davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02

exercise of police power and tat State
constitutions forbade extension Of that
rover beyond a prescribed field. A
committee had reported that the
States had full authority, but it was
impossible to reconcile divergent
views.
The suggestion that federal taxa
ton law be enacted met with opposi-
ton from congr men.
As to H. aSe Cost.
1t was suggested that cotton grow
ers represented one-third Of the pop
ulation and cotton consumers two
thirds, which would make it virtually
impossible to enact any measures
tending to increase cost TO the con-
sumer
Representative Henry, OF Texas
spoke in behalf Of his bill proposing
a government 3 per cent loan to grow
ers on surplus cotton. That a meas
ure of such general nature may be
urged by. the Southern congressman
as a unit is indicated in the resolu-
tions. but tie conference did not spe-
cifcally approve the Henry bill The
subject of federal aid will be discussed
again tomorrow by the Southern con-
gressional committee, w1ich called the
governors into conference.
The committee, which will call upon
the president, it is understood, Will
ask his aid particularly with respect
to the exemption OF State banks from
taxation imposed by tie emergency
currency act. That has been debated
in congress and it was said today
the president was known to favor the
repeal sought.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02
Clarence Eugene COnnely.

Clarence Eugene Connely, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs j. Bur Connely was born
May 27, 1902, and departed this life
September I, 1914 Why do we grieve
for him? Surely his home in Heaven
is much brighter than this vain and
sinful world.
Eugene was bright, loving and
obedient child loved by every one
who knew him.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02
Beth Eden PaStOrate.

There will be some special business
council of Beth Eden charge on Sat
urday a. m. The melting will be held
at the parsonage beginning at 10
o'clock
Their will be some special business
70 transact. Therefore we ask all
the council to be present.
Pastor
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02
A Clarion Call.

It's three months to Christmas and
all through the house
Not a creature is stirring, not even
mouse!
Which fact should impress you as
you must allow,
That pretty good plan is to tend to
it now!
-BuffaIo Evening Press.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02
WILL PAY PREMIUMS
ONLY on FARM PRODUCTS
Executive Committee of State Fair
Passes Resolution to This
Effect,

Columbia, Sept. 29.-The executive
committee of the State Fair associa-
ton at a meeting today resolved to
not ray any premiums at the coming
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02

II engaged III war tOQdI, cOnpI 1865
practically tie part which buys two
out of every three bales of our Amer
ican cotton. This market is so Grip
pied by this war that the probabilities
are that it will not take as much as
half of its normal purchases; there
fore, from 100000 to 100000 bales
will have to be financed or carried
somehow for an indefinite period.
therefore, the problem is entirely diff
ferent from any that has confronted
us and calls for the united efforts Of
all interested in cotton production.
"T1is meeting, in conjunction with
the farmers organizations and the cot
ION organizations. will solve tie prob
lens. II Is gratifying to me after
all Of my years Of work. STRIVING to
make the people OF this country. and
especially the people of the South,
those in authority, see the importance
Of the cotton crop. / say it is very
gratifying to me at lea; % see gev-
ernors, senator's and conoreSsnen
thcror, ,~hly aroused aud il'cnsely IN
earnest !, aid g great Wc:'G With
a thorough understanding arrived at,
the promised cooperation of all Of the
cotton States through their governors
and the pledge o. the congressman
and senators at the national govern
ment to concentrate their efforts in
the solution of this problem is guar
antee of relief from the distressing
conditions.
Pleased at Results.
CAS- | was the one who proposed
the conference, I am greatly pleased
at tie splendid results accruing there
from. l believe that the financial diff
fculties will be rapidly and satisfac-
torily adjusted. 1t must not be for
employed to relieve the situation are
new, and will necessarily take time
to properly adjust themselves, and
cincerely hope that he farmers
throughout the country, the mer-
chants, the guano men and creditors
of all sorts will view the situation as
it is, and with patience and determina
ton to help in its solution.
SIT is confidently expected that in
the very near future the new banking
and currency law will be put into
operation, which will greatly aid in
the solving of this problem.
81 am preparing a statement OF the
present laws and amendments, which
have been had to them relative to the
issuing of currency which | lGope to
be able to give out in the next few
days.
"A committee has been appointed to
take up with tne proper authorities
the subject OF the present price Of
cotton seed, looking toward the in
vestigation as to the causes for the
extremely low prices at which seed
are selling.
81 believe that the general situation
is now we'll in hand"
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-10-02
Didn't Introduce 1t, Says Stuckey.

Columbia, Sept. 30.-W. A. Stuckey,
of BishoDyille returned this morning
from Washington, where, as the perso-
nal representative of Goernor Blease,
nal represented this State at the con-
ference of the governors from the
principal cotton growing States and the
members of the house and senate from
tie. sam.> States to consider the COZ
ton situation. Mr. Stuckey said the
general idea was that the matter Of
reducing the cotton acreage next year
by law was for action by the States
rather than by congress.
While here Mr. Stuckey gave the fol-
lowing statement to the press:
Stuckey'S Statement.
81 note that The News and Courier
states that a resolution was introduced
bv w. A. Stuckey, commencing the
executive of South Carolina.
"This resolution was introduced by
senator from another State, amid
considerable applause. He candidly
believed tat the resolution would
have passed unanimously but for the
4act that some thought that this might
be an indirect reflection on some OF
the other governors. He regrets that
he has to disclose some of the pro-
ceedings of the caucus, but it is nee
essary in order to keep the record
straight. The real object of tie reso-
luton was the influence it might have
in assisting the passage of acreage
reduction, both in this and other
States. Mr.. Stuckey states, however,
that he was in thorough sympathy
with the resolution.
Wire to Blease.
Copies of the following telegrams
were given out by tie governors OF
flee today:
washington, D. c.
Governor Cole. l.. Blease, Columbia,
S. C.
We are advised that one OF the OBJ
iects OF calling your legislature to-
gether is 20 consider adoption OF State
LEGISLATION curtalling cotton production
next year. l am requested to ask II
VIC are correctly informed upon this
subject.
Hoke Smith,
UNITED States Senator.
Governors Reply.
.Bon Hoke Smith, United States Sen
ate, Washington, D. c.
Your wire. ann surprised at recelF-
ing the same, as l regard it a refec-
tion upon the Hon. William A. Stuc-
kew who attended conference as my
nersonal representative, with full pow
er to act for me. l stand by what
ever he did. My message to the extra
session of the legislature OF this State
is in the hands of the printer. and
speaks for me on all questions now
under discussion in regard to helping
the farmers, not only of South Caro-
lima. but of the United States.
Cole. L. Blease,
Governor"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
APPRECIATION.

The Youths Companion makes an
earnest plea for an appreciation
league and the idea is most worthy.
Probably you have complained to
the fioorwalker or department superin-
tendent when 'salesgirl has been in
attentive or discourteous. Have you
ever gone to the foorwalker Or de-
partment superintendent to say a
word for the salesgirI who was excep-
tionally attentive and anxious to
please? asks the Companion.
Very likely you have written TO the
general manager OF the electric road
when a conductor rang the bell too
soon or did not notice your signal to
stop Have you ever written to tell
him about the conductor who is al
ways courteous and obliging?
If you think one act necessary at
times. is not the ether fair and gen.
erous? Are kindness and courtesy al
ways to be taken for granted In small
business relations among strangers, or
are you reader to find fault than to
express appreciation?
A man in an Ohio city has founded
what he calls an appreciation
league" Its members agree to ''re-
port employees who are considerate
and courteous, to emphasize the ami
able things that people do, to watch
more keenly for virtues than for weak
nesses and faults. The league Is an
Informal organization: you can be-
come member by beginning at once
to practice its principles.
A simple idea? Yes, but II 1t could
spread from ocean to ocean, what a
wave of kindness and courtesy would
sweep over the land,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
Tn. Democratic Reversal.

Mary Sullivan in Golfers: 1t is idle
for democrats to try to get comfort
out OF the returns. The vote in the
main was a vote against the demo-
Gratis. What moved the individual
voter was the wish to register an
anti-democratic vote. In all the places
where the democratic reversal was
greatest the cause was the tarin.
Pennsylvania, with extremely gooo
democratic candidates for the senate
and for governor, polled the smallest
democratic vote since 1880. 1t was
fear about business. A large part OF
the public has got the idea that the
administration regards business with
a feeling that Is much like definite
artipathy. 1t is not too much to say
that very many business men have
come to feel like men under shadow.
Corresponding to that. the workman
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
The December strand Magazine.

Several important articles dealing
with the European war appear in the
Strand magazine for December Con-
an Doyle contributes an interesting
and valuable paper which he entities
"The War: A Statement of the Brit
ish Case" This article clearly and
convincingly explains exactly where
Great Britain stands in the present
European imbroglio and should be
read and digested by ALL whether they
are pro-German or in favor of the al
lies. Saint Nihal Sing supplies the
first of a series of extremely interest
ing articles entitled Our Friends the
Fighting Rajahs" and gives us some
intimate characterstudies. anecdotes
and personal Impressions OF the In
dian princes who have placed their
armies, their services and even their
jewels at the disposal Of Great Brit
ain in her hour Of trial. Another ar
ticle which will be read with especial
interest deals with Lord Kitchener.
The series of papers entitled How
They Broke Into Print" reaches No.
5 the contributors being Montague
Glass. Louis Joseph Vance. Mary Ste
wart Cutting, Emerson Hough, irwin
S. Cobb, and others. The fiction in
cludes stories by some OF the best
writer's Of the day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
FOREST NOTES.

The town forest of Baden-Baden,
Germany, yields an annual profit OF
1925 per acre, or total net profit of
nearly s67,500.
outside OF its use for fence posts,
black locust finds its principal utiliza-
ton in insulator pins and brackets for
telegraph and telephone lines.
One hundred shade trees will be
planted by the Massachusetts, forestry
association in cities or towns of four
population classes which win prize
contests for excellence in street tree
/ planting.
The Russian government has n,aced
an EMBARGO on all kinds of lumber, to
prevent Its expectation; walnut h,m.
.Ser, including Circassian walnut
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

dawn the line Is quite generally filled
with fear Of the loss Of his job. The
djsIocation OF family, the disturbance
of ways OF living caused by the loss
OF a Job, is In most cases an individ-
ual tragedy. Nothing but the fear OF
this tragedy accounts for the hun
DIRE Us of thousands of members OF
the democratic and progressive par
Ties in Pennsylvania, who. well know
In. Penrose's record nevertheless
voted for him. 1t was merely the
tariff. It was certain apparent deli
ance and distrust on the part OF the
administration toward business under
circumstances where sympathy was
more called for. In fairness 1t must
be said that much Of this resentment
toward the administration was misdi-
rected, that much OF the present dis
turbance or industry was caused by
tho war But It is also true that the
country feels that the present admin
istration does not have sympathetic
attitude toward business as now or
ganized.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
Searching for PoIsoner.

CHICAGO. Nov. 23.-Search along
the North Shore district exclusive
apartments for woman they beEeso
can tell them how Nicholas T. Burns
wealthy marine supply dealer, callo
to die of cyanide Of potassium poison
was continued by the police today ait
er two days Of fruitless investigation
Mrs. Eva Clemens. a pretty brunet'e'
who was questioned by the ponce
said that she had not seen burns
since two weeks ago when she TOOK
taxicab ride with him. The lanoioru
OF the roomfng house where she nves
today confirmed her statement una
she was in her room and tina; no cue
visited her on the night Burns boas
Was found on sheridan road.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

ALL ALONG. A COUNTRY ROAD.
All along a country road the whirling
leaves are borne,
The dewdrops decked the valley and
the autumn kissed the morn.
All along the country road
The gypsy winds were sweet,
And, Oh, the dancing of the leaves
Sent tingles to my feet.
A sedge lark rose with that quaint
cry the sedge lark gives. be
Across the harvest of the corn
winged translucency.
A partridge drummed on rising wing
And bunny SKINNED ahead;
All along the country road
Went my heart comforted.
October came with all her smiles with
August by the hand,
And after them tripped merry June
as if to join the band.
What empires dawned in visions
green,
What Aprils lit my eyes
AS there l crowned my love the
queen
OF the rose of Maytime skies.
All along a country road the seer
leaves flew and danced,
And in and out between their shapes
the sunbeams smiled and
glanced.
If such is autumn, sad and chill,
An. let me lift my load
Full many a mile in the soft sweet
smile
All along a country road.
Baltimore Sun.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
ELDERvlLLE, Ill.

Frank Koehler entertained a num-
Der of his young friends at his home
Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Van Blair
were callers in Hamilton last Satur-
day.
Miss Ethel Christner has been suf.
fering very much with felon on her
finger.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Ruhs are re-
jo:cing over the arrival of son since
November 5.
Mrs. H. C. Christner was a Keokuk
caller last Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. vogel were in
Carthage last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Koehler have
moved into their new home
Misses Mamie and Sadie Mulch
were home visitors from Quincy from
Saturday until Monday.
The Fairview school pnnils are
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

Because of urgent demand, there
will be two summer sessions at Iowa
State college next summer for train
ing teachers in agriculture, home eco
Monies and manual training, instead
of one as in the past. The first ses-
sion of six weeks will run from June
IA to July % and the second from
July 26 to Sept. 5. Last summer near
ly 700 attended: this year there is
every prospect that the number will
be doubled. The state board of edu
cation therefore deemed 1t advisable
to authorize two sessions instead OF
one. That will accommodate more
teachers and also make possible bet
ter work at the session.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

The area OF California, 15s.297
square miles, Is apr Ultimately equal
TO the combine area of Roumania,
Bulgaria, Servfa. Albania, Montenegro,
Belgium, and Turkey in Europe. The
population of California, according to
the latest census, was 2,37T000. as
against 2S,532,o 900 for the European
countries named. OF California's total
area, it is Of interest to note that 70
per cent has already been topograpn
ically mapped by the United States
Geological Survey.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
much priced by American furniture

much priced by American furniture
makers. is specifically mentioned.
Experiences with forest fires on the
national forests this year show that
automobiles, where they can be used,
furnish the quickest and cheapest
transportation for crews of fire fight
ers Motor rates are higher than those
for teams for the actual time employ
ed, but the total cost per distance
travelled and in wages paid to men in
getting to fires is much less. The
time saving is self evident; trips
which ordinarily require two days
time by team have been made by auto
mobile in few hours.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

Owing to the failure OF Americans
to come across with the money. italy
is reaching for it by other means Re-
Gently a fine of $4,000 was imposed on
an American steamer for not arriving
on schedule time. No other medium
of exchange, no other tourist, looks
half as good to Italians at home as
the American check and the man be-
hind it. Great Caesars ghost, how
they grapple for both,
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

An employee of bank in Harlem,
n. Y, swiped package OF s9,432 from
the bank and hid it in his cellar. Pos
session of the stolen wad brought on
nervous prostration, exposure, recoV-
cry of the money, and the Jail The
moral is visible to all who need 1t.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

planning a program and box supper
to be held at their school soon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Hoffindick
visited with relatives here Tuesday.
Mrs. Ray Webster enjoyed visit
from her mother, Mrs. Orth, OF Mis-
souri,.
Mr.. o. d. Wallace is on the sick
list this week.
There was a shooting match at the
farm of Henry Brokers November
20.
Thanksgiving will soon be with us
let us all be thankful for what we
have and that we reside in the United
States instead of Europe.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

We are a peaceful people. chris
tian people. Everybody admits it. Yet
the nations reputation is sorely Jared
by an American back from Europe
who boasts of having given cigarette
coupons as real money to a Russian
princess who befriended him.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
MONEY FoR RURAL SCHOOLS.

One farmer with a cheap automo
bile has more invested In that one
piece of mechanism than the average
public school plant; and the owner
OF the auto frequently spends as much
on the upkeep of his one car as the
community spends for the total main
tenance of the school including the
teachers salary. This is one OF a
number of significant comparisons
brought out by the Hon. w. F. Feagin,
state superintendent of education for
Alabama, in survey reported to the
United States bureau of education.
To illustrate further the plight OF
the schools, Superintendent Feagin
shows dilapidated rural school in
contrast with the handsomely con-
structed Jail in the same county,
costing several thousand dollars.
This JAIL" he says, has sanitary
drinking fountains, shower baths.
clean floors, plenty Of light, good vent
ilation, and is otherwise attractive.
Could a person from the district in
which this school is located be blam-
ed for preferring the iail?"
Naturally country schools make lit
tie appeal either to pupils or teachers.
under existing conditions. Pupils
drop out and teachers move. Out OF
5,423 pupils entering the first grade
in the schools inspected in the Ala
bama survey only SO completed the
work OF the fourth year of the high
are holding their present positions
for the first time. OF the remainder
10 per cent are teaching their second
session in their first school, and only
10 per cent have stayed more than
two years in the same place.
The Alabama survey was an at
attempt to provide definite back
ground on facts on which to base a
campaign for improvement. The con-
trolling purpose of the investigation
was not to establish an opinion or
theory, but to find out the truth. Thet
survey was not made by outsidel
specialists imported for the occasion,
but by regular officials OF the statel
education department, who selected
three typical counties and personal
ly visited the schools. The results
will be used for definite improvement
in the schools of the state.
THE conditions found are by no
means peculiar to Alabama" declares
Dr. Claxton, U. S. commissioner OIL
education. "They can be duplicated
anywhere In Tennessee few years
ago, for instance, inquiry revealed
that in several counties the cost of he
county Jail was greater than the total
cost of all the school houses in thel
county, and in more than half the
counties of the state the cost of court
house and Jail together was greater
than that of all the school houses,
while in majority of the counties the
average annual salary of the teacher
was less than the cost OF feeding a
prisoner in jail.
This Alabama survey is conspicu-
GUS because it is a carefully drawn
picture Of the traditional public indif-
ference to the problem of adequate
support for schools in rural commun-
tiles. We still spend much more for
luxuries-even harmful luxuries-thanl
we do for education. Until a COM
munity spends at least as much for
education as it does for any one of
the material necessities of Iife-food.
clothing, and shelter-it is not doing
its full duty"
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

George Fred Williams of Massachu-
setts, recently American minister to
Albania. says the Albanians begged
him to be their king. But George
Fred ducked. He feared the honor
might have obliged him to solicit
funds from his old neighbors for the
poor guerilas of the kingdom.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23
NO PAPER THANKSGIVING DAY

Following the usual custom, there
will be no issue of The Daily Gate
City Thursday, November 26. Thanks
giving day.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

Read The Daily cate City. 10
cents per week.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

-Read The Gate City want column.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-11-23

keokuk, Iowa November q, 1914
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1914-09-01
OF CITY INTEREST

Mrs. VIM. Milbradt visited relatives
and friends at Wood Lake last week.
Mrs. Robt. Whyte returned Satur-
day from visit at the Birkenmeyer
home at Marshall.
H. o. Schleuder returned to New
Ulm last week after q visit with mis-
uncle, H. Schleuder.
Retiring of baby carriage wheels
receives careful attention at the
Scenic City Repair Shop. SGT
Mrs. C. H. Posi-, of Sanborn, was
a guest of her parents, Mr., and Mrs.
VIM. Fields last Thursday.
Mrs. John Lauterbach returned last
week from a visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Andrew Cook at ST. Peter.
Mrs. Douglas Allan, of Gilfillan,
who underwent an operation at the
Warner hospital short time ago, is
recovering rapidly and will soon be
able to return to her home.
Mrs. Eta Aldrich and her daugh-
ter, Miss Pearl, have taken an apart
ment in Mankato and will live there
during the coming school year. Miss
Aldrich will attend school at Mankato.