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The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
Never Missed School in II Years

The managers of the Sheerness
schools have had their attention called
to the remarkable attendance made
by the family of a resident named
Hutchings. His daughter Bertha,
who is leaving school at the age of
IA, commenced attending at the
age of three years, and has never
missed an attendance nor been late
during the whole period of IL years
in which the schools have been opened
--4,753 times. Another daughter, Eth.
ell, was presented with a gold medal
a few years ago as a reward for seven
Years perfect attendance mo tileIs
are five other children or the family
who have medals for similar records.
The council school managers have de.
cided to ask the Kent education
committee to make some Official rec.
ognitioD of Bertha Hutchings' re-
markable punctuality.-London Mail.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27

moved from the old hulk, and the
rooms amidships that used to open
into the engine room have been COM
bined into the assembly hall.
The after deck has been boarded
in and transformed into reading
ROOM Tables and chairs, with many
books. magazines and newspapers,
give the place a homelike appearance,
and here the sailors of the Seven
Seas, with human derelicts from many
lands, cOngregate in the afternoons
and evenings to find out what is 60
ing on III the great world.
Really the Seamans Bethel is a
sort of institutional church. The after
part of the hold has been fitted up as
a gymnasium. Here also Is bowl
ing alley; and in another corner are
bath tubs and water heater. An
other part of the hold is fitted up
with hunks, where the sailor who
finds himself broke" between vOy-
ages is made welcome TO spend the
night-or as many nights as he
pleaSes.
Every Thursday and Sunday even
ing Gospel services are held, but no
collection ever is taken. The mission
is maintained by the Seamen's Friend
society as a true charity, on the prin-
ctple that salvation is really free.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
T|LLMAN MAY QUIT
Rumor Says That Picturesque
Senator Will Resign Seat.
Is III at His South Carolina Home OF
General Nervous DebIity-His
Stormy Career in Upper
House of Congress.

WASHINGTON. On.-The shrill voice OF
Senator BENJAMIN Ryan Tillman OF
South Carolina may never be heard
in the senate chamber again. Senator
Tillman is i'll at his home, farm
near Trenton, S. G. The rumor that
he contemplates resigning his seat IS
revived, but MIR. Tillman is following
the same course he did last summer
and refuses to confirm or deny the
rumOr
Senator Tillman has not fully recov-
cred from the attack of partial paraly-
sis which seized him last summer. lie
tried to cure this by an extended tour
of several months in Europe. The
health resorts of the continent helped
him greatly and he returned to the
United States much stronger than he
was when he left While the paralysis
has not returned, general debility
from nervousness has made his lie
unhappy in the last few months.
The going of Tillman will take from
the senate one Of its most picturesque
characters "PitchfOrk Ben" as he is
called, is feared of all other senators
for the sharpness of his tongue and
the keeness of his wit. No man in the
United States senate is an ADLER rough
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27

and ready debater than Tillman
much weight they have appealed to
the galleries and looked well in print.
His logic might have been poor and
his speeches inferior to those of his
opponents, but his manneriSms have
won the victory for him in the pop
ular mind.
Senator Tillman's brother, the late
George r. Tillman, was congress-
man from the Second South Carolina
district. In the house he was known
as one of the most quiet and unemO-
tional men that ever sat in the body
During his service he seldom talked
and when he did he spoke simply and
to the point. The name of Tillman
was practically unknown until Sena-
tor Tillman was elected governor of
South Carolina in 1892. He celebrated
his election by forcing through the
legislature the dispensary liquor law
In that state.
Always interested in education, he
founded his second college in the
state after the Inauguration. The first
school established through his effort
was the Clemson Agricultural and Me-
chanical college at Calhoun's old
home, Fort Hill, s. c. The second
school is the Winthrop Normal and
Industrial College for Women at Rock
Hill.
The successful canvass for the
gubernatorial chair encouraged Mr.
Tillman 10 try for the senatorial cleo
tiOn against Gen. Butler The two men
canvassed South CaroliHa county by
county, and Tillman won in the legis
lature with 131 votes against Gen.
Buffers q. He took his seat in the
senate on March 4, 1895 and has been
reelected twice since. His term of
office would expire in 1913 if he con-
tinued to serve.
In his career in the senate Mr.. Till
man has had a stormy time Always
ready with his voice to attack or de-
fend as the mood was, he got into a
wOrdy war with Senator McLaurn of
his state over new brand of Demo
cracy which Tillman preached in
South Carolina as commercial De-
mOcracy." McLaurin dubbed it plain
Republicanism. The two senators
clashed over some trivial matter in
the senate chamber and were soon
pummelling each other like school
boys
Senator Tillman suffered the worst
slight of his career after this fracas.
President Roosevelt had invited him,
along with the other members of the
foreign relations committee, to dine
with him when Prince Henry of Prus-
sia WAS the guest of honor When the
president heard of the fight in the
senate chamber he recalled the invita-
tiOn to Mr. Tillman. The senator
never has forgotten the snub and un-
til President Taft occupied the White
House never entered the White House
grounds.
His fight Uith RooseXe!t was lcr1
The president scored in the last en-
counter when he replied to Tillman's
criticism of his secret service policy
by publishing letters which tended to
snow that Senator Tillman was inter.
ested in land deal in the west whose
!n,e-ests were being furthered by his
activity as . senator.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
Resorted to DupIIcjtv

One night | sat at the right of Lord
randolph Churchill, who was onIv onn
chair removed from the host ord ~,
conversation between them turned on
the dlmcult1es OF public speaking
rave you ever been embarrassed NV
nndlng that after telling your audi
ence there were three points n wb;c,
you particularly wished to call tba,,
attention, and after celebrating rho
nrst two you could not remembor .
word OF what you meant to saw IN the
third?" VII
Inc question was asked bv tbe
host. ~ 'he
Yes" Churchill replied; that has
happened to me more than once but
II never gave me any trouble. fourd
an easy way out. Gentlemen, have
saio 10 them, I told you that there
were three things which 7 desirod -
emphasize. have mentioned two
MUCH more. very much more cou,d
De said, but | appeal to your intali.
gence. Is it necessary for me 70 o,
any lurther; to waste anv ,poro -,
your time or my own on y o,,o,.;a.
,ne answer TO which is so obvious :
haven't said enough to convince Won
as luliy as | am convinced mvso,fo,
lhey nave been quite satisfied with
TINS, and while they were annIaudt,n
nave swung into another mart of ~
subject. Gross duplicity, but it has
saved me as, sometimes, only duplicity
VIII dow. II. Rideing in McCmro.s
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
BAD DREAMS
Caused by Coffee.

Il have been a coffee drinker, more
of less, ever since | can remember. un.
til few months ago | became more
and more nervous and irritable, and
finally | could not sleep at night for
l was horribly disturbed by dreams
of all sorts and a species of distress
ing nightmare.
Finally, after hearing the expert
ence of numbers of friends who. had
quit coffee and were drinking Postum
and learning of the great benefits they
had derived, | concluded coffee must
be the cause of my trouble, so l got
some Postum and had it made strictly
according to directions.
Il was astonished at the favour and
taste. 1t entirely took the place of cof-
fee, and to my very great satisfaction,
l began to sleep peacefully and sweet
ly. My nerves improved, and ] wish
could wean every man, woman and
child from the unwholesome drug-or-
dinary coffee.
People really do not appreciate or
realize what powerful drug it is and
what terrible effect it has on the hu.
man system. If they did, hardly q
pound OF it would be sold. l would
never think Of going back to coffee
again. l would almost as soon think
OF putting my hand in a fire after I
had once been burned.
"A young lady friend of ours had
stomach trouble for long time, and
could not get we'll as long as she used
coffee. She dEaIIy Q0it coffee and be-
gan the use OF Postum and is now Fer.
fectly well. Yours for health"
Read 1.-The Road to Wellville," In
pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above lettere A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genulnes true, and full Of hunan
interest
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
Indian Writes Brand Commiss ION.

Pierre The new citizens of the
state at times show peculiar ideas Of
the duties and powers of the different
state departments. An Indian writes
the state brand commission, calling
upon them to secure for him the pos
session of a stolen pony, for which
he describes the brands. He says the
pony has been gone for some time,
and he wants the animal returned to
him at once. He thinks it possible
that the brand has been changed, but
that is a mere circumstance and il is
up to the state officials to get busy
on the return of the pony, according
to his idea of government
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
S. D. SILVER SERVICE IGNORED.
Gift to Cruiser Stored in New York
Navy Yard and Forgotten.

Washington, ID. G. Whenever
Capt. James T. Smith. commanding
the armOred cruiser South Dakota,
wishes to decorate his table with a
magnificent silver service he can do
so by merely making request of the
navy department for the transfer to
his custody OF the gift made to his
vessel by the people of South Dako-
ia five years ago.
When, in 1901, it was decided by
the department to name a cruiser for
South Dakota, the pride of the people
Of that new and thriving state was so
aroused that they at once decided to
follow the example of other states
and present a silver service to Orna-
ment the messrOom OF the new war
engine.
In 1904, long before the craft was
ready to be put afOat, the gift was
made by the governor of the state
vessel was placed in commission the
silver be sent aboard
In January, 1908, the South Dakota
was launched. The gift of the people
Of the state for which she was named
appears to have been forgotten. The
silver service had been boxed and
stored in the New York navy yard
There it is supposed to be today. No
one seems TO be especially charged
with the duty of delivering il to the
vessel
The people of South Dakota have
become restive under what they re-
gard as the Indifference shown toward
their generosity.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
using a Vacant ~

The Second church of Sprinpae,d
w. mas a vacant lot in the centre
part OF the city which it Is reservino
10 build on little later Rut tb,
trustees determined that II wos mn,
right to let the lot lie until If cou,d
be used for building, and so thew nro
vlded that 1t should be fitted nm as 9
playground for children of the neigh.
borhood through the present summer
Flower beds were laid out and SONS
lawn sown, but the most of the 10,
was given to swings, slides, and 9th.
er suitable temptations to childish
play. Moreover. observing that there
was no public drinking place in the
neighborhoOd, the trustees provided :.
coil OF water pipe running through q
box to be filled with ice, and thus i'm.
provised public ice-water fountain
The public has shown great apprecia.
tion Of both provisions on the part If
the trustees. The example may Ger.
tainly be commended to other church
es which are holding vacant property
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
A CAT OF ANCIENT EGYPT.
Worshiped in OIden Days-One
Preserved in Bronze.

Philadelphia interesting volume
on THE Place of Animals in Human
the Countess Evelyn MartinengOCe-
saresco, who shows us that the life
of the meanest animal is full of mys-
terious and uncomprehended possibili-
ties. The beast is not merely the
servant of man; he is his friend and
ally. Ne occupies a complementary
place In the great scheme of creation.
Such a conception of animal life is a
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
GATHERING
PRODUCTS
WORK OF GATHERING GRAINS
AND VEGETABLES FOR STATE
EXHIBIT NO EASY TASK.
8. Il. MUMBY HAS JOB
farmers Are Urged to Work With the
Commercial Club Committee
For a Fine Exhibit at
Huron.

Sioux Falls-C. NJ Mumby, who has
personal charge of the gathering of
he articles to be used in the Mime
laha county display at the state fair
II Huron next month, requests the
'armerS of the county who have them
selves, or know where good samples
If grain, fruit or vegetables can be
secured, to inform Mr Mumby. The
ask of gathering the articles TO make
4 good showing is a hard one. The
work can be reduced to a minimum if
he farmers will simply drop Mr.
Mumby or A. T.. Bowring, chairman
If the committee having the work in
charge. a card giving the desired in
formation.
The work being done by the com
mittee from the Commercial Club is
for the benefit Of the farmer. The
club is footing the entire expense.
The farmer is not asked to contribute
ing a free contribution OF his crop for
an exhibit, well and good, but If not,
the committee will purchase and pay
outright for the sample.
Mr.. Mumby, if notified where he
can get good article for the eXhibi-
ton, will make a trip in person and
gather the article, thus removing any
trouble whatever from the farmer.
There are plenty of products of the
soil in Minnehaha county TO make a
fine exhibit at the state fair, and if
the movement is not success it will
be because the committee in charge
had not been given the necessary in
formation.
Last year. Minnehaha county had
unquestionably the best exhibit at the
state fair. Because it was not proper
ly entered the first prize was not ac-
corded it. This year Minnehaha
county can carry off top honOrs if the
farmers of the county will simply
work hand in hand with the commit
tee from the Commercial Club.
1t is the farmers who will derive
the benefits from fine exhibit
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
fDRT NRAHCLE, HLHSKI1

size, color and grmness Dealers and
miners become wonderfully accurate
In these matters Gold production ir
the north called for new methods and
these were introduced and improved
year by year
The possibilities for stock raising
and dairy farming are almost beyond
calculation. Sunlight and moisture
sufli cient for plant life are unfailing
The limits of this article will not al
low even a brief discussion of other
rich resources-furs, copper, lead, sill
yer, tin gypsum, marble, iron, coal
fish and timber.
Surely Alaska is a goodly heritage
and we now hold in grateful memory
William II. Seward. Charles Sumner
n. F. Banks, yea, Andrew Johnson, be
cause what was called folly" has
proved to be wisdom. The present pop
ulatlon IS small, possibly $4,000 ma
uves and about the same number of
whites. The aborigines are a good
s'ock' and with fair treatment and
encouragement will do their full share
III idDor ana development They are
dong 1t today in the fisheries. the log
ging camps and in the mines. We
can hardly contemplate the history of
our ownership of the vast possession
LOT the past Al years with pride.
The next need is railway transnorta.
ton. The whole southeast and south.
ern coast has good harbors. which are
accessible at any season, and for the
most part rates are reasonable But
when one leaves the coast and starts
inland the unit is no longer the ton
Dut the pound. At the road house &C
miles in from Valdez the price of oats
and hay for your horse is 20 cents ner
pound. Alaska needs railroads and
1t cannot develop without them. Trails
and wagon roads serve their nurnosa
put how can such mighty resources he
developed and distributed bv snch
lrall means? The world needs butter
and beef, coal and copper, and rail
roads are a necessity in dealing with
these things in Alaska.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
OLD VESSEL NOW A CHURCH.
Seaman's Bethel, on Island Of Cali.
fornia Coast, Is Refuge Of
Sailors.

San Francisco--It would be difficult
to find a greater oddity in church ar
chitecture than the Seaman's Bethel,
on Rattlesnake Island, close to the
port of San Pedro, off the coast of
California. 1t is the decayed and
weather beaten hulk of an old ship
that used to ply the salt seas. Be
coming unseaworthy, it was beached,
made fast with cables, and trans
formed into a church.
The Seaman's Bethel is a mission
church, maintained for the benefit of
the sailors that come into San Pedro
harbor, and of the fishermen of Rat
tlesnake Island All the machinery
and sea-going fixtures have been re-
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
Egyptian Cat Preserved in Bronze.

commonplace with many of the older
religions. 1t has permeated the phil
osophy of the east to SO great an
extent that the devout Indian will not
willingly injure a fly or a worm, lest
he invoke divine retribution. In an
cient Egypt cats were considered
sacred and were worshiped. One Of
these Egyptian cats, preserved in
bronze, in the collection of the French
ambassador at Rome, forms one Of the
illustrations in the volume and is re-
produced here.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
THOSE NEW HATS.
A Realist.

~ am a great believer In realism"
remarked the poet
"Yes?' we queried with a rising in
opening.
Il sometimes carry my ideas OF
realism to a ridiculous extreme" con.
tinued the poet.
Indeed" we exclaimed namely,
somewhat impatient to reach the point
of his witticiSm.
Yes" continued the poet, "the other
day | wrote a sonnet to the gas com
pany and purposely made the meter
defective"
At this point we tainted.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
CHILDREN FIND BOOTY,
Jewelry, Keys and Other Junk Dug
up in Aberdeen.

Aberdeen.-A considerable quantity
of jewelry and large number OF
Hske SrsF.. ~<A~<aR;>.6s~s
refuse here by children who were ell.
gagged in play. None of the local Jew.
lers can identify any of the property,
and it is believed the goods were each
ed here after a robbery in some small
town. to be left until the robbers felt
themselves free.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
II Miuht Have Been.

Knicker - Hudson discovered the
Hudson in the Half Moon.
Bocker-Probably he would have
discovered the Mississippi with a full
moon.
The Mobridge news. [volume] (Mobridge, Walworth Co., S.D.) 190?-1917, 1909-08-27
Grin and Barrett.

11-That lecturer Is tiresome
talker.
'12-Well, to "er" Is human, You
know.-Harvard Lampoop.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-05-07
Commercial Club Meeting.

On Monday might one of the
most enthusiastic meetings in
the history of the Commercial
Club was held at the court house.
The attendance was unusually
good and an interest manifested
which presages much for the
town and it's upbuilding.
The matter of the further de-
velopment of the Tupelo- -Ponto-
toe, Toccopola and Fulton Rail-
road was fully discussed. Com
mittees were appointed to look
after the entertainment of dele
gates and visitors and in every
way possible aid the local Camp
in the Entertainment of the Red
Men who will soon be our guests.
Another committee was appoint
ed to confer with the citizens and
the local lodge with the view of
inviting the Knights of Pythias
of the State to hold their next
annual meeting here. Commit
tees were appointed to advertise
the advantage of the city and to
call attention of Manufacturers
to the many opportunities Of
fered for manufacturing over
alls and work shirts. Also for
the location of a mill for grind
ing corn into meal and foodstuffs
in transit to Southern markets.
The benefits to be derived
through the Commercial CLUB
cannot be over estimated and the
citizens generally should lend ev-
cry encouragement possible to
bring to the city paying enter
prises.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-05-07
Entertainment at Shannon

One of the most enjoyable social oc-
casions that Shannon has known was
the reception given by Mrs. C. M.
Johnsey, in honor of Mrs. David E.
Clark, Thursday, April 20, 1909.
The Johnsey home never looked pret
tier than it did on this occasion, when
with its color scheme of pink and white,
it made fitting back ground for the
groups of maids and matrons who call
ed during Mrs. Johnseys receiving
hours.
The guests were met at the DIOR by
Mrs. Lillian Keyes who escorted them
to the rear of the reception hall, Misses
Mary Clark and Dee Rec Evans served
delicious punch.
In the parlor Mrs. Johnsey, Mrs.
David Clark and Mrs J. M. Clark were
receiving, assisted by Mrs, t. c. Lau-
derdale, and Mrs. Rome Grafton Dat bs.
The bride was becomingly gowned in
heliotrope Rajah silk, and by her pleas
ant, cordial manners reached the
hearts of all who met her. Presiding
in the dining room were Mrs. j, o.
Williams and Mrs. j. l.. Arnold, assis :
ed by little Valerie Johnsey. Here the
color scheme was carried out in the
cream, served in the form of hearts
an6 cupids with angel food cake.
Roses were everywhere in evidence,
and with the lovely music furnished by
Miss Nellie Irby, the occasion seemed
symbolic of the happiness we all wish
for this bride who has recently come to
live among us.
The Tupelo journal. (Tupelo, Miss.) 1876-1924, 1909-05-07
Board OF Supervisors.

The Board of Supervisors ad.
journed Wednesday at noon, af-
ter the transaction Of the usual
routine business. The Lower
Coonewah Swamp Land District
filled a petition through Mitchell
& Clayton for a reconsideration
of the petition, asking the Boards s
authority to issue additional bond
for the purpose Of widening and
deepening the present canal.
Publication is made in this issue.
The petition Of the voters in
the Northwest corner of the
Fourth District asking for the
establishment of a voting pre-
cinct at some point most conve-
nient in the territory described
in the petition was granted.
The Board took a forward step
by placing an order for seven
additional road graders. The
County has already three gra-
ders which have been tested and
found satisfactory to the over
seers of the road who have op-
Grated them. The grader, the
Twentieth Century, took first
prize at the State Fair at jack
son last year and has been found
to be more servicable than any
other on the market. Only four
mules are required to pull it and
it's management and construc-
ton is so simple that it does not
require an expert to use 1t.
The 10 graders will be divided
among the Districts and so
placed that each District will
have a grader both east and west
of the railroad. This will make
them accessible to all Road Over
seers who are inclined to use
them.
The time has arrived when the
old fashioned plow and shovel
road working must be superse-
ded by something more practi,
cal and up-to-date.