Kingsbury County independent. (DeSmet, Kingsbury County, S.D.) 1894-1929, 1909-06-11

regret this determination on her part,
but hope that life at the old home
will be pleasant
Rev. Ernest Washburn, OF
Mitchell, will preach at the M. E
church next Sunday.
The Congregational ladies will
meet with Mrs Fl. n. Plowman Wed
nesday afternoon of next week.
Mrs. Morgan returned Friday
last from a visit of several W EEK with
friends at Sioux Falls and Artesian.
Miss Mary O'Hora lost a pocket
book on the streets Saturday evening
and would thank the finder TO leave
at the INDEPENDENT Office.
Wednesday, June 23rd is the
next Lake Preston date of DR.
Frudenfeld, the Madison Hospital
eye, ear, nose and throat specialist.
Rev. A. HI. Seymour will preach
at the Congregational church Sunday
morning and Rev. John O. Borgerson,
state missionary of the Swedish M.
E church, will preach in the evening.
H. D. Blood, of Minneapolis, a
brother of l.. Blood, of Manchester,
was one of the victims of an accident
due to an automobile accident Fri
day last He was driving an express
wagon when a team scared by an
auto ran into his rig. Mr.. Blood was
taken to the hospital and a letter to
Mr.. Blood states that both knees and
both wrists were injured b sides a
severe cash in his head. While
the results of the accident will prove
very inconvenient, there is no pros
pect of serious results.
The De Smet ball team played at
Carthage Monday at the gala day
against the Howard team. In spite
of a sore hand Cunning pitched the
first seven innings which carried the
game to a score of 4 to /. De Smet
was then forced to place a new pitcher
in the box who vas not in good form,
and the score went to 5 to 4 in favor
of Howard in the ninth inning. The
new pitcher is said to give evidence
of ability as a ball player, but he was
not in practice and it was not to be
expected that he would put up his
best game.
In his opening address at the
graduating exercises Thursday v
ing Prof. Rich made one or two state
ments thai are particularly applicable
to the situation. The best pupils in
the schools, those who secure the
highest standings in studies and de-
pertinent, are those over whom the
parents exercise the greatest control.
For the pupil to run at large from 4
p. m. until the following 9 p. m. with
out restrictions is to take that pupils
attention from school work and allow
him, or her, to acquire habits that
conflict with school interests. Also,
to expect the school to develop a good
character under such circumstances
is to expect the impossible. There is
room for Improvement right here in
De Smet in this particular.
Fl. w. Rice, a pioneer of this
county. died Sunday afternoon, June
9th, at the home of his daughter, Mrs
A. w White, of this city. Death was
due to a general breaking down OF
the system incident to old age. Mr..
Rice was born Nov. rs, 1927, at Cole
brook, Ohio. where he lived until
reaching manhood when he moved
west to Iowa. In 1882 he moved his
family to a farm near Lake Preston
where he lived until about three year
ago when he moved into that town
About April LIST of this year Mr.. and
Mrs. Rice came to De Smet to make
the home with their daughter. Mrs
White. He is survived by the wife,
one daughter, Mrs. White, and one
son, Sherman Rice, now living on the
old home farm. Funeral services
were held at the White home Tues
day at 10 o'clock in the forenoon and
burial made at the Lake Preston
cemetery. The sympathy of all &C,
quaintances goes out to the bereayed
in this sad hour.