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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12
NEWSPAPER CONSULTATIONS.

Stockton Record: W. w. Hawkins.
first vice-president of the United
Press, was in Stockton yesterday,
and spent quite little time at the
Record office. Mr.. Hawkins was
greatly interested in the recent pur-
chase by the Record of the Mail, the
elimination of the latter paper. leav-
ing two papers, one morning and one
evening, in the Stockton field.
What the Record has DONE" said
Mr.. Hawkins, sis in line with what
has been done and is being done in
several cities throughout the country.
Largely owing to the increased cost
of production, there is tendency
all over the country toward news
paper consolidation. The most recent
! case of prominence, aside from that
of the Record in the Stockton field,
that occurs to my mind is in Fort
Wayne, Ind. In that city the News.
published by c. F. Bieknell, has abb
sorbed its older rival the Sentinel.
AS in Stockton, both of these papers
were in the evening field. The News
was the younger paper, but by its
enterprise, progressive policy, neWsy
service and up-to-date business man
agement, had taken the lead in Fort
Wayne newspaperdom, just as the
Record SO obviously has gotten far
in the lead of the newspaper profess
sion in Stockton.
another instance that occurs to
my mind" continued Mr.. Hawkins.
''is in Keoluk, Iowa. The Daily Gate
City bought the plant and the bust
ness of the Constitution-Democr
and suspended the paper. Again it
was question of the survival Of the
ffttest, for it was almost inevitable
that one of the papers Should be
crowded out. Then there Is New
hurgh, New York state, where the
News has absorbed the Journal.
Again we find the same conditions
There was not business support sufff-
cient for the two papers TO operate
profitahly. and one was doomed to
extinction. In Green Bay, Wis, there
has been the same consolidation of
newspaper resources-one paper buy
ing ont another and susDendipg it.
There are several other cities where
negotiations are now under way
looking 70 either a consolidation or
purchase by one paper Of another.
Through the fart of the Record
having baen client OF the United
Press. we have watched its progress
during the wears and have heen
highly pleased AT ifs success Now
that II has absorbed its older rival
and IL giving such good news and
delivery service that 1t IL practically
hayond competition, the Record ought
10 reap the prosperity due II for IFS
efforts and enterprise, especislIy dur
ing the last few wears of its exist
enca There Is generally conv OF
the Record living on the table in our
New York Office. and members OF the
staff are ALWAYS quite interested in
looking II over"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12
ASSESSMENT NOTICE.
whom Il Inay concern:

To whom it may concern:
Notice is hereby given, That a plat
and sehed uIe have been prepared by
the direction of the city council Of
the city Of Keokuk, showing the as.
sessments proposed to be made for
and on account OF the cost of the con
struction of permanent cement side
walks, more particularly described as
follows:
II feet wide In front of the west rs
feet of lot -, Fayette Square, rs IT.
feet wide in front OF the follow.
Ing described lots, towit:
Lots II and IL, block Is, Leighton
addition, 100 feet.
All of block &c, Reds addition,
162 feet.
Lot 80, RandaIl's addition, so feet
Lots ], 2, 3, 4. 5 and 6, block %
F.. P. & W. addition 800 feet.
feet wide alongside of the follow
ing described lots. towit:
Center 1928 feet lot II, block 10,
Mason's upper addition, 46 2-3 feet.
Rear 46 2-3 feet lot H. block 10,
Mason's upper addition 4G 20 feet.
feet wide alongside of lot 10
Fayette Square, $50 feet, against the
privately owned lots and parcels o.
land abutting upon and adjacent TO
said Improvement. the said plat and
schedule showing the separate lots
and parcels of ground proposed to be
assessed for the cost of the said in
provement, and the names OF the
owners thereof. so far as known, and
the amount to be assessed against
each lot or parcel Of ground, and that
said plat and schedule are now on
file in the Office OF the city clerk OF
the city OF Keokuk and that within
twenty days after the first publica
ton OF this notice all objections to
such assessments. or to the prior
proceedings on .ccount of errors, r.
regularities or inequalities. must be
made in writing and filed with the
said clerk. Any objections not So
made will be deemed waived.
Date of the first publication, De-
cember IL. 1917.
o. w. SANDBERG,
City Clerk.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12
TODAY.S BIT OF VERSE

THE MELTING OF THE BELLS.
They have taken the bells OF Flanders
And melted them into gums,
They have branded the bells of Flanders
And trained them her
The tower OF Bruges is silent
And widowed shall she stand;
No shall the voice OF Roland
Sound Victory in the land!"
Proud Client and prouder Antwerp
Are silent the Scheidt;
They have humbled the bells of Flanders
Art sleeping, Van Artevede?
Now this is the condemnation
That follows them through the years,
That they shall be blind to beauty
And they shall be deaf to tears.
And through the coming ages,
When wonder and are theirs,
. Forever the bells of Flanders
Ring louder than their prayers.
Mary Eleanor Roberts, in Philadelphia Public Ledge
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12
IOWA PRESS commENTs

] Cedar Rapids Gazette: Robert nj,
| La Toilette occupies the anomalous po-
! sit.on OF an American without party,
! senator without a CONS lluency.
! his support OF any measure would ne
q haAd4cap. ttls praise woula De
equivalent 10 the condemnation ny the
millions. it was a sorry uay ior hlm
when, al the parting OF the ways, ne
bid 10y aity, pride, citizenship ana re-
eald tor lelIowman good-pye and con
tiAued his Journey as The companion
OF Tie siren Ambition, wno mas been
the taItalesS concublne OF great anu
little James from Cam TO KAISER VII
LAM
Council BluRs Nonpareil: The Prus-
slams VIII aougtiess conclude iIom
careful reading OF President Wilson's
message lRat ne is Still determined
TO drive a wedge between the Kaiser
and MS people. And ne is following
this wedge with the insertion OF some
others.
Waterloo Courier: Here's guessing
that some unknown YanRee soldier
has trick up his sleeve that Will put
his name on all tongues IN the allied
countries before another year of war.
Sioux City Journal: The British
are reported to have fired on the
tomb OF the prophet Samuel, but the
prophet has not yet shown signs of
irritation.
Waterloo Tiihes-Tribune: Talk
about economy! Here's the govern
ment using me most expensive kind of
purple ink on those new scent stamps.
Marshalltown Times-Republican
Perhaps you have noticed how little
the government plan of pooling the
railroads excited you. And if they
should be taken over entirely you'd
still keep your eyes ON the battle lines
in Flanders and Italy without turning
your head or hair on it.
Boone News-Republican A use has
at last been discovered for ex-presi-
dents. Make editors of them.
Burlington Gazette: Berne peace
congress adjourned because nobody
but Germans attended There's
bright white light on the peace move
ment.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

youth any anxiety about the upshot Of his
education whatever the line CT 1t be. II he keeps
faithfully hour of the working day. he safe
leave tn. final result to itself He with perfect
certainty count on waking some fine morning, to find
himself of the competent of his generation, In
whatever pursuit he have singled out Silently be-
tween all the details of his business the of judging in
all that class of will built itself within him
possession that will not pass Young people
should know this truth In advance The ignorance of 1t
has probably eneendered dscsurasement and faint
heaedness in youth ebarking arduous than
all other causes put together-Wiam James,
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

Except reasoning a constitutional or or
ganic hypnosis or because of brainstorm cen
tered In the minds Of it's editors on order of the
publisher of the Des Moines Register, The Gate
City is unable to account for the fact that the
capital city publication is wrong on almost
every public question. Before the declaration
of war it trimmed on the matter of adherence to
Americanism; after the declaration against Ger
many it was lukewarm; now it wabbles and APP
parently does not know where it is at Stabil-
ity of expression and adherence to a line of
reasoning that leads inevitably to realization
of patriotism should be the high mark of at
tainment, even, il seems to The Gate City, by the
Register.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12
WHERE THE MONEY GOES.

WHERE THE MONEY GOES.
Estimates of more than thirteen billion
y hundred million doIlars-the greatest i'll the ma
lions hissogy-tor the conduct OF the government
! and the prosecution OF the war during the fiscal
year 1919 were submitted to congress today by the
/ treasury department.
IN round figures more than eleven billion dol
Of the vast is Tor the war alone Only
part OF it VIII be realized from taxation: the re-
peducting item Of hundred and hfty-
three billion dollars intended as an annual appfo-
pT.aloa toward sinking fund for the discharge
/ The old public des1t, and some three hundred
and thirty million dollars which will be turned
back to the treasury postal revenues, tie
/ estimated for which congress actually is ex-
/ pecIea appropriate is thirteen eiion, eighteen
( million, Alndred and TWENTY-FIVE thousand
five hundred and ninety-hye dollars. No previous
/ estimate has ever exceeded two Dillon dollars
New York Globe.
/ How absurd and absolutely unbelievable the
| suggestion would have seemed five years ago
that anybody then alive would live to see con-
gress propose expenditure of thirteen bill
lion dollars to meet the foreseen needs of the
government for single twelve months. And the
idea that this huge appropriation should be
asked for at second session of congress
which had already at special session decreed
an expenditure of over twenty-one billion dol
lars, would have seemed like the rawlings of a
disordered mind It was only decade ago
that .billion-dolar congress- the first in our
history to appropriate SO great sum, as
founded the country and called out critical Or
wondering comments from the press of the
land. We had not realized at that time that
we were "a billion-dollar country as Speaker
Cannon phrased it; and it seemed to many citi-
zens that an era of rotous extravaganza had
begun. Now we talk in billions glibly. A mil
lion is an inadequate and discarded yardstick
by which to measure our national expenditure.
Yet few of us probably really think in billions;
for sums of money which require eleven figures
to express them great beyond our mental
grasp. We know what they mean, but do not
fully comprehend such mighty sums.
Half of this thirteen billions viii be used to
put army of million and half men in the
field and keep them there during the fiscal year
1919 if the war shall last that long. About one
third of it is for Notifications, and the next
great item of over billion is for our navy.
Speaking in round numbers, eleven billions of
this huge budget is for carrying on the war
which is expected to cost us two and a half bill
lions more than for the current 1917-18 fiscal
year Most of the money now to be appro-
priated will be raised by the issue of bonds and
thus be spread over thirty years to come. We
shall be able to carry it, though it will be a
mighty burden.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

AS between the food and fuel rules claims
for priority, it looks as if the coming hard
ships were to be split ffty-ffty, which is re-
garded as an equitable sporting proposition
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

As between the cars system Of exile to ST.
IBERIA and the Bolshevik method of throwing
political opponents from moving railroad trains
there is not so much to choose.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

The book ~ the Bible called Levitt
rug is 80 called because II relates prin-
cfpally TO the Levites and priests.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

Uncle Sans postmasters may now join in
the wall Of non-offceholders that everything is
going up except wages-or should the more
euphonious word "salary" be used in speaking
OF the help to meal ticket given our postoffice
men who, many Of them, know little about the
practical workings Of the job they hold DOWN.
Mr.. Burleson gives out that no postmaster pay
is to be boosted during the period of the war
and that all revenues derived from the in
created postage rates shall accrue to the govern
ment. Isn't that shamel And doubIy 80 be
cause the department over which Mr. Burleson
presides shows count to the good Of some nine
million dollars
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

Cubes of coal set in platinum bid fair to be-
come the popular holiday jewelry gifts among
the ultra fashionable
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

pie, but it is not apparent that we can save her
from whatever military fate awaits her at the
hands OF the central powers.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-12-12

The best measure Of the value Of a ton of
coal is an empty bin.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
MANCHESTER Chief
DIES FROM WOUND
James A. Harris Was Shot While Try
ing to Arrest John Swain, A Bar
Der.

Atlanta, March S.-James A. Har-
ris, chief OF police of Manchester, Ga,
who at 4::30 in the afternoon of March
was shot at Manchester by local
barber, John w. Swain, while making
an arrest, and was rushed to Atlanta
On a special train over the A. B. & A.
railroad, died at private hospital at
) o'clock Sunday morning.
Mr.. Harris was shot just above the
heart, and the bullet lodges against
his spine.
Swain was Immediately imprisoned.
The chief of police was we'll known
N many sections of the state, and was
I general favorite, especially in Man
chester. He was 40 years old.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
BITS OF MEWNE

The new wash sports silks are be-
ing used for suits. dresses and skirts
and come i'll the most stunning striped
effects. 4.'s .,, t.
The Trench coat IS the latest topeoat
for women. Ii is supposed to have
been copied from the coats worn by
the English soldiers. 1t is cwedtfb
the English soldiers. 1t is Of tweed
in green. brown or mixed effects. is
in mann.sh style, double-breasted. has
leather buttons and is finished with
belt and leather buckle.
New spring yloves are of fine kid
skin in French gray, with fancy
stitching and Vandyke points al the
top. The women who is tired OF The
regulation hand covering vii! like
these.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
CUBAN REBEL LEADER
L HAS BEEN CAPTU RED
GoKerst Gomez and Entire STAG Ia
Kan by Government Troops.

HayanR,I March 9.--AnnOuncemen
was made at the presidents palace to-
day that message had been received
there Stating that Jose Miguel Gomez,
former president Of Cobt, had been
captured with his entire staff. by Col
Collazo, commander of the govern.
mont troops. s
The news Of the capture of General
Gomez came in dispatch from the
secretary Of the interior Colonel Au
reiiesHevia, commanding the campaign
IN the province Of Santa Clara. The dis
pasehNsaid Colonel Collaao had report
ed the capture of General Gomez and
his staff. The announcement was re-
ceived with cheering and the waving of
hats by resident Menoeal and the ar
myaofflcers gathered at the palace. All
officers, soldiers and prominent civil
ians who later came to the palace al
so rheered the news.
"a The senate today passed the bill
which previously had passed the
house authorizing the president to sus
pend constitutional guarantees. The
bill now, only neds the Aresident's sig
nature to become law.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
Bay Springs News

The farmers are having pretty
weather for their planting and fixing
for planting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charley Gordy from
near Irvinville were in our communi-
ty Sunday and Monday.
Mr.. <. T. McSwain spent several
days with his brother, Mr.. Alb NC
Swain at Abba Ga, recently.
Several from our community attend
ed the Masonic funeral of Mr.. Turner,
at Dakota Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. d. w. Spires has been sick
for several days but we hope her a
speedy recovery.
Mr.. w. c. Gibson and sister Miss
Lena Kate. spent last Sunday with Mr..
B. p. Sappington of Arabi, who has
been confined to his bed for several
days on account OF fever.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henrly Collins visited
friends near pmehurst last Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Z. T. McSwain enter
tanned tho young people with sing
ing Saturday that was enjoyed by all
who attended.
Mr.. General Griffin of Rebecca and
Miss Nettie Mae George were married
Sunday Afternoon by Mr.. Ed Singers
1t was quite a surprise TO her friends
We wish them a happy, prosperous
life.
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14

Norway has 144 tree planting socie.
ties which since 1900 have set out
more than $4,000 trees. ..,,-
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
FEARING DISGRACE,
HE KILLS HIMSELF
Former Cochran Man Fires Bullet
Into His Brain at Moultrie-He
Leaves a Family.

Moultrie, March 8.-Leaving a note
in which he said that he hated to
take his life, but that it was the only
way he could get out of the trouble
that he was in without bringing shame
and sorrow to his wife and children,
Luther e. Cook, 35, shot himself thru
the right temple at his home at King,
wood about o'clock tonight, and died
almost Instantly. ~
Mrs Cook was preparing the even
ing meal AID Cook was in his room
alone when he fire the fatal shot.
The wife of the dead man says that
he has been acting queerly for sew
eral days, stating two or three times
recently that osme one was liable to
kill him, and that he wanted his body
shipped HON (meaning Cochran), from
which place he moved here several
months ago.
Members of the family and the Of
ficers do not know what trouble Cook
was seeking to get away from, as no
charge is pending against him. :
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
MANY Big CONTRACTS ARE
AWARDED DURING THE WEEK
Report of Industrial Index Shows That
Industrial Activity Of the South
Shows No Sign of Let Up in Any
Department. -.

Columbus, March 8.-The Industrial
Index says in it's issue for this week:
Following the awarding of a con-
struction contract, the building OF
foundations for a pulp mill that will
represent an investment of about ST.
100000 has been begun in Savannah,
"a tract of land in Dade county,
Florida, has been purchased for ST.
100000 by Chicago investors, who will
improve the tract and divide it into
small farms, upon which they plant to
place settlers from the northwest.
"a western company will establish
an extensive sawmill and build a rail-
road in section of Mississippi.
"A number of cities and counties
are voting bonds for public improve
rlents, and bond elections are to be
held in others.
"a Georgia company has been award
cd a contract for constructing a n.y.
dro-electric plant in South Carolina
at cost of $6000,OOO
-Four million dollars are to be eX-
pended by a railroad company in i'm
proving it's lines in the. south. .... '
michigan, Illinois and Georgia in
vestors will plant peoans off a tract
of 1000 acres in southern Georgia.
"These are some of the items of
news of the week that demonstrate
that great activity and the develop
ment in the southeast.
"The city of Savannah contemplates
expending about 100000 in improv-
| ing its harbor.
"a history addition will be erect
| ed to a hotel building in Atlanta at
cost of about 100000.
| "a contract has been awarded for
| the construction at Orangeburg, S.
c.. of buildings for 100000 meat
packing plant.
cat Brunswick a contract has been
awarded for dredging for railway ter
minals.
Fifteen corporations were formed
during the week, with minimum capita
stocks aggregating $535,000
Among the items of construction
work to be done, as reported this
week, are:
apartment houses, Miami, Fla; cit!
hall, Altoona, Ala; dormitory, Column
bia, s. c.; church building, Athens
Ala, and Miner Ga; hotel building
on island near Brunswick, Ga; paw
ing and waterworks system improve
ment, Dalton, Ga; library building
Bradentown, Fla; road, Etowah coun
ty, Alabama; sanitarium, building
Columbia, S. c.; sewer and watel
works extensions, Madison, Ga; thea
ire building, Valdosta, Ga; schoo
building, Alachua, Ellenton, Lake
Wales and Orlando, Fla, and Mitchell
county, Georgia; wharf, Tuscaloosa
Ala. Contracts have been awarded
for a postofice at GAINESVILLE, Ga.
church building, Louisville, Ga; no
tel building, Atlanta, Ga, and paving
Greer, S. c."
The Cordele dispatch. (Cordele, Ga.) 19??-1971, 1917-03-14
WIFE OF ENGINEER
Y GAINS 20 HOUNDS
G. G. GElGER SAYS HIS WIFE SUF-
FERED WITH RHEUMATISM FOR
YEARS-TANLAC ENTIRELY
ovERcoMEs TROUBLE.

"Tanlac has not only relieved my
wife of very severe attack of rheu-
| matism, but she has actually gained
twenty-five (25), pounds since she be-
gan taking the medicine" said Mr.. G,
G. Geiger residing at 1873 East Linden
street, Atlanta, Ca, for a number sof
years employed as engineer by the
Georgia railroad.-~-S W -
81 don't believe I ever saw anyone
suffer with rheumatism as much as
she did" continued Mr.. Geiger in his
statement to the Tanlac representa-
tive. "oSmetimes her feet would swell
so she couldn't get her shoes on. The
pains in her arms were SO great at
times she would remark that they felt
like they were about to drop off. She
had severe headaches, and was dizzy
and nervous all the time and unable
to sleep we'll at night. He appetite
faild her and she lost great deal in
weight and strength. She sometimes
got so bad off she would have to go
to bed and stay for weeks at a time.
When she wasn't in. bed she felt so
tired and played-out she was never
able to look after her housework.
"She tried all kinds of medicines,
but nothing seemed to do her much
good, and when | began to hear SO
much talk about Tanlac, | just made
I'D my mind to lay all the other medi-
cines aside and put her on TaElac.
"She has now finished her fourth
bottle and she is like different wom-
an. The rheumatism has been entire
ly relieved; she doesn't have the head
ache any more, is no longer nervous
like she used to be, and she sleeps
like a baby She has splendid ap-
petite and has been gaining strength
and weight right along, and, as have
already told you, she has gained TWEEN
ty-five pounds. She is full Of life and
energy now, and is looking after the,
housework like she hadn't ever been
sick.
81 tell you, it's just wonderful the
way this medicine has helped her, for
she was almost nervous wreck when
she started taking it. I'll never be
able to tell you how thankful | am
for what it has done for her, and /
am recommending it to all my friends.
Many Of them have already begun
taking it on my recommendation"
Tanlac is sold by Jennings Drug
Store in Cordele, in Hatley by Rob
ers & Co., in Arab by City Drug
Store, in Seville by e. p. Wilson, in
Vienna by Forbes Drug Co., in Byron
Vile by Byromyille Drug Co., in Una
dilla by Bobbitt's Pharmacy, in Pine
hurst by Dr. w. M. Halsham & Son,
in Lilly by the Lilly Drug Co., in
Teppettville by Teppettville Drug Co.,
r. F. D., Vienna, Ca; r. Klein and
Co., PIMA, Ca, R. F. d. Cordele.