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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-20

If it is electrical-we have it. Hey
mel Electric Shop.
j. w. Middleton departed today fol
Quincy, Mich, where he expects 10
spend the balance of the winter with
a sister.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. C.. Wertman LETT
Tuesday for Minnesota TO spend the
Christmas holidays with Mr.. Wort
mans parents.
George Green. Of Minneapolis. ~a-
a guest Of his sister, Mrs. r. ".
Kremcr for a couple Of day this week.
returning home last evening.
Lyle Waltz has taken one Of tho
tricks as %Janitor at the postolice.
This gives him an opportunity 70 also
put in some of his time with his broth
or in the billiard academy.
joe Drury arrived in the city ye
terday morning from his home at
Chamberlain to look AFTER some bu-i-
ness matters and attend to answering
the QUESTIONABLE sent to all drafted
men.
Miss Mae Lehner is expected home
Sunday evening from Chicago where
she Is With the Cobcl Mail BANKING
System, to spend the Christmas hoii-
day with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
L.. a. Lchner.
Col. J. NJ. Stewart and family left
Tuesday morning for IretOn, Iowa,
where hoy expect to spend the winter.
Mr.. Stewart has sold the residence
where they made their home, but still
retains other property that he owns
here. In the spring they may go 20
Colorado to make their future home.
Carl Erstad was in the city for most
Of the day on Monday, visiting his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Erstad,
and old friends. lie was on his way
from Toledo, Ohio, to his home at
Huron, and had been to the factory Of
the Overland car to a meeting of man
ayers. Carl is the Overland manager
at Huron and is doing a fine auto bust
ness.
The drug store owned by f.. G. No
Ian has bcen furnished with an entire
new outfit of show cases, which dis
play the goods in "A very attractive
ann With Geo. J. Johnson IN
charge Of the prescription department,
Mr.. Nolan Is maintaining a very satis-
factory place to purchase merchan
disc In his line and with the big dis
play Of Brunswick monographs the
store is an attractive and busy place.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-20

DR.. f. c. Miller and DR.. B. T. Green
were at Arlington Tuesday atterdine
the organization meeting Of the Ad.
visory Medical board for the tenth dis.
trict.
Miss Matte fluffy returned la I
week from valley City, n. d., where
she has been visiting for the past
three months with her sister, Mr.
Earl Plumb.
The members Of the business Cir.
club are invited to spend "a socia.
evening at the home of Mrs. Horac.
FI7hback, Thursday evening, Dee. 2-.
ut 1870 O'Clock. All come.
Mr. X r knutaon came down flo
Watcrtown Monday evening, wh..
She has been in the Luther hospir
al, and will stay at the home Of hI
husbands parents, Mr.. and Mrs. r
Knutson. until She is able to retu..
TO her home at Elbon, west of th.
river.
The tabernacle services are on thgi.
last week. Sunday sees the close and
the meetings 50 far this week hay.
been better attended than during TIL.
cold spell. Autos from the county,
are again coming in for the evenina
services. and the huge shed is NOR,
comfortable for those who have to SID
through the long evenings. Sunda,
will undoubtedly be the biggest day
of the campaign, as it is the climax vi
this drive.
The following marriage licenses
were issued this week by the clerk
of courts: Floyd Soden. Of Bushnell,
and Teresa Stuart, of Elkton. Ben.
jamin Edgar Olson and Carrie lncz
Hill, both of Bookings. c. A. Raker
and Blanche Potter, both of Whit
Mitchell Mans and Grace Meyer. both
of NOlga. f.. b.. Kast and Queeuic
Myrtle FELTON,, both of Bushnell. Leo
c. Robbins, OF Alexandria and Blanche
Holmes, Of Bookings.
A letter from DR.. a. NJ. Work. st
Petersburg. Fla, says: Il write tn
enclose my annual remittance for th,
Register, We just can't do without H.
wife and | are having our first vact
ton real vacation in the forty yeas
we've been working together. Oh. but
ii Is hnc' FloWerS-ro roses. p%oinscttaS
etc, trees in full leaf and "A great va.
riety Of them. We have been her,
nine days. | inquired at the LaPlala
Hotel for the Shepards and was told
that they would be there last night
but an inquiry this a. m. indicated
that they are still wrestling with snow
and cold somewhere in Tennessee or
Georgia. We have found some splt't
did old acquaintance and friends.
am somewhat better in health. LonG
live the Register. Love to everybody.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-20

Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Hastings. of
Sterling township, were Brookings Wis.
tors yesterday.
Mrs. G.. A. Korte and her daughter.
Mrs. Southland, were up from Aurora
yesterday and called on the. Register.
At the regular meeting of Tetonka
Rebekah lodge, No. %, held last Tues
day evening, the following officers
were elected: Emma Mix, n. G.:
Catharine Rinele, V. G.; saba Gala
han, secretary; Nellie Sheldon. treas
lrer. Installation Jan. 8, 1913. Secre-
tary.
\ joint installation OF Bookings
lodge, a. +. x A NJ. and the Eastern
star, was held at Masonic hall on
Tuesday evening. The following are
IAe officers Of the lodge for the com
ing year: +. r. Benneweis, w. NJ;
A. \. Peterson, s. w: j. l.. Tree, J..
" l.. j. Kendall, treasurer; G.. II.
~%toddart, secretary; J. II. Roberts, 5.
- II. l.. Button, J. d; f. II. Mitchell,
3 $; l.. ". Sutton, J. S; +. c. Scr
en-On, tiler.
There have been rumors of a sale
ot the Bunday garage, during the past
week. Several parties have been bar-
aiming with Mr.. Bunday for its pur-
base, but nothing definite has been
done up to time of going to press. Mr..
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-20
FUR CROP IN A

State Game Warden II. S. Hedrick
has been investigating the output Of
furs from South Dakota and after
looking owe the situation and digging
into the matter Of sales for several
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-20
TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY

FOR RENT-Modern o Mrs. f..
B. Dalton. 725 Williams street.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-12-20

years, he puts the animal product at
approximately two million dollars.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
TOWN WATER PURE

Analysis of Water Delivered Through
Pipes From Filter Plant Shows
That it is Purer Than Average Well
/ Water
The followin~ anlysis was given a
sample Of the filtered water now US
ed by the town by DR.. C. A. Shore,
of the State laboratory of hygiene:
Sediment, none; color-platinum-co-
bait standard, none; turbidity-silica
standard, none; odor, cold, none; al
kalinity Tin terms of calcium carbon
ate) 2.5; chlorine a; colon bacilli in
/ &C. o; colon bacilli in 10 &C. 0;
total number Of macteria at 20 C..
per &C. 2; total number of bacteria
at 38 C. per C. C. 2; total number of
acid producing bacteria 0.
The water from which this analysis
was made was not taken from the
plant but from the line after it had
gone through the water pipes.
DR.. B. w. Page, county health of
ficer, says this water as analyzed
would be excellent for drinking wa
ter. He says it has a better analy-
sis than the average well water about
! town. Water from about 100 wells
in town has been anailzed.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
BROAD RIDGE BREEZES
Box Supper is the oath Instead of
the 23rd-Plowed up Public Road
Personal Mention

Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Broad Ridge (Lumberton, R. ~,
Feb. 22-Farmers were getting busy
again but such rains Monday and
Tuesday.
The box supper at Broad Ridge is
the oath instead of the 23rd, like we
put it before. The date was chang
ed on account of the debate at Long
Branch. Now, don't some of you boys
come Friday night looking for your
girl to have a box and get disap-
pointed, but wait and get up lot of
money and come Saturday night and
run that box high. There is something
else to do besides sell boxes. There
are several songs, reeitations and .
lot of funsto~ be had. Come, every
one of you.
Sorry to report Mrs. Charlie Lamt
very sick; also Miss Polly Bullard
Archie Walters has plowed up the
public road leading to the Broad
Ridge church and trying to make
people travel in the edge of the ditch
where there's no room. We wisl
somebody would look after such far
mers as that and have the road fixed
We have man up here they cal
'long-legs" but sometimes a mis-
take is made and he is called "peg
leg"
The order of the rainy days is eat
ing, and Of the fair days hauling
lightwood.
Mr.. June Ivey of the Proctorvill'
section was a Broad Ridge visitor
Saturday evening.
Mr.. Joseph Britt of Lumberton i
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Joe F. Britt.
| If the man that lost his quart hat
kept his dollar in his pocket nj
wouldn't have lost it.
! w
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
TOLARSVILLE TOPICS
Bad Weather Delays Farm Work
40 Measles-Roads in Bad Con-
dltion - School Progressing Per-

SOndl
Correspondence of The Robesonian.
Tolarsville, Feb. 2O-Bad weather
continues in this section. There is
not much farming going on now on
account of the rainy weather, but
some are hauling fertilizer.
We are glad to know there hasn't
been any measles in our community
yet.
The roads in our community are
in bad condition now.
Sorry to report Mr.. William Par
nell unimproved.
Mrs. j. F. Lewis of Parkton is Wis
lting her step-mother, Mrs. Annie
Honeycutt, this week.
Our school is progressing nicely
under the efficient management Of
Miss Ruby Williams. We are expect
ing about one more month of school
here.
Many of the folks from here at
tended the box supper at Centerville
last Friday night and enjoyed it very
much.
Miss Frances Carter, who is teach
ing school near here, spent the 10th
and 11th with home folks at Maxton
MI. Harry Fisher of Tar Heel Wis
tied relatives here Sunday afternoon
Mr.. 7. w. Maxwell and Mr.. E. w
Britt went to Lumberton Friday.
Mrs. L. E. Ellis visited relatives
and friends at Proctorville last week
Mr.. Bob Wright and children OF
Tobermory attended preaching here
second Sunday
Rev. R. E. Clark was with us fol
the first time last second Sunday
We all enjoyed Mr.. Clark's sermon:
fine. He leaves a good name here.
What has become of Glennwood :
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
TO PROTECT AMERICAN RIGHTS

President Will Ask Congress Merely
for Authority to Protect American
Rights-Call for Extra Session of
Congress to be Avoided-Break
With Austria Hungary Expected
Washington Dispatch, Feb. Fl.
The generally accepted idea that
President Wilson will address Con-
gress again on the German crisis
before the end of the next week vir-
tually was confirmed today in offic-
ial quarters. There was no an
nouncement and it was said that the
President still was considering his
next step, but officials pointed out
the necessity of Congress max
ing provision for any emergency
which might arise after adjournment
and explained that the President
would go to the capitol not to ask
for a declaratio nof war, but merely
for authority to protect American
rights.
One of the Presidents reasons for
desiring action by Congress now in
stead of risking the necessity for a
special session was said to be be-
lief that a call for an extra session
in a emergency might result in dan
gerouS excitement.
Various problems resulting from
the break in diplomatic relations with
Germany are being cleared up, but it
was emphasized at the State Deoart-
ment today that the one big issue fac
ing the American government is the
continuance of Germany's submarine
campaign.
1t was revealed that on Monday 9
vigorous demand for the release OF
the American prisoners on the prize
ship Yarrowdale was forwarded te
Berlin, and it is fully expected that
the demand will be complied with.
On the face of reports on the at
-titude of Germany and Austria-Hun
gary. most officials think the time
rapidly is approaching when diplo
matte relations with the latter coun
try will be broken and steps taker
to protect American merchantmen
desiring to pass through the dan
sgerous area.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22

another chapter some time, if you
enjoy this.
Not much news in the Fork, and
account of the rains and colds. Some
activity in the hauling of fertilizers
is getting perceptible.
1 hear most of our neighbors la
menting the complete destruction of
the oat crop, which is a severe loss,
in view of the shortage Of the corn
crop. Some of our farmers contem-
plate seeding down again, while 9TH
ers have little confidence in the sue
cess of spring sowing. We also lost
our collards, turnips and flowers,
and the problem now is, "What to
have for dinner. But when we think
of the pitiful little starving ones
across the seas, to utter one word of
complaint would be impudent; and
we know that we are not going to
suffer for at least the necessities OF
life.
I sincerely thank the many kind
correspondents for their solicitude in
regard to my health, which is much
improved. My greatest trial now is
the enforced confinement to the
house; but today is beautiful and
hope the time will soon come wher
l can escape from my long impris-
onment and enjoy the pleasures ane
healthfulness of the outer world.
have passed the days in reading
writing and knitting old-fashionee
lace on two knitting needles, such a:
I used in war times to knit socks fol
o,1r gallant soldier hovS
"AUNT BECKY
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22

Federal authorities will do the in
spection work.
Mr.. Oliver offered a bill Tuesday
to amend the Robson law as to main
tenance of roads and bridges.
The bill to limit the terms of State
officers to two terms and county Of
ficers to three terms, in line with
the recommendation of Governor
Pickett for "rotation in office, was
disposed cf in short order Monday,
motion by Long of Halifax, to table
being carried without discussion, and
then motions to reconsider and then
to table that motion being put through
to apply the "clincher" so that it can
not be resurrected at this session.
Among bills passing final reading
in the House Monday were: require
publication of statements by drain
age commissioners; authorize COM
missioners of Green, Jones, Onslow
Carteret, Perquimans, Johnston, Beau
fort, Washington, Brunswick, New
Hanover, Richmond, Moore and Scot
land counties to pay expenses of Con-
! federate veterans to reunions.
: 1t seems that the example of Rob
eson county in having bill pass
ed to allow the county commission
; ers to pay expenses Of Confederate
veterans to the reunion at WH~@i'"'
ton has spread all over the State.
A bill has been Offered in the
i Senate to prevent the use of narrow
tired wagons on North Carolina high
, wavs.
! In the House Monday the bill tt
prohibit Sunday golf was tabled. 4
number Of leading members, includ
;, ing Grier of Iredell were support
:! ing the bill, and it looked like Sun
!, day golf was doomed, so far as thu
House was concerned, but Represent
| ative Pace got in an amendment t.
!, exempt Moore county for the sake O
, the Pinehurst tourists and that dis
| eusted Mr.. Grier and others with tn
legislation, when the very plac
) where there was more Sunday plav
| ing than anv other was exempted. s
Grier moved to table and the meas
: ing vote.
Tax on Cleveland county dogs; regu
= late compensation of counsel assign
j ed to defend persons charged wit
capital offenses: dog tax for Castor
: prevent forest fires; provide for cour
d " convicts having tuberculosis to b
: ent to the State prison or Stat
: farm.
S The House spent two hours deba
d ing the Ray bill for a Statewide do
:, tax and passed substitute providin
r. that anv county can vote on the que
J tion of taxing dogs on petition of or
l. fifth of the qualified voters, the ia
e to be 81.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
BUIE AND PHILADELPHUS NEWS
Roads Are in Awful Condition-Tele-
phone Service-PersOnal Mention

phOne Servlce-PersOnal Mention
Correspondence of The Robesonian
Buie, Feb. 21-Messrs. J. A. Stan
ton and c. c. Baxley were business
visitors at Red Springs yesterday.
The general talk of the community
these days is about bad roads. Roads
through here are in a terrible bad
condition. The road from Buie to
Rad Springs is in real bad condi-
ton.
Mr.. John L. McNeill was a Lum-
berton visitor today
MI. and Mrs. w. H. Adams have
returned from their bridal trip to
Florida.
Messrs. J. G. Mckay and w. M.
Pate of Red Springs were Buie visi-
Roads in Red Springs township
seem to be in much better condi-
ticn than they are in Burnt Swamp
The small grain crop through here
is badly damaged, if not the larger
part of it killed.
Mr. H. B. Ashley, Jr., is business
visitor in town this afternoon.
We notice frequently mention ir
The Robesonian of the telephone ser
vice in Lumberton, being Of the kind
you have to ring. It seems to us
that if Red Springs, a much smaller
town, which has system different
from the above that you don't have tt
ring, Lumberton sure deserves tht
same kind. And right here we wan
to commend the excellent service Civ
en- to its patrons by the employees 0:
the telephone company at Ret
Springs. 1t is unexcelled anywhere
The excellent service is given b.
Messrs. Douglas Covington, 'Leste1
B. Malloy and Miss Annie Belle Glib
son.
! Mr.. R. J. Brown and Profs. C..
Gates and o. C. Dukes were Re-
Springs visitors yesterday.
! Messrs. J. A. Stanton and J. s
Brown are Lumberton visitors today
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
Story of Three Trees

OtOTy VI lHTee Trees
Mr.. r. P. Stone Of Mt. Eliam was
a Lumberton visitor yesterdav. Mr..
Stone told tree story to Robe
sonian reporter. He said that while
rambling through the woods one day
recently he found a maple tree. Moth
ing strange about that, but the Gu
riosity was that one of the branches
of that tree had grown down to the
ground and had taken root and that
same branch had put out limbs and
made a tree. This is not all the
story either, for sprout from the
root of tree No. 2 had grown up aud
made tree No. 3. All three of the
trees are growing in row. Now il
you don't believe this story Mr.. Stone
says he will take any doubling Thorn
as to the tree and let him take a look
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
Mule Fell Dead in Road

Col. Zach R. Prevatt of the Center
section was a Lumberton visitor yes
terday. Mr.. Prevatt told Robe
.sonian reporter about seeing a fine
young mule fall dead in the road
while on his way to town. The mule
belonged to Mrs. Neill Stubbs, wno
lives near Center. Mrs. Stubbs ano
her son had started to Lumbertor
driving the mule and the mule Eel
dead suddenly. The mule had MOI
been showing any signs of sickness
Mr.. Prevatt said. Mrs. Stubbs' hus
band died suddenly a few months
ago.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
Still Holding 8 Crops of Cotton

Mr.. Giles Davis, who lives on Z.
6 from Lumberton, was in town Tues
day. Mr.. Davis says he is still hold
ing the cotton he made in 1914, 1915
and 1916. In order to be able to
hold his cotton Mr.. Davis raises plen-
ty of foodstuff for home use on the
farm and some to sell.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
TOWN BONDS SOLD
Bonds in Sum of S51, 900 Sold by Lum-
berton Yesterday at Premium of

bertOn Yesterday at premium OF
.S315
Bonds in the sum of $51 900 were
sold by Lumberton yesterday for the
purpose of paying for change in
light and water plants and sewerage
and water extension already made
in town. The bonds were sold to
Cummings Prudden Co. of Toledo,
Ohio. Their bid was a premium of
,$315 for 5 per cent bonds. This COM
pany is to furnish bond blanks. Sew
enteen different bids were recelv-
ed on the bonds.
Twenty-thousand dollars Of the
above bonds had been advertised fol
sale once before, but the sale was moi
made on account of some point Of
law, which was changed by the pres
ent Legislature, making the sale o1
the bonds possible.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22

"A meeting of the Robson Rural
Letter Carriers association was held
in the court houss here today. quite
a number of the carriers OF the coun-
ty attended the meeting. A report OF
the meeting has been promised to1
Mondays paper.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
A.. w

Mr.. and Mrs. R. D. Caldwell left
Tusday night for Baltimore, Md. where
they will spend several days. Mr..
Caldwell will buy spring and summer
goods for his large department store
while away.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
HOME ECONOMICS is THE VITAL
QUESTION WITH EVERY FAM
HY RICH OR POOR

The advantages of Thrift Day Sale
is the opportunity to save.
In this issue R. D. Caldwell &
Son have a large advertisement tell
ing about their Three Day Thrift
Sale. Read it on the last page.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
Less Than One Ship in A Hundred
Sunk

Washington dispatch, Feb. 20.
p The British embassy issued state
ment tonight announcing that Ger
many's "widely advertised campaign
of ruthless murder on the HIGH seas"
resulted in the loss of less than one
ship in every hundred plyino in or
out Of British ports between Febru-
ary 1 and IA.
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22
VOL XLViII
MEASURE PASSED
importation of Liquor Into Dry Ter
ritcry Prohibited by Measure Pass

importation of Liquor Into Dry Ter
ritcry Prohibited by Measure Pass
ed by the Congress-Eight South
ern States Affected-They VIII
Become Bone Dry" When Presi-
dent Approves the Measure
Washington Dispatch, Feb. 21.
Absolute prohibition legislation
took its longest forward stride in the
nations history today when the
House, after two hours of uproarious
debate, approved by to l major
ity a Senate measure which would
raise an iron-clad barrier against i'm
portation of liquor into prohibition
States. 1t is expected to receive the
approval of President Wilson with
in a week, adding Immediately to the
'''bone dry" territory about one-third
of continental United States.
The provision is regarded as the
most far-reaching that could be en-
acted by the Federal government, and
der any method short of a national
off entirely liquor importations
annually, into the large number of
States WAlCIl nave
facture or sale, but have permitted
importation for personal use.
Congress by this act makes abso.
lutte the Statewide prohibition legis-
lation of Virginia, North and South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama anc
Mississippi. Thus these join the
''bone dry States of Arkansas anc
Tennessee, which already had enact
ed statutes forbidding the importa
ton Of liquor. Into only States Of
the South-Florida, Louisiana anC
Texas-may liquor in any quantit!
be imported legally for personal us'
after June 80 next. These States
alone in the South have retained loca
option
The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-02-22

Mr.. I. P. Graham, cashier of the
Bank of Proctorville, is among the
business visitors in town today.