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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
A DANGEROUS TEACHING.

1.-The problem of Amercanization will be IN
great part Solved runs document from the
educational department at Washington, when
the alien is made to believe that his real sue
cess depends on his knowledge of and adher-
ence to American ideals
This is dangerous theory. In the first place
what is meant by SUGGEST There is a lot OF
muddled thinking about this much used word
In way anything that does what 1t sets out to
do succeeds A bricklayer succeeds if he lays
bricks; tennis player succeeds II ne convlnces
his fellows of ''class." But In general people
who write and talk about success mean money
making, and it seems at least permissible to be-
lieve that this is the sense IN which the word Is
used in the document sent out by the federal
bureau of education 1t is quite certain 1t is the
sense In which the alien pupil would understand
it when he came to understand the word at ALL
The alien comes here for opportunity to earn a
living more freely and more prosperously than
he could in the land from which he came. Tn
questionable he does make better living and
I've a happier life. This is real success, the
better contentment and its foundation in the
American political industrial and social ideals
Educate the alien to see this; meet frankly his
queries as to the failure of our practice in many
ways to stand four square with our profession;
show him how he as a loyal citizen do his
part TO make the theory effective in practice
Then the alien is being Americanized in useful
wav. But to hold before him the motive OF
learning our language and customs because he
will get money out of it, is simply to perpet
nate sort of citizenship of which we have far
too much already-a citizenship that looks up
on the land as of milk and honey to be gathered
without responsibility for the safety and honor
Of its possessors.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

New York Times: The Daylight
Saving association OF New YORK;
meeting in the office of Arthur Leh-
man, Is William street, decided TO
reorganize the working force OF the
association for the purpose OF send
ing kilograms and letters 10 all large
business firms throughout the coun-
try and to labor organizations, to
get their support in fighting the re-
peal OF daylight saving. The mos,
important service that firms ana
labor organizations will be called
upon to do will be TO communicate
with congressman and senators. ask
ing them to oppose the bill.
Marcus M. Marks, president of the
association, at the meeting read
number of kilograms from manufac-
turers and businessmen in all parts
of the country, from congressman
and from city officials, announcing
that they would support the fight
against repeal. What Mr.. Marks
considered the most valuable OF all
the preferred assistance was from
Frank A. Morrison. secretary OF the
American Federation of Labor in
Washington, who telegraphed:
Our legislative committee is do
ing everything it can TO be helpful in
retaining the law as il is
Two messages from Senator Cald-
well. of New York, who is going to
lead the opposition to repeal in the
senate, said that he was going to
fight to the finish. Robert Garland,
president of the chamber OF com
merce of Pittsburgh, telegraphed that
he had requested the representatives
and senators of Pennsylvania TO fight
for the continuance OF daylight
saving.
Mr.. Marks said that he had writ
ten TO a number OF manufacturers
and various, organizations in this
city, but he still felt that there was
much to be done, and done quickly,
as he feared that the bill would be
passed if action was delayed.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
THE ORGANIZERS.

St Paul Pioneer Press: When we
have finished the more pressing prcb-
lens in the wake of the war, per
haps ii will be good idea TO give
our dreamers a certain official status.
Events have entitled them 10 that
consideration While trans-A eanfic
living bulks so large in the public
eve get down your Kipling, md re.
read that fascinating story of The
Night Mail. which describes lraps-
Atlantic commerce in the year 20cJ
flights of superzeppelins carrying
the traffic of the world back and
forth between the Americas and
Europe. Kipling was wrong in his
date: that is all. Ii would be bold
man who today would venture to de-
clare that Kipling oyerdrew his pic
ture OF the air lanes of eighty years
hence. When Jules Verne took his
DAYS he was really very conserva-
tive Beginning with Nellie Bly, back
in 1889, his record has been broken
many times-John Henry Mears and
Andre Jaeger-Schmidt more than
halved it. For confirmation of that
fascinating tale, Twenty Thousand
Leagues Cnuer lhe sea, read the
reports of the German submarine
campaign-a campaign, by the way,
which was foretold by Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle long before It began.
Wells described air battles long be-
fore they were fought, and our own
Frederick Palmer. in his novel The
Last Shot"-which, by the way, was
published in these newspapers some
years ago-toid, far in advance, the
story of the conflict between France
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
TODAY'S BIT OF VERSE
THE TEMPER.
See here,

Long about this time year
Someone comes round and says: see here'
Let S me n you just slip away
An go a-ishin, bo some day
I scratch m head an sniff tn air
An wrinkle up M brow with care
An make reply in worried tone:
I'm sorry Bob, it CANT be done
Too much on hand to think o nsh,
Tho I'll allow my fondest wish
Would be ter try that oil bass hole
An, timber up m castfn' pole
..JJh huh" says Bob, 9TH times just rlghI
Fer them black bass ter strike an bite.
heerd guy tell Sam Devine
He gotta bar cat on his line.
He nusta weighed nigh seven pound;
The guy declared he whipped him round
Fer most an hour then lost him clean
The derndest luck he ever SEEN.
I listen whilst l gaze in space
Th' worried look has lef m face,
i see tn white clouds in tn sky;
hear TIL jacksnipe's pleadin cry.
I smell tn willers sweet incense;
TIL furrowed fields, tn oil worm fence
Then somethin' snaps-m' vision clears
Tn web O business disappears
Cast off just like stiflin cloak
M dreams O. wealth go up in smoke.
Lead on McDufi' fairly YELL
"Today'n suit me Just well"
Will Terrell, in Kansas City Sta
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

Besides being very useful d.
TONS to be performed on tb0 Osea
and neck, it is of great int a,e ass
cause 1t never produces na,ae es' y
me effects Of the new va m.,
will serve to explain the ~. me'hA
chioroform operations alwavs w
duce nausea when operatin. ~
former method. for it anna. " "
dent that the nausea was CATS sH
a part of the chloroform ysnos sa !, y
Ing absorbed by the esopbapr ss y
the stomach. aa'
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
chioroform Given by Tube.

A new method Of administering
chloroform, brought out In France
by DR.. Guisez, is described in the
Scientific American. The doctor no
longer applies the drug by the usual
compress. or mask placed over the
mouth, but introduces the chloro-
form vapor directly into the lungs
through a tube running into the
windpipe. The tube method has al
ready been employed in several hun
dred cases. and with great success.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

and Germany, a story which, in its
military aspects follows very closely
the actual debacle achieved by Mar
shall Foch.
1t behooves US to pay attention to
the dreamers We never know when
they may be right. They seem some
times to have the gift of precedence.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
IOWA PRES COMMENT.

Webster City FreemanJournai.
Gen. Wood has made good in the army
and would make good in the white
house were he promoted 10 tne posi'
ton of president
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

The general tendency OF evil is toward turt"er eyi'
Bodily illness the body more susceptote
ease produces lncapacity of exertion some
jty Of mind, often the loss CT means OF
evils What still worse to be Injured or opP'ess
when habtuaI the whole tone OF the
One bad action others. in the agent n'nsei, III -
bystanders and the sufferers. All bad qua'iues a.S
Strengthened by habit and all vices and toes na
spread; every intellectual or mora -
uenerates others, without end-1ohn stuart '
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

TN
acid. The kidneys are not able to get rid of Il l..
conditions you readily overcome and n,,,..
life by taking the advice of DR.. Pierce which Is
the kidneys in good order.0 rAvoid too much ~.
alcohol or tea. Drink plenty of pure water n,.,.
ably hot water before meals, and drive the uric u
out of the system by taking Anurico This ran
obtained at almost any drug store, in tablet form =
will dissolve uric acid as hot coffee dissolves su,
You know that before an insurance compsrv :,
take risk on your life the examining physician u
test your water, and report whether you are o.,
risk. You should send bottle of water to the cban
at DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel Buffalo, n. Y. ii
you will receive free medical advice as to wbetba,
kidneys are affected When your kidneys get slu,,s
and clog, you suffer from backache sick.bead,,s
dizzy spells, or twinges and pains OF lumbapo rbs
matsm and govt; or sleep is disturbed two Or In.
times night. Take heed, before too late. 4.
Anuric anti-urc) for it will nut new life int, J.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

Altoona Upper Des Moines-Republi-
can. Starting across the Atlantic IN
on airship is classed by some as
fooIhardiness and by others as brav-
erv If the feat is accomplished 1t Is
bravery, if not it is the former.
Manson Democrat: When the pro-
sressiye republicans of the United
States senate pick themselves up OUT
OF their sawdust and get the blood out
of their ewes and the loose teeth out
OF their mouths they will begin 10
realize what happened to them when
the old standpat senatorial crowd
landed on them at the first smash OF
the gong.
Waterloo Times-Tribune: Really,
il is queer that Germany should make
so much fuss about signing the
treaty. When before did she ever
take her signature seriously?
Carroll Herald: Gen. Leonard WOOD
has gained more in favor as presl-
Genital possibility than any other man
N, entioned. He comes nearer to being
the rightfuI successor to Theodore
Roosevelt in the hearts of the republi-
can masses than any other man III
America.
Cedar Rapids Republican: In Des
Moines they settled their builders
strike after about seventy days OF
iGleness and quarreling. In the end
they had to settle 1t by all using
little common sense and getting to-
gether. Why should those things not
have been. applied in the beginning!
What does it get men on either side OF
such disputes to quarrel?
Marshalltown Times Republican:
You give those boys over there a n.y.
ing machine apiece and see how
blamed quick the transatlantic flight
would be accomplished. Why, some
OF those fellows are willing to walk
across.
Perry Chief: They are calling the
men who are buying Iowa soil Land
crazy" yet it seems that they are
land wise" instead. 1t will take
big national calamity to cause re
ductfcn in the price of Iowa farm land
the best in the world.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

According to a despatch from Vienna, the Hun
garian reds will abolish the telephone because 1t
is bourgeois Over here the telephone service
is even worse-is it burlesonols.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

Most of the returned soldiers who have no
Jobs are out of work because they won't take
the Jobs offered them. It's natural and credit
able to want good job, but it's thrifty and
sensible to take whatever job IS offered while
waiting for a better one to turn up.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

What makes one madden than anything else
is the person who makes first-class investment
in Victory bonds and then acts and talks as II
he we're comforting a personal FAVOR on ms
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

never be. But the attempt to make 1t can
cause world chaos.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

Two-column interview with Basepan hlhs
John McGraw in New York CITY newspaper
AMI not a word about the new league OF nations.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

kidnvs and You will feel full and m
draggedout and blue. Anuc
thia acid and other poons m
Ask your druggist for Anuric-in tablet form.
should be careful active and
poison rid poo y
vegetable occasionally Pellets NAL
do grippe will harm the delicate system.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04
"Gee-Whiz! How it Hurts q
- The Pain in NV Foot

is Merciful Heaven how my back
morning of that poison ,u
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

The eloquence of the leader OF the German
peace delegation reached its highest polnt "len
he stopped talking.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

Swift & Company has become one OF
the large businesses Of the world through
continuing to meet the growing needs OF
nation and world
Society has right to ask how the
increasing responsibilities and opportu-
mites for usefulness which go with such
growth are being used by the men who
direct it's affairs-and the men have the
right to answer:
To promote the production of live stock and
perishables and increase the food supply;
To reach more people with and better
To make fair competitive profit, in order to
reimburse the q, 900 shareholders for the
Of their capital, and to provide for the
Il development of the business
To reduce minimum the costs Of preparing
and distributing meat and to divide the
benefits Of efficiency with producer and
To live and let i've winning greater business
only through greater usefulness, with injury
III to nothing but incomp potency, inefhcency,
and waste; to deal justly fairly, and frankly
I with all mankind.
These are the purposes motives Of the who
direct policies and practices of Swift & Company
Swift & Company, y. s. A.
\ M~5@M
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-06-04

Waterloo Times-Tribune: Really
il is queer that Germany should MAKE
so much fuss about signing the
treaty. When before did she ever
take her signature seriously?
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-09
PUBLIC SALE

Having sold my house / will Offer
| at public sale at my residence or
South Samuel street, next to Baptist
Church, Charles Town, w. Va, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1919
sale commencing at II o'clock a. M.
the following
Household & Kitchen Furniture.
One large walnut book case, 6 oak
dining room chairs, 2 oak arm chairs
walnut hall piece, some parlor
chairs, pictures, 10 pairs of curtains,
portieres, piano cover, upholstered
sofa, wicker settee,
A KNABE SQUARE PIANO,
large leather chair, marble top table,
parlor lamp, double students lamp,
some small tables, full set of blue
china, lot of other china and glass
ware, breakfast and dinner bone han
die steel knives.
One walnut bed and springs, walnut
bureau, walnut washstand, white iron
bed and springs, oak desk, small bu-
reau,2 wash stands, 2 toilet sets, large
oak wardrobe, small wardrobe, a lot
of rocking chairs, porch chairs, oak
chiffonier, extra large hair mattress,
cot and small mattress, feather bed,
2 feather pillows, large rugs, some
small rugs, hall carpet, stair carpet
and pads with brass rods and fixtures,
a lot of other carpet, lot of mating
and mating rugs, mission clock, one
open Franklin stove, l wood stove, 1
oil stove, l packing chest.
A COOKING STOVE,
8 kitchen tables, some small tables,
cooking utensils, fiat irons, stone jars,
demijohns, feed box, chicken coops, 2
pitch forks, 2 shovels, crow bar, wheel
barrow, pony saddle, pony brides,
pony shafts, flower stands, flower pots,
coal hods, lawn mower, benches, 2
porch settees.
TERMS:-A credit of six monts will
be given on all sums over $1,000, on a
negotiable note on the Farmers and
Merchants Bank, well endorsed with
interest from date. Sums of $1,000
and under, cash.
X. NJ. AISQUITH.
Chas. I. Engle, Auctioneer.
Bane Brown, Clerk.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-09
THOSE SUDDEN TWINGES
Bring Suffering to Many a Charles
Town Reader

Bring Suffering to Many a Charles
Town Reader.
Pain is natures signal of distress.
A warning not to be ignored.
Those sharp twinges in the back.
Those sudden, stabilize pains when
STOPPING.
Are frequent signs of kidney
trouble.
To remove kidney pains, you must
assist the kidneys.
Use tested and proven kidney
remedy.
None more highly endorsed than
Doan's Kidney Pills.
Endorsed abroad-endorsed at home
Read Charles TOWN testimony.
NJ. Scott Weller, Proprietor of
machine shop, 200 E. Liberty St.,
says: 81 had cutting pains across
my back and sometimes sharp stitches
caught me. 1t was about all could
do to walk at times, for could hard
ly straighten my back. | had to put
my hands on my back, as the pains
were so severe. | finally got Doan's
Kidney Pills at Brown & Hooff's Drug
Store, and they cured me-"
Over seven years later Mr.. Weller
said: Il still have the same good
words of praise for Doan's Kidney
Pills to day as ever. When | have
occasion to use them which is seldom
now, always receive the same good
results
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for kidney remedy-get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr.. Weller had. Foster Milburn
Co., Mfgrs., Buffalo, N. Y.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-09
NOTICE TO SCHOOL CHILDREN

The. new compulsory school law
compels every child from z years old
to IA years to attend school the full
term unless they furnish a certificate
from their physician stating their in
ability to do so, and all boys and girls
from Ia to 16 years old either have
to have certificate Of employment
and engage in some kind of EMPLOY
ment or attend school. ANY child
found out of school after the term
begins will be taken to Magistrates
office and fined two dollars for the
hrst offense and it increases for each
subsequent offense. All business
places have to secure from the State
Commissioner of Labor a printed no.
tlce setting forth the maximum num-
Der OF hours children between ID and
l6 years of age may be required or
permitted to work. And this notice
must be placed in the building where
these persons work.
o. L. WATSON.
Truant Officer for Charles Town
District. S 2-2.t
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-09
Order of Publication.
10 State of West Virginia

The State of West Virginia
Jefferson County, To-wit
At Rules held in the Clerks Office of the
Circuit Court of Jefferson County, the
first Monday in September, 1919.
1919.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA Plaintiff.
VS..
OLIN BEALL, ELLA B. FLACCUS, M. M.
Fry, L. R. Haas, BENJAMIN Higgins, E. F.
Jones, and M. " Mayer. the unknown
heirs of Thayer Melvin, Mamie Moore, and
the unknown heirs of ]. C. Moore, w.
d. Phillips, w. A. Holman, Charles j.
Platt, George Roth, J. P. Shreckhise, d.
j. Simson, unknown heirs of L. F. Stifel,
and of B. C. Washington, Charles Town
Mining. Manufacturing and Improvement
Company, Corporation; D. S. Bursk,
Samuel Dotson, and the unknown heir of
Annie Dotson. Thomas P. Farrell Annie
Fondersmith C. F. Wall, Hiram ]. Lewis.
the unknown heirs of Robert ODER, James
Stands j. E. Watson and P. T. Watt.
OBJECT OF SUIT.
The object of the above suit is to sell the lots
belonging to the State of West Virginia
which formerly belonged to the persons
named above, the lots of each former owner
being set opposite the of the respec-
tive former owner, and to declare said lots
have been forfeited for the non-entry on the
lands book of said jefferson County, and
have not been assessed and no taxes have
been paid thereon for more than five years,
to-wit
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1919-09-09
WHEN WILL THE ROAD I'M
PROVEMENT START.

When is work on the rebuilding of
the Harpers Ferry and Berryville
Turnpikes with State and Federal aid
to be started? This is the one ques-
ton that rises uppermost in the minds
of every traveller who uses either one
of these much travelled highways.
Road officials when asked about it say
that as soon as all the required data
have been compiled and the approval
of officials higher-up obtained, bids for
the work will be advertised. Later
on, some time in the dim and uncer-
tain future, we may witness some pro-
gress being made in the actual bona
fide process of road building. 1t is
now a certainty that very little, if any
work will be done before winter sets
in.
County Roads Engineer Hendricks
has made a. fine showing of things ac-
complished in his task of reshaping
the other Glass A roads of the county.
The Berryville pike to the Clarke line,
the pixies from Charles Town to Mid
dleway, and from the latter to Shop
herdstown, have been drained and re-
shapened. When the drainage is com
pleted, more substantial improvement
Will NC IHdue. JuSI WIldt pOfIlOIlS OI
the Class A roads are to receive new
stone first has not been indicated.
Washington street in Charles Town
is at last being improved under the di-
rection of the Street Committee of the
town council. Beginning at West
street, Washington is being swept
clean of dust; depressions are being
filled with crushed stone and cement
ed with an oil preparation, in readi-
ness for a stratum of new stone with
the oil compound mixed in it to hold
the particles of stone in place and to
prevent dust. Street improvement is
making satisfactory progress.
The County Court of Berkeley coun-
ty has awarded to Richard r. Teller
the contract for constructing eight
miles of Class A road on the Winches-
ter pike between Martinsburg and the
Virginia line at his bid of $89,48t73.
The bids ran from this figure to $123,-
$1,000, the latter being the bid of H.
w. Kaylor, of Hagerstown. 1t is in
tended that the work shall be COM
menced in few days and pushed to
completion as soon as possible.