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The Adair County news., 1909-09-01

The Graded School at this place will
open the third Monday in September
which will be the 20 of the month. Prof,
w. M. Wilson, of Williamsburg, who
was here last week, has accepted the
principalship, and will have an able
corps of assistants. Prof. Wilson will
return to Columbia in week or ten days
before the school opens. He comes to
Columbia highly recomm ended as a
teacher of experience.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-01

The Pennsylvania Presbytery viii
meet in Columbia some time this Fall
The date will be announced later.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-01
Crop Report.

Commissioner Rankin has sent out
his crop report for August:
Crops of ali kinds have had too much
rain.
Corn promises big yield, but much of
it will be chaffy for want of cultivation.
Wheat will average ten bushels per
acre of poor quality. Much of it is
sprouted.
Oats fell down on account of rain,
and much of the crop was not cut. Az
erage yield twenty bushel per acre.
Tobacco, big crop planted, but yield
will be much below the average both In
quality and quantity.
Hemp is doing well and good prices
are offered.
Rig crop of potatoes, yield fair and
prices high.
Fruit crop small and much damaged
by worms, etc.
With the exception of hog cholera in
some sections and sheep scab in others,
stock is doing well and is bringing high
prices.
Poultry higher than for years, and
interest in this business is increasing.
The Adair County news., 1909-09-01
NOTES.

The Columbia team desires to express
IFS heartfelt thanks to Lebanon for
the hospitality in which it was
treated during its stay in that city.
The people of Lebanon and especially
the baseball team know how to make
-,;s;tors feel at home. The kindness
manifested by the entire community
w;ll long be remembered by the mana
ar and the boys composing the Column
bia aggaration-
~ mr Muruhv. of louisville, who UNI
- 10th games is a gentleman who
thoroughly understands every feature
e,oroe He is man of charac-
ter, one who is TOO nones' 70 MAKE d
partial decision
The Bardstown team nKe Lebanon,
is composed of elegant young men anu
VIZ .tav narted friends, and expect to
meet again at Lebanon, Seps. O. snake
hands and bat for the oec'S'0-
: tbs first inning Suits & Talbot
--;tn tbe bases full.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

the land have embarked on easy careers OF hack
driving in Colon and the like.
The problem is primarily psychological The
negro has a temperament. the same an artist
or a grand opera star It is up 20 the govern
ment sharps 70 invent some means OF tickling
that temperament into activity Maybe II
would help to have Sousa's band play during
work hours or 10 distribute hero medals To Al
darkies who toll six days IN the week
Farmers of color in the Southern states often
show the same erratic traits as the canal Dig
gers. 1t is related that one Of them who had
made several hundred dollars out Of his cotton
crop took his family and embarked on Mis-
sissippi River steamer for pleasure jaunt The
family rode up and down the river until every
cent of the seasons earnings was gone. ard
then returned home 10 live on an advance given
by the white planter account o. next years
crop. Another negro farmer gloriously dissi-
pated the proceeds Of a seasons labor by trdv-
ellins on the railroad without any particular OBJ
jective winding up with lemonade and ginger
cake spree on a merry-gO-round- Here is the
way the incident is presented by Harris Dick
son in Hamptons Magazine:
Hello Eph,' remarked the planter, reinSng
his horse beside an old man who was singing
merriIy at his work; you seem mighty happy
this morning" The negro. without stopping his
song threw the last piece of brush top OF the
pile. set it afire and turned
'ShO' is. NarSe John"
where have you been for the last two
weeks"
"Iordy. Marse John. Tse been travelin'-shO'
is Amt you heerd Of it, You know I had a
hundred an sebenty-two dollars clear. So 1
goes to Vicksburs an gets de railroad. jes
rid an rid an rid, an had free ice water all De
way. Den when I gifts back 10 VickShurS 7 wuz
walkin' up de street an dar wuz De fyjn' jimmy
right dar. What You reckon I d0ne-jes
bought some ginger cakes an climbed
aboard. fust 4 horse. den on a camel den on
a elfunt. Oar white foIks-white folks
mind you-walkn bout in de hot. briIin' SUM-
an dIr wuz me. jes' a ole niSger. settin' in da
shade. eatin' ginger cakes an ridin' 'roun' an
'rOun Lord LOrdt'
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20
NEGRO EXC1T1TORS TIRE.
Banjo and Craps Lure Them from
U'OrL on Panama Canal.

Just as Uncle Sam is getting ready % set a
dat. for tn, completion Of tho biggest job eyer
tackled in modern tlmes-that ditch down s'uih
which will marry the waters Of IN" Fdclh' anu
the AtIautic-comes the iisConccrtns news thit
many Of th. negro laborers have laid down The
pick for the banjo ana til" shovel Tor the mouth
organ Tb. sons Of Ham ar. said TO have lost
their carly enthusiasm in creating an intercon-
tinental waterway a monument Of the twentieth
century. Their tempcraments have broken
loose from the lure II glory and cash and other
advantages provided by a patcrnal government.
If thev were allowed 10 have their own way.
say letters recently received here they would
bequeath the honor Of finishing the Panama
Canal to their childrcn's children, even unto
the fourth generation. Meanwhile, they would
work just enough to provide themselves with
the Iuxurics Of smoking and drinking. and would
obtain the necessarics from the free abundance
of tropical nature
"Oh you mosquitoes, piercing the skin of the
Ethiopian and giving him yellow jack. Go
to- said the benevolent government: eve Will
treat the black laborer white by giving him 4
screened habtation, a 'skccter-proof home and
all the benefits of sanitation" It was done The
25G0o Iaborers most of them sable citizens OF the
West Indies. were screened and sanitatcd and
looked after by an uplift commission. Good
housing. sure and fair pay. middlng hours.
government fixed prices, games, amuscmcnts
and uplift-Hhat IS the result? Five thousand
black or coffee colorcd West Indians who came
TO Panama TO work have remained to shoot
craps. Their kccnly musical d'af 10
the starting whistle in the morning. Those who
continue to toll do by fits and starts. and
their tendency is to indulge in more Of the for
mcr than the latter The elegant government
quarters, screened and sanitary, deserted iii
favor Of palm leaf shacks, erected in the bush.
About four thousand negroes took to tn, bush
last year, it is said, regardless of their chances
with yellow fever. malaria, typhoid and all the
Dther diseases Perhaps they regarded the
early morning whistle to which they were
posed in the government quarters as a worse
disease than the others.
In hope of improving conditions the canal
commission recently ordered its labor recruit
ng officer in Barbados not TO ship any more
negroes who had ever worked in Panama The
idea was that the old hands would be infected
With the "sojer" germ. and would know how to
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

after getting free transportation TO the zone
making few dollars and learning the lay Of
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

look for easy jobs in the canal Zone not con-
uectcd with ditch digging Many West Indians.
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

thorities, however, took instant and effective
measures All the bakers who are reservists
were at once summoned to the coiors and set
to work baking in the barracks, with the result
that in few hours bread was being distrib-
uted in every direction, baked by the strikers
under martial law. Thus their plans were COM
pietely frustrated, and on the third day the
strike died a premature DEATH Tho Graphic
New-York tribune., 1909-06-20

Our Rumanan correspondent writes: They
have a short, sharp way with strikers in Ru-
mania which might be followed with advantage
by many other countries Recently tho bakers
in Bucharest wished to put up the price of
bread, and when the municipality refused 20
sanction this proceeding, they and their en-
Poyes went on strike, with the result that one
morning the town was without bread The
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Kew Ambassadors at capltal.


Two interesting new diplomats, both
from northern Europe, and both men
of affairs in the world, have been added
to the corps in Washington. Already
they have taken prominent position in
the social and official life of the capi-
tai. Both are accompanied by charm
ing wives, one of whom is a former
Boston girl.
They are Herman de Lagererantz,
minister from Sweden, who presented
his credentials originally in the spring
of 1907, and Count Carl Won Moltke,
the newly appointed minister from
Denmark, who is a defendant of the
famous field marshal of that name,
and whose wife was Miss Cornelia
Thayer of the Thayer family OF Massa-
chusetts. He has just been joined by
the countess.
The new ministers have taken ad-
joining homes in the double Hender-
son house, one of the most attractive
structures in the fashionable residen-
uaI sections of Sixteenth street. They
have established their legations and
the flags of Denmark and Sweden fly
side by side.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Curious Rermudan Plant.

Bermuda possesses a plant Of the
house leek family which has curious
properties. When the leaves begin
to shrivel and fade they put forth new
shoots, which in turn bear leaves that
continue to grow fresh and green for
many weeks. The leaves are about
four inches long, rich green in color
and of waxen texture. If one of the
leaves is pinned to wall indoors it
will begin to sprout within three or
four days, be it winter or summer.
The limit Of existence of the life plant
seems dependent upon the quantity of
heat and light which the plant OBJ
tains.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
chIId Victim Of cupId,s wIIes.

Strange is the story told of the
death of little girl at Courbevoie, in
France, who is alleged to have com.
mitted suicide during class at school.
The teacher noticed that the child
looked very ILL., and seemed to be
seized with a spasm. The girl was
barely able to speak, but managed to
say that she was voluntarily putting
an end to her life. She had taken a
dose Of strychnine with her to school.
and had swallowed it during class.
She pointed to a letter which she had
written, and which would explain
everything. She was not able to do
more, and in a few minutes sue
cumbed to the poison. In the letter.
which was intended for her parents,
she said that she was disappointed in
her affections, and that this was the
reason why she, though only a girl of
13, had put an end to her life.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
A Partisan Character.

The revolutionary Libertad has
died in a Paris hospital from a kick
which he had received during stormy
meeting recently. Libertad was one
Of the most curious figures in contem-
porary Paris. He wore no hat, but
long tangled hair and a long beard
Over his scarlet shirt he wore black
blouse, and he was never seen without
crutch and an enormous cane. His
language was terrific and he rarely at
tended any public meeting without
calling for blood. The man was a
complete mystery. His most intimate
disciples knew nothing of his history.
On his death bed he begged his friends
not to arrange a funeral for him, as he
had left his body by will to the Paris
School of Medicine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08

/ person or persons shall be referred TO the
court OF claims.
In order that claims arising under this
law may be properly considered. all duly
enrolled intermanied white Cherokees
now living should file their written claim
to share in the Cherokee funds at once
with the United States Indian Agent;
Union Agency. Muskogee. Oklahoma.
Applications covering shares of deceased
claimants should be made by the admin
istrator or other legal representative, and
all claims hereunder should be submitted
to the undersigned prior to Marchi, 1908.
DANA H. KELSEY.
United States Indian Agent
Union Agency. Muskogee, Oklahoma.
January so. 1908
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08

A committee of ten of the leading
business men viii 60 to Guthrie tomorrow
to be present when the location Of the
insane asylum is decided upon Wednes-
day
Miss Aritha Sears, OF the Walker &
Livingston Department store at Alton. is
visiting Miss Sarah Nix. Miss Sears was
formerly cashier of the Sanders-W Wright
store in this city.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08

I'll. Ford has a quantity Of cigar
t0bacco seeds which he viii distribute
gratis among reliable farmers who will
follow the directions given them in grow
ing and caring for the crop.
J.W, Sanders left Sunday for St. Louis,
Chicago and New York City. to buy spring
goods for the Sanders Wright store. He
win be joined by Miss HayWorth at Chicago
70 select the spring styles in millinery.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Bishop Resigned Office.

After an active service Of more than
twenty years, Bishop Cyrus d. Foss
has resigned the presidency of the
Methodist Episcopal Board of Home
Missions and Church Extension. as
signing as the reason his i'll health of
the last year. Bishop Luther B. VII
son has been chosen to succeed him.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Personals

f. B. Davidson is sick.
Guy Patten went to Tulsa today
DR.. Oliver Bagby went to Tulsa today.
Jack Malin returned today from joplin.
Mrs. Hadey, of Alton. was here Satur-
day.
W. A. Gears, of joplin. is visitor here
today.
E.E. George was up from Big Cabin
Sunday.
J. T. Grizzell of Springfield. is a visitor
in the city.
Miss Betty Skinner was here from Adair
yesterday.
Allen Shunts, of Monett, Mo-, is a visit
or here today.
Lou Harlan, of Linconville, was visit
or here today.
Rob't Lee, of Big Cabin, was visitor
here yesterday
Fred Younts is driving new BAGGAGE
transfer wagon.
Tom Gray was visitor here from
Chelsea yesterday.
j. A. Stroud business man of Welch
is in the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. c. Starr returned Satur-
day from Washington.
W. j, Strange, of Tulsa, was here yes
terday visiting friends.
Ed Shanahan and AL Berger returned
to Muskogee last night
Fred Harris, of Wichita. Kans., is a
visitor in the city today.
George B. Montgomery, ofGirard Kans.,
is here today on business
George Hollan, of White Oak, is here
today on school business.
Mrs. Anna X. Paris is in the city from
Tahlequah visiting friends.
John Scott of Scott, City. Mo- is visit
ing his brother, V. A. Seoul
The father of Comfy Clerk R. F. Nix is
here visiting for few days.
Mrs. w. M. Campbell, of Seneca, is visit
ing her sister, Mrs. Joseph Gill
Mrs. A. L. Churchill entertained the
Bridge Whist club this afternoon.
The windows are being placed in the
new Congregational church today
J. T. Hukill, sheriff of Ottawa county
was in the city on business today.
T. H, Walker, of Wichita, Kans., is
registered at the Palace hotel today.
Mrs. J. W. Howard is here from Wyan-
dotte visiting her mother, Mrs. Cross.
City Engineer H. c. Collier went to
Chelsea today to run some lines for Starr,
& Patten.
George Fields, register Of deeds of Della
ware county, is here visiting friends for
few days,
Mrs, E. c. Funk returned to Muskogee
today after a visit here with Mr.. and Mrs.
John Parks.
The attraction at the Empire theatre
tonight will be Vim. Pickett's fight for
life with the maddened Spanish bull
Edith Wlkerson, after spending Sunday
with home folks, returned to White Oak
last night where she is teaching school
The Odd Fellows will have initiatory
work tonight All brothers are requested
to be present and have a pleasant evening.
Miss Clara Hughes, who has been with
the Chieftan for some time, left yesterday
for FL Dorado Springs, No, where she will
remain.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Hours Of Prusslan Employees.

The most recent return for the
Prussian-Hessian railroads shows that
in the locomotive service of 37,156
men, 1907 per cent. are on an eight
hour schedule, 31.46 per cent on an
eight to ten-hour schedule, 1886 per
cent. on a ten to 12-hour schedule,
19.41 per cent. on 12 to IA hours, and
AZ rer cent. on IA to IS hours.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
WashInaton AWAITING asud.v

Everybody in Washington is more
or less openly on the qui vive con-
'cerning the presentation of Miss Will
liams, who, rumor has it, will have a
tremendous advantage over her sis
ter buds by reason of the valiant
backing she will get from Mrs. Joe
Letter, who comes before the world
this year as a dashing and attractive
young matron and the chatelaine Of
the old Letter homestead, made ia
nous by its record of titled mar
iages.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Effect of Rain on MONKEYS.

Rain makes monkeys glum. They
are apt from instinct, when they see
1t through the window, to clasp their
hands above their heads and sit so for
hours. That attitude, you know,
makes a kind of shelter. 1t IS the
primitive umbrella. So when it
rained, the naked primitive man and
woman sat gloomily in the primeva,
swamps Of giant ferns.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Too Much for Man.

A Kansas gas man who has spent
years in the business makes the state.
ment that natural gas is caprieious
and that men who have studied 1t all
their lives give up in despair when It
comes to explaining the why's and
wherefoTes g snrna AZ ita Wavs
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Washington ! LIloh Mason.

Washington was made a Mason in
1853, and attained a higher dignity in
the order than any OF the other presi-
dents, though Andrew Jackson was
grand master Of Tennessee. the state
which now holds one of the highest
Masons in this country, ex-Congress-
man Richardson.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Almond is in Favor.

Mrs. WI, wife of WI Ting Fang,
has made almonds popular by serving
almond cakes, with almond wine and
almond flowers for table decorations.
As the table decorations are not so
easily attainable, artificial ones are
used quite frequently, and may be
obtained from the Chinese stores.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Public Notice
To Intermarried White Citizens of the
Cherokee Nation:

Cherokee Nation:
Section of the act of congress approx
ed May 20, 1908. authorizes the Secretary
Of the Interior to pay from Cherokee tribal
funds to intemarried white citizens Of
the Cherokee tribe placed on the final
approved rolls the share or shares of the
Cherokee Nation to which they are en-
titled on account Of payments heretofore
made to Cherokee citizens. but in which
payments said intermaried white citizens
did not participate.
The law further provides that the Chero-
kee Nation shall have the right to protest
against the payment Of any claim, and
upon protest being filed, the claim of such
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1909-02-08
Cooks Sudden Popularity.

Marie Caraae, Partisan cook, has
won a $4,000 prize in lottery. With
in half an hour after her good fortune
became known she had two proposals
Of marriage and a suggestion to elcpe.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-07-16
Noise Of Special Election.

A petition having been present
ed to the Board Of Trustees Of the
Town Of Mobridge, s. d., asking
for a special election, notice is
hereby given that on Tuesday,
July 9th. 1909, a special election
Of the legal voters Of the Town Of
Mobridge will be held for the pur-
pose Of voting on the following
question: Shall bonds to the
amount of 81, 100000 be issued for
the purpose OF refunding Outstand-
ing warrants issued for the pur-
pose of paying the balance de on
waterworks, the purchase Of the
fire apparatus and the building Of
Town Hall. Said bonds to run
for a period Of Is years and draw
interest at the rate Of five per cent
per annum, payable annually"
Said election will be held at the
Town Hall and the polls will be
open from 9 a. m, until 5 p. m.
Dated this 9th day Of July 1909.
Signed w. S. Wrigley,
Town Clerk.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-07-16
Mortgage Sale.

Default exists on a mortgage ex-
ecuted by W. W. Snyder Land Co.
a Corporation, Mortgagor, to Geo.
Baldwin, Mortgage, dated Jan. II
1907 and recorded in the Office of
the Register os Deeds in Walworth
County, State of South Dakota, in
Book p of Mortgages, on Page %
mortgaging the West half of the
Northwest quarter of Section Z.
Township 121, Range II and East
half of Northeast quarter of Sec
ton Il, Township 121, Range rs,
West of the Fifth Principal Merid-
ian, in said County. The amount
due on said mortgage is $1156.15
and statutory Attorneys fees. No
tice is hereby given that said mort
gage will be forclosed by public
sale of said premises on July 31st.
1909, at one O'Clock p. M. at the
front door of the Court House in
Selby, in said Walworth County.
Dated ABERDEEN, S. D. June, Z,
1909.
Geo. b. Baldwin
G. S. Dickinson
w. j. Fitzmaurice
Trustees of the estate of Geo.
Peldwin, Deceased, Mortgage.
Brown Bros, Attorneys.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-07-16
Moved Monument.

A majority OF the members pre-
sent at q meeting Of the CONNER
cial Club held recently voted to
move the monument from the river
to the park down town.
They let the contract and the
monument was moved Thursday Of
this week.
The explanation Of this action
Is a mystery. II would lead one to
think. along with some other act
ions in this connections, that the
Club could not be satisfied until
tlsy had done some outlandish or
ridiculous thing in connection
with this monument
It il time the Club was ineorpo-
"a ed and got to a business basis
Tlas monkey business is not at
Ill becoming,
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-07-16
Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior.
U. s. Land Office at Aberdeen SD.
June 10, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that
James N. Kahn, of Glenham, s. d.
who, on April Is, 1907, made
homestead entry, No. 1871, Serial
No. 096S, for the SW quarter of
Sec. 26, Twp. 125 NJ, Range 10 w
9Th Principal Meridian, has filed
notice of intention to make Final
Communication Proof, to establish
claim to the land above described,
before F. nj. Goodman, U. s.
Commissioner, at Mobridge, S. d.
on the 18th day of July, 1909.
Claimant names as witnesses:
~ --R -
j. w. Mingus, of Mobridge, S. d.
Arne Larson, of Glenham, s. ID.
Lars Larson, of Glenham, s. ID.
P. d. Kribbs, Register.