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The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-09-18

Fair Tonight and Saturday
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
War Governors Widow.

Some interesting recollections of war
times in Iowa are brought up by the an
nouncement from Iowa City that Mrs.
Jane Clark Kirkwood, widow of Iowa's
war governor, recently entertained a
group of ladies' there-all of them over so
years of age-in celebration of her 93d
Mrs. Kirkwood is living in the house
that was built by Governor Kirkwood in
1850, FIVE years after they came to Iowa.
They had previously lived in CoralviIe,
near lowe City, where Mr.. kirkwood was
in the farming and milling business. This
house has been her home continuously for
over half a century, her residence there
being broken only by the times her hus-
band served as governor. as United States
senator and as secretary of the interior
in President Garfield's cabinet.
1t was III this home that Governor Kirk
wood left her to hasten to Davenport
when he received the first news thai Fort
Sumter had been fired upon. The news
came on Monday, April 1G. and Davenport
citizens assembled in the streets. under
intense excitement, awaiting the publica-
ton Of an extra" soon issued Jointly by
Governor Kirkwood was one of the
speakers at a public meeting called for
Tuesday evening, in LeClaire hall. Hon.
John f. Dillon was another. Mayor
n; Richardson was secretary. Governor
Kirkwood said that he had been called
out Of a sickbed by a messenger, who said
that dispatches were awaiting him from
the president. He could not find them in
Iowa City. and thinking that they might
have been received in Davenport and for
warded to Des ,Moines, he came here to
that the people were g - have him
do his duty. He pledged his own prop
erty for the payment of all expenses until
the regiment that was asked of Iowa
could be turned over to the government.
While Governor Kirkwood was
at first by the request for a regiment,
O short time later 10 regiments were on
their way to the front, and Camp McClel-
Ian; at Davenport. was a center from
regiments that rallied in defense Of the
flag.
Mrs. Kirkwood looks back across more
than 50 years to those exciting times.
Iowans who know the loving and loyal
support that her husband had at home
will wish her many more.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
The Mystery of
the Bou1e Cabinet
BURTON E.. STEPHENSON
Copyright, 1918, by Burton e. Stevenson.
1918, by Burton e. Stevenson.

sternly, pausing with his hand on the
front door, there is to be no foolish
ness about securing that cabinet for
me. Don't let it get away. I'm in
deadly earnest"
Il won't let it get away" I promised.
perhaps it's just as well Pm not over
enthusiastic about it."
Let me know as soon as you have
any news" he said, and opened the
door for me.
l had intended walking home, but as
l turned up the avenue, l met sweeping
down 1t a flood Of girls just released
from the workshops of the neighbour
MOOD. l struggled against it for a
lew moments. then gave it up, hailed a
cab, and settled back against the cush-
ions with a sigh Of relief. I was glad
to be out Of Vantine's house; some
thing there oppressed me and left me
~ at ease. Was Vantine quite normal,
1 wondered? Could n man be nor
mai who was willing to pay a hum
dred thousand dollars for a piece Of
furniture? Especially a man who
ould not afford such extravaganza?
/! knew the size Of V%antine's fortune;
II was large, but a hundred thousand
collars represented more than a years
income. And then I smiled to myself.
or course Vantine had been merely
testing when he named that limit. The
cablnet could be bought for a tenth
OIL 1t, at the most. And, still smiling. I
left the cab, paid the driver, and
to my rooms.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Tariffs a Bar to Peac.

cit has struck me-" Richard Golden.
the great English liberal, wrote in 1872,
that it would be well to try to engraft
our free trade agitation upon the peace
movement. They are one and the Same
cause. 1t has often been for me a mat
ter of the greatest surprise that the
Friends have not taken up the matter of
free trade as the means-and I believe
the only permanent means-of effecting
universal and permanent peace"
Cobden's reference, of course, was to
the fact that the constant struggle for
enlarged markets is the chief danger to
the peace of the world, and that that
struggle is the direct outcone1of tariffs.
What difference would it nave made to
Austria who controlled servia and tho
road to the Aegean sea if there We're no
danger of tariff duties that would bar
What difference would it make to Ger
many who owned Belgium if Belgium
were in the customs union with the other
German states?
1t would be possible by the limitation
of ornaments and the general adoption
of arbitration treaties to make wars less
frequent. But SO long as it is regarded
as good national morals for a country
to bar other countries trade, there is GO
ing to remain a possible cause of war.
Golden was right in believing free trade
the great help to universal peace. And
the fact that the world is no nearer
free trade today than it was in Cobden's
time merely means that In every coun-
try except England the special interests
have mustered pull enough with the gov
to get what tariff duties they
wanted. f
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Continued next week.)
Tennis Hints.
From Outing.

He who annot voiley sharplv baa
better not volley at all. The dub who
runs to h net and lets the bali meet
his racket and bounce back from It
may have a perfectly splendid time
and his actions may be fully iustihed
by the fun he gets out Of them. hut az
far as effective play is concerned he
might as well save his treneth and
stay back. On the other hand The
chap who can hit a ball in the air. NOT
merely let the ball hit his racket ia
doing something for himself. IF he
can volley at an angle and make his
opponent stretch his legs and run. so
much the better. But even if his sharp
volley Is not placed, and but hits in
mid-court sharply, it is far better than
the gentle return. m~iscalled a volley. Of
the dub whose idea is only 'get it back
over the net"
And the same applies to the smash.
II we smash. let us, in the name of
the game. smash! To wave u racket
wildly overhead and bring them gently
under the lob n bounce 1t back again
II they do go out or hit the net-the
n is because the ball was allowed to
get too much back OF ones head be-
fore striking, the other that one struck
the ball too far in front. It is timing
which can be learned. this matter Of
smashing, and should be learned by the
dubbfest OF dubs. for to play the over.
head ball any other way than with In
tentiOn n some speed Is to ~retrograde
to the class of the beginner whose
whole ambition Is to play "pat-balI..
under tho impression that he Is play
ing tennis.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Dangers 70 tho Eye.

MI. Louis Bell. the electrical illu-
minating expert, and DR.. F. H. Yer.
hoen. an eye specialist, have published
In Science their opinion that the al.
legged dangers to the eye from ultra.
violet or actinic rays, but these have
U artificial lights amount to nothing
at all. They admit that there have
been many Sensational attacks" upon
modern illuminants as dangerous by
reason OF injurious effects Of ultra.
violet or actinic rays. but these have
entirely neglected any quantitativs
relation between the radiation and its
supposed pathological effects" Very
little Of these rays can penetrate the
cornea. and the crystalline lens cuts
on completely those that straggle
through toward the retina. Protective
glasses are useful only, they conclude,
In cutting of dazzling lights and I'm.
due heat.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Go to Jerusalem to Die.

That Jewish immigrants have so
we'll adapted themselves to local con.
ditions In Jerusalem as to practically
monopolize a greater part of such
trade as exists" is stated in a consular
report on Jerusalem. 1t is impossible
to give an exact estimate Of the popu.
lation Of Jerusalem, and although it is
believed that 1t figures at ITO, 900,
$4,000 might perhaps be a more cor
rect estimate. 1t is, roughly speak.
ing, composed OF $4,000 Christians,
$4,000 Mohammedans and 10000 Jews,
many of whom are immigrants from
Russia.
1t is remarked that in spite of the
emigration of many Jews to escape
military service there has still been
a marked increase in this section of
the population on account of the con-
tinuous influx of aged Jews, who come
with the intention Of ending their days
In Palestine,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15

s A PLAr FOR GOOD
I CITY GOVERNMENT

The old plan city charters should give
way as rapidly as may be to charters that
do treat cities as business and social in
sible, the intrusion of national politics in
city affairs; hat reduce to a minimum
the number Of city officers to be elected
tralize executive responsibility, and that
provide the simplest and, at the same
time. the most efficient sort of working
machinery for the conduct of the citys
running affairs.
Except where the authority of the state
is exercised on a statewide basis, and ex-
cept in the prescription of the funda-
mentals of government, the cities should
be permitted to govern themselves; to
make their own local laws or ordinances;
of local taxation. and to control the use
of their own funds.
Where the principal city officers are
elected, the plan of selection should in
nomination by petition, so far as prac-
ticable,. as we'll as the Massachusetts
All subordinate officers and employees
below the elective rank should be chosen
for their individual merit and fitness.
given the assurance of tenure during good
behavior, and paid salaries that CORE
spond I, those paid in like positions in
Each city, whether it be of the old
class and in need Of making over, or still
in the making. should provide for its
carefully devised and properly co-ordi-
mated ''city plan" And modern plan
ming, may l add, means not merely laying
out systems of railways. streets and ave-
nues, but the grouping of public build
ings. the regulation of private building,
proper provision for parks and other open
recreation spaces, and the avoidance of
unwholesome crowding or congestion Of
any sort.
Each city should have, too, it's definite
plan for the coordination and smooth
working of its own departmental service;
modern, scientific methods should be fol-
lowed in the development of each mu-
nicipal function and of each part of the
machinery of service: and the distri-
of each should be based upon their actual
relative need and Importance.
Franchises granted to private corpora
tons for the operation of street railways,
or for the delivery and sale Of water.
light, power or other, commodities re-
CURED by all the people, but not as yet
handled by the city itself, should be given
only upon terms that protect the right of
the city to share in the profits of opera
ton; that provide for %recapture. after a
desires. and that provide also that, wher-
ever such private operation is permitted.
it shall be under effective public regula-
ton.
city g~ovepnment' Should L ' be assured ID
through the adoption of more systematic
methods of departmental reporting, as
well as through the establishment of
budgetary exhibits and municipal mu-
seums OF the sort that have proved SO
And, finally, far greater attention
should be given to the processes and the
problems of city government by our
schools and other institutions of learning.
and far, more attention should be given
to the details of government by the cit
liens themselves.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
NOT EVEN AN ACQUAINTANCE
American Girl Surely Had Reason for
Complaint Against Impertlnence
Of Accoster.

lNt@a MEfTN NH&-W AEaEl
You remember how in the piping
days OF peace, when something simply
had to be done to make talk, there
was q hue and cry about American
girls In Berlin and the dreadful things
they did under pretense of studying
music. Here is q story OF one Of them
which the New York Evening Post
Saturday Magazines special war cor
respondent has sent over with the e.
PLANTATION that 1t was all he could get
past the censor at this time. A Ber-
lin paper reports that a quiet street
In Charlottenburg was suddenly
alarmed by shrill cries OF Police! Po-
lce!" "A great crowd promptly col
lected about the person responsible for
The disturbance, an excited young
woman, obviously American.
ARREST this man, officer" she said
- soon as a policeman appeared. Il
Am Miss Ellington from Cincinnati, u.
8. A., and he had the impertinence to
speak to me"
The policeman, guided by the young
woman's accusing finger, picked out
tho culprit.
The man is q stranger to your" he
asked.
AN entire stranger" replied Miss
Nllington. Il have only been taking
violin lessons from him for six
months"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
The New Language.

Here Is Dur esteemed contemporary
World Speech again celebrating that
accomplished international language,
Ro1. which is easy for the Japanese,
Chinese or Hindus as for the Latin or
Teutonic peoples. No doubt, and as
easy for US as Japanese, Chinese,
Ntruscan and Basque. But listen to a
bit OF Ro dialogue:
q tada, aci fiaw? Good morning,
how are YOUR
asito &c abb lie. (Thank you. l am
well.)
we resk abo? (Do you UNI
derstand merry
We do not; but api mugcal hab
awox mebu3 How many legs has q
aobsters-New York sun,
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Tender Spot

He was taking her for a ride in his
new motor car.
He seemed to be ahsent-minded and
dreaming.
How time fiesir he exclaimed at
last with . deep sigh.
when Is the next installment duet"
she asked with . significant glance
at his car.
And the very next evening ha went
out for another ride In his car, but
with girl who didn't know 90
much.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
DIsFIGURED WITH ERUPTION

2406 Copeland ST., Cincinnati, Ohio.
For one year my right wrist and
left arm from elbow to shoulder were
disfigured with sore eruption. The &C.
zema broke out with a rash and looked
like raw beef steak. 1t itched and
burned continually and ! had to keep
my arms covered with soft linen
cloths. I could not sleep at night.
II was told it was chronic case of
eczema and got medicine but it had
no effect. Then I sent for a sample of
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and the
first application seemed to help me.
] purchased two cakes Of Cuticura
Soap and a box Of Cuticura Ointment
and in six weeks my arms and wrists
were thoroughly healed" (Signed)
Mrs. John Clark. Jan. 26, IA.
Cuticura Soap and Ointment sold
throughout the world. Sample Of each
free. with 32-p. Skin Book. Address post.
card "Cuticura, Dept. L, Boston."-Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15

Constipation causes and aggravates MANY
serious diseases. 1t ia thoroughly cured BY
Or. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The fayorite
family laxative. Adv.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Such 4 Calamity.

"You look worried. What's o p"
Elsie told me a secret the other day,
but I can't tell o what 1t is."
why not?.
.T've forgotten It"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
She Knew,

A new drama was being rehearsed,
and the two women who had promi-
nent parts were not on the most
friendly terms.
Tn this scene," remarked the tall,
stately blonde, Il am supposed to
leave the stage at the rear, while you
stand in the front facing the audi
ence. What will be your cue to re-
sumo your lines?"
Why" replied the glowing bru-
nette, without hesitation, the look
Of satisfaction on the faces in the
audience"
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
Not Naeded.

Two college students were ar
ratgned before the magistrate. charged
With hurdling the low spots in the
rad In their motor car.
Have you : lawyer!" asked the
magistrate.
We're not going to have any law
~" anawered the elder OF the stu
dents. We've decided to tell the
truth.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15

The Uruguay legislature has just set
aside q large sum OF money for the
use of the nation In participating 10
the Panama-Pacific exposition
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15
DR.. S. M. WELLS, Specialist

In rheumatism, neu-
ralgia, dropsy, paraly,
Sis. catarrh of head
and stomach, bowels
and bladder; liver con-
~stipation. heart, piles.
ulcers. rectal troubles.
gallstones. grayeI'
Created successfully
without the knifeYl
Hystero- epilepsy, mel
ancholia and incom-
patibilities OF men and
women, blood and ali
!; chronic diseases. Con-
| sultation and exami-
! nation strictly conf
1 Dental DR.. Wells is
sreaab bic. experienced
Sand educated. Offices;
1908 Iowa Bldg. Corr
zee SITS, Sioux City. Ia.
Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1914-10-15

Marriage used to be lottery: now
IT. : game 81 skill.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1914-09-30
Good Officers.

1t is nth genuine regret that we
announce to our readers that Charlie
B. Dreher. for the past month q mem
ber of our county constsbuIary, is to
60 to Columbia to accept a position
on the city police. Mr.. Dreher has
only been 10 Lexington for a month.
While he has conducted himself in
such manner as to win theesteem and
confidence OF all orr peole. He is
a gentleman and knows his bus.
mess and Capt. G. c. Rober, IS we'll
as Sheriff Miller has found hu to be
a man ever ready and willinsto per-
form any duty. If the couiy is to
have dispensary constable az every
county IN the State that opetes the
dispensary has them we wit good
men and true in these positiss. In
"Olay" Roberts and Charlie Dreher
Lexington has them, and if were to
have constables let's have then right
on. Mr.. Dreher goes back tderve
Columbia in the same capad he |
served with distinction and abilh for |
ten years. Let's keep "Olay", we |
are to keep anybody. Everydy |
knows him. He is "bone Of Our he |
and flesh of our flesh" 80 to sl,
and he always does his duty. |
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1914-09-30
Board of Trade is Active

Mr.. D. r. Haltiwanger, secretary ot
the Lexington Board Of Trade, toda7
addressed the following telegram to
Secretary McAdoo, of the United
States Treasurer at Washington:
"Please advise date when govern
ment funds will be available through
national banks. The condition is serl
ous."
At meeting of the Board of Trade
last night. which was largely attended,
Mr. Alfred J. Fog, cashier of The
Home National Bank, and Mr.. M. l..
Tyler, manager of the Bank of Western
Carolina, stated that th cir banks would
not be in position to offer anything
like relief to the farmers, no matter
how much cotton is warehoused, until
the funds from the government begin
to float rapidly. The Board of Trade
is doing everything in its power to
bring about a condition that will bet
ter connitions locally. In the event
that funds from the government are
secured it is probable that a warehouse
will be built by local company, COM
posed of farmers, merchants, and
bankers, for the purpose of storing
cotton, The farmer can then get his
warehouse receipt, the banks can
handle the receipts, and some relief
may be hoped for. But, until this
money from the government is forth
coming, there is nothing for the farmer
to do, if he cannot hold, but to place
it on the market at great sacrifice.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1914-09-30

The county poorbouse managers have
canned enough goods during the past
summer, such as vegetables and fruits
to supply the needs of the institution
for the coming winter. We fird eight
head of hogs at the county poorhouse,
four of which are sick witt. cholera
and we recommend that some action
be taken at once to have a representa-
tive of the state government or of
Clemson ctllege to look after this mat
ter with all convenient speed.
A committee from our body with
E. W. Shull, foreman of the grand
jury as chairman has spent several
days with the aid of T. G.. Callison,
investigating the records and examin-
ing the books of rhe various county
Offices. One year ago the grand jury
employed an Auditing company for
the purpose of investigating the rec
ords and books of all of the county
Offices and these expert accountants
made minute and full il yesitgation
of all the records in the various Offices,
covering number of years and end
ing with July 1st, 1918, and for this
reason the committee for tie present
year has only deemed it necessary to
investigate the records beginning with
the fiscal year July 1st, 1918, and end
ing with July 1st, 1914, and we are
glad to reportthat this committee has
found the records and books in every
Office neatly kept and so near IN
perfect condition that we have not
deemed it nece ssay to call special at
tention to any matters therein found
to have existed in either Office during
this time.
We are glad to note the general i'm
provement in the educational Goa
ditions within the county. We learn
from the Supt. of Education that the
average school term has been increased
from ninety-four days for the year
1912 b. one hundred and one days for
the year 1913 That within eighteen
months nineteen school districts have
voted special taxes for school purposes.
There have been established in the
county within the past six months two
additional high schoolssand the num-
Der of white children in school have
increased from four thousand, nine
hundred eighty eight in 1918 to five
thousand, one hundred two in 1914.
We ask that the supervisor OF Lne
county pay to the Order of T. O. CAL.
lison sixty dollars for services render
ed the County and Grand Jury in it's
work for this year 1914, according to
contract approved by the presiding
Judge at the January term of Court.
We wish TO express to his Honor.
Geo. e. Prince, Presiding Judge, and !.
10 the Court officisaS our appreciation
Of the consideration and courtesies
~ss- -sesaof eourt. -; - &
: Respectfully submitted.
e. w. SKULL, ~
Il 49, Foreman.
The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1914-09-30
MAKES BACKACHE x,
QUICKLY DISAPPEAR
A Few Doses Relieves All Such
Miseries. Bladder Weakness,
Kidney Trouble and Rheu-
matism Promptly Vanish

1t IS no longer necessary for any
one to suffer with backaching, kid
ney trouble, have disagreeable blad-
der and urinary disorders to contend
with, or be tortured with rheuma-
tism, stiff joints, and its heart
wrenching pains, for the new discov-
cry, Croxone, quickly and surely re-
lieves all such troubles.
Croxone is the most wonderful
remedy yet devised for ridding the
system of uric acid and driving out
all the poisonous impurities which
cause such troubles. It is entirely
different from all other remedies. It
is not like anything else ever used
for the purpose. 1t acts on the prin-
ciple of cleaning out the poisons and
removing the cause.
1t soaks right in through the walls,
membranes and Innings, like water in
a sponge, neutralizes, dissolves, and
makes the kidneys sift out and filter
away, all the uric acid and poisons
from the blood, and leaves the kid
neys and urinary organs clean,
strong, healthy and well.
1t matters not how long you have
suffered, how old you are, or what
you have used, the very principle OF
Croxone is such, that it is practically
impossible to take it into the human
system without results. There is
nothing else on earth like it. 1t
starts to work the minute you take it
and relieves you the first time you
use it.
If you suffer with pains in your
back and sides, Or have any signs OF
kidney, bladder troubles, or rheuma-
tism, such as puffy swellings under
the eyes or in the feet and ankles, II
you are nervous, tired, and run down,
or bothered with urinary disorders.
Croxone will quickly relieve you OF
your misery. You can secure an orig
inal package of CIoxone at trlfling
cost from any hrst-class druggist.
All druggists are authorized to per-
sonally return the purchase price if it
fails in single case.