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The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-04-02
At different times | think I

have read it all, but l never have
read all of it at once.
Q. In looking over the bids l
see that Big Greek Distilling Co. of
Savannah offered Won 80 proof
stuff at $50, will you explain why
you purchased Mobile Buck Gin at
$32 $33 and $34 when you could
have purchased 80 per cent at $50,
and at the same time no proof was
submitted with Mobile, buying
pig in poke:
A. l do not know; l think We
must have had the proof az the
time of purchase.
Q. There is no proof here now:
A. | do not know; we usually
had proof unless it was something
we knew about.
Q. Well, bad that been used be-
fore that time?
A. | do not remember.
Q. Had you ever dealt with
Bluthenthal & Bickert up to this
time?
A. ] don't remember; | don't
think so.
@. l notice froG the records
that you awarded Blutheathsl &
Bickert the contract 70 furnish you
rs drums of Royal Arch at prices
$s5,$3s aud $s7 for qts. pts. and
half pin.s; at the time this award
was made there was q bid on file
from Grabfelder & Co. Offering Sill
YER Brook rye, 100 proof at $50?
Do you consider it good business to
pay Bluthenthsl 4 Bickert $36 and
$37 when you could have bought q
higher proof at $3os
A. We might have overlooked
mt; ] don't remember. y
@. Do you think there was a
possibility of you overlooking many
bids?
A. No sir.
@. Did you ever buy any stuff
without bids:
A. No sir, not that | know of.
@. The records show that you
made an award of 800 cases of Stokes
county corn to Myer Pitts & Go.
and that you paid for that $s,sS.50
and 50, whereas the bid that is row
on file for the quarter beginning
November lS makes the prices $S,
So and $50. The old bid, or the
bid preceding this one, is in exact
accordance with the order you sub.
mitted on November Is and the or.
der you submitted on November Is
is not IN exact accordance with the
bid that should have been entered at
the same time. Can you explain this:
A. No sir, l do not know. May
be they had gone up on 1t from the
previous quarter.
@. If it had gone up why didn't
YOU buy 1t at that price?
A. Well,didn't We?
@. No sir, you bought in accord.
ance with the bid accepted the quar-
ter before.
A. l cannot tell you from men,
ory. We had the other bid before
US, that is all. How can l tell? l
don't remember anything about it.
@. Was the proof of Stokes
county corn submitted with the bid!
A. suppose the proof was SUBJ
mitted.
@. 1t is not in the bid.
A. think it is an established
brand.
@. Do you have any idea 1t would
analyze more than 100 per cent:
A. No sir, l never have thought
anything about that.
@. At the same time there was
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1908-04-02
New Train Schedule.

The following schedule of the
new train from Lane to Florence,
which went into effect Monday,
December II, has been furnish
ed US by MIR J P Taylor, the
courteous and efficient agent Of
the Atlantic Coast Line raj lroad
at Kingstree:
North Bound Arrives
No. so 1877 A. NJ,
mo. IS l1:42 A. NJ.
No. so 6:36 P. NJ.
South Bound Arrives
No. SO 9:l8P. VI
*No."47 5:46 P. NJ.
No. 81 1882 AN.
Daily Except Sunday.
i ~sJ .S--
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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21
Mrs. Browns Barn Burned.

Last Friday evening about 10 o'clock
the fire whistle gave notice that a
fire was under headway in the third
ward. 1t proved to be Mrs. Geo.
Browns barn and stable back of her
residence on Cedar street. A cow and
horse we're saved with some effort,
the COW getting singed before it was
removed.
All evidence goes to prove that this
fire like the elevator was of incendi-
airy origin, as was also the barn in the
rear of George Woodley's some time
ago. Men who will burn property and
thus endanger other property and per-
haps the entire town, are entitled
to no mercy when captured, and the
Canton firebugs are inviting a swift
and tragic end by their utter deprayi-
ty and violation of law. Men are un-
der suspicion and they may be inno-
cent and we hope they are, but any
more fires of an incendiary origin may
lead to terrible consequences. We
hope the last fire of this character
has taken place in Canton.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21
ASSERTION VS.. RECORD.

Senator Kittredge in his Mitchell
apology made this statement:
My friends, never in my life have 1
been salaried attorney for the Mil
waukee road, for any railroad corpo-
ration, or for any corporation Of any
character or description whatever
Seeing this assertion, Fred N. Dun
ham >of washington Springs, looked
through his letter files and found the
following, dated five years after Kilt
redge had entered the senate:
Department of State.
Pierre, S. D., March 20, 1906.
Fred N. Durham, Washington
Springs, S. D. Dear Sir:-Replyinp
to yours Of the 18th inst. will say
that A. B. Kittredge, Sioux Falls
S. D., is the resident agent for tht
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul rail
road, as shown by the records of thi.
office. Respectfully yours,
"E. A. Platts,
Assistant Secretary"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21
Mistake Corrected.

Edna Lee, FtIGFte.
Arthur Goetz. time keer
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21
Terwilliger Elevator Burned.

Last Saturday morning about 4: 30
the deep and powerful voice Of the
fire whistle aroused the people in the
entire town from a sound morning.
nap. Everybody jumped because that
same whistle had called the fire fight
ers to work earlier in the evening
when Mrs. Geo. Browns barn was
discovered on fire.
The second alarm was caused by the
discovery that the old Terwiliiger ele-
vator was blazing and all hurried in
that direction, and the terrible blaze
added alarm to those who were run
ming.
The firemen were on hand prompt
" and kept the fire confined to the
old elevator. Two box cars on the
track along side the elevator caught
fire and were with some difficulty,
hauled away where the firemen could
reach them. The timber in the ele-
vator made a fierce blaze shooting up
10 or 80 feet at times.
The elevator had not been in use
for several months, consequently the
fire was the work of an incendiary,
and what made the citizens so bitter
was the fact that the elevator fire
was the second during the night, and
both were set by the same parties.
The mutterings OF the enraged citi-
zens were bitter and If the guilty
parties could have been Identified
thensa short shift at the end Of rope
would have been the result. The peo-
pie Of Canton are terribly bitter over
this frebug question and something
is going to happen one of these days
that will make a sensation.
| We understand the state and the
railroad company are going to make 9
determined effort to run down the
frebugs and the guilty party will re-
ceive a penitentiary job that will be .
long one.
1t would seem that the firebugs
burn buildings for the purpose Of see
ing them burn and to create sensa-
tion, but the smoothest criminal that
ever lived has been hunted down and
punished and SO it will be In this case.
Lynch law is not desirable feature
in well governed city, but when
men become enraged they are liable
to do anything law or no law.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21

and unnecessary to a foreigner, say
nothing about all the thanking for
little courtesies extended each other
in every day life, all is apt to impress
a stranger that they are more than
ordinarily polite and one can not help
often feeling embarrassed by their
bows, -politeness and attention.
The Norwegian people are sensitive
but kind, and if one does not criticise
their social customs, they always
overlook foreigners noncompliance
or social shortcomings, as they call 1t,
and try to make it as pleasant for him
as possible.
One Of the beautiful traits of senti-
ment of the Norwegian people is their
kindness and love for their native
animals and birds, which nobody with
a heart can fail to admire. One sell
dom sees anyone riding on load OF
even in carriage up any considerable
| hill and the average Norwegian horse
knows it and will stop at the foot Of
the hill for the driver to get off and
walk up, If the load is heavy or the
| hill long; the horse will stop Of his
own accord at regular intervals and
rest and if one fails to block the
wheels, it will look around as If to re-
mind you. The horse in Norway is
loved, is fat and slick, and is seldom
abused.
When winter comes, particularly
Christmas time, in the interior where
the snow lies, everybody who has q
grave to keep will carry sheaf Of
grain and set it in the snow upon the
grave for the little birds tofeed on.
until the average cemetery looks like
harvest field. The farmers will, al
SO, bring up two pine or spruce trees
and tie a few sheaves to the top Of
each as midwinter offerings to birds,
and fasten one tree on each side OF
the barn door opening, so one may
travel thousand miles in Norway in
midwinter to find a starved dead bird.
The beautiful nature of Norway,
peculiarly its own, which attracts
tourists by the thousands to its shores
each summer from nearly every civil
lied country in the world, is indeed
interesting. Every nook and crook
seems to have its own charms of var
led scenery and wild flowers. To ap-
preciate it. one must 90 and see it,
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21

Correct the mistake of risking
pneumonia by neglecting a cough or
cold when Foley's Honey and Tar will
not only stop your cough but expel
the cold from your system. Foley's
Honey and Tar contains no opiates
and is the best and safest throat and
lung remedy. /. M. Helmey 8 Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21

The basket ball game played at the
X. A. C. rooms last Saturday was ex-
citing from start to finish as both
teams had won game and this was
the rubber. The girls proved to be
the best players as the score stood 18
to l6 in their favor at the end Of the
game. Another series of three games
will be arranged between these junior
teams soon.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21
What Everybody Wants.

Everybody desires good health,
which is impossible unless the kid
neys are healthy. Foley's Kidney
Remedy corrects Irregularities and
cures all forms of kidney or bladder
disorders. Take Foley's Kidney Rem
edy at once and prevent Bright's dis
ease and diabetes. I. M. Helmey &
Co.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21

Just received the finest line of
pipes ever seen in Canton. Prices
surprisingly low. Becker's Cigar
Store.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1908-02-21

You will find all the fancy smoking
tobacco at Becker's.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
SUNDAY MAGAZINE FOR DECEMBER ~ 1908

Rockefeller scientists all sorts Of strange words;
but that need not frighten The thing to see
is what they are driving at. One word that l
spelled out like this: P-dmethyl -amno-b enzalde
hyde l do not know what it means, and do not
care. If you wish to look it up, you are at liberty
to do so. The point that you should not lose sight
of is that all this profound research is for the good
of human kind to find causes of diseases and to
suggest remedies without price, free for all the
nations So the chemistry of foods it is
called. is of such extremely great Importance that
these research thinking hard on it, day and
night.
1t is quite necessary to know also that careless
editors often do great harm by talking lightly of
the work of great scientists like the men at the
Rockefeller Institute 1 hope have made it plain
that the plan is a broad one, and that nothing is
patented and nothing promised. The work is all
experimental and the latest scientific discoveries
are made of. That is all that can honestly be
said without exaggeration. If DR.. Loeb finds, for
example, that he is able to certain salts to bring
tiny sea urchins to life, that is reason why one
should jump at the conclusion that he has dis
covered the secret of life" Recently, Dr. Ludwig
Hektoen of Chicago acting for DR.. Flexner of the
Rockefeller Institute, read paper some expert
1nents, and the next day they read report"
which was printed far and wide. 1t began with
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

these misleading words: want new liver? Get
it from sheep other animals. Proposal to trans
fer sound vital organs from brutes to man
In the same way, it must be made perfectly clear
that the Rockefeller Institute is alchemists
chamber for the discovery of the secret of human
life. 1t may be that one day all life will be shown
to be complicated forms of motion, just as
motion is going on in the cells, incredibly rapid, with
invisible mechanism but there also sound
for denying this theory. That there still
ungrasped forces at work is the why learned
men such found at the Rockefeller Institute
spend their lives in research calling for the highest
science. For science is always asking and trying to
find the answers to very hard questions.
The scientists of this fortunate laboratory
united by rules elastic that it scarcely be
said that rules exist There regular Office
hours: if the come, they welcomed; and
if they stay away, they not missed And all the
heavy expenses of the exhaustive researches
met by Mr.. Rockefeers generous funds. Then,
too, if scientist wishes to work all night that is
his privilege if it is likewise his pleasure. If he
wishes to take lodgings there and have his meals at
the laboratory, he may also do that. There are
dining rooms, living rooms baths, librarians, tele
phones, and corps of willing assistants to do his
bidding and to provide every convenience or re-
qurement, personal or professional.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

cycles of life, passing from one state to another,
then to old age, and to final death.
A wonderful fact is that the research men, mar
velous in their and fertility of invention
have actually been able to slow down the micro
scopic processes in the CELL and then the scientists
are more clearly able to think about what they
learn using for that purpose sound knowledge of
chemistry and physics
Much of the building up of higher compounds
from cells we do not know. And there is spot in
these cells or in of them called the nucleus,
which is the most wonderful laboratory on this
earth 1t is so small that it requires very high
power microscope to see the nucleus. and in some
special cases even then the nucleus is invisible but
the most extraordinary things going on there;
and the wisest does not know why or how,
though it passes right under his eyes He thinks
that there is sort of life there but just what
it is or how it exerts itself, he is trying to find out
The most complicated thing ever built by human
hands is crude and clumsy compared with the Won
derfu something that enables the cell to do its work
A watch, printing press, telephone modern
battleship, all great triumphs of mans BRAIN are as
simple as sheet of white paper when you think of
the delicate invisible machinery or life in the CELL
requiring microscope to be seem yet SO perfect that
the only word to describe its action is marvellous"
In studying these extremely complex things.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27
Torch Prepares the Food

WHEN feeding time comes, the developers of the
w thorny forage plant offer novelty OF scene
never before staged in BARNARD history. The
farmer shoulders his blast torch and marches away
to the thorn patch, with the wise and moong kline
following close in his wake, the sheep gambong
ahead, and the pigs squeang in anticipation in
their pens. He reaches the prickly pear patch; his
torch shoots out and it's flame ticks off every veStge
of thorn that has long kept the livestock at bay
They fall on the snged plant and MUNICH it with the
satisfaction of long anticipation; but only in so tar
as the torch has done duty, for beyond the thorn
lies in wait. They eat the joints and stalks and
every part of the plant down to its very body and
the hogs eat this to the ground. few joints
snged and carried back to the chickens and chopped
up for them. Then the chores done for the day.
and the remainder of the crop stands immune until
the torch is again applied.
No is the plant once eaten down than it
sends forth new shoots from vigorous root and
produces another crop that is heavier and far
passes the gone before, and on to the end OF
the chapter There is no harvesting, no waste, no
failure of crop through drought protection needed
from animals weather.
Where the pricky pear grows at all, it should pros
Der eight times as we'll cultivated The breaking up
of the soil puts in condition to take in and
serve the moisture; and this aided by the removal
of other competing vegetation by cultivation, per-
mits the production of the increased crop.
The extent of the empire over which the prckly
pear may be set to rule is too vast to be measured
BY eastern standards. 1t takes three days to
it on an express train from east to west and much
larger north and south If all New England and the
rattle around considerably without attracting much
attention. 1t could easily accommodate hundred
million people if it develops that prckly pear is
good food for the human
AS it's arid stretches offer the greatest resistance
to tuberculosis in man and beast that science
practice has yet discovered those affected human
and bovine might be colonized there to the ultl-
mate great benefit of the health Of the world
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

send up sturdy stalk that developed into many
branches. The soil was stirred and weeds kept down,
and the pricky pear plants grew and thrlved beyond
anything of their kind that had ever been seen be-
fore Each Joint strutted with it's found vigor,
and each thorn took unto itself new strength that
BODIED i'll for anything that came in contact with it.
The joints were thrown on the ground during each
month and, regardless of season, took hold and
grew in like manner. The growth was continuous sum-
mer and winter, and perennially the same strength
and vgor foreshadowed in all its fullness.
The crop might have been harvested at any time;
but in the experiment it allowed to grow two
years before it was interfered with When cut 1t
found to amount to twenty-three tons to the
acre for each year since it had been planted. In
these figures the scientists purposely make the low
est conservative estimate, and are far below the
actual production Side by side with the cultivated
patch similar land unplowed yet planted in the
way. The cultivated plants yielded eight times
the quantity of those which not helped along.
But these thrifty plants were the thornlest OF the
thorny. Plants without thorns have been intro
duced from Africa, Italy, and Mexico, and some
varieties almost thorness have been found in Texas
But all these proved inferior producers and as
resistants of cold and drought The prize plant is
the ruggedest and thorniest of them all
The Process of Feeding
THEN came the process of feeding, which is not
entirely new, but has never been tested to any
great extent. The blaze of torch was applied to
the thorns and they were burnt off the housewife
snges the down from chicken Then the palatabe
globules ready for the CATTLE which they fell
with avidty.
Herein develops the peculiar labor saving quail
ties of the new forage crop which turns the thorns
into blessing many times multiplied and to
quality to be carefully husbanded in breeding the
plant. The prickly pear may be planted in the open
range in unused corner of pasture with no
fence nclosure and the livestock that browse there
abouts will not touch it, for it is protected by its
thorns. They will not trample it nor in any way
interfere with it's growth. Not even the rabbits
will exact toll from it, yet in course of the expert
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

ments they .devoured in its entirety patch
of the spineless variety. Its defensive
policy is without flaw.
The crop is green in summer and winter:
always ready for harvest, yet ever indiffer-
ent to it. If not harvested, the joint
maintains its vigor and nourishment and
puts forth fellow to increase the store.
1t is as safely stored as though in the large
barn of the settler. If the crop is not
harvested in two or three or four years,
every joint that has grown in that time
is still as fresh and palatable as in the days
of its virgin youth.
Then finally the time of harvest comes.
AS the crop may be planted any day of
the year that the farmer finds time hang
ing heavily on his hands, SO it may be
harvested on the day that he finds his
cattle most in need Of green and succulent
forage. There are long seasons under the
present arrangement when only dry food
is obtainable, and at these times the prickly
pear will prove the greatest of delicacies.
Experiment has shown however, that it is
good food at all seasons and can be fed to
the exclusion of all other foods of its class.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-12-27

IF farmers ate Welsh rabbits and dreamed
! those fantastic vagaries that beset the
followers of the gay life, and if Government
scientists had not disguised it as Bulletin
124, B. P S., Department of Agriculture
and put it at the disposal of any doubling
Thomas, should not dare tell this story
and expect it to be taken seriously. But
the farmers don't, and every statement
here is set down in accordance with the
chronicle of those dry as dust scorners OF
sensation, our scientific friends.
In the first place, the farmer, particularly
if he lives south, and west, may as well
throw away his pitchfork, sell his moving
machine to the scrapiron man, and burn
down his barn; he is to have no further
use for them. The trade OF the manu-
facturer of harvesting machinery IS to be
revolutionized; for the forage crop of the
future is to be garnered with no more
orthodox thing than lighted torch. tie
should turn to the making of torches,
those with long handle and strong blow
preferred Under the new regime the
widows farm, scorned through the ages,
will howe &c GREAT q chance of success as