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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-16
The D. M. Read Go.
 Est06l1sHed 1857.
Dolly Madison Silks Dainty Designs lowered in Price.
Esta6AsAed 1857.

Of all charming things bearing the of this very charming lady, these silks among the most beautiful very observing lady, about the year 1873 attended "levee' at the Presidential Mansion in Washington, and wrote that Mrs. Madison a lowered silk dress and magnificent head dress of eoquelicot and gold, with necklace of the same No not have been prettier than those shown in this house today
 Dolly Madison Silks are checked, tiny checks, and narrow stripes with printed design in small flowers rosebuds and the like which appear overlaid the silk There daintiest colorings browns, grays, 1acs bue very large assortment They were few weeks earlier, $I5o they now
 Sl29. and 26 inches wide.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-21
a. E. Elders was in town Monday

4. E. Elders was in town Monday |
from Dillsboro.
c. M. Cope was here Saturday
from Willitts.
M. L. Dills was in town Monday
on business.
Burke Coward is working in the
Tuckaseigee Bank.
Mrs. w. V: Dorsey leaves next
week for Atlanta where she will be
the guest of Mrs. R. Mont billiard.
W. A. Withers has purchased a
farm on Savannah from B. w. Allison
and will move to Jackson County
within a short time. Mr.. Withers has
lived in Haywood County: near Way
nesville for a number of years and
is one of the progressive farmers of
that section. We are glad to welcome
Mr.. Withers to Jackson.
j. M. Buchanan has moves from
Balsam to Green's Creek coming
to his old home county.
Miss Arbutus Talent who has
been confined to her home with
measles is back at the telephone
office.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. John A.
Stillwell of Harris, an eleven pound
boy.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel
Cannon of PenIand, November s
a daughter.
Sam Cannon was in the city this
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. A. Luck went te
Waynesville Tuesday to attend the
funeral of Hon. w. 7. Crawford.
Dan To.np'3i23 was in Wayaes
vile last week.
| D. S. Snyder and family Of Knox
Vile are now located at their new
home at Oak Ridge Springs farm
! Knoxville, Tenn.
j. S. Calhoun, formerly of thi.
county, but now of Brevard, will
move his family from that place t,
Sylvia this week and will occupy M
Buchanan's house, about a mile
from town on the Webster road.
Capt. w. C.. Hi ret Irned Tt S
day from a several days trip t.
Salisbury, Marion and Morganton.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-21

Miss Nettie Wilkes entertained a
few of her friends Monday evening.
; Victor Coggins spent Tuesday in
sylvia
Col. Sanford H Cohen, manager
of the Greater Western North Care
lima Association was in the city
Wednesday.
Mrs. Walter E. Moore was in
Sylvia Tuesday enroute to Asheville.
Thomas Moore was here Tuesday
from Webster.
Holmes Bryson has a $22 Graph
ophone at each store which he is
going to give to some one for a
Christmas present. Ask about it
for every customer has an oppor-
unity to get it.
There will be special services at
the Baptist church both Sunday
morning and evening.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will give Box Supper and an en-
tertainment at the Auditorium
Thursday evening, November 9th
for the benefit of the Methodist
church. Every one is invited ano
a good time is assured.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-21
CITY LOCALS

OAIA AOOIAAO
Prof. Frank Brown of Cullowhee
spent Sund ~ with his sister, Mrs
Sadie J. Long.
Rev. D. r. Proffitt of Webster was
here Saturday on business.
Mrs. Hannah Hall of Webster was
in Sylvia Saturday.
Weaver Moody was here Saturday.
G. Taylor Hampton spent Satur-
day in Asheville on business.
Hon. Walter E. Moore went to
John C. Jones was here from Gay
the last of the week.
Miles Holden of Fall Cliff was in
town Saturday.
Roy Dills left Friday for Florida
where he will spend the winter.
J. NJ. Mason of Dillsboro was in
Sylvia Saturday.
Dan Frizzle of Webster spent
Saturday in Sylvia.
Prof. C. H. Utley OF Webster at.
tended the teachers meeting at Sylvs
Saturday.
DR.. Ed j. Bryson was in the city
from Cullowhee, Friday.
z. V, Watson of Speedwell wa:
here Saturday.
Miss JAMIE Coward was in Sylv;
Saturday from Webster.
Geo. Self of Webster was herr
saturday.
Coroner Wesley Shelton was
visitor in Sylvia Friday and Satu1
q y.
Hon. Colemen C. Cowan left Satur
day for Asheville.
&c. Fisher was in the city Frida,
from Chenille and subscribed fo
the JOURNAL to be sent to him t
that address.
Prof. John N. Wilson of Cullowhe
was in the city Saturday.
w. T. DeitZ of Deets was bushes
visitor in the city Monday.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1913-11-21
WIlM0T

Homer Bumgarner son OF Joe
Bumgarner was cutting timber when
a log rolled over him. So far as re-
ports he will be out agaio soon.
We are sorry to state the illness
of Miss Bessie Sellers, who has
pneumonia.
Rev. Starmey and family have
moved to Wilmot, we are glad to
h9v> them I've here.
The people are building a Method
- r'H"'~ch !,eor the home CT J. NJ
Wo Icy, we are glad to have aaother
Church in our community.
Mr.. John Raby and family who
has been in Washington for some
time have returne d
We are sorry to note the death o
little Clinton Bradley son of Will
Bradley on the 18th morning OF
November God saw tit to take Clinton
! where there is no more sickness nor
death, the body was laid to rest in
the Bradley Cemetery. Rev. Bob
Cook conducted the funeral
A READER
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
SAVED BY THE NEWSPAPERS.

Newspaper advertising tends to
lower the cost Of living, according to
the consensus of opinion voiced by
speakers at the luncheon given by
the Hawkeye Fellowship club in Chi
cago. We're 1t not for advertising the
public would be bankrupt as the re
suit of soaring prices, 1t was assert
ed. The relation Of newspaper adver-
tising to the high cost of living was
summarized by the speakers as fol-
lows: 1t decreases living expenses.
1t increases the volume OF sales. In
creased sales to the consumer, lower
prices. Advertisements tel people
where to buy cheapest. Bargains
would go begging were it not for adj
vertising. Advertisements are cheap
er than high-salaried drummers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

Miss Blanche Ely, young school
teacher, gave an unruly schoolboy Of
thirteen sound spanking. Later she
was convicted of assault and appealed
to the court OF criminal appeals of
Texas. In passing on the case the
court held that the law confides to
teachers discretionary power to pun
ish pupils, and exonerates them from
responsibility unless the punishment
be excessive or malicious. Moderate
restraint and correction is not an Of
Tense. Since the evidence positively
disproved any malice, i'll will, or in
tent to injure, other than what the
teacher had a right to inflic., the con
vfction was overruled.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

Rural mail carriers in the vicinity
OF Spokane have started an organic
ed campaign to secure good roads,
holding out to the public the prom
Use of better mail delivery as a re-
ward Every rural carrier has under
taken the task of urging upon the
township supervisors in his district
the necessity of building good and
permanent highways. In several sec
tons whore good roads obtain, the
carriers are using automobiles in coy
ering their routes, to the great i'm.
proyement of the service. Secretary
Frank w. Gpilbert of the Spokane
County Good Roads Association says
the automobile will supplant the
horae-drawn mail wagon as soon as
all main highways are in excellent
shape.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

1t is stated in Washington dis.
patch that under special appropria-
ton of $4,000 to demonstrate the best
way to eradicate hog cholera the gov
eminent has begun experiments. Work
will begin in Dallas county, Iowa in
cooperation with the state veterfnar-
ian and the Iowa State college and
later extend to other states. Repre-
sentatives of the bureau OF animal in
dustry will participate. Careful sur.
veys OF the county will be made and
all data on cholera losses obtained,
serum treatment administered, and ev-
cry possible step taken to combat the
disease.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
WHY WOMEN SHOULD vorE.

Advocates of national woman's SUI.
frage advance the following reasons
why they consider the time oppor-
tune to give the women of the United
States the unrestricted ballot:
/. Because woman suffrage can no
longer be considered novel or radi-
cal movement.
2. Because the equality of the two
sexes from an intellectual standpoint
is beyond discussion or debate.
8. Because the granting of the
elective franchise to women would
add to the strength. efficiency, justice
and fairness Of government.
4. Because it is anomalous and
archaic to deny to one-half of the
citizens the right to exercise a valu-
able function of citizenship.
5. Because to add women to the
voting class will promote the success
of the struggle in behalf of liberty
and Justice against fraud and vio-
lence, avarice and cupidity
g. Because it is in harmony with
political and natural justice
T. Because a class of persons so
ready and willing to obey the laws
as are the women, should not be de.
MED a voice in the enactment and
enforcement Of the laws and the CON
Germs of the government.
s. Because women have abundant
ly demonstrated themselves to be
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

freight for Knoxville, where we took
on Mr.. Fish, a hardware merchant,
Eight or ten miles below Eddyville we.
stopped for wood and coal.
Our crew and passengers had now
caught the spirit Of the race. and
when order was given to wood up. ]
every man, including the captain,
helped to carry wood with the utmost
speed. There was no walking done at
that wood pile.
snort stop was made at Ottumwa
and George Gillaspy came on board
as passenger. He inquired about
the other boat, and when told that
she was trying to race us out OF the
river, was much interested. Below
| Ottumwa the river is wider, straight
er, deeper than above, and we moved
faster still. We went through the
break in the dam at Keosauuua. sig
nailed to lock-keeper at Bentonsport
to fill the lock for us, ran into the
open gates and dropped down to the
Bonaparte level in three minutes.
Croton locks In the same way, and at
about the same time, arriving at Keo-
kuk, two hundred and ten miles from
Des Moines by river, at ten minutes
after five in the afternoon. This was
the shortest time ever made by any
T boat from Des Moines to Keokuk. The
Clara Hine followed at her utmost
speed, promising to show her pas
sengers the Charlie Rogers around
the next bend. But when she made
her first landing at Ottumwa, and
learned how far they were behind,
said no more about It, She came in
to Keokuk at 8 o'clock, with a some
what disappointed lot of passengers.
The owner of the Clara Hine met our
boat at Keokuk when she first arrived,
and inquired about his boat, to learn
that she had left Des Moines very
few minutes later than the Rogers,
land would hardly believe the story
until it was confirmed by the passen-
gers. Our reputation for speed had
been established and thereafter we
had all the business we could do.
This saucy little craft made five
round trips between Keokuk and Fort
Dodge during the season OF 1859.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
worthy Of possessing the right Of suf-
TO TEST RAILROAD SCALES.

IL
The bureau of standards, depart
ment Of commerce, expects to begin,
soon after July 1, the inspection OF
railroads, starting with some OF the
scales OF the eastern roads. This test
will be made as a result of COM
plants from shippers as to the
weights charged for by railroads,
which have recently drawn attention
to the necessity for some govern
mental supervision over railroad track
scales, as well as scales used by ship
pers doing an interstate business.
Every groeer's scale is supposed 70
be tested as to its accuracy periodic
ally in order that the purchasers may
be assured Of getting correct weight.
In addition, the city or county sea1er
sees to it that the purchaser secures
full weight or measure, and prose
cutes violations of the law by the
dealers.
On the other hand, the railroads
annually collect approximately $2,200,-
100000 from the shippers Of the
country on scales which belong to
and are operated entirely by the
roads. and over which neither the
shipper nor the government has any
control or. indeed, any information as
to the correctness OF the scales. In
order to secure information that will
enable the government to draw reli-
able conclusions as to what shall be
done to guarantee the accuracy Of
railroad weights, and also for the pur-
pose of aiding the railroads to install
correct scales, the bureau of stand
ards was allowed an appropriation of
$4,000 by congress for the purchase
of test weight car equipment. The
contract for this car has already been
let, and it Is expected that the car
will be delivered soon after July /,
when the appropriation becomes
available.
The equipment ordered by the bu-
reau will differ radically in principle
from any in use. Instead of the
wheels. brakes and other movable
parts of the car constituting part of
the standard weight as is customary,
the bureau proposes to carry a series
Of 10.000-pound weights and truck
for moving them on the scales, in a
specially designed car provided with
a power crane and other accessories
for handling the weights. The advan-
tage of this arrangement is that the
weights may be standardized and
transported from one end OF the
country to the other with reason
able assurance that they will remain
constant, whereas if the running gear
is included in the weight of the test
car it would be necessary to verify
this weight at frequent intervals.
After testing a scale with these
standard weights, the empty car may
then be. put on the scale and its
weight determined. after which the
weights may be loaded into the car
and the scale tested UP to the full
capacity OF the car plus the standard
weights.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
MAINTENANCE OF HIGHWAYS.


The making of good roads is one
of the most important duties of the
American people and their rapid and
careful maintenance is essential.
There is probably no subject in which
the progressive farmer is more deep
ly interested than that of having
roads connecting him with his mark
cts over which he may be able to
haul the greatest possible load Good
roads. like all other good things. are
too expensive to build and of too
much value to be neglected.
The office of public roads OF he
Department of Agriculture has pub
lished a bulletin on Repair and
Maintenance OF Highways" This bull
letin does not treat the subject of
road building, but takes up the re-
pair and care of roads after they are
built All classes of roads, from the
natural earth road to the macadanl
roads with bituminous surfacing, have
received attention. The action of
automobiles on road surfaces is ex-
planned The systems of road man
agement in Massachusetts, New York,
England and France are given, with
tables Of costs.
The writer concludes that on ac-
count Of the use Of heavier vehicles
and motor trucks the tendency Of
road building is toward heavier and
more substantial foundation and a
consequent reduction of the cost Of
maintenance.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
Ballot the BEST.

Marion Sentinel: According to the
Gazette, Cedar Rapids is already in a
campaign for the renewal OF the
mulct saloon three years ahead of
the time for final action. That means
a long, hard fight with considerable
bitterness and possible litigation in
the end. Had the Shankland bill be-
come a law, a much more sensible
method would now obtain with mini
mum Of chickering's and animosities.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

A bulletin mas been sent out from
the Children's Bureau, of which Miss
Julia Lathrop is the head, warning
communities that the great death rate
OF babies is due to diseases that are
easily preventable. The bulletin urges
that every community take action this
summer to save The babies. All sorts
OF topics are discussed in connection
with the health of the baby, in which
mothers will be interested.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
Brave Iowa Woman.

Cedar Rapids Gazette: An Iowa wo
man is proposed as candidate for a
Carnegie medal. She me. rat face
to face. and instead of running and
screaming she kicked 1t in the head
and killed it. Surely she is entitled to
a medal for bravery or Workmanship.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
About the Middle O. June.

Amt this world glorious place
About this time O. the year?
Colts are out there. runnln' race,
Their heels in the atmosphere;
Crops are comm along o. x.
Time for harvestin' soon:
Gosh, but the world looks grand and
gay
About the middle O. June
Young chicks runnin' around the yard
Their tails are beginning to sprout;
Pup on the doorstep sleepin' hard,
With nothin' to worry about;
Wife is worlsin' on baby clos
And hummin' a soothin' tune;
Hope is in every breeze that blows
About the middle O. June.
Waves are rollin' across the wheat,
Locks like a bit o. the sea;
Garden is yieldin' US stuff to eat
That tastes right pleasant to me;
Down in the meadow the mowin' ma
chine
VIII soon be singin' its tune:
Gosh, but this world looks grand and
green
About the middle O. June
IS. e. Kiser in Record Herald
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
Killed by Gas.

limited Press Leased Wire Service ]
CHICAGO, June 20. Neighbors
amelled escaping gas today and when
they burst into the home OF Sam
sarto they found sartos wife Belida
dead in bed. The asphyxiation is
thought to have been accidental.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

simultaneously with the announce
ment of Dr. Harvey w. Wiley that the
race mus protect itself by an anti-to-
bacco crusade came the account Of the
death of Mrs Elizabeth Maugherman
OF Bryan, Ohio, at the age of los, who
was smoker most OF the years of her
life. But. of course, exceptions prove
the rule.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

The term industrial Workers of the
World" is all right except that they
are in no sense industrial and they
don't work. Otherwise the appella-
ton is correct
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
The jewelers. Harvest.

Consider now the jeweler;
He's busy all the day.
The wheels OF commerce fairly whirr
While he is making hay.
Ae trims and tides up his store.
Lets nothing be askew;;
With pickle dishes to the fore
And berry spoons on view.
TIE Jeweler emits a tune
The while his stock he shifts;
For this is gay and Jocund June,
The month OF wedding gifts.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

According to the Iowa City Republi-
can, Judge Deemer, of the state SUI
preme court was the first man In
Iowa to throw a curved ball as base
ball pitcher. This was in 1879.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

1t is said that the people of South
Carolina propose to send Governor
Cole Blease to the senate which
shows what they think of that body.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

The River Belongs to the Nation.
The river belongs to the Nation,
l think have stated before,
But now for some more information
The Washington wits | implore;
/ II the Nation the river possesses
And bosses the whole of the same,
/ When the traffic in merchandise
presses,
Why doesn't it get in the game?
Why doesn't it fix up the river,
Prepare for the hauling of freight?
1t shouldn't sit idle forever
And wobble and wonder and wait.
The waterway men aren't dreamers-
Not they are asleep at the switch;
/ For they'll come to bat with the
steamers
II you'll come across with the ditch.
Instead, while the railroads are roost.
ing
Secure on the top of the heap,
Instead of its property boosting,
The Nation continues asleep.
The railroad with boat competition
Makes a mighty low rate for the biz,
But the chap in an inland position
Pays the rest when he settles for
his.
Now, what would you think OF broth
Who proved so surprisingly dense
He wouldn't fix something or other
Because of initial expense
In spite of the fact that the money
Would dividends bring that are big?
Say, wouldn't you think it was funny
He didn't get busy and dig?
But here is question, worse one:
Now. what OF the land would you
think
That aided some railroading person
Its river TO put on the blink?
The waters untraveled are pouring,
The while in the sun, like a pup,
The nation is lazily snoring
Say, isn't it time to wake up?
Douglas Malloch, in the American
Lumberman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
The sweetest Comforter.

I Tie wise philosopher often plucks
Hope out of NORWOOD and of gall;
Bit when the day is dark, good luck's
The sweetest comforter of all.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

Edison says that four or five hours
sleep is enough. However that may be,
It is about all most of us get this
weather.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

What's good for the corn can't be
bad for the rest of us-even If we're
not directly engaged In the cornrais-
ing industry.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
THOUGHT FOR THE DAY.

Hyou would measure a man by his
own standard listen to what he has to
say about his neighbors.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

In June the paths of glory lead but
to the bridal altar and the commence
ment rostrun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

Revised version suggested by the
Muscatine Journal: Midst autos and
bungalows, there's no such place as
home"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20

Abe Marin says it is because mon
ey talks that SO many of us get
drowned out of the conversation.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-06-20
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keokuk, Iowa June 20, 1915
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The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1913-05-05

$50 we can see her every day."
said another little dwarf.
"And let's write her name In
gold letters on the coffin" said a
third.
"Put down that she was a
kings daughter, too" said q
fourth.
And SO 1t was done. When
they had finished 1t and put
beautiful Snow-white into the
coffin, they set the coffin on a
high mountain not so very far
from the house. Each night one
of them watched so that nothing
could harm Snow-white and she
lay all the time as one asleep.
So sweet did she look up there
that the birds of the forest, first
an owl, then a raven and then a
dove came to mourn over her,
too.
One day when one of the little
dwarfs was sitting very near
Snow-whtie's coffin, wondering
how such good, little girl could
have died SO young, a handsome
prince came riding by fine