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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-05
HRSTCIlolCf Man
88 $500
HAS PLRUoG or the FINANCIAL
0AcKMo or coloRGD
Puo,L,sr
WIRES CONGRATULATIONS
AND ENCOURAGES hss eoNTu.
NATE oovNvHYAAM 70
shANo-0N.

AuVI000Ws . ~ OEN
Jack Johnsoa. the worlds tursf.oA
prise axht~r. expressed Nh c~ongrssula-
lions TO ths dusky winner II Arst
choice In the ~rsservafioa Arawias~
Not only y ~ siaA tAat cobossa
man voa the high sward. bat ~ n
willing 10 help him 10 hold IT, Ssace
the dlsquslincattons of william J. ~
gel. Who drew No. I. Caiviu Bowdry.
the negro porter At Hismarsk. Who
held No :. has rome into the line-
light.
When appraised Of the spod fortune
Of his countsyman. Johason . n the
following telegram TO Aherdsen from
Chicago. thinking that the man ~.
In this cry.
Chicago. Oct 0.--Cood boy. Con-
x~rataiatioas Hang onto the claim
and I will hep you. II YOU want any
money | have some. or | ~iu hare
when . whip Jenries.
Jack johnson"
Bo~dry win probably need the mon
ey. alright. for he can neither read or
write. aud has no means at livelihood
except odd jobs When he signed his
name 10 hts application he had 10 do
II BY making his mark, . destitute Is
he Of education.
bismarck. ~. D.. Oct. 20 -'Betwe
0awd and man. mistah An neyah stole
no chisken." xas the vehement declar-
alton OF Calvin Bowdry. now winner
OF No. ] IN the reservation drawing.
when aroused from his bed and tod OF
his luck in the Aberdeen land drawing
He said that he had been arrested
once. This Was on suspicion OF having
stolen some clothes but the charge was
dlsproyen His reputation Ii good In
town.
1T sutiinly am sho' thuh futhah
moth The cnllud boy goes thuh beitah
he gets treated"
These are thewords In which Calvin
%3NhAt NJ tuIA EIky NduIA1NHs&n ut0A
his good fortune when informed that
the second choice he had drawn In the
Standing Rock and Cheyene River In
dian reserve land lottery ut Aberdeen
had become FIRST choice through the
disqualification os William u. En- ie OF
Butter, Neh., whose name was the hrss
drawn.
Bowdry, who has lived In HisnaYk
only since September. Ia y lyrical
southern negro and sresks with the
soft ace~n OF his Mississippi home.
lie plans 10 bring his old mother. who
was horn In slavery days. and bis SIX
sisters north from Oxford, Miss, To
share hi good fortune.
Moreover. be intend to live upon his
land. THAT land amt fch safe. no
sub. not foh NO money he said today.
Bowdry is employed a. stable ran
and general help by q w Wo'bevt. \
local merchant Despite Ills nnexIest-
ed good fortune. he is still on th@ oh.
Mr.. Wolhert had difleulty In infurtne
Bowdry to register ms he insisted that
Those white folks amt xoin' 90
let ah ruiiud hoy win nohow"
According 10 his own story. Bowdry
who ts ~ years OF ~ has been work
ing and contributing In THE support
- his .se'Aat st-~n he WIS 10 years
old. by DEGREES he has made his way
no tL. le. 81 sls Ft@adlis improving
opportunities before him.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-05
oometimos q Hard Task

When q man says. and know
what I'm talking about" says the
Philosopher OF Folly. the only way
| = get even = by asking him -
prove It."
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-05

Four Of the Ave members OF the ex-
ecufive committee of the South Dakots
Press association held q meeting In
Sioux Falls on Friday afternoon and
called the midwinter meeting Of the
association. upon q date In January
next to be decided upon later.
There were present at the meeting,
J. II. Halliday OF Iroquois and George
SchlOsser, John +. Cogan and C.. u.
Day Of Sioux Falls. the absent member
being r. l.. Sem OF DeadWood.
The matter Of a program was dr.
eussed and Il was decided 70 make the
chief features Of the meeting social a.
version. because there had been little
OF that sort Of entertainment ct tho
midsummer meeting.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-05
TETfOR waterway
rGLLo CONVENTION At NEW on.
LEANS Nc FAvoRs THE
PROJECT.
Foa The BENEFIT Of ALL

pssse6ene prsmisss the support ~
The Administration. But viii Not
Stand Tor Any "pork 0arret"-
0hsrrnaa. Cannon and Dickinson
Pledge Aid.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1909-11-05

- - a111Mnos - $50
Mevao1 Wenun1e1nm
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-20
CITY COUNCIL MEETS.
Holds Special Session to Consider
Payment of Bills. Etc.


The city council met in called ses-
sion yesterday with the following
present: Mayor F. J. Combe, Sec
rotary Frank Champion, City Attor-
ney Frank W. Kibbe, Alderman JAS
Browne, s. C. Tucker. T. Crixell, Geo.
Champion, S. l.. Dworman and VIM.
Putegnat. The general financial COM
dition of the city was discussed at
considerable length, the purpose of
this meeting being to allow claims
for fuel for the electric light and
water plant A claim for 81, 200
against the city by the Texas Oil
company of Houston was allowed and
ordered paid. as was also a claim
in favor of Manuel Barreda against
the city for oil used at the electric
light and water plant for 5000.
The matter of the Indebtedness
against the new market house was
also discussed, and committee COM
posed of Aldermen Dworman, Pute-
gnat and Tucker were instructed to
confer with a like committee from
the fire department and see what
can be done towards paying the out
standing Indebtedness against the
new market building.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-20

Mr. and Mrs. N. c. Myrtle and fam
lily of the Cottingham settlement were
visitors in the city today. Mr.. Myr-
tie has just completed home in
that section and reports good crops
and that a great many citrus fruit
trees are also being planted in that
locality
Mr.. and Mrs. John E. Rhodes and
two children, John, Jr.. and Grace.
of Tampa, Kansas, arrived in the city
last night to spend several days here
as the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. H. H.
Banker. Mr.. Rhodes, who is broth
er of Mrs Bankers, is a stakeholder
and director of the Citrus Fruit De-
velopment Company.
Geo. w. Gross, who is engaged in
developing suburban property in the
vicinity of Mercedes, was in the city
today. Mr. Gross expects to leave
tomorrow for his home in Lansing,
Mich, but will return to the valley
next fall.
Miss Dora Kimball was in town
yesterday from Raymondville, and
returned there this morning. Miss
Kimball and her sister, Miss Nellie
Kimball expect to move back to
Brownsville about March 1st, to
make their home here again, having
leased the Hicks residence on Eliza
beth street Their many old friends
in Brownsville will be delighted to
have them here.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-20
PERSONALS.

]. NJ. Breen of San Benito was in
the city today.
S. K. Hallam was a business visi-
tor in Donna today.
H. Josey and C. H. Hammond
spent today in McAllen.
Rev. ". C. c. Foster made bust
ness trip up the branch today
S. B. Minis left this morning for
Kingsvilie on business trip.
B. L. Kowalski was business
visitor in San Benito today.
Jos. Kring, mayor of Lyford, was
a business visitor in the city yester-
day.
state Ranger o. J. Roundtree of
Company B, arrived in the city last
night.
Prof. D. Hemphill of Isabel visit
ed the city yesterday afternoon, re-
turning home this morning.
Rev. w H. Petty left today for
Run and Donna, where he will fill
pastoral appointments tomorrow.
]. w. Davis, the civil engineer, left
this morning for Santa Maria, where
he has large surveying contract.
j. L. MayfieId of Monterey, Mexico,
arrived in the city today for few
days business and pleasure visit.
DR.. B. o. Works made a profess
sional visit to the Point Thursday
night. going down on special, which
consisted of handcar.
John J. Conway and J. W. Holt of
Mission. who have been spending a
few days in the city returned home
this morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. w. Taylor, accom-
panied by the formers parents, who
are visiting them here, made an au
tomobile trip to San Benito yester-
day and return.
Mr. and Mrs. NJ. A. Nichols of Be
atrice. Neb., arrived in Brownsville
last night for couple of weeks pleas
ure visit and to look over the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
d. F. Fielder, the genial proprie-
tor of the Rio Grande Hotel, left this
morning for Alice where he has been
called to the bedside of his niece,
who is critically i'll
Nee. Darby of Richmond, Ind, ac-
companied by his wife, son
and little baby, arrived in the city
last night and expects to spend some
time in the valley. Mr.. Darby is in
poor health and came here to recup-
crate
Mr.. and Mrs. H. H. L. vim of Val
paraiso, Ind, were among the excur-
sionists who arrived here from the
North today. They expect to spend
several weeks looking over the Lower
Rio Grande Valley.
Among the prominent business
men who are now visiting in the city
is C. H. Martin of Chicago, who is
a large automobile dealer in that city,
who arrived in the city today. While
here Mr. Martin will be the guest of
DR.. H. w. Taylor
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-20

A deficit in the national revenues
is very timely stumbling block to
put in the way of the promised tariff
revision.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-20

Methodist Church.-Services in
the Presbyterian church tomorrow at
eleven and seven-thirty. Citizens and
tourists are made welcome in these
services-come.=A Noble James.
Pastor.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1909-02-20

ADVERTISE IN THE HERALD.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
Popular Paraxraphism.

Elorlud IltuSS-OnlOn.
 This is the day of the paragraph. History is turned out in tabloid form for popular assimilation. Sense and nonsense are most enjoyed In paragraph. and the people clamoI for public speeches built on vital meaty paragraphs. The Idea is such q favorite now that ministers. who want to please. in. struct and. incidentally, to save are sermon izing in paragraphs of slight duration Pub lie speakers try to make e hit within thG ten minute limit, and heroes in plays make love epigrammatically.
 If life is an epigram. As some wise mar would have us believe. the talk of life can not be made short enough. In America where never have time. 1t is as we'll ts be amused. entertained. instructed. sermon ized and saved within a ten minute space Otherwise we would miss these essentials and what would become of us1
 Tn dear old England few venturescm' spirits have mind to weke the public t' that fact. Tn fact. it has gone so far as t stir that most slow of all slowly -movinl bodies. the house of parliament cect Harmsworth. one of its honorable members and on the cut of W. Randolph Hearst. witi slight variations. comes out In long arti cle in the current number Of The Nationa Review. with plea for terl-mInute speeches The American public can sympafhtse witi him. We know how many good thinss car be killed in public legislation by orator. covering valuable hOura-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
The Reward of Poets.

New York World.
 stephen Phillips, the. English poet and playwright, has gone into Dank- .runtcy. Ills liabilities are $5.Ooo ih excess of his assets. MT. Philllps is the author of the best. perhaps the only genuine tradegied written In the Sns- fish language for generatioh o more. "Ferod," which Is now Deins niayed in New York. seems to be rec ognized as having the elevation' .ne essential significance. the poetic sim- plicity and beauty of real trageoy. Since civilization began the number or Zee 0edieE produced is few indeed. The vaIue of these few to the human race ,s very great. Sophocles. Aeschyius' Eurintdes. Shakespeare what have moi the few tragedies written by these men means to our humanity They
 make a considerable part of those fun damental monuments of expression Wnon which our deeper taste and our deener knowledge of eternal truth are Sormed. without attributing the Nigh aat vaIue to stephen Phillips work rel- ativelv to the few great tragedies. yet fine fact that his plays may be included In the category of tragedy at all gives thAnn absoiute value of a high order.As such they contribute immensely to Inc xvAlfare. real knowledge and ele- yatad happiness of mankind. Never theleaa. stephen Phillips has gone into ha nkruDfcy Teh report is that he iS absolutely Ignorant of the value of money. Many men In love with the nest have no' idea of the exchange value of commodities. They have no time or energy to acquire the wisdom of the world.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
wAsTE IN ELECTRICITY.

In an interview In The New York American. Thomas A. Edison says;
 T judged that the display on the asSn of sn sIsctricity Sy wSsa P you reflect that we now are able to utilize only about three per cent of the efficiency of electricity after we have soss & S s mse sa, So s' vii cent I idea of how far little of the nyste- rious fiud or force or whatevar 1t may be called goes"
 Edison. what electricity lsT
 The wizards face assumed c tenee expression. Its fine lines were drawn taut A gleam of anxiety shone from
 If only or anybody else knew what it was. ws might do somsshing really worth while" he said we know some of the things 1t will do. But oh. how little the best informed of us really know of it's power, or it's mystery. However. 1t will not be long now until somebody discovers the mass of 1t that at present goes to
 "There are so,OoO or 4o,ooo earnest men all over the world working dili- problems that are baking the devel- opment of the science. l should nor be surprised any day. to learn that one of this great host of workers had solved the riddle of waste.
 'when 1t comes 1t will appear Q simple little thing. Maybe In bulk 1t will be no larger than a tiny pin. But 1t will work wonders. It will reduce the cUst so materially that our cities will be more brilliantly lighted every. where and the cost to consumers will be more than cut In two. hope that may come about soon. We must de- wise some means of conservation of the tremendous, almost tncalculab'e ener- gy that daily goes to waste through our present ignorance and the inefn- ciency of our machinery"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
Inc Blgxsr Questlon.

NasnVllte American. ,,og Entirely !, s;ds , fSm .hs grohisitcn aass takes rational view of the pending couteet In Alabama when it says:
 NO State since the war has so suffered from agitation, as Alabama has From one state of turmoil. the people of Alabama have been rushed Into a newer and louder state of political noise and excitement. The way to stop agitation is to silence the agi- tators The men who win suffer most po- litically by the defeat of the amendment are the men who have been responsible for the past three years. Their leaders claim that the adoption of the amendment would be an tndorsement of what they had donc Conversely. rejection of the amendment means repudtstion of the reckless govern ment and political pickering of the past then only will agitation cease.
 This is the crux Of the situation in our wearied neighbor State. Aiabama, with all due respect to Governor Conner. has. to our mind. suffered imeasurably since his advent into the States administrative affairs. His whole course as a public man has been marked by agitation of a most damaging character to the peace and prosperity of the State. and the defeat of the amendment will mean that men of . more conservative event. Alabama is bound to again so for ward in all lines of progress which mean wealth and happiness to her people.
 As to the amendment. it Is unnecessary. The prohibition statutes now existent are ann pie. If enforced to make Alabama as dry The placing of a clause in the Constitution will not strengthen them, on the contrary, it may weaken them But the main question. after ali is not the defeat of the amend ment-it is the defeat of the forces which have wrought so much ruin to our sister Htafe.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
Farmers, Attention. Memphis Comfnercial- Appeal.

Did you raise a colt this yeAre If you did. be sure, while weaning 1t, and during the first winter. to give it. good shelter and ample feed. The stunted colt never fully. regains the loss and colts are stunted by neglect during the first two years. If you did not raise 2 colt, and most farmer readers arA in this class. why notY You could grow Fa good nasse. w5fthl sss6. for sss sSt6 ysb. . profit ofsel50 at least. This Is C per terest on $2,56o by your failure to grow a mule colt Any mule coifs at weaning time Is worth $50 or $75. This Is the easiest value of a bale of cotton you ever made. Don't say this does not concern. you. It affects all the South to spend millions each year for live stock that could be grown on our waste land. Every farmer should grow at least colts enough to supply his farm with work stock. It is highly pfofft- able. It Is good farming. Consider this carefully and see If 1910 cannot find you doing your share in helping to save the constant drain caused by each, year buying stock to farm our lands.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
The Minister to Chlnss

American
 It is announced that Mir. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte. N. C.. b strongly supported and recommended by the National Association of Manu- lecturers, as well as by the American Cotton Manufnoturers' Associatio to succeed Hon. C. R. Crane. of ChioA xo, to the position of United States MInis- ter to China. Mir. Crane having lately resigned the place. Mir. TompkiAa served creditnbly as Q member of the United States Industrial Commission under Mckinley and Roosevelt, and ia 8 man of high character, possessed of the kind of abilities suited to the o1i- cial work and diplomatic duties Ter quirsd by the position named. He is known as being broad. self-contalned and intelligence capable negotia tor and a successful business man. He ia a manufhcturer, an editor. a publicist and a member Of the controlling com mittee of the Equitable Life Assurance Society. F1e is firm. He makes friends and never snesnios. The appointment of Mr. Tompkins would be very pleas. ing to the people of the south as well se satisfactory to all other sections of the country
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
prroruLAr,oN OF FRANCE.
Delusion on the subject, Facts showfn
 a Gradual Increase. S -.s- s-

Delusfon on the Subject, Facts Showing
 a Gradual Increase. 7 go New York Sun, ,,fsf.
 Of ali subjects under Heaven which invite misstatement none seems to be so constant in its allurements as that of the depopulation of France. Like the perennial reference to the witch burning of Salem. the affirmation that France is becoming depopulated yields neither to facts. history nor statistics. The New York Times contributes the latest illumination upon this subject by this generous concession:
 Though 1t Is true that in the last decade there has been a perceptible | shrinkage in the population of France. there have been decades during the last half century in which there has been substantial increase"
 Of course. the fact is that there has been no shrinkage. perceptible or i'm perceptible. On the contrary, there has been an obvious increase: Tn fact 1906 shown a positive gain, but they have also revealed gain markedly greater than was shown by the cen suses Of 1891 and 1896. Thus between incpeased cp n by 2ss.o75. while between 1896 and 1s06 the accretion was 734,- 27o. Patiently there Is no perceptible shrinkage here.
 The census figures, however, show the gain due both to immigration and the surplus of births over deaths. and the immigration into France, particularly from Belgium. Italy and Spain, Is con siderable But in the matter of nat ural increase the situation Is unchang' ed. In other, words, despite the pop ular impression to the contrary. there have been more births than deaths ir France during the last ten years.
 The offfciaI figures for the years be- tween 1898 and 1907 show a net surplus of births over deaths of 193,429. IT only three years-namely. 1900. 1903 ed by the deaths. and this excess. ex' cept In 1903. has been insignificant. [ The simple fact is that the popula tion of France Is increasing--it Is in creasing by immigration and 1t is in creasing by the small but real surplu | of births over deaths. Except in thu census of 1872. that directly following l the Franco Prussian war, the popula ton has shown an increase at eacl census. The gain since that time moreover has entirely replaced th population lost by the cession to Ger many of Alsace-Lorraine, since tn population of France in 1866 was Ss. 1 O67 ,064 and at the present time. de spite the loss of the provinces Ia Ss, | BEARS.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10

pfcximation--is tes.rahpcs." A corf6e- pondsnt of The ManchsStsr o1&rdian tAkes exception to this, The yrsnsn name of the town. he rec4ifs fs Reims. The spelling with hfS essentially Eng iish and the Enslisk pronunciation is
 Heemg-as in the aTnGoldsby Leg
 ends. where 1t rhymes with "lrsams." 1" The town was known to Enriishmeu three centuries ago as '.Rhemes." This immediately susgests the 1axgs nuui- per of geographical names <which have
 an Ensiish form distinct from the na- tive form-Lyons. Marseiiies. Dunkirk. Copennagen. The Hague. Vienna, 0e- neva. Seville. Rome. Florence. Venice, Napiss. Leghorn and SO on indennite- ly. We do not. ss the writer rernsrIxi. say Farce, except in joke. or Bairreen. ana wny attempt q native pronuncis- .lon oI nneims! This is an interest,". way of Anslicizing proper names of sii klnds, and there has been somethinss of s reaction lately against their, authori-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-11-10
Farmers, Attention.

Corn is selling in Memphis at 75 cents. and when you get 1t you pay more. If you intend to grow your corn in 1910. you must start now by saving first-class seed. The South can grow all her corn If we will plant good seed in well prepared land, and cultivate. MT Drake in South Carolina grew e54 bushels of shelled corn per acre. Mir. Stoney of the same State, this year, 246 bushels. It is familiar to all that corn club boys in Memphis district have grown this year 100 to 150 bushels. Did you ever figure what you would make per acre if you had a good stand of corn. and each stalk gave one ear? If you are too tired or busy. get one of your children to do 1t for you.
 What does 1t profit a man to grow good crops of cotton if he buys his corn, hog meat and mulesf
 Have you reminded the Superinsend- ant of Education in your county that you must have corn club for your boy in 1910?