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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

President Elliot of Harvard. as the
Civic Forum speaker at Carnegie hail,
New York. had his fling at various
kinds and degrees of lawlessness in this
country at present but paid especial
attention TO what he termed lawless-
ness in high places For the ordi-
nary forms of criminality and fraud
he argued that the complaisance Of
men in high Official station toward the
crookedness of rich corporations was
chiefly responsible He referred to
the fact that states have bid against
one another with easy incorporation
laws, that executives have openly crit
icised the courts. and have hacked
them with men favorable 10 their
policies thus bringing the courts into
contempt For the increasing crimes
Of violence he advocated state
mounted police With a military organ
ization in every part OF the country.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
Jim .lenkins


Jim jenkins was born with pinhead
mentality.
All through his life was too shiftless
to think,
But still by kindly and lucky fatality
He early became much addict d to
drink.
so he sat about bar-rooms, and sought
the society
OF low-minded persons of liberal
views,
And every one grieved at the mans
inebriety,
And said he'd be great if it wasn't
for booze
He hadn't the sense of a yapping sky
terrier,
And sober or drunk he was always
fool.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

Complete returns show that Mr., Bry-
an this year received 1,315,211 more
votes than Alton Brooks Parker receiv-
ed in 1904. The Kansas City Times
has the right idea of these figures. 1t
says that the comparison is chief. in
structive as serving to remind the pub
lie how very, very few votes Mr.. Par
ker received
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
The Spirit Of Christmas.
BY EDWARD T. DEVINE.
Secretary Charity Organization Society

This is the genial season when
every prospect pleases,' and even
man passes over into the assets side
lof natures great account Good fell
Elowship, good cheer, good will to men,
ARE the keynote of the time; and sur
veyors' instruments, charts, diagrams
and statistics seem out of place. Let
us eat and drink-not because tomor-
row we die, but because the Son of
Man came eating and drinking with
lPharisees and with publicans, angelic
messages of peace heralding His birth.
messages of forgiveness and assurance
of paradise on His departing breath.
| 1t is we'll to catch the spirit Of
Christmas, the spirit of peace and good
will. Feasting and gifts arc its natural
Expressions. Hospitality and good
cheer are its background. Faith is
stronger and hope is brighter and
love is greater for the Christmas sea-
son, and by the inspiration of the spir-
lit of the holiday we get a brilliant
liz
Ia social survey. momentary. elusive,
evanescent, yet rich in the promise of
a better day. a vision which cannot be
lmaterialized in tabernacleS. but which
may be enshrined in human aspiration
and in social ideals, abiding not as a
lcrystallized institution, but as living
inspiration.
If it is well to catcl this fleeting sur
lvey under the influence of intimate,
seasonal and temporary relationships,
1T is still better to approach the SER
ious examination of our actual con-
iditions under the guidance of the same
spirit of peace and good will Only
the fool can be content in his heart
strangers to sit with him at dinner,
and make them gifts. feeling the glow
of human sympathy and brotherhood
which the simple, unaffected courtesy
ENSURES, and then deliberately shut
out of lis life the warmer glow of
deeper satisfaction which comes from
taking an effective part in righting an
injustice. creating new opportunity
for any of the children of men, bring
ing genuine relief to any real distress.
Let the Christmas season also be the
time for making a searching survey OF
social needs, of unused resources and
unutilized powers. of antiquated insti-
buttons, of outgrown prejudices, of I'M
necessary hardships. preventable suf
fering and remediable ills. Let the
Christmas season be the time for find
ing out what new contributions of
money and what further contributions
of service are called for by new needs
or by new possibilities of advance:
for finding out what active personal
participation in some good cause will
project the spirit of Christmas into
the whole year 10 come.
What win such a survey as this dis
close,
II will show children without play
grounds and in tle children's court
when they are not instead in the
Ordinary criminal courts and iails.
1t will show communities without
adequate schools. and very few with
any schools in which there is a cur
riculum adapted TO the conditions of
modern social and industri-.l life.
II will show women engag with
out the Interruptions for which there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

1t is reportc from Washington that
il created by congress the position OF
director of posts for the postoffice de-
partment will be offered to Jesse
Overstreet, the congressman from In
dianapolis defeated for reelection. He
is now chairman of the committee on
postoffices and postroads. and is an
admirable man for the place
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
Where Patriotism RIoop..

Boston Globe: Instead of descend.
Ing to the cellar these wintry morn
ings, growing between his chatter,na
teeth, every householder should an
proach his furnace as the altar fro =,
civilization. The hand that shakes tia
banana tree for breakfast is an an
feebled member of an enervated race
but the hand that shakes the furnace
is the hand that rules the world
DO your Christmas shopping wit,
Keokuk merchants.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

Commissioner of immigration Pow
derby has been playing vagrant. for a
purpose. In expressing his approval OF
the proposed New York farm colonies
for Migrants he told how he has made
Il his practice when in New York to
take his place in the bread line and
talk with the men about him. IN the
main be found the man thus seeking
charity TO be a bum, slovenly, indo-
lent, shiftless and ambitionless on
whom the food is wasted" Said Mr..
Powderly: Such men should not be
fed by the hand OF charity: ii is food
wasted You are only feeding the
fame that burns up manhood. Don't
feed them; let them feed themselves
on farm provided by the state. Give
each man his task and let each man
know that he must earn his bread
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

Coli is now referred 10 as the pur
suit Of pale pills by purple people 1t
goes without saying that the al nor
Of the phrase doesn't stand q ghost Of
show OF becoming q member OF the
next Presidents cabinet
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

health Journal aas an article on
How 70 Lie When Asleep The con
sensus OF opinion is voiced by q
pointed paragrapher in The remark
tEat what We need is few pointers
on how to induce people 10 tell tae
truth when awake
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

The California man who can't Aclp
Laughing When an earthquake comes
along is advised by The Washington
Post 10 move 70 that city, where he can
giggie all the time
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

! is physiological necessity, in occupa-
tons for which they are physically I'M
fitted, for excessive hours, and under
had conditions.
1t will show the saloon still domi-
nant in many cities, the gambling
house doing its vicious work, and vice
encouraged, supported and regulated
municipal contracts and privileges are
an integral part.
1t will Show congestion of popula.
ton, overcrowding in tenements. alb.
normally high rents, insufficient food
and clothing, low standards of living
by every rational test.
1t will show poverty and overwork;
child labor and underemployment for
able bodied adults.
1t will show the exploitation of
weakness and ignorance by pawn
shops. by chattel mortgages, by sal
airy loan sharks, by patent medicines,
by bucket shop and pool room, by
fraudulent employment bureaus, by
the sale of liquor to the inebriate and
by the white slave traffic.
/ The social survey may appear to be
far from pleasurable undertaking,
but there is no satisfaction comparable
to the constructive examination of
any one of these serious evils, with a
view to the casting out of the devils
that have taken possession of tn bod
les and souls of unfortunate men.
1t is precisely in the spirit of the
Christmas season that all men may be
asked TO help put a stop to excessive
hours of labor and injurious. health
destroying processes, and to bring the
full pressure of enlightened public
opinion to bear on the raising of low
wages, and the maintenance of high
standards.
1t is precisely in the spirit of Christ
mas that the cooperation of all good
citizens may be demanded in the so
cializing of hospitals, relief societies
public schools, health departments,
parks, police systems and courts of
justice.
Settlements work all the year round
in the Christmas spirit. and so do
child labor committee. associations for
the prevention of tuberculosis, con.
sumers' leagues, children's aid soci-
cites. playground associations. probs-
ton societies. and commissions, re-
formatories, orphan asylums and char
ity organization societies.
If, at any point. the spirit of good
will should fail. it is quite within the
power of contributors and members to
restore it. The Christian whose faith
is strengthened for more vigorous
work by rae remem brances OF the ma.
tivity OF the Savior of man, by the APP
probation of the full significance of
the incarnation, need have no difficult
~ in finding at his hand work to be
done for the healing OF the sick. the
lifting up of the fallen, the strength
ening of the weak, and tn driving OF
the money changers from the tenn
pies.
The gaining of knowledge of con-
ditions and the lending OF a hand TO
improve them will be to enter the com
munion of those for whom Christmas
is not day in December. but a token
of amending service and good cheer
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
Will oTTUMlyA WAKE GOOD

VIII 0ttumwa baekslde is a
query propounded by the Burlington
HaVk-Eye The euecron has 70 do
with some Of the things Ouumwa en-.
thusiasts pledged themselves to DO be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

II is noted as matter OF interna,
tional interest that the old Dutch
cleanser is getting in its work around
Venezuela
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

From present appearances ii viii be
q blue Christmas for Castro.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

A CHRISTMAS SENTIMENT.

L.
1t isn't the thinking how grateful We
For the kindness of friends come o
bless
Our sorrow or loss
Meath the weight of the Cross.
1t is telling our gratefu,n IS.
1t isn't the love that they have in their
heart
And neglect o. forget to reveal.
That brightens the lives
Of husbands and wives:
1t is telling the love that they feel.
1t isn't the thinking of good to man.
kind
That comes as a cooling drink
To the furnishing ones
OF earth daughters and sons:
1t is telling the good that we think.
1t isn't the music, asleep in the strings
OF the Lutte, that entrances the ear.
And brings to the breast
The spirit CT rest:
1t is only the music We hear.
1t isn't the lilies we hide from the
world
Nor the roses We keep as our own
That are strewn at our feet
BY tle anSels We meet
On our va tc the Great White
Throne
It isn't the silence Of hope unexpressed
That hearkens and strengthens the
Weak
To triumph through strife
For the great things OF life
It's the words Of good cheer Clat We
speak
w J Lamptc in New York Herald.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22
wHITTlER's FAvoeITg

Miss Margaret Gay Dolllyer sister
of United States Senator Dollir5r.
and dean o. women at Morningside
college, has unearthed in connection
with the 1olst anniversary OF Whit
tiers birth letter from the poet in
which he indicated that he liked
Snowbound above ali the Other
poems he had written. When Miss
Dolliyer was a student in the High
school in Fort Dodge she was a great
admirer Of Whittier poems. and girl
ike, she wrote him. asking him which
one he liked best He replied that
his poems were Ike children to him
and that he had no favorite. but that
his leaning was toward Snowbound
was indicated by his writing out in
violet ink paragraph from tina poem
and explaining that II represented his
choice as much as any other The
verse follows:
Alas for him who never sees
The stars shine through his cypress
trees,
Who. hopeless. lays his dead away.
Nor looks TO see the breaking day
Across the mournful marbles play.
Who hath not learned in hours OF
faith
The truth 10 flesh and sense unknown,
That Life Is ever lord OF Death
And love car never lose its own.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

Only TWO days left simply got ia
DO it now.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1908-12-22

1t is Tile unanimous verdict that
Knox IS a big man for big position.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
Without An Enemy.

Heaven help the man whoIimagines
he can dodge enemies be trying to
please every body. If such an in
dividual ever succeeded, we should
be glad of it-not that one should
going thru the world trying to find
beams to knock and thump his
head against disputing every man s
opinion fighting and elbowing and
crowding all who differ from him.
That, again, is another extreme.
Other people have their opinions
so have you; don't fall into the
error of supposing they will re-
spect you more for turning your
coat every day to match theirs.
Wear your own colors in spite of
wind or weather. 1t costs the vac
ciIlating and irresolute ten timesthe
trouble to shuttle and twist than it
does honest, manu- independence
to stand its ground.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
THE GAMBLERS CHANCE

Richard A. Garfield, the big
New York gambler, who has
recently been in the limelight of
publicity because of lawsuit,
puts the gaming proposition in
unique form: eff you play with a
gambler long enough" says Can
field, che is bound to win your
money. He can't help but get it.
When you play with me in round
numbers you put up 800 and
against that l put up 500. Now
figure how long you can keep do
ing this. You may win my money
now and then, you may break me
temporarily, but as long as you
play against me at the odds of 100
to 80 in the end I'll have your
money"
Canfiled ought to know. He is
reputed to have made S., 100000
in the gambling business. 1t is
said Re has not personally touched
a card in twenty years. He in.
trusts the business of his establish.
ment to subordinates and relies
with mathematical certainty upon
returns. Garfield puts it very
plainly. Ii you go into the gam
bler's game he has 100 chances to
your 80. If you stay in the
game long enough. and the major
ity of the players do, he will gel
your pile. 1t is simply science.
skill and luck pitted against abso.
Lutte certainty. The end is known
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19

Some say that rents are too
high, that land values are too
high, and that there is no money
in farming. 1t is true to certain
extent that money is not piled up
so rapidly by the agriculturists
now as in the past, but there are
good and sufficient reasons there
for. The day has gone by when
the seed can be sown and the de-
velopment of bountiful crop left
in a great measure to nature.
The day has come, and sometime
ago, that the farmer must study
his land as does the merchant his
stock of goods, as does the manu-
facturer his machinery. Our land
here is rich and fertile, but it must
be carefully looked after, or short
ly our farmers will abandon it as
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19

Success in life does not always
mean wealth, fame or position.
You may be poor in all of these
but you can be rich in mind and
character. The world within you
must be developed before you can
enjoy the world without you. If
you have wealth put some of it into
brain power and you can never
lose it. If you are poor you can
not afford to be poor in both mind
and pocket. You can have the
wealth of a trained mind and a
noble character. Rely on your
own efforts. Thousands of worthy
persons have obtained an education
without the assistance of wealth or
friends. You can do it. Success
often depends on the sacrifices
made and obstacles overcome. To
succeed in anything requires hard,
honest work. Determine to do the
best you can with the faculties God
has given you.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
THE DOES 1T

Time has a wonderful power in
taking the conceit out of persons.
When young man first energies
from the schools and enters upon
the career of life, it is painfully
amusing to witness his self-suf-
ficiency-h he would have all the
world to understand that he has
"learned out"-that he is master
of all knowledge, and can unravel
all mysteries. But as he grows older
he grows wiser; he learns that he
knows great deal less than he
supposed he did, and bv the time
be reaches to three score years, he
is prepared to adopt as his own
the sentiment of John Wesley, who
said: "When I was young l was
sure of everything; in few years
having been mistaken a thousand
times, [ was not half so sure OF
most things as l was before. Al
present am hardly sure of any.
thing but what God has revealed
to man."
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
from the beginning.

That is where the average man
who CANDLES makes his fundament-
al mistake. He imagines that
good fortune will beat the law OF
mathematics. He bets on the
theory that good playing and luck
will enable him to overcome the
stubborn fact that 10 is one more
than 9. Garfield says what every
one ought to know: When you
60 up against the gamblers game
you go up against a dead sure
thing. The gamblers game is not
"game of chance at all. Chance
has nothing to do with it. 1t is
financial robbery done scientitical-
ly. Gambler Caniield's frank
statement will have little effect,
however. There will always be
the man who fancies he can change
9 into bigger figure than 10.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19

After all there is a good deal in
talk. Let a man talk dull times
and it is infectious, every body
talks dull times. Instead of rust
ling around to take care of what
business there is, they all go sit
down and NOPE over dull times.
If a customer does happen to drop
into one of these "dull times"
stores he actually gets frightened
out of one-half as much as he ex-
poets to buy, because things look
so blue. He catches the spirit of
the store and resolves to hang on
to all his money with death grip,
even if his business goes to pieces
on account of running short of
goods to fill up the empty shelves.
The bug-bear of hard times should
be sat down upon. 1t is doing
more to kill business than any
thing else. Tell man he is sick,
keep it up, and you will eventual
ly hound him to death.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
An experienced teacher says that

An experienced teacher says that
pupils who have access to news
papers at home, when compared
with those who do not, are better
readers, better spoilers, better
grammarians, better punctuatOrs,
and read more Understandings,
and obtain practical knowledge
of geography in almost half the
time it requires others. The news
paper is decidedly an important
factor in modern life. This will
not be disputed by any one who
has taken the trouble to investigate
the matter for himself.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
NOTICE..

Whereas: P. r. Andrews is a
candidate for Attorney General
of the State, and Hon. r. B. Ma
con is candidate for Congress of
the first congressional district
and Hon. r. j. Williams, is a can
didate for prosecuting attorney
of the first Judicial district and,
Whereas: the democracy of St.
Francis county impose conf
dence and faith in the ability and
integrity of each of these gen.
tlemen and believe that they will
fill these respective offices to
which they aspire with credit to
themselves and honor to the
public,
Now, THEREFORE: Be it resolv-
ed by the democratic central
comittee of StFrancis county
now duly In session, that we en-
dorse the candidacy of each of
these gentlemen and recon
mend them to the voters as men
in whom they can place conf
dence and who will serve the
public ably and we'll if elected to
the Offices to which they aspire.
Given under our hands by or
der of the Com mittee this the Is,
day of March, 1908 Signed,
J. P. MCDONALD, Chairman,
]. 0. Rush, Secretary.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19

CHILLED out" when the fact will
be that it is only tired of poor til
ling. When our farmers look af-
ter their land, carefully studying
its adoption, weigh carefully their
stock and feed and get the best
possible results from the combi-
nation, then will land pay a high
rate of interest on a value OF $3.50
or even more per acre.
Woodruff County news. [volume] (McCrory, Ark.) 1901-1910, 1908-03-19
COUNTY AND PROBATE JUDGE.

The NEWS is authorized to announce j. F.
Summers, of Augusta. as a candidate for the
office of county and probate judge of this
county subject to the action Of the democrat
party,
The News is authorized to announce ESQ.
Chas N Henri, of Pumpkin Bend Township,
as a candidate for the Office of county and
probate judge of this county subject to the
action of the democratic party.
The NEWS is authorized to announce ESQ. S,
f. Watson, of McCrory, as candidate for
the Office of county and probate Judge of
this county subject to the action of the demo-
cratic party.