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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1914-10-16

IN looking over the complaints
of the people in reguard to the
Present Prosecuting County Attor-
ney we find that he has made good
officer and that the most of the
kicking comes from a one sided
faction. Mr.. Nesbit is conscientious
and is working for the best interest
of the county as far as it is possible
for him to do. He has served the
people one term and made a good
official and deserves another term.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
MORE CONVENTIONS.

Richmond in the last few weeks has been,
and in the weeks to come promises still to be.
the center Of many public activities. Scarcely
pausing in the work of the Southern Trade
congress the Cotton movement and the Vir-
einia State fair. the city is to be host to
the American Bankers association. and then to
the organization of bakers that is TO make this
city It's convention home
The position of primacy in Southern affairs
that is Justly her due means to Richmond more
than Is perhaps realized by those who do not
look TO the future with penetrating gaze as
90 the men who have taken up the work OF
1t is emincntiy fitting that tho American
Bankers should gather here In view of the dis
cussion in certain quarters to the wisdom of
raining Richmond as a location for Federal
Reserve bank. The bankers of the country need
only to come here and investigate conditions
to be fully satisfied with the facilities OF the
city for handling adequately and efficiently the
work Of this section of territory.
Let the good work continue and let other
bodies Of representative Americans be brought
here that they may see and testify TO the ire
mendous strides we are taking in every line of
municipal activity.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
HOW ABOUT THE DOPE?

We do not claim to be baseball experts or to
exercise any prophetic powers whereby we may
be able to pierce the veil of inside baseball that
hangs over the mysteries of such stratee1ans as
Mack and stan.ngs We are somewhat amused
fl, sov the least at the attempts Of the un-
bluabtng claims Of so-called baseball experts to
figure out TO the fractional point OF possloili'S
one weIi-k known sport writer especially mas the
had habit Of expressing in terms Of percentages
the possibilities of teams We saw yesterday
Soma ach stuff as this If stailinss hurlers can
..,,ot axartlv eighteen per cent better than
<facr.= Fingers, the Braves will cop the cham
pionsh4p, otherwise the White Elephants VIII
u,,relv make away with the bacon" Now 1t
may be possible to put such percentage value
on teams and men. 1t may be possible to state
an naper and in figures just how many bounces
a given ball is going to take between bat ana
glove and how many of those will mean victory
and how many defeat for given team. Per-
sonalIy we are not at all convinced of the
possibility OF such a performance. but If 1t Is
possible. what is the use OF the game and the
series at all? Why not let the two winners sit
quiet and have the sport writer's automatically
calculate Just which is TO have the world s
championship? Why not let the teams spend
their money buying up players and then let
the scribes figure out which team Is due to
win? Why have any for the flag at all?
Certainly you never convince sport writer that
his dope is wrong, for the dope has proved a
laughing stock as often 1t has been true; yet,
here they are again--expert insiders. know-it-
all grandstanders, and winner picking sport
editors
For ourselves. nothing is going to convince us
that our old team isn't the best in the world,
anyhow. What do we care about the dope and
all that STUFF We have them hit the pill
and seen the pill ride the fence Don't we know
they are the best In the world? What care we
for sport writer's? Ich gebibble.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
SUNDAY

the grounds SO long this practice was foi-
lowed The Nirginian could not conscienuousy
the fair without certain strong reser-
vauons, The cause of those reservations -
gone. We believe the gentlemen in charge OK
The fair mean what they say in declaring that
there will be no sale of liquor and no exhioitlon
Of Indecent shows-an influence scarcely less TO
he depIored than that OF the open saloon. An
other pernicious influence on which the directors
have decided TO put the iron heel Of disapprovai
ss the practice of gambling that is said to have
been all too open In previous years.
The weather promises 10 be excellent me
public sentiment Of virginia has been felt In
The character of amusements that are to ne
allowed We trust that large number OF our
neople will take advantage Of the educauonai
advantages afforded them and get beneficial
amusement from the clean things that they
are promised
with q good wish Tor success, The Virginian
awaits the opening Of the Virginia State Fair
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

requiem sounds. for us the church bell peals
How much Of superiority and how much Of ad-
vancement our State may claim over theirs may
grip of a war not of their making and not to
their liking. We trust that there may never
come day when America shall see such a
spectacle time when Europe shall pray for
Americas peace Long may We be defended
from such fate, from such experience.
To every man who holds up hands of prayer
today The Virginian makes the plea of President
Wilson that prayer be made for relief for
stricken Europe
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
Praise and JOY.
Editor Nirginian

Editor yirginian:
Sir-My heart rejoiceth and Is fun OF praise.
words are inadequate to express its fullness to
each instrument of usefulness in CAM
paign for Statewide. Glory and honor be unto
God for giving us the blessings which shall be
made manifest. in time and eternity, through
this victory He would have done this long
long ago II his people had been as ready to
heip May we not keep Him waiting to give
through blessings to humanity in this our
generation for quickly our day is spent, soon to
pass away to be remembered only by what we
have done.
Not by power by might, but My spirit
saith the Lord And thus he has glory out OF
both. ''for and against the most strenuous
efforts to becloud the issue in vain and
helpless proved the of flesh, though en-
trenched within league and government
Many years ago by faith / saw this day and
repoiced. was often laughed at for speaking OF
victory in his name, bless the Lord. whose
power I felt assured controlling events.
and guiding his chosen instruments TO accom-
plish his will DIR. Cannon, leader Of the
church. in action through the Anti-Saloon
league and fel,ow-workers including the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. and
others and many ladies by prayer. and every
privilege effectuallyA accomplished work that
stood the test and approval of him who
weigheth the spirit. God bless each one every
where.
And for our paper THE Richmond vir-
ginan" full praise and grateful Thanksgiving
for that which has been done through your
columns In helping the ajority to select wheat
from chalf, though young in years, and alone.
II stood for truth and facts righteousiy in the
face of cruel opposition from the three long
established dailies. and literature of that kind
flooding every part of our State. Long live The
Virginan, may her list increase hundred fold.
am glad to say I seek to add to her number.
With sorrow l found few active tprofessing)
Christians CD go forth arrayed in wet battle col
ors, worn in the ranks of those against" May
they seek to be loosed. ere they lose that which
they may have had in Him, faithful is He to
help. Joyfully as our churches stood together,
proclaimed they their strength of allegiance to
her Lord and king. Praises and blessings be
to each who took part in making our be-
loved Virginia dry. In God We trust
MRS. BIRDIE c. ADAMS.
South Richmond. Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
Work OF the Ministry.

Editor Nirginian
Sir---The vets express themselves as being
surprised at the great victory for Statewide
prohibition. 1t shows that people are tired of
being bound in chains, which eliminates them
from the spirit OF true democracy. l am sorry
they were so mised. The cause wide
represented by many leading papers and great
amount OF money. But alas they seemed to
have scales their eyes they would not
see the growing sentiment of prohibition In
the State. They lacked leader which is no neces-
sary in all movements more especially on of
such vital Importance.
Ministers called Of God to be watchmen
ON walls of Zion to people of their SINS
all sins, and church members are their co.
workers united, called Of God to witness for
Him at all times and everywhere In government,
business and home. / am glad to say they did
noble work and their reward is the elimi-
mating whiskey from the State blessing given
Ny their leader. who is God and Father OF
universe. 1T is not by might nor by power.
but by My spirit saith the Lord Glory and
praise to his glorious name given Of all good.
MOTHER.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
NURSES SETTLEMENT.

The Nurses Settlement association. an organ
41akion that has done much TO ease suffering and
a11ay distress among the needy of Richmond is
appealing to the city for aid in its winter work
Ths members Of the staff Of this association
Asye for themselves and their work large
piAce In the hearts Of those they have been able
~ aid to larger usefulness and happier CON
dltions by travelling into their homes with mes
saxes of cheer and material aid 10 the suffering
among Richmond's poor. II is a work that in
~ midst Of all the manifold activities 20
~hich Richmond IL giving herself should not he
pe6aected because not SO prominently before
"a city we trust that the appeal for .aid
pxgnted elsewhere in this issue viii meet with a
.x1Ydy response.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
PEOPLES FORUM
Her Successful Voyage.

Editor Virginian:
sir,-The success of the Statewide on her
maiden voyage is cause for great rejoicing
throughout the old Commonwealth. because
the entire run was made without single mis-
hap though local iceberg sighted by the
lookout on deck OF the Statewide, who hailed
his captain with the usual AYE, Sir an Ice
berg which caused construction for a brief
period The wireless operator. DR. James Can
non Jr. was hero of the hour. He saw that
danger threatened and at flashed the usual
s o. s. which was caught up by the Tar
Heel" a lfesaving boat that was safely
anchored in ajacient waters, noted Tor her
speed, having recently passed by the national
board of censorship and been approved by
Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, which
was soon broad side the Statewide. she was
commanded by Ex-Governor Glenn, who with
his megaphone, could be heard shouting:
Come hither come hither. my dear friends.
And do not tremble so;
For can steer the toughest gales.
That ever winds did blow"
He ordered all on deck of their respective
ships with orders never give up the ship and
then waited out ON the autumn air the sweet
refrain My Country "Tis OF Thee
The iceberg encountered was first seen IN
longitude capital and latitude academy, and is
said by an old salt not have been natural forma-
tion, but a manufactured product having on Its
surface numerous little priekers, viz high
taxes idle labor, blind tigers. speakeasys and
Inestimable aid. which the average school child
of ten years can estimate with four words. viz:
Though shall not kill" Experts say explo-
slves will not be used to remove this iceberg
which found Judgement in the channel Of the
beautiful Statewide; that owing to the warm
climate in which 1t Is lodged that by November,
1915 it will have entirely melted away, nor
will 1t be recorded in history an important
epoch. but will be only echo waited back
hv the winds Of time and by our chdrens
children in the following refrain:
"Intoxication
In my estimation
II the worst degradation
Ever come to d nation
The Statewide Is thing of beauty the pride
of the Old Dominion. and the largest thing
afoat save one, The Old Ship of Zion" OF
which she is model. She Will continue her
cruise for several years and will findly dock in
the harbor of Saloonless Nation.
JAMES p CARNEFIE.
Richmond, Va.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
When the Town Went Dry.

There was JOY in the hearts of the people at eve
When the dear old town went dry
And up from the throngs rose music and song
While the bells gave back reply
Now some of the people so happy were black,
And some of the people were white
But alike they proud in the iubant crowd
That the city had voted right
The folk had turned out from their hearthstones
at morn.
The men and the women as one
And like militant hosts had stood at their posts
Till the going down of the sun;
Instead of the emblem Of a broken heart,
Was the banner of smiles unfurled
And the telephone rang and the good news
sang
In the ears of waiting world.
No longer the mother would wait for her boy
And be at his coming dsmayed
No longer the wife bear the burdens of life
And be OF football afraid:
and the children accustomed to hunger and rags
Would hide from their father no more;
Wife, mother and child with welcoming smile
Would DC glad when he came to the door.
The saloonkeeper knew that the women IN
white
Were there with purpose grim
And with right good will his traffic would kill,
And yet be praying for him:
He knew they were better than the crowd he
served
And would willingly be his friend
He gladly could see mong the brave and the
free,
man in the midst of men
T. Berry Smith. A. NJ. LII d., the author
of these poems who occupies the chair of
chemistry and physics IN Central college. Fay
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

" tomorrow there opens again the Virginia
Gt9xe Fair, institution Of virginians for the
benent and profit Of Virginia. We are glad that
~ Institution is located in Richmond. that its
educational influence goes out from the capital
ali the State as one of the large movements
;afSyYrsinia.
xhe yirg1ntan is especially glad to have
93N citizens OF Virginia come to this great ex-
&a)6tion tomorrow and Throughout the week be-
$3.50 o. the action q the fair directors in
lshing the sale Of intoxicating liquor on
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
LESSONS OF THE WAR.

From the progress Of the war IN Europe Ger
\ 4nln valuable lessons may be drawn. despite he
1exrablc tales Of suffering and death that daily
M dispatches sent out from the front MAE
y not a nice thing. thing u which to
0sAk tightly 1t is, TO say the least, an IN
sading horror and casts It's blight for centuries
l1tar its passage. So from Europes san9ulnaTy
eansict we may draw the first and fundamental
aSauctions that war Is essentially horrible
~ the few years directly preceding the
Aecaaraslon of war the world was much given
~ uecuiAtion a. to The probability Of a great
EecpeAn war and its possible result II is
aXendantiy testified by the present situation that
] 90 beads OF peace are less firmly cementsd than
eeocs advocates were wont to claim There
Nns long road to travel towards world peace
nofore July of this year, The road has been
lunxtnsned infinitely by what ts now trans
Shans. j.
rs nociaiism was making Roadway in Germany
~ ~ =. the outside world could observe Some
s,s.sDle were inclined 30 think German socialism
would be a force sufficient to check German
x.11ltarism Thas hope appears gone. Mhinrsm
rslEns supreme.
Naval armanents have long held first sway
II the activities OF government. Naval arma-
ments have played a relatively ummportant
pArt In the progress of the war It had been
fr~siy predicted that the worlds next great
ronabat would be staged the rolling ocean
ana curtained by the driving nlists, but batGe-
ships. the playthings of nations, have been held
TOO costly to adventure into actnai combat, and
each nations desire seems to withhold its costly
- monsters from danger ami to trust to the
destruction Of sufficient lives on land to deter
mine which combatant is right.
Military science was believed to have reached
~ perfection. Ii appears almost siavsn
oepy.ng OF lessons given on Virginia soil by
those master strategists. Lee and Jackson
Wa were told that national debt would pre-
~eef war 1t has merely ADDED to its own
nvrs6ens and levied on the futures of generations
-. unborn to pay the piper.
s Human nature has remained the same. From
49, to time genius flashes forth. bravery AL
1,psfs startlingfy daring is exhibited and suffer
49, or extreme hardships undergone, And also
s4a1r> are those who intrigue. who hate, who
p6f the plans of rulers by narrowness of
SaaAa
The word rs about the same at the bottom.
NENsare given TO daily tasks. Our sympathy
go cut to those who die. but our work must
o. 6one as 1t comes. We see regretfully the
snit1euium is yet, and that ages must be
auSnbered into cycles before a nnal state Of in
tassaafional peace may be reached. With the
ua3iroophy of knowledge and the sterness of dis
111sS1onment go about daily work with
silent prayers for those who strive and die
And chese are few of the things we have
sloaTned---eut only few
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

cite, NO., .x Of Virginia ancestry. His grand
father was Byrd Smith. born in 1870, the eldest
son Of John Smith and Mary byrd y. His
grandmother was Sarah Hatcher Woodson born
in 1898. daughter of Poplar Foot" John Wood
son and Mrs Betty Venable nee. Elizabeth
Raine. Byrd Smith and Sallie Woodson were
married about 1913 by Rev. John Watkins
Professor Smith would like to correspond
with anyone who can give him possible clue
70 connection with any of his ancestry who
were soldiers in the Revolutionary war.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

The Nirgin,an congratulates DIR. r. Fl. Bennett
On his new work with the Methodist Conference
soh ool and while regretting that Virginia is
TO lose his very able services. yet feels that a
distinct compliment has been paid the State as
wen as Or. Bennett in his selection to talfe
charge Of this important work
We not with pride that of late a large mum
Der OF important Offices in church and State have
been filled by virginians. and feel that the
State is coming once more into the position of
primacY that is rightly her due.
The yirginian wishes for DIR. Bennett great
success in his position II is large Office
worthily filed
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
POEMS BY FORMER
VIRGINIAN
Editor Virginian:

Sr-The folk in Old Missouri rejoice with
you over the great victory in Old Virginia
arr sending two poems that may be apropos
Just now. some ten years ago man hung out
me sign OF broken heart in front OF his drug
! ~ store. There | wrote of the poems.
Two years ago we won a great victory here in
Fayette our college town. and there / wrote
the other. ] wish you would print them as
companion pieces that they may renew their
mission in the land of my forebears
Yours cordially
T. BERRY SMITH
Fayettc. Mo, October /, 1914.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04
The Sign of a Broken Heart,


strolled one day a busy street,
Feeling sense OF care
And somehow fell to reading the signs
That swung In the vagrant air
At length came to sign so strange
1t verify made me start
Twas the blood red sign of a shop for wine
In the form Of a broken heart.
Amazed to find so cruel sign
On a street in n Christian land
wondered what kind of a heart he had
Who such emblem planned:
And I looked to in the faces round
Some fruitage of his mart,
10! many a sign of the shop for wine
The sign of broken heart.
came-a faithful Wife
The while l stood and unused.
And led her staggering husband home
With senses all confused;
Her face vas one of the saddenng signs
Marking that busy mart,
Twas the speaking sign of the shop for wine
The sign of broken heart.
Then mother seeking her boy
Whose feet had entered there,
And o how careworn the face
Beneath her silvering hair;
she knew the hurt-and the sign
or that busy street a part
Twas the eloquent sign of the shop for wine
The sign of broken heart.
Not far away cherries hut
BY time and tempest SCARED
Where barefoot children wearing rags
Were playing in the yard;
The faces of those little ones
Were telltale like chart
They showed the sign Of the shop for wine
The sign of broken heart
was aroused by the signs of the sad sad eyes
%ht nj 1nth
knew they were made at the shop with the sign
OF the broken of life;
And then and there in my soul I
AS man to do my part.
TIL no shop for wine could make such sign
The sign of broken heart
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

Many man wonders why he knows so much
and can say SO little He probably is mistaken
as TO the amount of his knowledge. and then is
perhaps deceived as TO how much of it is his
own property.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

The Bankers and then the Bakers are In line
Is there convention Of Butchers or Candle
makers? Let's get them, too!
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

The American world stands at prayer today
The European continent and the remetest parts
Of its empires are under arms. For them the
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

The football bomb has dropped in the base
ball fort.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

While speaking of getting things why not
get there?
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1914-10-04

T. Berry Smith, A. NJ, LII d., the author
of these poems. who occupies the chair of
chemistry and physics IN Central college, Fay
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1914-07-06
Bier nnaeidoHsn in FlattsmOnt6.
Der SnnptifiehbOIb, Elm Neaer,
DOH Sbef Briggs in SiO.
CHaba einecfanasn.

Bier onaetrilnfene 9lrbeiter ser
Steiubriide in glebaiDfa. aerictben
SaHitog ouf 6em gaiiIouri.g .gacifte
9o6nbof in 9lottsmontb IN einen
Streit, Der in cine boie Sdieberei
ailsartete. Die glngeid,oIIenen lino
5reO Come. 9sebapta, redtcr Dor.
oerarm berlett; Sheriff Guintou,
Don gldttsmoutb, Streifluunoe am
S4ienbein, Der gleser Sbomos Sil.
ton BON SiiO.Omnba imb Elm iunger
9lann Inmens @aue9 BON Ga
BIntte.
Der Sheriff tpuroe gerufen, Inn
bic Hubeitorer 81 perbnften, 1Is Der
gaeger ousrib unb oiF leinpn Der.
folser feuerte, bem ii6 Der iltnse
8alsb ansei6loiien botte.
PoIi5ei6ef Briggs bon Sii6.0ma.
bo mar Sanlitag Worgen nit Ell.
nigen 5reun6en unn oeren Soni.
lien nuf einem g3icnic beriammelt,
ais Der gaeger an Der @eieQIdaft
uoriiberfIob unO Der Sheriff Guin.
ton btnter 6rein fam. 9rigas
iprang in 6ns 9luto ieiner 6reunbe
luo nnbm Die Sngo ouf ben I6Dar.
gen Desperate ouf, Den er ou6 boIO
itellte, nti einem ipobIge3ieIten
SduB ben glrm 5erihmetterte,
oann feitnabm un6 benz Sheriff
bon CAB Goitittp iibergab. Briggs
nno @efdbrten befanoen ii6 in
GROCER @efabr, oenn Der roienoe
geeger tnoGte itetS ouf iie los. Gum
Slid gingeu aber Die Shiiiie iebl.
TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1914-07-06
Die 1lDabltn
in Mtrikp!
Suertn erbGlt Die meiiten Stimmen,
IOa ld aber bsHnOdl jnr
6lndDt DorbersitcH.

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iteru iauoen Die Bablen IN W2erifo
itatt; iopeit iuie eriidtlif,, bat Su.
erta in benz bon inn nod beberridJ.
ten @ebiet eiue beoentenOe g1aiori.
tdt erbolten. Gs rpur6e MIR Elm
iebr lcidtes gotum obgege6en. $40.
den mogen ocrgeberL ebe oos emo.
giiligc 8oblreinItot bctonut geae.
ben iperoen folui. gs mar etpa
ein Gubeno Sanoioaten I'M Selbe.
gern Gru5, 8. suIi. - Salite
bier aus ser Staot D1erifo einae.
troiienc S5liidgfIingr niel6cn, oaB
Suerta ieine 6amiIiennlitglieoer per
Spe5inl3ug nnd) 8uerto glerifo ge.
ionot babe, nobin er ielbIt bnl6
foIgen miro. Dan iagt, 6aB er be.
dbiittigt, Elm gIipI in 5ranfreid 3u
iildjen.
giebeaenfii6rer 8opata ioq nit
Suerta einen gertrag obgei6Ioiien
boben; iie iperoeu geHeininm gegen
GarranJn linS gilIa operiren.