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The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-08
Mrs Mary sehaIIer and son spent


Mrs Mary Schaller and son spent
Wednesday visiting at Hammond.
The directors of the Dyer Creamery
Co. held a special meeting at the bank
here Wednesday forenoon and have de-
cided to call a special meeting of the
stockholders Dec. Is.
Leonard KeiIman is on the sick list
at present. but at this writing is some
what improved.
Posters are out announcing the sale
of the Noble property to take place at
Crown Point a week from next Satur-
day.
According to appearances at the Diff
ferent stores here. Santa Claus has ar
rived with a better display than ever
Peter Herman has resigned his po-
sition at the Monon station here this
week. but as yet has not decided def
nitely as to what ne viii take up.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-08
DYER

The town board met in monthly ses-
sion Tuesday evening to transact their
regular routine work.
The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1916-12-08

A Special Value at 75c> Mems tubular silk
As inches long. inches wide. black
and white, narrow and wide stripes, two-tone
fringed edge, put up in Holiday boxes. TIC
oh a o
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
SHERIFF HAS LUCK
UNEXPECTEDLY COMES UPON
MAN WANTED FOR STEALING
HORSE AND BUGGY.
HAPPENINGS OF THE STATE
What 10 Going On Here n There
That Is OF Interest to the Read.
ers Throughout South Da-
kota and Vicinity.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
Orient. - Benjamin Golfer, who
pleaded guilty to the charge of
stealing a horse and buggy from a
farmer ear Orient, and who has just
been lodged in the Sioux Falls peni-
tertiary to serve a term of M year
for the crime, practically fell into the
arms of the law. After he stole the
horse and buggy he fed, and Sheriff
Garrick started in pursuit in an auto
mobile. The sheriff had reason to be-
lieve he was on a hot trail when, to
his CONSERVATION, his automobile sud
denly was put out of commission by
striking a boulder. The sheriff hur.
ried to a nearby farm house for assist
ance. When he entered the door the
first person his eyes fell on was Col
ter, who had stopped at the farm house
for a meal and was just preparing to
depart. The fugitive without delay
was placed under arrest. He was about
as surprised as the sheriff at the
chance meeting of pursued and pur-
Suer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Exercises at n

Yankton.-The thirty-fourth annual
commencement exercises of the moth
er college of the Dakotas, Yankton col
leSe, are over. Diplomas were award
ed June Is to some so graduates of
the various departments. with 10 of
them receiving B. A. degree from the
college. The commencement address
was given by Rev. leslie w. Sprague
of Sioux Falls, on Three Hundred
Years of Shakespeare" The annual
Shakespeare play, given by the stu
dents of the college under the direction
of the department of English and the
department of expression, took place
June Ia. las You Like It," the come
dy, vas given in the fine, new, out Of
door Garden Terrace theater, and it
"a the most successful occasion Of its
kind ever offered here. The first per-
Torrance of the Yankton pageant was
given the 18th, and this history max
ing and history writing creation Of 10
seph Mills Hanson will remain in all
its striking features in the minds alike
of those who saw 1t In action them
selves and those who will see it on
the moving picture screens over the
country in the near future. Faculty and
trustees and corporate board members
for the coming wear have been select.
ed and announced.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Enlists After Reproaches.

Mitchell.-Rather than submit 10
further ~reproaches from friends
George Guzzwell, a matchmaker in a
Mitchell jewelry store for the past six
months. left last week for Winnipeg,
Canada, to enlist for service in the
European war. GuZzwell, who is a
Canadian by birth, received several
letters during the past few months
from friends in Canada, who reproach-
ed him for his failure to return home
and join the army. Guzzwell, who is
not married, wrote to his mother in
Saskatchewan as to what he should do.
Although the husband and another son
of Mrs. Guzzwell are already on the
battle front she did not hesitate to
urge him to return and enlist for serv-
ice. He left Mitchell Immediately af-
ter receiving her reply.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Mot RuNer Of Road.

Sioux Falls.-Reports that the Great
Northern Railroad company is the pur.
chaser of the South Dakota Central
railway, which was sold at a receivers
sale in this city for nearly 81 1000, 900,
were emphatically denied by H. S.
Stebbins, receiver of the South Dakota
Central. c. o. kaufman of the Kahl-
man, Willie and Davis Bond company,
who bid in the road, also denies that
the Great Northern is behind the pur.
chase, he claiming that he and his
company have purchased the road as a
speculation. Either the Milwaukee,
Great Northern or Sioux Railway com.
panies, it Is said, may ultimately Sc
cure the South Dakota Central.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22

~ N foot through Africa, from
4, the Cape to Cairo, with no
white companion-no one W.
the negro bearers who car.
ried his camp equipage-this Is the
record hike" Of Earnest Sevier Cox,
young Tennesseean, now in Washing
ton to put the results of his wander
ings and Investigations into book
form.
A race sociologist," Mr.. Cox calls
himself, modestly adding that the title
is n Of his W coming and that 1t
better expresses the idea he wishes
to convey than any other he has yet
thought of. king of the wanderlust.
ers" might more expressively de-
scribe those of his achievements that
may be expected to appeal most
strongly to the average reader.
Not only has he walked, unaccom-
panied by any other white person, al
most the length Of the dark continent
from south to north, but he has also
performed a pedestrian feat Of greater
magnitude than even that s%tupendous
hike-he has crossed, afoot and by ca
noe, the continent of South America,
from the west coast to the mouth Of
the Amazon river, climbing the Andes,
striking the headwaters OF the great
river at one Of its multitude of sources
deep in the South American forests,
and this venture, too, unaccompanied
by any person Of his own race. and in
the company of none but native bear.
ers.
And, greatest Of all, he has made
these travels afoot and other wander
ings along coast lines for thousands of
miles, to the a~ntipodean continent of
Australasia, the islands of the East
Indies, Japan, Notwithstanding the
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22

ing with malarial fever. he travelled at
night to avoid the heat of the sun, he,
and his party had such an experience.
night, by welding a long stick insideI
the hut In which the black boys slept.
regardless of whom it might hit. hei
directed the packing Of the baggageI
boxes and started the bearers of.
Just then a lion roared in the bush
near by. Another answered from thei
opposite direction, and others roaredI
in the jungle all around. The bearers,
terrified, refused to proceed, but Mr.'
Cox, by threats, compelled them to-
move. and the nights journey, by the
feeble light OF a waning moon, was
begun between prowling man-eaters
only kept off by the size Of the party
Malaria and Tsetse Fly.
For more than four hundred miles
Mr.. Cox travelled while in the grip Of
malarial fever. Such q feat, to the
average person, seems incredible. The
fever, however, Is intermittent. and
does not waste the sufferers strength
rapidly. First-class physical condition
to begin with, the character Of the fe-
yer, and the fact that during this time
most Of his travelling was done at
night, enabled Mr.. Cox to cover the
400 miles.
Part Of this Journey was through
the belt infested by the dreaded tsetse.
the fly that causes the African sleep
Ing sickness, and from the bite of
which there is no recovery. Leagues
and leagues Of the country In this in
tested zone. Mr.. Cox said, was desert
ed by all domestic animals. No ma
tives could or would live there, and it
was only by the use Of threats and
promises OF extraordinary rewards
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
SAVES LIFE or CHILD.
Man Plunses Into Cistern to Rescue
Little Girl,


Platte.-Harry Nelson, a young mar
of this place proved himself a hero
when he plunged into a cistern and
rescued the 2la-year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. ID. G. Emo. The child
was playing about the yard when she
lost her balance and fell into the els.
tern, which contained five feet of wa.
ter. The mother plunged into the els
tern after her child, and screaming
for help, but could not find her little
daughter. When young Nelson lunged
into the water he finally located the
girl at the bottom of a ladder,
where the clothing had caught in such
a way as to hold her under the surface
of the water. When rescued the little
girl was SO far gone that she was III
conscious, put physicians succeeded
in removing the water from her lungs,
and it is believed she will recover.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Famous coIored Citizen Dies.

Yankton.-C. C. Yancy, better known
as Tom Douglas veteran of the Civ
il war, and probably the best known
colored man in South Dakota, died
here aged 70 years. He had been a
resident here for many years and was
widely known in early days in sporting
circles. He was a very powerful negro
and fine boxer. Born a slave he came
west on achieving freedom, and taught
boxing. He married a white woman
and leaves four sons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
vermiiiion Wins.

Yankton.-At the state firemen's
tournament in the races completed
one afternoon were the hook and lad
der, in which Vermillion was first.
time 1925; Wagner second, 33B; Scot
land third 34b. Others finished as fol-
lows: Parkston. Trip, Tyndall,
Pierre. A member of the Vermillion
team, Call Russell, fell and was drag
ged 40 feet before he broke loose. He
was not hurt.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22

globe and covering a distance far
greater than would have been required
in simply acknowledging the world
wholly at his own expense.
How He Made the Trip.
It was while studying at the Uni
versity Of Chicago that the opportunity
offered for the journey that finally re-
suited in the Cape-to-Cairo tramp, from
the southern tip to the northern ex-
tremity Of Africa. Mr.. Cox used his
own funds in getting to Cape Town,
taking a third-class passage, and ar
irving at his destination with less than
800 in his pocket.
Funds were necessary II the remain
der Of the journey was to be made.
So Mr.. Cox went to the Kimberley dla-
mond mines, where, under an Ameri-
can mine superintendent, he worked
as boss OF a gang Of black diamond
diggers for a year. From Kimberley
he went to the Rand gold mines, where
he again bossed a crew Of negro min
ers. Here he worked for IA months.
without missing a day, often far under
ground, handling drills, experimenting
actual mining work in an environment
such as few white men can work in
and survive, and coming out In such
physical condition as to enable doc
tors who examined him before he
started on his long trip afoot to pro-
nounce him perfect.
Wages of mine bosses in the dia-
mond mines and the gold fields are
high, and Mr.. Cox, as may be imag-
ined, had no habits such as would lead
him to waste his earnings or impair
his health. With the money earned
and saved In this hardest of all phys
zeal toll he financed the hike through
the heart of Africa.
In his tramp through the heart OF
the region where man-eating lions
abound Mr.. Cox and his bearers were
May times threatened with attack.
Once at UJt1t st a time when, suffer-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
To Hold Bible Conference.

Madison.-The Lake County Minis.
terial association has completed its
plans and program for the first annual
Bible conference, which is to be held
at Lake Madison July IL to 10, inclu.
sive. The following are the officers of
the association: Rev. j.. e. Booth. Ra.
mona, president: Rev. T.. l.. Smith,
Winfred, vice president: Rev. G. ID.
Brown. Madison, secretary.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Bankers Convention,

Sioux Falls.-"Better Banking and
Thrift" will be the working slogan of
the 32d annual convention of the
South Dakota Bankers association
which will be in session in Sioux Falls
Wednesday and Thursday. June % and
20, and the 600 bankers and their
wives who are expected to attend will
find arranged for them a program Of
addresses, practical discussions, and
entertainment which will assure a
gathering of unusual merit and pleas.
ure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Recount Puts Esan "wet" by One.

Egan.-f. contest over the result Of
the recent license election in Egan.
has resulted in the town being de-
clared "wet" by n majority. When
the vote was announced Immediately
following the election it was stated
that the "wets" and "drys' had secur-
ed an equal number of votes, the tie
having the effect. il sustained. of plac-
ing Egan in the dry column, as the
law provides that license to carry
must have a majority of the votes
cast. However, a recount of the bal
lots cast at the election was demanded,
and this now has resulted in Egan
being continued as a wet" town.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Married Sixty.Four Years.

Madison.-Mr. and Mrs. William
Morgan Of this city have just celebrat-
ed their Saith wedding anniversary and
are both in excellent health. During
the entire GA years they have eve
been separated for more than two
weeks at a time. Mr.. Morgan was
born in st. Lawrence county, N. Y,
and is 80 years of age. His wife was
born IN Miami county, c., and is so
years of age. They have nine chill
dren living.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Artesian Well for Parkston.

Parkston.-The city council has
awarded the contract for the drilling
Of a six-inch artesian well, which is
designed to increase the supply of
water for domestic and fire purposes,
the flow of the old artesian we'll hav-
ing failed to a considerable extent. 1t
was drilled in the early days of the
town. The new well will cost the city
$1.95 per foot, this being regarded as
a very fair price. The well will have
to be drilled to q depth of several hun
dred feet in order to tap the great ar
tesian basin.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22

that his own bearers were induced to
traverse the tsetse belt.
At Ujiji, the place where Stanley
found Livingstone, lion-infested terri
tory was crossed. At Livingstone.
ear Stanley falls. he visited the
church built by English residents after
conditions imposed by church authori-
ties in England had been rejected.
This church is neal the spot where the
noted explorer died.
During his journey Mr.. Cox was CIV
en- ample opportunity to make cornpar-
isons of the English, German and Bel
gian colonial policies. The Germans.
he declares, control their possessions
better than do the administrators OF
any other European nations. Abso-
lutte, answering justice, he asserted,
is the keynote of the Germen admin
istration in African possessions OF the
kaiser.
Striking the sources Of the Nile I'm
equatorial Africa, Mr.. Cox followed
the historic stream down to it's mouth
and to Cairo. From there he travelled
by steamer down the east coast Of
Africa, stopping at every important
port. A map OF his trip down the coast
Is a continuation Of loops, with a stop
ping point for every city, town or I'm
portant village on the coast line along
the Indian ocean.
From Cape Town, to which he re-
turned, Mr.. Cox went to Australasia,
where for a time he lectured, though
he is not a professional lecturer.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Saloon Petition Held Invalid.

Aberdeen.-Judge Thomas L. Bouck
of the state circuit court has just
handed down a decision in the Ferney
saloon license case which hold against
the saloons. This will make all of
Brown county dry after July /. Fer
ney voted in favor of the saloons at
the spring election. but the Brown
County Anti-Saloon league contested
the result OF the ground that some OF
the sisners to the petition were not
quaiiied. The court sustains this con.
tention and finds the election was In.
valid.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
eeddes Boy Struck by Lightning.

Geddes.-Edward, the son of Mr..
and Mrs. A. Pavlis, residing southwest
of here, had a peculiar experience with
lightning. being struck by a bolt while
working in a field. and although his
clothes were torn into shreds. he wifi
survive the shock. He was badly
burned about the chest and other parts
of the body and 1t is thought that his
hearing may be permanently affected.
fffthe harness ca two OF the horses he
was driving was torn of and com.
niets,y destroyed but the horses we're
uninju.-
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Girl Wins Spelling Honors.

Redfield.-At a recent spelling con-
test held in Jacksonville, ILL.,, in which
hundreds of students participated.
Miss Margaret Johnson, daughter OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Fl. f. Johnson, formerly
of Redfield. won first place and Is the
speller of the city schools
in Jacksonville.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Bullock Returns.

Deadwood.-Seth Bullock, close
friend of Roosevelt for years. is back
from Chicago. where he was an alter.
nate in the Republican convention, and
gives the firm opinion that Roosevelt
will support Hughes. Capt. Bullock
is known as one of the leading pro.
gressive Republicans OF the state.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
McCook Pioneer Dies.

Bridgewater.-The death Of Mrs, H.
w. Jones. age rs years, a pioneer
settler of McCook county. occurred at
Salem on Sunday. The deceased is
survived by four daughters and two
sons.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-06-22
Pleasing Reception,

who is your favorite COMEDIAN
"Slithers Of the Follies.
Still. he isn't as famous as some
of his contemporaries" I,
mo. and as a matter OF fact, he Isn't
as funny as soiue other comedians.
but he stands high in my regard b.
cause he has new saia that be wouid
like to play Hamlet"
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-09-08
Hilleman-White Hall Nv.

The new cotton gin at Hill
mann is nearing completion, ',
Several of our citizens o..
counting" this week at Co+ta'
Plant. Oi
Mrs. John Taylor and Mis.
Rosa Belle Hall were Mccror ss
visitors Wednesday.
Mrs. Katie Smith spent Sim
day with her cousin Mrs. w.,
ma Hightower at Forrest Citv
Miss Jewel Holmes, who has
been visiting friends and roll.
tives at DeView has returned
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Veasey Of
bullVlile, were pleasant guests
at the home of Mrs. John Tav.
lor Monday afternoon.
Rev. Brickell of Brinkley filled
his regular appointment at White
Hall last Sunday and at Hille.
mann on the same afternoon at
3 o'clock.
Misses Leta and Rosa Belle
Hall and Hope Taylor and Mr..
Geo. Guthrie of White Hall took
a pleasant trip to Hillemann last
Sunday afternoon.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-09-08
About County Agents.

Fifty-one counties in Arkansas
have invested in county agricul-
tural agents and it is the best
investment ever made by any
county. The county agent pays
for the Investment in many ways.
One Agent reports the vaccina-
ton of $500 hogs in ten months;
another has vaccinated enough
horses and cattle for anthrax to
pay his salary for twenty years;
another, in addition to his other
duties, has conducted a campaign
for screen doors and windows
and has reduced the cases of
malaria; agents below the quar-
rantine line have built several
hundred watts and have supervis-
ed the dipping of thousands of
cattle; in all the counties they
are directing the campaign for
clovers and cover crops and from
their work there will be thou
sands upon thousands of acres
of clovers and there will be more
acres of wheat and rye and oats
for winter cover crops than
ever before. The county agent
and the home demonstration
agent are the only two employees
Of county that work for the
farmers all the time and the
state and nation will pay one
third of the salary. Every coun-
ty in Arkansas should have these
two valuable agents. Farmers
who believe in the agent idea
should let their views be known.
State Agent, Little Rock, for in
formation.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-09-08

S. A. Lane, general CONNER
cial manager of the Southwestern
Telegraph & Telephone Company
in Arkansas, has returned to his
offices in Little Rock after a va
cation of several weeks spent at
his old home in Georgia. Mr..
Lane visited a number of large
city telephone plants while away,
but says that none of them are
more up to date, and few SO mod
ern as is the system in Arkan-
sas. Mr.. Lane futher states
that Georgia is the only state,
except Arkansas. in the South
with good cotton crop. The
boil weevil and excessive rains
finished the crop in other states.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-09-08
Pick Cotton Early.

The cotton crop must be picked
out just as rapidly as possible if
the cotton growers are to do
much fall blowing this season.
Fall breaking is essential not
alone because it puts the land in
to better condition to produce
crops next year, but because it is
absolutely necessary if cotton
growers are to protect their pro-
fits from inroads of the boil wee
vii, the cotton wilt and cotton
anthracnose. The boil weevil
crop for next year can be very
materially reduced by turning
under cotton stalks this fall just
as soon as the crop is gathered.
The stalks should be buried COM
pletely. The anthracnose or boil
rot can be materially reduced by
the same treatment. This one
breaking, therefore, helps con-
troll the insect which destroys
the squares and the disease
which destroys the bolls even
after they are able to get by the
weevil.
Fall breaking, therefore, in
such way as to turn under all
stalks will be one of the biggest
factors in producing a good cot
ton crop next year. The fall
breaking, by putting the land
into better condition, will also
make it possible to produce more
cotton in spite of the cotton wilt
which now is affecting thousands
of acres Of cotton in Arkansas.
Get the cotton picked early and
get the breaking plow started
just as early as possible. Put
the stalks under where they
will not harbor insectsNand dis
eases that would destroy next
years crop.
The Home news. (McCrory, Ark.) 1915-1922, 1916-09-08

Messrs Earl Short, Willis Bra
zeale and Morg Berry of Angus
ia were McCrory visitors Mon
day evening.
The cradle roll and Junior
Missionary Society will be given
an ice cream supper September
the sixteenth, on the school.
ground from three to five O'Clock.
The mite boxes will also be
opened at that time. Let every
one be present.