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The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
AS A NATIONAL LEGISLATOR

That Senator Kittredge's course as
q national legislator Is in keeping with
the policies of the present national
administration is no cause for wonder
on the part of those who are best &C
Quainted with him-indeed, it would
be a source of amazeIent were his
course otherwise. From the beginning
of his legislative career he has shown
that his sympathies are with the peO-
pie. In the session of the South Da-
kota senate in 1890, he supported the
bill providing for declaring combina-
tons, contrivances, agreements and
trusts in restraint of trade unlawful
and imposing heavy penalties for
the same session he also supported a
bill compelling railway companies to
pay double damages for property de-
stroyed through negligence on the
part of their employees, If not settled
within sixty days from the date of de-
mand.
During h six years that he has oc-
cupied q seat in the United States sen
ate, Mr.. Kittredge has supported
every material provision championed
by the advocates of genuine reform
aimed to give the federal government
adequate control owe corporations.
Among the more important pieces
of legislation that bear his imprint
are the following: The railroad rate
law; the oleomargine act; the pure
food act; the act Of February IL
(1eO3) providing for expediting the
disposition of antitrust cases IN the
federal courts; the establishment OF
the department of commerce and Ia
Dor, and the reduction of the cost of
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
THE ISSUE.

Senator Kittredge voted against al
lowing Reed Smoot, the Mormon apos-
tie, to retain his seat in the United
States senate, and no man, either
writer or legislator, has more clearly
defined the issue than has Senator
kittredge in the explanation of his
vote on this subject. 1t is not a ques-
ton of church relationship, as Mr..
Kittredge pointed out. nor one of form
or manner of worship, BUT 1T IS A
QUESTION OF POLYGAMY.
Briefly stated, the Mormon church
cried out for quarter during that per-
iod when the western jails and peni-
tentiaries we're filed with Mormon
~polygamists. The federal government
offered to yield provided Utah would
become q state upon the specific con.
stitutional pledge to abolish polygamy
forever. The church itself, to show
it's good faith, issued a manifesto"
to this effect. Ttt.h was admitted to
statehOod-and the federal laws were
No longer applicable to polygamy.
No sooner has this been accomplish
ed than the Mormon elders and apos-
ties returned to their polygamous
practices. In the course Of time Utah
elected q polygamist to the lower
house of congress, but that body re-
iected him. IIen the church sele Ct
ed Reed Smoor for the senata. be-
cause it could not be proven II It he
hae a harem. lie asked for admission
to the highest legislative body in ex-
istence upon the ground that Mormon
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

The Turner County Herald thinks
1t isn't fair to go into the past too
much, and thinks that after all it does
not really matter how Kittredge or
Crawford voted five or Ten years ago.
The Herald is wrong. It matters a
good deal. It has been shown that
Mr.. Crawford in times gone by when
he was trusted betrayed his cOnstitu-
ents, broke his pledges. and voted
with the corporations. He did it on
the gross earnings tax law. He did it
on the amendment to elect senators
by direct vote of the people. He did
it on the anti trust bill. He did it
on taxation matters. 1t is fair to
presume that If he has become good
all at once he has done SO for a pur-
pose, and that when that purpose Is
accomplished he will backslide to his
old idols. A mans record is the cas-
ure Of what he will be in the future.
Mr.. Kittredge does not try tododge his
record, and Mr.. Crawford would NOT,
II he were not afraid Of it.
II Mr.. Crawford foes not explain
his betrayal of the people on that
gross earnings tax law, the voters win
begin to think that he has no explain
alton to make. Already his defenders
have begun to say that things which
happened before 1904 do not count.
But they do. A mans character -
shown by what he does when he -
trusted; and when q man betrayS .
trust, 1t Is fair to conclude that he =
unworthy Of future trust
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

should keep their strong men in
Washington. A western man myself,
l take especial pride in seeing the
states of the west properly repre-
sentei here, where all those states
have common interests in the promo
much antagonism. l have always
found Senator kittredge no only
legal to every western interest. but,
OF account of his Intelligent compre-
hension and standing as a senator
capable of promoting those interests
to a degree quite beyond a less loyal
or less influential man.
That he has done faithful n EN-,
cient work for his state, and, IN a
broader sense, for the nation, | also
know to be true.
Ii, a word, l have found in Senator
KittredEe a faithful and effective
representative of all interests which
it has been his duty to conserve,
whether state. sectional or national.
Very few men have attained to a
position of such influence in the high
Councils of the senate in so short a
time. and l can hardly believe thai
so young a state as South Dakota,
which must necessarily ask much
from congress-. would voluntarily put
him aside for a less experienced man
who might not as few do, possess
the qualities which would give him
influence and who, at any rate, aus
require some time to attain to the
point of vantage already occupied by
Mr.. kittredge.
| have always found him loyal to
his convictions. firm in the advocacy
Of what he believed to be right. new
err easily swerved by passing aglta-
tion and ever intelligent and patriot
ic in his treatment of public ques-
tons, and such believe to be the
best type of public man.
If South Dakota must keep a re-
publican senator here | do not be-
lieve she can do better than return
MIR. kittredge and | hope that will
be done. Very Truly Yours,
H. NJ. Teller.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
SENATOR TELLER WARMLY ENDORSES
SENATOR ALFRED B. NTTREDGE

United States Senator Henry NJ.
Teller, to whose good name, during
a period of more than a quarter o1
a century of public life, there has
I've been attached a suspicion Of
faint, believes that the reelection Of
Senator A. B. Kittredge would re-
feet great credit not only upon the
state of South Dakota but upon the
nation.
Senator Teller is a democrat, it is
true, but he recognizes sterling
worth among his republican associ-
ates. The people of South Dakota
hold Senator Teller in high esteem,
knowing that he invariably acts from
a high sense of public duty. His
commentator of Senator kittredge.
therefore. is all the more forceful and
brings home to the people of this
state the great loss they would sus-
tain through 4 retirement of Sen
ator kittredge from the United States
senate. Senator Teller's letter fol
lows
Senator TelIer's Letter
United States Senate, Washington.
L. c., April %, 1908.
Mr.. F. j. Cory, Sioux Falls. S. D.,
Dear Sir:-I have felt considerable
concern owe the report in the news
papers that Senator Kittredge is
meeting with serious opposition to
his reelection.
l hope these reports are without
foundation. and that if there is a
basis for them. the senator will be
able 10 overcome all obstacles and
that he will be triumphartly return
eG.
Ny interest in the subject is based
upon direct observation of Mr.. Kit
treGge's career as a senator and up
on my desire that the western states
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
NELSON ON
Minnesota's Senator udtaler sin hole
Agtelse for Senator kittredge's
Fortjenester.

bet err en- bekiendt Sag, at de NEST
haardnakkede Bestrebelser er ivarksat
af Insurgenterne, hvis Formal Diet er,
at faa stillet Skandinaverne i Staten
mod Senator Kittredge under den falske
Paastand, at han like er i Sympathi
med Diet almindelige Folk. Dette Wide,
ifolge Sagens egen Natur we're den NEST
naragtige Holdning in Mand / den Of
fentlige Tieneste kunde indtage, og
medens vi anser Skandinaverne at we're
~foroplyst Folk til at fatte Tiltro til
sligo e~lendige Rygter eller Paastande
saa turde det hende, at en- Del kan
have antaget denne Paastand for at
ware sand, da I"nsurgenterne gjentagende
har harpet paa den.
For at forebygge Tiltro til denne
Paastand og for at g~iendrive denne In
surgenternes Usandhed hidsettes ct
Brew fra den bekjendte S~knaainav,
Minnesota's a~ervardige Senator, knute
Nelson, som hcrved overlades til Lee
serens Betragtning.
For at komme til Kundskab ON Sen
ator Kittredge's Holdning i denne Hen
seende skrev Hr. John Reierson. Presl-
lent af den S~kandinaviske republican
ske Liga i Dawson County, ct Brev til
Minnesota's Senator, j hvilket han
fremsatte nogle S%porgsmaal angaaende
Senator Kittredge's holdning overfor
offentlige Sporgsmal, som er af direkte
Interesse for Folket, og bad ham bes-
ware dem for Statens Skandinavers
Welcoming.
Hr. Reierson's Brew og senator Mel
SON. Svar folger:
Hr. Reierson's Brew.
Mitchell. S. D., March %, 1908.
Hon. Knute Nelson,
Washington, D.. G.
Hoisterede:
vi er midi oppe i en- Valgkamp i sgd
Dakota for Forenede Skaters Senator.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
"HIs WORD NEEDS NO BOND"

"His word needs no bond. He Is
absolutely free from cupidity, n his
adherence Of graft in any form, big
or petty, is manifest in his every act.
His temperament is ph!egmatic in ap'
pearance only; he is highly sensitive,
appreciative, c~onsiderate, and possess
es the finest sensibiIities. Petty
and tricks Of deception are
foreign to his nature. He has none
of the arts Of the small politician or
petty demagogue, and is incapable OF
the betrayal Of a trust, deceiving
those who place their confidence in
him, or wilfulIy inrlicting punishment
on those who despitefuliy use him.
Thes are traits Of a great character
which tell in the life Of a public man,
and they account for the wonderful in
fluence which Senator kittredge al.
ready yields in congress-, and make
it safe to predict that at the close Of
another term of service in the senate
he will have few peers in that body"
Extract from two-coIumn article in
Washington Herald, April S, 1908.
Senator k~ittredge's standing with
the national legislators is only what
would be expected from a mar of his
character. His word needs no bond
Mr.. kittredge was a member of the
South Dakota senate in 1891, the year
when the populists and democrats
combined, outnumbered the republic
ans, yet, Notwithstanding the tension
growing out of the partisan sentiment
of the times, there was neither a pop
ulist nor a democrat associated with
the senator in legislative work who
would not readily accept Mr.. Kilt
redge's word with regard to legisla-
tive matters. What was true with re-
spect to the session of 1891 is like
wise true concerning all other legis-
lative bodies Of which he was a mem
ber-his associates learned that his
word needs no bond.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

ism is a religion and that he, himself,
is not a polygamist. hence there is
neither statutory nor constitutional
provisions barring him from partici-
patton in the affairs of the govern
ment. Upon that phase OF the ques-
ton. Senator Kittredge, in a speech
at Salem April IS, 1908, said, sum-
ming up the whole argument against
Shoots contention:
"My answer then was, and is to-
night, that the power and authority
Of the senate Of the United States is
not thus limited. On the contrary, it
has the poWer and authority, and it is
it's duty to say to the Mormon people
Of Utah: you made a solemn promise
to, and agreement with, President
Harrison some years before, by which
you pledged your honor that II he
would forgive the past, you would live
the Good, clean lives which should
prevail in this fair land Of ours. You
have broken that agreement. So long
as your agreement is broken, 50 long
as you fail to keep your word, the
senate Of the United States will not
permit a Mormon apostle to have a
senate They said to me: Reed
Smoot is not a p~olygamist. He has
only one wife, and the record SO
shows They said further: He be-
Iieves in %polygamy. It 10 a tenet Of his
religious faith, and through that pro-
vision Of our federal constitution
every man is given freedom in the
matter Of religious belief Ny answer
Their was and is tonight that our faith
ers in framing that provision IN our
constitution had In mind the Christian
religion, and not an alleged religion
whose fundamental tenet Is based up.
on immortality prohibited by law. For,
from the very beginning the Mormon
people-no matter what their creed
may behave been taught, from the
cradle to the grave, pollution in the
home. It has not been my good for.
tune to have a home Of my own, but
90 long as ! remain in the senate my
voice shall be raised and my vote
shall be given In favor Of the purity
Of the American home: They say
that II Is not an issue. They made it
an issue. And, II they did not, the
question Of the purity Of the home is
always an issue"
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
Senator Nelson's Svar.

Washington, D. c., April 2, 1908.
Hon. John Reierson,
President Skandinavisk- Republican,
ske Liga, Dawson County, Mitchell,
s. D.
Hoisterede:
Deres Brew af den 2Sde Mars med
Foresporgsel ON mine Anskuelser ON
hester og Kvalifikationer som Senator,
og ON han har arbeidet i Harmoni med
Presidenten, har jeg modtaget.
Idet jeg besvarer onsker jeg at sige,
at, forsaavidt SON jeg we'd, har han I'M
derstottet allie de vigtige Forslag, som
er bleven anbefalet af Administration.
/ Serdeleshed var han aktiv j at frem-
hielpe Vedtagelse af J~ernbanetakst
Billen, og paa Diet Omraade var han
fuldstendig i Harmoni med Presidenten,
og forsaavidt Diet er mig bekiendt ny
der han Presidenten's IS, saavelson Sex
refer Taft IS fulde Tillid. / allie de store
off ntlige Sporgsmal, kan jeg sige, har
han altid veret paa den Side som jeg
kalder Reform og paa Folkets Side.
Han slider meget ner mig j Senatet og
l~eilighedsvis raadforer han sig med mig
om offentlige sporgsmaal naar disse
kommer op til Behandling, og jeg kan
neppe gjenkalde i Erindringen ct en-
este Tilfelde, hvor han like har ind
taget Diet samme S%tandpunkt og fulgt
den samme Rettesnor SON jeg. Faktisk
talt, saa har jeg altid folt, at jeg kunde
stole paa ham til at hjelpe mig til at
faa gjennemfort Lovforslag, som jeg
har anseet at have veret for Folkets
GAVIN.
Senator Kittredge er en- at de NEST
energiske og arbeidsomme Medlemmer
af Senatet. Jeg har gjordt Tjeneste
med ham j fere Aar i Justitskomiteen,
som har at behandle ale vigtige Low
og Konstitutionssporgmaal, og jeg har
altid fundet hans Rad sunde og KRAFT
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

tige og har altid fundet ham rede til at
fatte liberale Anskuelser ON ale
Sporgsmaal som gjaldt Folkets Rettig
heder. Hans Anseelse j Senatet er
udmerket: faktisk talt STAIR ingen af
de yngre Senatorer i bedre Ry eller har
tiere Venner i denne Forsamling. I
hvorvel Senator Kittredge like gjor For
dring paa at we're nogen Orator, saa
er han i alt Diet haarde Arbeide som er
forbundet med At dame og. forberede
Lovforslag, og faa dem i tilborlig Or
den for endelig Afgjorelse, saa aktiv,
noiagtig og energisk som nogct Med
lem af denne Forsamling.
bet err min Mening, at eders unge og
blomstrende Stat er meget lykkelig, i
Sandhed, we'd al have saadan en- dyg-
tig R~epresentant Senatet som Senator
Kittredge.
Med Agtelse,
(undert.) KNUTE NELSON.
For English translation Of Senator
Nelson's endorsement see opposite
page hereof.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08
THE LUMBER INVESTIGATION

Senator kittredge is directly re-
sponsible for the investigation of the
great lumber trust. Early in his SEN
atorial career he had become on
WINGED that less than a half dozen men
had their fingers upon the lumber sup
ply Of the country and that they actu-
ally controlled both the wholesale and
the retail prices through a system of
blacklisting those dealers who re-
fused to accede to the demands of
the trust. He offered a resolution for
an investigation by the department of
commerce and labor, and supported
the same by a speech in which he dis
combination. The disclosures at
tracted wide attention and formed the
basis of a movement by the federal
authorities which warrants the belief
that much good will result therefrom.
Much of the testimony (being of a
confidential nature) was not submit
ted to congress, but as soon as the
resolution passed, the senator turn
ed owe to the department a mass of
evidence which greatly facilitated the
investigation. Within sixty days at
ter the adoption OF the resolution the
price Of lumber began falling. With
respect to this, he said in his recent
speech at Salem:
LAS long as ! stay in the senate |
will stay with that proposition until
the prices Of lumber shall be forced
to such a point that it is just and
fair and reasonable for our people,"
In his speech in support of the reso-
luton, Senator Kittredge said thai
while the existence Of the trust can
not properly be ascribed to the tariff,
nevertheless he would vote for the re-
peal of the customs duty at his first
opportunity. 1t should be borne in
mind that under the constitution all
measures for the modification OF tariff
schedules must originate in the lower
branch of congress.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

The characteristics which have won
distinction for Senator kittredge az
h national capital are but the devei-
Opment OF traits which marked his
youth.
Born in the little town of Nelson,
In Cheshire county, N. H., March 70,
1861, Mr.. Kittredge spent the first
tending school only about four months
OF each year, as was usual for boys
associated with the exactions OF farm
work. Then, having an ambition to
acquire an education, he went to live
with the family of the Congregational
minister at the county seat, where he
studied Latin, Greek and mathemat-
Yale college. Graduating from this
institution in 1882, he studied law
and graduated from the law depart
ment OF Yale in 1885, at the age OF
twenty-four.
He became noted for industry and
perseverance before entering his
~'teens," and as a farm lad he per-
dertook. In his college life these
characteristics were further developed
until it was generally said of him by
his associates that " he works all the
time"
Clean Private Life.
Soon after finishing his collegiate
course he became a resident of Sioux
Falls, where he quickly attained to
high rank as a lawyer. Although he
has been prominent in public at
fairs for more than twenty years,
and despite the act that partisan and
factional feelings have frequently
been intense. no man in his home
town has ever risen to question Sen
ator Kittredge's business or profess
sional integrity or to breathe a word
of criticism of his private life.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-05-08

will grow stronger in the state from
day to day, and that he will win, as
he should, in the contest of the 9th
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-10-22

Kingstree-J B Gamble, J>G McCut-
chen, P A Alsbrook.
Gear swamp H Tisdale. } Ed
Brown. ) 4 Mccullough.
CadeS-J l. McFadden J f McFad-
den, r + EppS.
er. Walker Mar-hall:
Eox-E + ProSser, W G Stone, A J
Altman.
McAliSter' Mill w A Webster. A
W Rodgers. Jeff Matthews.
Hebron Church-S W Baker, J w
DuBose, R E McElveen.
Indiantown-D E McGutchen, II E
Hanna, W Il Graham.
Lake City, L Stuckey.G T Rollins,
c F Flowers.
Muddy Creek-N VI Venters, ID w
Simmons. W III Harmon.
Scranton-R E Lee. R B Cannon, W
E Coward
Prospect Churchill r Huggins,
Walter Poston, T E Humphrey.
Poplar Hill-W cooper Snowden, B
J Chandler. T Hanna.
Taft-R J Morris, ) f Mccullough,
j NJ Brown.
Bloomingvale-W o Camlin, R W
Smith, w B Morris.
The Managers at each precinct nam
ed above are requested to delegate one
of their number to secure boxes and
blanks for the election.
On Saturday. October 81, the State
al election commissioners will b. at
Kingstree to give out boxes. etc. 10
managers. E0"DY,
w E HANNA,
y ID LESEsNE.
Commissioners If State and County
Elections for Williamsburg County,S Z
October -. 1908.
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Tax Land Sales.

BY virtue of executions to me directed
have levied upon and will sell for cash
for Taxes on the first Monday in No
vember. being the End, 1908 next: be-
fore the Court House door in Kings.
tree, S c., the following described
land. to wit: 35 Acres, more or less. in
Anderson township belonging to p c
McClary and bounded as follows:
North by the estate T A Blakeley's s
lancs: on the east by W G Rowel's s
lands; on the south by Mrs Elizabeth
Moore's lands; on the west by J w
Registers lands.
Also
one C) lot in Lake township belonging
to Stuckey and DuRant and bounded
as follows: On the North by Winslow
Wright's lands; on the East by Darling
ton public road; on the South by Mrs
Wilfoughby's lands; on the West by
WinslOW Wright's lands.
Purchaser to pay for papers.
GEORGE j GRAHAM,
SWC
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Foreclosure Sale.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Williamsburg
Court of Common Pleas
F Rhem & Sons, Plaintiffs,

Willie NJ Duke and T Duke, De-
PENDANTS,
Bv virtue of an order to me directed
out of the court ofCcmmon pleas in the
above stated case. dated the eth day
of March, A D 1903, l will sell atpublic
auction to the highest bidder for cash
before the court house door in Kings
tree, S c.. duri.,g the legal hours of
sale on November 9, 1908, the following
described tract of land. to wit:
All that certain piece, parcel or tract
of land, lying, being and situate in
the county Of Williamsburg and State
of South Carolina, containing fifty acres
to be cut off from the west side of a
tract containing one hundred and
twenty acres whereon we, Willie NJ
Duke and TJ Duke, now live and
bounded on the North by lands of
Isaac Wall; on the East by lands of
Amy Cooper; West by lands of Gus
McCottly and South by lands OF Amy
Cooper.
Purchaser t. pay for papers.
H . BRITTON.
Clerk of Court of Common Pleas for
Williamsburg County
1O-1 h-2t
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act.

1t is told of the youth Of a young
German prince many years ago that
upon one occasion, his tutor having
been changed, the newcomer in ex-
amin;ng the young prince asked:
"Can your highness tell me how
much is nine times twelve"
"Seventy-two," replied the prince,
with royal promptness.
The tutor paled, but soon recov-
cred his equanimity.
Permit me to state to your high
ness that your highness' former tu-
tor, whom 1 have had the honor to
succeed as an instructor to your
royal highness, appears to have
been person of rather limited
capabilities" he said. - Harper's
Weekly.
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Earthquake Carpenters.

The term earthquake carpenter"
at first glance might give the i'm
preston of person capable of do
ing a job in fast time, regularly
shaking the work together. To
some persons it might convey the
idea of man whose work was so
poor that it was likely to drop to
pieces at any moment. Actually it
is a Jamaican term and really
means a man whose work is in
wrecking, a man who takes apart the
fallen houses and sorts out the tim
bers.-New York Sun.
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Notice of Sale Under
Chattel Mortgage.

BY virtue of a chattel mortgage
executed by Harry Brown to J P
Adams dated the day of
1908 and registered in the office of
Clerk of Court for Williamsburg
County on the day of 1908,
and upon which default has been
made. l will expose for sale at pub
lie auction, on the oath day of Oc-
tober, 1908, at u o'clock, M before
the Court House door in Kingstree,
S c., the property mortgaged, con-
slsting of one bay horse mule about
six wears old, one black mare nine
years old, one iron gray colt eleven
months old, two buggies, one one
horse wagon.
JAMES p ADAMS.
Dated October Is, 1908.
101S.0t