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The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12
THE iCELANDERS.
Primitive Honesty Of These Simple
People of the North.

Primitive Honesty Of These Simple
People of the North.
The Anglo-Saxon world knows
nothing Of such primitive honesty as
is known n Iceland, nor does Eu-
cope, as the following story will
show:
Stephen Marshall, the factor of
great London trading house, station
ed now at Reykjayik, who knows the
island better than any other Euro
pean, declares that scarcely would it
be possible to cxaggerate upon the
natives respect for ANY least out
ward expression of the law.
Marshall says he was crossing the
wild country that lies between Reyk-
javik and Akurcyri, the chief among
the northern trading stations, about
two years ago when he met man
riding his pony toward the capital.
''Whet is your name?" asked the
factor.
"Stefan."
"Whose son?"
"Thorsteinsson."
"Where are you going?"
''To prison"
"What for?"
Stealing sheep"
"No one taking yon?"
"No. The sheriff waN busy, so he
gave me his warrant AID sent me
on by myself"
Whereupon the two exchanged
snuff and parted.
Four days later as Marshall was
returning he again met this fellow,
evidently on the way back to his
home.
"Whatw he exclaimed, naturally
surprised. sStefan ThoTsteiIisson
Why, you said you were going to
prison!"
$50 I was, and I went. But they
would not let me in.'
"Why not?"
'I somewhere Lost the warrant,
and the sheriff at Reykjavik said he
could not receive me without it"
"But why, then, are you not al
ready at home? You should have
made the journey in two days"
To this the answer may sound
with comic opera note to English
readers, but in it, says Marshall, lies
the core of the whole Icelandic rev.
erence for the machinery of the law.
Stefan had lost two days time look
ing for the warrant which would
have locked him up!
The only wonder is that such an
honest man should go about steal
ing sheep Modern Society.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12
pisooneertina,

Yes, Sir, when the enemy charg-
ed on our> position and came right
over the breastworks you. oughter
have seem me r exclaimed the boast
full veteran.
{. Yes, that's oP drawled an old
cousrade, removing his Pipe slowly.
stsY Su wuz there yourself, wasn't
yon, Jonas p inquired the boastful
one, referring 70 him for support
with d triumphant look.
t'I certainly BWuz," eaid the old
coInrade. IS And u thought at The
time We ough have seen you, but
nobody ever got & look at you TIL
ten days after the fight r. New Or
leans Times Democrat. q, >s<
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12
The You.nI,yaI,. i, n, Doctor,

f'The young doctor has q hard row
to hoe, !, remarked a physician at a
recent dinner. stIff he does not own
. horse and carriage the people say:
he cannot have q large practice. If
be does own . horse which happens
ito be fat the people insist that he
cannot have much work to do. i,
on the other hand, the horse hap
pens TO be- bony they circulate the
news that the doctor keeps hiB horse
only for show and ID 90 hard up that
he can't afford to feed the animal:
properly z kansas City Independ.
emf AZ
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12
1 t,a. .Ya.k sho issro.

f:veesJfE s. 8 siian ~ IIIIho lib OWL lG the
seally hardest Job. The reaily hard
est job, however, iis that of the hero;
IN Q modern move. These are the
performances off one hero IN d mod
ern novel: His count nance fell His
Voice broke His heart sank His
hair rose. His eyes blaxed. His
words burned. His blood froze.
Now, how would you like to be- that
hero odern Society, t5Ss
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12

4 ~ - You cannot : measure the holi-
ness OF others BY your own habits.
Many a homelY seed holds q aheav-
enly blossom.
s. - - Z takes more than white tie to
cover q black heart.
Education is simply che art OF
creating environment. ~ +.
Is, The perfume; Of oil comes from
the flowers of affection. ,s..
!, \ When q soldier tires ofsthe calm
;ofs the battlefield he can get Esarried
and diseharge the ono h
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12
THE COLD OF 1916.
Queer Weather That Came In "t!,e
Year Without Surnaer.n

Queer Weather That came In "the
Year Without Summer"
The year 1916 has been called
t'the year without a summer" The
Boston Congregationalist of some
years ago gave the following account
OF IS:
January and February were mild,
March was cold, April began warm,
but ended in snow and ice. Ice form
ed an inch thick in May, and fields
were planted over and over again
till it was too late to replant. June
was the coldest ever known in this
latitude. Frost and ice were COM
mon. Almost every green thing
was killed. Fruit nearly all was de-
stroycd. Snow fell to the depth of
ten inches in Vermont, seven in
Maine, three in the interior of New
York and also in Massachusetts.
There we're few warm days. 1t
was called a dry season. But little
rain fell. The wind blew steadily
from the north, cold and fierce.
Mothers knit extra socks and NIT
tens for their children in the spring,
and wood piles, that usually disap-
peared during the warm spell in
front Of the houses, were speedily
built up again. Planting and shiver-
ing were done together, and the
farmers who worked out their taxes
on the county roads wore overcoats
and mittens. On the 18th of June
a heavy snow fell in New England.
The cold was intense. A farmer
who had large field of corn in
Tewksbury built fires around it at
night to ward off the frost. Many
an evening he and his neighbors
took turns watching them. He was
rewarded with the only crop of corn
inethe neighborhood.
Considerable damage was done in
New Orleans in consequence of the
rapid rise of the Mississippi river.
Fears were entertained that the sun
was cooling off, and throughout New
England all picnics were strictly
prohibited. July was accompanied
with frost and ice. Indian corn was
nearly all destroyed. Some favora-
bly, situated fields escaped. August
was more cheerless if possible than
the summer months which preceded
it. Ice was formed half an inch
In thickness. Indian corn was SO
frozen that the greater part was cut
down and dried for fodder. Almost
every green thing was destroyed in
this country and in Europe. On the
3Oth snow fell at Barnet, forty miles
from London. Very little corn rip
ened in New England and the mid
die states. Farmers supplied them
selves from corn produced in 1915
for seed in the spring of 1917. It
sold at from 81 to SIS per bushel.
September furnished about two
weeks of the pieasantest weather of
the season, but in the latter part of
the month ice formed an inch thick.
October had more than its share Of
cold weather. November was cod
and snowy. December was comfort
able, and the winter following was
mild. Very little vegetation was
matured in the eastern and middle
states. The SUMS rays seemed to be
destitute of heat during the sum-
mer. All nature was clad in sable
hue, and men exhibited no little
anxiety concerning the future OF
life.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12

- A fast eastbound passenger train
on the Cleveland and Pittsburg branch
Of the Pennsylvania road was derailed
and wrecked near Atwater, Ohio,
causing the death Of at least one per-
son, while dozen or more others
were injured.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12

eyes" said the builder, "this
little alteration I have just suggest
ed will only cost you an extra
hundred, and it will be the finishing
touch. ~ S:sss
"Well, go ahead. I'll put up the
hundred, but yon can bet that you're
right that It viii be the finishing
touch. I don't stand for any more" !"
Houston Poet. &
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Blue Ridge Railroad.

Effective Mc-. 20, 1866.
.WEsTBOUND.
No. III (daily)-Leave Bolton $50 gn=
M; Anderson 4I5 p. no. Pendleton 4.47
p. M; Cherry 45i p. m.; Seneca 5.3Ip.
m arrive Walhsila 5.55 p. m.
No. g taatiy except Sundsy)-Leave
Belton 10.45 q. M; Anderson Hoy q. M;
Pendleton 1882 q. NJ; Cherry 1l.39 q. M;
arrive at Seneca 11.57 a. m.
No. (Sunday only)-Leave Bolton
ll.45 a. M; Anderson ii.o7 q. M; Psn-
dleton 1l.32 q. NJ; Cherry 1l.39 O, m,:
Seneca LOS p. M; arrive Walhalla Ia,
No. 7 (dailv except sundsy)-Leavs
Anderson 0.30 a. M; Pendleton 1859 O.
arrive Walhalla LAO p m.
No. 3(datly)-Leave Bolton 9.15 p. M;
arrive Anderson 9.42 p. m.
No. % (daily except Sunday)-Leave
Bolton 900 q. m; arrive Anderson $50
q. m,
EAsBOUND.
No. ~ (daily)-Leave Walhalla S.35 G.
NJ; Seneca s.5s s. m; Cherry 9.17 a. M;
Pendlston 9.25 a. M; Anderson 1000 q.
m.; arrive Bolton 1925 o. m.
No. 10 (daily except sunday)-Leave
Seneca 200 p. M; Cherry 2.19p. M; Pom
dleton % p. m.; Anderson $40 p, M;
arrive Bolton s,35 p: po.
No. Sunday only)-Leave Anderson
S'1S p P; . n; 9;;, arrive Belto2 3 IS p; m:
NJ; seneca 5.sl p. M; Cherry $50 ~ D. M; r.
Fendleton 8.12 p. M; Anderson 7.3O p.
M; arrive Bolton Z So o. m.
No. "a daily except Sundayl-Lesvs
Anderson $50 a. M; arrive Bolton $40
a. m. H. c. BEATTIE, Pres,
Greenville. 8. @
J. r. ANDERSON, Supt.
Andoreon j
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-07-12
rho Life Plant.

There is q plant in Jamaica called
the life plant because it is almnat
impossible sto kill il 6r| any portion
so1 Sc. When q leaf 9is cut OF and
hung up BY a4string it senda ont
white, threadlike roots, gathers
moisture from the mir and begins TO
grow sneR leaves. Even when
pressed and packed away in "a bot
anist q her rbarium it has been known
to ontgr0w the leaves Of the book
I'm which it was placed. The only
way to kill it Is by the heat OF q
hot iron or Of boiling water. IS IA
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
INC DIP, NO SHIP"
Cattlemen Find II Pays to Comply
With Statute.

Under the provisions of the ruling
of Judge Whiting of the Ninth circuit
many of the stock owners in the east
ern counties of what is called the in.
fected part Of the state did not follow
the dipping order of the state board.
Now that DR.. Ramsey of the govern
ment bureau has taken charge of the
situation and has promulgated the or,
der. mo dip. no Ship" the stockmen
in the counties along the Missouri
river. who all complied with the order
of the state board, are reaping the
benefits Of their compliance. Cattle
buyers are making no stops in the
counties which refused to comply with
the dipping regulations, as they do not
care to invest in cattle which they
cannot ship. and the Missouri river
wner are the ones who are getting
their cattle on the market. Buyers are
ranging in Hughes and Sully coun.
ties, buying all the good stuff they can
find and at prices considerably in ad-
vance of those paid last year.. The
cattle owners say they have won in
two ways by the dipping: first. in the
improved condition of their cattle, and
second, in the fact that they are in
shape to get their stuff on the market,
while those who refused to dip are
losing on both these propositions.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
SLEEPS THROUGH FIRE.
Flames Destroy Farmers Barn With.
out His KNOWLEDGE.

Sioux Falls, S. D., Sept. 19.-Peter
Kinney, a farmer living near Aurora,
suffered the loss by fire of a barn and
all it's contents. Ii is thought the fire
was started by lightning striking the
building. The barn contained several
valuable horses, all Kinney's farm ma.
chinery, about 1900 bushels of barley
and other property. His loss is total,
as he did not have a dollar of insur.
ance. All he will be able to save
from the ruins will be the salvage on
his barley. Kinney and the members
Of his family were not awakened by
the fire and did not know Of the mis-.
fortune until morning.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
BUILD TO RAPID T
Northwestern & Missouri Line Be.
lieved to Be Trunk Branch.

lieved to Be Trunk Branch.
Prof. McLaurey of the state school
of mines has returned to Rapid City
from Chicago with information con
corning the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul railroad Of great interest to all
jewellers there.
The belief now is prevalent that this
road intends to make Rapid City it's
terminal point, and that work with
that end in view will be pushed rapid
ly. The recent survey Of eighty acres
of land adjacent to the city would
show that this ground was at least
under consideration as a terminal sta
ton.
1t now is believed that it is the Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st. Paul road
which is building the extension known
as the Northwestern & Missouri road
from this city to Mystic. One fact
which points in that direction is the
fact that the light rails with which sew.
eral miles of this road already were
equipped have been taken up and
heavy rails, suitable to a trunk line,
have been put down in their stead.
Were this road werely to serve the
purpose of a connecting link between
Rapid and Mystic, the other rails
would have been sufficient. 1t is be-
lieved also that the st. Paul will run
only a spur to Deadwood, which it will
reach from Pactola.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
WOMAN DIES OF r
Horrible Accident at Humboldt, s. D.
Contra ctors In Bankruptcy,

HoTrlpie ACCIDENT at HumpoIdt, >. -.
Contractors in Bankruptcy.
Miss May Burning of Humboldt,
Minnehaha county, met a horrible
death as the result of her clothing
catching fire while getting the family
meal. She dashed for the outside of
the house in a wild ~endeavor to extin-
guish the flames. Before she could be
stopped and the fire ex%tinguished she
made three circuits of the building.
The filing of a petition in voluntary
bankruptcy by Frank d. Mills and
Guy c.. Mills of Sioux Falls, who have
carried on a building contracting bust
ness under the firm name of F. D.
Mills & Son, has created something
of a sensation. They place their liza
bilities at $18,453.06 and their assets
at $1,000.
Among their largest creditors are
the Sioux Falls National bank, in the
sum of $3.50, and Symms-Powers
company of Sioux Falls. in the sum
of $3.50.
Last spring the senior member Of
the firm disappeared In Kansas City
under circumstances which indicated
he had been murdered, and for several
weeks the police Of that city carried
on an investigation in a vain attempt
to unravel the mystery. After some
weeks he was located at Portland, Or,
and finally returned to his home in
this city.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
NATURAL GAS.
Found Within Thirty Miles Of Sioux
Falls.

Falls.
Some twelve or fifteen years ago a
flow of natural gas was discovered on
a farm eight miles west of Marion
Junction. At that time, for some un-
known reason, the report Of the dis
covery was silenced and was thought
by many to have been one of those
boom agitations.
During the past few weeks there
have been reports of the finding Of
natural gas in large quantities in the
Silver lake region of Turner and
Hutchinson counties, and while it has
been rumored that numerous stran-
gers have recently visited and investi-
gated that region, but few thought of
taking the matter seriously until last
week.
Secretary of State d. d. Wipf, a resi-
dent of Hutchinson county, and a num-
Der of Pierre people came to Dolton
last Friday and after giving the matter
careful investigation concluded that
there is natural gas in that vicinity
and that its development is possible.
In fact it Is assured by specialists that
it can be secured without any very
great expenditure of money.
A number of capitalists, headed by
Mr.. Wipf, after making the prelimi-
nary arrangements with the land own
ers, organized a company and have in
corporated unler the laws Of South
Dakota, with the intention of imme-
diately sinking and securing appar-
atus.
The company intends to have a sup
ply of the gas ready for commercial
use during the next thirty days and
soon as possible it will be piped to the
adjacent towns, where it may be Sc
cured very cheaply for lighting and
heating purposes.
Since a number of able men have
taken hold Of the enterprise, it is GER
tainly genuine and its success is as.
sured, which will materially aid the
people Of this section.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
PRICE ON RUsTLERs' HEADS.
New Methods Of Routing Cattle
Thieves Is Applied.

Angered by the continued theft of
cattle and horses, the ranchmen resid-
ing in Stanley county have adopted a
new method of, tracing the "rustlers'
so they may be brought to justice.
In the past it has been customary
for cattle and horse ~raisers, when
their herds have been raided, to offer
minimum rewards for the detection
of the thieves and recovery of the
stolen animals. These rewards have
not been large enough to tempt weak
kneed members of the gang of thieves
to betray their pals, and the result has
been that the thefts have continued.
1t Is conservatively estimated that dur
ing the last year a sufficient number
of horses alone to mount a small
army have been stolen from the ranch.
men living in this and other parts of
Stanley county.
Under the leadership of A. J. Hauge,
n Of the most prominent ranchmen
in the county, a new method is % to
be adopted, which it is hoped will have
good results. Recently Mr.. Hauge had
three head of horses stolen, and in
stead Of offering the customary paltry
reward of S25 or $50 for information
which would lead to the recovery of
the animals and detection of the
thieves, he has offered a reward of
$500 for the arrest and conviction of
the person or persons who stole the
horses.
1t is believed that the offering Of a
reward of this size will encourage
some of the "rustlers' to give way
their pals, and that by this means
rse and cattle "rustling" in Stanley
,nty will become a thing of the
.sst, as in Lyman county, where a Wig
orous and persistent crusade against
the thieves has reduced thefts to the
minimum.
The legitimate cattle and horse
raisers will endeavor also to discour-
age the practice of some of the ranch
men who when called upon have not
hesitated to furnish bonds for those
who are arrested on the charge of
stealing horses and cattle.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
Mans Body, Too, Found in River.

W~atertown, Wis, Sept. 19.-After a
search Of the state in the belief that
John Traeumer, the companion of
Emma Schultz, who was drowned last
Wednesday,, had in some manner es-
capped death himself while the girl
was drowned, his body vas yesterday
found in the rock river, several miles
below the scene of the drowning.
Meanwhile the relatives of the girl
have sent her stomach to Chicago for
examination on the suspicion that she
might have been drugged before the
accident.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21

Reports of railroad building sent out
from this state frequently are mere
surmises, but it is known that work on
a bridge across the Missouri at Pierre
undoubtedly will be begun before win
ter sets in. Grading will be begun at
Rapid City and at Pierre at the same
time. Also, the Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul win build both north and
south of Waubay either this fall or
early in the spring, probably in the
spring. This move has been definitely
decided upon. The Great Northern ex-
tension from Browns Valley west il
also assured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21

Farmer Charges Attempt to Rob and
Murder.


Webster, 8. D., Sept. 10. - Charles
Alberts is awaiting a hearing on a
charge of assault with intent to kill.
Alberts has been working for Albert
Bryant. a farmer near Andover, S. D.
Bryant had taken in $3.50. 1t is
charged that while Bryant was milk
ing Friday night Alberts went to the
barn and demanded the money. Bry-
and refused to hand it over, and he
says the hired man shot several times,
one bullet striking the breastbone and
glancing off past the shoulder, one
piercing the left wrist and the third
entering the right leg. Alberts, it is
charged, supposing the man to be
dead, took a horse and drove to Pier.
pont, where he stopped at the hotel
for the night. Here he was captured
by Sheriff Goss and brought to Web
ster.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21
DIES AT HOME ALONE.
Stonemason's Death Supposed to Have
Resulted From Hemorrhaues.

Albert Lea, Mimi, Sept. 19.-Neigh.
bors discovered the remains of Jacob
Jensen, a stonemason, in his home,
the remainder of the family being
away. An investigation showed that
the deceased may have been stricken
with a severe hemorrhage of the lungs
or stomach and bled to death. The
body was lying on the bed and blood
was upon everything. Mr.. Jensen was
abor~ ifty-fve years old and had a
wife and two daughters. One daugh,
ter succumbed to tuberculosis two
months ago. An inquest probably will
be held.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1905-09-21

South Dakota Millionaire Falls In Love
at First Siqht of Woman.

at First Sight Of Woman.
A pretty romance centers about the
coming marriage of Harris Franklin
of Deadwood, with Mrs. Sadie Rohr
Of st. Louis. Mr. Franklin has just re.
turned from the East, and corrobo-
rates the stories that have been going
the rounds Of the press concerning
him and his %iancee. It was by a hap
py chance that Mr.. Franklin, on his
recent Eastern trip, happened upon
the hotel in Atlantic City where Mrs.
Rohr and her sister were staying. Her
sister was an old friend of the South
Dakota millionaire and recognized him
as he sat alone on the veranda. Mrs.
Rohr had already observed him as a
noticeable nan 1t was truly a case of
love at first sight. "It seemed to me-"
said Mr.. Franklin, that We had known
each other for at least five thousand
years, and Mrs. Rohr agreed with me.
Il think we must have crossed the Red
sea together"
Mrs. Sadie Rohr, who makes her
home in st. Louis, is a sister of the
woman who started the craze for kiss
ing Richard Pearson Hobson. They
are well known young women of good
family. Mr.. Franklin is as happy as
a boy and seems at least ten years
younger. The acquaintance was made
and the engagement consummated
within the period Of three weeks, but
the marriage will not take place for
q few weeks yet.
Harris Franklin came to the Black
Hills in the early '70s a poor man, but
Is now rated in financial circles as a
millionaire. He was for a number &
years in partnership in the cattle bus.
mess with Ben Baer, now of St. Paul,
and has not only made his money him
self, but may be said to be truly a
self-made man. He was born in Rus
STA Of a good Jewish family, but, &C
cording to the laws in hat country,
was allowed no education except what
he could receive in Hebrew; conse-
quently upon coming to this country a
AiclO DOs, ne was uudDle W 40 DuSl-
S that involved reading or writing
in the English language. He says he
used to sit up nights copying the bills
that were presented to him and in
that way gained his acquaintance with
the English language. He has always
been a man of action, and has been
identified with all the most progress.
sive movements in the city. He is as
ISOLATED with Samuel Allerton of Chi
cago in the Golden Reward mine, and
has large banking and real estate in
terests in Deadwood. He received
some mention lately throughout the
country when he purchased an i'm.
mense bunch of cattle belonging to
Letter. He turned the cattle into cash
Immediately, realizing some hundred
thousand dollars on the deal. He is
said to be the richest man in South
Dakota. Although he and his wife will
visit Europe on their wedding trip, yet
Mr.. Franklin expects to make his
home in Deadwood.