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The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
Notice of Election

whereas. one-thrid of the elctors
and one-third fthe free-holders of
Ine age or II years, residing in
Belle Town school district No. 81
have petitoned the county board of
education to order an election to de-
termine whether or not a special tax
oi iour "a mills shall be levied on
all real and personal property.
We therefore order the election
TO be held by the trustees of said
alie Town school district, No. 81.
December 80.
Only those who return real or per-
sonal property and who exhibit their
tax receipts and registration cert.
fcates shall be allowed to vote.
The opening and closing hours
snail be the same as in all general
elections.
V. A. LINGLE.
j. X. CONNORS.
w. B. TWITTC.
County Board of Education.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
ARKANSAS LOSES BIG SUIT
Alleged to be Due in Back Taxes
By Insurance COmpany

Little Rock. Ark, Dec. 12.-The
State of Arakansas lost a suit for ap-
proximately $300O,OOO, which it al
legged to be due in back taxes from
a life insurance company of New
York, when the State Supreme
Court today held that the Act of the
Legislature in 1875. providing for
tax Of two and one-half per cent in
net receipts of life of 1878, which
provided a three per cent tax. Under
the decision the State will recover
only $500 from the company.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
NEGRO DROPS DEAD.
After Quarrel With His Wife Falls
Into the Fire in Adjoining Room.


Into the Fire i'm Adjoining Room.
Saturday night, John Davis, color
ed, who lives in a house in rear of
MT. X. 5. Harper's machine shops,
just after a violent quarrel enga ged
In with his wife, Sallie Brown,
walked into an adjoining room and
fell over dead into the fire place.
sunday morning there was some
suspicion of foul play on the part
OF his wife, in view or the fact that
she had quarreled with her husband
apd threatened violence to him. So
<magistrate John l.. Caskey, acting
as coroner, summoned a jury and
held an inquest over the negro
several witnesses were examined,
but there was no evidence that the
woman had offered any violence to
the man. DR.. r. c. Brown, who vas
examined as witness, among other
things. testified that in his opinion
the man "died of heart disease.
brought on by undue excitement
and that his neck was dislocated by
the fall" The verdict of the Jury
OF inquest was therefore, that John
Davis came to his death from heart
fallude, caused from undue excite
ment." The man and his wife came
here with the sewerage gang the
past summer.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
THE LANCATER COUNTY FAIR.
The Views of Mr.. II. w. Sc
on Recent Event.
SecreSt
To the Editor of The News:

To the Editor of The News:
Permit me to say a few words in
behalf of Lancaster county and it's
fair. No one knows better than I
what grand county old Lancaster
is. She is bounded on the north by
North Carolina, east by Lynches
river or Chesterfield county. south
by Kershaw county, and west by
Catawba river, or Fairfield. Chester
and York counties. Her soil is most
ly red and gray with occasionally
sandy loan, and rolling enough to
drain herself without washing. but
little if cny. There are many creeks
and smaller streams emptying into
Lynch's or Catawba rivers, said
streams supplied by hundreds of the
purest springs of water that man
or beast ever drank. Her bottom
lands are as rich and fertile FOR
corn and small grain as the eye OF
man ever viewed, her rolling hills
are as productive when planted to
any crop as ever n seed was dropped,
and especially that king cotton crop,
that great commodity that I have
30 often heard some Of our best far
mears boast, but alas where is king
cotton now, from which all have
fallen so low But there Is still
other chances to which our farmers
have caught the idea and that is Of
sowing small grain and planting
corn. I predict there will be more
corn harvested in this county next
year than has ever been before in
her history, and she has the class Of
farmers who can and will raise the
corn. There is no more hard work
oil Of
farmers than is to be found in Lam
caster county. In my mind Lancas-
ter county's first fair settled that
question. 1t was one of the grandest
treats i ever witnessed in every de-
partment of II. Ii will be useless
for me to undertake to say more
than has already been said except
wish to comment on one
oud panhandle farmers, Mr.. j. NJ.
Yoder, proprietor of Oakland farm
of Van Wyck. This farm received
many exhibits at I.ancastcr's first
fair. Three 2-year-old colts, first preki
first display farm winter garden
varieties ilrst prize. Five varieties
corn on the stalk, second price on
yellow corn, IL kinds OF one Quart
samples. Wheat, oats, two kinds of
rye, two of peanuts, three of field
peas, first on rye, second on sweet
potatoes, first and second on turEips.
There seems to be group Of farm
ers just north Of Lancaster who are
up to date as farmers in the person
OF Coupsars, the Rob srts and the,
Craigs. Their corn, as well as other
exhibits, wero first class, their corn
was quite, II not equal to, that. at the
national corn exhibit at Columbia
two years ago.
have been in numbers OF poul-
try shows at state fairs, but I never
saw better selection than this one.
And all other departments equally
as good. II the Chamber of Com
merce will go to work at once with
the same effort as II did in this un-
dertaking and organize a fair assu-
citation, then next year year you may
look for something worth whi.c 60
let the good work go on war ar no
war. T. w. SECREST
CsceOla. 8 C.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
:: ,:REESDES Is. SIGHTED.

German Cruiser is Said To be
Surrounded.
Buenos Aires. Dec. 18th, Ar
gentine government has received
word that the German cruiser D-es-
den has arrived at Punta Arenas, on
the strait OF Magellan. A dispatch
from Puerta Gallegos says a vessel
has been sighted near there sur
rounded by English ships.
The fate of the Dresden, the last
OF the squadron of Ave cruisers
which was defeated by the British
fleet off the Falkland Islands De-
cember 8, seems still to bea matter
or conjecture. Dispatches from
Buenos Aires yesterday reported the
Dresden stranded at Puerto Gal
legos, while a Valparaiso dispatch
said the Dresden had taken refuge
In an inlet on the coast of Patagonia
In the recent engagement ac.
cordlng to the official repurc, the
German cruisers Gneisenau. Crbaru.
horst, Leipzig and Nurnberg were
sunk. The Dresden escaped in thu
direction of the straIsnts ri Maze
nan and was pursued by The British.
Another German cruiser not ac
counted for, which however, dlG not
take par: i'm the battle. IS :hc Karl..
ruhe' and recent dispatch from
Buenos Aires said the Gprma, ba,
Tie cruiser Won der Tam hao. reach
ed the South Atlantic. Cher, al,o
are two or three marchantmon
winch have been converted Inrc
cruisers.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
First Heavy Snowfall.

Pittsburg. Dec. 13.--The first
heavy snowfall of the season covered
Western Pennsylvania and West vri-
gina today. In this city six inches
fell. Grafton, w. Va. reports twelve
inches, while the fall is estimated
at nearly twentyfour inches. Rail-
way and wire traffic in West Virginia
he's been handicapped greatly.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

Mr.. and Mrs. F. r. Hays have the
sympathy OF the entire community
In the death of their three weeks
old infant son, which sad event oc-
CURED ct their home Friday last at
3:45 p. m. The remains were In
TERED in Westside cemetery Satur-
day, the Rev. E. T. Hodges conduct
ing the funeral service.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

His Model Wife" at Van Wyck.
A play, entitled His Model Wife,
will be given at the Van Wyck grad
&c scnooI ouliolng on Lne nlgnt OF
December %, at 8 o'clock. 1t Is
spicy and humorous and everybody
is cordially invited to attend The
admission fec will be 25 for adults
and 15 cents for children The pro-
ceeds will go for the benefit of the
school library. ae.. ,,...,.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
Mai Gen Brabant Dead.

Cape Town, Union OF South Africa
Dec. 13.--(Via London. )-The
death of Major Gen Sir Edward
Yewd Brabant. who gained fame as
commander of adiyision or colonists,
known as Brabantts Horse in the
Boer war was announced today. He
was born In 1899.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
A MARROW Escane

Magistrate John l.. Caskey's little
boy. Pink, came very near being
seriously injured or burned to death,
Sunday. The little fellow was stand
ing too near the fire place when his
Hlothes caught from the fl mes
Mrs. Caskey happened to be in the
room and reached the little fellow
IN time TO put out the fire DeTore
he was burned.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15
Business Notices

FOR RENT-Farms one and two
horse, with good buildings and
fell, improved>~wfthin one-half mile
OF the sch0sf and church at Antioch.
On easy terms. Apply to G.. O.
Stogner
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

The Catawba Fertilizer Company
has had It's charter amended, al
lowing It's capital to be increased
from $4,000 TO 100000.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

WHEN YOU BRING-xour chickens
butter egSs; hides and cattle to
town, see Plyler & Johnson.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

MIR. j. E.>pATTERSON is confined
20 his bed ssaiu. but his shop Is
open to his customers as same as
ever.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

FOR TUE BALANCE Of the season.
Will gin>aQly two days in week,
Iuesday and Friday. j. A. Thomp-
Son Son, Manager J. f>C. Caskey's x
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

FOR THE BALANCE- of the season.
VIII Gin only two days in a week
tuesday and Friday. r.. c. Crockett.
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

NOTICE TO UBSCRIBERS-For
the announcement of our farmer
friends and pAtTons The News will ac-
cept one and one~half bushels of corn
In payment of yearly subscription.
This offer is open to both renewals
and new subscriptions. Bring on
your corn
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

FOR RENT-A five-room cottage
on White-Street with good gar
den and barn. T. b. Craig. 2D-22P
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

BLACKMON & HINSON, Wood and
Cement. We are in position to
do plumbing and bath room work
and all carpentry and concrete, side
walk and copifs, work a speciality
For any information refer to #. O.
Blackmon or c. r. Hinson.
17-tf
The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1914-12-15

county Board of Education.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06

Peace has been officially de-
clared in Mexico and the world
awaits the next move.
Carranza will march the army
of revolt into the capital and
proceed to form new govern
nent based upon the constitution
and the doctrine of faith of the
constituti0nalists.
Carranza, Villa and others will
expound the faith.
The faith will be mainly what
Villa DEGREES.
The voice Of Carranza land
others : will be weak and of lit
tie avail.
Washington will Suggest.
and the suggestions will be
courteously received by Car.
rama. passed on by Villa. and
then promptly forgotten.
BECAUSE
Villa is the backbone of the
revolution.
Carranza has furnished the
whiskers. but Villa has supplied
the brains. the courage and the
power to execute.
Carranza has rested PEACEFUL,
IN the shade, while Villa has won
battles in the heat of the blaz-
ing sun.
Carranza has talked loudly
while Villa has fought man.
fully.
Carranza has basked in the
glory Of being "first chief
while Villa has threshed the
tar out of Huerta s army.
Carranza is a high-born orator
and a dreamer, while Villa is an
bandit and a fighter.
Carranza is the head of the re.
voMtion, but Villa 10 it's teeth
and it's claws.
Carranza may be the next
president, but Villa will be the
power which makes or unmakes
him.
Carranza may be a tower of
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06

w. B. Ingalls,. of Midland, was
drowned Saturday afternoon in
a reservoir seven miles east OF
that place. In company with
some other young men he went
swimming in the reservoir, which
is large and quite deep. The
swimmers started across the pond
and when the others reached
the further side they saw the
uplifted hands of the unfortunate
man rapidly sink before they
could render any assistance. An
attempt made to find his
body by those present was un-
successful. Word was sent to Mid
lant! and large party went out
in autos and worked until mid
night without recovering the re-
mains. The search was resumed
in the morning and the efforts
succeasful. The body was taken
to Midland and there prepared
and shipped to relatives at Sioux
Falls, where services were held
and mterment made. The man
vas thirty-eight years old, and
we'll liked in Midland and sur
rounding territory, where he
was known. Five children are
left orphans by his untimely
death.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06

strength in the new order Of
things, but Villa will be the base
upon which it rests.
A house without 4 foundation
would soon fall, and Carranza
without Villa could not sustain
the weight of his own whiskers.
For Villa, bandit, is a man
of deeds. the strongest arm in
the republic.
Villa is Mexico today.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06
FIRE DESTROYS ELEVATOR

The Kadoka Grain Co.'S ele-
vator at Kadoka caught fire at
noon on Friday, July oath, and
all efforts to save it or any Of
the contents We're unavailing
The origin Of the fire is un-
known. but it is thought to have
been caused by hot boxing. A
large quantity of grain was in
the building and is Il total
loss. There is a net loss estimat-
ed at $500. The company, it is
thought, will rebuild, but the
new building will be smaller than
the one destroyed.
Old papers at the Review Of
flee. Sc . bundle.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06
WAR WILL NOT DE-
TURB HOMESTAKE

Lead, Aug. 5 That 4 big
European war is likely to have
little effect on the Homestake
Mining company here, is the op-
inion Of the local officials of the
company. The Homestake en-
plOys $500 men of whom about
100 are Austrians, Servians, Rus
slams and Germans, with a few
Italians. So far but two appli-
cations to return to their father
land have been received from
these men and canvass Of the
others indicates that few would
respond to a war call. For sew
eral years past the policy Of the
company has been to encoura ge
all foreigners to become Amer
lean citizens and many have done
so. In the city of Lead, not en-
ployed by the Homestake, there
are couple of hundred more
foreigners whose countries are
likely to become involved in hos
tilities, and those men are more
likely to respond in event Of
var At nearby mining camp,
forty Servians are reported to
have quit work and applied for
transportation to their native
land but their places We're read
lily filled with other men.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

i
United States to
George f. Baker
Guy f. Henderson
Milton r. Dodge
Ole M. Dahl
owen Harty
James Engleman
Gt Orge f. Howard
Cornelius Craven
Chl istine ROthenberger
J. E. Kelley, Reg. to Edward
Weiss, .Dr. r c NV "a On 22E
A. b. Crockett and VT to
John a. Klehar 100 Lot Z Blk.
II Midland
Magne Tronnes to John o. st.
Denis 100 f NV w NE 6 an
PIE
James F.. Stringner to w. II.
Wier 100000 SW a IN 21E
}. f. Kelley, Reg. to Fred E..
Gillette r G s NE SE IA On
2SE
j. f. Kelley, Reg. to Charles
Salisbury GIGS Lot 3 See. 20 As
l9E
VI. j. Cruzen. Trustee to Karl
Campbell 10000 f NE w NV
l6 IN 27E
Charles j. Swisher and wi to
Frank r. Swisher $4,000 NV 20
~ 24E
John C.. RhOadS and VT to Wiz
r,e Moses Sawin 100 SW 81 An
JI3E
:. I. Perrin to Mary Margaret
Perrin 100 w NV "a f NE 33
On .2OE
Clarence j.. Hall to \. f. GOffe
100 SE "a an 23E
J. \. Frise and WI to F.. w.
Book 100 NE 33 IN 29E and F
>W ; AN 29E
Martin Conehlin to James G..
Bell 100 w SW 3 n NV 10 6N
.9E
Albert s. White and VT to Roy
Simc0x 100 No 90 feet of Lot IL
Blk 2. Interior
Richard a. Coyle to Harry
w. Whitaker 100000 NV 13 Is
23E
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06
MAVERICKS S
Happenings in County and State
Some items are rehashed
some given credit where cred
II is due, ana some are swiped
bodily.

The Fort Pierre News has a
hot roast for the railroad official
who are responsible for the lack
of water supply at the stock
ards there.
Harry Hough was in Midland
Saturday evening, coming in
from Hayes that afternoon, and
leaving the same night for South
Wayne. Wis. Mr.. Hough has
published the homestead at Hay
''s for the past three of four
years, having recently disposed
of his holdings. He intends to
enter the newspaper business at
hrs new location. Midland Mail
There have been a large mum
brr of fires on the reservation
a., na.. o,. .ho os. ho;n,,
near Eagle Nest, which burned
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Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06
Cottonwood Experiment Station

TWO weeks trip over the west
ern section of South Dakota.
Among other places visited was
the state experiment station at
Cottonwood, of which he writes
in the current issue of the Oak
ota Farmer as follows:
A visit at the state experiment
station here was not pleasing. All
the work being done seems but
the replica of that done at the
main station at Brookings where
conditions are so vastly different,
The sub-station work here seems
to the writer to be of no pract-
zeal value to the west river set
tiers. 1t is grain, grain. Plot
after plot of various varieties of
wheat, oats and barley all pract-
Ically withered to nothingness by
the torrid sun and burn .mg wind
lrue. some varieties We're stand
ing it better than others but
these varieties are known, SO why
spend time on those that invar-
iably fail. The station men know
that this country is not and never
Will be grain country. Their
aim should be it seems to us to
discourage grain growing rath-
Il than to spend time and money
to encourage it. Corn. the sorg-
huns and all was doing we'll here
where small grain was dis
gushing failure. Doesn't that
show the waye Soil in the wither.
ed grain plots as dry as powder
for forty feet down. hut moist.
mellow and hearty between the
corn rows. What's the use of
fooing with wheat under such
climatic conditions! !. Feed and
forage and live stock to eat it..
That s the trail for the west
river stations to blaze and not nm
til they do it will they be worth
the salary of their foremen to
the earnest men and women who
are striving to build homes in
this land of little rain No alfalfa
OF any account was found on the
station farm. One cow belonging
to the foreman grazed in small
pasture and this was the sole
bovine occupant of the farm. A
fine pair Of Percheron geldings
perform the bulk Of the field
work but would not a team of
husky mares with frolicking foals
by their sides look more like real
business! The station here con-
sists Of $40 acres with deep
creek bed travewing it. The
water course is lined with fine
native trees and the land or
much Of it, growing a splendid
stand of nutritious grasses that
are put to no use. It might be
made an excellent stock farm,
one that would produce more act
ual profit than township Of
wheat. The station authorities
are doing the work we'll that
they have set about to do but
they haven't "set about" right
IL seems to me and every west
river farmer | talked with har-
bored the same view.
We don't expect an expert
mental farm to necessarily re-
turn profits but should not it's ex-
perimental work be conducted
along practical lines? About as
we'll experiment with oranges
and olives at Cottonwood az with
wheat.
From Cottonwood our Journey
led us north through western
Stanley county and among many
interesting people and condit-
ions, about which we will write
yroY,o <,wno ~ limo IN later :nna,o
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06
Advertised Letters

AovUEb baDO0 AOtt4E0
The following IL . list Of lst
ters remaining uncalled for u
the Philip. 3. D.. postsefies 70,
week ending Aug. 5th.
Miss Helen Douglas
Mr.. Nell Carsens
Mrs. F.. A. Homes care of L.
w. Hongh
Mr.. Wilhelm Germscheid
Card
Mr.. Nell Camens
Mrs. Gus Anderson
Parties calling for any Of tn
abovs cards q lsttsrs' viii kind,
y ny 'sadvsrtissd, !" aad Civ
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Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06

Send your strayed or stock
taken up ads to the Review.
Count one cent q word or ab-
breviati0n in estimating the cost
per iaDue.
Philip weekly review and Bad River news. [volume] (Philip, Stanley County, S.D.) 1912-1918, 1914-08-06

160 acres Stanley county,
heavy black soil, one Of the best
qualters in the country, for
quick sale, price $500; section
%, township 1 N, range IS. Ad-
dress 106 r. Louisa st., St. Paul,
Mimi. 0lt
The forum. [volume] (Springfield, Ill.) 1904-192?, 1914-08-29

Macon County Politics
John w. Evans for County Judge

John w. Evans, candidate for the republican nomna
ton for county judge successful and competent young
attorney having practced in the city of Decatur for about
seven years. He was born and raised farm, and
moved to Decatur with his parents when he was fifteen
years old He has always taken active part in the af
fairs of the party but has before sought public Of
fce He is making vigorous campaign, and the pros
poets for his nomination are very favorable.
John w Evans, as boy in Decatur, earned his way
through the Decatur High School, carrying newspapers
and doing other work that boy could get Later he
worked in drug store after school hours and was for
time newspaper reporter. He complicated business
course in Browns Business College, and was for some
time stenographer in the Office of the States Attorney
and began the study of law under W. E. Redmon, then
States Attorney Being determined to secure the best
possible education for the law Mr. Evans entered the Un
iversy of Iowa. where he worked his way through by
acting Secretary to the Dean of the Law College, and
managing students boarding club Mr. Evans gradual
ed from the University in 1907 and was admitted to the
Bar of Illinois He for time associated with A.
G. Weber in the practice of law, but not partner In
July, 1913 he formed partnership with Fred Hamilton
under the firm of Evans & Hamiltnn. From his
perence lawyer for the past years. and his
paraton and legal training Mr. Evans is eminenty quail
fed for the position of County Judge His struggle to
secure an education and association with those who have
had to make their way the world, has given him
broad and sympathetic view of human life. Evans would
make fair impartial and just Judge and merits the sup
port of the voters of his party