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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-07-12
ABsHER GETS FRANCHISE

Last Thursday evening John
Absher and A. II. Pease came up
from Wagner to talk over the
electric light question with some
OF our citizens. especially the
city council. The council was
in session Is . board Of eqnali
xation, and Mr.. Absher stated
10 them that he would like =
franchise for twenty years and
he would put in . plant.
The members Of the council
told him TO send up :. copy OF
the franchise he wanted and II
Ii was such as he stated they
did not think there was any
question Of its passage. This
Mr.. Absher said he would do,
and the franchise was read for
the first time Monday evening.
The franchise simply gives TO
Mr.. Absher the right 70 come
into Platte sud put in . plant,
Just the same as II any man
came in here and established .
business and took his cha.ices
ON getting business - Platte
Epitome.
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peNTs.-siAAs WEDDING

Monday, July LIST, at highnooI.
In the presence Of only immedi-
ate relatives and friends, occur.
red the marriage Of Miss Beulah
Bents and John A. Haas, the
ceremony being performed by
Rev. Father Carey, at the home
of the brides parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Z. II. Bsnts. July LIST,
twenty eight years ago was the
wedding day Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bents.
10 Z
The bride Id one Of our most
popular young ladies' and has
many admirable qualities thai
60 towards the making Of . model
wife. The groom Ii well known
10 all. being for some time
genial conductor on the Milwau
kee road here, but now having I
run ont Of Sioux City. Armour
Herald.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-07-12

Avon Clarion; During bis
visit % Pierre last winter Hon,
Frank Trumbo discovered In the
department Of history : letter
written By his father In 1851.
The historian showed Mr.. Trnm,
30 the letter and asked II the
author Of the letter was any re
lation 10 him. He saw that I
ms from his father and asked
permission 10 take the letter,
supply the words obiiterated By
age and make typewriter
copies Of il. The result = thai
| not only Frank bat I'll Of hi
brothers and sisters have type
written copies Of the letter,
|Ihs historian has the origi nal
letter with ell The erased words
supplied 10 typswdttsn form.
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iii AAsN2 NAs4w4&@ @AS -
lasaas sAss j ukwk. > ~ saarw
~ aslg shIs sssseMa ~ 80 cos
slsaeraAls damage v Esssias
leross.
ne slorm sormsd b Nv
| west and north q Wagner. aud
ssas some time locked - though
Ithe heaviest OF u would strike
rs. butt gradually moved Oh g
the southeast and We escaped
with only q very heavy rain.
At Lake Andes, however, the
storm was very heavy, both
wind and rain.
South and west the storm was
the heaviest, . number OF far.
mers reporting . total loss OF
crop from hail which fell with
unusual severity. H. G. Wilson,
win Hawkey. Ed Hawkey, VIM.
Ritter, w. O. Carsner, @. D.
Sadler and mum erous other
farmers in that section are re
porting q total loss of crop, and
only q few of them carried hail
insurance.
The storm through this see
ton from reports we have re-
ceived, was from one to two
miles wide, and was Of unusual
severity, the fall Of the hail be-
ing unprecedented, covering
the ground TO q depth Of several
inches, crops are mostly . total
loss, grain being cut up and
pounded into the ground until
there is absolutely nothing left.
George Hawkey tells Us that
Sunday afternoon he and VIM.
Carsner went out into . barley
field Of the latter named gentle
man, and shoveled mp two large
tubs Of hail stones and took
them home and froze Ice cream.
Both OF the gentlemen stated
that they could have easily got a
wagon box full OF hail stones.
At Greenwood the wind was
terrific, but very little damage
was done that could not easily
be repaired. and reports from
various other placer show that
the storm of unusual severity,
though not very widespread.
Coming as 1t does right when
the crops were in the very best
shape, and prospects were the
best, this loss 10 particularly
heavy and very hard TO stand.
The only bright spot in the pic.
ture lis the Fact that the damaged
area Is comparatively small, not
over two or three miles wide at
tile most.
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$50 sasoai Il FLATS

4
We have had sesS II ram this
week.
Bakers have been putting ur
alfalfa this week.
| S. N. Overgaard got . carload
Of lumber from Chicago for his
new house, and the neighbors
helped him haul ID last Wednes-
day.
The boys who went 10 Avon
the Fourth and from there 70
Andes at night, seemed 70 enjoy
themselves.
w. G. Donahue has the clean
est field OF corn between here
and Wagner.
Corn is making q rapid growth
these hot days. There Is not .
very good stand and the fields
around here are so weedy that
it never can be cleaned entirely.
Lyman Lees hired man quit
because he didn't like to work q
bronco that viii stop and rest
whenever he feels like il.
Most of the farmers are try
ing to get over their corn the
second time this week, but il it
keeps on raining they never viii
make IL
Wonder how long it win be
before we can ride to Armour
on the electric cars.
Lots OF farmers are claiming
that their wheat Is only half .
stand, but the price may be
80 the farmers may
come out about even.
Newsy Jim.
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Thlz weather. sasss llle corn
julap ~
lin Grady j. breaking FOL
Aaolph Walking.
John Younghluth hauled some
eats 70 town LAST week.
a. Wicks spent The Fourth u
Lake Andes
e S. Mayo shipped some
cattle last Monday.
John and Rudolph Sykora
went 70 F. Atkinson, Iowa, %
VISIT last week.
Joe Houska celebrated the
Fourth IN Avon.
The hail storm last Saturday
did lots Of damage around here,
ana further west they say the
small grain wont be fit 70 cut.
u g. Smith and family were
visiting Il the home Of Martin
Sykora last Sunday.
Mr.. Bucholz was blasting
some rock for =. Strohbehn last
Say Glenn r, ron bad better
greare fhat disc cultivator or
ron win scare Al the prairie
chickens Tor miles around.
Geo. Deter, who has bee ri
working for r. Sterba for the
past two months has quit him
and now Frank ID without any
help right IN the busiest season.
Yon cant depend on ! hired man
very much.
About three inches Of water
fsllhere last Wednesday morn
ing. n il gong . % pretty
bard ii cultivate some places
where he wafer covers the corn.
Member Of B. G.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-07-12

Neaice = hereby given. that
~ board of County Commas
sionsra * Charles Mix county.
at ! needing held. commencing
% ~ End day Of July. 1907,
49, nnder md By virtue 81
Cl,apter go Of The Session Laws
~ 1eo7, 6xed from The 18th day
III July 1901. - tbs 18th DAY
ii August 1907. - ne time fof
destroying weeds b the pnblic
h,ehways n I'D Charles Nix
coanty,
Any person owning, leasing o.
occnpying lands AUDITING upon
pukI1fc highways are hereby
noti6sd sDd required - destroy
wss1s erou,ng upon cne-hAil
innsdiately abuttang On BIZ I'D
Iauds-
Ard Ia ~ event any pefson
sl,aIl IN - comply Herewith ~
oyersesr II highways shall Dc
rtroy eaid weeds and he ex
49, ! ~ I ! ~ epou sucl
80 - cd|Iscl6d - othei
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1907-07-12
NOTICE TO DESTROY NOxlOus
WEEDS


Notice il hereby given that
the Board OF County Commits.
sioners Of Charles Mix county,
at . meeting held commencing
the End day Of July, 1907, have.
under and By virtue Of the re-
quirement of Article 81, Of the
Political Code Of South Dakota,
fIxed - the time for destroy.
ing noxious weeds In said coun.
u. from The 18th day Of July,
1907. 10 on and not later than
the 18th day Of August, 1907.
And during said time ell per.
sons owning or occupying real
estate In said County Of Charles
Mix, are hereby required TO de.
stroy I'll weeds Of the kind
known Is Russian Thistle, Can
adam Thistle hnd locke burr
on the lands owned or occupied
BY them, and Ia event any per.
sou shall fail 10 comply herewith
the road supervisor win destroy
such weed and the expenses
thereof will be assessed rs taxes
against such premises.
Dated this 10th day Of July,
1901.
Board Of County Commits.
sioners Of Charles Mix County
South Dakota.
J. 7. Campbell.
Attest: Chairman.
Fred j. Gibson,
County Auditor.
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|ers Of Charles Mix County,
South Dakota.
J. T. Campbell,
Attest: Chairman
Fred y. Gibson.
|7122 County Auditor.
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We have had scss Il rain this
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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-06-09

company In New Orleans, and wl,IAe
they took no active part In Its bust
ness affairs, II prospered because they
were on the directorate. Men proml-
nent In business ana social circles OF
the Gulf States wcro last wcclk fined
for being enguged IN a pursuit pro-
hibited by law, but they have retired
now, the company has disbandcd and
there Is the hope that we may hear no
moro of fools whose savings were
swept away in tho mad desire to turn
n fortune without tho sweat Of the
brow. But as the, lottery goes, there
will be other inviting schemes for
amateur gamblers, and the thieves nnd
robbers will continue to prosper ny
one means or another, for It Is q trulsni
that an idiot CANDLES rs long as there
is an opportunity to play.
Tho change Of sentiment in Louisiana
came when tho charter OF :he company
expired. The State refused to accept
an annual payment Of moro than q
million and a quarter dollars for q
renewal Of the charter, and facing that
great obstacle, tho promoters fought
In every court, LOSING. in all, and final
~ going into other fields. When de-
MED the use Of tho mails. special mes
sengers were sent into every state to
distribute tickets, and Notwithstanding
the enormous expense incurred thereby
the profits were not diminished and
the millions poured in-reprosentins
the struggling, tho labor. the tears,
and perhaps the crimes. Of those who
were mad.
There is no comfort In tho thought
that the biggest lottery Of all was dis
tinctively Southern enterprise. 1t
drew Its trade from oil parts Of tho
country, to be sure, but It operated In
New Orleans. and prize drawing was
an event that created O feeling at
homo well-nigh akin to enthusiasm
The staid old patriarchs of Charleston
would hardly relish q revival Of the
story that churches there were built
by gambling wheels: and yet that IS
part Of history. The record to-day
however, shows that the South Is lead
ing all sections in morality and In
warfare against evil; and it might be
said that the crusade began In Louis.
lana, when the authorities refused tc
renew a gambling contract for an
n mount which would practically have
wiped out the public debt.
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DOES EpucAr1oN pAY,

A prominent New York lawyer is
quoted as having said that ut is ap-
palling to find the number of college
graduates of long standing who arc
to-day filing clerical positions at $40
or s12 per week."
And he might have added that the
number of men in such positions who
have had no college training is much
larger And he might further have
added that If all such had received a
college education, many of them would
be filling positions at $40, $40 and $50
week. We cannot tell what educa-
ton will do for q boy in practical
way. But If properly received 1t
cannot reduce his earning capacity,
and In the great majority Of cases,
certainly, it will increase his earning
capacity
Of course education does not insure
success In practical life. Success is
the creature Of endeavor. An edu-
Gated man may not make the most of
his opportunities. But with the same
cndeavor q man whose mind has been
well trained by the process Of educa-
tion will have q better opportunity to
succeed than ho would have had II
he had received no such training. Ed
ucation Is as an implement In n mans
hand. IIe may not use 1t we'll: he may
rely too much upon the more posses,
sion Of 1t; he may be slothful or trif,
ling or dissipatod. But In any event
he Is better prepared and equipped t
work than he would BIO II he had nj
implement. And so whom we find {
college graduate who Is not getting
along, let MS ask II he would hnv,
gotten along without an education
And when we find an illiterate ma,
who Is getting along. lot US ask II h,
: would not have gotten along bette
! had his mind been trained at college.
: Let US not draw general conclusion
: from individual cases. Because som
:, educated men do not make money an
: some uneducated mon do. let us ne
: conclude that education is OF no valu
In practical life
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r111 ALUMNI PROTEST..

The action OF the Richmond alumni
of the University of Virginia IN oppos-
ing the abolition Of Latin as O require
menteto the B. A. degree is thoroughly
in accord with the position already
assumed by this paper. After all. tho
sole question Is the best method OF
preparing the minds Of youths for ac-
complIshlng the fullest measure Of
their possibilities. TO those who boz
lieye that the commercial supremacy
of q people is the sole compelling objec.
for national effort, 1t Is natural that
everything should be dismissed as use
less baggage which intcrferes In tho
development OF technical knowledge
But only a small proportion Of students
at the University can by any chance
devote their whole lives to science.
To these alono will the scientific text
books OF college days be useful after
wards To all the others the college
science course will DO solely means
of training the mind for the tasks and
problems OF the outer world. Is 1t not
better for these that they be trained
in the incompatible llteratures Of Rome
or Greece than the formula for resist
ance coils or the methods of calculating
tho procession OF the equinoxes?
Lord Kelvin, ono Of the greatest
scientists alive, said in 1891: Il think
for. the sake Of muthematiclnns and
science students, Cambridge and Ok
ford should keep Creek, Of which ever
a very moderate extent is Of very great
value"
This paper is in thorough sympathy
with the desire of the University t.
. give It's students the bost and wides'
education. but we agree with Matthew
Arnold, that the most: desirable result:
are obtained .by steadily regarding tn
, formation Of tho pupils mind and hi
; powers Of knowledge, without prema
turcly taking thought for the practica
. applicability Of what he studies" TIL
B. A. degree may be popularizcd b.
the proposed CHANGE but we fear tina
I in so doing 1t Will, as Mr.. ]. L. William
e has finely said, be dehumun!zed.
n II so. tho cost to the culture an
: mental outlook Of Virginia will not b
o compensated by the expected increas
I in the number of graduates.
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THE PASSING or THE LOTTERY.

Tho passing OF the old Louisiana lot
terry and the other concern, m cft-
spring OF 1t that dyifted to Honduras
when our laws were changed, marks
now era In this country. and one that
does credit to tho moral element re-.
sponslble for its overthrow. Admitted
to be tho most Ubiquitous OF all gam
bling devices, 1t thrived because 1t had
public opinion and public approval be-
hind every turn OF the wheel. In some
Southern States lotteries were author-
ICED by law for church building pur-
poses, and not few sacred edinces o!
/ to-day We're only made possible by
4 the profits Of q legallzed gambling
4 venture. The names OF men honoret
lby. tho South were Identified with tn.
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SUNDAY, JUNE ., 1907,
Every right action mud true
thought sets the seal of Its beauty
on person and facc.-ltuskin.
THE HIGH LICENSE CAsIPA1GN.

<,
The campaign for high license in
Richmond has begun sooner than we
had expected. but we are not surprised.
Only few days ago we expressed
+ha opinion that such a campaign was
inevitable. Prohibition in q city as
large as Richmond is impracticcble,
but the saloon Is here by sufferance,
and is regarded by q large body OF
conservative citizens as necessary
evil.
All such citizens are determined, as
far as their endeavors can accomplish
It. that the evil shall be reduced to
the minimum. They believe that high
license is q means to that end as 1t
will at least reduce tho number Of sa-
looms and put tho worst Of them out
OF business.
The Ti,nes-Dlspntch is in thorough
4 sympathy with that view and with the
movement to increase the license tax.
Such a regulation would reduce the
evil and increase the revenues OF the
city. The sooner the measure Is adopt
ed, the better 1t will bc for the COM
munity, and the liquor dealers will be
wise II they accept it philosophically
If they do not II they organize ant
array themselves defiantly against 1t
they will Intensity the anti-saloon sen
tin1ent and will invite o straightou
nrohihition compaign. The liquor deal.
ers had better make terms while they
may. :,
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orlccrs Of the Law u bringing to JUS
Itioe Ill cri,ninhns III their ranks,
whether low or high.
TrE NEWS LEADER EXPLAINS +
A(SAIN.4 ,tt$a 81

j l. 4
AGAIN.
Catching sight OF the caption, An
Unlucky Cackle," over an editorial full
minntion In the News Leader Of SAT-
urday, we naturally looked beneath IT
for nm article Of q frank, apologeuo
and self-castigatory nature, 1t having
become notorious In the community that
tho News Leader was the recent au-
thor Of ono Of tho unluckiest cackles
ever heard in these parts. TO our
establishment, however, we discovered
that 1t was merely n general disserta-
ton on the art Of newspaper making,
with the News Leader modestly featured
as the wonder and prido of modern
Journalism. The article was interest
ing to us, none the less, for It's liperal
display Of those nlmble accomplish
ments Of the lightning -chnnge artist
for which our neighbor became justly
renowned In its circulation discussion
with this paper last summer.
AS at that time, so now, the News
Leader is copious with explanations,
plausible and wholly deft OF what 1t
meant on the day before. It elnbo-
rately explains on Saturday that It's
now celebrated brag Of Friday was
really quito a different affair from
what tho general public might have
thought. While 1t said ono thing, It
had another, and moro occult. signin-
cameo. We have on Saturday. in short,
revised and subdued edition of tho
ecstatic cackle of Friday.
The news "announced exclusively in
yesterdays News Leader" which made
our neighbor so thoroughly delighted
with itself on Friday was thestidings
that Mr.. Pierpont Morgan would re-
main an Episcopalian. Thes News
Leader of Saturday says so. Note,
however, what the News Lender of Fri
day said:
81 ~ Pierpont Morgan's having rented
the rutherford mansion, ut Second
and Grace Streets, for the purpose Of
attending the general Episcopal con-
vention, which was announced exclu-
sively in yesterdays News Leader, has
excited the greatest interest all over
the world" etc.
It Is evident. If our neighbours use
OF language means anything at all,
that 1t regarded Mr.. Morgan's having
rented the rutherford mansion. as
the exclusive" announcement which
had excited the greatest interest all
over tho world"
| AS to the kindly hope OF the News
Leader that The Times-Dispatch may
some day learn to recognize news on
sight we might suggest that when
the Confederate Reunion was held in
Richmond our contemporary recognized
the value OF that event by printing
Only seven pictures during the whole
time--which was three less than 1t
i printed on the day when President
Roosevelt visited Richmond In 1905
II that be recognition OF news this
/. paper desires to learn nothing from
Z tho News Leader. The simple fact Is
the News Leader failed miserably tc
measure up to the needs of the occa
sion last week, and 1t cannot cover uI
its deficiencies by any cacophonous
cackles to-day. though it irlss our self
satisfied contemporary to admit wha
the public have declared: The Times
Dispatch Is supreme in Virginia.
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FOR JESUS, SAKE,

(Selected for The Tlmes-Dispatch.)
For My sake."-St. Matthew v. II.
Tho most tender, tho most penetrat-
Ing. tho most persuasive motive OF. por-
sonal devotion to our Master Is summed
up In these few words, "for My sake"
It Is an appeal to tho heart by the
power of most blessed memory. Tho
ola Greeks gloricd In the days Of Per-
icles; the Jews recalled with pride the
conquests Of Joshua and tho wide
reaching empire OF Solomon; tho Ro-
mans dwelt upon their early struggles
and final victory Of tho world.
But how much stronger is. such q
force upon US. There arc but few OF
us who have not learned many lessons
Of self-restraint and courage from a
memory. Is 1t not so7 Whom at your
ordinary work you havo been tempted
to some sin, has not memory brought
tho vivid thought OF ono separated
from you (perhaps only by few mles)
but whom. present or absent. you fondly
lover Or It may be tho curtain o.
death Is drawn back, and there nashe,
upon you with appalling clearness til,
vision of some dear face. flowed lonl
since and lost awhile" II SO, 80,
have been supplied (and In the hour O
danger) with a sustaining force. Di
you fail? Then sin committed has LEI
Its sting. with the added anguish O
dlsloyalty to beloved friend Did 20,
succeed? Then tho motive wh!c
helped you was.nothlng olso than 40
thy dear sake" Ny friend, If you ar
ignorant Of that. ! pity you, For 70
lsaye failed to experience ono Of tn
puyest and most poweyful moral force
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may.
A. WORD OF CAUTION.

The Times Dispatch has cautioned
It's readers to be not hasty in drawing
conclusions from the horrible confess
sion of Harry Orchard. A man SO
utterly depraved as Orchard would not
hesitate to swear away another mans
life, II it suited his purpose or his
whim to do so. There Is little doubt
that he had a part IN at least some
OF the crimes to which he has con-
fessed, but neither tho jury nor the
public Will convict Haywood and others
accused upon the unsupported tcsti-
mony Of ttxs' human monster.
On the'otKer hand, when the leader
Of a labor organization is indicted for
crime, it IS equally rash for the
members OF such organizations to
jump to the conclusion that he Is the
victim of "damnable conspiracy" and
proceed to pass resolutions dcnouncing
the prosecution.
u We were surprised and distressed
when the Typographical Union Of Rich
mond committed itself to that folly.
The members OF this organization are
good and law-abiding citizens, and
during the strike in Richmond have
conducted themselves In manner to
command the respect Of all men and
to elicit words Of communication from
papers. Yet, before the Haywood case
came to trial, the union held meet.
ing and adopted the following resolu
ton:
"Whereas, Richmond Typographical
Union, No. 90. regards the officers 0
the Western Federation OF Miners
Brothers Meyer Haywood and Petit
bone-as being entirely innocent o
the crime charged against them. an
the victims Of O damnable conspirac
concocted by the capitalist class G
the United States:
"Resolyed. That this union, itself O
strike against the Same capitalist elias
which is bounding to death the officer
of the Western Federation of Miner
hereby appropriates the sum OF $25 I
the defense fund of Meyer. Haywoo
and Pettibone, in the earnest hone tn,
z they may meet with speedy and tr
umphant vndicatlon In tho courts {
Justice"
Suppose Orchards confession shou
be proven by corroborative evidenc
what would Richmond Topographic
4 Union. No. 90, do? Tho membe
would be compelled In self-respect
rescind their hasty action and confe
to q humiliating blunder.
Men arc not necessarily taultle
because they are officers of q lab
a organization; and men are not nece
sarily "damnablc conspirators" /
cause they proceed in law agai,
members OF labor organization VIII
they have reason To suspect OF crir
Nothing Injuries the cause OF organi;
labor like lawlessness. and for tn
own protection members Of la
unions should aid. and not hinder.
u IL