Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1918-03-23
RED CROSS SALE
Country Folks go Over the Top by Raising
Fourteen Hundred Dollars at Last
Saturdays Sale.


Secretary heard as he wended his home
ward way last Saturday evening after
the sale held on Main street in the in
terests of the Red Cross.
The country folks certainly did them
selves proud not only by the amount of
the donations they sent in for the sale
but also by the way they bid up on the
goods to be sold. Nobody was looking
for bargains and not many bargains were
had, everything fetching good price
and many things fetching big price.
We cannot pretend to tell many Of the
prices realized but here are a few. A
box of cigars sold and re-sold until it
fetched a total of S7l.75. These cigars
were donated by VIM. Lovett and GER
tainly proves the quality of his cigars
Keaster Barnes donated a duck that sold
for S42. Two dozen eggs donated by
Mrs. Maudlin brought in the round sum
of $25. Lewis Godsey's cake sold for 81
(some baker is Lewis. A two quart can
of fruit sold for Sl4 A rooster given by
c. NJ. Price brought $l3, and many other
things sold several times bringing double
or treble their value.
The total sales amounted to over
81 10000 and lunches realized S53; these
together with cash donations and new
memberships obtained as a result of the
drive made by the High School young
men made grand total of over 81 400,
There were one or two features of the
sale that deserve honorable mention.
The first is that the two banks, both rep
resented on the staff of sale workers by
their presidents, Messrs. Delicate and
Kneeland gave a donation to be sold ;
the Custer County Bank giving $50 in
gold nicely mounted on a card, which
sold to George Hitch for S66, and the
First National Bank giving a certificate
of deposit for 500 which sold to w. f.
Hanley for $50. This is the second don
alton Of the Custer County Bank the first
being for 500. Our Banks are to the
front on any patriotic efforts that are
put forth.
number of people gave money to be
sold and in every instance it sold well.
1t was our intention to give full list
this week of all the donations that were
received but we find that many came at
the last moment and failed 10 get prop
erly recorded as they were sold without
being tagged and it has been thought
that it would be unfair ifsome donations
were missed and 80 We have decided
that it is best not to attempt a full pub
lication.
Much praise is due to the storek eepers
and their clerks who have taken so much
interest in the sale and placed them
selves at considerable trouble not only
to receive the donations but also to de-
liver them at the SALE thus saving the
officials much hard work.
The program that preceded the sale
was up to the usual Custer standard
Poor music is unknown in Custer unless
it comes to us from the outside some
where. Little Fern MCCrea was placed
on table, shrouded in the American
flag and sang one verse of America and
then the audience sang the three re-
manning verses accompanied by the band.
The band is making rapid progress and
compares favorably with some prize
bands that the writer remembers. Their
music was inspiring and undoubtedly
had much to do with the success of the
sale. The Custer Chorus has the name
of being always good and lived up to its
long reputation last Saturday by giving
appropriate music in first class style.
Chas. Smiths solo, Shouting the Battle
Cry of Feed EN-" is especially worthy Of
mention. The Junior Male Quartette
sang keep the Home Fires Burning"
to the delight of the vast crowd who
we're present. Mr.. Helm the Chairman
of our Custer County Chapter, in a very
spirited address enthused his audience
so that the way was prepared for the
auctioneer to take charge.
Everybody sang the praises of the
Auctioneer, Mr.. Z. A. Leedon, who came
on the call of Mr.. f. e. Kneeland to
take charge of the sale. He is master
of the art of selling and soon won the
confidence of his audience who good
naturedly responded with the results we
have seen. He came without charge and
paid his own expenses. Mr.. Leedon
was introduced by Mr. Kneeand in a
few telling remarks and then the sale
began in good earnest.
During the afternoon many people
took shot at the Kaiser. A life sized
cartoon of the Kaiser had been drawn
by Mr. Herbert Heidepriem for the pur-
pose of making target, and with the
aid of 22-riflle kindly lent by Mr.. Fred
Heidepriem and ammunition supplied
by Mr.. Pat Adams a few dollars were
raised and much amusement caused.
The lunch served by the ladies was
much appreciated as the receipts show.
Mention must be made of the splendid
exhibition of work on display in the Red
Cross room. Many who saw the work
said they had no idea that work was be-
ing done in such vast quantities. There
were over 100 hospital bed shirts, hun
dreds of bandages, an enormous guam
tity of knitted goods, besides pajamas,
fracture pillows and other goods
An amusing inciden. was enacted at
the close of the days proceedings, when
Theima Wilson and Harriet Willis came
running up to the Secretary saying Mr.
Spencer we have got some more money
for the Red Cross" and upon investiga,
ton it proved that they had taken some
of the free food conservation pamphlets
and sold them for nicke or a penny
and so was able to hand in as their bit
| .0l.
When the workers went home
thoroughly tired ont they went with the
satisfaction that the Country Folks were