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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
PRIMARY A GOLD BRICK.

The special committee appointed py
the last New York legislature to IN
yestigate the question OF direct pri-
maries and report to the legislature
of 1910, has completed its labors. one
of the members, Assemblyman ROD
ert J. Conklin, after investigation III
other states which have direct pri-
mary laws declares unqalitiedly tnat
direct nominations as We nave seen
them make the greatest gold prioAs
that were ever handed to conndins
neople.o In a public pronouncement
on the subject he goes on to say;
THE people of New York sla. :,
have NO ,dee of the political anarchy
that exists in the middle western
states Direct nominations have ariv-
en- parties entirely out OF eAlstel0e ~
many communities.
an Wisconsin there is no longer
Republican party and Deihoci az ~
marty. There are several factlohs, Tug
most prominent of which are the star
wart and half-breeds. Those who Were
at one time Democrats have dlsap-
peared and have gone into the Repuo-
lican party, so-called. to vote at the
primaries. There are no longer party
principles, but only personal views OF
faction leaders. !.
ITO some extent the same state OF
affairs exists In Iowa and Kansas ana
everywhere else where this system OIL
direct nominations is in operation
The minority party has been swallow
ed up. In every community we nave
visited there has been but one op1n-
ion expressed by the decent, sober, in
telligent citizen, the conservative, pro-
fessional men, and that has been OF
disgust and loathing for the political
anarchy in which they had been
plunged Time and again we met with
the expression from the biggest men
in the cities we visited: "For Gods
sake, do not in7ict this iniquity on the
tate of New York"
The direct primary, If properly
labeled, would bear the title "a
Scheme for the Disintegration of Po-
litical Parties" That has been its
practical effect wherever it has been
tried. Conditions in Iowa under 1t are
not as bad as in Wisconsin, but this
is simply because the law has been
in effect longer in that state. 1t is
only a question of time until the con-
ditions which now obtain in Wisconsin
will be duplicated in Iowa.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
Too Much Government.

Iowa City Republican: The Repub.
lican believes in reserving to the peo-
pie the greatest amount OF personal
liberty consistent with the public
good and that as far as possible the
management of public affairs should
be as nearly in the hands OF the
people. This was the plan Of
the founders of the government
and any departure therefrom is
al encroachment upon the rights
OF the people. We are having
too much government. too many regu-
lations, too many laws and too many
officious officers. The people are abun-
dainty able to take care of their own
affairs.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
Fowler Got "canned.n

Burlington Hawk-Eye: Editor Mil.
Ter of the Washington ua.) Democrat,
is shocked by the Chicago Tribune
action in spreading Congressman Fow
ler's abuse of Speaker Cannon over
one page of its valuable columns
There are others also who are shocked
by the waste Of good advertising space
in the Tribune. Editor Miller sums w
the matter properly in this sentence:
1T is a mere row because Fowler
got canned anyhow
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

1t is announced from Chicago that
with respect to passenger, mail and
express business, the management of
the Hill roads has decided to throw
the gauntlet down to every railroad
in the west and northwest and to
adopt strenuous means to intrench it.
self in. territory where there is the
sharpest competition. With this end
in view, the Burlington, Great North
ern and Northern Pacific roads have
made proposition to the post Office
department to put new fast mail
train in service between Chicago and
Seattle to make the Journey in sixty
two hours. This is ten hours faster
than the present fastest schedule to
the Puget Sound territory. Notice has
also been served by the Burlington
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
Exceptional Erankneas.

Jacksonville Courier: The editor
Of The Keokuk Gate City mas return
ed home after a two weeks vacation
granted with full pay The worthy
scribe now admits that he wasn't
missed and that the paper probably
would be able to contiue its slide
along the journalistic way If his vaca-
ton had continued indefinitely. It's
q brave man who will publicly admit
how little he really does amount to
in tais world-merely one OF bill
lion atoms. But newspaper men al.
ways We're exceptionally frank and
open in their assertions
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Mt. Pleasant has sold 1000 tick ,t5
for her 1910 Chau+auqua. against $50
advance sales for The present year.
The Iowa City Republican has fig
rred out that the average Is about
seven necks broken to one auto record
broken.
"a deficit always sounds bad. but
a labor deficit doesn't sound SO bad
as some other kinds" remarks the
Sioux City Journal.
Clusters last battle is to be enacted
each day by soldiers and Indians at
Pierre, s. D., during the Cheyenne
reservation drawing.
A st. Louis rector supports Bishop
Fallows' belief in the spirit world and
expects the veil to the future life may
eventually be lifted
The Atchison Globe holds that no
woman has right to go church four
times in one day and thus make her
husband SO mad that he will swear
and go to hell.
Porter, this berth has been slept
int"
NO, sab; assure you, sab. More
~ occupied. It's the one over the
wheels, sab. Puck.
| Senator Cummins of Iowa has &C.
cepted an invitation from tae Des
Moines Trades and Labor Assembly 4,
deliver the Grafton at the coming Ia.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
John ]. Hamilton. for Years the NOV

John j. Hamilton, for years the NOV
ing spirit in the Des Moines Daily
News, and one of the leading newspa-
per men of the state and last year
one of the candidates for the Republi-
can nomination for governor in
Iowa, is arranging to close out his
business interests In Des Moines, and
will move to the Pacific coast, prob
ably to Seattle, where he expects to
establish daily newspaper His sis
ter, Mrs. Ella Hamilton Durley, is
arranging to go with him and will be
interested with him in the news
paper. Mrs. Durley was for many
years one of the editors Of the Daily
News
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

lnat, enectlve september ~, It's ROAD
would no longer observe the western
passenger tram speed agreement. All
the. indications point to interesting II
not exciting contests in the western
railroad world in the near future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Reginald Kaufman says in recent
magazine article that the hats of the
women of the United States cost the
country sS,ooO,Ot0 year, the farmer
in particular being taxed, as a result
of the use of feathered creatures for
hat trimmings thus depriving him of
the work these birds would do il
keeping down destructive insects and
consequent destruction of crops
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
Lysandcr John up Against II

The Lysander John Appletons lived
IN house Of five rooms for many
years. and were so crowded that none
OF their kin ever expected to be In.
vited to visit them. But recently Ly.
sander John made little extra money
IND his wife had two rooms built on.
Have you heard the news?' was
shouted through Kinville. "The Apple
tons have two more rooms" News
like that spreads like fire in Kinville.
and they began coming by twos and
threes, and always with the deafest
old man. loudest voiced old women
and crossest baby they could and.
This explains why Lysander Johns
limbs are tied In knots; he has been
sleeping In a hammock for six weeks
past, being crowded out OF his bed by
visitors from Kinyille. Atchison
Globe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

John Fry sold his farm of 124h
acres in Harrisburg township, Van
Buren, county, last week for SIPS an
acre the purchaser being Frank Ross
of Mt. Pleasant who will take posses
sion March next. This is believed
to be tae top-notch price for Van Bur-
en- county land to date. AS the farm
Is we'll improved it is doubtless worth
every cent it brought.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Irl Hicks guessed that August would
he month of "unmitigated heat and
drouth." There will be unanimous
agreement in the verdict OF the Jack
sonville Courier that it couldn't have
been much unmitigateder.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

One reason-a vital one-why Iowa
has the worst roads in the world is be-
cause it has the best soil in the world.
It's rich loan does not lend itself kind
ly to road-making. especially in the
spring.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

A French physician says that lying
is disease that may be likened to
paresis. and is due to kink in the
brain. Children of drunkards and lun-
atics are most likely to have the dis
ease. but no one seems to be safe I'M
til after the age of fifty, when the
brain ceases to develop. The theory
is an interesting one, at least.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Prisoners in the Pennsylvania peni-
Tertiary have been caught making a
good grade of whisky within the
prison walls. Their efforts should be
encouraged. Most OF the whisky made
outside of prison walls is of mighty
poor quality.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Twelve ministers have left Sioux
City within a year. In the absence
of specific information on the subject
there is free field and a wide range
for guessing as to whether there was
no longer need for their services or
whether the proposition they were up
against was too much for them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

A Benton county farm, bought fif-
teen years ago for $47.50 per acre, was
sold last week for $3.50 per acre. The
moral is obvious. 1t pays to invest in
Iowa land.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

The report that Colonel Roosevelt Is
to visit dead crater in the volcanic
region of Africa indicates to the Sioux
City Tribune that there are no live
ones.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

According to the report of the state
department, which issues licenses for
automobiles, the people of Iowa are
spending an average of $4,000 a day
for puff wagons. That is going some.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

A French physician claims that lying
is a disease. If this be true the num-
Der of well people in the world is
much smaller than has generally been
supposed.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Exit the ice cream cone; enter the
oyster. Those who shun both are
none the worse for the self-denial, II
any be involved.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Omaha has an eight o'clock closing
law. but the report is that the only
things that have gone dry since IL
went into effect are the cows.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Aviation is all right in its way,
but it does not obviate the necessity
for good roads.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
Dor day celebration in the Iowa capt

The Burlington Hawk-Eye considers
it bit strange that in Iowa. which
rejected her own Cherry sisters, Garry
Nation, OF Kansas, should prove a
Gaowling success, and rake in the good
Iowa dollars In large numbers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

Good advice by the Omaha Bee to
automobile drivers: Slow down be-
fore instead of after tae accident.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
DAILY By MAIL.

DAILY By MAIL. >, -
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Entered in Keokuk postoffice - SECOND
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new or renewal order. If change o. M a
dress is desired. state both the oia Ai''
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The date printed on the address o, ea eI.
eaper notes when the subscrlpuoh
subscribers failing to receive tnear P Is,
pers promptly will confer
living notice of the fact -.
Address all communications 70
THE GATE CITY CONF ~.
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The Boston Transcript recently
sent one of it's editors to investigate
Mississippi river conditions. What the
writer has to say follows:
Affairs on the Mississippi have al
ways gone by contraries. Everybody
who believes Mark Twain knows that
the river is never where it is supposed
to be and that steamboats, which start
upstream finish by arriving down
stream. So no one ought really to be
surprised at the sudden developments
of the past few weeks.
Traffic is being revived.
1t is not necessary longer even to
use the good old phrase going to
be" when speaking of that resurrec-
ton. 1t is now definite and present
enough to be spoken of as a living
entity. Traffic is resuscitated. And
with the coming of the next spring
new types OF barges, new types OF
towboats and probably new types OF
passenger carriers will ply the once
deserted waters.
PLY them in all the old channels.
too, from Pittsburg on the Ohio to
Sioux City on the Missouri and from
Minneapolis to New Orleans, and this
in the very teeth of the army en-
gineers. For though the army en-
gineers say that there is no freight
there to support a deeper channel,
and that the "alluvial lands adjacent
to the Mississippi will never support
heavy traffic, the river people VINO
believe in the Mississippi are going
to work on the long through lines
and show the doubters thing or two
There is more than boats concern
ed Terminals of the most approved
type are to be erected; and everything
I is in line to produce a river traffic
of the most modern type.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
The Kind Of Boats to be Used.

For the Mississippi larger type
has been designed. capable of loading
a thousand tons of -four on four feet
of water at st. Paul and at ST. Louis
taking on an additional three thousand
tons of cargo. going down to New
Orleans with four thousand tons on
seven feet Of water. This depth is
almost always available between ST
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02

keokuk, Iowa ,. September 2, 1909
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-09-02
NOTES AND COMMENT.

Mt. Pleasant has sold 1000 tick ,t5
for her 1910 Chau+auqua. against $50
advance sales for The present year.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-01-08

contributing share to tn
bargains
sale with both and profit Winter lines odd sizes
all bear greatly reduced
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IS the saeo its
it your FORUM
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-26
Exclusively at
BERNSTEIN'S
Mounqer- Richardson.

Mr.. Jas. H. Richardson, of this
city, who has been connected with
the staunch .law firm of Gwin &
Mounger for several years. went 10
Port Gibson this week, where e
"a united 10 the holy bonds OF
matrimony with Miss Anna Belle
MouDger, Of that city, a niece OF
Hon. E. L. Mouuger, of this city,
and daughter of the lately appoint
ed Judge H. C. Mounger, Of the
Fifth Judicial District. Immediate
ly after the ceremony, this happy
couple left for New Orleans, where
they enjoyed their honeymoon.
Mi. and Mrs. Richardson will re.
turn to this city about the first OF
December, where they will MAKE
their home. The many friends OF
this couple in this city join The
Commonwealth in wishing for them
a speedy realization of their every
wish.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-26
friday Evening Dance.

The dancing young men OF the
city gave a most enjoyable dance at
Stems Hall last Friday evening,
COMMUNICATING tie visiting young
ladies in the city. Ross Bros. Or
chestra furnished delightful music
for the occasion. Several young
men from neighbcring cities we're
present. The dance was charming
Iy chaperoned by Hon and Mrs. w.
s. Hill, Mr.. and Mrs. Sta'ham, Mrs.
D j. Austin, Mrs. Milton Bacon,
Mrs. N. D. King, Mrs Lockard, Mr..
an: Mrs. Chas. J8hnson, Mr.. and
Ms. w. &. Sanders, and others
Among those dancing were Miss
Sheelah Hill and Will Mo re, Miss
Julia Boyd TaEbert and Walter Bell,
Miss Anna Hobson and Stanley San
ders, Miss Mary Topp and james
Gordon Gillespie, Mss Alice Harlow
and NJ. B. Grace, Miss Ennice
Branch and Geo, L. Paddison, Miss
Nora Metts and Harry Workman,
Miss Strong and Mr.. Word, Miss
Eleanor Sutton and Scott Doolin,
Miss Laura Cunningham aud David
Humphreys, Miss King and Howard
Stewart, Mrs. Helen Money and Gid.
Joiner, j. A. Weston, Maury Hum
phreys, Udley Williamson, Chas.
Nichols, John Pettey, Albert Nets,
Ed Reed, John Pettey, Will Wag-
goner, James Hemphill, Lane Majet,
Jamie Dodson, Fuller and others.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-26
A PLEASANT WAY TO CURE
CATAkRH.

Poor deluded victims!
Continually sprinkling and spraying
and stomach dosing.
What are you doing it for?
Trying to kill the catarrh germs?
Might just as we'll try to kill a cat
with fresh milk.
Sticking a piece Of chewing gum in
the upper left hand corner of the right
ear would slaughter just as many
germs.
You can't kill the germs that cause
catarrh unless you get where they are.
You al get where the germs are by
breathing Hyomei, the powerful yet
soothing ~antiseptic, which is prepared
Especially to kill catarrh germs.
just breathe it in, that's all.
It gives joyful relief in five minutes.
It is guaranteed by S. L. Raines to
cure catarrh, or money back.
1t is sold by leading druggists every
where. A complete outfit, including in
haler, costs $1.O0. Extra bottles, SOC.
Cures sore throat, coughs Ind colds.
II take especial pride in recommend
ing Hyomei to asthmatic sufferers, IS
know by experience that it is a remedy
that cures. 1 nave not since using Hy-
omei had any recurrence of asthma
Mrs. William Burton, Owosso. Mich.
June %, 1909.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-26

Under and by virtue Of the power
and authority conferrd upon and
vested in me By the terms and pro-
visions Of the FIVE deeds of trust
her iaafcer mentioned and my ap-
painsmeI.t in writing, lated Nov.
26, 1909, and recorded in book 2, at
page 4I6, of the record OF mort
gag s and deeds of trust on land OF
Letiore county, Mississippi, as trus-
tee in the place and stead Of the
trustee named in each OF said deeds
O. rust, all of said deeds OF trust
b ling executed for the benefit of the
Del Bank. a corporation Of Green
woo.;, Mss; d executed by j. ID.
Drilard, Allie Mae billiard, j. A.
Eli tt and Ella Elliott on Dec. 9th,
1905 TO j. Fl. Ellington, trustee,
and recorded in book 81 at page sec
of the record OF land deeds of LIE.
fore county, Miss one executed by
J. y Di!'ard, Allie Mae billiard, j.
A. E lott and Ella Elliott on Dec.
22nd, 1906, to J.. n. Ellington,
trustee, and recorded in book Al at
page so, of the record of land deeds
of said county; one executed by j.
D. billiard, Mae Elliott billiard, ].
A. Elliott and Ella Elliott ON March
2Oth, 1907, to j. 81. Ellington,
trustee. and recorded in book Al at
page 50, OF the record of land deeds
of said county; one executed by j.
A. Elliott, Mrs. Ella Elliott, Mae E.
billiard and J. D. billiard on Jan.
18th, 1908, to P. W. Parsons, trus-
tee, and recorded in book 3, at page
1873, of the record of mortgages and
deeds of trust on land of said coun-
ty; and one executed by j.. D. Dill
lard, Mrs. Mae Elliott billiard, J. A.
Elliott and Mrs. Ella Elliott on
March 26th, 1909, to P. W. Par
sons, trustee, and recorded in book
2, at page 251, of the record of
mortgages aud deeds of trust on
land of said county; 1, w. N. Peteet.
as substituted trustee as aforesaid
in each and all of the aforesaid deeds
of trust, default having been made
in the payment of the indebtedness
mentioned in and secured by said
deeds of trust, the Indebtedness So
cured by the fist four of said deeds
of trust herein mentioned being
brought forward and included in
and secured by the last deed OF
trust hereinbefore mentioned, will.
at the request of the said Delta
Bank, the beneficiary named in all
Of said deeds of trust and the owner
and holder of the indebtedness SO.
cured thereby, and in order to pay
said Indebtedness, sell, within Legal
hours, on Saturday, the 18th day Of
December, 1909, at public auction
to the highest bidder, for cash, al
the South door of the Court HOUSE
of Lefore County, Mississippi, il
City of Greenwood, the following
land described in and covered BY
said deeds of trust, to-wit:
The South half Of section twenty
nine; aud the South half and the
Northeast quarter and the West hall
OF the Northwest quarter of section
thirty two; and the West half of the
Northwest quarter and the Northeast
quarter of the Northwest quarter o.
section thirty-three; all in township
twenty one, range two West, in LIE
fore County, Mississippi.
Witness my signature this the
26th day of November, 1909.
w. M. PETEET,
Substituted Trustee.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-11-26
faaMnRs. MIElU)oN

We should be during Thanksgiv-
ing week duly thankful.
That we have not starved, as we
do not produce our own food sup
plies, we must thank farmers North
and West for feeding us.
That We have q good agricultural
country where we can grow all our
vegetables, fruits, corn, wheat, oats,
hay, hogs, cattle and mules. Now,
having rendered thanks for this
item, let US try to produce these ar
ticies in future.
That We have such a mild climate
that we winter our livestock by let
ting them Craze on dry leaves, OF
CLEAN what they may from barren
fields; but as such feed does not
fatten and barely keeps them alive,
should we not mend matters by
growing feed and giving them bet
ter care?
That Notwithstanding the misuse,
abuse and negligent cultivation of
our soil, it will still respond and
yield highly profitable crops, if ma
nured and carefully cultivated.
That from present outlook, in
1910 meat will not be more than
2Oc per pound, ORR not over &l.25
per bushel, hay not over $25.cO
per ton and cotton mules not over
$4,000 per head, as we will have
lots of each to buy.
That we can still find in country
stores, canned vegetables, fruits and
condensed milk, as we do not give
much attention to gardens or orch.
ards or COWS, and its canned stuff OF
none with most of US.
That for this cotton crop-lO
100000 bales-at l5c we will
realize $787 5000 Oo whereas TO,
Ia, 900, 600 bales at Sc we woulo
only get $500, O0O, 900, or for a crop
of $500, 600 bales less we realize
1927 soc, 1000 more in money, be-
sides what is saved from expense il
picking, ginning and marketing
In the face of these figures, show
ing what can be done in 1910 by a
moderate planting of cotton, why
will we try to overplant and thereby
kill our goose that lays the golden
egg?
Now, seriously, is there not some
thing wrong with our system OF
farming, II lack of system, might
be a better expression? Is there
not something wrong in your sec
ton, and many things wrong on
your farm? Will you consider and
mend matters for 1910 or will you
be in the same ole. rut2 We can
only call your attention to the evils
The remedy is in your hands
Commercial Appeal.