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Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-19
ity, visiting at the homes of rhei

city, visiting at the homes of their
sisters, and to attend the festival.
Miss Verna Sweet was an over-Sua-
day visitor at home. Miss Belle Rowe
of Watertown and Messrs Art and
Bert Schulz were also Sunday visitors
at the T. e. Sweet home.
Mr.. Chris Engel was a Sunday Wis
itor at home.
Misses Rose and Nellie O'Brien at
tended the parcel shower given in
honor of Miss Lillian Gieger at the
F. A. Radamacher home in the city
Thursday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Dean, and Mrs.
Mccormick were Sunday evening Wis
itors at the T. e. Sweet home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Elfring and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. III. Kerssen
and children and Edison Hemp were
Sunday visitors at the ]. R. Yocom
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Fittje and fam
lily were Sunday visitors at the H.
Fittje home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Engel, Claus, Grace
and Alrich Engel autoed to Dempster
Sunday where they visited with
friends.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-19

pointing pencils. AS we watched her
a little while we wondered where all
these pencils would mex write and
| what they would say.
One of the smart CD agents of a
farm paper with his smooth tongue
P, and all met Mr.. Lee Tracy at the
west end and-well, he got up against
the wrong man. Mr.. Tracy is a farm
er, but he is also a business man.
Farming is sure a business these days
| We would not buy a farm paper of
one of these fellows on a bet. We
like to see a man deal with men like
a man, not try to slip one over on a
fellow. It's not so easy, mister. to
"slip one over on the average son
of the soil as formerly. Well, the fes-
tival, It's said, was a positive sue
| cess and shall we not have one each
year? Keep it from graft, mister, and
it will be a good thing, indeed.
The story of the German submarine
in Lake Kampeska, sighted the other
day by e. d. Hildebrandt? Well, we'd
like to build the story-but positively
haven't time.
Forgot to state that Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. Brown returned Monday, this
week, from Sioux Falls, having spent
several days there with relatives and
friends.
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-19
PELICAN.

The Benthins are nicely settled in
their new home, and Fred certainly
has done some blowing since he
moved and good blowing, too. He
dnes his best plowing in the fields
while we notice a great many. others
try their best to pillow down the high.
way and then drag the highway, o .
part OF it into their fields. thereby
getting all the foul seeds and quack
of the highway In some districts Il
Is almost q necessity To call upon road
workers with tools and teams to re.
move distinctions and repair dan.
gerous places.
Yes.we took III the biggest share
III the festival the past week, the fIrsi
time We have been IN town since cir
Gus day. Il Watertown would have
more big doingss maybe ~ would SET
down oftener. as
Oscar Green was 4 WATERFOWL
Ica1ler on friday aftarnoon
Master HerbertKlatt had some
dental WORK done while IA the CITY
Eone dayHthe past week
Andy Foley was ~automobiling q
|thjs district the latter part q fhs
Week; afteanusding psnaatters regardlnIl
shfa4aSm 4ntefestA
rhe Roxelder farm disposed
nunabair Z hsad Nattle the "a
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-19
EDEN.

A number OF friends were entertain
ed at dinner at Mrs. J~ohnson's, sun
day.
HRS A. 4 Jackson spent a Few DAYS
the first OF the week with relatives at
Bradley
Reuben Faehn and Miss Nora Jack.
son called at the FL. Faehn home
Sunday afternoon.
Miss Mabel Thoe was i Watertown
passenger Friday evening.
Miss Ida Short Of Watertown began
q term of school in district No. sd
last week.
Mrs, Albert Halstrom entertained
the south division Of the St.s Paul
Ladies' Aid, Wednesday.
Al =. Jackson went to Watertown.
Friday evening. where his grandson.
John Jackson, was operated Oh tor;
appendicitis at the Bartron hospital,
Miss Alma Faehn went to Bradley.
Wednesday, where she has employ
ment.
Mr. Lee and family are nicely
settled at the parsonage iii Wallace.
NJ held services there Sunday
evening.
Peter Lee retnrnedfrom Rochester,
last week, where be- has been con-
sulting doctors
Atsthe home ~ Tie brides parents,
Thursday afternoon. occurred tile m8T
Siase@of Miss Alma Gulbrss q HI.
Hsns sherhjem, Rev. M. Haansfad
performing the ceremony. TheySleff
the Arst 81 the week Tor NorM Da
hwbere the greens III engeSed rs
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-19
FOLEY.

Many OF our folks attended the fes
tival at WATERFOWL last week. A NUM-
Der Of farmers and their wives won
some valuable prizes.
A large number Of sympathizinp
friends have called at the Peter Mich.
aels home the past week, where Mrs
Jim Cook is very i'll and not reported
any better.
Mr.. Bert Mclaughlin LETT for Chi
cago on Wednesday 10 work for the
Western Electric Co,
WoIcott Bros. are erecting a new.
set OF buildings on their farm. Mr..
and Mrs. Fred Banthin have moved
TO their own farm. formerly occupied
by The Woleott brothers.
Messrs. Frank schuelke and job
Emsbaugh left on Saturday, for Cras
ton iowa, to view the country and
busk corn.
MIR. Kimberly, OF Bryant, is spend.
ing the week here at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Lewis.
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
home of MI. and Mrs. Del Martin
we're Mrs. Narfeld and daughter.
Lulu, Mrs. Goltz and Miss Eva Bur
lingame and Mr.. McComber of Water
town.
Mr.. Ira Clausen, OF Bancroft, was
an oyer-Sunday guest at the Jake ana
H. Krull homes.
Miss Anna Schuelke is assisting
Mrs. Sweet with homework during
the threshing this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIII Dean and Mrs.
Mccormick, Of Watertown, were Sun.
day visitors with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
Leisure and Lyman Dean.
Miss Charlotte Kimberly, who is
attending the normal school at Valley
City, N. D., is spending a vacation
here at the home of her sister, Mrs.
George Lewis.
Sunday evening visitors at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Del Martin
were Mrs. Geo. Martin, Mrs. Robert
son and Miss Gertrude and Blake
Sweet, of WATERFOWL, Mr.. and Mrs.
Walter Montooth, Frank and Warren
Montooth, Mrs. Rogers and daughter,
Helen, Miss Cowell and Glenn and
Tommy Sweet.
Sunday afternoon visitors at the
James Cook home were Mr.. and Mrs.
George Langendorfer and Wayne and
Maud Langendorfer.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walt Mclaughlin,
Bert and Hazel Mclaughlin, Fritz ana
Joe Elfring and George Wolcott were
Sunday visitors 1T he Fred McLaugl.-
lin home.
Messrs. Perry Cook ard Ross, Mrs.
Anderson and Miss Ritz, Of Castle
wood supper guests at the James
Cook home, Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. Schrick and Anna
and Mrs. and Mrs. j. Peters aad
Gladys autoed to South Shore Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. John McPhee and son
and a niece, of Waterfowl were visit.
ors at the H G. Kerssen home Tues.
day.
Mr.. and Mrs, 4. +. o'Brien were
visitors at the home OF Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Michaels and at the Zarfas
Bros. home.
Mrs. Henry Deke was a v~isitorSwith
Mrs. Blowers Ia the city, Thursday.
Misses Rose and Nellie OsBrieu
spent q few days of last week inaths
Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1916-10-19

Word was received last week that
Mrs. Wallace Cook has her operation
and is getting along as well as can
be expected.
The little son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Guy
Mitchell. Of Castlewpod, is still very
low with spinal meningitis and brain
fever.
Miss Mabel Schulz and brother, Ray
mond, and Emil scharn were Sunday
visitors at the Jurgensen home.
MI: Emil Scharn Is the owner Of d
brand new motorcycle.
Fred Aderhold left Wednesday
morning to visit with his sisters In
Mrs. Achterberg and daughter. Miss
Erieda, MS and Mrs. Paul scharn and
sons cllIE conner and Bill White, Hen
sry Leemhous ana Alfred Johnson
were entertained at the home Of Mrs:
AS Scharn Sunday.
Miss lizzie Gray who has beca
visiting d he Wallace Cook home.
returned I'd her home last week.
Maud Aderhod IS staying al
the home of her father III WATERFOWL.
MiisSslsa vernie Sweet and belle
Rowe were visitors 81 the hone IL
M md N 1 Robt Srhull, SUNDAY
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
VALUE OF STEEL CARS.

The value of steel cars on fast trains has again been demonstrated in the wreck of the Adams express train which occurred at Carolina, R. I. This train was making fifty miles an hour when a defective rail was struck, caus- ing the derailment and piling up of the train and the blocking of the line for several hours. Such trouble is likely to be accompanied by loss of life but that was escaped in this in- stance and the injuries which were sustained were not serious. This may be attributed in certain degree to the fact that it was not a passenger train and the number of those en- dangered was at the minimum, since besides the train crew there were only the express and postal employees, but 1t is an unusual situation when some of these are not badly injured under euch conditions, and for that reason credit cannot be taken away from the steel equipment.
 The all steel trains furnish a re- sistance which is not possible where wooden coaches are concerned. They have demonstrated their worth ir cases of collision and derailment and in the protection of life they have made it evident that they are wortk all that they cost. In addition they overcome the possibility of fire and the roasting alive of any who may be pinned in the wreckage, which in it. self is of sufficient importance to jus. tify their adoption on all fast trains even if the other advantages o1 such equipment are not considered.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
THE BRITISH ADVANCE.

That the Germans are unable to stop the allied drive on the western front appears to be indicated by the capture of 2000 yards of the enemy's territory along five mile front, to- gether with some trenches which had been expected to make the place inn pregnable, and 2000 prisoners. This was the accomplishment of the Brit ish forces along both banks of the Ancre
 Up to that success, which shows evidence of having been a surprise to the Germans, there had been some ground for the claim of the Teutonic forces to the effect that the reinforce ments which had been received from the Verdun front had brought the al- lies to a halt, but this has now been shattered. The allies have shown that they are not only able to go ahead but they possess the ability to advance at points where the enemy has been preparing for two years to resist them. For that reason the recent victory Is one of much importance. The Brit ish have demonstrated that they are not at a. standstill but that they are surely beating back the Teuton de- fense and gradually approaching the more important centers of Bapaume and Peronne, which effort has been un- derway since early summer.
 Such victories make it apparent that the allies are still committed to that policy of methodica1 attacks. What ground they have gained thus far they have retained and in spite of the re- sistance which is being offered they are getting almost daily inspiration for new operations.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
AUTOMOBILE LIoHTs.

In connection with the agitation for legislation which will restrict the headlights on automobiles, fresh ex- ample of the great danger which ex- ists to all users of the highways from the powerful lights. which are to be found on many ears, is furnished by the fatality which occurred near Mill ford, when one young woman was killed outright and two others are in a hospital seriously injured.
 Two machines were going in the op- posite direction. They were proceed ing at a fair rate of speed and upon rounding a curve the glaring lights of the bigger machine, which was over turned after being sideswiped, were thrown full into the eyes of the wom- an at Vthe wheel of the smaller car. The result was that she was daz- zled. her ability to judge the limits of the highway and the part to which each machine was entitled was seri- ously handicapped with the result tat there was confusion and in the midst of 1t occurred the collision, the death and the injuries.
 How many others have escaped from just such a helpless situation is diff1- cult for the operators of the cars them selves to explain. The same trouble has been the cause of similar acci- dents and it will continue to be just as long as nothing is done to curb the great shafts of light which make it impossible for those going in the op- posite direction to have any concep- ton of the outlines of the highway. This danger has prevailed too long already. It has received remedial leg islation in other states but Connecti- cut has not as yet given the matter proper attention.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
enemy that his infantry is of

poor quality"
 ing to British officers is merely put in
 to cover up the real tribute to the ar
 tillery of the Allies. The military au-
 thorities here have been somewhat
 surprised at the deep impression the artillery has made in Germany. They
 were quite delighted with the report by German military expert quoted as ahving said:
 British infantry never had any value. The French infantry now is only a miserable shadow of what it wae two years ago. The French in fantry nowadays attacks only when the artillery has done it's work so per fectly that they have only to occupy
 the shattered trenches"
 Those officers who believe the war will go on for two year longer say 1t has taken two years to put Ger many really on the defensive and they anticipate 1t will take two more years to make her acknowledge the defeat which the Allies believe is inevitable. As to internal conditions, the army man takes it into consideration oBly fighting men. It is undeniable that
 as to it's effect upon the moral Of tfe
 great sacrifices are being demanded of
 the civilian population in Germany
 and it is contended no army remains wholly superior to home influences.
 Those who believe in an earlier end- ing of the war base their beiief-or perhaps their-hope upon the military assumption that an army cannot offer the same resistance in third or fourth or fifth line trenches that it did i,l the | first line. They declare that when the French and English were retreating at | the beginning of the war it was re- | treat of unpreparedness. The German retreat, they assert, is retreat of ex- l haustion. These they say, are the l vital physical and moral facts of the
 laws of war. An army driven from one
 strong position cannot fall back un- | shaken upon another.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
CHILD LABOR LAWS,

Much credit has been chalked up to the present administration for the passage of the child labor law. Such legislation was not a partisan matter. It was supported most assiduously by the republicans and was one of the non partisan bills which had been pre- sented to congress, although demo- cratic influence had prevented its passage on previous occasions and the southern senators were as strongly op- posed to it during the last session un- til whipped into line just before cleo ton.
 Tn connection with child labor, Owen R. Lovejoy, secretary of the national committee on child labor, has an in teresting article on child labor iii the New Republic, in which he points out that only 150,00O children will be affected by the law recently passed. Such a benefit is not to be overlooked, but he calls attention to the fact that there remain 1,S50,90o children who yet remain to get the benefit of legisIa- ton in their behalf. There are large sections of the south and the west where the opportunity remains to ac- complish something for the relief of the children. There needs to be over come the situation where thousands of illiterates are being turned into the current of affairs. so that the step which has been taken in Washington is only one of many which ought to follow along the same line.
 When the child is deprived of the advantages of an education and forced to give up the time to industrial ac- tivity which he ought to be devoting to securing a common school educa- tion, MT. Lovejoy is unquestionably right when he declares that there is a national responsibility which cannot be lodged
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15

what lacking both in courage and morals. The lutis, the vagaond ele- ment of the population, are said to be the most turbulent and 6isorderly citizens in all Persia
 Among the sights which always attract the 'interes of travellers through Persia are 1spahan's nina rets of the 18th century, tn efamous shaking minareas of Guladan,' the ruins of the old fire temple, and the still wonderfully impressive, massive doomed mosque of Mesjid Shah A conscientio@ guide will perhaps lead the visitor to long, wide slab bear ing the words 'Cy git RudoIphe,' and relate it's story. This Is the tomb of Rudolph Stadler, a vatchmaker who, according to a famous chronfc1er, was the first and only European ever pub
 icly executed in Persia during the reign of Shah Sufi, the barbarous grandson of Abbas the Great. Stad- Ter had killed Persian for supposed intrigue with his wife. The shah of fered him his life provided he would renounce Christianity and become a Moslem, but he resolute1y refused. whereupon he was decapitated."
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15

of the promises and international un- derstanding to the contrary.
 Germany of course can say that 1t Is moved by it's desire to give employ ment to the able bodied men of Bel gium when 1t takes them by the train load into its own territory. eand such might get consideration if it were a fact that 1t had been solicitous for their welfare in the past and were providing for their sustenance. Such, however, does not appear to be the case and it is noticeable that this transportation of civilians has, come about at a time when Germany is in great need of more workers at home, in munitions factories and in digging trenches, and when it not only calls upon Belgians to do such work but forces them to work against their own national interest their protest appears to be righteous one.
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
FurIoush Period for Germans.

This autumn is to be another fur tough period for a good majority of the German soldiers now in the field, for the ministry of war has issued an announcement whereby each troop commander has been instructed to send men home as fast as he possi- ply can spare them.
 The first men to go, many of whom are now on leave, are those who in normal peace times are farmers or are employed on farms. They are needed of course for the second harvest. When they get back to the front men in all sorts of other walks of life will be sent back home, those who are married being given the preference.
 The minister of war especially asks commanders to give furloughs wher- ever possible to men who have been in the field continuously for a year, re- gardless of their married or single state. The plan, it is believed, will make 1t possible for almost every sol- dier to face the coming winter cam paign more or less fresh from a rest at home
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
A Reply to "A southerner."

MT. Editor: In the letter in Satur- days Bulletin signed "A Southerner" the statement is made that the seced- ing states had a perfect right to leave the Union. It is indeed amazing that any intelligent person can promulgate such a doctrine at this day. The great central fact that the Civil war estab- ished was that the different states are indissolubly bound together and that no state or group of states can withdraw from the Union for any cause whatsoever. What kind of a nation does "Southerner" think we would have if his premise were true ?
 Following that doctrine to it's logical conclusion any state could secede whenever congress passed any legis- lation which did nak meet it's approval. It would be a condition very similar to that which prevailed under the ar ticles of confederation which preceded our present constitution and under which congress could only recommend it's acts to the different states and had no power to enforce obedience. These articles failed as any system based upon such loose principles would be bound to do.
 If the theories of the cesessionists and nullifiers had prevailed we would have had conditions in this country
 
 "A Southerner' attempts to carry the issue of child labor back to the time of President Buchanan. We must judge public men by their attitude re- garding the issues of their own day and not by the issues of a, past ol future generation. Whether or not Buchanan exploited the poor will not be a fact that will cause his name tC be remembered, but the fact that he sat supinely by and allowed state af- ter state to secede and appropriate the United States forts and arsenals, anG meanwhile permitted traitors in hfgf places to ship the muskets and ammu hilton from the northern arsenals tc the south will be. Had a man of the stamp of Andrew Jackson or Abraham Lincoln been in the White House SC. cession would have been nipped in the bud and many thousand lives whicI | were afterward sacrificed from botf ] the north and south would have beer saved.
 Regardless of what may be said il regard to state rights being paramoun | to the question of slavery, the fac | remains that the war was brought o1 | by the slave-holding power because 1 they could not extend their "peculia, ] institution" into each new state anc | territory and it is useless to attemp | to befog the fact by bringing in thu of people of the north had no inten
 ton or desire to interfere with slav cry within its original confines ant l the powers of slavery deliberatel! plunged the country into the horror
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
LuSTIEEED PROTEST.

In connection with the protests which are being made over the deportation of Belgians from Antwerp and other points in Belgium to other cities where the Germans are in control, it Is but natural that much sympathy should be expressed for the people of this small country who have been forced to bear the brunt of the war in the western zone.
 It is to be expected of course that Germany has an excuse for it's action and there are those who are claim ing that such removals are solely for humanitarian reasons, but if such is the case it will be the first instance where they have given any considera- ton to such q matter. Humanity ap- pears to have stood last in the list ever since the war opened. when 1t comes to getting consideration in spite
Norwich bulletin., 1916-11-15
HIS RESTFUL VISIT

If you like snack in the morn ing. Dick, just forage said Jack. We don't make company of you. We don't eat breakfast ourselves, but Helen will make you some coffee in the alcohol percolator if you wish, won't you, dearie?'
 We did have a real dinner. Jack helped Hallie cook it and Helen and and the satellites, who turned up for the meal, prepared the vegetables and could be ordered from the village, so contributed that for the dessert, as it was horribly hot day. Just as we were beginning to eat lit Hallie rose from the table hastily, saying she wished to take a dish of it to the old woman who lived in the lane near by. Jack beamsd upon Hallie as she ran off with the cov- cred dish and when Helen began to eat her ice cream he frowned severely. Why, my child, you wouldn't be
 so rude as to enjoy your dessert with out mother, would you? Mother is so | thoughtful and generous Of course,
 after that could only let my ice
 cream melt along with that of the rest
 less in about fifteen minutes. Oh, Jack, you don't know how
 pleased the poor old dear was,' she
 beamed. simply had to sit down
 and visit with her while she ate it.
 hold her, Cousin Dick, that it was
 your treat. She was pathetically grate- full"
 | The young man with the slightly
 sunburned nose paused.
 Well, what of the rest of the visit ?''
 asked his friend.
 l "Oh, the rest? Why. there wasn t
 any rest of the visit. That was all.
 Just as Jack was planning that I should help with the dishes the mail
 carrier arrived with by belated bag gage and I had him take me back to
 the afternoon train.''-Exchange