The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1912-03-21

ell and Spaulding, railroad printers,
to earn book and job printing. AT
the end of twenty months he return
ed to the Washington Press, but
shortly thereafter gave up his work
to respond to his country's call.
Military Service.
AT sixteen years OF age young Pay
enlisted in the 5th Iowa Infantry,
and, as a result, was united with the
Army of The Tennessee. AS stated,
Pays father was dead. His mother
was an English lady. America was
her adopted country. Yet young Ash
.er was the fifth one of her noble sons
on whose patriotic brows she had
implanted a loving mothers farewell
kiss. and said, GO! my boy. God
bless you! Abe Lincoln needs YOU"
The boys went; they served their
country we'll. One was wounded at
Atlanta; another at Chicamagua; one
fell in the capture of jeff Davis, but
finally survived; another froze his
feet and lost the use of them in the
famous campaign through Dakota
against Indians who had taken part
in the New Ulm, Mimi, massacre and
We're fleeing westward; while young
Asher himself sustained injuries that
have troubled him ever since. He
was mustered out at Keokuk, Iowa, in
October, 1865.
Later Years.
After the war Pay went to Gales
burg, Illinois, where, for five years,
he engaged in the printing business.
From there he went to Carthage, IL
linois; and later he returned to KeO-
kuk, Iowa, where for ten years he
managed a business establishment for
a Keokuk firm. Removing to SPRING
field, Illinois, he managed a dry
goods business for two years at that
place, for a New York firm, and then,
owing to i'll health, resigned to come
ia whereby the Office of clerk of the
He landed at Huron in 1882 and
homesteaded a farm in Beadle coun-
ty. Later, for several years, he
worked on the Daily Huronite. Final
ly, he received an appointment in
the U. S. land Office at Huron, hold
ing this position for two years.
An unwritten political code of
ethics has sprung up in South Dako-
to whereby the office of clerk of the
courts in a large number OF counties
particularly those that have at
their respective county seats a strong
G. A. r. posts given to an old sol
dier,-his local post o infrequent-
ly deciding for themselves who the
honored member shall be. Just SO
at Huron. For fourteen consecutive
years Pay has held the position. Two
years ago, he announced that he
would not be a candidate for re-elec-
ton in 1912. Therefore, at the state
G. A. r. encampment held in Pierre,
last June, his admiring comrades got
busy and formulated a plan informal
ly to make him the rold soldier" can
didate this yea for Secretary o4of
State. His candidacy, although siren
uously objected to by himself, y at
once became popular throughout the
state, and it has now acquired an ap-
parently irresistible momentum.
Here is a kindly hearted gentle
man who has eXtolled the virtues of
our state, who is leaving the imprint
of his own splendid manhood upon
the lives of those about him, who is
the life of the state G.. A. r. encamp-
ments; one whom we all love, and
whose memory We shall be pleased
to honor. He has lived a long, use
full life of9repute and service; and the
question arising is: Does it not
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