Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1886-07-29
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Mr.. EDITOR: The Herald of July
10th asks, sis your name in the little
book?" The name of S. f. Andrews is
there. They say it was not intended
for me. 1t is my name all the same.
No one else has any legal title to it
here in the Valley. You may find your
name there too one of these days; who
knows? This wonderful little book is.
to be issued monthly. Mrs.--'s
name is there; my next door neighbor,
one of the purest, best, christian wo-
men | ever knew. If they have too lit
tie manhood to spare her, don't think
that you are safe. You may never
find it out: never should have known
my name was there but for an acci-
dent.
You further inquire "Who is No.
1l6?" This number represents one of
about dozen members of Il secret soci-
ETY. in Hurley. They call it a sort Of a
business mans mutual protection asso-
citation. l call it the Hurley mob, The
members of a mob you know go by
numbers when on duty. The captain
will call out for instance; "No. ll6 get
ready the rope" mo. 10 pull him up
To the credit of this mob, be it said,
these two persons thus represented are
the only active members in Hurley.
No ll6 is credited with reporting S. f.
Andrews and % others; No. ll9, A.
How this society "protects its mem
bers is a mystery. How they expect to
gain any thing by this superlatlve act
OF meanness is another mystery. If the
| standing of most of the men and wo-
men as published in this book is relia-
bic, they are not worth the powder, OF
pen and ink to blow them up with; will
this render them any more able or will
ing to pay up?
''Who steals my purse steals trash;
But he that illches from me my good name
Rubs me of that which not cnriches him,
And makes me poor indeed
But who are the men that dare tC
twit me of my poverty, and put my
name in a book as Il worthless scamp
and circulate it all over tins and the ad
Joining counties? Many of them were
farmers like myself but a little while
ago, and as hard up as anybody; and to
day if their honest debts were paid how
many of them would have a rag left
For proof let anyone who likes hunt
| n thn inHCrn1nntc ct thpDo n
anime the assessors books.
Was it malice or hate that prompted
mo. 1l6" to report so many of hi
customers and brand them in his little
book as men and women too poor to b,
trusted? Why did he not tell then
what would happen if they failed tt
settle up by such a time? Not on
word was said to any of them so far a
can learn. The highwaymm give
his victim one chance for life by order
ing him to hold up his hands. Not
word of warning here. As uneXpecte,
as a clap OF thunder IN Il clear sky a
MONDAY, Will this fall upon many al
ear, as it did upon mine. And all thi
from the man who has been SO highl
favored by those same people! Lik
the serpent we read of, he worse thai
bites the hand that warmed him int
life.
Is it Job who says, 80, that min
enemy would put my name in a book.
II he had found his name in such
book with such character as man
a man gets here. fear the good ma
would have lost his patientce and sal
some naughty words about it.
Finally l haye this to say to the mol
and to "No ll6" in particular: S. /
Andrews has often got things on tim
He cannot always pay as he goes. II
has seen some pretty hard times i
Turner county, but never was he quit
:. so hard up as to make it necessary TO
his nearest neighbor to go around tn
neighborhood begging for him, nor hS
!, it been needful for him to provide for
rainy day by making over to his vii
> his little all for safe keeping.
A few words further concerning thi
sweet-scented monthly. The June N
is book of LOG pages published at Siou
City, Iowa, the headquarters of tn
= collecting association. And what a &C
,, lection If reliable it contains tt
names of more than 1000 scalawag
: and deadbeats, all from southeast d
yof, hot ont for thn "
and Buffers In and out of congres
against admissionw If the half
. true as here set forth, it ought to ki
= admission as dead as a herring. He
: are the names of ministers, teacher
: doctors and lawyers, also merchant
lumber men, bankers, landlords, editor
. artists, section bosses, etc, etc, ct
, Also the names of honorable WOmt
not few. One postmaster, one U.
. land office receiver and one Dept U.
= marshal are among them. Then com
: an army of day laborers, mechanics al
farmers. Hurley is credited with
=. names and Centreyille 26. 113 good-ft
! nothings, advertise Parker as a gre
business centre Marion has not
name reported. Hurrah for Mario
The July No. is not yet out. There
no telling what the future may bril
, forth.
> For further particulars cali on or Q
!, dress.C. A. Near, Hurley. Turner cou
ty, d. T.
D S. FRYE ANDREWS