the
clamor for none such reaches across
his state border. Not one of them
has chance, IL Hughes will permit
events to take their natural course
And we think he will.-Oregonian
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
SANITARY ICE CREAM

b. X. Newman will be ready on
April IS to deliver any quantity OF
pure ice cream TO any part OF the city.
His ice cream is made with disc
Sanitary Freezer" and is guaranteed
the best quality on the market.
Phone 203-N 1. 15tt
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

And villa grinsl
But don't forget your screens.
The Stars and Stripes-salute!
1--WE should worry" And we will
In time.
You might. too, speak a good
word for us.
4. II | am nominated and elect .
ed, will, during the term OF my
office, endeavor TO perform my
duties in fair. fearless and ef- '
ficient manner, keeping in mind
at all times my duties to the tax
payer. l will give the duties OF :
= the office every attention and all
. the time which may be required =
to properly discharge the same,
even TO the exclusion of other :
business.
will at all times endeavor 10
cooperate with other county and
state officers for the purpose OF :
promoting the moral, business
. and financial welfare of the coun-
ty, and in keeping down the tax
es and running expenses OF the
county.
p. ]. Gallagher,
Republican candidate for nom
ination for District Attorney
Malheur County.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

Prairie City, April 2s -Bratton
a shelton bought ID. W, Fisks beef
and stock cattle and shipped from
here Thursday morning There
were If carloads,
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

MONEY TO LOAN ON IMPROVED
RANCHES. w. j. PINNEY, on
TARIO, OREGON. 16tf
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

A tall woman always has a real
advantage over short man She
can invariably make him look up to
her.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

Mr.. Kyle. who Is an aspirant for
the nomination as public service
commissioner from Umatilla county
was here last week looking up vot-
ers. Mr.. Kyle makes the claim that
because he was commission mer-
chant for a few months a few years
ago he should be elected. He evil
IDENTIFY lmagines that the average
voter never had any dealings with
the average commission merchant
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04
PERSONAL AND LOCAL

A baby was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Hale on the 3rd.
Mrs. w. +. Homan went to weiser
this morning for a visit with rela-
tiyes.
The Bridge club met with Mrs.
Harry Anderson at her country
home on Wednesday afternoon.
Mrs. Billingsley had the high score.
The ladies' enjoyed the outing very
much.
Il. W. Van valkenburg arrived
home last evening from Burns
where he has been for the past two
weeks looking after business inter
| osts. Van says the valley Is sure
looking good this spring and there
are lots OF settlers going in. The
oil well will soon have all the casing
on the ground and II IL confidentl,
expected that a good oil well vii
be brought In when the hole. which
Is 1900 feet deep Is pumped out
Mrs. Turney came out with him.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

Ma had six magriageable girls.
Nothing doing! Then the short,
shorter and shortest skirt came out
and now they are all married. Nor
al; II pays to advertise. thasall!
Cooking receipt for macaroni and
cheese: First, stun the cheese. then
place the maearoni on end In a pan,
then place the stunned cheese on top,
and Just as II is coming around. hol-
Ter: "Zepperlin'" The cheese will
make for the holes in the maearoni
Simple. amt IL?
This everlasting uncertainty Is
Just about as trying on ones diges-
tion as full blown war Let's do
or don't,
No. dearle, we can't give you our
opinion OF the man who beats his
wife, for real man never does such
things.
Going up! Coming down. Ele-
yator? Nit! skirts and shirtwaists
that's wot!
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

Malheur county has a rare oppor-
tunity to do itself great good at the
coming primaries. To get J. W. Nc
Culloch on the public service com
mission will be worth more to US
than most people realize.
The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1916-05-04

How would II do for the United
States to provide itself with a real
army composed of troops like the
small sample II now possesses?
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
Whenever You Need 0eneral TOMS
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as
General Tonic because it contains the
we'll known tonic properties ofQUININE
ard IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
oat Malarias Enriches the Blood auo
Builds up the Whole System. so cents.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
APPROPRIATION FOR CEDAR
SPRINGS is "BALLED UP'
The Record.

The Record.
The appropriation Of 100000 for re-
Lairs at the State Institute for the
Deaf. Dumb and Blind at Cedar Spring
in Spartanburg county, was "balled
up in the appropriation bill and At
orney General Peoples has ruled that
it will take a court order 70 pay out
the appropriation. Consequently So
licitor A. E. Hill, O, Spartanburg, rep
resenting Supt. n. +. Walker, of the
Cedar Springs institute, is bringing
mandamus proceedings against Comp.
troller General Sawyer in the supreme
court to compel the payment Of this
appropriation. The attorney general
will represent the comptroller general
in the matter.
It. appears that the senate amend"
rtent to this item in the appropriation
bill was agreed to by the house
through adoption of the free confer
ence committee report, but the amend
ment does not appear in the draft OF
the appropriation bill.
The $4,000 appropriation whi:h
the general assembly thought it was
making was for repairs to the main
>uilning at Cedar Springs.
The appropriation Of 100000 for
repairs at the State Hoeuital for tie
insane also got "balled up in the
appropriation bill and it took ruling
OF tie supreme court to clear up The
legality of this appropriation and
make It available.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
Glider & Weeks.

birmingham within the short space Of
three days. Special temporary facili.
ties and ample police protection Will
be provided, and a large number Of
expert passenger men will be Oh
hand to assist the veterans and their
,riends in making arrangements for ,e-
turn trip. while special operating and
mechanical forces will be detailed to
assure he prompt movement of trains.
Meetings of this character are al
ways held by the Southern in ad0aace
o. large occasions so that no feature
car be overlooked in moving the extra
traffic It is called upon to handle, and
for the Birmingham reunion Of the vet
erans there will be brought to the
service of the visitors the full benefit
o: the experience gained in handling
the crowds on other similar occa-
sions.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
TALK OF NEW COUNTY
HEARD AT FORT MILL
Meeting Held at Which Committee
Comes From Rock Hill for
Discussion.
The State.

The State.
Fort Mill, March 2S.-There was a
meeting here yesterday in the rooms
of the Savings bank of the citizens OF
the town in conference with commit
tee from Rock Hill, consisting of Ira
B. Dunlap, c. L. Cobb, W. B, Wilson,
Jr, and ]. W. Marshall, with reference
to the formation Of new county OF
which Rock Hill will probably be the
county seat if the proposition goes
through. The new county will take
in parts of York, Chester and Lancas-
ter counties, included in which are l5
mills the two plants Of the Southern
Power company and large number OF
other manufacturing Industries. Pc
tition blanks were let with W. B.
Meacham. president of the Savings
bank, and they are being freely signed.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
SOUTHERN RAILWAY WILL
AID AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES

Washington, March 29.-As a per
petual memorial to the great interest
in Southern farming manifested by
the late President Finley, President
Harrison, of Southern Railway COM
pany has arranged to give 81 600 each
10 the State agricultural colleges in
Virginia, North Carolina, South Car
olina, Geofgia, Florida, Alabama, Mis-
sissipni, Kentucky and Tennessee. to
be da&Gnated Southern Railway Loan
fund: William Wilson Finley Foun-
cation" Loans from the fund in each
State are to be made by the college
authorities to worthy students in such
way as the authorities of each COL
Iege may determine. subject only to
the restriction that the students re-
eeiving the benefits shall be from
counties traversed by the lines O..
Southern Railway company or its as
sociated companies.
This permanent loan fund will take
the place of the one-year Southern
Railway scholarship pro7ided by Mr..
Finley which will expire with close of
the present school year.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
How to Attract Birds Around Our
Home,
the Sparro

Herman Dickert.
I'VE want birds around US because
of their songs, their help in gardening
and Tor their destruction CT harmful
insects.
If birds stay around us they. Of
course, expect us to board them free
of charge for the work they do. In
! summer they can get all the wild fruit
that they want and will not bother the
orchard All they want in summer is
pool Of fresh water to drink and to
battle in In winter when food is
scarce the birds look for GOOD around
the houses. If you want tc feed the
birds you can take box, open one
side of it, set it in a tree or on pole
and put food m it. Another way is to
take narrow box about two inches
vide and a foot long, bore holes in the
side and put food in the box. Make a
platform for the birds to stand on
All over the country people are
building nesting boxes for the birds.
Some are like hotels, others are boxes
with three corners open, others are
gourds with holes bored in them. Some
are tin cans with holes il them, set
, On poles in shady places.
To keep squirrels, cats, weasels and
other animals that kill birds away, put
piece o. tin around the tree foot
long and they cannot climb the tree.
Do not build platforms on the boxes
because English sparrows will both
er the other birds and run them away.
We should kill the English sparrow be-
cause they eat garden seed and plants.
They also run pretty birds away.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
ARRANGING FOR
CONFEDERATE REUNION

Birmingham, Ala, March 29.-Af-
ransements lor handling the thou
sands of visitors who will be in BIZ
n irgham for the annual reunion OF the
United Confederate ceterans May l6,
Il. IS, with the same dispatch that
normal travel is handled througH. Inc
birmingham Terminal station nave
been made by Southern railway as the
result of meeting Of representatives
of the passenger and operating de-
partments at which ii was decided 10
form for this occasion a special or
ganization similar to that which &C
complished such splendid results Tor
the Southern at former reunions.
1t is expected that the attedance at
the reunion will easily reach $4,000
persons and the conference was held
in order to perfect plans for the South
ern's part in efficiently moving this
large body of people int" and out OF
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1916-04-04
FRANCIS J. PELZER, PIONEER
COTTON MANUFACTURER, DIES

Charleston, March 91.-Francis J.
P'elzer, probably the richest man in
South Carolina, died here this after
moon. Had he lived until April 9 he
would have been 80 years of age, hav-
ing been born in Charleston, April 9,
1926.
He is survived by three sons and
two daughters.
Funeral arrangements have not
been completed
1Ir. Pelzer was among the first
sgxe84 business men of the State to
Hpar95c5pate actively in the phosphate
and cotton mill industries in the State.
Fog tgYer so years he was q prominent
cotton Eactor of Charleston.
He was presideL. of the Pelzer-Rog-
eers company operating string OF cot
ton mills IN upper South Carolina.
Mr.. Pelzer was modest although
public spirited citizen. His ambition
did not include holding public office
but he was alderman during the ad-
ministrations of Mayors Wagner and
Smythe. For many years he has not
actively engaged in his great business
interests.