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Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
NEW FARMING EMPIRE
Half Million Fertile Acres In New Re-
gion Added to Texas Agriculture.

BY November 1st, 1909, the Wichita
Valley Railroad burlington System,
the best farm developing road In
America) will complete and commence
passenger service on its line from
Stamford to Spur, the terminal town
in Dickens County, Texas.
This town is in the center OF tract
of 673 square miles of the smoothest,
most fertile virgin farm lands in Tex
as--farms in which are offered to
homeseekers at prices from $500 to
$3.50 per acre on easy terms-one-
fifth down. balance In six annual pay
ments. Wonderfully adapted to cot
ton-no boil weeyil ever known
corn, alfalfa, grain, fruits, vegetables,
and all the products of the farm known
to this latitude. It Is the coming hog
country, nowhere can they be ma
tured more cheaply, and cholera is abb
solutely unknown In this belt; quick
run to Fort Worth market.
Delightful climate-altitude 1000 to
$500 feet-not on the plains. Some OF
the lands are covered with mesquite
es-others are open or mixed. Deep
rich soil with great variety to char
acter-chiefiy sandy loam and choc-
olate loan with clay subsoil. Water
generally shallow. VIII be sold in
uuarter-sections or upward direct to
| the homeseeker from owners, with no
| sale commissions to load the price
to the farmers. Clear title is guaran-
teed. The great extent of this body
guarantees to the first farmers wide
! range of selection to find home which
exactly suits as to lay OF land and
character OF soil.
Recognizing the great possibilities
and wonderful future OF Spur Farm
Lands, the State has decided to place
an experiment farm station at Spur.
This will be a great benefit to the
! settlers in that region showing them
by actual demonstrations on the lands
what crops can be most profitably
raised; best methods Of cultivation.
| and assisting in all the problems OF
| the farm. This decision was reached
| after visit to the lands by Judge Ed.
r. Kone, Commissioner of Agriculture,
and DR.. H. III. Harrington, Director OF
Experiment Stations, who recognized
their unusual farming value.
Lots in Spur, Dickens County, the
terminal town, and Girard, in Kent
County, fourteen miles from Spur, go
to sale on day above named. Boring
for artesian water at Spur.
| Anyone interested can get full in
formation, with free illustrated book
let, from Chas. A. Jones, Manager for
| S. M. Swenson & Sons. Spur. Dickens
County, Texas.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
Will Seek the South Pole.

A. Henry Savage Landor, the Eng,
lish explorer, who will soon make an
attempt to reach the south pole, is OF
the opinion that Lieut.. Shackleton
failed through having q cumbersome
and unnecessarily large expedition
MIR. Landor's theory is that small
caravan of trusted and hardy men,
lightly equipped as in his expeditions
through Asia and Africa, is best. Mr..
Landor's activity in aeronautic inves.
LEGATIONS gives color to the rumor that
an airship will be used by him In his
expedition.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
Ths Moose Overturned the Boat.

the head, but apparently with no other
effect than to further enrage 1t.
The moose overturned the boat with
the first blow OF It's forefeet and then
went after Hutchinson. The animal
broke his left arm with . stroke
Of one of its fore feet.
In the mixup Hutchinson got his
right arm over the moose's neck and
then threw his right leg over. Brac.
Ing himself as best he could he drew
his X sheath knife and attacked the
moose's throat. It was during this
part of the fight that Hutchinson re.
ceived the scalp wound from thrust
OF the antlers. The animal then swan
ashore and died from loss of blood.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
WEE GIRL TRAPS BURGLAR
Makes the intruder Crawl Under .
Bed While Her Father
Captures Him.

Massillon, O.--Margaret Ertle, Just
8, was called as a witness In Massil-
lon police court against a burglar she
trapped In her bedroom. She was
just browsing when she heard a
scratching on the roof Of a one-story
wing to the house under her window.
\ The next moment she looked up and
saw man.
She guessed right away that he was
a burglar
what do you want. sir?" she asked,
her lip trembling.
"You shut your mouth, see!"
growled the man. @
Now, be quiet. please pleaded
Margaret. MY papa and mamma are
downstairs on the front porch, and I
don't want you to scare them. Papa
might come up and--would you kill
him z.
Never mind your dad, seel" said
the burglar.
Then Margaret heard her father
starting up the stairs.
"Oh, papa's coming she said. aYou
climb under the bed, or he'll see you.
Get under quick" The burglar crawled
underneath.
Margaret screamed:
Papa. there's q man under my
bed"
Her father entered. laughing.
Il guess the picnic Is making you
dream" he said. Nov YOU"
See. here are his feet!" said Mar.
garet.
Her father dragged the burglar out
half way and there, holding him at
this disadvantage, kicked him into
submission.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
NAN AND MOOSE FIGHT
TO DEATH IN A LAKE
FISHERMAN IN BOAT KILLS AM
NAL WITH KNIFE AFTER
THRILLING BATTLE.

Duluth, Minn.-Dan Murchinson OF
Aurora, a Mesaba range town, while
fishing In boat in Colby lake was at.
tackled by a bull moose. In the battle
which followed he killed the animal
with a sheath knife. but came. near
losing his own life, sustaining q
broken left arm and a scalp wound
four inches long.
Hutchinson was fishing for pike
when he discovered the moose swim
ming straight for the boat with battle
In his eyes. Hutchinson planned to
hoist anchor and get away, but per-
ceiyed that he would not have time.
Seising an oar he hit the moose over
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

We know of no other medicine which has been sue
cessul in relieving the suffering Of women secured 50
many genuine testimonials as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
In almost every community you will find women who
have been restored to health by Lydia E. Pinkhams Veg
etable Compound. Almost every woman you meet has
either been benefited by it. or knows some one who has
In the Pnkham Laboratory at Lynn, Mass, files con-
tanning over million one hundred thousand letters from
seeking health, in which many openly state over
their signatures that they have egned their health by
taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound has saved
many women from surgical operations.
Lydia E. Pinkhams Vegetable Compound is made ex-
clusvey from roots and herbs and is perfectly harmless
The why successful is because it contains
ingredients which act directly upon the female organism
restoring it to healthy and normal activity
Thousands of unsolicited and genuine testimonials such
the following prove the efficiency Of this simple remedy
Minneapolis NInn-"I great sufferer from female
troubles which caused weakness and broken down condition
of the system read much of what Lydia T. Pnkhans
Vegetable Compound had other
would help and must did help wonder
fully Within three months was perfectly well woman
public the benefits to be
derived from Lydia E. Pinkham'S Vegetable Compounds
Mrs Moldan, Second sNort Minneapolis Mimi
Women who are suffering from those distressing ills
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doubt the ability Of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound to restore their health.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

house. MY back ached all the time and
was utterly weak, unable at times to
walk without assistance. The kidney
secretions were very irregular. Doan's
Kidney Pills restored me to good
health, and l am able to do as much
work as the average woman. though
nearly eighty years old"
Remember the rame-Doan's. Sold
by all dealers. so cents box. Foster.
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. 7.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
a Steady Thinq.

Something had gone amiss with
Bobbie and he had sought the comfort
of tears. Noticing his wet cheeks, his
mother said In consolatory tone:
"Come here, dear, and let me wipe
your eyes"
'Tain't no use, muyver." returned
Bobbie with a little choke. rs doin'
to cry again in a minute! '-Woman's
Home Companion.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

Rough ON Rats. unbeatable exterminator
Rough ON Hen Lice. Nest Powder. 25c.
Rough on Bedbugs, Powder or Liq'd d, 25c.
Rough on Fleas. Powder or Liquid, 24c.
Rough ON Reaches, Pow'd. 15c. ,LiQ'd, ,25c,
Rough on Moth and Ants, Powder, 25c.
Rough on Skeeters, agreeable touse, 25c.
e. IS. Wells. Chemist, Jersey City. N. J.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
How,s This?

We osFce One Hundred Dollars Reward fcr any
case OF Catarrh that cannot be cured by Hairs
Catarrh Cure.
We the undersigned. have known +. J. Cheney
Cor the last is years. and believe him perfectly hon
0rabie in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made BY his arm.
WALDiNG. KINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo. q.
1FaiiS Catarrh Cure Is taken Internally. acting
Directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price 70 cen~ Des
bottle. Sold by Gil DRUGGISTS
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
secret Of Happiness

have lived to know that the great
secret Of human happiness Is this:
Never suffer your energies to stag.
nate. The old adage Of 'too many
irons In the fire" conveys an untruth
You cannot have too many poker.
tongs and all--keep them going
Adam Clark.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
A Rare Good rhinn.

cam using Aliens Foot-Ease, and can
truly say would not have been without
it SO long, had known the relief 1t would
give my aching feet. think 1t a rare good
thing for anyone having sore or tired feet.
Mrs. Matilda Holtwert, Providence, r.
l." Sold by all Druggists. 25c. Ask to-day.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
..IPresclence.

Young Actor say, wife, what
makes the baby give such sudden
grins In his sleep?
wife Mamma says he sees the an
gels when be does that
Young ctor-Then I'll bet fiver
he Is grinning to think how he is
going to work those angels. when ho
gets 'em on his string.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
Against Pretenses.

Away with all those vain pretenses
OF making ourselves happy within our
selves, of feasting on our own
thoughts. of being satisfied with the
consciousness of well-doing. and OF de-
spising all assistance and all supplies
from external objects. This Is the
voice of pride. not of nature. Hume
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

not tell what Doan's
Kidney Pills h q v g
done for me. Fifteen
years kidney trouble
clung to me, my ex-
istence was one OF
misery and for two
whole years / was un-
able to go out OF the
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

There is no better way OF hiding
your light under bushel than by
keeping your church letter in your
trunk.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
His Feelincs.

Bessie--How would you feel If some
one died and left you fortune?
Harold-I'd feel sure that some one
proved that he was of unsound mind.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

FOR Colds and GrIpp- -capudine.
Hicks Capudine. Relieves the aching and
feyerishness. Cures the cold-Headaches
also. It's Lquid-Effects immediately-lO.
IS and SOC at Drug Stores.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

The average man thinks his bump
Of generosity Is at least three times as
large as 1t actually Is.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

A young widow can make man be-
5,ieve he is making love to her, when
ia reality she is making love to him
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

Eggs, Eggs! how to get more eggs my
successful method makes hens lay twica
as many eggs summer and winter: IL you
want lots OF eggs write to Mrs. X. Alley.
New Madrid, Mo.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
instant Relief Tor All Eyes,

that are irritated from dust, heat, sun ol
wind. PETTITS EYE SALVE, 25c. AL
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo, N. x
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

Ii a mans wife cuts his hair he is
entitled to a lot more sympathy than
he gets,
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

IJY. Pierce.s Pleasant Pellets regulate and inyig
orate stomach, liver and bowels. 5ugar-ccateo
tiny granules, easy to take as candy.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

After breaking a SIS bill the piece
are soon lost.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
FREED AT LAST
From the Awful Tortures Ct Kidney
Disease.

Mrs. Rachel Ivie. Henrietta. Texas.
says: 81 would be ungrateful II ! did
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

The silent man is more to be feared
than the garrulous chap.
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14

HAVE YOU CHILBLAINS?
IL So you will welcome Perry Davis Painkiller with
tssoothng and healing effect Equally good for rheu
Times-promoter., 1909-10-14
paupers.

Don't abuse the rich; we cant all be
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

across the mall from Uncle Sans strong box they
are working twenty-four hours a day engraving
the plates and printing the new notes at the rate
OF a million dollars day.
Uncle Sam runs many interesting establish
ments, but the most important under his care
is the mill in which this money is being
ufacturea. In this busy place sheets of paper are
fed to a hand press and in few seconds come
out with a yellow or green coat of ink, when
seal is stamped on them, two signatures
attached and the completed product is called
Money" 1t seems easy, doesn't it? Well
the process is not quite simple as 1t would on
first thought appear to be. To follow the
OF a piece Of this money through all the
stages of manufacture and issue is one of the
most fascinating things imaginable
The various processes.
II HE first process is the engraving of the plates.
The room in the building whore this particular
work is done is surrounded with the utmost pre-
caution to guard against abstraction of the plates.
These plates are scrupulously guarded during the
time they are being handled and locked i'm the
big vaults when they are not in The original
plate is never printed from, replica being made
for actual This is Uncle Sans advice for
guarding against the possibility Of being himself
a counterfeiter. Because If accident should
happen to a plate, it would have to be replaced
by new one, and matter how nearly alike the
original the new plate might be engraved it would
not be the original but copy of it, and a note
printed from such plate would not be orig
inal, but copy and according to law a counter
felt Whereas If the replica should be injured
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04


lnninary its destruction.
signs all classes of notes of each denomination
will carry the same portrait and portrait will
appear on notes of more than one denomination;
nor will any portrait be used which will not be
Immediately recognizable by every person who
handles money. Besides the plan of smplihcation
q scheme has been worked out for enhancing
greatly the artistic quality of the notes.
Change in portraits.
THE onedollar certificate hereafter VIII carry
the portrait of Washington; the two-dollar note,
whether 1t be a silver certificate greenback,
will be adorned with the bust of Lincoln; the ten
dollar gold and silver certificates and United
states notes, that of Cleveland; the twentydollar
notes, that Of Andrew Jackson the fftydollar
ones General Grants likeness while the
hundreddOlar bills will bear the portrait of Sal
mon p. Chase On the face Of the one thousand.
dollar notes will appear the portrait of the first
secretary OF the treasury, Alexander Hamilton.
Considerably, there will be no change in the five
thousand-dollar and ten thousand-dollar notes.
The portraits of Helegas, Monroe Silas Wright,
Lewis, Clark Mansfield, and others will not here
after be used; will the buffalo. the eagle and
the Indian head. which have proven to be so cas-
lily counterfeited.
While the treasury officials have been working
the system for simplifying the currency
for some time the bureau OF engraving and print
ing will have the real work to do in getting out
this money. Indeed, it has herculean task
before it; and over at the somber brown building
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

new replica would be a new
original printing plate. Be-
sides the plates soon wear out
and It becomes necessary TO
make replicas from the orig
inals.
In the press room where the
new notes are being printed
there are over a thousand
employees working day and
night. This force is made up
of shifts of eight hours each.
The paper used is the peculiar
silk-fibered fabric. It's manu-
facture is a closely guarded
secret, and the law forbids
possession by others of any
such paper or it's imitation. Ii
is received at the bureau in
packages of 1000 sheets. This
1000 sheet count, beginning at
the paper mill, is maintained
throughout every department
of the bureau, and continued
after the notes reach the
treasury. To each pressman
1000 sheets are given at a
time, and to lose one of them
would mean summary dismis-
sal and an investigation by
the secret service. Each OF
these sheets makes four notes,
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

where three experts verify the contents OF 1000
sheets to the package, each sheet being composed
of four notes of uniform denomination, Then tho
sheets are sent to the sealing room where the red
seal of the register of the treasury Is stamped
upon then This seal bears the legend TIll;SAUR.
AMER. SEPT SIGIL. an abbreviation for The
sauri Americae Septentrlonalis Signillum: Seal
of the Treasury of North America The cutting
machine then cuts each sheet into its four
ponent parts, and in packages OF 200 bills
the money passes TO its final counting, each
package going through the hands Of five success
sve counters. These counters are all women and
undoubtedly the most expert in the world
Their marvellous skill. Tapidity and accuracy afford
a revelation Of what the trained hand and eye and
mind do; their work is fast and perfect
a machine.
What is a million dollars?
A MILLION dollars is not so much after all, for
that amount each day is now passing through
the hands Of these expert counerss and every pack
age is receipted for It goes from counter to
another. After the final count, the money
Is then intrusted to the sealing clerk who, in the
presence of Witnesses wraps the packages,
tanning from 81, 600 to 1900 600, in pebean brown
paper and seals them with the seal of the treas
ury Of the United States. The amount OF money
received by him at the close Of each day must
tally to a penny with that brought in from the
bureau of engraving and printing The new mon.
ey is then deposited in the currency reserve vault
where it is to remain two more months before
ii is put into circulation.
Continued on page Isl
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04
Country's Most Unique Monopoly

and the printing is done en-
tirely on hand presses. Each
pressman. with the assistance
OF a female helper, prints fve
hundred sheets a day, on one
side only. From the press room
the sheets go TO the verifying
room, then they are passed
along 20 the numbering ma.
chimes, which impress upon
them I'm blue ink the distinctive
series letter and the number OF
each note. Then the numbered
bills are counted for the last
time at the bureau and wrapped
In packages OF 1000 sheets each
TO be taken to the treasury.
Each piece OF work passes
through the hands OF thirty dlf
ferent persons. A most elabo-
rate system of checking and
receipt.ng prevails, and at the
hour for the departure OF each
shift every count must be veri-
fed before the force Is allowed
TO leave the building.
At nine o'clock each morning
the new currency-a million
dollars each day--is taken to
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

bears a portrait OF Michael Hillegas the first
treasurer of the United States. The silver certi-
hcate of the denomination carries the like
ness of Thomas A Hendricks; the ten-dolIar
greenback, buffalo And there is equal variety
i'm the other denominations.
The Kew system, however, eliminates ten of
the old designs, and revises the remaining nine
II is believed that this plan will reduce confusion
to a minimum. Under the styles and de-
The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

TNOR many years the United
States government has
been making United States
notes and coin certificates with
out regard TO a system i'm de-
signs or a scheme OF uniform
ity i'm the portraits used. But
now the treasury department
has adopted a plan, embodying
the ideas of officials of that de-
partment as well as bankers,
business men and currency ex.
perts throughout the country.
whereby the national currency
system Is to be greatly simpli
fed.
At present there are nineteen
different designs for United
States notes and coin certih-
Gates of various denominations
some of the designs on certih-
Gates of different denOmina-
tions being so similar as to
lead to great confusion among
the laymen. For instance.
there are now two designs for
five-dollar notes. The silver
certificate bears the head of an
Indian chief, while the United
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The Washington herald., 1909-07-04

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by a force of armed guards.
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The Washington herald., 1909-07-04
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of Andrew Jackson, accompanied by
symbolical group of a frontiersman and
family. The ten-dollar gold certificate
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The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07

Seventh Wisconsin, the Twenty
fourth Michigan, the Fourteenth In
diana and Battery B, United States
artillery-who participated in the bat
tie, with the exception Of my own
name, which will be omitted. 1t will
call special attention to the unpre-
cedented fighting which took place on
the first day Of the battle and will, of
course. be put on the first days field,
where hardly anybody goes at the
present day.
II hope to have the monument
done in time for the fiftieth ami
versary Of the battle-in 1913. Artists
in Europe and America are working
on the design now. In case should
die before it is completed I have left
a provision for it in my will"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-09-07

though he failed in his object, brought
home number of articles which had
belonged to Franklin and '0is party.
and which he had purchased from Es-
quimaus, including Sir Johns star or
order. These relics were deposited in
Greenwich hospital and DR.. Rae and
his companions received $4,000.
Years later, says Tit-BitS' there
was somewhat similar episode in
arctic exploration. The United States
government offered $4,000 for the
discovery of Greely and his compan-
ions, who started for the Polar seas
in the summer Of 1881. An expedition
was then sent out under the command
of Captain Sehley, who ultimately
found Greedy and six companions,
reaching them just as they were with
in an ace Of death from starvation
The rest of the exp plorers, who at the
outset numbered twenty-six, were
then beyond human aid, all Of them,
with one exception, having starved
to DEATH
Money did not flow very freely
when the Alert and the Discovery re-
| turned to Portsmouth, but the mem
bers of the expedition received an en-
thusiastie welcome, and all-com-
mander, officers and crew ahke-were
treated with a series Of public festlvl-
ties and honors. AS a reward for has
services Captain Mares was knighted.
DR.. Nansen and his companions
we're very fortunate. The intrepid
leader in particular was loaded with
honors, while he and his party recelv-
ed grants from the Norwegian gov
ernment. In addition, Nansen made
large sum by his monumental work,
"Farthest North.'' Competed for by
publishers all over the world, it was
translated into many languages, and
was the greatest success OIL 1ts AHnU
i on record.
It indicated, in fact, an important
source of revenue which might be
tapped by successful explorers, and
leaders Of subsequent expeditions
have all drawn largely upon it. Some
have made handsome sums from the
books embodying the results of their
Journeys in Polar regions. Nowadays.
indeed, "copy' is taken into account
by most leaders Of expeditions, and
is-not avowedly but none the less
unquestionably-one of the objects
for which they brave the terrors of
the Polar regions.