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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

1344-Earl of Derby defeated the
French at Auberoche.
14S3-Edward V. and his brother, Rich
ard, Duke of York, smothered in the
Tower.
1513-French routed by the English at
the Battle of Spurs a
15S DISQUALIFICATION of Antwerp.
1642-Fort Richelieu, in Canada, found
ed.
164S-Cromwell defeated the Royalists
at battle of Preston.
1654--Port Royal taken by Sedwick.
1692-Five persons executed for witch
craft at Salem, Mass.
1To4LEas!ish and the Allies, command
ed by the Duke Of Marlborough, de-
feated the French and Bavarians at
the battle of Blenheim.
1717-Tnrks defeated by Eugene at
Belgrade.
1719-Capitulation of st. Sebastian.
1721-First issue of the New England
Courant.
176O-Battle Of L~iegnitz.
1762-Havana taken by a British force
undcr the Earl of Albemarle.
1766-Iirst issue of the Nova Scotia
Gazette.
1T77-Americans defeated the British at
Bennington, VT.
l7S2-British warship Royal George
sunk near Spithead.
17s4-The Province of New Brunswick
formed.
1799-Peter Hunter appointed Lieuten-
ant Governor of uppe Canada.
1sOG-Napoleon laid the first stone for
the Arc de Triomphe de HEtoile in
Paris. -. Baden elected into a grand
duchy, as member of the Rhenish
1SO0-Fohndation laid for Nelson's
monument in Trafalgar Square, Lon
don. .Fiusling taken by the Eng
fish. s3
1S12-Capture of Detroit by Gen. Brock.
1S14-Americans repulsed the British at
Fort Erie.
1S1S-Sir Peregrine Maitland appointed
Lieutenant Governor of upper Can
ada.
1s21-King George ". Of England Wis
tied Ireland.
ISampola born.
1S5O-T. McKennon Of Pennsylvania be-
came Secretary of the Interior.
1S59-Blondin walked a o p across
Niagara I. Foundation stone laid
for Spurgeon's tabernacle in London.
1S65-Great Britain and Prussia com
Guided a navigation treaty.
1s67-New reform bill passed for Eng
land.
1S91-The President ordered the Chero-
kee strip in Indiar territory closed
to whites. Steamship TeutoAic
broke the transatlantic record. Time
5 days, 16 hours and 81 minutes.
1S92-Confict between State troops and
miners at Coax Greek, Tenn.
1S94-ExpIorer WeIlman and party ar
rived at Tromsoe, having abandoned
attempt to reach the North Pole.
1S95-Boiler explosion in q hotel at
Denver, Colo, killed 25 persons.
Viscount Wolseley succeeded the
Duke of Cambridge as commanders
in-chief of the British army.
1S96-Dr. Nansen, the Polar explorer,
returned to Vardo, after al absence
OF three years and twenty-three days.
1S97-Prince Henry of Orleans and the
Count Of Turin fought a duel near
Paris.
1900-President Sanciemente OF Republic
of Colombia, resigned office.
19O6-Many lives lost in earthquake and
fire at Valparaiso, Chile.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

Gilman. formerly head of Johns Hop
kins University in Baltimore, took the
place. There r twenty-one vice pres
idents, many of whom have never at
tended a meeting. The II Of
the American Bible Society are said to
be at least 100000, but the annual re-
port sets the assets at $7l2,412.75.
49,:
That 1t is only a short time before 1t
will be possible to have dinner in Amer
lea one daY and hraa K In ST IN Enrona
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

The battleship Connecticut. the first
of it's class to be built by the government
instead of by private contract. in a series
of runs over a measured course off the
Maine coast has proved herself better
than her sister ship, the Louisiana, built
by the Newport News Company. The
Connecticut made an average speed Of
1878 knots for her FIVE best runs, and
her fastest mile was 1901, not allowing
for tidal corrections. The best average
of the Louisiana was 1850 for FIVE runs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

HH#.. ...-H|H.. fU.. a..# #.H f.aa. Ms H-L.
the next morning is
a statement credit
ed to DR.. Alexander
Graham Bell, the
inventor of the tele-
phone. DR.. Bell has
great faith in the
future progress of
aerial navigation
and says that he
expects an airship
to be built that will
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

the name VI Syek.
He Is a son Of the
late Empress Min,
who was ASA asin-
ated In 1885,, and
was born on the
25th OF March,
1874. Little is
known of VI Syek
except that he was
given what little
military training
the country af-
fords, and that he
Is not a man OF
r%-~-~ @~tDt@~o
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
Trust organizers Fined

Twelve members OF the furniture trust
pleaded guilty in Oregon and were fined
by Judge Woiverton q total sun of $3.50.
the two concerns which were prime NOV.
ers receiving the highest fines, of $500
each. This is the first prosecution against
trusts in Oregon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

q ..H.H . q l.T.. = t.a. rs ~ .#U H #. T..r.
nation In Great
Britain, Is a noted
civil, mechanical
and electrical engi-
neer. He is an
American, having
been born at San
%gerville, Me-, in
1910, and he is Of
Puritan descent.
Sir Hiram is the
of the
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
American Rush to Canada.

u Prof. Jeremiah w. jerks OF Cornell. a
member of the United States ImInigra-
stion Commission, is on a tour of the Ca
madam Northwest, investigating the mat
ter of American immigration into Can
ada. He is also looking into the move.
n1ent of Asiatics to British Columbia.
1t is said to be his purpose to devise some
scheme to turn the American current
back to the States. He is expected to
make a confidential report to the Presi-
dent on the results of his trip.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
Erie Cannl,. Bnd Break.

The arches of masonry supporting the
bed of the Erie canal where it passes
over Onondaga creek in the city Of SYRIA
cuse gave way. wrecking a large Touring
mill and causing the destruction of sew
eral canal boats, which were drawn into
the vortex. The water was drawn off of
the ive-mile level in which the break oc-
Cured, thus putting an entire stop to
canal traffic. twill be several days be-
fore the brssk cah be repaired.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

international con-
gress to secure uni
formity of practice
in the treatment of
food authorizations.
1t appears that there
is little difference of
opinion among the
health authorities of
the various nations
as to the ~propriety
of establishing rules
for the manufacture
Of food and drug
prp1uctc IN tho in.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
u,n.rs, strtke Avertcd.

The general strike of union hatters,
which was expected to involve about 90
coo men in several cities, has been avert
ed by a compromise settlement and a new
set of rules has been signed by the unions
and the manufacturers.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
FACTS ABOUT s.:
-: THE CENSUS.

Uncle Sam is a successful publisher.
He issues annually the "horse book -
which has an enormous circulation. Over
a million copies of the book have been
printed, and still the public demand for
it is not satisfied. Another edition of
100000 copies Of this famous volume, the
full title of which is Special Diseases
Of the Horse" has just been ordered. This
makes over a million copies ordered, but
before the demand is supplied these will
be exhausted and congressman will find
it necessary to 90 down in their pockets
to have copies of the book printed for
constituents after usins their congress
sional quota. An idea of the magnitude
of the work may be formed from the state
ment that the first edition Of 361 900
copies if laid end to end would cover a
space fifty miles long, and if piled up
fatwise would make los piles as high as
the Washington monument. .
In 1904 the census bureau started out
to ascertain whether the country is get
ting better and it now announces that,
better or worse, the ratio OF persons in
prisons to the entire population has de-
creased since 1890. Out of every million
Americans there now are 1000 in prison,
not including trust magnates, whfe in
1890 there were 1867. The census ex-
perts point out that this decrease may
mean only an extension of the probation
and parole system. In 1880 8 per cent
of the prisoners were women in 1890 {
per cent, and in 1904 8 per cent. Colored
persons were more common among the
prisoners ia 1904 than they were in 8
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
UNCLE SAM GETTING RICH.
I%nternaI Revenue Receipts Show /,
Great increase.

#~InternaI Receipts Show q
~ Great increase.
" Internal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year ended June 80, 1907, show a large
increase over the figures of the previous
year. according to a report just issued by
the internal revenue bureau.
Following are the figures of the receipts
and increases from the various sources Of
internal event
Products. Increase.
Spirits ..........$156,33 6, 901 $12942,S46
FTobacce ......... 51,S11,O09 3,3SS,O72
sTermented liquors 59.567, S13 3,925, 959
Oleomargarine -. SS7,641 317,6O3
Aduiterated butter. 12,743 3,4S5
Process er reno
The revenue from minor miscellaneous
products was $SS6,O52, a decrease Of
$4,000 from the previous year.
s. The aggregate receipts from all sources
for he fiscal year of 1907 were $780,
6t4,Os2. an increase Of 2 ,581,24 over
the receipts of 1906.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

has been urged by
religiou papers
throughout the east
and a strong effort
is being made TO
shed light on the
business dealings Of
the corporation. The
American Bible So
ciety was without a
president for some
years when the ven
nroh1a no~snt rN;k
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
rftnneepoli.-to-Gurr Line.

The Minneapolis, Kansas City and Gulf
Railway Company has just been incorpo-
rated in Oklahoma, with $aO,OOO.OOO cap
ital stock, for the purpose OF constructing
q doubie-track electric railroad along the
line indicated BY the title. The line is
routed from Minneapolis to Des Moines.
thence to Kansas City, Wichita. Guthrie,
Oklahoma City, Dallas and Galveston.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
Cinemetosraph. and vision

The police of Berlin, Germany, are
making war on the numerous moving pic
ture shows in that city because the doc
tors say they are injurious to the eyes,
especially to those of the young.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
wan Not Imp.rt Mr.,c,.n..

Conductor Paur Of the Pntsbury or
chestra, has abandoned his plan of i'm
sorting musicians, and has thrs averted
a strike of the members of this famous
musical organization, which was threat
ened by the National Musicians Union.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
Record Year tor Immigration

The figures of the immigration officials
show that the number of immigrants
coming to this country during the year
ending June 80, 1867, was the largest in
the history of the country, reaching
1,2S5,349 Of these over 100000 landed
at the port of New York.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

make 175 to 200 miles ia ff5aa i.9
also believes that one pf flus l.fss steps
in the progress Of ~ntSigaiisi. ihe mir
will be the construction OF aeria! battle
ships.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

Everybody works these days, even poor old father.
Mother has quit taking in washing, and so has sister
Ann, and no more is the pipe Of clay doing overtime
between the teeth of the old man. Press wires are car
rying the news all over the United States that labor
never was so scarce in the country districts. North,
East, South and West, the cry is going up that there
are not enough farm hands to gather crops. Wheat,
cotton. oats, hay, everything is suffering for want of
harvesters or caretakers. Women are obliged to get into
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

The crown prince of Korea, who sue
eeeds to the throne because Of the
forcible abdication Of his father, bears
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
WORLD TO WAR ON BAD FOOD.

Uncle SANS Crusade Becoming OF
Interest to All Nations.
TIE present visit to Europe of DR..
Wiley of the Department of Agriculture
will probably result in the calling of an
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30

the fields, and farmers wives and daughters are work
ing side by side with the men OF the families. Percy
IIoppergar@s, son Of the wealthy farmer, has had to lay
aside his TEAMS racket, golf sticks, fishing tackle and
cigarettes to get busy tying wheat, hauling hay ana all
such mental tasks. He has to work every bit as hard as
his mother or sister, right out in the hot sun, too, side
by side with them. This shows to what straits farmers
are being put-Cincinnati Post.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1907-08-30
PyLs =,
<1PrU

the country wants, but the wreckless.-
Washington Herald. s
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09
Wanted 4!

We want to buy within the next
three weeks all the COWS, sheep,
goats, hogs, chickens, geese, tur-
keys, ducks, guineas, eggs, but
ter, ETC., for sale in Lancaster
county, and will pay the highest
cash price for same. Our busi-
ness has increased to such an ex-
tent that we find it difficult to
keep enough meat to supply our
trade, and for this reason we are
paying a little better price than
other folks for cattle, poultry,
etc. So if you have anything in
this line for sale, bring it along
and bring it quick. We also
want to buy corn, peas, green
and dry hides. Highest cash
price paid for all.
We wish to say to our trade
that we are prepared to deliver
anything you want in the meat
line. Handling so many beeves
a day enables you to get your
choice cut. We also handle fish
and oysters.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09
An Ordinance
To Raise Supplies for the
Fiscal Year Commencing
January lst, 1907.

BE it ordained by the Mayor and Alder
men of the Town of Lancaster, ). o.,
In council assembled, and by the
authority OF the same. to provide for
supplies and necessary expenses of
the town:
Section /. That the following taxes be
and are hereby levied for the fiscal year
1907. that is to say:
LIST A tax of fifty cents on each $4,000
of the value of all real estate and personal
property within the corporate limits of the
town of Lancaster. =. c.. due and payable
between the first and thirtieth days of
November. 1897. at the Office of the Town
Treasurer; and all taxes due and remain
ing unpaid on the first day oil December,
1897. shall be subject to penalty of fifteen
per C, ut for the non-payment of taxes
when lue. And the Town Treasurer, af-
ter de'nu't in the payment of said taxes,
shall issue ex cution TO any Policeman OF
the town or Sheriff of the county for the
delinquent taxes. costs and penalties. iol-
lowing the mode for collecting delinquent
taxes as now provided by State taws.
Sec. Z. Al! able boiled male persons
between the ages of eighteen and fifty
years, residing within the corporate limits
of the said town, net exempt from road
duty under the laws of the State, shall
work the streets, pavements, ways and
bridges of the town under the direction
and 20 the satisfaction of such policeman
or overseers as may be appointed or may
have already been appointed. for aspace
of time not less than four days nor exceed.
ing six days in each year. Provided that
at the time of receiving. notice to perform
such work, any persCn may pay into
tue Town Treasury two dollars commu-
tation tax. which shall be received in lieu
OF said work that substitute may be
furn shed. provided that such substitute
L. male person over eighteen years of
age and provided with necessary tools,
and he shall be required to do fall and
satisfactory work
Any person refusing to pay said COM
mutation tax perform said work. or fur
nish the required substitute with neces-
sary tools, shall be fined not less thnn ten
dollars nor more than thirty dollars, in
the discretion of the Mayor
See. 8. All ordinances or part of ordi.
nances in consistent herewith shall be
and the same are hereby repealed
Ratified by the Mayor and Aldermen
IN council assembled this 18th day of
December. III the ear of our Lord one
thousand nine hundred and six.
US c. d. JONES, II. e. wYLIE.
Clerk Treas. Mayor
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09
jenkins Reappointed Revenue
Collector.

Columbia Record: Major
Micah jenkins, collector of in
ternal revenue for South Caro-
lima, has been reappointed by
President Roosevelt, his term
continuing indefinitely, at the
will OF the president.
e. A. Deas having resigned,
Major Jenkins has offered the
post of deputy collector, with
headquarters at Sumter, to Mr..
u. B. Hammett, who has just
rendered to Governor Hayward
his resignation as chief state con
stable. Mr.. Hammett wished to
leave Governor-elect Ansel free
to appoint whomsoever he
might like az chief state consta-
BILE. He has not announced his
plans.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09

Nearly every person who is subject TO at
tacks from the stomach sufferers from n
morbid dread of a dletetic treatment for
relief that is three-tourths starvation, and
one-fourth toast and milk On the other
hand you can eat as you please and digest
the food by the aid of good digestant.
thus giving the tired stomach equally as
much rest. Eat what you please and take
little Kodol For Indigestion after your
meals. 1t digests what you eat Sold by
Crawford Bros
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09

is to bring the producers of cot
ton in the South to like under
standing of their side Of the
question, and combine their
brain and capital and to force
the world to divide the profits in
cotton with the man who pro-
duces it.
There is no sentiment in this
thing; in is an entirely business
fight between the buyer and
seller to maintain prof able
business. The Southern Cotton
association, with this condition
clear in it's mind. has done mis-
sionary work for two years, and
the sentiment seems to be ripe
throughout the South to crysta-
lie the knowledge and capital
of the producer into a practical
form for his benefit. This calls
for considerable change and
modification of plans heretofore
adopted.
At Birmingham there will be
an entire revision of our meth
ods and modification of such Of
our plans as have been found
partially practical up to the
present and the introduction OF
those that experience has taught
us TO be necessary. We all real
ize the blunders that have Teen
made, but we also realize the alb
solute necessity for the continued
existence of our organization.
Though there is not the same
apparent enthusiasm, yet there
is deep aud abiding determi.
nationin every State nsthe South h
to continue the work until the
problem is solved. The South will
continue 10 grow cotton for an
indefinite length of time. The
desire of the grower to share in
the profits will continue as long
as Gotten is grown. And by a
patient application of brain and
capital, we will solve the prob
lem.
In conclusion, / want 10 urge
evcry man who can possibly do
so, TO attend the Birmingham
convention, and give whatever
aid he can in helping to formu-
late the new plans of campaign
for another year.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09
Plyler Bros.
Auditors Notice.

NOTICE is hereby given that this office
will be open from the lst day of january
TO the goth day February 1907 for the pur.
pose OF receiving the returns of the tax
PAYERS of Lancaster county.
The Auditor or an Assistant will attend
the following places in the county on the
days named below for the convenience of
the public. viz:
Osceola, Tuesday Jan. Sth 1907. IL to 3 m
Pleasant Nalv W..I Ion a Iu,r
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09

They like the taste as we'll as maple
sugar" is what one mother wrote of Ken
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. This mod
erD cough syrup is absolutely free from
any opiate or narcotic Contains Honey
Tar. Conforms to the National Pure Food
and Drug Law. Sold by Crawford Bros.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1907-01-09
Issued by President Smith, Of
the State Cotton Growers
Association Birmingham
Meeting to Revise Methods
and Plans of Association.

socistion, says: We have just
passed through perhaps the most
peculiar year in the growing of
cotton and are passing through
now an equally strange one In
the marketing of it. East of the
Mississippi an unprecedented sea-
sou in the growing of cotton was
experienced.
This section suffered two of
the severest storms that ever
visited the cotton belt. A frost,
earlier by three or four weeks
than ever visited the belt and
with more disastrous results.
West OF the Mississippi the grow
ing season was perhaps above
the average, the gathering sea-
son fairly good, the yield promis
ing to be IN his section pheno-
menally large. In the earlier
ginners' reports these conditions
and their results seemed to be
borne out. In the later ginners'
report, to the surprise of every
one interested in the cotton bu-
siness, the yield in the frost and
storm stricken section was sur
prisingly large and in a like
proportion the return from the
favored section was correspond
ingly small.
In addition to these surprising
and disturbing facts, the New
York exchange met and
widened the difference in the
value of grades so much so that
the better grades of cotton in
place of commanding the ordi
nary difference of s to 1-5 per
cent premium have advanced
from 120 to as high as l75 points
difference. A man having spot
cotton, under these conditions
had no practical idea of what his
cotton was worth.
In addition to this, which in
former.years indicated the value
of cotton delivered in New York
and in New Orleans basis mid.
ding, now has no relation what
ever to any such relative value
Today, for instance, January, the
spot month, is quoted in New
York at 9.47 basis middling
while middling spot cotton il
the same market is quoted al
1915, and the same grade OF
spot cotton would readily bring
10 rs or more on our local mar.
ket. All this confusion is the
result of the disturbing factor oil
the farmers, the producers o.
spot cotton, demanding the va
lue of their product. Hereto
fore the price of cotton was fXeC
arbitrarily by the New York ex
change and the value of middlins
cotton and other grades was de
termined by deducting the car.
rying charges from here to New
York from the New York quota
tions. Today the value of spo
cotton in the South is determin
ed entirely by the disposition ol
the farmer TO sell.
In the last few months | have
Al.