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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11
Why a Lake Is Like a Person.

Why q Lake ls Like a Person.
a lake resembles q living being In
many ways. 1t has a pulse. Its sur
face rises and falls rhythmically. 1t
has a circulation. Its water not only
GIBBS and flows, but there are undercur-
rents by which the life giving oxygen
Is carried to organisms which dwell in
its depths. 1t. does muscular work.
The shores are eroded, and wharves
are moved BY the ice pressure. It d.
gests food, and some lakes, sad to say,
sometimes have Indigestion And so
we might continue the comparison and
tell Of Its smiles and frowns and the
music OF its waves upon the shore
Atlantic Monthly.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11
PR o G r A M
Country Life Conference
Thursday Evening, june 18th

Thursday Evening, June 18th
S:30-Address -. Governor Byrne
Address-Co-operation and Fedora
ton Of Rural Institutions. Dr..
Warren H. Wilson, Supt., Dept. Of
Church and Country Life, Presby-
terrain Board Of Home Missions,
New York City.
FRIDAY Forenoon, June 10th.
Governor Byrne presiding.
e:e0-s.80- Address - Purpose OF
the Conference.
Hen. A. q. Hitchcock, President
State Board Of Regents.
s:8O-10:15-Address-The Condi-
lions of Success in Cooperation.
Dr, B. II. Hubbard, University Of
Wisconsin.
Io:15-11:ao-A series Of Short Adj
dresses:
ea) The Farmers Cooperative
Association. John T. Belk, Sec.-
Treas, South Dakota Farmers
Cooperative Association.
lb) The Grange-G. R. Malone.
State Master OF the Grange
(c) Community OF Interest be-
tween Farmers and Bankers@
3, p. Cone, President Jesles
Valley Bank, Huron.
l1:B6-12:1O-Open Discussion.
l1.l0-1:30-Noon recess for lunch.
Free coffee will be served on the
campus.
Friday Afternoon.
Observation-Disclosures Coon
Grafton Is Accomplishing amons
the Farmere--Dr. B. HI. Hibbard.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Educa-
ton and the Farmers. Club
rrof. II. 1. Jones', Dakota WESLEYAN
universaty. Mitchell, S. b.
-S:00-Addrass+Th Earm
aoms-Prof. HI C. Solberg. South
Dakota State College.
1:V9-4 :0e--Open discussion.
:oo-S 00--Inspection OF College.
Friday Evening.
St0tEAdaress-The Needa ii IN
Sshools Of South Dakota-Sunt. q
G. Lawrence, State DeDartmrnt Il
Public Instruction.
aaSress-Ihe Rural School and
Wilson.
Saturday Forenoon. Junc 2oth.
SuDts Lawrence presiding.
e:0o-s OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES 4 n;
s:1s-10s60-Address-Th Stat
Goiiege and the Rural School
fr0sident Coos. Snearfish
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11

know that marriage is a great find OF
civilization and n of the few signs
of justice in the world.
Marriage was invented as a safe.
guard against the Grass brutality of
men. 1t is meant as a protection for
woman and child. If men were not
brutes, the contract need not exist
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11

MISCELLANEOUS

sRIckELL CONSTRUCTOR CO.
Architects Contractors, Builders
Plans and Estimates Furnished.
Real Estate Bought and Sold.
ONCE and Shops la First Ave. 8. w.
Phone 24s3
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11
20


I. CAPITAL STOCK
Capital raid ny m eaEh - @se.1ssssT
LeGgeF assets DEE. d. Up 5s7+ss5-2E
&ncrsas9 q capital $500 i45sa-se
Il INCOME.
Total prsns8Ess income sS a~sa.-nSxs
Interest and rents - 2s.z5r.ie
EFrTn al osassr scurcss 16T2Ei
Total income .....s ~Is.gstsf
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-11
1872

FROM ASsUAE STATEMENT
Year Ending December Sist 1918
OF Pelican Assurance Company OF
New York, N. Y.
sarretary n Trying IT
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
How Texas Ha.
Put q Closed
Season on The
Ugly Little Flyers
to Enable Them
to Eat Up the
Disease Carrying
Mosquitoes

and the countless billions of mosquitoes
that this place has furnished in the past
amply proves this assertion
The roost was finished on April ..
1911 Before locking the louvre. the in
side was sprayed with a chemical fluid
which gives OF an odor identical with the
natural odor of the bat. and without
which chemical fluid the bats cannot
he colonized. Twenty-Five pounds Of
fresh Guano We're then spread in the
hopper OF the roost, and in four months
II was tenanted by Il colony of bats at
tracted there by these doors The next
year TIE roost became so full OF bats
that 1t took them several hours TO come
out, and they were SO thick that in the
sunlight they resemblcd Il cloud and gave
the roost the appearance OF being on
IRE. The roost is now fun OF bats.
Persons living in cold climates need
not fear that the bat cannot be success
!hiIy cultivated and colonizcd there Tor
his habitat ranges from Alaska on the
north TO Patagonia on the south. In
very cold climates, however the amount
OF guano Produced in these roosts would
ne much less than in hot climates as the
period OF Information would he much
longer and tho period of the bats ac-
tyity IN destroying MOSQUITOES CORE
srondingly smaller. All malaria how
ever would be elfectua.ly eradcated
there.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

rantages over natural bat caves are self.
evident
Citizens OF the region declare that
since the erection oil the bat roosts there
;hey can sleep comfortably out OF doors
at night without Il mosquito bar or any
other kind of protection: while before
this roost was located there ii was III
terly impossible Tor them TO sleep even
in the houses, except with screens and
mosquito bars. These citizens also tcs
lily 10 the entire absence Of any malaria
iii their families now. and they term this
roost "a miracle" They also state that
before the erection OF this roost they
were All sick al one time or another with
malaria. and that mosquitoes came there
III such hordes that they were driven
from their work OF igrisating their crops
al night. and were forced TO see their
crops go to ruin.
The bat roost' a; Mitchell's Lake
stands ten feet above the ground, and
the structure--enclosed is twenty feci
above this; is six feet vide at its ape,
and is twelve by twelve feet wide at its
base. While this roost has performed
such wonders, il was designed merely rs
a model; the intention being 20 construct
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

tho roosts three or four times as large
as this model
The roost is given this steeple shape
and placed above the ground for several
reasons. Its shape makes ii resistant
10 high winds and also allows the sup
porting posts TO be fitted with contrivances
which prevent the BATS enemies from
gaining access to the inside % the roost.
II also permits Il wagon 10 be driven
underneath H. in order to receive the
accumulated guano from the hopper. hay.
ing an opening on hinges, Which opens
downward, thus permitting the suano in
The hopper 10 be easily collected
The advantages OF this artificial roost
over the natural ones--bat caves-;tie
>e!i-evident. In The natural bat caves
during the breeding season. the bat sui.
lera most from its natural enemies. for
shortly after the baby bats are born they
cling mechanically TO the mothers BODY.
Very frequently they loosen their hold
ana rain TO the bottom OF the cave Here
these baby bats fall prey to wild ami.
nails, which are always in and around
these caves at this particular season
II one OF these baby bats falls to the
iioor OF the caves the mother bat viii
dart 10 the same place 10 lily 10 protect
her Young, and also falls a victim to tn.
Wild animals. All this danger is com.
pietcly avoided and rendered absolutely
impossible III one OF tho roosts. as no
animal except bat can enter one OF
them. II is therefore evident that with
such protection the bats will increase
so rapidly as to tax the capacity OF the
roost III very short time
The bat rooaJ at Mitchell's Lake is at
the head OF a large body OF standing
sever water; in fact this lake holds all
the sewage OF San Antonio. city of
about 10000 persons and it is an ideal
spot for tho breeding Of mosquitoes. as
the lake covers about 400 acres of land
and the average amount of sewage re.
Ceivcd by ii daily in 100000 gallons.
The very large quantity OF organic
matter loft in water the large pools
formed by secpage through earthcn dams
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27

After much research and
numberless experiments ana
disheartening failures DR..
Campbell finally succeeded i'm
constructing bat rooslS."
which. after being prepared
With certain chemical fluids.
seem 10 be actually preferred
by the bats 10 natural bat
caves.
One OF these "bat roosts."
which is located AT Mitchell's
Lake, ten miles south of the
city Of San Antonio. Texas.
mas proved itself Ia be such
complete success that it's
effects almost border on the
miraculous. Housing and pro.
iecting. as il does. bats by tho
tens Of thousands, its ad.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
The Short Dlaped Coat That Promises to Be
Generally Worn. This Is of Sealskin.

painful after the long and absolute freedom from any
restraint which has been pleasant portion during
sunory season of collarieSs lowcollared bodices
and blouses and mentally agoniZng, too. inasmuch as
almost every woman OF say thirty and EDWARDS is
scous Of the alteration for the the
Of her face and chin and naturally does want the
change TO be absolutely forced upon every ones notice
in such way
SO must obviously. and all OF maze firm stand
against the threatened encroaohmens OF the high collar
alike upon our freedom and fascination.
You simply decline TO consider any blouse which
is thus completed and dstgured-and then matters
and will right themselves automatically
OF course this is extreme and model but it
Is Il forecast ana also a forewarning seems. of what
expect during the season unless our
iisapProyal Is promptly firmly shown that Queen
Fashion realizes the unwisdom trying LOYALTY
lar. But it is also ANA sadly significant that several
other new blouse creations which still nave duWnturned
collars, have curtaled usually deep NShapcd
opening iii front that practically all the usually becom-
ing effect is lost one such blouse has collar white
closely together in front Of the neck there
with two little JET buttons Silk cuffs match also
finish off the loose and full white chiffon sleeves
wrist. where touch OF black ribbon is
also added. and for The rest the blouse is Fashioned
white Jap silk yelled with chiffon. a somewhat curious
adornment being added in front in the way of very
broad band Of golden yellow ribbon softened. at
nrs by yelling oil the chiffon but eventually showing
all its brightness aud being looped the waist
where il is held in position by fatty folded
black marie.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
Head
Traps.

A PERPETUAL. closed season on bats
n has been declared in Texas as a
result OF recent experiments con.
Quoted there by Dr. Charles A. r. Camp
bell, OF San Antonio IT has been dem
onstrated quite conclusively that bats are
the worst enemies OF mosquitoes. and
that by propagating bats the menace of
malaria may be greatly diminished.
From time immemoria the common
bat has been despsed as a denizen OF
The graveyard. bird OF il-omen Il bird.
animal that gets entanglcd in milady's
nair, serving absolutely no useful pur-
pose. 1t has been hunted down and de-
stroyed without mercy.
II is now realized however. that the
nat is one OF mans best friends anu
ought 10 be carefully cultivated The
eradication Of malaria is promised ii bats
be multiplied in sufficient numbers. and
Texas scientific bodies are so much i'm.
pressed that they secured the passage OF
Il law making it Il penal of1ense 10 de-
stroy Dat under any circumstances
The experiments which resulted in the
goriiication of the bat were commenced
some time ago at San Antonio by Dr.
Campbell.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
By Lady Duff Gordon
("Lucile")

THlS is the season When Woman.
whether she be lovely woman
4 or otherwise. s,oops to The
folly OF planning her Winter furs.
But why do call it folly? Because
October is just two months too
carly for the wearing of pets,
but my opinion. I notice. has /
small weight with the majority IS
Of women. II seems never too -
carly for furs. but my personal 90
feeling is that December. Ianu S
airy and February arc the only {;
legitimate "fur-bearing" months S$ss
Of all the twelve. ~
However, realizing that my Ts$
voice will be lost in the multi ~
tudc, I am going TO fall III line =
with so many OF my sisters and
slow You pictures OF some new
furs which ! recently saw at an
opening. and then / am going to
talk, or rather write, about the
ncweS; blouses
Cruel is the only word to
rightly describe the attempt
which is now being made 10 rob
women OF freedom which ilcN nave
one and all priced, and loved, iof
some two years or more.
And so, it behooves every woman
to make Il firm stand against this
new injustice and restriction in the
form OF high, closely-utiing collar,
Just imagine it-a band OF rather
thick white net, fitting round tho
neck like Il second skin. and upheld
in this now unfamiliar and always
unbccoming position by two or three
invisible" VIKINGS.
And still this is not all for upris-
ing round the top OF this band is IL
flaring, outstanding fril OF net, cut
in the dress, and also Very tightly
wired at the edge. SO that all the SUI
pcrhuous flesh about the unhappy
wcarcr's chin and jaw, which the
tight. high band has rushed up. is
supported and upheld in hideously
permanent and prominent fashion by
the platter.like foundation and frili,
Why the very idea is painfu!-'-and
the actually would be more so. J
promise YOU. positively and physically
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-28

The Board Of Directors Of Southern Railway Company
having assembled In special meeting this first day Of De-
cember 913 being advised of the DEATH at his homo
In Washington November rs, 1918, Of William Wilson
Finley for the President OF Southern
on the records Of the Company and published
In the newspapers of the South
WILLIAM WILSON FINLEY was born at Pass
Christian Mississippi September 2, 1853, and en-
tered railway service in New Orleans in 1878. During
the succeeding twenty-five years he had varied expe
rence earning steady promotion and growing repu-
tation in the traffic departments of several railroads
and in charge of traffic associations in the west and
southwest. In 1895, after the organization of
Southern Railway Company, he began. as Third Vice
President in charge of traffic. his service for this Com
pany in which, with interval of few months in
1896 he continued until his death eighteen years later
He became President of this Company in December,
1906, at moment when the work of gathering in and
welding together its lines into consolidated system
had been done. The map had been made There are
no more miles of railroad included in the system today
than there were when he became President. His task
was therefore, complementary to the work already done
and the history of the development of the property
during the past seven years is the history of how he
conceived and accomplished that task of conservation
and progressive development. During his admnistra-
ton the of the Company increased 2Os5 per
cent comparing 1913 with 1907, but what is even
more his achievement the balance of income available
for dividend (but largely put back into the property
increased 2O9.07 Ter cent.
This record of material is in no small meas
ure the result of Mr.. Fineys policy and practice of
building and strengthening working organization OF
the Company so far concerns personnel He naug-
urated and steadfastly enforced rule of promotion
to fill vacancies within the organization by recognition
of demonstrated merit with the result that he secured
an conserved that loyal Identification with the inter-
est of the South and Of the Company, and that sense
of personal responsibility in all ranks of the service,
which one of the most valuable assets the Company
has today. .'. . 49, -. r
On the public side Of his responsibility Mr.. Finley
developed largely during the past seven years. Con-
vnced of the duty Of accepting the changed conditions
in respect of the administration Of industry incident
to the governmental policy of regulation of the rail
ways by public authority he nevertheless keeny i'm
pressed with the apparent lack of understanding on
the part of the public Of the problems of railway man
agement. He. therefore, devoted much of his time to
the discussion Of such questions before representative
audiences in all parts Of the country, but chiefly in
the South, and the effect upon public opinion of his
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-28
Important Matters Acted Upon Oi
Local and General Interest In
Condensed Form.

A. H Hawkins, of Newberry, was re-
elected a Director of the Penitentiary
at the session on Friday.
The House has killed the bill to re-
duce the legal rate Of interest to six
per cent. in the State.
The House has passed a bill which
provides that industrial and manufac-
turing corporations cannot in future
avail themselves of what Is known as
the fellow servant" law. In other
words if the Senate approves the bill
the law as it now stands will apply
to manufacturing establishments as
we'll as to railroads.
The House passed a third reading
the bill limiting the hours women may
work in mercantile establishments to
81 hours per week.
The bill prohibiting the sale of cot
ton seed meal with less than 8 per
cent of ammonia was passed and sent
to the Senate.
1t is now against the law to haze
college students in this State.
Thursday most of the time Of the
Senate was taken up in listening to a
speech by Senator McLaurin on his
Warehouse bill.
Early in the week Governor Blease
transmitted a message to the general
assembly giving the contents Of let
ter written by Senator Tillman in
which the latter claimed that there
was "a frame-up to get rid of DR.
Babcock, and get control Of the sale
of the Asylum property by the Govern,
or and his friends" In teh message
the Governor demanded an investiga,
tion of the matter, and a resolution
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-28
SOME INFORMATION ON MINE.
MIR. Edmund's Gives Some Informa.
ton on the KaOIin Mine Mater.

Editor Of The Medium ....
I guess there are lot Of people
looking forward with interest for a
fral report on the chemical analysis
Of the kaolin found in Abbeville.
Now I am not at liberty, nor pre-
pared, to do this, but with the infor-
nation recently received from Chica-
go, I have drawn some conclusions.
First: That the product has a large
per cent of grit in it and this being
true the cost Of mining it and separat-
ing it from teh sand will be so great
that it will not be profitable to ship 1t
in the rough state This fact caused
me to lie awake all Of last night as
I am only interested in the product in
the rough, and 1 had hoped it would
bring a good price. My opinion now
Is that the company will soon be here
with a mining engineer and will make
a thorough investigation and if there
is enough kaolin in sight they will
build a large plant and put the finish
ed product on the market right here
The more kaolin in sight the larger
the plant will be. If they find they
cannot do this they will pick up and
leave with as good grace as they came
and go look for other fields. We know
it is not an uncommon thing for g.
mining company to spend few thous-
and in a place and pick up AMI leave.
I feel sure if these people can find
sufficient kaolin to warrant 1t they
will biuld a large plant here and it
will prove a big thing for Abbeville.
Now this is only my opinion and it is
based on information that I am not
at liberty to give in full.
have worked hard to get this thing
on foot and I sincerely hope that ev-
cry one in Abbeville will give them
hearty welcome and a word Of encour-
agement as we need an enterprise of
this kind that will turn money loose
in the city.
Joe F. Edmunds.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-28
Jn U1enoriom- ->1illiam Wilson 5TinleY

frank straightforward and manly utterances and pa
tenty iterated doctrine has been long recognized but
was remarkably demonstrated by the expressions winch
have been received since his death from public bodies
throughou the South. He did much in this way 10
correct sentiment from which all railway property
has suffered in recent years-a sentiment wmch mas
found its expression in erroneous belief that rail-
way takes from the public than gives, and his
effort in word and deed was to restore just balance
of understanding of the economic necessity, to every
citizen in his daily life, of well maintained, honestly
administered and prosperous transportation system.
In other ways also he gave expression to a broad
of the ndentiy of interest between the welfare OF
the railways and that of the public He lent actlTe
cooperation to the chief educational Industrial and
commercial interests of the South and moral support
to every movement which is making for the welfare OF
the South but perhaps his greatest service OF this ma
ture his successful campaign for the promotion OF
better agriculture ..
Gently born and gently bred, it was Mr.. Finey's
fortune to be thrown upon his own resources at an
early age and without the advantages of university
training and experience usually enjoyed by his asso-
ciates it was, therefore, peculiar satisfaction to him
and to his friends that in 1910 he received with the
assurance that it was decoration degree OF
Doctor of Laws from Tulane University at New Or
leans the principal seat of learning in the community
where he had spent his youth
On the personal side Mr.. Finley essentially
gentleman: he demonstrated on many occasions the
combination in his character of those qualities which
may be expressed by the words modesty and courage
He fair and just in all his dealings, courteous to
all men, slow to anger, but fierce in his resentment Of
injustice in Others Partisan in his love for and belief
in the South and its future and in the Southern Rail-
way important factor in that community, he con-
vinced his associates that he allowed partisan
feeling to colour his judgment to such extent that
he could not always the other side: but policy once
determined he set about its accomplishment with a
characteristic belief in the potency of persistence and
unhesitating of all the power at his command.
He had at all times the confidence, the respect and
the good will of this Board and of every member Of
it. and in his death the Board and every member of it
feels the loss of friend of charming personal qualities
well as an official associate of commanding ability.
The Secretary 10 directed to to the surviving
members Of Mr.. Fnleys family the respectful sympathy
Of this Board and to transmit TO them suitably
crossed and attested transcript Of this minute.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1914-01-28
..GHosT' SCENE IN THE
THIRD DEGREE
In Attempt to Secure Confession
from Man Accused Of Wife
Murder, a "Ghost'' is
Brought Before him

Los Angeles, Jan. 5.-The third degree"
with "ghost" is The central figure was
applied by officers in an attempt to obtain
from John H. Grondin, young druggist,
a confession that he. killed his wife, Zelia,
according to statement today by Gron-
din's attorney
The attorney declared that Grondin was
taken by detectives last night into dark
ened room where a"ghost' appeared and
demanded in gloomy tones "why did you
murder me?" The dismal question failed
to cause Grondin to make any display Of
emotion.
Grondin was charged with having pois-
oned his wife and with having attempted
to establish that she had killed herself by
inhaling gas.