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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07

department against concealed
alcohol 10 proprietary and
patent medicine, resulted in
agitation for Legislation requir-
ing the publication Of the In
gradients uxed and awakened
tho church and secular press to
the danger lurking in medicines.
Through departmental work.
laws have been passed in eigh
tesn states, prohibiting the sale
Of intoxicants on fair grounds,
gambling, Objectionable shows,
and distribution OF impure
literature has been largely sup
pressed. Forty one states
publish state papers devoted en-
tirely to W. G. r. U. interests,
and thousands OF columns are
filled weekly in other newspa-
pers by the local press superln-
tendents.
The w. @. T. u. has over forty
working departments ell work
ing for the good and upbuilding
of humanity. It will still con.
tinue to protest against the
legalization Of all crime, especial
~ that Of prostitution and liquor
selling. II will continue to pro-
test against the government
receiving revenue for liquor
sold in prohibitory territory,
either local or state, and against
all completely Of the federal
government with the liquor
traffic. 1t will still continue to
work for the protection of the
home against it's enemy, the
liquor traffic, aud the redemp D.
ton of our government from
this curse, which redemption
can come only, we believe, by
the prohibition OF the manu-
facture and sale OF intoxica ting
liquors as g. beverage. It il
pledged to the highest interests
Of the great Institutions Of the
world-the home, the school,
the church, the state.
The Woman's Chris tian Tenn
perance Union is an organiza-
ton of christian women banded
together for the protection of
the home, the abolition of the
liquor traffic, and the triumph
Of Christ's Golden Rule in Gus
tom and ia law. The require
ments for membership are:
Sign the total abstinence pledge
pay one dollar per year dues,
and wear the badge, q small
bow Of white ribbon.
Pledge
| hereby solemnly promise,
God helping me, to abstain from
all distilled, fermented aud malt
liquors, including wine, beer
an d cider as q beverage, and to
employ all proper means to dis
courage the use of, and traffic
in the same.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07
Notice to Contractors

The school board OF Howard
school district, Charles Mix
county. South Dakota will re
cieve sealed bids for the erec
ton aud completion of . school
house on an old site and founda-
ton Of southwest corner OF Sec.
~ 96 "a, until Saturday, August
%, 1905 IT IL o'clock noon.
Specifications for saiG building
can be had ~ the Office Of the
chairman Of the board VIM
Tmm.
The bDard reserves the right
10 reject any ana oil bids.
Dated this 18th day OF July 1908
Charles Kalina.
Clerk
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07

A certified check for one-fourh Of thu amountb BIZ must accompany each bid check 70
b. made ayableh lhe order of U.s. Indian agent Yanknn aaency.A EparaSh bid mMNM
for each allotment. The eaed enveopesc containing bids sh0ad not have not
a Mereond escfptnns OF tn and 70 which the bids rte but here shall he noted on
such envAopest the damu po which the m aet 70 be opened. Envelopes ccntsintns bds
be marked Bid IN Inherned Indian Land" or bid IN Noncompetent Indian
Land" ad the date Of sale marked thereon and sddruedo the undersgnsd ~ Green
wood q D
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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07

x0I0 ooods. Embroideries. Lace.
1lrt yS1lot Pattorns. Bolts. Gloves. An
~ 4mnt otock justin. Also ! fine stock
% General Merchandise that Is
Dlofo M ploaso. W. want everybody to
c1l1 4Ind inopoct our stock.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07
List Of Inherited Indian Land

f., ,ae a. ~ nice of he United States Indian Agent Al
Cnenwood, S. D., subject 10 approval By A< Secretary 81 IN
Interior unde, rules and regulations governing tie sale IF Inhes-
lied Indian Land, a. fouosps
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1908-08-07
Threshins Outfit For Sale

Nearly new engine and separa-
tor complete. easy terms-A.
Grimes.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
An Easy Shave.

The other day man walked into a barbers shop, deposited upon table a number of articles which he took from a satchel, and arranged them with artistic care.
 This is pomade," said the visitor. 'I am well supplied" said the barber. This is bears grease"
 'I am full up with bears grease" Here Is some fine bay rum."
 Don't doubt it, but I make my own bay rum and put on foreign labels. No- body knows the difference"
 Here is some patent cosmetic for the mustache." T know it is for the mustaohe. also for the whiskers, and all that, but I'm thor oughly stocked and reeking with cosmetic at present"
 Here are an electric brush, duplex elliptic hair dye, lavender water, and a patent face powder"
 'I don't want any of them"
 "I know you dont.''
 Then why do you ask me to buy them?"
 T did not ask you to buy them. Did I say anything to you about buying them?"
 Come to think of 1t, you didn't
 "I did not come here to sell anything I only wish to let you know that I pos sess all the toilet articles that 8 gentle man has any business with. Now give me any easy shave without asking me to buy anything"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
WHEN YOU MEET SYMPATHY.
Advice From Every One When You
 Have Something in Your Eye.

From tho New York Sum-
 There is just as strong an attraction for the average person in seeing some one with an infiamed eye as there is in see ing some unfortunate who has bad toothache. The average person cannot refrain from giving advice.
 Whats the matter? Got something in your eye7'
 I guess so,~ grunts the sufferer.
 Perhaps it's only a, cold?" suggests the other.
 ''Uh-huh' remarks the wearied, af- ficted one.
 Now what you want to do is to go to a drug store and get the man to put in an eyestone. Thatll get it out.'
 Lust had that done"
 Well, if were you I'd go see an ocu- list"
 The programme is almost invariable. Every one says the same thing in about the same way, and at about the 20th repe- tition it begins to be tiresome.
 The Fist person is apt to get a pretty sharp fetort, which makes him sayt
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
CEREMONIES
 WHILE CROSSING EQUATOR

of the 4th each ship was fitted with large canvas tank near the forward tur- ret, so arranged that from tilting bar ber's chair on the rim of the turret the one to be initiated could be tumbled head over heels into the water which. as 1t leaked out, was being constantly renewed by several lines of hose All those to face Father Neptune were sure of a good cool bath, if nothing more.
 When the position of no latitude was reached on January 9th, the flag of the Monarch of the Sea was. broken out at the signal yardarm on evety vessel of the fleet and King Neptune, followed by his suite, boarded each ship over the bows and marched aft to the quarter-deck in the presence of the assembled crew to make his call on the admirals and cap tains, and obtain their permission to con duct his ceremonies. Great ingenuity had been shown by the old hands in preparing the many costumes necessary for the occasion, and the march aft"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

Of all the old customs of the navy the only one that will probably survive and last for all time is the initiation of lands men who cross the Line" as the equator ts called. for the first time. The ceremo- xies, like the custom itself are practically the same in all the navies of the world. but do not so far as l know, obtain in the merchant service. In an age of change, when all precedents are disre- garded and old customs and traditions forgotten, it is pleasant to know that this one, 80 long observed and which gives pleasure to so many, may still hold it's place.
 As the fleet approached the equator on the evening of the 4th of January, says Fighting Bob" in his interesting story in Hampton's Broadway Magazine for December, a messenger from Neptumus Rex boarded each vessel, interviewed tho captain, and, having received his permis- sion for His Majesty to visit him on the morrow, took his leave During the night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
A Lively "Les Miserables."
From Lippincott's.

An ambitious young Chicagoan recently city, to whom he imparted confidentially the information that he had decided to write a book" and that he would be pleased to afford the publisher the chance to bring 1t out.
 May I venture to inquire as to the na- ture of the book you propose to write?' asked the publisher very politely.
 "Oh," came in an offhand way from the aspirant for fame, ''I think of doing some thing on the line of Les Mserables' only livelier, you knowi"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

well. I was only suggesting it for vo,,r own good," not realizing that A carefrl attention to his own business would be the greatest favor under the circum- stances.
 It also may be noted that about the only thing that druggist will not charge for is'this service of extracting things from persons eyes. They will work for 20 minutes, using up rosewater or boric acid and their own time in addi- ton and then at the end won't ask for a cent when an offer of payment is made. That's what hurts the doctors business in the line of attending to eyes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22

not die then. Death did not come until six days later, and he was buried as if he had died a normal death.
 The crime might never have been dis covered had not the family begun to quar- rel among themselves In their moments of excitement they said certain things which came to neighbors' ears, and finally an anonymous letter was sent to the po- lice at Ignancourt.
 An inquiry was started, and it led to the arrest of the mother, Helene and Anita, and the latter's lover. The body of the dead man was disinterred, and the ex- animation revealed the presence of poll sor.
 At the trial the mother declared she had had no hand in poisoning her hus- band, but 1t was shown that she had en- couraged her daughters. The daughters Helene and Anita told different stories, each blaming the other.
 Finally the court sentenced the mother to six years hard labo Helene was found guilty by the jury, who, however, considered that she had acted without discernment. As she was under IS years of age she was ordered to be kept In prison until she attained the age of 20
 Anita who appeared in court with baby in her arms-it had been born In prison-was acquitted, with her lover.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
OFFICE SPACE IN THE BROWN-MARX ANNEX
 FOR. RENT

We are now renting office space in the Annex to the Brown Marx Bldg, which will be ready for occupancy on April 1. Persons desirous of securing rooms in this building can see plans at our office. Par tition changes will have to be indicated now in order to be made without additional cost.
 BROWN BROS. 6 GO.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-11-22
Why He Didn't Have to Work,

From the Catholic Standard and Times
 "Eut." said the good old lady, why don't you go to work?'
 Why, ma'am," began the disreputable old loafer, "yer see, get a wife an Ave children to support"
 'Isut how can you support tl~us if you dolt go to work7"
 "As I was a-sayin, lady, I got wife an five children to support me-"
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-19
Department Of Agriculture.

The Department of Agriculture
has recently issued number OF
publications for the benefit of the
cotton growers of the South.
These publications are not theo-
retical but have been largely COM
piled from practical knowledge in
farming.
Among these books may be
mentioned, Diversified Farming
in the Cotton Belt" giving a gen.
eral description OF the soil, clim-
attic conditions, methods of farm
ing that are proving successful in
the South and are practiced by
the most successful farmers.
"A Successful Alabama Diver
sifcatIon Farm" describing how
well hogs and alfalfa succeed to-
gether ON what is known as black
waxy land.
ga Successful Southern Hay
Farm" telling of the unusual
success made by one farmer on a
one-horse hill farm.
"Cowpeas," giving the latest
development in cowpea culture
and showing how it is fast taking
its place among the commercial
products of the farm by use of
improved implements in harvest
ing and threshing the vines.
Building up a Rundown Cot
ton Plantation" telling of an old
cotton plantation which yielded
only one-fourth of a bale of cotton
in 1905, and in 1907 yielded with
out commercial fertilizer of any
kind more than a bale of cotton
to the acre.
These publications will prove
valuable to the practical and
thoughtful cultivator and can be
secured free of all charge on ap-
plIcation to the Secretary of
Agriculture, Washington, ID. G..
This information is furnished in
the hope that farmers may avail
themselves of such an opportunity
to acquire valuable knowledge
that may be put into practical
effect.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-19
Schedule Of the
$.A L0UISIAN A
NSN &
A RK A NSAS
~ RAILWAY CO.
always on Time. I"

CORRECTED TO OCTOBER 10TH, 1907:
s:sI pm " St. Louis, Mo. 7:1s am ar
Via St.L.I.M.&S.l
Mol No.
s:l5 amly Hope, Ark. s:5s pm ar
$40 am Stamps, Ark. ESQ pm
IL :25am 6:55am lv Minden, La IL :20pm 7:25pmar
II :seam 7:l0am Sibiey, l2:O6pm 7:lOpm lv
IO:50am 6:2Oam lv Shrevep't l0:50am5: 55pmly
3:o5pm II loan ar via vs&P s:e5pmlo.5opmar
II :5sam 7:l5am lv Sibley 11:45am7 :60pmly
l:42pm s:5lam ar Chestnut 10:0sam 5:l2pm "
2:50pm l0:O0am ar WINFIELD s:04am 4:0opm "
4:{5pm IL :s0am ar Jena 7:Ooam 2:oOpm Nv
s:Ocpm II seam ar Alexandria 7:Ooam l:45pm Nv
s:30am arrive New Orleans 6:30pm leave
IT. & p. Ry)
When You travel go via the Louisiana and
Arkansas Railway. Our track is laid with 20
ID. steel rails and gravel ballast-Our equip
ment is new and first class-and last, but not
least, our motto is Ever on time"
The Louisiana a. Arkansas Railway makes
close connections with the following Roads at
At Hope, Ark with st LIN & s. Frisco Sys-
TEN.
At Stamps. Ark, with St L s W Gotten
Belt Route.)
At sibiey, La, with vs&P Queen and
Crescent Routel 5 L &
At winnheid with G & P Ry., L r Co
and I & G railroad.
A exandria, La, with & P Ry, st L I N &
Ry-, ST LW 4 G Ry-, 4 & n Co., Southern
Pachc.
At Georgetown, La. with st LIM&s.
Through tickets on sale to all points.
II. s. HUMPHREYS,
Agent, WINFIELD, La.
b. s. ATKINSON,
q. p. A. Texarkana. Ark
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-19

Many peaches usually are i'm
perfectly set and fall in June.
Wait till the June drop is over
and then if the trees are still too
full thin out so that they will not
be less that six inches apart on
the limbs. For setting strawberry
plants the land must be well
plowed aud put IN good order,
and above all should be fertile.
or heavily fertilized. The large
strawberry growers on the South
Atlantic coast use a fertilizer
composed of 900 pounds acid
phosphate, 900 pounds of cotton
seed meal. 100 pounds of nitrate
of soda and 400 pounds of muriate
of potash to make a ton, and OF
this use 1000 pounds per acre,
half in the furrow and half broa d
cast. Run burrows four feet
apart and apply the fertilizer and
turn furrow from each side,
making a bed or ridge. Flatter
this with light roller and then
set the plants Is inches apart
This can be done in early spring
or in late summer or fall.-South.
ern Agriculturalist.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-19
AGRICULTURAL NOTES.

The tennessee Supreme Court
holds that hogs escaping from the
owners field onto the land of an
adjoining owner through a defec-
tive partition fence, which it was
the duty of the adjoining owner
t. keep in repair were not run
ing at large" within the meaning
OF a statute of that state making
1t unlawful to allow live stock to
run at large.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-19
Good Results In Potato Spraying

Good Results In Potato Spraying
The Vermont Agricultural Ex-
pertinent Station is conducting a
series of potato spraying tests.
Potatoes grown on sandy land
spi aged with Bordeaux mixture
gave an increase over similarly
grown unsprayed plants of % per
cent in total yield and 81 per cent
in marketable tubcrs, while pota-
toes grown on cIayey land gained
IA per cent in total yield and IS
per cent in marketable tubers as
q result of spraying over similarly
grown unsprayed plants. The
Bordeaux did not appear to injure
the potato foliage in any way; on
the other hand it seemed to exert
q tonic effect on the plants. aside
from its fungicilsI and insecticid-
al value.-So. Agriculturalist.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1908-06-19
fremont & Gulf Ry. Co.

Effective March S. 1908. Between fremont and
WINFIELD.
Daily No. ?, leaves WINFIELD 5 p. M, Chat
hamville 6:ss p. m, Eros 7:0j p. m, arriving
fremont 7:45 p. m.
Daily No. !. leaves fremont e:I5 a m, Eros
e:5l a. m, Chathamville l0:l5 a. m, arriving
Winfield Il:5S a. m.
Daily, except Sunday, No. 80, local freight,
1901 p. IN.
Daily, except Sunday. No. 81, local freight
leaves fremont a. m, arriving l2:lO p. m.
Train No. connects at fremont with v. s. &
7. trains from Monroe and Shreveport. Train
No. connects at fremont with v. g. p.
trains to Monroe and Shreveport.
ALFRED MEAD,
General Passenger Agent,
winnield La.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-11

In dry weather. But by far the best way ia not 70
use your cottonseed for manure. II you are not
situated 30 that you can exchange them for meal
and hulls then feed the whole seed. for be assured
1hat stock feeding must be practiced II We are
ever to get away from the complaint that we
nave poor land. II Jour land stays poor Il Is
your fault.
Make Your Yard and Home Look Better
men determine that now and hereafter you will
nave q good garden and plenty Of vegetables for
your family all the year through a. l have sug-
gested. Get your wife and daughters plenty OF flow
er seed and plants for decoration, and determine
10 have an ornamcntcd home that your children
VIII love. and not a bare. implanted house stand
Ing In a cotton field. One OF the saddcst sights
to the traveller In the South 10 the great number
OF houses In villages and ON the farms Imprinted
or unwhite-washcd. Whi,c-wash 10 cheap. and the
out-buildings on the farm will DO all tho better
Tor a coat. and how people can live con,en,ed In a
house that has never been painted. has no lawn.
and no shrubbcry. trees or flowers about II. ! can
not comprehend No wonder the boys raised In
such surroundings wander on and seek better
conditions. for a man cannot love an old unpaint-
cd house standing with cotton fields up TO the
door. Lfc under such conditions 10 hardly worth
living.
Neat Appearance Has . Money valuc.-Thcn.
too. aside from making tho place homc-like. there
In a further money value In lawns. trees and now
crs. Take two farms Of the same alto and quail
ity. ono with tho bare Implanted house. and the
other we'll painted and adorned with pretty grass.
trees and flowers. and n neat driveway. Bring
those two farms under tho ham mcr and I know
that tho ornamcnssd place will bring more dol
lars for every acre because OF ,,a attractive APP
pcarancc. w. +. MASSEY.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-11
value. None OF our friends say whether their
bushels were shelled corn or ears.

value. None OF our friends say whether their
bushels were shelled corn or ears.
Corn can be more p~roftably grown on a clover
sod on which the farm manure Is spread broadcast
In winter. and a good rotation of crops followed.
Extra crops. made by lavish use Of fertilizer. are
seldom made at a profit. 1t Is far better to grad
ually reach the one hundred bushel point by the
regular development Of the productivity of the
soil through a good rotation and the feeding of
live stock. We are glad to see farmers make one
hundred bushels of corn per acre. but had rather
see them do 1t through the permanent improve
ment OF their land than by buying corn in the
shape Of fertilizer at fancy prices. Far better
make every acre a 'brag acre"
A Hundred Bushels an Acre 1t . Profit
would suggest that in trying for premium crops
through the use Of fertilizers farmers should take
another acre alongside and cultivate In the same
way without fertilizer. They can thus ascertain
what the increase was worth or what 1t cost them.
All over the South there are thousands Of
acres OF land that can be brought up through good
farming to make one hundred bushels Of corn per
acre and to make It at . pront. not on . brag
acre. but all over the field. But It will not be
done by paying $3.50 q ton for s-2-2 fertilizer
for the corn. w. F. MASSEY.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1908-04-11

young. Then tho low trees arc % easily sprayed.
tho fsui, In easily harvested and they do not blow
over easily ~ those With a great leverage Of
trunk do.
That Parable III Mr.. nigrnan should be- studied.
Tho only way for n farmer to got out OF paying
bis prices for long credit In 10 hav. something
In sell all tho year round. and then he will have
Tho cash 10 pay for what hc has To buy. lie can
grow cotton cheaper than ha Affection nc,ghhor
because he psym less for fertilizers and every
'hsng else he uscs. This man who haa fat cattle
10 acli In sprlng does not need 10 80 In debt to
start his cotton crop. and II no has plenty of
cured bacon In his smoke-housc IL viii always
brsn. the cash winter or summer.
IBID Il ray--A farmer put 33t<0 worth Of
manure and fertilizer on an aero OF corn. This
would pay for about foriy..ix bushels OF corn at
scvcn,y-nvc cents a bushci. and that In a high
price for corn. Now II seems to me that land that
would. With shis fertilization. make ninety-one
bushels pcr acre. would have made more than
twenty-five bushels per acre without II. Hut IL II
would max. Is bushels per acre. tho farmer paid
IS cents a bushrl for tho rest OF tho crop. allowing
that tho crop used all tho fertilizer. course tho
manure has n considerable residual value IN the
land. What I wish TO imprcss In that | move,
could make a pront In using commercial fertilizer
of a complete mixture on corn. Tho Increase u
usually simply buying corn At a good round price,
II Ia all very nice TO make ninety to one hundred
bushels of corn per aero. but II In FAR better TO
make hf,y bushels At a prom, than TO pay seventy
nvs cents moro In fertilizers.
Another farmer made eighty bushels per acre
on two acres. with three applications OF fertilizer.
and believes tina, 1, paid. II II paid on two acres.
why no, on twenty? think that our friends VINO
are trying for brag acres would learn much them
selves and teach the rest OF us something. II they
viii give an equal area alongside the brag acres
" -. ..saut Nth the fertilizer lett out,
and only the advantage OF n pea stubble. and from
his ngurc out what the Increased crop has cost.
Exact measurement and good bookkeeping. ana
M guess work. and we may learn something OF