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Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-11-14

Lincoln County, South Dakota, affili-
ated with the principles represented
by Hon. Frank M. Byrne, the Repub-
lican candidate for Governor, who re-
ceived the highest vote cast at the
primary election Of the republican
party held in the State of South Da-
kota on the first Tuesday In June,
1912, do hereby call mass conference
OF the party members affiliated with
those principles in said county, who
are hereby requested to meet at 2
o'clock p. m. on
The ,2nd Day OF December, 1913,
at the Court Room in the County
Court House, or place where the Cir
cult Court for said county was last
held in Canton, South Dakota, at
which time said Conference will elect
precinct majority proposal com nit
teeman for each Of the several voting
precincts of Lincoln County and
state majority proposal committee
man for said County, to act for the
majority electors of The republican
party OF Lincoln County, and such
meeting will transact such other busi-
ness as may properly come before 1t.
Dated this Eighth day of November
1913.
w. @. Gemmill
Thos. Thorson
A. j. KuhnS
John Tollefson
w. U. Parke
Hans Brynjulson
A. j. Rommerfen
Chas. L. Kundert
Geo. w. Dixon
J. B. Bankson
Aff1lants with Majority Republican
Electors Of Lincoln County, South
Dakota.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-11-14

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. I
have hereunto set my hand and caus-
ed to be affixed the Great Seal of the
day of November, A. D., 1913
FRANK NJ. BYRNE,
Governor.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-11-14
Telephone Girls Remembered.

In appreciation Of their service and
courteous treatment Mr.. and MrS.
John SOgn sent TO the telephone Office
basket of choice apples from their
Sunny Side farm near BelOit, Iowa.
To say the young ladies' appreciated
the thought that prompted this kind
act as much as they did the fruit
would put 1t modestly. Few realize
the trying position they occupy and a
little kindness now and then from
those whom they try TO serve faith
fully greatly lightens their lab0rs.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-11-14

Reading the report of the racing
association in last weeks LEADER
brought to mind the crowd on the
outside of the fence who witnessed
the races from their cars, etc, with
out paying an admission fee. Some
of our senators or representatives
would win the heartfelt thanks of
all interested in the success Of the
races if they can pass law stopping
people from doing this again.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1913-11-14

Affilants with Majority Republican
Electors OF Lincoln County, South
Dakota.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
Tomato Club sons-Tune, "pixis."

iOmdto Siup oon8-i uUep 1'"c'
I.
The Tomato Girls Club is a girls or.
ganization
BY the county, state and nation
Can away. can away, can away. To-
mato Girls.
To make us wise and happy and
healthy.
Can away, can away, can away, To-
mato Girls!
Chorus,
Then hurrah for the Southern Canning
club! Hurrah! Hurrah!
For the g. c. c. we pledge our hand,
Head, heart, and health at her COM
mand-
Well try, wen try to make the best
better!
We plant our seed in the month OF
March,
Before the sun begins to parch.
Plant away, plant away, plant away
Tomato Girls!
From the hotbed to the field we take
it
Ground as rich as we can make 1t.
Plant away, plant away, plant away,
Tomato Girls!
III.
When tomatoes are ripe we begin our
canning,
First result of all our planning.
Can away, can away, can away, To-
mato Girls!
When the cans are sold and prizes
are given,
We receive the reward for which we've
striven-
Can away, can away, can away, To-
mato Girls!
A Gamer can can everything that he
can,
But a Gamer can't can can, can he?
Can away, can away, can away, To-
mato Girl!
No, a Gamer can't can a can, can he?
But a farmer can farm farm, can't
he?
Farm away farm away, farm away,
Corn Club Boys!
v
Now, why can't Gamer and a farmer
together,
Combining their talents, find out just
whether
Can away, can away, can away, To-
mato Girls!
A farmer by canning can make more
in life,
Than a farmer by farming without a
Can away, can away, can away, To-
mato Girlsi
A wife is essential and blest be the
man,
Who, while farming himself, gets a
wife that can can
Can away can away, can away, Toma-
to Girls!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
sERvIA's KING ON LIBERTY
Lofty Sentiments Expressed in Prose
conposition.

Lofty Sentiments Expressed in Prose
Composition.
One would scarcely expect to hear
from q monarch Of the near east a
prose hymn to liberty, like the one
which follows. Yet its author Is the
present king of Servia, who, when he
was plain Peter Karageorgevitch, ex-
pressed these lofty sentiments In the
preface to his Servian translation Of
John Stuart Mills Liberty"
"of all principles says the royal
author, that governs the life Of
people, an individual, or mankind.
none is of SO essential significance as
liberty. An innate law gives every
man the right to make his own deci-
sions and to follow his inner prompt
ing, such as he conceives 1t to be. The
free man alone Is capable Of master
ing himself, developing his natural
gifts, arriving at the consciousness Of
his rights and duties that determine
his actions. The free man only Is able
to strengthen his will power, to strug-
gle for his self-improvement, to fight
in good or bad days for the people to
which he belongs.
THE liberty Of a nation is based
upon the individual liberty Of the citi-
zens of which 1t is composed. And lib
erty is to an Individual as to q nation.
the source of all progress. Of every
virtue. Among a free people the dor
mant gifts develop much, more rapid
ly, more strongly and more harmoni-
ously than among enslaved people. In
q free country there are no faults
that remain concealed, and conse-
quently no evils that cannot be reme-
died. A free nation develops its ma
terial and moral strength and welfare
quite normally; 1t renders itself At to
cooperate with other nations in help
ing all mankind advance on the way
to the highest goal.
Everything that constitutes the
pride of modern civilization, every
thing that spreads love and fraterni-
ty in the world, everything that i'm
proves the material life Of men and
raises their moral dignity-all this Is
but one and the same thing; the fruit
Of human liberty."-Berlin Letter.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

The Value of Life.-We have heard
much of the high cost Of living, but
we have not been told much about the
high cost of dying.
Dying comes high. 1t means a period
of enforced economic disability, with
little or no income and much and ex-
pensive outgo.
This, in time of peace. In time of war
the cost of dying is vastly more ex-
pensive. In the Boer war 1t cost just
$4,000 to kill a man. In the present
Balkan war it is costing $4,000. The
average cost of dying in war runs from
$4,000 to $4,000.
In the Panama Canal Zone, Col. Cor
gas has reduced life-saving to a SCI
ence and made it cheap. 1t costs Col.
Gorgas just s2.43 for every life he
saves. He has made life safe and Sc
cure for a year in one of the worst re-
gions Of the earth at cost Of what an
ordinary man spends for a weeks ci-
gars.
In war; life is held cheaply, though 1t
costs dearly. At Panama, Col Gorgas
holds life dear and makes its cost dirt
cheap.
The annual economic value Of lives
needlessly lost every year in the Unit
ed States is estimated by actuaries to
be worth s1,50O,O0O,0 900.
Would it not be well worth for gov
ernments to consider seriously the
economic values Of probable losses OF
life. In war with Col. Gorgass system
of life saving at $2.43 per?-Philadel-
phia Telegram.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

Sea Postoffiees.-Every one Is aware
that a large quantity Of mail comes
from Europe; probably most persons
assume that 1t is dumped Off the
steamers in bulk and sorted and
routed in the postoffice Of the receiv-
ing port. Such a system would re-
suit in hopeless congestion and prac-
tically all Of the fifteen million
pounds Of foreign mail matter receiv-
ed at New York, on an average OF re-
cent years, is ready, sorted and sack
ed when the steamers make port.
This work Is done in the sea postof-
fees aboard the ship, and means days
saved in the time Of delivery Of mail
matter intended for land points.
In the huge mass of mail brought
into New York each year there are,
on an average, S0.000,O00 separate
pieces, many thousands with made
quate addresses; yet to such degree
Of efficiency has the operation Of the
sea postoff1ces been brought, and SO
carefully Is the work done, that less
than 500 errors are made annually
AS the entire quantity Of the ocean
mail received in year would fill 1900
standard mail cars, an almost incred-
able accuracy is indicated-less than
one error of any kind whatever for
every four car loads Of mail.-Har-
per's Weekly.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
PROOF OF oRAToRIcAL POWER
How WhitfieId's Burning Words Nov
ed Franklin and Chesterfield.

cd Franklin and Chesterfield.
Even the clam and the unimpes-
stoned Franklin caught fire at White
fields burning words; and perhaps no
more signal proof Of the orators
power could be given than its triumph
over the prudence Of poor Richard.
Whitefield had consulted Franklin
about the location of the proposed or
phan house, but he refused to adopt
mis- advice, and thereupon FRANKLIN
decided not to subscribe. II happened
soon after" he says, Ito attend one OF
his sermons, in the course of which
I perceived he intended to finish with
a collection, and silently resolved he
should get nothing from me. had
in my pocket handful Of copper
money, three or four silver dollars,
and five pistols in gold. AS he pro-
ceeded I began to soften, and con-
cluded to give him the copper. An
other stroke Of his oratory made me
ashamed of that, and determined me
to give the silver, and he finished so
admirably that I emptied my pocket
wholly into the collectors dish, gold
and ALL"
The same sermon was heard by a
friend of F'ranklin's, who, agreeing
with him about the location Of the
house, had as a precaution, emptied
his pockets. Before the discourse was
ended, he begged neighbor. who
stood near him, to lend him some
money for a contribution. If any
men could have resisted the preach
er's spell, 1t must have been the
naughty and brilliant Bolingbroke,
and the worldly and fastidious Ches-
terfield; yet the former, we are told
was once deeply moved; and the Icy
decorum and self-possession Of the
latter. were on one occasion, as COM
pletely overpowered as If he had been
an English collier or a Welsh miner.
The preacher had presented the vo-
tary of sin under the figure Of blind
beggar led by a little dog. The dog
breaks his string. The old man. with
his staff between both hands, uncon-
sciously gropes his way to the edge
of a frightful precipice. Step by step
he advances; he feels along with his
staff; it drops down the descent, too
far to send back an echo; his foot
trembles on the ledge; another mo-
ment and he will fall headlong into
the valley below-when up starts the
peer crying out in agony, as he springs
forward to save him, Good God! he
is gone!"-William Mathews. Oratory
and Orators.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
PORT AND sTARBoARD.
Famous Terms Which Have Been Ta-
booed by Secretary Daniels.

booed by Secretary Daniels.
Before Secretary Of the Navy jose
phus Danielss love Of simplicity
the time-worn, time-honored nautical
terms of "starboard' and port" have
fallen. The secretary has order
ed the use Of these two terms abolished
on all vessels Of the navy department.
They are not clear enough, he says. In
these days, when things are called by
their right names, left ought to be left,
and right ought to be right on sea as
we'll as on land. Henceforward helms
men must accustom themselves to hear
ing the strange order, Right your
helm" instead of the usual "starboard"
order. When they hear left" they will
assume that the man making the order
really means port"
Now that these famous old names
are banished from the navy will they
become obscure and die out? 1t Is hard
ly probable that they will, at least for
a long time, for, besides the thousands
of A. BIS who use no other names for
left and right, the navies Of other
countries also use these terms official
ly. Great Britain's navy uses them.
and besides an old English origin these
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
words many years ago were used Il
the Latin and Teutonic tongues.


the Latin and Teutonic tongues.
It took centuries of seafaring use in
different forms to make possible the
evolution Of the word "starboard" in
Its present form. Port" although quite
an old nautical term, is not nearly so
ancient as "starboard." In fact, port"
first came into use as a substitute for
"starboard's" old partner, "larboard."
These two names, because Of their SIM
liar sound, were very confusing. In
stormy weather, when the wind roared
and orders were called out, 1t was quite
possible to mistake "starboard" for
"larboard." For this reason port" was
substituted for the latter. The left side
Of a ship has always been known az
the port" side because Of the portfolios
through which the ships merchandise
was discharged at the ports where the
ships docked. In the British navy port"
was substituted for the older term of
'1arboard' by an admiralty order In
1874. The United States navy did not
make the change until 1896.
These terms have become part Of the
language ever since the days Of Old
England, when vessels were steered by
paddle, or sweeps worked from the
right side. The final part Of the term
was bord (board), which at that time
meant the side of ship. The first part
Of starboard, known in Old English as
stearboard. meant steer" Hence, the
steering side.
In the Old English, the left side Of a
ship was known as the baecbord, the
blackboard or the side Of the vessel to
the back Of the steersman. The En-
glish sailors were not the only ones
that used this term. The Germans knew
1t as blackboard and the French as ba-
bord. England itself did not keep this
form in the language, but changed 1t
to laddeborde or latheborde. Along
about the sixteenth century, the word
took the form of lerbord, leerebord, or
larboard, probably by assimilation to
ster, steere and star-bord.-New York
Evening Sun.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
N.oroes in North carolina-Grahar

Negroes in North carolina.-Graham
county, North Carolina enjoys q uni
que distinction. There is not q negro
in the county-not one. This Is the
county mountain people till, that
does not allow a negro to stop within
its borders. He may pass through but
he does not stop. In the adjoining
county Of Clay, there are 158 negroes
and in Swain 1856. Halifax Is the sec
ond largest negro county In the state
with a negro population Of 24,32S, or
64.6 per cent. Warren Is the heaviest
with 13,207 or 65.2 per cent. In four
teen counties the population Is more
than one-half negro. In forty-one
counties the per centage of negro Is
less than 25 per cent. In all there are
697, ,843 negroes in the state. This shows
an increase in population In 10 years
Of 73,344.-Charlotte Observer.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
THE CANNING CLUB GIRLS

RalIyins Yell, and Song that Tells the
Story.
GFollowing is published at the re-
quest Of Miss Minnie Garrison, organi-
ger Of Girls Tomato clubs in York
county,.
Tomato Club Yell.
To-to-to-to, To-to-to,
Ma ma, Ma ma, To-to-to,
Ma-ta-ma, Ma-to-ma,
Tomato!
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06

91- A fool can shatter a wise mans
argument with an idiotic laugh.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-05-06
The Big Question.

Did you ever hear bigger question
than that stated? Is there any suspi-
cion abroad that equal justice is not
administered in the United States? If
there is such a suspicion who ought of
all others to remove it? The men who
are responsible for the administration
The Oakes times., 1913-08-14
HOUSE COMMITTEE
QU|zzES MuLHALL
Witness Begins Story Of Con-
gressiona| Activity.

Washington, Aug. 12.-Martin M.
Mulhall began the second recital of
his experiences in influencing legisla-
ton before the investigators on the
house side of the Capitol.
The committee plans to take up
systematically the various members
of congress, employees of congress and
other public men mentioned in the
correspondence and examine the wit
ness relating to each individual.
Following this plan all of the Null
hall letters relating to Representative
Richard Bartholdt of Missouri were
placed in the record and Mulhall was
questioned about them.
The letters related to the activity of
Mulhall in procuring assistance from
Bartholdt in preventing a report on
an eight-hour labor bill from the labor
committee and in supporting the Lit
tlefield anti-pilotage bill which, the
National Association of Manufacture
ers favored.
The letters and Mulhall's testimony
told of arranging to obtain the sup
port of Bartholdt and other members
for the anti-piloting bill by working
to hold up in the house judiciary
bill forbidding the interstate shipment
of intoxicating liquors to which Mr..
Bartholdt was opposed.
The Oakes times., 1913-08-14
How to Build Up or | earDown
This Community ,, Q LEws
By J. O. LEWIS
The Farmer and the Merchant.

$ n doubt IT, . 1s of the sss1 as entire %
FARMS thing seriously
a the country @ gem If the crops are
% ssv M locality snn the ant " % the but can
%%%9s 5 oS % m % % @oSn % E
handling
and disposition of his
THE MERCHANT NEVER BUYS HIS PRODUCE HAY AND GRAIN
FROM OUTSIDE THEM FROM THE
FARMER, BUT THAT FARMER THE
PRACTICE OF ORDERING STORES IN
OTHER CITIES MORE LARGE MAIL ORDER
HOUSES is A WELL KNOWN
Not
farm Implements including gasoline engines speae
our depots and offices to local
Mr.. FARMER, TOWN WITH
LOAD OF PRODUCE AND SELL 1T MERCHANTS
MARKET PLACE AND THEN TAKE THE MONEY
SEND SOME GOODS THAT
YOU COULD BUY JUST AS cHEAPLy At HOME
ORDER HOUSE AND HAVE THE FURTHER SATISFACTION
clotbngr friend clothing
good customer and then must needs buy
your
marke your hand
THESE VARIOUS BUSINESSES ARE 'NTERLocKlNe
to the farm planting
oversight gravel got the holes
the result that the plate
broken This the
his planting and he could
called
hand Had purchased his planter from home he d eas
costly the than he had paid
Furthermore
this
entirely HURTS YOU IN THE
LONG RUN just
if can't get to telephone merchant
tSe u we ss G n @
right
be "THE STRENGTH WHEEL"
The Oakes times., 1913-08-14
TO BRING on war
President Wilson Believes Organized
Force Is at Work.

President Wilson Believes Organized
Force Is at Work.
Washington, Aug. 12.-President
Wilson let it be known that he is in
clined to believe there is an organ
lied desire-proceeding from sources
unknown to him-to bring on a war
between the United States and Mex.
leo.
The president does not regard the
movement as extensive, but as very
troublesome, and referred to misrep-
rcsentations in some individual news
lapers.
He indicated that he shared some
What the views of Senator Williams.
Who declared in a speech recently
that an organized lobby existed to in
volve the United States in war.
There is no occasion for alarm in
the opinion of the president, who
told callers that within the last forty
eight hours the Mexican situation has
been improved materially 1t was
made clear by the president that the
instructions to John Lind, his personal
representative, chiefly were to inform
the American government how things
stood generally in Mexico.
Sooner or later, it was pointed out,
Mr.. Lind will make certain sugges-
tlons to the Huerta government
through the American embassy, but
in just what circumstances has not
been determined upon fully. ANY,
thing in the suggestions that properly
may be made public will be revealed,
according to administration officials
here, an dforeign governments con-
stantly will be appraised of the va
rious steps taken by the United
States.
The Oakes times., 1913-08-14
YEGCS SHOOT UP
AN iowa TOWN
Former Mayor Wounded by Gang
Of Robbers.

West Liberty, Ia, Aug. 13.-Former
Mayor l.. w. Sven was wounded in
the eye by buckshot, the safe in the
local postottice was wrecked and
street lamps were shot out by threa
bank robbers.
The robbers had battered down the
front door of the postottice and had
wrecked the door of the safe when
Sven, who lives above his store, was
awakened and appeared on the
scene.
The three men rushed into the
street, shot out the surrounding lights,
and as Sven crossed toward the
postottice building they opened fire
on him. In addition to the shot which
struck him in the eye Sven was hit
on the arm and abdomen.
Swem's son, who came to the res
cue, also was fired upon. BY this
time other citizens gathered in the
street and the robbers escaped in the
darkness.
The Oakes times., 1913-08-14
sHuNs SUFFRAGE QUESTION
Catholic Federation Will Not Permit
Its Discussion,

Milwaukee, Aug. 13:-The American
Federation of Catholic Societies will
not approve or disapprove of womans
suffrage. The subject will not be de-
bated or brought up for discussion
during the convention if leading
churchmen here can prevent it.
This was made plain when Arch
bishop Messmer declared in an ad-
dress in reference to organizing the
Catholic Women of America, that the
subject should be stunned.
Keep the question of suffrage out
of this discussion" he said. 1--WE
will not declare for or against it.
The church has not yet decided what
its stand is. We are not prepared to
discuss the great principles that un-
derlie this problem, one of the great
est and most important of a genera
tion -
The Oakes times., 1913-08-14
L|ND'S ARRIVAL
CAUSES NO STIR
Small Crowd Gleets Special
Envoy at Mexico City.
INTENDS TO MOVE SLOWLY
Believes His Work in Mexico Will Be
Completed in Three Weeks and
Possibly Sooner.

City OF Mexico, Aug 12-.John Lind,
the personal emissary of President
Wilson, has thus far had compare.
lively uneventful experience in Mex.
leo.
Before leaving Vera Cruz Mr.. Lind
was visited by General Gustavo Mas,
the military commander there, he be-
ing the first official of Mexico to meet
the emissary. The meeting took place
at the train just before Mr.. Linds de-
parture, and General Mas also did
him the honor to parade a small de-
tachment of troops alongside his
train.
The monotony of the trip in the reg
ular day train from Vera Cruz to the
capital was broken by an enforced de-
lay by the wreck of train ahead in
the region which has been the scene
of rebel operations.
Mr. Lind declared here he did not
have the slightest intention of dis
cussing affairs regarding Mexico with
private individuals. He said his busi-
ness was with official Mexicans and
that he would be very careful with
whom he talked. There need be no
apprehension, he added, that he
would embarrass the government by
indiscretion of that sort.
There is reason to believe that be.
fore his mission to Mexico is ended
Mr.. Lind will have suggested more
than the mere fulfillment of the prom
Use by General Huerta that elections
be held. 1t has been pointed out that
such demand is not wholly consis-
tent. since the promise to hold elec-
tions in October has already been
made, and intimations of bad faith
are out of taste at the present time.
Mr.. Lind does not propose to act
hastily, though he will lose no time,
and it may be that all his work in
Mexico will be finished in three weeks,
and possibly much sooner If General
Huerta persists in being unwilling to
see him, O'Shaughnessy, the charge
daffaires, will transmit Lind's COM
munications.
The arrival of Mr.. Lind has been
devoid of any thrills. When the per.
sonal representative of President Will
son alghted from his train after a
tedious days journey from Vera Cruz
only few persons were about the
station