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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1913-02-14
all taxes in the city having been pal,

Local Company Answer--
The Delaware Insurance Co., Of
Philadelphia, the British America Co.,
the Knox county Mutual insurance
Co., the London Assurance Co., the
Merchants and Manufacturing insur.
ance Co., and the Ohio Mutual insur.
ance Co., defendants In the case Of
Ella C. Mccoy vs. The Mansfield Gas
Light company. ct al, have filed their
answer In common pleas court,
through attorneys w. H. Clifford and
Lewis Brucker.
Z The answering defendants admit the
goods, furniture and fixtures, valued
at S11 900 we're destroyed by explosion
and fire on October 0, 1911 belong to
the millinery firm, Risch and Mccoy
and the goods were insured in each
company In a total sum of $500. They
further state that Ella Mccoy carried
out all the terms of the insurance poll
cles and was in no way responsible
for the loss by fire.
The defendants want judgment In
the sum OF $500 from the Mansfield
Gas Light company with interest from
October 0, 1911.-Mansfield Shield.
Purcell Reappointed-
Patrick Purcell was reappointed
court bailif by Judge H. w. Jewell
on Monday afternoon.
0wi,dlng Commission To Meet
The building commission, having
in charge the construction of the new
county Jail, will hold a meeting at the
court house on Wednesday at which
time Architect Marriott Of Columbus
will be present and will submit the
plans for the new county Jail.
Duke Sworn In
l.. J. Duke of Fredericktown was
sworn into Office Monday afternoon as
deputy clerk in the Office OF the pro
bate Judge by Probate Judge Philip
L. wilkins.
Mrs. Agnes J. Tighe was also
sworn In Monday afternoon by Judge
wilkins as clerk and bookkeeper In
the Office Of the probate Judge.
O.
Affidavit In Lieu OF Account
An affidavit In lieu Of account has
been filed in probate by l.. G. Welsh,
OF Martin Welsh, show.
Ing that the estate has been settled.
Administrator Appointed
A c. C0rwin Of Marengo and b. e.
OF Mt. Vernon have been ap-
pointed administrators Of Jefferson
Melick, giving bond In the sum of g..
900, with T'alitha Mellck, Martin Cor.
win and Martha Salisbury as suretie.
The appraisers are william A. Acker.
man, John N. Ewalt and G. r. Colville.
o.
Third Partial
william A. HOsack, executor ano
trustee OF Richard West, has fled
third partial account In probate, show.
Ing the following: Received $3,487.4l,
paid out $3,S07.12, due the executor
and trustee $3l9.71.
The Thayer Estate
elias j. Thayer has been appointed
of Rosanna Thayer, Civ.
ing bond in the sum of $3.50 with N.
G. Hookway and Reason w. Thayer
Ms sureties. No appraisement.
Common Pleas Court
Judge II. w. Jewell went to New.
ark Tuesday noon to attend to some
court matters. but will return TO Mt
Vernon in time TO convene court as
usual Wednesday morning.
Deeds Filed
A. G. Cole to ]. II. Anderson, lot
in Vernonview. SSl.
VIM. II. Shaw TO Oscar Shaw, deed
of correction, 81.
ethel NJ. keyser to Ray M. Hull,
lease ON parcel in Fredericktown,
5000.
Mary ll. Bricker to Vim, r. Row.
1888 acres In Miller, $3,4OO.
ID. u. Kerr to Trustees M. +. church
Pleasant township. i-2 acre In Pleas,
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

remedy the ills il gets t by borrowngior increasing the
tax rate Toano good example OF the proper methods
for community adopt and it will all come back to
James City county an hundredfold.
williamsburg should have public school building on
Palace Green costing about $4,000 including equipment
We should sell the present building and all the public
perty (ots eased) put the money into this new
building William and Mary College, needing our facilities
training school purposes could doubt be induced
to pay rental equal the the balance OF the
money borrowed. and then small Increase IN tax rate
would pay of the debt without its becoming heavy
burden.
The best money city spend is that upon public
education. The most valuable assets Uf community is
it's boys and girls its future and women We should
not let another year pass without definite step
ward the building here of public school building common
surate with our needs and in accord with the demands
the times this be educational center let us be-
gin at the bottom with the boys and girls 1t to
WilIamsburgs men and women. What will you do foI
YOUR BOYS and girls?
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
PUBLIC SCHOOL NEEDS OF TO-DAY.

williamsburg s face 70 face with the proposition OF
securing for the children OF the city better school, facilities
The present facilities unDearable disgrace
community, Cooped Ia inadequate, lily ventia ted and
lighted building with equipment aud with constantly
increasing number, shall turn upon the world
and poorly equipped ma mind aud body for the
great battle Of e Most of the boys and girls who are
Attending urpubc schools will never have the op-
portunity d college university training.
There lie OF crying out that already bur
dened with afford better building II
is untrue for afford better facilities man who
has III child will let it die Tor the of medica
attention and medicine, although he may be very poor
lie strives the harder furnishes the needed
to save loved Ii Is the Ia matters pertaining
70 the public ills. community has not money e
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

of farmers throughout the Peninsula.
These auctions are maintained at
small cost to those who use them.
They are arranged for the benefit of
those who want to sell something
for which they have no use. abso-
luteIy free of any charge. We know
men who are giving their time and
money to make these sales a perma-
nent institution. hoping to see them
grow in magnitude and usefulness to
the country people as well as to
those in town. 1t is another exam
pie of cooperation. that which is as
necessary for the success of a COM
munity as il IS tor the state.
Each of US is dependent upon the
other. each rises or falls with the
other. He who lives or tries to live
alone is lost. He who viii make no
sacrifice. big or little. for the benefit
of his town. his county and his state
is unworthy of its citizenship. IN
worthy of good fellowship with his
neighbors. We do not despair OF
this sale. but on the other hand have
hopes that It will be worthy of the
people and of the splendid orgsniza-
ton behind il.
The Gazette has tried to induce
the Williamsburg merchants to make
January Is Special Sale" day il
one or more lines. How well w
succeed in this will be noted later
We can promise nothing. but VI
hope to see the Williamsburg mer
chants grasping the situation anc
offering such genuine bargains il
many lines as alone to make il vert
while to come TO this city te spen
the day.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

Before another issue of this paper
appears. Williamsburg shall have
lost one of its most valued and useful
men in the person of Mr.. H. N.
Phillips who leaves US to try his
fortunes in the growing metropolis.
The Gazette has enjoyed a close and
most pleasant friendship with n. n.
Phillips. one that we shall ever
treasure. Not only is he a loyal.
true friend. but he is a man that will
ornament sry position in life. He
has been one of Williamsburg's best
assets. not alone as an officer in a
banking institution, but also as
citizen of the community. For fifteen
years ne has labored as assiduously
for the advancement Of Williamsburg
as be has for his private interests.
One of the few men here who has
grasped the situation and tried TO
raise the standard all along the line,
it has been a genuine pleasure to
work with him or follow him where
ever he lead. The Gazette regrets
to see him 90. for ~e know that the
city is losing that which il stands il
direst Deed-men who act. men VIC
try to accomplish things. and whS
see in life more than present needi
and present gain. But while we al
regrel to see him leave. yet we ar,
nonstheIsss happy over the fact tbs
others recognize his worth and cal
him for that alone. We shall Away
c be glad that he lived among US
J. glad that we knew him and that W
e had the pleasure Of helping him q
e a mans work. He will make goo
e in his new field jast as he mad
: good here, because il is in him to d
II that very thing. Williamsburg wishs
ID him Godspeed in his new home.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
DEATH OF MRS HARRIET POWERS

Mrs. Harriet Powers died las
Saturday in the home of her
daughter. Mrs. G. w. Mill. S14
South Harrison street. Richmond
She is survived by two sons. D. A.
and L. H. Powers, OF Msgruder.
and two daughters. Mrs. G. w. Mil
of Richmond. and Mrs, L <. More.
land. of this city. The funeral was
at the Mattaponi Poplier church il
King and Queen county.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
PATRONIzE FARMERS AUCTION

Toe Gazette. ia the name OF the
Business Association of Williams
burg. invites snd calls upon those
farmers and townspeopIe who have
not already done so. 70 rally to the
support of the next Farmers AUG
ton 70 te held here January 18. II
is the desire Of all connected with
the auction TO sec this one especially
a complete success. To achieve
that success Il is sbsolutsly nsess
saEy "a have the hearty eoopssstos
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
BARNETTS SCHOOL

Barnetts. Va. Jan. 6th-On Friday
December 9th the pupils of our
School gave a little play entitled
Christmas at Shelter Corner"
A very good crowd was present
and $lO.57 was raised for the benefit
of the school.
The menu for the supper was as
follows: Cold carved creature SC,
chopped commentators Sc. cordial
cheer SC. compound cereal &C..
churned cream &C.. country cousin
comforts &C.. cream curd &C., condi-
ments &c. coal clear crystal &C..
cooks curious compound Sc. care
fully compounded comfits sc. -
Selecting supper from the above
menu &C" caused much merriment
A very pretty marriage took place
in this neighborhood last Thursday
evening in the home of the bride
when Miss Ella Gentry was uniteC
in marriage TO Mr.. M. r. Ammons
Miss Norvelle Eubank spent ;
few days during Christmas weel
with friends in this neighborhood.
/ Raymond Brockwell. a student o
the Medical College of Virgini
spent the holidays with his parsnt
Mr.. and Mrs. J. B. Rockwell.
Miss Louise Adams. of Richmond
has returned home after a pleassr
visit to her mother. Mrs. Virgini
Adams.
Mrs. Bertha Barlow had as be
guest Christmas Miss Italena Peter
, of Richmond.
Rowland Barnett. Of William an
Mary College. spent the holiday
with his parents at this place.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

Here is a remedy that viii cure
your cold. Why waste time and
money experimenting when you can
get a preparation that has won a
worldwide reputation by its cures
of this disease fsnd can always be
depended upon1 tits known every
where as Chamberiain's Cough
Remedy, and is a medicine of real
merit. For sale by all dealers.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
LET US HAVE A STATE CONVENTION.

Already the primary campaign for the office of gov
ernor Virginia candidate having opened head
quarters IN Richmond. Others will doubt be in
the race and the merry scramble will be Unless the
marty machine motion call a convention
platform the principles Tor which the Demo-
party stands shall lind ourselves in the midst of
campaign OF personalities chickering's that
ter Will wreck party send down TO defeat. We
do not want convention 10 a candidate but
convention Democratic principles that
shall be wagIng warfare against kepubcanism on
something tangible than personality OF our
nominee 40 calling upon the people OF Nir
gna support the Democratic party without telling the
people for what stand and what expect accom-
push Tor them
The candidates will doubtless be elected under some
f,ru OF primary existence Previous To that
oelegaIes representing the several candidates. should be
voted Instructions assemble Ia Richmond at
some other place, outline policy
OF the party long have elected candidates
upon the name al party How much longer
the viii with the ship OF state
upon past record, do know. But some day
going be by party that viii offer something
than an unsurpassed record Tor holding the oInces
liz we're better dsagreeaDle contingency 10y
meeting he before IL raised,
A party convention, nominate candidates, but
TO draw up a platform would splendid material
10 incorporate summer The party should de-
Tor compulsory primary law; compulsory education
books Initiative ami referendum abolish
SYSTEM better methods OF TAXATION and
The collection oil taxes; more ton
government; the total aDOnshnenU OF hecUnract
system; and with improved system, the lowering
Should the nominee OF the party be unable
accept the programme promulgated by the party
representatives then be withdraw another
primary necessary candidate sympathy
with wishes OF the people.
1t Virginia had respectable minority party il would
OF necessity be compel say what stand for sui
Ter defeat We have IA and year out not becaus
much deserved 10 but rather because there
opposing Parties have reason to exist IN
less they stand for something Whatever the party ha
has been through sheer force of char
acter and viii OF few strong men There has heeD ne
great party sentiment firmly united for reforms. The;
have spite OF party sentiment and party demand
but they have slowly be almost impercept
bic. We need force and and
We need life nected into party activities max
IL the party vire andastrOns and OF the people
There why rini should occupy the tail
OF the st III educational aud other lines Of human endeayO
Let have a Democratic state convention next sun
and party before the people backed by some
thing than the personality OF Mr.. Stuart Nj
Tucker any other who happens win the nOmns
Unless DO, with changing party lines and chang
ing sentiment Democracy, only safeguard now, will
swept out Of power III Virginia.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
NOT A GOOD PLAN

a OlSpalCn IIOm washington
SAYS that the Democratic caucus is
considering a plan to dispose Of
those nominations for office sent in
by Mr.. Taft by confirming them
and then fixing the term of office to
expire July first next We do not
believe that Senator Martin and the
others whose names were mentioned
ever dreamed of such a nonsensicsl
plan as that. but that it all originated
in the brain of the Washington cor
respondent OF the papers in which
it appeared.
Most Democrats believe that the
offices that Mr.. Taft is now trying
to I'll belonR-to the Democratic
party. because they viii run almost
entirely through a Democratic ad-
ministration. II it is possible to
prevent their confirmation. it should
&c doLe. But if that is impossible.
then il were better to allow them 10
60 through and then trust to Mr..
Wilson 70 remove them as he sees
ht. II is all well and proper TO talk
about efficiency. experience and
trained public officials. but as long
as We have government by parties
We shall see the party in power
holding the offices. We have seen
three or four postoffice changes in
Williamsburg. and We have yet 70
see that the public interests suffered
| by the change. In most cases in
provement followed. probably OF
the principle that "a new broom
sweeps clean"
We arc not writing this because
perhaps. there is something more
than a public interest at stake. Thu
mas always been the attitude of Tn'
Gazette. We DO not believe IN the
Spots system. but we DO believ'
in Americznism. Life tenure o
office is wholly un-American. Z
} man who has been president fou
: years is, by the same reason as ths
given by the advocates Of life tenure
better versed and trained for efficier
service. but who wants to see tai
q rule applied to the presidency VIII
apply il to the lesser offices1
-. The Offices that it IS given th
president and the party in power
= distribute serve 70 stimulate the OF
J. position to 90 more valiant work f
: the party with which they sffilist
?. That may appear unpatriotic &C
l. selfish, but il is nevertheless tru
? The fact that good and efficie
,e service tends TO strengthen the par
in power also serves as a spur f
better service on the part of publ
Servants. Il viii De long time b
fore life tenure Of office prevails
- this country and il will DC very .
Oi fortunate if il ever does. The cou
s. try will survive many changes. al
ne We doubt. not profit by them
IA most cases.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09
NOTICE.!

Will pay cash for stand
ing Yellow Pine Timber IL
inches and larger on the
stump, any size tract, with
in 2 miles of railroad. Will
also purchase lumber and
mine props, cash when
loaded on cars. Address,
Fleming Brothers Lumber s
Manufacturing Co., Inc.
WILLIAMSBURG, VA.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

Mr.. c. G. Richardson. IT,. Of the
Theological Seminary, spent Friday
spd Saturday hsgs.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

Messrs. 4. B. and r. II. Slater. of
Toano, were in Williamsburg Mon
day.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1913-01-09

day.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-19
UNDERTAkERS.
Telephone Main sc $50 State St
Residence over parlors)
ID. ID. MULLlGAN & SON
UNDERTAKERS, LICENSED EN-
BALMERS & FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Ell Centre. Cal.
SUMMONS.

In the Superior Court in the County
Of Imperial, State of California
Dorothea Fl. Eymann, plaintiff, VS..
Palm Place Ranch Company. CO.
partnership, X. H. Dorsey. w. Scott
Cummings, also known as Scott Cum
mings. and Mona Tubbs, defendants
Ross and Harvey, attorneys for plain
tiff
The people of the State of Californ ia
send greeting to Palm Place Ranch
Dorsey, W Scott Cummings. also
known as Scott Cummings, and Mona
Tubbs, defendants.
You are hereby directed to appear
and answer the complaint in an action
entitled as above, brought against you
in the Superior Court of the County of
Imperial, State of California, within
ten days after the service on YOU of
this summons-if served within this
county; or within thirty days if served
elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that un-
less you appear and answer as above
required, the said plaintiff will take
judgment for any money or damages
demanded in the complaint as arising
upon contract, and she >will apply to
the court for any other relief demanded
in the complaint.
of the Superior Court of the County
of Imperial state of California. this
gath day of February, A. d. 1918.
(Seal) M. s. COOK, Clerk
BY V. n. THOMPSON, Deputy Clerk
Fri Oct 10
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-19
Plant Quarantine
Offers Safeguard

Washington Star: Bugs and plant
diseases that expect to stow away il
the mails and thus gain entry to thiS
country to raise Cain with the farm
ing interests are now confronted al
the Department of Agriculture with a
cul-de-sac from which there is no
exit except through the crematory.
The new safeguard is The "quaran-
tine room" that has just been estab-
lished in the office of seed and plant
introduction. 1t has worked only once
in the few days since it was built
That was over shipment of South
American potatoes. G. H. Wright,
ore of the agricultural explorers, has
strange potatoes in the Andes. His
first shipment was put through the
separator and enough harmful bugs
were extracted to have made the pc
tato crop of the country look like a
scent order of hashed brown.
The quarantine room is harmless
looking structure. 1t is just little
~glass-inclosed cage about 8x12 feet
in one of the big office-rooms of the
new building on Fourteenth street. It
is bug proof and glass inclosed, ex-
cept for wire netting over the door
and windows-forty-m netting
almost as close as cheese cloth and
too small to allow the passage of any
thing much bigger than a typhoid
germ. Every foreign plant that is
mailed to the United States has to
be addressed to the Secretary of Ag-
riculture and go to this room. This
is the result of the recently passed
Federal plant quarantine law
The United States belongs to the In
ternational Postal Union. Postmas-
ters all over the world will not re-
ceive plant specimens for this coun-
try unless they are. consigned to this
quarantine room.
The scheme, in fact, worked too
well at first, and lot of the official
agricultural explorers in foreign
lands, where there was not an efficient
system of plant inspection, found they
could not mail their collections home
till the department had stepped in and
assured the director of the Interna
tional Postal Union that it was all
right and that the little quarantine
room was working.
The new establishment is fitted with
couple of tables, microscopes and a
tight-covered tin ash can. Whatever
in the way of foreign plant specimens
is received has to go first to this room
in the original package. There the
specimens are opened and inspected.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-19

Bugs, wrappers and everything but
the plants and their labels are con-
signed to the ash can. At intervals
this is taken out and the contents
burned
If the plants are under suspicion
of being diseased instead of bug in
tested they are sent to quarantine
greenhouse in the department grounds
and propagated there, where the
disease is cured or the plants de
stroyed before they have chance
to get out into the country and
spread crop disorders.
In fact, both these little places are
as practically outside the United
States as though they were located
at the north pole, though the United
States exercises over them what
might be termed extra territorial
jurisdiction as it does over its foreign
embassies and legations.
One of the first things that en-
phasized the need of such a quaran-
tine station was a shipment of date
palms from Egypt, received over a
year ago. This was opened in one of
the ordinary greenhouse word rooms
and there dashed out of the ship
ment a black Egyptian rat. Of
course, a rat meant possible bubonic
plague, coming as it did from a coun-
try where the disease prevails So the
laborer who was unpacking the dates
did graceful Craig-fall that landed
him standing on top of a packing
case.
The rat had him treed, and would
have kept him there like a modern
st. Simon stylites on his pillar, but
there was an emergency call tele-
phoned to the biological survey, and
its faithful cohorts marched down on
the greenhouse, where they rounded
up the rat in rusty but trusty wire
trap bought for the purpose from
conveniently adjacent secondhand
store.
The bureau Of entomology went
over the rat with a fine-tooth comb,
and found not only no bubonic
plague fleas, but no fleas of any sort.
So the crisis passed.
But the urgent necessity for the
quarantine room was demonstrated
and it has now been installed. In
future it will be thin rat or any
other devastator that escapes from
this limbo of undesirable immigra-
ton, and the moral is that if you
want to mail any strange plant speci-
mems to this country from abroad
be sure to address them to the Sec
retary Of Agriculture, so that they
will come where they will be prop
erly cared for.
Imperial Valley press., 1913-09-19
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given to contractors
that the Dixieland School District of
the County of Imperial, will receive
bids, for the construction of a three
room concrete school house to be erect
ed on the East half of Block twenty
two OF the Townsite of DiXieland, ac-
codring to the plat thereof of record
in the office of the county recorder of
said county, according to the plans
and specifications of X. L. Greer, on
file in his office, Room ia, First
National Bank Bldg.
Said bids will be received up to IL
o'clock, noon. Saturday, the 4th day of
October, 1913, ard should be mailed
10 Board OF Trustees, Dixieland
School District. care of r. L. Greer, ri
Centre. Cal"
Said Board of Trustees reserves the
right 10 reject any or all bids.
Dated this nth day of September
1918. X. S. GENET.
Clerk of Board of Trustees, Dixieland
School District. 1G9