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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-09
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1 encourager- clapped his hands loudly
| (the only one Sapplauding), and seq.
ment of the crowd in his vicinity
turned around and glared at him as
if he was a lunatic. Perhaps they
were "spellbound" at the beauty Of
the music-and perhaps not; perhaps
| it was carelessness or indifference.
Let us hope not. Now let us cheer
the boys by our applause; it won't
/ cost a cent and like genial smile 1t
will not be forgotten.
| When we get that talked of i'm
| provement and the sewer put in,
something ought to be done for the
1 residence streets that look like the
beds of creeks, made SO by storm
! after storm. and they are getting
worse and would be used by autos if
! they were only smoothed up. One is
only two blocks south of Main street
and parallel with it.
! Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Woodwork
! of Rocky Run are rejoicing in the
advent of a son, born Saturday,
June 80.
There was one Improvement that
! increased the enjoyment of the
Fourth of July crowd and that was
the roping off of Main street at
| Fourth and at Fifth streets, thus
! keeping out all vehicles and devoting
the block to pedestrians only.
/ Mrs. John SAMSON of Peoria Is
visiting her daughter Mrs. Walter
| Dross.
| Mr.. and Mrs. Jas. Gardner have a
! little son born June 25.
Lloyd Lapsley who recently en-
| listed in the navy, last week joined
number Of other recruits at Peoria
and is now In training at Newport,
r. l. He came within half point
in being perfect in HIS physical exam
nation. He reports fine treatm ent
by the citizens of Peoria, and is en-
joying his work in preparation for
the navy
Earl Wallace failed to pass the
physical examination for admission
in the ambulance corps organizing at
ST. Paul.
Henry Ernst and wife Of Milwau-
kee are here visiting his parents Mr..
and Mrs. Dan Ernst
Arthur Klump, after several months
in Texas and Oklahoma, is home for
short visit. He has been employed
in the oil fields Of the southwest and
Mrs. c. S. Walker of Cushing. call.
ed here by the illness of her brother
Peter Dill of Gregory, Mo-, has re-
turned home via Quincy and st.
Louis.
Mrs. Frances Dooley and her son
William of Seattle, are the guests of
her uncle e. D. Gillian. Thirty years
ago Warsaw was Mrs. Dooleys' home.
Mrs. Benjamin Menke (nee Dal-
lam), formerly OF Warsaw, is secre
tary Of the Thomaston, Conn, Red
Cross.
Mrs. Geo. McFerran Of Melbourne,
Fla. is here visiting her daughter
Mrs. Ben Brinkman. Her husband
will be here later.
Carol Sack of Chicago joined his
wife and babe here Tuesday.
Miss Eva Mckee has gone to Boul-
der, Colo, where she will visit her
sister Mrs. G. E. Ames She will be
absent over a month.
There was a good attendance Sun.
day at the Warsaw township Sunday
school convention, held at ST. Johns
Evangelical church Interesting ad.
dresses Were made by the following:
Rev. A. Langhorst of st. Johns
church, spoke on Sunday Schools in
Foreign Lands" giving his experience
in mission work in Afrcia Rev. G..
G. Maple, pastor of the M. e. church,
gave an interesting talk on "The
Ideal Teacher and ]. B. johnson,
erasidaut of the Hancock County
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-09
WAS SOLICITED
FOR THE BOARD
Or. Robert Fegers Did Not volul
teer His Services as Was
Stated, But Was Ask
ed to Serve.

DR.. Robert Fegers Of Keokuk wal
solicited by officials of the count
and Of the exemption board to serv|
as physician on the board. and dl|
not volunteer his services as wal
stated n The Gate City. Dr.. Fege1
was asked by several local people Y
serve on the board when it becam(
apparent that there was going to b,
vacancy on this body. The pres
sure which was brought to bear wal
so strong that he finally consente'
to serve in case no other physical
could be secured.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-09
WILLIAM WINTER.

| William Winter dean of American dramatic
critics. is dead at the age Of four score years.
It was his good lot to early form convictions
born of love for the best things in literature
and the arts and to battle for them with full
zest to the very end. In his contention for
what he thought to be the real place and duty of
the stage-for to him the stage was so lively a
form of art that he believed it had a duty-he
had his disappointments, but to few men did it
happen that as disputants they always held the
confidence of the great majority of the inter
iested public as did William Winter. Some
sincere people thought him bound fast in ira
dition and in experiences SO dear to him that
! he was blinded to other and newer ones. But
mo one denied that his traditions were the best
and that the experiences by which he formed
his judgments were those of time and place on
the stage when and where there literary
drama and, with this, a nobler art of acting
than that of today.
It was this nobility for which Mr.. Winter
fought as he it gradually lost to view in the
rapidly growing stage. He failed perhaps, to
make allowances for the period of expansion
where a larger and ever increasing public
makes the obvious, the blatant and the sensa-
ltional appear for the time to have crowded out
what is really the best in an art; and in his
lscorn for a stage which discarded finely written
drama for plays in which buffoonery and un-
wholesome appeal abounded he wrote bitterly.
But his influence was tonic; he was never more
potent in his battle for clean and fine stage
than when he apparently defeatured by
commercial interests and forced to leave the
New York Tribune. The stage has not yet won
back the confidence lost in it when Mr.. Winters
retirement was known and understood, but he
lived to see it struggling back in desire to re-
gain the public it had lost.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-09

Leo d. Helfrich, who was employed
by the city council to make a census
OF the city of Carthage, has complet-
ed the same and makes the following
report:
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-09
School

School
City Dist.
2177 1909
Males 999 1865
FemaleS ...........llle l1ff
Male voters ......... 49,. 666 IL
Female voters ............ S23 SOB
Females -. DOS oS4
Own homes ........ -. 468 4S5
Rent homes 80. ........ 1Sa 209
Nonresident students Of
Carthage college and Car
thage high school ....... 2S4 2S4
Winter population ....... .2464 1896
Average to family 1855. 3A 3A
School Census, 1917.
Number under 81 ............ ..732
Males unuer Il .................. o4 Z
Females under 81 ...............3 $3.50
Males over and under 21..... PSI
Females over 6 and under 81 ....811
Males under six .................6 &c
Females under six ......... .....74
Primary classes fall OF 1917 ....... 20
Miss Mary Booz returned Monday
evening from Chicago where she
spent the past i've weeks visiting hire
uncles Edgar, Homer and Clyde Cut
Ter, AID also with friends. Enroute
to Carthage, she stopped in Kewanee
to visit the family of her uncle, J. E.
Cloud.
Mr.. and Mrs. Homer Cutler and
three children, Catherine. Dorothy
and Grace Eunice, are visiting the
gentleman's mother, Mrs Elizabeth
Cutler, and his sister, Mrs. William
Booz.
Miss Maxine Levitt of Stronghurst
visited the past week with her cousin,
Miss Barbara Levitt. Little Miss Dor
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-07-09

Every person who gives aid and comfort to
the enemy by questioning the justice of Ameri-
cas- entrance into the war for liberty and hui
manity or who assumes to criticise the course
of any one of our allies, basing the criticism on
false premise and half truth, should be given
transportation and forced passage to the kais-
er's realms without delay. Former Congress-
man Richard Pearson Hobson is one of these
Just now he seeks to stir up trouble by issuing
a warning to the American people against
the selfshness Of the British government
wherein he declares that America must dictate
allied war policies if Germany is to be defeated
This government may we'll send up cry that
it be saved from it's fool friends.
One of the busiest public Offices just now is
that of the county auditor at Fort Madison
The draft law is responsible for that, and that
the work is being satisfactorily performed and
with great accuracy, is due to the qualifications
of Auditor Hull. A tremendous account of de-
tail has been so systematized that the clerical
force labors though by clockwork and no
errors of commission or omission have been dis
covered. When Mr. Hull was elected to his
present position the county gained the services
of a man who is decided asset as one handling
public business. ]
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
L. & N.
neCard
Effective Apr. is. 1917.
TRAINS GOING SOUTH.

No. sc. en-. o. Lin. 1921 a. m
No. 5l-St. L. Express 5:29 p. m.
No. 95-Dixie Flyer 9:32 a. m.
No. 55-Hopkinsville Ac. 700 a. m.
No. 6S-St. L. Fast Mail 5:o6 a. m
TRAINS GOING NORTH.
No. &C. & St. L. Linn. 5:29 q. m.
No. 62-St. Louis:Express 1920 a. m.
No. 94-Dixie Flyer 7:o5 p. m.
No. 66-Hopkinsville Ac. 8:55 p. m
No. 64-St. L. Fast Mail lO:l4 p. m.
No. 81 connects at Guthrie for
Memphis and points as far south as
Erin, and for Louisville. Cincinnati
and the East.
Nos. 53 and IS make direct con-
nection at Guthrie for Louisville,
Cincinnati and all points north and
east thereof.
No. SO carries through sleepers to
Atlanta. Maeoh. Jacksonville. St.
Augustine. and Nnpk. Fla. Also
Pullman sleepers TO New Orleans.
Connect at Guthrie for points East
and West. No. 9S viii not carry To-
cal passengers for points north Of
Nashville, Tenn.
w. N. CHANDLER. Ticket Agent.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
The CONSUMER
MISCALCULATES
Often Pays More For Catalogue
House Goods.
ONE FARMERS EXPERIENCE.

Influenced by an AIIuring Picture Book
For a Time - Yards Of Red Tape
Used-5uylng From a Picture Album
10 a Reckless Form Of Gambling.
See the Goods Before Purchase.
Figures do not always indicate the
price OF goods sold by mail order
houses as scheduled in their price lists,
as the catalogue houses are careful
not to mention the "extra" cost Incl
dental to placing the order and the de-
livery Of the article ordered.
The consumer is governed by the
low catalogue price rather than the
delivery cost, the latter means, OF
course, being the correct way Of deter
mining the cost of the article.
Consumer Buys Costly Saw.
As an example | reproduce herewith
a conversation which recently took
place in western town when con-
sumer entered the local store and in
quired the price Of a saw. The price
of the saw was 81. the merchant told
him.
Great gunsr' declared the consum-
er IL can get the same article from
a catalogue house for $l.50."
81 can't buy 1t for that price," said
the merchant, "but will give 1t to you
on the same terms as the mail order
house, Just the same"
"All right" replied the consumer.
"You can wrap 1t up and charge 1t to
me, and when l settle In the fall 1 will
pay for it,
"Hand Over the Cash."
"Oh, no, you don't" said the dealer.
1--WE are doing business ON the same
terms as you do business with the mail
order house-no charge accounts. Hand
over the cash. please"
The consumer handed over $3.50.
"Now," said the merchant, rs cents
for the money order and cents for
postage"
what the
"But you must send a letter and a
money order to the catalogue house In
order to get the saw. you know"
The consumer. although desiring to
bolt, kept bravely to his agreement
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04

and1p3td tie cents.
NOW the express charges, 45 cents,
If you please"
"Well, by graciousv' he said and
gamely paid it, with the remark, Now
that l have met all Of your demands
hand me over my saw"
Man Made Mistake.
"Hand you the saw! Why, man,
where do you think you are7 Just rec
ollect that you are in Texas and am
located In Chicago. You will have to
walt about fifteen days for me to make
the delivery" And, backing up his
words with actions, he pocketed the
money, put the saw back on the shelf
and smilingly turned to wait on the
next customer
The consumer pondered, and after he
got through with his deductions he
said: "The saw will cost me $2.03.
That is 3 cents more than l could have
bought 1t for in the first place, and I
am deprived of its use for fifteen days
besides. No moTe mail order house for
mep'
z Incident Worthy Of Emulation.
The incident related above is one
which both the merchant and the con-
sumer may read with profit, and IL
more of the merchants adopted the
same tactics as did the Texas mer-
chant they would have fewer mail or
der buyers among those who should be
their customers.
And there Is much more to this
question than price and delivery; there
are often dissatisfaction and inferior
and damaged goods to contend with. In
the case Of goods being damaged en-
route the buyer has either the prospect
of lawsuit with the railroad COM
pany or correspondence 6ght with
the catalogue house, neither Of which
is very inviting.
Not infrequently does the buyer,
rather than to go to all the expense
and trouble incidental to the exchange
OF the article. allow himself to be i'm
posed upon by accepting the inferior
and often valueless article, an article
which he is actually ashamed to owD
or use.
The Only Safe Way.
There can be but one right way to
buy goods, and that Is to have the
goods in view Of the purchaser. Buy
ing from a picture Is a reckless form
Of gambling in which the advantage
Is entirely with the seller. he knows
what your money is. You do not know
what his goods are. Hence It Is heads
he wins and tails you lose.
That the catalogue house always gets
the better OF the bargain Is evidenced
by the fact that annually the large
mail order houses declare dividends
the enormity OF which appalls and be-
wilders the conception OF ordinary in-
dividuals, who count their profits and
savings in pennies rather than In mil
lions.
There is but one right way to buy
goods. and that way Is to see what you
buy before you pay for 1t.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
Children CRY
FOR FLETcHER'S
CA 9 TO RIA
THE THRICE-A-WEEk
EDITION OF THE
new YORK WORLD
IN 1917

Practically a Daily at the price of a
, Weekly. No other newspaper in the
world gives so much at so low a
price.
The value and need Of newspaper
in the household was never greater
than at the present time. The great
war in Europe is now half way into
its third year, and whether peace be
at hand or yet be far off, il and the
events TO follow il are sure to be of
absorbing interest for many a month
to come.
These are Notwithstanding affairs, in
which the United States, willing or
unwilling, is compelled to take a part.
NO intelligent person can ignore such
issues.
THE THRICE-A-WEEK WORLDS
regular subscription price is $l.0O|
per year, and this pays for 1866 papers,
We offer this unequalled newspaper
and the
HOPKINSVILLE KENTUCKIAN
(Tri-weekly)
together for one year for $2.65.
The regular subscription price Of
the two papers is $500.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
DUFFER-COx MOTOR CO.
0ncornOrated |

Agents for Dodge Automobiles
Seminole Building, Cor. 7th and
Liberty Hopkinsville, Ky.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
r. S. Ambrose.

Lumber Sash, Doors, Blinds, Red
CEDAR Shingles, Rubber Roofing.
raints and Oils. Call and pet our
estimates and lowest prices. Eth ST.
next to mill. " S''
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
Booker's Wholesale and
Retail Bakery

Buy The Best. Call for Booker's 5 i'm
proved Sanitary Bread, finest Quality,
Prompt Attention given to all Orders.
Phone 237. Made in HopkinsyiIle.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
PRINCESS AND REX THEATERS
BUY YOUR
Groceries and Produce
From
CLIFF CLARK
No. 20S E. Ninth Street.
Bring Your Junk to the new
JUNK MAN

We are paying the highest market
price for all kinds of Junk, feathers,
wool, roots, and furs. Cor. 9Th and
Water SITS. Tel. 1872. Wagon will
call for il. H. Meyer, Prop.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1917-10-04
HOPKINSvILLE KENTUCKIAl

Ne shsrt weight. either.
A fath with q weii-baianced mind IL
al&a{g SHE % put up an argument
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22
Destruction Taught
to Little Children
Games Learned BY Germans of Ten
der Age Inculcate Doctrine Of
FrightfulneSS.

That the Germans are teaching
their children games of hate involy-
ing mimic destruction of other ma
tons, clarifying slaughter and des-
truction and that these games were
being used in that country for years
before the war is the statement of
the Courier des Etate Unis" publish
ed in the French language in New
York City. The following article des-
criptive of this condition was trans
lated from the columns of that paper
by A Guibert of this city:
The Play Things Of the German
Children
One can say of a nation, tell me
the playthings of your children and
shall be able to tell you what you
are"
Amongst some of the playthings
given to children in Germany there
are boxes containing houses in ruins,
cathedrals in fire, city halls in ashes,
etc. They are made of a composition
of pewter cOlOred with red and yell
low to represent flames. 1t is the
glorification of pillage. One must re-
member that thousands of medals
we're struck in commemoration of the
sinking of the Lusitania, by a torpedo
causing the drowning of children cas-
so many young cats The German
newspapers announce the appearance
of new play thing called "Todten-
spiel'-"The game of the deads". Up
on the cover of the box one can see
a Uranium with crossed tibias-(A
very jolly game to give the children).
There is another very characteristic
plaything which is sold for ten phen-
nings in the streets of Berlin. 1t is
a small coffin made of pewter. The
cover is decorated with the inevitable
Uranium with crossed tibias below.
The Ominous box opens Inside there
is a small corps representing a sol
der. 1t can be taken out so that the
child can play with it, An English
gOvernness to the Potsdam court in
1900 who had the care of the kron-
prinz children tells that she found
them occupied with playthings repre-
senting the city OF London. and the
City g Paris small Zeppelin was
he g'ng from the ceiling and a string
attached to the airship would let
bcmbs of chalk drop on those cities
A lieutenant from Count Zeppelin's
staff directed this guileless sport.
The winner was the one who had de-
mohshed the most buildings with the
least number OF bombs SO it is that
the children are trained from very
tender years in the realm of the kaiser
to have no respect for infants, death,
or work OF arts. They call it "kul-
tur"
(Selection translated from the
Courier des Etats Unis", published
in New York. Translated by A. Gui-
bert, Twin Falls.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22
Idaho and Twin
Falls on Map
Both Win Prizes At POrtIand-Om
University Ahead And Brown Bros
Win On Sheep.
q. N. S. Leased Wirel

PORTLAND, Ore, Nov. 2I-IdahO
university carried off first hOnOrs in
the Judging contest mt the Pacific In
ternatiOnal Livestock show here by
scoring 21401s points. Second place
went to Oregon Agricultural college
with 2116 points and Washington
state college was tied with 2093
points.
High individual scores were Troy
Lindley, Washington, 452; Alvin S.
Mccormack, Idaho, second and Maui
rice V. Davidson. Idaho, third. DAY.
idson also won the trophy of the ma
tiOnal DurOc Jersey record assOcia-
ton for the best Judging of swine.
Brown Brothers of Twin Falls, Ida
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22
PERSHING SEES BRITISH
DEFEAT THE ENEMY

PARIS, Nov. 21- General ]. J.
PeTshing, commander in chief Of
the American forces i'm France,
Witnessed the great British drive
on the Arras front that gave the
British their brilliant victory
around Cambria, according to
information received here today.
This operation gave the Ameri-
can commander an insight into
new phase of the war a grand
assault without artillery prepa-
ration.
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov PA bad cold near
ly cost an American serious losses in
a recent expedition into No Mans Land
and also prevented the possible cap
ture of a number of Germans.
The patrol had set out during a
black night and made its way unde-
tected to a point near the enemy's
barbed wire where the men took up
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22

British troops have shattered the
famous Hindenburg line of German
defenses in northern France and adj
vanced to a depth Of five miles
That was the news flashed out
from the British war office in Lon
don today that electrified the world.
1t was a brilliant victory and it's
thrilling effect was intensified COM
ing at a time when the Germans and
Austrians have cut deep into Italy.
The tactics of attacking trench
lines without artillery preparation
unprecedented in this war-was en-
ployed by Field Marshal Haig and
powerful thrusts were driven home
against the German front over 35
mile line from the Scarpe river to St
Quentin.
The British now menace the STRAIT
egic German bases of Lens and at
Cambria as never before and thous-
ands of additional German prisoners
have fallen into British hands
Violent fighting was reported from
the Italian front with the Austro-
German armies still battling furious
ly i'm an effort TO encircle the Ital-
ian left wing on the upper Piaye riv-
er. AT last reports the Italian front
was holding with granite firmness
A great British victory has been
won on the Arras front.
Heavy forces of men have been con-
centrated west of Cambria, the great
German railway base on the Arras
front, and the attacks were begun at
dawn yesterday without any barrage
fire i'm front of the advancing ranks
and all the way from the Scarpe liv-
er Gust south of Lens) to St. Quen-
tin, the German trenches were over
run.
Trench system after trench sys-
TEN along the famous Hindenburg
line fell before the irresistible rush
of the British
This was one of the biggest single
gains made by the British since they
first began their offensives in north
ern France.
The element of surprise was inten-
sified by the fact that the British ar
tillery all along the west Flanders
front was laundering against the
German lines as though another drive
i'm that sector was i'm preparation.
The Germans began to rush mass
es of troops to the front and fierce
fighting developed.
Hand to hand struggles ragged in
the trenches and in the German dug
outs behind their lines.
The Germans lost very heavily in
killed and wounded in addition to
their losses in prisoners.
The importance of the British gain
could scarcely be overestimated in
the opinion of military experts. Not
only has it shown that the famous
"impregnable" Hindenburg line is
vulnerable against a determined as
sault but the British have crept very
close to Cambria and the menace to
the German base at Lens is now
greater than ever before
The news of the British victory in
New York on the western front caus-
ed advances on the stock exchange
today
The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-11-22

ROME. Nov 21-The Italian lines
along the Piaye river and across the
Adigo plateau are holding firm under
the battering blows of the Austro-
German war machine.
Bet the Brenta and the Piave
especially around Monte Grappa,
Monte Fenera and Monte Tomba
heavy infantry and artillery fighting
has been in progress for four days
and the battle is proving one of the
most spectacular the eye of man has
ever Witnessed.
Advices filtering through from that
front today told of heavy counter
thrusts by the Italians in which the
gallant troops distinguished them
selves by the utmost bravery.
1t was to this sector that the Ger
mans and Austrians moved great
masses of men in their endeayor to
encircle the Italian left wing and it
is estimated that the invaders have
upwards of 1000 guns in action amidst
the Alpine valleys.