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The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-01

Total $685. 2
The above items are explained on
Schedule 4, hereto attached, and were
clearly discrepancies and omissions.
And, it is my opinion that these errors
were natural ones, and were made
with no intention to defraud the
County.
In conclusion, will say, that Mr..
Nickfls, Mr.. Cox and Mr.. Bradley gave
me every assistance in their power, and
that their books, vouchers: ETC., were
always open to inspection.
Respectfully submitted,
W. B. Sheldon,
Accountant & Auditor,
821 Empire Bldg,
Atlanta, Ga.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-01
The State of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
To His Honor Judge Ernest Gary.
Presiding Judge:

The State of South Carolina,
Abbeville County.
1t appearing to the Court, that at
the October term of the Court of Gen
eral Sessions for Abbeville County in
the final presentment, among other
things, recommended, that the Stage
now in the Court House, be removed
before the next time of Court.
And it further appearing that the
said stage has not been removed in &C
cordance with the Recommendation
of the grand jury.
And it also appearing, that the same
IS an obstruction and hindrance to a
proper dispatch of the business of the
Court, and that the use to which the
Court House is put is without authority
of law.
1t is therefore ordered that the
County Supervisor of Abbeville
County within ten days after the using
of this February term of Conrt, re-
move or cause to be removed from the
Court House the temporary stage, and
fixtures alluded to in SAID present
ment of the grand jury and failing So
to do show cause before the presiding
Judge at the Court of General Sessions
for Abbeville county, Oh the first day
of the mex regular term of said Court
why he should not be attached as for a
contempt of Court in failing so to do.
Let a certified copy of this order be
served upon the County Supervisor
forthwith 22nd February 1905.
Ernest Gary,
Presiding Judge
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-01
Notice.

Notice.
Builders and contractors should write the
Cook-Dornony Co., Fitzgerald, Ga, for Lum-
Der and Shingles.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-01
Atlanta, Ga, Oct. II, 1905.

WV
Mr.. J. w. Sign, Foreman of Grand
Jury, Eft. AL, Abbeville County S. G.
Dear Sir:-I beg to submit, herewith
my report of the books of Abbeville
Co., covering a period of from Jan. 1st,
1895 to and including report to Comp
troller General of Sept. 18th, 1904.
I have carefully examined the books
of the Clerk of the Court, Mr.. J. L
Perrin, and also Mr.. PERKINS, books as
Clerk of Pensions, and find that he has
made a proper accounting of all monies
intrusted to him, and has receipts and
cancelled checks as evidence of same.
l have also examined the Sherif's
books, pertaining to fines in State
cases and find that he has turned over
to Treasure r all monies so received.
l have also checked up the dispen-
sary's books so far as they pertain to
the payment of the Treasurer, from
the time the dispensary was start
ed up to Sept. 10th, and find that the
Treasurer has, in every instance given
him credit for money so received. .
In Mr.. E. B. Wilson's report of Nov
Goth, 1902, I find that there was a
shortage of $685. 80 in the ,dispensary
fund. This money has been turned to
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1905-03-01
A COTTON MONOPOLY.

"Will you seize the opportunity or will you
trample underfoot the advantages given you
by God and natures! Let us begin, let Us or
ganize for the monopoly given us by God 10
The production or raw cotton; 1t Is the frat
step toward that time when within our Dor
ders we shall spin all the cotton made and ex'
porting nothing but the finished products
make the South rich beyond our widest
dreams. There is a fierce battle going on fol-
commercial supremacy. This will not stop
with the addition OF q cent or two to the price
of cotton there are issues OF greater moment,
1t Is q fight for The supremacy OF the South IN
the great industrial war now being wsged In
this world. The watchf1res are lighted on the
bIlltops and the bugle has sounded the call Ia
arms; the tramp of the legions may be heard
from the Cape Fear to The Rio Grande.
1.-THE convention at New Orleans threw
down the gauge OF battle and the captains OF
Of the tens and hundreds are mastering Is
raels hosts.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Train Echhcr COnfcSscs.

PHILlPSBCHG, June 1.-The mystery
surrounding the identity Of the mar
who perpctrated the Bearmouth hold.
up Saturday night has been cleared
up. His narne is Clarence b. Young,
and for ten years, until last autumn,
he lived in Missoula and Ravalli
counties, where he was employed in
the lumber camps. He vas not, how.
ever, generally known by his right
name, his associates among the lum.
beriacks preferring to call him cred"
or "ShOrty," by which INT he was
known throughout the numbering dis.
tricts. Young has recovered sufficient.
ly from the injuries which he received
at the hands of Messenger Laub to
warrant the removal of the heavy
bandages in which he has been
swathed since his arrival at the Gran.
lite county Jail.
The prisoner says he obtained the
powder while acting as foreman of q
gang employed on an irrigation ditch
near Twin Falls, Idaho, the latter part
Of March last, holding out q stick at
a time. Young asks a speedy trial.
He says he held up the train more in
spirit of adventure, as he had plenty
of money for all he needs.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Working on St. Mary's Dam.

1t is reported from Browning that
preparations are being made to com.
mence work upon St. Mary's dam. A
bridge is being built across Cut Bank
river on the stage road from Browning
to Allyn, and a sawmill will, in a few
weeks, be installed on the upper ST.
Mary's lake to get out the lumber
necessary for the construction of build.
ings at the dam. These buildings will
be used as headquarters for the gov
ernment surveyors and other employees
on the dam and canal. The surveyors
estima ate that it will consume five years
to build the dam. As soon as the &C.
tual work OF constructing the dam be-
gins line riders for both night and day
will patrol the International boundary
line, and a town of several hundred
inhabitants will spring into existence.
\ petition asking for Il postottice to
be established at the point where the
government will build the dam, which
will divert the waters of St. Mary's
into the Milk river. has been zen in
to Washington. c. l.. Bristol was
the person recommended for the ap.
poiutment as postmaster. This point
j. known locally as Damsite.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Current Wheel Irrigation.

The current wheel irrigation plant
at the Chas. H. Boyle ranch about
four miles above town has been COM
pleted by Hagen g. Wickhorst, and is
q good and substantial piece Of work.
1t consists of three current wheels,
about 30 feet in diameter, placed tan
dem In a framework built upon piling
in the Missouri river, each wheel be-
ing fitted with sixteen lO.gallon
buckets that discharge into a T shaped
tlume. The wheels were working salts.
f~actorily Sunday afternoon, when they
were inspected by a number of visi.
tors, and are a success in every par.
ticular.
Each wheel makes a little better than
two revolutions Il minute, delivering
about 1000 gallons Of water in that
space of time. This is equivalent to
50 miners inches or over two cubic
feet per second.
The plant will feed about ten miles
of ditching, no ditch TO exceed one
mile in length, and will irrigate about
100 acres this season. Mr.. Boyle pro.
poses TO begin operations early ia the
spring next year and supply water TO
about double the present area.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Who Owns the Property!

a dispatch from Havre says a suit
was tried in Justice Cowell's court a
few days ago, in which DR.. J. S. Almas
was suing to recover of NJ. Cyres the
unpaid iustalments on u contract for
the sale OF a house in Havre. Cvres
insured the property in his own name,
and it was afterward destroyed by fire,
and the insurance company refused to
pay the loss because the insured did
not have legal title to the property,
had only an equitable interest in it
and had bought it on the instalment
plan. AS Cyres was not paid his in
urauce he refused to pay the other
in.talmen,s. Hence the suit of Almas
to recover.
The defendants lawyer, j.. X. Bran.
BILE, commended that when property is
destroyed by fire which has been sold
with title to remain in the owner until
all payments have been made, and the
fire is not the fault of the purchaser,
he is relieved from the payment of any
more instalments. This view was
adopted by the justice of the peace,
and he found that the plaintiff is not
to recover. The plaintiff has
appealed the case to the district court.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Weather Report For May.

Bulletins issued by weather bureau
stations in Montana show a wide
variation in the amount of rainfall
recorded last month. In eastern Mon.
tana and in the Yellowstone country
the precipitation was fully up to the
average for May: at Great Falls it
IA 100 inches, or about half IN inch
less than the monthly average: while
at Havre the total rainfall during the
month was only O.S3 inches. The av.
verage precipitation for May at the
Havre station is l.9S inches.
According to the bulletin issued by
Observer c. w. Ling, the mean tenn.
perature recorded last month at the
Havre station was 81 degrees, which
is a little below the average for May
in former years. There were eleven
clear days during the month, thirteen
partly cloudy and seven cloudy days.
June is ordinarily the wettest month
in the year, its average precipitation
during the past twenty-five years be.
ing PSF inches. Mr.. Ling's report
for June Of last year showed a pre-.
c~ipitation of 2.29 inches.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Bids For Glcndi.c Project.

GLENDIVE, June =. Bid, were
opened here yesterday by n. n. Saw
age and +. T.. Weymouth, officers of
the reclamation service, for the con.
struction of the big irrig alton canal
and a telephone line down the lower
Yellowstone valley. Bids were sub.
mitted by leading contractors all over
the country.
The total lowest bid for xca ations
amounts to 1920, l25.jO, Of which Wy.
del Finley of Mankota, Mimi, bid
$lG3, 1861 80 for division schedule a,
and the balance to Callahan Bros.
and Phelan u Shirley of Omaha.
The lowest total bids for schedule Il,
embracing structures, amounted to
1872 ,I23 %, OF which the Deadwood
Construction company of Deadwood,
$. D., bid $2Sl, 1880, and the bal
ance goes to Charles Stamern Of Hell.
ena.
The lowest bid for the construction
of y miles of telephone line was that
of a. +. Hess OF Chicago, at a figure
approXimating 1912 a mile. The Off.
GERS of the reclamation service ex.
pressed themselves as much pleased
with the bids, and as soon as they are
approved by the authorities at Wash.
ington, work on the big ditch will be
pushed to completion rapidly.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Decisions Favor Hcinzc.

HELENA, June 2.-The noted Minnie
Healy case, at least SO far as Mon.
tana courts are concerned, is at an
end, the supreme court today having
denied the motion for a rehearing,
made by the counsel for Miles Finlen,
the nominal plaintiff in the case, and
in which f. Augustus Heinze was the
defendant. The announcement was
made orally today by Chief Justice
Brantly, and there was no dissenting
voices, thus indicating that there was
no desire to again review what has
perhaps been the most famous case in
Montana's history.
Because the board of appraisers of
Silver Bow county did not give the
Montana Ore Purchasing company the
requisite ten days notice of an inteu.
ton to increase its tax levy, the
Heinze interests will be absolved from
paying axe upon $242, U96, the
amount which the appraisers of that
county decided to raise the assessment
OF the Montana Ore Purchasing com
pany.
The supreme court today, in affirm.
ing the decision of the lower court,
held that the increased assessment was
illegal because Of the failure to notify
the Montana Ore Purchasing company,
as provided by both the law aud the
rules of the appraisers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

ao!e ranch and grazing land, much Of
~ oelng under GUILTY. alton. They have
oeen years in accumulating this vast
tract and 1t represents q large fortune
independent Of their sheep and other
interests. They are not the only large
land n in the basin, however.
|ollauardt Il Koch, near Roundup,
" 31,OSO acres, while Oscar Ste.
phens, whose home ranch Is up near
Maiden, owns exactly $1,000 acres.
Waite, Elliott Il Peck own 1900 acres
and l.. c. Lehfeldt, of Lavina has 20.
wv acres to his credit. The Sage
Greek Sheep company owns 1920
acres and Thomas Cruise has I3, 917
acres In the Flatwillow district. B. F.
Lepper OF the same neighborhood has
an even 10000 acres.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Is 1T SCAB OR LICE?
Many Montana StOckmen Believe dipping
Regulations Are Unnecessary.

NJ. E. Miner, who represents Valley
county on the state board Of stock
commissioners, is among the northern
Montana stockmen who are very much
interested in cattle dipping regula'
tions. He informs the River Press
that five ~dippingu plants r being
established in Valley county, their
locations being Vaudalia, Rock
Creek, Frenchman creek, Fraser, near
Fort Peck, and one on the Indian re-
%servation. 1t is proposed to commence
dipping operations at Vandalia on or
about June II, lime and sulphur dip
being used at this plant and at all
others in Valley county.
Many Of the stockmen in that part
of northern Montana believe there is
no scab among Valley county cat.
tie, but to satisfy the arbitrary gov.
ernment regulations they will gather
all stock and dip them once: and those
which for any reason have a bad ap-
pearance will be held and dipped a
second time.
Word comes from eastern Montana
that DR.. Knowles, state veterinarian,
was recently at Ekalaka, Custer coun-
ty, to examine q cattle outfit that was
reported to be affected with scab or
mango, but he failed to find any cases
of the disease. He reported that many
of them were troubled with lice which
caused them to rub off their hair and
give them an appearance which, to the
%uninformed, might be mistaken for
seab. 1t is believed that, upon proper
Investigation. it will be found that
most of the northern Montana cattle
supposed to be suffering from mango
are as exempt from the disease as
this Custer county outfit.
The federal authorities have been
requested to send inspectors t north.
ern Montana to cooperate with the
state officials in Investigating alleged
eases of scab, and determining the
true nature Of the trouble. The ted
eral experts, however, decline to take
part in the Investigation, excusing
themselves on the grounds that they
have 10 authority over cattle that are
not being shipped Out Of the state.
They also suggest that in the event of
a conflict Of opinion between them.
selves and state officials there would
be no method by which a decision sat.
isfactory to all parties could be
reached. The matter, therefore, rests
entirely with the Montana authorities.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Big Wool Figures From Big Timber.

There are some tall yarn spinners
in Big Timber, according to Bank
Examiner Ray, who has recently re.
turned from there, says the Helena In.
dependent. Mr.. Ray had with him a
card Of the Montana hotel which con.
tatns some unique advertising for the
town. According to this little poster,
Big Timber is about the biggest thing
on earth. 1t is the garden of Eden
revived. If Adam and Eve were
about to repeat their celebrated first
appearance and we're choosing a loca-
ton, they would probably choose Big
Timber, according to this enthusiastic
advertisement.
The Big Timber people Law great
stress on the surrounding wool indus.
try. Here is the way they put it: The
books Of the Northern Pacific railway
show a shipmen, of 5000, 900 pounds
of wool. At an average Of II cents a
pound, this would bring sS50,0OO to
Big Timber. Spinning this out in
3-run yards, running 1880 yards to
the pound, the result would be a
string long enough to reach from Big
Timber to the moon and then back
again, with enough left over to make
a blanket for every person in Sweet
Grass cOlnty.
Adding to the figures produced by
the Big Timber mathematician the
amour of wool raised in all Montana,
the length Of the string resulting
would be- SO great that even the Big
Timber mathematician would be non
plussed.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
The Roll Of Honor.

Diplomas for regular attendance,
department, ETC., have been issued to
the following pupils of the Fort Ben.
ton public schools:
E:hel Westfall, John Minar, Eliza
beth Morrow, Nora Sample, Clinton
Stranahau, Arnold Westfall, Robert
Russell. George Wackerlin, Claude
Lewis, Irene Isagland, Vesta Hender.
son, Helen Sherry, Frances Harder,
Kate Lee, Lizzie Morrow, Artell
Piercy, Charles King, Barbara Har.
ris, Mary Humphrey, Mildred Minar
and Mary Green.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

the am of Power, each being named
after former Montana senator's.
1t Is reported from Helena that the
state land commissioners have re.
ceived an application from the Big
Sag Land Il Stock company for the
leasing of 20 or 30 sections of land in
Chouteau county. The company wants
to pay at the rate Of S64 q section,
which is the minimum price. There
terms to be some competition for the
land and the matter was taken under
Amusement.
From Tuesday'e Daily.
Cyrus Noble whiskey, a favorite in
all the leading clubs of the United
States for the past thirty years.
a marriage license vas issued to.
day to Jno. =. Reardon, Of San
Francisco, and Amelia Robinson, OF
Havre.
Miss Louise Deisem left this morn
ing on the eastbound train for her
home at La Moure, n. OAK, where
she will spend the summer months.
Judge w. Y. Pemberton, who re-
Gently arrived from Butte, has opened
a law Office in the Cummings building
at the corner of Main aud Bond
streets.
II - vann,f.1 fwN,r II,1,on sL,a ~L>
state board of education has placed
the Fort Benton high school on the
accredited list. This recognition of
efficiency has been extended to only
u schools in Montana.
Makes digestion and assimilation
perfect. Makes new red blood aud
bone. That's what HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea will do. \ tonic for
the sick and weak. 50 cents, tea or
tablets. D. G. Lockwood, druggist.
Allan Gray has awarded TO Joseph
Braithwaite of Highwood the contract
for building a big dam for a reser-
vo!r at the Gray ranches in the Big
Sag. The dam is to be POO feet in
length, nine feet high, 20 feet wide at
the base and ten feet wide at the top.
The reservoir will be used to irriyate
a large tract of land 70 be sown to
alfalfa.
Eleven additional pupils of the
Havre public schools passed the re-
cent eighth grade examin alton, max.
ing a total of IS who were successful.
The additions to the list are Selma
henderson, A. DeLorimer, Jno. Hud-
son, Earl Taylor, Barbara Gowrie.
Frank Toolan, Ruth Lawson, Chas.
Hauser, Clara Bentzin, Eddie Lynch
and Arthur Lamey.
The members of the United Milk
River Irrigation association will hold
an important meeting at Glasgow on
the 14th inst, a, which the best method
OF determining water rights in the
Milk river valley will be discussed.
1t has been suggested that suits be
brought by residents of lower Milk
river against all parties who claim
water rights on the upper part of the
stream, and secure from the courts q
decision which will define the status
of each Individual.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Big Ranch Holdings In Fergus.

According to a dispatch from Lew.
istown, another ranch of 1000 acres
has been purchased by Bower Bros,
who are said TO be the largest land
owners in Fergus county. The asses.
sor's rolls show that they own out.
right 1854 acres, and it is all desir.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

Tired out, worn Out woman canno
sleep, eat or work; seems as If she
would fly to pieces. HOLSTERS Rocky
Mountain Tea makes strong nerves
and rich blood. 35 cents, tea or tablets.
D. G. Lockwood, druggist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07

II you want a pretty face and delight
ful air,
Rosy cheeks and lovely hair,
Wedding trip across the sea,
Put your faith in Rocky Mountain Tea.
D. G. lockwood, druggist.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
Tho River Press.

Subscribe now for the WEEKLY RlV.
Err PRESS. Serd it TO "the old folks
at home"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
DIR. GEO. H. TAYLOR,
DENTIST.
Fort Benton, Mont.

DR.. Taylor announces TO his friends and ac-
luaintances that he is permanently located over
the Stockmen's National Bank Building, where
he may be found ut all times, having discontin-
ued his regular visits to other towns.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-06-07
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
Federal.

Land Once, treat Falls
j. NJ. Bnrlingame
Receiver c. H. Benton
Bisbee daily review., 1905-07-01
ALL POWERFUL SUNSHINE.

It is declared that the epidemic of .cerebro-spinal meningitis in New York has come to an end. The cpl demic began earlier this year and claimed more victims in the great city than ever before. Sixteen hund- red have died of it. An unknown number are maimed for fife as a re- suit of the strange disease, minds weakened, sight gone, limbs made useless, so that the total number of victims is many times larger than the offical report shows.
 During the epidemic the most learned physicians of the nation have been at work in an effort to find the cause of the disease and a remedy. They have failed. it seems. for the per cent of cures during the year has been less than heretofore. But the remedy mas been supplied, or, if not a remedy. at least a check to the further progress of the scourge in the coming of the warm summer days. Sunshine has done what science has not yet been able to do. It is said that as soon as the spring days be- gan and the people began to open windows and doors and stay in the open air the epidemic came to an end. Sunshine and pure air, pure air and sunshine, these seem to be the best remedies for those diseases for which science has not yet found a remedy. Sunshine and fresh air will check the spread of consump tion; sunshine and fresh air will check the spread of this dreaded spotted fever. Enough sunshine anC fresh air will protect any normal human being from almost any dis ease in the list. The man who a few years ago was labeled and jokeC about as a fresh air crank, is toda! merely a sensible, rational man, do
 ing the things and living the lift
 that nature intended. There is { steady increase in the demand fo
 fresh air, and a steady decrease il J the demand for drugs.