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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

opera houses within the last rev
weeks. This development need cause
no surprise, as 1t is the natural out
come of the entire decollette, which
has prevailed for the last couple Of
yealA The smartest modistes now
expect that evening gowns will be cut
as high In contrast as they were cut
low last winter and even early In the
peasant season. w &s q change that
the majORtty Sf w0GnRa will WeiconAe
even more cordially than tia returA TO
long QesVs& Fer thS extremely
hw OUsninE Bswn Rnt itself artisae'
ally only to those WSnaSn IwckJ aASagh
to count Themselves doss y psHeoo-
ton phyEically. The hlGh-n@@ESd BSwn
is far from exacting, and Tor S1Aat rea-
son it will afford comfort to tlaa greas
majority.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
problemu OF Populatlon.

How many of the worlds great
staples are dependent on essentially
pioneer conditions? Wool is pioneer
industry, dependent on the half-occu.
pied areas OF the world. to say nothing
OF furs. How will the human race be
fed when population has been spread
over all parts of the earth available
for human settlement, at an even ra-
ito? Saskatchewan is larger than Ger.
many, and probably fully Germany's
equal in economic resources. How
would the world be fed II Saskatch.
evan and places like 1t were peo'
pied as closely as the Kaiser's em.
pire? This is really the wheat ques
ton of the future, and the wool ques
tion, and in large part the beef ques,
tion. James j. Hill now estimates
that in twenty years we shall be d
wheat-lmporting nation, having passed
over from the lists Of areas which helI
10 feed the world into the category OF
those that somebody else must help to
sustain.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

Everywhere it was the same story
ut Vancouver, Banff. Calgary, San
Francisco, Seattle, Chicago. A couple
of days ago | visited Thomas A. Edi-
son at his laboratory In. New Jersey.
Say, what's the matter with your peO-
Hls ever thereT no exclaimed almost
a. Eoon as we haa shaken hands.
"Hare I've had to close down my pho
nograph factory in England--Whats
the name Of thS place? I've forgotten
somewhere near Lendon. All the otA&rs
In Europe paying, but we couldn't make
that one pay. We get good work out
OF the French and the Belgians and
the Germans and Austrians, but the
EngIisn--no good Belgians So pei
cent. English 30 per cent"
Mr.. Edison meant ratio II produc
tive capaclty He went on:
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

At last there in turning from the
extreme fashion In evening gowns.
The woman who hr'dss herself on her
wardrobe no longer affects the low
necked evening dress, for the high
necked gown r. the latest departure
Of the Parisian designer. At all the
receptions in honor Of Miss Betrice
Mills before heT marriage to the Earl
Of Granard gowns Of decidedly high
cut were the rule, and the same tend
ency has been observed in the two
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

A Grand Ball will be given by
Joseph Halla at Tabor on Mon
day, November s. 1909. Music
BY the Mikota Orchestra Of Yank
ton composed Of six excellent mu
sicians. "A cordial invitation is
extended to alto attend.
Notice is hereby given to all
those who have an unsettled ac-
count with me TO adjust same on
Ga before October 80, 1909. All
accounts after that day will be 81
ven 70 an attorney for collection
JOS Hnbal. clio I
Now is the proper time to place
those lightning rods on your
house We sell the Barnett sys.
tenn; which mean the best Re
zac & JezeBski, agents. bal
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
NEW VERSION OF THE BrDIA

Vow BEING Made Under the Aus
piees OF AmericRn jews.
a A new translation Of the scriptures
being prepared under the joint aus
pices Of the Jewish Publication so
7iety of America and the Central Con.
ference of America Rabbis, says the
New York Sun. In response to many
Inquiries they have issued statement
II the ,nethods they propose to fol,
low.
According to the statement, the new
translation aims at conserving ths
form which the scriptures have as
sumed in the English tongue through
the two great historical yersions-the
authorized Of 1911 and the revised oi
tssA -hrt In more particular man
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21
"NTind, I'm not speaking OF the Eng

Mind, I'm not speaking OF the Eng
lish mechanic. He's al right none
etter in the world. I'm talking Of
the common labOrer--maR you pick up
on the streets. What Is n? Too much
booze? Or general deterioration, or
what?"
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1909-10-21

The friends coed enough to defend
you IN your absence are rarely so good
that they fail to tell you that you
needed defense.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
News of The Temperance Fight.

The hardly fought battle at Bristol, Va,
last Thursday between the temperance
and liquor forces was won by the whiS-
key advocates, the vets winning by
majority OF IS in total vote OF S44. The
liquor people made extraordinary exer-
tons to win, sending money and workers
from different States TO influence the vo-
tiers by fair means or foul. The brewers
and diStilers of the country united with
the liquor advocates in Virginia in SUI
premo effort to check the temperance
wave, and there was no limit to the mon
ey wanted in the campaign by their hench-
man. One argument they used was that
Bristol would receive $4,000 in license
fees from the large number OF saloons and
mail -order whiSkey houses that would be
established there, and that the city would
become the center OF an enormous bust
ness in wet goods from the South. The
Temperance folks put up the best fight OF
which they were capable, but the odds
against them were too heavy. 1t is said
that over a hundred brewers and diStillerS
or their representatives were in Bristol
working for whiSkey.
Lima, Ohio, voted a few weeks ago TO
retain the saloons in the county OF which
il is the county seat. The surrounding
counties are all dry, and the result has
been that the toughs, thugs, thieves, and
crooks of all characters rushed into Lima.
Today it is an ideal saloon controlled city,
and a late paper tells its story of aSaloon
murder, the murder of white woman by
a black man, and long list of crimes OF
all classes to add to the expense account,
the decentralization, the shame and dis
honor of Lima. And now the decent
people who thought, prohibition might
hurt the town are seeing how the saloons
do hurt the town.
Last Saturday night more than 1000
saloons in Texas ceased operations be-
cause of the law enacted at the recent
session of the Legislature. This law in
validated all liquor licenses issued after
February 20, 1909, limited the number Of
saloons in each county TO one for every
500 OF population, and barred new Ii
cenSes in conjunction with hotel
The saloon-keepers of Point Pleasant,
w. Va, are going to boycott the Metho-
dist church there because its pastor
is such strong temperance man. What
do you think OF that?
Stark county, Ohio, voted wet last
Saturday. The city OF Canton, witapop-
ulation of $4,000, rolled up majority for
the saloons that the country districts could
not overcome.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
Another Pest for the Farmer to Eight.

Several weeks ago the Register stated
that the dodder, a parasitic plant liable to
become very serious pest, had made its
appearance in this section. Ourinformant
was w. Manning Lemen, west of town,
who had discovered it in his clover field.
Mr.. Lemen gave il as his opinion that the
dodder seed had gotten here in clover
seed imported from Europe and he was
probably right, as may be seen from the
following article which we take from the
last issue OF the Charles Town Advocate
European dodder, one OF the most de-
structive parasitic plants known 10 the
farmer or the gardener, has made its ap-
pearance in several sections Of the coun-
ty. L. NJ. Long was one OF the first men
in the county TO observe it. The plant
took possession of his potato patch at
Ripon during the protracted rains in June.
The potato vines were so overrun with II
that they had to be pulled, sun dried and
then burned in order to be rid ofthe pest.
Mr.. Long sent specimens of the weeds to
the agricultural stations both in Virginia
and West Virginia. Experts at both sta
tons agreed that the new plant is dodder,
and in response 10 inquiries from Mr..
Long in regard TO DISCRIMINATING it, gave
Instructions about getting rid of it. Mr..
Long holds TO the belief that the seed OF
the plant came TO his place in chicken feed
commercially prepared.
DR.. s. w. Fletcher, director OF the
Virginia Experimental Station at Blacks
burg, has this TO say about the plant and
the means most recommended for killing
it:
"The specimen you send is dodder. It
is parasitic plant which has no leaves,
but lives by sucking the juice from the
plants upon which it climbs. 1t is eS-
pecially serious in alfalfa and clover fields.
1t is usually introduced as an impurity in
the seed, especially of clover and alfalfa.
You should make every effort TO get rid
Of it. The spots affected should be cut
very frequently and the plants on which
the dodder is running should be burned.
The dodder-infected areas should also be
burned over, spreading dry straw or other
refuse upon them for this purpose. FIRE.
quently cutting and burning are the only
remedies that are practical, as far as
know"
N. J. Giddings, bacteriologist of the
Experiment Station at Morgantown,
writes to Mr.. Long:
"Yours of June 22nd, and the enclosed
specimen of potato plant, have ben re-
ferred to me. The vine which is destroy
ing the potato plants is the dodder, think
the European. There are many methods
for its eradication, but so faraS can learn
the one which is considered best is clean
cultivation. The only method by which
you could get them from the field so that
Slight damage would be done this year
would be to 60 through and clean out the
plants by hand The field should then be
kept thoroughly cultivated for one sea-
son, so as to destroy all the roots and seeds
of the vine. find no practical method
given which does not require the loss OF
the land for one year"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

WHEN the Senate passed the tariff bill
last Friday the measure was put in the
hands Of joint conference committee,
which is now going over the various
schedules for the purpose OF bringing
about an adjustment of the differences
between the House and Senate The
people have been assured from time to
time that the outrageous rates adopted
by the Senate would be pared down in
conference committee, but there is little
hope that this will be the case. The
Senate confereeS are headed by Aldrich,
and every one OF them is creature OF the
trusts and corporations that framed the
infamous measure-there is not repre-
sentative. among them OF the patriotic and
protesting weSternerS who have been &C
tive in exposing the iniquitieS of the pro-
posed rates. The House conferees were
selected by Speaker Cannon, and nothing
further need be said as to who and what
they are. Every one of them may be
trusted to keep the rates up to the limit.
No one need have any hope that the con-
ference committee will evolve fair bill.
Only one thing viii save the people
from the disaster that confronts them by
the passage of this bill, and that is a
veto by President Taft. This we do not
look for, because the signs already indi-
cate that he viii either be fooled or bull
dozed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
SHARPSBuRG NEWS.

The u. s. Hospital Corps arrived here
on a special train from Toledo, Ohio,
Monday at $50 O'Clock, and marched i'm
mediately to the camping grounds on
Bloody Lane on the Mumma farm. The
bows all looked fine and were very much
brOnZed, as they have been out since
April lSt, giving instructions on hospital
duties. They made a nice appearance
marching through town. Already six
carloads of baggage have arrived, and
the army wagons have been busy since
Friday hauling il TO the camp. The OIL
GERS in charge are boarding at our hotels,
and every business place IS doing well.
The camp grounds look like small city.
There will be three dress paradeS daily,
when the fifty State militia officers arrive
on the 18th, and will continue until about
the lSt OF September They have their
horses and mules shipped by rail, and eX-
pect more horses. Three carloads OF
ambulances came in this evening, and are
being unloaded. They have purchased
. tons of oats, 80 tons OF hay, 5000
pounds of beef and several carloads OF
canned goods and vegetables. There
will be l04 mules and - horses in use
by them while here, and il will be treat
TO our people to see the camp and ma
neuverS. The town is real lively al night
as the boys come in and sing and make
themselves at home. Our older citizens
say il reminds them OF 1862, and take
great interest in the boys.
Mrs. VIM. yesterday has been on the
sick list for the past week with the grippe.
Miss Anna Reilly is spending a week
with her sister Mrs. Maud ZONES, in
KeedySvile.
Thieves stole from John SChamel one
night recently IA fine young chickens
from coop that contained 10.
The farmers are busy now threshng
the wheat crop, but il isn't as good
yield as they expected.
The little one-year-Old child of Mr..
and Mrs. McClallen Renner died at their
home here last Saturday and was buried
on Sunday evening.
VIM. Grim has returned TO Washing
ton, where he is employed, after spend
ing several weeks at his home here.
Raleigh Sherman, his mother, Mrs. p.
c. Dye, Mrs. Sue Miller, all of Wash
ington, and Mr. and Mrs Henry Miller,
of Atlantic City, are boarding with Mrs.
o. T. Reilly for several weeks.
John f. SChamel has had new porch
built at the entire front OF his house.
Miss Julia Ruhl and Goldie Myers, OF
Bolivar, w. Va, have been spending
some time at Belinda Springs farm with
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. F. Lumm.
Mrs. Frank Pry is visiting relatives at
Point OF Rocks. This is the first time
Mrs. Pry has been away from her home
for a number Of years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
MANY Called. But Few Chosen.

The report from the May examination
of public school teachers in West Virginia
shows some remarkable statistics. Ofthe
3,549 teachers who took the uniform ex-
animation, nearly 2,0OO failed entirely.
Only 43 got No. certificates; while COZ
got No. 2 and 724 got No. 3 certificates.
OF the 81 teachers who took the eXami-
nation in Jefferson county, two got No. ]
certificates, eight No. 2 and eleven No. 3;
q failed entirely. Those who got No. !
certificates were Mr.. Lambert from Tucker
county, and Mr.. Poland, of Hampshire,
both OF whom were students at Shepherd
College. This doesn't seem TO be very
creditable record for Jefferson county,
but in reality II is far'above the average.
OF the IS who took the examination in
Berkeley county, none got No. ! GER
tificate seven got No. 2 and ten No. 3
certificates. In Roane county, 244 took
the examination and only two got No. I;
in Morgan county, q were examined,
and none got No. ! F.; in Jackson county
only one out of 273 got No. |; in Gilmer,
only one out e l59; in Kanawha, but
three in 149; in L!2rion, only one in ia;
in Harrison, two ii 81. Little old Grant
county, way back in the woods, led all
the rest. Nine teachers took the exami-
nation, and OF these four got No. GER
tificates, one No. 2 and two No. 3, while
two failed No other county in the State
got more than three No. certificates,
while twenty-six counties failed to receive
any.
The second uniform examination for
teachers is being held in the Shepherd
College building today, and will continue
throughout tomorrow. County Supern-
tendent E. d. Turner is in chnge. About
twenty-five applicants are enrolled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

THE newspapers OF the country are
sometimes bitterly denounced for CRITICS.
ing the courts, the contention being made
that they should be regarded as sacred
tribunals to be at all times treated with
the greatest respect. II is undoubtedly
very proper and desirable to reverence
the courts when they are worthy OF 1t, but
they ought to be criticised when they de-
serve IT, and, for our part, we think the
newspapers fail in their duty when they
are silent over injustices that are perpe-
trated. There ought TO be more criticism
and comment upon unjust or corrupt judi
ees. for that there are many such is amply
shown by therecord ofthe past few years.
Golfers Magazine calls attention TO a
notorious case i'll the State OF Washing
ton. A workingman sued one of James
|. Hills many railroads and secured a
Judgment OF 81 400. The case was ap-
pealed to the supreme court and decision
rendered By Judge Milo b. Root, con-
firming the lower court. Before the final
decision the attorney for the railroad pre-
parer a carefully rendered opinion, which
he forwarded to the headquarters OF the
railroad in st. Paul, which was read and
approved and returned to the Washington
attorney. 1t was then presented to Judge
Root, and he was persuaded to tile that
opinion instead of his original opinion.
The effect of the new opinion was to rem
der it impossible for any suit similar to
the one under consideration to be made
against the railroad company. These
facts have been admitted by Judge Root.
This shows very conclusively how the
Judges are influenced by the great corpo-
rationS, and is one of many instances
where the railroads directly control the
courts. In Pennsylvania certain judges
SOlemnly abrogated the two-cent pas
senger fare laws on the ground that they
prevented fair profit to the railroad
companies, decision that had no foun-
dalton IN tact, fairness nor common sense.
In our own State quite recently the will
of the people and the action of the Leg
islature have been set aside by one man,
a Judge of a Kanawha court, and the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad is permitted
to advance its rate TO three ceuts mile,
instead OF the two-cent limit fixed by law.
This, too, in the face Of the fact that the
report of this road shows great prosper
ity and that it is known to carry passen-
gers on excursions for over 300 miles for
$l.75.
Our courts need reform, just as other
institutions in the land. And they need
criticism.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

There is moreCaatrrh in this section OF
the country than all other diseases put to-
gether, and until the last few years was
supposed to be incurable. For great
many years doctors pronounced 1t local
disease and prescribed local remedies,
and by constantly failing to cure with 10
cal treatment, pronounced it lncuraole.
Science has proved Catarrh to be con-
stitutional disease and therefore requires
constitutional treatment. Halls Catarrn
Cure, manufactured by F. J. Cheney q
Co., Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitu-
tional cure on the market. 1t is taken IN
ternaly in doses from ten drops to a tea,
spoonful. 1t acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system. lhey
offer one hundred dollars for any. case II
fails TO cure. Send for circulars and les
timonials.
Address F. ]. CHEVY & CO., Toledo,
Ohio.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills tor consu-
patton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

Will the West Virginia Editorial AsSo-
citation ever be revived and reorganized +?
Bruce Hess, its president, seems to be
as dead as the organization he represents.
Every newspaper man OF the State needs
a vacation. Why not take one in July or
August and meet at one OF West Virginia'S
noted springs and reorganize 2-Ceredo
Advance.
We heartily favor a meeting of the
newspaper boys, if for no other reason
than to accept the resignation of the Of
ficers whose lack Of interest have killed
the old observation-disclosures Hess, in par
ticular.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
Teachers Examination.

The Examination Of Teachers will be
held at Shepherd College ,Shepherdstown,
w. Va, on Thursday and Friday, July Is
and 10, 1909, beginning each day at I
O'Clock a. m. Applicants for High School
Certificates will also be examined on the
above days at the same place as above.
The rules governing these examinations
will not be materially different from those
observed at the examination in May
Enrolment cards may be obtained from
Mr.. J. D. Muldoon, Of Shepherd College,
the DreviOtlS dav
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

Many people with chronic throat and
lung trouble have found comfort and re-
lief in Foley'S Honey and Tar as If cures
chronic coughs after other treatment has
failed. L. NJ Ruggles, Reasnor, Iowa,
writes: "The doctors said ! had con-
sumption, and got no better until took
Foley'S Honey and Tar. 1t stopped the
hemorrhageS and pain in my lungs and
they are now sound as a bullet" Hills
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

JUST as Elliott NorthCott reaches Bo-
gotta and is ready to assume his duties as
minister to Columbia, revolution breaks
out in that country. A South American
revolution, however, is nothing to man
who has passed through the last two Re-
publican campaigns in West Virginia.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

Nasal Catarrh, an inflammation of
the delicate membrane lining the air-paSS-
ages, is not cured by any mixtures taken
into the stomach. Don't waste time on
them. Take Ely's Cream Balm through
the nostrils, so that the tevered, swollen
tissues are reached at once Never mind
how long you have suffered nor how Of
ten you have been disappointed, we know
Ely's Cream Balm is the remedy you
should use. All druggists, SOC. Mailed
by Ely Bros, SO Warren Street, New
York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

LAST week John d. Rockefeller gave
ten millions OF dollars to the General Ed
ucation Board to be used in the cause of
education. Next day the price OF gaSo-
line was advanced cent gallon. After
all, the people made this donation.
But they don't get the credit for it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

The PittSburg deaf mutes baseball team
went to Franklin, Pa, to play several
grounds OF ball. Around their hotel they
made signs on their fingers that looked
like conversation, and at the game on the
game in the afternoon one man, not a
mute, did all the talking. That evening,
however, the visitors spent some time in
the hotel bar, with the result that, toward
closing time, their tongues became quite
loose. much to the establishment of the bar
tender. II developed that only two OF
the team were mutes, and the local man
agement cancelled the remaining games.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15

At York, Pa, few days ago, the
thrce-year-oId son Of VIM. Reichard was
caught by binder in his fathers wheat
field and so badly mangled that he died a
few minutes afterward. The little fellow
was playing hide-and-go-seek and had
hidden himself in the wheat while his
father was in the upper end of the field.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
Board of Review Notice.

At a session Of the Board OF Review and
Equalization the following dates were Sc
Iected TO hear complaints from the several
districts OF the county:
Shepherdstown, July 18th.
Harper's Ferry, July l4th.
Middleway, July 10th.
Kabetown, July 18Th.
Charles Town, July 2lst.
Given under my hand this. 9Th day Of
July, 1909.
CHAS. A. JOHNSON,
Ex-Officio Clerk Of SAID Board.
Iuly s. 1909.