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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
THE COUNTY SCHOOL suPERiN-
TENDENT

Should the county superintendent OF
schools be judge, sheriff, politi-
cal officeholder, or just an educator
who knows his business and gives his
whole attention to the schools? II is
Or has been all of these in different
parts of the United States. In Texas
it is the county Judge who serves in
many of the counties as ex-officio
superintendent Of schools. and at
least one state the sheriff used to
hold the office But Texas expects
soon to have real county superintend-
ents in all the counties that are still
without them. according to inforna-
ton received at the United States
Bureau of Education.
The new Texas plan is based on the
urgent needs of the states rural
schools. Texas has three quarters OF
million rural school children. Eff
cient county supervision is a prime
requisite for efficient rural schools
and Texas proposes to maintain eff.
cient rural schools. She is endeavor-
ing to relieve her county judges. who
make no claim to expert knowledge OF
rural school supervision, OF their du
ties as county superintendent OF
schools, and to select real superfnfen
dents whose first claim to the position
is professional training and ability.
Not only does Texas desire to have
regular county superintendent in
charge of all the schools in place OF
county judges, but she aims to make
sure that the superintendent will not
be political nominees. The proposed
plan puts the selection OF the county
superintendent in the hands of the
county board of education to the end
that this officer, like his city col
league, may be chosen for educational
fitness rather than for political ex-
pediency. The whole idea is to make
the county superintendent, as he is in
many states and he as ought to be
wherever the office exists. profes
sionally trained expert
There are probably few cases
where the important work OF school
supervision is assigned 10 a county,
judge or a sheriff. bat there are stil
very many localities where the Taxa.
Ideal of professionally trained coun
~ superintendent free from polst5ca
ties, is not yet realized Edncatorl
everywhere belieTe thai adequate 81
perTiston BIZ expert county saperfn
tendents is so essential in the Hpbufid
Ing Of the rural schools that the of6cs
Of county superintendent should 5z
wholly professional and not political.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
Value Of the Family Meal
An important Factor in the Service Of the House Too
Often Neglected Nowadays.
food to hungry indlviduals.

OF food to hungry individuals.
The value of social meal is too
often overlooked It is there that
children naturally acquire their man
ners: 1t is there, too. that parents are
relieved from the pressure of the
burden of their individual life, as
they enter into social fellowship with
their children. 1t is there that indi-
vidual greed is checked, and the
rights of others come almost uncon.
sciously TO be recognized. And it Is
there that ideals are modified and
may be elevated. Conversation should
be free While boisterousness should
be subdued free expression of opin-
ion should be encouraged, and even
crude opinions should not as rule
be directly contradictted. While the
child is allowed to express his opin-
ion. the parent Is free to express his
! or hers, and thus In free interchange
a better general opinion is developed
without dogmatic instruction. This is
the way that public opinion is formed
in the world at large. Why should it
not be thus formed in the family?
And in a christian home christian
ideals may thus be formed In the most
agreeable manner.
Amid present conditions it may not
be practicable TO have all the meals
occasions when all the family can be
present. In that case there should be
the greatest effort to have at least
one meal an occasion for the social
gathering of the family--a meal to
which all memoirs shall come at the
beginning, and a. which all shall re-
! main until the close. Let there be
once in the day time when the fam
lily shall live as social group. Make
at least one meal such an occasion of
social happiness that all will exper-
fence the joy Of a life in which each
thinks not only Of his own things,
but also of the things of others
AS a defender of he home, endang-
cred, under present conditions, at so
many points, / plead for the, family
meal Parents have much greater OBJ
LEGATIONS than that Of supplying their
children with food and clothing and
shelter. We are to train them to live
no. simply as individuals. but as So
cial beings. Let us earnestly and
continuously endeavor to make the
family meal SO bright and happy q
social occasion that they may learn
, to discharge social obligations when
thinking only OF the delights of social
pririlegeRev DIR. Thomas D. Ander.
son In the Watchman.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
CITY OF LIFE AND DEATH.

The contrast came to me grimly.
irresisdbly, when my guide pointed
to shabby house 1t was very or
binary oblong wooden building. two
stories high. Il suppose more people
have died of tuberculosis in that
! house" she remarked. than in any
house In Phoenix
Yet only few feet away across the
yard was great ditch which ran
high with the promise of Astounding
life-one of the secondary irrigation
streams on its way to wrea. he the
desert with fragrance and plenty. says
Francis H. Mclean in the Survey
Advantages of climate and altitude
have brought the cities Of southern
Arizona a great social problem The
problem Of imported tuberculosis. To
deal with il. suggested 10 the social
agencies of Phoenix the following
covenant:
First, We. the psopls Of Arizona rec
ogni1e that the only real way Of max
ing hszdEsy sgsinsf Inc mass ni
tuberculosis il through local treat
msat al ever Inc country NsFershe-
/ less. ne hold our taForing climate
free 10 all
Second. ne viii provide througs
private and public agencies, physf.
clans and citizens, the necessary sup
erFfsion Of all tuberculous cases with
IN the borders Of the state This in
itself is pretty large and expensive
JOB and has scarcely been touched as
yet Not even is registration of cases
required and the neglect Of fumiga-
ton is simply shocking.
Third, having accepted these heavy
burdens. public and private. the peo-
pie Of Arizona demand that others
provide the living expenses OF every
one who seeks It's climate.
It remains for the social agencies
Of the state and Of Phoenix particn-
larry, to urge upon the legislature the
first steps in the carrying out Of this
policy In the southwest. 1t remains
for the rest OF the country TO AXE
to heart the fact that early examina
lions and universally present local
sanatoris mot removed 10 Arizona OF
Texas are what must be counted
upon to force down the tuberculosis
death rate.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
Where Tips Are Barred.

chicago Inter Ocean: The offices OF
railroads running through Arkansas
are pretty busy just now in disposing
Of applications for transfers by din
ing car employees and sleeping car
porters. The reason for this lies in a
statue recently passed in Arkansas
abclisEing tips not only in hotels, bar
Der shops and restaurants, but aboard
railroad trains as well.
The statute is a desperate attempt
to end the tipping evil and is drastic
In its provisions 1t makes the taking
of a tip misdemeanor. punishable b.
a fine of from $40 to s25, and also
makes the individual or corporation
employing the tip-taker equally liable
TO punishment with him.
This statute should end tipping, il
the practice can be stopped by law.
Yet authorities grayely doubt it ana
seem TO believe that the law will be
more honcred in the breach than in
the observance
The Upper expects an advantage
better than the ordinary seryice-for
his little bride. The Upper needs
the money. It Is to the material inter-
est OF both to cloak the illegal tran
saction in secrecy Only cantanker-
GUS curmudgeon of Upper, one who
delights in getting his frail fellow
mortals into trouble, would give away
a tiptaker, and to the credit of hui
mainly there are relatively few OF
these.
Custom is superior to the law and
human frailty makes custom. When
laws fail TO take into account the
human equation there is little chance
Of their majesty imposing upon any
one.
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owen Morris that the woodmen policy
held by the late Rice Walker had
been allowed .,' IS ss.s.
The Missouri legislature has pass.
ed law allowing petit and grand
jurors the sum Of IS per day, instead
of 50.
DR.. w. B. Sisson is recovering from
q severe illness and hopes to be on
duty again in few days.
Circuit court convenes next Mon,
day
Bruner Pate of Texas is the guest
OF his parents In Kahoka.
AS soon as the city election is of
our hands we can enter into the
postoffice scrap with little more
vigor Too much excitement in
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
keokuk, Iowa 1895. March q 1919
LEE As IL RUNS,

Infancy
The mother said softly, her heart full
of joy,
He is riding broomstick my dear
little boy!"
Childhood
Again she said gayly, with eyes ever
mild,
He is riding sawhorse-my brave
little child"
Youth
The father said anxiously, son, pray
go slow!
You are riding pace that will bring
you to woe!"
Manhood
My friend said a comrade, "the
hobby you stride
Runs away with each man who sticks
spurs In its side!"
Old Age
The world said, Poor fellow. An
other cracked wit.
A chap who rode life without bride
or biti''
Lurana Sheldon in Judge.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
kAHokA, MO.
49, - > = = . : - :

Bert Warne has purchased the in
terest of his partner Ford Warne in
tile Emporium racket store on north
side of square.
E. o. Ferguson is with home folks.
The Ed. Wilson pool room under
went some repairs the frs. Of the
week. A new and handsome floor
was put in and other improvements
made. Ed. now has fine place of
business.
Ill Saturday evening with gall stones.
He is improving nicely
& Senator C. F. Carter arrived home
Sunday from Jefferson City, The bill
introduced to kill the Mobile law, a
law enacted two years ago, which is
a severe blow to the Woodmen and all
other fraternal orders. failed to pass
the senate in the closing hours of the
session. after passing the house by
almost unanimous vote. The Wood
men are not cast down, however. but
will be up and at them two years
from now, and will win.
Ben E. Turner is with home folks
for a few days.
Harrod and Hugh Hitler are at
home from their school at Beloit
Wis. for ten days vacation.
Charles L. Kinkead OF Cedar Rap
Ids. Iowa and Celia NJ Horton OF Vim
ton. Iowa, we're united in marriage in
Kahoka Sunday norning by Squire S.
NJ. Perry.
The storm of Sunday nigh. did con.
siderable damage in Clark county.
Notice has been received by Clerk
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

and embark in business In the city Of
admitted promise flowing with milk
and honey: and at the very instant,
perhaps. around about men are pack
ing their goods to leave, attracted
elsewhere by similarly glowing de-
scriptions of the extraordinary adyant-
ages of some sister city.
The st. Louis way will be to tell
the folks at home all about the rea-
sons why they should remain in st.
Louis and not follow the impulse to
seek that fortune and prosperity
which we always fancy is just beyond
the brow of the next hin
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
TELL IT TO FOLKS AT HOME

st. Louis has adopted new munich.
pal policy 1t proposes TO advertise its
advantages to it's own people In the
eagerness to tell the world our claims
upon its attention We often forget to
inform our neighbors of our claims
upon their attention. And this st.
Louis has conceived to be the secret
of the habit Of st. Louis people look
ing elsewhere for the good things
right at their hand, says the Des
Moines Tribune.
In recent years cities have under
taken to shout from the municipal
house top their virtues and the multi,
tudinous reasons why the people o
other cities, Of other states, of othel
f,-'s~a -7c"'d tato m ahed ~
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

The demolition of the famous crye.
tal palace in London is threatened and
the lord mayor has organized "a last
attempt to raise fund to preserve
it for the permanent use of the peo-
pie. Built for the international ex.
hibition in London in 1851, at which
the courts of Europe We're represent
cd. the great structure of glass has
been not only unique structure. but
one from which history has been
dated
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
a plain Statement.

From the Memphis Commercial Ap.
peal: The American suffragettes have
broken no laws and done no violence
therefore the rowdyism to which .hei-
parade was subjected in Washington
was an uncalled for and undeserved
brutality, which fair-minded people
everywhere will resent. whether they
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

An eminent suffrage veteran is Miss
Emily Rowland of Sherwood, ". Y,
who was for many years president u
Gayuga County Political Equality club
and is we'll known as an educator.
philanthropist and reformer. Miss
Rowland was volunteer teacher OF
colored children In Washington in the
early fifties, and afterward among the
freedmen,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

Partisan hammers threaten to
knock the lunchroom privilege enjoy
ed by members of the British house OF
commons. A swell meal is served for
2 shilling, the remainder of the cost
being charged to treasury fund
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

Golfsts in England and Scotland
are organizing an attack on the high
price OF golf balls. These necessaries
of life must come down. or the con-
sumers will dig nineteenth hole
for the price makers.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27
Miss gertrude Hassler. s,nger VIII,

Miss Gertrude Hassler, singer, who
warbled $4,000 out of a rich bachelor
at indianapolis, is having "a goou
time in Chicago, where her picture
and her breach Of promise achieve.
ments are featured on the front pages
OF papers. Miss Hassler has propos-
ais to burn, but for the present she
is welded to her art
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

Do you know that more real danger
turks In common cold tran in any
other of the minor ailments, The
safe way is to take Chamberlains
Cough Remedy, a thoroughly reliable
preparation. and rid yourself Of the
cold as quickly as possible This rem.
edy is for sal. by Wilkinson & Co.
Pharmacy and ]. F. Kieda:sch & Son.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

The cotton mills of North Carolina
are rapidly adopting motor drive In.
stead of large power plant and shaft
dive small motors are being coupled
% individual machines. This gives
greater speed in operation, better se.v.
ice, ease of control and economy If
power.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

French suffragists demand equal
rights with men, even at the guiIlo-
tine. If mems necks need the knife,
they argue. condemned women should
not be denied the privilege OF grazing
The chopping block.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

punches is hard on the nerves 4
doctor and an editor ought TO put IN
quite race, however.
City and school elections mex:
Tuesday.
DR.. and Mrs. A. w. Teel are visit
ing in Chicago. They expect to ar
rive home about April Z.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1913-03-27

The Alps claimed a total of ninety.
five lives last year
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04
Honorable G.. F. Crecelius

Dr. C. F. Crecelius, Secretary of State, whose
able and energetic administration of his office
has won for him almost universal commenda-
ton, is the youngest of the state officers OF
Kentucky. He was born at Leavenworth, In
DIANA March Is, 1877; educated in the pub
lie schools and the University of Cincinnati;
was graduated from the Ohio College of Den
tistry in 1900. He was married to Miss Perk-
hser, of Leavenworth, Indiana, and following
her decease, married Miss Margaret Gulick
Dunstar, of Falmouth, Kentucky, in 1901. He
was a member of the House of Representa-
tives of Kentucky in 1908, and was the author
of the Crecelius Tobacco law which was enacted
at that session. He was instrumental in effect
ing the sale of the 1906 and 1908 hurley pool
to the American Tobacco Company. He was
reelected to the House of Representatives,
1909 DR.. Crecelus is recognized as the cham
pion of the cause of the labor masses. He was
nominated for Secretary of State in the Demo-
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04
Hon. Barksdale Hamlet, Superintendent of
Public Instruction

Honorable Barksdale Hamlet, Superintendent
of Public Instruction, has by his ability and
untiring energy made wonderful progress in
the advancement of Kentucky's educational sys-
tenn He was born in Prince Edward County,
Virginia February 3, 1879, and educated in
the public schools there and at Hamden, Sidney
College He was married to Miss Daisy Crune,
of Hardin County, Kentucky. May "a, 1890.
He is member of the Masons, Elks, K. of P.
and w. o. w. For seven years he was Super
intendent of the city schools at Hopkinsvile,
and during that time erected high school that
is conceded to be the best equipped and most
modern high school building in Kentucky. IN
der his leadership the Kentucky Educational
Association was incorporated, and he was
made its President This Association has be-
come powerful factor in shaping the educa-
tiona1 policies of the state. Mr.. Hamlet is
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

moneys which has resulted in large savings to
the state He is an advocate of system OF
taxation that will bring to light the millions
of untaxed property in order that all property
may bear an equal proportion of the burden OF
taxation. His definition for retrenchment is
"dehorn all useless offices and cut out full
crop of unnecessary expenses" and for reform
is, SHIFT the burden of taxation from the small
property owner to the shoulders of all property
owners which will reduce the tax rate until 1t
will not burden any of the property owners"
The people of Kentucky fortunate, indeed,
in having as Acknowledgement of their state
man of such high integrity of character and
great ability as Mr.. Garnett.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

and has caused all the corporations to be
listed for taxation at valuation which ap-
proximates 80 percent of the real value. He
believes in obeying the command of the people
as recorded in the Constitution which he prom
ised to support In this instrument he found
a clause which said that money should be
paid out of the public treasury except IN pur-
suance to an appropriation made by the Legis-
lature and by this standard he has measured
the accounts presented to him, which has saved
to Kentucky many dollars Mr.. Bosworth has
been most active in the question of taxation
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

never been contaminated by a railroad. He
born in Columbia, in that county, November IS,
1871. Educated at Columbia and Georgetown
Colleges. Graduated from the Law Depart
ment, University of Louisville Kentucky 1893.
Was married to Miss Lena Vordeman, Deem
Der TO- 1895 Is a member of the Baptist
Church, Mason, l. o. o. F. and K. of P. Was
elected County Attorney of Adair County in
1897, and reelected in 1901. Was a member of
the Democratic State Central Committee from
the Eleventh District from 1895 to 1908 He
has served as Special Judge of different Cir
cult Courts both by appointment from the
Governor and by agreement of parties. He
lived in Adair County until he moved to Frank
fort to the duties of the office of At
torney- General, to which office he was elected
by majority of $1,000. For more than twenty
years he has been actively engaged in the prac-
tice of law, and he has long been recognized as
one of Kentucky's foremost lawyers. However,
he has found time to fill the position of Vice
President of good bank and has done some
real farming.
Upon assuming the duties of the office, Mr.
Garnett surrounded himself with corps of
able and active assistants, and he has cleaned
up the business assigned to that office. Mr.
Garnett's legal training and business experience
together with the knowledge of fiscal affairs
acquired during the eight years service as
County Attorney, has enabled him to render
valuable service to the state which was bur-
dened by an unauthorized debt 1t is said that
he has acquired a most intimate knowledge Of
the state fiscal affairs He is an advocate of
retrenchment and reform in the fiscal affairs
and believes in the fullest publicity of all the
states business He has vigorously opposed
useless and unauthorized expenditure of public
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

REFORM and with Attorney-General Garrett is
working hard to impress upon the people of
Kentucky the necessity for radical steps in this
direction. Mr.. Bosworth was born in Fayette
County and educated at the State College. He
is a practical and scientific farmer. He served
from 1898 to 1902 as Sheriff of Fayette County,
and was Treasurer of the State of Kentucky
from 1904 to 1908 serving during that time as
a member of the Capitol Commission. He was
married to Miss Ollie FAINT, June g. 1909. He
is a member of the Elks, l. o. o. F., K. of P,
Eagles and Red Men. Not only is Mr.. Bos
worth capable and efficient officer, but he is
one of the most popular ever elected to
public office in Kentucky.
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

his Department to fulfill the claims made for
it by the Commissioner, that it deals with that
class of citizens who fundamentally the
wealth creators of the state, and as such
entitled to the fullest consideration in the gov
eminent of the state through the Department
of Agriculture Labor and Statistics
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04
Honorable Henry M. Bosworth

Honorable Henry M. Bosworth was elected
Auditor under pledge to exact from the cor
porations their share of the public expense
fund. AS Chairman of the Board of Valuation
and Assessment he has redeemed that pledge
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04
Honorable James Garrett

Honorable James Garrett, Attorney General,
comes from the county of Adair, the first coun-
ty alphabetically, and one of the few that has
The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1913-11-04

cratic State Primary in 1911 without opposition
and was nominated with the state ticket. De-
spite the fact that he had no opposition he
effected splendid organization He has proven
of the capable state officials that Ken
lucky has ever chosen. Dr. Crecelius resides
at Falmouth, Kentucky.