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The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
Miss Adele Foster Who Has Been the
Efficient Director Of Domestic
Science Department
Resigns.
MISS cooMBs SUCCESSOR
Keokuk Girl VIII Take Work Mex
Year-Two Additional Teachers
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Elected
for Year.

Teachers in the Keokuk schools for
the coming year were elected last
night by the board of education in a
special executive session. Four teach
ers rendered their designations, which
were accepted. Six new teachers were
electd. The board finds that only two
additional teachers will be needed for
the opening of the Jefferson school.
Where there have been eleven teach
ers in the Carey building, the work will
be divided between thirteen teachers
for both Carey and Jefferson schools.
2 he principal of the Carey school will
also have charge of the jefferson
building for the present.
Miss Adele Foster. instructor in do
nestle science for two years, has re-
signed. her resignation to become
effectiua at the end of the school
year. Miss Helen Coombs of this
city will be the new domestic science
teacher Miss Fosters work has been
entirely satisfactory, and under her
supervision the domestic science de-
partment has made many advances.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07

desks have been purchased for equip
ping eleven rooms in the new school
buildings. The desks are known as
the American new combination desk.
.nu the bids which were submitted by
the successful bidders. ranged from
s1.s4 to S2.04 This does not mean
that $50 desks were purchased at a
fat price noted here. as the com oina-
ton backs and fronts must be taken
into consideration with each desk.
The movable chairs, ninety in num-
Der were purchased at a price OF
.s4.s9. Fifty American steel tablet arm
chairs were bought at $3.50 Forty
four adjustable desks were purchased
and the bids ranged from s2-ss TO
s3.oS-
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
REPORT OH FUNDS
MADE BY AUDITOR
Members of Board of Supervisors are
Still Talking Bond lssue-Who
Is to Blame for Delay?

Fort Madison Democrat: The county
board of supervisors was In session
at Fort Madison today, the matter of
the issuance of bonds to take up the
outstanding county warrants again
Being the subject Of discussion. The
members of the board are not hesitat-
ing in stating that they doubt ii public
sentiment will be behind the bond
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
MAKING il Permanent.

Dubuque Telegrap Herald: 1t IS
considerable soiled linen that the
Sioux City lines are exposing to the
gaze OF the world. When the town
cleans up it might be worth while @
invest in a little prevention as an
ayerter Of necessity Of so much cure
in the future.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
BOY SCOUT NOTES
Edited by c. L. Alling.l

/ Then wall scaling should be as eS-
citing as horse race. A ten foot
wall has been built in the park and
| troops have already had successfui
practice on it, On this occasion, how
ever. 1t will be race between CONF
netting teams to see which team 81
eight can scale the wall without lad
ders. ropes, etc., in the shortest time
Having never seen it done, one would
doubt very seriously the possibility
of scaling such wall, but tell your
friends that they will certainly see tt
done in a remarkably short time II
they attend this field meet. @
Fire building is another interesting
and spectacular demonstration. A
special badge is to be awarded to
every boy who succeeds in making
fire by friction and several are fully
expecting to win it. This will show at
first hand, just how the Indians used
| to make fire by rubbing sticks. Then
building fire with only one stick OF
wood. hand ak, and two matches. is
almost as difficult when you are In
race to get a quart of water boiling
with that same fire.
And so on, with all the events OF
the day. Say scouts, doesn't 1t make
you anxidAs for the day to come, Just
to think about it? But then you want
to .'be prepared to do your part for
the honor of your troop and there's
only five weeks to get ready. Most OF
the fellows have been practicing pref
Ity steady but these events are things
that most people can't do and are
made possible to you through the scout
training and organization and OF
course they require practice. ebut what
la lot of pleasure to learn such things
and what value they may be to YOU
when you have learned them.
viii Visit Troops.
Tomorrow, shall start on a long
bicycle trip, covering about 400 miles,
and taking eighteen days for the trio,
Lit nothing prevents. During this
time, expect to visit all the different
troops expected at our meet. and ex-
tend to them a personal welcome TO
our conference. 1t will surely be a
great trip and l. wish you fellows could
| go with me, but as 1t is. will meet
| hundreds of scouts / never saw before
and probably take overnight hikes
with some OF them, and have fine
/, visit with all of them. In the mean
!. time, you scouts in keokuk remember
the wall to be scaled. the fire to DC
made by friction or with one match
the first aid races. the athletics. the
swimming; in fact, remember the prize
cup to be won and improve every min
ute you can to help your troop win
it. and let me hear some good reports
when l return.
/ Troops j and have their drill con
test at the armory at 700 p. m. to
night. Percentage OF attendance
should figure in the score. SO be there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07

Dollar Day, May 8
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07

lite that connected any Of these men
with the crime. All, however, were
held until their finger prints can be
compared with the scores of bloody
finger prints on the furniture and
window stills Of the Coppersmith apart
ment.
Al peculiar feature Of the case. is that
no neighbors in the large apartment
building heard any unusual sounds
yesterday. Several neighbors noticed
a potato peddler near the Copper
smiths back door Another neighbor
remembered seeing an Italian scis-
sor grinder stop at the back gate AMI
call out his trade. Neighbors said
Mrs Coppersmith was known as I'M
usually kind to the thousands of back
door panhandlers who made their
rounds in Chicago in veritable droves
! this time of the year. Many have
been given "eats" from her kitchen.
Half the city's detective force and
100 uniformed men today were round
ling up this army of panhandlers in
hope Of clue.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07

Troops j and have their drill con
test at the armory at 700 p, M to
night. Percentage OF attendance
should figure in the score, SO be there
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
m, Bertha R. Craig, Lucia G. Pitt

Baum. Bertha R. Craig, Lucia G. Pitt
man.
E. S. Patterson, principal Huldah
Harshman Alice Immegart, Elizabeth
Kilroy, Alice e MACEDONIAN, Minnie V.
Bindel. Nina Phillips, Anna NJ. Temple,
Generose Maloney, Mary l.. Culkin,
Marietta Reps, Frances b. Martin.
Elizabeth Dunlap, principal; Emma
!. Bindel. Alma Rank. Kathryn e.
Spears, Helen Culkin, Lora NJ. Pagett,
Anna ]. Gage.
Eva ]. Stevens. principal; Louise
Dimond, Emma O. Wood, Edith Jack.
Anna NJ. Mcbride, n. NJ. Conlee, Bes-
sic Rempe. Carrie Gilmore. Margaret
Dickerson.
Louise Helwig, principal; Mary Har-
rington, Verna B. Larsen, Dora Lach-
mann, Mamie E. Slack, Abbie Griggs,
Marjorie Luse, Edna l Rollosson.
S. A. Dennison. principal: Mary E.
Tolmie. Cora c. Reeves, Grace Van
Grieken. Olive j. Rice Jessie Van
Steenwyk, Mildred Marley. Florence
Gabriel, Nellie E. Schueler, Kate Van
Grieken, R. Emma Estes.
Clara P. Sheldon, principal; Lillian
Mcdowell. S. Myrtle Magchelsen.
Pansy Beckett, Alice V. Vernlillion
Two New Janitcrs.
Janitors were also elected by the
board last night. James Tickle was
elected janitor at the jefferson build
ing, and c. w. Hartley will take the
place of the present incumbent at the
! Garfield school The janitors who were
reelected were: w F. Butche, l.. w
Van Elyning. George T. Bunner. Karl
Klann. Emma Dunagan, and F. A.
Lindstrand.
Bids on Furniture.
Four hundred and fifty combination
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
Two New Janitors.

Bids on Furniture.
Four hundred and fifty combination
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07

Just five more weeks and this Town
will be thronged with scouts IN the
familiar khaki from dozen or more
different towns and cities in this tr,-
state section of the country. They
will come from near and far ana
bring with them new ideas. and ne"
records of accomplishment to demon
strate their own skill and to learn
from others. The first greeting VIII
be when our local scouts meet them
as they come by rail or boat or auto
mobile or hiking, as some Will uo'
And as soon as they arrive, the heo-
kuk scouts will escort them to theu
homes and show them hospltalits
there, except some who will camo
while here, and these, me local scou's
will assist in locating their camp
properly and otherwise showing these
visitors that they are in every way
welcome to our city. Then IN the
afternoon comes the parade, includlns
nearly twenty troops of scouts, totai-
ing over 300 in attendance and making
a parade over two block long. Ihey
will be accompanied by band an
carry flags, pennants, streamers anu
other decorations, presenting quite an
impressive array This parade VIII
be conducted by officers of Co. l. VINO
have taken kindly interest in pre-
pairing the local troops for the work.
The public will be invited to witness
the events of the day and 1t is ex-
pected that a large number will fol-
low the parade to the grounds. AS
soon as they arrive. the troops will be
stationed over the field in such way
as to just about cover the held, all
standing at military attention. AT a
pistol shot, all troops will open
ranks" at once and at another signal
begin their stationary drills on which
they will be judged for points to ap-
ply on the contest for the prize cup.
When all have finished, the field Will
be cleared for the special marching
drills that some of the. troops may
have prepared.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
Dollar Day, May s-
Gathering up Mines.

Soe'S'''S ~ ''''
United Press Leased Wire Service. ]
THE HAGUE, May Tt was off,
cially announced today that the
Dutch mine sweepers who have been
gathering mines on the coast since
the opening of the war have recovered
291 of English construction, 54 OF
French, 80 of German and LAG whose
identity could not be established.
N.n1. n,n No. n
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
Some Special Competition.

Following these drill contests, COM
petitions in signalling, first aid, hre
building. wall scaling, tent pitching.
archery, etc.. will be conducted. These
should be of great interest to every
one as a new form of entertainment
even to those few who are not par
ticularly interested in scout work aIa
especially to those who are acquains-
ed with the boys or interested in the
training they are getting. Take sig
nallying, for instance. 1t is fas-
cinatins pastime to watch two signal
teams stationed $50 Yards apart and
sending and receiving messages by
semaphore or Morse codes at the rate
of say fifty letters a minute "a record
of 6S letters has already been reach
ed in pTacticet. Then besides this,
flag SIGNALLING. some of the scouts ara
planning to demonstrate wireless ar
! .-Duzzer' signalling, which will tie
very interesting.
The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1915-05-07
New Teachers Elected.

Miss Carrie Hanson was elected as
assistant at the Jefferson school. She
will have charge of one of the upper
grade rooms. Other new teachers
elected were: Miss Emma Noonan.
Miss Mary Hisa Norton, Miss Eliza
beth Stevens. and Miss Helen Kohl
meyer.
designations were received from
Miss Foster. Miss Mabel Wilbur,
Miss Marian L. Bradford and. Miss
Helen Bradford. Miss Vera Burger
who has been kindergarten assistant
at the Wells school also resigned.
S. A. Denison was elected principal
Of the Carey and Jefferson schools.
Assignments of teachers will not be
made until 3 later time The board
also discussed the matter OF salaries
and SOME of the teachers have made
application to the board to chance
their work from one building to an
other. the reason for practically all OF
such requests being that it would be
more convenient for them in the mat.
ter OF residence.
Teachers Reelected.
Following are the teachers who
were ere-elected:
H NJ. Mcclure. Ella Pearce. A S.
Gill, p C. Hayden, Norma Peters, Lii
Ian Allen.
r. l.. Reid, principal; Harriet Solo,
mon, Florence Backus, Jessie Wilson,
Marie Kiedaisch, Mary ] Gampert. j.
P. Coyle, Nina A. Reck, Anna E.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
Thrown From a Buggy

Miss Clifford Martin, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Martin,
accompanied by her grand
and little sister and
brother, was thrown from a
buggy while returning home
from a drive Thursday, April s.,
when the mule which she
was driving became frightened
and ran against a tree. Miss
Martin and her little brother
were thrown out. When the
buggy struck the tree the mule
ierked loose from the buggy and
taking the shafts with him ran
into the barn yard and stopped.
No one was at home at this time
and Miss Martin got up, helped
the others into the house and
then caught the mule and put
it up. After the shock was oyer
it was found that no one was
seriously hurt. The grand
mother and little boy received a
few bruises, but Miss Martin
was unirjured. Mr.. Martin says
he has owned this mule about
nineteen years and worked him
in all kinds of places and he has
never ran away before or hurt
anyone. What is to be will be.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
Cost of Government

University of North Carolina
News Bulletin.
A recent bulletin sent out by
the federal census bureau, en-
titled National and State Rev
enues and Expenditures, 1913
and 1903" gives us chance to
study North Carolina in con-
trast with the rest of the States.
The statements that follow are
based on this bulletin.
Is our state government un-
necessarily expensive? H o w
does it compare with other
states? In answer we find that
the per capita cost Of our state
government in 1913 was 81. 46.
1t was more in every other State
in the Union, South Carolina
alone excepted.
The per capita cost ranged
from 81. 46 in North and South
Carolina 10 S1O.45 i'm Nevada.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
If 2ou See q
Gold BrlCk,
Duck It,!
BY MOSS.

Permit us to call your
attention today to the
man behind the ad. He
is important.
The cleverest ad., the
most striking ad.,. the
most appealing ad.,, is is
economically unsound if
the man or the company
or the corporation back
Of the ad. is an unknown
quantity.
Don't be fooled by
alluring buncombe.
Don't fall for cunnlngly
worded statements calcu-
lated to palm off a gold
brick on you.
Advertising in this
reputable newspaper car
ries with it the warrant
Of genulneness. You
know the people back Of
the ads.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
Piedmont Association Meeting

The next union meeting of
the Piedmont association will
be held with Corinth No. l the
fifth Sunday in May and Satur-
day before.
Program as follows:
Saturday, 10 a. m. Song and
prayer service by S. II. Tollison.
1870. Introductory sermon
by Rev. e. V. Babb. Alternate,
Rev. II. e. Clyde.
11.30. Organization. A d.
journ for dinner.
l.3O First subject Can a
deacon be successful and fill his
office according to the teaching
Of scripture, who is not liberal
with his means according to his
ability, and should a member
who is not thus liberal, be set
apart by church as a deacon?
Speakers, Hon. Laban Mauldin
and Hon. j. Ashmore Hinton.
Then open forgeneral discussion.
Second subject. The duty Of
church members to support
their pastors and all the interests
fostered by their denomination
Speakers, Rev. E. r. McClanna-
han and H. d. Singleton. Then
open for general discussion.
Sunday, $50 a. m. Song anC
prayer service by Eugene Con
nelly.
10 q. m. Sunday school mass
meeting.
First subject. How to built
and hold a Sunday school class
by D. B. Cobb.
Second subject. How to teacl
) the lesson, by e. P. McCravey
IL a. m. Missionary sermon
; by Rev. Il. e. Durham. Alter
nate, Rev. d. l. Spearman.
| j. II. ROBINSON,
) For Committee.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Mr.. Petty Freeman, the contractor
who has been remodeling and build
to the CLASSY Mountain school
house, has about finished work
on the building. Before the i'm
provements recently made CLASSY
building Of the shoe-box type. Mr..
freeman has converted this into model
school room ana has built to it an ad
ditional school room, two teachers
rooms, two cloak rooms and nice pi.
azza with turned columns. A rolling
partition will be installed between the
two rooms, thus insurlng auditorium ia
cilities for public meetings. The build
ing has been painted outside and is one
of the prettiest and neatest schoo
buildings in the county. Trustees who
are contemplating building soon woulc
do well to see this school house. The
CLASSY Mountain school grounds consists
of four acres Of land covered with 8
beautiful oak grove. The plans of the
new school building were made by Prof
Lee of Clemson, Supt. lIallum of Pick
ems and Mr.. Freeman. Both Mr.. Free
man and the school district are to be
congratulated upon the excellent jot
done by him. CLASSY Mountain schoo
district has already voted in favor of {
leNssosour mills tax and will enter tht
gJsEseu school system at the beginning
Not the next session. There are abou
ninety pupils within the district, ant
with their new building and an addi
tional teacher CLASSY Mountain will il
n year or so, take it's place among The
best rural graded schools in this sec
ton. The school house is situated neal
Griffin church. The trustees of this
district are Messrs. j. r. j. Anthony
w. II. Anthony and H. D. Lesley.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Some people have such respect for
the truth that they always keep at a
respectful distance from it. Anderson
Mail. More than that. They dodge it,
run through dark alleys to escape meet
ing it, and even deny it when they are
brought face to face with it. Some
people don't know how tell "the truth,
the whole truth and nothing but the
truth" Pity tbs
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

tpSssople are 80 busy finding fault
with the way other people conduct their
business that they just don't have any
bUsiness of their own to conduct, wisely
or otherwise. Jevernoticeit?
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

You WANT to save all the
money you can, don'l you?
Then buy the Perfection Turn
Plow. You get two in one.
Ask any owner about them.
Get one at Pickens Hardware
and Grocery Company.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

In an order issued last Tues
day Gov. Manning removed w.
w. .Huckabee, sheriff ofKershaw
county, from office because the
sheriff had Neglected and re-
fused to enforce the law against
the unlawful sale of intoxicat-
ing liquors in all parts of Ker-
shaw county" A few DAYS ago
at II hearing in the executive Of
flee, where he was remanded to
show cause, Sheriff Huckabee
denied all the charges brought
against him.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
Notice to Debtors and Creditors

All persons holding claims against the
estate Of the late j. It. Lewis must
present the same, duly proven, on or
before the 18th day of May, 1916, or be
debarred payment; and all persons in
debted to said estate must make pay
ment on or before the above date to the
undersigned. j. j. LEWIS,
J.F. LEWIS,
5z Administrators.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

About the most important thing about
a d. A. r. convention seems to be the
scramble Of the dear ladies as to who
shall get the Offices. But 'politics is
politics., whether participated in by
men or women.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

News item says farmer was robbed
of eleven dollars in Greenyille recently.
It must have been recently, as the last
time we were in Greenvile we couldn't
find a man there who had more than
eleven cents.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Ford, of automobile fame, says the
remedy for the trouble in Mexico is to
put the natives to work. Shucks A
Mexicanican lay right down alongside
of job and never bat an eye.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Any fool can spend money; it takes a
wise man to save it. York News. But
some fools never have any money to
spend, and the tight-wads save it for
the fools that finally get it to spend
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

The captain of the Kronprinz Wilhelm
says he is not going to intern his ship.
That's what the other fellow said until
he got all the beer there was in Newport
News on board ~,
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
Notice of Final Settlement and Discharge

Notice is hereby given that I will
make application toJ.B Newbery, ESQ.,,
Judge of Probate for Pickens county,
in the State Of South Carolina, on the
9Th day of May, 1915, at 10 O'Clock in
the forenoon, or as soon thereafter as
said application can be heard, for leave
to make final settlement of the estate of
John T Newton, deceased, and obtain
discharge AZ administrator of said es-
tate. D. M. NEWTON,
81 Administrator
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

lode to the mockingbird, " sings Poet
tucius G. johnson in the Columbia
State. And it's been owing to Mr..
Mockingbird long time, Julius.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

4 Austria has been wiped off the map
about thousand times since the war
began, but Francis Josef's army is still
on the job. And the Dardanelles forts
have been reduce" many times lately;
but these same forts succeed in sinking
Ia gslnboat quite often. There must be
sornething6the matter with the Allies
press agent.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
County School Notes

The county superintendent Of cduca-
ton is busy man these days, and 1t is
impossible for him to attend all of the
school closings and meetings which he
would like to attend. He gets out as
often az possible, but the heavy CORE
spondence and bookkeeping of his office
keeps him tied down to great extent.
1t seems to us that this office should
have an assistant. Pickcns county is
undergoing great revival in educa-
tional matters and the work should not
be hampered.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

How would you like to intern in one
of the submarine "tigers" in Charles
ton harbor7 The State. Believe we d
rather turn into one.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Wynnyn Davenport is the name of
the society editor of Ed DeCamp's
Gaffney Ledger. That sure is a winnin
name.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29
Notice to Teachers

An examination for teachers will be
held in the court house Friday, May z.
Examination will commence at O clock.
Applicants to furnish their own station
cry. BY order of the State Board of
Education. r. II. HALLUM, Supt.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Something not to worry about now.
A scientist says the earth will be frozen
solid in about nine million years.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

One of our valued exchanges, date
April 10, prints "a Story for Washing
toms Birthday" Better late than
never
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Cotton is coming back, |but there is
plenty of the sixteen mipson-b bale crop'
on hand without plan$sNsxsnother one.
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

Percy Mitchell that's the latest way
to pronounce Przemysl! Just think of
Percy when you want to say it!
The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1911-2016, 1915-04-29

And what has become of the old-time
who used to part his hair in the middle
behind, la Daniel Webster?