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v V HEN YOU THINK Of ANYTHING IN THE PRI?NTING LINE THINK HERALD-ADVANCE HERALD VOL. XXXXIII No 3 BANKERS TO ORGANIZE VIGILANCE GOMMITTELS BANKERS WILL MEET BANDITS WITH GI NS ORGANIZATION TO BE STATE WIDE Mitchell, S. D., Sept. 23—Vigilante nflhimittees to prevent bank robberies and to aid in capturing- yeggs and "iwti-wp «*en, are to be organized in very county in South Dakota within a short time, as a re.sult of a recent move of the South Dakota Banker*' association. ^^Ytrtkton, Spink and Gregory coun ties have perfected tlieir vigilance organization-. Men in these counties have been selected to be ready at all times to answer calls to the vigilance work. AH of the men havo gun.i and have automobiles at their dis posal so there need be no delay at any time in frustrating attempt at bank robbery or safe blowing. Telephone operators are lo be giv en the name, of the vigilance com mittee men in all- counties so that they may be notified at once if any taw breaking is attempted. It i:' the aim to have members of the vigilance committee from all parts of every county, so thac when a rob bery is attempted the roads in .ill directions may be under immediate surveillance by armed men. One cf the recent instance of th pRictical benefits of the formation of vigilance committees occurred at De Moines, la., early this month when the robbers who held up the Fulton S. D., bank in August were captured after an exciting chase in which mem bers of Iowa vigilance committee took an active part. iThe Corona, S. D., bank robbery iMt winter in which Ray Sta*.pelton, the assistant cashier, was shot in cold Remember the Time." Reporter. -H-A- S. S. Conveallon Those who attended the Sunday Sdiool con\(.ntion at Stiandborg last vSaturday and Sunday -fate tliut a very interesting and profitable session.^ were held. The following office# were e(ectel for the present year: President—A. G. Swan^on, '.aH^lt. •. Vice Pre?.—Dr. George Low Lilian, Milbank, and Mrs. It .Runge. IVin Bfooks. Sec.—Helen Buri, Milbank? H-A— Postmaster Johnson snyw fe& ha* felt like takin-- extra precautions against tmiglary since lie marie a re MWL discovery. In going over some of the old records and packages stow ed awav years ago, he came upon an undelivered package that had been addressed to a saloon keeper in form er days, and the package enclosed three bottles that had been labeled samples, Gin—Old Crow—Wine. Mr. Johnson says he is not connoisseur in this class of goods and he's at a loss to know what to do with his sam ples. blood by the robbers, it. one of th' a color scheme of gold and white, with worst which has occurred in South yellow chrysanthemum?, astors and Dakota. There have been numerous tarnations and tho b»• iicarried a bou-1 robberies in which large Minis of money have been lost and the bankers are adopting- means to meet the rob bers with guns, instead of waiting fo. months to have the thieves tracked by defectives after #ie fobberWs have occumdl H-A- Progressive Clnb The Progressive Study Clu'» met at the home of Mrs. Geo. Anderson on September 2ist, with eighteen mem bers present. Mrs. Will Martins gave a very interesting paper on "Piaeti- cat uses of lladium." ^»s. Miller alto read a paper on "Harvard, the Old- I the meeting Mrs. Ed. Phelan and Wiy*.•!vi,,e* Bert Nixon sang a duft "Don't von !1ap1f H-A J- TIE SOCIAL The Twin Brooks Y.P.A. will hold a neck tie social at R. A. Runge's farm home one mile east ami half a mile south of Twin Brooks, on Friday evening, Oct. 7, at 8 o'clock. Ladies are expected to bring tie ami lunch for two. A short program will be given by the Alliance. H-A—-1— POTATOES We have a large quantity of pota toes which we are selling at $1.50 a bushel. n ••-4 -H-A See County Agent Before Tiling Lcind County Agent Smith last Wedne* dav enjoyed a visit from Mr. R. L. Patty, of the agricultural engineers extension division of the state colleg-i at Brookings, who was looking up sev eral proposed drainage projects on farm lands in the county Any parties expecting to tile their land will do well to get in touch with the agent, who will secure the services of Mr. Patty who will run the levels, givo elevation figures for the tiling free of charge, provided the work is done under his supervision. He states thac he exoects that the price of tile will be 40 per cent cheaper next year thau it has been this year. Mr. Patty al»q has charge of the picric acid for the state, and if there are those who have blasting of rock or stumps to be re moved they will do well to get in touch with him through the County Agent, who will arrange with Mr. Patty for n demonstration of this work. The picric acid can be had at 8 1-2 cents per pound and it is far more powerful and less dangerous lo handle than dyna mite-. MARRIED AT HOME A very pretty home wedding was solemnized last Tuesday a!" high noon at the home o fthe biide's parents, Mr. and Mrs. August M^ttelstaedt, »f this eify, when their daughter, Miss Cora "ilittelstaedt and Mr. George Geire were united in wedlock. The cei eiuony was performed by Rev. C. P. Bast, the Congregational minister, i and the ring ceremony was user!. Miss Elinor Poppe of Minneapolis was, bridesmaid, rind Henry Geier, brother of th« groom, officiated as best man.. The home was prettily decorated in Iviot of lillies of the valley. At the conclu.-ion of the ceremony a three-j course oinner wn:- reived to the wed ding i«iit, which eonsisleil of rel tives a:ul a few friemU oi the con-, tracting parties. rhe v ho l'T)om est Seat of I.eaming/' After the °,tonville' wiU '"•v fflephone your items tothteofiee, .TJ»e HeraU-A4ranee, $2M pif |«ir, 1 a 'b,i« 1 bride is a charming young lady who has grown to womanhool in Mil bnnk, is a graduate of the city schools and after her graduation she spent a year in Seattle, where she finished a business course, and upon her re turn home became bookkeeper in the Mittelstaedt store. She haa a large circ, ol cact wiU ^arm friends ir tb.e vicinity ^tend congratulation.-. Thj te a young business man of %vho is business meeting the hostess served a y°ung couple after a shoit trip veiy delicious lunch. At the ilose of acompany them. 1,10 mt rf t,nvn Mr. Harris and Mr. Frunk'in Geier. of Sleepy Eye. Minn., sister and brother oi the groom Mr. awl Mrs. Is real Geier, pr.ymt-' of trie tfiooni: Mr. and Mrs. Karl Grosenick. brother and *ds it-r of the bride Mi. Walter Schmidt, all of OiU-nville M'-s. Bfrnarrl Koep kr ant daughter Eileen, of Seattle, a -l^ter of the biide. H-A-~-?— Lutherans Hold Meeting A seiies u! «-os|tel nieciings of a jret-to-gether chaiacter by the Evan gelical Association and the United Evan/elical "churches, was held at Bl( St«me hist week, and culminated in the large gatherings Sunday morning at'teipwon an«l e\ening. A bishop from each of the two churches wa? present, Bishop Maze preaching at the sacramental service in the morn ing ami Bishop Saeyer at the closing service in the evening. At the after noon service both bishops presenting the tjuestion of the union of the two churches and urging its speedy ac complish ment a.s the desires of their own hearts and that of the great mass of the laymen of the two bodies. The union cannot take place, unti* all the annual conferences an.l the general conference to be held next year has voted upon it, but tho^e who are sup posed to know the general sentiment state that there is no question bu-^ that the union of the two bodies will be almost unanimously eiidorsed, when the matter comes up at the con ferences. No church in Big Stone was large enough to hold all attending, and the Sunday services were held In the large auditorium on the fair grounds. The convention at Bit, Stone voted very enthusiastically to hold a union camp meeting at the Big Stone park in the tetter oart of Jure- next v«*r, aid JX committee vms appointed to mityf necessary arrangements. .H-A FINE EXHIBITS AT WHETSTONE VALLEY FAIR WHETSTONE VALLEY FAIR HAD FINE WEATHER BIG EXHIBIT OK FARM PRODUCTS The Whetstone Valley Fair last week at Biqf Stone had the good for tune of tetter weather than was ac corded many of the other fairs held earlier in the month. As usual the Big Stone folks had a fine exhibition of farm products and livestock. State Immigration Agent I. D. Aldrich was present with an exhibit from the state fair ot products raised in one of the counties west of the river. Aldrich also has a moving picture show oi South Dakota farming scenes ami pro ducts which he sets in motion to give people an idea of what South Pfc'cota if* doing in the agricultural line, and this v e?k is taking his exhibit ahJ picture outfit to the Lacqui Parle cons ty fair. The showing of fruit, corn and vege tables at the Big Stone lair w»p of & fine fjuality, and was well worth no tice. A particularly large display of various varieties of apples shows ihat fruit of fine quality can be raised beer, if ordinary care is used in attending to the trees. The great display of well filled cor of the finest quality made ii. a cer tainty that Grant county is in the corn belt ami that corn is one of tlio staple products of the county. Mis- Beagin the red cross nurse had a booth at the fair, and gave a daily talk along the line of health conditions and red cross work cm ftie dHfterfirt afternoons. H-A At The Uwrctes CONGREG ATIONAL CHUHCIt Sumiay Srhot4—10 a. m. 4-|tendance. highly -poken of. makc* tlwir home in whei'° Orton- the hcst v'ishes ,f Mil- Morning S. mct^—11 m. Subject: "God's Challenge Ui wt fo the C»ming Yar." Everyone is mpst cotxiially Invited to attend these seivices. Carl .Bast, Minister METHODIST CHURCH Ne\t Sunday i.- the last Sunday this Conference year a* our Annual Conference will convene at Huron on Wednesday of nc\t \w k. MILBANK, S, DAK, FRIDAY. SEPTEMBER 30. 1921 i Junior Endeavor—3 p. tm. Senior Emleavor—6:3(- jpi m. The last notation on Topic: 'Thy Will Be Done—Witii diaij. matle Sunday, rea*i: My Time.'** Evening S?»vic«--7::)0 p. in. Topic* "The Weeds in the Grain field." Note the char 3*0 in the time of the evening hours for both Senior Endea vor ami Evening Service, lioth are one-half houi arlier than during the summer months. i of All those who have unpaid Cent n ary Subscriptions, for the ear 1921 should attend to this matter this wet'M Mr. George Liebenstein is our Cen tenary Treasurer. Please see him at once. As vre close the Conference year, Ave wish to gratefully acknowledge with deep grrftitude the many kindl tokens r: tended to myself and family thru out the year oy the members and friends and people of Milbank and community. We have enjoyed Mil bank and her people and if in tho judgment of our Annual Conference success may come to each and all. W wish here to publicly "Thank" all who have in any way contributed to mak our work a success during the year, and trust that your interest and help may continue in the future. Services for Sunday, Oct. 2nd. Sun day school 10 a. m. Worship 11 a. m. Sermon by the Pastor. Subject: "The Call of the World." The closing ser vice of the year will be at 7:30 p. m. Our Subject will be either "The Powe That Keeps" or "The Christian as a Sentinel" We urge every member and friend to be present at these closing services. The public is most cordially invited. Come. Please note the change In hour of the evening service next Sunday even ing. We also wish to announce that all evening services for the next sev eral months will be held at 7:30. we are to continue our work here we ^r:OWU ^lel* only •••hree months. Ihey trust that the bonds «f friendship ira^"! 'en t-f* ',?ther, hut theie wa deepen and that a larger measure of ESTHER GREENING MUR DERED BURAZY YOUTH YOUNG LADY'S BODY INTERRED IN M1LH.WK CEMETFRY ON TUESDAY, LAST The remains of Miss Esther Green ing, the young woman who was murd ered by a young man in Los Angeles, Cal., were brought to this city, Mou day and on the following day wer* interred in the cemetery at this place. The following excerpts are taken from Los Angeles papers in regard to the murder of a former Milbank girl and the suicide of the murderer The'acount indicates that the girl was innocent of any wrong doing and that the tragedy was the result of fast life on the part of a sex crazy young man. The account .-ays: Too many love a fairs and too many "wild parties" bred a homicidal melan cholia in the brain of Aibeil Pember ton, 20, who shot and killed innocent Esther Greening, 20-year-old musical *tnd« nt, and then committed suicide the girl's home, Sept. 20th Pemberton, it was learned, often med the fictitious name of "A. F. Burke." and posed as a medical stu dent. Tlii.- was responsible for ihe appearance ot his name as Tr. Ikuke' in I'lrst report of ti e tragedy. Puiibeiton had no reason for slay- Our work in the Sunday School w nt 6 a. m. On Sept. 17 appeared tin- frate»-na!ist s and they stand, back of constantly growing. Sunday, Oct. otuer typical notation- "Stepjied at'the appointment. Miss West is per will be Promotion Sunday and pvery- |«ind!i«ase. Very WILD TIME." haps the best known woman in the one iu Uie^Jgch'^'-lhooMM^.^ic m- T?,¥ In one of Pembeitson s pockets (',nsl?y lenied In«:Tuled in the diary was v, list of the names of 'Z?, g'rls, 12 in Los An* ]Vlildre and Gertrude and Betty and Esther, the yirl he killed. bcts'tt^i rr ber ton and Miss Green ing. T- day the ^-irl was to have start ed "a our se in music and art at che i Uo Rev. Fred Ray, Ta-ftor. -I-!. '.•* H-A Seitei ^ur friends a birth anaoimce youngiter should 'your friends racetyMjf Own. We print liM. the time. Intej mitt eni nota ions found on P»vnberton's body iumished Armament. Miss West was approach the information concerning his manv i ed on the subject by other friends in "wild piu ties anil his all airs with] the National Fraternal Congress of more 'haxi oO diOVren. girls, :-on.c 1 America, which convened at tie Sher l.o Ar.geles and some in the Ea.v man isotel ir. Chicngo, the first wee* On Sept 0 Pemberton wrote in tin in September. The klogates to this ,bary- -**One of a party. Homo conuu-s represent over nin*/ million .southwestern university and friend, (Iuc die it Pemberton's hands. Apparently Prmbertor-, in oue of s]ells ui extreme melancholia, perhap "iH?evcdH by some trivial lemaik, shot ihe ,?V/i wi-thwit Teachers of Public Schools Entertained A very pleasant reception was ten dered the teachers of the public school at the Methodist church on Friday evening of last week. After a short program oC music and readings in the auditoiium of the church at which Rev. Ray on behalf of the patrons of the school welcomed the teachers and pledget! them the co-operation and good will oi' the people of 1 iI hank, and to which Principal Jariow of die high school responded on behalf of the facultv, the party v as i:»vited Co the parlors of the church where light refreshments were served anil a nutn-! ber of toasts responded to. fey ihj teachers and othrs. On the Thursday evening precee«!7ng the reception the Christian Endeavor Society of the Congregational church treated the teachers to a weiner-roast it the dam, and a most enjoyable time was had by all at this ai'air. The morale of the schools this year is excellent, and with a fine corps of teachess the school year promises, to be a good one. WOMENARTACTIVE The membership of Milbank lodge who are the local representatives oC the W. B. A. of Maecabees. announce tli" news that their founder and lend on-, •ird- PV, ing Miss Greening, the police say, inently presented to President hut in lux mad frenzy he skw the ing as the one woman in the Unite frcwon with A'liQin i happened to be State: fitted by special tracing and Mi.s Bina West, has been pr. **wn1d party** after Unitwl State** ami her thirty years of tatothei gradually changed Pendjer- leadership in a society uunu.ering ton from a promising young business {juai1ov of a million women has drawn man te a youth of lost illusions and 1 on h.%r superlative talent.s and devel- hred the homicidal melancholia which joped her mentally to a degree unusual causevl the tragHiy, it is believed. to vomeft. She lr never Keen a.-- ?ociatt:d with any faction nor is she a theorist, two attributes thai will count with President Harding in mak ing the upjjoinm' nt. The local mem- V* mbertson's "Spent last n-ii'ht at Hotel tftirant, Lebec. I/illinn and I decided t« die. Gun wouldn't, work. Caused scene. bei*s nre x-ery proud of the recogni Back iu Los Angeles 10 a. m. Airlvfld tion th^t- has been' given Mis.-. West's about '2:HO p. m. What shall I do? labilities in the enthusiastic mention WHS f«»».ind a farqwell letter addusser! to during the past few days the state Mi*. IJIlian Ansley of Bakersfi*»|«i. leader. Mrs. Margaret Masfey, and Q\Uw r.iie tel«!phone after the shooting her entire corps of officers and ntem Mvs. of her rarno all 6v«r tho country and she kneiv Penlv-r- bers have been busy getting in touch ton an i expressed her.se)i' as mystified with Senators and Icepre -entatives by hi i letter to her. In the di *r\ »p- securing their indorsement s. I war fre|U"iit nn ntion of 'wild par lies" y ith "Lillian." •iC.lf.) "1 r.r.,1 rom u.l that eodd he leaitted by |^0e jjiat your presence means much n\est.».atoTh there «a.i deidh (met There are better things to live earning. He bad 'Hi- girl's friends aivl relatives sa»d they were simply "chums." Pe««i»erton's diary notation of hi death pact with "Lillian/' which failed Ijecaus'- the "gun wouldn't work," in terested the investigators, in view of Ids farewell letter to Mrs. Ansley, in Pakersfield. La-i SaUmlay Pemberton ipcde tiie followiiig notation in his diary: '"Feel rather bail. Went to oflic.j. Met f.ucille at Iiotei Lankersbim. Start for Bakersiield 2 p. m. Arrived at 6. Met I JIlian. Went to road, house. Wild time." It was evidently during thir "will time" that Pembevton and "Lillian"' agreed to di»». The Tetter to M/s. Ansley. written on ifte statienerv «f a do vntov n hote),arNMi: *'Bale: If jem »Melv« ou will know th&: my second at tempi dil not fad. I am now waiting to get* Mr. Long. If he talks favor -0. K. TT not—well, I lave al ways |4ayed my palt well, and per haps. the far away future I will t:Tour ,i!vn, dear 'v- '.-iA, i .prk- n «1 in t.u E.v. t. '"Ihoc was „ViSs ,, -you forever. This is a good eminent bonds. The sale of the bond Ituth and i,e't.e and Ahce and Edith,. old if vou can Dear, am asking you to please slow up little and jrive mo-t- atUotion .o for thai, the so-called farce that 'ias existed in our Mveff, /, ,* "Well. Ha be, my appointment TO**t and i• lutives. declared it wa- impos- |a}.^ tune?'. Remember this- -I w*it i.i!e to conceive of he.: consenting.to |ike .Au rirvoiiv** *~*&v "1* yJFV1 V'* experience for a seat on the Advisory i i»asis upon which dairying rests and| ii dairj Conference Committal! of Limited they urging more of it. They VO IT'LL LIKE MTLBANK METROPOLIS OF THE FAMOUS WHETSTONE VALLEY NATIONAL DAIRY ASSO'N MEETS IN MINNEAPOUS FARMERS OF THIS COMMUNITY SHOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO ATTEND MEETING Brookings, S. D., Sep-. 28,—"Senti ment tiie state over that &utfi Dakota must market more of her crops through livestock, especially the dairy cow," says Horace M. Jones, extentioa dairy :^pecialist at State college. "Vis itors to the National Dairy 5how ai, St. Paul. Oct. 8 to 15, will have an op- -r: portunity to see first hand the prin ciples and practice of economical and jsn\cient dariy production. It is safe to say, then, that South Dakota farm ers will visit the big show by the? hundreds this fall. "Several bounties «*iU send deldr gat ions. Some of them are planning7 to secirre cotne high grade cows and heifers, others are going to learn how to better cart for the cows which they already have. Tendency Towanl Dairying "Thiv.ing the past year there ha? been n tendency toward dairying as mever before. Hundreds of these new dairy men will have ringside seats -the nation.nl show. They are inter ested in iheir bu-iues,-. They want to take advantage of the other fellows^ \perienee. They figure that the out lay is an investment worth while. They are thA men who x*re lof»king in to tin future. "Blinkers «n«l merchanlf i^aalise. a.- 1Mk,.hap7no ene urging everyone who can to attend1 the National Dairy show which is to be held so near home this year. Ini Ink Bonds SaM While the passim/ of the f.nancial stringency of the past year is no: ., \et an assui-ed fact, there arf: indica-v tions that there is a loosening op of money matter* that gives hope of a grailual return to normalcj\ One of these pointers occurred last wee»t£i when the Gobi Company of Big Stones receivetl word that two million dollars worth of their Joint Stock Land Bank had been sold. When the Land Bank was organized in 1918 applications for loans were accepted until some two million of bond- had to be oll'ered to finance the loans, but a euestior. of the--t constitutionality of the land bank act was taken into the courts, and sale of the bonds was tbu: held up until the, matter was decided, and in the mean time the financial depression came on, and the bonds could not be disposed .f_ lit any reasonable discount. Last wee* the sale was made of one million of the bonds at '.ii) '4 and later another million was sold at par. The bonds are a tine investment for large holders II always be waiting for you as they are exempt from taxes, and nember my last wish, happi- are really as safe and sure as gov-: ring otV (perhaps i TOHn (Vvith ,n my boots on and V Yours throaj'-h eternity, Beit. "P. S.—In the future please veg \-our ewn Lawrence Rett. s^and the pace, will enable the Gold firm to clean upi sober*. I have only taken one shi nl foresters elected the followin? officers drink since that almost fatal party,! C* R.—G. H. Jurgens. Xrffrd'' Pemberton Was employed as a eletk at the c.ifice of an oil companv in T,o Angeirs. coroner Xnn« e announced he will close his investigation of ehe ca^e i .^gning eeitifiCiU.es of" murder and suicule, after locating the d&y.l \ovith's parents. Las. night I'en.bottcn aud Mis Greening went to a motion picture show in West Pico street. When tffey left thev appeared in high spirits. lie- tu™.nR from the theato- they «OMe4 at a a AMM„. ..VAN.ON th.. ,i.w t« Groenmg s flat 1 stopjx'd to talk. Suddenly there wevo two shots and persons who rushed into the hall found the two ciumpled bodies —both dead. Esther Greening had been n (jpiei home girl, modest and well behaved, ami ha? gone with this young man as nice girls have gone with nice young men since time began. Elmer Greening gays that just fle-i fore U rt tragedy Pembeiton was talk ing te his sister and weeping, but h&. does not. believe that the tears had anything to do with the sister or her treatment of the young man. It is his theory that they were shed because of omething that had happened in II all the old business of the Land Bank, r^ and vith the sale of a new issue of5* bonds they will be able to continu^!^ makin.y new loans, as they look for no diificulty in disposing of future bond-. Jr. Con.—Jos. Erno. vi S.—Thos. Kelly. 0. S.—Leonard Jurgens. 4 H-A MakscM The Makocha Club met Friday^ .! Sept. 23rd. at the home of Mrs. J. W. Mrs. Mittel»t«dt .4^ ,iC* Consolidated April 189(1 s 1 uutiiwS S At a regular meeting last Thurs day evening the Catholic Order of V, C. R.—E. T. German. C. R.—Peter Pott. s o e A a n o Fin. Sec.-.--E. J. Huldou. Trea,1.—Louis Vandervooj|t: Tnistee- -Thomas Boruta, 'Sr. Con.—Chas. Kelly. twd a wry W«MIW paper on Mt. Ranier Parir, inchMUag memoirs of a personal trip to th#v Park and Mrs. E. H. Benedict madm an instructive paper on "Scenic andk. Other \j. S. Highways." The next meeting of the Club will be with Mrs. G. H. Benedict on Oc* tdw 14th. v t't H-A ^-v '. HOMK BAKING Th^e Catholic Ladies will hold ,f Home Baking at tho Farley hacd*' ware store on'-Saturday afteriMW%, October J*?, beginning at one »fkurn' moM "WtfT* l, I I 1 I tii II r*. :A i i Qviy'* DeTuncq Rave SkeUh A HanU.G Mb-. Fnu«c i :-Xi*