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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1907-01-24
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Not Too Cold For Him.

The unconscious humor of the
English peasantry is shown in a
story told by the London Tribune.
A Lady Bountiful was calling on a
devoted old couple with such crea-
ture comforts as the doctor said
were suitable for the old man, who
was dying and being tenderly nursed
by his consort. Entering the cot
tage, she saw the old dame leaning
over the fire. "Ah. Susan" she
said, "and how's John?"
"He be goan, mum; he be goan,"
muttered the old lady. 'Leastways
l can't say that for sartan sure, but
he did seem a-gwine just now. But,
there, it's that mortal cold up there
that / had to come down to warm
my hands"
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Did the Doq Reassn7

The late Duke Of Beaufort, who
was an excellent observer, notes in
his diary how Che was hunting the
hounds himself) the pack drove
down to a wall and flashed over
all but Bachelor. This hound miss
ed the scent as he reached the top
of the wall and, standing there,
waved his stern as if in thought.
Then it seemed to fash across him,
eff the fox has not crossed he must
have turned short under the wall. .
So Bachelor dropped back into the
road and, racing along, picked up
the line.-T. F. Dale in Outing
Magazine.
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THE EEVllFISH.
4 Eatt!e With One Of These Repulsivs
Marine Monsters.

Deyilish grow to great size in
tile Pacific ocean, and most uncanny
are some of the stories told of them.
The keeper of the Avalon geological
station says of an adventure he
himself had: 81 was fishing at the
time with several partners out of
San Francisco. 1t was our custom
to go out to the banks around the
Farallones and try for deep sea fish.
1t was a rough place, nearly always
blowing half gale, foggy and dan
gerous, and often we had to let our
lines 90 and run in to lie in the lee
of the rocks. One morning I was
hauling in the trawl when it stop
ped coming. 1 thought 1 was foul Of
a rock, so l pulled hard, and after
awhile I felt it give and begin to
come up, but very heavy. It's slow
work hauling in a travl, taking of
fish and killing sharks that get
hooked, and it was some time be-
fore l got what l supposed was
rock. I had just taken turn about
q rowlock with the line to rest when
it sagged, and, looking over, saw
great mottled ball, out of which
shot a long arm that took hold OF
the gunwale and held on.
owe often caught devilfish, and
there was a demand for them in the
market, so I tried to pull it up. But
another arm came up, as big as my
own, while another crept over the
side near my partner, who started
up, shouting that it was coming
aboard. l looked over and saw
great red, notified mass hanging to
the bottom of the boat. Then l
reached for a knife-a kind of
cleaver-my partner doing the
same. The devilfsh was caught by
several of the trawl hooks and tried
to faSten to the boat to get rid of
them. Its arms shot out OF the wa
ter like fingers, and when saw
one the size of my arm and grow
ing bigger near the base l didn't
wait, but slashed at them right and
left, cutting them on the rail.
"Some of the tentacles near the
body looked as big around as my leg,
and the whole arm, or feeler, was
nearly twice as long az man. The
arms were probably twelve feet long
and the body two or three times the
size of a mans head. The whole
mass was so big that We were glad
to chop it to pieces as it came
aboard ard then to punch it away
from the boat with oars 10 get rid
of it. 1t was too heavy to take
aboard, especially in seaway."
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given.
Yesterday Commissioner Ia
tum informed the Senate that
there was in the State dlspen-
sary 100000 worth of liquo-
and thirty-six car loads on the
side tracks and that much of It
was of unstable brands, with
which the county dispensaries
are already overstocked. This
exists too in face of the law
limiting the total amount in
vested in liquor to S4OO, 900. The
Senate Tuesday passed a reso-
luton to appoint a committee
to investigate this at once and
report. Some say that some
body, believing that the miser-
able State dispensdry is going
to be knocked in the head, is
trying to rake in a pile before it
is too late.
In the house, bills along the
same general lines of those
mentioned above as being in the
Senate have been presented.
Mr. Ayers resolution declaring
the assembly in favor of the
State whlskey mill was COM
pletely showed under. There is
no doubt that the house is dead
set against this business, but
there is doubt at the other end
of the capitol, both sides claim
ing the majority and there hav-
ing been no test vote yet. How.
ever, the people should not be
surprised at any antics that
may be performed by a body of
forty-one whose committees and
temporary head are dictated by
nine.
Governor Ansel and all the
other State officers were inaugu-
rated Tuesday and the address
of our new head was as clean,
clear-cut and emphatic as any
similar address We have heard.
The members from Williams
burg received the following
committee appointments: aAs&
Senator Bass-1)contingent
accounts, (2) privileges and
elections, (3) roads, bridges and
ferries, (4) charitable and penal
institutions..(5) and the peniten-
tiary.
Representative Kellahan-
commerce nd anufactures,
and the penitentiary.
Representative Bryan-agri-
culture, offices and officers, and
claims.
Representative Gause-agri-
culture and public buildings.
Our house members secured
favorable lseats and are con-
stantly in their places closely
watching proceedings and are
rapidly grasping the modus
operandi of legislation.
Tuesday afternoon a delega-
ton meeting was held to con-
slider sundry and various affairs
connected with our county and
it's government. The following
county officers were present, by
invitation. Messrs G J Graham,
H O Britton, wv Cook, J J B
Montgomery, So Singletary, r
K Wallace, j Graham, A G
Eaddy and J G Mccullough by
letter.
w LIB.
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Bees Laxative Honey and Tar,
the original laxative cough syrup,
acts as a cathartic on the bowels. 1t
Is made from the tar gathered from
the pine trees of our own country,
therefore is the best for children. 1t
is good for coughs, colds. Group,
whooping cough, etc. Try oar effer
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THE OPENING OF
The SESSION.
SALIENT EVENTS CONNECTED With OR.
GANIzATION OF BOTH HOUSES.
Committee APPOINTMENTS.

(Recelved too late Tor last week ISSUE
The Capitol, COLUMBIA, Janu
ary 15:-
In The RECORD of last week
announcement was made of the
opening of the annual session
of the general assembly and d
large part of the weeks work
was given. Little was done
and some of that little has al
ready been told. Hence this,
our first letter of the session
must necessarily be brief, even
though what has been given be
repeated in different form. 1t
is so usual as to become a kind
of unwritten law that the work
Of both houses shall proceed on
lv in the most leisurely manner
during the first eight to fifteen
davs of the session. This body
sets out on a voyage not like a
little naphtha launch that is un'
der full speed within a cable
length, but like ponderous
liner. 1t takes time to get up
steam but when under full head
way there is no dalliance, but
rather reckless haste that Oft
times sends manya good ship
to Davy Jones locker.
In connection with the or
~anization of the senate there
was an occurrence which may
not be of general interest and
may be regarded of rather min
or Importance, but whose import
is really great and reveals a
state of affairs of which most
common people we're no doubt
entirely ignorant. According
to what is claimed to be an i'm
memorial custom the old sena-
tors held a caucus Monday night
to select the president pro tenn
and the members of the various
committees. Seventeen Eold-
over senators were present, OF
which nine was the majority.
Here is the spectacle! Nine
men naming all the committees
and also the officer who presides
in the absence of the lieutenant
governor. They named Senator
Cole T. Blease, who rau tor
governor last summer on the fiat
State dispensary platform and
was utterly dsfeated--they nam
ed him as president pro tenn, gave
the best committee appoint
uents to the old senators and
their favorites and the "bun
places to the others. 1t was
expected that the senate would
without question, accept thelr
dictation. And the senate did
affirm their action, but not with
out a ripple of protest. There
were a few who could not swal-
low such an unfair, dictatorial
and undemocratic morsel. When
the second name on the roll was
called Senator Bass asked to be
excused from voting, as he could
not and would not ratify such
proceedings or acceptsuch nom
nations. Three others did like
wise and one other stayed out OF
the chamber. This action OF the
four caused much comment and
will very probably cause IN the
end the breaking up OF the ne
e,~;o,,- ,>1Stom
Senator Raysor has had the
old Raysor- Manning bill en-
crossed again and will probably
introduce it at an early day
Several bills to abolish bucket
shops have been introduced
The two and a half cent rail
road fare has already come uI
again and the death of the ller
law is aimed at by many mem
bers of many minds. The rail
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New York's oldest Street.

One of the strangest streets in
New York is Patchen alley, situated
about at the entrance of Green
wich village. The alley is conduct
ed upon the principle of building
of flats. There are two rows of lit
tie three story houses, the height Of
two story houses of ordinary size.
There are small balconies outside
each row of windows, and these are
vine clad. If you ring the bell and
ask for the janitor you will be told
that he lives in the middle house on
the north side, and in the meantime
you will be having glimpse into
the narrowest hallway in New York
out into about the smallest and
greenest back yard. Patchen alley
i as it was some hundred years ago.
There have besa no ohangss.-Nev
York Press.
Nc Disssunt Fer BaldassS.
A custsmsr in q dsvntown baA
bsr chop got int 4 heated args'
ment With the bon barber ever the
price Of . hair cut.
"Sss hers," hs said, '1'm bald
beaded. There certainly esn't -
nearly 90 Ruch work in trimming
this little fringe of hair "a the
back Of my head a. in cutting q
whole mop Of hair. Consequently
it doesn't seem fair to charge 50
much"
'That is the contention Of half
the baldheaded men in town." sigh
ed the barber wearily. 'They don't
take into eonsidsration that q man
who has but little hair is much
more careful Of it than one who
has a good deal. Therefore q bar
Der has to take extra pains with
him. 1t goes pretty hard with the
man with the shears, / can tell you,
if he happens to clip of an extra
hair. In view of the caution re-
quired he certainly earns tho full
price of a hair cut."-New York
Press.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
THE RURAL SCHOOL.

HE nOhhL oSAA0SA
In an address given a few months
ago. Pres. Roosevelt said, "The school
building, and the teacher in the
school building, should, throughout
the country districts, be of the very
highest type, able to fit the boys and
girls not to live in, but thoroughly
to enjoy and make the most of the
country. + + II 4 All kinds OF
agencies, from rural free delivery to
the bicycle and the telephone, should
be utilized to the utmost; good roads
should be favored; everything should
be done to make it easier for the farm
er to lead the most active and effect
tive intellectual, political and eeono-
mic life.
Book. learning is very important,
but it is by no means everything; and
we shall never get the right idea OF
education until we definately under
stand hal a mar may be well-train-
ed in book-learning, and yet, in a
proper sense of the word, and for all
practical purposes, be utterly unedu-
Gated; while a mar of comparatively
little bo~ok-learning, nevertheless
in essentials, have a good education.
4 + # f + The best crop is the
crop of children; the best products of
the farm are the men and women
raised thereon; and the most instruc
tive and practical treatises on farming
necessary though they be, are no more
necessary than the books which teach
us our duty to Il neighbor, and above
all to the neighbor who is of our own
household. You young men and
women must have some time for light
reading, and and there is some light
reading quite as useful as heavy read
ing, provided, of course, you do not
read it in the spirit of mere vacuity.
Aside from the great classic, and
thinking only of the many healthful
and stimulating books Of the day, it
is easy to pick out many, which can
really serve as tracts, because they
possess what many avowed tracts and
treatises do not, the prime quality of
being interesting. You will learn the
root principles of self help and help
~fulness to others from Mrs. Wigs of
the Cabbage Patch just as much as
from any formal treatise on charity;
you will learn as much sound social
and industrial doctrine from Octave
Thanet's stories of farmers and wage
workers as from avowed sociological
and economic studies; and | cordially
recommend the first of Aunt Jane of
Kentucky for use as a tract in all
families where the men folks tend to
selfish OF thoughtless or over bearing
disregard of the rights of their WON
ankind'.
May | add that among the October
magazines | find excellent articles in
The Century, The Farmers Wife
and The National Home Journal
which it would pay any parent,
or any teacher, Of country boys and
girls to read. A. H. SEYMOUR,
Co. Supt
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
Legal Notices.
RESOLUTION NO. 6

To loan the water sinking fund and the
gas sinking fund to the artesian we'll sink.
ing fund, and invest the same in aTtesian
we'll bonds issued by the said city of DE
Smet;
BE it resolved by the city council of the
city OF De Smet, Kingsbury county, South
Dakota, that
Whereas, there has accumulated in the
water sinking fund the sum of sixteeu
hundred seventy n and 1900 dollars
$1671.13) and in the gas sinking fund
seven hundred ninety two and 2J-1OO
dollars ($792,25l or "a total of twenty four
hundred sixty three and 3S-100 dollars
(~S2463.3S) which said sums are in the
hands of the city treasurer and no part of
the same can be used before January 1st
and May goth, 1913, respectively, when
the said water and gas bonds respective
ly can be paid and that the said city de-
riyes no interest or income theretrom,
and that
Whereas. the said city of De Smet has
issued artesian we'll bonds of which thir.
ty five hundred dollars (35OO.OOJ are now
outstanding. evidenced by seven "a bonds
of five hundr dollars (S50O.O0) each,
bearing seven per cent % interest, pay
able annually, which bond can be secur.
ed and purchased at any interest paying
date, and that
Whereas, it is for the best interest of the
said city of De Smet, and of the general
public benefit that the said water sinking
fund and the said gas fund be loaned to
said aTtesian well sinking fund, and in
vested in said arteSian well bonds. and
save to the city the interest thereon, now
Therefore, be it resolved by the city
council of the city of De Smet. and it is
hereby 80 resolved, that the city water
sinking fund amounting to fifteen hun
dred dollars $4,000 and the gas sink
ing fund amounting to five hundred dol
lars (S0OO.OO) or a total sum of two thous-
and dollars $1,000 .O0) be loaned to the
city artesian we'll sinking fund, and to be
invested in said artesian well bonds as
soon as possible to-wit: at their mex in
terest paying date, and that the said sum
SO loaned aud invested shall bear interest
at the rate of interest payable on said
such investment and that laid sums to-
gether with interest thereon shall be
repaid and returned to said water sink
ing fund on or before the 1st day of Jan
nary, 1913, and to the gas sinking fund
on or before the goth day of May, 1913,
and that the treasurer of the city of De
Sniet is hereby authorized and
and directed to make such investments
and loans as provided for in the said reso.
luton. and IL is
Further resolved, that the said resolu-
ton shall be published in the official paper
of the said city of De Smet for three sI,c-
cessive weeks before the 7th day of Octo-
Der, 1907, at 8 o'clock p. M, which time is
passage of said resolution at the council
chamber Of said city council;
1t Is further resolved, that the said reso-
luton shall be put in force and effect from
and after its final passage and a%pproval:
city of De Smet, this 10th day of Septem.
(SEAL) THOS p. GOODWIN.
Attest: Mavor
J. H. KANE, City Auditor.
SEAL, THos. p. GOODWIN.
in. KANE, City Auditor,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
NJ MONS

State of South Dakota, County of Kings
bury.
In Circuit Court, Ninth Judicial Circuit.
George /. kheiralla, Plaintiff:
Charles O'Connor, Hanna O'Connor, F.. T.
Day, Edward l.. Bradbury, Ed. L. Brad
bury, thas. b. HulSnIan. Lanora Hubs
man, f. g.. prall, Interstate Stock Ex-
change Co. Interstate Stock Exchange,
Robert Luscombe. Laura NJ. Luscombe,
Nellie N. sanger, Mary J. Wright, Seville
Thomas Jefferson Pereles as Executors
and Trustees of the Estate of Samuel D..
Luscombe, Deceased: also the Unknown
Heirs at Law, Devisees, Legatees and
Creditors of Samuel D.. Luscombe, De
ceased: also the Unknown Heirs at Law,
Deyisees, Legatees and Creditors of,
and the Unknown Executors or Admin
istrators of the estate of. Frank Huls-
man, Deceased: also all persons I'M
known who have or claim to have any
estate or interest in or lien or incum
nrance upon the premises described in
the complaint, Defendants.
The State of South Dakota, to the above
named Defendants.
You and each of you are hereby sum
moned and required to answer the Com
plant of the above named plaintiff,
George /. Kheiralla, which said complaint
was filed in the office of the Clerk of this
Court in the Court House i'm the City of De
Smet. in the County of Kingsbury, state
TENDER A. ID. 1907, which prays for a
Judgment quieting the title to and the
determination of all adverse claims to,
interests in and liens against. the premises
described in the complaint, situated in
the said County of kingsbury, State of
South Dakota, to-wit: rhe South East
Quarter lAl of Section No, eleven I'LL in
Township No. one hundred nine 1907 and
Range No. fifty six 1851 west of the Fifth
II. M, and to serve a copy of your answer
to said complaint on the undersigned at
his office I'm the City of De Smet, in said
county, South Dakota, within.
thirty days after the completed service OF
this summons upon you, exclusive of the
day of such services; and If you fail to
answer said complaint within hat time
the plaintiff will apply to the court ior
the relief demanded in the complaint
the 2lst., day of September. A. ID. 1907.
X. f. GREEN.
Attorney for Plaintiff, De Smet, 5 ID,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
EPIGRAMS.

From Sunday Sermon byRev. H.. Preston
As the apostle Paul says, at is nc
longer possible to know Jesus after
the flesh, but the more blessed privi-
lege is ours to kow Him as a spiritual
personality.
Have we not all known Christian
men and women who, by studying
the word of God and living it, beheld
more clearly the personality of Christ
acquiring insight into his mind and
sympathy with his spirit, and who
themselves were TRANSPORTED through
the years?
There is a glory of God of which
the stars sing;power, wisdom, beauty;
but theirs is a glory of God of which
the stars are silent; holiness, love,
mercy; that glory shines for us in
the personality of Jesus Christ.
Man is the only creature on earth
that does not live contentedly in a
world offense. The flower needs no
voice, the bird no book. The physi-
cal processes are to them final. But
mar is a living soul, and as such
dwell in a spiritual world, eve while
in the body.
Obedience or indulgence, that is
the everlasting human battle that
has been going on in the world and
which we understand so well. 1t was
the issue in Eden, in Isaac's house
hold, on the mount of temptation;
supremacy of sense.
Our Lords life taught that love is
the secret of life. Morality itself is
like an iceberg in the sun, brilliant
but cold. Morality touched with love
is like a gulf-stream throwing its
benifcence around the world.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
A GOOD BUT CHEAP DAILY PAPER.

The Sioux City Daily News is con-
stantly making extremely liberal
propositions for new subscribers, and
its latest offer is to send the paper
daily from now until January l, 1909,
to all new subscribers for $1.00. This
will carry you all through the next
presidential campaign and will give
you a live, up-to-date daily paper for
about one-third of a cent a day. Send
in your subscription direct to the
Sioux City Daily News, or give it to
the editor of this paper
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04

like an iceberg in the sun, brilliant
but cold. Morality touched with love
is like a gulf-stream throwing its
bsnifcence around the world.
"THE man who is not afraid to
swear" says an exchange, sis not afraid
to lie." Probably not, but then it
does not necessarily follow that he
would do it. Abstinence from lying,
in the right minded man, comes not
from fear, but from principle,-Sioux
Falls Press.
The funny part of it is that the III
thor of the quotation in the above
paragraph, as we happen to know,
uses profane language on occasions
with an ease and elegance which
comes only of long experience. The
truth is that some whose language is
may, nay, and yea, yea" are liars,
while others who are vicious in their
profanity are always truthful. 1t is
also a truth that the lack of one vir-
tue is not an indication of the posses
sion of the other. The liar, if he hap
pens to abstain from profanity, is a
better nan because of such alb.
stinance, and the profane man
who is truthful is a better mar than
he would be if he was both profane
and a liar. The virtues mentioned
are separate from and have no de-
pendence upon, the other. The in
ference the author of the quotation
above attempted to draw was that all
profane men were liars, or would be
if the occasion arose. That inference
alone is the biggest lie Imaginable.
1t is an easy matter for nearly every
man or woman to abstain from some
one vice-their mental and physical
makeup makes them immune from
certain temptations and desires.
Such an one deserves no particular
credit for abstaining from that one
vice which his makeup abhors. Real
virtue consists in overcoming hat
vice in which the individual is tempt.
ed to indulge. There is a certain
class, who are more or less immune
from some n or more of the vices
by nature, who are fond of laying
down their line of natural resistance
as the moral line by which the other
fellow is to walk and be judged, great
are being taking not TO mention their
own particular.vice or weakness, and
it usually happens that the line of
conduct thus prescribed strikes the
others weak point. By such a meth
Cd some are able TO hatter themselves
that that they are more righteous than
their neighbor. This comfortable de-
fusion grows unon the individual un-
til he is ready to assert that the other
fellow possesses not only one vice
but that the possession of that one
vice indicates the possession of nearly
all the vices which the inflated indi-
vidual does not practice. Such an
individual is instantly becoming more
inflated over his imagined virtues,
and is constantly sinking deeper into
the mire of his own particular vices.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04

Remember the lecture by Father
Vaughn Tuesday evening, Oct. 18th,
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-10-04
DR.. a. \. REED,

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