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The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10
.LEBEku BACKS DOWN ON
RACES WITH CARPENTER
Duluth Skater ''FIukes" and Will Not
Race Carpenter at Crookston,
this Week.

Francis eBeau, the alleged cham.
pion roller skater from Duluth, who
is making tour of the Northwest,
showed that he has large streak Of
yellow in his makeup by backing
out Of contract to skate in Crooks.
ton, after making a fair and square
deal with Manager Billings of the
Crookston rink. The action of LIE.
Beau classes him as gutter and il
is plainly evident that his days as a
skater in the northwest are over.
LeBeau offered to race Carpenter
in Crookston, but after seeing the
Crookston boy on his own rink
evidently feared a decisive defea,
from Carpenter, who has already
outskated him on the small Bemidj
rink, so he decided he had bette,
skate some amateur whom he could
defeat easily and he went to Grand
Forks and made contract to skate
a man in the Jack rink at that place
on the same dates he was advertised
to appear on in Crookston. Crooks
ton Times.
The races which were skated in
Bemidji between Carpenter and
LeBeau indicated that LeBeau has
no business with Carpenter on a
small rink. There are those, how.
ever, who believe that LeBeau car
give the Crookston boy. a heap o
trouble on large rink, anything
under twelve laps to the mile. How
ever, Carpenter is the best skater We
have seen on small rink, and we
believe that Munich or any Other
speeder will find him no easy mark
on the short laps. With the pos
sible exception of Harley Davidson
the champion of the U. S., Carpen
ter is undoubtedly the fastest small
rink skater in the northwest.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10
IT MAKES A DIFFERENCE
WHEN It HITS AT HOME
Crookston Times Man, Vino Recently
Roasted Bemidji Football Team,
Defines 'True Sport.'

Says the Crookston Times: There
is just one thing which makes
sport good, clean sport hard to
keep popular. That thing is the
fact that some parties to the game
cannot lose without blaming every
thing, from the weather to the last
election. They are never beaten
fairly and squarely," no matter how
they are outplayed or how decisively
they are beaten. These remarks
are brought out by a petty little
howl which comes from Warren
because it was beaten in the recent
football game here.
They say that Crookston stole
the game here on Thanksgiving day,
basing that claim on the fact that
the referee called the ball back into
play because he had blown his
whistle when Crookston started the
play after that second down just
before making the touchdown. The
referee was Captain Bell of the
North Dakota University, a man
who had not one whit of prejudice
pro or con in the game and who was
secured for that very reason. Cap
tain Bell, and Captain Bell alone,
had anything to do with that deci-
sion, and kick against such a
decision shows that those who
register it lack in every element of
true sporting proclivities."
The above is refreshing, when it
is taken into consideration that,
this fall, the Times was breaking its
neck Cliterally speaking) letting out
howls" concerning the game of
football which the Crookston high
school football team played here,
and which was won by Bemidji.
After that game, the Times yelled
"robber," thief rotten referee .
etc, etc, and intimated that the
Bemidji papers would probably
come back" at them.
We are pleased to note that the
Times man at last has the scales
removed, and is beginning to realize
what real sport is one at least
who can take defeat gracefully.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10

Additional local matter will be found
on fourth page.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10

organized to play against the locals.
He suggested that the game be
played as soon after the new year as
possible.
Lee Heffron, manager of the local
team, says he will try and arrange a
date for game with the "Mahno-
men Indians" to be played here
some time during the fore part of
January.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10

Tom Peterson and Mike Shea,
who were charged by R. G. Bryant
with having committed grand lar
ceny, were arranged before M. G..
Slocum, city justice, yesterday, and
the case was continued until Friday
of this week on account of the un-
avoidable absence of the stem
ographer who will take the testi-
mony.
The exact charge preferred against
Peterson and Shea states that they
did take, steal and carry away
and appropriate from the rooms of
the complainant in the Lakeshore
hotel, in the night time, S5O," be-
longing to Bryant.
The date of the commission of
the crime as set forth in the indict-
ment was last Friday night.
G.. NJ. Torrance of this city has
been retained as council for Peter
and Shea, while Attorney Henry
Funkley will prosecute the case,
Peterson and Shea are the men
whom Bryant gave a sound thrash
ing at an early hour Saturday morn
ing, after he (Bryant) had been
showed through a second-story win
dow in the Lakeshore hotel.
The case is creating considerable
interest about the city.
Judge Slocum held court in the
county court house yesterday, and
there was large crowd on hand to
watch the grinding" of the wheels
of justice.
In addition to the appearance of
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10
Degree Of Honor Elects Officers.

At a meeting of the Degree of
Honor held last evening, the fol-
lowing officers were elected:
P. c. of H., Mrs. Bertha Schmidt;
c. of H., Mrs. Andrew Larson; L. of
H., Miss Bernice Pendergast; C. of
c., Mrs. Mayme Danaher; Recorder,
Mrs. Mabel Young; Fin, Mis-. S. A.
Cutter; Rec, Mrs. E. A. Butler;
Usher, Mrs. Vim. Sawyer; I. w.,
Mrs. D. Backlund; O. w., Mr..
Andrew Larson; Trustee, VIM.
Sawyer; Representative to Grand
Lodge, Mrs. Andrew Larson; Alter
nate, Miss Bernice Pendergast.
At the conclusion of the meeting
lunch was served, followed by
dancing.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10
Third Number D &C. II.

The third number Of the Lyceum
Course under the auspices of the
Ladies Aid Society Of the Presby-
terian church, will be the Lucy
DeBoua Combination" at the City
Opera House Wednesday evening,
Dec. II. The program will consist
of readings, costumed impersona-
tions, crayon sketches, and singing
recitations with harp accompan
ments) harp solos, etc.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1907-12-10

Don't forget the Lucey-De Bona
combination, at the City Opera
House, Wednesday evening. Third
number in lyceum course.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23
MENACE TO ALL
Giant Mail Order Concerns
Are Sapping Country of
it, Wealth.
SMALLER TOWNS CRUSHED
by Assisting In the Capitalization
Of Wealth. Patrons Of These In
situations Contribute 70 Their
Own Injury

Copyright. 1900. by Alfred G. Clarke
Every year millions upon millions OF
dollars find their way from the towns,
villages and rural districts OF the coun.
try 10 the Golfers OF the mail order
houses In the cities. and go TO the up
building OF enormous institutions In
the centers OF population. Naturally.
the sources from which the contrlbu-
lions are made suffer accordingly.
Figures ever tell better story than
words. Here are figures which tell
story so stupendous that It's full sig.
nificance cannot be grasped In a mo
ment, but the mere sight OF which are
awe inspiring:
In the year 1906 two mail order
houses. located In Chicago, did a bust.
ness amounting In round numbers TO
s0.o0o,0o0. In tho year 1904 these
same concerns did a business OF about
100000. a gain OF s1s,000,00 or
nearly 80 per cent. in a single year be-
ing thus exhibited.
These figures represent the sale last
year OF one dollars worth OF merchan.
disc for every man, woman and child
In tho country by two catalogue houses
alone, and those operating from the
same central point. Dozens more of
varying sire and Importance are oper.
sting all over the country from coast
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23
LAND NOTICE.

DISQUALIFICATION Feb %. last March
30 1907.
Land Office at Marquette. Mich.
Feb. 10, 1907.
Notice IL hereby given that Wells w.
Hendricks OF Crystal Falls. Mich, has
filed notice Of his intention to make
final Eve year proof in support Of his
claim, viz Homestead Entry No. l0407
made Dec. 4, 1901, for the sen OF Sc
Il Section 30. Township 43 N, Range
33w.. and that said proof will be made
before County Clerk at Crystal Falls,
Mich. on April /. 1907
He names the following witnesses 10
prove his continuous residence upon.
naturalization Of. the land. viz
Edward Bemis. George F. Brown.
William +. Lyon. Herman G. Buenger
all OF Crystal Falls, Mich.
James ]. Donovan.
Register
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23

pie a. a whole shall be prosperous.
Such general prosperity a. may exist
cannot be retained n the institutions
OF the already larger and weaithisr
communities are 10 continue 10 DO
built up by contributions that should
be spent az home from the thousands
OF smaller communities.
The need OF the country. q desper-
ate need upon which the welfare OF
the individual depends. Is for the
upbuilding and continued progress OF
the smaller communities. so that the
wealth OF the country may be distrib-
uted over the entire country. and not
congested and controlled In large
amounts In a comparative few centers
Of population.
Therefore. the man who sends away
from HIS own community money which
he might have spent at home and per-
mitted fair profit 10 the homo mer-
chant 10 be retained there for the
benefit OF the community. is injuring
his community, and thereby the pros
poets for his own future prosperity.
In large number OF instances be is
doing more than this. Unwittingly, or
unthinhngly. perhaps. he is violating
his own principles OF right and justice.
for. az the expense OF his own com
munity. he is needlessly contributing
profits to the capitalistic combinations
which no continuously cries out are
menacing the country.
The mail order giants direct their
energies particularly toward the peo-
pie OF the smaller towns and the agri-
cultural districts. In hundreds OF
thousands OF the homes of these the
OF tho mail order house is as
regularly received as the home paper.
The man on the farm last year sent a
very largo portion OF eighty millions
OF dollars TO two OF these institutions.
In one community. alone.
In all sincerity we ask: Admitting,
purely for the sake OF the argument,
that the farmer or the resident of the
small community can save a few dol.
hrs on some OF his purchases. OF even
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23
The Puzzle Solved.

Some time ago merchant in Mar
blehead. Mass. was discovered In his
store at very late hour. and IN reply,
ing 20 inquiries. he said:
MY confidential clery Is missing.
And what OF it?"
why. I'm looking over the books,
but they seem TO be all right
Have you counted your cashg"
Yes; and II Is correct TO a dollar"
Locked over your bank book"
II have. and Il Is satisfactory.
That's the puzzle. you see. He's
skipped. and cant make out what
for"
Been home since noon7"
No"
Perhaps he's eloped with your
wife"
he hurried home. and found This to
be the case.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23

order houses. The smaller conn
were thus deprived OF II. suffered
10 coast and from border TO border.
A fact not generally known is thai
hundreds OF concerns throughout the
country which now are doing business
through the regular trade channels arc
awaiting only a parcels post law e
unloose literature, already prepared
In many instances, which would pro
ject them into the mail order field. anc
this does not take into account the
hundreds and perhaps thousands OF
entirely new mail order concerns
which inevitably would spring into ex
istence under such friendly auspices.
The two Chicago institutions re
ferred 20. already occupying immense
buildings. found themselves cramped
for room. One OF them expended not
less than 81 900 900. and probably more
for new home. The other lately has
secured n new location and also will
expend az least 100000 for an i'm.
mense new building.
Anyone who will reflect even casual.
ly on the subject must become i'm.
pressed that the influence OF the mail
order business is toward the central.
ization OF wealth, and how enormous
n part II is playing in this direction
will be understood from second
glance az the figures which have been
given above.
IL Is due 20 himself that every patron
of the mail order house should inquire
honestly OF himself what the final out.
come is 10 be II the mail order bust.
ness shall continue 20 make the great
strides which have marked its prog
ress during the last half decade.
II is useless TO repeat the well worn
argument OF the mail order concerns
that they are selling goods enough
more cheaply than the merchants in
the regular channels OF trade 20 leave
their customers more money than
ever 20 devote 10 homo enterprises
and Institutions The fallacy OF this
statement has been proved over and
over again by actual and minute com.
PARSONS OF goods. as 20 their quality
and prices. TIE refute Il finally and
indisputably by a simpler and more
direct method II is necessary only 20
ask the reliable business men OF any
OF the smaller communities 20 show
the evidence from their books and ac
counts OF the harm tho mail order
habit ia doing their communities.
u IA truth as old as the hills and
as certain as the rising and setting OF
The sun that no country or section OF
country can prosper unless tho PEG
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23

contributed large portion Of the vast
their way into the Golfers Of the mall
unltles 20 which II belonged, and which
accordingly.
that he could do so on all Of them. can
he afford 20 continue 10 impoverlsh
his own community, upon which his
own prosperity, the very value OF his
lanS iepends7
II he will ask himself this question
and consider It soberly and fairly in
all OF IT'S phases. including the many
which cannot be touched upon within
the limits OF a single article. we think
HIS answer must be that he cannot.
The wonderful productivity OF this
country has been sufficient TO over
come the various adverse economic In
fluenccs which have existed during the
period OF years in which the mail or
der business has accomplished its
greatest growth. Everyone has been
getting along pretty WE'LL While the
increasing flow Of golden millions from
their source I'm the land OF the coun.
try 20 the already great centers OF
money and population has held back
the growth Of the smaller commune
ties, II has not yet occasioned a great
disaster. The test viii come with the
first pinch OF hard times" a condi.
ton which no country ever has been
able 70 escape at recurring intervals.
When this time arrives those com.
munities will best stand the test which
have best conserved and husbanded
their resources.
JOHN 8. POTTS.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23

Piles get quick relief from Or.
Shops Magic Ointment Remember
it's made alone for Piles and 10 works
with certainty and satisfaction. Itch
ing, painful, protruding. or blind piles
disappear like magic by its use Try
10 and see Sam Bridges.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23
TIE Rest IN TIE WORLD.

Dr. ]. w. Ham lton, OF San Fran
cisco. writes II have sold Warner Z
White Wine OF Tar for years IL Is the
best remedy ever saw
w. II. Rein
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1907-02-23
WIZ David.

wife-"why do you always sit at
The piano Dayid2 You know you
can't play a motel" Neither
can anyone else. while am herel"
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-31
Valuable Local History.

Address by Mr.. John T..
Green. of the Lancaster
Bar, at Annual Woodmen
Picnic at Old wv axhaw
Church Tuesday, on the
Origin and Development of
Waxhaw and Shiloh
Churches and the Old
Waxllaw Settlement.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-08-31

from the streams or at their
head-waters, where the lands
were not so fertile Among the
early settlers OF the WaXhaws we
find such names as the Whites,
Fosters, Simpsons, Dunlaps, Nc.
Clannahans, Crockets, Barnets,
Millers, Stephensons, McKees,
McElhanys, Thompsons, Ram
says, Lattas, Nelson's, Hsddens,
Nesbils, Bakers, Harpers, Hueys,
Leekies and many others. Ne.
cessarily there was much inter.
marrying among them-especial-
ly among The Whites and Fos-
ters.
All being OF the Presby terian
persuasion and some of them
elders from their old Pennsyl-
yania and Virginia churches. it
was not long--in 1853 or 1754-
before these early settlers ERECTED
place Of worship. For this
purpose they chose a spot on the
plantation of one of their num-
ber, Robert Miller, on the east
side of the present cemetery
Necessarily it was constructed of
logs. Some OF the rustic tomb
stones now to be found in this
old cemetery bear, il is said,
dates as far back as 1853 and
1854 and 1858. In 1853 the first
sermon in this church was preach.
ed hy Mr.. John Brown-a pro
bationer from Pennsylvania. =
Not being able to secure the SER
vices of minister regularly, for
a number OF years The pulpit was
supplied by several different
preachers, among whom we find
the names OF Ray from Williams.
burg County in this State, Hogg
Cor Hodge, of Virginia, Tate of
Pennsylvania, and McAdden OF
North Carolina. An idea of the
scarcity of preaching in the early
days of this and other communi-
ties of the upper portion of our
State is torclbly shown by re-
mark made by one of the old
settlers to the Governor of the
State while he was On a visit to
the Cher IOkee lndians-"That he
had never seen a shirt, been in
a fair, heard a sermon preached, ,
or seen minister in all his life. -
Among these early settlers
was Andrew Pickens, who after
wards became so distinguished
In the Revolutionary War and in
the councils of the infant Ameri
can Republic; his home being
somewhere on WaXhaw Creek
at a place known as late as 1850
as "Pickens' Old Field" He
took great interest in the estab-
lishment and maintenance of the
old Church. There are to be
found many old grants of land
in this community to Andrew
Pickens and to Pickens and
Rutherford-the latter also OF
great Revolutionary fame. A.
ter the settlement OF The line be-
tween North and South Carolina,
this territory of the Waxhaws
was known as the "New Acqui-
siton" until it was laid off into
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4
However this man, proving OF
loose morals, was soon dismissed
"a circumstance which proved
Sc we're blow doubtless to the
cause of the religious growth
and development Of he COM
munity. Nevertheless, as said
by DR.. Howe: "It is no small
argument for the divine origin
of the visible church, that it out
lives the imperfections of it's
members and the sins and even
crimes of those clothed with au-
thority in it. 1t claims no per-
fection for the individuals that
compose it, but only Cor the truth
it publishes. Neither the passion
Of Moses, the crimes of David.
nor he fall of Peter have been
able TO destroy it,"
And so Old Waxhaw Church,
and those churches in the CON-
munity that have grown out of
her, regardless Of the Robert
Mlllers (whether in pew or pull
pitt, have gone on from year to
year, from one century into
another-in successful fight
against "the powers of darkness"
that may have been in their
midst. The existence of Shiloh,
Unity, Tirzah, Beulah, Six Mile
and the Churches at Lancaster
of Presbyterian fai,h-all the
children of old Waxhaw-is
proof positive of he fact, that
the great majority of the men,
bsrship of the old mother church
was faithful TO the doctrines of
the church of Christ and that
her work in the previous cen
turies has been thoroughly
done.
1t might be worthy of note, that
the first Board of Trustees of the
old Church was composed ..of Rob-
ert Davies, Robert Ramsay, John
Linn, Samuel Dunlap and Hen.
ry White, and that the Deed, or
Lease, for the land on which the
church was erected was witness
ed by Robert McClannahan,
John Crockett and Andrew
Pickens. In 1859 the Rev. Will
lam Richardson of Virginia,
though native of England, took
charge Of the Old Church and
remained so for many years. He
was an untiring and faithful SER
want of God-his work extending
far out into the surrounding
territory. 1t is said that it was
mainly through his efforts en-
couraged by his flock at Old
WaXhaw-that The Pre- sbyterian
Churches of Yorkville, Chester,
Pacolet and Fairiorest were es.
tablished. Among those who
have since succeeded the origi-
nal Board of Trustees OF Wax
haw Church-in her earlier
days-we find the names
of William Davies, Robert
Montgomery, Robert Dunlap,
William earns, Nathan Barr,
James Dunlap, John Foster, b.
). Massey, Robert Crockett, ID.
Dunlap and - Gamble. The
original Lease of the Old church
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formation which / shall attempt
to furnish in this paper has. ne
cessarily, been obtained by me
from others. who have previously
written and spoken on this sub
ject. Especially am | indebted
to Ramsay's History OF South
Carolina, DR. Howe's History of
Piesbyterianism in this State,
Washington Twins Life OF
George Washington, and Jenkins
Life of Andrew Jackson-works
that should be within the reach
Of every school in our County,
because of their historical value,
and in order that the fact may
not be forgotten, that the early
history of our County is really
the history of these Churches and
the WaXhaw settlement. This
section OF Lancaster County was
the first in which the white man
entered for the purposes of settle
ment. In fact we are told b.
Mr.. Ramsay, that 'In the year
1855 the country from the Wax
haws on the Catawba River
across to Augusta on the Savan-
nah River did not contain twenty
five families" ."
In May 1851 six or Sc en- fam
lilies settled in this community
and that fall few more In 1852
a considerable number, chiefly
from Augusta County Va. and
the backwoods of Pennsylvania
also found homes along the Ca
tawba and Waxhaw, Cane and
Twelve Mile Creeks. The first
grant of land in the settlement,
so far as we have any record, was
made to Robert McElhany in
1751--of a tract of land after
wards owned by the Blair family
and now, probably, owned by the
Estate OF the late DR.. William
Crawford or the Foster family.
In the following year grants of
land were made to a number of
other settlers. Owing to the fact
that at this time the Waxhaws
was considered a part OF North
Carolina territory, these old
grants are not to be found record
ed in our State but in North
Carolina in what is known as
Anson County. These first set
tiers were known as "Pennsyl
Yanla irish, who had formerly
settled in that State directly from
Ireland--a fact which may ac
count for the vigorous manner in
which they fought the British
about twenty years later. Hav-
ing been driven from their
mother country by reason of the
expressions of the English gov
ernment, these hardy Irishmen
readily espoused the cause OF
American freedom in 1776-it
being an historical fact that a
Tory was seldom, if ever, to be
found among them. From the
fact that these early Irish settlers
variably settled along the Ca
tawba and its various tributary
creeks, it is to be inferred that
they were excellent judges of
good land. a few OF the early
A II