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The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11
Twenty-Five Years Ago
From the Register

2 y = g
The actual attendance at the Agri-
cultural college passed the 800 mark
yesterday.
Andrew Void has just completed "A
substantial addition to his residence
in the southeast part of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. a. ID. Mower departed
for Arlington this morning to visit
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Summons for Il
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Lynch were over
from Bushnell on Wednesday. Mrs.
Lynch has been i'll for some time anc
came here to be treated.
Ed House, one of the pioneers Of
this section, has been visiting friends
here for a few days. Mr.. House has
established himself in the restaurant
business at Clear Lake and is doing a
thriving business.
A family gathering will occur at the
residence Of S. w. Lockwood this ev.
ening in honor Of the birthday an
n~iversaries of Mrs. Lockwood and her
father, VIM. NJ. Brooke which events
fall on the same day.
For several weeks now we have
been enjoying some OF the finest wea-
Their that could be produced anywhere.
1t was a great mistake for some of
our n~eighbors to migrate southwark
to seek balmy weather.
Will Deeth was married to Miss Fan
ny Briggs at her home in Watertown
on Thursday of this week. The newly
welded couple came to Brookings on
spend a short time visiting with Mr..
Deeth's relatives here.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11

der the direction of Miss Hazel Rink
was at its best, and the twelve-minute
talk on the inquisition hall in Antwerp
by Capt. Howard was greatly enjoyed.
lie Will speak again next Sunday eve
nlng. Mr.. keagy's theme for next Sun
day is evangelism, the morning sub
Ject being What Salvation Means
and the evening. The Loneliness of
Int. At night Mr.. Keagy will eX-
anime the of loneliness, why we
seek friends and love, and offers a
remedy that will fill life with unSpeak-
able JOY. These are empowering ser
vices, congregations are growing, and
a higher tide OF spiritual energy is APP
parent. Cottage prayer meetings are
being held each week, as we'll as the
mid week service ON Wednesday eve
ming.
First Church of Christ Scientist
Corner of 9th st. and 5th Ave. Ser.
vices are held here every Sunday at
ll:0o a. m. Subject for next Sunday
is: Sacrament. Sunday school is
held at 9:45. Mid-week service is held
at s o'clock. There is also a reading
room in this building which is open
every Wednesday from > to 4 o'clock
p. m. Here all authorized literature
may be read or purchased. All are in
vited to attend these services and to
visit the reading room.
United Presbyterian Church-Jan.
IA, 1923. Morning worship 1920 a. m.
Sabbath school 11:45 a. m. Junior c..
f. $3.50 p. m. Christian Endeavor
$50 p. m. Evening worship 7:30 p. m.
First Presbyterian Church Services:
Morning service 1920. Subject,
"~Childhood and the Church" Sunday
school u NJ. Christian Endeavor $50.
Evening service 7;30.
LIST Lutheran Church Service-Sun-
day, January ii. 9:45 Sunday school
and Bible classes. 1915 Morning ser
vices (~Norwegian). $50 Luther league
study hour. 1870 Evening services.
2:30 Services in Sterling Lutheran
church.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11
MASTER PIANIST COMING

Glenn billiard Gum will be the Sec
ond number of the College Artists
Music Course, Thursday evening, Jan
uary 18th.
This program is we'll selected and is
within the range of everyone's appre-
citation. Mr.. Gum has kindly con-
sented to give talks on the various
numbers. which will add to their at
tractiveness.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11
Local and Personal


Buy your magazines at 'i~aylors.-
Advertisement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Horton Of Volga,
were visitors in this city Monday.
John Sponsler, manager of the Oh
son-Graves clothing store, left Sunday
night for Chicago, H., on a buying
trip.
For real tire bargains, winter oil
alcohol, all kinds of accessories, see
Sanders Tire Shop, 321 3rd St.-Ad-
vertisement.
Mrs. Rogholt Of Volga, a well known
pioneer of Brookings county, passed
away at Volga last Friday. Funeral
services were held at Volga Monday.
DR.. A. T. Evans, Director W. F. Kun
lien and M. r. Benedict attended the
annual meeting Of the South Dakota
Farm Bureau federation at Huron last
week.
The Just-a-mere Tea Room will
serve a plate dinner every Friday eve
ming to business men and women and
their families at as cents a plate.
Phone 50S.-AdvertiSement
Mrs. Fred MINER is assisting Clerk
of Courts, H.. w. Biakely, during the
session Of circuit court, taking care
of the office while Mr.. Blakely is at
tending to his duties in the court
room.
Mrs. G. w. Palmer of Lennox, left
Saturday evening for Arlington for a
visit before returning home. She had
been visiting at the home Of Mr.. and
Mrs. c. f. Palmer, the former being
her nephew.
In commemoration Of the adoption
Of the eighteenth amendment the w.
c. T. U. will conduct a praise service
next Tuesday afternoon at $3.50 at the
public library. All women interested
are cordially invited to attend.
Mrs. James Isom left Thursday for
Garnet, Kans., to spend the remainder
of the winter visiting with an aunt,
also with the hope Of re~Cuperating her
health in that warmer climate and
taking advantage Of the springs that
are located there.
LeSlOU AUXILIARY IleulbelS Will
please bear in mind that the first reg
ular meeting of the new year will be
held in the library on Thursday, Jan.
is, at 1880 p. m. The new officers
will be installed at this time and dues
are payable. All are urged to De
present.
The program and premium lists for
the annual Corn and Grain She" and
school. to be held in Mitchell January
1925, are completed, according to DR.,
A. n. Hume, agronomist at State col.
lege and secretary Of the organization.
One feature of the meetings will be an
address, Markets and Marketing" by
John Lee CoRlter, president of North
Dakota State college. State speakers
OF prominence will discuss matters per
tanning to grain and corn interests and
reports will be made on cooperating
marketing of various South Dakota
crops. A large attendance of farmers
throughout the state is expected at
the Mitchell gathering.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11

Mr.. Gum as an American pianist is
unexcelled as an interpreter. He is
doubtless one of the best all-round mu-
Quoted and been soloist with the New
York, Minneapolis and Chicago Sym
phony Orchestras. He is the father of
the American Symphony Orchestra.
Advertisement.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11
CLOSING OUT SALE

The stock Of furniture and second
hand goods formerly owned by A. },
Dokken will be sold at public auction
on Saturday, January 13. at 2 o'clock,
vertisement.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11
CREIGHTON SIGNED FOR HOBO
DAY

BY paying the largest guarantee ev-
er given to a football team appearing
on State field, Coach c. A. West of the
State college Jackrabbits, first cham
pions Of the North Central Intercol-
legiate conference, has secured t'.o
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1923-01-11

"Printing-The Inseparable Compan-
ion Of Achievement"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
THE ATLANTA TRI-wEEKLY JoURNAT

pear. It's leaders are now at pains to protest
their loyalty to the King, declaring that it is
not he they mean to overthrow, but the pro
fessional politicians" for selling the power
and "annihilating the will of the King" This
was the cry of Mussolini and his Black Shirts
in the Italian revolutions; and certainly thus
far they have been considerate enough to-
ward acQuiescent King Victor Emmanuel. In
Spain, however, the future of the royal fam
lily is most dubious. King Alfonso himself is
a conscientious, liberal and popular ruler
But after him? After him the deulge,
many observers are inclined to predict.
The contingencies of the present crisis are
thus numerous and far-reaching. What with
Syndicalists Fascist, anarchists, Carlist con-
spirators, military adventures, hungry NAL
contents and all the tattermalions that
swarm to- scenes of disorder, the situation is
undoubtedly grave, and possibly is prologue
to new and mighty act in Spanish history
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
MY FAVORITE STORIES
By Irwin S. Cobb

The scene was a courthouse in a Mis-
souri, town. The occasion was a criminal
trial and the two principal performers were
coored witness for the stately name
Jefferson White-and a lawyer for the de-
Tense, whose name doesn't matter.
Jefferson White, having duly been sworn
gave testimony on behalf of the prosecution.
Counsel for the defendant now took him in
hand for crosse examination. If he meant to
save his client it was necessary for the at
-torney materially to weaken the force and
effect Of the evidence which just had been
offered. Assuming stern expression the
lawyer began:
Jefferson, exactly where were you stand
ing at the precise moment when you claim
to have seen the beginning of this alleged
crime?'
"WeH, suh," he began, 81 thinks"
''Never mind what you think" broke in
the attorney. This jury is not interested
in your mental processes, if any such there
be- Tell us what you know. Now will you
be so good as to inform us just where you
were standing at the time when you say you
observed the striking of the first blow"
81 thinks, sub" repeated the pestered
witness, Il thinks dat"
Hold on" beloved the counsel Didn't
tell you that we felt no concern in what
you Think"
'Scuse me, please sub" apoogized JET
ferson but boss, de trouble wild me is, dad,
SEEM I amt no lawyer. 1 has to think be&a'
speaks"
(COpyright 1921
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
WHIPPING BOSSES-THE VARIOUS

hlNDS
|D HE Russian Knout-which broke the
skin at every lash-Was much dis
- cussed fifty years and more ago. 1t
was the cruel thing which gave Russia a
black ey&-Wheneyer and wherever dis
cussed.
But the whipping bosses in the Georgia
State Penitentiary got so far ahead of Rus
STA in ferocity-that the state has been
obliged to forbid it-within the last twelve
months.
There is now court trial going on in
the city of Macon, to curb the privat- and
self-authOriZed whipping cruelties and
around that city. 1t is an astonishing eX-
hibit of barbarism in the very center Of
modern ciyilization-by men who are cred
tied with intellect.
The shame of the Georgia convict lease
system was the flogging of the conyicts
by brutal bosses.
1t spared neither age, color or sex. 1t
has been ten or more years ago, when q
white woman convict in the Chattahoochee
river prison camp near Atlanta was beaten
with more than a hundred lashes by the
authorized whipping boss. They said she
was punished for cursng. This was done
by a brute whose skin was white, and who
had learned his profession, by beating negro
convcts to DEATH
remember it, for I took it on myself
to visit the legislature-and appeared be-
fore the proper committee, to protest in the
manity
They stripped that woman to her waist,
and the whipping boss, tiptoed to the task
as he enjoyed it so viciously.
And while we, who protested, were prom
ised it should not occur again, we were I'M
able to procure the dismissal of the beast
who admitted he put one hundred Iashes,
although Observation-Disclosures counted
more.
The stories which are coming from Okla
| hOma bring information that whipping boss
es meet in secret conclave, and then go out
with their leather straps and wayIay the
helpless people and thereupOn proceed to
lash to the limit their victims. A year or
more ago, negro was carried to Distric~
Attorney Hooper A1eXander's office-whose
entire back was a mass of broken bloody
flesh-and the lawyer published the CHI
cumstance, in The Atlanta Journal, and I
hold the clipping today, and can furnish it
on demand. The whipping was given to
keep the poor black man in peOnage.
In this wave of lawlessness-which is
pervading the land-there is also a wave of
retrbutiOn, following close behind.
Woe unto they by whom offenses comet"
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
4 Tribute From Jabap

r T ERE, from the stricken Land of Cherry
Blossoms, Is message that will live
to the end of time in our nations
most cherished annals
"The Japanese will never forget how,
when the first news was received of the
dread cataclysin which so suddenly had over
wheImed the metropolis and various of the
most important cities and seaports of Dai
Nippon, wave of indescrbable sympathy
swept over the whole of America, which at
once took the form of every sort of relief
and assistance. 1t was a sympathy of true
brotherhood. From the United States
came the first word of commiseraton and
pledges Of aid, and the first actual relief for
sufferers"
What American is not gratefully proud Of
that tribute? what American would not give
to his utmost to make it deserved?
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
CAN RESEARCH SAVES
By H. AddingtOn Bruce

by II. AQQlngtOn Bruce
TN our age Of over-emphasis on the ma
/ terial, the tangible, the ponderabIe and
- the measurable, it is easy indeed to for
get that fullness of knowledge is not the
beau and end-all ole existence, and that
something othef than advancement in learn
ing may be Indispensable to progress and
well-being
OF this 7 was reminded the other day
when scanning abstract of the annual
report of the Engineering Foundation. What
I read was both a summary Of scientific re-
searches already completed or now under
way, and a plea for public support of such
activities as the Foundation projects in its
capacity as "a joint fundamentally OF
national engineering societies for research
and Investigation" Boldly the statement
was made in the course of this abstract:
THE choice is between research and retro
gressiOn."
IN so far as this assumes that research
wilt suffice to prevent retrogression,
would dissent with all the emphasis at my
command. For surely it is indisputable
that everything must depend on the pur-
poses and ideals of the peoples in whose
behalf research is carried on.
For that matter, lacking high purposes
and noble ideals research may actually be-
come an aid to retrOgressiOn.
1t was this, Enthusiastically, in the case of
the land where modern scientific research
had its origin and most intensive develop
ment There never has been a nation more
devoted to research than Germany. Win
anyone pretend that the Germany of 1914
had not distinctly retrogressed from the
Germany Of 1870?
Let us not deceive ourselves.
Let us not imagine for a moment that
mastery Of the mysteries OF Nature. in
genious devising of new machinery, and an
unheard Of multiplication of workshops and
laboratories will save civilization The saw
ing can come only as a result of some
thlng for which men and women make no
researches Observation-Disclosures kindness,
love. 0'''
And while research has its place, while
II IS OF truth worthy of public support
wren Worthily motived, the OUTSTANDING
need OF today is plainly the spreading OF
kindness, beneyolence, and love.
90 not say this as a preacher. 7 saw
IL simply as man who tries to see life
ana the world in a common-sense wav,
And common sense, I believe insists that
with regard to humanitys greatest good
ri9ht Ilvlng is infinitely more important
II the Germans had only recognized this
IN due season--if they had but proDerIv
SuDordlnated research to spiritual cuItiva-
II0n-thelr status today, and the status of
an an EUROPE, would have been vastly better
IMAM 1t is 1t might be thought that no
other nation would again fall into their
error. Yet can we really feel certain that
the lesson has been learned?
Inc choice is between research and rp
progression" I must submit that 10 me
these words have an ominous sound
Copyright, 1929
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
THE COUNTRY HOME
BY MRS. w. H. FELTON,
&c SCHOOLS

PRIVATE SCHOOL VS.. PUBLIC SCHOOLS
q CHOOLS under control of religious
denominations or the management of
~ teachers who are not connected with
the public schools of the state growing
in number and in general popularity-be-
cause they are safer for pupils In the
county of Floyd there are Ehree very large
outside schOols-namely Berry School, Darl-
ington school for boys and Shorter college.
Perhaps there may be others which are I'M
known to me. These are all near and In
the city Of Rome, and they are teaching
more and more pupils every year, growing
all the tina.
There are hundreds of pupils who are
through with high school (the public vari-
ety. who are going to Agnes Scott, Lucy
Cobb, Wesleyan LAGRANGE and elsewhere,
rather than continue in the schools sup
ported by tax money Scores are going out
of the state of Georgia into other states
where they pay tuition and board in eXpen-
sive places The very rich send to finish
ing schools-in New York, Baltimore, Vir-
ginia, all over the north and east.
know of popular schools that give nine
months tuition and board, but call for
check of one thousand dollars as the be7
ginning price.
Co-educational High Schools are losing
ground-in many parts of GeOrgia-because
of a prevailing tendency towards too much
opportunity for counting affairs. This is
putting it mildly; and l need explain no
further. The necessity for close application
to books-between the ages of twelve to
eighteen years-forbids any alliance with
the sex question, if a real education is to be
expected.
1t is plainly evident that too much tax
money is wasted schools where there is
neither application nor energy obtained
from the advanced pupils-whb are inter-
ested in other things.
To get down to the root Of the matter
the state has spread broad its phylacteries,'
and WEI are initiating colleges, when real
colleges Are more efficient-and are never
kco-educational. When young people are
crowded into colleges-which are only eX-
aggerated high schools-and they are in
clined to talk about and participate in love
affairs-they should be sent home, the
better Arrangement for their own good and
with less: expense to the tax payers.
The trend of the era is towards liberty
to go long rides with automobiles-and to
dancehalls and to other gay places-whie
the so-called public school education is soak
ing up millions of dollars-and with meager
results. The sooner we realize the necessity
for separation of the sexes in high schools
the better for everybody.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
Nature Beats Politics

A the season of mists and mellow
~ fruitfulness" draws nigh, America well
may rejoice in her harvest prospect
With wheat not far behind last years eight
hundred and eighteen million bushels, with
| corn, oats and barley all overlapping their
record for 1922, with three hundred and
ninety million bushels of white potatoes, and
a bountiful heaven only knows how many of
delectable vans, with sleek porkers grunting
forth odes to prosperity, and siIken-fanked
bossies making the pals unkle with poems
in cream, what heart could withhold it's
rhyme of thanksgiving?>
Seven billion dollars-more than we ever
could have numbered, had we been born
tripIe-tongued in the morning of Adam and
kept counting steadily up to this blithe hour
twelve principal crops. That is only some
twenty-eight millions less than the total a
year ago, though it is but half of the farmers
monetary return when war prices were at
their peak Touching this side Of the situa-
ton, the New York World provocativey
asks: "By what right or reason could the
planter expect war conditions to continue?
There was none But he had every right and
reason to expect that the prices of what he
has to buy would fall in proportion, and they
have not"
Leaving the Republican tariff makers to
smooth down, if they can, this stone over
which many of their ranks still seem fated
to stumble, we can rest for the nonce in
comforting assurance that nature is mightier
ticians
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-18
QUIZ

@. How long did the Franco-Prussian war
of 1870 last? J. G. T. *
A, War was declared on July 10, 1870,
but the first overt act of war did not take
place until August 2 Paris capituated on
January %, 1871, and on February 16 the
armstice became general
O. Is a meteor red hot when it lands on
the earth? w. H. R.
A. Contrary to the popular impression,
the mete6rte when it strikes, our atmosphere
is extremely cold; the heat developed in its
passage is purely on the surface and in a
very few seconds after its fall the stone
should be about the temperature of ice
water
Q. Is there an animal that never drinks
water? G. G. H
A. 1t is said that the gemsbok a large
South African antelope meyer drinks water,
the moisture it requires being obtained from
the succulent dubious plants on which it
feeds.
Q. What states produce the most lumber?
]. R. NJ
A. The five greatest lumber-producing
! States in 1922 were Washington. Oregon,
Louisiana, Mississippi and California, accord
ing to figures compiled by the forest service.
Q. What is dearest ring? L. B, H.
A. This name is given in England to a
narrow ring set with a diamond, emerald.
amethyst, ruby, emerald. sapphire and topaz
the initial letters of which words spell
dearest"
Q. Has the "Star SpangIed Banner" ever
received any official recognition? j. W. c.
A. Congress, as late as 1904 refused to
declare it the national anthem. Its only Of
ticiaI recognition occurred nearly one hun
dred years after it was written, when it was
formally ordered to be played in the army
and navy on occasions Of ceremony.
@. Was Gary, Indiana, village before the
steel industry took it up? A. c.
A When. the city of Gary was founded in
a wa q Oct O.
trable wilderness of swamps and sand dunes
Q. How will the new trans-cOntinental
mail planes be guided at night? w. X.
A. Powerful beacon lights and wind indi-
Gators with a visibility of thirty miles are
being erected on emergency landing fields {
intervals along the 80O-miIe stretch which
the planes must traverse during the hours of
darkness.