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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

First Vice Pre- sident-W. II.
Menzie. Geddies.
Second Vice President-Johu
Gross, Ramona.
Secretary Treasurer l.. Nj.
Doyle, Letcher.
FORMER GOVERNOR EI.Rop.
Hon. S. H. Elrod, formerly
governor Of the State OF South
Dakota, was the first speaker at
the afternoon session.
One great trouble To keep life
In such an organization as this,
he declared, is the lack of unity.
or perhaps, more properly speak
ing the failure of those who
should be interested tn feel that
keen interest which the exigen
cies of the case demapd. Co op
GRAFTON is but another name, a
new name, for the Golden Rule.
The primary object Of this asso
cation is to give the farmers
fairly remunerative prices Tor
their products.
Every man who belongs to
this a >>ocIation Is naturally
boo>rer H boosts pot oniv for
h II cit but hkewi>e 'or his
r~. 4 - "u up liter.
b.e "a tn great characters tics
oI the iamented ilncoln-the
tbiu4 that most lmpre>ses me
VS. his purpose To uphft man
ANA every LAY and All the time
AUD II sought 10 carry this
great parDo>e INTO hi, whole
coarse
TIE farmers Of this state can
make south Dakota the banner
state OF the Union. and in so do
ing they will make our institu
tions stronger, aud our educa-
tional schools more potent fer
good. They can accomplish this
through cooperation The best
thing We can do, said the former
governor. is to boost. The best
thing we can be is to be q boost
er.
There is no better investment
nywEere under the sun than in
South Dakota land. Il still re
tain my original pre-emption,
he continued, that | fled on in
Clark county in the early days
what we are now disposed to
term the pioneer days. And yet
We are vet but pioneers. This
association is posed OF the
pioneers whom posterity viii
bless if this movement is but
maintained as it should be.
LAS | look now upon your
faces | See many that are famil.
iAr," said Mr.. Elrod. land which
belong to men who have attained
to pronounced success and
whose sta andal ds have always
been high. With such co-opera.
ton as the farmers of this state
are able to give, you and they
and all of Us will assuredly be
able to uplift ourselves in the
financial scale, and with that CO.
operation on our part that we
should extend to one another We
shall promote moral and spirit.
ual atmosphere that shall re.
dound to our credit in manner
worthy Of emulation by much
older commu mites.
''Co operation, as has been
already observed, il but another
name for the Golden Rule. With
SO many OF our ind ustrial aud
com merclal enterprises under
the control Of com binations and
trusts, Why not organize coop
erative stores. cooperative lum-
ber yards, and 90 forth, if exist
ing prices are not right: / do
not say that this should be done,
but certainly think that unless
those who sell such CON m odities
as the farmers must have are
willing to accept only reasonable
profits. the farmers will be just
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07
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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

REBECCA LODGE NO 81
Meets l>t. 81 and 5th Nedne~
day evening IA each month. at
Odd Fellows hat. Nisitiug
nem oers cordially invited to at.
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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-05-07

The officers chosen for the en-
suing year were as follows:
President-G. M. Bower. Mt.
Vernon.
First Vice presi sident-W. II.
Menzie. Geddies.
Second Vice President-Johu
Gross, Ramona.
Secretary Treasurer l.. NJ
Doyle, Letcher.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
TODAY'S AGE-HERALD
1-Southern Publishers association meets
 in Birmingham.

1-Southern Publishers association meets in Birmingham.
 Mrs. Grover Cleveland testities in court.
 Negroes too insoent to white women. Aftermath of Meadville tragedy. Taft proposes tax on corporation earn ings.
 2Trying ordeal for Mrs. Gould. 3-ElSs adjourn at Tuscaloosa. Senator Reese on the fee system. Ensley appears to favor bond issue 4EEditorial comment Ex-Governor Hanly delivers eloquent ad- dress for law enforcement at Jeffer- son theatre.
 Campaign Manager Thompson ex- presses confidence that bond issue will carry.
 Greater Birmingham advocates sub init answer to Senator Miller. McAllister preliminary begins before Judge Benners.
 West End has serious fire 6-Criminal rich can be punished. Birmingham social news. June day honors shared by the Brides and Roses, by Dolly Dalrymple. S-Playing game of petty politics. 9Bessemer extends Tidewater fran chise. 10IBarons drop two games in Mobile. 11-Stoclks suffer decline in prices. Cotton makes sharp advance. Wheat declines on general selling. 12-Clash between fishing boats. Sharp attack made on Henry. n
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DROPS 35OO' FEET
 AND STILL LIVES

Berwin Neb., June 15.-An inventor dropped 950O feet in crippled aeroplane here today. He was not seriously hurt.
 The amateur aviator was U. Sorenson, a blacksmith Sorenson, in view of sev- eral hundred townsmen, made the ascent in balloon and then attempted to de- scend in an aeroplane that he had con- structed after months labor. When the desired height had been reached he cut the aeroplane loose. The rudder had worked loose and Sorenson was unable to guide the machine. It began to descend at a terrific speed, turning over and over as 1t dropped. The inventor clung tenac- iously to the craft, and when it struck the ground he was in a sitting posture. The aeroplane was demolished but Soren- son, although knocked senseless and sus- taining numerous bruises, was soon re- vived, not seriously hurt.
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Duma Suspends Work.

St. Petersburg, June 15.-The duma has suspended work for the summer, being prorogued by imperial order until Oc- tober 23. The results of the session al- though not reaching the expectations of the optimists, include the passage of a number of important bills. The duma has regulated peasant land holdings through @ bill providing for the dissolution of the communes, which is regarded as the most important work of the Stolypin ad ministration. Other laws passed include the religious toleration bill and bill to reform the judicial procedure, permitting an accused person the right of counsel at the preliminary investigation. Chief among the host of minor bills is one penalizing the white slave" traffic.
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Negroes Too Msolent
 7OWard White Women

south MT. Spight believes they are just and the claims should be paid by the government after proper adjudication.
 The Senate lasted longer on the night sessions than 1t was supposed 1t would. One of the senators explained tonight: These night sessions had resolved them selves into what are Vulgarly called grandstand performances on the part of come of the younger members The gal leries were always crowded with ladies, and 1t was noticeable that many of those who spoke directed their attention to the galleries rather than those of us occupy ing our seats. It was nothing but so eiety debating business"
 Testimony In the contest case of Rich afdson vs. Lever WIS opened by the clerk of the House of Representatives today. The contestant alleges fraud in the count and the refusal of election officers to al- low qualified voters to cast their ballots. Lever was elected by 10000 majority in a total of 11,000 votes cast.
 They are planning a big Confederate gathering at Fisher Hill, Va, and all that is thought to be needed is the pres ence of the President Senator Daniel of Virginia was at the White House this morning to extend an invitation. He told the President that all the Confederates in his part of the country desired to get a look at him, and he could fix his own time It had been intended to hold the meeting about July 1, but as Congress is expected to adjourn about that time the President could make no promises. He said, however, that he would be willing to go after the adjournment of the legis- lative branch.
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International Federation Planned.

New York, June 15.-The executive coun- cil of the American Federation of Labor. at the opening of it's quarterly meeting here today adopted a resolution favoring the establishment of an international fed eration of labor. President Gompers ap- pointed Henry W, Perham, president of the railway employees department of the federation, as arbitrator between the In- ternational Association Of Car Workers and the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen, both of which had sent delegations to the council in regard to the amalgamation of the two organizations
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Town Is PatOI|ed By State Troops to Prevent Any
 More Trouble
THIRD MAN MAY DIE AS RESULT OF THE SHOOTING
Another Shooting, Although Accidental, Has Stirred Up People of Mead ville, Who Thought 1t Was
 Second Duel.

Meadville. Miss. June 15.-while Mead vile is still being patroled by state troops and the civil authorities are taking every precaution against a possible recurrence of bloodshed, following yesterdays feudal battle in which Chancery Court Clerk A. M. Newman and Silas G. Reynolds were killed and five other men wounded, the situation tonight seemingly holds It, tie prospect of further encounters.
 Dr. Lenox Newman, of of the slain men, was taken to Natchez to- day for medical treatment and reports received from there tonight indicate llt- tie hope of his recovery. Ernest New man, another son, and Herbert Apple white q lawyer, who were also wounded il. the encounter are likewise in sanl- tariums in Natchez. It is thought that their wounds will not prove fatal. Neither w. L. Boyd nor Virgil Farr, who are alleged to have first opened fire on i)r. Newman and who were both wounded, has been apprehended and it Is not known how serious their injuries are.
 Accounts Conflict.
 The accounts of witnesses to the bat
 
 Is claimed that Dr. Newman, as he was driving along the street in his buggy. was fired upon from room in the sec odn story of the Butler building by Boyd and Farr and that as Newman jumped from his buggy and approached the en- trance to the building he was attacked by Reynolds and Applewhite. Sam New man, a son of Dr. Newman, Is said to have appeared almost immediately just across the street and opened fire with a repeating shotgun upon the men in the second story room, and to have subsa- quently made his way to the immediate scene of the duel Dr. Lenox Newmon, who was at the home of his sister, two blocks away, mounted his horse and hur- ried to the place of conflict, when hs heard the first shots. He shot by some one about 200 feet from the sccle. but managed to dismount and supported by his sister and another lady proceeded on his way. He had gone only few feet when he was disabled by a second shot.
 All Come to Scene.
 Eugene and Monroe Newman, two oth- CT sons of Dr. Newman. were in a bil- Hard hall a block away from the point of the tragedy when the fusillade began. and 1t is stated were In few moments engaged in the conflict. Ernest Newman, another son of the chancery clerk, was in the office of his father in the court house a short distance away and was wounded in the leg he emerged from the building.
 Immediately after the shooting Boyd and Farr were discovered wounded in the Butler building by County Treasurer Cain who went out to notify the sheriff. Upon his return he found that Farr had disappeared but Boyd was lying on the floor, apparently in a dying condition and Cain went out again to summon phy- sician Boyd, too had disappeared upon the officers second return. It is be- ieved that he was carried from the building.
 The tragedy undoubtedly was indirectly.
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FIFTY CRUDE OIL
 COMPANIES LEFT

Topeka, June 15.-That only about 50 companies in Kansas producing crude oil have survived from a total of $50 in ex- istence three years ago, and that the Standard Oil company is responsible for the decline, was charged in testimony given today In a hearing before Attorney General Jackson in a suit to custer, now pending against the Standard.
 w. E. Connolly, who has investigated the conditions in the Kansas Oil fields, stated that of the $50 companies doing business three years ago, 150 have been wrecked, 1e0 are dormant and no trace can be found of 46
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Broker Is Arrested.

Chicago, June 15.-John B. Sardy, a brewer, was arrested here today on a charge of violating the interstate com merce law in soliciting transportation for interstate freight at less than the regu- lar rates by the falsifcation of weight bills and billing orders. The arrest is said to have been made as the result of an inquiry by the Illinois Central railway
 The railroad Is alleged to have been victim of the transaction. Sardy Is said to have conspired with a freight clerk in making the alleged illegal shipments
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HoNoRs FOR CALDWELL.

Charlotte, N. C., June 15.-At the annual meeting of the trustees of the Erskine college, held at Greenwood, s. C., Dr. J. s. Moi fatt, for years head of the institu- tion, withdrew his resignation which has been in the hands of the trustees some time. The trustees raised the salaries of all the fac- ulty. and conferred the honorary degree of IL. D. on J. P. Caldwell,
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Wife of Former President Is
 Witness In Brandenburg Case DENIES THE SIGNATURE
Mrs. Cleveland Declares That Her Husband Could Not Have Made Signature as Shown Because
 He Was Too Feeble.

New York, June 15.-Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleveland appeared in public to- day for the first time since her hus- bands death to testify for the prose- cution in the case of Broughton Brandenburg, a magazine writer, who is charged with selling the New York Times a political article purporting to have been written by former Pres ident Grover Cleveland.
 Mrs. Cleveland was dressed in deep mourning, but was self possessed though pale, while on the stand. She declared emphatically that the sigma ture to the article was not that of her husband. Also she pointed out the diff ference between the signature and the genuine Cleveland signature as 1t ap- peared on several checks which were handed to her.
 The former President wrote with very unsteady hand during the latter years of his life the witness said whereas the name signed to the Bran denburg article was written in a com- paratively bold, legible hand. more liae Mir Cleveland during his younger days in the White House.
 When Mrs. Cleveland entered the court room Justice Fitzgerald and the court officials arose and bowed low. A large crowd gathered to hear her tes- tify.
 Murder Trial Delayed.
 A murder trial which was on the calendar of Justice Fitzgeralds court was interrupted in order to meet the convenience of Mrs. Cleveland who wishes to leave this city tomorrow for her summer home in New Hampshire. It was agreed that the Brandenburg trial should be adjourned as soon Mrs. Cleveland's testimony was taken and continued again after the murder trial was completed.
 Mrs. Cleveland, accompanied by one of the executors under the late President, arrived at the criminal courts buildings early and was taken office to await summons from the court room, where the work of select ing jury was begun as soon as the court session opened. Mrs. Cleveland wa; dressed in deep mourning.
 Assistant District Attorney Mott opened for the prosecution and related the incidents relating up to the pub licaton of the letter. MT Nott said the state would show that Brandon burg waited until MT. Cleveland died before he attempted to sell the article purporting to have been signed by MT. Cleveland.
 Nott's Accusation.
 z. man who will attach the name of a former President to a false ar ticle and inject the article Into ma tional campaign performs a grave in- jury to the public" said MT. Nott. lne prosecutor said he would not only show
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Message Urging Measure Will
 Go to Congress Today
INCOME TAX IN PROSPECT
President VIII Also Urge That States Take Action On Constitutional Amendment Providing For
 Assessing Income Tax.

Washington, June 15.-President Taft tomorrow will send to Congress a mes sage urging the passage of an amend ment to the tariff bill, imposing a tax of per cent on the undistributed net earnings of corporations and the adap several states an amendement to the constitution giving Congress the power to impose a tax on incomes. This understanding was reached at a ses- sion of the cabinet today, and was ap proved by republican leaders of tn Senate who conferred with the Presi- dent during the afternoon and evening.
 In order that there shall be no ques- tion that the two propositions to be recommended have the support of the administration Attorney General Wick ersham, according to present plans, will draft both the amendment and the reso- lution. It Is expected that the corpora tion tax amendment, when offered, will be referred to the committee on finance and that the resolution submitting the question of amending the constitution will go to the committee on judiciary
 Doubtless both of these committees will report promptly so that all of the questions involved may de disposed of on Friday when the pending in come tax amendment will be taken up for consideration.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16

Under the terms of a bill introduced by Representative Spight of Mississippi, jurisdiction is conferred on the court of claims to determine all cases which may be presented to it within the next two years on behalf of churches and educa- tional institutions which were used by Union soldiers during the civil war. There are thousands of such claims in the
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Washington. June 15.-(Special. )--Garrett Wormley, a negro employed in one of the city offices here. was arrested this morn ing on a charge of violating the postal regulations. Wormley Is said to be relative of the famous negro, Boniface. of this city. Wormley Is charged with sending to one of the white women clerks of the office an obscene letter. Ever since the district government took up it's quarters in the new municipal building there has been criticism about the ar rangement whereby white women in some of the offices have been obliged to work almost side by side with negroes employed in the buildings One of tho clerks ifi the assessors office said todasaf fsh course it has been rather unpleasant for us, but there Is nothing to do but make the best of 1t or else give up our posi- tions Unless we want to make a lot of dissension 1t Is necessary for us to be po- lite to the negro messengers, and some of them have naturally taken advantage of this to be familiar toward the women clerks"
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Chamber of Commerce committee and the
 whole entertainment was completed as successfully as might have been ex-
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Taft Takes Stand.

In view of the emphatic stand taken by President Taft on tax on incomes, in the face of the decision of the su- preme court of the united States on that subject, and his preference for the proposed tax on the earnings of corpor- ations, a number of the progressive re- publicans have signified tn cir intention of following his recommendations. At the same time not all of the progress sive republicans are satisfied with this administration programme and it is probable some of them will voice vig orous protests. Democratic senators also are expected to indulge in strong criticisms denunciatory of the tax on corporations as a substitute for the direct tax on incomes.
 Not only Is the President favorable to an amendement providing for tax on the net earnings of corporations because of the added revenues it would produce but more so on account of the fact that he believes it would bring about a helpful and healthy degree of publicity, relative to the affairs of the corporations. This, he believes, would be a reform which would pro- duce great satisfaction to the people at large and at the same time give the corporations standing which oth- erwise it would be impossible for them to attain.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-06-16
Nott's Accusation.

:. man who will attach the name of a former President to a false ar ticle and inject the article Into a ma tional campaign performs a grave in- jury to the public" said MT. Nott. lne said he would not only show
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Benefit to Corporations.

This benefit to the corporations. 1t is argued. would arise from the fact that this would in a way stamp upon them the approval of the national government and sentimentally, if not legally. supply the federal indorsement, which 1t is be- lieved would not only increase their cred 1t with domestic Investors, but with the owners of foreign capital The President is said to be convinced that if the sug
 gested amendment Is properly drawn 1t will give the government officials access to the books of all corporations and thus publicity will be assured. Such legfsla- ton would mean a supervision which, 1t is contended. would be helpful to the
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HInman On Good Roads.

F. w R. Hinman of the Jacksonville Times Union said: Georgia and Alabama are now working on their greatest eco- homie problem-good roads. Over our way the whole state Is stirred up, *and I understand that a wave for better roads has already swept your state The peo- pie of the south are beginning to under-
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south. MT. Spight believes they are just and the claims should be paid by the government after proper adjudication.
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Omaha daily bee., 1909-06-18
SUN AND MOON WILL PLAY
HIDE AND SEEK TONIGHT
Eclipse Will Transpire between SIX
and Seven O'clock and BE
Only Partial.

Between 6 and 7 o'clock this evening, the
calcium light with which the sun throws
a continual moving picture show on the
ball of matter known as earth, will be OBJ
scured by the moon, which will make
things look for awhile as II planets and
suns were running lawless through the
sky.
But It will only be a partial eclipse of the
sun, total only somewhere in Siberia, where
few people go unless the car invites them.
The first lntimation of the moons inter-
ference with the sun will be at 6 o'clock
and nine minutes, just as the last of the
dinner pail brigade takes the street cars
for ZONE.
BY the time some OF the cars reach their
destination-about 6:45, the sun will look
like the slice of a long green Georgia
watermelon with a big bite taken out by
some hungry "culled" parson.
The eclipse is not going to be serious
and will last but a short time, the sun
setting at 1856 and those who listen may
hear the sun-set--fired at Fort Omaha.
Father William F. Riggs, S, j., of the
Creighton university observatory, has es-
timated that the total phase will last In
Siberia but twenty-one seconds and less
than five seconds in Greenland. The stunt
which the sun and moon will 10 will all be
over in Omaha at 7 o'clock thirty-slx min
utes and thirteen seconds. Smoked glass
experienced a bull market Thursday.