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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1908-08-07

We were talking ABOUT honors, and
I heard tho story about Sir Lawrence
Aima~Tadema. r. A., when he was
knj9hted.
oh" said q lady friend. dear Sir
Lawrence, I am so glad. I suppose now
that you have been knighted you'll rivA
up painting and live like 4 gentleman7''
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
V 2 CALLING IN SCIENCE.

The question of woman suffrage must Dc getting acute In England, in. asmuch as those opposed to it are calling the aid of science to help them fight it We are told that pr. Snip. ley, an eminent zoologist of Cam Times, "affirms that the behavior of the suffragettes indicates revival of the peculiar mental disorder called tarantism, which afflicted so many western countries 500 years ago. In the more severe cases of this disease there were howlings. screenings and jumpings, and the patients affected although they had not complete con- trol over their understandings, were sufficiently composed to obey the di- rections they received
 That is getting interesting. is it not? We don't exactly see what zool- ogy has to do with suffrage, but pre- sume that pr. shipley is also a pro- fcient in history and tradition, as we'll as in the particular branch of knowl- edge of which he is supposed to know most.
 We confess not to be we'll informed as to Tarantism. The name is sup posed to be derived from the ground spider. or tarantula, whose bite was claimed to have peculiar effect on the human nervous system. causing the sufferer to play aTf sorts of fam tastic tricks and contortions. Various remedies for the disease were used. music being one of the principal means used to calm those suffering from the bite, and a peculiar kind of tunes was composed bearing the name of "Tarantella." which were claimed to be an especially effective remedy for tho anliction. Whether tarantism should properly be called a mental dis order is for the wise ones to decide.
 So much for the alleged origin and effects of the disease which Dr. Ship ley thinks the English women--or some of them--sr.e afflicted with. but what will the suffragettes say and do to him for his opinion of them? While it is true that the behavior of some of these women on recent occasion was shameful and outrageous we doubt if they wiH take kindly to the suggestion that they had been bitten by spiders. or something else.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
A MORNING THOUGHT
BY :. MARVIN NICHOLS.

The horse running behind Is not the loser every time. one of the high tests In a racers ability Is his capacity to stay in. There are some who never know how to reserve power for the sS nS ss ssIsteE gsSno phs a S Sa EH sarns bssa a
 Bf6sdiy speaking. Freedom is hot liberty. Nor will liberty ever be Il. cense in the fall sense Of the world. am not at liberty to dosAs I please. When my thought and act ihterefere Ctsr we s am asnes ne isneeF s ss rFsedo Ss @ is always the right to obey the ex- pressed will Of tue majority
 Alfred Russei Wallace caught . bas by orange outang. Just Ike the hue man baby, 1t to be fondued, He must crSSn to & # before t would ES io quiet. But footballs brought on the whining. Did 1t ever occur to you that for the most part our cryinR ls done for the galleries?
 It is so easy for human hearts to love when in en atrnosphers of dsyc- ii0 is the asbosg Sns f es. pass oWn SstoSrS moves with exact pTeclsion. Nor can --else he becomes q wandering star. If two perfectly synnnetrical circles ever touch they must touch again. vss Hsss ap s eG tbsy scacs ywS aSs sas that these two lives must touch again. They may drift far apart now--oh, the tragedy of it alli For weeks ana nionths--ali ages seeming they may fsetIy i ' syrnnaetricai mn lives, ofce they touch they nltisc touch again--sonies where sorflewher.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
LINKING rAgr AND PRESENT.

Readers of Indian romance. such as the tales written by Cooper. will call to mind the stories of Hawkeye, Deer slayer. The Last of the Mohicans. and other famous Indian warriors and their exploits whether such charac- ters ever existed. and whether they performed the feats attributed to them. are matters of which two opin- ions will naturally be held, but they were interesting characters for all that.
 A recent event and it's outcome ear- ries us back to the times and actors ofN%hich Cooper wrote. It will be re- membered that a short while ago in Madison Square Garden theatre in New York, what was called the Mara thon foot-race was run, anf the prize was won by an American Indian bear ing the somewhat queef name of Thomas Longboat. who odttooted and outlasted all the competitors and won the race.
 This of itseif might n,+ be regard ed as very strange. The Indians of the ea-,ler days were noted for their swifsness of foo, and powers of sn. duranss. but the tnfo1 ration is just given out that the wirnsr is tc he married to the dsughte- of Mohawk Indian chief and that she was really the prize that Longboat was striving to win. Of course tha young redskin
 rsiden was not put up as the prize for which tho runners were to con- tend. but It seems that there was an understanding or compact between the young Indian and the Mohawk chief. by the terms of which the latter was to give his consent to the marriage of his daughter and the young man if the latter won the race. As he sue ceeded in winning the Marathon prize so he has also succeeded in winning a much more precious prize in his own estimation.
 Does not this incident carry the Fuina oaCh 10 the aayS oI the apoflB- inals and their exploits? "The present and the past" rays The Kansas City Jnt snal. are iinktd in .his educated Thdlli who runs for the prize of a ddsky maidens hand and that in it. self makes a pretty little romance. But the pictures fall apart and re- form like those of a Kaleidoscope when we watch in retrospect this red man running the memorial race of the Greek Marathon. victory. and running it, not over the classic course from Marathon to Athens. nor even in the open air. but beneath the roof of one of the most famous structures of one of the biggest cities in the world. Running Marathon race indoors is in itself something new, but the crown ing novelty Is the spectacle of the redskin victor carrying of to his ca- nadian .wigwsm the living trophy of his fieetnesA"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
SUNDAY, DECEMBER sH 1908.

The statement is going the rounds and was spnblished in The Advertiser several days ago that the value of the mineral production of. Alabama for the year was $52,O0O.OOO. That compared with even ten years ago is great sum of money. but it does not begin to equal the value of the. agricultural products of the State. The item of cotton. raised in Alabama during the year 1908, at the low price of $40 per bale, will equal the value of all the iron and coal production of the State for the same period. Tn addition to this is many millions of dollars worth of corn, trucking and other things made by the farmers of the State. AL abama's agricultural supremacy over mineral output is unauestioned and unquestionable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
TIEE oIIIO sENAToRsHrr.


 VIII Prove an Apple of DiscOrd to Ohio
 Republicans.
 Columbus Ohio. special.
 Cherries P. Tatt. in c statement issued today. indirectly took issue with Congress- man Theodore E. Burton. his principal rival for the nomination for United states soma tor to. suoeesd Senator Foraker. Mir, Taft said:
 ''I still favor the eaucus because the eau GUS Is the part Of RepubllcRnism. The ab. ssnee of a caucus will lead up to a situa. ton where the Democrats of the Legislature win elect United States Senator. what such a condition would indicate we can on- ly learn by examining the records of ali the ercandidstes for Senator. If he be a free trade Republican. Democrats would anfu. rally send him to the Senate. Before making a choice on purely ssf- ,tiTaental grounds the people of thIs xtate should look into the records of the candi. dates. for Ohio should see that her repre- sentative Is man who would stand by the protective tariff system at all hazards favor revision along protective lines. favor expansion of the navy and a greater growth for the merchant marine. We need proper communication with South Amer tca"
 Speaking of published reports concerning an alliance with Senator Dick whereby Dick would receive the support of the state Re- publican orsanization two years from now, Mir. Taft said today that he had no knowl- edge concerning such a matter. 'It Dick wants to come and help. lot him come" said Mir. Taft But have no understand ing with him" .s.--. consrossmaa Burton today denied pub. Isshed reports that he had made thrsats agaAst sx-o0vernor Hsrriok or had said anything against MT. Herriek T have never made any criticism or unkindly remarks against Mir. Herriok." said Mfr. Burton ''fte- ports to the contrary are unfounded and Yaisleading as 7 to my attitude regardins
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

eral union, and of the tribunal of An. other feqeraticn grown up fn the land: One or the other must succun1b, for thoee who would uniaw the land are public ehemtss"
 The case goes up on appeal and the defendants, Gompefs. Mitchell and Morrison. of the American Federation of Labor, are under bond to respond Co the appeals court ana its decision.
 Meanwhile. numsrous and eloquent appeals to President Roosevelt are made for him to do something to coun- teract the effect of the decision, It is characteristic Of the times, and due especially to Mir, Roosevelt's teachings that the first appeal against the Fed eral court should be addressed to the Executive of the Nation and. quite rea- sonably. too. for he more than any other man has set the seal of his con- demnatlon upon the court. He is like ly in this case. however, to refrain from doing or saying anything, know ing that the case fs to be regularly heard by the court ok appeals. For the same reason the newspapers would do |, well to withhold theft comments and labor organizations might be advised to follow like course.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
nY q. cUr,PEPESe.

T read In Mondays Advertiser some pertinent remarks on the aecuniuia- tion in thei GoYernot's 6ffice. of ur. published reports of Examiners of Public Accounts. It posters me to think the Governor is too busy to give attention to these matters.
 It appears to me if the Information in these reports IS only intended for the Governors enjoyment then the sooner the system of examination is discontinued the better for all con cerned.
 The Governor, In such case. should take the public Into his confidence and let the enjoyment of information be general.
 It ss3ms to me that win, be good way to divide the burden of his office
 This Pinkerton system of espion- ase on our ofIice bearing citizens is. perhaps good thing.
 Publicity is said to be a deterrent of crime, and the great virtue of the system of Examiner of Public Ae- counts Is publicity.
 If the system is shorn of publicity. it will be better for 1t to go into fin nocuouk desuetude"
 Embexzlement may be committed every day in the year and every hour In the day and the examiner may dis cover u neTe ana thGre but if the Governor aione Is to share the knowi- edge with the examiner what 9ood is it7 If only David and Jonathan know of the matter what advantake Is It to the general pu3tic!
 What He May FsmA.
 Besides, the examiner may find em4 bezzlements but he Is restrained from finding the enbeszief. since that is the prerogative of a jury.
 This being so, the public otfaeer whose books are examined, is immune from discovery as an embezsler, though the examination may disclose the crime.
 From time inmemoriaI there hat been popular presuinption that hu.. man weakness Is liable to become manifest in the incumbent of an ofIice of profit. To protect the people from the result Of the development Q bnnd Is resorted to. Mind you. the bond is not considered a preventive of the weakness. The weakness is supposed to be ever present
 IL should be understood that under our present popular regime 1t takee good money and sometimes a heap Of it to purchase an once.
 When the office is secured, it is good business sense in the possessor to so manage and manipulate 1t as to get good returns from the investment.
 The osflce becomes a public utility for private use and profit.
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
THEIR WORST CRIME.

Crimes of every kind are to be re- gretted and condemned but some crimes are more detestable than oth- CTS As The Charlotte Observer re- gards it. of all the murders. arsons
 assaults and other outrages commit ted by night-riders in several South ern States not even the horrible af- fair Of Reel Foot Lake has impressed us so much as the whippings given women Bands of armed towards, at taekiRg homes at night. have at times yielded the lash upon the backs of both husband and wife. The pitiful story of a woman dragged from her fathers home in her night clothes and lashed until she sobbingly promised to withdraw a suit against her husband for maintenance was told on the stand at Union City, Tenn, in the Reel Foot
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
GADSDEN'S MISFORTUNE
 ON CHRISTMAS EVE
Gadsden Times-News.

Gadsden Times-News.
 An exciting bit of news came from Chattanooga thls morning and there's many a tear In this city where there was intended to be a joyous smile.
 teleph one message came m [ o'clock saying that two big express wagons loaded with booze for Gadsden got mixed up in runaway and failed to connect with any of the morning trains.
 The news Is depressing. for many a fellow was forced, to do without his Christmas egSnog.
 It appears that whiskey. houses in Chattanooga are not allowed to do any business before s o'clock. but they manage to send orders out on the early trains by placing wagons indoors and loading them. and when s o'clock rolls around hurrying them. to. the trains; This mornIng Brown G Hagtn loaded two wagons for. Gadsden and whsn' the doors opened at 5 o'clock to let them out, one Of the tealns became frightened and both finally ran away. One driver was nearly killed and all of the booze was. spilled out. on the late to refill the orders ana a whole host of Gadsden people are sorely dis appointed today.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
Ethics for the Gopernor, the
 Exaniiners and the Officials

\ Our system of Examination of Pub lic Accounts may interfere. more or less, with the private investor In an
 if raanaglne the once 50 as to set the best returns on the investment be iaudabie, then the exanination Is an unfortunate interference.
 have heard that men have been known to get rich attending to their own business, and this leads ma to suggest that the unpieasantness of examination may be removed by el. lowing the ofiicer whose books are to be examined to choose the examiner. Then by a system of ripping" which may be pleasant and profitable to the examiner the books can be reported clear and square. It is always best to find a little shortage. simply a c1eri- cal error"--which was promptly paid over. etc, etc. Popuiar presumption of human weakness in public servant should render him immune from sshsitive- ness. Until the weakness develops he stands high in public estimatlon--a gentleman under suspicion.
 The G0veFner's Part.
 II 1t be found that as prudent family man he, now and then. has "iaid away something for . rainy day why the Governor Is not expected to put him under a cIond'' by 'spub1iel- ty." If he has been honest and fair and square In his management of the trust" 1t Is not necessary for the Governor to make blowing horn" of hts ofice to let the people know they. have one oficer who does not steal That will be an unkind redec- tion upon those who do.
 knew a merchant who said he preferred a clerk who would steal--- said it stamped him as energetic and wide-awake.
 It may be the thing to have 'ten- ereetfe. wide-awake' public servants
 If we have any of that kind and : the Governor knows 1t, through re- ports of examiners, he may think it good public policy to keep it secret ito keep other folks from getting 'en
 But I Ahh bound to believe the syss tenn of public examiner can be rem dered entirely unobj bjectionabie by ale lowing every officer who feeia a dell cacy about publicity of weakness. to choose or select or pick out the ex- aniner whose real effectiveness can be reduced by q tip"
 The Governor can do as he pleases in the matter of making public hn- man weakness. but the fellow who has been examined ought to ciaIaor for plblicity--if he is not quietly. 9th erwise he continues a gentleman ua- der suspicion"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
Letters To fhs kditsr
IS NOT \ CANDIDATE.
Hon. Walter E. sistrunk Makes Hia
 Position Clear

r1 Position Clear
 Tafi&ssee. Ala. Dec. 2l, 1908 Editor The Advertiser;
 In your issue of Wednesday last there appeared an article which it seems was the outcome of an inter. view had with my friend and fellow farmer, Mr. Hal e Lamar. of Mont . Somery County In which he has sug- gested my name for Commissioner of Agriculture for Alabama.
 Now. while l thank MT. Lamar for thesnice things he says as 10 my quaI- ificatlons for the ofiiee of Commlssion- CT, yet l am writing you at once to correct any impression which may have gone abroad that 1 am seeking the Of fee; On the contrary, have. no such under any circamstanca. This I state in all candor and with a full appfe- ciRtion of the great honor which att taches to this high ofifce.
 am always. trying, in a small way, to help the farmers throughout the of farming. so as to quit buying corn. hay and other provisions which can be 90 easily raised at home. and, from time to time, hope to give them the henefit of object lessons and of my ex- periense along this line. especially. as T. plan And If ]. can succeed In proving beyond the shadow of q doubt that two ears of corn can be ayrown where only one was grown before. I shall feel amply repaid for what may do to en- courage all to thus Tive at home" and
 S. please pubftsh thlr and put to rest forever the Idea that 1 have the slightest intention ot offering for the .smli Leqlo 6us .1c slql. ls ,sLnlln9Iasv
 VI. E. sistrunR..
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

In a few days now the newspapers that indulge in .hs habit ot obtaining and disseminating information of that kia wIl 5egin pnt'tsa.n& statistics of the deaths and injuries resulting from Christmas fireworks. The de- tails are always gruesoIne, and there seems no help for it. As long as crack CTS. torpedoes and other explosives are made and sold, just that long will there be boys and men to buy and use them. and just that long will there be accidents. often resulting in death in many cases. Owing largely to the different composition of the powder used these explosives are much more dangerous now than fornierly. but that has little or no effect on the de- mand for them. It is one of the draw backs of the ChristmaS holidays.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

Lake country. Monday. All tho night rider outrages. it should be remember cd. have been inspired simply by the spirit of iawlessness In relation to such matters as marketing of crops, fishing privileges and personal dis agreements. Yet earnest efforts of the State authorities in Kentucky were unaVailing for the conviction of one proven criminal after another and 1t Is freely. predicted in Tennessee iBat the Tennessee trials will be equally resultless. Public sympathy with law lessness renders the iawless immune And thus far night-riders have been as secure against punishment for whip ping women as for any other proceed ing. How much longer shall the south thus conduct itself before God, It's own conscience and the country?'
 Night riding has been responsible for much that was brutal and crimi- nal, but in nothing has 1t been moro thoroughly so than in the reported whipping of women. Not only has 1t been brutal and criminal but 60 thor oughly and essentially cowardly that one Is led to wonder that men in civilized land should be guilty of 1t. If they can be punished for none other of their crimes they should not escape the penalty for this one, Whether they can be convicted and punished for their criminal lawlessness remains to be demonstrated. but certainly the wornen-w whippers should be made to pay for their brutality.
 : This night riding Is one of the anomalies of the times. Much has been said and written about the fa-
 nous Ku Kiux organization, and the new generation cannot understand the reasons for it's existence, but it was formed and did its work under circumstances and conditions that made it bismeless in the estimation of many good people, but when its secre4 cy was taken advantage of. by the iawless and criminal element it soon fell into disfavor and went out. The night riders can bring forward no such excuse as the ku klux had, and if there is any law in the land it ought to put an end to such work Certain. ly the woman beaters should not be allowed to escape punishment
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
Cost ef ets<l Prgdactlsn.

New York Tribune. a.
 The last study of the cost of steel ,,1Sdtlctior we have Seen was containA a m The quarterly Journal of Eeos ronnics of last February. The writer, Prof J Russell smith. of the Untwerss sity of PsnnsyIvania, put the cost et Srainst i Judge cSfy's sit.7s. and the cost of a ton of steel rails at SIS te SIS as against Judge .Gafy's eetimate of moro thah ssi. Prof smiths hguress profits of the steel corporation's oper-. atIons as pointed out by Mir. Carnegie. ''The actual cost" writes Prof. SnLths steel trtst's books would De very dif. ferent" This Is because the eotporeA ti6f on its books assigns a certain share of, the profits to each stage or fine operation from the mines to the fiflished product precisely as If each step were carried on by an indepeh- 4efit producer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27

It is announced that the Sultan of Turkey wants to find somebody who will play the part that William Loeb has played in the present administra- tion. and The Chattanooga Times sug- gests that William himself is the man for the place. The suggestion is a good one, for a man who has been forced to put up with Roosevelts per fofmances should feel at ease with Abdul
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-12-27
rro Importsnt peclsIons.


 Two important decisions bearing upon the laws enacted to prevent combina- tons in restraint of trade were renv dered Wednesday; one. the decision DS the Missouri Supreme Court. busting the Standard Oil Company, the Repub- lie Oil Company and the Waters-Plerce oil Company from the State of Mis- sourl and imposing a fine of s50,000 on each of these companies for combining to monepolze the oil trade in the State; and the other. the decision 0f the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia condemning Samuel Gompers to one year of Imprisonment and John Mitchell and Frank Morrison each, to six months Imprisonment. for con tempt of court In violating the order enjoining them from ,boycotting the products of St. Louis stove company.
 These cases have a family resenl- blance. in that the actions passed upon by the courts were intended to control trade and force it to move in certain channels created by individuals and not by natural causes or by law. lt can be said in behalf of the labor leaders that they contended that their action was merely an expression Of the freedom of action guaranteed to every they professed not to be knowingly violating the law. They still believe that no valid law has been violated by them. The court holds that they were and arc mistaken. and that
 "The laws's command has been to stand hands of until the Justice of this matter can be ascertained; but there has been determined, defiant conflict precipitated in the light of open day, between the decrees of a tribunal ors dained by the government of the Fed%