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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-26
WATERFOWL TO HAVE
NEW CHAUTAUQUA GROUNDS

WATERFOWL, S. D.. Dec. 2S.-Backed
by the Business Mems union of Water
town, the Watertown Chautauqua as
sembly, Incorporated, has decided to
build an assembly ground at Yokota on
the north shore of Lake Kanpeska.
Arrangements have been made to erect
a building to cost approximately $4,000.
and for a Program to occupy ten days
next July. The Dakota Town Lot COM
pany will give the company ample
ground which will be laid out as q
park surrounding the new building,
and the st. Louis road has agreed to
put on electric cars between the sum-
mer resort and WATERFOWL. This solv-
Ing of the transportation problem re-
moves the obstacle which has blocked
a c~hautauqua at Lake Kampeska for
several years.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-26

sanEssgtneyards produce more
apsSgSQA1h acre tiaanAny okLers.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-26
FIRE DAMAGES A
CHRISTMAS DISPLAY

Elk Point, S. D., Dec. 23.-At a reg
ular meeting of Elk Point Lodge No.
8, A. f. & A. NJ, the following officers
We're elected for the ensuing year:
Worshipful Master, George A. Stein
Deck; senior warden, William Homer;
junior warden. B. f. Baker; secretary,
John Coverdale; treasurer, William A.
SchaetZel.
Fire was discovered Wednesday
evening in the display windows of the
Union County Investment
The window was filled with Christmas
toys and decorations which became ig-
nited from a gas lamp used in lighting
the windows. The fire was Immediately
extinguished with but slight damage,
excepting to the toys and decorations
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1907-12-26

Hsrlis I'M y xrsater number 81 10
la1AsIaegs nercapltals than any other
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28
MAD Doe LEAPED
INTO MANS FACE
WAS KNOCKED DOWN AND HIS
NOSE WAS PARTLY
TORN OFF.

EsT0N Sent es.-For two
dh6Ei Fsdaesiay night excitement
4 ifg6pIteh in that section OK
lihe city setNeen Brooks and shreNs.
l5at tfe5t questioned by the chase
.|st aISs aftiiete with the rsbles rh.
iIganhonaain ntiat neishborliooa was
Itsrffiic arousing clazens from thelr
.Ibetis Is participate III the quest for
IEthe dog Therabid canine seemed to
dbeaF q charmed existence as numcr-
!|cds Soiies tfsa toward him seemed
His haxe eitaSt 6na 1t fiisO o'clock
when the pufsasrs abandonol their
1chase me dog was sim 1T large.
4 The dog 3wasof the yellow brand.
IIsmali bIlt iieayily buiit Of he cur
Iyaftety Of which breed there are
iEmany III charissfon. Near the Kan.
.|awha and Michigan depot. HE dog
suddenly attasited A. BaiIer. q
Abookkeepef Milo Was on his way
home Learing into the alr he
lstrucIt Mr.. Butler ii the face and
knocked him down. lie was bitten
Through ME nose. q part o. that or
.Igan being torn awa A small cash
was also out Is Ma Buffers fore
head.
After the. dos Ind attaclsed Mr..
Butler and injured INN 30 seriously
i|the alarm ; ,lisS gisen and n large
crowd took up tfie chase. omcer
Charles gardner Ssiio was on his
tIbeat il that nsIstboehoa aud Mr.
Id. NJ. Mcyeys ii Stiie IsIls hotel, shot
.Iat the dog sssyfal INES but the
mad career Of he niinal was mot
checked and he continued on his
course AsSolofetf man gas attack
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28
pie than any other medium could Sc
o,,ra Fnr mn
kev 10 Financial SUCCESS.

! pie than any other medium could Sc
cure for me.
Key to Financial Success.
THAT is why I advertise exclusively
in newspapers. 1 advertise. not only in
the papers of all the principal cities,
but also in 5000 country newspapers"
If the cynical claim that money is
the final argument" carries any truth,
then Mr.. Douglass sincerity in declar-
Ing the newspaper the foremost adver-
Using medium cannot be doubted.
In 1905 Alone" he went on, u spent
100000 In newspaper Advertisements. l
should not have done so were not sure
the outlay was going to bring me ade-
quate returns. That was fair sample
Of a years advertising expenditure.
Figuring on that basis I have spent
s., 900, 900 in newspaper advertising during
the past ten years. A fortune? Yes.
But, as say, the results warranted 1t.
II have given every form Of adves-
Using the fairest sort OF trial. be gan
with newspapers in 1888 The results
were so good that later I also adver-
tised in magazines. THE RETURNS
DID NOT WARRANT Me IN CON-
TINU1NG. withdrew my advertise
ments from the magazines, but later on
triad the experiment again. Once more
I took out my advertisements, and since
then I have used only newspapers to
bring my goods before the public eye.
During the past decade, while I was
spending 100000 for newspaper adver-
tisements, / sold (basing the estimate on
my 1906 returns) 1.a24,24O cases Of shoes.
There are twenty-four pairs Of shoes to
case, that makes a total Of 3,17S,176
pairs for 1906 or MS, 76O pairs for the
ten years. At the wholesale price OF
$3.50 a PAR, that would be, for the dec
ade, $79.454,4Oo. Or, at the retail rate Of
$3.50 pair, It would equal 6,leo.
SIN my advertisements, as rule, I
call attention to my shoes, leaving the
local dealers In their own newspaper
advertisements to mention the fact that
they carry the Douglas shoe,
BY the way, another excellent rea-
son for this superiority Of newspaper
over magazine advertising rests In the
fact that in those same local papers
1.-The reader sees the 'ad' every day Of
his life while he sees 1t. at best only
once a month in a magazine. In other
words. he sees It thirty times as often
in a newspaper, and 1t has, therefore,
thirty times as many chances Of linz
pressing him. Every man reads his
paper first, Then. II he has time and
inclination, be reads magazines. Some
times he has neither, anu the magazine
goes unread.
Al am not bs.- ever In spasmodtc
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28

intended him for his original calling.
Hers was literal command Of Shoe
maker, stick to thy last!' For when he
dlsobeyed the Injunction an accident in
the cotton mill put quick end to his
plans OF becoming a weaver. Douglas
was pulled out Of the debris with
broken leg. That ended his cotton-mill
experiences.
He went back to his mother. While
recovering from his injury he attended,
school and once more planned for
full education. But the lash of poverty
that has whipped so many men on to
greatness was busy about the young
students shoulders and drove Elm back
to the earning of living, Just as he
was beginning to rejoice in his school
progress.
No longer content to work nlmIessly
at one job and another Douglas now
set about learning the boot and shoe
business from bottom TO top, In all Its
branches. From town to town lie
worked his way, studying the methous
Of each shop until he had mastered
every rullment Of his chosen profession.
Lure Of the Golden West.
BY the spring of 1866 he felt ready to
start In for himself. Like many an
other ambitious boy, at that time he
fancied the future was brighter in tha
new West than nearer home. So to
Denver he went. carrying along his
hardly-acQuIred stock OF cobblIng
kaowledge-and little else
Arriving there, he found capital was
as needful In Colorado as In Massa-
chusetts. To acquire this capital he
took the first work that offered. The
work Intquestion CHANGED to be the
not very congenIal position OF day la
borer In a lIme-kiln.
Not exactly brilliant fulAlment Of
the golden promise Of the West, nor
direct advancement toward success In
the shoe trade. But Douglas went on
the principle that success consists less
in holding good hand than In playing
a poor hand we'll.
Working hard and spending little, he
at last saved enough to travel to the.
town Of Black Hawk, where. he hau
heard, lived one zephenah Myers, one
Of the most skilled bootmakers In
America. From Myers the young man
learned the finishing touches that spelled
perfection in his trade, and he soon
acquired 80 wide a reputation in the
same business as - outstrlp his tutor
Douglas and another man formed a
partnership and started tlourishing
boot and shoe store at Golden City.
But New England always calls to.
her sOns. Douglas heard tho call and
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28

advertisement. Ny principle is: Keep
pounding away at the reader all the
time. Formerly 1t used to be custom
to advertise shoes at only certain sea.
sons Of the year. never adhered to
that idea. I advertlse-and I keep on
advertising.
"When a season is dull increase my
Advertisements. That may seem odd.
Many don't do It. But do.
"Ehat Is one Of the secrets. think,
of success. Instead Of hanging back,
waiting for slack season to pass. i
believe in advertising all the more.
This past spring, for example, was
backward and cold. 1t was bad for
trade I did extra Advertising.
Nor, at such times, do 1 raise the
price Of shoes. It would not be fair to
make the public pay for the slowness
Of season. I do not lower wages In
that event, either, as the 1906 scale will
prove. The scale for that year shows
the average shoemakers pay in the
United States was 1851, In Massachu-
sets It was $3.50 In Brockton, $780,;
while at my Montello factory 1t was
SEQ. That does not include superinten.
dents and high salarIed men. Just the
workers. on the union scale.
Another advertising theory Of mine
is that good 'ad.' should be changed
very seldom. OF course in the case Of
dry goods stores OF other places where
special sales are held and new attrac-
tons offered from time to time 1t is
necessary to change the form and In
ducements OF an Advertisement. But
where man deals In a single staple
article, I think he should write one
strong convincing advertisement and
let that stand for a long time.
Let him make sure first that It is
the strongest, best-worded advertise
ment he can concoet. Then let 1t stand.
There are good reasons for this. Sup
pose man has glanced at my adver-
tlsement for several days In succession
without reading 1t. Then one morning
he does read It. That may be the day
when Qt constantly change my 'ads.D
I might have a weaker. less attractive,
less convincing one than usual Per-
haps lose his possible custom.
"a good advertisement Is an argu-
ment. Remember that, An argument,
Not a boast. It does not shout an I'M
reasonable command to buy something.
1t explains to you WHY you should
buy the article. It appeals to your
sense Of reason. It should never exag-
.gerate In any way, but tell the mere
truth.
sase Claims on Merit
.An advertisement should never claim
for goods more advantages than they
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28

came back to Massachusetts,. Working
as journeyman and later as foreman,
he passed the next few years, and in
July, 1915, made the plunge that began
his real career. He borrowed $E5 and
started factory Of his own. This
factory" was small enough to be swal
lowed up in the most insignificant work.
shop Of his present building. 1t was
Just 80 by GO feet 1850 square feeb in
area. Yet 1t was the nucleus Of the
plant that now has an area Of 2s3950
square feet.
Prosperity came, but did not arrive
fast enough to suit the ambitious
young financier. He looked about for
means of increasing 1t more rapidly.
The method he chose was extensive
and unceasing newspaper advertising.
From the first the plan was success.
1t has grown more and more remunera-
tive each year.
"Elnve l tried any advertising me-
l!Ums other than the Newspapers he
said recently, echoing a question Of the
writer. II should say 50! Magazines,
circulars, street car signs and many
another. Why, once I actually painted
whole town red spread my adj
vertIsements over It's fences and roofs
and barns and everywhere my men
could find space for an adj Oh, yes,
I've tried them all. And the newspapers
give by far the best results"
"Even better than the magazinesT
Much better. And for many reasons.
In the first place, q newspaper adycr-
tisement strikes the eye the moment
the sheet Is opened. The same adver-
tlsanent would lie hidden among the
pages Of a magazine until the reader
found his way to It, II he ever did.
The busiest mans eye will be caught
and his attention held by sight OF a
strong advertisement In hts daily raper.
Whereas that same busy man might not
find time to go laborlously through all
the advertisements Of q magazine.
Then, too, practically every man
reads newspaper. Every man does
not read magazines. Take a village, for
instance, where the ono local newspaper
hai pcrhaps> 200 readers. II 1 put an
ert:semeatofn that paper. 200 people
are going to see It. No one magazine,
nor FOR that matter, all the magazines
combined, Will circulate 200 copies In
that same town. The reasoning Is very
simple.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28
.AIRSHIP LONG
SggEAI LINER:
COUNT FERDINAND zEsPELlN5
MON sTER AERIAl z CAN.
MOE BE- TRAN oRTED
OVERLAND.

FRIEDRICHsEAFFlt Germany
Sept. q. Count Ferdlnand Zeppelin
continued his Experimental balloon
flights IN the presence 81 tie leading
aeronauts 81 Germany incIudins Plot
HergeseII. Of sEasblrg Representing
the Imperial government which has
appropriated $4,000 t. assist tho
Count IN hts expefimet and Malor
Won Kepler chIetepgln Of the Ber-
lin Airship Company aud other tech
meal observers
One Of the problems 70 be solsed
Is how Count ZeppeIins airship could
be; got back to heE anchosage II ior
any reason she had 90 descend anait
wass ubsequentls found 70 be llnpossl.
Ible to make lieF ascend agaln without
theuse Of herregaIar Ill horage srpc.
ture.
This dificuIty 4 Obvious when & IS
recalled that zeppelIhs airship is over
400 feet long and TO feet broad or
nearly as large ss medlum.slsea
ocean liner ma King i impossible to
transport me ship Overland in iis'on-
tirety. y
One Of the experts taliting over the
possibility OF zeppeliHss aIrsltip, seems
to think that Il would be badly dam.
aged 4 obliged ID descend anywhere
except on us own structure Or Ia open
water, but an "a espeFts agree that
the CONT stimsnts have carried
aerial naytg ton beyond al previous
efforts, ana die ne most valuable con.
|triBuhoSs 10 the growing knowledge on
the subject
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-09-28

RICO ps RECORD RECORDS.
AIT he new ferords for October
both Dlsc ana Cylinder.
Il TfLERD6vIs & 90.
ST 200 Main st., Cd ilo0r.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
FLAG DAY.

On last Friday Flag Day was OBJ
served In the public schols of the Dis
trici OF Columbia. II. J. Pinkett de-
livered the address on that occasion
at Cook school; pointing out that the
American Flag represents liberty. fra
ternity. equality: that this trinity is
for all Americans; that the way TO
realize these ideals. this trinity, is TO
learn 10 think. TO know; that the
awakening Of the soul through getting
hold Of education is the path which
surely leads to liberty. full and COM
plete. He advised the teachers to
teach the ideals Of liberty, keep them
ever before the young, make them
spurn all inequality and put and keep
their little feet in the paths of truth.
which leads finally TO the one great
broad plane OF equality. the Unit
God. The program rendered by the
children OF the school was very pleas.
ing and full of inspiration and hope.
Mr.. Wormley, one OF the teachers in
the building, was master OF cere.
monies
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
FIVE CENTS A Copy
ACCOMPLISHED RESULTS.

Only two years ago space was given
in this paper to a word Of welcome to
the then new pastor of Central Bap-
tist church in the person OF Rev. c.
D. Douglas and the hope that was e0.
pressed that he would prove capable
leader to deliver this congregation
from the financial difficulties surround.
ing it. On last Sunday was finished
the work begun with his coming. From
what seemed hopeless struggle
Central church has come out more
than conqueror and the following let
ter of thanks tells of the last grand
rally:
Some time within a week there will
be mortgage burning and grand jol-
tication. Having one of the choice
properties of the city all Denver re-
joices that no longer is there any pos
sibility of it passing from the hands
of the race.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
TOOK HER BY SURPRISE.

While Rev. Mrs, Byrd was down
town shopping about fifty of her
friends assembled at the residence of
Mrs ]. H. Byrd to surprise her and
bid her farewell Mrs. Wilson. her
daughter, was SO taken by the uneX-
pected pleasantly that it was some
time before she could realize the stu
alton. Happiness in talking with their
old friends and much gladness was
evidenced by the entire party. Sweet
songs and old familiar "reminiscences
were called TO mind and heartily en-
joyed by all. Little Cuthbert Myrd
sang Holy City" and Free as Bird, .
which was given much applause. After
bidding Rev. Mrs. Byrd a pleasant
adieu the party departed, compliment.
ing Mrs. Angie Brookins and Mr.. and
Mrs. James Byrd for the pleasant
evening.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT.

The Cosmopolitan Cafe is now oc
cupying the location of 1922 Lawrence
street. under the management of Jack
Shelbun, the well known L. p. buffet
man. Mr.. Shelbun has long been a
fixture on the Denyer.Chicago service
and has accurate knowledge of the
manner of catering TO the public's
tastes. The cafe will be conducted on
high lines with the best of service
from the kitchen TO the smallest de-
tail Of its service. Already a stream
of patrons have begun TO pour in, at
testing the superior service and the
future is bright for Denver's latest
business man.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
NUMEROUS OUTINGS

The fraternities and churches will
be giving outings of one kind and an
other during the summer season, the
first one coming this week. The OBJ.
ject of such organizations being the
good of the whole people through those
directly united with them. It is fitting
that they should have substantial
patronage from the public. We hope
10 record many brilliant financial sue
cesses of such entertainers and not
single failure.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
THE HART FARM.

Prof Wm. II II. Hart has suffered
enough. About ten years ago he
started the Hart Farm school Il
was the greatest conception for the
care of youth in our history. After a
struggle Of years he failed; not be.
cause he lacked ability to run the
school. but because he stood for the
Constitution of his country and was
unwilling to truckle and debase his
ideals of human liberty. He had his
faults, and they may have contributed
TO the ammunition OF his enemies.
But the failure of the Hart Farm
school and the subsequent entry Of
Prof Hart into bankruptcy was due to
the stand he took and maintained for
the rights of himself and his fellows
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
REV. HUTTON.

So much interest has never been dis
played in any subject as that OF Sun.
day at the alliance when Rev. Mr..
Hutton, the Y. NJ c. A international
delegate of the Worlds congress, told
of his varied. interesting and thought.
tul experiences while in the Orient.
OF the Japs' customs, habits. modes of
living. education and religion, he
showed himself to be thoroughly con-
versant. Everybody congratulated him.
self on hearing the treat.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
DISTRICT CONFERENCE.

The Conference of the Fifth Epis-
copal District of the A. NJ. e church
will convene as follows: Puget
Sound Conference. August 22nd. Spo-
kane, Wash; California Conference,
Sept 1. Los Angeles, Calf: Colorado
Conference, Sept IS, Shorter Chapel,
Denver; Kansas Conference, Sept rs,
Parsons, kans.; North Missouri Con-
ference. Oct ., st. Joseph, NO.: Mis-
souri, Conference. Oct. 3, 81. Pauls
church, St. Louis, Mo.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
A SAFE INVESTMENT.

H. d. Earl OF Colorado Springs was
up this week in the interest OF the
Freeman Mining and Milling company.
This company is showing commend
able perseverance and energy and is
receiving the high compliment Of be-
ing considered a safe investment by
some of the Springs shrewdest min
ing investors and brokers. Mr.. Earl
returned home Wednesday.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
ORGANIZED.
evening.

The colored trainmen have, through
Attorney Ross, incorporated them
selves into an organization for pro
lection, beneyolence and fraternity,
under the name of Order of Colored
Railroad TrainmNA of L. S. A. Messrs.
l.. F. Macrae, u. II. Hickman, d. c.
CODY, Sam Ames. Hugh Bean. Wm.
Moore and J. NJ. Osborne are the di-
rectors for the first year.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
From the Press Bureau) J


The annual commencement OF the
colored high and normal schools Of
the District OF Columbia was held at
the Convention Hall on last Friday
night The schools represented were
Normal School No 2, NJ. Street Ggh
school and the Armstrong Manual
Training school. The graduates pre-
scented beautiful picture. full OF hope.
full OF enthusiasm and promise. Mr..
W. V. Cox. a member OF the board Of
education, presided and made the
opening address. advising all the grad
yates that Industrial education is the
panacea for the ills which are met
In the battle OF life among the colored
people DR.. NJ. W. Clair. pastor OF
Asbury NJ. +. church OF this city, de-
livered the address to The graduating
classes. He spoke OF the effect OF
education upon the races OF mankind
in general. He admonished the young
men and young women TO keep ever
before them the ideal OF liberty in its
highest conception Study biography.
the speaker advised, read history and
learn OF the men and women who did
so well their work He quoted the
Declaration OF Independence, the
sweet philosophy of Harriet Bcecher
Stowe, the battle cry OF Martin
Luther and the sanguine call to arms
Of Garrison In short, the gis, OF stat
the great speaker said was: Al
races of mankind are equal In intel
lectual power and should have the
same chance, or the Identical chance
in the race of life. The speech was
one OF the nblest efforts ever made In
the nations capitol and the 5000 peo-
pie who heard 1t went away feeling
that there is future for the young
men and women OF our race. There
was no wash-tub or pick and shovel
chickering's in the speech. 1t was one
great broad plea for the open door
and square deal. Black men and
women OF the nation It. was good to
be there.
DR.. W. s. Montgomery awarded the
scholarships tnat were E1ven to some
OF the students by the NJ. Street High
school. On the platform were many
number on the platform was Miss
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-06-21
THE ANNUAL
COMMENCEMENT

Lucy 4. Motcn, who received more
applause than anyone In the hall, save
Doctor Clair, and that was significant
10 pInoq sql 10 Isqmsm slumsI = ol
education. The Star OF the East is
rising
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1907-07-10
The Grafton Case.

The many friends of our distinguished
townsman, Judge Henry c. Bates, and
the legal fraternity throughout the
state, will read with interest his defense
against the attacks of the military
critics at his decision in the Grafton case.
Judge Bates is an old soldier himself and
possessed of nature so tender and a
judicial temperament so sane that he
would give any man every possible
chance in the court of the first instance,
In reviewing the whole case the Manila
Times draws the following conclusions
1--WE therefore trust that there will be
no disposition to make of Grafton a
MARTYR now vindicated and haloed, or
an inclination on the part of Others of
our soldiers to regard the decision of the
United States Supreme Court as giving
them license to shoot down Filipinos on
any but the most strong presumption of
personal jeopardy.
1--WE know the army here has been
hampered with a number of unreason-
able and in some cases. ridiculous re-
strictions, nor is it easy to forget or
forgive Balangiga but the days of
Balangiga have passed, nor should there
be any cause now to feel rebellious under
restrictions which changing conditions
have read into desuetude. 1t is about
time that we emerge from the shadows"