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The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
Threw Out Verdict.

Findlay, o., Dec. 24.-Declaring that
the probate court had no jurisdiction
in the suit brought against the
Standard Oil Co. for violation of the
antitrust laws of the state, Judge w.
s. Duncan in the common pleas court
here today threw out the recent vel,
dict of guilty against the company.
This decision in no way affects thr
indictments recently returned in COM
mon pleas court by the grand jury
against John d. Rockefeller. and the
other officials of the Standard Oil Co.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
JUDGE RICKS
Former Member Of the stark County
Bar Association, Died
In New York.

The news OF the death of Judge Au-
gustus ]. Kicks. who died in New
York, as the result of an operation,
was received with great sorrow
among his friends in this city, espec-
tally the members of the Stark coun-
ty Bar association, of which organi-
zation he was prominent member.
He was judge of the federal court
of Northern Ohio. and while he has
not been engaged In active duty for
some time, he had never resigned.
Judge Kicks was resident of Mas
sillon, until a short time ago.
The members of the Stark county
Bar association held meeting Mon
day afternoon at $3.50 In court room
No 1, ]. j. Clark presiding. to take
the customary action In the death of
the associate. Attorney HI. G. Koch
Ter, of Alliance, was appointed sec
retary pro tenn In the absence of Hon.
Atlee Pomerene, who occupies that
office. Upon motion of William A.
Lynch, seconded by w. j. Piero, the
chairma nappointed William A. Lynch.
Frank Il. Baldwin and Robert II. Day
as committee to draw up resolutions
to be spread upon the minutes of the
association, and W. J. Piero, Joseph
M. Blake and Luther Day were ap-
pointed as a committee to obtain a
floral tribute to be sent to the home of
the deceased brother.
The association will hold another
meeting Friday at which time they
will adopt the resolutions of sorrow.
and take other action on the matter.
About fifteen members of the asso-
citation were present.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
Death Of Robert Esolf.

Robert Egolf, of 800 George street,
died at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon
of rheumatism after two weeks ill
ness. The deceased was as years of
age and was an employe of the Nc
Lain company. He was single man
and with the exception of brother
in Pittsburg, had no near relatives.
The remains were takes TO Reem-
syndet's undertaking parlors pending
word from his brother.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
Better Life Saving Service.

Washington, Dec. 24.-The radius OF
effective action of the life saving SER
vice has been greatly increased dur
ing the past year, by the installation
of motive power in the operation Of
life boats. superintendent Kimball
announces that the problem of secur-
ing boat with adequate power with
out sacrificing the self-righting prop
erty itself or materially reducing the
carrying capacity has been solved.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
Stockholders Meeting.

The stockholders of The First Ma
tional Bank, Canton, Ohio, will meet
at their banking rooms on Tuesday,
January the 9Th, 1907, for the purpose
of electing a Board of Directors for
the ensuing year and for the trans
action of such other business as may
poperly come before said meeting.
L. A LOICHOT, Vice Pres.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
MARKET AND FIFTH STREETS

Jones, the court ordered that all
persons, except the jury, the attorneys
in the case, members of the bar and
newspaper men, be excluded. The SUI
preme court decided the court exceed
ed its power and the enforcement OF
the rule was denial of the constitu-
tional right of public trial
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25
Right of Public Trial.

A decision of the supreme court
announces that the public generally
cannot be excluded from the court
room during the trial of case. Be-
cause of the nature Of the testimony
in the trial of Elisha Hensley. in
Washington county, before Judge
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1906-12-25

BORN-To Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
of South Mckinley avenue
a son.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
MERCHANTS MUST ADVERTISE

How are the merchants Of the
Northwest going to meet the unscrup-
ulouS warfare now being waged
upon them by the catalogue houses?
He must advertise more extensively
in his home papers and by circulars
to his patrons. He must take up the
mail order proposition in a systematic
way and prepare and carry out a
strong line of publicity. 1t is all very
we'll for the country merchant to say
that every one knows him and will
trade with him anyway, but the known
facts do not carry out this statement.
The catalogue houses food the rural
sections with their immense cata-
logueS, listing thousands of articles of
merchandise with their prices plainly
given. The price is an inducement,
even though it may be higher than the
same article can be bought of the
home merchant, because when a price
is given the patron naturally thinks
it is a low price. Supplements of the
big catalogues are issued at intervals,
alleged to contain rare bargains, and
these are helped out with circulars
and other bargain announcements ar
irving every few days at the patrons
house. AS opposed to all this clever
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

advertising the patron sees, most Of
the time, stereOtyped ads in his home
papers telling him that John Jones
sells merchandise" That's about all
he gets out Of two-thirds Of the ads
published in country newspapers.
This may seem harsh criticism, but
it is well meant. Stir things up. You
may not have to use any more space
in your local papers, but make that
space say something. Dig into your
stock and advertise things hat you
never thought of advertising before.
And give the prices. Keep all the big
retail mail order house catalogues on
hand. You will find it easy enough to
get them. Compare your selling prices
with those in the catalogues and nine
times out of ten you will find that you
can beat them at your regular prices
when you figure in the cost of freight
TO the mail order patron. Therefore
advertise and give prices. If you
have an association or understanding
there can be no objection to giving
prices, and if you haven't an ~associa-
ton or understanding get one just as
soon as you can, because that is of
the utmost importance in fighting the
mail order evil.-St. Paul Trade Jour
nal.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

If the farmers Of Minnesota could
be brought to an understanding of the
value to them of their market towns
the mail order houses would go out of
business in less than sixty days. The
building up of a strong market town in
a farming community means increased
value to every farm, to every head of
stock, to every bushel produced on
the farm; it means the satisfying of
the natural desire of the young peo-
pie to see something of life and to &C.
quire something of culture without
leaving the farm home to seek for it.
Cannon Falls Beacon.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

der now called Oratory rock, where
she loved to retire and pray for her
beloved o during the %troublous days
OF the revolution.
The mourning was general all over
the country, press and pulpit made
note of the event. Members Of Con-
gress wore crepe for thirty days as
for a distinguished official. Congress
passed a resolution to erect a monu-
ment to the mother of Washington,
and to that resolution Gen. Washing
ton responded in a note of thanks,
adding:
II attribute all my success in life
to the moral, intellectual and physical
education which / received from my
mother
How h government fulfilled this
resolution may be seen when one re-
calls that a hundred years interviewed
between the passage of the resolution
and the building of the monument by
private subscription. In truth. the
work Of forming a new republic was
no small task. Washington's admins
trations were hampered by the Indian
vars, the whisky instruction and
Shay's rebellion; Adams term was
taken up with the French troubles
and the threatened wal with the direc-
tory; Jefferson's administration was
filled with the wars with the pirates
of Tripoli, Lewis and Clark's marvel
Gus march to the Pacific, the Louis
lana purchase and Aaron Burr's con-
spiracy. During Madison's admins
trations Congress could, of course,
think Of nothing but the second war
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

with England. 1t took a long time for
the country to Gov from that a
and so It happened that nothing but
a little headstone marked the grave
of Mary Washington when Lafayette
visited this country in 1925"
Agitation in behalf of o. monument
to Mary Washington crystallized in
1880, when the people Of Fredericks-
burg raised $4,000 by subscription,
and were proceeding with the collec-
ton of the necessary sum-, when Silas
E. Burroughs, a New York banker,
wrote to Thomas Goodwin, mayor OF
Fredericksburg, and asked the honor
of being allowed to build the NOM
ment, saying in part:
81 feel a great interest that the
ashes of this good American mother
should remain where they are, and |
wish to be allowed the honor of indi-
vidually erecting the monument
which. I assure you. sir, shall be In
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

been compelled to pay In advance sew
eral weeks. All l ask is that you pay
me now as soon as you have the goods.
That l must have or the goods will
stay here"
He agreed then to do this and wrote
his check for $3.50 willingly, as 1t
was learned later that the catalogue
house price was $3.50, and started
out of the store.
The merchant called him back and
asked him if he was perfectly satisfied
with the deal. The customer assured
the man that he was, and then-the
merchant had his say.
He told the customer that he had
paid just $3.50 more to him than the
regular retail price Of the goods, and
as evidence he showed him credit
sales of each of the articles and show
ed him the total.
The customer did not know what to
say as he had told the merchant he
was perfectly satisfied with the deal
and he could not demand his money
refunded. The merchant then showed
the man wherein the catalogue house
had quoted a lower price than he could
on a standard article, while on the
ones which were not standard he had
raised the price several dollars.
AS an evidence Of his businesslike
principles, the merchant made the
price right and the customer went
away we'll satisfied, but the merchant
has the assurance that in the future
he will have the entire trade of one
man who made an effort to beat him.
self.
The man is now a liberal patron OF
the store and the honest profit on the
sales which the merchant will make
to the mar in the course Of a year
will be far greater than the amount
he refunded, which the catalogue
houses would have defrauded him out
of this one deal.-Red Wing Repuo-
licaD.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
GOOD SPRING PROSPECTS.
South Dakota Counties. Anticipate
Great Activity in Few Months,

South Dakota Counties. Anticipate
Great Activity in Few Months.
The flood tide Of immigration will
strike South Dakota this spring. The
region west of the Missouri will be
the scene Of the greatest activity.
The settlers have taken advantage Of
the open winter to push out to the
land, and filling has been going on
rapidly at Pierre and Chamberlain.
Ali available lands in Lyman and
Stanley counties are being picked up
rapidly.
New towns are building and others
projected. Presho. on the Milwaukee
extension, has grown from nothing to
200 in a year. Midland, IN the sur
veyed line of the Northwestern, o n
fidently expects a similar growth III
the spring. The town will be plated
and lots put on sale in March. Let.
tcrs from prospective residents are
pouring in from all parts of the coun-
try inquiring for definite statements
as to the future of the town.
Work in the cuts and on bridges
is being pushed by the Northwestern
during the winter months. The tenn
porary bridge across the Missouri at
Pierre can only be used during the
winter mouths, and will have to be
rebuilt next winter. The permanent
bridge WILL not he ready for use be-
fore 1907. The Gregory county Inter
state Telephone company has been or
ganized at Bonesteel and is pushing
its lines west alcng the extension OF
the Milwaukee.
Will the soil produce crops? Some
stockmen smile and say the land will
soon be for sale after patented. 9th
ers declare that as good crops can be
raised here as east Of the river. II
vegetation can be taken as an indica-
ton, the soil should be good. The
grass is better here than east Of the
river. There is no rock on the land
and no sand. It is believed by many
Of the ranchmen who have been long
on the ground and have experimental
with tn esoil that the land will be suf-
ficiently productive to make excellent
homes for the settlers. Their eXpe-
rience shows that there is an increase
of moisture retaining with each year
Of cultivation.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
MARTIN TALKS ON TRUSTS.
South Dakota Congressman at Lin
coin BANQUET in ST. Paul.

W W.
Congressman E. w. Martin of South
Dakota was the principal speaker al
the annual banquet of the Lincoln
club at st. Paul. Mr.. Martin spoke
on the trust problem. The tenor OF
his remarks was that the American
people will solve the question. He
said in part:
They are the hope of the nation;
they have fought it's battles in war,
developed its wealth in times OF
peace, and he was positive could now
take are Of this monster so hideously
painted. Corporations should not be
confused with trusts, Congressman
Martin explained, for the one as a rule
is good, while the other is invariably
bad. They are a menace to the coun.
try, he declared. and should not be
shown any mercy. These evils are
national, and a be remedied by ma.
tional legislation"
The principal remedy advocated by
Congressman Martin was publicity.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
Historic Memories Cluster Thick
Around Old Town of fredericksburg

There are many intimate ties be-
tween the national capital and the
quaint city Of Fredericksburg; be-
tween the majestic city of the Poto-
mac and the ancient and distinguished
city Of the Rappahannock. In the
haste Of the period and the careless.
ness of most persons toward things
historic the ties between Washington
and Fredericksburg are often over.
looked. 1t was the master spirit of
the revolution who gave his name to
the capital of the republic he helped
to create. The debt of the city of
Washington to George Washington Is
manifold. says the Washington Star.
Close by Washington are a score of
places also identified with the father
of his country. There is Mount Yer.
non, the home and tomb of Washing.
ton and a place rich of memories OF
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
TRADE AT HOnE
A Profitable Lesson Taught a Patron of Cata-
logue Houses by Home Mer-
chants.

Column after column has been writ
ten about the bad deals people make
by trading with catalogue houses in
place of trading with their home mer-
chants, but it seems almost necessary
for a man to get beat before he takes
a tumble" to himself as the saying is,
and begins to do all his trading at
home where he can see the goods.
We can quote an example which
happened in this city by which one
man at least was convinced of the ad.
visibility of trading at home.
He had been a faithful student of
the catalogues of the Eastern mai, or
der houses. He was interested in a
certain thing and had studied so much
catalogue literature on it that he could
talk about merits Of the article he
wanted for a certain purpose. Which
made the merchant, who made this
line a specially, open his eyes. In
fact he knew so much about it that
when he went into a local store and
told the merchant just exactly what
articles he wanted, the latter knew he
had studied the catalogue and was
ready for him
The customer described a large
number of articles which he desired to
purchase and each one was laid on
the counter. When he had them all
in a pile before him he said: Il will
give you $76.50 for them. l can buy
them from a mail order house for that.
Will you take it?'
The merchant took his pencil and
figured for a moment, put on a trou-
bled look and told the mar that, con-
sidering the amount Of trading his
family did at the store, he would do
so. The purchaser was more than
pleased.
I'll pay for these next month" he
said. But the merchant wasn't quite
as easy. He replied: IF you had
bought these from the mail order
house at that price you would have
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

shaded by heavy oak trees. 1t was
a shady place In the days of Mrs.
Washington, and the trees that shield
ed her from the sun survived till 1852,
when they were torn to death by the
storm of shot that rolled over the
grave of the mother of the country's
father.
Susan Riviere Hetzel, in her His
tory of the Mary Washington Asso-
citation" following very closely Marion
Harland's STORY Of Mary Washing
ton" writes Of the funeral as follows:
Business was suspended in the city
of Fredericksburg; crepe hung from
the houses. The church was thronged
with her friends and neighbors. Her
body was followed by her loving
daughter and grandchildren to the
place chosen by herself for her last
resting place, lei the granite bowl
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
Dr.. Barnardo's Boy.

DR.. Douglas Hyde, the leader of the
Gaelic revival in Ireland, was talking
about accents to- a Philadelphia.
Coming to the British accent, he said:
The leading characteristic of the
British accent is, Of course, the drop
ping Of the n The dropping of the
h is very unfortunate. 1t causes in
Vulnerable embarrassments.
"a friend Of mine is bald. He is a
scientist. One night he lectured upon
the atmosphere to some of DR.. Bernar-
dos boys in London.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

ing that an organization be formed
having for, its object the erection of
a monument Eel the grave Of George
Washington's mother and concluding
with these lines: will the women
Of this republic respond to this APP
peal? Are they not willing to under
take the patriotic work."
OF course, they were, and the Ma
tional Mary Washington Memorial as
ISOLATION was started in each state
and the money flowed in. The monu-
ment that towers over the grave to.
day was dedicated May 10, 1894. Pres.
ident Cleveland delivered an address,,
Senator Daniel spoke, and among 9TH
ers taking part in the ceremonies
were Vice-President and Mrs. Steven
son, Gov. and Mrs. O'Ferrall, Secre-
tary Gresham, Secretary Carlisle,
Secretary Lamont, Secretary Morton,
Chief Justice Fuller and Mr.. Justice
Harlan.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22
TRAVELLING MEN MEET JUNE IL
South Dakota's travelling Men, Wives
and S~weethearts to Meet.

and Sweethearts to Meet.
It's up to YOU, To be in Aberdeen
June I and 2, Skidoo! With the above
inspiring slogan as a rallying cry,
the travelling men who make" South
Dakota, with their wives and sweet
hearts and friends, will gather in
Aberdeen on the date named, thou
sands strong, to attend the second an.
nual meeting Of the South Dakota
Travelling Mems association. w. A:
Geyer Of WATERFOWL, who was the
first president and the organizer Of
the association, was in Aberdeen
Monday, and gave some of the de-.
having charge of the affair to make
it a brilliant success.
Mr.. Geyer states that the travelling
men plan to work up a great many
merchants floats, built upon the plan
Of those which helped to make the
Yelled prophet parades in st. Louis
famous. The floats will be gorgeous
in the extreme, and the parade will
be a notable spectacle-although but
one Of many which will occur during
the gathering.
A thing unfortunately overlooked
at Watertown last year, where the
first convention Of the organization
was held, was provision for entertain.
ing the wives and sweethearts of the
travelling men. This year this feature
will be especially looked after. and
every provision will be made for the
comfort and amusement of lady visit.
ors to the city during the convention.
1t is expected the convention will
be the largest gathering ever enter.
tanned by any South Dakota town.
Delegations will be present, headed
by bands. from Huron, Watertown.
Mitchell, Sioux Falls, Redfeld. Brook
ings and other towns in the state.
the town sending the largest delega.
ton will secure the convention for
next year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1906-02-22

the style and execution to please the
family of Washington and the citizens
Of the United States. Let her sleep
upon the bosom Of her mother earth
where she selected her pillow, and
let the willow Of Mount Vernon from
the tomb of her son be transplanted
to wave through time over the moth
er's grave"
The design adopted for this monu-
ment was a square pedestal inscribed
Mary, the Mother Of Washington"
There were two Grecian columns on
each side, each surmounted by an
eagle, and between the columns rose
an obelisk, topped with a bust Of
Washington, and perched on top of
the bust was an eagle with out.
stretched wings.
The corner stone OF this monument
was set May l, 1888, by President An
drew Jackson, who delivered one of
the most elaborate and impressive dis
courses of his career.
Soon after this ceremony Mr.. Bur.
roughs sustained financial misfor.
tunes and the work was suspended.
The pedestal was in place and the
obelisk had been hauled to the grave,
but was not erected. Some desultory
efforts were made appropriately to
mark the grave, but without success,
and the approach of the Civil War
turned peoples thoughts away from
such tender memories as those of
Mary Washington.
A writer who visited the grave of
Mary Washington in the sos wrote
the following, which appeared in the
New York Times:
The monument was commenced
long before the great war, but never
finished. For four years it lay be.
tween two armies and battle surged
around it. The marbles are peck.
marked with bullets fired in that sad
time. 1t was within sight of this mon.
ument that occurred the terrible
slaughter of our troops on that awful
December day, 1862. But ten miles
away in the following May the rout
If charlottesville took place, and in
May, 1864, within fifteen miles, was
the bloody wilderness, in whose tan.
giles so many men went down in bat.
tie or were burned in the forest fires
iindled. Within ten miles was the
slaughter of Spottsylvania courthouse.
20 it may be said that within sound
If that spot died over $4,000 brave
men,"
1t vas in 1889 that a strong impetus
rent. The city of Washington and
the whole country were wrought up
yer the approaching inauguration Of
President Harrison, when there APP
peared in one Of the Washington pa
pers, under the name of a local auc.
tiOneer, this sensational advertise
ment:
The grave of Mary, the mother Of
Gen. George Washington, to be sold
at public auction. to the ladies attend.
ing the Inauguration of President
Harrison, on Tuesday, March 5. 1889:
At - o'clock m. we will offer at pub.
lie cutlery. at the capital of the United
States of America, twelve acres of
land, embracing the grave and mate.
rial of the unfinished monument Of
Mary, the mother of Gen. George
Washington
This advertisement created the ex.
element it was designed to produce.
Mrs. Frances r. GOolrick, of Fred.
ericksburg, a descendant of George
Mason, of Gunston Hall, issued an
appeal through the press in October.
1889, reviewing the history of the
grave of Mrs. Washington and propos-