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The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
OBITUARY

Anna Highum was born on
May 9Th, 1888, in Fillmore Coun,
", Mimi, and died at her home
,ear Lennon, S. D., on Tuesday
November l4th, 1916, at the age
# % years, six months ano
eight days, after an illness OF
several weeks duration.
Miss Highum lived in Fillmore
county until her marriage on
October 3rd, 1900 to Sam Moen
If Nassau, Mimi. Mr.. and Mrs
Moen made their home IN
Nassau until nine years age
when they came to Lennon
where they have since made
their home. Six children, five
girls and one boy, were born u
Mr.. and Mrs. Moen. All OF the
girls died in their infancy, three
before coming to Lennon ano
two since their residence here
The boy, who is now nine years
old, survives.
Besides a husband and son
Mrs. Moen leaves to mourn hel
death. five sisters and foul
brothers. and a host OF friends
| in and around this city.
The Herald joins in the com
munity sympathy for the be
reaved ones.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
SOLDIERS CELEBRATE
WILSON'S ELECTION
San Benio, Tex,
Nov. 1lth, 1916.

TO ye Editor OF ye Lennon
Herald. Lennon, S. ID.
Dear Fet:--
Received the copies of the
Herald and must say that your
arguments and articles Of polltl-
cal interest were well put up.
At 7.30 p. m., Nov. l0th-that
is -fasr night-a good many
troops being in town, they cele
brated the reelection Of Wilson.
The bands of the 1st and End
regiment of Virginia infantry
combined to give a concert up
town. After playing Dixie, the
Old Grey Mare and again Dixie,
hearty cheer for Wilson was
given and then came the fire
works and parades. AS the
crowd came to the southern end
| Of Main street they halted and
had another fireworks display,
also more cheers for Wilson.
The crowd refer to consisted
Of the 4th S. d., 1st Oklahoma,
1st N. d.. 1st, End and 3rd Min
nesota, 1T h and 5th Nebraska,
lst and 2nd Virginia and the lst
Iowa. also the Field sanitary
corps and the 4th Inf. Motor
cycle corps-in all about $4,000
troops.
A few good Texas democrats
offered assistance TO the celebra-
ton and were accepted.
| Forthwith q hearse was pro
cured and the two bands lead
ing, playing mournful marches,
| followed by the hearse and
Guard and then a line Of men
six abreast, a mile long, and
numerous autos. On the hearse
was a playcard with Hughes
name, printed in large letters
| on it. The cheering and noise
was deafening and the streets
were jammed. 1t certainly was
sight that won't be forgotten
by the troops nor the people
who Witnessed it.
All of the Co. X boys are
well and especially Sergt. Priebe
who is working hard on an elab'
crate menu for Thanksgiving.
i We are exceptionally proud te
say that we lost no men on the
big hike.
i The weather down here is
| fine. The mosquitoes aren 4
very numerous-in fact we
hardly notice any-but during
the day it gets pretty warm anc
at night we get the damp chilly
Gulf breeze.
4 Mex Wednesday the Is day
lcombat mansuver starts which
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
WILSON CALIFORNIA
LEAD 3,4OO-G. o. P.

San Francisco, Nov. 2l.-~
After q careful checking up
Of all precincts all over the
state there r. no possibility
Of Wilson losing California,
according to annoaneement
made late to-day by the dem
Oeratie state central commit
tee. Checking shows the
lowest democratic eleetOr To
be 100 votes ahead Of the
highest republican eleetor.
The highest demOc ratic elec-
tor has u lead Of $3.50 over
the highest republican.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
WHY ALFALFA
SOMETIMES FAILS

Alfalfa is a verysuccessful
crop in South Dakota, but occa-
sionally one hears of a failure.
The causes for occasional fail
ures in securing good stand Of
alfalfa in this state are outlined
as follows by DIR. A. N. Hume,
agronomist at State college:
One cause of failure may be
insufficient moisture just at the
time of seeding. This condition
is also likely to be accompanied
with blowing of soil and when
this occurs it is known that
sharp sand particles cut off very
young alfalfa plants in an amaz-
lngly short time. In certain
sections of South Dakota as in
othero parts of the northwest, il
Is exceedingly important from
this standpoint, therefore, that
soil blowing should be prevented
which can largely be accomplish.
ed by attending to it that plenty
OF organic matter is worked in
10 soils. Ordinarily speaming
the lghtest top dressing of man.
ure worked into the surface will
almost entirely prevent blowing
Another cause Of failure in al.
ialfa stands comes about thru
improper preparations of the
seed bed 1t may be put down
as a rule that alfalfa wants 9
llrm seed bed, albeit a finely
pulVerized one.
Very likely there is still some
need for incubation in South
Akota. 1t is true that many
new fields have been inoculated
Doth with artificial cultures anc
also with the use of sweet clover
soil and soil from older alfalfa
,ields. Probably more than one
nall OF the fields in our state
are lnoculated. 1t may be true
.hat occasional failures resul,
from forgetting the point II
question.
Some failures are due t.
weeds. ! have attempted to pu'
ao"h the above as true answer
70 your inquiry. l do not NEAR
,'iat We are very much in tn.
aaolt of having alfalfa failure.
III south Dakota, because tn
create ! number of u have stu
VI ulea the alfalfa problems prett,
thoroughly and we generally &c
s00d results in our state.a
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22

San Francisco, Nov. 21.--The
republican state central commit
tee today estimated that Pres
ident Wilson's plurality in Cali
fornia will be in excess of 3,4OO.
Basing the estimate on tabula-
ton by them Of official returns
from 50 counties and semi-offi-
cial returns from the other
eight, they set the figure at
3,4l6.
Sylvester McAtee. secretary
If the committee, declared unof-
ficially that this was merely an
approximation, but he believed
It to be close TO the final Off
,ial result.
McAtee also declared he is
convinced that there is no
chance Of a split in CALIFORNIA;
electoral vote although he be-
lieves there will be considera-
BILE difference between the high
est and lowest republican and
democratic electors.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22

very hard on the boys as it will
will be some war problem and
all be done on the actual war or
battle basis-forced marches,
night calls, sham battles, no go
ing to camp. only in pup tents
but Of course the fun will be
worth the work as it is under
stood that we will spend at least
a day at the sea shore at Point
Isabelle, about 32 miles south
east of here.
Co. *" is on guard today. In
ten day we go on at outpost or
patrol duty at the river or one
Of he ranches.
Regards. | am
Sincerely yours,
M. A. Vetter,
Supply Sergt.. Co. * 4th S. D.
The Lemmon herald. (Lemmon, Perkins County, S.D.) 1912-1917, 1916-11-22
THE SWAY OF
THE HOME PAPER

The sway of the home paper
comes over us uncOnSclouSly.
We subscribe to it to crafty our
curiosity as to what is going on
around US. Yet from the time
we begin to pick it up, while
still school schlldren, to read,
perhaps, how we are among
those who haven't missed a days
attendance, on until old age has
dimmed our eyes, we have taken
it up each week and have imbib-
ed, without appreciatlng the
fact, much more than the neigh
borhood gossip wnicf wd
thought was practically all il
brought to us. We have, In
deed, absorbed it's ideas on many
subjects. We have become ad.
vocates of good roads and good
schools with it; of cleanliness in
politics and of uprightness in
business life, following its i'm.
perceptible guidance and little
reckoning that we have not been
leaders ourselves,-while in
truth it has been the despised
ourveyor oof neighborhood Cos
sip, as we have looked upon it
that has led us, and this althc
we have even often used its ac'
@tual language in learnedly ex
pounding our supposedly origin
al views F. H. Tomlinson
Morristown, IN. j. Record.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
BETTER HIGHWAYS ARE
REAL ESTATE BOOSTERS


That the permanent improvement of
public highways does to a great ex-
tent increase the property values
along these roads, and tends to slim
ulate trade between cities and towns
along the routes, is shown in an inter-
esting report sent out by ]. P. Clark
son, of the state road department,
which is gathered from an investiga-
tion carried on by the federal gov
ernment in five states.
The report includes counties and
towns in New York, Virginia, Ala
bama, Florida and Mississippi, and
goes into detail as to the mileage be-
fore and after the improvement of the
roads and carries with it table of
increased valuation of the property
along the roads. The matter of new
bridge at River junction is also
brought out, by statement that it
would greatly increase trade between
East and West Florida, and that $42,-
600 Of federal aid money has been set
aside toward building the structure,
with the aid of Gadsden and jackson
counties.-Jacksonville Metropolis.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
GREAT PREPARATIONS
MADE BY GERMANS
Positions Behind Their Present Front
Have Been Fortified and
Protected
ASSOCIATED Press)

Amsterdam, Netherlands, Nov. Is.
According to information CLEANED
from seven hundred refugees from
the occupied regions of Northern
France, who have been passing thru
Holland, the Germans have prepared
positions far behind their present
front. They are, it is said, reckoning
more and more on the possibility of a
retreat to the Belgian frontier. The
positions near Maubeuge and Haut-
mont are even more formidable than
those north of Lille. The old forts
are deserted, for, taking full account
of the new methods of warfare, the
Germans have constructed a network
of trenches, and great earthen cav
erns made with the aid of reinforced
concrete and iron.
News comes from Northern France
as well as from Belgium of the in
creasing number of the population
who are being put to work by the
Germans. The normal industries
have long been stopped, but some
manufactures are veritable beehives
of activity. This is the case, for in
stance, in the Lille suburb of Fives,
where French and Belgians are en-
ployed in the manufacture of ammuni-
ton,
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
SOUTH AFRICAN NEGROES
TO WORK IN FRANCE

Cape Town, Nov. 1S.-Te nthousand
blacks have been recruited for labor
service in Europe, and are about ready
to depart. Their organization is to
be a strictly military one, and they
will be subjected to military discip-
line, although they will not under any
circumstances be employed as fight
ing force. They have been forced into
ave battalions of 1000 men each, and
will be under the direct control of Of
ficers of the Union of South Africa.
They will be housed in closed COM
pounds, which will be provided with
everything requisite for their comfort
and well-being. Native chaplains will
be attached to each battalion.
The fiat rate of pay for privates win
be SIS per month, with higher rates
for those of higher rank. While all
the commissioned officers are, of
course, white, the sergeants, corporals
and lance-corporals are chosen from
iamong the men themselves. Spe-
cifically, they will be employed in dock
labor at French ports. They will re-
ceive one-third of their pay while
abroad, the balance to be handed to
them ON their return to Cape Town.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
WASHINGTON OFFICIALS
MUCH WORRIED
Over Report of Submarine Campaign
that May Cause America to
be Involved
(Associated Press)

Washington, Nov. 18.-The reported
visit of Baron Burian, the Austrian
foreign minister, to Won Bethmann-
Hollweg, the German chancellor, for a
full discussion of submarine warfare
and its effect on the United States has
aroused interest here, but the report
could not be confirmed from official
dispatches.
Government officials do not conceal
their disquiet over the present SUBJ
marine situation and some fear the
Teutonic powers may at any minute
launch starvation campaign against
England that would involve the Unit
ed States.
Secretary Lansing, however, au-
thorized the statement that stthere
was no truth in the report that the de-
partment has information that def
mite decision has been reached to
launch ruthless German submarine
campaign"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
A. CT. SCHEDULE

Trains of the Atlantic Coast Line
will arrive and depart in Ocala at the
following times:
No. 81, Jacksonville to st. Peters
burg, 2:18-2:25 a. m.
No. SO. st. Petersburg to Jackson
vile, 2:25 a. m.
No. 10. Leesburg to Jacksonville,
$40 q. m.
No. 151, Ocala to Wilcox, Monday,
Wednesday and Friday, 6:10 a. m.
No. 35, Ocala to Lakeland (Sunny
JIM, Tuesday, Thursday and Satur-
day, $40 a. m.
No. 141, Wilcox, Gainesville and
Palatka to Ocala, 11:15 a. m.
No. 40, st. Petersburg to jackson
vile, 12:54-1:14 p. m.
No. 48. Homosassa to ocala, 1:05
p. m.
No. 40, ocala to Homosassa, 2:2s
p. m.
No. 80, Jacksonville to st. Peters.
burg, 2:36-2:40 p. m.
No. lao, Ocala to Palatka, Gaines.
vile and Wilcox, 4:10 p. m.
No. 8, Jacksonville to Leesburg
9:05 p. m.
No. 80, Wilcox to Ocala, Monday
Wednesday and Friday, 5:45 p. m.
No. 80, Lakeland to 0cala (Sunny.
Jim), Tuesday, Thursday and Satur
day, $50 p. m.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
BITTER PLIGHT Of
THE BELGIANS
Taken Away from Their Homes to
Become Virtual Slaves of
the Teutons
(Associated Press)

The Hague, Nov. 18-The number
of Belgians deported by the Germans
up to date, according to information
given the Associated Press from re-
liable sources, is apparently between
thirty and forty thousand and they
are being deported at the rate of two
thousand daily.
Antwerp has been commanded, it is
said, to furnish twenty-seven thousand
men, which is probably about ten per
cent of its able-bodied population. The
entire Belgian population is terrorized
because they realize they are entirely
helpless.
Women and children are said to
gather at the trains and Jemappes
and many women throw themselves
on the rails to prevent the departure
of the immigrants and they have to
be forcibly removed by German sol
diers. Men are frequently loaded into
cattle cars and have to spend two
days in them on the journey.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18

Denounces Baptist Eyangelists Who
Tell His Boys in Khaki They
Will be Damned

San Antonio, Nov. 18.-General
Funston expressed resentment yes
terday at the action of the Baptist
General Association of Virginia,
which adopted a resolution at Norfolk,
protesting against the alleged attitude
of the general in forbidding evange-
lists telling soldiers they were lost.
"Baptists who are distorting the
statement of my position regarding
the kind of church work acceptable in
border camps had better put their
property in the names of their wives, !"
said General Funston.
General Funston told DIR. ]. B. Gam
brell, representing the Texas Baptist
State Board, that he did not want men
in the army to be considered as 'lost
souls"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
AGRICULTURAL COLLEGES
HAVE GREAT OPPORTUNITY
Able to Create Big Reserve of
Trained officers


Washington, Nov. 18.-The new. ma
tional defense act offers agricultural
colleges an opportunity TO do real
service to the nation in promoting
military training, w. M. Riggs, presi-
dent of Clemson college, today told
the annual convention here of the ma
tional association of state agricultural
colleges and experiment stations. It
is their patriotic duty, he declared, to
assist the government to create a big
body of reserve officers. Land grant
colleges, the speaker said, should set
an example in patriotism.
with the recent ruling of the war
department that every such college
shall require two years of military
training of physically fit male stud
ents pursuing courses of two years or
longer and with a well designed cur
riculum," he said, 1--WE will have an
end of sham military instruction
which at some colleges has been little
short of disgraceful."
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
COUNTY OFFICIALS

Circuit Judge-W. s. Bullock.
ocala.
State AttOrney-GeO. W. scOfeld,
Inverness.
Clerk Circuit cOurt-P. H. Nugent,
Ocala.
Sheriff-John P. Galloway, oeala.
Tax Assesor-Alfred Aver, OcaIa.
Tax CoIlector-W. L Colbert,
Ocala.
County Judge-W. E. Smith, ocaIa.
Superintendent of Schools. h.
Crimson.
Surveyor-Alex. MOorehead, ocala.
Commissioners-W. D. earn, Wal
ter b. Lufman, n. A. Fort, S. E.
Pyles and J. 7. Hutchins.
Members School Board-G. S. Scott,
Ocala; B. R. Bitch, Blitchton; ]. s.
Grantham, Fort Mccoy.
Sub-School Trustees-Jack Camp,
]. E. Chace, w. T. Gary.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
SENSE To
REPLACE COnPULS|ON
In the Use of German Words and
Phrases in Teutonic Use
and Industries
ASSOCIATED Press)

Berlin, Nov. 18.-Local authorities
in various towns and cities having
failed to enforce certain arbitrary
changes in language, to the end that
all words of foreign origin might be
weeded out, the minister of the in
terror has taken hand in the matter.
In a communication TO all the pres
idents of individual governments, he
urged that they give up the effort to
weed out foreign words by compul-
sion, and that rather they work along
lines of common sense, leaving such
words as are almost impossible of re-
placement or translation into Ger
man, and urging the acceptance of
other words that may take the place
Of foreign words meaninglessly adopt
ed.
He suggests that a list of German
substitutes for foreign words, drawn
up by the foreign police president of
Berlin, Won Jagow, after consultation
with representative of various trades
and businesses and with the General
German Speech Association, be urged
upon everyone, particularly upon those
who still use foreign words in adver-
tising their trade or business.
He cites number of industries,
notably the textile, in which foreign
words are still customary though they
have perfect German equivalents that
are not at all far-fetched as are some
of the attempted translations along
other lines and in other connections.
In cases where there is doubt about a
good translation he urged recourse to
the speech association.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
ONLY THE GUNS
NAY BE UNMUzzLED
Said British Statesman in Reply to
Demand for Removal of
Censorship
ASSOCIATED Pressl

London, Nov. 1.-THE matter of
the destruction of British shipping by
German submarines came up in the
house of lords Wednesday afternoon.
Lord Sydenham invited the govern
ment to make declaration in the
nature of "ton for ton" policy in be-
half of Great Britain and her allies
as a reply to "the monstrous pro-
ceedings" of the German submarines.
He declared that the submarine men,
ace was more serious than the au-
thorities were willing to admit
Admiral Lord Beresford said Great
Britain had arrived at serious crisis
calling for energy and foresight. It
was time for plain speaking, because
the house of commons and the news
papers had been muzzled by the most
autocratic government since the time
of Pharaoh.
"Had the blockade been properly
enforced from the first" he asserted,
1--WE should not have been faced by
this submarine menace"
The Marquis of Crewe, lord presi-
dent of the council, replying for the
government, said it was useless to
make such declarations as Lords Sy-
denham and Beresford demanded,
without the power to enforce them.
The only voices which could speak
with influence now were the voices of
the cannon on the fronts.
ut is useless" said the Marquis Of
Crewe, "to threaten to exact partic-
ular reparations in the terms Of peace
unless we are able to impose those
terms by obtaining complete victory"
The admiralty, continued the lord
president, had been singularly sue
cessful in the destruction of enemy
submarines, but the difficulties in
dealing with this menace had increas-
ed
Lord Lytton, civil lord of the adj
miralty, having denied that the fleet
had abandoned its traditional policy
ofseeking put and destroying the en-
emy, the subject was dropped.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
BUTCHERED BY
VILLAS BANDITS
Americans and Other Foreigners
Murdered at Parral While Persh-
ing's Hands are Tied q Few
Score Miles Away
ASSOCIATED Press)

Ell Paso, Nov. 18.-All foreigners
remaining in Parral, except five who
are known to have reached Culiacan,
were killed by Villa bandits, a Chi
nese refugee told United States gov
ernment agents here. The refugee
said the dead included American, Ger
man, Chinese, Hebrew, French and
Arab residents. He stated further
that the general belief in Jiminez was
that Edgar Koch, the German consul
lar agent in Parral, was killed at
Santa Rosalia.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
A BUSINESS CHANGE

Mr.. ST Perkins, who has been trav-
cling for the Jake Brown wholesale
grocery for the past year, has severed
his connection with that house and
will commence Monday to sell goods
on the road for the Merriday Grocery
Co. of Palatka. Mr.. Perkins new po-
sition, we are afraid, will take him
away from Ocala where he has many
friends.
Monday Mr.. Holmes Walters, who
has been handling the city trade for
Mr.. Brown for the past two years, will
go on the road, and sell to the out of
town trade for the Brown Grocery.
Mr.. Walters has been very successful
with the city trade and will do equally
as well out of town, we feel sure.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
MENDING THE LEAKS

The force of men sent here few
days ago by Bryan & Co. of Jackson
vile, to repair leaks in the sewage
disposal tank is rapidly removing the
trouble. They brought 8OO-gallon a
minute pump with them, and after
they had put it to work pumped the
tank dry in thirty seven minutes. They
found the leaks were not at the bot
tom but on the sides, and expect to
have them entirely stopped in a few
days.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
UNABLE TO MAKE
A GET-AWAIY!
Messenger Who Absconded with Cash
from New York Bank Nabbed
at Miami
(Associated Press)

Boston, Nov. 18.-Edward Therek,
a former messenger of the Calumet
National Bank here, has been arrest
ed at Miami, Fla, charged with steal
ing several thousand dollars in cash
and securities from the bank, accord
ing to word received here today.
Therek disappeared several weeks
ako, and his bonding company made
good $4,000 of the loss. It is un-
derstood that most of the stolen ne
gotiable papers were recovered.
RoBBER CONFESSED AND Sc
CURITIES RECOVERED
Therek confessed, according to the
police. Officers said they recovered
about $4,000 in securities.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
MISS RANKIN DUCKS
THE MOVIES
Female Statesman has No Desire to
Appear on the Peripatetic
Films

Missoula, Mont, Nov. 18.-No more
pictures are to be. taken by moving
picture men and press photographers
of Miss Jeanette Rankin, the rst
woman to be elected to the United
States Congress, according to her de-
cision. "I positively refuse to allow
myself to be photographed and will
not leave the house while there is a
camera man on the premises" said
Miss Rankin. The block in which she
lives is patrolled by camera men.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-11-18
SENATOR TERRELL IN THE CITY

Ocala's staunch friend, Senator
Glenn Terrell of the twentieth dis
trict marion and Sumter counties),
was in town today, on his way back
to Tallahassee from South Florida,
where he had been on business for the
state. It was partly on account of
such men as Mr.. Terrell that the Star
wants each county to have its senator.
he will have to retire after his pres
ent term expires, and his county and
the whole state will be the loser.