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Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21
.FACT|ONAL FIGHT
BLOCKS VICTORY At
SPECIAL ELECTION
Wrangle That Dissipated Republi-
can Majority in Sussex District :
Still Prevails.
DEMOCRATS WORK HARD

Special Correspondence 20 Every Evening
Georgetown, Dec. 21.-With the sclec
tion by the Republican County Committee
of George Mitchell of near Ocean View
rs the candidate for Representative in
the Seventh district, at the special clcc-
tion TO be held in that district on Thurs
day, December 80 politicians III the
southern section of the county are lining
up the voters with the determination TO
win. The choice Of Mitchell Is the out
growth of the tie vote vetween Elmer J
Turner. Democrat, and William G. lIick-
man. Republican. on November , Iiick-
man recently resigned, at the solicitation
of the politicians. and it became ncccs-
Sary for the county committee to fill the
vacancy.
The failure Of Hickman tn win the
election. despite the fact that Baltimore
hundred IS one of the Republican strong
holds OF Sussex county, was one of the
surprises of the November election. There
were several contributing causes for his
defeat and in the face of the stern on
position 70 HIM many wonder how ne
succeeded in polling the vote ne did lie
was put across at the primaries, If IS
sad. by Governor Townsend despite
the TACT shat a meeting was held previous
20 the primary election Of October ,. NJ
which Robert Qulllln was chosen as the
candidate At that meeting, attended. il
IS claimed. by more than $50 voters
Quilln was unanimously chosen and in
the face Of this It IS alleged that Governor
Townsends friends filed the name Of
Hickman who won NJ the pr.m1rv con
tc~t by a small majority Thc gnt then
solved itself INTO one against the COVER
nor and against Hickman. because he
was believed 10 have been in favor of
tn School law Friends II QullIn, re-
-ented the attitude taken and the PUTTING
ACROSS of Hickman when the latter was
At the recount of the general election
ballot, by the canvassin ing board on tho
Thursday following the ones who d.~-
platcl the most interest in the caun
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21

were Republican opponents of Hickman.
When the final count of Judges Conrad
and Heisel was made known it was found
that 1nfner and Hickman were tied, each
receiving 763 votes. The opponents Of the
Townsend faction served notice. in the
court room here, Immediately following
tho adjournment os the canvaSsing board,
that il Hickman was placed on the ticket
again they would do'eat him. They at
once set TO work against him, believing
he would be placed on the ticket again.
Hence, Hiokman's resignation. The
friends % Quillin demanded that he be
nom mated, but the county committee
named Mitchell Mt the close % the COM
mittce meeting, spirited arguments took
place between the factions with he result
that open threats were made that they
propose defeating Mitchell. who, they
claim, Is the choice of the Governor Town
SEED followers. lr Mitchell is the candidate
Of the Governor, there arc no outward
signs or his part bearing out the state,
mcnts. The ouly clue that the oppof cnts
have, according 10 the contention Of
some, it that Mitchell was nominated by
J, Horace Derrickson, backed by some
others, who are alleged 10 bc lined up
with the governor.
If those who are opposing Mitchell
are sincere in their statements. Baltimore
hun drcd IN the future viii assume more
i iodepCrdcnt attitude than ever before
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21

ard opea threats are being made that II
the wishes Of the people are not carried
out in the future, two and four years hence
they propose to slaughter the Republi-
can ticket from top 10 bottom if their
opponents are placed upon IL.
The Democrats Of the district are
leaving 10 stone unturned TO win the
election aud are taking advantage Of The
family quarrel wherever opportunity
permits, for they realize the fact that 1T
will mean much TO them by electing Turner
since, they viii control one branch Of
the coming Legislature With Hickman
out of the way. it would appear from in
dications that the politicians are fighting
among themselves for leadership, the
opponents claiming that they are working
for the people and desire to sec their
wishes carried out.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21
SUFFERED FROM STOMACH TROUBLE
NOW FEELS FINE

~ was little -low at frst but by The
time had finished the first bottle I
felt the change and today / am better
and feeling fine, but was in such bad
shape that IL took SIX bottles 10 bring me
completely around. II is wonderful
medicine and | re ommend it 70 those
who suffer as did. am stronger today
than have been for years Eta G.. Dor
scy, 3s Cleveland Ave, Waynesboro, Pa
The Chasoo- Vim agencies in Whining
ton ars Eckerd's Cut Rate sos and I'll
Market street, and Miller's Drug Store
4O6 Market street.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21
Unable to Do Anything at All,
Chasco-Vin Brought Long
Sought Relief and Re-
stored Strength.

"All broken mp and unable to do any
thing at MI from stomach trouble
that nothing seemed TO reach. ! began
taking Chasco-Nin nj the suggestion
of Il friend who told Of number N re-
markable eases that it had corrected. !
was 50 anxious to get better TINT | took
il religiously and it. proved that he wns
right
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21
CITY WATER STATISTICS.

Pumpnge md consumption n City
Water es reported TO the meeting Of the
Board Of Water Commissions yesterday
at it's regular meeting remained about
normal for this year and season, although
in both oategories considerably under the
totals for the corresponding week in
1919. There were so, ,557, $50 gallons pump
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21

700, $40. Tho consumption figure wae
80 100000 ns againet l07 ,063, 900 for last
ycar.
Various pnyrolls aggregating s515,4b9
were approved. Bank Balances amounting
to 3 8, 1874 62 we're reported by the treagur-
er
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21
George Enegood Stricken.

George r. l.. Ellgood of Delmar came
to Wilmington and became i'll while
at Second nd Market streets lie was
teken to Or Joncs' hospital
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1920-12-21

Gifb for women? Look under Christ
mas Gift Suggestions" in the classification
section
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
ID
THE MINERAL POINT
HIGH SCHOOL

Saturday, October 2, the high
school football journeyed to Rich
land Center for game of football
with the team representing the Rich
land Center high school. Weather
conditions were ideal for the game
and large group of spectators were
out to witness the contest. This was
the first game for most of the boys
so they were possessed with consid-
erable stage fright. AS a result Rich
land Center scored a touchdown on
the first play via the aerial route.
They then kicked goal. Another
touchdown followed within a few
minutes after which they again
kicked goal. After five minutes of
this work our boys awakened to the
fact that they were in the midst of
a great football game. They soon
found their places and thereafter
held the strong team of veterans to
one more touchdown. In the mean
time our boys also got one touch
down by hard, consistent playing.
The final score of the game was 20
to in favor of Richland Center.
The line up for the game was as
follows: Right end, Roy Davies,
Right Tackle, Paul Graber, Right
Guard, Howard Penhallegon, and Ell
vie Polkinghorn, Center, Theodore
Hankins,, Left Guard, George Green
wood, Left Tackle, Bernard Graber,
Left End Charles Hutchison Quarter
Back John O'Neill, Right Half, Har-
ris Walker Full Back, Percy Phillips
Left Half, Irwin White. The follow
ing men also accompanied the team.
Robert Stair, Robert Frieden, Edgar
Winn.
A game of football will be played
with Belmont, here on Wednesday
afternoon and another with Dodge
vile on Friday at Dodgeville.
Mr.. Vieth attended the meeting Of
City Superintendents called by State
superintendent C. P. Cary in Madi-
son last week.
Dr.. and Mrs. Pfeifer called at the
high school for a visit with several
students and teachers Monday after
noon.
Miss Wilson entertained the stu
dents during, the regular assembly
on Friday by giving several choice
readings. Miss Smith rendered sew
eral violin selections. All numbers
were enthusiastically received.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
The October Scribner'S

The October Scribner's opens with
an article of fascinating interest by
George Ellery Hale, director of the
great Mount Wilson Observatory
California, on "The New Heavens.
Few subjects have ever appealed
more to the imagination than the
study Of the stars, and DR.. Hale
brings out the old romance of the
early astronomers, and tells Of the
wonderful discoveries that are macs
possible by his new giant 1O0-inch
telescope.
This magazine has always been es-
pecially notable for it's publication OF
letters Of famous men, and this num-
Der carries on the tradition in its
series of extracts from the letters OF
Joseph Hodges Choate, written dur
ing his ambassadorship to Great
Britain. They give many interesting
side-lights on the social life with
which he was in constant touch, and
impressions of famous people,
Judge Franklin Chase Hoyt, of the
Children's Court, whose articles have
already attracted so much attention,
in his article, "In Quest of Change
and Adventure" writes of the causes
that lead many children into diverse
byways. Many times it is the sheen
lure Of adventure, the lust fol. new
experiences and new opportunities,
that is at the bottom not only of the
child's dreams, but of grown-ups.
The foregoing are only few OF
the good things in Scribner's. There
are many more.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07

River Falls has a McCoy-for-Gov-
ernor Club of more than a hundred
members. Eighty-four membership
cards were signed by Republicans.
The sentiment there is almost unar-
imously for McCoy.-Bloomington
Record.
Remember the tears you she'd
when your boy left for the war and
then question yourself as to whether
or not it is worth while to make all
honest attempt to prevent future
wars. AS yet no other attempt has
been made except by the League Of
Nations-backed by the Democrats
party and it's splendid candidate for
president, Gov. CoX.-De Pere Jour-
nal Democrat.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
When the Democrats Win

In every National Campaign in
which during the last fifty years
they we're able to fully present their
case to all the voters, say political
students, the Democrats have won.
When they couldn't present their
case, the Democrats have lost.
This shows that Democratic prin-
ciples will prevail whenever they
have fair chance. A fari chance
means complete information in the
hands of every voter regarding the
import and purport of the Democrat
ic idea.
Hence, the record would indicate,
all the Democratic party needs for
success are the means for reaching
the voters. 1t is big problem,
for in many parts of the country all
or most of the newspapers are con-
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
Kiefer-LaWinger

A pretty autumn wedding took
place at $50 o'clock nuptial High
Mass in St. Mary's Church Tuesday
morning, October 4, 1920. Rev. FIR.
Nicholas Weyer conducted the ser
vices which united Miss Mary Eliza
beth Kieffer, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. N. J. Kieffer, and Mr.. William
Lawinger, son of Mrs. John Lawing-
er, of this city in the holy bonds Of
matrimony.
The bride wore a gown of white
silk georgette crepe, a veil and a
wreath Of natural flowers and car
ried a shower bouquet She was at
tended by her sister Miss Alberta
Kieffer, who also wore gown of
white silk georgette crepe. Henry
Lawinger, brother Of the groom,
served as best man.
After the ceremony and congratu-
lations a reception was held at the
home of the brides parents, 800
Mineral st. About seventy guests
partook of the delicious wedding
dinner. The bride and groom are
respected and esteemed young peo-
pie On their return from a we'd
ding trip to Milwaukee and Racine
they will reside on the groom's farm
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
THODEST EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. John RirreIl. Pastor.
The Peoples Church

Services for Sunday, Oct 10, 1920
Glass meeting 500 a. III.
Sunday school 1000 a. NJ.
Religious education is most vital.
Come to the Methodist Bible school.
Public worship 11:00 q. m. sub
iect for sermon ''Religious Education
Parents are specially urged to be
present.
Junior League, 2:30 p. III.
EpWorth League, 6:45 p. III. Topic
"What Christ does for the Christian"
Public worship 7:30 p. m. subject
for sermon "Our gain notWithstand-
ing Adams transgreSSiOn"
7:30 p. m. (Thursday) prayer
meeting subject "The culture Of the
conscience"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
Proves School Faith
present.

By a vote of two to one, Oregon
has levied an additional tax of
?1,25O,O0O for it's schools OF higher
learning-the University, Normal
School, and Agricultural College.
With the former tax and the new
tax these schools will now receive
about two million dollars a year ex-
elusive of the appropriation for the
Agricultural Experiment Station and
Extension Service. Seven hundred
organizations in the state indorseo
the tax.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH
a. RI. Schoenfe!d, Pastor.
SUNDAY SERVICES.
The church with GLAD welcome for everyb

The church with glad welcome
for everybody.
Services for Sunday, Oct. 10, 1920
9:45 a. m. Bible school. Glasses
for all ages. The attendance is in
creasing, also the interest. Be on
hand next Sunday.
10:45 a. m. Morning worship SER
mon subject "The bewitchery Of ma
terial things"
1880 p. m. Evening deyotions SER
mon subject "Out of Plumb or the
Danger of following the dictates of
reason only"
1880 p. m. (Thursday) Prayer,
praise and bible study.
The Brotherhood meets in the cha
pei on Tuesday night Oct. IL. This
is the annual election of officers and
a large attendance is expected.
Weekly Thought: In the final
analysis a Bolshevist is a lazy man
who envies the prosperity of hust-
ler.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
TO THE PUBLIC:
The following statements are pub
lished with no malice against the
parties who made them; bat merely
to sho1v how q false report was made
and circulated. Very respectfully,
THE IOWA COUNTY BANK.
State of Wisconsin, Iowa County SIS.

State of Wisconsin, Iowa County SIS.
Peter E. May being first duly
sworn on oath deposes and says.
That about two weeks ago in talking
with Nicholas Rock, he told me he
had about one thousand dollars in
the IOWA COUNTY BANK, and lie
wanted to get it out, so that he couId
get more interest on it, and I came
with Mr.. Rock to the bank and made
a loan for him to farmer living
west Of Mineral Point, and in our
I must have said some
thing that made him think the bank
was not sound, and that seemed to
weigh on his mind, and he continueu
to think about it until he began tel
ling people, 'I said the bank was
unsafe" which is something 1 never
intended to do. However it gave
him that impression, and did great
injustice to the bank, and I feel that
| am responsible~for the starting of
the rumor that the bank was unsafe,
and I make this statement for the
purpose of trying as far as possible
to undo the wrong, and I hereby
apologize to said bank, and regret
more than I can express that any
damage or injury should come froE>
what I have said or done. I have
always done business with said bank
and have the highest opinion of the
officers and management Of salu
bank and believe it to be one Of the
sOundest and best managed banks in
this part of the state.
PETER E. MAY
Subscribed and sworn to before ms
this 1st day Of October A. D. 1920
(Notarial SeaD A. F. BISHOP, Jr.
Notary Public, Iowa County, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
Rural Carrier Examination

The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an eX-
animation for the county of Iowa, to
be held at Arena, Dodgeville, Miner
al Point, on November IS, 1920 to
fill the position of rural carrier at
Arena, and vacancies that may later
occur on rural routes from other
post Offices in the aforementioned
county. The examination will be
open only to citizens who are actr-
ally domiciled in the territory Of q
post office in the county and who
meet the other requirements set
forth in Form No. 1877. Both men
and women, if qualified, may enter
this examination, but appointing Or
ficers have the legal right to specify
the sex desired in requesting certifi-
cation of eligibles. Women will not
be considered for rural carrier ap-
pOintment unless they are the wild
ows of U. S. soldiers, sailors, or mar
ines, or the wives Of U. S. soldiers,
sailors, or marines who are physical
ly disqualified for examination by
reason of injuries received in the
line of military duty. Form No.
1877 and application blanks may be
obtained from the Offices mentioned
above or from the United States Civ
il Service Commission at Washing
ton, D. c.. Applications should be
forwarded to the Commission at
at the earliest practi-
cable date.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
trolled by the Republicans.

JIOlI0u ny Tie IL0puDlICduS.
The Democrats, therefore, have to
depend upon direct means for infor-
ming voters in those communities.
The printing, the postage, the trav-
cling and other essentials cost money
Despite their disadvantages the Dem
ocrats have never had nor needed az
iiluc State Historical Society oiiiiiidlc
Of til - hot have
nearly SO much this year; nor does
it need nearly so much,
But it needs some, enough to pre-
sent its case. If it gets it, the lesso-
Of history is that it will win; not
because Of the money but because or
the removal of the handicaps reas-
enable expense funds will enable
them to overcome.
Every supporter Of the Democratic
Ticket should be interested in that
important phase of the campaign.
Whatever you can afford to con-
tribute to the National Campaign,
whether it is one dollar or five or
ten, or more, send it NOW to The
Democrat office and it will be for
warded to headquarters.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
COL. Mccoy AT MINERAL POINT
Friday October 18th, Speaking in the Ezeni16

Col. Robert B. Mccoy, DEM
ocratic candidate for Governor,
will come to Mineral Point Fri
day, October Is, and will speak
in the Municipal Theatre in the
evening. He is a forcefui speak
er, has a vital message, and nev-
er disappoints. Make his Min
eral meeting a success. Turn
out and hear him. He meets
with enthusiastic receptions ev-
eryWhere.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
Parent-Teachers' Meeting

There will be a meeting of the
Association in the
Assembly room of the High School
on Friday, October8, at 1880 p. m.
AS this is the first meeting Of the
year the election of officers will take
place.
After the close of the program a
reception will be held in honor of
the High School and Grade teachers.
Come and make this a pleasant event
Let all friends of education be
present.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
TO THE IOWA COUNTY BANK

I, Mathew S. DeMuth, hereby ac-
knowledge that, on heresay, I, with
out any positive knowledge, stated u
some parties that the IOWA COUN-
TY BANK was in an unsound condi-
ton, and advised them to go and g~,
their money as [ had withdrawn my
money. from the bank, and
hereby acknowledge and regret that
l did any such thing without having
positive proof of the same, as I have
learned to my satisfaction that the
IOWA COUNTY BANK is perfectly
solvent, sound and deserving Of the
confidence and good will Of all the
people.
l hereby do solemnly swear THAI
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
Pre-Nuptial Showers

A miscellaneous pre-nuptial show
er was given by twenty young people
at the farm nome Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert Kieffer Wednesday evening in
honor of Miss Mary Elizabeth Kieffer
and Friday evening at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. James Doyle in this
city. Refreshments were served and
delightful social time was had by
all attending.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
MINERAL POINT PUBLIC LIBRARY

New Books in Rent Collection
Burt, Katharine Newlin-Hidden
Creek.
King, Basil-Thread of flame.
Norris, Kathleen-Harriet and cns
piper.
Stringer. Arthur-Prairie mother.
The number of magazines received
at the library has Steadily increased
and now includes Century, Harper's,
Scribner's, Worlds Work, Literary
Digest, Ant1antic Monthly, Currenc
Opinion, Current History, Wisconsin
Magazine of History, American, Sat
urday Evening Post, Scientific Amer
lean, Ladies Home Journal, St.
Nicholas, Youths Companion, Union
Signal and Young Crusader.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07

State of Wisconsin, Iowa County SIS.
John Weidenfeller and Mary Wei
denfeller, his wife, do hereby ack-
nowledge that they have made state
m6nts to some of their friends over
the phone and in person, that the
IOWA COUNTY DAJK was not in
a safe condition, and have advised
our friends to withdraw their money
fe0m said bank.
We are very sorry and regret very
much that we did such a thing with
out having positive proof of the same
and we have learned since to our
satisfaction that the IOWA COUNTY
BANK is sound and safe and deserv-
ing of Our confidence, and we feel
that they should have the good will
and support Of all the people of this
community and we take back anu
retract everything that we have saio
against said bank.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF we have
hereuntO set our hands and seals this
29th day of September A. D. 1920.
And we do solemnly swear that
the above statements are correct and
true. JOHN WEIDENFELLER
MARY WEIDENFELLER
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 29th day of September A D 1920
(Notarial Seal) A. F. BISHOP, Jr,
Notary Public. Iowa County, Wis.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
Irish Freedom Meeting

A meeting in behalf of Irish free
dom was held in the Municipal The
atre last Thursday night. Rev. L.
P. O'Reilly presided, and introduced
the speaker of the evening, Peter
Golden of New York, who very ably
presented his cause.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
UNITED IN MARRIAGE
Snith-MOOre

Ruth Myrtle Smith Of this city was
united in marriage to Elgie G. Moore
of Owen, Wis. on Sept. p, 1920 at
200 p. m. in the M. E. Church, Rev.
John Birrell officiating. The groom
is plumber at the Gerlach hardware
store They will make Mineral Point
their home.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07
The Davies Onera Co.

The Lyceum Course was opened at
the Municipal Theatre last Friday
evening by the Davies Opera Com
pany. The community were out in
force and were, very highly enter
tanned.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07

Burlington Standard Democrat
The clean citizenship Of Col Mccoy
is winning him friends wherever
people learn of his life and activities
His great popularity with the men
who served under him in France at
test to his qualities as a leader. He
is the type of man Wisconsin needs
in the governors chair.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1920-10-07

Burlington Standard Democrat
Paul Reinsih made lots Of votes
when he came out openly against the
EschCommings railroad law. Len
root voted for the law which guaran-
tees railroad dividends, instead OF
making them earn them the same as
any other business.