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The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20
S15n Reward.

The governor offered a reward Of
$3.50 for the arrest Of Yves Young, the
negro who on Sunday, Dec. 2, at Val
ley Park, shot and killed A. F. Mid
dagh, well known capitalist and
Delta properly holder and timber
speculator. The proclamation stipu-
lates that Young is to be delivered to
the sheriff of iSharkey county, and
gives the following description of the
negro: Age 50 years; height, 5 feet
s inches; weight 140 pounds; has very
prominent cheek bones, kinky hair,
and looks very much like an Indian;
talks in slow, hesitant way, and with
fine voice. He is slender, walks very
erect and his gait is peculiar and no
ticeable, as he has the habit of pick
ing up his feet, very quickly. In ad-
dition to this reward, other sums are
offered by pricate parties, and the
price set on Young's head will, it is
stated aggregate thousand dollars.
President Morton of the Equitable
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

had to water for 1t in vain SO long as,
1t was called Christmas" 1t is in
teresting to know. by the way, that
mince pie developed from a thick
stew made Of mutton and raisins. In
small households, Christmas pie
sometimes takes the place Of pud-
ding, sometimes resigns entirely in
its favor; but, in large ones, one may
be as lavish as one can afford, for it
is a marvel what unblushed-for ap-
petites people bring to Christmas
dinners! Country Life in Americas
Christmas Annual.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20
Christmas Pies.

Mince pie has an especial claim
to a place at the Christmas dinner.
Our forefathers called 1t Christmas
pie. The name. was charged by the
Puritans and Quakers, whose mouths
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

The annual report of Admiral En-
dicott of the Bureaus of Yards and
Docks contained an estimate of $685.
300 for improvements at the New Or
leans naval station.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

A conference was held at New York
to discuss means of supervising the
Mutual and New York Life Insurance
elections.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

The newspaper men are taking ad-
vantage Of the good times and a num-
ber have issued attractive editions for
Christmas. The Greenville Times gets
out 80 page paper with several hun
dred illustrations Of industrial scenes,
in Washington county that is one OF
the handsomest ever issued in the
south. 1t will be worth thousands OF
dollars to Greenville and the surround
ing section of country. The Eupora
Progress issues an excellent trade edi-
ton with colored cover that reflects
crdit upon the editor as well as the
town it represents. The Greenwood
Enterprise, Marks Review, Ya0oo Sen
tinel and others sent out big editions
filled with good advertising and read
ing matter for holiday shoppers The
newspapers of the state are rejecting
the prosperous times being experienced
and we'll they should for there Is no
more important factor for good times
than honest and conscientious work
by a live and wide awake newspa.
per. -'~f.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

The ease of Caruso, the singer, con-
victed of disorderly conduct, was ar
gued in appeal before New York
recorder.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

Our friends Brown Of the Guntown
Hot Times, Anderson of the Ripley
Sentinel, Newman of the Baldwin
Home Journal and Boone of the Boone
vile Plaindealer are still hunting un-
ceasingly for products with which to
eclipse each other. Pity but what
we could get more rows like this.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

The Mississippi conference of the
Methodist church was opened at Lau-
rel.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

The National Civic Federation open
ed its annual meeting at New York
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

Some weeks since the writer called
through the daily press for informa-
ton concerning peat bogs in the state,
the same being asked for by Mass
achusetts concern for some purpose
unknown. Up to the present time
more than a dozen such bogs have
been reported varying in size from
few acres up to two hundred. The
greater number are in the eastern
central part of the state, but some
are reported from both the northern
and southern counies. A record OF
this information has been recored in
a book kept for that and similar puf-
poses and will no doubt be found of
value in the future if not right now.
Peat is valuable for certain purposes
and Mississippi is well supplied with
II
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

Next week will be treated as great
boldly all over our state and it is
to be hoped that our people Twill OBJ
serve it as they should. The Christmas
time is when we should endeavor to
make everybody happy and remember
friends and relatives with presents
and words of good cheer. It is to
be regretted that so many people
make it a period Of license and in
temperance. We have experienced a
prosperous year and the land is flow
ing with plenty. Our prospects for the
future are equally bright. Celebrate
the birth Of Christ as it should be
and as your conscience dictates and
there will be no cause for complaint.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

Oxford will be the scene Of an eff
fort on the part of the farmers of
Lafayette county to pool their cotton
and secure the top prices. December
18th is named as the day. The sue
cess of the Water Valley effort will
encourage our farmers to pool gem
orally, and why notq 1t has been de-
monsmated that gain Of consid-
cradle amount can thus be secured and
it is the duty of every producer to
get as much as possible for his crop.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20


W. B. Finney of Madison cosnty,
formerly citizen of Valparaiso, IND,
and who moved to Mississippi four
years ago, has made an excellent rec
ord for raising cotton the present yeal
He sold a bale in Canton few days
ago that weighed 655 pounds at e
cents per pound and was raised or
one and a quarter acres of land. II
was a good, long staple and the seed
readily brought so cents per bushel.
The bale Of cotton and seed netted
Mr.. Finney $4,000. He has a model
farm and whole lot more good citi-
zens Like him would be highly accept
able.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

100000 pounds of beef has been con
tracted for by the trustees of the In
sane asylum at Jackson for the en-.
suing year. This enormous contract
amounts to $50 pounds per day. Ar,
mour and Company land the prize as
they did last year. 1t is to be regret
ted that it was not possible to get this
meat in the state and thereby encor-
ag home people to raise more stock
Even if it were necessary to pay 8
little more per pound, the difference
would have been made up in having
the money left at home. When such
industries are properly encouraged by
our own officials there will be great
er interest taken by those who are in
clined to raise stock.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

President Morton of the Equitable
has called meeting of life insurance
presidents to form an association.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

The tendency toward small farms
and those we'll titled is growing IN
our state and it is suggested that IN
this way will the labor problem t.
nally be solved. Reports on the num-
Der and size of farms for the past
forty years bear this out. 1t is gen.
orally conceded that in number OF
years the land in Mississippi will be
largely owned by those who till 1t
themselves, and this is happy state
of affairs if the owners are good peo-
pie who will make substantial citizens
and support our state institutions and
obey the law. The great delta would
underfgo tie most revolutionary
change, being owned in larger bodies
than any section of the state with the
possible exception Of few holders
of pine timber lands in the south end
of the state. Editor Chapman Of the
Indianola Enterprise sees in this com
ing change Of conditions more sat
isfactory state of affairs and express
es this view in strong editorial. As
stated before, the only danger lies
in getting a class Of people who are
not willing to conform to our laws
and customs. 1t is a matter about
which there can be no difference OF
opinion that a state of small holders
is preferable to one Of large holdings
and at the present rate of progress,
Mississippi bids fair to be just that
kind of a state. 1t will be radical
change from ante-bellum conditions
but one that is very likely to be fol-
the best to all concerned.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20


Tennessee, aided by the commissioners
Of Alabama, Arkansas and other states
is making a hard fight against the old
life insurance companies for the IL
legal use of money that rightfully be-
longs to policy holders for the purpose
of securing proxies to use in the cleo
ton Of officers that are to their liking
and will continue in the old ways OF
doing things. The commissioners OF
a number Of our other southern states
have been very active in efforts to
protect the interests of their policy
holders and are deserving of commen-
dation. 1t was hoped that the reve-
lation and investigations Of the past
few years would purify the atmos-
phere around the old companies, but
apparently it is still as foul as ever.
This is a subject that should deeply
interest thousands of Mississippians
who are paying millions annually to
these companies as premiums on poll
cies. Past exposures demand that
there be cleaning out of those in
charge of these institutions, but it
looks as if this would be impossible.
Proxies have been secured to such
an extent that it is believed that the
administration ticket put out by those
already in charge will be elected. In
that event, our people may expect a
repetition Of the disgraceful and dis
honest methods employed in the past.
The Kemper herald. (Scooba, Miss.) 1875-1908, 1906-12-20

"A recent visit to Beauvoir, the home
for veterans that fought in the Con-
federate army, impressed the writer
more than ever Of the good work being
done by our state for those unforth-
mates who having arrived at a decrep-
it old age and without family and
friends, find themselves without the
means of support. The home is splen-
didly situated, we'll furnished and ad-
mirably managed. The capacity is not
just what it ought to be, but at the
present time additional buildings are
being erected and the a short while
many more can be accommodated.
There were those who contended that
it would be impossible to get the vet
erans to go to this home but that con-
tention has been exploded long ago.
Provisions are made to care for aged
couples and several who have trod the
path of Life together for years are
there to pass pleasantly the remaining
weeks or days as the case may be. 1t
is an institution that appeals to all
and one that will be maintained by
our live and progressive people.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25

Postmaster Chellis was in Slsseton
Tuesday
Miss Anna Chapman is with Mrs.
W II. Peek this week.
The work on the new brick building
Is progressing nicely.
The third section of the Ladies'
aid is getting up receipt book,
the covers of which will be decorated
with local ads.
Miss Lois Dunn went to Sisseton
Monday evening to attend the ban
auet given to the graduating class
of the high school there.
Miss Anna Hoffman is very i'll
with rheumatism. 1t was found nee
essary to call DR.. Karn for her
Sunday.
J. Bentson, the druggist, has sen,
out cards announcing the opening
of his store in the Ehrle building
June 10.
The Corona ball team went to
Peever last Friday where they played
with the Indian nine at that place
The result of the game was IA to lf
in favor of Corona. The boys re-
ceived S25 purse. This afternoon
Wednesday, return game will be
played on the home diamond.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
A Curious Wooden Watch.

The most curious timekeeper perhaps
that has ever been made In this coun-
try was the work Of one Victor Doriot,
who lived at Bristol, Tenn, in the last
century. This Theological oddity was
nothing more or less than wooden
watch. The case was made of brier
root, and the inside works-a!l except
three of the main wheels and the
springs, which were of metal - were
made from piece Of an old lockwood
rule. The face, which was polished
until It looked like slab Of finest
ivory, was made from the shoulder
blade Of an old COW that had been
killed by the cars. "Doriots queer
watch as it was called. was an open
faced affair, with glass crystal, and
was pronounced an elegant piece OF
workmanship by all the watchmakers
in east Tennessee
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
SOUTH SHORE
shore Renuh1;can Nav IS

South Shore Republican May 10
George Arnold died at his home
in Strouseton Monday, May IA. Mr..
Arnold had been i'll for the past
year or SO with an ailment that
baffled the skill of all doctors and
specialists who were called upon to
treat him and he continued to grow
worse and worse, death coming as
a relief to the tired and aching
body. He was one of the early
settlers of the Sisseton reservation
and by dilligent work and prudent
management had accumulated several
hundred acres of the reservation s
most choice lands. For many years
he conducted q general store and
was postmaster at Strouseton, retiring
several years ago on acsount of ill
health. He was about fifty-six years
of age, man of kindly and gen.
erOus nature and wellknOwn through.
out Grant and Codington counties.
He is survived by his wife and
two children, G. w. Arnold ot
Strouseton and Mrs. Eugene Wilson
who resides in the Indian Territory
The funeral was held Wednesday
the burial being made at Water.
town.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25

Each Tree Produces Only One Bunch
of the Fruit.
The banana plant Is not properly y
tree at ALL 1t has no woody fiber. 1t is
a large, green, feshy plant, with big
leaves six or eight feet long and some
times two feet broad. 1t grows to a
height of ten to fourteen feet or even
more, according to the variety of
plant and the soil and climate. Each
tree produces one bunch of fruit only,
which is really the terminal bud Of the
plant, just like an ear Of wheat or
barley. 1t has no branches, and when
the fruit is ready, which is twelve or
fifteen months from the date Of plant
ing, the tree is cut down and done
with.
But while it Is growing up and ma
turing its fruit it is at the same time
sending up from it's roots other young
plants or suckers - perhaps eight or
nine Of them. Each Of these will pro
duce It's own bunch In turn, some Of
them in couple Of months after the
parent plant, and there will thus be a
regular succession Of fruit Many of
these suckers have to be dug up and
planted elsewhere, or they would be
too thick on the ground.
And there is this popularity about
the banana: You can plant it at any
season, and the fruit ripens all the
year round When once a banana field
has been planted out, all that is neces-
sary to be done is to keep it clear of
weeds and keep thinning out the multi,
plying suckers.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
SAVED THE LANDS.
How De COsmus' Great Speech Hap.
pened to BE Delivered.


The longest speech on record Is be-
lieved to have been that made by Mr..
de Cosmus in the legislature of British
Columbia when measure was pend
Ing the passage Of which would have
taken from great many settlers their
lands. De Cosmus was in a minority.
The measure had been held back till
the eve of the close of the season or
session. Unless action was taken be-
fore noon Of given day the act would
fail. De Cosmus got the floor at 10
q. m. and began a speech against the
bill. Its friends supposed he would be
done by ! o'clock. At 2 o'clock he was
saying, I'm the second place." At
he produced fearful bundle of evi-
dence and insisted on reading'it
Then the truth dawned. He was go
Ing to speak till noon the next day and
kill the bill. Then they made merry
over it and tried to shout him down,
but that gave him time and breathing
space. They finally settled down to
watch the combat between the strength
gave no mercy, no time for dinner or
wetting lips with water and no sitting
down. Members went to dine and
sleep In squads, but De Cosmus went
on. Day dawned.
The speaker was alternately doing
and trying to look wide awake. AT
last noon came, and single man was
triumphant. Although his voice had
sunk to husky whisper, his eyes were
bleared and bloodshot, his legs tottered
under him, his baked lips were cracked
and smeared with blood, De Cosmus
had spoken for twenty-six hours and
saved the lands.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
I.innets In Africa.

DR.. Arthur j. Hayes in his ''The
Source of the Blue Nile" tells how the
linnets come to drink out of the Atbara
river. '.They come with an undulating
rush, and, small as they are, the rush
ing of the wind as they beat the air
makes d noise like thunder, and their
numbers darken the sky. The weight
of the throngs Of them which alight at
{. time bends down the ends of the
overhanging branches and twigs to the
level of the water"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
A Wonderful Memory.

Hortensius, the great Roman lawyer
and orator, had a memory of extraor-
dinary scope and tenacity. After COM
posing a speech or ora ton he could re-
peat it word for word exactly as he
had prepared it. On one occasion he
went to an auction, where the business
was carried on during an entire day
and at evening, for a wager. he wrote
down a list Of the articles that had
been sold and the prices. together with
the names Of the purchasers, in the
order in which the purchases had been
made.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
N Neighborhood News.
REVIL.LO.

Item, May IL.
Messrs. L. Shampine and M. p.
Noble and Mrs. j p. Kvenburg left
here Sunday morning as delegates
to the 1, 0. O. F. convention
now in session at Hot Springs
There were 65 Republican votes
and Democratic votes cast at the
primaries Tuesday Those who are
still faithful to Grover Cleveland
are L. Halverson, Ben Shultz, D. E.
Rourk and s. T. B. Potter.
D. E. Rourk and George Thomas
drove out into the hills Monday
looking over a proposed telephone
route.
Supt. .Mooar of the Grant County
Telephone Company and couple
of crews of linemen will begin
repairing the lines in this vicinity
in a day or two.They have been work
ing this way from Milbank all week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
COUNTY LINE.

May 21st, 1906.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gust Hanson are the
happy parents of bouncing boy
which arrived the 10Th.
MIR. E. Anderson of Jameston, N. Y.
is visiting his sister, Mrs A. Hanson.
Mr.. Sullivan, the man who bought
the G. p. Burnstad place, was look
ing after his property last week.
G. p. Burnstad will start with his
cattle to North Dakota this week.
Henry Hagen of Bergen was around
buying cattle last week.
The school marin spent Sunday with
Mr.. Xix people.
Mr.. G.. w. Arnold, one of the first
settlers on the reservation, died last
Monday night. He was taken TO Wa
tertown for burial.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
NEWS

The ball game last Wednesday
turned out to in favorof Corona.
w. E. Jennings and Paul Kohler
were attending the Roberts county
convention Tuesday.
w. II Coats has sold his livery
and dry goods business to John
Hass, who took possession the first
of the week
J. F. Dawson and G. L. Preston
were deleg ates from Garfield to the
prohibition county convention held
in Sisseton Tuesday.
Geo. Jolins Mike JOHN, Bert Baker
Bert Clark and Henry Houger made
up the party that started for Everts
Monday with the homestead projec
in view.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
REvILLo

REVILLO
The Weekly Item May 18th
Geo. Thomas of Milbank was here
installing telephones the first of the
week.
Andrew Hauckland, who has lived
at LaBolt for long time but is
now buying wheat over in Minnesota
was here the first of the week.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
TROY
Nav %

May %
Mr.. w. o. Basford was in Mil
bank Tuesday attending the County
Convention.
Mrs. Aaron Johnston returned
from Hollaway, Minn., where she
has been visiting during the past
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Devane, Mr..
and Mrs. N. Stricherz went to Wayer-
ly Sunday to attend church.
Mrs. T. J. Mara is on the sick
list this week.
Mrs. George Johnston of Marietta
who has been spending q week
with her parents Mr.. and Mrs. John
Potter of South Shore visited rel.
atives also in Troy, returning home
Thursday.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
MAZEPPA.
May 2lst, 1906

May 2lst, 1906.
Charles Ellington was q Twin
Brooks visitor Saturday.
Miss Clara Wartenbee returned to
South shore Wednesday after spend
ing few days at the home Of her
brother, Mack.
Ben Archer was Milbank visitor
Saturday. He was accompanied home
by Fred Cross.
Norris Boice was distributing auc-
tion bills in the northern part OF our
town Saturday.
A number OF our people will take
the 9th grade examination at Milbank.
Margaret Chapman visited from
! Friday till Sunday at the ranch.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
M ELROSE


May %, 1906
Chapman and Reeves went to the
hills with cattle to day.
Kathryn Austin Iwho has been
teaching in Twin Brooks No. 4,
finished her term and returned home
Tuesday.
Laura Denkman visited friends here
Saturday and Sunday.
VIM. Van Dervort accompanied
Rev. Chappell to Melrose Sunday
afternoon.
The next meeting of the Ladies
Aid will be at the home of Mrs
A. M. Hamilton.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25
SUMMIT
Summit Signal May IS

The announcement on Thursday
evening that John Branch of Farm.
ington Twp. had died that afternoon
after an illness of only few hours,
was indeed sad shock to the
many friends of Mr.. Branch. He
was in town Wednesday seemingly
as we'll as ever, but was taken with
a severe attack of inflammation OF
the bowels soon after returning
home. Everything possible was done
for him but of no avail. Mr..
Branch was one of the early
settlers in his neighhorhood and
he enjoyed the confidence and es.
TEEN of all who knew him He
leaves wife and aged mother.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25

"Why do you teach your children to
recite and sing?'
"Well." answered the practical wo-
man, .'there has to he some way Of
starting people who come to see yon
and forget when it's time to go home.
washington Star.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25

Stable nlaa4ge is L 'sw grade fer
tilizer having total Of only twenty
five pounds Of plant food in a ton. Iii.
vided as follows. Nitrogen, ten pounds
potash, ten poaA9s: phosphoric acid
five pounds stable manure has an
excess OF Nitrogen: therefore in order
that it may .c{ % the best possible adj
vantage it shonll be balanced before il
is applied TO the soil by the addition OF
a proper quantity of potash and phos
phOric acid - Bryan Tyson.
Where the Dairy Cow Reigns.
Professor Eckles of Missouri, who
has been studying dairy conditions IN
Europe, says that the parts OF Europe
developed to the greatest extent in an
agricultural way are the noted dairy
sections, and the most intelligent and
prosperous Of European farmers are
dairy farmers. The richest land and
the highest priced land over there fair
y swarms with dairy cows.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1906-05-25

'@That surgeon, they say, has re-
markable touch"
"He has, If you don't believe It, I'll
show you his bill for my operation.
Baltimore American.