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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
HIRTEEN RESCUED
R ICY DEATH

Wickliffe. KY, Jan. 30.-The 10 for
hose safety fears were felt last night
then they were caught in ice that
noked the Mississippi river, landed
ere early today and were returned to
lrd's Point. Mo.
The party had reached Birds Point,
TO-, last night by train and engaged
oatmen to ferry them across the river
Cairo. They were caught on ice
pes and 1t was feared they had lost
heir lives.
The party reached a river point. two
lilies below here soon after midnight.
hey had been in a terrific struggle
nth great ice foes that continually
hreatened to smash their boat. BY
eeping his craft between the running
lrrents In the broad stream, Frank
bnes, the pilot, managed to elude the
pes and when there came a gap In
be steady stream Of ice cakes. he
bowed his board and across and to
be Kentucky shore In safety.
Crossing the River.
Early today the party returned to
ird's Point, Mo-, where they alighted
tom a Cotton Belt train yesterday
bon. Nearly $50 passengers had
kached Birds Point yesterday and
hen they sought to cross to Cairo to
~ansfer to another train, they found
be regular ferry service suspended be-
luse Of great Ice foes that jammed
be river. Anxious to ross, however,
large number Of the passengers en-
bged private boatmen to undertake
be passage. Frank Jones, an expert
pced river man took a party Of IL in
is ferry.
Midway in the river. he was caught
an Ice foe that smashed against
Is boat and turned the craft perilously
bout. Immediately panic seized the
brty, but before an ATTEMPT to rescue
penn had been made, they had been
Eept out Of sight by the ice foe and
BON the big ice pack was hidden by a
Favy fog.
Searching parties braved the rivers
bngers, patroling the broad ice swept
ream all night.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
CHAPLAIN OF THE MAINE
LIKELY TO BE A BISHOP

New York, Jan. 29.--An unconfirmed
report has it that the Rev. John p.
Chadwick, who was chaplain Of the
battleship Maine when 1t was de-
stroyed. in Havana harbor, Is to be
made bishop of San Francisco.
Father Chadwick is president Of st.
Joseph's seminary at Dunwoodie. II
y understood the appointment to the
vacant place was brought from Rome
by Cardinal Farley, but has not yet
beer announced.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
QUEER PERFORMANCES
OF YANKTON CITIZEN
County Commissioner Edwards
Returns, But Leaves at
Once for Kansas City.

Yankton, S. D., Jan.3 0.-Thomas Ed
wards, the missing county commission
er. who was on the Sioux City train
Saturday, passed Yankton by and came
in Sunday morning from the west. He
refused to go home and left in the aft
ernoon for Kansas City. He refused to
talk beyond saying that business mat
ters called him away. The mystery
Is as great as ever. Edwards seemed
sober and sensible here but it believed
to be mentally unbalanced.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
TO CUT OUT POLITICS.

Washington, Jan. "a 10-year term
for the postmaster general, the elimiya-
ton Of the entire postoffice department
from politics and the appointment of
all ~postmasters by the head of the de-
partment instead Of by the president,
was proposed in a bill introduced today
by Representative Norris, of Nebras-
ka- The measure Is a revision OF q
previous bill by Mr.. Norris.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
FUNERAL STOPS TRIAL
OF CHICAGO PACKERS

Chicago, Jan. S0.-United States
District Judge Carpenter adjourned
the early session of court in the pack
ers' trial today to allow the defendants
and their counsel to attend the funeral
of Mrs. A.. H. Veeder, wife Of n Of
the counsel In h case.
The trial was scheduled to be re-
sumed this afternoon with Steiner G..
Langher, margin clerk for the G. II.
Hammond & Company plant of the Ma
tional Packing company in Chicago
completing his fifth day on the witness
stand.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
MINERS AND EMPLOYEES
TALK WAGE QUESTION

Indianapolis, Ind, Jan. 29.-Bitumi-
nous coal miners and operators Of In
diana, Illinois, Ohio and western Penn
sylvania met in joint conference today
behind closed doors to discuss a wage
scale to go into effect April /, 1912.
when the present contract expires. The
convention Of the United Mine Workers
Of America adjourned to tomorrow to
permit the officials Of the organization
to attend the wage conference.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
HONOR TO CHURCHILL
BY HOME RULE men
They Will Organize Big Demon.
stration for Him When He
Comes to Belfast.

Belfast. Jan. 29.-Thc liberal party
according to report current here, hopes
to compensate Winston Spencer
Churchill, the first lord of the admiral
ty, for his disappointment at his plans
in regard TO speaking In favor Of home
rule at Ulster hall being upset. To do
his they will organize a demonstration
in connection with his visit in Belfast
on more striking lines tina would have
been the case IL the home rule meeting
had been allowed to proceed without
molestation.
The military authorities in Dublin
have arranged to send troops here both
from the capital and other points,
should their presence be considered
necessary for the maintenance of order.
London. Jan. 29-Hillaire Bellico, for
mer member Of parliament, in a speech
today, declared that he vas actually
in a certain newspaper office when
orders came from an authoritative
quarter for the conservative press to
demand home rule in 1910. This hap
pended just before the general. cleo
ton at a time when part Of the union
| lists press was already writing in favor
Of home rule all round
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
ARE DUE
IN DYNAMITE S

Los Angeles. CAL. Jan. 29.-Just be-
y Lecompte Davis, associate of Clar-
LIZ ). barrow in the defense Of the
ENamaras, was called before the
unity grand jury today, Joseph Ford,
EiStant district attorney, said that in
tInents would be filed in the SUI
ErIne court this afternoon.
Zihese indictments, he said. were the
fuit Of the grand jury investigation
anegations Of jury bribery
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
TRIAL OF WOMAN,

Seattle, Wash. Jan. 29.-The third
week OF the trial OF Mrs. Linda Bur-
field Hazard, accused OF having
starved to death Miss Claire William
son, joint heiress with her sister, Dor
othea. to a $500, 900 Australian estate,
was begun today at Port Orchard.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
VESSEL is LOST.

Hull, Jan. EFT is practically certain
that the British steamer Genoa, Of the
Wilson line, foundered during the re-
cent storm with her crew Of "a. Wreck
agc OF the vessel has been picked up
on the coast Of Be~rwickshire, Scotland.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
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ENDENTS

Legislative
TIA County
concluded
vening, BY
omrnenda
ted to tho
it's
he c
referrins
or thinly
ut to con
ate super
Sc the ef
lntendents
y to a field
IS. to look
the county
n, such AZ
law, etc.
ing of in
|ous cour
b in somr
beneficial
Init of tho
y. The lin
years, anu
e In which
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
WoopMEN RAISE RATES.

Chicago, Jan. 29.-The proposition for
the revision upward of the insurance
rates in the Modern Woodman of
America, was adopted at the
ton by a vote of 460 for higher rates
against 307 opposing the proposition.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
A

Washington, Jan. 29.--President Taft
Pminated the following South Dakota
PStmasters today: Napoleon M. Brat
~ Newell: AlonZo E. Roop, Salem.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
SEQ
s COURT

29.-Sen-
ates court
Ing judge
Han, who
lor on an
fenced on
VS. in the
o of $1Os
n concur.
ntly was
toup City,
larceny OF
alton and
ID n day
Fnitentiary
orge -Four
pleaded
ling cattle
ton, wcre
lard labor
on two
} run con.
icted with
la-ged 70,
} with the
|ne of the
o hand in
ted by his
and 10,
tie men OF
ilty a few
efraud tho
February
r sentence
ed a bond
ased from
lem to ap.
February
have Civ
)tion for q
should be
Ill take an
ay of pro-
Rg of sen.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
WORK Is

Sedalia, Mo-, Jan. 29.-The Missouri,
Kansas & Texas shops here resumed
work today with about 900 men
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
RINDS
N & GRIST

state rail
r regular
ground 4
IS. Their
to recent
tes. These
ate Com
go on th'
tn Dakota
In its en-
hone com
t with the
The com.
Nebraska
d in per.
hedule foi
the state
commission
me action
Schn6nlns
ALI Reed
ordered t.
1t Garret-
/ Rowena
nth agreed
S, and the
February
roy. The
nd North
80 days IN
: track al
inclement
petition o.
or a low
lrrels was
northwest
I. H. Love
Condo t.
). A spec
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Fn, against
the chargr
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
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)usands Of
art of this
rooms and
re discus
taking the
and bring
regardleS%
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paign, es-
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p the peo-
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many sil0a
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ICES. The
y proposed
, the pros
the Mis-
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by a farm.
'e put on
ming year
begin here
With inter
by friends
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1912-02-01
Thomas
B On
IS.

chief topic
week has
disappear.
Unity com.
Yanktor
nan, who
unday OH
led to re.
Ind of the
I'd mental
1der away
Ing made.
Mr.. Ed.
Inter here
[itY.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
FREE SPEECH IN COLLEGES.

Freedom Of thought and speech is
the life-blood Of q university. The
intellect, of which the university is
the organ, is constantly gaining new
glimpses Of truth. And new truths
often undermine prevailing beliefs
and menace established interests. Fo
this reason they are unpopular. Yet
the whole progress Of civilization is
dependent upon the prevalence Of
truth. And the individual who pro-
claims unpopular truth is a genuine
apostle Of civilization.
Sometimes the champion Of truth
abuses his right of free speech. But
it is infinitely better for society to
endure this Inconvenience than to re-
strict his utterance. h campaign
against free speech appeals to the
harm n to colleges and universities
by professors who proclaim truths
which are unacceptable to the ma
jority. Yet If such a campaign were
generally successful our civilization
would become stationary or retro
grade. Society is vitality interested in
the discovery and prevalence Of truth,
and at the outset the men who have
found the truth may be in minority
and may be unpopular. All the same
society cannot afford to repress them.
Truth is the dynamic force in the pro-
gress Of mankind.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
TRAINING PARISH WORKERS

Announcement of a special course
Of instruction for the training Of
parish workers is a sign of the times.
AS it used to be held that any fool-
ish girl was fitted to be a teacher in
a Sunday school. SO the common idea
was that anybody with a sufficient
~ kind heart was qualified to go out
among the poor and unfortunate and
attempt to do them good" But the
school Of Philanthropy has seen a
new light in all these matters. and
proposes TO act upon it. In coopera-
ton with professors in the Union The
illogical Seminary, it is to undertake
the sitting and training Of men lnl
women who wish to engage IN parish
activities. The course of instruction
proposed will cover both religious and
social subjects. among the latter being
Child Welfare Family RehabiIi-
tation,' "Neighborhood Activities"
and SO on. The whole scheme seems
we'll conceived and should yield val
liable practical results. Haphazard
and laundering work is going out of
fashion even in charity and religion.
n duty Of knowing wha one is do
ing. and Of being efficient, is really
just as imperative in labors for the
good of society. and in saving souls.
as 1t is in work in an office or fac
tory.-New York Evening Post
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
HOW MY SONG BEGAN.

God made my lady lovely to behold:
Above the painters dream He set
her face,
And wrought her body in d~ivinest
grace
he touch'd the brown hair with a
sense of gold.
And in the perfect form He did en-
fold
What was alone as perfect. the
sweet heart;
knowledge most rare to her He did
impart.
And flrd with love and WORSHIP all
her days.
AND then God thought Him how It
would be we'll
To give her music, and to Love he
said.
Bring thou some minstrel now that
he may tell
How fair and sweet a thing My
hands have made
Then at Loves call / came, how'd
down my head.
And at His will my Tyre grew audible.
Phillip Bourke Aarsson.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
Appreciation for Schools
N BY |
Capt. John A. Cobb. of Ameri
Gus, Georgia.
B Y

Captain John A. Cobb, president ~
the school board at Americus, Ga. n
an address at the closing of the school
year recently pointed out the lack of
appreciation by the public for the
work OF the public schools and the
school officers Mr.. Cobb spoke Of a
condition which is found in pract.-
cany every community. He said IN
part: "Our people do not ap-
preciate the school advantages that
are being offered for the education Of
their children, or they fail properly 10
demonstrate it. We hear complaints
frequently coming to or spoken of our
teachers and our system of teaching.
but few and rare commentators
"One teacher in our schools receiv-
ed a note from the father Of ore OF
her pupils. thanking her for what
she had done for his child. She had
received many complaints but this
was the only commentator she had
received for many years Of faithful
and efficient work. Are you surprised
that she treasures it AS one OF her
most valuable possessions? Another
teacher told me Of nearly forty pupils
in her room three parents had thank
ed her for what she lac done their
children.
"A distinguished jurist told me that
he a presided over the courts Of his
circuit for a long term of years and
except for the presentments Of tho
grand jurieS which were forms, no
word Of commentator of the people
for his faithful work had ever come
to him until his name was mentioned
for another Office, and that the evi-
dences OF confidence, satisfaction and
endorsement hat had come from in
d~iViduals, from every quarter, Of
course, was very gratifying to him 10
know the appreciation of his faith
full services by his fellow citizens.
The same with Our noble, faith
full teachers; how they know who Of
you are satisfied with their work
when they nave labored faithfully
with your children day after day for
a long series Of years, whel the only
thing they near are the complaints
of the grumblers and kickers. Let
this condition Of things stop. See
or write to these faithful workers for
the education and the formation Of
the character Of you children, how
thankful you are for what they have
done and you will feel better, they
will be encouraged to do better work.
and your children, hearing only com
mendation Of their teachers at home,
will strive harder to benefit by the
opportunities offered them for an edu-
cation. Our schools will be more
efficient and successful; your children
will be more easily controlled and
your homes happier"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
HOW WITCHES WERE TRIED IN
OLD VIEW ENGLAND.

When the witchcraft delusion OF
1892 seized the province the people
vould not wait for the workings OF
the established tribunal OF justice. 1t
was too slow to suit them. No doubt
they feared that it would be reaction
airy or inclined TO be too respectful
to the letter Of the law So they
cried out for a special court to hustle
along the trial Of the witches, and
Governor Phipps meekly yielded to
the clamor and named seven judges
to conduct the trials.
1t was distinctly a popular court,
and was controlled absolutely by the
popular will. Not a single one Of the
sever judges was a lawyer. Two Of
the judges were clergymen, two were
physicians, and three were merchants.
The law was thrown aside,
rules OF evidence were ignored, and
the judges and juries were left I'M
trammelled by any 'quibbles Of the
law to follow their own feeling and
the popular will.
Says Washburn in his Judicial
History of Massachusetts,. The trials
were but a form Of executing popular
vengeance. Juries were inundated
by the froWns and ~peFsuaSiOns of the
court, and by the outbreakings Of the
trial, to render verdicts against their
own consciences and Judgment" He
cites one case, that of Rebecca Nurse,
in which the jury actually had the
courage to bring in a verdict of not
guilty. W~hereupon "the accusers
raised a great outcry and the judges
were overcome by the clamor." The
jury was sem back, returned with a
verdict of guilty, and the woman was
accordingly executed. Thus prompt
~ and effectively did the popular will
succeed in bringing about the judicial
| decision Wanted.-Boston Herald.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
INTENSIVE GROWING
OF TOBACCO PAYS

Kinston, Aug. 24.-The second
largest sale Of tobacco on his market
this season was made yesterday, when
upwards OF 10000 pounds of the
weed were sold. Branch Williams. a
Duplin county planter, who has
broken several records here for
quality Of his product and high prices.
sold a large amount of tobacco at an
average price Of II IL cents per
pound. He did not throw away a sin
gle leaf Of the bottom tobacco in pull
ing it. J.. O. Hawkins a leading
Craven county farmer, who was here
yesterday, declared that small acreage
was the tobacco planters salvation.
with intensive cultivation.
is selling higher than I
ever saw 1t sell before in my life
declared Mr.. Hawkins; my first
prlmings brought me 10 cents a
pound He said hat when he first
to farm he did not consider
that he was doing anything unless he
cultivated 80 acres to the horse. II
d1dn't max a thing out of farming
then. / am wiser now, though. This
year L cultivated only Is acres Of the
weed, striving to raise a better quail
~, and my profits will be a thous-
and or twelve hundred dollars on the
acreage
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
A

In a small village there was once
a little boy n his name was Jim
ME. He was standing on the porch
and ne saw a shaggy dog with his
hair cut off, he went in the house
and said to his mamma. II seen a
lion out there in the street"
His mamma said to him, Jimmie
it is only a shaggy dog with his hair
cut off. You have told a story, YOU
must go in the dark closet and ask
God to forgive you"
After five minutes deep silence Jim
ME returned and his sal id
Did God forgive you?"
jimmie answered and said. YES
mamma, but He said He thonpht !,
was a lion when He first saw II TOO -
From Norman E Nacks National
Monthly.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
UNCLE WALT
The Poet Philosopher
MAKE COUNTRY LIFE ATrRAC.
Y

There can be no dissent from the
statement that country life Is not
made as attractive as 1t might be,
while of course there are the excep-
tions to this state Of affairs, but
the exception merely adds to and
emphasizes the general conditions
which exist. 1t is to this that is often
ascribed the fact that young people
quit the country, leave farm live to
80 to the city. because the monotony
OF work is not more often broken by
the attraction Of play.
A long time ago it was said and
with truth. "All work and no play
makes Jack a dull boy Ljkewis.
does this saying apply to jim. for il
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27

! have a picture of the sea: it's in
n rustic frame: and it's n great relief
10 me when I am tired and lame. I
often sit for hours n gaze upon that
daub of mine. and I am where the
billOW plays. and l
CHEAP taste the brine. hear
VACATIONS the cheerful mermaids
chant the latest rag
time song. and see old Neptune GALL
want the ocean depths along. ! rise
refreshed when have viewed that
chrome for "A time. n take my axe
and whack up VOC with industry
sublime. have a picture Of the
woods, he forest robin chOired: that
painting surely is the goods when l
by the hour and leave the changing
mart; l think I'm in a woodland
Mower. close to Dame aNture's heart.
j hear the signing OF the pine. the
ruStlinS of the birch: oh. never may
that daub Of mine be taken from its
perch! 4 splendid picture of an Alp
p%OnfrOntS my glowing eyes: that
mountain rearS its snowy scalp clear
up against the skies! And so. with
pictures and with books I junket
round the sphere. and visit interesting
hooks, see wonders far and near; l
e the works of ancient Greeks. and
tread the streets of Rome, and climb
the fartheSt mountain peaks. and still
remain at home.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27

ing, athletic games and varied
entertainment in a large tent,
finishing with a baseball game
and fireworks. II country young
people were to have something
OF that sort every once IN a
while. they would not be SO anA-
ious to go of to the cities.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
Weekly Tonic

Kingsley
IT is only the great-hearted who
can be true friends-the mean, the
"oWardly. can never know what true
friendship means.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1912-08-27
ALL FOR $1.7O

There has never been offered In
North Carolina SO much good reading
for SO little money as we are Offering
under the following propositions: For
$40 we will send the following for
one year:
The Weekly News and Observer, an
eight-page weekly newspaper.
The Commoner, an able weekly
Journal. published by William Jen-
pings Bryan.
The Farmer and Mechanic, sixteen
page North Carolina home and farm
weekly journal.
Thus for One Dollar and Seventy
one yea
v. c. MOORE. Manager.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-10-01
Mrs. May Whittaere.

Cleveland, O., Sept S0.--'T loved
him. believed in him. 1 thought the
man I loved so much wouldn't wrong
NE. He told me to do it and l. did it.
What is there SO terrible in obeying
the man you lover
In the naive manner Of a school :
girl, Mrs. May Whittacre, a slip of
q girl, seventeen, bride of several
weeks, faced Municipal Judge Levine
and told how her husband forced her
into a life of shame while he idled.
MY husband sent me out into the
streets last Wednesday night. ]
didn't realize that it was a terrible
thing he had asked. I did what he
wanted me to because I loved him.
Whittacre, twenty eight, is said t.
have confessed to Detective Walker
that he is a bigamist. He is said to
have wife living in Canton from
whom he has never been divorced
The fact that the girl was married to
Whittacre August 26 in Salem be-
came known to her two sisters Mon
day, after Lieutenant Walker took
personal charge of the case. He went
to the girls home and brought the
sisters TO police headquarters. 1t was
then they learned that May had been
married.
Whittacre, who admitted his girl
wife's charge, was given six mon his
in the wcrkhouse and a fine of 800
The girl was given into the custody
of her sisters.
The Pensacola journal., 1912-10-01
FAREWELL PARTY AT WHICH
MISS GIBSON WAS HOSTESS,

NThere is no time in life quite so
sweet as the vacation days of happy
y9fth, and as the school days draw
nRr the vacation time seems ever
0aArer But school days are not dull
and dreary, by any means, it Is only
that the vacation time increases in
value as it lessons. To make the
vacation days full of even sweeter
memories, Mis= Lille Mae Gibson, on
last Friday evening, invited about
twenty-five of her young friends to a
farewell party-a farewell to the va
cation days, and a welcome to the
busy time of books and school
frolics.
Miss Gibson, who is the young
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John J. Glib
son. made a sweet and attractive hos
tess and the guests are sure to remem-
Der the evening spent as her guest as
among the happiest memories of the
vacation period.