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The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
.MURpERER ls HANoEp.

z Amite; La, Oct. 18.-The murder OF
J. O. Breeland. his wife and stepdauSh.
ter. Mrs. Joe Everett, was the crime
for which Avery Blunt paid the penalty
Of death on the gailows here today..ss
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
J WAkoNDA CLUB AcrIvE.

Wakonda, S. D., Oct. 15.-The Wa
konda Monday club held its first reg
jacobson, Monday, October II. The
subject adopted for the year was 'i.An-
cient History" The first lesson was
on Egypt. being in charge Of Mrs.
Trcsidder. The club will meet with
with Mrs. NJ. ]. Chanley, leader. The
following is q list of officers for the
year:
President, Mrs. Mary jacobson; vice
president. Mrs. Antonio Swezey: secre-
tary. Mrs. Marie Londahl; treasurer,
Mrs. Martha Babb; program commit
tee, Mrs. Helen Chaney. Mrs. Frances
Estee and Mrs. Lillian Tresidder.
Sunday at st. Patrick's church a class
II "a was given first communion by
Father Egan. The class has been un-
der the tuition of Father Egan for some
time. They will be confirmed next
~
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
.SwEASON IS FOUND
GUILTY OF MURDER
OF DAuGHTER|NLAW
Penalty for Aged Miser's Crime
Is Fixed by Jury at Life
Imprisonment.

Nermillion, s. D., Oct. 2O-Ccntrary
70 expectations the jury in the case Of
mis- z. Swenson, charged with poison
Ing his daughterinlaw. Bertha Swenson,
after being out 12 hours. brought in a
verdict of guilty at 10:30 O'clock Sun
day morning. A recommendation for
q life sentence was made by the jury.
The time has not yet been set for the
passing of sentence on the aged pris-
oner August Frieburg, of Beresford.
zone of the attorneys for the defense.
ANNOUNCED that motion for a new
trial Will be made as soon as details
can be arranged, and If this motion is
denied an appeal will be taken to the
supreme court.
There We're but few people in the
court room when the verdict was read,
kind until the old man was being led
from the room when the wife of Oscar
SWenson broke down and wept bit
terly.
man made arrangements with his son,
oscar. to take charge of his affairs and
he handed to him certain papers and
checks which he had been in the habit
of carrying on his person.
Miser's Crime.
The crime for which Nils Swenson
was convicted, was the alleged poisoning
Of his daughterinlaw, Bertha Swcnson.
July s OF the present year. Charles
Swenson, husband of the woman, COM
ing from work at noon, missed his wife
and found her in the attic of the shanty
In which they lived with the old miser,
and brought her down to the first floor,
later sending for DR.. Elliott. of Beres-
ford, who ministered to her, but did
not find any evidence of poisoning at
that time. During the afternoon and
evening the woman was alone with the
old man most OF the time, and becom-
ing more seriously i'll in the evening
the doctor was again sent for, but
when he arrived she was dead.
1t was brought out in the testimony
that there was an angry contention
between Charles Swenson and his
rather when. as the former was about
to send for the doctor the second time,
the latter went to the bedside of the
woman and took from underneath her
pillow bottle Of whisky, alleging that
the woman had been stealing his whis-
Ky. It was shown in the testimony
that the Charles Swenson family had
as much interest in the whisky az the
Old man. DR.. Elliott testified that on
MS hrst visit the woman had told him:
that her &2aserlnlaw had poisoned her.
while the old man contended that shc
was drunk.
Motive For Crime.
The motive assigned for the crime
was the loss of $500 from two hidden
packages of money which the old misere
had taken from Beresford bank and
hidden in an old. granary, the conten-
tfon on his part being that IL burglars
had taken the money they would have
taken all of it. He first accused his
daughter. Mary, of taking the money
and afterward laid it to Bertha Sven
son. He had brooded over the loss Of
the money for some time
The convicted man is 73 years old, and
besides $4,000 in government bonds,
has .O4O acres Of land in this county,
worth from $S5 to 800 an acre.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21

3ALEsBURG, ILL-The Farmers
bank at Alpha was entered early yes
terday, the safe was blown and 800
was taken There is no clew.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
BANK At sPEARFisH
CHANGES MANAGEMENT

Spearnsh, s. D., Oct. 1.-THE entire
stock Of the American National bank.
Of Spearfsh. has changed hands and
has Just been taken over by well known
local nnancters. The new directors. all
Spearhsh men, are Henry Keets. former
head OF the Black Hills Traction COM
pany:: ". valentine, Henry G.
;NVeare. ". Matthews, w. B. Lown,
ma e. Klnney Mt gaeIe issG
the others are all prominent business
men. The directors met at once an6
chose for officers: President. Henry
Keets: vice president, 4. W. Valentine:
cashier. A. z. Kinney: assistant CASH
Ter, G. w. OFT.
The American National hank was es-
tablished here but three years ago. but
In that time has grown until its vol-
ume OF business. according to tho last
financial statement, exceeded $500, 900.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
FIRE At HURON.

Huron, s. D.. Oct. 15.-Fire Sunday
of Charles Phillips. In the shop was q
large amount of building material, to-
'gether with tools and in the barn was
stored all the furniture and household
goods belonging to Mr.. Phillips dangh-
ter, Mrs. Roy Fox, all of which were
entirely DESTROYED. The loss will aggre-
gate about $4,000.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
DOCTOR UNDER CHARGES
OF ANOTHER BAD CRIME

Sioux Falls, S. D., Oct. 19.-Dr. w.
o. Dunhan. of a local hospital, was ar
rested yesterday for the second time
within 10 days on q charge Of adultery
The complainant is q. J. Knapp. Of
this city, who was instrumental in se-
curing his former arrest. the wife of
Knapp beinr named An the other prin-
,eipal in the crime. DR.. Dunham 10
making an effort to secure bail In the
Canton case.
The arrest Is said to grow out of q
trip to Sioux City in which DIR. Dun
ham and Mrs. Knapp are alleged to
have stopped over night in Canton.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
MARGARET ELLINGTON
FILES DIVORCE SUIT

Reno. New, Oct. - Mrs. Daniel
Frohman. more famlliarfy known by
her stage name Of Margaret Ellington,
yesterday filed suit Tor divorce IA the
district court Of this city, alleging that
her husband has for the last two
years failed to contribute to her sup-
port. s3
The complaint contains only the bare
statement that the plaintiff has resid-
ed in Reno for more than six months
prior to filing the action and that th1ra
are no children and no community
property. No alimony ID asked for
For nearly year Mrs. F'rOhman haa
resided here. She has lived quietly.
never appearing In social events. Il
is thought the suit will not bo con-
tested. Mrs. Frohman's attorneys stat
ed today 1t would be devoid Of nensa-
ttonal features so far a. their client
10 concerned. &
Some time ago Mrs. Frohnan said
she was tired Of the stage and wished
to lead q domestic life. She was mar
ried to Mr.. Frohman In Ne York, No-
vember e. 1903. I
New York. Oct, Ia Danieas8 8rohnas,.s
commenting here on the alota Ion .0k NJ
vile in aling her sa1lt Tor t1lvo6o
Reno. said: ss Ss slss
syVhatever llisa lliyi toss - n thie
nat ;nstssE g .aA S4E Ent: =
l0tl h mheaiy1 a 81 Egt IVA
tously only h0pS tl,akf 90 ~ 6Az
able to bring about her own great hap
piness under the new c0ndit tion Of
Things. She has my very best washes.'
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-10-21
LIGHTED a CIGAR;
NOW lcy HOSPITAL

Aberdeen. S. D.. Oct. 1s-Harry w.
Marshall. a registration visitor in
Aberdeen, is in st. Luke's hospital.
suffering from severe burns. Marshall
was trying to light cigar about 12: 80
Friday morning, and instead he set his
clothing on fire. Marshall was intox-
icated at the time and practically un-
able to help himself, SO that had not a
policeman ran to his aid at once, he
would have sustained more serious in
inries
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
ITALYS HUGE WINE CROP
Totals a Billion Gallons Year. Why
There Is No Saloon Question
i'll That Country.

In 1907 and in 1908 Italy's wine
crops were 1,OOO,OOO,OOO gallons
each. This year the vines are again
loaded with grapes, and it is predict
ed that there will be another billion
gallon wine crop in that country. In
many places the farmers or growers
do not know what to do or where to
get cooperage for their new wine.
While there is a great food of
wine there is at the same time an
immense consumption of all kinds OF
wines in Italy.
Almost every man, woman and
child in Italy drinks some wine every
day in the week and every week in
the year, and the result is that the
per capita consumption of wine is
greater in Italy than in any other
country of the world, France not eX-
cepted," writes an American recent
ly returned from trip through Italy.
The figures show it to be from SO
to 40 gallons per capita year.
THE sale of wine in Italy is prac-
tically free and unrestricted. Amy
man can open a wine shop, osteria,
in Italy without paying for a license,
and he pays simply small tax on
the quantity of wine which he sells.
That the Italian system is better than
ours is proved by the fact that with
the almost free sale of wine there
is no saloon question in Italy, no pro-
hibition crusaders and no hysterical
agitation against the sale and use of
wines. The millions of people in
Italy who drink wine every day of
their lives have no use or need for
prohibition.
Those who want to see how the
daily use of wine makes for temper
ance should go to Italy. l have just
spent a month there, and in all that
time l did not see one drunken man
on the streets, even on their national
holiday, when every one was cele-
brating and when wine really flowed
like water.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
NORTHERN VIEW OF GEORCIA

neS 40 not need the money, and
cannot be scared into selling.
one marked popularity about the
COTTON plantations in Georgia is that
inost Oh them are of modest size
mere are no great monopolists in the
alslng OF that staple, no planters
whose nelds stretch for miles, as thew
10 IN Texas, Louisiana and Missippi
ne Plantations of the small Georgia
'armer, in aggregate area. are great
9r than the total holdings of those
whose farms are in the 500 or / 900
acre class. There are innumerable
small farms of 5, 10, 20 and 30 acres
mat is why this $1S5, 100000 that
VIII go into the Georgia farmers
pockets this year is going to be very
evenly and widely distributed.
Will Be Gala Christmas.
There will be more fireworks
burned in Georgia this coming Christ
mas than ever before in the history
u the state. Christmas, not Fourth
ot July, is the great day for fireworks
I'll through the south. With plenty
II money in their pockets the Geor-
sians will illuminate their state from
end to end with a blaze of skyrock-
cts, red fire, roman candles, huge set
pieces and everything of that sort
that is used to express exuberant ioy.
There will not be a crossroads town,
far off in the country, that will not
have at least a score of aerial bombs
and lot of other brilliant and noisy
devices to stir things up.
Georgia today with it's ready mon
ey is one of the best markets in the
country, and an army of commercial
men are now travelling through it.
New hotels are going up, the tele-
phone and trolley are being extended,
new highways are to be constructed
and the homes of the farmers will be
improved. Although Georgia is at
tracing most attention now the en-
tire south seems to be experiencing
prosperous times.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
OZONE AS A WATER PURIFIER
An OzonOizing Plant Has Been Es-
tabIiShed Near Paris.


Ozone is the best water purifier
1T adds to the water nothing except
oxygen, which assists in aeration.
An ozonizing plant has been estab-
lished at St. Maur, near Paris,
where the water of the Marine river
was found to contain many disease
germs, even after it had passed
through sedimentation basins and
sand filters.
The temperature of the water is
lowered by the operation, and not a
trace of nitrous oxide chlorine COM
pounds, hydrogen dioxide, or metallis
salts due to corrosion of the appa-
ratus can be detected in the steril-
lied water. OF the ozone absorbed
.73 per cent. is consumed Immediately
in sterilization, per cent. remains
diffused through the water and ex-
erts a subsequent sterilizing effect
and 20 per cent escapes into the at
mosphere.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
HARD ON BACHELORS.
Tax of Twelve Shillings a Year I'M
posed on Them.

The Sobranje of Bulgaria has
passed a law imposing a tax of about
10 shilling a year on all unmarried
men who are 80 years old and older
At Tirnovo, the ancient capital, it
has been a custom for many years
to humiliate unmarried men.
On the first Monday in Lent all
manageable men who had not Sc
lected life partners in the carnival
season were beaten on sight with in
fated pigs bladders. The bachelors
always dreaded the day, while the
girls looked forward to it with pleas
ure. Since the tax act has been
passed the bachelors of Tirnovo have
entered formal protest against the
continuance of the practice. They
want the chastisement declared I'M
lawful.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
HIGH PRICES FOR pEws.
klch Pay Big Money For Seats il
Fashionable Churches.

hiCil ray big Money For Seats in
Fashionable Churches.
So great is the demand for pews
IN St. Johns Episcopal church
which is Immediately opposite the
white house, but with the bautiful
Lafayette Square intervening-that
1t is the custom to place them at auc-
ton whenever a pew owner dies or
permanently leaves Washington, and
a pew was recently purchased in this
church for $4,000, the highest price
on record.
New York prices for pews easily
surpass the Washington record. A
pew in the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church has been sold for $4,000.
The costliest pews in the metropolis,
and probably in America, are in Tenn
pie Emanuel, Fifth avenue and Forty
third street. For annual rentage in
this synagogue $4,000 has been paid.
Average rentals are from $4,000 to
$4,000. The price for a pew rented
just for the two holidays of the Pass
over and New Year, in spring and
autumn, reaches $500. Last year
$6l5 was paid for two seats.
Old Trinity church has few pews
to sell, and limits its price to 1925,
Iplus annual ground rent of about
$35, but pew offered recently in
the settlement of an estate brought
$500.
st. bartholomew Protestant Epis-
copal church once received 100000
for pew, but this was hardly a legit-
| Innate market quotation, being in the
nature of gift to help the church to
meet a debt.
At st. Patrick's Cathedral $1,000
is the record pew rent. Two blocks
above the cathedral pews in the tenn
porary structure of st. Thomas bring
from $1,000 to $500.
In Brooklyn the best Plymouth
church pews rent for $500 each, and
there are fourteen of them. Other
pews are as cheap as $5.-New York
Tribune.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
COTTON GINNED 40 YEARS AGO.
Mr.. Jones of Fitzgerald Has Some in
Excellent State of Preservation.

Mr.. Jones of Fitzgerald Has Some in
Excellent State of Preservation.
Mr.. H. ~ Jones brought to this
office Wednesday Afternoon a small
basket of cotton that was ginned
forty years ago.
Mr.. Jones object in saving the cot
ton was to test it's durability, and it
is indeed astonishing to note the
fresh, new appearance of the staple
after it has lain in a basket for forty
years with no chemical or other
means being used to preserve it.
When placed beside brand new cotton
there is scarcely a shade of difference
to be detected.
The cotton was raised by Mr..
Jones on the line of Troupe and Har-
ris counties, and he prizes it very
Fitzgerald News.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
STATE BOOMING AND FARMERS
rxrER AUTOMOBILE CLASS.

,,.,,,,ner Cotton Crop and High Prices
BRING an Era of Great Prosper
ity. Banks Overlooking.
The News found the following in
letting article about conditions in
cooroia in the Utica, n. Y, Globe:
This is Georgias golden year,
and as a result of the big cotton crop
aud the high prices prevailing many
- the big farmers have jumped into
tho automobile class and are now
tanning trips to Europe. Georgia
is turning out a big crop of cotton.
Tho state has raised big crops be-
tore but then the price of cotton
VOC comparatively low Now it is
bigb right at the time of the mark
otipg of the crop. Last year the
cron in Georgia was 2,118,0O0 bales.
Rut cotton at this time last year was
only 81 cents a pound. The total
commercial crop of America last year
was 13.825,000 bales. This year,
while Georgia will raise as much cot
ton as it did last, and possibly more,
the rest of the country is not faring
50 we'll. The Texas crop last year
was $4,000 bales. This year it
is likely to be fully million bales
CT cIrnh hnIx
sas Louisiana and Oklahoma, have
short crops, and, in fact, so has Mis-
sissippi.
Georgia will probably raise this
year more than 100000 bales,
which at prevalent prices will bring
100000. If the tons of cotton
seed be added to this the value of the
raw material produced by the Geor-
gia cotton planter this year will
reach $1S5, 100000.
Banks Bursting With Money.
From its cotton and cotton seed
the south will get this year nearly
$1,000,000,000. No such vast sum
of money as this can be brought into
territory or region, especially when
the wealth is derived from the soil
and is the product of many who are
working for themselves, without
making a tremendous difference in
the industrial economy and the
ethical side of the life of the people.
This is more money than the south
in all its history ever has received
for its crop of this staple before.
This billion dollars is the worth of
the raw material alone. When it is
worked up into its finished product,
the innumerable kinds of cloth and
goods in which cotton plays a greater
or less part, the value will be almost
inCalculable-a sum that staggers
imagination.
Because the farm lands of Georgia
especially. and the rest of the south
in general, are earning more now
than they ever have before they have
appreciated greatly in value. There
is veritable boom in agricultural
lands ESPECIALLY those devoted to cot
ton, all over the south.
The banks in Georgia are bursting
with money. Long-standing mort
cages on farms and real estate in
general have been paid Off Notes
that bankers had grown to look upon
aSkance owing to their frequent re-
heWals have been paid in fun. The
farmers who have sold only part of
their cotton are assuming an indie
pendent attitude and looking forward
TO disposing of the remainder at even
better prices than prevail today.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
'sARDINEs IN COTTON SEED OIL.
By-PrOduct of SOuth's Valuable Crop
Extensively Used Abroad.

Extensively Used Abroad.
L. A. Ransom of Atlanta, former
president of the Interstate Cotton
Seed Crushers' Association, has re-
ceived word from Hon. John M. Car
son, chief of bureau of manufacturers
in the department of commerce and
labor, Washington, that he is soon to
receive case of sardines from Chris
tiana, Norway, packed in extra
choice winter yellow American cotton
seed oil" instead of olive oil, which
has been used so generally for this
purpose for years.
This information is based upon a
report made to the department of
commerce and labor by Special Agent
Julian Brode, who is now abroad in
vestigating the markets of Europe for
cotton seed products.
In discussing this new field Major
Carson continues: THE packers are
quite anxious to use the cotton seed
oil, not only for business reasons, but
as matter of policy Cotton seed
oil is cheaper than olive oil, is just
as good for packing purposes, and
as the bulk of the sales of the prod
ucts of the Norwegian packers is in
the United States they properly think
that it would be good policy for them
to use cotton seed oil, If the repre-
sentative men of the cotton seed oil
industry will urge the use of Norwe-
gian sardines packed in cotton seed
oil a demand will be created that
will encourage the Norwegian"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
Alone in Saw Mill at Midnight.

Unmindful of dampness, drafts,
storms or cold w. J. Atkins worked
as night Waterman at Banner
Spring, Tenn. Such exposure gave
him a severe cold that settled on
ris lungs. At last he had to give up
work. He tried many remedies but
all failed till he used DR.. Kings New
Discovery. after using one bottle. "
he writes, II went back to work as
well as ever" Severe colds, stub
born coughs, infamed threats and
sore lungs, hemorrhages, Group and
whooping cough get quick relief and
prompt cure from this glorious medi-
cine. soc and 800. Trial bottle
free. Guaranteed by Dawson Drug
Co. 49,
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
DROPS WASHINGTON NICKEL.
The First Presidents Wishes Will
BE Respected.

President George Washington S
wish that no coins should bear his
likeness has been respected by the
treasury department, Several months
ago dies were prepared by government
engravers for a new five-cent piece on
which was to be placed the relief of
the head of Washington.
When the announcement was made
that the design had been adopted and
dies made it was brought to the at
tention of the treasury department
that Washington had declined to per-
nit the use of his likeness upon
coins, holding that it savored of mon
archy. Had the coins been struck
they would have been the first to
bear the likeness of Washington.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01
AN NOUNCEMENST
FOR CLERK SUPERIOR COURT.

To the Voters of Terrell County:
am candidate for Clerk Of the Su-
perior Court, subject to the action
of the Democratic primary. Your
support will be highly appreciated
and gratefully remembered. Re-
specially, G. NJ. HARRIS.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1909-12-01

We are in position to furnish ev-
erything to complete building at
the lowest prices-best material. The
Variety Works Co.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-06-23
CALL IT GRANDvIfW DRIVE.
The MaIigned Hog-Back Doomed to
Death--GetS New Name.

People don't go up on the Hog
Back any more. Not if they have
the fear Of the Chautauqua enthusi-
asts and the ladies' club in their
hearts. Chairman Hitchcock has
found name for this particular
beauty spot of Redwood Falls, or
rather two names for two prominent
features Of the malodourously named
hogs back-Grandview Drive for
the beautiful drive opened up last
week, and Grandview Heights for
the peninsula through which the
drive goes on its winding way.
People who have not visited the
revised and reconstructed Grandview
Heights since it put off the old
denominations and the old exclusive
ness Of the hog-back period. may
think the name a little hifalutin,
but those who have taken the trouble
to drive up there on a mild June
evening or to stroll on foot in the
early morning will ratify the
grand" part Of the name. Stand
ing on one Of the first view points
cut out by the engineering party of
of last week, and looking eastward
up the stream to the rapids known
as the Little Falls, or northward
where the Redwood hurries some
what noisily through the dalles,
with their rocky sides ornamented
with cedars and festooned with ferns.
Grandview seems both authorized
and justified. And all along the
drive the new name is found to fit
like glove. Sceptics should not take
any ones word for it but go and
see for themselves.