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The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
PHILIP SALE A RECORD BREAKER
Receipts. Will Probably Amount To
$75OO---Several Items not
In Report To Date.
Is Record For Western SD.

sion at the Gem Theatre, where
it wound up at two o'clock in the
morning. The list of donations
included nearly everything in the
catalogue of human wants. In
deed, it is not too much to say
that the ordinary individual OF
common needs could be clothed,
fed and generally provisioned
from the cradle to the grave
from the offerings Of the Philip
Red Cross auction. Articles
brought fabulous prices and it is
not possible to mention many of
them.
Our local postmaster, H. ].
Mcmahon donated a Colts six
shooter, which he carried on the
range in pioneer days. Without
being resold it was knocked off
to Mr.. Mcmahon for $3.50, and
he still carries the gun. Single
men who have no incumberances
in the way of women folks or
prospects Of acquiring any
bought articles of ladies wearing
apparel at SIS per cammisole.
Baby carriages, baby robes and
the like, brought surprisingly
strong bids from unexpected
quarters.
Excitement ran high at the
aftersupper session. The Philip
band played patriotic airs, such
as Khaki Bill" and the Battle
Cry Of Freedom while the
crowd sang and yelled. pauslng
after each stanza so that the
auctioneer could sell the tune.
Men and women bought the
tunes at from $25 to $1OO per
tune. In addition they sang,
wept and hugged each other. It
was about ten times as exciting
as any revival meeting we have
ever seen.
A dinner was served at the
noon hour upstairs and big
supper at six o'clock. The eat
ables contributed much to the
good humor Of everybody and
the success of the auction. AL
though the women folks only
obtained $40O from their dinner
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02

In binding snowstorm that
drove the bidders from the street
into a nearby building, Philip
held its first Red Gross Auction
Sale on Saturday. In spite OF
the bad weather the sale develop.
ed into an amazing success. AT
two o'clock Sunday morning
when the exhausted promoters
and bidders added up the totals
it was found that the sale had
bio light in 81, ,237.40.
The weather was certainly
disappointing, because Saturday
morning found a real April snow
storm sweeping down from the
northwest. This kept hundreds
of country folks, who had expect
ed to participate, at home. In
town the committee who had
planned upon holding the sale on
Center Avenue, was forced to
make new arrangements at the
last moment and transfer the
sale to lower floor Of thesbuilding
belonging to r. W. Mathieson.
A platform was hastily con-
structed in this building, and
several drayloads of donations
assembled about it.
At two o'clock the stage was
set for action. After an an
nouncement of the days program
by Alvin Waggoner, chairman of
the Haakon county chapter, Hon.
c. N. Leedom of Kadoka, in
troduced the sale with a few
effective remarks. Indeed. it
may be said in passing that Mr..
Leedom,s remarks are one Of the
important phases of a Red Cross
Auction as he conducts it.
The Philip High School Glee
Club sang a. semioriginal song,
entitled, BUY A Liberty Shirt Or
Two" The strains Of their
music had hardly died away
when the shirts had been sold
half a dozen times over at So and
$40 a shot.
It is impossible to describe in
detail the course Of the auction
through the afternoon, the after
supper session and still later ses-
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02

School girls were active and
most persuasive in the sale of
chances on these various raffles.
H>was a bad day for Kaiser Bill" :.
There were too many other
stunts on the program. But we
still have him on hand and he
will get his later.
This record of nearly $500. 90
is the best Red Cross sale that
has been reported in South Da-
kota, west of the Missouri river.
In fact we claim the record for
towns of 700 in South Dakota or
elsewhere. If other states have
champions let them be trotted
out.
But attention should also be
called to the fact that Haakon
county is rapidly making a
record for itself so far as the
raising of Red Cross funds is
concerned. Philip, Ottumwa,
Lucerne, Ashcreek, Grindstone
and Nowlin have held auction
sales and within the past six
weeks over $12.OOO.0O has been
raised. Haakon county has a
population of less than 1000. It
It has II Red Cross branches,
and we understand that each one
of these plans to hold an auction
sale during the year. II this pro-
gram goes through, on the first
day of January next, Haakon
county is likely to have a record
that will make its citizens feel
proud. However we will not
count our Red Cross chickens be-
fore they are Matched. Some Of
the chickens are out of the shell
and we will wait and see what
the others bring forth.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
giving any too much light, SO let
me hear from you real soon, !
remain
Your Loving Brother.
Verne Farnsworth, Battery F,
lat F. A.A. E. F. France.
THE RED CROSS WAR FUND

The American Red Cross has
launched campaign to raise a
Second War Fund of one hundred
million dollars during the month
of May. The week commencing
May l9 will be devoted to the
actual work Of raising this vast
sum of money throughout the
United States.
A carefully planned campaign
is already under way. Every
state and every county in the
United States has been allotted
its share of the fund. DR.. ]. w.
Barksdale is chairman of the war
fund campaign of the Red Cross
in Haakon county and the share
that has been allotted to the
county is $l,5OO. With nearly
two thousand adult members
this amount should not be hard
to raise.
Local COMMITTEES will be ap-
pointed by each branch to can
vass its own membership and
raise a share Of the county's por-
tion that will be allotted to it. In
general it is planned to handle
the campaign in much the same
fashion as the Third Liberty
Loan campaign was handled.
The card system will be used,
and in general individuals viii be
allotted a small minimum which
they are asked to contribute.
The same system Of reporting on
the progress Of the campaign and
the objections of possible delin-
quents will be in vogue.
J AS is generally known local
Red Cross organizations retain
all the money they raise for their
own work except q part Of mem
bership dues which goes to the
.natio nal headquarters. Of
snOurse this is not sufficient to
build the hospitals, purchase
ambulances, and engage in the
vast undertakings of the national
organization. Consequently the
national headquarters has hit up
on the plan of raising a war fund
each year. A fund Of one hum
dred millions was raised last
June and is now largely spent.
A vast amount Of work accom-
plished can be shown for the
money. Now a second fund is
to be raised. This by voluntary
subscriptions Of the members
and not by the usual methods
employed in raising fund for
local Red Cross work.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
AAAkON COUNTY BOYS
At THE FRONT
vERN FARNsWoTA waITEs--.AAVf BEEN
WITHIN 100 YARDS OF THE HUNS
A. E. F. France,
April 9. 1918.

Dear Brother and All:
Received your most welcome
letter today and was somewhat
surprised as it has been a long
time since I've heard from you.
It worried me lots not hearing
from any of you for so long. |
was operated on the 3rd of March
for Glamiutitus and was in the
hospital a month but am up and
feeling fine now. Am at a rest
camp now waiting transportation
back to our own Battery. Have
been here for ten days now, but
think will get out soon. at least
| hope so. l am glad that moth
er is doing SO nicely and wish /
could see you all. was very
sorry | could not have a longer
talk with you at Pierre the day
we came thru. | have tho't of it
so much. i never even got to
give you a real good farewell as
! thot the train would stop some
place close to where | got on but
they pulled our car quite a ways
down, but will make up lost time
when we get back, Ha! Ha!
Yes, we sure will eive'em hell
and have made it so for some Of
them now. Yes, we have been
in reach of Germans. 100 Yards
| guess that is cutting down on
them, ha! ha! You make them
all shut up and take notice over
there and we will here.
We are sure having some rainy
weather here, cold and rainy
every day, but, we are in good
barracks so we don't mind It
much. ! haven't received the
boxes of cigaretts yet but sup
pose | will sometime soon, and
please accept my many thanks
in advance for them as they will
sure be appreciated, although we
can buy all American tobacco
here cheaper than you can. IN
France WE can buy three pack
ages of Cainels for a Franc, that
is about 18 cents in our money.
We get five Francs and seventy
centimes for an American dollar.
We get paved in French money.
| have SOP Francs coming now
for four months pay. Well Chet,
/ must close as this candle is not
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
We have plenty Of Colorado Coal that will not

and supper, it is safe to say that
their cooking and hospitality
added several times that amount
to the price whichthe auctioneers
received downstairs. For the
dance supper Henry Hoffman
generously turned over the use
of his entire restaurant and a
band of tired, heroic women
we're still in force there at an
early hour Sunday morning serv-
ing lunch and washing dishes.
After Manager Brown had
concluded his show he turned
over the Gem Theatre to the
committee apd the auction start
ed again. Almost the first num-
Der on the program was the offer
ing of the Baby Jack" donated
by Dan Powell and his boys.
This hoax was a good curtain
raiser and Jack" was bid in by
Mayor-elect Will r. Walpole, who
was, by the way, one Of the
strong bidders at. the sale. In
the meantime Auctioneer Jud
Pepper had arrived to lend a
hand and he and Mr.. Leedom
held forth from the stage Of the
Gem until early in the morning,
the prices ruling strong until the
last.
It is to be regretted that credit
cannot be given to everyone who
contributed donations. cash, pro-
ceeds of their places Of business,
time and strenuous effort to the
success Of the day. The list is
simply too long. A committee
consisting Of H. A. Kumm. Helm
er Eleeson. Mrs. VIM. Kelly, Mrs.
&c. E. McLane and T. ]. Robinson
were in charge and rendered
splendid service, but the sale
could not have been the great
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The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
THIRD LIBERTY LOAN 4
SUCCESS IN HAAx0n COUNTY

While some eastern localities
are doing a good deal of putting
and sweating over the Third
Liberty Loan the West is coming
through in great shape. South
Dakota is doing its share. Jack
son county was the first county
in the state to report a full sub
scription. Haakon county was
not far behind in reaching its
quota. One township only did
not come up to allotment given
it, and the total for the county is
far above its quota.
The pioneer. [volume] (Philip, Haakon County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-05-02
BUY YOUR COAL NOW

TN order that the shortage of coal experienced last
winter may not be felt again, we advice the peo-
pie to lay in their supply for next winterNOW.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

Following the recent conference
OF Republican leaders in Washing
ton, which was attended by Chair
man Hays OF the national commit
tee. the announcement is made that
an aggressive campaign for control
OF the next congress is to be made.
Ii was revealed, however, at this
conference that while the "old
guard" Penrose, Watson. Galiinger,
Sherman, ct al. with the assistance
of Chairman Hays, succeeded in
convincing majority of the con-
ferees that they should make po-
litical war on the party in power
even in the midst OF a world war, a.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30
Okla h oma and
7 T@xas News Notes
OKLAHOMA.

The farmers OF Texas county
have entered into the plan of rails
ing carload of hogs to be shipped
and sold for the benefit OF the Red
Cross. Each farmer is to donate
one or more hogs for this purpose
and a purse OF $50 is offered for
the heaviest pig produced when the
fatted animals are assembled tor
shipment.
The largest single field of wheat
in Oklahoma and Kansas is that OF
the Miller Brothers at the lOl
Ranch, near Bliss. The harvest is
now in full force. In this field OF
1000 acres there are thirty-two
binders and more than $50 men,
thirty of whom are interned Ger
mans from Camp Green.
The Oklahoma College for Wo-
men, at Chickasha, is to have new
$35,000 central heating plant, mod
ern in every respect and equipped
for heating twice the buildings that
will be on the campus at the time OF
the completion OF the new fine arts
building
Many Rogers county farmers, de-
sirous OF getting the harvesting
done as quickly as possible, while
good weather lasts, are working by
moonlight.
Muskogee attorneys had charge
OF the War Savings Bank one day
and turned all fees into war savings
stamps.
Marietta has an organization,
headed by women, that pays into
the Red Cross treasury $1,000 ey-
cry month. Love county comes
nearer having an ideal Red Cross
organization than any county in
southern Oklahoma. There are
twenty-five auxiliaries.
Mrs. Etha Lawrence OF sand
Springs made the second highest
grade in a list Of 2l successful ap-
plicants for examination before
the Oklahoma bar commission.
The members of the faculty OF
the A. & NJ. College at Saltwater
have been reelected for the next
term and have been granted an in
crease in salaries amounting to
about $l00 year each.
Oklahoma's fire loss for May was
$240, l27.77, the smallest OF any
month in 1918.
Plans for the construction of the
$l75000 bridge which will span
the south Canadian river on the ma
tional highway south and west out
OF Oklahoma City, have been ap-
proved by the federal good roads
This means that the
federal approval carries with it the
agreement that the government will
go fifty-fifty with the state on the
COS of construction.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

The first and only bearing cam
phor plantation of any size in this
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30
TEXAS.

A final report OF the Red Cross
drive shows Cooke county oversub-
scribed its quota OF $l5,S25 by
more than 5000.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

Like President Wilson. William
F. McCombs, chairman OF the Dem
ocraiic national committee from
1912 to 1916. declares that politics
Is adjourned" In a recent inter
view Mr.. McCombs said: People
are going TO vote in November for
the status quo; that is, to keep
things as they are. The country
feels that, as the war IS being con-
Quoted by a Democratic administra-
tion, that party should have full
power as well as full responsibility.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30
MILLER.JACKSON COMPANY
Oklahoma City

loss was more than $4,000. The
fire destroyed 1900 bushels of
corn, eight cars of peas, three cars
OF millet, $4,000 new grain sacks
and large quantity of wheat, bar
ley and rye. This is the second big
grain fire in Sherman within a fe7g
weeks.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

WANTED.-Men and ladies to
learn barber trade; free tuition,
percentage paid while learning;
position guaranteed; cataiog mail
Cd free.-Schwarze Barber College
100 West California Avenue,
Oklahoma City.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

Brown county cavalry troop, or
ganized and recruited by Paul Y.
Harrell, has been practically com
pleted on a war footing. Harrell
has received notice from the war
department that the troop will be
mustered into the federal service
soon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

country IS located at Satsuma. Fla.
Ii contains 1000 acres OF trees which
last year yielded 10000 pounds of
crude camphor.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

strong minority OF Republican
statesmen strenuously objected to
such a course.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

For that reason, there probably will
be Democratic gains in the house of
representatives at the November
election. The Democrats will re-
tain their majority in the senate"
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30


mustered into the federal service
soon.
Shocked by the death of his boy
hood playmate, Arthur Baker, who
died in action in France, Attorney
II. P. Robertson Jr., OF Temple, has
volunteered in the service. Mr.. Rob
ertson was in class I and had en-
tered the race for reelection as
county attorney.
The University of Texas radio
school, which until recently was a
radio-mechanics school under the
supervision of the United States
signal corps. has been changed to
radio operators school under SUI
pervision OF the air service division.
During the first nine months OF
the present fiscal year, from Sep
tember to May, $3.50 accidents
were reported to the state indus
trial accident board. OF these, los
were fatal.
Camp Bowie, Fort Worth, Texas,
will become one Of the permanent
replacement camps after the de-
parture OF the 36th division, accord
ing 10 an announcement recently
made By Colonel Williams, chief OF
staff.
The Houston Ice and Brewing
Company has recently employed a
woman 20 drive one OF its large de-
livery trucks. All women employees
are receiving the same pay as the
men.
More than one million young bass
have been distributed over the state
in the season just ended by the fish
hatchery at Dallas. The hatchery
this year devoted its entire work to 1
the production of bass. One hun
dred lakes, streams and reservoirs
have been replenished.
Members Of the Order of Railway
in Fort Worth. number
ing 200. own $4,000 worth Of Lib
eriy bonds.
A German woman has been ar
rested in Sherman following the de-
OF big milling plant and
warehouse near that place The
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

Of the 100000 horsepower On
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

A German woman has been ar
rested in Sherman following the de-
struction OF big milling plant and
warehouse near that place. Thi
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1918-06-30

Members Of the Order of Railway
Conductors in Fort Worth. number
ing 200. own $4,000 worth Of Lib
erty bonds.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
# * # German Peace Drive Will Come to Naught

1EROM present indications, Ger J many's latest "peace offensive" will prove futile. It is rightly consid- cred a move made by the German government to offset what amounts to crushing defeat along the western front, where all attempts to break through the British and French armies have failed. The German gov ernment is believed to be planning it's latest peace propaganda largely for home consumption. Something must be done to quiet the German people who are growing restive over the enormous sacrifice of life for negligible gains in battle.
 The allied countries, and America least of all, are in no mood now to discuss peace. If the pope serves again as spokesman, it will hardly be necessary for President Will son to make another statement of our war aims. His last ad- dress delivered to Congress on this subject was clear-cut and unequivo- cal. He told the world exactly what America is fighting for and, by in- ference, what the allies are fighting for, since there is perfect unanimity among the worlds democracies re- garding the purposes of this war.
 Both Von Hindenburg and Won Ludendorff, Conceded to be the strong est men in Germany, and her military leaders, have said that the war must be fought to a decision. The same view is held by the allies. Germany, and that means militarism, has not vet been defeated. The Kaiser still has enough troops in reserve to make an- other powerful thrust at Amiens or the. channel ports, if his military ad- visers deem it expedient.
 The German government has not yet reached the point where it will make sincere offer of peace on terms that would be acceptable to the allies. In fact, there is grave doubt as to whether or not it will ever be worth while to discuss peace with the German government as it is. now con- stituted, no matter what terms may be offered. This is the price Germany pays for its infamous "scrap-of- pa per" policy.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
The Even Balance

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 HENRY EDMoNDs.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-05-05
Noise of Boys
 Mars the Music

7T7 HE community sings" are in
 J tended for the diversion and spiritual improvement of men and women, but the pleasure of the thou sands who go to Capitol park on Sun day afternoons to listen or participate in the songs for everybody is greatly marred by the noise of children at play. There is no excuse for this.
 The city commission, in order to keep down expenses, maintains a smaller police force than is usually found in cities of Birmingham's size. But officers are not so few that two or three could not be made available for duty around the amphitheatre to preserve decorum during the concert hour. There was no effort to restrain the disturbers last Sunday and as a consequence a large plumber of those