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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
Zenith Club

The Zenith club met Thursday
afternoon, March fifth, at the
home of Mrs. John Swenston.
After the usual business meet
ing and critics report::Mrs. John
Spackman took charge of the
history lesson which was on the
firstspart of the reign of William
and Mary in Scotland. Mrs.
Spackman's questions brought
out the problems of government
which confronted the king and
queen,E the uprising led by
Dundie, the final settlement of
the war between Kirk and State
which had ragged for nearly 12O
years, and the massacre of
Glencoe.
During the intermission dainty
refreshments were served by
the hostess, following which
came the literature lesson on
Act III, Scenes 1884 of Mac
beth led by Mrs. j. o. Andrews.
This interesting act of the play
shows Macbeth becoming more
deeply involved in crime by plot
ting the death of Barquo, re.
morse beginning to lay hold on
Lady Macbeth, Macbeth growing
morbid and brooding over crimes
past and future, the second
crime accomplished and Mac
beth mastered by his supersti-
tious fears to such degree that
even fear of detection cannot re.
strain him from yielding to
them.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13

lines that will build up and ulti-
mately pay better. One orator
used to offer his gold watch to
anyone who could tell of anyone
really benefited by the saloon,
hearer told him "the undertake
err" and he was about to give
him the watch when the under
taker rose and said that while
liquor probably did cause more
deaths, it did not help men to
pay for the services of the UNDER
taker, that he had lost hundreds
of dollars through the saloon. 1t
does not pay. Every citizen can
do his part to get rid of the
saloon, not by injunction, but by
getting busy right now and then
voting right.
One more thing, the aldermen
have only to carry out your die
tates at the polls and it may
make a difference whether the
Temperance people insist on
having candidates for every Of
fee. This matters little. The
saloon matters much. No kind
of a saloon is a good thing. The
present kind may not do quite as
much harm, though that is open
to grave doubt.
E. f. ATWOOD. :.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
To the Voters of Roberts County:

Some OF friends have asked my will ap.
pear on the primary ballot No. intention
such nomination would party nomination and bring the office
more into politics. but previously announced believing
ONCE OF County of Schools
matter OF politics. but that the chosen
work for the best interests patrons
and ultimately for the beterment the boys girls
OF political factions will independent candidate
for the Office at the fall election
With the aims given above the work has by
the WITH
watched growth the schools the past three
know what the adherence principles has meant to the
schools of Roberts county,
Ii am chosen the County Superintendent Schools
Bonnie Andrews will be the egazed deputy the will
progress as before Very truly yours
LIZZIE ANDREWS.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
Got Cold Feet

After speaking here last week
Royal G. johnson, who is trying
to wrest the nomination for con.
gressman away from Frank Nc.
Nulty, got bad attack of cold
feet and failed to keep his en-
gagement to speak at New Eff
fington the next night. He didn't
even notify the committee up
there of his intentions in the
matter. An automobile was
sent down here for him only to
find that he had taken the train
in an opposite direction. The
crowd gathered at New Effing.
ton and were disgusted at the
treatment accorded them. This
will only make votes for Nc
Nulty.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
The Sisseton Saloon

Inc NSSetOn SaIOOn
| 1t is probable that some of our
citizens do not understand the
plan on which the saloon is con-
Quoted in our city, owing to the
false statements sent out by the
Associated Press service and the
lack of any statement in our local
papers. The understanding is
not helped by matter published
by the local w. G. T. u, which
contains considerable violation
of the commandment, "Thou
shalt not bear false witness.
Though this may be innocently
done, the effect is quite apt to be
resentment on the part of enough
of our voters to make the city
again go wet
The saloon is an evil, [ always
vote against it and probably al
ways will. But a year ago, cit
liens exercising their legal right
to choose between liquor sold
privately in places not known
generally, and liquor sold in a
licensed saloon, voted to put in
saloon. We than had no choice
but to accept the application of
some one Or two persons for
license. With license, every
citizen became a beneficiary G) of
the money paid in. Private
citizens had made a contract be.
tween themselves whereby they
agreed to pay into the city treas.
ury and good roads fund all
profits of the business. The city
was not party to this contract
and could not be. Nor has; the
city ever received a dollar more
than the license for two saloons
(while only one is maintained J
The result aimed at was to in-
augurate as near an approach to
a city-owned saloon as the law
would permit. But the city
never put dollar into the bust.
ness and could not collect a dol
lar above the license if the owners
saw fit to keep all the profits.
My opinion is that these pro-
fits will be paid in just in time
to influence the election and help
continue the saloon. Before.
with the saloon, every dollar was
spent and taxes increased. Un.
der prohibition, the rate of tax
was somewhat lowered, despite
the increase of school taxes.
This time, you need not look to
see taxes lowered. If this
money is ever paid in, it will
probably be used to build a city
hall and Jail, with possibly an
auditorium.
The question before us right
now is, shall we have saloon of
any kind the coming fiscal year?
If the church members of this
town believe that their God
meant it when he said "Woe to
the man who puteth the bottle to
his neighbours lips," then the
town will go dry. If they put
mammon before their God, the
town will go wet. l do not be.
lieve it pays in dollars and cents
Men spend their money for
something and if they do not
spend it for booze, they will
spend it for food, clothes, etc
The money will circulate. but in
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13

There was not room at the
city hall for the crowd that
came in to the dairy meeting
last Saturday. SO an adjournment
was taken to the court house,
where some interesting talks
were given and a demonstration
made Of a milking machine.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
the electorate is invited t. the

the electorate is invited t. the
consideration of this important
measure to the end that an in
telligent and fair settlement of
the question may be reached"
The sisterhood of our state
who are earnestly seeking the
ballot take occasion to thank you
through these columns. and
when we get the ballot we prom
Use to deal fairly with you as you
have dealt with us.-Alice M. A.
Pickler, in American Issue.
Topeka, Kas. Although S5,-
100000 worth of Intoxicating
liquors was consumed in Kansas
last year, kansans are saved
more than $4,000, ,OOOa year by
prohibition.
This is the story told by
figures secured by Gov. Hodges
from the county clerks and made
public today. The reports were
compiled by the Methodist TEN
perance Society of Kansas.
The state, according to the re-
port, consumes an average of
three and two thirds gallons for
each resident while the average
consumption in the United
States exceeds twenty two gal
Ions.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
"How Readest Thou?''
Talk of Rev. P. A. Field for Mems Christian and
Civic Association on Sunday Evening.

Interest in the Sunday eve
ming services held by the Mems
Christian and Civic Association,
is not abating in the least, and a
large crowd gathered at the New
Grand last Sunday evening to
listen to an address by Rev.
Field on the subject "How Read
est Thor:?:"
These words are found in
Luke 1926 and the answer to
the question is to be found in
the incident told in Luke 1925 81
which was read by the speaker.
The question asked by the law
yer "What must 1 do to obtain
eternal life?" or how to live long
and be happy has been the ques-
ton of all ages, and will always
be topic of paramount interest
to all men at all times. Now a
lawyer in Jesus time was man
who was versed in the scriptures
a man whose duty it was to in.
terpret the laws of the Old Tes
lament and apply them to the
lives of the people. The lawyer
may have asked the question in
order to trap Jesus by the reply
he might make, but in all prob.
ability his question was honest
and sincere, and it was an inn
portant one, the very one Christ
had come into the world to ans
wer. Jesus replied to his ques
Jion in the way that it is some.
times said one Yankee replies to
another, and that was by another
question ''How readest thou?"
A question which confirmed
Gods word as revelation of
truth, and as authority on the
relation of man to God, and Cod
to man. The reply to this ques.
ton of Christ's is an answer
which will solve all problems of
civic life and religion. These
words, Thou shalt love the
Lord thy God with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and with
all thy strength, and with all thy
mind; and thy neighbor as thy
self" ought to be guide to
every individual who seeks a
long and happy life. The reply
given by the lawyer showed that
he had been reader of the laws
of the Gospel and that he had
read them Alright. We too must
read and know the laws of life,
and the good we get out of such
reading depends entirely on the
motives back of our reading. II
we truly desire to know the
right answer to all our perplexi-
ties we shall find help and salts.
faction in the Bible. On the
other hand ignorance, prejudice
and superstition will always
hamper the individual and will
prevent his living a happy, heal.
thy, we'll rounded life.
The lawyer wished to justify
himself, as man has ever tried tc
do when he felt himself guilty
of any wrong, and put the ques
tion to Jesus, who is my neigh
bor?" Jesus answered the
question kindly and politely, not
by pointing at the faults and the
misconduct in the lawyers life
but by the parable of the Coco
Samaritan, the teachings O!
which were as plain, simple an6
straightforward that they coulG
not be misunderstood by the
lawyer and which are clear to al
who read it.
The speaker then explained
the story of the good Samaritan
showing the dangers of a tril
from Jerusalem to Jericho
where the road among the noun
tains, bordered by rocky cliffs
afforded many hiding places TO
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
Advance Clothes

Are for men who want to stand
alone in style and freshness, yet
who don't care to pay more than
a reasonable price for high class
clothing. We are ready to show
you.
Golden Rule Clothing Co.
In Golden Rule Store.
sisseton, S. D.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13

robbers. Down this road came
a traveller, he was beset by the
robbers, beaten until he was
half dead, stripped of his cloth
ing and left there. Two persons
came along, first a priest and
later a Levite, each one of whom
as a devout man of God ought to
have rescued him. But the man
remained there in a half dead
condition until rescued by the
good Samaritan who bound up
his wounds, took him to an inn
and paid for his being kept there
until he was able to go on his
way again.
] When Christ had finished the
parable he asked the lawyer
which of the three was neighbor
to him that fell among thieves,
and he said He that showed
mercy on him." Jesus answer
Go, and do thou likewise" is one
for all to follow. Our neighbor
is the one whom we can help. All
around us are the down.trodden,
the discouraged, the sick. Prof.
Fisher says that six hundred
thousand deaths occur every
year, many of which might be
prevented by proper care, and
that there,is on an average from
six to thirteen days OF. sickness
for each individual per year.
Such statistics show there are
plenty of people to whom we can
be neighbor. The robber bands
(which infested the mountains
between Jerusalem and Jericho
might have been men who had
been building the temple at
Jerusalem and who had been
discharged by the Roman gov
ernment. We have robber bands
today. We find them in the
penitentiaries and out: One of
the greatest robber bands ex-
isting in this land of ours is the
saloon, a robber of manhood, de-
cency and good sense, and it is
the duty of every citizen to help
to get rid of this great evil, not
by prosecuting the men who are
engaged in the business for the
incidents connected with Christ's
death on the cross showed that
he could love robbers and thieves,
but by showing up the evil of the
liquor traffic and blotting it out,
root and branch. When we have
the love of God in our hearts
back of the love of neighbor we
shall solve all problems.
In closing Mr.. Field said that
out of every address and sermon
the only thing that helps is what
we carry away, keep and trans
late into our lives. He advised a
systematic, careful study of the
bible, and urged the audience to
keep uppermost in their minds
the desire to be clean. The ad-
dress closed with the words re-
peated by the speaker and the
audience, THY word have I hid
in my heart, that l might not sin
against Thee"
The special music of the eve.
ming consisted of two solos by
Mrs. Field which were greatly
enjoyed by the audience. Mrs
J.C. Knapp was her accompa
mist
The speaker next Sunday eve
ming will be Edward w. Peck o1
Minneapolis who will talk o1
, religious matters as seen by
| him on recent trip around the
world. His talk will be illustrat
| ed with colored slides and al
together will prove of great in
, terest to all. Mr.. Peck will also
speak next Sunday morning a
the Presbyterian church.
For special music it is hoped
: to have a mixed quartet.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13

10 Our Dear Sisters in SiSSetOn
and Vicinity, Greeting:
Our union is band of devoted,
earnest, loyal, praying women,
and we beg you, dear sister who
have not as yet joined with US,
to please come and help us to
make stronger and more pow
erful organization. Union makes
strength, and we plead with you
to help us both by your pres
ence and by your endeavors and
by your prayers. Our aim is
that Of every devoted Christian
woman, to do all we are able to,
towards the uplift of humanity
in every way possible. Your
joining us will broaden our Wis.
tas, and we will help you. Our
mutual aims and asperations will
thus be strengthened, and we
will have more energy, ambition
and perseverance to lead us on
to higher and nobler plans. Plan
to attend the next meeting.
The ladies of the Temperance
Union met at Mrs. Magnus
Stavig's last Monday evening,
and two important matters of
business were acted upon. One
was the resignation of the pres
ident, Mrs. Swenston, and the
other was the making of plans,
for entertaining the district con-
vention. Mrs. B. M. Hanson was
made acting president until the
regular meeting on the last Fri
day in March, when new pres
ident will be elected. The dis
trict convention is to be held in
this city April Z and 8. Commit
tees were appointed TO- make de-
tailed arrangements for this con-
vention. We expect to have some
good speakers and some interest.
ing meetings.. One is to be a
suffrage contest in which the
women will contest for a. medal
The entire program will be pub.
lished later.
At the above meeting a COM
mittee was also appointed to look
after the matter in this column,
and they have already COM
menced their duties.
SUFFRAGE PLANK
The South Dakota man is one
of the finest of the works of the
Creator. For chivalry and good
sense commend us to our hus.
bands and brothers who are 80
ably developing our young state.
To be man in South Dakota
means something. 1t means a
personal struggle. In other
states the fortunes of bygone
generations are LANDED down to
sons and heirs but with the
droughts and other business ad
versities that beset the denizen
of this fair region, it takes back
bone just to live. And our hus-
bands, fathers and brothers are
giving their families the com.
forts and luxuries which are the
accomplishments of our modern
homes.
The luxury-loving and spine
less vertebrate of the genus
homo incident to the large city
would be blown to atoms in nc
time by a vigorous South Dako
ia zephyr. Hence, when the
majority faction of the republic
an party adopted the following
planl1s it shows that the suffrage
movement is surely progressing
rapidly.
I'VE further declare in favo]
!, of the enactment of laws giving
, greater security to the health
and lives of employees engaged il
the industries, for the abolish
ment of child labor and the en-
franchisement of, and minimum
wage for women"
The late republican legislatur
having submitted q constitution
al amendment of the right q
snffraoo IN tho wnmo,, ~ -,
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13
W. E. 7. U. COLUMN

The local ladies of the w. c. T. U. are solely
responsible for whatever appears under this
heading.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1914-03-13

IF you have an item of news
tell the Standard about it.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1914-12-24
PLEASANT RIDGE

Joe Whitaker and family arrived at
Cookeville yesterday. He was brought
back here on bed very sick with
rheufatism
Someone said that Herschell Hitch
cock liked to visit Pleasant Ridge.
Ernest Harris said he liked allkinds
of meats, but he liked chicken the best
Come again, Ollie Henry, Of Okla
homa. Your letter was fine.
will ask for shower of birthday
cards. I will not tell how old am,
but it is between 16 and 20, SO you will
know that I am neither little girl nor
an old maid Would be glad / could
get cards from every state. My birth
day is Dec. 2S.
Wish you all "a Merry Christmas"
and Happy New Year"
Miss Hattie Henry,
Route s, box So Sparta, Tenn.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1914-12-24

(We thought Dec. rs was Christmas
day.-Editor.)
Lloyd Caten visited homefolks at
Morrison during the holidays.
Mrs. Millie, wife of Chess Malone,
was buried at the Choat cemetery
Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Rev.
Pete Bilyeu conducted the services.
Mrs. Malone died with the dread dis
ease, pellagra, with which she had suf-
fered for some time. The bereaved
family has the sympathy Of the entire
community.
Mrs. J. L. Colvert was in Cookeville
Tuesday
Zina Robinson is up from Nashville
for the holidays.
Herschell Poteet and family are
here from Knoxville, the guests of his
father, Sam Poteet.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1914-12-24

E<~HILDREN are conservative
beings, even old fashioned
when it comes to choosing
toys. They aren't up to date and as
full of the modern spirit of progress
and invention as the toymakers be-
lieve them to be-
Thus spoke one who is sort OF
professional Santa Claus-that is, he
has played the part at SO many Sun
day school Christmas parties that he
sometimes imagines he is growing cot.
ton whiskers.
"They display the same quaint, sim
pie, old-fashioned taste as their grand
fathers and grandmothers when they
were children" he continued. Most
Of them, do, anyhow. Every year the
toy manufacturers break loose with
q new crop of automatic racing cars,
aeroplanes, submarines, fire engines
and kicking donkeys. II the children
were constructed on the same nervous
clock-work plan,, they would give old
Santa Claus no rest unless he kept up
with all the modern inventions. In
stead Of toy soldiers they would de-
mand mortar batteries, and they would
not be satisfied with mooley cows, but
would demand that they have pedi-
grees and give only certified milk and
cream.
"They would not accept Noah's
ark unless it was a combination OF
the steamship Lusitania and modern
cement bungalow, with sleeping
porches, twin-screw propellers, elec-
trio searchlights, wireless apparatus,
second chattel mortgage-in fact, all
the comforts of ship and home CON-
plete. They would require Mr.. Noah
to carry a pilots license as well as
college degree in natural history. All
the animals would have to be trained
to do tricks, and poor Noah's family
would have a fine time herding them
while wearing wooden raincoats and
stove-pipe hats.
Fortunately children, real children,
are not constructed that way. They
want their arks on the old-fashioned
plan, whereby you lift off the roof and
find Noah minus his head, and most OF
the animals trying to hobble on three
legs.
Automobiles in miniature, with real
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1914-12-24

+ upholstered seats and rubber tires
may fascinate a small boy for a few
hours, but you'd better place your
faith in a good, old-pattern rocking
horse, with saddle and stirrups, and a
name and tail of real hair. The rock
ing horse is not going out of fashion
by long ways, and l predict that in
the horseless age, if that time ever
comes, our children's children will be
jerking the name Of wooden horsey'
and whipping him on his painted
tanks, and trying to feed him crack
ers. Also, they'll be falling of his
back and humping their little fore
heads in the old-fashioned way, and
'horsey' will have to be thrashed and
locked up in the clothes closet for his
bad behavior.
"And as for dolls, you've got to give
them real baby dolls and not grand
ladies In the latest tango gowns and
hats. For the last so years or so
doting parents who are we'll to do have
been trying the experiment of present
ing their little girls with waxen fash
tion models-only to find the precious
'one crying for the rag baby Of the
laundress' daughter. Children show
the real mother instinct when they
spurn the 'play-child' which is too
dressy and up to date.
II have one friend, the father Of
large and lively family. I make him
happy every Christmas time by pre-
senting his kids with g. bunch Of cheap.
mechanical toys. After about half an
hour Of winding them up, the little
ones tire of the clicking wonders and
return to their woolly dogs, rubber
dolls and other simple favorites. That
is when fathers fun begins. He in
sists on winding up the toys and run.
ming them all Christmas day, osten-
sibly for the pleasure Of his young
sters. He does not cease winding until
the toys begin to get out of order, and
then he has the additional pleasure Of
trying to repair them.
Sometimes / think that a manufac-
turer could make a fortune selling
toys just for grown-ups. Seeing a
bunch of adults busy working me-
chanical toys reminds me of the time
when the whole family insists on TAX
ing little Johnny to the circus.
Putnam County herald. (Cookeville, Tenn.) 1903-1922, 1914-12-24
PLEASANT RIDGE
Everything is on boom now,

Everything is on boom now,,
Killing hogs is the order of the day
Rastus Randolph and Eva Henry
were married Sunday, We wish then
a long and happy life.
Last Saturday night Mr. Jeff Robin
sons had cotton picking. There were
about rs present. All had fine time
eating apples and chestnuts.
Luther Mccormick is a welcome
visitor at J. L. Robinson's. think
the cake is going to be baked soon.
Who said they saw Herman McCor-
flick swinging on Cal Clouse's gate?
There is going to be meeting at
Pleasant Ridge Christmas. 1t begins
Christmas and lasts until Sunday af-
ternoon.
Hello, you Rocky Point writer.
come on with the news.
Naomi Henry, what has become of
your, I haven't seen you in long
time
Preston Henry said he wished all
the people out in Haviland, Kansas,
"a Merry Christmas"
Conner Stone and Luther Henry WIS.,
tied Emma and Hattie Henry Sunday.
Hello, Julia Robinson. Come on with
the news.