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The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

confronted with his future devourer,
the Unsuitable Morgan.
In the face Of these impressive ex-
amples of the ruthlessnes OF one-man
power there has grown of late even
a greater personal dominion of the
financial world. BY purchase, by COM
oination and by community of inter-
est there is now ]. P. Morgan power
which, embracing banking and trust,
insurance, industrial and transporta-
tion companies. controls or influences
capital amounting to more than six
thousand millions Of dollars. It is not
necessary to say that this power is
abused to maintain the assertion that
Its exercise is altogether too great q
responsibility for any individual. no
matter how good or how able. Con-
servatively estimated. with no account
or corporations in which this one man
is only moderately or sympathetically
interested and with no reference to
the four Morgan banking houses of
New York, London, Paris and Phila-
delphia, the principal Morganized or
partly Morganized institutions to date
are as follows:
Life Insurance Companies.
Assets
Equitable Life Assurance Soy. .s462 .OO0. .0Oo
N. Y. Life Insurance Company. 557 900, 600
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

The fact that our soil is losing its
productive qualities is not unique in
the history of the world. This con-
dition obtained in England more than
a hundred years ago. Her statesmen,
approaching the fact that something
would have to be done, established a
bureau in the office of the home sec
retary, and scientific agriculturists
went out through the country to
make examination into the condition
of the soils and tine relation of the
soil to plant life, and, in other words,
did the things that are beang lone in
our Bureau. No effort was ever more
fruitful of happier results. The re-
suits were magical. The yield per
acre was increased steadily and has
yearly resulted in increased crops end
increased land rents and increased
land values.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
HOMEMADE PHILOSOPHY.

Good luck never looks in dark cor
ners.
The smile of philisophic friend is
always too familiarly cynical.
Ii some chaps stories were to be
printed they'd read like pure ro-
nance.
The voice of an egotist doesn t ne
cessitate a cornet accompaniment, but
it will come in as obligato.
The past is beyond us, but we are
generals of our future.
Begin every day as religiously as
though it were a lifetime.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

As the interests represented by the
great banks use their customers, so
they use to a less degree the various
State, private, and savings banks
which they control. The growth of
financial banking appears even more
marked when all classes of financial
institutions are taken together The
ratio of stock and bond investments
of national, State, private, and saw
ings banks and trust companies to
their total individual deposits. as
shown by the reports of the Comp
troller of the Currency, has increased
from 8.9 per cent i'll 1896 to 28.2 per
cent in 1907. The total holdings by
advance and trust companies in these
stocks and bonds, exclusive of United
States bonds, amounted in 1907 to
over $1,000, 100000. So .7-'1O.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
souths Agricultural Lands.

The agricultural lands of the
Southern States are not like those Of
the great central prairie States Dense
ly occupied by an agricultural popu-
lation. In the majority of the Gulf
States less than one-third Of the
available agricultural land is under
cultivation at the present time, and in
the State of Texas less than one acre
in ten which is available for the pro-
duction of crops was occupied by the
farming population at the time of the
last census. Since that time the ag-
ricultral population of Texas has
been increased by over 100000 peo-
pie, as nearly as can be estimated in
the absence of later census figures,
and citizens of other States are
crowding into Texas at the rate Of
10000 to 10000 persons per month,
in search of homes and agricultural
opportunities on Texas soils.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
CLEAR-HEADED
Head Bookkeeper Must He Reliable.

The chief bookkeeper in a large
business house in one Of our great
Western cities speaks of the harm cof-
lee did for him:
My wife and / drank our first cup
of Postum little over two years ago,
and we have used it ever since, to the
entire exclusion of tea and coffee. 1t
happened in this way:
About three and a half years ago
I had an attack o: pneumonia, which
left memento in the shape of dys-
pepsia, or, rather, to speak more cor
rectly, neuralgia Of the stomach My
cup Of cheer had always been coffee
or tea, but ] became convinced. after
a time, that they aggravated my stom-
ach trouble. / happened to mention
the matter to my grocer one day and
he suggested that I give Postum q
trial.
Next day 1t came. but the cook
made the mistake of not boiling Il
sufficiently. and we did not like it
much. This was. however. soon rem
edied. and now we like II so much
that we will never change back. Pos
tum, being a food beverage instead of
q drug. has been the means Of curing
my stomach trouble. I verify believe.
for I am a well man to-day and have
used no other remedy.
MY work as chief bookkeeper in
our Co. s branch house here is OF n
very confining nature. During my
coffee-drinking days I was subject to
nervousness and the blues In addi-
ton to my sick spells. These have
left me since l began using Postum,
and l can conscientiously recommend
1t to those whose work confines them
to long hours Of severe mental exer-
ton"
There's a Reason"
Look In pkgs. for the little book.
The Road to Weilville."
Ever read the above letter? A new
one appears from time 60 time. They
are genuine. true, and fun Of haman
interest 81
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
FASHION NOTES.

Blue and lavender bugles and
beads are used for embroidering lace
and net. crepe de chine and Ii erty
silk.
An old lad revived permits the
wearing Of gold slippers.
Fair motorists are wearing varia-
tions OF the granny" bonnet that
covers head and ears.
Crystal and gold bugles are to sup
ply much OF the trimming this sea-
son.
The popular white and gray sweat
ers are to be had with collars and
cuffs OF contrasting colors.
Swordlike hilts. fashioned OF tor.
toise-shsll. are among the striking
looking hatpins.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
THE LITTLE MOUSE.

Several years ago we had a Christ
mas tree trimmed with popcorn from
top to bottom. A few days after
Christmas we noticed the popcorn At
the bottom was gradually disappear
ing. Conjectures were rife. We fin
ally came to the conclusion it must
have been the mice. We set q
mouse trap and waited for develop
ments. Mamma had occasion to go
into the dining room to do some
cleaning. She entered very quietly.
and-behold! There on his knees
was baby brother. with his mouth
puckered up. quietly chewing the pop
corn! Here was the solution OF the
disappearing popcorn. The mouse"
was caught, and without the aid OF
q trap.-Alice Meyer. in the New
York Tribune,
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

n correspondent Of the Wailsss
County Messenger tells this one:
"A darky was on trial in the GRIM
NAL court last week on q charge OF
Ngamy. After the jury has returned
. verdict OF guilty Judge McReynolds
remarked:
"The best I can do, Crum, IL to
give you the minimum
"Iordy, mercy me, jedse, don't do
dat! I'd rather go to the pen.' said
rum."-Atlanta Constitution.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
Many Thousand Children Said
to Lack Food In Chic

Chicago. The statement that FIVE
thousand Chicago children go to
school hungry each day and that ten
thousand more are not properly nour-
ished was verified by Assistant Su.
perintendent John d. Schoop, OF the
Public School System.
am certain the figures are not
overdrawn," said Mr.. Shoop. 81
know from personal observation that
many children do not make progress
In school because they do not receive
COED. rosrishiny food.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
Marrow Gauge Line VIII BE
Euiit to the Garden of Eden.

Constantinople.--A narrow gauge
railway is to be constructed to the
site of the Garden of Eden, which Sir
William Willcocks. British adviser to
the Turkish, Ministry OF Public
Works. thinks he has located. Ac-
cording to Sir williams measure
ments the homestead OF Adam and
Eve was situated I'm the Harilah dis
trict. about $50 kilometers north of
Bagdad. The espot u an oasis situated
in the centre OF yakt desolate plain,
travsrss< " the EusAsatss.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

on the verge of COL
lapse. Dull back
ache weakened me
and broke my
sleep. i was very
nervous. and doc
tors treatment was
not making me
better. Doan's Kid
ney Pills helped
me at once and ak
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

boxes cured me so we'll that tn three
years the trouble has not come bach" "
Remember the name-Doan's. For
sale by all dealers. so cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, n. Y.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
SllER CITY
LADY A Vim
ars. GiIlfIand, Of Siler City, Was
Left in Bad Shape as q Resnf
Of an Attack Of tho Grip.

Siler City. N. CT was in bad
shape" writes Mrs. Sarah J. Gilliland,
of this place, "after an attack of the
grip; was bothered with womanly trou-
bles, but since taking Cardui | am
much improved. 1t has done me more
good than the doctors and feel it saw
ed my life, after all other methods had
failed.
II thank you for the good that Car
dui has done to me and hope every
lady who suffers will try it. l will
recommend it to my friends"
You can rely on Cardui being of ben
eft to you. Its ingredients are mild
herbs, having 4 gentle, tonic effect on
the female constitution. The special
herbs are grown abroad and imported
by us direct. They are not in the
Pharmacopeia, nor for sale at druggists,
except as put up by us, so you cannot
get the effect of Cardui. except by buy
ing Cardui, the woman's tonic.
No other medicine or tonic has ex-
.actly the same results as Cardui, no
other has the record of so years of
successful treatments of cases of fe-
male weakness, debility and disease.
1t is certainly worth trying.
Ask your druggist
N. 6.-wrIte to: Ladies' Advisory De-
Rartment. Chattanooga Medicine Co..
Chattanooga- Tenn. for Special instrue-
msnt for women" sent In plain wrap
Der. ON request.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17

The world is a comedy to those
that think, tragedy to those whc
fell.-Horance Walpole.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
o.ssss asss1 PALATAL eeo.ssT eo:ssr oi' Fl

To regret mistakes of the yester-
days is one step toward happy to-
morrowS.
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
VERGE OF COLLAPSE.

Many Women Brought to 1t by Kid
ney Disease.
Mrs. Charles Sweetman. 624 Wash
ington St., Buffalo, n. Y. says: Kid
ney trouble had me in a bad way and
The Dillon herald. [volume] (Dillon, S.C.) 1894-????, 1910-02-17
:. THE BEST COTTON SEED

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OK, Dat up In 2 1-2 bushei bags Price 81 25
Or bcshei fob. Raleigh. Order quick. IL you
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BEED COMPANY, e. T. OLIVER, Gen. Mgr,
BOZ ID. RALEIGH. N, G.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
Rat-Kiliing in Bombay.

The bubcnic plague has killed
10000 people in the last fourteen
years in the city of Bombay alone,
the highest mortality being 10000
in 1903 and the lowest 5000 during
the past year. The reduction of the
mortality can be traced very largely
to the number of rats killed in the
city, who are the industrious car
riers Of the disease. A half million
rats were killed last year in that
city alone, of which number 10000
were examined by the bacteriolo-
gists of the health department and
5000 of them were found to be in
fected with the plague. The whole
sale destruction of these rodents
was accomplished by the most care
full municipal plan and cooperation
# health and police departments,
which scattered bread smeared with
poison certain hours each day in al
parts of the city and furnished
thousands of disinfected traps to the
inhabitants, who caught tens of
thousands of them.-The Christian
Herald.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
A Modern Play.

A modern play is TO be produced at
the Grand next Monday night called,
The Rosary" written by Edward
Rose and produced by the well
known theatrical managers, Messrs.
Rowland & Clifford.
Quietly and modestly, with no
blaze Of trumphets, it projects
quiet word into our turmoil of opin-
ions, which many believe will revo-
lutionize our ethics of marriage and
divorce; as an illustration THE
Rosary" takes you into the heart of
an American home, such as our
homes are today. 1t shows peace
and happiness, then suddenly a
canker sore is unmasked-lack of
faith in the husband. Slowly, little
by little is seen the devastating pow
Ell of atheism, how is saps the
strength and breaks the will so that
when doubt and suspicion creep in
they find fertile soil for the descend
ants-hatred and revenge. Then
comes the spiritual power of a great
mana priest whose life is given
to mankind Slowly he analyses the
situation and leads the husband and
wife whom he loves, out of the
darkness to happiness and peace
THE Rosary has proven the sue
cess of the year in Chicago and
New York. The Chicago run lasted
three months and it is predicted
that it will stay throughout the
year at the Garden Theatre in New
York City, where the. eastern com
pany is now playing.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
AUTO Is WRECKED.
Party From CrescO Have Narrow
Escape on New Button
Township Road.

On Friday afternoon Hugh Nc
Bride and couple of friends were
coming to Decoran from Cresco in
an auto, and when about six miles
out of town on the new Dolan road
in Bluffton township, met with an
accident which wrecked their auto
mobile and gave them a narrow
escape from very serious if not fatal
injuries.
The accident occurred near a
bridge, where there is very sharp
turn in the road, and not being used
to the road, they thought they had
slowed down sufficiently to make
the turn, but they were going quite
fast and their light machine swerv-
ed to one side and off the bank,
rolling over and over down the en-
bankment to the river below. One
of the men sustained two broken
ribs, and the others were consider
ably shaken up and bruised, but
not badly injured. The machine was
badly wrecked. Under the circum-
stances it is fortunate that the &C
cident did not result more serious
ly. The men were taken by team
to Cresco and the machine was tow
ed in the next day.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
Mary Baker Eddy Dead.

Mary Baker Eddy, discoverer and
founder of Christian Science and
one of the worlds great women,
passed away on Saturday night at
her home in Boston. Few women
have created a greater impression
upon the world or had larger per-
sonal following than she. The
Christian Science church has become
a formidable institution, which has
done a great deal of good in the
world, and the name of Mary Bak-
er Eddy will be revered in the COM
ing years as she has been beloved
during her life.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
ID. a. LEE AT REST.
Well known Tailor for Quarter
Century Passes 20 the
Great Beyond.

Mr.. David A. Lee, the we'll known
senior member of the firm Of Lee
Bros, merchant tailors, for the
past twenty-five years, passed away
on Friday evening at five o'clock
at his home in this city, after sui
fering for five months from a tumol
on the brain.
He was born Sept. %, 1850, il
Lerdahl, Norway, and came t
America in 1870, locating neal
Viroqua, Wis, where he spent
some time, and for a number O.
years worked at his trade at variou!
points, including Mortified, Mimi.
coming to DEBORAH something oyel
80 years ago. He was employed fol
some years with j. II. Mackenstadt
and twenty-five years ago went in
to business with his brother, Agrin
A. Lee, which he continued up t
the time of his final illness. Ii
1881 he was united in marriage tt
Miss Mary Tobiason, and to then
four children were born, Emma
Adolph, Will and Luella, who, witt
the wife survive him. He is also
survived by four brothers and ont
sister, all living in this county
Knut, Ole, Lars and Mrs. Halvol
Lee of the eastern part of the coun
ty, and Agrim of DEBORAH.
The funeral services were helt
yesterday afternoon at 1880 O'CLOCK
from the home and 900 O'Clock
from the First Norwegian Lutheran
church, Rev. l. B. Torrison official
ing, with .interment in the Norwe
gian cemetery.
Mr.. Lee will be remembered a!
an industrious, honest, capabl;
citizen, upright in all his dealings
and his death is mourned by large
friendship.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
An Enticing Window.

There are many beautiful holiday
windows about town these days, but
in the Ruen Cloak Store, arranged
as a booth, where are placed on
display and sale a large line of the
novelties in laces, ties, silverware,
pins, bows and the thousand other
things a woman needs in her make
up. 1t is a novel and attractive
method of displaying novelties.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
He Won.

Ex-Governor Bob Taylor, of Ten
nessee, was once entertaining a
Northern guest, who was rather
skeptical about the prevailing dia-
lect in stories of Southern negroes.
He thought it overdrawn. To dis
prove the contention, MIR. Taylor
laughingly made a wager with his
guest that the Northerner would be
unable TO interpret the language of
the first negro they met According
ly they set out and presently came
upon a black man basking indolent-
ly in the sun. Telling his friend TO
pay close heed, Mr.. Taylor stepped
up to the negro and demanded sud-
denly:
"Weh he?'
The negro blinked his eyes stClld-
ly, and then answered in cultural
voice.:
"Wah who?"-Everybody's for
December.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
The Old Guard Lament.

Philadelphia Ledger: Among the
humors of the New York state cam
paign is the following set of verse,
which has had wide circulation all
over Saratoga since then.
i am so weary of Teddy,
Teddy, the statesman on wheels;
Tired, and my poor brain already
Under the incumus reels;
Tired of the cowboys that raced
him
Tired of the lions that chased
him
Oh, / can smell him and taste him
When / sit down TO my meals.
/ am so tired of his chrome,
Tired of his magazine curves,
That | am living on bromo,
Trying TO brace up my nerves;
Tired of the yarns he's indicted;
Tired of the wrongs he has right
ed,
Tired of his chestnut, "dee-lighted,
Tired of the dope that he serves.
/ am so tired of his Stetson,
Tired of the glasses beneath;
Tired of the Khaki he gets on,
Tired of his tributes and wreath ;
/ am so tired of his trooping,
Tired of his yelling and whooping,
Tired till my spirit is dropping
Tired of his hair and his teeth.
/ am so tired if his cronies,
Tired of his cousins and aunts;
Tired of his hippos and ponies,
Tired of his stuffed elephants;
Tired of the way he is faring,
Tired of tho fun he is sharing
Tired of the shirt he is wearing,
Tired of his necktie and pants,
He has made life to me dreary.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
Hans H. Rcnaas Passes Away,

Hans II. Renaas, a we'll known
resident of DEBORAH for a good many
years, died at his home in this city
Monday morning at 1920 o'clock
from pneumonia. He was born ir
Totem, Norway, Oct. 8, 1863, and
came to America at the age of TWEEN
ty-one years. For some years he
was employed in the store of An
drew Sampson, and afterward with
Ben Bear in the clothing store.
During the past few years he has
been engaged as painter and paper
hanger. He was married in May,
1895, to Miss Bertha Christianson
of Madison township, to which I'M
ion four children were born, Hart
vic, Clara, Alvin and Bertha, who
with the wife and mother, survive
him. The funeral services will be
held Thursday afternoon at 300
O'Clock, Rev. |. b. Torrison officiat-
ing. Mr.. Renaas was an Industrious
faithful workman, and his taking
away just in the prime of life comes
as sad blow to the grief stricken
wife and children, who have the
sincere heartfelt sympathy of all in
their affection.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
G.. A. II. Officers.

AT the election of officers of Col
Hughes Post No. 1853, G. A. r., the
Following were elected:
Post Commander. l.. Caldwell.
.Sr. Vice Commander-G. NJ. Ander-
son.
Jr. Vice Commander-G. w. Kirk
land
Quartermaster-S OX1ey.
Adjutant-Lewis Holcomb.
Chaplain-C. l.. Holcomb.
Officer of the Days. Warn.
Officer of the Guard-Peter Quinn.
Delegate-H. II. Green.
Alternate-A l.. Abbey.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
Father of the American Invasion.

Father of the American Invasion.
What is known as the American
invasion CT Canada began thirteen
years ago, when forty-seven men
crossed the border from this side.
From this faint beginning the move
ment has grown amazingly, and the
American people are asking the
causes that have called nearly half
a million of the best farmers in the
Northwestern States to settle in
Canada.
Human Life for December has an
Illuminating article on this subject,
entitled THE Father of the Ameri-
can Invasion" Now every move
ment must and does have a leader.
Every occasion calls forth some man
with vision keen enough TO peer in
to the future and see golden oppor-
tunities where other men see but
wilson of st. Paul whose genius,
splendid foresight and boundless
faith in his own judgment led him
TO purchase 1859 square miles of
territory for song. on condition
that the tract be settled within a
very limited time. This was land
that had been condemned by a rail
way as unfit for settlement 1t is
now known to be the largest fine
wheat area on the planet. Colonel
Davidson was convinced of this fact !;
moreover, he knew the land hunger
that was rife among American farm
erS.
Then the problem was, how to
make a market for this vast and
virgin territory, and where. This
financier's idea came to him in the
guise of a joke,-but he was shrewd
enough to recognize Opportunity in
whatever disguise she came knock
ing. Davidson's scheme YVES a dar-
ing one. Other events doyetailed
marvelorsly into his plans, and the
tory shows how, by master stroke
of diplomacy, he not only made a
fortune for himself but dotted a
desert waste with smiling farms and
thereby enriched the granaries OF
the world.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1910-12-07
Fell to Her Death.

Jesup, Ia, Dec. 3.-Mrs. William
Ample, who resides near here, fell
down stairway at her home yes
terday afternoon and received in
juries which caused her death. She
was alone in the house at the time
Of the accident and had evidently
gone to the upper floor to carry
down some storm windows When
found she was lying at the foot of
the stairs with one of the windows
on top of her. She was the mother
of thirteen children.