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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
RULES FOB HANDLING HEATERS.

A stove and range expert told a re-
porter for the st. Louis Post-Dispatch
that it is remarkable that there are
not more fatal and serious explosions
due to the earelessness of household
ers. He gave the following instruc-
lions to prevent explosions:
Keep a little fire burning in the
range all night. This will keep up
the circulation of water in the pipes
leading from the tank to the water
back and prevent the freezing of the
pipes.
There is no positive way of telling
when water pipes are frozen. The
only safe thing to do, therefore, Is to
keep the temperature of the room
high enough to prevent the possibility
of freezing.
A gas water heater Is as liable to
explode as coal range, If heat is ap
piled TO frozen pipes.
Fire should be kept all night in
furnaces equipped with hot water
coils If the water In the coils freezes
there will be an explosion in t. pines
when the fire is made.
Users of all coal ranges ehould be
instructed to keen fires in extre-mel,
cold water or turn off the waite
in the basement before going to bed
In order to keep fire in the range i
may be necessary to get up two O
three times a night to put ON coal.
If the water in the pines is freze1
amply heat from Hhe outside to thai
Y ont. or cell plumber. Hot cloth
e-N,sliod - a. ,,i-n~ =. l..-l r.r.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
Romance Of the Malls.

The mails
The words are almost magical. They
hold a fund of romance. And some
one ought to come and write it down.
BY day they fly across the land,
score OF men cooperating to convey
your message of business or of love
to some one in distant part. BY
night they fly. too, while mailmen, at
work distributing, stagger about the
rocking car that rolls and roars
across plain and bridge and crawls
with mighty effort up the sides OF
mountains and slides down into val
leys.
1t is the public's business and more
directly concerns each individual than
any other government enterprise. And
In this work the government always
4 has shown firm determination to
/ brook no interference. It guarantees
not only safe but quick transporta-
ton of the malls; and. as though the
inanimate figure known as Uncle Sam
] knew just how important was the
quick delivery of your very own let
ter and had a conscience which
would not let him slur over any de-
lay with plausible excuses he gets
right after him who hampers any
/ postman and makes 1t hot for him.
He has been known to call out regi-
msnts, with Krags and bayonets and
Calling guns and no lack of ammuni
4 ton To clear tha track that tIfa mails
might pass on their way.
Fifty million dollars year. Its
big sum to pay the roads. But
u they do say, and have been saying
for long time, that it isn't enough
for the work they do This despite
1.-THE fact that the records show thai
4 the earnings of the railroads of the
country at large from the carriage O
their mail amount to 10 per cent O
: their total gross earnings from al
sources.
A lot has been said on the side q
the railroads about the inadequat,
pay received for mail transportation
/ but there always has been keen com
petition between the various lines TO
E mail transportation contracts. AID
: mittedly. however, the question @
a profits obtained has been a minor rae
tor in this effort. The railroads ge
empch Incidental advertising out Of
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
Don't Talk at Shows.

Mason City Times: Did you ever
go to show or entertainment and
have the people in front or behind
you keep up constant chatter about
the characters in the show or about
some other matter of no interest what
ever to the people who have to listen
Every reader has no doubt been up
against a circumstance like this In
his career and knows the annoyances
1t causes those who pay their good
money to go to show and listen to
the foolish chatter Of some one near
them.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
IEsLA,s WIRELESS LIGHT.


Nikola Tesla. who has been at work
on a wireless light for twenty years,
at last announces that he has invent
ed something which actually works.
he says:
s.It would be possible by my wireless
transmitter of great power to light the
whole United States. The current
would pass into the air, and travelling
in all directions would produce the
effect of a strong aurora borealis.
would like nothing better than to un-
dertake to light New York harbor for
say 100 miles around. There would
lie great economy in production, as
there would be nothing about the
lamps to give out
Tesla has plant in process of con-
struction on Long Island and says he
will be ready soon to make public
demonstration.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

Why is the cost of living great
err To this vital question Secre.
tary of Agriculture Wilson is now
directing his attention Through his
hundreds of field agents ne is trying
to gather data showing the difference
between the cost of foodstuffs at re-
tail and wholesale. If the cost to the
consumer is greater he wants to know
who is getting the profit, the mer-
chant, the middleman or the farmer.
1t is Wilson's opinion that the farmer
is not getting more than he should for
his product. The inquiry includes
butter, eggs, milk, apples, potatoes
Their common garden vegetables
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

Mississippi. In the center of the in
scription is a deeply cut crucifix.
There were present in the supreme
court room of the Hotel Dee the old
writer o. T. Snively, James DriskeH,
the relic hunter C. NJ. Harper and the
writer Whatever this court passes up
on in the way OF Indian relics, history
and other important subjects, all these
affairs remain firm. Mr.. Driskell Is
chief justice.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

the carriage OF the mails and a step
forward in the matter OF mail trans
portation made by one road forces
others to improve their service in or
der to maintain their prestige.
The public has profited greatly by
this rivalry. The railroads are al
lowed no extra pay for increasing the
speed of mail trains. AL. that has
been accomplished in this direction
has been by the appeals Of the post
Office department in the interests OF
the public and by competition be
tween railroads themselves.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
The Matter OF Forgiveness.

St Louis Globe-Democrat:: Charles
P. Taft, the Presidents brother, was
talking to q Cincinnati reporter the
otter day about art fakes.
I'VE all laugh at art fakes. he said.
when 1t Is our neighbor that is taken
in. But when We are taken in our
selves then we realize what a heinous
business art taking is, and We see how
necessary It is for the faker to be
punished. In fact. 1t Is a good deal
like the case of Deacon Broadbent.
Deacon Broadbent. a very honest
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

The worlds production of gold in
1908 showed an increase of s31 ,379, 900
according to the estimate Of the di-
rector of the mint. The production of
silver increased nearly s1O0oo,o 900.
Our own gold product increased by
four millions, but silver fell off near
ly as much. The total gold production
OF SAL 1922 was the largest of any
year in the worlds history. The
yield of the last ten years alone has
been more than one-quarter as great
as the total output of the world since
Columbus landed on San Salvador
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

Newspaper compilations of mob
laws invoked during the past year
indicate that there We're seventy
lynchings, more than in any year since
1904. These crimes against the law
of the land occurred in twelve states
and New Mexico. The only lynchings
north Of the Ohio river were those
during the Cairo, Ill, race riots. BY
states the lynch record is as follows:
Georgia, eleven; Texas. ten; Flodida,
eight; Louisiana, seven; Mississippi,
seven; Alabama, six; Oklahoma. five;
Kentucky, four; South Carolina,
three; Arkansas, 8; Illinois, two; New
Mexico, two; Missouri. one; West
Virginia, one.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

The Kewanee Star-Courier ventures
the statement that il Success Maya
zine had taken poll of its subscrib-
ers three months ago 1t would have
stood about rs follows: Cook 1928:
Peary 90. The SC rightly holds that
the public opinion manufactured by
the yellow magazines is as changeable
as the styles in women's hats and
about as significant.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
What's the Cause?

Houston Post: A Mr.. Gruner, Of
st. Louis, who Is suing for divorce,
alleges that he and his wife have lived
together five years without speaking.
If she is that quiet woman, what
in the devil does he want divorce
for?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

was there ever greater fraud
than that perpetrated by DR.. Cook"
asks the ST Louis Times. The Quincy
Wing asks the Mound City paper to
consider carefully the case of the man
who invited the Ben Davis apple.
How about the man who put German
carp in our rivers and that other fell
low who introduced Belgian hares in
to this fair land of ours?
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

1t is known that the President has
prepared the first of his special mes
sages to congress during the recess,
and that it will deal with the sub
Ject of antitrust and interstate COM
MERGE legislation. It is expected that
this message will go to congress on
Wednesday, next.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

A contemporary asserts that nine
: mis- of womans intuition is sus-
pic'on. That's the trouble with some
of hese editors. They are foreve.
making the mistake of formulating
aheir individual and exceptional ex-
,Ierienc, into universal rule. Some
one should intimate to them that all
men are not as unfortunate as they
are in their female acquaintances
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
keokuk, Iowa, ........ Jan. 8, 1910

George Fitch holds that this country
will never be quite what 1t should be
until breaking law is followed newt
ably by breaking rock. An ideal state
of affairs in these United States
seems long ways off.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
NOTES AND COMMENT.

The Waterloo Reporter says that
much snow is sure indication of
good crops for the following year.
Alex Miller has noticed that a man
who has just sold his farm is always
sure land is just abou. to go down.
The Sioux City Tribune observes
that great men, like oil paintings. are
seen to greater advantage at dis
lance.
Certain Iowa editors are determined
that the war in the Republican camp
shall go on. There are too many
Captain Hobsons in the Iowa sane
tums," declares the Marion Register.
The Dubuque Times-Journal says
that either President Taft has Roose.
welt under suspicion or the insur-
gent correspondents at Washington
have their consciences under strong
mil
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
unprecedentedl

New York Evening Post: A Prest-
dent who Is a total abstainer decides
the Question, What is whisky" with
out even calling In the senators from
Kentucky.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

The Sioux City Journal calls atten-
ton to the fact that Judge Prouty and
General Byers are now in position to
exchange pulpits. It might not be
amiss, perhaps, to request the prayers
of the rest of the state, for their re,
spectiye congregations.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

Governor Carroll has appointed DR..
E. e. Richardson of Webster City as
the Fourth district member OF the
state board of health, to succeed DR..
A. M. Linn Of Des Moines, whose
term expires Jan 81.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

Coles Trust and Savings bank at
Bushnell presented 500 pass books,
each containing a 50-cent credit, to
the school children OF the community
In which it is located. 1t will not be
the banks fault if the children do not
acquire the saving habit.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03

1t is learned from the Nauvoo hide
pendent that there are twenty-five
banks In Hancock county-ten state
banks, seven private banks and five
national banks. The banks employ a
capital and surplus in round numbers
of sl,20o.oO0 and have deposits ap-
proximating ss,Ooo,Ooo. This showing
speaks for itself.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
nAuY RY MAUI.

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lnix months 1850. 160lOne month .
Entered In Keokuk postoffice - sccono
class matter.
Postage prepaid; terms in advance v,lls -.
All subscription orders should give IN
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new address.
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draft at our risk.
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paper notes when the subscription
pires.
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giving notice of the fact
THE GATE CITY COMPANx.
no. 10 North Sixth st.. keokuk. lowS
THE GATE CITY Is on sale at the ios-
lowing news stands:
Hotel Keokus. cor. Third and Jchnson
Ward hr D5s 5s5 Main Nal street
Depot News Stand
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-01-03
Exaggerated EDO.

Atchison Globe: The man who in
sists be is as good as anybody be-
Ileves he Il better.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

mad dog, Sunday, created
little excitement on Dugan street,
Oakland avenue, and other nearby
streets. He ran into several houses,
frightening the inmates, and also
frightened several children on the
streets. He was finally killed by
gentleman on Oakland avenue.
The crop reports from all sections
of Sumter and adjoining counties are
uniformly bad. Unless there, is a
change for the better in the weather
conditions in the very near future
there will be almost a crop failure
in this section. Cor. has been seri-
ously injured by continued rain and
lack of work at the proper time, and
cotton is small, unhealthy and full
of grass. The outlook is conceded to
be much more unfavorable than at
this time last year, and then it was
not up to the average.
Last week an old negro crippled
and infirm plead guilty in two cases
to selling liquor, and received senten-
ces of six months and twelve months
respectively in the two cases. Tuesday
another negro plead guilty in three
cases to selling liquor, and received
sentence of three months in one
case and twelve months in each of
the others-but sentence was sus-
pended in the second and third
cases.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
DYNAMITE FARMING.
Differences Of Opinion as to Value Of
Sloartanburg Mans Novel Methods.

Columbia. July 6.-Mr. Ira w. Will
!'ams. in. charge Of the governments
farm demonstration work in this
State, will not undertake to discuss
fer publication the practicability of
the cultivative methods Of ]. Henry
Caldwell, the dynamite farmer" Of
Spartanburg, but . contents himself
Nth saying that Mr.. Caldwells crop,
which he recently inspected, is such
as to give Mr.. Caldwell a good chance
of winning the State corn-yield prize.
Captain Charles Petty, well
known Spartanburg authority on
agricultural matters, thinks the Cald-
we'll scheme utterly impractical and
apt to do irresparable damage to the
land. Mr.. Caldwell planted his corn
on Good Friday. The land was brok-
en- with small sticks Of brown or vel
low dynamite, planted too feet deep
in holes four feet apart in both di-
rections.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

The statement of the First Nation
al Bank, which is printed today, will
repay a careful examination by all
who are interested in financial
affairs. One fact that is particularly
noticeable is that the bank has bor-
rowed no money this year, the first
time that the bank has been able to
handle it's business up to midsummer
without having to borrow money.
There are probably few other inter-
ior banks in the State with this re-
cord. The deposits are $3.50, 900 great
er than last year this time, and the
loans are $65,000 more thin last
year. The policy of the bank has
alway been conservative as we'll as
progressive, and the very satisfactory
showing that it now makes is one
to be proud of.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
PROCEEDINGS OF COURT.
The Liquor Cases Stin Havo tho
Right OF Way--Another Kelly Case.

From The Daily Item, July Z.
Slow progress Is being made in
clearing the docket Of the criminal
cases, but If court sits long enough,
a finish will be made in time.
Yesterday afternoon the trial of
Isaac Ballard. charged with obtain
ing goods by false pretence, was con-
cluded with verdict not guilty.
T. III. Canty. white. was tried and
convicted on the charge of selling IL
quor. He was sentenced to serve six
months on the chaipgang or pay >
fine of 800. He paid the fine.
Lloyd Green and Anna Henderson
were tried and acquitted on the
charge of selling liquor. Another
case on the same charge was mol
pressed.
Another Of the cases against w. P.
Kelly for selling liquor is on trial
and the examination of witnesses
was still in progress when recess
was taken at 100 o'clock.
The following cases were con-
tinued::
The State VS.. G. r. Ross. ,btain-
ing goods by false pretenses.
The State VS.. David Dickson, as
suit and battery with intent to
kill
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
DEATH.

Miss Lou Lewis died at the STUNT !
Hospital az o'clock "Wednesday,
july eth. after a long illness, aged
about sixty years. Tho funeral ser
vices were conducted at the cemetery
at 80 o'clock Thursday by Itc".
NJ. w. Hook. pastor of the First
Methodist church. Miss Lewis was
native OF Sumter. the younges.
daughter Of the late William Lewis,
who was prominent ante bellum cit
izen OF Sumter. and for many years
Ordinary (Judge OF Probate) of
Sumter county. Miss Lewis is sur
vlved by one brother. Mr.. Joseph
Lewis. OF this city.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

Luther Burbank has propagated a
new poppy. We wish he'd turn his
attention to a seedless watermelon
that would be on the market Janu-
ary Los Angeles Express.
The insurgent Nicaraguan navy is
said to have safely escaped up a
creek. No doubt the water Is salt
Memphis Commercial Appeal.
The national beverage of the jap
anese, sake, has much more power
ful erect on them than on Europeans
or Americans.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
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FLAMES SWEEP TIMMONsVILLE
An Entire Business Block of Tim.
monsville Burned Early Wednesday
Morning.

At 1880 a. m. Wednesday fire broke
out In the Hill Bros store, at Tim
monhville, and before it was stopped
swept an entire block of the business
section Of the town.
ltili Bros store first was burn
cd tC the ground. Then McMillian's
store. next door, was consumed by
the fire. Kings Hotel, a three story
bIilGing, with three stores in the
lower story. went next. The fire
swept on until the bakery, dispen-
sary and six other stores, comprising
the entire block. were in ashes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
The Recorders Court.

julius Davis. colored, was fined 81
for driving cattle without halters.
Blam Smith. JAS Wilson, Moultrie
Peterson. Sum Jackson. Dick Rich
ardson and Osborne Porter. all col
ored. were tried for gambling. The
sentence was. not guilty.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
AN OPPORTUNITY January af.

An OPPORTUNITY-In January af-
ter the last horse show in Sumter
[ purchased the handsome horse
which was awarded the blue rib
bon (first prize) by the judges, they
having decided that he was the
best single harness horse on exhibi-
ton. He is without blemish, kind
and sensible and the kind Of horse
that Is not often on the market.
Having determined not to keep
a horse, am offering him for sale.
G. P. Osteen, M. D., Sumter, S. c..
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

Six fine hens were found Tuesday
afternoon in the back lot of the
Lincoln school. Their feet were tied
together and they had been dead
some days. 1t was evident that some
hen house raider had lost his spoil
and was too frightened to return for
the hens which he had abandoned II,
his hurried flight.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
ILKS GOING TO DETROIT.
South Carolina Delegation Will Leave
Columbia Saturday Morning.

Columbia, July THE South Car.
olina delegation to the Supreme
Lodge of Elks meeting, which con-
venes in Detroit Monday next, will
leave Columbia Saturday morning at
o'clock in a special Pullman, ar
irving Detroit Monday afternoon.
About twenty people will compose
the party.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
A Candidate for Judge.

'' crangeburg, July 6.-Twenty-four
members Of the Orangeburg bar have
signed statement endorsing Robert
E. Copes. judge of probate and mas
ter Of Orangeburg county. for judge
of the First circuit, for which he is a
candidate to succeed the late Charles
G.. Dantzler.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

Rhode Islands excess of births
over deaths last year, amounting to
5000, may safely be credited to the
so-called foreign population in the
mill towns. 1t is the foreigner" who
keeps the birth rate in New England
up where it looks respectable
Springfield Republican.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09

Shoppers will be wise to visit the
Shaw & McCollum Mercantile Co.'S.
store during their cost sale. and put
in supply of dry goods and shoes.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-09
Rice Flour.

Car fresh rice flour direct from
mills. best and cheapest all round
feed for horses, COWS, hogs and
chickens We have ever used. Booth
HARDY Live Stock Co. 7-9-6t