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Pocahontas star herald., 1914-02-27
Central Committee Proceedings

Meeting was called TO order by
the chairman A. j. Witt. On roll
oall the following were present.
Baker, J. II. Baker;
BrIstow, J. T. Hamilton;
Butler, Hugh Bridges;
Columbia, T. A. Sago;
Current River, Harry Hite;
DemuD, l.. X. Pickett;
Eleven Points, w K StubbIe6eld,
proxy for L E Tyler;
Foster, Tobe Chastain;
Ingram, g e. Davis;
Jackson, Thos. Hurq;
James Creek, p B Stephens; proxy
for J b Stephens;
holland, J d Level;
O'Kean, i. NJ. Dean, proxy for
w = Brooks;
Reyno, y w Reynolds;
Richardson, II NJ Crockett;
Roanoke, b e Pettsjohp; proxy
for } L Pettijohn;
Shiloh, Ed Thompson;
Warm Springs, w. A. Holt proxy
for J X Holt;
Water Valley, w. r, Hass;
Wiley, Lee Mays, proxy for G
w Lnttrell;
A quorum was declared present
L + Blankenship the secretary Of
the committee being absent } d
Wells was elected asst secretary,
those having proxies filed their
proxies aud were declared members
Of the meeting. The following res
olutlon was offered by A J WIT
and was adopted.
BE il resolved that a Democratic
primary election is hereby called to
be held at the several preulnc's 10
Pocahontas star herald., 1914-02-27
from Chandler, Oklahoma

Oklahoma people are enjoying
fine weather for this time of the
year. Our farmers are sowing oats,
aud some oats are already coming
up. This is fine alfalfa country.
We cut from three to four crops
year from our alfalfa. Each cutting
makes about two tons per acre.
am also IN the dairy business
here. ] have received As high as s5
cents apourd for my butter Ialso
have a nice lot Of cait'e aud mules.
| own 80 acres Of iiuo land well I'M
proved. Cotton hiiycs here. /
have rased $500 worth OF cotton on
my farm Iuls miles of usis
line oll field.
lsom Brown has bought land here
and is improving 1t VIII Parks
ton, who came to this country a few
weeks ago, likes the country fine,
and Is wanting to trade his Arkan.
sas land for land here.
! like to read the letters from my
old friends in Arkansas As much
as like this country, can nsVer
90 back on old Arkansas. You're,
truly, jess Hagar.
Pocahontas star herald., 1914-02-27

only aboli,h forever, the oonyiet
lease system, but revlses the entire
system Of the management aud oon-
troll OF the penitentlary, to the ex.
tent that the records now show say.
ing to the tax payers Of al proximate
ly sa,ooo.oo per month, in the way
Of expenses makes the board Of the
peuitenliary commission personally
responsible FOR tho treatment Of our
convicls aud a correct accounting
for the proceeds of their labor.
The Legislature Of 1918, Of which
| was your member, added law, to
the list Of tax payers Of the state,
all the telegraph aud telephone com.
panies, cotton brokers, fire, life.
tornado, bealth aud accident iusur.
ance companies, building aud loan
associations, electric aud water com.
panies all public service corporaption
which have not heretofore been sub.
ect 20 taxation, and various other
properties which have not before
been subject to taxation, thereby ad-
ding 10 the revenue Of the state,
several hundred thousand dollors.
from sources not heretofore taxed.
Also enacted laws making the
banking institutions OF the state
responsible TO their depositors IN
case Of bank failure, created state
depository law, by which the state
will derive thousands of dollars for
the use OF the state revenues, that
have hereiofor paid nothing; a law
that makes ii felony for any one
to own. operate, or control a gam
bling.house in the state of Arkansas,
and fixes aud the punishment at inn
prisoment in the state penitentiary;
Increased the ex-confederate pen
sion tax aud abolished the state cap
itol tax; made uniform negotiable
intruments; created a state board Of
health; enacted white slave law; also
franchise tax law for all corporations
of the state; an inheritance tax law,
aud various other laws. lam proud
Of being member of the Legislature
aud assisting in the enactment OF
such laws which have long been de-
manded by the masses Of the people
Of the state.
In this submit my csndidahcy
and record, as your member Of the
law making body of the state, for
approval or rejection oil the honest
voters OF Randolph county, and #
| have served my constituents and
the masses Of the people a. |
should have done, 1 will appreciate
your endorsement at the polls on
March the 95th, and in the event
You see fit to endorse my ,candidaoy
for this Office, l only promise fair
and honest discharge my duties as
bsst | can, without special favors
shown to any interest serving par-
poses.
Thanking you or past iavors !
am,
Respectfully,
Adv. w. a. JACKSON.
Pocahontas star herald., 1914-02-27
To Prevent Blood polsnnlnr

apply at once the wonderful old reliable DR.
pORrER's ANTIsEPrIc HEALING OIL. sur.
ricci irc5sirE that relieves pain aud tcais ~
the same time. Not q iiniment 2sc SOC s.ol
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
NO CHILDREN IN
CANNING FACTORIES
State Labor Commissioner Urick
Warns That Law Must Not
be Violated.

The thou sand children that toiled N
the seventy.five canning factories OF
Iowa last season will not be among
the ranks Of the workers this coming
season. State Labor Commissioner A.
l.. Uriclk is today sending out notice
to all canning companies that they
shall discontinue the employment OF
boys and girls under the age OF four
teen years, as prescribed in the child
labor law Of Iowa. They shall also
keep children between the ages IT
fourteen and sixteen away from dan
gerous machinery.
In past years canning factories were
held to be excluded from the provis-
ions of the child labor law Last year
Labor Commissioner UHck reversed
his predecessor and declared the fac
tories had been violating the law by
hiring child labor The season was
too far advanced at that time to war
rant prosecutions or action tc com!c Il
the factories to discharge their child
labor.
Urick expects no trouble with the
managers of Iowa's big canning fac
tories. Some have already indicated
their intention to comply with the
law to the letter. Urick is determir-
ed. however, that the child labor law
will be enforced this year.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
Purifies Blood
With Telling Effect
Gives Conscious Evidence of
lis Direct Action.

8. s. S., the famous blood purifier, almost
talks as It sweeps Its way through the cir
culatIon. Its action Is SO direct that very
often In some ferns Of skin affection the
appearance Of the eruptions changes over
night the itch and redress are gone and
recovery begins Immediately.
As q matter Of fact, there Is enc tnSredi-
cnt In s. S. s. which serves the active pur-
pose Of stimulating each cellular part OF
the body TO the healt.y and judicious selec-
ton OK its own essential nut-iment. Ifat
Is why +. regenera:cs tic blood supply; why
It has such a tremendous influence In over
coming eczema, rash, pimples, and all skin
Affections.
And IN reScneraung the tissues s. s. s.
has a rapid and positive antidotal effect
upon all those irritating influences that
cause rheumatism, sore threat. weak eyes,
loss of weight, thin, pale checks, and that
voariness Of muscle and nerve THAT is gen
orally experienced as spring fever. Get
bottle OF S. S. S. at any Gcug store, and In
a few days you Will not only feel bright and
energetic, but you will be tie picture OF
now life. S. S. S. is prepared only in the
laboratory of The Swift specific Co, o34
Swift Bldg, Atlanta, Ga, who maintain a
very efficient Medical Depa rtnent, where all
who have any blood disorder of a stubborn
nature may write freely for advice and a
cpecial book Of instruction. s. s. s. is solo
everywhere by drug stores, department. ana
general stores. but beware Of all substitutes.
u. nat
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
LABOR PROBLEMS
ARE NOT IN IOWA
Conditions In State Factories Are
Good According to Reports Made
by Bureau.

Iowa is not yet up against many OF
the labor problems which are causing
trouble in the older states. Factory
development has not proceeded far
enough SO that child labor, over-worlI'
ing, occupationa1 diseases, ventila,
ton, etc., have to be considered as a
difficult problem.
The state labor bureau has been at
work recently, having Investigations
made in most Of the cities Of the
state of the conditions of labor, in
places where female help Is employed
such as laundries, restaurants, and
hotels. The object is to learn If there
are conditions existing which need
the attention Of the state authorities
found that very long and arduous
hours prevail, in others there is com
paratively small wage, in others there
is too great danger Of injury to
health or morals.
But in most OF these industries, as
found in Iowa, the conditions are gen,
orally good, as found by the labor
department.
The factory inspection has already
disclosed the harm which comes from
the adoption of the piece system and
crowding of labor. In practically
every factory is found at least one
who Is exceptionally skillful in hand.
ling the work, whatever it Is, and his
record is set as the mark for all
More important Is it that the wage Is
based on what the abnormally fast
worker can accomplish by a strain
Already Mrs. Rourke has found that in
some factories in Iowa the health OF
women employees is endangered by
the close and steady work, in a few
instances the dust Is detrimental to
health and no way seems to have been
found for preventing this.
But not until the factories are
more common and the work is done
by large bodies of ignorant persons
will the factory problem become acute
in Iowa The work is being done by
the labor bureau now under the au.
thority of the state laws, is to pre-.
pare the foundation for proper regula
ton of all factory work for all time.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
American Surgeons Meet in London.

American Surgeons Meet in London.
LONDON, July 27.-Although Amer
lea is admittedly far in advance of
the rest of the world in the general
science of carving the human body,
4 500 eminent surgeons Of the United
States and Canada have come to Lon
don to learn some new things In
which British members of the profess
sion are said to excel. For the first
time in history the clinical congress
of surgeons Of North America Is meet
ing in a foreign country. having ac-
cepted the invitation Of a delegation
Of British surgeons at the Chicago
convention last year to hold it's fifth
annual session in this city
At the opening meeting tonight the
delegates will be formally welcomed
by Sir Hickman J. Godlee, chairman OF
the London committee, and by United
States Ambassador + age, and Will list
en- to an address by the retiring pres
ident, Dr. George D. Brewer, OF New
York. During the next five days the
visitors will be given opportunity OF
an intimate study Of the latest British
clinical methods at demonstrations to
be conducted in the various London
hospitals, of which there will be an
average of twenty a day. General
sessions will be held each evening at
the Savoy and Cecil hotels at which
papers will be read and discussed by
the foremost surgeons of both Eng
land and America.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
START CAMPAIGN TO
PREVENT CAR FAMINE
Western Railroads Urge BUSINESS
Houses to Expedite Loading
and Unloading.

Railroads of the west are making
an effort to avoid a car shortage
when the crop movement begins In
the fall, by urging business houses
TO cooperate in getting the fullest ser
vice out of the cars available. In
letter sent to the state railroad com
mission the roads ask that body to as
sist in organizing commercial inter
ests along this line.
The roads urge that the country IS
TO have the greatest crop yield it las
ever known, and that the number OF
cars available will be entirely made
ouate unless much Of the regular
freight business can be handled before
or after the crop movement.
business houses are asked to move
coal lumber, cement and other mater
ial before the crop movement begins;
to load and unload cars quickly 10
anticipate disposition of freight be-
fore it's arrival; to only order such
cars as can be used Immediately; to
load cars to capacity; to reduce to
minimum the sending OF cars 70
points TO be held for reconsignment.
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Keokuk people congratulate them on
their judicial appearance and their
fattering prospects.
The Price She Pays

There is hardly an American wom-
an nowadays who can keep pace with
the demands made upon her time and
energy without paying the penalty OF
ill-health. 1t may be that dreadful
ba ckache, dragging pains. headaches
nervousness or the tortues Of dis
placement. It is the price she pays.
To women In this condition Lydia E.
Vegetable Compound comes
as a boon and a blessing. A simple
remedy made from roots and herbs
which brings glorious health to suf-
faring women.-Advertise
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SO; 5th, diploma and IS.

$lU, OGn, diploma dHu %.
Each competitor must remove two
OLD foreshoes from his horse and
make, fit and fix two new ones from
plain bar IRON lots having been pre-
vious'y drawn for the order In which
they work. The style Of shoeing will
be the ordinary cart horse shoe with
out side clips or toe pieces. Each
competitor will be allowed one assist
ant or striker to help him IN forging
and to hold the horse The maximum
time allowed to each competitor for
the complete operation will be one
and one-half hours and the judges will
be requested to allow points for rapid
ity of execution within that limit.
The following schedule of points will
be used by the judges in making their
awards: Making shoes, %; pairing and
leyeling. 90; fitting, 90; driving, Is;
general finish, 10; time, 10.
The judges will note and make OBJ
seryations on the following points
which will have bearing On the de-
cisions rendered. Work at the anvil;
hammering and heating; limited heat
ing and liberal hammering gives
tougher and better wearing shoes;
kee ping the fire and handling the
shoe in the fire; cutting gutter so that
tn /, nail heads will be straight and
firm when driven: punching nail holes
the right size and angle: pairing ana
leyeling of hoof: fitting the shoe with
out too much burning; driving OF
nails at proper place in the wall OF
the hoof; cutting and clinching nails;
finish and neatness without too much
80 -DinC
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
Two Former keokuk Boys Aspire to
the Honorable Position
Of District
Judges.
POPULAR IN THE CITY
Eugene McQuiIIan and Lee W. Hag-
erman, Born Here, Are Among
the Candi.
dates.

In the st. Louis Republic Of Sunday
there was story printed Of the can
portions of which was of interest to
Keokuk people. Groupe pictures were
given Of number Of the candidates
and In the groupe of aspirants for the
circuit judgeship there were two we'll
remembered former residents of Keo'
kuk, Eugene McQuillan and Lee w.
Hagerman.
There are number Of circuit
judges to be elected from the several
districts of the city, and these Keo'
kuk men are not battling with each
other, as they live in different dis
tricts, one republican and the other
q democrat.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
ACTION IN k.8W.
CASE IS Due soon
Government Agent Is Busy Gathering
Evidence in Proposed Action
Against Burlington
Railroad.
DEFENSE IS OUTLINED
Claim Will be Made That Humeston
Line Was Built by 8url,ns
ton and Not
Bought.

Matters appear to be moving rapidly
in the proposed divorce of the Keokuk
& Western railroad from the Chicago,
burlington & Quincy, as demanded by
patrons living in cities and towns on
the line Of the K. & W., who charge
that railroad business across the
southern section of Iowa from the
Mississippi river to the Missouri
river, is a monopoly enjoyed by the
20" system. according to Council
Bluffs dispatch which says:
Arthur l.. Barkey, from the depart
ment OF justice at Washington, has
s,een interviewing attorneys and 9TH
ers interested in some Of the larger
cities on the K & W., and yesterday
went over the evidence in the hands
of attorneys carrying on the fight
against the Burlington. 1t is now
proposed to include the o. & w. line
from Quincy to Kansas City in the
same action.
While in Shenandoah, Mr.. Barley,
in company with attorneys, interview
ed a number OF people who were en-
ployed on the Humeston & Shenan-
toah before it was absorbed by the
90 as to the change in conditions
that came over it when the merger
that owing to the competition previ-
ously existing, that nearly fifty men
were employed in Shenandoah in
transferring freight.
Mr. Barkey came to this city and
will spend some time here and in
Omaha and will then proceed to Des
Moines and Keokuk.
An interesting feature OF the pres
ent action is life sized rumor that
the Baltimore & Ohio railroad is put
ting out feelers with view to ac-
quiring the X. & w, which traverses
the state Of Iowa from east to west
and it is claimed that it Is desired
as connecting link in transconti-
mental line with the Union Pacific.
The defense of the Burlington has
been outlined by one Of its officials
in quiet way II will claim that the
Humeston g. Shenandoah branch-a
part of the X. & Was not pur-
chased by 1t and then withdrawn as
competitive parallel line. The case
has been somewhat obscured by desig-
mating the entire line as the K. & W.,
which really ends at Van Vert All
towns west OF Van Vert are on the
Humeston & Shenandoah branch and
the Burlington will defend its right
to ownership OF this by claiming that
it was constructed by the %" and
not acquired by purchase.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
Thanks. thanks to thee. my worth,

DES MONIES. Iowa. July 21.--The
village blacksmith, whom Henry
Wadsworth I.ongfellow immortalized
in one of his most famous poems, ana
blacksmiths from the cities, too, ara
being given an opportunity to COM
pete in a horse shoeing contest this
fall at the Iowa state fair. In recog-
milton of the blacksmitl's trade and
OF It's Importance, especially in this
agricultural region, the state fair
management is offering both premiums
and medals to the winners in the con-
test This is the first time such a
contest has ever been put on in this
country.
Up to the present time. however.
by Secretary A. r. Corey and the fair
officers arc anxious for the members
OF this craft to enter the contest.
Entries close August 1st. But little
time remains, therefore, for sending In
the entries A card to Secretary
Corey, Des Moines. Iowa, will secure
a premium list which will explain all
Of the details of tho contest.
The contest is to be held in a spe.
cial tent equipped with forge, anvil
and vice. Fuel will also be provided.
All other materials and tools must be
provided by competitors The prizes
will be as follows: LIST, silver medal
( ard s25; Cd, bronze medal and $50;
&c. diploma and SIS; 4th, diploma and
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27

men of the state militia have for years
held their maneuvers, the range Is
ideally located. Owing to complaints
of the residents Of South Nyack and
Grand View, the old range at Blauvelt
was abandoned 1t cost the state
$475,OOO, while the new one. author
lied by the legislature during Its re-
cent session, was finished at an outlay
OF about $4,000.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
Open State Rifle Range.

PEEKSkILL, n. Y, July 2I.-Prac-
tice by the state militiamen in the
presence of many prominent military
authorities marked the opening of the
new rifle range here today. Adjoining
the Peekskill camp, where the guards
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27
The ees. Medicine in the World.

my little girl had dysentery very
bad. 1 thought she would die. Cham
b srlain's Cole, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy cured her, and / can truth.
fully say that I think it is the best
medicine in the world" writes Mrs.
William Orvis, Clare, Mich. For sale
nv all rs.-Advertisement.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27

Stomach a n q Liver
Tablets would do fer
Them" writes II. N.
Youngpeters, editor Of
the Sun, Lake View,
Ohio. lone bottle of
the tablets would end
the trouble for most OF
them. / suffered in
tensely after eating
and never felt well,
and no treatment or
medicine I tried ever
seemed to do me any
good until reading an
advertis ement for
Chamberlain 'sTablets
in my own paper, l
tried a bottle. Thefirst
few doses gave me sur
prising relief, and the
second bottle seemed
to give me a new ston-
rood health, / didn't
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27

Itching piles provoke profanity. but
profanity won't cure them. Deans
Ointment cures itching, bleeding or
protuding piles after years of suffer
ing. At any drug store.-Advertise-
ment-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27

The declaration of faith and the
constitution making the basis of union
between the Methodist Protestant
church and the church Of the United
Brethren in Christ, was the subject
of discourse yesterday of the Rev. J..
! o. Ledbetter at the Methodist Protest
ant church. Rev. Ledbetter first read
the action on church union adopted at
Columbus, Ohio, on July Is.
He then took up the declaration OF
/ faith, which is the basis for union OF
the two churches. His discourse yes
| terday morning was for the most part
along the lines set out in this decla-
ration. 1t covers the beliefs OF the
faith of the new church, and together
with tho constitution adopted is of the
most Importance to the union.
The declaration of faith and the
constitution are herewith printed In
full for the first time here:
! Declaration Of Faith.
| We, the representatives of the Unit
ed Protestant church, desiring to con-
fess our inward and personal faith in
and, also, to express our acceptance OF
the holy scriptures as the inspired
source Of all our faith and the ST.
,preme standard of christian truth,
and depending upon the guidance OF
the holy spirit to lead US into all
truth, do make this declaration OF our
faith, and in SO doing we do heartily
renew the conservation of our lives
t. Almighty God and to the service OF
mankind.
1. We believe in the one living and
true God, the Father and the Son and
Holy Ghost; that these three are one;
that the Father and Lord OF all,
maker of heaven and earth, did send
His son, Jesus Christ, to redeem us
from sin and death by the perfect
obedience of His holy will in life, by
the sacrifice of Himself on the cross,
and by His glorious resurrection from
the Dead that the holy spirit, the
spirit of God and of Christ, moves in
the hearts of men, calling them
Through the gospel to repentance and
faith, awakening in them spiritual
sorrow for past sin and confidence IN
the mercy of God, together with new
desires and new power to obey His
will
2. We believe that, though man by
disobedience became alienated from
God, yet God would have all men re-
turn unto Him; that to this end he
has made Himself known, not only
through the works of nature and tie
consciences of men, but, above all,
through Jesus Christ, His son; further,
that God is ever calling to men
Through His love and that they who
;hear this call Of divine love. and dc
heartily put their trust in the Saviour
whom His love has provided. are as
sured by His word Of His most faith
Ierly forgiveness, Of His free and per
feet favor, the presence OF His spirit
in their hearts, and of a blessed Inn
mortality.
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Gave Him
A New Stomach

"There are thousands of sufferers from
stomach and liver troubles whom wish
Icould meet and tell what hamberlain's
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1914-07-27

ach and perfect good health / didn' {
think anything would give me such Z
complete cure. They are wonderful"