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Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
MAKE CHANGE IN
STATE HAIL LAW.

Pierre, April 5.-Changes have been
made in the state hail insurance law ac
cording to an announcement by the
state commissioner of hail insurance.
Following is portion of letter being
sent county auditors regarding the
change:
The amendment made TO the hal
law by the 1921 session Of the legislature
in no way changes the general plan oI
the law and the exemptions will be
made as heretofore with toe exception
that you will be furnished with the
blanks as soon as We can baye them
printed with the third exemption sheet,
or a different color than those sent you,
so that in case the farmer wants the
triplicate copy for record Of the exemp.
tion, he may have it.
The law as amended ptaNides that
the insurance goes into effect June 10th
in your county and gives until June 18th
to exempt. Another amendment pro-
vdes that any one farming land not on
the tax list, as homestead, school or In
dian land can carry the state hai' insur
ance by listing his land with the county
auditor and paying the premium there
fore, in cash. Banks to take care Of
this class Of land will be furnished you
Another amendment provides all
losses will be payable on October 18th
and the taxes extended against the land
is not to be deducted as heretofore
payment being made direct from this
Office TO the insured -
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
MILITARY ALLoTMENTs
CEASE ON JULY 81

Military allotments and allowances,
under the War Risk Insurance Act will
expire automatically on July 3lst, Comp
troller Warwick of the Treasury holds
in ruling made public. The ruling is
based on resolution adopted by the
last congress repeating most of the
special war time acts. Officials are un-
able to give accurate figures concerning
the number of soldiers, sailors and mar.
ines allotments that will be affected, but
said that there are thousands of men
still in the service, both at home and on
the Rhine, who are maintaining alIot-
ments to relatives and the government
supplying an equal amount.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
SUNDAY MOVIE CASE
|

Pierre. April 6.--The case Of the state
against Manager Goethals of tine Huron
moving picture theater, who WAS ar
rested on Sunday in the test case to try
out the South Dakota laws on moving
picture theaters being operated on sun
day, is expected to be in the supreme
court by Thursday when the states
contentious will oe filed.
The defendant will then be given the
usual twenty days TO file with the un-
derstanding that filing will be made as
soon after the state has presented ts
case as possible. The effort is TO secure
the supreme court ruling as soon as
possible after Thursday. This may be
ooke ed for during the next week.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
ARGYLE ITEMS.

Russell Serry took load of potatoes
to Hot Springs Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. a. A. Hendricks were
visiting at Four Mile over Sunday.
At the Sisters Hospital in Hot Springs
on April 2nd, son was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Noble Flanagan.
Mrs. Herman Rezloff, although slow
ly improving, is still quite i'll. When
she gains little strength they plan to
take her to Hot Springs.
Mike Zeimet, who has been suffering
with inhAmmatory rheumatism, has
been taken to Hot Springs for treat
ment. Al this time he is reported to be
some better.
Saturday evening the friends and
neighbors OF Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Mills
surprised them with party The even
ing was pleasantly passed and at mid
night an excellent lunch was served by
the ladies.
Little Lloyd Ham left on the passen.
ger Monday evening to 60 TO his parents
at Wilcox, Arizona. He was accom-
panied as far as Alliance by his grand
father, Mr.. James Page. At that place
he was met by his Grandmother Ham
who will take him on to Arizona.
A saddle pony, saddle and bride
were stolen from Mr.. and Mrs. Bishop
Cole last week. The pony returned a
few days later bearing marks of hard
riding. Considerable circumsianlial
evidence has been obtained and it is
hoped the thief will te apprehended and
the saddle and bride returned to the
owners.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
WHAT CONSTIT UTES RESI-
DENCE FOR SCHOOL, PURPOaJ

On inquiry from the board of educa-
ton of Pierre, the Attorney General has
given an opinion as to the status of
what constitutes residence for school
purposes. In brief be holds that where
an outsider comes within a school dis
trict and purchases property in which
he lnstals his family for the school year
that he is resident of the school dis
trict for school purposes, even though
he holds a voting residence at some
other point, and moves his family to
such location in the period outside oil
the "school year" That where an out.
slider moves his family into school dis.
trict in rented rooms and holds them
within the district only for the school
year and returns them to their regular
home outside the school year he is no,
entitled TO free tuition for his children
but must pay for the same. As to the
status of officials who are called to the
city by their official duties he holds thai
this is legal requirement upon them
and that even though they bold a yot
ing residence at some other location
that so long as their families remain per
mancntly in the city during the officia
tenure of office that they are not reouir
ed to pay tuition for school purposes
That such children are listed in ths
school census for distribution and ap
portionment of state funds, and tha
they pay personal taxes in the city anc
that they cannot be required to pay tut
lion for attendance of their children il
the public schools of the district il
which they are so located.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
OBITUARY.

Susan Maria Titus Soper was born il
Providence, X. l., June 3Oth, 1899, anC
departed from this life March Is, 1921
ArteIiosclerosis was the cause Of deatl
which occurred at the home of her son
in-law, Edgar A. Scott, at Olga, Florida
She was married to William Winthrop
Soper April 2nd 1856, in Nemaha coun.
ty, Nebr. Six children were born Ia
this union, two boys and four girls. She
is survived by three children, Mrs
Mary Soper Scott, Olga, Fla. Mrs Ada
line LYDIA, Candy, Oregon, and Mrs.
Anna Beatrice shorten, Edgemont,
5. d.
In 1856 she came with her parents to
the wide fertile prairie of southeastern
Nebraska. The country was full of In
dams and it took a stout heart to brave
the wilds Of that new land. From Ne
braska she moved TO Colorado in 1879,
and buried her husband there in 1882
With her children she went to the Black
Hills Of South Dakota in 1888, where
she resided until she came to Florida
four years ago,
She had good health until 1912 when
her sight failed, and she had a paraIytic
stroke in 1917 from which she only par
TALLY recovered. All winter she had
been i'll, and very low for seventeen
days. Everything was done for herthat
loving hands could do. She was Chris
tian, member of the Lone Star Mis-
sionary Baptist church, Custer county,
| $. -. The end came like a tired child
going to sleep AS she lay in the caskeI
| there was not line, wrinkl lie or shadow
on her face. She seemed almost trans
figured, as though God had wiped away
every trace Of her long suffering.
Services were held at the home at Il
a. m. March 10th, conducted 10y Deacon
Lafayette Mills Of the Missionary Bap
tist church. lnterment was made at tn,
AIva cemetery.
When the mists have rolled in spendor
al a
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09
DEFINES SUNDAY LAW
Attorney General Payne Makes State
ment as to What Activities Are
Exempted on Sunday.

Pierre, April Moving pictures ex.
nibted in churches on Sunday fall un-
der the same classification as those ex-
| hibited in a licensed theatre and will
! therefore be deemed as violations of the
law If any tragedy, comedy, farce, sparr-
ing contest or trial Of strength is shown,
Attorney General Byron 5. Payne de-
clared in answer to a question on the
subject Of the law enforcement campaign
| which is soon 10 be started throughout
| the state.
"lti is not a question Of whether or
not an admission fee is charged for these
performances, Mr.. Payne said. 'Ii is
merely the Interpretation of the law as
il stands on the statutes which prohibits
The showing Of such films.
However, the Attorney General init
mated that news reels, travelogue pic
lures and pictures not included in The
above or which are not considered vile
or indecent or do not depict stories or
scenes illustrating Illicit love, lnfdeity
in family relations, murder or striking
an officer, suggestive of immortality or
crime, may be shown on Sundays in
either churches or theatres.
Explains "PubIc Sports"
"Ihe public places the wrong inter
pretation on just what comes under the
title of public sports" Attorney Gen.
eral Payne declared ia answer to ques-
tion to explicitly designate what sports
will be prohibited on sunday by the en-.
lorcement Of the sunday laws.
Explaining the phrase, Mr. Payne said
It's general Interpretation by the courts
Is a s ort staged especially for the bene
fit Of the onlookers. Games played for
the me.e enjoyment of the players, he
said, or for the exercise they permit, are
not considered public sports aud will
therefore not be deemed violations of
The law.
Accepting this Interpretation, he point
ed out golf, tennis, base bail or football, |
trap-shooting or shooting at targests,
hunting wild game or kindred sports, if
not engaged in or played for the benefi |
Of spectators, will be allowed on the
first day of the week, despite the gen
eral opinion that they would fall under |
the ban.
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09

very serious dre occurred few
days ago at the Lewis Downen ranch
which destroyed more than 100 tons OF
hay in the stack The origin Of the fire
is unknown. Only by the utmost effort
was the fire prevented from destroying
the ranch buildings
Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1921-04-09

Herbert q. White, of Desdwood,
salesman, was calling on dealers in
wfenches in Custer Friday.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

the brain. 1t makes money an object for it's own
sake. 1t is as bad as drug addiction.
with the victim of drugs, the more he
takes the more he wants. And so with the vic
tim Of: Of greed-the more he GETS the more he
MANY a man has started on the road of
THRIFT, then changed to GREED, and that
has been the end of him.
There is one word in this picture which is
not written out, and yet it will suggest itself to
the thoughtful. That word is JUSTICE.
There is path in life called JUSTICE.
The man that follows it strictly from first to
last will take the good roads and the right turns
always, and avoid the bad roads and the bad
turns.
JUSTICE, like the light of the sun, is
abundantly sufficient for all. Each may have
all of it, and all of it remains for all the Others
"If a man starts on the paths of JUSTICE,
doing JUSTICE to HIMSELF, to OTHERS, to
NEIGHBORS and FRIENDS, and to competi-
tors in business, HE CANNOT GO WRONG.
"YOu have seen strangers arriving at the
terminal station in great city, staring about
them, wondering, uncertain. Eventually they
locate the place that they seek and go toward it.
"A great many human beings go all through
life like bewildered strangers in railroad sta
ton. You meet them to-day and they are won
dering, going little way in one direction, only
to come back. You meet them ten years later,
they are still wondering and wandering, going
little way in another direction, coming back
again.
''They are like the old ships that sailed in
days before the compass was invented They
were obliged to keep within sight of land they
would not cross the ocean, but went along from
point to point hugging the shore.
MANY human beings lack the compass,
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

"A man starts in the direction of HONOR
and then he is taken off to one side by
JEALOUSY. 40.
''That happens thousand times. Marc
Antony, man of great power who might have
been the second in Rome, with Augustus as his
loyal friend, was turned from the path of honor
by jealousy of Augustus. He made fool of
himself with Cleopatra, whom he never really
loved He only wanted the treasures of Egypt
to be used to conquer his own people, and put
him in the place of Augustus, better man than
he. He died miserably,
II have put in my picture on the left,
Chance and Ambition side by side. Ambition
of the right kind is the path that every man
should take
"Many in their youth start out on that
path, their eyes and their minds fixed far ahead
and high up Then chance comes along, the
GAMBLE, the possibility of getting something
for nothing. Many man that could have trav-
eed far with AMBITION, steps aside to take
the road of CHANCE and is shipwrecked.
"On the right hand side of the picture five
of the paths that men take are labelled
TRUTH DECEIT CHARITY GREED
THRIFT
81 put GREED and THRIFT side by side
by comparison. They are really million miles
apart, one is the exact opposite of the other.
"The man that takes the road of thrift pays
decent attention to his personal and financial
independence. He realizes that saving, rea-
sonably acquiring property, reasonably, is due
to mans self-respect to his security in old
age, and necessary that he may do his duty by
others.
THRIFT is virtuous, it is moderate and
temperate
GREED. on the other hand, is poison of
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

which is made up of DECISION and WILL
POWER.
"The young man who reads this is the
stranger with the two valses standing in the
doorway of my picture.
The various roads are before him plainly
labelled. The thing for him to do is to select the
right one, and especially keep away from the
"He CAN do it if he WILL"
Have you ever seen a very young child using a
paper and pencil for the first time making endless
marks that move in direction and come back
again. then go in the other direction finally leaving
maze of scratchings without sense or purpose?
Many men, when the end comes, if they could
go back over their paths would find they have been
travelling like the infants pencil on the paper.
They start in one direction and are pulled off
in another. They have gone in the other direction
and have been pulled back in third. Their map of
life is crsscrOssed, amess lot of scratchings that
have no meaning.
At this tine in the United States there are
millions whose life journey from the practical point
of view is suddenly and unpleasantly interrupted.
They find themselves without work and with
more time to think than they care for Millions
must make new start. May they find the new op-
portunity soon with returning prosperity.
Besides the millions that have been at work
and that idle there the millions of young
men, doing something temporarily" taking very
wisely any way of earning living that presents it.
self while looking out for the real chance For all
of these the thing to remember is this, although
Einstein and some of the higher mathematicians
may deny it:
"a straight line is the shortest distance be-
tween two points"
You now at one point, and you want to
transfer yourself to another point representing in
dependence, character, safety from poverty that
means slavery in old age.
The shortest way is the best way, and the
STRAIGHT LINE is the quickest, shortest path.
Pick out your straight line This picture of McCays
if it makes young men think about the destination
at which they must ultimately land will not have
been wasted.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
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start in cradle lined with silk and lace lie at last
in the pauper's field. Some born in poverty and
ignorance with apparently chance in life achieve
the highest honors that continue after death.
1t all depends on the road that the man chooses
and travels.
When the journey is done, if failure comes,
there many excuses. Ninety-nine times out of a
hundred, the traveller who takes the wrong road
has CHOSEN the wrong road. And the man who
goes the right way has CHOSEN the right way.
q
Mr.. McCay with his cartoon sends in these typ
ical observations.
He writes:
"All of us, and young men especially, are
/ too ready to make excuses for ourselves. And
| the world, through mistaken good nature, is too
i ready to accept the excuse
"When man lands in the DEATH HOUSE
| waiting to be executed, the sentimental say,
! Poor fellow he never had chance Perhaps he
{ didn't.
ut is probable that murderers as a rule
have comparatively little to say about their des.
! tiny; defOrmed brains and unfortunate hered-
| ity are responsible.
But for the ordinary failures in life ex-
cuses should not be accepted too readily.
Il nave maze tnls picture to impress on the
, readers of the Sunday newspaper, and especial
Iy young men that are wondering what they will
do the fact that it is largely THEIR CHOICE
"If young man landed in railroad sta
ton, saw all the omnibuses plainly labelled
standing in a row, and if he deliberately took
the wrong one and went to the wrong PLACE,
he would be very foolish if he then blamed cir
cumstances or anything except himself for his
mistaken journey.
THE various labels that have put on the
omnibuses in my picture show some of the di-
rections in which men turn.
"Life is complicated journey, and many
man has travelled far without getting any
where, because he has tried to go in all direc-
tiOns at once.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

This Is One of Mr.. McCay's
Moraizing Cartoons, and There
Is Good Reason for Studying 1t.
Starting Out in Life Is Something
Like Landing at a Railroad Station
Where the Various Omnibus
Driuers Invite You to Go with
Them. 1t Is for the Traveller to
Decide in WHAT Direction He
The Washington times., 1921-10-23

Will Go. Also for Him to Make
Sure That He Picks Out the Right
Vehicle. Many Start in the Right
Way and Are Persuaded to
Change; Theirs Is Called, "The Old
Story" Some Are Deceived by
False Signs. But as a Rule,
Everybody That Will Can Choose
His Route.
The Washington times., 1921-10-23
CHOOSE YOUR DIRECTION


EESSSSSSSSSS SSSS
The Washington times., 1921-04-05
SOVIET GIVES
UP FACTORIES
DenationaIization Of industries
Starts in Moscow District-u..
S. Note Prompts Action.

PARIS, April 5.-The Soviet gov
ernment according to advices from
Moscow to the French Foreign Of
flee today has decided to denational-
ize all factories. They are beginning
with those in the Moscow district.
The Russian economic failure is given
as the reason. The factories are be-
ing turned back to their former for
eign owners for exploitation.
MARKED CHANGE IN POLICY.
The above dispatch may be of trc-
mendous significance. since IL indi-
Gates a momentous change IN the eco
nomic policy of the Soviet govern
ment, which Is not unlikely the direct
result of the recent pronunciamento
of the American State Department in
which Secretary Hughes announced
America would be glad to resume
peaceful trade relations with Russia
provided that Moscow gave proof of a
peaceful. safe and solid foundation
for such relations.
The Paris foreign office, being in
herently hostile to the Soviets, may
be supposed to have given the news
from Moscow its own Interpretation.
Naturalization has been one of tho
pillars of the Soviet's economic policy
and has been regarded by big capital
in other countries as the main OBJ
stacle to peace with Russia.
The Washington times., 1921-04-05
MEXICO TOPUN|SH
S[AyERS OF YANKS
Informs U. S. fullest Vigor Of
Law" Will Safeguard All
Americans.

Mexico has informed the United
States that the fullest vigor Of the
law will be used to safeguard
Americans and to punish those who
were guilty of the recent murder of
two American. in the Tampico dis
trict, according TO a dispatch to ths
State Department today from Charge
Summerlin OF the American embassy
at Mexico City.
Charge Summerlin stated that the
Mexican government has addressed a
formal note. to the United States in
reply to the representations made by
this Government with regard TO the
alleged murder of three Americans
In Mexico during recent weeks. The
note, which gives assurance OF de-
sire to protect Americans and punioh
those who commit crimes against
Amcricans.7wlt be forwarded here sy
mail.
The Washington times., 1921-04-05
FARRELL MAY HEAD
SHIPPING BOARD
President Reported to Have Of
fered U. S. Steel Official
Marine Supervision.

President Harding has offered the
cfairmanship of the United States
Shipping Board TO James A. Farrell,
of Pittsburgh president of the United
States Steel Corporation, according
to reliable reports here today.
1t is reported that Farrell has
agreed to give the President his an
'swer on whether he can accept the
appointment by April 0. Should Far
rell accept, and well-informed ship
ping men believe he will, he probably
will require until June 1 to settle his
personal affairs before qualifying for
the Board.
President Harding has said that he
intends to build the new Shipping
Board around its chairman. Two
members of the Board are known to
heve been finally selected-Former
Senator George Chamberlain,
of Oregon, and former Brig. Gen.
Frank Hines, who was chief of trans
portation in the A. Il. Il. 1t is believed
likely also that a place will be found
for Admiral w. B. Benson, the pres
ent chairman, because of his wide
knowledge of the Boards activities.
II Farrell accepts the chairmanship
of the Board it is expected that the
President will then announce the
complete personnel.
The Washington times., 1921-04-05

This bold fact is openly admitted
by DR.. Beckwith in the history OF
his life" which he left for the public.
This history, written in anticipation
of suicide, not only gives the details
of this murder plan, but also tells OF
the mad professors life in Washing
ton, where he worked for the Bureau
of Labor Statistics and the Children's
Bureau, and where he built for him.
self a shack on the canal near Cabin
John.
When Professor Beckwith failed to
get a commission at Plattsburg, he
returned to Grinnell College, where
President Main refused to restore
him to his old post. Beckwith, in his
life history, after telling OF bis anger
over this injustice. wrote:
81 went out with my big military
revolver to practice briefly and try
my old ammunition. l would have
murdered Mr.. Main, who certainly de-
served this end in thus treacherously
betraying one in his country's serv-
ice; then / would have shot myself"
HIS OWN LIVE STORY.
This Is DIR. Beckwith's own life
story, evidently prepared by him
with great care:
SYRACUSE, n. Y.
March 30, 1921.
ITO My Friends and Whom 1t may
Concern:
BECAUSE OF the many vicissitudes IS
Of my life. and the extent to which
I have been called to account by
various persons. / have long thought
that I would write some account OF
the events of my life, after, say, ]
first began to teach. This was In
1911, at the age of twenty-sevcn.
To those who may not know 1 Will
add a brief paragraph as of my pre-
ious history. I was born october
lb 1884, at Haiku, Island of Maui
then, OF the Hawaiian Kingdom.
am an American citizen, having been
born of United States citizens, Ellen
Warren Holmes and Frank Arm
strong Beckwith.
my father and his father were
Congregation ministers. My moth
er's father was manufacturer
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