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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04
PERFECTLY NEUTRAL.

It is, perhaps, one of the unbearable con-
ditions of neutrality, to which President
Wilson made recent allusion in his speech
proposing an armed league of nations to
abolish it by the very simple process of pre-
venting war; that the United States should
be accused of partisanship to both Germany
and England.
Inas1nuch as our government demanded
that Germany cease a certain form OF war
fare under peril of severance of diplomatic
relations, it is easy to understand how dis
appointed German element should take such
view but how English thinkers can con-
strue the rescue, by American war vessels,
Of fugitives from torpedoed ships, into an
act assisting the enemy and therefore
breach of neutrality; furthermore, how GER
tain American newspapers can take up the
cry, certainly passes all comprehension.
When Admiral Dewey wished to open
fire on Manila, he commanded the German
fleet to get out of the way, and no one
thought Germany unneutral to Spain tor
complying.
To give another illustration: British war
| ships that rescued American refugees lat
| Tanpico when relations between Mexico
and the United States were so terribly
strained. were not accused of an unneutral
desire to assist this country, but only of
| desire to carry out the obvious dictates OF
| humanity.
No merchant vessel, according to inter
national law, and according to the sub
marine promise wrested from Germany,
unless it attempts to escape or commit an
act of aggression, shall be sunk without
due warning or until its passengers have
been taken to place of safety. In olden
times and during the first part of the war
when Germany conducted its cruiser war
i fare with surface raiders, this place OF
/ safety was aboard the hostile ship itself 1t
is our opinion that small boat in the open
sea is not an adequate place of safety; but
this point has not been definitely adjusted
to the modern conditions of submarine war,
! and in itself is not casus belh. 1t, there
fore. has no place in this argument.
If the U-boat warned the vessels and al
: lowed its passengers to get away, that IS al
that could be insisted upon; and the prox-
unity 70 the American coast, coupled with
the fact that the sea was very calm, was
certainly presumptive evidence that their
lives were not placed in hazard.
The American warships then, responding
to the wireless calls before the ill-fated
merchant ships plunged to the bottom, was
simply obeying the elemental dictates Of
humanity.
That German submarine should bring
the war so close to our shores and virtual,
! blockade the United States, is, however,
different question. 1t will be recalled how
5 the United States protested at the presenc'
: of certain British cruisers lowering off on
j, ports; and certainly we would not allow ;
: German vessel like privileges. No officla
correspondence has been given out on thi
) subject, but actions speak ouder thar
! words. The U-53 is no longer on our coast
c and it is safe proposition that neither sh
a nor any other war submarine will return
! for such purpose.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04
LEARNING THE WORLDS GREAT
EST PROFESSION.

EST PROFESSION.
How many of Us appreciate the lmpor-
tance az the corn-club work? How many |
Of us who hope to send our 20-year-old sons
10 professional schools in order that they
NAV study medicine or law or engineering,
realize that these boys, not yet in their
teens, are fitting themselves for the greatest
profession in the world
One hundred and fifty-six billion dollars
was the value Of the American corn crop
last vear-twice as much as the wheat crop,
three times as much as cotton, forty-elght
times as much as all the silver mined IN the
United States during the same period, and
seven times as much as all the gold taken
out Of the earth in 1919
IF all the corn fields of the United States
were brought together, the 10O,OOO,OOO
acres would cover England, Ireland, Scot
land, Wales. Switzerland and Denmark,
with enough space under the edges to hide
Delaware and Rhode Island. Ten million
farmers are husking this years crop, which
would take 2, 125,000 cars, forty tons to the
car. 10 haul-a train IL 900 miles long, re-
curing SO, 600 locomotives.
Take 81 ,756, 000,0 00-the value of the
corn crop-from the nations assets, and
what is left?
When corn sold for ten cents bushel,
the distress was nation wide; when farmers
burned it for fuel, you remember what
sweeping industrial and political changes
took place?
Corn is a dollar or more bushel now,
and our prosperity shows it. Because OF
the rapidly increasing stock business, es-
pecially in the south, the supply of corn is
not adequate even now; and to keep pace
with the growing consumption, new flelds
are being opened every year to its culti-
vation-4 900 acres, for instance, from
1903 to 1915 in New England, New York,
Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, the
Dakotas, Montana, Idaho and Washington.
Figures for the southern increase are not
available, but it has been something ike
hundred per cent.
Doubling the acreage, however, IS not
doubling our resources; rather, it is or cap
ening the product. IF instead of twenty
EIGHT bushels to the acre, which is the aver
age for the United States, we can raise nifty.
six bushels, half our land can be used to-
pastures, or for doubling production, as tht
market grows with the same cultivation
the same overhead, and but slightly greater
fertilizer and harvesting expense.
To show our farmers how to do this 1
the object of the agricultural extension
work and the corn clubs. Corn raising is
recognized science now, like surgery, which
was at one time an adjunct to the barber
trade, taught in no schools, but left to hack
ing haphazard.
The 56-bushel average is not far off, TO
already in Florida has the 1OO-bushel recor'
been passed three times this year-and b,
boys. Il is boy who holds the worlds re
cord for corn, and our children learning t
be adopts in the worlds greatest branch Q
basic industry will see a strange and stu
pendous prosperity.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04

restores the health and spirits and removes those
painful symptoms mentioned above. It has been sold
by druggists for nearly fifty years. in fluid form.
giving general satisfaction. It can now be had IN
tablet form, as modified by R. V. Pierce, ID D.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04

We asked some time ago who put
the spain" in campaign, and the New
Orleans States says it was Teddy;
but who was it that put the ''ugh" in
Hughes?
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04

Kent Pendleton insists he "isni
fired" "Oh, no, simply roasted" says
the Orlando Citizen; or cooked, :
thinks the Tampa Tribune. Wen, ever
so, It's better than being stewed.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04
DR. Pierce's Favorite Prescription

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upon functional organic diseases of the feminine organs
The Prescription induces refreshing sleep and relieves
mental anxiety dependency Known everywhere the
standard remedy for the diseases of Your
dealer in medicines sells it in liquid sugarcoated tablet
form you can send fifty stamps to Dr. Pierce
for trial box of "Favorite Prescription Tablets
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04

county boards should refuse to enter
his name for the reason that it was
a bogus convention that nominated
him, and the party supposedly rep
resented does not in fact exist in
Florida.-0rlando Reporter-tSar.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04
As Prohibitionis.-.

As Prohibitionist--
We have been repeatedly asked by
some of our country friends, whether
or not the name of Mr.. Cats would
appear upon the ticket in November,
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-11-04

Doctor Pevces Pleasant Pellets Regulate and LUgOr0te
Stomach BosDeL& SugGr-co1ted Tiny G5anules
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Sunny Dell
LSON'S THE MAN.

Mr.. and Mrs. IT. E. Boyd and
Mr.. and Mrs. Grifens and family
spent Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs.
Richard Boyd and family.
Miss Eta Payton spent Sunday
night with Mrs. Taylor Boyd.
Mr.. John Schnellbacher and dau
ghters were Sunday visitors with
Mr. and Mrs, Draper and family
There will be box supper and
program given by Miss Seller of
District IS, six miles west and one
mile north of MissIer, Friday nigh,
November 3rd. Everyone come
The Halloween par y given by
Miss Mary Patton and Martha Jen
kinson Monday evening was a sue
cess. Everyone present enjoyed
themselves and wish Misses Patton
and Jenkinson the pleasure of hav
ing another to help AWAKEN the
neighboroood.
Mrs John Teetcr spent Friday
with Mrs. Draper and daughter,
Miss Etta7
Miss Rada More called on Lila
Kinsinger Sunday.
Mr.. ahd Mrs. Harry Peterson are
s'ill IN the neighborhood and are
staying with MIR. Peterson's sister,
Mrs Wells.
Mr., and Mrs T. Z. Boyd helped
Ma. and Mrs Richard Boyd put up
feed Monday.
There were IS present at Sunday
school and preaching, Rev, S. M
Hunt gave us fue sermon. Rev,
MIR. Reed comes next Sunday SC
lets have full house for that is the
way to keep Sunday school going,
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
W|LSON-LANSOON
REPORTS OVER KANSAS INDICATE
BIG DEMOCRATIC VICTORY.
congressman and State Legislature
Win Be In Line With Wilson,
Voters Tired of Corpora
tion Rule.

Kansas will this year swing into the
Democratic column. This is indicated
by the reports received by Hubert
Lardner, chairman of the Democratic
state central committee.
"There is no longer any doubt but
that Mr.. Wilson will carry Kansas by
at least $500 and that Lansdon, the
Democratic nominee for governor, will
be elected. The six congressman,
Taggart, Doolittle, Helvering, Con-
nelly, Shouse and Ayers will carry
their districts, and w. S. Hyatt will
carry the Third. 1t is not so certain
but that Corwine will come in from
the First with majority. While this
may sound like extravagant claims" E"
says Mr.. Lardner, "our reports are so
reliable that we cannot go back on
them"
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Sheriffs Proclamation

of the time of holding General Election
First Published October I9, IoI6.
State of Kansas, Meade county, S.
The Stale of Kansas to all to whom these
Presents shall come, Greeting:
Know Ye, that l, L. G. Krisle, Sheriff of
Meade county, Kansas by virtue of authority
in me vested, do by this Proclamation, give
public notice that on the 7th day of Noyem
Der IoI6 there will be held general election
in the county of Meade and State of Kansas
and the officers at that time to be chosen are
as follows, to-wit:
President.
Vice-rresdent.
Ten presidential electors.
Two justices of the supreme court.
One candidate for governor.
One candidate for rlieutenaut-governor.
One candidgte for secretary of state.
One candidate for state auditor.
One candinate for state treasurer.
One candidate for attorney-general.
One candidate for superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
One candidate for superintendent of in
surance.
One candidate for state printer.
One candidate for congressman for 9TH
congressional district.
One candidate for state senator for 37th
senatorial district
One candidate fer representative for I22Rd
district
One candidate for county clerk.
One candidate for county treasurer.
One candidate for register of deeds.
One candidate for county attorney.
One candidate for probate judge.
One candidate for sheriff
One candidate for coroner
One candidate for superintendent of pub
lie instruction.
One candidate for county surveyor.
One candidate for clerk of the district
court.
One candidate for county commissioner
and district
One candidate for county commissioner
3rd district.
Two candidates for justices of the peace.
Two candidates for constable.
One candidate for township trustee.
One candidate for township clerk.
One candidate for township treasurer.
And the vote of electors for said officers
viii be received at the polls of each election
district in said county.
In Witness Whereof, l have hereunto set
my hand, at my office at Meade in said
county, this 18th day of October, I9I6.
L. G. KRI>LE,
Sheriff of Meade County.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
To the Voters of
the Second District

feel it my duty to the voters of
my district to give you a short
answer to my opponents appeal in
the News of week ago for your
support for reelection to tie office
of county commissioner for the
reason that he has served them so
well. l have not word to say of
him, only that l believe Ilm to be
Dice man, but realize that the
voters do not get the matter before
them as plain as it should be.
He says there has been IA kick
from the voters that thi district
did not get its share of tie county
road fund Well, let's SEE and be
plain and definite. He says this
district got nearly $4,000 in
brid es. Let us concade this.
which think would he three
bridges, but we also remember that
two of these bridges We Nashed
out and the other one as con-
demned. What else was mere to
do but bni d tham?
In the matter Of county -Uads We
find that this district got )i mi es
while the west district 81 81 miles
although this district pays more
thai double the tax TIN s what
they are kicking about.
You will understand rom the
article in the News tha you now
I ave a county road from Meade
southeast 81 miles, but L records
show that this road begins mile
east and 5 miles south 81 Meade
which really gives this district 5
miies more county road This has
taken place very recently
In conclusion | wish to 3y that
if | am elected to this nportant
Office | will always have lhe best
interests Of the tax payer at heart.
believe this county road money
should be apportioned to each dis
trict as nearly as possible accord
| ing to the amount of taxes they
pay. hereby solicit your pport
and will appreciate your making a
cross in the square opposite my
name which will appeac on the
ballot for county commissioner for
the second district on Nov Z.
Yours very truly,
HIN. H0LDElfAN.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Alone with Your Conscience

Alone With Your Conscience
Mr.. Voter, you are to choose
whether you will go forward
with Wilson-who
Kept you out Of war;
Prepared you against war;
Worked for you and yours;
Ended Wall Streets rule;
Liberated honest business;
Made lasting prosperity pos
sible; ''a
Kept faith with labor;
Lifted the farmers mortgage
Freed the child;
Kept all his promises;
OR
Undo Wilson's deeds, go back
ward with the candidate of the
Old Guard and Wall Street, and
take a chance on plunging us in
to war with Roosevelt and
You are working instead of
fighting. sane
WILSON'S THE MAN.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02

country.
washington, D. c.,
August IL, 1916.
"Hon. Jouett Shouse,
"House of Representatives.
"My Dear Congressman:
Answering your inquiry of
some days ago, now learn that
we shall have a hearing on the
Hawaiian prohibition bill next
Tuesday at 10 a. m. and we shall
be delighted to have you appear
before the committee.
"In this connection l wish to
express my high appreciation of
the cordial support and co-opera-
tion you have given in connec-
ton not only with this bill, but
upon various other prohibition
which l have intro
duced. t'e
81 expect to get the National
Park prohibition bill up in the
House on Tuesday Immediately
after the reading of the Journal.
every cordially,
&c. H. RANDALL"
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Rousins Democratic Victory.

There ia every indication for a
rousing Democratic victory. The can.
didacy of w. c. Lansdon>for governor
has united the party and he is gain
ing ground every day. His campaign
is made entirely upon pending issues,
and the voters are beginning to real
iZe that he is the proper man to be
governor. He is the friend of the
farmer, Che laboring man, the small
home owner, while his Republican op-
ponent is representative Of big
business.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
yNe NlckUIAe
Weekly SlmAet
Try the Home Store

If ever you should chance to
need a flock of tame typhoons or
a pickle dish or a curry comb or
a peck of toy balloons, or a wood
en- hen or bale of hay or half a
ton of ice, don't send your money
to some firm that quote a tempt
ing price that's far below your
own home stores. l tell you on
the square it's Illuminated state
ments are full of red hot air. It
is not always safe to trust the
pictures in a book. You can not
tell how stuff will wear by how
the pictures look. The chances
are the tempting price is nothing
but a bait. Sometimes the stuff
that's shipped to folks Is hardly
worth the freight. StilE even
if the printed talk the firm sends
out is true, the guy who runs the
big she-bang is no good friend to
you. He does not know you're
on the earth. You could not buy
on tick a penny's worth of dope
from him if all your friends
were sick. A better plan, before
you buy, is to nose around and
see if you can find good stuff at
home-with that you will agree?
And then, perchance, your dollar
bills may help to boost your
town-may help the men in
business here-who never turn
you down.
Copyright 1916]
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Mrs. Ella Smith
How Catarrh Is Contracted

Mothers are sometimes so thought
less as to neglect the colds which
their children contract The infam-
nation OF the mucus membrane, at
first acute, becomes chronic and the
child has chronic catarrh, disease
that is seldom cured and that may
prove a life's burden. Many persons
who have this loathsome disease will
remember having had frequent colds
at the time 1t was contracted. A lit
tie forethought, bottle of Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy judiciously
used, and all this trouble might have
been avoided. Obtainable every
where.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02

An attempt is being made in
some portions of the Seventh
district to create the impression
that Jouett Shouse, present con-
gressman and candidate for re-
election, is not as much in favor
of the cause Of national prohibi-
tion as are some of the other
candidates for Congress in this
district. A letter is herewith ap-
pended addressed to Mr.. Shouse
last August by Honorable c. II.
Randall, of California, the only
man who has ever been elected
to Congress on the Prohibition
ticket. He was elected to Con-
gress on the Prohibition ticket
because both the Democrats and
Progressives in his district en-
dorsed him. He wrote this let
ter to Mr.. Shouse because Of the
cooperation which Mr.. Shouse
had extended in connection with
all measures of interest to the
prohibition cause. Mr.. Shouse
has announced in speeches in
every section of the district
that he stands absolutely four
square for national prohibition,
and the cause of prohibition will
receive the same hearty support
at his hands as will all other
causes that have as their object
the benefit of the people of the
Meade County news., 1916-11-02

Notice OF Final Settlement.
First Published October 70, 1916.
State Of Kansas, Meade County, IS.
In the Probate Court Of Said County.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Henry Roster
Deceased.
To all creditors of and other persons interested in
said Estate
You are hersby notified that wish to make
final settlement of the abOve-stated estate, and
having filed my report in said Court, will on
the 2Oth day OF November, 1910 at ne hour Of 10
o'clock A, M. in the Probate Court Il SAID Cuun.
ty, In the City Of Meade, Kansas, present said
report and my final account to said Court, and
also my claim for compensation as administrator
of said estate, and for attorney fee ard expenses
incurred in the administration Of said estate,
and ask to be discharged; and at the same time
an application will be made to said Court for an
order finding and adjudging who were the heirs.
devsees and legatees of said deceased. Dated
this 18th day Of October, 1915.
Henry Borchers, Administrator
Meade County news., 1916-11-02

Another thing, the Democrats will
control the legislature. They had con-
troll in 1913 and passed more Progress
sive and constructive legislation than
any two previous legislatures. The
Republicans criticised it very severe
ly, but when they got control in 1915,
they did not repeal a single law. But
they made certain specific promises,
and not one of them was enacted into
law.
In fact the whole record Of the Re
publican governor and the Republican
legislature consisted in the creating
of new jobs, raising salaries and cut
ting down needed appropriations and
passing appropriations that would
help give some politicians job. They
did not enact single piece Of con.
structive legislation.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Expenses s11,a7o MorA under cagper

While Capper was yetoing bills tc
slam the schools and insane hospitals
OF the state he was perfectly willing
for the Republicans in the house to
postpone adjournment by playing poll
tics BY so doing it cost the taXpay.
ers of Kansas $11,979, more than ever
before, for the legislature of the state
The Democrats spent little less than
$4,000 While Capper's legislature
cost the state $91,979. Some more
Capper expense that was useless.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02

If the intelligence OF the peo-
pie of this country were to be
judged by the arguments made
to them by many Republican
newspapers it would be rated
very low. We see great Repub-
lican journals that one would
naturally think represented and
appealed to the intelligence and
culture of their sections, pre-
sent to their readers arguments
that the good sense of a 10-year-
old school boy or girl would re-
ject with contempt.
They gravely assert that Pres
ident Wilson deserves no credit
for keeping America out of war
since no country has desired war
with us. 1t is true, as every one
knows, that the Central powers
desire no war between them and
us, but how they have prayed
for and worked for a war be-
tween us and their enemies. The
Allies desire no war with Ameri-
ca, but how ardently they have
desired an embodiment between
us and Germany, and how ad-
roitly have they maneuvered
for it.
Americas path since August
1914 has been strewn with pit
falls; the happenings of any day
might have precipitated war;
the error in judgment of one
German submarine commander
might have brought on the
catastrophe. We all knew this,
we all recognized the danger.
Yet now the people are told that
there has been no danger at all,
since no country wanted to be at
war with us.
Surely this is an appeal to ig-
norance, not to intelligence.
Surely such arguments are made
on the idea that the American
people have no memory and little
intelligence.
OF the same kind the Republi-
can argument made by these
same journals that we have had
three wars during the Wilson
administration and therefore
Wilson has kept us out of war.
These newspapers do not go so
far as to print these two argu-
ments on the same page or on
the same day. But they do print
the two in the same week.
To compare the police duty
the United States has done in
San Domingo and in Mexico to
war might be addressed to a
people who had never seen or
read of war. But with the blood
and the misery, the death and
suffering of Europe, the weight
of which is so great that it
stretches across wide oceans and
oppresses all America, fresh in
our minds and hearts, to make
such an argument to us is to
laugh at us, to treat us as SIM
ple-minded, as ignoramuses.
From that which is costing
Europe her best manhood, which
is breaking the hearts of innum-
cradle women, from the heritage
of manned men and orphaned
children, and a war debt that
will burden the nations for gen.
erations to come-from all this
and more President Wilson has
preserved America. And the
people of the United States know
this, and thank God for it.
Meade County news., 1916-11-02
Notice for Publication.
First published September 2l, l9l6.l

First published September 2l, 19l6.l
. Department Of the Interior,
U. -, Land Office at Dodge City. Kansas,
September II, 1916.
Notice is hereby given that Charles Thompson,
oi EngewOUd, Kansas, whC, on Sept, 9th 1910,
made Homestead application Serial No. 0l0O66,
for sen, Sec D, Twp. 3+s Range pow. 9th Prin-
cipal Meridian has lied notice of intention to
make Final Five Year Proof, to establish claim
to the lana above described, before The Clerk OF
the District Court of Meade county Kansas, at
Meade Kansas, IN the 9th day OF October 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Gilbert NJ. Kellogg, Charles NJ. Tucker, John
II. Butler, WouuOrd Wyatt, all OF Euglewood,
Kansas.
R.R. WILSON,
Not coal land Register.