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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-12-16

he may be asked to take the
place for a third time. Soon
after his election to the Office of
Probate Judge he >bonght lots
two blocks east of the court
house on which he erected a
pleasantly arranged cot a G e
where he may be found at home
by his friends, out of Office hours.
The State Farmers Institute.
The Safe Farmers Institute
to [be held at Manhattan Decem-
Der 27-January promises to be
biggest event of the kind ever
known in Kansas. The program
has a great array of talent from
all parts of the United States and
about a dozen different associa-
tions meet there during that
week. The work is open to all
persons above fifteen years of
age and definite class and labor
atory instructions will be given
in corn and stock Judging, dairy
work, poultry work, cooking and
sewing. There is no fee and
board is reaSona BILE.
The State Farmers Institute
at Manhattan for the week be-
ginning December 27 ought to be
of direct interestto every county
in Kansas. There will be at the
meeting boys and girls, farmers
and their wives, from practically
every county in Kansas and we
hope large delegation may go
frhm this county, The work is
free and open to all boys and
men over fifteen years of age and
to all women and girls above
fourteen years of age.
Six hundred boys and girls are
expected in Manhattan for the
week beginning December n for
the big State Farmers Institute.
Most of these boys and girls are
to be sent there at the expense
of local committees from the var
ious counties of the state because
of having won prizes for the best
corn, or the best bread in some
local institute. The work is
open, however, to any boy or girl
whether prize winner at home
or not. 1t will be a great event
and certainly it will be fine in
vestment for any father to send
his boys and girls of the right
age to that meeting, for a week
of instruction and inspira ton.
We did not attend the presen-
tation of the two plays from
Shakespeare Friday and Satur-
day of last week, but the COM
ment of the audience is of more
moment than our own opinion.
The only mention of the two
plays which we heard we're very
high in praise of the acting, and
the whole presentation of the
pieces. Some thought that the
Merchant of Venice" was the
better and some that the Tame
ing of the Shrew' would have
the award. Such plays are a
benefit to the public and we wish
to commend Mr. Phelps for his
taste in selecting them.
I Ours the first wheat
sown in the county as being by
Mr.. r. L.. Smith in 1873, which
we acknowledged correction
from the records of the land office
fprovokes other. comment, aud il
seems that at least one other
piece of wheat was sown the
/ fall of 1879. This was. by Mr..
! ! iNlilligan of Milligan 'sroost ia me,
aud on land near where, Joe
Halls, 4residenee and big barn
are now situated.
/ 9..As DensloW living east of
Meade, while working with a
horses foot, cleaning i eutbr ex-
taminingit, byzsQne MOVEMENT of
the horse had his shoulder.
| L A.. =. -: -.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-12-16
Fowler Progress.

The Fowler band boys with
the citizens of the town are look
ing forward to the coming band
concert there as the musical
event of the place. We have no
doubt that they will realize their
fondest hopes. The program
printed in the last Gazette is a
fine one and the boys expect to
render it in the best of form. In
addition to the local talent Miss
Phyllis Fuhr of Meade will rem
der some very fine piano num-
bers. Miss Fuhr's musical rep
utation is more than local and
hers is name that will always
draw a crowd at. musical enter
tainment.
The New First National bank
at Fowler will be open for busi-
ness on January 5rd. Painters,
decorators and mechanics are
busy putting the finishing touch
es on the bank Office and the fur
niture, vault doors and other
necessary fixtures have been
shipped. Their safe is in the
building. 1t is a victor magnese,
fire and burgular proof safe.
The officers are ready to take up
heir-duties and on the date set
the new institution will begin
business under very favorable
circumstances.
The Meade county teachers
association will meet at Fowler
on December 18th. Prof. Gill
more and the citizens have pre-
pared for session of more. than
usual interest. Prof. Gilmore
has a program of interesting
topics and has engaged Miss
Stella Francis Jinkins to deliver
her lecture entitled, "Reminis-
cences of Twenty Years as a
Teacher" The lecture will be
at the Christian church.
Our exchanges along the Ar
kansas river and the Fowler Ga
zette are taking an interest in
the new road building process
for sand hill sections of the coun-
try as advocated by the U. S.
Government road experts. The
secret of success in this manner
of road building is the proper
mixture of gumbo clay and sand
for the road bed. Good roads
are prime factor in the prosper
ity of any country and while
Meade has no sand hillapproach-
es nor any gumbo for road maxi
ing and the roads leading into
town are naturally good, we
should not neglect the facilities
provided by nature for travel in
and out of town. With good
bridges. over all the streams
across which one must travel,
even to the Busing bridge across
the Cimarron 20 miles south, the
matter of roads to Meade are
largely such as the grader will
successfully contend wi t h :.
There, is one place just at the
edge of town as the road leaves
the Crooked Greek bottoms which
needs attention badly or will as
soon as the, ground thaws out.
i The city and township officers
should look the road situation
over aud make preparation to
mend any and all points along
the roads which need attention
as soon as the weather will per-
NIT.
i RyE. Sawyer came down from
1 his artesian farm last week in
the, Snow. Mr.. Sawyer IS not a
very freq uents visitor in town,
and we conclude that he had
4 business-Which would notzbe put
!. .Foff that brought him out over
such-roads.
l. Milton Free came up this week
| from the Cimarron. Mr.. Free said
L.. 4la...eld Lad olocad Ill farpa
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-12-16

Geo. B. Allen recently return
ed from a trip to Pottowattamie
county and he made more of a
stay than he wished to. Mr..
Allen went down with a load or
two of hogs, and the high water
kept him several days. Pract-
ically all the crops on the bot
toms there are swept off. Corn
in shock, carried off bodily, that
in the field on the stalk. broken
down and buried, while wheat
and meadows suffered as they
always do-in such a flood. The
great amount of rain at this time
of year is as rare there as in the
west part of the state.
The Catholic Bazaar will be
held the Friday and Saturday
proceeding Christmas beginning
at p. m. on + r1day. Many
beautiful and useful articles will
be sold. See the display in B. S.
McMee1's window on Thursday.
Anyone wishing to donatearticles
please leave same at Wehrle's
store and accept the thanks OF
-. : -r---
The Altar Society.
We received a letter from a
person in Missouri, saying that
he had stayed one night at Mr..
Brenneman's house last fall and
recognized the little girl fishing
in the pool, as represented in one
of the cuts recently printed in
the News. He also stated his in
tention to write Mr.. Brenneman.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1909-12-16

second term so acceptably that
he may be asked to take the
place for a third time. Soon
after his election to the Office of
Probate Judge he >bonght lots
two blocks east of the court
house on which he erected a
pleasantly arranged cot t g e
where he may be found at home
by his friends, out of Office hours.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Holds up Railroad Train.

Lewistown, Pa, Special.-One of
the most audacious and startling hold
ups of a railroad train in the East
for years occurred on the eastern
slope OF the Allegheny mountains
early Tuesday when a lone highway.
man stopped Pennsylvania Railroad
express with a dynamite cartridge
and at the point of revolver con.
PEELED the Grew 10 carry thousands of
dollars in ooin and bullion from an
express car to spot in the wilder.
ness. When th- conductor Of the
train attempted to interfere with the
robbers plans he was shot in the
hand and the bold bandit succeeded
In making good his escape. In the
darkness, however, he mistook bag
containing ten thousand new Lincoln
pennies for gold coin and staggered
away with it, leaving the real gold
bullion to be recovered. The high
wayman, it is said, took $4,000 in
bullion and 5000 in pennies from the
car and all of this has been found
along the rails but $65. The express
messenger had two guns at the end
of the car, but the robber was be-
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
9GTON NOTES
: for supplying 3,4S7,-
cards to the Postoffice

Tor supplying 3,4S7,-
uUu,uUv postal cards to the Postoffice
Department during the four years
beginning january 1, 1910, was
awarded Tuesday by Postmaster Gen.
eTal Hitchcock to the government
printing Office, which submitted the
lowest bid, $934,717.95. BY selecting
a stock of lighter but frmer quality,
the Postoffice Department expects to
provide for the public better card
at less expense to the government.
The saving will be effected in the re-
duced travelling expenses" of the
postal card, because of lighter weight
on the various journeys it makes from
the time it leaves the manufacturer
until it reaches the ultimate coz.
sumer.'
The Postmaster General in all prob
ability will change the tint of the
card as we'll as the color of the ink
used In printing, in order to make the
card more artistic. This, however,
has not yet been determined.
The Maryland Steel Company of
Sparrow's Point submitted the lowest
bid at the Navy Department for con-
structing the naval collier authorized
by the last Congress at a cost not to
exceed 100000. The company SUBJ
mitted two bids, the lower being
$8s9,6OO, the higher bid being 94O,-
200.
Through the State Department,
Acting Secretary of the Navy Win
throp has received $4,000 from the
Panama government, paid by it as
money reparation in the cases involv-
ing the maltreatment of American
naval officers and seamen at the
hands of tie police of that republic.
OF this amount 5000 is indemnity in
what is known as the cruiser Colum-
bia incident, when several officers in
uniform were arrested. locked up and
roughly handled in Colon on June l,
1906. The assault, it is declared, was
entirely unprovoked.
One hundred dollars in bills, en-
closed between two pieces of paste
board, was found in an unclaimed
letter opened Saturday in the dead
letter division of the Postof1ice De-
partment. The envelope contained
no message or writing of any kind
that would disclose the name or ad-
dress of the sender. The envelope
was mailed in Boston to an address
in New York, but the person to whom
1T was addressed could not be found.
Rooseters in the District of Col
umbia have little to crow over. The
fricassee is threatening them. The
local authorities have started
campaign to put into effect strin-
gent regulation having in view the
banishment of this peace disturber
and sleep destroyer. This regula-
tion requires that a person desiring
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09

bors IN the same square. The keep
ing of all sorts of poultry, except
pigeons, has likewise been partially
restricted.
Slams natives as students of the
Bible are beginning to attract at
tention, as is indicated by the state
ment of Vice Consul General Hansen,
of Bankok, that $4,000 copies of Diff
ferent parts of the Bible in the
Slamese language were sold last
year. Mr.. Hansen is especially i'm
pressed with the fact that the in
habitants of Siam, as general rule,
very good students.
The Postoffice Department will
place an additional boat in the ocean
mail transfer service in New York
aarbor, because Of the great increase
in foreign mail. The steamer John
Lennox will assist the steamer Post
master-General in making the mail
transfers. All South American liners
as we'll as steamers from European
ports will be met at quarantine and
relieved Of their mail.
State Department officials and
members Of the diplomatic corps in
Washington are keenly interested in
the revolution which has developed
in Greece. Newspaper reports Of
confirmed official advices received at
the State Department from George
Moses, the new Minister to Greece.
The census department needs three
thousand clerks, stenographers and
typewriters to handle the Washing
ton end of the new census. AS the
result Of the passage of the new
census law civil service examinations
for these positions must be held in
the various States. The census bu-
reau designated October 90 as the
day or holding the examinations for
the 5000 positions.
More than 100000 will be added
to Uncle Sam 8 annual income by the
collection of the tariff on foreign
built yachts, which became effective
Thursday. The customs division of
the Treasury Department will collect
the tax.
Assurance of an abundant supply
Of wholesome oysters during the pres
ent newly opened season is given by
DIR. II. F. Moore, expert on oysters
and assistant of the United States
Bureau Of Fisheries, who returned
Thursday from an extended and ex-
haustive investigation of the oyster
beds Of Maryland and Virginia.
Special arrangements have been
made by the Secretary Of State for
the reception and entertainment Of
PRINCE and Princess Kiniyoshi Kuni,
OF japan, who are on their way to
the United States, where the prince
will be the personal representative
OF the Emperor of Japan, his grand
father, at the Hudson-F Fulton cele-
bration In New York Cit- the latter
part Of September.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Blow For Publishers.

Quebec, Special.-A deputation,
all OF the pulp and paper manufac-
turers and all of the Canadian own
ers OF rights to cut timber on crown
lands in the province of Quebec, have
called upon Sir Lomer Gouin, the
Premier, and asked the government
to prohibit the export Of pulp wood
to the United States. The Americans,
having the right to cut timber on
crown lands, did not join. The matter
Is to be submitted to TIE cabinet and
the indications are that the expor-
tation of pulp wood will be prohibited
throughout the Dominion.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Ministers Protest.

Cumberland, Nd, Special.-The
Cumberland Ministerial Association
has filed with the Director Of the
Census in Washington, protest
against the proposed appointment of
John j. ST., mp. of Cumberland, as
supervisor of the census for the
Sixth Congressional district of Mary
land, embracing the counties of Gar
rett, Allegany, Washington, Fred
eick and Montgomery.
The association met this week and
passed a protest which was carried
to Washington by one of the mem
bers, and filed last week.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09

gence as denned by our statutes.''
Foreman Hit, who was i'll charge
of the workmen, testified that he al
lowed the men to smoke, having re-
celved no orders against it, and not
thinking it was dangerous. notwith-
standing the men were working with
In a few feet Of thousand pounds
of dynamite.
The jury decided that match was
thrown in box Of dynamite by some
one of the workmen.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
MARION HOTEL COLLAPSES
Ten Men Carried Down and Covered
In Mass of Iron, Wood and
Masonry-Three Will Probably

Die.
Marion, N. c., Special.-With q
mighty crash that could be heard for
ten blocks the middle wall of the
Marion Hotel, in course Of erection.
gave way about o'clock Tuesda,
afternoon and practically all of the
interior. of the building fell five stor-
les, carrying to their probable death
Jim West, white, Kings Mountain
Ambrose Stroup, white, Lowell, Gas
ton county; Jim Ponders, Of Ruther-
fordton. Jack Cecil, of Marion, bad
~ bruised, will recover. Two negroes
were slightly injured.
Vests skull was crushed, his ribs
broken and he sustained other in
Jurles. Stroup's ribs were broken
and he suffered serious internal in
luries. Pohder's ribs were broken.
his head injured and he also received
internal injuries.
AT the time Of the accident ten
workmen were on the fifth floor, when
without moment s warning the mid
die wall of the building gave way and
tons Of timbers, brick, stone and
huge iron girders dashed them
selves through lower floors to the
cellar, five stories below. The first
warning the men had was the break
ing of large timber. They started
to run, but the middle wall gave way
under weight of four iron girders
weighing tons. Men were pitched
headlong through the air, and when
found were buried beneath the ruins.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Death Roll Increases.

Mexico City, Special.-A special
from Monterey says that 300 bodies
were found Tuesday morning on the
outskirts of the city. Approximate
ly 1000 bodies have been recovered
to date, and it is believed that the
statement that the total death list
will amount to 1000 is we'll within
the figures. AS the reports come in,
1T is seen that the situation at Mon
terey Is more serious than ut first
supposed. The city lacks food and
water. The Federal government has
sent an additional $4,000 to be ex.
pended for relief.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Bandit Holds Up Citizen.

Lewiston, Pa, Special.-A lone
highwayman, believed to be the man
who robbed the Pennsylvania Rail-
road train near here several nights
ago held up a prominent citizen and
his family late Friday afternoon on q
publis road not far from the place
where the train robbery was commit
ted, and it is believed the capture of
the bandit is a matter Of but a few
hours. The man held up was Robert
=. Little. A.s$S -,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Earthquake IN Panama.

Panama, Special.-The isthmus OF
Panama experienced an earthquake
shock Sunday morning extending
over a large extent of territory. No
damage was done, however, nor is it
believed that the canal has been af-
fected In any way. Lieut.. Col. G. W.
Goethals gave out the statement
Sunday evening:
"The seismogrephs on the isthmus
at 8 O'Clock q. m, recorded earth
movements at various stations across
the isthmus. No damage to canal
work was done -
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
McDougall Wins Cup.

Camp Perry, o., Special.-The Ma
tional Guard marksmen got the worst
of it again Tuesday at the National
Rifle Association s tournament. Both
OF the matches Tuesday went to reg
ulars. The handsome 81, 500 cup by
the rifeman making the highest
scores in twenty shots at 600 and l.
GOO yards was won by Captain d. C..
McDougall, who has shot on the team
for fsur years.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09

chain gang. All efforts for commuta-
tion of sentence to service on peni-
tentiary farm have been rejected by
Gov. Brown. He must undergo the
penalty.
The Nashville, Tenn, police are
worried over many cases of "drunk"
from which there is no odor. They
can't find out "Howcome you So"
Ten deaths from cholera have oc-
CURED recently in Rotterdam. There
are II cases and "a suspects.
Two masked men robbed the Mills
County German Bank of $500 at
Mineola, Iowa, Wednesday in open
day.
The steamer Lucania of the Cum
ard line, which was burned and sunk
near Liverpool last week, will prob
ably not be repaired at all.
Mrs. Sutton has obteined permis-
sion to have the remains of her son,
Lieut.. James Sutton, exhumed but
she abhors the presence of the Of
ficers that she thinks are responsible
for her sons death.
Seven deaths from cholera are re-
ported from st. Petersburg and 33
new cases within "a hours.
Count Zeppelin made successful
sail in his airship Sunday from
Frederichshafen to Berlin. He was
enthusiastically applauded.
The total number of victims of the
explosion at Boca Chica, near Key
West, Fla, was 20, 10 dead and 10
injured. All the injured are in q
fair way to recovery except James
Gallagher, whose condition is serious.
His back is broken and his ribs and
chest terribly crushed.
DiSpensaries are again open in
South Carolina except several coun-
ties in dispute. In the counties
where the dispensaries were voted
out they will remain open til inc ,c-
riod allowed for closing "It Inc
stock.
The international cup Of rj1iva
known also as the Gordon Bonnet
trophy, was won Saturday r,iEis
France by Glenn H. Curt. ia
American aviator, in the fst
aerial journey Of 20 kir. .e.
(12.42 miles) ever, accompl a,' BY
man. His time, Is minute Ja 30
seconds was only S 3-5 second Iu.ter
than that made by Bleriot over the
same course.
The cave-in of an old mine did
great damage to two blocks Of the
city of Scranton, Pa, last Sunday.
The surface sank from 2 to 8 feet.
Many houses were injured and few
ruined. The loss is set at 100000.
The Spaniards last week set land
mines for the Moores and blew up
100 While engineers were placing
more mines in the night the Moores
attacked and killed SO engineers.
The Mahdist rebels in Arabia blew
up inc Turkish barracks and wound
ed 24O men.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Cabell Sworn In.

Royal E. Cabell, who has been post.
master at Richmond, Va, was Wed.
nesday formally sworn in by the Act.
ing Secretary of the Treasury as com.
missioner of internal revenue, sue.
ceeding John g. Capers, of South
Carolina, who relinquished the office
Tuesday.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09

~S- ,'-----> 49, -s~S..A" ~
Park, L. l., were suffocated in a fire
which destroyed a portion of the
home last Monday night. There
were $50 children in the institution.
1t was supposed that all had escaped
until the little bodies were found in
the smouidering embers. Nearly all
Of those burned to death were under
5 years OF age. The portion Of the
dormitory in which the disaster oc-
CURED was directly over the laundry,
where the fire originated.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Bandits Rob Minister.

Bristol, Tenn, Special.-Rev. N. r.
Malone, Free Will Baptist minister,
was attacked and robbed Monday
night by bandits while crossing the
Holston mountains en- route to his
home. he was probably fatally in
gured. He was severely beaten and
his body tightly bound and placed
n sack. His skull was fractured
and several ribs broken. His pocket
hssk, containing $s.75, was taken.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Allowed Men to Smoke.

Key West, Fla, Special.-The
coroner's jary Which Investigated the
dynamite explosion of last week at
Bocachica on the Florida East Coast
railroad, which resulted in the death
OF twelve men and the wounding of
nine others, has rendered a verdict
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1909-09-09
Philosophy and Flirts
BY U'inifSed Slack

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