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The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16

\ Note Of Warning For the Thespians.
Fleet shtpman has a had leg from
having a hook stuck IN it-Mercyville
Ia.) Banner.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16

Il don't care; 20 as far as you like. y
remarked the Ha bitual Drunkard, as
the officer placed him in the jug
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16

Since the government did not
specify, It seems best not to increase
the acreage Of wild oats
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16

The one bright spot In the whole
war is the fact that the Austrian
ship "Tzzylad" Is still afoat
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16

Now Is the time to clean your
closet; there has been n hundred per
cent increase in the price of skeletons.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16
Trolley Runs Amuck; Many Hurt.

New York. June 1s.-From forty to
fifty persons were injured tonight.
none seriously when a trolley car ran
amuck in Brooklyn. hnwled over an
automobile and an auto-truck and at
crossing caused collision between
three cars.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16
Pref,x One AtInast.

Does Emperor William consider
hSnsseif a n II. 9''444asrffe y2ysi ,r.fa ,ia
State.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16

To Say Nothing Of Switzerland.
Professor Nd Saunders dropped
In to see me this morning to present
me with Ave pound Virginia cheese.
never ate better cheese in Wisconsin
or Illinois, n. LaBaume, In
Waverly (Nn Dispatch.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16
Two Killed In Auto accident.

Milwaukee, June 15.--John Hol-
mony and his eighteen year -old
daughter Irene. were killed today
when an automobile turned turtle.
The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1917-06-16
Peoples Forum

80 would Have Serious Result.
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Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06
geuNTY ,E'xAl1II.

\ II r. = . t i d -
CONTINUED FROM LAST wEEK.]
JLGlenn. county commissioner
40 80; L 3 Bollinger county COM
missioner Al 90; wPMoody keep
ing jail 35 30; W P moody amt.
pd vital statistics 20 IS; sher-
man wellborn Judge OF election
4 90; B janeu Judge Of election
4 90; v L Trivstt Judge ofelection
a 90; is williams reg. Of election
% IL; John I FOX regof election
1889; L Tatum reg. Of election
IA 90; NG wheeler Judge election
4 90; HIM Ashley Judge oielection
4 90; W P Moody amount pd. vi
tai statistics t3 25; J NJ May
Judge OF election 4 90; IA Penley
jndge OF election 2 90; R A Tho
mas Judge Of election 4 90; J L
Michael Judge OF election 4 90; J
E watson Judge OF election 4 90;
49, -R 1~A.- n M
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06

a thild's lifeor even II it saves
him from q lifelong defect, like
blindness which is often one OF
the after-effects OF measles. The
mother who disregards the Quar-
antine Law is not only an unde'
sirable citizen to have in t b e
community but is an enemy Of
little children.
The number OF contagious dis
eases in this county last month
reported to me were: Typhoid
fever, Victor Coney, Sands; Hi
ram Winebarger, Mcclure; Mrs.
Mary Galway and General Cal
away, Vale Crucis. Diptheria:
Elmo Ward, Sugar Grove; Child
Of D. l.. Glenn, Villas.
j W. JONES, M. D.
County Quarantine Officer.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06
An Old Mans Stomach.

As we grow oder and less &C.
tive, less and less food is rpquir.
ed to meet the demands OF our
bodies. II too much is habit.
ually taken, the stomach will re-
bel. When a man reaches the
advanced age of IS or 80, you
will find that he il Il light eater.
Be as careful as you will, how.
ever, you will occasionally eat
more than you should and will
tsel the need Of Chamberlain's q
Tablets to correct the disorder.
These tablets do not contain
pepsin, but strengthen the stom.
ach and enable it to perform its
functions naturally. They also
cause a gentle movement OF the
bowels.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06
waAT noInEas CAN 90.
msthsrs in Asked 70 cs.spsrats with
QsarantIls Officer 10 Control
celtigious Diseases.

Nobody knows what it means
to have o sick child like the
mother, therefore, | am asking
the mothers Of this county, es-
peclally to cooperate with me,
their county quarantine officer,
and by all working together, to
keep down those preventable d.
seases like whoopingcough, mea-
sles, scarlet fever and diptheria,
as far az possible.
Some old, fashioned mothers
nsed to believe that whooping
cough and measles were like tax.
es, just had to come, and the
sooner they "came and went"
the better. But now mothers
know different. They know that
even if children should have these
diseases when they grow up it
goes less hard with them then,
and they are more likely to re-
cover without defects and i'm.
pairments. Why, when a moth
er's baby has measles II it is less
than five years old, she never
knows whether it is going to be
left blind, deaf, lame, or with
weakened heart or kidneys for
life. The safest plan is to take
no chances with any of these So
called children's diseases. Chill
dren don't hav 9 to have them.
and why not protect them?
Some of the things mothers can
do.to keep down whooping cough
measels, scarlet fever. infantile
paralysis and diptheria in theil
homes and communities are
first, to suspect the disease and
keep at home the children hav'
ing the first symptoms, such at
sore throats or head colds, par
ticularly if any contagious dis
ease is in the community. Sec
ond, in case no physician is call
ed to attend the child, the moth
er should see that the disease il
reported at once to the county
quarantine officer who will tel
what to do and how to treat thu
case. The law requires them tt
do this. Third, every mothe,
should respect the Quarantine
Law. 1t may Inconvenience he
slightly but what will a few day
OF inconvenience mean il 1t sav,
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06

Perhaps his several years in
Canada gave him a ktener sense
OF duty and a clearer realization
of the needs of our country than
we had here at that time.
Anyway, there he was-a man
Of 40, beyond all possible draft
requirements, with bright busi-
ness prospects and prosperous,
living in ease, in an atmosphere
oil refinement, giving up all that
many count worth while in this
life to serve his country.
OF course this is only one OF
thousands of similar instances.
But it comes close home to me
and hel. me to realize that all ]
can possibly do will amount to
little a. compared to his contri-
buttons to the cause.
With such examples before me,
| could not spend these years OF
wartime distress in thinking ol
business and money.naking O.
lone. l would be ashamed to live
in luxury and ease and feel that
/ had profted without services
while others-millions of Others
had paid the great sacrifice fol
my country.
So l am trying to find my place
in this Wartime scheme OF things
aud serve where where I cal
serve my country. l shall try no
to let private business interfer
with my call to public service
which l can perform efficiently
and without pay-while the Wal
} lasts:
While the sacrifice newspape
, men are called upon to lnak'
may be small, still the service W
, may render may begreat. G. [
Fl. in Colorado Press.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06

1t seems to me that all Amer
lea should devo te it's whole
thought and energy these days
to making war.
Let Wal. be the chiei business
before US until this terrible con-
fllct is brought to a successful
6nish..
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06
Certain Cure for Group.
Mrs. Rose Middleton ui Gr G

Mrs. Rose Middleton Ui Gr, en-
vile, Ill. has had experience in
the treatment of this disease.
She saws, "Wheu my children
were email my son had Group
frequently. Chamlerlain's Cough
Rauneiy always biUke up these
attacks Immediately, and l was
never without it in the house.
have taken it myself for coughs
and colds with good resulte."
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06

Il 7
for W robbins 3 90; bob sluder
agent for Thomas child 3 co.; J
woodring agent for c campbell
8 90; J watson agent for J Greer
8 90; p THOMAS agent for Hen.
~ ward 4 80; WV collins agent
for Fannis coFFsy 6 90; ). L NC.
NeilI 4 So; L NJ hodges agent ,or
sallie Justice 5 80; IA COX agent
for Avery watson 4 so; c snyder
agent for BETSY Martin 6 90 L M
hodges agent forthas Aldridge
Z SO; R L sluder agent for Eliza
beth rurnmire Z 80; NJ B black
burn agent for M bentley and
wife II 90; G D taylor agent for
Emeline Farthing 6 90; W r wink
Ter agent for Ranse ward)6 90; A
B Harman agent for R Presnell
6 90; Luther Miller agcntfor Mrs.
shelton 10 30, T A COX agent for
@ L watson 3 90; frank vines
agent for Julia Glenn 2 00;L NOR
man q pauper 6 90; Addie FOX
county aid 8 90; kate Yarber a
pauper 6 90; David hodges q pau
per 8 90; Amos ward a pauper
8 90; Hard hicks a pauper 3 90;
caroline and Martha Barnes couu
ty aid 6 90; Riley hodges agent
for James Andrews 'and James
Greer 13 so; JH brown keeping
county home 81 90; N T Byers
Judge of election 4 90; J c mast
register of election 20 OF. watau-
printing co. stationery fo1 IS.
A p ward Judge of election 4 90;
R L Glenn taking pauper to coun.
ty home l 90; John carp court
house janitor 2 90; M B Black
burn county supplies Is 30; W D
Farthing postage 80; Edwards &
Broughton supplies for co. 10
W p Moody keeping court house
21 55; wP Moody amt pd vital
statistics AZ Is: W R Gragg clerk.
ing D BD2 25 SO.
April 2, 1917.
JH brown keeping county Home
40 90; ;JH brown keeping county
home Is IS, John carp court
house janitor4 90; DR.. H McD Lit
tie services in henderson case,
125 90; DR.. J W Jones services iu
henderson case 35 90; RI Hen.
son Judge Of election 2 90, W "
MAST coffin for slllie Justice $12;
J c shook burial OF sallie justice
6 As; E NJ hodges amount due sa
liz Justice l 10; Bryan work
court house locks l 90; W W Mast
casket for Mrs. BETTE Greene &
pensioner, 20 90; F sherwood
nails for county IS; G F Critch'
er lumber for county l rs;
Norris, Judge of election 2 90; v
T Baird Judge OF election 3 90;
B Miller burial of c c Miller a pen
sioner Is 81; W p moody amour
paid for registering vital stati-
tics 20 so; J f Luther Judge o
election 4 90; c p Todd Judge o
election 2 90; W p Moody keeping
Jail, holding court. etc, 6S 95
I'M south sulnmoning itrors IS
G " robbins summoning juror
s 90; jesse robbins court Office
.12 90; OBJ cannon court office
. 3 90; " l. haynes court office
8 90; L A Green county commis
sioner aud member of flnanc
committee 35 90.
@ Isenhour st We A Henderson eos
: c Penley So
sim Penley SO
. VIC LentZ B
, Lucy Lentz 8
Lyon d .
Mrs L Green b l
: W l. Austin = 66
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06
Il M IlIls.
Aasliea slsslt Dssts rs Tine ~
ThslGht b Dsslksss si us.
slys eslorade EtitO1.

l1eeQt . OuSxsss o. NJ,
| Says eslsrsds EtltH.
1t seems to me that all Amer
lea should devote it's whole
thought and energy these days
to making war.
Let War. be the chiei business
before US until this terrible con-
fllct Is brought to a successful
6nish:.
need not tell you why we are
at war. You know all Of that
better perhaps than do l.
There is just one big, strong
fact staring US in the face. We
are at war. We will come out OF
the war victorious or licked. II
we win, our children will be safe
from war for q generation or
two. II we lose, no pen can pic.
ture the disaster that will over
come US. We may get a little
impression of what defeat.means
by looking at the wreck and rum
OF Belgium, Poland, Servia and
Armenia. -.
We must win this war.
But to win it We need more
than soldiers. We need the con-
centrated thought and energy OF
all America on the war. We
need the enthusiastic support and
hearty applause of every man
woman and child in this great
country.
You know how the football
team with the greatest number
OF rooters often wins.
Our soldier boys need all the
encouragement, all the whoop
and hurrah they can get from
home.
Besides that, the various enter.
prises OF the government cannot
be carried out successfully with.
out the enthusiastic support o'
the people.
Many newspaper men will not
be able to 20 to the front.
But every patriotic newspaper
man who sticks to his job and
does what he can to help the
government and his country il
, this great crisi+, is worth a dozer
, soldiers IN the trenches.
Napoleon once said that thu
active support of four good
newspapers at home was worth
' a division of so, 900 men at tn
front. Newspapers were not 81
plentiful then as now, But yol
can see that he appreciated tn
, power of the press
l have been thinking seriously
OF my duty in this war for som
time. | am convinced that if Id,
, every thing in my power, usinl
:. all the space in the Record need
e1, devoting all the time | ca
: profitably to the various Wa
> enterprises, giving all the none
. | can earl IN war times to tn
= several worthy enterprises an
r. beuevolencies, that even then IN
r sacrifice will be small compare
J. to that OF any one of the youn
o men Of my town who have lef
-, their business and homes and re
o atives to fight our f1ghtin Franc'
0 This matter was brought clot
0 home to me in my own family.
y have q brother-in.law in the a
y my. Like one Of the famous wr
O ters, l am willing to sacrifice IN
o wife's kin for my country. 3
o had a big business in British Ce
y lumbia. Was making probabl
n $4,000 a year. At the fri
o break be closed out his bushes
10 and came home to enlist in Il
~ army. His highest hope was
NJ be a private on the firing line
q France.
Watauga Democrat. [volume] (Boone, Watauga County, N.C.) 1888-current, 1917-12-06

J DCouncill I" =" e" 33 80
Ed Moretz I" Z" 4" 81 II
I'M Moetz member bd Of election
% IA; hodges & Mcneil road ma
terial 81 81; ;LA Green, co com.
and finance CON-, rs 20.
January 1st, 1917.
Lionell ward st vs A oliver so;
&c storie Judge of election 4 90;
brown keeping county home
21 so; brown keeping county
home 10 90; o L Coffey Judge of
election G 20; edwards & Drough-
ton records for county % 3S; J
Earp court house janitor 2 90; W
R RGragg clerking to board % 20;
snyder Judge of election 4 90;
John wilson Judge OF election g.;
d. cottrell stove Tor jail 2 3S; J
b horton reg. Of election 10 q;
John eragg burial of Rebecca Ha-
gaman 20 90; W D Farthing mail
ing pension checks etc 8 80; RC
Rivers publishing county exhibit
81 66; W P Moody keeping jail
taking prisoners to Morganton
etc. 1O2 IS; DIV wooten Ex com
prisoners to Morganton 3 CO.
DIV wooten, Ex. com. conveying
lunatics to Morganton, II so
watauga Printing CO., Stationery
for county 1.25; Edwards & Bror
ghton J HIS dOcets IL 90.
Feb. 3, 1917.
JB brown keeping county hom'
6OO;J brown keeping county
home 81 70; John carp court
house Janitor 2 90; edwards
Broughton supplies for office o
register OF Deeds 8 561 DR.. Jv
Jones county physician 80 so; '
W mast blasting material 80 22
EFF warren blasting materia
Is 81; wP moody amount pait
for..vital statistics 26 %; W ]
Mondy keeping county jail Is 81
wD Farthiog, record work, post
age etc. l As.
March 5 1917.
W NJ coffey agent for H coffe
600; NJ B Blackurn agent for ca
vim bentley 6 90; G L storie agt
for " E Robblns 3 90; G L stori
agent for smith cook 6 90; z
brown agent for Mile walker 6
90; L M hodges agent for G Ya1
ber 6 90; W l. HJlshouser agen
for Maud hodges 8 90; NIB BLACK
!, burn agent for Abe bentley Z sc
A Harmau agent foD F Harma
900; L g Maxwell agent for s
BLACK Is 90; - T hampton agen
for N canter 6 90; J Mitchell agt
for L Mitchell 8 90; JH mast ag
for NJ 4 E wilson 3 90; A watson
agent for L D watson 6 90; T
MAST agent f.. B ntley IL on
Younce agt. for Elva churc
$50; M B blackburn agent for
horton, ~ 90; John watson ag
for chany saunders 4 50; N Mite
ell, agsnt for will shull, col 12O'
RF Miller agent for NJ Trive'
Z so; DR.. H B Perry agen t for Ma
carter 8 90; c D Taylor agent X
Geo townsend 8 on; T A COX jag
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
ESCAPE
FOR AUTOISTS
Party Crossing Des Moines H'ver
Bridge Nearly Hit by Train
Say No Signals
Were Given.

An automobile party Of four from
Keol,uk had narrow escape from
being struck by a north bound Bur
lington route train yesterday at the
Des Moines river bridge. Members
of the party claim that no signal
bells were rung, and that there Is no
watchman on the bridge to controi
traffic at train times. They consider
that they had lucky escape from
death. and are wondering why there
were no signals displayed.
The auto party was headed soutn
and was on the right hand roadway
The train was coming north, and &C
cording to the occupants Of the auto
mobile. there were no warnings
sounded, and on account Of the high
hoard fence which separates the road
way from the track the approaching
train was obscured until they turned
off OF the roadway to cross the track
fortunately the driver had his car
we'll under control, and stopped
within five feet Of the approaching
engine. -
Auto drivers are complaining or
the condition of the flooring or the
bridge, as we'll as the lack OF signals
and Waterman.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
RULES BY CIVIL
SERVICE BODY
Commission Drafts and Presents City
Council With Regulations for
Fire and Police
Departments.

The civil service commission COM
posed of Ralph B. smith, chairman,
Burton wilkinson and DR.. F. B. Dor
sey Jr., has drawn up and presented
to the city council a list Of rules
and regulations Of the fire and police
departments of the city with rec
ommendation that they be passed and
made the official rules Of the public
safety department.
The document presented to the
council consists Of twenty closely
typewriter pages and contains ap-
proximately 10000 words.
The first part is taken up with adj
vice to city employees and rules ap-
plicable to all of them. For the po-
lice department the duties OF the
chief, sergeants, patrolmen, patrol
drivers and special police are listed,
the law of arrest given and the care
of prisoners discussed. Under the
fire department heading, the duties or
the chief, horsemen and truckman
and drivers are given with rules Tor
the care and use Of apparatus, such
as ladders, truck, hose wagons, hose
hose pipes, etc. -,
The council is considering the list
of rules and regulations before tax
ing official action on them.
Section 81 which provides that all
refinishing, repair and construction
work around the station houses or
city apparatus shall be done by mem
hers of the fire and police depart
ments, Is the only one not likely to
meet with general approval.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
CHAUTAuQUA HERE
IN ANOTHER WEEK
Plans for keokuk's First Assembly
Are Progressing and Everything
Points to Its Being
Success.
FINE PROGRAM ASSURED
BID Tent Will be Pitched In Rand
Park Where Ideal Surroundings
Are Assured for the
Meeting.

Keokuk people are being daily re-
minded of the fact that the first
Keokuk chautauqua will open here
Monday, August 26, and will continue
for week. Attractions from the
White and Meyers circuit will COM
prise the program for the six day s
assembly. This will be the first as.
sembly attempted by Keokuk, and
everyone is planning to make 1t
success.
The chautauqua tent will be pitch
ed at Rand park. This is consider
ed an ideal place for the holding OF
an assembly of this character, and
the tent will be roomy and com
Portable. A new style tent is to be
erected, and one which will be cool
and shaded.
The chautauqua program Will open
Monday afternoon. Lecturers OF note,
entertainers of considerable reputa-
ton and talent, and musicians OF
note are on the program for the
first session to be attempted by
Keokuk people. For this reason 1t
should have the patronage of people
not only of Keokuk but Of this en-
tire section. Chautauqua sessions
provide a pleasant break in the mon
otony of farm life, and people from
the surrounding districts are plan
ming to come here for the week.
Every indication points to making
a success Of the assembly. The sale
of tickets has been brisk, and people
generally are showing interest In
the plan.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
DON'T USE MAIN
STREET ROAD
/ ocaI Auto,sts Asked to Avoid Thor
ouahfare While It Is Being I'M
proved-Careless Driver
Breaks Barriers Down.
n.oists have heen reouested moi

Autoists have been requested not
70 use Main street road for the pres
ent as the city is rebuilding 1t 10
the city limits. preparatory to It's oe-
ing oiled. The work will be complet.
ed nv next Tuesday at least and Will
he thrown open to traffic then. Auto
lists are asked by city authorities to
go out Exchange street to the bouIe-
ward and avoid the stretches being
improved.
Last night a careless automobile
driver ran through the barriers on
Main street road and broke three or
fo,1r lanterns. scattering glass all
over the road and tearing up part OF
the work done on the street.
Many complaints have been coming
in from residents on Main street be
tween Fourteenth and Twentieth
streets of JOY riders waking them u
at and 2 O'Clock in the morning
with open mufflers and noise. JUS
because there is a good street &c
motor on. local autoists have beer
asked by the city officials not to abuse
the privilege.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
n.. improvements Going on at the
standard Four Tire Co, Plant
and size Must be Enlarged
in the Near Future.
ENTIRE OUTPUT SOLD
,,dieatlons Are That keokuk viii
become Famous by Reason Of
Manufacture Of Auto
mobile Tires.

that the automobile tire business
!, vet in its infancy can not be
donhted when one learns Of the Wig
;,ont attention and constant effort
hat successful tire construction re-
quires.
AL rubber plant and quality tires are
be,ng manufactured. When the big
ire companies at Akron sounded the
alarm that there might be a tire
famine in 1918 if the great war con-
timed. The Gate City sent a repre-
sentative to the plant Of the Standard
Four Tire Co., in this city to learn
# conditions we're such as to event
ually effect the local labor and bust
ness situation.
Much to our qualification. 1t was
found the Standard Four Tire Co. at
tho pinnacle of it's success. Frought
with many aggrevations and set backs
that all new companies must expert
ence in their first year OF manu-
featuring. it has gone through these
trials victor and is today one of
Keokuk's solid industries.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-08-18
GIVES BACK
HIS HOLDINGS
Jacob M. Dickinson Of the Rock is'and
Returns Property Which He
Has Been Managing,
to Road.

A deed has been flied in the record
er's office in which Jacob NJ. Dickfn-
SON receiver of the Chicago. Rock
island and Pacific railway conveys to
the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific
railway company all of the railroads,
1ease holds. track, real estate and
other property Of railroad company
which he has held as receiver.
Mr.. Dickinson was appointed re
ceiver several years ago, and man
aged the business until few months
ago when the affairs of the company
were Strengthened out. The old keo-
kuk and Des Moines which was oper-
eted as a separate line under the
receivership, and which again is
known as the Rock Island. is con
viewed in the deed