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Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
VITAL STATISTICS.
MARRIAGES

MARRIAGES
Frank Moore to Grace Emery. lro-
quois, Nov. 18th.
Lewis Larson Lee to Gertie Aren-
son Jostad, De Smet, Nov. 18th.
Earl c.. Sturgis to Jennie Jackson,
De Smet, Dec. 9th.
Earnest Jor, to Mrs. Mabel Crit
fifth, De Smet, Dec. 7th.
Folkert III. Poppen to Clara Eikamp
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08

On account of the storm Tuesday
the annual meeting of the De Smet
Farmers Mutual Fire and Lightning
Insurance company was adjourned to
Tuesday, February 2nd, 1909, at 2
o'clock p. M, at the City Hall.
j. L. VAN HOOK, Pres.
GEO. w. LATIN, Sec.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08
MRS. BARBARA YEAMAN-

Mrs. Barbara Yeaman was born in
Pennsylvania Oct. oath, 1912. Her
parents were Joseph and Jane Gray.
She was married to Mr.. VIM. Yeaman,
Jan. 18th, 1869, at Watsontown, Pa:
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08

The Jens Larson quarter north
west of this city was sold to w. d.,
Ruth last week by Arson Wright.
Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-01-08

GEO. w. LATIN, Sec.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1909-09-04
us he what you world call gentlemanr"


one valuable Jewel.
The eyes of the officer and manager
met In Ill disguised alarm.
"She must have been under the
most violent excitement to SLIP away
without these" suggested the former.
I'D better be at work. Give me two
hours" were his parting words to Mr..
Ransom. by that time I'll either be
back or telephone you. You had bet.
ter stay here; she may return. Though
don't think that likely" he muttered
az he passed the manager.
AT the door he stopped. "You can't
tell me the color Of that veil?"
mo"
Look about the room, sir. There's
lots OF colors in the furniture and
hangings. Don't you see one some.
where that reminds you of her veil or
even Of her dress?"
The miserable bridegroom looked
up from the bag into which he was
still staring and, glancing slowly
around him, finally pointed at a chair
upholstered In brown and impulsively
said:
The veil was like that; remember
now. Brown, isn't It? dark brown"
"Yes. And the dress?"
II can't tell you a thing about the
dress. But her gloves-I remember
something about them. They were so
tight they gaped open at the wrist.
Her hands looked quite disfgured. l
wondered that so sensible a woman
should buy gloves at least two sizes
too small for her. think she was
ashan ed Of them herself, for she tried
to hide them after she saw me look.
ing"
This was in the cab?"
"Yes."
Where you didn't speak a word?"
mot a word"
Though she seemed so very much
ut up?"
mo. she didn't seem cut up; only
tired"
How tired?"
"She sat with her head pressed
against the side OF the cab
"And little turned away?"
"Yes."
Gas If she shrank from you?"
"A little so"
did she brighten when the car.
riage stopped?"
"She started upright"
did you help her out?"
mo, I had promised not to touch
her."
"She jumped out after you?"
EYES,"
"And never spoke?"
mot a word"
Gerridge opened the door, motioned
for the manager to follow, and, once
in the hall, remarked to that gentle
man:
II should like to see the boy who
took her bag and was with them when
she slipped away"
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CHAPTER II.
The Lady in Number Z.

I~ lHE boy was soon found and
j proved to be more observing
|45S8XI in matters Of dress than Mr..
Ransom. He described with
apparent accuracy both the color and
cut Of the garments worn by the lady
who had fitted away so mysteriously.
The former was brown, all brown; and
the latter was Of the tailor-made varie-
ty, very natty and becoming. What
you would call swell, was the COM
ment, if her walk hadn't spoiled the
hang OF It. How she did walk! Her
shoes must have hurt her most un-
common. l never did see any one
hobble so"
"How's that? She hobbled, and her
husband didn't notice it?"
"Oh, he had hurried on ahead. She
was behind him, and she walked like
this"
The pantomime was highly expires.
sive.
That's point" muttered Gerridge.
Then with sharp look at the boy:
where were you that you didn't no.
tice her when she slipped Off"
"Oh. but I did. sir. I was waiting
for the clerk to give me the key, when
saw her step back from the gentle
mans side and, looking quickly round
to see II any one was noticing her
slide OF into the reception.room.
thought she wanted q drink Of water
out Of the pitcher on the center table
but II she did. she didn't come back
after she had got 1t. None Of us ever
saw her again"
(To Be Continued.)
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FoREWORD.

Shifting from New York City to
- little Connecticut town of Sitford,
- main thread Of THE CHIEF
HCATEE is there unwound through
. aulitude Of perplexins personalities
Sssd amazing phases. You come to
Sslieve and then disbelieve in Mrs.
Raasom's suicidal plunge into the
Dsvifs Cauldron YOU believe and then
6sbelieve that Mn. Ransom's deaf
ewn sister. Anitra Hazen. is really
AAn. Ransom herself: you are dis
sssaed BY the apparent utter sel6.hness
ssd brutality of Alfred Hazen. and
aAen astounded BY evidences Of his
hsavesy and complete unsel6shness: you
admire the affection Of Roger Ransom
~ his wife. and his loyal determine.
Ssa not to believe her lost to him 20
Ssss a. there is the slish.est .isn Of
Aepe; you are enmeshed in doubt by
ssns which on one day clearly point
- certain conclusions. and then on the
sszt day puzzled more than ever by
sther equally reliable signs which point
- revere way. The ending of the
ssssy 10 satisfactory enough. but the
wriser Of this foreword Is free to .ay
thaf. If he had prepared the last chapter,
- would have made still more salts.
sseaory eoaelusion. in hs judgment,
- simpH destroying the viii made in
asves Of the unknown Auchincloss. thu.
Sspivins The Cause Of chance eithe,
- do ham 10 anyone or 10 acquire an
Asnsuted fortune.
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-
CHAPTER I.
a Bride Of Five Hours.

VA YIHAT'S upr
H"l This from the manager Of
the Hotel - TO his chief
clerk. Something wrong in
Neon SIR
n Yes. sir. rye Just sent for q de-
tooceive. You were not to be found
- the gentleman 10 desperate. But
Wy anxious to have It all kept quiet;
vEy anxious. think we can oblige
I'm there. or. at least. weTl try. Am
Z right sir!"
"Of course. IT,"
oh! It's nothing criminal. The
nn4ys missing. that's all; the lady
wocse name you see here"
The resister lay open between
Asm; the clerks nnger. running along
- column. rested about hallway
avwn.
The manager bent over the page.
Roger J. Ransom and wife," he
ssaA out In decided astonishment.
Why. they are"
You're right. Married to-day in
orace Church. A great wedding; the
Daesrs are full Of 1t. Well. she's the
nnAy. They registered here q few
oenutes before i've O'Clock and In ten
o1Autes the bride was missing. It's
q queer story Mr.. Ransom tells. You'd
0seter hear II. All. there's our man!
GAaps you'll 60 up with him."
. You may bet your last dollar ON
Aas." muttsred the manager. And
osaaing the newcomer. he made 4
aUnincant gesture which was all that
assed between them till they step
ped out on the second floor.
Wanted In Room 81" the manager
Issw asked.
Yes. BY q man named Ransom"
"Just 90. That's the door. Knock
.--or, rather. I'll knock. for I must
lAear his story as soon as you do. The
srs0utation Of the hotel"
= "res. yes. but the gentlsman's wait.
-. All! that's better"
The manager had Just knocked.
An exclamation from within. q hur.
red step. and the door fell open. The
Agure which met their eyes was start.
hnG- Distress. anxiety, and an i'm.
Dauence almost verging on frenzy. dis.
terted features naturally amiable II
not handsome.
my wife," fell In q gasp from his
'vrithing lips.
We have come to hel. you nnd
nsr." Mr.. Gerridge calmly assured
IN. Mr.. Gerridge was the detective.
3slate the circumstances, sir. Tell
- where you were when you frst
06ssed her"
Mr. Ransom's glance wandered past
IN to the door. II was partly open.
TIE manager. whose name was Loom.
-. hastily closed II. Mr.. Ransom
showed relief and hurried into his
.seory. Il was to this effect:
was married today IN Grace
Caurch. At the altar my bride-you
probably know her name. Miss Geor
gaan Hssen-wore . natural look. and
vas In all respects. 90 far a. any one
sesld sss. . happy woman. satisfied
wtth her choice and pleased with the
sciat and elegancies of the occasion
Railway down the aisle this eli
changed. remember the instant per
1octly. Her hand was ON my arm and
I felt II suddenly stiffen. was not
aaarmed. but I gave her q quick looh
and saw that something had hap
psaed. What. could not at the mo
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The drOuth in many sections Of
night by heavy rains.
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tatlng night from the first"
From the time she saw that man."
Mr.. Ransom corrected.
"Just SO; from the time she left
her uncle's house. Your wife is a
woman OF means, I believe"
"Yes, unfortunately"
"Why unfortunately"
1T makes her independent and OF.
fers lure to irresponsible wretches
l'As s him.
Very large; larger than my own"
Every ore knew Mr.. Ransom to be
millionaire.
LEFT her by her father?"
mo, by some great-uncle, I believe,
who made his fortune in the Klon.
dixie"
And entirely under her own con.
trol?"
ENTIRELY So"
"Who is her man Of business?"
Edward Harper. of - Wall street."
Hes your man. He'll know soon
er or later where she is"
"Yes. but later won't do. I must
know tonight; or, II that is impos-
sible. tomorrow. Were it not for
the modification It would cause her I
should beg you to put on all your force
and ransack the" city for this bride o!
five hours. But such publicity is toe
shocking"
The detective looked thoughtful
The problem had it's difficulties.
Are those hers?" he asked at last
pointing to the two trunks he saw
standing against the wall.
"Yes. had them brought up, In
the hope that she had slipped away
on some foolish errand or other and
would yet come back"
by their heft Judge them to be
full how about her hand.bag?"
! "She had only a small bag and an
umbrella. They are both here"
"How's that?"
"The colored boy took them at the
door. She went away with nothing In
her hands"
Gerridge glanced at the bag Mr.
Ransom had pointed out. fingered It
then asked the young husband to
open It.
He did so. The usual articles and
indispensable adjuncts of nice WON
ans toilet met their eyes. Also 9
pocketbook containing considerable
money and case holding more thar
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
TIRE THEMSELVES
READY.
GETTING

Washington Irving tells a STORY of
a ma n who tried to Jump over a hill
He went back so far ito get his start
that he was completely exhausted
when he came to the lime, and had to
lie down and rest. Them he got up
and walked over the hill.
A great many people exhaulste them
selves getting ready to- do their work.
They are always preparing. They
spend their lives getting ready ito do
something which they never do.
1t is am excellent timing to keep
improving oneself, to keep growing;
but there must be a time Ito beghn
the great work of life. | know man
who dis almost forty years old, who
has not decided what he is going 10
do. He has graduated from college.
and taken a number OF postgraduate
courses but all along general lines,
He has not yet begun to specSalze
This mann fully believes he lis going
to do great hhings yet. hope he
may.
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TIT FOR TAT.

An old English farmer, whose wife
was I'LL, went for some medicine to
the nearest town. Calling at a road
side Inn. he spent all he had, includ-
ing the money for his wife's medicine
Not wishing to go back without ut,
and to save both, he borrowed a
bottle filled with colored water, and
took it home. There he sweetened
lit, and gave it ito his wife.
Some time after she had recovered
he told her of his deceit. She sand
nothing, but a month Latter, when her
husband came in to- his tea, she was
busy churmfng, so she asked him df
he would churn, as she was tired.
Of course, he started churning.
I'm about am hour he sand
'sThis cream dis long while il turn
ing to butten lass"
aye his wife repliied. Give been
at it nearly all t. afternoon Tina
uEtu D0Ul6T get UuA 'uce~ Gull AOo1 q 49,
May" he said, 81 won't get my
tea till this job is dome"
So he turned at the old churn for
another hour, and then, tired out, he
said:
81 think this is newer goin' to turn
ito butter"
81 don't think it viii; for I took
fifteen pounds of butter out just be-
fore tina came DIM, and, if ever tha
wants me to talk waiter foF medar
cine. just remember about churnltng
two hours at nowt but buttermiIk.
The old fellows REPLY is mot re-
copded.
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/ hope the time is not far distant
when our country homes may be sup
piled with every modern convenience
which will help so much to make
woman's work lighter and pleas
ure to perform, instead of THE hand
laborious task it is SO often now.
Gun, most successful and UP to date
farmers have provided the latest i'm
proved and most useful farm machin-
cry. by which their home is made
easy.
Now let us invite them to take
look into the Kitchen, dining room
and even to the smOke+houSe and
see if theEie might not be some little
improvement made that would great
ly add to the comfort and pleasure OF
THE patient, Woodworking, wife who
has to spend a gTteat portion OF her
time i'm the kitchen and dining room.
shall not attempt to explaim what
dis needed i'm every home to make
the work a pleasure instead OF the
heavy laIborious task which lis SO Of
ten the case. shall leave the prob
lem for housewives to solve for them
selves; what they most need and de-
sik1e for their comfort and enjoyment
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BIG FORTUNE SCATTERED.
Millions Left by Rich Men Not Kept
Together.


Washington Special to Louisville
Courier Journal
That the piled-up wealth of the
great captains of finance will i'm time
become so huge that all the rest of
the country's population will ONE day
be dependent upon few money
kings lis a cry very often raised but
the actual facts show that these
vast accommodations SOON become wide
ly distributed and lose practically all
of their power with the second gene
ration.
E. H. Hartman left a fortune of
approximately 500, 900. Under his
will he provided for five children and
his widow, with considerable sums
going to other relatives.
H. H. Rogers who died last spring,
left also approximately 100000, 1000
and under his will it goes to four
children and his widow. Already there
are mime grand children ito share in a
further division.
Russell Sage, who died July %,
1906, was the only great financier of
recent years to die childless. He
Left $66, 753 900 and of this his widow
inherited $63,778.000. Since his death
Mrs. Sage has spent immense sums
for phila1Hhropbc purposes, and the
bulk of what she leaves will ON her
death, go into the same channels.
Cornelius Vanderbilt left an estate
of $72,50O,00 and $50, 100000 was di-
vided i'm different proportions among
his five children His second SON,
Alfred G., got the largest amount,
$44, 100000, and Cornelius, his second
son. the smallest, $1,500,000.
But to avoid a contest Alfred G..
gave Cornelius $6,OOO,OOO of his share.
Jay Gould Left $72,O0O,O0O, and it
was divided among six children
George, the eldest SON, received the
largest share, and the other five
children equal shares. ALI of them,
with the exception of Helen, the ell
dest daughter, married, and of the
five who Married all have Children
except Howard. Thus, of these five
captains of finance who Left SAIL ,000,-
900, this great sum has passed, or will
pass to twenty children without count
ing the widows.
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NEGROES DRAW THE COLOR
LINE.

1t is announced that the STRICTLY
negro town of Taft, Okla, has been
placarded with warnings that unless
the three white men who have To-
Gated i'm that town to open business
houses do not leave town immediately
death will be their punishment, and
that the negroes have blown UP with
dynamite a store belonging to one of
the white men. We do not imagine
that this news will evoke amy COM
siderable Indignation among the white
race anywhere. The white men cer-
tainly have a clear legal right to re
sidence in the town, despite the OBJ
iections of the negroes. This matter
is beyond dispute. 1t is also indefen-
sible to threaten with death and to
use dynamite to enforce ones Opin-
ions. The legal aspects of the case
are too plain to require discussion.
But there are other aspects.
Theme are several communities i'm
the North In which negroes are not
allowed to settle, and I'M times of
great excitement they have BEEN drdv-
EN- out of communities i'm the south
also. 1t being absolutely necessary to
keep the races apart socially, lit is
unWise to interfere with the negros
right to live i'm am exclusively negrb
community if he desires. The whites
may have a legal right to invade his
Down, but they have NO right to en-
bodied i'm general propositions OF law,
which were not. enacted to- meet such
cases. There are legal Fights which
1T lis not always the point OF wisdom
to inssit upon, and this right of re
Siding On a district where one lis a
nuisance lis one of them. We griewe
to mote that the negroes of Chicago
and those of Oklahoma take differ
emit Views of the subject but this
was to have been expected. Equal
nights have newer BEEN the negro's
lam. He has always demanded the
best of it, and when the bottom
rail was ON top" he did not hesitate
to put into execution his desires.
When the negto was enfranchdsed
the reconstrJct ionists went far
enough to disframchise a number OF
whites to put him i'm a majority i'm
sections where the Disparity of num-
bers was not too great, to make the
plan impracticable, and the negro
considered this the height OF justice.
He win take equality where he cam
not get Wedominance, but he will all
ways seek supremacy OF the whites
when he gets the chance.
We think that the best outcome of
the Taft trouble would be for the
white men to leave, not because of
the threats made against them, but
because they have no business inn the
town. The negro has the right to
hive to himself if he Wishes so to do,
and the white race, nor amy member
of ut, should place obstacles I'M his
way. BY the same token, the Chicago
negroes should be made to under
stand that they can no longer reside |
in PORTIONS OF that city where their
presence is a nuisance to the white
population. Chicago is, or should be,
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WHY LIVING Is HIGH.
indianapolis Star.

Indianapolis Star.
One reason why living iis high is
because we are i'm am ella of rising
prices, world wide and apparently
progressive to yet greater heights
Scholars attribute this to- increased
gold productions multiplied demands
of prosperity and a reckless spirit
that does not count the cost OF amy
indulgence that one cam afford.
Another reason why the cost of
living lis so high Dis because we Hive
high. The rigid economics and sys-
bematic self-deniaas OF former days
ante not now practiced; are not, i'm
deed, necessary, even to those who
amass wealth EVEN from most modest
beginnings. On the other hand, law
Dish expenditure is the rule, and the
budget of the average family disclos-
els many forms of outlay dhat were un
known or taboOed a generation ago.
In the main this is well enough. It
iIs all the accompaniment of progress
and better standards OF Nving. In
spite OF our increased OUTLAWS men
get richer and get rich more quickly
than they could possibly do forty
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Alabama & VickSburg
RAILWAY
Time Table.
|G9Ia'3!g5'a|as3ll
ROUTE;
EastbOund.

EaStbOund.
To Cincinnati, Atlanta and N. Y.-------
meridian and Birmingham 3:o5 p. m
Meridian and Cincinnatio:3o am.
Meridian --6:45 pm.
Westbound.
To Shreveport and Beyond
Shreveport and Beyond pm
Vicksburg Local ZOO pm
Vicksburg Local-o:5o a. m
Fast train carries Pullman Sleeping Ca
between Shreveport and Chattanooga
connecting with through SleeperS to New
York and Cincinnati. Also Dining Car
The Shreveport and B'ham train carries
through coaches and Sleeping Car be-
tween Shreveport and Meridian and Din
ing Car.
For rates and detailed information, ap
by toTicket Agent or address
GEO. RI. SMlTHGen. Pass. Agent.
New Orleans, la.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
sPARRoWs KILL TURKEYS.
Washington Herald.

Washington Herald.
English sparnows kill turkeys in
Rhode Island, according to DR.. Phillip
B. Hadley. They convey the black
head disease, whose fatal prevalence
among turkeys is threatening the
ruin OF turkey farming in the state.
DR.. HadIey says that poultry. general
ly game birds, and some. wild song
birds, have the amoeba or coccidium,
which causes the disease, and so why
he lays all the blanfe to the English
sparrow does not quite appear, unless
because the little pest has earned
so bad a name ON other accounts.
The British grouse are doubled in a
way similar to the turkey. And the
seriousness of the case lis Illustrated
by Dur. Hadley i'm the statement
that whereas thirty years ago Block
Island alone used to send out more
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
BRIDGE NOTICE.

Notice is hereby gfvem that scaled.
bids will be received at the ChAmcery
Clerks office, in Brandon, Miss, up
to IL O'Clock noon ON the first Mon
day im October, 1909, for building a
bridge ON Florence and Terry read
ais per specifications now ON file DO
Chancery Clerks office. The board
reserves the right to reject amy or
all bids
JNO. A. GAYDEN. Clerk.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
i perforing their daily tasks.

in perforing their daily tasks.
| beg of all well-to-do farmers to
provide every possible convenience
for their patient, lowing wives. If
our industrious housewives We're all
lowed all the profit from tine sale of
chickens, eggs, and butter, I should
imagine most of them could make
kheri own purchases; but l fear 1T
lis often the case that the money from
such sales go for other purposes.
MRS. NOLIE WALKER.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
SOLD 40 BALES AT 1s CENTS.

Itta Bena, Miss, Sept. 24.-The
highest price fon cotton was paid
here today to William Brown a pros
porous planter from near here,
when he sold to Edward Holland e
Co. OF this place, forty bales at Is
cts. per pound, netting him $3,62016.
Brown has the distinction of bring
ing the first bale to this market this
season.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30

a white mans town, and Taft lis a
negro's town, and each race should
respect the rights of the other
Times Democrat
The above editcffaa lis sensible and
timely.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30

years ago. So the high cost of living
lis not reducing us to poverty or de-
priving us of our comfort, and lux
uries. 1T is idle and perhaps wrong
to Ego it, at this pace and then COM
plain that little is left after we have
bought everything our hearts desire.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
FOR SALE.

Three eighty acre trdcts, pine and
oak timber land, four miles east I
Florence, at Sc per acre.
FITHIAN LUMBER CO.,
Newton III.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1909-09-30
GULF & SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD
COMPANY.
General Passenger Department

OSflSTdl 4 dSSShSEi DSPOA Sa'Oe
PASSENGER SERVICE.
MAIN LINE.
No. 5 No. 3
Lv. Jackson 600 a. m. 1886 p. m.
Lv. Hattiesburg 9:43 7:13
Ar. Gulfport 1890 p. m. 1000
No. No. 6
Lv. Gulfport TAO a. m. Ais p. m.
Lv. Hattiesburg 1920 1888
Ar. Jackson 1:55 p. m. 1O:5O
Columbia Division (Via Silver Creek
and Columbia.)
No. 1O1 No. 102
1920 am. w Mendenhau ar 9:25 p. m.
1870 D.. m. ar. Gulfport w. 2:45 p. m.
2:30 .. m. lv. Jackson ar. 1905 am
500 p. m ar. Columbia lv. 500
Connections at Jackson, Hattiesbur
and Gulfport with all lines. Further
information apply to,
'THOS. P. HALE, Second V-President
Gulfport, Mississippi.
Effective April II. 1909.