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The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
A IN A NAME7

Mr.. Shakespeare it was who re.
marked sometime Isince, whats in
q name? A rose by any other name
would smell as sweet" etc., the in.
ference conveyed being that the mat
ter of a name cuts no ice In the gen.
eral trial balances: that one name is
just as good as another-or there
abouts.
Which calls to mind the fact that
the Dry Farming congress will meet
in fourth annual session in Billings
the 1928 of the present month, and
much good will no doubt arise there
from. Which Ecalls to mind again
that the name adopted, "Dry Farm.
ing' is about as strong a misnomer
as could have been devised for mis-.
representation of the general western
land conditions upon which the con.
gress is doing such excellent work.
Perhaps q nor misleading name
than "dry land farming" could have
been found, but only one comes to
mind, and that is, "desert farming
the impression upon the stranger to
conditions being practically the same,
The easterner having no knowledge Of
Montana, taking Montana as instance,
other than that he reads of, sees ir
''dry land" farming the reclaiming o.
an imaginary desert, with all its dis
appointments and hardships, and IL
given Ian entirely wrong impression
of farming conditions here.
In Illinois, Kansas, Iowa, Mime
sofa, Wisconsin and the Dakotas, fol
instance, you do not hear that "dry
land" farming is the kind carried on,
yet It 10 exactly the same o carried
on in Montena. and the difference
lies largely in the coined word Were
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
H DIGESTION.
Treatment That Will Be Found More
Helpful Than Medicine.

Treatment That Will Be Found More
Helpful Than Medicine.
Digestion is seldom improved by
the taking Of medicines. declares an
old family physician. I'VE all K,ow
plenty Of old bodies Of both sexes
who have taken medicine enough, to
float a battleship-taken it as IL sort
Of pious duty" he says. but these
old bodies hang on to life in spite of
their dosing. not through it.
"A large glass Of water taken in the
morning directly after rising and
aperient mixtures in the world. The
Juice Of one or two oranges. taken
as long before breakfast as possible.
is excellent for cleaning out the di-
gestive tract and giving the appetite a
f1lp. 1t is we'll to follow the morn
ing tub with ten minutes OF so Of ex
ercises which will stimulate the stom-
ach and liver. Stand upright, with
the hands above the head. then bend
down, keeping the knees straight. un-
til the tips Of the fingers touch the
floor. Repeat this eight times. then
put the hands on the hips and bend
from side to side. This messages the
liver and stimulates the digestion.
For breakfast eat porridge and brown
bread and some fruit. Prunes are the
best If there is a tendency to consti.
patton. A glass of water taken just
before going to bed is excellent for
flushing out the stomach and keeping
the digestion in order."-New York
Tribune.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 70, 1909.
THE DRY FARMING CONGRESS.

The fourth Dry Farming congress,
which will assemble at Billings on
October rs, for q three days session,
will be an event of more than ordinary
interest to citizens of the northwest.
The meeting will demonstrate the re.
markable success and progress of q
movement which q few years ago al
greeted with derision by many, and
which was regarded by old time resi-.
dents of the northwest as an expert.
ment thatIwas doomed to failure.
But the dry farming theory is prov.
ing to be Q winner. 1t is gaining con.
verts right along, and many former
skeptics have become the most Opt.
mistic prophets as to what will be &C.
complished by dry farming methods
in the regions to which it is adapted.
They have lbeen shown what q be
done by scientific methods OF soil cul.
lure and moisture conserv alton, and
are now prepared to show others.
Much of the former prejudice against
the new method of farming was due to
lack OF information regarding it, and
the failure to comprehend the princi-
pies upon which 1t was conducted. In
northern Montana, for instance, old
time residents had witnessed repeated
failures of efforts to grow agricultural
crops OMIT unirrigatedj bench lands,
these failures being due to wrong
methods. The soil had not been
properlyEcultiv ated, the matter of
moisture storage had been neglected.
conditions that would have made sue.
cess almost q miracle. From the I'm.
satisfactory and discouraging results
Of these haphazardland inefficient ef-
forts to egrow crops on the bench
lands, the Iold timers naturally con.
cluded that the attempt vas q waste of
labor, time and money.
A brief study of the elementary
principles of dry farming, however,
has apprised them of the cause OF
former failures, and convinced them
of the possibilities OF crop production
upon unirrigated lands. BY the pro
cess of simple addition they now ap'
preciate the fact that land located in
q region where the average annual
rainfall amounts to about twelve to
fourteen inches, may be made highly
productive byi utilizing the natural
precipitation of two seasons for grow.
ing n crop. That is the sum and
substancesof the dry farming cult
the conservation of water that would
in the naturallcourse of events evapo.
rate and Observation-Disclosures moisture &c
supply sustenance to vegetation.
The principal object of the Dry
Farming Congress is to discuss and
compare methodist by which so.called
arid land canl be probably utilized
under thorough tilage, by which The
natural rainfall can be conserved
The efforts of the congress along these
lines havelbeen of great public beneft
In recent years, Nand it does not re
Quire thelgift of prophecy to antici
pate that still greater abenefits will re
cult in the future.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

Az letters and communication containing mat
tsr intended for publication In this paper should
y addressed to "Ths River Press ana the name
~ TIE sUrtter nust b given t~o.tnsure attention.
Local adUertissments uiH be Inserted In these
AeIwsWns at the rate Of ten cents per line from
tromsisnt and foe cents per line from regular adj
Oertisers.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20
GETTING q Renewal.

Little Dorothy was playing house"
with her small friend Elizabeth. when
suddenly she said. II guess I'll have
to go home"
"What for?" asked Betty. with a
good deal of concern.
ITO asst my mamma II l can tunl
back again." answered Dorothy
Woman's Home Companion.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

Have you ever noticed that you no
sooner get n trouble OF your hands
that another comes along?-Atchison
Globe.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1909-10-20

Fine Book and Job Printing . spe.
cialty At the RIVER PRESS Office.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10

wasting the money is all campaign
clap trap.
. No matter just what you undertake
You will be compelled to trust some
one: You might as we'll say you can't
trust our county treasurer, J. L. Epps.
| do not suppose that his bond COW
ers one fifth Of what he handles, and
yet no one seems TO doubt his honesty
and rightly so. am glad Of this, that
I live in a day when men like O. B.
Mayer, J. NJ. Kinard, Geo. W. Sum-
mer, Z. F. Wright, Dr.. Wheeler and
other men representing large property
and corporations, are willing to be
taxed by these bonds to work the pub
lie highways some being twenty miles
or more from their homes. [ am sure,
some of these corporations would pay
more tax to satisfy these bonds than
some whole townships in the county
and yet these corporations would not
be benefited any more than farmer
living the same distance from New
berry.
With roads worked like this mile Of
road a man could live at Chappells
depot and send his sons to Newber-
ry college every day from home.
He could also live at Newberry and
farm on Broad river. going down ev-
cry morning and back at night.
He could even live at O'Neall's on
Saluda and run store at Newberry.
The mail could be delivered by
twelve o'clock. What grand oppor-
tunity. To those who have any doubts
whatever concerning this road, | want
them to come and inspect it for them
selves and I will prove just what l
have said.
(Signed) ). &. Neel.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
TWICE A WEEK. 81. so A YEAR

overseer do his, and the overseer will
make the hands do theirs, and we will
then have good roads. The super
visor is elected for four years for
this reason, to give him a chance to
show what is in him, and if he has.
done nothing in that time he ought
to be man enough not to apply, and
save himself a defeat.
I 60 back to that $37, 100000. When
we have spent this amount and have
made the proper use Of this, our
legislature can levy another mill,
which will give US 81 800 more, which
added to the $37 900 will make $4444 500
for each year, and when the roads
are gotten in good fix, then the leg
islature can take this mill off and
we will not be much the worse off.
But not so with the bonds. When they
are voted we will have them for forty
years, and will have them to pay,
whether they do any good to the roads
or not.
I will close, and only say this, Oh!
for supervisor that has backbone
as big as my ox's hind leg!
J. H. Wicker.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10

few words Of welcome were spoken
by Mr.. B. ". Crouch and Mr.. c. J.
Ramage was presented as the first
speaker. By citations from history
he showed conclusively that the SOL
diers of the South were justified in
their course and fought to maintain
rights guaranteed to them by the Con-
Stitution under which they lived. He
closed a most interesting address in
these words: 1.-THE Younger genera
tion are happy to look into the faces
Of men who were true to the instincts
of their birth, faithful to the teach
ingS of their fathers, constant in love
for the State. fearless in the per-
formance of duty-men whom power
could not corrupt, whom defeat could
not dishonor, and whose virtues still
;plead for a just judgment.
Solicitor Zimmerman, who is at the
head Of the Sons Of Veterans Of this
State, made most happy address. He
as well as Mr.. F. Earle Bradham,
who followed, reviewed at some length
the causes which led up to the war,
and with language at once fevent
and eloquent. paid a glowing tribute
to the Confederate soldier.
Mrs. William L. Daniel, in most
persuasive manner outlined a plan
for the erection on the Court square
of monument to the soldiers Of Sa-
luda county, the dead and the living.
"I'Se Gwine Back TO Dixie' was
sung by the children and the memo
ries aroused by it brought tears to
the faces Of many Of the old soldiers.
The Rev. D. E. Camak closed with
heart to heart talk to the Veterans
exhorting them that the Cause was
not yet lost, and reminding them that
there were yet battles to be fought
and victories to be won Of far more
consequence than any Of those they
had participated in under Lee and
Jackson.
His fund Of anecdotes as he grad
ually ingratiated himself into the ia
vor Of those to whom he talked kept
lhe audience in an uproar.
The songs by Prof. Stands and the
solo by Miss Ruth Etheredge were re-
ceived with high favor.
At the conclusion Of the exercises
barbecue and picnic dinner was served
to the old Veterans and they never
had fairer faces or warmer hearts to
do their bidding.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
NEAR-BEER IN GREENVILE.
Wagon Loads Being Handled by the
City Drug Stores.-Is the Law
Being Violated?
Columbia Record.

Columbia Record.
They have found a soothing balm
for prohibition pain up in Greenville
! in the form Of a sort of nearbeer
known as Wurtburger Malt, which is
destined to become rapidly popular
throughout the State if its seizure is
not ordered by the State administra-
tion.
A Columbian in Greenville a few
days ago saw a two-horse load of the
stuff in barrels being unloaded at the
rear of one of the Main street drug
stores, and investigation disclosed
that this supply was expected to last
this particular store only three days,
and that is was being sold at scores
places throughout the city at Is cents
bottle, and was eagerly sought as
substitute for beer. He was informed
that the Greenville sheriff and mayor
had agreed that it could be sold as a
tonic regardless Of its being used as
beverage, though the dispensers OF
it were cautioned not to allow it to
be drunk on the premises, and 1t is
not being kept on ice.
Chairman Murray of the dlspensc:y
commission frankly stated today that
his wholesale drug company is SELL
ing this malt in various parts Of the
State, but he was not advised that it
was being sold as beverage or used
as such. The Columbia druggists are
not selling it, being ordered last
spring to cut it out.
The drink contains three per cent.
of alcohol, and Attorney General
Lyon is under the impression that ne
has rendered an opinion against the
sale Of it under the name it now bears,
but he could not get at his records
handily this morning to confirm this.
ANY way, if the stuff contains any
amount of alcohol, and is being used
as beverage. whether sold as such
or not, its sale is in violation OF the
law. and the venders are liable to the
penalty under the new law providing
for a fine of not less than 800 for
the first offense, and imprisonment
without fine for from one to five years
for subsequent violations.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
The sALUDA CONVICTS
judge DeVore Decides That He IS
Without Jurisdiction.-NeW Ac-
tion Commenced

Edgefeld, Aug. 6.-About a month
ago W. D. Padgett, as supervisor OF
Saluda county, filed a petition tor
mandamus against D. J. Griffith, sup
erintendent Of the penitentiary. to
require respondent to deliver to petl-
TONER certain convicts in the penl-
tentiary under sentence from that
county. The action was based upon
an act passed by tie legislature of
this year, which act requires the su-
perintendent to deliver said convlcts
upon the application Of the supervis-
ors Of certain counties. Saluda being
among the number. On July % Judge
DeVore issued an alternative man.
damus requiring respondent to dellv-
er to the petitioner the convlcts or
show cause before him at this place
to-day why said convictS should not
be so delivered. In pursuance of the
order the matter came up to-day be-
fore Judge DeVore, the attorney gen-
eral representing the respondent and
Messrs. Able & Ramage Of the Saluda
bar, the petitioners.
The respondents attorney took the
position that his honor was without
jurisdiction to hear the case tor the
reason that Judge DeVore IS not the
resident judge Of, or the judge pre-
siding. in the Fifth judicial circuit, in
which circuit the delivery Of the con-
victs is sought to be compelled, and
asked for a dismissal of the proceed
ings. This motion was not resisted,
and an order to that effect was
passed.
While the merits Of the case were
not heard the judge intimated that
he thought that the act of 1909 was
in conflict with an act passed IN 1913
limiting sentences on county cham
gangs for ten years. This is matter
of public concern because if counties
are permitted to take all convicts
sent from them to the penitentiary
and work them on the ohaingang and
the law is made general, it will have
the effect Of depopulating and per-
haps destroying the penitentiary.
Messrs. Able & Ramage will bring
a. new action.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
THE SALUTA REUNION.
Old Soldiers Give the Rebel Yell
and Children Sing Songs.

Saluda. August 1.-The Annual Re-
union of the old soldiers Of this
county. held here yesterday under the
auspices Of the members Of Lucinda
Horne Chapter. I. D. G.. was largely
attended and greatly enjoyed. The
exercises were held in the Saluda
school building and fully five hundred
were present. A count Of the Veter-
ans showed 101 of them in the line of
march. The old boys lived over again
the days Of the sixties and the Rebel
yell. which they gave at the special
request of the audience, had the old
time ring and was just such yell
as on more than one battlefield car
ried CONSERVATION to the ranks Of the
enemy.
The Rev. \. D. Bcdie led in prayer,
the children sang the national air, a
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
The Bond Issue.

Editor Herald and News AS it is
in line to say something about the
road tax, I rise to say that l am
against it, for this reason: We are
not making the proper use OF the
money that We now have, and what
reason have you to know that we will
apply this $3OO,OOO where it ought
to 60.
Let us see what we now have, and
how are we spending this amount:
First, from the $500 road
tax vo oet s1250O 90
Second. from the l mill tax$ 1900 %
Third. from the county
fund 10000 90
Fourth, value Of the chain
oano 5000 90.
\ grand total Of S31, 900 w
Are we getting value for this
amount? Some will say that we do
not get this much from the $500 road
tax. If not, then We ought to get the
DAYS, which is equivalent to this
amount. Are we working the roads
as we ought? I say not. Whose
fault is it? I say that it is the fault
Of the supervisor. Why do you say
that? He is not working the chain
gang as it ought to be worked. lie IS
too easy with them, does not push
them. allows them to stand and talk
and laugh while at work, takes
the mout late and brings them back
long before night, stops so he can
GET them here before night. These
things ought not to be. If they are
put there to be punished, then 1T Is
his duty to punish them. l heard one
say after serving thirty days that he
would rather work on the chain gang
than TO work on the farm. 50 working
them as we are working them is no
punishment. would that l could call
back some years when Bill Hill was
Supervisor and Wallace was guard,
that I might take our county bosses
out to see a chain gang work. l think
we ought to change the name Of our
chain gang and call it fattenlng
pen.
Again, what has become Of the ma
clinery that the county boughtg Did
we buy it to stand? Our supervisor
can take this road machinery and
work more roads in one day, than he
can in three or four days without it.
Then why not keep it at work? If l
were supervisor I would buy three
more scrapes, and more mules, divide
the gang, and it would not be long
until I could show you some roads.
Again, some will say that the super
visor can't get the overseers to work
the roads. Let him read the law,
and see if he cannot get them to work.
But he must have backbone. and not
be afarid he will not be elected
again. Some say that if he does his
duty, he will not be elected. l differ
with them. and say that we all love
a man that does his duty, because 1t
is his duty. And then if the super
visor does his duty, he will make the
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
JOHN G. cAPERs STEPS OUT.
Secretary Of the Treasury Announces
Appointment of Caben.

Washington, August 6.-Of1cial an
nouncement Of the resignation of
John G. Capers, of South Carolina,
as commissioner Of internal revenue,
to take effect September l, and Of the
appointment of Royal E. Cabell,
present postmaster Of Richmond, Va,
to succeed him, was made by the Sec
reta-y Of the Treasury late today.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1909-08-10
FELL ASLEEP ON r. r. TRACK.
Pendleton Farmer Run Over By a
Train and Cut Nearly in
Two.

Anderson, August 6.-Robert NJ.
Ritchie, farmer 35 years old, was
run over and killed at Pendleton by
an excursion train on the Blue Ridge
railway early this morning. 1t is pre-
sumed that he went to sleep on the
track. His body was horribly man.
eled, being cut nearly in two.
Twice-a-week record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-13

come together to celebrate the day in
way all could enjoy. She knew
nothing of this until the people began
to arrive with baskets, as it was all
planned as surprise by j. S. Birch,
a young man who Mrs. Gilbert had
raised.
Among those present was the only
surviving sister of Mrs. Gilbert, Mrs.
Vaughn, who is n years old Her
brother, Dick Morris, who is in Ark.
is u years old. Others present were;
Mote Duvall and family, Joe Dick
Vaughn and family, A. L. Brown and
family, Chas. Vanhooser and family,
VIM. Duvall and family, j. T. Woody
and family; Thos. Enochs and family,
John Duvall and family, Ebert Marley
and family, Mesdames A. Woody,
Katherine Hughes, A. r. Hughes and
family, Duke Shoemaker and her
brother, Fred:Howerton, A. l.. Lucus,
Miss Zilpah Hughes and Misses Hughes
and Witherspoon, from Kansas. All
the visitors came with well filed bask-
cts and a splendid dinner was the con-
sequence, interpreted with lemonade,
ice cream and cake, after which all
were entertained with music by the
Duvall and Marion string band. The
whole day was spent in celebratig in
this way and when all left late in the
evening, it was with wishes that they
would be able to help Mrs. Gilbert
celebrate many more such birth days.
One who was present.
Twice-a-week record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-13

months, there Was but little business
before the coprt.
la the case of Dennle and others,
petitioners for the opening Of a new
public road into Tolu, at the instI-
CATION of the petitioners the case
was dismissed. Had not the case
been dismissed, the fight would have
been an interesting one, as opinion
was evenly divided in a three corner
ed battle front, with three sets of
counsel in the field.
Commissioner Rochester sold all
the land advertised at a good prve,
and On the streets Q number OF mules
aud horses we're sold at top prices.
Twice-a-week record-press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1909-1909, 1909-08-13
OUR SOLDIER BOYS.

Captain Carl Henderson boarded
the Southbound train Monday morn.
Ing with Co. X, numbering 81 men,
for darlington to take part in the
rife range meet Of the Third Ken
lucky Infantry. 10 their march to
the depot the boys, as they passed
the Recorders Office, put up a
good showing and looked as if they
could stand camp life on "hard tack
as well as any Of them. Capt. Heu-
dcrson deserves much credit for his
efforts to prepare his company for the
GOOD inosiDg they put up.
They are a nice set Of boys and
~e believe they will make US proud
Of them. The Henderson Journal
has this to say Of the Regiment meet !:
darlington, KY, Aug. 9.-Col.
Jouett Henry aud staff, Of the Third
Kentucky Infantry, are in camp here
with Lieut.. Col. Moffatt and Lieut..
Col. woodward, Of Frankfort, both
on the staff Of the Adjutant General,
in advance Of the arrival Of the reg
iment Monday, when the annual
encampment and rife practice on the
new government range begins. Com
pauy G, OF Darlington, rested in
camp last night after a strenuous
days work moving and placing the
equipment, erecting the Officers
tents, and doing everything to put
the camp in the best shape for recep-
ton of the other companies Monday.
The camp is ideally ou an elevated
field in the southern edge Of the city,
but a short march from the range.
Water supply and electric lights
have already been piped and wired
into the camp, and everything posi-.
bic will be done for the comfort and
convenience Of the soldiers. This is
the FIRST eucampmert held in Ken
lucky on a rife range built by the
National Government, and this is the
only snch rife range yet built in rhe
state.