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Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

cholera from time to time sWeep.
ing the city, so that fresh "burying.
grounds had to be opened for the
reception of the dead. And this
was common experience of Eng.
lish cities in the middle of the
nineteenth century. How many
American cities in our time arc
swept by such scourge?
The person who has passed mid.
die life can remember that as
child he used to see any number Of
men and women with faces so
deeply denied by smallpox as to
be positively repulsive. This was
a common sight, 1t was not a rare
and isolated phenomenon. But no
body sees that sort Of thing to-day.
S for tuberculosis-that terri
"A BILE plague!-while its path is
still marked by the shattered,
wrecks of our frail mortality and
watered by the tears of millions,
we are winning in the fight against
it all over the earth. In Prussia
the death rate from tuberculosis
has fallen 40 per cent in twenty
years. In England it has fallen 81
per cent in fifty years. In the
United States the death rate was
reduced 90 per cent in ten years
And everybody knows that the dis.
ease where it exists and where it
kills its victims is less virulent.
1t takes longer to kill a person
than it used to, and it kills him
in less hideous way.
We are winning, here as else.
where, in the fight for healthier
conditions and larger life, We
are working on right lines-and
we have only to work harder,
keep on at it, and accelerate the
rate of progress. We have to sup
port the State Board of Health.
the Board Of Health of the city.
the Anti-Tuberculosis Crusade. and
every such movement. We ought
not to grudge appropriations Of
larger sums of public money. 1t
is good economy to spend freely
in saving men and women.
ONE thing that makes city life
healthy is it is so interesting
If | spent as much energy in saw
ing wood as | do in catching trout
| should faint dead away within all
hour. And everybody knows that
this law holds good for himself.
1t is interest that keeps us going.
The city is full of things to keep
us alive. The author of THE Soul
of London" represents a city physi-
clan as saying:
Did you ever have to do with a
sick farm laborer? Those fellows,
Why, they fold their hands and die
for a touch of liver. Their life
doesn't hold them because it con
tains no interest Why, I'd rather
attend fifty London street rats
with half a lung apiece than one
great hulking farm bailiff. Those
are the fellows, after all, for get
ting over an Illness
And he is right. The seething.
rushing, whirling, swirling life or
great cities-let us accept it and
delight in it and be thankful for it
and proud of it, And let US see
to it, as far as in us lies, that we
add to its healthy human interest
very sure that as we do so we are
adding to its human health! Good
shows, good theaters. good amuse.
ments of every kind, good news
papers, and l do not, know why
should not add-good sermons,
make for good health and lone
life.
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

Ing population. IN Norway,
Sweden. Germany Switzerland,
ItaR. France and Spain large in
stallations for the transformation
of atmospheric nitrogen into fer
tlllGvrs now exist
Eu. To- serve as base Cor fer
tlizers Is only one Of the uses 10
which nitrogen taken direct from
the air is put ID is also EN-
ploy,d in the fabrication ot eNpIo-
svea Of dyes, uf photographic
mstrr.al, uf ammonia, ~ electric
lamu Glsmcu.s 90 Ht.Hrial ind
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

which are beginning to be sub
stituted, on a large scale. for the
natural product. which is not suf-
ficient in quantity for the grow
ing needs OF the worlds increas-
Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1913-10-06

one has only to recall ones own
~ youth In my native city of
Nottingham. England, there was a
cemetery known by the name of
The cholera burying- ground" The
name tells the story-epidemics Of
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Wrecked Monitor Is Reported.

Pierre.-After many days of waiting
for tidings of a wrecked boat, the first
news has come that 1t has been dis
covered, the boat in question being
the Monitor" set afloat on the Mis-
souri, here on Memorial day, which
was last reported passing Chamber
lain about a week after 1t was set
adrift. After many weeks without a
report on one of the cards placed in a
tucret for that purpose, it has been
discovered that the boat was wrecked
on a bar near Whee,er, Charles Mix
county, evidently driven onto the bar
and overturned by a heavy wind. The
cards in the turret have been taken
charge of by a Bonesteel man who
made the find and will be returned to
Pierre. The boat carried a message
to the mayor of New Orleans, and re-
quests that anyone who found 1t
stranded along the river again start
it on its way, but 1t stopped far this
side of the final destination.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Football Dates.

Sioux Falls.-Two big football
games, with the possibility of a third
being scheduled, will be played in
Sioux Falls during the month of Oc-
tober, according to arrangements just
made by the commercial club. The
first of the big contests is set for
October Is, between the South Da-
kota Agricultural college at Bookings
and the North Dakota Agricultural
college at Fargo. The next week in
the same month the state university
at Vermillion will come to Sioux Falls
to play the gridiron warriors from
Denver. The possibility of a third
game is that between the Dakota Wes-
leyan, of Mitchell, and Morning Side
college, of Sioux City, which may be
played in Sioux Falls If dates can be
arranged.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
To Enforce Came Laws.

Terraville.-The sportsmen of this,
Ct .awrence) county, have offered a
standing reward for information
which will lead to the arrest and con-
viction of persons who vioiate the
game and fish laws within the boun-
daries Of the county. The notice Of
reward is published by Claude Will
liams. county game warden, but ev-
cry sportsman in the county stands
squarelr behind him and will pay the
reward. For some time reports have
been received of the disregard of the
game laws and the wanton killing of
.ame in remote parts of the country.
Under the arrangements now made
Lawrence county will give better pro-
lection to game than any other
county In the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
p~ostofflco examination ordered.

Sioux Falls.-Septemoer q has
been selected as the time for an ex-
animation to be held at Valley Springs
near Sioux Falls, by the federal civil
service commission, which as the re-
suit of the examination will pave the
way for selecting a postmaster to fill
a contemplated vacancy at Valley
Springs. 1t is expected there will be
a number of applicants for the place,
and keen rivalry will exist between
them as to who will make the best
showing at the examination and cap
ture the plum. The compensation OF
the postmaster during the past fiscal
year was $723, the office being in the
fourth class.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
ELoPERs CAUGHT.
Man Likely to Face Prosecution Under
White Slave Act.

Wv NS
Menno.-Sheriff #. w. Koch, Of
Hutchinson county, has returned here,
having in custody Alvin Brandenburg,
25 years of age. and Lila Dean, 16
years of age. The girl will be turned
over to her parents and ~Brandenburg
will be held pending the outcome of
charges that he has violated the Mann
white slave law.
Lila Dean is the daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Jacob Dean, Of Memo. On
August IL Mr.. and Mrs. Dean and an
older son went to Jacob Deans broth
er's farm to assist in thrashing, leav-
ing Lila and the two younger chill
nj of her parents, Lila attended a
dance at Memo In company with
B~randenburg, who was employed as a
farm hand in the vicinity. The girl
did not return home. and the follow
ing day her parents discovered she
was gone and that BrG4slenburg was
also missing.
The authorities were notified and
the couple were traced to Aberdeen,
where they stayed a day or two, and
were finally located at New Rockford,
n. d., where the Hutchinson county
sheriff found them. They had been
living at New Rockford as husband
and wife for ten days before their
arrest.
1t. is claimed Brandenburg has a
wife and two children residing in In
diana. The father OF the Dean girl
accompanied the officers to New
Rockford.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
TOWER OF LONDON
British Restoring Walls to Their
Original Shape.
Government Making Effort TO Undo
Mischief Wrought by Ignorant
"Restorers" Of Past to Put
Structure In Condition.

London.-In his collection Of essays
entitled "A Tragedy in Stone Lord
Rosedale gives an account of the work
that was done in the late seventies in
connection with the preservation and
restoration of part OF the Tower OF
London, In the course OF which work
the bones of Queen Anne Boleyn were
laid bare.
The work, then begun under the u
pervision of Sir John Taylor, has been
continued with more or less energy
since, but now the office Of works,
which Is responsible for the fabric Of
the tower, LIS making a great effort to
undo the mischief wrought by igno-
rant '~restorars' Of the past and to put
what is left of the great structure-a
historic relic almost unrivaled in the
world-into something like the condi-
ton in which 1t vas in the days of the
glory-and It's shame.
A writer in the Times describes in
some detail the work that is being
done. Partly, perhaps, owing to the
dredging of the channel in the river,
w q uCPth WhASh ~ 6iCatCl IMAM oAJ
previous records show. settlements
have taken place In various parts OF
the tower, and cracks which may
cause serious future trouble have de-
veloped in the Beauchamp tower, in
st. Johns chapel Ton the White tow
err, and elsewhere. These are kept
under careful observation. But the
decayed face of various parts of the
walls and towers has necessitated inn
mediate attention, and repairs to the
most seriously dilapidated sections
have been carried on for some time.
Here, as elsewhere, 1t is the con-
slant aim of the staff of the office OF
works not merely to safeguard the
ancient buildings from further decay.
but to use every care to preserve their
character and to harmonic necessary
modern constructions with the orig
inal work.
In the last century many OF the
finest parts of the tower we're defaced
with a coating of cement i~nterspersed
with fiints. This was presumably
done in order To keep out wind and
weather from the decayed walls at
little expense, but the eventual result
has been to increase the insecurity of
the buildings. while giving them a sin
gularly shabby appearance. The work
Of removing this flint plaster and re-
facing the walls with secure and suit
able masonry has SO far chiefly been
carried out on the Byward tower,
on the Postern Gate tower which
forms part of 1t, and guards the mar
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Drive from Jail.

Miller.-It is not often that a man
has to be driven from jail, but such a
case has just come within the activ-
tiles of Chief of Police Corcoran, OF
this city. He reports that a prisoner
placed by him in Jail in the evening
refused to leave when ordered to do
so the next morning. The prisoner
apparently was so well satisfied with
the ''rest cure" in the jail that he
would not voluntarily leave and in
order TO get him out of Jail II was
necessary for the chief OF police to
take him by the collar of his coat and
forcibly eject him. The ejectment of
the mar was materially aided by sew
eral prods from the toe OF the of.
ficial's shoe.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Severe storm Does Damage.

Trail City.-This vicinity was over
taken by one of the most severe
storms of the season. which did much
damage to properly. The telephone
system in nearly every town in this
section of the state was demoralized.
At Eagle Butte several houses were
damaged greatly and the Milwaukee
iepot was unroofed. At Timber Lake
several buildings we're damaged. Ten
head OF live stock were killed in the
vicinity of Dupree. and a pony be.
onging to Charles DaCharme. nea
acre, was killed by ligE!ning.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
CORN OF YIELD
REPORTS FROM 20 COUNTIES AEE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
SHOW UP WELL.
HAPP ENINGS OVER THESTATE
What Is Going OF Here and There
That is of interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Aberdeen.-Detailed reports re-
:eived from forty counties scattered
n all parts of the state concerning
crop conditions prevalent in that
county this year give very encourag-
ng reports, taken during the harvest
ng and thrashing season, when actual
acts are obtainable. According to
he compiled report, the following av-
wages were found: Wheat, 1915 BUSH
els; corn, 1921 bushels; rye, 1874 bush
Els; flax, 8 bushels; barley, 1925
bushels; oats, 30.4 bushels; potatoes,
1876 bushels; hay, / ton.
Corn appears to be the big crop in
he state this year, nineteen of the
counties reporting corn the big crop,
hree giving corn and wheat equal i'm
)ortance, two combining corn and
BATS as the leading c-ops, seven stand
ng pat on wheat, two holding out for
BATS, n county having potatoes its
zig crop. another going mostly 70 al
alta, and still another reporting al
alta and wheat.
The following counties are raising
;orn this year: McCook, Brookings,
Aurora, Lake, Hanson, Turner, Sphinx,
Hyde, Yankton, Lyman, Trip, Ben
lett, Stanley, Gregory and Campbell.
Corn averaging from As to so bushels
Der acre ON the average is reported
rom McCook, Lake, Jerauld, Brown,
Dawson and Sanborn counties.
Wheat was the principal crop in
Corson, Codington, Douglas, Marshall,
counties. Wheat averaging better
han Is bushels per acre is reported
rom McCook, Turner, Lincoln, Jer-
luld, Butte and Custer. Butte county,
where irrigation is In force, reports
an average of 80 bushels to the acre.
Oats are the principal crops in Lin
,oln and Custer counties, the former
averaging 40 bushels to the acre., and
Custer county averaging 80 bushels.
Jerauld, Sanborn and Dewey coun-
les divide on corn and wheat, while
Bon Homme and Moody counties di-
vide on corn and oats. Meade county
reports wheat and alfalfa as the lead
lng crops. Ziebach county is raising
potatoes very extensively this year,
while alfalfa is the principal crop
raised in Butte county. Perkins coun-
~ reports an average of 800 bushels
Of potatoes per acre. Butte reports
an average of $50 bushels. and Dewey
and Custer report averages of 200
bushels per acre each.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
New Bureau Is Sought.

Pierre.-The register of deeds, as an
information bureau under the law OF
the last legislature. has had a couple
of remarkable letters recently. One Is
from an eastern girl, who wants to
work on a Dakota ranch, and says that
she is "from the east. but a furnish
good references" The other Is from
an Iowa German farmer. whose wife
took the three children and ran away
last June. He wants information as
to their location.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
MEXICAN
IN BRIEF,

President Wilson warned all
Americans to leave Mexico at
= once and notice was issued to
, Mexicans officials that any loss Of
' life among Americans or damage
to their property will bring
: speedy action on the part Of this
, government.
1t is considered probable that
several thousand more American
troops will be sent to the border
> to insure neutrality.
Receipt Of presidents message
: causes no excitement In Mexico.
; Huerta determined not to give up
: office and still believes he can
conquer rebels. Latest notes
: from John Lind will! be published
by federal authorities.
: Sixteen governors in conference
at Colorado Springs indorse Will
sons Mexican policy.
Speaker Clarke and congress In
; general say presidents Mexican
: program is proper one.
Northwest congressman Iaud
President Wilson's efforts to re-
: store peace in Mexico, but criti-
: else his confidential message to
Provincial President Huerta, sent
; through John Lind of Minnesota,
> asking that he (Huerta) agree
; not to enter the special election
; as a candidate for president.
D . 4 \ q d 4 4 u y o 4 d 4 b b
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Byward Tower Shown as Part of the
Main Building.

Main Building.
row bridge giving access to Tower
wharf and the Thames, and on the
Martin tower, which stands at the
northeast angle of the inner wall.
The cement was in many places per-
ishing, and the embedded lints inn
periled passers-by. On the upper
part of the Postern Gate tower a thin
facing was hanging out from the main
surface of the wall to a distance in
many places OF four inches, and was
thus extremely dangerous. After the
plaster was removed it became neces-
sary to repair the masonry effectively,
and this difficult work is being carried
out with great judgment and success
In the course of centuries the walls
have been worked over and over again
with old and new material, much OF
which was Indifferent, while the re-
building was often poorly constructed.
The face disclosed beneath the flint
work was thus in many places loose
and rotten, and sometimes consisted
of mere rubble. On the Martin tower.
where the work for the present is
completed, one such mass of half-dis-
integrated rubble had to be secured
with a chain to hold 1t fast while the
repairs went on. The joints had to
be repointed to a depth of four inches.
owing to the decay of the mortar;
large cracks we're filled and consoli-
dated by liquid concrete injected by
the grouting machine, and the old dis
connected quoins were reinforced at
intervals by new ones securely bonded
to the wall faces.
The improvement in the appearance
OF he Martin tower is great. One
guiding principle is to use stone which
Is not only durable but harmonious in
texture aud color, and another is to
keep the joints subordinate TO the out
lines of the stone. This is done by us
ing a special grit mortar which is
brushed over when still soft, so as to
leave the grit standing out and avoid
the fiat and soapy appearance which
Is an eyesore in itself and hides the
characteristic lines 9: ancient ma
sonry
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Boy Loses Both Arms.

Wetonka.-Leonard, the S~-year-old
son of Emil Won Eschen, who resides
four miles north of Wetonka, lost both
arms and had his right reg fractured
in a peculiar accident. The father
a moving hay on their farm o~d
Leonard and an older brother were
riding on the hay rake. The horses
attached to the rake became frightened
and ran away. This excited the team
on the mower and it too, started off.
The boy was thrown from the rake in
front OF the mower.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
FIRST BIG VESSEL OUT
ON GATuN LAKE.

Panama, Aug. 2S.-The first large
vessel to navigate the Gatun lake
section OF the Panama canal, "a miles
in length, a suction dredge, left its
moorings near the Gatun locks and
sailed under its own steam to a point
north of Gamboa dixie. The dredge
will begin the removal Of 10000 Gu
bic yards of silt deposited in this
locality by the currents of the
Chagres river.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Goes to Honolulu Mission School.

Clear Lake.-Maurice G. Greenly,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. III. B. Greenly,
prominent resident of Clear Lake, has
departed for Honolulu, where he has
been assigned a place as teacher In
the high school department Of the
Mills school. This is the boys di-
vision of the Mid-Paeific institute, a
nondenominational, ~nonracial mission
school, with a student body made up
chiefly of Chinese, Japanese and
Koreans, with a few FilIpinos and Ha-
waiians. Mr.. Greenly goes for two
years work. He was a member of
the last class Of graduates from the
State college Of South Dakota. He
will sail from Vancouver September 3
for his new field of labor.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Three Americans In Jail

Douglas, Ariz, Aug. 27.-Stuart
Hunt, an American ranch owner, and
cattleman of Sonora, with two cow
boys in his employ. were arrested at
Fronteras, charged with being enc
mics of the Sonora state government.
They were imprisoned by order Of
Jose M~aytorena, the insurgent gov
ernor. Hunt was arrested because of
a cattle deal. He was charged with
having bought from q Mexican federal
sympathizer cattle that had beer
seized by the state government
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
roosevelt Returns Home.

New York, Aug. %. Theodore
Roosevelt reached New York on his
return from Arizona. and went direct
from the station to his editorial Of
fee. He planned to go to Oyster Bay
later today.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Editor Scott Sued.

Sioux Falls.-Mark ID. Scott, editor
OF the Weekly Journal, has been
made defendant in a libel suit which
was started by oliver s. Fender,
clerk of the United States court for
South Dakota.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
MiIitia compan, Formed.

Lead.-A militia company to form
part of the Fourth regiment, South
Dakota national guard, is being
formed here by Andrew Bray, Span.
ish war veteran. who also expects to
organize a company In Dsadwood
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04
Japanese VIII Exhibit.

Toxic, Aug. 27.-The governmental
departments of agriculture and foreign
affairs announced definite decisions to
participate in the Panama-Paciic ex-
position at San Francisco.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1913-09-04

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Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1913-07-11
SENATE AGREES ON
COTTON FUTURE TAX
FEATURE OF TARIFF BILL CREATES
STORM OF PROTEST.
EXCHANGES ARE DIRECTING
Mutual Life Companies Exempt From
Income Tax Senator Overman
Tried VainlY to Have Cotton
Future Tax Reduced.

Washington.-Senate Democrats ap.
preached II final agreement on the I'M
derwodSimmons tariff bill in caucus
late Tuesday, when they made the fol.
lowing decisions or important contested
points:
Mutual life insurance companies were
exempted from payment of income tax
on earnings returned to policy-holders IN
tho form Of dividends.
y. stamp tax of ITO of / per cent per
pound was agreed to for all trading in
c""ton futures, the tax to be refunded
where cotton is actually delivered.
az decision to exempt earnings
which mutual life insuranc companies
later distribute to policy-holders came at
the end of a long debate. The caucus,
by a vote of 10 to IL, overturned the
recommendation Of the finance commit
tee Democrats that such exemption be
made. On u reconsideration, asked by
Senator Lewis, the caucus reversed the
action and voted to uphold the commit
tee.
Senator Overman tried vainly to havs
the tax on cotton futures cut downsfrom
the ITO of / cent basis proposed by SEN
ator Clarke to 120 of l cent. .Af
Senator Hitchcock's fight to secure
the adoption of his tobacco tax amend
ment, which embraced views set forth
some time ago by Attorney-General Nc
Reynolds for curbing the growth of the
crust" was carried on until adjourn
Went. Members of the finance commit
tee decided against the amendment,
which would impose a heavy tax on pro-
duction above a certain figure.