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Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

last week when we received from one
OF these advertising agents an adver-
tising proposition for the munificen'
sum OF three and one half cents per
inch--less than hall what we receive
from our local advertisers. Ii this IL
the style of reform these experts would
have us adopt in South Dakota, We
had better invite them TO come again
and then make an effort to convert
them to the South Dakota way Of do
ing things. Nothing needs reforming
more than the practice some OF them
succeed in carrying into effsct--that ol
getting their advertising done 10
country newspapers for hall or =
third Of what the local merchant pays
The publisher who is willing to take
almost any price from the foreign ad-
vertiser rather than TO put good money
into plate or ready print TO fill his
space, falls an easy prey TO these de-
| signing and not over scrupulous ad-
vertising leeches A committee was
appointed By the Press Association al
this meeting to see what can be done
| In this matter and incidents like the
above seem to argue that something
should be done with the advertising
| agent as we'll as with the advertising
publisher.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

i
The rapacity of the professional land
boomers has very much to do with the
hitch in the proceedings for the open
ing OF the Rosebud reservation. Some OF
their circulars, giving glowing ac-
counts of the fertility and desirable
ness, o: this land, found their way into
the hands OF the Indian Rights Asso-
citation and the wide discrepancy be-
tween the value set upon the land by
the boomers and that provided in the
bill for the Indians, caused the present
hold up. IF the land agents suffer keen
disappointment In the end they will
have themselves largely to blame for
If
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Receiver Appointed.

Boston, March Fired s. Hall, of
Taunton, has been appointed receiver of
the Taunton Safe Deposit & Trust COM
pany. The company closed its doors on
Saturday, the savings bank commissions
ers having secured an injunction on the
ground that a shrinkage In its invest
ments made 1t hazardous for the con-
cern to continue Counsel for the bank
commissioners informed the court thai
the liabilities were $515,000. Counse
stated also that the bad debts Of ths
company would wipe out its capital o.
5000 900.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

PRES. ROOSEVELT persists In his
opposition to the Rosebud bill and
there is little hope of passing II in its
present form. Backing the president
in this opposition are the Indian
Rights Association, the Secretary OF
the Interior and his chief assistants.
Instead of fixed maximum price for
the lands, all favor disposing of them
at public auction, thinking that this
plan will bring greater proceeds nearer
the value of the land for the Indians
This may be all right for the Indians
but it is all wrong for the white man
Under this plan the real estate boom.
ers and wealthy cattle rauchers viii
secure everything desirable, leaving *
the poor homesteader the odds and
ends OF little value.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

The public auction plan OF dis
posing Of Indian lands, which Pres.
Roosevelt and the Indian Rights AS.
sociation are urging for the opening
of the Rosebud aud Red Lake, Mimi,
reservations, will be quite an innoya-
tion in the way of openings. The policy
of fixing by act of congress max
imum price for the lands has been in
vogue for years, the lottery plan has
been tried once or twice, but a public
auction will be something distinctly
new.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

THE Gregory County Pilot, published
at Bonesteel near the Rosebud reser-
walton, has been making great prep
arations for the demands and oppor-
Atunities that will come with the open.
ing. The Pilot has had a fair plant
and for nearly three years has beer
publishing sheet that would be
credit to a much older community. A
Eve horse power Otto gasoline engine
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

INTEREST in the '.Age of Ann" prob
lem seemingly being on the wane and
In order to introduce something new
In the way OF spring styles, the CoU-
RIER suggests the following:
When Coe I. Crawford spoke in Elk
Point he was as tall as o. G. Berg and
more coming. Now If Snow covers the
Berg until the state convention meets,
how long will it take Elrod to Scham.
Der into the governors chair with Nc
Dougall on the Crawford?
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

Hoe cylinder press and large new
type supply recently put in place
have more than doubled its capacity
aud usefulness. The Pilot is 3 hummer
as well as pilot and is guiding hand
and cheerful tone should exert q
powerful and helpful influence upon
the new community now forming to
the west OF as.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Died of His Injuries.

Omaha, Neb., March 1.-George
O'Neill, aged 19, a boilermaker, died ON
the operating table at st. Joseph's hos
pital from injuries alleged to have been
inflicted by Patrolman Moore while the
latter was trying to arrest him Sunday.
Moore claims 1t was necessary to club
n,Neill into submission.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Cotton Mill Destroyed.

Utica, NJ ", March !. Al fire
which caused $125, 900 damages occurred
In the plant Of the New York Mills Cotton
company Monday. The building de-
stroyed was filled with machinery used
in the finishing of fancy cordur0ys,
and also contained a large amount of
stock nearly or quite completed.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Lake superior Frozen over

Bessemer. Mich, March Lake Su-
perior is frozen over at this point.
something that has not occurred be-
fore in the memory of the oldest in
habitant A party of Canadian Indians
are camped at the mouth Of Black riv-
er, having journeyed over the ice from
the north shore with their dogs and
sleds.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

Our Congressman Martin introduced
bill calling for an investigation OF
the ''beef trust, !" which, 1t Is believed,
gives low prices to stockmen and high
prices to consumers. This resolution
has been favorably reported to the
House and it is believed that con-
gressiopal inquiry will be made into
the subject.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03

The Initial payment Il $14. which
covers the cost Of filing on the land,
and the homesteader il allowed seven
years In which TO enter his land for
final proof. He Is not required to
make any payments upon the land
until the irrigating system Is III on
Grafton, when the cost is taxed
against the land at the rate of one~
tenth of the total sor each year.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Member Of the south Dakota Press Association.
Official Paper Of Union County

ABOUT this time of the year write TO
your congressman for garden seeds.
II may be several weeks yet before
your chickens can scratch for them
selves.
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Treaty Il Signed.

London, March 1.-The arbitration
treaty between Great Britain and
Spain, which 1t was announced Feb
ruary 20 the two countries were on
the verge Of concluding, was signed
Saturday. s
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Suicide Of Former Society Leader.

Little Rock, Ark, March + Mrs
Horace g. Allis, formerly q prominent
society leader iii this city, committed
suicide Monday at the county hospital
BY hanging herself with strips Of bed
clothes
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
HOME AND FOREIGN ADVERTISING


During the recent meeting of the
South Dakota Press Association al
Sioux Falls two or three advertising
experts were imported from Chicago
or the Twin Cities TO address the pub
fishers on the science as we'll as the
practice of advertising. Much ex.
cellent advice and many practical
points were given But the COURIER 4
breath was nearly taken away one day
Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-03-03
Entered as she postofice as ELK Point a. mail
matter OF the second-class.
ALL HOME PRINT
subscription priee. per year $50

THE COURIER is mailed regularly to its
Subscribers aatil definite order 30 disc
continue IL received and all arrears are
paid.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
Great lJnck Farm.

a flock of snow wLitc Pekin ducks
numbering 10000, and requiring a
solid carload of food every week, is
the "show" to which the villagers of
Riverton, Va: take strangers who chap
pen in the Shenandoah town. The
duck farm is said to be the largest in
the United States. In the laying de-
psrtment 1900 mothers are kept busy
in the 10 pens set apart for their use
-l5O to the pen. Each of these sub
divisions contains va. of water,
which supplies both drinking and
bathing liquid. The Matching is done
by incubators. Two thousand fnzzy
little ducklipgs are brought into the
world each week.
The dueklings are first placed in a
room where the temperature is 80 de-
grccs. After eight days they are
transferred to a low temperature room. /.
and, after still, are turned into the
open air, under protecting shed. At
this stage of their development the
growing fowls are moved into the fat
tening department, and at the end Of
II weeks are fat and plump and ready
to be slaughtered for the market of
Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia
and New York.
Nine men and dozen youthful
pickets are employed to attend this
feathercd arny.-Pennsylvania Grit.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
A Story Of Daniel Webster.

Mrs. Letitia Tyler Semple, who was
mistress of the White House during
President Tyler's administration, has
just celebrated in Washington her
eighty-third birthday.
THE statesman I liked best in my
youth was Daniel Webster" Mrs.
Semple said the other day. 'He was
handsome man and he talked we'll.
l remember banquet one night when
the subject Of death and dying came
UP, and Mr.. Webster told US story
that was half funny and half pathetic.
"He said that an old woman lay
very i'll and after time she went off
into trance. She lay SO still in this
trance that they thought the end had
come, and when she opened her
eyes again et last her husband
said to her il a surprised tone:
why, Mandy, we thought ye wuz
dead
The poor woman lookv4 at her
husband moment and then she burst
into tears.
"'An' ye never bauled bit,' she
sobbed. 'Ye thought I was dead and
yer eyes wuz dry. Couldn't ye have
bawled little bit, Jabez7'
1.-THE old man was deeply moved,
and he did actually bawl then. But
his wife said sadly:
ITS too late now. Dry yer eyes.
II I'D really been dead and ye'd
bawlet 'twould have done me some
good. But it's too late now"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
Big Cotton Farmers Here.

Mr.. James Brow Potter and Mr..
Maxwell Akilwert of the Tlahualilo
Agricultural company Of Tlahualilo,
Durango, Mexico, wbicL cultiyates a
10000 acre Mexican cotton farm,
using 700 miles of bitches for irriga-
tion purposes, were here yesterday on
tour Of the cotton mills. The com
pany sells directly to the mills, there
being no satisfactory commission con
Germs in Mexico.
Last year tLeir product suffered
much from the ravages Of boil moth,
the section of the boil the insect de-
troyiDg being picked and ginned along
with the good cotton
They say they make an average of
from bale to a bale and an eighth to
the acre. This is what they made
last year on 5000 acres. The year
before they planted for 1000 balr.
but made only 1,OO0-on account OF
the irrigation facilities, this proving
inadequate. The ground is flooded
once in the spring and again in July.
The company started business in 1890.
The staple averages 1916 of an inch
In length. h.-Columbia State.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
Burning at tie Stake.

Wilmington, N. c., May 27.-Re-
Gently while searching through some
old records I chanced to find one Of
the most curious documents that has
ever fallen under my observation. 1t
shows that during the Revolutionary
period of this country's history q
negro was tried by the Courts of North
Carolina, in Brunswick County, for
murder, and lawfully condemned to
burn at the stake. That such legal
proceeding ever occurred in this or
any other State may not be known to
many people, but the record was
made by the State and there is no
doubt about it being correct. The
record reads:
State of North Carolina, Bruins
wick County, March Is, 1878 n y
The Court proceeded on ssid trial and
the said fellow, Jenny, confessed
himself to be one, that had hand in
numbering Of Henry Williams, in con-
currence Of the evidence of four other
malefectnrs that were executed fer
being concerned in said murder on
the 18th day Of March, 1777. Order
ed that the sheriff take the said Jem-
my from hence to the place of execu-
tion, where he shall De tied to stake
and burned alive"
1t further appears that the said
Jenny was slave. belonging to Mrs.
Sarah Dupree. Three justices of the
peace, William Canoe, John Fell and
Thomas Sessions, and four freeh olders,
Aaron Roberts, John Strainton, Need
hsm Gorce and James Ludlow, duly
summoned for that purpose, signed q
certificate that said slave was worth
80 pounds, or s4OO proclamation mon
ey. Upon that certificate che Legis-
lature passed q resolution for the pay
ment Of the said sum 70 Mrs. Dupree,
the owner Of Jenny. 2
Another interesting historical fact
which chanced to run up With re-
GENTLY is that some time ago, while
making research among old papers
IN Washington, Judge Walton Clark,
now Chief Justice Of this State, found
in en- old pigeon hole muster roll Of
considerable part Of North Caroliua's
E''Continenta line" For q hundred
years it was thought that these mus
ter ro!'a had been wholly lost.-Geo.
w. Brunson, Jr., in News and Cou-
riar.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
Battle or Kings Mountain.

Governor Hayward has received
from Henry G. McCook, prominent
Pennsylvania, suggestion as to the
celebration Of the 10th anniversary of
the battle of Kings Mountain, and
the governor has given the letter to
the press. 1t is as follows "His
Excellency, the Governor of South
Carolina: Dear Sir: 1 have Just
written the governor Of North Caro-
lima, calling attention to the fact that
October 7th, 1908, will be the 125th
anniversary. Of the battle of King 8
Mountain, one Of the pivotal engage
ments of the war for independence,
fought within the borders of your
State. 1t il quite customary to OBJ
serve such a date with especial com
memorative celebrations, and / VEN
ture to suggest that measures be taken
by the chief executives, the patriotic
societies and citizens of the two
Caroiinas, Tennessee and Virginia
from which States the patriotic volun-
teers were drawn-to mark the ami
versary by suitable exercises. My
attention was called TO the date while
preparing q lecture upon King Noun
tain, as president of the Presbyterian
Historical society, an institution that
embraces all branches of the Reformed
and Presbyterian church in our coun-
try, North and South. It seemed to
me that tho two Carolinas might most
fttingly take the initiative in such
measure; although I am sure that
Patriotic Societies of Revolutionary
descendants 10 sll parts Of the nation
will cheerfully cooperate.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15

the necessity for two fences around
every pcn-no matter, how often
warned, strangers will pass too near,
and L"forc they know it away goes a
button, halt ornament or maybe p
thousanddollar diamond pin.
No woman or monkey possesses more
curiosity than the average ostrich. If
q carpenter enters pen Of friendly
birds it IS next to impossible for him
to work, for all the birds at once as
semblc around him and try to pull off
his buttons, steal his hammer or swal-
low his nails.
The first plucking takes place when
the chick is 6 months old, and every
eighth month thereafter. The value
of a feather depends upon its width
and quality, and those from the wings
of the male are valued most. The
bird is driven into the plucking box
and on his head and neck hood is
securely fastened. The feathers Of
value are carefully clipped by an ex-
pert, leaving 2inch stub Of each
feather to be drawn thirty days later
Drawing these quill stubs requires
great skill. The least twist of the
hand will cause the next feather that
grows in the same place to be Of ir.
regular shape, often complete spiral,
and Of little value. The feathers
pluckcd ON the Ashcvillc farm are
classified and shipped to profession,
al for cleaning, bleaching and tinting,
as no department has yet been in
stalled for that work. But the ex-
pertinent as to rearing and keeping
ostriches here has SO far developed
every evidence of success. 1t is
warmer than in Arizona and we have
less rain than at Jacksonville. 1t is
the cold rains which jeopardize the
health and life Of the ostrich. The
birds brought here arc thriving
growing handsomer every day-and
the chicks have every prospect of
rivaling the old birds.
The Asheviile ostrich farm is sue
cess.-H. A. Latham il The Sunny
South.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
Cheap Excursion Rates.

The Southern Railway announces the
following very low excursion rates to the
following points named below:
Nashville. Tenn, and return, account
meeting peabody Normal Summer
schools," June to August 3, 1904, at the
very low rate of one tiist-class fare plus
rs cents for the round trip.
Knoxville, Tenn, and return, account
SUN mer School," from June % 10 Au-
gust 5, 1901, at tho very low rate of one
nrst-oiass fare plus 25 cents for the round
trip.
Dstroit, Mich., and return, account
"Baptis; Young Peoples Union Of Ameri
ca, dnterpational Convention July 13 to
10. lS04, at the very low rate Of one first
clasn fare plus SO cents foi the round trip.
:. Atlantic City, N: j., and return, account
Imperial Council Ancient Arabic Order.
Noblee OF the Mystic Shrine" July 13 TO
10. l9O., at the rate Of one first class fare
plus 81 90 for the round tip.
:. ,Monteagle, Tenn., and return, account
Womans' Congress-" from August l to
Z, 1904, at rate OF one frst.class fare plus
70 cents for tho round trip.
8. MoL agie, Tenn, and return, account
'Monteagle Sunday School In.ti, ute. -
nom August Is to &c. 1904, at the very
low rate Of one frst-class fare plus Is
csnte for the round trip.
Monteagle, Tenn, and return, account
':Monteagle Bible School," from Julv 4 10
August 4, 1904, at the very low rate Of one
hrat- class fare plus Is cents for the round
trip.
Athens, Go and return, acc ount "Sum
mer SCHOOL, from July to August 6,
1904, at the very low rate Of one fret. class
fare pius rs cents for the round trip.
Louisville, KY, and return, accoun,
biennial Conclave Knights Of Pythias,' u
from August 16 to 20. 1904, at the very
low rate of one first. class fare plus q
cents for the round trip.
The Southern Railway offers most con.
venient schedules with Pullman Slespere
and Southern Railway Dinins Cars on all
through trains. For full information ap-
ply to any agent of the Southern Rail-
way or r. w. Hunt, Division Passenger
Agent, Charleston, i. @.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
OF For Liberia.

New York, June 2.-Colored resi-
dents Of Newark, N. j., have formed
an association through which they are
planning the emigration Of number
Of families to Liberia. They have
selected two Of their number to start
this month to look for proper place
for settlement and to obtain some
sort of concession from the authori.
ties Of Liberia.
1t is expected the Liberian govern.
ment will take care of the immigrants
until they can get their farms in shape.
President Tinsley, who heads the
association, says he believes more than
10000 colored people are ready to
leave the cotton belt and make their
homes in Liberia if transportation
facilities can be obtained for them.
Tho Liberian government offers each
immigrant 25 acres of land free Of
cha-ge,. besides furnishing rations un
til the farms are going.
"Our plan," he said, "is to ee. a
many colored people from this neigh
6orhood as possible and then 70 to
Savannah, where. we are sure we cen
get larger. southern contingent.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
Allegheny, Pa, juno IL. 1908,

From the age OF twenty or thirty I was eoreIy,
aaietea ;,a WIN large awful heils on my saes end
they you'd break out in another part OF the body,
ana th1s continued for ten. years. tried everys
did me any good. Ihad but little faith in 8. g. g.
doing me good when began it, but after taking
Ioontinued on with the medicine, taking six bot.
ties, and Gil the boils entirely disappeared. Five
never been bothered since, shoying that the cure
the most painful boils one ever had, and TO- be
entirely rid Of them by your great puriher.
you. HENRY ZINN.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
American Hunor.

Lance Thaokeray and Tom Browne,
the English illustrators, dined last
month with Richard Garfield in New
York.
The young men said that they were
anxious to obtain specimens of char
acteristio Yankee humor, as they hop
ed to write funny book about Amer
lea on their return home.
"Well," said Dir. Garfield, "the
only item l can give you for your book
is letter that friend OF mine in
Anaconda wrote to newspaper. Ana
eonda is western town, and my
friend is . miner there. His letter
contradicted an obituary about him.
self that the newspaper had printed.
It ran like this:
"'Sir: l desire to call your atten.
ton to few errors in your obituary
Of myself on Wednesday last. was
born in Washington, not in Wheel.
ing, and my retirement from the flour
and feed business in '96 was not due
to ill health, but to hard times. The
cause Of my death was not pneumo.
MIA"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1904-06-15
A BesOtted Brain.

Mrs. John A. Logan, who has sue
ceeded Miss Clara Barton in the
Presidency of the Red Cross was edu-
GATED in Kentucky. iu uuudemn ming
intemperanoe Mrs. Logon said rece nt-
ly:
"Alcohol vitiates the mind 80 that
the degradation it imposes on its VIC
Tins hardly seems like degradation &c
them. The woes of these men are
Changed to blessings in their besotted
brains.
"For instance said Mrs. Logan,
smiling, There used to live io Ken
tucky an old man called Fawcett
Jones. Fawcett drank to excess. and
he used to declare that whiskey was
meat and drink to him, But one hot
summer night he drank go much that
he fell into puddle on the way home,
and in this puddle he lay snoring un-
ill dawn.
"a clergyman who had risen early
found him With his head in the mud
and his legs and body in the water aud
the good man woke him up.
"'Ah, he eaid, so whiskey is meat
and drink to you is it, Fawoett2'
"Fawcett rose to his feet and began
to wiring out his clothes.
"Is certainly is," he said,' and
washing and lodging too, SIR