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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

1t was said in the Norton family
that Uncle Hiram had no ear for mu-
sic, as he failed to appreciate the vo-
cal efforts of his niece Margaret. But
If his ears were defective his pocket
book left nothing to be desired.
We've been talking over Margaret's
voice. said a dauntless and tactful
relative who had been delegated to APP
preach Uncle Hiram on the subject.
1T really seems as if she ought to take
lessons and practice regularly. Her
mother talks of selling a little Of her
mining stock for Margaret's sake
Uncle Hiram's keen old face wore a
mutinous expression.
Have to practice two, three hours
a day, l suppose?" he said duly.
"Oh, yes said the venturesome rel
alive. Then she had a sudden inspira-
ton.
1T would be best Of all il she could
go abroad for Two or three years. she
murmured thoughtfully, "but Of course
that is out Of the question, the ex-
s --
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
s.Finnnccd.,,

"Deah me-" Miss Mahala, who's de
swell gemmen wot don TUX yo' ont
walkin'??t'
Dat gemmen? He's de one what is
financed tub me. Mistah Johnsins.--
Baltimore American.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Accused Of Illegal VOTING,

Ludwig Nelson, a farm hand. living
some few miles north of Beresford.
was arraigned before Judge Deane
Thursday upon the charge Of voting
when not a resident of the city. and
on waving examination he was bound
over to The circuit III In the sum of
1900.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Ditch Laborers strike.

One hundred and fifty laborers,
most of them Italisns, Abandoned their
tools and quit work or the Belle
Fourche irrigation project near Belle
Fourche, and the contractors now are
looking for other men to take their
places.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Students Auto Kills Girl.

Sophie Suderman. 5 years old. was
run over and fatally injured at New
Haven. Conn, Friday by an automo-
bile owned by Huntington Smith. a
Yale student. whose home is In st.
Louis.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
E.cs OF W

The 5-year-oId son of Peter Rudd,
ST Yanlktof, whozxas accidentally shot
Wednesday, by his 3-year-old sister
With a rifle. died Thursday.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
AprII TradcI was Cootl.

Dispatches to Dun's Review ir-s-
cate little change In the geners sit
uation, the total volume of tra ! dur
ing April comparing most ~favorably
with the same month last wear.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
PRISONER EScnpcs.

Ifia sysiager- convicted OF a stat-
s,tpiy a.esSse And sentenced TO fifteen
,,ass III the ~penircntiayv at Sioux
/ sll.s. Who had secured q stay OF SEN
lee pending a hearing on an appeal,
nc from the new county Jail at
{ ambertasn and escaped.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Rroke.

HrOke.
Mrs. A.-When my husband starts
on his vacation he always tells me he
Is coming back shortly.
Mrs. And does he come back
shortly?
Mrs. A.-No, he generally comes
back short.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Bcrcsford Fair Nets $4,000.

The big Catholic fair, which closed
Saturday eight. Melted a clear profit OF
$4,000. The diamond ring, which was
donated by J.. w. Reedy, a cattleman,
was awarded to Miss Maggie Birgen
alters heatedscontest.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

Papa, what does Hon, before q
mans name mean?'
1T doesn't mean anything nowadays
ny son."-Chicaso Tribune.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
For Income TAX in oklahoma.

The Oklahoma house Friday passed
the Anthony income tax bill providing
fora graduated tax on allincomes over
$1,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

Anna Gould and Prince In Rome.
Nine. Gould and Prince Helie de Sa-
gan arrived at Rome Thursday from
Naples. From Rome Nine. Gould and
the prince will go direct to the French
Riviera.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Upsets Lamp: Dies Of Burn..N

Upsets Lamp: Dies Of Burns.N
Mrs. Elizabeth Petry, OF Upper SAN
dusky. O., arose early Thursday morn
ing and knocked over a lamp, which
exploded. She died Of burns in fifteen
minutes.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

Never You mind about the ex-
pensew broke in Uncle Hiram joyful
". IF she a go abroad-a good
long ways abroad-to take her lessons
and do her practicing I'll foot the ex-
pense."-Youth's Companion.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

There are 81 countriee in which protec.
ton is afforded to inventions. To get out
a patent in each one would cost about
$4,000.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08

The Natural Result.
I saw Blinks this morning and he
looks all gone to pieces"
What's the matter with him?,
Hes Observation-Disclosures Americas,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-05-08
Eattlcship Ncbrask. = t,r,.cc

The battlcslaip Nebraska arrived ii
la Francisco Friday frons the Bre-
merton navyyard and ~proceeded q
Mare island.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
WITH OLD TIME ELOQUENCE.
Bryan Made Speech Pleading for
Campaign Fund Publicity.

While in Washington Thursday
Col. VIM. ]. Bryan went from his
train to the capitol in time to make
a powerful speech advocating publ
city of campaign funds at the hear
ing on the subject before the house
committee on elections of president,
vice-president and representatives in
congress.
IAN election is public affair and
participation in politics is civic duty.
All arguments used in elections
should be used publicly and all
means employed to secure election
of or to defeat a candidate should
be means which one using them
would not be ashamed to have the
world know" This epitomizes the
views of VIM ]. Bryan on the sub
iect of publicity of campaign contr1-
buttons as he expressed them before
the committee.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

Nowhere on the earth does anoth-
er such gambling place exist as
finds shelter in the New York
Stock Exchange-an unincorpOr-
ated irresponsible institution. Ac-
cording to the statistics carefully
compiled by James Creelman in
Pearson's Magazine there were sold
in 1906 on the stock exchange
sol shares of stock of
the par value of $4,000, 900,
besides 665, 900 thOusand-dollar
bonds; on the Consolidated exchange
1876, 000,760 shares of stock, besides
21,569,178 shares of mining stock
and 1913, $4,000 bushels of wheat.
This does not include curb sales.
These gambling transactions amount
to over 100000, 0O0.0 00-four times
the value of the products of all the
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

D. H. Olive, chief clerk in the land
department of the state auditor 5
Office of Indiana, who has been in
vestigating records of the office, IN
Guiding those of the old Fl. Wayne
land office, relative to the condition
Of the lands which the government
has decided belong to James l.. Wei
colt of Maunee, O., said to be de-
Scendant of Chief Little Turtle OF
the Miamis, has found that they were
sold to other persons.
Mr.. Olive found no record of the
treaty with the Indians and ascer-
tanned that practically all of sections
., 8, II and Is were sold between
the years 1925 and 1845. These
purchasers disposed of the lands to
others or left them to their descend
ants, who in turn disposed of them
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
IS CALENDAR MAKERS VICTIM
February, the Month of EXpiati0n
and Publication, Mutilated
bY EmperOrs.

OF all the months of the year none
has been the victim of royal almanac
makers as has February. Not only
is it cut down to twenty-eight days
three years out of every four, but
the mutilation in the year 1900 and
again in 1900, which failed to be
lean years, started the poor month
limping away in these centuries with
only twenty-eight days instead OF
twenty-nine days.
February was one of the two
months (January being the Other)
introduced into the Roman calendar
bv Numa POmpjilius when he extend
ed the year to twelve of these perl
DDS. It's name arose from the prac-
tice of religious expiration and pur1-
fication which took place at the be
ginning of this month-febuare
meaning to expiate, to purify.
Numa let fall on February the
doom which was unavoidable, for
some one of the months, OF having
three times out of four day less
than even those which were to con-
sist of thirty days That is, he so
arranged it that it should have only
twenty-nine Gays excepting IN leap
wear; when, by the INTERPOLATION OF
day between the 23d and the 24th'
it was to have thirty days.
But when Augustus Caesar chose
to add a thirty-first day to the
month he had named Augustus, that
it might not lack in the dignity en-
loved by six other months OF the
wear. he took it away from FEB
ruary. which could leas0 spare IT,
thus reducing it to twenty-eight days
in all ordinary years.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
THE coUNrRYs GREATEST GAMBLING PLACE
Transactions Stock Exchange Reached tine
Enormous Sum OF $50 600 100000 Last Year

farms of the United States, half the
value of all the land and buildings,
one-third the census valuation of all
the wealth of every kind in the
country.
Last year there were sold on the
stock exchange 43,399,710 shares of
Reading, fifteen times the total
amount of Reading stock in exist
ence. Of the Union Pacific, Harri-
mans road, there were sold 36,751,-
500 shares, twenty times as much
as existed. Ninety-nine and one-half
per cent. of these transactions. ac-
cording to Thomas w. Lawson, are
nothing except bets that the price
goes up or down. They are as much
gambling as betting on horse race
or on the card that comes out of
the faro box or on the odd-or-even
fall of the dice.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

A Boston dispatch says the in
scriptions to be placed on the monu-
ment the United Daughters of the
Confederacy will erect to the memory
of Major Henry Wirz at Anderson
Vile has aroused considerable feel
ing among the G. A. R. men in New
England and the north. Several of
the old veterans of Boston have free
ly expressed themselves on the mat
ter. The sentence that has caused
the protest reads that Major Wirz
was "Judicially murdered at Wash
ington on Nov. 10, 1865" President
Roosevelt has been written to con-
corning the matter, and steps are be-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
THE WEBSTER COTTON KING.
Mr.. lowers Has just Begun to Gin
and Market Last Years Crop.

MIR. lowers Has just Begun to Gin
and Market Last Years Crop.
Mr.. W.. P. Jones of Webster cOun-
tyL one of the wealthy and success
full farmers of this section, is now
busily engaged ginning and mark
citing his last years cotton crop.
One of Mr.. lowers peculiarities is
that he is never in hurry to sell
cotton, and oftimes has on hand one
or two entire crops, which he holds
until the price suits him, not needing
the money particularly. Last sum-
mer he sold two entire crops of 300
bales, receiving therefore the highest
market price. He has on his planta-
ton now the entire 1907 crop, which
he is leisurly marketing and may sell
it in the summer, or carry it over
until next year should it please him
to do so. His splendid plantation
is alf-sustaining, and New York
S .a-Ea and cotton gamblers hold no
t. for Mr. lowers by manipulate
IA The markets and depressing
TrIees-
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
SCOFFER AT EDEN REBUKED.
Prof. MinOcChi Refused to Obey Vat
leans Order to Accent Genesis.

Prof. MinocChi Refused to Obey Vat
leans Order to Accept Genesis.
Advices from Rome say that pur-
suance of it's vigorous anti-modernist
campaign the Vatican has suspend
ed the Barnabite professor, Minocchi,
a well-knOwn author, traveller and
preacher, and friend of Count Toll
stoi
Prof. Minocchi, in a recent dis
course, contended that the results of
historical exegesis and the develop
ment-of science made it impossible
to further believe in the first two
chapters of Genesis. Thereupon the
Vatican severely reproved him and
ordered that, if he would avoid Sc
we're punishment, he must publicly
declare on his conscience as man
and priest his belief in the historical
value of Genesis, especially affirm
ing the truth of the story of Eden.
Prof. Minocchi objected that his
conscience would not allow him to
do this, whereupon he was suddenly
prohibited from saying mass. The
incident has caused a sensation in
Catholic circles. Prof. Minocchi is
the object of much vituperation in
the Catholic press.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
THE TERRELL RESOLUTIONS
THOSE ADOPTED BY THE COUN-
TY UNION ARE COMMENDED.
Dublin Paper Says They Should BE
Adopted by Every Farmers
Union in the South.


Union in the South.
The resolutions adopted by the
Farmers Union of Terrell County
two months ago urging diversified
ton of crops and the farmers to
keep otu of debt, and which were
printed in The News at the time,
have attracted the attention of and
been heartily endorsed by the news
papers of the state.
The Dublin Courier-Dispatch re-
produces the resolutions and makes
the following comment;
eff every Union in the south would
adopt that resolution, and abide by
it, this section would soon be the
richest on the face of the earth, and
every farmer would be prince of
wealth.
cover production in cotton always
means lack of food stuffs. The
farmers have to take less for their
cotton on account of over produc-
ton, and then have to buy supplies.
This cuts two ways.
Every county Union should adopt
| the Terrell county resolutions.
The Resolutions.
The resolutions were introduced in
the Union by our young friend Enoch
! Sawyer, an intelligent and progress
| i've young farmer and enthusiastic
and loyal Union man of the Eleventh
district. They are so timely that The
News again prints them:
Resolved, That we, the County
Union of Terrell, do hereby agree to
try diversified farming for the year
I19O8, as we believe this is the only
way to make our farms self-sustain-
ing.
Resolved, further, That we will
plant enough side crops to make our
| farms self-sustaining, and after we
do this will plant cotton on the
remaining portion of the farm. BY
so doing we will greatly curtail our
cotton acreage, and at the same time
will be in better financial condition
than we are at the present time.
Resolved, further, That with all
cotton we will continue to be
oppressed by the Wall street specu-
lator. as he we'll knows that under
the method of farming we now have
he can Cypress us, and that for the
coming year 1908 we agree to try
diversified farming.
Resolved, further, That we advise
every Union and nOnUnion man to
stay out of debt
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
NORTH GEORGIA FARMERS
Are Locating in Dougherty County.
Colony From Northwest Coming.

Are Locating in DOugherty County.
Colony From Northwest Coming.
An Albany dispatch says the land
ing in Dougherty county of twenty
five north Georgians, who have To-
Gated on one of the large ante-bellum
plantations in the western part of
that county, will be followed by the
coming of a number of other fami-
lies. The first twenty-five have
taken up their abode on the White
Hill place, twelve miles from Alba
ny, under an arrangement whereby
they are eventually to become the
owners of the land which they will
cultivate this year for the first time.
During the month OF February
there will come to DOugherty county
not only a large number of other
north Georgia farmers who have been
induced to locate here, but num-
erOus colony of northwestern agrl-
culturists. The latter will be from
several of the Lake states, and will
be brought here as the result of eX-
tensive advertising which has been
done by promoters of a Dougherty
county colonization scheme. These
new corners will occupy a tract OF
5000 acres purchased several months
ago from Judge f. f. Putney, in the
lower part of the county. 1t is all
cleared land in a high state of Gull
tivatiOn
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
LIVELY CAMPAIGN IN SUMTER.
Both Legislators Have Enough, and
VIII Retire From "Refawm."


VIII Retire From 'Refawm."
The democratic executive commit
tee of Sumter county will meet in
Americas tomorrow, Feb. s, and call
a primary for the nomintion OF
county officers, members of the legis-
lature, city court judge and solicitor
and county commissioners. This will
precipitate the warmest county cam
paign in Sumter in many years.
Representative Taylor and Dykes
of the house will not offer for re-
election. Mr.. Dykes is a candidate
for solicitor-general of the South
western circuit, to succeed Solicitor
General F. A. Hooper, who will be
opposed by James A Williams of
Americas. Judge Charles r. Crisp
of the city court of Americas will
have formidable opposition for that
Office in Hon. w. T. Lane, a member
of the Americas bar and former rep
resentative in the Legislature.
One or more of the court house
officials will have opposition, and al
together a spirited political campaign
is fully assured in Sumter.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
THE YANKEES ARE AGITATED
Up in Boston They Are Excited Over Wirz Monument
inscription and Appeal to President.

ing taken in Boston to have the SEN
tence altered.
General Miles said he thought that
it was alright to call the matter to
the attention of the proper persons.
Dr. John Dixwell, a prominent
member of Kingsley Post, G. A. r.,
of Boston, said:
81 have written personal letter
to President Roosevelt entirely apart
from my connection with the G.. A.
r., calling his attention to this dis
loyal act / don't see how sane men
and women could Tor a moment
countenance or propose to use such
a word as murder | think Presi-
dent Roosevelt will bring my letter
before congress"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
RODDY'S RACE NEARLY RUN
SUPPORTER SAYS HE DOESN'T
EXPECT HIM TO BE ELECTED.
There Is Now No Question of the
Result, But 1t Is Said the Thomas
Man Will Run 1t Through.

The Savannah News prints this in
teresting dispatch under an Atlanta
date line:
'All the reports that come from
the Second district seem to agree
that there is little question as to
the reelection of Congressman James
M. Griggs, despite the hard fight
which is being made upon him by
Judge S. A. Roddenbery of Thomas
vile.
"A prominent Roddenbery sup
porter, speaking of the situation in
Atlanta, admitted the probability of
Griggs' election, and deprecated the
fact that Judge Roddenbery had, as
he viewed it, made his fatal mistake
of pitching his campaign practically
on a single issue-prohibition. Par
ticularly did he consider this a mis-
take after the enactment of the pro-
hibition law, and when prohibition
had practically ceased to be an is
sue in Georgia.
1T is said there is no question
that Judge Griggs has been material
ly strengthened at home by securing
the most important committee APP
pointment given to democratic mem
bers-membership on the ways and
means committee of the house.
The particular interest in this
campaign has grown out of the fact
that it has been one of the most bit
terly fought congressional contests
in the state. The contest led to a
series of joint debates between Judge
Griggs and Judge Roddenbery last
fall, in which they called each other
all sorts of names.
Judge Roddenbery is still stick
ing to the race"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
COUNTESS A SHOP LITTER
She Was Caught With the Goods
On" and the Merchant Had No
Respect for Her Title.


1t is said that an Englishman loves
a Lord, and naturally you would as
sumo the love applied to other titled
folks This didn't help real Count
ess who turned shoplifter and was
caught with the goods on" her.
She hadn't with her the price of a
satisfactory settlement, so the I'M
chivalrous London shopkeeper had
her hailed into police court like any
common criminal.
The lady in distress was the Count
ess Louise Guisso, whose title is none
the less genuine because it is of Ital-
ian origin She comes of an old and
distinguished family and is wealthy
in her own right, but she simply
couldn't help storing away in her
muff a few prettye gee-gaws when
she thought no one was looking.
But it happened that some one was
looking. Iq fact, a salesman had
been specially detailed for that very
purpose and had followed her about
the shop for an hour or more. When
she finally was invited to the man
ayers office and her muff examined
it was found to contain three silk
bags, three lengths of trimming,
cigarette holder, two silk covers.
mat. two bead neck chains, an en-
broidered collar, a needlecase, and a
scarf, all to the value of $40. All
the articles bore the shops labels,
and none had been paid for. The
countess didn't have the $40, or it's
equivalent in pounds serling. She
did have tears a-plenty but the shop
keeper said he couldn't keep business
going on tears; so the countess was
in police court next day, along with
a fish-wife with blackened eye and
a drunken sailor
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
PUTACow IN GIRLS DoRMIToRY.
Goods at Staid Old Swarthmore Col
Iege Offer BOnbOns to Bossy.

Iege Offer BOnbOns to Bossy.
A Philadelphia dispatch says
Swarthmore, the staid Quaker college
community, is all a-chuckle over the
story of a cow that came to college
and was permitted to stay over night.
One night last week some of the
restless spirits in the dormitories for
boys only conceived the idea of trans
planting a Jersey milcher from the
barnyard of the college farm in the
sacred precincts of the fair sex.
At midnight the frolicsome stu
dents hoisted the COW up the steps
leading to the second floor of Parish
hall, where a portion of the co-eds
have their habitat. Half an hour
later the night Waterman was start
led by shrill cries from the second
story Rushing up the stairway he
ran rull tilt into the wanderer from
the barnyard, and was himself al
most overcome by fright before he
recognized the species of animal con-
fronting him. His efforts to remove
"Bossy" were resisted.
Then it was that the fair goods
took a hand in the game. A kimona
brigade was formed, and the girls
rushed out to proffer their sugges-
lions to the Waterman. Bits OF can
dy were tossed to the obstinate one.
The animal refused to move, and
the Waterman found it necessary to
wait until morning.
The college authorities have been
trying to learn the names of the
guilty boys in order to expel them,
but of course none know who did it.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
GIVES AWAY LAND OWNED BY MANY PEOPLE
Roosevelt Decides That Indian Descendants Should Have Va"a
bic Fort Wayne Property.

TO others or left them to their de-
scendants. The persons now owning
the lands claim clear title to them,
and considerable litigation will re-
suit if Wolcott attempts to gain pos
session of the property.
Wolcott's claim is for $40 acres
in Allen county, much of the ground
being in the heart of the business dis
trict of Fl. Wayne. President Roose-
welt has signed a deed conveying to
Wolcott his 800 acres.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05

Railway and Electric Company. Dr.
Lyndon was thrown down by the
sudden jerking of car, and sued
for damages. One of his conten-
tons was that he paid his fare and
should have been provided with a
seat, which would have made the
accident impossible, This was strick-
en- out by the lower court, as re-
suit of which the court of appeals
reversed it's decision.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1908-02-05
WILL DECKER WITH ANDY.
Americus viii EndeavOr 10 Secure
% Public Library.

Citizens of Americas have inaug-
urated a movement to secure a Car
negie library. Officials of the city
have been approached to the end of
securing the required municipal
guarantee and financial support, and
promoters of the movement feel san
guine of ultimate success. The prop
osition contemplates library build
ing costing $4,000.