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Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-03
Beautiful Women Grace The
Dinner Of West Virginia

The West Virginia WoRan-a type
which the poet has left upsnng -ols4
coined forth en- masse in New York last
night fer & long enough time to make it
apparent that the BYrops Of the Blue
Ridge have missed great opporturi ty.
For, as she displayed herself at the
Hotel Plaza in her flashing jewels and
her Paquin gowns the woman of West Va
lis as BRILLIANT g creature as the proud
est Of heF sister copnonwealths has
=e--e1.aa4.4sT
There were blondes ana bruuertes
and in-betweens, and women with silver
hair who had grown old .artisticaIly-
women of the kind prose cannot well
deseribe. They ran to metre and rhyme
in their looks and in their voices, when
they raised them in the caosas Of West
Virginia Hills highly sentimental
ballad which yet makes no mention of
the pulchritude of the gentler West
yirginians
Last year, 81 its seventh annual din
ner, the West Virginia Society didn't
show its ladies' to such advantage.
They had President Taft and smatter-
ing Of Senators and other high pu bic
officials to deliver some weighty words
But last night was ladies' night and in
place Of the heavy weight speakers
there were few to make remarks
about down home topics and then an
orchestra to fiddle away for the dance,
Col. William Oh Washington, presi.
dent of the society, made it understood
right at the start that the eighth annual
dinner was moi to be high brow, for
NAL affair. And the eGiqnel. it might
be said in passing, Is lineal descend.
ant of the brother of the George Wash
lngtoR who played such an important
part in the first troubles between the
residents Of America and those Of
Enpland.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-03

THE year 1913 viii be recorded in
the commercial history Of this country
the one in which the terms ''apples'
and 'advertIsings became inseparably
connected, for the great andIasting
good of the entire apple industry, :"
said U. Grant Border, chairman of the
Advertising Committee of the Inter-
national Apple Shippers Association,
in an interview..-
According to Mr.. Border. the re-
suits obtained in the comparatively
short time since the committee was
appointed has far exceeded his most
sanguine expectations. and fully dem
onstrated that his organization is on
the right road to removing the bug
bear of the apple trade-under con-
sumption.
Mr.. Border exhibited voluminous
list containing the names of retailers in
all of the large consuming centers who
have written him of their interest in
the campaign to educate the public to
use more apples. promising their earn
est cooperation, and indicating their
desire to increase the market for apples
by distributing booklets of apple re-
ceipts to their customers.
The primary motive behind this action
on the part of so many retail dealers is
to increase their own sales and profits,
but it is just such feeling that the
committee desires to awaken, knowing
that through it the ultimate end of the
assoeiation-move the apple crops can
be best.acheived. BIZ. Border has al.
ready impressed upon 20, 900 represen-
tative dealers in the principal cities the
fact that large sales and moderate pro-
fits. instead Of the present disastrous
policy of big profits and small sales,
will bring unprecedented prosperity to
all concerned.
1sThe stamp plan devised by the COM
| mittee after much careful consideration
provides the necessary funds in a way
that will be scarcely felt by any grower
or shipper, and yet brings him, through
increased sales.rprofts that will obe
distinctly worth while. AS already
published in the Fruit Trade Journal,
the plan provides that a &c. stamp be
placed on every barrel shipped, and
| 1c. stamp on every box shipped, the
proceeds to be placed in the custody of
\ trust company and devoted entirely
| to advertising 2
Prepar atory to .askings the adoption
of this scheme by his ASSOCIATION, Mr.
Border discussed it with prominent
shippers and growers in many sections
| and their opinions have been invariably
favorable.
Fhe numerous eopcerps wko have
pledged Chairman Border their hearty
support along whatever lines his eoM
mittee advises, including the stamp
plan. include some of the largest pro-
ducers of apples in the entire country,
wha soon expect to#have= ready forthe
market q auersendous crop which will
be extensively ADVERTISED.
Many requests bay have been EEeeessi y ed
from growers and shippers FOR lhr
"Housekeepers' Apple Book, to be
issued by the committee for distribution
&c consumers Said Mr.. Border.
ZONES th's aafa3lk a. is placed in the
hapds of the Housewife, her use for
apples will be doubled Or treEblledl, for.
Introductory to the recipes and across
the tqk sf every page, the benefits de-
rived from thesss IF apples are preach
ed in words that compel respyilse.f
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-03
A Progressive State.

Thanks largely to the progress
sive democracy (spelt with small
d., but may it soon be with big
one, so far as he is concerned of
Senator La Fol1ett e-about the
biggest, bravest and brainest man
of his inches in the country Wis
consin has more progressive legis-
1ation on her statute books than
any State in the Union.
When a legislator wishes to
offer bill, he goes to an expert,
employed by the State. and in
forms him of what he aims to ac-
comp1ish, whereupon he is advls-
ed whether the measure would be
constitutional, howit would affect
existing laws, and we'll digested
bill is drawn which will stand
the test of the courts.
No jamming of the legislative
hopper with an avalanche of bad
~ prepared, ineffective bills, and
an unending gabfest and expen-
diture of hot air in trying to get
them through.
Here is an example;-Rea1iz-
ing that the selling end of farm
ing operations is just as import
ant as the producing end, a
State Market Commission" Bill
has just been introduced in the
Wisconsin Legislature.
- Some of the objects are;
CD To prevent monopoly,
contracts, and combinations in
every form detr mental to the
people of the state.
(29 To promote. in the inter
est of the public, including con-
sumer and producer alike, eco
nominal and efficient production
and distribution of all commodi-
ties.
60 To promote the develop
ment of the natural resources of
the state and of its proper agri-
cultural, industrial, and CONNER
cial interests, SO far as such de-
velopment is consistent with pub
lie welfare.
Cd To improve country life
and to provide equIlity of oppor-
tunity for the peopte of the state.
It may safely be predicted
that it will be enacted into law,
and that other States Will follow
the lead of Wisconsin in this,
as they are doing in other direc-
tions.
And, talking of Senator La
Toilette. why don't he take the
advice of his older brother, a
life long Democrat by the way,
whom President Wilson just APP
pointed to ofice-and come over
to the party of the people, where
he belongs !?
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-03
oLD-FAsHloNED WEST VIRGINIA
GRACE BY THE COLONEL

Il =
"Sinee oqr chaplain, the Rt. Rev.
David H Greer. is not present to of6ci-
ciate." said Colonel Washington, ~
am going to say grace in the good old.
fashioned West Virginia way. Down
home, when people wanted to make
others feel at home and get the meal
started without any constraint. they
used to say; Stranger, jest make yo'-
self to hum and do yo' own reachin'. I"
That's all I've got to say to you.'
It was regular West.Yirginia din
ner that was brought on. It began
with Virginia oysters ran through
Potage Shenandoah and Potomac black
bass, took in a dash of West Virginia
han apd Blue Ridge turkey and wound
up with Allegheny ice cream and
Southern cakes.
Mayor Gaynor had promised 10 be
present. but he wasn't able to appear.
Neither were Senator O'Gorman and
other distinguished guests who had
been expected Bat the ladies. seeing
the dancing SO much nearer, didn't
ssem to mind it bit, and the vacant
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-03
ExECUTRIx' NOTICE.

As the duly qualified executrix of
Jas. A. Thomas, deceased, / hereby
give notice to persons having claims
against the estate to present the same
properly authenticated. and those in
debted to said estate a prompt settle
ment is desired. ADA THOMAS.
Mar 27-4t. Executrix.
Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1913-04-03
Dependable Nursery Stock.

Send in your order to The Mountain
View Nursery Co., Williamsport,
Maryland. They have fine lot Of
two year old Apple Trees and one year
Peach Trees. Also carry a complete
assortment Of Pear, Plum, Cherry,
Ounce, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs,
Vines, Roses. Their California Priyet
is fine.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
EAT GARLIC AND LIVE ! ONO

Some years ago the celebrated Pro
fessor Metchnikon announced that
the well known longevity of the Bull
garians is due to their eating sour
milk. and he advised everybody who
would attain to length of years to
drink buttermilk freely, especially
that prepared by the use of Bulgarian
germs, such as is sold at most drug
store fountains nowadays. Now comes
DR.. Gundrum, the royal health com.
missioner Of Croatia, who is a special
list in food values, who, after many
years of study and experiment, has
reached the firm conclusion that gar.
lie is an unrivaled life preservative.
DR. Gundrum takes direcv issue with
Professor Metchnikoff's claims that
the well known longevity Of the Bull.
garians is due to their eating sour
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07

milk. The Croatian specialist dis
putes the assertion that the Bulgar-
ians eat much sour milk, but says
they eat enormous quantities of gars
lie. DR.. Gundrum, in his report, says:
THE Bulgarians eat large guam
titles of garlic three times a day, es-
pecially garlic soup, which is prepared
with grated garlic in water, vinegar
and paprika. The Bulgarians are
strictly orthodox, and have many long
periods of fasting, when they must
not touch any Animal food. including
milk. These fasts are rigidly observ.
ed, and garlic soup is practically 'nelr
staff of life"
DR.. Gundrum, after Ave years Of IN
vestigation is convinced that the
health and longevity Of the Bulgarlans
is due to their use of garlic He at
tributes this to its disinfecting prop
critics. it's aid to digestion and It's
action on the intestinal tract.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
OUR NATIONAL PARKS.

There are thirteen national parks
in this country listed as follows:
Yellowstone, in Wyoming, Montana,
ard Idaho
YOSEMITE, California.
Stquoia, Canloinia.
General Grant, California.
Mount Rainier, Washington.
Crater Lake, Oregon.
Wind Cave, South Dakota
Plat, Oklahoma.
Mesa Verde, Colorado.
Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas.
Glacier Montana.
Sully's Hill. North Dakota.
Casa Grande Ruins. Arizona.
OF these the Yellowstone park is
the best known because the best ad-
vertised. All Of them have a scenic
beauty that is not surpassed elsewhere
in the world and are entitled to wider
recognition than they have yet re.
ceived. Take the Wind Cave in South
Dakota as an example The scenery
it is grand and the cave
Itself is larger, longer and more in.
teresting that the Mammoth cave in
Kentucky. Yet how few people com.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
BEGINNING TO APPRECIATE.

The magnitude and Importance Of
the great water power development
here is only beginning to be appreciat-
ed as 1t deserves to be. The st. Louis
Globe-D Democrat in It's issue of Friday
morning acknowledged that this
colossal feat in engineering was not
comprehended until lately In St.
Louis. though this city is the largest
one directly interested in the work 2
With like thought in mind the Bur-
lington Gazette says:
The people Of Iowa are just begin
ming to realize what the Mississippi
river dam at Keokuk means to them.
Through that dam there is conserved
and stored up power enough to stat.
machinery that will employ a million
men in manufacturing industries"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
ACKNOWLEDGE IT
keokuk Has to Bow to the Inevitable
Scores Of Citizens
Prove 1t.

After reading the public statement
of this representative citizen OF Keo-
kuk given below, you must come to
this conclusion: A remedy which
proved SO beneficial years ago with
the kidneys, can naturally be expected
to perform the same work In similar
cases. Read this:
Mrs. r j. Lange, 209 Bank St, Keo-
kuk, Iowa, says: Whenever / caught
cold, 1t was sure to settle on my kid
neys and for several days, sharn
swinges darted through my back.
making 1t hard for me to get about.
During one OF these spells, I saw
Doan's Kidney Pills advertised and i
began using them. The first few doses
relieved me and | now have no cause
for complaint. can still say that
Doan's Kidney Pills are fine kidney
medicine. 1t gives me pleasure to
confirm my former endorsement of
this remedy and advertise It's use in
cases of kidney complaint"
For sale by all dealers Price 80
cents. Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo.
New York, sole agents for the United
States.
remember the name-Doan's-and
take no other.-Ady.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
SIGNS OF iNroxicATIoN.

Experts differ widely over the ques
ton, when is a man intoxicated!'
Some OF these differences are thus
pointed out by Editor Whetstine o.
the Columbus Safeguard:
In Boston man is intoxicated when
he cannot pronounce the names OF
ten Latin poets correctly. In New
York man is intoxicated at midnight
on Broadway In st. Louis man Is
intoxicated when he attempts to step
over trolley wires. In Milwaukee very
few people become intoxicated, but
many drown in the effort.
In Editor Whetstines view intoxica-
ton Is not an unmi1ed evil. Indeed
he goes SO far as to claim that It Is
a good thing, because 1t furnished SO
many vacancies, thus enabling the
sober young man to climb faster.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
AUTOMOBILES ON FIFTH STREET

Complaint is made that automobile
scorchers are making use Of North
Fifth street as speedway now that
it has been paved with cement from
Main street to the avenue. Some of
the residents along the street have
been timing certain machines and
claim that speed of forty miles an
hour has been made at times. Such
reckless driving Is particularly repre-
hensible in view of the fact that
there is a public school on NJ
Fifth street and little children cannot
avoid crossing the street in going to
and returning from school. Unless
great care is exercised It is only
question of time until some young
life will be snuffed out by an incompet-
ent or reckless chauffeur and he will
find himself under arrest charged
with murder. City and school author
tiles should unite. to bring the practice
OF speeding to sudden end
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
rHE RURAL CHURCH AND PUBLIC
AEALTH.

IN bulletin just issued by the
United States bureau of education ".
Ennison w. williams, health commits
sioner of Virginia, declares tnat ny
social agency is more earnest IN us
demands upon the church for cooper
alton than public health, and no
agency offers a greater return for such
co operation. In line with this thought
he goes on to say that pubic heaitn
asks the church to join hands with II
in giving men better bodies, ana u
promises that when mems BODIES
shall be stronger, their spirits Will ne
|nobler. Public health asks the church
to assist it in making sanitary the
community to which the church min
listers; and it pledges the experience
of the world to show that when this
is done, none will benefit more than
the church. Other things equal, the
healthy man is the moral man, and
the sanitary community is the spiritual
community.
The first means of cooperation on
the part Of the church is in preaching
the dignity of the human person. the
|sanctity Of the individual body. This
will enable the church to justify the
health officer in his demand for a san
itary community indeed, make
that demand irresistibly logical Ii
the body is sacred, then the body de-
serves sanitary surrounding and de-
ponds upon 1t. The permanence of
our fight for better health must rest,
in part at least, upon an awakened
public conscience which will view dis
ease as second only to sin, cleanliness
as next to goodness.
The church should, in very prac-
teal way, illustrate the necessity OF
sanitation by being itself model of
sanitation. It should be well ven
tilated, well kept. supplied with prop
er outEouses and with safe supply
OF drinking water. Many of our rural
churches fall short of this. Cleaned
only when filth becomes unbearable.
ventilated by chance or accident, gen.
orally without any outhouses and sup
plying water from rusty bucket and
dirty tin dipper, the church often.
times Is a focus of infection. If 1t Is
to stand as the evangel of good health
1t must be sanitary. II 1t is 20 preach
the gospel of fresh air, it must be well
ventilated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
STRAIGHT TALK FROM A BANKER

Festus j. Wade, head of the Mer>
camille Trust company of st. Louis,
on Wednesday said some things to the
senate COMMITTEES which should illu-
mine the minds of the administration
spokesman in congress. In discussing
the Bryan-Owens-Glass plan to make
the national banks partisan assets he
declared:
1T is my opinion that II the pres
ent bill were passed today it would
be absolutely imperative tomorrow
You have discouraged by It's forcs
provisions the the man who have blu 1t
up national banking"
Mr.. Wade declared further that If
even 10 per cent Of the national
banks declined to come into the plan
it would be impossible to organize
the proposed S5,000,0G0 Federal Re
serve banks" in the middle and west.
ern states. The bill offered national
banks so few advantages to compen,
safe for it's disadvantages that, in his
judgment, many of them would pre-
Ter to transfer to the state field. Az
to the state banks coming into the
new system Mr.. Wade said
Il think most Of us will stand back
and wait to see what the national
banks gain by being members OF the
Federal Reserve banks"
From the viewpoint of laymen whose
only interest in the banking business
is that of depositors and borrowers,
the national banks would gain moth
ing and might lose much by going
into scheme for which they are ask
ed to supply the funds and take the
risks, without any effective voice In
the management. On the latter point,
of dominating Federal Reserve
board" composed wholly of the politi-
cal appointees of whomever may
happen to be president, Mr. Wade
said:
What we want is banking expert
ence, credit experience and financial
wisdom on that board We dare not
trust the entire control of the finan-
cial structure of the country to cabl
net officers, whose time is already
occupied from dawn to dark with
OF routine administration OF
their departments"
The Chicago Inter.Ocean in com
menting on Mr.. Wsde's declarations
well says:
Mr.. Wade put the case mildly but
plainly. To board of control, with
powers of initiative and final decision.
composed wholly of bolt ans, no
banker with fit sense of his respon.
sibilities would dare to trust the
money of shareholders and dspos'tors
This is not because the polite ans
would be necessarily dishonest. They
might be, personally, rs honest men
as the country contains. But they
might not have banking knowledge
and experience. and they would be
subject and sensitive TO political prs
SIRE 70 depart from sound hankin-
principles.
With all its very real merits, there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07

The board OF health in Chicago in
Its last bulletin advises parents to
keep ailing children at home. and
especially is this necessary at the be
ginning Of the school year. No child
who lives In the same house or yard
with child having contagious dis
ease should be sent to school, and
every effort should be made to keep
sick children out of the schools, that
they may not spread disease.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07

Washington advices say that Ham
ilton and Porter are still fighting it
out for the U. s. district attorneyship
for southern Iowa and tnat Iowans at
the national capital have quit guess
ing when the appointment will be
made. The only new feature of the
situation is the entrance into the con-
test of Tilt Richmond OF Abba as a
compromise candidate. Meantime
Hon. John e. Craig of this city, the
original Wilson man In southern
Iowa, continues to say nothing ana
saw wood quite industriously.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07

The best corn In the United States
is raised in Iowa and the best corn in
Iowa is raised in Lee county. At the
state fair in Des Moines this year Mr..
Warren Beebe, residing near Viewer,
was awarded the grand championship
prize for the best ear of corn grown
in the state on exhibition there. 1t
follows that for corn-growing pur-
poses the soil and climate of Lee
county are without an equal any
where.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07
THE COUNTY EAIR

They had a county fair up at Man.
son the other day and Jack Dalton
was in attendance, as a matter Of
course. It was part of his iob to he
present and report what he saw. In
the latest issue of his paper tba
Democrat, he thus recounts his oh.
servations:
We have with us this week the
fatr, with It's yells and It's smells and
It's glare; with its boozing and fights
and Its women in tights, 1t is no sun.
DAY school, declare. 1t is here with
its hustle and hum and the sound of
symbal and drum, with its heat and
Its sweat with its worry and fret and
It's carnival crowd on the bum. n Is
mere with its dust and its dirt and It's
kids" and "kiddos'' who flirt and
snuggle and kiss in abandon and bliss.
and blush when they see a slit skirt.
On. the maddening fair is now here.
with Its thirst and It's bootlegger beer.
and church members staid, not the
least bit afraid. are in search of the
cup that doth cheer; there are whisk-
ers on many a face that looks on the
wicked "hoss' race. and some are so
smart they can tell fore the start il
the heat is trot or a pace. And
she who will Judge the preserves,
surrounded by solemn reserves, In the
great floral hall is tasting them all
and praising as each one deserves.
The chickens and cattle and wine are
"dolled up" and looking just fine,
while their owners, so proud, nudge
their friends in the crowd and whisp-
er: "Th' prize critters mine!' A
most wonderful thing is the fair, with
it there is naught to compare, It's
good and It's bad, when it's over we're
glad and all tired out from our tear.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07

Mr.. Robert A. Gardner has Just re-
tired from the postmastership at West
Point after twelve years of acceptable
service. During his incumbency the
business Of the office has largely in
creased He is succeeded by Mr.. w.
D, Schultz who is vonched for as
worthy of the place and qualified to
discharge Its duties satisfactorily.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-09-07

81 was given two jars of salve but 1t kept
getting worse It was something like a
running sore because every time used some
Of the salve had to wrap bandages around
my neck to keep the water and pus from
running down my body. After l had the
trouble two months my mother told me
should try Cuticura Soap and Ointment.
wrote for a sample and In few days re-
ceived these and washed my face with the
Cuticura Soap and put on some Cuticura
Ointment and the next morning my face felt
cool and somewhat relieved. After using
the sample I bought some Cutscura Soap
and Ointment at the drug store. / followed
this treatment just twenty-six days and after
using one cake Of Cuticura Soap and two
boxes Of Cuticura Ointment was cured"
lSigned) George Miller. Jan. i. 1918.
Cuticura Soap (25c) and Cuticura oint-
ment (50c) are sold everywhere. A single
set is often sufficient when all else fails.
Liberal sample of each mailed free, with
32-p. Skin Book. Address postcard "Cuu-
cura. Dept. T. Boston"
R5-NIcn who shave and shampoo with GU
ticura Soap will find 1t best for skin and scalp.