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The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Law LOSES
LATE RETURNS SHOW IT 365
VOTES BEHlND-ERRoRs FOUND
IN TOTALS.
OTHER ITEMS OF INTEREST
From the Capital City, the various
State Institutions and from
Many Different Parts Of
the Sunshine State.
Pierre

Pierre
Unless the official count shows
differently, the Richards primary
law which requires joint debates
between presidential and international
candidates in the state before their
names can go upon the ballot, has ap-
parently been defeated, after it was
supposed to have carried. Earlier
footings did not contain the count of
Day and Mcpherson counties, both of
which were strongly against the law.
An error of 400 carried in the yes col
m was discovered by going back to
the original sheets of the counties
coming late. This helped to wipe out
the majority and leave it on the face
of the returns 365 behind. The errors
were due to the fact that amendment l
and referred law l were side by side
on the return sheet. Even the clerks
making returns were evidently con-
fused by this, as their returns com,
piled by Mr.. Richards at Huron shows
the vote returned amendment ] forlaw
I made about a thousand difference,
AS it stands the official count will have
to decide the fate of the law.
While all counties have made un
official returns upon the state ticket,
two have not yet made such returns on
all amendments, and five are out on
president and congressman and sew
eral on judiciary.
The figures on state officials are:
Norbeck, 72.49S: Rinehart, 50,573. Nc
Masters, 6S,S44; Anderson, 50.173,
Rood. 1921: Bird, 47457. Handlin,
6S.351: Grid, 1891. Helgerson. TO-,
1877: Fergen. 36.S89. Knight, 7o.232;
Michaels, 46.S66. Caldwell, 70,665;
Conroy, 46,494. Lugg. 6S.022: Cham
berlain, 47,79O. Wells. 6S,320; Doe,
1854.
With five counties out on president
the totals are: Hughes, 57,427; VIII
son, 53,405.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Effect of Dry Law.

Their has been considerable discus
sion regarding the possible effect Of
a referendum applied to any pro-
hibitory act which may be enacted by
the legislature, in compliance with the
prohibitory amendment now adopted
by a vote Of the people. Several at
torneys have been investigating the
possibilities Of such a situation, and
n Of them in discussing 1t
declared the allegation that a ref
erendum would throw the state into
the position Of free liquor as all
"bosh." His position was that either
the holding of the state supreme court
on the Richards law would stand on
the n hand, or that the old law would
remain in existence as the other horn
of the situation. In the first case,
the holding of the court, in discussing
constitutional emergencies, was that
in such emergencies there can be no
exercise of the referendum power un-
der any circumstances, with or with
out the emergency clause" and it is
held that the danger of leaving the
state without any liquor laws after the
first of next July would certainly be
shut out by that ruling. On the other
hand, IL the existing laws are not
wiped out by the constitutional provf-
sion which goes into effect July / next,
the state has a very effective way Of
dealing with those who attempt to sell
liquor without a license.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
STATE

Blood poisoning, originating from a
slight sore on the nose, caused the
death OF Rev. c. E. Mcdonald, Metho-
list Episcopal pastor at Montrose. He
ves but 30 years Of age, and left a
young wife and a small son.
Lists Of advertised letters" hang
ing in the postofices Of South Da.
kota are unusually long 1T present.
Some Of the mailing lists of the vari.
Gus campaign committees operating in
the state prior to election were not up
to date.
A large gathering of Beresford pes
pie assembled to bid farwell to Rev.
and Mrs. n. w. Jameson, prior to
their departure for Newell, S. d., Rev.
Mr.. Jamieson's new field OF labor. The
clergyman has been pastor of the Con-
gregational church at Beresford for
twenty-five years, and as a token Of
the esteem in which he and his wife
are held. they were presented with a
purse containing $500.
Leap year is nearing its close, but
it isn't so nearly ended that young
women have lost hope. so a leap year
dance was given by Ramona girls the
other evening.
In McCook county, early election
returns gave N. M. Nelson. candidate
for the legislature, a plurality over
his opponent. j. T. Quincy. and Mr..
Quincy congratulated Mr.. Nelson on
his victory. Then an error was dis
covered In carrying out the totals in
Brookield township, and the final re-
turns gave Quincy the election by a
plurality of 8.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
OFFICIAL COUNT SHOWS
NO CHANGE IN CALIFORNIA
Returns From Forty.two of States
Fifty-eisht Counties Are Now
Completed.

Sacramento, Cal, Nov. 20.-Returns
from AZ of California's SO counties
have been officially ~canvassed by Sec.
rotary of State Jordan, without de.
parture from the semi-official tabula.
lions of the same districts. As the
statute requires the completion of the
canvass by November q, and as the
missing counties include the largest
centers of population, the statisticians
face the probability Of working night
and day during the latter part of this
week.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
DAY OF REJOICING
Thanksgiving Celebration Is a
Great Event on Cotton
Plantation.
THANKSGIVING day on a cot
ton plantation means an open
heart and hand on the part of

ton plantation means an open
heart and hand on the part of
the master and q full stomach, Il
day of happiness, and, consequently,
gratitude on the part Of the worker. 1t
means, also, another, and, for that
little world, universal token, an Of
fering up of thanks for the numerous
little white pods which bring profits
to the master and the winters prOvi-
siOns and clothes to the worker. But
it also means a day of play to all.
Hard as is the labor Of the cotton
plantation hands, they do some extra
work willingly for Thanksgiving day
for several weeks beforehand. 1t is a
sure sign of the approach of Thanks
giving day when one sights here and
there through the woods the bobbing,
smoking pine torches that light the
way for q dozen black, shining, grin
ming faces. 1t is the usual hunt for Mr..
beds, and makes them scramble
through thickets, jump bitches and
wallOw through marshes.
For several nights the woods for
miles around the plantation are the
scene of night activities. 1t Is easy
enough to find the trail Of a 'possum,
and when once located the dogs Lead
a running. bowling band in the hunt.
Mr.. POSsum is, however, a slow mover,
and when he hears the yelps Of those
hounds and the bowls of the negroes
and sees the glare Of the torches, he
gets up the nearest tree and settles ON
u limb.
Somehow the light fascinates him
and he usually settles on the lowest
limb. 1t is just what the hunters
want. Mr.. Possum is noted for his
fondness for dead meat, consequently
a 'possum that is shot is not the most
savory of meats. Their object is to
catch him alive and when the tree is
reached he is surrounded by a ring of
blazing torches and bowling blacks I'M
til in sheer fright he drops off, plays
dead and is bundled into q sack, to be
hustled off in the morning to the plan
tation pen. Sometimes two or three
are caught in a night and some of
them show fight. Once in the pen they
are fed for a couple Of weeks with
food that takes away all trace Of their
natural food and rounds out their
sides with good, sweet meat.
Several days before Thanksgiving
day some of the hands are taken from
the cotton fields and put to work
around the plantation buildings. This
is, with the exception Of Christmas,
perhaps the most enjoyable task Of
the year, for it can the preparation
for the feast which the plantation is
to give it's hands on the day when
thanks offerings are made.
Usually this is spread in one of
the big buildings on the plantation,
perhaps a barn or a cotton shed. The
hands are set to work at first to clear
out the place and make it clean. Then
they put together q dozen or more long
improvised tables and benches, and
lastly they decorate the building with
all kinds of flags and bunting. On the
side near the center they also put up
the iddler's stand, for later in the
day there comes the usual dance. Sew
eral days before, also, some Of the
hands make barrels of ginger beer and
sweet cider and stow them away to
ripen for the feast.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23

neighbor told my mother about Lydia
Z. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and
/ took il. and now l feel like a new
person. ! don't suffer any more and I
am regular every month. Mrs. HAZEL
HAMILTON, SD South 18th st.
When a remedy has lived for forty
years, steadily growing in popularity
and influence, and thousands upon
thousands of women declare they owe
their health to it, is it not reasona-
BILE to believe that it is an article Of
great merit?
If you want special advice write
to Lydia Il. Pinkham Medicine
Co. (cOnfdentiaD, Lynn, Mass.
Your letter will be opened, read
and answered by q woman and
held in strict confidence.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Enemy Of the Cranberry.

An enemy which would rob the
Thanksgiving table Of cheap cranber-
ries is the cranberry ROOF worm. and
the government has been attempted
to circumvent this destroyer, too. Ex-
perts of the department of agriculture
have found that by stimulating the
growth of the plants with fertilizers
a practice that has not been followed
in the past-the ravages of this or.
dinarily destructive creature can be
made almost negligible.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Lineup In LEGISLATURE.

While the Democratic vote in the
state, especially On the head Of the
ticket, was heavier than for any for
mer election, at the same time the
legislative list shows that the Demo-
Gratis will have a lighter representa-
ton in the legislature than for the ses-
sion OF two years ago. At that session
there were II Democrats in the Senate
and 10 in the House. At the coming
session there will be 9 in the Senate
and IA in the House. The Democrats
lost some of their old number and Sc
cured members in formerly strong Re-
publican counties.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Two to Be Extradicted.

Gov. Byrne has granted extradition
papers on request of the governor of
Minnesota for Thomas Kennedy and
William ]. Smith, who were wanted at
New Ulm, Mimi, on burglary charges.
The men were being held at Huron
for Sheriff William j.. julius. who Sc.
cured the papers.
The governor has granted a pardon
to Jesse Workman, sent from Brook.
ings county on a larceny charge.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Cranberry Industry.

Study of the cranberry industry by
government specialists has shown 1t to
be confined practically to three stateJ:
Massachusetts, New Jersey and Wis
ccnsin. OF the total crop, Massa-
chusetts produces in an average year
about 100000. New Jersey 10000, and
Wisconsin $4,000 barrels. The indus
try Is gradually exteEd'ag to Minneso-
.narshes and climatic conditions are
ia 1orable
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Ready to Lose 1,ooo,oo Men on somm,

New York, Nov. 20.-England is pre-
pared to lose 1000 600 men next sum
mer, II necessary in the battle of the
Somme, which will continue until the
end Of the war and may take two OF
three years. This is the way in which
Frederick Palmer sums up the situa
tion as he found 1t In the months he
spent with General Haig's army. Mr.
Palmer has just returned on the N.euv
Amsterdam. Mr.. Palmer was told by
the staff OF the Allies that they had
no expectation of breaking the Ger
man line this year.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
TURKEY AN "|DJUT'
At Least That Is the Opinion
Farmer Has of the Great
American Bird.

HOUSEWIVES contemplating the
- annual Thanksgiving dinner lit
tie realize the months Of prep
aratiOn which preceded the
feast. Their cranberries are on the
market. Turkeys, dressed and ready
for the oven; huge yellow pumpkins,
with the earth still clinging to their
gaudy sides; oranges, apples, grapes
and nuts all await the call of the cpl
cure.
A trip to a market gives the 1ayman
DIN insight into the real busiHrss Of
Thanksgiving, and incidentally a guam
tity of rural folk lore which is illu-
minating. Wandering around the wag-
Ons which line the sidewalks of the
market space, a reporter the other day
came upon an old resident of Virginia
"A man with whiskers and a magnifi-
cent quid of tobacco and a small sup
ply of turkeys, the last named alive
and protesting vigorously against the
confinement of their crates.
After a little preliminary CONVEX
sation the old farmer dilated upon the
ways of the great American fete bird
and in his conversation knocked the
pedestal upon which the fOwl is placed
squarely from under its feet.
Biggest fool bird in the world" he
cOnfided to the reporter. "They amt
nOthin' in the world that I've ever
found that's as big an idjut Is a tur-
key"
I'm what way?" was asked.
"In every way" replied the farmer.
81 believe that the words not sense
enough to come in out of the rain was
written to describe a turkey. Did
you ever know, for instance, that q
turkey can drown itself during a rain
Storm"
"What! !" calculated the reporter.
"Fact," said the farmer. Them
there birds hold up their heads during
a rainstorm exactly as if they was
trying to swallow the whole creation.
Naturally, they can't drink the entire
output. And 1 tell you as a fact,
that I've found cases where they man
aged to drown themselves"
Continuing On the peculiarities of
the bird, the old man said:
They're helpless critters, too. Amt
got as much gumption about them as
a chicken. And frail-let me tell you,
young man, that q turkey is the great
est n%atural-born invalid in the world.
They have to be watched every minute
or the first thing you know they'll up
and die on you without a seconds
warning.
II been raisin' turkeys for years
and years-had good luck with EN-,
too. But / reckon / don't understand
more than half about them. Nobody
does-particularly why the Creator,
when he made 'ern, didn't give 'em
minds"
Does that apply to wild turkeys as
well as the tame ones?" asked the re-
porter.
The old man spat thoughtfully and
profusely at a chip Of wood in the
street. He hit the mark.
"As to that" he said, 81 can't exact
Iy say. 'Mebbe there's something in
the idea that a turkey, when he's tame,
gets so used to havin' folks make a
fuss over him that he jest naturally
loses all his ambition. There's one
thing certain-if every wild turkey
was as big q fool as some that I've
raised there wouldn't be a live wild
turkey In the United States within O
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
DON'T LOSE YOUR HAIR
Prevent Il by Using cuticura Soap and
Ointment. Trial Free.

II your scalp is irritated, itching and
burning and your hair dry and falling
out in handfuls try the following treat
ment: touch spots of dandruff and
itching with Cuticura Ointment and
follow with hot shampoo Of Cuticura
Soap. Absolutely nothing better.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. L
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Output Cereals and Potatoes.

The figures On production of GER
calls and potatoes for South Dakota
for 1915 we're given at $145,553 600.
and those for the production season
of 1915 are placed at 1854 ,450,000, a
material increase Of yer 81, 900, 900
for the state for the e
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23

teen l suffered each
month so I had to be
in bed. / had head
ache, backache and
such pains / would
cramp double every
month"; I did not
know what it was
to be easy a minute.
My health was all
run down and the
doctors did not do
me anv pood A
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Lawmakers Look to Pierre.

A number of reserves have already
been made at Pierre hotels by iesisia-
session. The session will begin jan
uary 2.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
P~aradoxicaI Effect.

'They say the habit Of motoring pro-
duces Il fixed, set expression"
Yes; 1t seems strange, doesn't II,
that an auto face shouldn't be also a
mobile one?"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Dakota,s Vote for Judqe.

With all counties unoficially report
ing the vote on the contested place
for supreme court judge is: Mccoy,
52,045; Marquise, 3S.250.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Worthy SuppIicatinn

For all blessings which may help
to make the land we love more worthy
Of it's fortune, its founders, its destiny.
Amen.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23

st. Lenis has one factory which will
this year 100,000,00 feet Of
lumber.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Il DON'T SUFFER
ANY more"
"Feel Like a New Person."
says Mrs. Hamilton.

New Castle, Ind.-"From the time
] was eleven years old until l was seven
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
PREPARED
BY MALLOCH

We may be shy Of cannon and we may be
short OF guns,
We may not have As many men As many
other Ones.
We may require a fort or two, some infan-
try and horse,
A little more artillery to back them up, OF
course;
But in one matter we have not = reason to
be scared
For, when il comes to pumpkin pies, we
surely are prepared
We may be short Of men OF war and shy of
submarines
And low in mines and other subterranean
machines;
We ought to have an ~aeroplane. or, maybe
two or three,
To nest among the mountainous or hydro
plane the sea;
We haven't. any Instruments for shooting
poisoned gas
But we can beat the universe a, making
apple sass!
We nave the pumpkins and we have the
pippins big and fine;
And, il you want preparedness, pie-par-
edness for mine!
II someone sails across the sea America
to try,
Wen shoot them full of apple sass and full
of pumpkin pie.
j bet they'll throw their guns away, beneath
that magic charm,
And settle in America and buy them each
a farm!
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
The Kind.

81 nm afraid my fate has put me In
the hands of sharks"
Then Z looks like 1t was your fate
to q fin-isl."
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23

DIR. Pierces Favorite Prescription makes
weak women strong. sick women well, no
alcohol. Sold in tablets or liQuid.-Adv.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
Warning.

She-You shouldn't do that. They
say one catches lots Of thinks by kiss
ing.
He-Yes, dear, even husbands.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23
THE VOTE FOR GOVERNOR

The unofficial South Dakota returns,
with all counties in, give the following
figures on the candidates for governor:
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23

Fairchild, socialist. received 1916
votes and Thompson, prohibitionist,
1850.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-11-23

HOUSEWIVES contemplating the
- annual Thanksgiving dinner lit
tie realize the months Of prep
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-19
SOME HEADWORH

An English nobleman was about to
set out for India, and fearing that in
his absence vandals might destroy
a picturesque ruin on his estate. he
said to his steward: 81 want you to
build a wall here'-he drew tiny
furrow with his stick around the ruin
"a stone wall five feet high
Home from his travels, he went to
inspect the wall When he reached
it he rubbed his eyes In amazement
There was the new stone wall, but
he could see nothing towering up in.
side of It. He turned excitedly 70
his teward:
Look here, where's the ruin
man?'
"The ruin. my lord?7 replied the
steward. "Oh, that ould thing Sure
] used 1t to build the wall with"
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-19
LAW To SPEED
Up ELEC 7 10 \
JUO GES URGED
LEGISLATORS BELIEVE THEY
CAN FORCE OFFICIALS TO
HtRRl RETURNS

II is possible that at the next ses
sion OF the legislature some decisive
step will be taken toward amending
the election laws relative to the send
ing in OF returns from elections, III The
hope that results may be known
reasonably soon after the votes have
been cas' Many attempts have been
made to remedy this particular feat
ure OF Oklahoma elections. but up TO
this time nothing has been accomp-
lished
Just what might be finally accomp-
llshed can not be predicted, but Ger
tain plans are now being considered
to be placed before the Legislature
1t is possible that bill will be drawn
providing a card system for sending
in returns That each precinct in
the state be furnished with balnk
cards upon which may be printed the
names of the candidates arranged ac-
cording to office and party and that
as each count Is completed the in
spector to set down the figures in the
several blank spaces showing the vote
of each candidate in that precinct and
then Immediately mail this to the
state election board It will not re-
quire but very little time to make out
snuch a card and this will reach the
state election board days before the
regular tally sheet now required 10
be prepared Nothing wuold inter-
fere with the making uot Of the tally
sheet just as at present Then when
hte latter is received it may be
checked with the cards and the of
flcial tally sheet could contain the
corrections If there be any
But the main purpose to be served
would be to get the returns Of the
election to the state election board
Immediately As it is, official returns
are not received by the board some
times for two weeks after the cleo
ton In the present instance the re-
turns from the last county were not
received for two days over two weeks
after the election There was con
test on as TO legislative candidates in
one county and this held back official
returns on everything else i is be-
lieved with such system as has been
proposed will afford great relief |
from the present system
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-19
ENORMOUS DEMAND
FOR MAXWELL CARS
Local Dea'er Says More Trouble
To Get Cars Than TO Sell
Them

I'VE are doing the best We can
demand Is greater than We could
anticipate
This is the message that W R
Prince oca dealer for the Maxwell
Motor Company Inc, received from
Mr. Flanders, the president OF the
company. last week, in answer to a
demand that shipment OF cars be
rushed
I'VE thought we knew the public
thought hat We could tell just exactly
what the demand would be-and we
planned to meet that figure But the
result has been far greater than we
even dared nope for We nave "A new
idea Of the popularity Of he Maxwell
Car
"The Maxwell was a remarkable
value at the Old price Now with lha
price reduced to $685. it IS not sur
prising that We can not keep up with
the demand Dealers everywhere are
clamoring for shipments. and we are
rushing our plants as fast o. we pos
sibly can. Four hundred cars per day
are being built, and shipments are
being sent ont in greater quaniti
than we imagined would be possible
for our organization
THE public will have to bear with
us on deliveries. Take care Of them
as best you can. and say that we are
doing everything in our power 10 get
the cars to them, without sacrificing
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1916-08-19
H90T, NOM! THEY'RE
BARR|N' WHUSKY MOO

London, Aug. l9.-The government
committee appointed some time ago
to advise Inspecting proposals for
the sale OF liquor by the crown has
reported in favor Of prohibiting the
sale OF liquor in Scotland by grocers
and leaving the handling Of that bus.
mess to licensed inns and public
houses, these houses to be raken oyel
by the government
The committee reported against
the purchase Of distilleries.