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The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
ESTABLISHMENTS OF NEW
KIND OF BANKS GROWING
NEED COUNTRY'S CREDIT

The CRY of the capitalistic classes.
but they prevent "Wore production"
by using the nations credit resour
ces for exploitation and speculation
when they should be used for the
production of wealth That is why
we need more banks. That is why
we need new kinds of banks.
The cooperative movement that
is growing with such rapidity all
over the country is also i'm need of
banks and credit agencies. The CO.
operatives OF other countries have
banking departments, many of them
with Immense deposits. while there
are $4,000 purely cooperative banks
or credit unions i'm Europe that are
owl cd and managed by the farmers
ard workers..
Organizations That Should Have
Banks
Who and what kind of organiza-
lions should promote cooperative
banks? There are perfectly natural
groups that should control their own
credit First, among the labor
group. there are International unions
like those of the railroad brother
hoods. the Amalgamated Clothing
Workers of America, the miners,
printers, and other organizations
that have strong treasures, a we'll
organized membership. and able Of
ticials. The A. F. of l.. should have
a series OF banks across the country
Central labor unions and single un-
ions in the smaller towns are per-
fectly competent to organize bank
and operate it successfully.
Among the farmers there are
similar groups. like the Equity, the
Grange, and other farmers organ
izations- The cooperative societies
of Minnesota, Wisconsin, Nebraska,
Kansas, North Dakota, Washington
and California should have at least
one bank and probably many banks
i'm each state. When it is consider
ed that there are 200 farmers
producers co-operatives i'm Minneso-
ia and 1000 in Wisconsin. and that
they carry on hundreds of millions
of dollars of business each year. it
is obvious that these farmers not
only need banks of their own. but
are abundantly able to conduct them
successfully. The cattle raisers and
the wheat growers OF the west
should have banks to carry their
products over for favorable mar
ket They should not be compelled
to depend on banks controlled by
the spectators. middlemen and
packing trust for loans. There is
no doubt but that the farmers of the
western states would save tens of
millions annually if they controlled
their own banking agencies.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
FARMERS SHOULD READ
WEEKLY 4 DAILY PAPERS

Brookings, Nov. 17.-Every farm
er should take daily newspaper, as
we'll as the local weekly, suggests
Edgar G. Meinzer. associate profess
sor of English at State college.
The winter months are coming
on when the farmer has consider
able idle time on his hands, espec-
tally during the long evenings. he
says. Days will come when there
will be nothing to do but to attend
to the chores This vacant time
should not be wasted or become Il
source of weariness and discomfort.
but should be utilized in wise and
profitable reading. One has time
for general reading too and the ag-
riculturalist should not let the gold
and development pass by unheeded
Every farmer should take daily
newspaper as we'll as the local week.
ly. BY means of the rural mail de-
livery system, it is possible to get
the morning paper at least late in
the afternoon Thus one is con-
stantly kept i'm close touch with the
progress of the world. The intel
ligent voter needs the daily news
paper in order to know what is go
ing on at Washington and in those
states where nearly every voter reads
the press dispatches, the voting is
more intelligent and Independent.
than in those states where the daily
newspaper is not universally read.
Yet 1T is possible to read too care
fully, and to pore over its rehearsal
of crime until the mind is morbid.
The person who reads only the daily
rhress develops a taste which is
re,allow and insipid.
nnei .,.-, ,
rchas
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
elimination of the Democratic party
as factor in national politics.

as lactOr IN national politics
In recent statement he said:
"Our vote is very satisfactory
The result means that the next fight
will be between the Republican and
the Farmer-Labor party. The Dem
ocrats cannot come back Organic
ed labor also has learned its lesson.
We cannot hope for relief in either
of the old parties. In the next figh,
labor will be united with the farm
ers and other forward-looking peo-
pie i'm the FarmerLabor party. The
vote for Harding is very largely
protest vote, vote of disgust, with
conditions and especially against
the Wilson administration. Our CAM
paign has just commenced. Today
we begin organization work for the
Congressional elections of 1922
looking to complete rout of the
old reactionary Republican party in
1924"
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
Hold Good Meeting

The stockholders meeting of the
Roberts County Press, Inc. at the
court house last Saturday was fair
ly we'll attended and a good meeting
was had, all things considered.
A. F. Lockhart, of the Grant
County Tribune, at N1lbank, was
present and gave good talk, eX-
planning, among other things, the
great necessity of the farmer press.
He made clear how the subsidized
press operated to mold the public
mind to certain way of thinking,
and explained the tremendous
power in the hands of capital as the
result of it's control of the medium
through which the public is inform
ed.
After the business coming before
the meeting had been disposed of
there were several who subscribed
for shares in the company. Their
are several thousand dollars Of thu
capital stock yet remaining to
sold. and special effort viii ,,,s,
started soon to clean 1t up, plar o'e'
Continued on page 81 DUR
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
ARMlsTICE DAY MUSINGS
(By Budd l.. McKillip)

NDS buuU IL. MCklIllDJ
Two years ago today the world re-
joiced. We of the A. r. F. threw our
overseas caps in tho air and in the
United States our khaki-clad bud
dies doffed their campaign hats and
cheered the ending of the great war
the war that was to end all wars
and make the world safe for demo-
cracy. That night there was a great
tapping of bell-bottomed trousers
at the stag dances held on board the
battleships where our brothers i'm
navy blue celebrated the signing of
the armistice. The streets of Amer
ica were thronged with our cheering
comrades from the industrial army
that had labored day and night to
provide food, clothing and muni-
tions for a war for democracy, now
successfully terminated.
In the little French villages and
Partisan cafes infirm old age and
war-shattered youth clicked their
SldSStS vi III UiduC anu JOdSLGu UUe
return of peace, "Fini la guerre." I"
they cried TO the American dough
boys who laughingly answered back
"Partay toot sweet" which was as
close as the soldier could come to
saying he was going home as soon
as possible.
The war was over, liberty was en-
throned and the world made safe
for democracy There was no fur
ther need for the soldier to stay in
Europe He wanted to return to
America. to enjoy freedom for whicn
he fought and for which his COM
rades gave their lives.
Eventually he returned, was me.
at the dock by the professional well
coming committee who handed him
a package of cigarettes and list
of places to visit in New York A
few days later he received his dis
charge papers and the shock of his
life when he tried to buy civilian
clOlneS WIN lHe pOV given lliH ny
the government for the purpose Of
starting anew in life
The fact that his former employ
er was too busy buying liberty bonds
at 25 per cent discount to take up
the matter of job, Jared on the
feelings of the ex-soldier slightly.
but he dismissed his resentment and
continued his search for democracy
and a job.
During the two years since the
signing of the armistice much has
transpired to shatter the dreams he
once had of war for democracy
war to end all wars. He has seen
his brothers who enlisted to crush
Observation-Disclosures returned from
Russia where they were sent to make
war upon people with whom no
war had been declared. An organ
ization purporting to represent the
former fellow-soldiers has, under
the shrewd manipulation Of politi-
clans, twice gone on record in favor
CONTINUED from page ~
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
WHY LABOR SHOULD ORGANIZE
BANKS; HOW WORKERS. CAN
MANAGE THEM

By Frederick G. Howe
Executive Secretary OF the Commit
tee on Banking and Credit OF the
All American Farmer-Labor Co.
operative Commission.
The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1920-11-19
Poultry Show in
Sisseton Set for
November 1924

The Roberts County Poultry AS
sociaton will hold its First Annual
Show at the Holt Motor Co. garage
i'm Sisseton on November 23 and "a
Every breeder of purebred poultry
is urged to enter i'm as many classes
as possible. The success of the show
depends upon the exhibitors, not the
spectators Have you not heard
spectators say time and again "I
And the chances are you have.
Bring it in whether you expect to
win or not You may be surprised
Ed L. Hayes of the Dakota
Farmer will judge the show and will
give demonstrations and talks on
culling poultry, poultry diseases.
feed and care of young chicks and
will answer any questions that you
care to ask Judge Hayes is perhaps
one of the best authorities on poul-
try in the country.
Those interested or who may have
birds to enter can secure catalogs
from the secretary, Mrs. Spencer
Bjelland, or County Agent Buchan-
an.
Don't forget the dates, November
2s-24. Birds may be brought in
any time the day of the show,
November lies close at 6
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
JUDGE LOCKE ASKS FOR HELP TO TRY
 CHANCERY CASES
Numerous Divorce Suits and Injunc- ton Cases Cause Congestion in Court-Locke Seeks to Clear
 Docket

Judges of the various divisions of the circuit court have been asked to assist in clearing up the docket of the chancery court before the fall term of court opens in October. Judge Horace Wilkinson Vas given a large number of cases which have been under submission for some time yesterday for decision.
 The assistance of other judges is neccs- sary, according to Chancellor Hugh A. Locke. on account of the large number O. injunction cases filed during the past few months. and the unprecedented num- Der of divorce cases being filed each day, it the dockets are to be cleared before the fall term of court opens The circuit court is now in vacation, so far as the actual trial of cases is concerned.
 The congested condition prevailing In the chancery division of the circuit court Is brought about. it IS stated by the large number of injunction and divorce cases filed recently. Other members of the Judiciary have assisted in the disposition of these cases and still do so. it is stated. but notwithstanding this aid the docae. has become conges.ed, although Judge Locke devotes his entire time to the work of this division of the court. On account of this condition he mas been unable to take his annual vacation.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
PLURAL SYSTEM 0F
 MARKETS IS PLAN Truck Growers and Farm CTS to Discuss Municipal
 Market at Meeting

Truck growers, producers and farmers of Jefferson county will hold a mass meeting in the rooms of the Civic Asso- citation Wednesday morning at 10 clock. The purpose of this meeting will be to give their opinion on matters connected with the proposed municipal market.
 H. l.. Brown, county demonstration agent, has set the date and is personally in touch with as many farmers in the county as possible Thousands of small hand bills are being prepared by the mu- nicipal market committee of the Civic Association and will be distributed into every community in the county. mail ing list of 800 of the best known farm CTS of the county has been prepared and these men are being told by mail of the meeting.
 Information from other cities tending to show that one central market does not solve the problem, the committee is now considering the plan of having a central market and ward or district markets. Under this plan, there would be market in the downtown district, one at East Lake. third at Ensley and others at strategically located points.
 Information has been received relative the plural system, with markets at dis- ferent points over the city. The markets have only been in operation about two months. but have proven satisfactory in every way.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
EIGHT DEFENDANTS
 ARE CHARGED WITH
 CAPITAL OFFENSES

During the month of July 1s0 new cases were added to the docket in Inc criminal division of the circuit court. Uf this number. eight were cases in which. the defendants are charged with offensea punishable by the death penalty, accoryl- ing to figures tabulated at the clerks of- flee yesterday The majority of the new capital felonies are for murder in the first degree.
 Thirty-four felonies not carrying ths death penalty were docketed during this period, while hfty-five misdemeanors and eighty-three cases seeking the condemna- tion of liquor were added to the list.
 Sixteen cases were finally disposed ot in this division during the month ana included three felonies. eight misde- meanors and five city appeal cases. Whiis no court is in session during the summer months, one of the judges is on duty at All times at the courthouse to dispose of matters not requiring the intervention of a jury, to enter orders and receive pleas of guilty.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
EVENTS OF TODAY
 IN BIRMINGHAM
Statement June 30th
 RESOURCES

Meeting of the fAAr rent and housing board at 7s3o o'clock to- night at the City HalL
 Luncheon of the Real Estate Ex- change at the Southern Club, at o'clock.
 Lyric-keith vaudeville and pie lures.
 Loew's Bijou-vaudeviIle and pie lures.
 Strand-VioIa Dana. in "Dan- gerous to Men,"
 TrianOn-sThe Splendid Hazard,, by Harold McGrath.
 Alcazar-Alice Lake, in "ShOre Acres"
 Rialto-WflIian Farnum, in "The Joyous TrOublemakers.o Coloniai-Wallace Reid, in sDOu- bIe Speed"
 Princess---.Silent Avenger." No. 15.
 OdeOn-fsThc MO0nriders." East Lake-Bathing and amuse- ments.
 ss!s Edgewood Park-Drneins and West Lake-Dancing and bath- ing.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL CLUB HOLDS
 MUSICAL STANCE
'Ti. said that ..pu.ic hath charms

'Tis said that music hath charms to sooth the savage breast"
 1t also seems to have a certain charm for policemen, for it charmed tive of them yesterday.
 1t happened this way, two mem bers of the Birmingham police force received n tip that n conven- tion of thes members of the "Shake Rattle and Roll Elm Club" was being held.
 They got busy on the trail right away. The trail led to a house in lonesome spot in the woods. Voices could be heard in the dis tance. The two policemen moved up a little closer. One of them grew bolder and started to peek over a brick wall that surrounded the place where the voices were coming from.
 Then he jumped back into his place behind the wall again. For just at that moment the cool night air was filled with the beautiful voice of a woman, singing very soft and low. a swaying little waltz that reeked with enchantment.
 The two policemen looked at each other in amaxement. They turned and started to leave, for they both believed that they had butted into the wrong place.
 Then a gruff voice growled through the night air.
 'sWind her up and play de other side, I always has lots Q luck wid dat record"
 The two policemen were on the other side of the wall in . second. They saw about half a dozen ne- gro men sitting around in circle. A pair of dice and some loose change was on the ground. Not . one of them blinked an eye, and they were all cOrrnled.
 Then the two pOlicemem began to get some light on the situa tion. For standing on the edge of the ! porch not ten feet away was big photograph and stack of records.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
ASHLEY DECLINES
 GUARDIANSHIP OF
 STATE REPUBLICANS

H. Gordon Ashley. Ashville. named state campaign chairman for the repub- 1ican party in Alabama, will probably not accept the position. he indicated in a letter to the secretary of the Alabama Republican Club yesterday.
 The reason for not accepting was given by MT. Ashley to be because he will manage the campaign of chas. B. Ken namer, republican candidate for Con- gress from the Seventh district
 The decision of Mr. Ashley has not yet been acted upon, but the executive com mittee now has the matter under ad- visement and will announce the new campaign manager and the committed within the next few days.
 The decision of MT. Ashley not to serve will mean that the campaign head quarters will not be established in tho eeyenth district. but either in Birmins. ham or Montgomery.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
LANGUAGE
 COMMERCIAL ASSET
Members of Spanish Club Study Language and
 Literature

Birminghams Spanish American Club is one of the few clubs in the country for the promotion of better feelings with Latin America and for the encourage ment of the use of Spanish language.
 The claim is made that Spanish is the coming commercial language of the world Latin America with more than twenty-five countries, form great oppor- tunities for trade seeking American in- dustries and is the world of opportunity for the young man with a speaking knowledge of the Spanish language.
 The Spanish-American Club is still young. 1t has fifty members and meets weekly for the study of the Spanish language. In the effort to create inter est in Latin America, the club is now exhibiting series of pictures of these countries. One film is shown each week on Thursday evenings Tn the rooms of the Civic Association.
 One of the most interesting activities of the club is to bring to Birmingham people who lecture to them on subjects of interest in the Spanish language.
 Members of the club are made up of both men and women. The only require- ment is an interest in the Spanish lam guage and some knowledge of Spanish grammar.
 Officers of the club are c. E. Horton, weather director, president; Prof. J. A. Reems, Spanish teacher at the Central High School. vice president; R. A. Love- assistant chief clerk Southern railroad. secretary, and Miss Elizabeth Steadham. corresponding secretary.
 The programme of the weekly meeting held tonight in the rooms of the Civic Association includes Miss Gladys Webb, who will give several recitations and readings, and Miss Marcia Martinez, who will sing in Spanish.
 The subject of the motion picture which will be distributed will be ''Ths Centenary Celebration of the Argentine Republic The public is invited to be present.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
SALESMAN TO ANSWER
 FORGERY CHARGE

Ramsey Cole. alias H. A. Sewell, who says that he in from New Orleans. is in the city jail with a charge of forgery entered against him. City Detectives Propst, Granger, Lee and Walton. who arrested the young man at the Louisville and Nashville rail- road station just as he was about to leave the city. say that he cashed checks amounting to $53S on different merchants over the city.
 Cole. who is 22 years of age, claimed that he was salesman for the Louis ville Soap Company, and is< alleged to have cashed several checks on this con- cern. signing himself as H. A. Sewell, cashier.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12

ton; but, on the other hand, increased them.
 Tn addition five new national liquor organizations have come into the field to oppose the eighteenth amendment The Association Opposed to National Proh!- 5ition has it's headquarters in New York. It recently boasted that it has one bill lion dollars subscribed to see that the eighteenth amendment should not be- come operative. The Association op- posed to the Prohibition Amendment has it's headquarters in Washington. It boasts that no liquor dealer is eligible. Its programme, according to it's own statement is as follows:
 '1 To get the Volstead act out of the law.
 '2 To permit every state under the concurrent clause to pass its own en- forcement act.
 ITO permit the election of Congress to weaken the national enforcement code means the reinforcement of national prohibition. In. the eleven states that have no state enforcement code it meals the notification of the eighteenth amendment through the adoption of a beer and wine amendment. In the states that have enforcement codes, it will en- courage lawlessness by encouraging the vets in their attacks on the state pro- hlbltlon laws.
 LAW AND ORDER
 'The issue has resolved itself into a question of law and order, and no can didate for Congress, President or mem- Der of the state legislature should have the support of any law-abiding citizen, If such candidate is for the annullment of the eighteenth amendment. The Vol stead code is as liberal as 1t can be con additionally on the manufacture and possession of cider and fruit juices for exclusive home use. The law only pro- hibited such beverages are actually intoxicating. For commercial purposes, the standard is one-half of 1 per cent. When cider becomes intoxicating, under the provisions of the law, it cannot be sold except for the purposes of making vinegar, and then only to persons hav- ing permit to make vinegar.
 There is nothing drastic and unreaso1- able about the Volstead act. Every pro- vision in it has precedent from state laws. The provisions are necessary to meet the schemy, lawless liquor traffic. A Congress essential to it's enforcement is necessary to maintain law and order. :"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
Friday the Thirteenth
 Gala Day for Ciuitans

the parade through the business district.
 A grand barbecue and swimming and athletic contests will be the order of the day at Roebuck Springs, where the club members are expected to arrive. between 1 and ? o'clock.
 The Civitan parade and barbecue ex- plains the mysterious cards in red ink bearing the words Friday, 18th, that have been seen on automobiles, trucks and in show windows the past week or two This unique method of announcing the forthcoming event was adopted by the committee With the view to interest- ing every member and thus assure his presence at the barbecue.
 The regular weekly luncheon will not be held tomorrow. the barbecue taking It's place.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12
Auto Thieves Steal
 Cars of Police Chiefs

Some thief or thieves has sure got 1t In fer the heads of the diff fereut police departments.
 Two chiefs of police yesterAay had their automobiles stolen.
 Reports from the police depart ment of Montgomery yesterday Ntated that the chief had lost his big Cadillac roaAster.
 To make matters weFse, the re- port stated the car hnd been stolen from in front of the police statlon, and the police of that city are h . very worried frame of mind. for they p~ver knew before that such . bold thief existed in Montgoaery.
 Along about the middle Of the day yesterday . report eame In from the police department at Hartselie, Ala, to the effect that the police chief of that city haA lost his Ford
 At . late hour last night the @chiefs' lixsieso had not been re- covered. though . searching squaA of the citizens had been formed and were searching the country fer miles around.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-08-12

Lines and styles In mems clothes will he more simple, sober and quiet this fall. 1t is indicated by reports sent to Birmingham by the buyer. of local large firms now in the east for fall and winter stock.
 Suits will be straight backed. approaching In style those of sev- ernl years ago. Shortage and high price of wool and cotton will tend to make the clothes tight. or well fitting.
 Young men seeking distinctive ness In dress will find 1t in the double reasted models. The ten- dency this year is to do away with fancy cuffs, collars and pocketsy waist lines, belts and other addi- tions made solely for show and not for use.