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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
Railroad and Farm Values.
Washington, December 10.

No Secretary of agriculture has
given 80 much time to the people Of
the United States a sentence 30 preg-
nant with a vast significance rs sec
rotary Wilson, lovingly called in
Iowa '"Tama JIM" when he said in
his last report, ''every sunset during
The past five years has registered an
increase of So, 0 900 in the value Of
the farms of this country"
The explanation of this vast in
crease of wealth lies first in the in
dustry of the people, second, as secre-
tary Wilson explains, in the increase
of transportation facilities, and third,
in the higher intelligence shown in
the agricultural pursuits of the peo-
pie. The industry, enterprise, and
tremendous energy of the American
people are the amazement of all Ma
lions. The sur of all the enormous
strength expended in the improve
ment of the newer farms of the great
West where the greatest increase Of
value for five years has been shown,
has had this splendid fruitage in the
fact that the farm during the past
sixteen years has secured to the Unit
ed States a trade balance of 8 $685.
Co., OO.
In commenting on the u for
higher values for farm lands, seere-
tary Wilson says:
New facilities for transportation,
where existing, are everywhere re-
ported as at once raising the value Of
farm lands, whether new railroads or
wagon roads that will permit the
hauling Of larger loads and for longer
distances" In the West the rail
roads have enabled the farmer to
market his crop by offering him,
though remote from market, rates
of transportation for his grain and
dairy products which insure him a
handsome return for his industry.
This fact enters into the problem
now being considered by Congress as
to what form Of a railroad regulation
bill is practical and TO be desired.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
DakOtan Wesleyan University.

Hon. A. r. Brown of this city was
invited to sit as one Of the judges in
a debate between students, of the
Dakota Wesleyan University at Nit
chell last week and from the follow
ing interview we Judge he was highly
pleased with the University, the
faculty and the students. He said to
a Leader reporter: Last week l visit
ed the Dakota Wesleyan at Mitchell
for the first time. and while there had
the pleasure of listening to a debate
conducted by six students, three of
whom were chosen from one Of the
two literary societies of the Universe
tv and three from the other. The
| question debated was''ReSolved that
| the protective feature should be elem
The time limit being twelve minutes
each, with five minutes additional to
each side for summing up. The prin-
cipleS involved in the discussion were
stated in a methodical and systematic
manner rarely equaled in debating
contests, in fact they were models of
intelligent cOnciseneSs. The debate
was not merely interesting but highly
instructive throughout. l also MOTTO
ed briefly some of the work of the
University and was highly pleased with
the method and system Of instruction
in all departments visited. 1 was
most Of all impressed with the friend
ly feeling and genial good fellowship
existing in all departments, accom-
panied by unusual interest and appar-
ent tixity of purpose on the part of
both students and faculty. A search
ing glance over the audience of about
four hundred pupils did not reveal
the presence of even one sour dis
couraged or morose pupil: brightness
and good cheer beamed in every coun-
tenance and fairly sparkled in the
students eyes, while the wholesome |
sunlight Of a high moral influence
pervaded the entire school, and i'm
pressed the visitor with the value of
the Dakotan Wesleyan University as
a desirable institution for high intel
lectual training and model citizen
ship.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
Bro. Minett On Corn.

Joe Millett Of Eden township,
one Of the leading corn experts
of the county, accompanied by his
sons, Fred and Forrest, were Can
ton visitors last Saturday. OF course
Brother Millett, ST., called on the
Leader and we talked corr and the
coming corn contest for quite a while.
He remarked, with a pleasant smile,
that the other townships need have
no special reason to fear Il contest
with the Eden township corn growers
at the coming contest, for Eden
township is not doing any bio wing
over her crop for 1905. 1--WE are just
plodding along in our old fashioned
way,' he remarked, land we may not
have any better corn than we had
last year. ! have seen mighty fine
corn in Norway, Pleasant, Brooklyn,
Highland, Lincoln and Canton town.
ships, and it is my opinion that there
will be some surprises in store for all
Of us. The Eden township farmers
are making no special etfort-they are
just improving their orn from year
to year for the money there is in it,
and all our farmers will soon rec
ognize that there is big money in
corn. Seventy bushels of good corn
to the acre is not uncommon this
year, and much of it will O ten
points higher than corn from the
same farms did last year. A bigger
yield and better orn is the result of
our corn contests, and from this will
come additional revenue from the
farm year after year until the in-
creased value of the corn crop of the
county will pass the n hundred
thousand dollar mark, as compared
with a good average crop under old
conditions. You a easily figure out
how many farmers it would take in
this county to raise the value of
800, 900 from their farms with an in
crease of only 5 bushels to the acre on
average of 100 acres of corn to the
farm. It's surprising when m
of it. Farmers who will give
the corn question proper care and
study ought to raise 10 bushels
to the acre under the new methods
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

are after increased wealth from the
farm, and if they a win any more
Leader silver cups or knock out COM
p%etitors for the Corn Grower cup, so
much the better. The Eden town.
ship men II anxious to see every
township in the county in the coming
contest, and they stand ready to con-
graduate the winners be they Brook
lyn, Norway, Highland: Canton Day
ton or any other part of the county,"
Mr.. Millett remarked as he got up to
leave that he would give a dollar for
any a of yellow dent corr raised in
Eden township this year that viii
score IS points during the corn con-
test that is to be held this winter,
and the Leader will also give a dollar
for the second ear of yellow dent
raised in any other township that
will o IS points.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

than under the old, and that is pos
sible on every farm in the county.
The amount of additional money that
can be made from the farm will surprise
every farmer if he will figure it out.
Suppose a farmer plants 100 acres to
corn and he raises 10 bushels more to
the acre than he used to do and of a
much better quality, this increase, at
There would be nc extra labor, only a
little time and care in selecting seed.
This corn question is an important
one, and the Eden township farmers
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

Beautifying methods that injure
the skin and health are dangerous.
Be beautiful without discomfort by
taking HOLSTERS Rocky Mountain
Tea. Sunshiny faces follow its use.
35 cents.-I. NJ. Helmey s. CO.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22
Advertised Letters

The following letters remained I'M
called for in the Canton pOstOtfice on
Saturday, December Is, 1905:
Brightman. John
%JOhanson, George
Lien, Knut
Nesllum, NelS II.
Randall, Harry ID. j..
WangSneSS, Melvin
In calling for the above list please
say advertised. ,..@
II. II. SMITH. p. NJ.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

FOR SALE-Five Berkshire Bears
Apply to f. NJ. Beck. 24-2
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

Money on Lincoln County Land at
81 per cent per annum. Gray'S Infor-
nation Bureau. Canton, S. ID.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

Pure kettle rendered lard-guaran-
teed first class, 10 cents a pound, ;
pounds for % cents, at the Peoples
Meat Market, Syndicate Block. 3tf.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1905-12-22

The New Bakery will supply you
with the finest Pumkin Pies. Leave
your orders and you will be sup
piled with fresh pies.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
Good Man Gone.

Mr.. D Gambrill, a we'll known
citizen of Columbia, died at his resi-.
dence, that city, Thursday morning,
December 14ab, at 9 o'clock. He
was we'll and favorably known. He
has been engaged in the real estate,
insurance and brokerage business
for many years. he was married
after coming to Columbia to Miss
Guignard, who eurvives him.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF LEXINGTON,

In the Court of Common Pleas.
Wesley Bowman, Thomas Bowman,
Willie Bowman, Samuel L. Bow
man. Henry Bowman and Mary
Chairman, Plaintiffs,
VS..
Henderson Bowman, Carrie Bookman
and Jim Geiger, and Samuel. B.
George, Admir-, Defendants.
Partition.
IN OBEDIENCE TO THE DECREE
i of the Court herein, signed by Hon.
Ernest Gary, Presiding Judge, and dated
Sept. 1st, 1905, will sell to the highest
bidder at public outcry, before tie Court
House door in Lexington, S. c., during
the legal hours of sale, on the first Mon
day in January, 1906.
'sAll that piece, parcel, plantation or
tract Of land containing Thirty-seven
and one-quarter acres, more or less, lying
and being in Lexington County and
State aforesaid, Fork Township, on
branches, waters of Broad River,
bounded by lands of estate of Willie
Lorick, deceased, n. Likes and I. Fl.
Nunamaker.
Terms of sale-One- half cash, balance
to be paid in one year from date Of sale,
secured by bond of the purchaser and
a mortgage of the premises sold, with
leave to purchaser to pay all cash. Pur-
chaser to pay for papers.
SAMUEL B. GEORGE.
Clerk of the Court.
Lexington, S. c., December Sth, 1905.
Efrd & Dreher Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
La Grippe and Pneumonia

Pneumonia often follows Ia grippe but
never follows the use of Foley's Honey and
Tar. It cures Ia grippe coughs and pre-
vents pneumonia and consumption. Ask
for Foley's Honey an lar and refuse any
substitute offered. Mr.. G. Vacher. of 157
Osgood St.. Chicago, writes: My wife
had severe case of Ia grippe three years
ago, and it left her with terrible cough.
She tried bottle of Folev's Honey and
Tar and it gave Immediate r.lief A 50
cent bottle cured her cough entirely" 4"
Refuse substitutes. The Kaufman Drug
Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
TAX RETURNS.

TN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW
in refer6nce to the assessment and tax
alton of real and personal property. the
Auditor, or his assistant, will be and at
tend the following named places for the
purpose of receiving tax returns for the
fiscal year 1906, and in order to meet the
next appointment the hour will close at
II o'clock in the morning and 1t o'clock
in the afternoon; tax payers will, therefore
be prompt in meeting the appointments, so
as not to cause delay
Taxpayers will please come prepared to
give the name of the township and num.
Der of school district wherein they reside:
Edmund, Monday morning JanuaryS,
Castor. Monday afternoon, January 8.
j. W. Reeder's. Tuesday morning, Jan g..
j. j. Msck's, Tuesday afternoon. Jan 3. {.
Swansea. Wednesday and Thursday, Jan.
10 and IL.
Red Store, Friday morning, Jan. II.
w. N. Martins Monday afternoon, Jan Y
Brookland, Saturday. all day, Jan. l3.
Pelion Monday, all day. Jan. Is.
j. Williams. Tuesday morning, Jan. 1G
Steadman, Tuesday afternoon. Jan l6
Wm. Westmoreland, Wed. morn Jan. II
Batesburg, Wed afternoon and Thurs.
day all day, January II and Is.
Leesvile, Friday. January l9.
Summit, Saturday morn, Jan. 20
Gilbert, Saturday afternoon, Jan. 20.
Chaplin, Monday, ali day, Jan. p.
Peak Tuesday. all day, January %
Spring Hill, Wednesday morning, Jan "a
hilton, Wednesday afternoon. Jan. "a.
White Rock. Thursday. morning. Jan. 25
Ballentine. Thursday afternoon, Jan. %,
Irmo, Friday, ali day Jan. 26.
Elias Meetze, Saturday ID orn.. Jan. 27.
Crouts' Store. Monday Afternoon Jan 20.
+ 81. Addy, Tuesday morn, Jan. SO.
G. F. Keis.er, Tuesday afternoon Jan. 80
At Lexington G. H., al day not includ-
ed in above schedule from Januaiy 1st.
1906, to February Goth. 1906 when the
books will close after which 10 per cent.
will be added Tor failure to make returns
Come prepared to assess each lot or tract
of land separately. This being the year to
return real estate l. is necessary for each
tax payer to appear be ore the Auditor
either in person or by authorized agent.
Tax returns sent in by mail are not legal
unless sworn to before an officer qualified
to administer oaths.
All male persons are SUI iect 70 poll tax
from 2l to 60 Years OF age, except those
exempt by law.
Under the new Jaw all dogs are subject
to a capitltion lax Of 50 cents ard must
be returned at the same time when other
property is returned G. A. DERRICK.
Auditor Lexington County.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
ZIMMERMAN, U. x. GUNTER, A. G. JONES,
Presden Presden Cashier
Citizens Bank Of BateSburg

CAPITAL STOCK, sso,oooO0
E. F. STROTHER, Attorney, BATESBURG, S. O.
Building
solicited payable
OHcers
Bank
w. u. K
Zimmerman strother Shea F.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
To Brighten the Hair.

Use yolk of eggs with bit of bak-
ing soda beaten up in it and q little
claret added as shampon to brighten
your hair. Honey and rhubarb stalks
stepped in three parts of white wine
is also good shampoo for brighten
ing dark hair. Let it stand twenty
four hours, strain and use by wetting
hair, roots and all. Let dry on.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20

President Roosevelt is said to be
opposed to any reduction in the
South's representation in Congress.
In this view he is in accord with the
best men of his party. There are
still few extremists who desire to
see nothing 80 much as wholesale
reduction.
Reader, do you owe US for the
paper you are reading? If you do,
please call at once and settle your &C.
count.
A girl would almost as lief write a
novel as have curly hair.
The old maid can't very we'll 60
around asking for match.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
In Mad Chase.

Millions rush in mad chase alter healh,
from one extreme of faddism to another,
when, if they would only eat good food,
and keep their bowels regular with DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, their troubles would
all pass away. Prompt relief and quick
cure for liver and stomach trouble. Csc.
at The Kaufman Drug Co.'S, drug store;
guaranteed.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
EVERYTHING BUT DEATH

suffered" writes Virginia Robson,
Of Easton, Nd, ''until 1 took Cardui,
which cnsed me so quickly it surprised
my doctor, who didn't know I was
taking it. ] wish I had known OF
Cardui earlier In h9e.'
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
The Lexington Dispatch.
Wednesday, December 20, 1905.
Our Southland.

Agricultural colleges and journals
on agriculture may be doing some
valuable service towards solving the
problem of the possibilities of our
Southland from an agricultural stand
point. But the credit is not wholly
due to them for present atSainmeDts.
State, county and community fairs
where men better squainted with the
ways of the politician than OF the
tolls of the farm, preside, may stimu-
late some, but after all the man be-
tween the plow handler; the man
who sees that the furrows are made
as they should be made, and who is
at the head of the column in the
march to the full realization OF the
possibilities of our South country. 1t
may be that the time will arrive when
it will not be said that there is any
barren soil in the South. The single
crop idea is given place to diversity.
The winter preparation of soil for
summer crops is given ground. Deep
and thorough preparations is taking
the place of shallow and careless.
Heavy fertilization is pushing aside
the light sprinkle. Shallow and rapid
cultivation is taking the place of deep
and upturning of plant roots by
plows. Men are saying all around
ma ssif there ia twenty-four dollars
worth of ammonia per acre in the
annual rain fall, and the atmosphere
is charged all the time with nitrogen:
both plant food, I must prepare in
winter deep, 80 as to hold the am
monia given with the rain and snow,
and must keep tie crust broken 80
the nitrogen can penetrate and feed
the growing summer crops" They
are seeing the folly of turning the
farm labor loose with dog and gun,
during the winter months, and wor-
rying and fretting through the spring
months trying to prepare and plant
lands that should have been prepared
in the fall and winter. They are
coming to know that one acre prop.
erly prepared and cultivated pays
better than two or more DOT 30 pre-
pared and cultivated. Very many
have already learned that one acre of
ground will make a bale of cotton or
thirty bushels of corn. Some believe
it possible to double that amount.
Some have learned to make two and
three crops year on the same land.
All have found that poultry pays.
That hogs pay, is no longer a ques-
ton. Cattle raising is no longer
doubtful. I might say that our soil
itches to grow grass for cattle. In
our folly we try to prevent its spread.
No county has wider range of crops
than We. Ours is goodly land. It's
possibilities DO one can measure. The
hand of God who made the white
man made this uur Southland and to
US of today as to our fathers of yes
terday he looks for US to push the
work of tilling the ground, that we
may see the unfolding of his hand in
the fullness of our harvests and on
the returning of our amount thanks
giving day realize that We have as
much, if not more, to praise him for
than those whose situation is not 30
favorable az ours.
JoAB EDWARDS.
November 30th, 1905.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
Fighting yellow Fever Hard.

Havana, Dec 13 One hundred
and twenty men have been added 10
the yellow f.ver brigade, which now
numbers AS men, 225 of whom are
engaged in disinfec,iug, twenty in
inspecting tanks, barrels, etc, and
100 in putting petroleum on water
where mosquitoes might breed
A fine of $50 has been imposed on
two doctors for not reporting case
of the disease. There were fifteen
cases under treatment today.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20

Any one suffering from Kidney pains,
backache, bladder trouble or rheumatism
who will take dose of Pine-ules upon
retiring at night shall be relieved before
morning. Sold by Hartmann Drug Go.
Mr.. James N. Dent, the shoe maker
and an old citizen of Columbia, was
found dead in bed this morning at
his residence on East Ricblaud street.
Mr.. Dent was 81 years CT age and
leaves large family.
Pinesalve is tte best Salve for sores,
burns, boils, tetter, eczema, skin dis
eases and piles. "Sold by Kaufman
Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
WRITE US A LETTER

Put aside all tinidity and write us
freely and frankly, in strictest conf
dence. telling Us all your symptoms
and troubles. We will send free advice
(in plain, sealed envelope), how to
eyre them. Address: Ladies' Advisory
Dept, The Chattanooga Medicine Co.,
Chattanooga, Tenn.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20
The First Requisite Of Beauty.

The first requisite of beauty is clear
complexion. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
clears sallow blotched complexion as it
stimulates the liver and bowels. and the
eyes become bright and clear. You owe it
to your friends to take it if Jour complex
ion is bad. Orino Laxative Fruit Syrup
does not nauseate or gripo and is very
pleasant to take. Refuse substitutes. The
Kaufman Drug Co.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1905-12-20

South Carolina has lost the suit for
$40, 600 instituted about four years
ago against the National government.
The Supreme Court of the United
States decided that the National
government may tax the State liquor
diapensaries.
The chiliren's jubilee Of good health
follows the use Of Bees Laxative Honey
and Tar, the cough syrup that expels
all cold from the system by acting as a
cathartic on the bowels. Acertain
remedy for Group, Whooping Cough
and all lung and bronchial affections.
Sold by Kaufman Drug Go.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-01-22

am a misisonafy, and of a faith held by
 many millions. It will some day, and perhaps sooner than is generally cred ited, be professed by all, and then'th will be an end of all our troubles.
 am a subject of Her Majesty and an inhabitant of Ceylon. I have heard
 much of late of the decay of faith in
 England, and the evil consequences which may ensue from this. Being in-
 dependent, and long educated in these
 high matters, I resolved to visit Eu-
 rope, and especially England, and see
 whether steps might not advantageous I ly be taken to advance the great rem
 edy which can alone cure the evils of the human race."
 >"And establish the Nirvana?' said
 his companion, with a scrutinizing glance.
 T see you are not altogether unac- l quainted with the truth"
 'I am myself inffavor of a Sabbath
 of seven days" said his companion, 'of
 real Nirvana, but my perpetual Sab-
 bath can only be celebrated in a city of the dead"
 Death is only happiness, If under-
 stood" said the Buddhist. u We are at your hotel. This is.
 Blackfriars Can | be of service to you? Have you friends?"
 r 'I have a private letter to my bank CT, besides my letter of credit. and
 am assured he will take care of me. Falconet & Co-they are eminent,
 understand. Do you know them?' No" replied the other carelessly,
 but bankers, if you have a good letter
 of credit, are generally obliging. What is your name?"
 My name is Kusinaraand yours? 'I have no name" said the unknown. (Continued next Sunday.)