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Newspaper
The Citizen Republican
Location
Scotland, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1913
Page
1
A mob took Cleve Culbertson from Ray jail last week and lynched him for the Dillon family murder. Reported reasons include absence of a death sentence and fear of later clemency, noting six North Dakota inmates were pardoned soon after conviction. The piece questions capital punishment and its abolition.
The 1914 South Dakota High School Basketball Tournament will be in Huron March 20 and 21. Ten teams registered in the first year, eighteen the second. this year many more schools are expected. Aberdeen High won last year’s title and Redfield the year before. The event is run by Huron College athletic committee with the State High School Association handling eligibility and expenses for eight players per team.
York announces return to the Republican Party and criticizes primary law costs while noting Roosevelt faction leader Pren dergast helped nominate the Colonel at Chicago. Thorson, at the national committee, dissented on reducing southern convention representation amid a controversial vote.
Report says Supt C A Lugg of Parkston Schools has agreed to run for superintendent of public instruction. He is backed by years in education and is deemed well qualified. Supt Lawrence seeks re-election after four years in office and controversy over salary and perks involving his family.
The law forces the proposal committee to meet in Charles Mix county seat Wheeler, sixteen miles from a railroad, on Saturday January 3 1914 at 11 oclock. Delegates from Geddes leave Friday evening. arrangements will transport them to Wheeler and back.
A New Yorker explains to a Providence visitor that Broadway crowds in New York fall short of expectations. On Lexington Avenue a conductor shouts Broadway as two women on a streetcar front seat lament the city's crowd levels briefly.
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