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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17

COLLEGE MILITARY BAND

The annual concert of the State
college military band will be held IN
the college auditorium Friday even
ing, January %, under the direction
for the concert will be Marion Car
isle, Brookings, contralto; Mae Salt
marsh, Miller. %trombonist. and Nena
Bailey, Lake Preston. cornetist. There
are SO members in the organization,
4 sergeants, 6 corporals, p priyates.
a chief musician and the director.
The roster of the band is:
Carl Christensen, director, and Il.
II. Pickett. chief musician and assist
ing director.
%Sergeants: d. Horace Campbell,
Rochester. MINI. Rudolph Bucholtz,
Brookings; Lynn Hutton, Esan, and
Harry Solberg. Brookings.
Corporals: f. /. Borst, Brookinsa;
S. +. Danielson. Hendricks. Mimi; j.
w. Headley, Memo; +. +. Herman
sen, Tyler, Mimi; II. II. Lockwood,
Chamberlain, and j. j. Hoos. Tulare.
Privates: W. w. Andrews. High
more. j. O. Arndt, Leola; David Don
er, Bookings; w. G. Elliott, Brook
ings; Il. O.. F~jerestad, Estelline; j.
Karl Heymer, Brookings: O. O. Hobbs,
White Lake; p. NJ. Hutton, Egan;
Scott Hyde, Webster; Marshall KNAPP
pen, Brookings; c. +. Krause, Elan
dreau; Mars Madsen, Niborg; MaX
Redmond, Redfield; T.. w. Nelson, vi.
borg; Joseph Paulson, Brandt; {. w.
Sacre, Interior; Alfred %Stumley. Vol
ga; Ernest Utterbach, Huron; Louis
w. Vollmer, Brentford NJ. w. Wald-
rath, White, and r. II. Thurston,
Sisseton.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17
A NEW "CASH AND CARRY"

In some sections Of the country the
cost Of food TO the housekeeper has
been reduced ten per cent simply by
reyiving an old time custom our moth-
crs had OF going TO market with a mar
ket basket and taking purchases home
instead OF having them delivered.
Wherever women have expressed
their willingness to carry their pur-
chases home themselves and so re-
duce their cost, the grocers, almost
without exception. have co operated
with them to this end.
In some stores where the plan has
worked most successfully. the grocer
has marked his goods with three
prices: cash and carry" the lowest.
charge and carry" FIVE per cent
more, and charge and deliver" anoth-
or five per cent more, making a posi-
bic saving of 10 per cent.
Such a system is fair to both the
grocer and the purchaser, for the for
mcr reduces his expenses Of delivery
and Of keeping accounts, while the
cash customer who takes her goods
with her does not have to bear the
unjust expense incurred by her neigh
Dor who charges her purchases and
has them delivered.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17
NEW RED CROSS WORK

A new committee has been formed
by the Red Cross to get material ana
urepare layettes or outfits Of needed
articles for the homeless children Of
ne war sc%ourged countries. The
( hartman Of this committee is Mrs.
frank NJ. Kremer and she is assisted
by an able corps Of energetic ladies.
Last week the chapter asked for old
"oolen knit articles, that they might
have the wool to use in making these
little articles. Now in order to fur
Their the purchase of material a benefit
dance is to be given at the college
armory next Monday evening and an
advertisement of the same Will be
found In this paper. 1t is a decidedly
worthy cause, as the little Riddles Of
the war are suffering for warm
clothing. These are for the babies,
the tender, innocent little sufferers
pay the awful price in their suf-
fering OF a monsters greed. Let
everyone do what they can to help
the work OF this committee. Go to
the dance il you can't dance and let
your dollar induce some OF the little
s~hivering babies to dance for you in
their glee at being warm once more.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17
A PATRIOTIC CHURCH

Last Sunday evening the NJ. +
ture and a splendid crowd was pres
II to assist in the %unfurling of the
national eolors and the service flag
of the congregation. There was pa
triotic music and singing and the pas
tor preached a sermon that was alon-
the same lines.
The stars and Stripes was first IN.
turled and hung in the pulpit, mem
bcrs Of the G. 4. X. having this in
charge and doing the active part of
the ceremony. Then the SUNDAY
school class. taught by Mss Ruth
f tmassh, the youue girls Il which
made the nas, unfurled the service
emblem with its ffty-one stars repro
s~enting the number of men in the ser
vice OF the nation who are connected
with the families of the members of
the church and congregation
1t was a very pleasant ceremony
and of a nature TO bring out the good
in all those who were in attendance.
As part of the ermon and used as an
illustration of some parts of ii, the
pastor read from the Christmas edi-
torial of Col. Henry Watterson, editor
of the Louisville CourierJournal. The
service was impressive and will tend
to place the matter of individual pa
triotism upon a higher plane.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17
SOUTH DAKOTA HEALTHY

From the figures given out in Wash
ington on the results of the physical
examinations of the men called on the
first draft, it is shown that South Da-
kota is the only state having over
per cent of its men who passed
the same. There were four eastern
states whose accepted number was
less than sixty per cent. The causes
for rejection in the order Of theli
p~revalency were as follows: /, eye;
2, teeth; 3, hernia; 4, ear; 5. heart
disease; s, tuberculosis: 7, venereal
diseases; s undevelopment; 9, flat
feet.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17

Continued on Page 81
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1918-01-17
/ Wilbur p Nesbit
Nuho- az
Your Flag and Ny Flag

A health to the fighting man! The man with a red CLINT in his eye
A CLINT that glows to a tender CLEAN for the Old flag in the sky.
To the man who dares-and the mar who cares for the good old
U.S.A.
Who bears the brunt in the battle front and hurries to the fray.
A health to him-our soldier grim-with his faith that makes his
might;
Who tunes his life to the shrilIng fife and knows the way to fight
A health to the fighting mani The man all innocent of sham,
Who pays the due of a loyal heart at the shrine of Uncle Sam;
Who bears our load on the weary road that leads to a distant peace
And asks no halt till he finds the fault, and the roars of cannon cease
May the throb and thrum of the rolling drum be promise to his ears
Of the joyous day when he'll come away to hear a nations cheers.
A health to the fighting man! The man with impulse clean and clear
To hold him right as a gallant knight without reproach or fear;
When the bugle sings and the bullet rings and the saher flashes
bright,
May he feel the aid of the prayers prayed to guard him in the fight;
May good luck ride on either side and save him for the grasp
Of the friendly hand in his native land that's yearning for the clasp.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Suicide Of Guy Metcalf

The editor Of The Herald was
greatly shocked and sincerely
.grieved on learning that Guy Met
calf, superintendent of public in
struction for Palm Beach county,
had committed suicide. The sad
tragedy occurred in the vault of
Metcalf's office in the courthouse
at West Palm Beach some time be-
tween $3.50 and 6 a. m. last Thurs
day. Being unable to sleep that
night, he went down to his office
at 300 a. M, wrote a few letters
and then sat down in a chair and
shot himself through the head
with a Colts revolver. The JAM.
tor, on opening up the courthouse
found Metcalf dead, sitting in his
chair. The coroner'S jury at
tributed the suicide to temporary
mental alteration, a verdict which
we think is correct, for Metcalt
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Rivals in Using Big Words

The use by The Herald of big
Ior unusual words should not be
charged to pedantry. when they
are employed, it is only for one of
two reasons: first, because they
express the idea better and rem
der unnecessary circumlocution by
little words. That is, it would
take several little words to clearly
convey the idea presented by one
large one.
Second, The Herald sometimes
uses big words in a jocular spirit,
by way of retaliation, for exam
pie, against Judge Benjamin Har-
rison of the Times Union, who is
one of the most accomplished and
entertaining editorial writers of
Florida, and who is given to dig
ging out of the dictionary the
most unheard-of polySyllabic and
Sesquipedalian words that he can
find. When Judge Harrison does
this, he is not guilty of pedantry,
but is moved by an earnest desire
TO instruct.
And so of The Herald, which,
when it uses a big word, does so
.0n the presumption that every
body knows a darn sight more
than the editor does. The paper
has no intention of putting any
one to the trouble of going to the
dictionary, though Editor Jones
of the Arcadia News, in a highly
complimentary and deeply appre-
ciated notice, says that we have
cased him that trouble. This rs
caused him that trouble. This is
Editor Jordan Of the Punta
Gorda Herald, makes us consult
our International dictionary more
frequently than any other editor
in the state. We like him all the
better for this, for there is great
danger Of dust getting on this big
book if we had to depend on some
writers forcing a use of it. AS
was said Of Shakespeare, so can al
so be said of Jordan, cit is as easy
to push with the little finger u
brick from a wall as to push one of
this mans words from his writ
ings." The best thing to do is to
let him say what he wants to say,
and the way he wants to say it.
At least that is what we have
learned to do. The only anything
like near rival that Editor Jordan
has in the state is the Times-U-
mon, published at Jacksonville. i"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
FLORIDA IN FEBRUARY
A Prose Poem by Editor Hether
ington

In the Florida woodlands today
Nature is already busy with the
world-old miracle Of the resur-
rection. The evergreens, type of
the immortal, show little change,
but deciduous trees and shrubs are
Iquickening under the pressure of
the new wine Of life that shoots
upward from the warming earth.
Strange little flowers, mostly
snowy and star-shaped, peep shy
Ily from out the covering of last
years decadent leaves. Every
where the violet-paler and more
shrinking than its city cousin
| lightens the earth s brown carpet
with it's modest blue. There is a
riot of yellow jasmine, its trumpet
shaped blossoms Showering down
at every breath of wind from the
festoons its vines have formed as
they leaped from shrub to tree,
until they crown the forest s tall
est king. The fragrance of jas
mine mingles with pungent odors,
of battling origin but known to all
overs Of the woods-clean, earthly
smells, aromatic scents of un-
known shrubs-perfumes manu-
featured through processes of Ma
lures perfect alchemy Every
where is life renewed or renewing.
The feel of spring is vaguely in the
air; the skies are of cerulean blue,
their every vagary of shade or va
porous shadow reflected in the linn
pid waters of the lakes.
Decay and death are vanishing
before the onward march of life.
The Sere and yellow leaf is hidden
almost If a day by the upspring-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

was a man of nervous tempera-
ment and he had trouble enough
to wreck his nerves and upset his
mind.
He was widely known through
out Florida, having first come into
prominence as the manager fifteen
years ago of the famous pot
metal" campaign that made r.
Hudson Burr one of Florida s
railroad commissioners, a position
which he holds to this day. After
his campaign, Metcalf restricted
his political activities to his imme-
date surroundings. His support
of Claude L'Engle for congress-
man at large got him the appoint
ment of postmaster for West Palm
Beach, a position which he lost
through errors of subordinates,
just as Capt. James Mckay lost
the postmastership Of Tampa.
Later on, Metcalf was elected
superintendent of public instruc-
ton for his county, an honor
which he richly deserved, for he
had done more for the cause of
education than any man in his
county. Some seven years ago,
he took the editor Of The Herald
through the splendid high school
building which was built at West
Palm Beach chiefly through Met
Icalf's efforts. At that time, it
was the biggest, finest and best
county school building in Florida,
land Metcalf naturally took a
great pride in it. But he was Sc
verely criticised for having put up
a building that was supposed to
be out of all proportion for the re-
Iquirements Of the county for many
years to come. Since then, it has
been found necessary to enlarge
the building.
Well, we could write several
columns about Guy Metcalf, for he
was one Of our most treasured
friends. We did not agree in pol
itics, but the disagreement did not
in the slightest interrupt the
warmth of our personal friend
ship, and we write this to testify
to the fact that we can admire and
love true, loyal man for his per-
sonal qualities, regardless of his
political and religious views. I'VE
mourn the death Of Guy Metcalf
as we would that of a brother. !
Bright be the place of his soul!
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

ing plant or riotous vine. The
somber tones Of brown are giving
place to a universal symphony in
green. AS we view the fallen
monarch of the woods, which
stood for centuries as one of the
pillars of Goods first temples, .
now yielding sustenance to flower,
and vine, and budding shrub, we
are reminded Of the words:
"Lo, all grow old and die
But, see again, how on the fall
tering footsteps Of decay
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
A rumor became current in Pun,

A rumor became current in Pun,
ia Gorda, Friday, that Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt had died in
the New Rork hospital in which
he is being treated, and it caused
real distress to all who heard it,
for practically every body in Pun
ia Gorda is a warm personal
friend of Colonel Roosevelt. When
he was here last year, he captured
the town by his personal magnet
ism and outspoken Americanism.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

The st. Cloud Herald urges that
the municipal authorities exempt
actual homes from taxation. The
Punta Gorda Herald would have
the real homes of the people ex-
empt from all taxation, state,
county and municipal. Not only
this, but it would exempt the
farmers agricultural implements,
the lawyers and the doctor s
books and instruments, the print
er's type and presses and all other
implements and instruments by
which people make a living. And,
also, it would have repealed the
odious occupation tax, by which
an embryo lawyer in Punta Cor
ola earning less than $4,000 a
wear has to pay as much tax as
Tom Palmer of Tampa, who makes
over 100000 year.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Recent change Of notable edi-
tors of Florida papers included thc
withdrawal of Herbert Felkel
from the Tallahassee Record and
his accession to the editorial force
of the st. Augustine Record, while
Joe Hugh Reese, who, up to some
time last year, was chief editorial
writer for the Orlando Reporter
Star, became one of the editors of
the Palm Beach Post Both the
Palm Beach and the St. Augustine
papers are very fortunate in hay
ing secured the services Of such
brilliant writer's, whose editorials
always attract widespread and
earnest attention.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Most of the genealogical mon
sters by which the Florida reading
public is appalled,, if not enthrall-
ed, are the secondhand progeny
of Judge Benjamin Harrison, a
brilliant editorial writer of the
Tines Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

DeSoto county's share Of the in
terest on the state school fund, by
the apportionmcnt made this
month, is $2,181.50, which is based
on an average school attendance
of 1853.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

The esteemed Tampa Tribune
doesn It seem to be cup" in the
correct spelling of Greek names,
which causes merriment in the Of
flee of the Times Union.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Lakeland is beginning to mag
inc that she needs a Carnegie Ii
brary 1t is the most unnecessa-
ry, not to say foolish, of any pub
lie institution or Improvement.
that has ever been proposed for
any city. A book exchange, sup
plemented by a few reference
books, such as a standard cyclope-
dia or two, are all that any town
needs in these days Of cheap
books, newspapers and magazines.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Lent began yesterday. The OBJ
servance of it in these war times is
both religious and a patriotic
duty.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

There were 36,943 motor vehi-
Giles registered in Florida on Feb
ruary 1st, and the state received
100000 for auto licenses.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Mr.. Sparkman definitely an
nounces that he will not again
make the race for congress.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Napoleon was banished for life
to a lonely isle for raising hell in
Europe. What does the Kaiser
deserve?
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14
Youth hastens on, ever gay and
beautiful Youth

In all her beautiful forms. -
Lakeland Telegram.
And he didn t say a word about
the delicious fragrance of mango
and orange blossoms, with which
the air is laden.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

rive old as well as new address. Sub
scribers falling to get any, issue of the The
paper that may get lost in EIalls WI.
pc supplied with extra copy on request
for same.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

FOREIGN ADVERTISE
C. Green, Tampa, Florida, Soliciting KEEP
resentative of the South Florida Press
Association.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-02-14

Copy for change in advertising Sh
tuesday noon of each week. Z
changing at monthly intervals.
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-20
PREPARE FOR PROSPERITY

The years following the conclusion Of the likely to
be prosperous known the United States in the opn
of New York and Philadelphia At lunch
Of the Carlisle Chamber of Commerce letter read from Mr.
Wanamaker who is at Atlantic City. In part, it read
"O course there will be jolt and readustmen when the
stops will be ample supplies of to conduct
snesshuge of money the profits of warmakng supplies
by people all the United Sateswhc will always remain and
be in circulation in the United States.
Mr. Wanamaker's household word throughout the
United States
WhyY Because he is Americas most successful merchants
Yes partly But there better and this
includes the wy" he is America most successful merchant
Mr. Wanamakes has appeared in the big newspapers OF
Philadelphia and New York fifty years He built his tremendous
business newspaper advertising He will tell any inquirer to-
day that without intelligent and persistent of the
papers could attained either the the emn
that attaches to his
you Mr. Wanamaker has say prosperity
after the war? Mr. Wanamaker better calculated than most Amer
leans speak this subject Meanwhile Mr. Wanamaker is
pairing get his part Of the benefits when this of pros
perty strikes.
Howe BY keeping his business before the public during the
He gets results from his day advertising In the first
place brings him rich business and the other
hand his will be of the enterprises of the country that the
people permitted to forget during the
you cuta your advertising because the country
will be behind the when the and the big start
is taken for the rehabilitation Of the commercial fabric of the world
Note the magazines and newspapers of the country You will
find that the Curtis publishing company preparing for greater bust
after the while getting all they during the war How
By charging its advertising funds
You will that the great tobacco companies of the United
States preparing for all the ness they after the
setting all they during How? By charging their
advertising appropriations.
You will see further that makers of victroas and victroa
spending millions dollars for advertising during
war.
You cannot have failed to that the automobile factories
Notwithstanding their plants have been giving much space
ers doing than twice the quantity of advertising they
V doing year ago when the was but a month old.
With what result? The automobile manufacturers doing bet
business than before and the factories that taking
lead in advertising getting hOHon the public Imagination that
will give their sale when the
big of enlarged activities general lines notion
The merchants who permits his business be forgotten
back while the lasts will be many months behind
the wdeawake merchant when the the war
months long.
This the truth Ask John WanamaBer the most successful
merchant the world and the greatest newspaper
ing in America.-Iuntington Herald Dispatch
The public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1913-1968, 1918-05-20
military registration 81 June 8, 1917,
the deairability Of maintaining such
records has-become apparent to all.
VOYAGES PROVES CONCRETE
SHIPS EQUAL TO steel.

Washington, May 1S-An official re-
port today on the behavior OF the Con-
crete ship Faith during her second
trial trip of the Pacific coast, In q
strong wind and choppy sea. says the
vessel is believed TO be fully equal, II
not superior, to any steel ship Of
the same size and equal power. The
Faith soon will undertake her maiden
voyage with cargo.
The Faith made -O.1 knots. Despite
rocking, the absence OF vibration was
declared to be very noticeable"
Scientific instruments observed by
experts of the shipping board, show
ed that the vessel withstood a maxi
mum range longitudinal stress amid
slips OF 1,2OO pounds per square inch
III steel deck and bottom.