Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1907-12-20

permanent cure.
The Young Peoples Alliance of
the Evangelical church will have a
handkerchief and novelty sale in the
old music store building Saturday,
Dec. 2lst. Also a sale of home made
pies, cakes and candies in connection.
The De Smet Mercantile Co.
wanted a full page for their between
holidays sale but we could only give
them regular space this issue Mr..
Brownell claims they would need
half the paper to tell all the good
things they will feature.
i. j. Miller wishes to call attention
to the fine line of table silverware and
cutlery he has placed on exhibition in
his hardware store. Special show
cases have been put in for the proper
display of this new line. The goods
are the best made and every article
guaranteed to be what is represented.
You can find some very nice Christ
mas goods in this stock. He invites
all to visit his store and inspect the
new line.
A Pierre dispatch states that at
the November teachers examinations
SOL applicants appeared, and out of
these 231 failed to secure certificates.
OF the $50 who were granted c%ertifi-
Gates. 10 secured first gardes; 2O4 sec
ond grades; and 227 third grades;
The per centage of successful ones
was greater than earlier in the season,
on recount of the credits given to those
who passed on certain subjects at
earlier examinations, and we're only
required to take examinations on sub
jects in which they had failed before
A joint installation was held at
Society Hall Monday evening by the
De Smet Lodge, No. 80 A. F. and A.
M. and Bethlehem Chapter 0. E. S.
Following is the list of officers in
stalled by the Masons:
w. M.-Chas p. Warren
S. Wv. j. Koehler
Sec'y-Robt. Fuller
S.. D.-Chas. l. Dawley
j. d. E. j. English
Stewards-D. A. Crawford and f.
w. Wright.
Tyler-R. H. Richardson
Chas. S. Whiting, junior warden,
and A. S. Alquist, treasurer were alb
sent.
The O. E. installed the following
officers:
w. M.-Mrs. Chloe Fuller
w. P.-W. H. Warren
A. M.-Mrs. G. L. Dawley
Treasurer-W. III. Henney
Cond.-Mrs. W. S. Andrews
A C.-Mrs. l.. Krumvieda
Warder-Mrs. Douglas
Sentinel Don A.C Crawford
Ada Miss Mattson
Ruth-Miss Hieby
Ester-Mrs f. w. Wright
Martha Miss Carrie Ingalls,
Electa-Mrs. d. Dwight
Chaplin-Mrs. Z. H.. Smith
Organist-Mrs. G.. H. Sheets
After the installation ceremonies an
oyster supper was served. The mem
bers of both orders and their families
made a large crowd in attendance
and all enjoyed the evening.
W. Weerts, from three miles
northwest of Bancroft, was a De Smet
visitor Tuesday. Mr.. Weerts is one
of the sta unchest friends South Da'
kota ever had. When he came to
this state nine years ago he possessed
practically nothing. A short time
after coming here he had considerable
sickness in the family, and he says
himself that he was so poor he could
not have gotten out of the state if he
had wanted to do so, and he could
not have lived if the business mer
had not extended him credit. But
industry and thrift count. Mr.. W
paid his obligations, and on a former
visit to this office he told this writer
that he intended to own a piece OF
South Dakota land. Well he owns g
quarter for which he has been Offered
better than $1,000, with only a very
small debt against it, practically
nothing. He has fourteen head OF
horses, twenty head of cattle, sixty
head of hogs and all the farm nipple
ments necessary. And this has near
" all been accumulated in the las,
FIVE years. We call that good enough
for anybody. Others may have done
- I'LL T., Co., mo lnOu. III c~,,x