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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18
County School Letter

Geography classes should take
note of the new forms of spelling
that are being recommended dur,
ing the progress of the European
war.
The present session of the legis
lature is considering some excel
flent school legislation. One new
| bill has to do with improving oul
text book law, and another with
our compulsory education law
| We hope that both of these bills
will pass into laws.
We have at last secured a suit
able diploma for pupils who have
secured all the merits of perfect
attendance offered from this office.
The new design is known as the
Forty-four Month Diploma. and
carries with it provision for addi-
| tional seals and stars also.
The meeting of the Springfield
Teachers Institute was well at
tended, considering repeated inter
rnptions OF the weatherman. Ov-
er half of the teachers brayed the
storm, and a very pleasant and
profitable meeting resulted.
From the great number of let
tiers that We receive at this office,
we take note that there seems to
be an almost universal lack Of
proper training among people re-
gardinR signatures to letters. We
hope every teacher in Bon Homme
county will make apecial note of
this fact this year.
We wonder how many of our
boys and girls who have received
ten and fifteen book library certi-
~icates of late, know what story is
illustrated in the picture
OF the open book shown on the GER
tiieatss.
The question arises concerning
~. .FH MFft
the payment of wages where no
school WAS held on account If the
storm. The rnle OF common la
Dor should apply, il the teacher
was in the community and ready
TO work.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18

r
a horse buyer from Greenwood
is herethis week buying lorsps
for the Indians.
Miss Nora Davis, teacher of
Suess school No. IL, five miles
south west, announces a BASKET
social and program on Friday,
evening Feb 26.-Adv.
We received a card this week
from Prof. D. Paul Stuart, former
superintendent of the Scotland
high'schools, stating that be is now
eng sged in teaching manual trail
ing at Newark, N j.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18
Bots and Worms in Horses

Are dangerous and should be ex.
terminated without delay, accord.
ing to government bulletin Moth.
ing will do the work more thorough.
" and safely than our famous I'm
proved Heureka Worm Capsules.
They are absolutely reliable and
fully guaranteed and highly recon.
mendeu BY professional men
Price 80 for IL capsules. Order
from the Breeders Remedy
AZ Biddle ST. Dspt. 36, Mil.
waukee, Wis. or at the
G. e.. MAX DRUG STORE
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18
Sale and Lease Notice.

Notice is hereby given that on April
I, 1915, a sale of common school lands
will be held in Bon Homme county.
The lands selected will be offered for
sale at public auction between the
hours of 10 O'Clock a. m. and 5 O'clock
p. ~, at the court house in said coun-
ty; and on April 8, 1915 all Of the IN.
sold common school lands not under
lease, viii be offered for lease at pub
lie auction, between the hours of 10
o'clock am, and 5 O'Clock p. mat the
court house in said county.
Dated at Pierre, S D., Jan. 20, 1915.
FRED HEPPERLE,
Commissioner of School
and Public Lands.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18
Thursday, February 1e. 1915,

Mr.. Dix was in Mitchell yester-
day.
Chas. Donley made a business
trip to Yankton last Friday,
Mr.. Claus Flick sr of Mitchell,
was in Scotland last Friday.
J. Fl. Stephens, of Springfield,
was in Scotland last Saturday.
Milk and Cream for sale-even.
ing delivery. Get in line for the
season.-Ady. l.. HAYNES.
Mr.. Alansing Cobb came from
Mitchell and is spending the week
with his Lrother, Alfred.
j. L. Meighen has rented Miss
Nellie Maxwell's house and will
move into it in a short time.
G. S. Sanford came home from
Chamberlain last Friday to look
after business matters for a day or
two.
Thos. Keegan was taken to
Yankton last Friday where he I'M
derNent an operation for appendi-
citis.
Henry Nyhouse and wife, of
Loomis, spent Sunday at the home
OF his brot her, Jacob Nyhouse,
south of town.
Mrs. G. F. Ploetz was taken
sick with pneumonia last Friday
and was quite sick for several days,
but is now improving.
Geo. Thorpe is laid up with an
attack of tonsiiitis and a substi-
tute islaking his place at the de-
pot.
Miss Mary Simpson and her
mother arrived last Friday from
their home in Dell Rapids and Wis
tied Miss Nellie Simpson several
days.
FOR SALE-Single comb Rhode
Island Red c~ockerels, $1.OO if TAX
Ell now.-Adv. f. ]. Kadlec.
Sheriff Davis, of Hutchinson
county, came over from Olivet Sat.
urday and went to Sioux City
where he is taking electric BATH
treatment.
Vermillion, S. D Feb. Is -Ac.
quaintances here were advised by
wire this forenoon of the marriage
at Sioux City of Edward J. Pat
nam, a local merchant, aged So
years. The bride was Miss Elsie
May Brown, OF Scotland, 8. D.,
20 years Of age. The ceremony
was performed by Justice D. G.
Browning.
E. M. Thomas, who came here
from from Milledgeyille, ILL.,, two
years ago and has been working
the Greenawalt j. Knox farm, ad.
joining Scotland on the northeast,
has decided to move back to Hin
OILS and will locate at Chadwick.
He expects to leave with his fam
lily next week. The farm has been
rented for next season to Mr.. Wade
Dingman, who will take possession
the first of March.
Rev. Walter Wicks arrived from
Minnesota last Saturday and spent
Sun Gay Al the.heme Of his brother
Il. d Wicks. air. Wicks was in.
tendiag to go to Parker Monday
~ ufIing where he was to join his
brother IN MIR. Clisby, for q
pleasure trip Of a month through
fexas, bnf on account of tbs
blockade he was unable TO go that
way but took the Monday night
sraiu and joined Mr.. Clisby at
Omaha.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18
When YOU are wearied from, ove

When you are wearied from over
wor k, feel l~istless or languid, can't
sleep or eat, as you should, take Hollis
ter's Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes
you feel better than ever. Just try it
tonight.
BROCK DRUG & JEwELRY Co.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18

I have regularly attended the dog
show"
We'll, did any of the judges want
to give you q prizeg'-Exchange.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1915-02-18
Painful Ones.

Sister Ann-Did yer get any marks
at che terday, Bill? BILIOUS. but
they're where they don't show.-LOn-
don Sketch.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

ing things: Bring in large rentals, controi the
business of the best houses and tend toward
an ultimate elimination Of inferior reels. The
nickelodeons are bound to be very largely
superseded by the better class of motion pict-
ure entertainment. Reduce the number and
multiply the calibre ought to be the scheme
adopted What film companies should aim
to do is concentrate capital into limited and
highly attractive output
A word especially about the evils involved
in the popular daily change OF reels in the
cheap theatres. This custom prevents the
showing of good picture for more than
day in any locality Thus no picture can draw
on its inherent merits The crowd simply
pours in because the theatre is open, the
lights are on, lurd posters fiaunt themselves
about the entrance, and the scent sign Is
swinging in the breeze. This robs the indi-
vidual film of absolutely AL distinction. IT
becomes merely a cog in the wheel, wheel
which pours niokels into box and speciousiy
enlarges the bank account OF the proprietor.
The daily change, in the hrst place, Is Daseo
on superstition and the desire OF one theatre
avariciously to grasp and exploit everything
put on the market leaving nothing for COM
petitors There positively is no souno reds-
onine back of this The greatest advertising
medium known is the human tongue But the
daily change of films prevents the exhibitors
taking advantage OF it. Wherever the less
FREQUENT change Of film is practised and really
good pictures are secured figures Will prove
that business is much brisker the second or
third night than it the opening night
A film is its own best advertiser.
Not only does less frequent change enable
the exhibitor to get along with fewer produc-
tons and so experience the full beneht from
those better productions but IT encourages
the manufacturer to produce better hlms-
films fit TO run a considerable time.
What is the real trend OF the motion pct
ure' It's trend is toward the highest develop
ment possible. There may be physical hniita-
lions 10 this field of film drama, but nothing
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
Valiant Belgium Will Act
with One Tenacious, Indus
trial Force, He Says, While
Her Artists Will Strengthen
Their Art i'm the Renewed
Life Of the Nation by Vigor,
Violence and Faith

law; she employs only worn-out methods
empty of all real virtue; she labors with the
dead TO create the future.
Opposite her rise France and England. with
liberty aud personal dignity as the bases OF
their social organizations To such concep-
ton OF duties and rights. clear reason. frank
ness, controlled power. harmony lucid kind
ness. appear as the methods OF discipline
and hierarchy. On the other hand. organiza-
ton as Germany understands IT, is formal and
technical while ours. which is still Young.
since it dates back only hundred years. is
attentive and supple. waiting for the time when
it should become deeper. am not hiding the
TACT that it presents certain dangers. but in
any case they are glorious ones, for they sup
pose the delversnce Of those who wish and
know how TO think.
These are the ideas which are finding their
place in Belgium, not only in Wallonis but
also in Flanders.
Freed from all German influence and so-
customed again TO heroisn and audscity by the
war. Belgium is going TO have more and more
confidence in her own resources. Her loyal
end fearless stand has given her the sef-as-
tenacious and patient effort is part OF her
gifts; she sulks at no toll: on the contrary.
she cuts into work which others have re
ected: she is young and optimistic TO the
point that though still tramped upon by Ger
many. she is already standing erect firm and
in good humor. while nothing enerosches on
her unfailing hope. She sees her cities de
stroyed. her country emptied. her riches dis
persed, her population cut down; she touches
desolation and breathss horror, and. neverthe-
less. she is proppng herself up for future
and triumphant effort. The strength of her
soul is more obstinate than German ferocity.
She is already victorious. though still con-
quered.
That is how represent my country TO my
self at this hour. Is il Necessary to add that
besides the workers and the business men. who
will all act with one ardent and tenacious force.
the writers and artists will also strengthen
their art in the deepened and renewed life OF
the nation? For them the period Of imitation
will remain only as memory. They will be-
come animated by ardor and glory as the
people themselves in the days of their agony.
Each soul OF the with its bleeding wounds
has entered their souls. They feel in them
selves this blood; it leaves its mark and they
recognize it, 1t will taint their works so tina,
they will be distinguished from thousand
other works. if only by their vgor, their vio-
lerce and their faith.
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

they depend upon voice, or peculiar personal
magnetism which cannot be reproduced in the
film On the other hand, there may be artists
who never could hope to attain more than rela-
tive prominence on the legitimate stage who
yet become very bright motion picture stars
Both branches of the art require special quail
hcations.
But there are other phases to consider
Many have marvelled at the number OF big
artists the motion picture field has attracted.
This is not, however. really so surprising as it
may appear. An actor or actress who can
register high grade of motion picture ETH
cheney can demand sn enormous salary The
legitimate stage could not begin to compete
with the film stage in this particular The hlm
producer is destined to dominate the legitimate
stage, simply because he can monopolize the
material. This refers TO writers as well as
performers. Some of the biggest playwrights
are now devoting their entire time to the pro-
duction of motion picture scenarios. This is
significant. 1t cannot but have an effect upon
the drama of tomorrow
Monopoly and the taste of the public will
determine the outcome. The ultimate theatre
will be the moving picture theatre. The pro-
fession OF acting, in its older. legitimate FORM
will continue, OF course. to find openings in
few OF the larger centres. But the stage, in
its broader sense, is irrevocably signed over
TO the film.
Reforms will mark the higher development
OF the motion picture business. For one thing
it is TO be hoped tha, the child will be elimi-
mated as a factor to be considered in censoring
films. 1t is perfectly ridiculous. the extent
to which prudery has been pushed in trying
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
>r19e Motion Pict11re---WEither Goes It?

short OF realzable perfection ought to Do
countenanced as an ideal. The public IS the
true criterion. To the public must eventually
be put the proposition: What do you want'
The best never can be attained so long as
the standard of quantity persists Quantity and
speed are not the agents which ought 10 gov
ern the policy of motion picture houses Inc
daily change of films offers no real incentive
TO the manufacturer to produce superior pict-
ures All the manufacturer is asked to 90 by
exhibitors OF this class is TO turn out enough
material so that there may be constantly vary
ing programmes.
1t is needless to insist that quality Will, IN
the end, prevail. 1t cannot be otherwise. Inc
best is the paying policy in the long run. Inc
man who regards only the present, VINO con
ducts his business on basis that is bound 10
SMELL eventual deterioration, is not the man who
holds the reins of success This riotous pro-
ductvity which so overloads the market to-day
cannot last. Not only must safety result
but the exhibitor who persstenty clinss 10
this policy will find himself gradually edged
out bv the man OF broader vision who well
comes better things In the end this develop
men, Of the higher class OF houses will remove
so much support from the nickelodeons that
thew will not be able to maintain even their
present standard or pay their present rentals.
AS regards the relation of the motion picture
10 the legitimate stage, some very emphatic
statements may be made. We are and we are
no, dependent upon the talent which would or
dnarily exploit legitimate drama IN making
our better grade OF pictures. That is, we
aren't entirely dependent upon artists VINO
have made great successes on the stage or who
are especially qualified to attain pre-eminence
in that department. Present before me two
pretty girls as candidates. Let one be an
actress and the other clerk in candy store.
NV first choice would probably be the actress.
But she need not necessarily prove the better
equipped OF the two. There are very wonder
ful artists who cannot adapt themselves to the
screen with any degree OF success. Perhaps
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
by William w. HOdkinSOn.

~ IHAT is the real trend Of the mo-
w ton picture3
w Where arc films leading us'
What will be the effects OF this
-tn'y movement upon the legitimate stage'
haunting and significant questions. Can
DC answered. Let US see.
4 'HHs OF ali, the readers attention should be
e'eo to the extremely brief time the mo-
:. =" picture has had in which TO develop itself
"e present status. II isn't an institution
'o wholly reducible 10 classification and
a.. ''sive appraisement. 1t has been like a
-. s " ses--a ship without chart or compass.
'@ any lights 70 warn off it's destruction
~. me dangerous rocks and shoals Chris
49, |olumbus when he set out on his won
49,. h~ voyage OF new world discovery was far
a.. EQUIPPED then we were when he set
ur. ou' LEI US see whether experince has
~sn' us anything
v,..' inception Of motion pictures lies easily
''e span Of adult memory. For the
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

NJ. Williom " Hodkinson IS president o.
ne Paramount Pictures Corporation, Sehich
@orssts the productions Of the Famous Ptdy-
H' Fun Company, the Jesse J.. Ldsky Feat-
ws Play Company. the Olirer Morosco Photo
pay Company ond places the PallGs pictures
sseh ,tors as Mary Pickford, Marguerite
.!1rk Pauline Frederick, Hazel DG1cn, Marie
D'ro Pritzi Schef. Geraldine Forrdr, John
Barrymore end Dustin FGrHum are sho1on al
fH the United States a. popular prices
'hoseh his initiotiue Mr.. Hodkinson has
s~ksd out The proposition Of giUing the
s''ls the beet films that can be DldnWact-
"'d at prsess Irithia reach Of the Average
rockstbook
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
The Best Is the Paying Policy, Says the President
ofa Moving Picture Corporation, Who Sees Event"
ual Deterioration for the Exhibitor Of Cheap
Films and Success for the Exhibitor with
the Vision to Welcome Better Things.

children motion pictures have come to repre-
sent a very stable fixture Few children could
conceive of the worlds turning round were
the light forever to die out behind the tear
ing film. But most adults can remember
day when you went to the theatre TO sec
actors and actresses in the flesh or you didn't
go at all.
The motion picture must be put upon a
sound working basis before it can reap the
best results Through organization and sys-
tenn il can be made 10 attain very high level
The class Of pictures must be steadily I'M
nroved if the public is to be served efficiently.
Statistics amply prove that the public really
,yants good pictures. and is willing to pay for
good pictures.
What the more farsighted producers and
exhibitors to-day are aiming to do is get away
from, the old idea Of quantity as opposed to
quality, of cheap prices where higher prices
will purchase better grade OF pictures.
. The cheap order of motion picture houses
;s not representative of the best interests OF
81. motion picture business. You will ind
,o-d.v that the proprietor of the scent thea
-. has GENERALLY one ambition, and that is to
nroduce new films every day and get inc au-
vantage of every other theatre IN the town
or in his district if he can. His ideal is guam
titv. His insistent appeal is for more MINIS
more films He doesn't realize that iewer
films and longer runs will eventually raise ms
business both in profit and prestige.
The quality basis is the only reliable OASIS
on which 10 build. Our future depends OF ou'
ability 10 increase the efficiency OF certain
number. very limited number, OF reefs SO
that they can be made to do for US the Hollow
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03
Her Leading Poet Sees His
Country Free Of Ger1mamy's
Material, intellectual and
sniritual Influence Now
That War Has Unveiled the
atter's Ideal as Tyranny i'm
Democratic Disguise :.

and brusqueness She changed the routes OF
commerce. she modified the methods of max
ing and selling merchandise Dire trash, but
desired by the mob. cncumbered the trade she
inaugurated She spread it everywhere. She
satisfied the desires and tastes of savage peo-
pies She bowed to the orders of the world.
before the thought came 10 her Of making the
world bow TO hers.
Formerly European commerce imposed on
its far-away patrons the things which it manu-
facturod for its own use. Germany changed
this method. She soon became the nation
whose presence Asia, Africa and the Oceanic
Islands wanted at their hundred different mar
kets The bourscs of Sidney. of Singapore, OF
Yokohama. Of Bombay. resounded with the
clang Of German gold The broker Of Frank
fort became the agent Of Teutonic force and
the commercial traveller from Berlin the prop
aeardst or spy of German politics Thus Ger
many organized herself from country to coun-
try As sshe had at home. Then, gradually,
though with the same rugged tenacity, after
having strengthened herself on land she began
to spread over the waters
The strongest maritime company Of Ger
many. with Mr.. BALM at its head took the en-
tire area into its hands. Soon Bremen and
Lubcck united Hamburg The Norddcutscher
Llovd ioined forces with the Hamburg Amer
lean Line. England felt the blow aimed at her
She could not believe the brutal reality which
the German liners demonstrated when they
crossed the Atlantic more swiftly and more
safely than hers desire TO outd.sta and
TO CONQUER each other animated these two ma
tons from this time on. Great Britain seemed
especially anxious in this struggle, the more
so as Germany suddenly began to increase her
navy. 1t progressed by leaps and bounds.
Cermanys outburst OF energy and labor In
time Of peace was certainly admirable. We
believed that she was going to surpass her
self IN time OF war To l1y we know what has
happened.
Belgium has not only lost her former ad-
niration for Germany, but has even lost her
fear that Germany will keep her strength.
Never before has so formidable mirage dis
appeared into the shadows in so short time.
The new Belgium will still be the land OF
activity and experiment" but this time against
Germany She will be as tenacious and tecund
as She was She will be the one who from
the moment when her first ruins are restored
will march forward toward the markets Of the
world and will take, with France and England,
New-York tribune., 1915-10-03

the place left empty by Germany. For this
she will employ Ill her ardor and all her youth.
Already, before the war. she had established
posts Of propaganda and labor, as it were, IN
Egypt, in China and in Persia She sent there
lawyers, doctors. engineers and business men.
Long ago. when M. Cyrllc van Overbergh-a
great Belgisu--hlled the post of Director Gen
cra in the Cabinet. he spoke 70 me of our
universal national activity. He assured me
of the zeal. the frnness and the initiative OF
the youngest OF our pioneers.
you would be amazed" he said to me, IF
you knew the passion and at the same time,
the GOODNESS they use down there at the other
end OF the earth"
If it is true that the fourth place among
commercial nations of Europe was occupied by
small but courageous Belgium. then we can
think with confidence OF her freed and purified
future.
But another and more profound change will
take place Belgium will rid herself not only
of the material influences OF Germany but OF
her intellectual and spiritual influence too. She
pretended to educate Flanders and to furnish
il with thousand leading ideas. which sug-
gcSt themselves Wncn one Is OF tlc Same idNN
and. one might ssy OF the same mind But
al this moment all Flanders has learned to
know, and in the most horrible way, what the
ideal was which Germany hid in the folds OF
her cloak.
This ideal is only re-sssortment OF old
scraps o. government and of old formulas OF
domination Divine right, mysticism and ia
naticism introduced into the highest law vas
sal peoples held in leash by sovereign peoples;
supervision, or rather the gaggng, OF all
thought; inquisition. penetrating by its evil
curiosity into private life all the old forms OF
tyranny brought into use again.
Although Flanders is conservative and re-
ligious and does not recoi from hierarchy and
discipline, her old instinct of pride and nde-
pendence brings her forcibly to-day, through
her hate for Germany toward a modern con-
cepton of duty and right. She Is about to
take account of what the world is to-day. She
is beginning to understand that the formidable
German organization cannot live without IN
voking principles that are terrible, but, hap
nilv antiouated Centuries have made their
experiment in the course of their years and
have found out what such a condition OF things
can nroducc. 1t has been endured in the time
of the empires of Asia, in the sinister days OF
the Roman erperors. and even during the pc
r;ods OF the enlightened Middle Ages and the
sectarisn Renaissance. Germany cannot IN
woke one new experiment in leadership or IN