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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
AN ERRONEOUS IMPRESSION

In the last issue we printed a dis
patch from Pierre telling Of some rul-
ing on rural telephone charges made
by the railway board. Mr.. Wilson Of
the Brookings County Telephone Com
pany, tells us that he has received no
notice OF any change in rates. and the
impression that some people gained
that the change would go into effect
July LIST is entirely erroneous. Mr.. VIII.
son tells us that his company pays the
city plant $50 a month for the privilege
of having its patrons talk over the city
lines and the company could hardly
allow city patrons to S its lines free
of charge. The charge of fifteen cents
for talking to the country is not made
wholly as a money making scheme,
but as a mean Of self protection. II
city people could talk to their country
cousins for nothing the lines would be
busy with nothing else and the SUBJ
scribers would get very little in the
way OF service.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03

and bringing in it's place the light oil
truth.
One of the best things of the entire
convention was the address given by
Dean Gage on the subject Leader
ship" He gave as the essential of
neutrality-suspicious., moral train
ing, an adequate end, profound con-
v~iction, enthusiasm, personality and
patience. Every epoch, every g has
it's leaders but never before has the
world so much needed real earnest
Christian leaders.
The music of the Bookings choir
on Sunday was a great feature of the
days services. On Saturday a violin
solo by Prof. Christensen of Brookings
and a reading by Miss Pearl Holiday
of WATERFOWL, added greatly to the
meetings.
On Monday afternoon the hospitable
Brookings people took the delegates
over the city in autos and served a
lunch in the college grove. 1t is to be
regretted that more of the societies of
the state were not represented but
the spirit was manifest and reports
given showed a life of Christian SER
vice led by the young people over the
state is sure to mean much for the
church of tomorrow.
The following officers were elected:
President, Rev. E. Kearns, WATERFOWL;
vice-president, T. j. Lawson, Rec
Heights; secretary, Miss May Camp,
Huron; treasurer, o. Lothrop, Acad-
envy; trustees, Rev. A. F. Won Tobel,
Bookings, Rev. Allan Curtis, Castle
wood, Rev. K. S. Tontz, Canova. The
question of a meeting plae for next
year was left with the executive com
mittee.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03

Paul was reelected manager for the
coming year. When it is considered
that the Farmers Shipping Association
is composed of n hundred separate
stockholders, no one of whom holds
more than twenty shares of stock, the
meeting on Saturday seems to have
been very representative and the senti.
ment against selling the elevator indi-
Gates a large degree of satisfaction
the part of the shareholders, many
of whom have been connected with
the company since its organization
more than twenty years ago..
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
LAW REGULATING AUTO DRIVING

With the first of July the new law
regulating the use of automobiles went
into effect and it is important for the
public to know what the new law
covers It's leading points are as fol-
lows:
Must turn to the right of approach
ing vehicles.
Must turn to the left in passing a
vehicle from the rear.
Must give signal to nearby vehicle
If he stops or turns suddenly.
Must turn sduare at corners and
keep to the right.
In turning to opposite direction must
turn to the left.
In cities Of first class land this in
cludes Brookings) must stop with the
right side of machine next to the curb.
Must not overtake and pass other
vehicles at street crossings.
Must not emit undue amount of
smoke or steam.
Must have muffiers on exhaust.
Drivers must be over Is years of age.
Must stop nea right hand curb on
approach of fire wagons, patrol or
ambulance.
Must not leave machine standing
within twenty feet of fire hydrant.
Must not be left standing within Is
feet of either side of the entrance to a
theatre, auditorium or public building.
Must not leave the vehicle alone
while any part Of machinery is in
motion.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
BIG CROP

Dan Bierwagon, the alfalfa man Of
the Cheyenne river country, Is trying
to find men at three dollars a day to
help him harvest his crop of alfalfa for
this year. He estimates that il he can
get it cut he will have two tons per
acre Of hay on his two hundred acre
field, and the second crop will bring
him a thousand bushels of seed. This
at the average selling price Of twelve
dollars a bushel will mean a good in
come from the two hundred acre field
for this year.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
NOT A PESSIMIST

In last weeks issue we mentioned a
little interview we had with G.. n. Ken
nard regarding the crop situation and
headed it &c. N. a Pessimist." We
really expected that We would hear
from our good friend after he had read
his Register and were not surprised to
receive the following communication
from him:
&c. N. A Pessimist? Not on your
life, John! You know me better than
that. + merely answered an honest
question in an honest way stating the
facts as l found them, and Furthermore
my previous estimate still holds good.
the last blessed rain Notwithstanding.
When the hum Of the threshing ma
chine Is abroad and the final roundup
takes place the story will be told. II
my predictions be true I shall be sorry
indeed; but should you be right shall
be exceedingly glad.
Il have heard good seamen say, in
q calm prepare for a storm 1t seems
to me that we farmers might, with
proft to ourselves, apply this true say
Ing and in times Of drouth and
stringency get down to hard thinking
to what is best to do with our dry
parched fields and depleted crop in
order to furnish the maximum amount
OF forage to winter our stock with the
amount Of grain"
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
NOAH HAS SOME CORN

N. Zimmerman, one Of the we'll
known farmers south of town, called
on US Saturday to take exceptions to
the statement in our last issue that
Geo. Kennard has the best field of
corn in the county. Mr.. Zimmerman
says that his corn Is so much better
than Mr.. Kennard's that there Is no
comparison, and We presume We will
have to take his word for it. He in
formed US that 1t was planted May IL
and was considerably w knee high
on June %. If any one al beat this
record we would like to hear from
them.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
BIG RACE MEET TOMORROW

Everything is in readiness for the
big race meet tomorrow, and if the
weather remains good a big crowd is
expected. The ball game in the after
noon will be between the Bushnell
team and a team made up of Prairie
Home and Brookings players. The fol-
lowing horses have been entered in
the races and practically all of them
-
are now at the fair grounds in train
ing: q
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
A SMALL TRICK

Caretaker Vinegar Of the school
grounds is rather peeved and We don't
blame him. Mr.. Vinegar has worked
hard t, improve the grounds and has
them in fine shape, and one day this
week some one dumped a load Of rub
bish on the newly made boulevard on
the west side. A citizen with any
sense OF pride in his town would have
hardly done this, and Mr.. Vinegar pro-
poses to make trouble for him II he
a find out the guilty party.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
OFFICE GOES TO PIERRE

According to law the Office of the
State Stallion Registration Board will
be moved from Brookings to Pierre In
a few days. During the past four
years Professor Wilson has been the
secretary and he has had much to do
with improving Of horse flesh IN South
Dakota. The Office entails an enor-
amount OF work which the prefes-
sor lie glad to shift On to other Shout
ders.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03
cHAPPELLs IN THE WEST

Mrs. T. L. Chappell and daughters,
Misses Bessie and Mable, departed
Thursday evening for a trip to Denver,
Colorado Springs, and Yellow Stone
National Park, expecting to be gone
several weeks. Mr.. Chappell accom-
them % far az Denver.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1913-07-03

Prof. and Mrs. A. s. Harding and
little son departed Thursday morning
for q several weeks visit in Pennsyl-
vania and Virginia, where the profess
sor has some property interests.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
SAYS DARR0N
FIXED BRIDE
Lockwood, venireman, Gives Version
Of Alleged Attempt to
Bribc Him.
Los Angeles. Cal. Feb. 8. George

Los Angeles, Cal. Feb s.--.George s.
N. Lockwood, venireman in the Nc
Namafa trial. testifying in the Oar.
row case today, gave new version
of the alleged attempt to bribe him
Lockwood said:
After had consulted with Dis
trict Attorney Fredricks ] 4 saw
Franklin again and said to him: T
am to get $500 down and $2.5o0
after the case is over Now 7 want
to be sure Of getting my money
Franklin said: I will sec Dar-
row and see what arrangements can
be made about the payment OF the
balance so that you will be ahso-
lutely certain
In the first trial of Darrow the
state alleged Lockwood was ap-
preached by Bert II. Franklin. de-
teetive employed by the Mcnamara
defense and offered $4,000 IL he
were accepted as a juror and would
hold out for the acquittal of James
b. Mcnamara.
Sickness Is expected to force Earl
Rogers to withdraw from the case
as Darrow's counsel.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
FAVOR RFNrWAl
OF f|ST|C SPRT
'AER
Illineis solons Say Boxing is to !
Permitted By Act Of Pres
ent Legislature. 4

Chicago, Feb. S.---Politicians re-
turning from Springfield, after at
tending the inauguration Of Gov.
Dunno, say the outlook is very fav-
orable for the passing of boxing
bill by the present legislature.
When it 10 to be introduced and by
whom could not be learned. 1t IL
said number of prominent Chi
cagoans have been lobbying for the
bill.
Local followers of pugilism have
been quiet In their efforts to have
the "lid' lifted on boxing and have
been careful to learn the attitude of
the authorities. Mayor Harrison, It
Is understood, favors boxing II the
interests of the public are safe
guarded.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
NEGRO LYNCHED
FOR MURDER OF
WHITE WOMAN
Mob in Mississippi Hangs One Black
But Discovers Real Guilty a
One NEXT bay.
rArHza SHOOTS aulDzaza
whan Crowd Attempts to Burn Sec.
ond Negro At stake IN Court
House Square. =
So lsN4
rArHER SHOOTS MURDERER

Huston, Miss.. Feb. S.-Dibrell
Tucker. = negro in whose possession
was found q diambnd ring the prop
erty OF Mrs, }. q. Williams who was
murdered In her home Thursday
night. was lynchcd here today III
the court house square. Yesterday.
another negro who was supposed to
have killed Mrs. Williams was
lynched.
Tucker was taken to the square
and chained to an iron post. He
was permitted to talk a. short time.
Tar was poured over him and piles
of kindiing were placed about him.
A brother OF Mrs Williams touched
q match to the fagots and the dry
wood shot up in flames. Before
Tucker suffered very much from the
heat, the father OF Mrs. Williams
pushed through the crowd and end
ed the negros life with bullets
from his revolver.
The negro. according to members
of the mob, admitted the crime and
said that Andrew Winters the negro
who was hung Friday for the crime
rarried Mrs. WI liam's body from
the house to the pit where 1t was
found.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09

Jerome d. Greene Of New York is
one of the four members of John d.
Rockefeller's committee which
handles the oil magnate's rhilar-
thropies. Mr.. Greene has been work
ing to get the Pet:rs bill granting
the articles of the corporation to tho
Rockefeller foundation Of $10Q, ,000, :,
600 through congress. The bill
was passed BY the House recently,
and the Senate will consider ii short.
ly.. Speaking OF. the purpose OF Mr.,
Rockefeller In creating the foundas
tien. Mr.. Greene says. "This Isl a
foundation Of charitable intent. The
object is to promote the we'll being
and to advence the civilization of the
people Of the United States in the
acquisition and dissemination OF
knowledge, in the prevention and
relief of suffering and In the promo
'tion Of eieemosynary and philan-i
thropic means of any and all Of the
elements ofthuman progress.
The question of how the Rookie
felier Foundation is to spend its
money Is a legitimate one for the
prblic to ask before the charter Is
granted, especially In the light OF
ignorant forebodings lest large
sim of money might seek the pro-l
lection Of charter for private rath i
er than for public ends. This ques-
tion Is answered, first, by the un-
equivocal language OF the charter,
plsdging the use OF. the money. ex-
clusively for charitable and human
itarian purposes, subject to the con-
troll of congress. and secondly, by
the concrete illustration of how
these same resources have been used
while under private control through
the General Education Board, the
Sanitary Commission for the Eradi-
cation Of the Hookworm Disease. and
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
ANNA HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS MOUND CITY

Anna, Feb. s.-Thc Hnna High
school basket ball team won their
second victory from Mound City
High school here tonight by score
OF s3 to II, The game was marred
and delayed by many fouls by both
teams. The score at the end of the
first half was is to 6. The referee
was Warren. of Mound City. The
umpire was Prof. Chas. Mc(sinnis. OF
Anna. The Anna line up was:
West. center; Braddy. 4. r.; Dill
Thonpson. = 4; Pieupn. r. c.:
d. ufssf. 4. g. Tbs Mound City
tsazh departed Immediately after the
game.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
CAIR0'S. FOUR BANKING
INSTITUTIONS SHOW AN
INCREASE IN DEPOSITS

In response to the call made by
the Comptroller of Currency at the
close OF business February all the
Cairo banks made statements.
The statements show deposits to-
falling ss.soo,sS1,s5, an increase
since the last call was made Mo-
vember 26. 1912.
There is decrease of near'y
100000 in loans. the amount of
loans being s3,1S4.61s.6s.
The deposits are as TO lows:
Tfrst Bank 4 Trust
Company -. ....I.535.sis 20
Alexander County Ma
tional .......,s ~ y6S,6s2 .0S
Alexander County Say
inEs -. -. ..ssS.lll. 10
Cairo National Bank. sss,llv,s7
Total s3,s0e,sS So,
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
SAYS SHIPPING TRUST
FIGHTS WITH BRIBERY

Washington. Feb. S.--Charges of
bribery and the employment of detec-
tives in the war between the ship
ping trust and an Independent
steamship line operating along the
Atlantic seaboard were made today
before the House Committee investi-
eating the trust by W. s. Groves,
president Of the Phihdelphi6 &
Gull Transportation Company.
Groves said the big banks and
financial interests were In league
with the shipbdildin9 companies and
with the shipping trust to suppress
any attempt by Independents to cut
into the coastwise business OF the
trust.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
TRAIN KNOCKS HEAD
OFF HIS SHOULDERS.

Danville, KY. Feb. Sill
ram Hurd, a well-known citi-.
zen of Rockcastle county, was
killed In a peculiar manner
near Mt. Vernon, on the
Louisville C Nashville rail-
way. Hurd was standing by
the track and as the engine
was passing at high speed he
bowed to a trainman. Being
too close. a projecting section
of the locomotive practically
knocked his head from his
shoulders. killing him instsnt-
iy. He leaves wife anzi sex~
eral children.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
WHEAT KING IS
I'LL IN new YORK
James Patten, Chicago Millionaire,
Constantly Attended By Doctors
in New York Hospital.

Chicago, Feb. 8.---James A. Pat
ten. multimillionaire and former
Chicago wheat king" is i'll in New
York. His wife has left her Evans
ton home for his bedside.
Word that the millionaire had
been suddenly stricken spread
through the Chicago Board Of Trade
today. Telephone Communication
with the Evanston home verified the
fact that he was Ill.
'sYes. Mr.. Patten is sick" said a
maid. Mrs. Patten went east to
his bedside today NJ ~
Mr.. Patten has been ill health
since his retirement from the Chi
cago Board Of Trade in July, 1910,
Hundreds of inquiries were made
at his Evanston home following the
reports of his sickness. To all the
same answer was. given--"a bad
cold"
1t was the mainr topic for the
days discussion on the pit" The
market was not affected, however
At the Offices of Bartlett, Frazier e.
Co., the firm with which he former
" was connected, 1t was said no
direct reports of the illness of Mr.,
Patten had been received.
At the Plaza Hotel, in New York
where Mr. Patten Is stopping, it was
announced that he was slightly In
disposed" Physicians were in con-
slant attendance upon the million
aire.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
NARROW EScApE.
FROM DEATH IN
ICE and WATER
George Mattingly and Ernie Rink,
Cairo High School Boys, FAN
Through Thin Ice.
Who Climb Out On Soft Surface and
Throw. Ropes Exhausted
When Taken Out.

~ Two local hiRh school boys mar
rowly, escaped death by drowning
Saturday morning about 1880 and
two other OF their school chums
proved to be heroes in effecting their
rescue from the Icy water Of the
pond just in the rear of the Cairo
Cidar and Vinegar Company's plant
at 825 Twenty-second street.
g' George Mattingly and Ernie Rink,
aged respectively 10 and 16 years
Of age, In company with crowd OF
boys and girls were skating on the
pond during the morning. Towards
noon, due to the warmth Of the
suns rays, the Ice began to assume
what the youngsters term rubber
like proportions and most Of the
skaters abandoned the sport.
Mattingly and Rink, however,
We're more daring and continued to
glide over the ice on their skates.
Suddenly Mattingly struck weak
portion Of the surface and was
plunged into the cold water when
the ice cracked beneath him. When
young Rink. who was near him.
rushed to his aid he likewise fell
into the water
The boys struggled in the cold
water for ahout rs minutes while
their companions on the shore. ait
eager to assist them. looked on with
fear at what seemed like loss Of
life for both the skaters.
Employees from the vinegar plant
and number of neighbors rushed to
the scene attracted by the boys cries
for aic. Several ropes were secured
and splieed together and J. C. Wer-
ner aud Walter kusener, two other
high school lads, erawled out on tile
thin ice and threw the ropes to the
unfortunates In the water.
Young Rink was pulled out and so
cold were his hano; that he c.tneh.
hold of the line thrown him with
his teeth and was dragged to shore
tenaciously clinging to the rope in
his mouth. Mattingly, the larger
and taller of the two, who had suc-
ceeded in keeping his partner above
the water, was pulled out almost
exhausted Both the boys were very
weak from their long stay In the
cold water and the exposure.
They were taken into the Office OF
the Cairo Cider and Vinegar COM
pany and allowed to warm and put
on dry clothing.
The boys probably owe their
lives to. Werner and Kusener, their
chums, and quite number of others
who devised the way to get them
out of their predicament and who
lent every effort to rescue them.
Several of their boy friends jumped
into the water. but could not get
near them to give any. aid.
Mattingly is the son Of J. M. Mat
tingly, of 722 Twenty-first street.
and is we'll known as high school
athlete, being a star in football,
basketball and track. Rink is son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Rink, of 722
Center. and brother OF Fred Rink,
cashier of the traction company.
Werner is son of Mr.. and Mrs. J..
C. Werner, OF Center street, and
Kusener, who has also achieved con-
siderable admiration as a high
school athlete, is a son of Mr., and
Mrs. Casper Kusener, of 527 Twenty
second street.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
Several Have Annual Incomes Greatly
in Excess Of the Minimum
Amount.
IS rAlREsr OF ALL TAXES
TAXES ARE RESCUED BY THEIR cHuxs
Affords Flexible and Elastic Revenue
System Hundred Million
Dollars From Tax.

More than forty Cairo men and
women will be contributors to TIL,
Federal revenue which is expected ia
be-, derived from the prospective In
come tax, said prominent local gen
tleman to The Bulletin yesterday af.
ternoon. The amendment to the
United States constitution providing
for such tax was ratified by thirty
six states last Monday and will soon
become part of the law of the land.
The Bulletins informant bases his
statement upon the fact that the
minimum income upon which tax
can be imposed is $1,000. He
claims that there are two score or
more people in Cairo, who have an
Income equalling that amount or
more. Upon such basis, with the
tgx of ! per cent of the income Cairo
would contribute $4,000 annually to
the government. However, the gen.
tleInaii states that the sum would be
considerable in excess OF $4,000,
since quite a number in the list sof
forty have a much larger income
than $1,000, one reaching $4,000
annually, 1t is said, This he cal
lculatrs will be the case, II the tax
to 4 graduated one, and Is to apply
TO fixed amounts over the stated
minimum.
Upon the death of Capt. w. p.
Halliday, Cairo's wealthiest citizen,
some years ago. Alexander county
ranked second in Illinois relative to
the amount paid as required by the
inheritance tax. The appraised tax
able value of Capt. Halliday's prop
erty in this state was slightly under
one million dollars. and the taxation
amounted to about $500 and some
odd dollars. There was more than
treble this amount elsewhere in
vested.
One feature Of the income tax law
which 1t is believed will be included
will be provision for collection at
tho source" Of the income. This
feature would require firms to cer-
tify to amounts they pay to individ-
uals In salaries and fees or pay the
tax direct To the government II
is believed that this would remove
much complaint that might be made
X the government had to investi-
gate every citizens income and
would prevent evasion Of the law.
1t Is believed that the tax amend
ment will prove highly gratifying 10
the American people. 1t Is thought
that the law will be drafted 50 as to
yield at present at least 500, ,00O,-
600 annually. This would embrace
tho $2s,500,O00 now being derived
from the corporation tax and would
supply such revenue losses as may
result from the coming revision oi
the tariff. This law will give. con-
gress, it is said, a better opportunity
to revise the tariff to revenue
basis and to place lower rates or
none at all upon articles of common
necessity.
Statesmen say it is the fairest OF
all taxes and the easiest and cheap
est of collection. and moreover IL
will afford for the first time in the
United States a flexible and more
elastic revenue system. With this
taxing system Congress can, says one
authority, within three days and at
all times raise or lower the rate SO
as TO meet the varied demands of the
treasury. whether confronted by d
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
wICKERSHAM AGAIN
PROTECTS OIL MEN.

Washington, Feb. S.--Attorney
General Wickersham today en-
phatically refused to give his rea-
sons for holding warrants re-
turned by the Texas court against
John d. Archbold, H. {. Fiagiee.
Jr., and W.. G. Teagle of the Stand
ard Oil Company. This is the second
time that Mr.. Wickersham has in
.tervened in this case. &
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-02-09
CAIRoITE ELIGIBLE
FOR APPOINTMENT
AT SPRINGFIELD.

Springfield, Feb. s.-The follow
ing haYo passed the state civil ser
vice examination for house father
and are eligible for appointment III
order named: Charles B. B. Sanford,
Of ST. Charles, and Benjamin H.
iIolderby, of Cairo.