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McKean Democrat (Newspaper) - January 29, 1920, Smethport, Pennsylvania Pacil Kour the Mcki Aii Democrat pa., Jan. 29. The Mckean Russell , editor the bring such a Man and his abilities voters is on an Independent Niovi ment. Such a ticket would make a Strong Appeal i to voters Olio in this crucial stage of world s i affairs Hearken to the dictates of common sense entered at the Post office at Smethport pa., As j tiku1 to impressionable Side of their second class matter Smethport pa., thursday january 29, 1920. Political advertising for Delegate to National Republican convention. Editor Mckean county Democrat please announce that i am a candidate for natures. Admiral Sims letter of last week containing grave charges of mismanagement in the Navy during the War coming As it did from a great nov ii authority has created a great stir in Olti Cial circles. If Admiral Sims charges Are proved to he True by an impartial investigation he will deserve great commendation for having Taj Delegate to the National Republican convert a fearless stand in exposing corruption bin be held in Chicago june 1920 subject the decision of the Republican primaries Isth 1920. Mellville Gillett. To editorial Damn the said Farragut and go ahead and he did. Courage of his convictions when he is morally certain that he is right can Well emulate Valient old sea Warrior and go ahead. And in nine cases out of ten the shafts of carping criticism from his opponents like the torpedoes the confederates loosed at Farragut will never touch him but rather react As an asset. Should his charges prove untrue he has per pc i Trail d a great wrong and his standing As a mail will be forever ruined and his usefulness As one j of the world s greatest naval officers ended his not Well to jump at Hasty conclusions Over the. Opinion of one Man. No matter How great the the Democrat would Welcome communications for publication from our friends regarding their ideas on the Community House project. This paper has said so much Anent this important topic that we feel that our sentiments Are pretty Well known to our readers. We find the subject a most inspirational one and think that others will also. An open Exchange of views will do much to stimulate Public interest. The vision which looms uppermost in our mind s Eye is a completely appointed building open at All times not Only to residents of Smethport but to our out of town visitors and shoppers As Well which would furnish Homelike comforts free from stiff formality providing Good current literature games music and other recreations. Included in this building or attached to it should be a Large auditorium which would be available for rent combining the features of a convention Hall opera House dance Hall and auditorium for athletic meets. Such an auditorium properly managed would provide an income which would Contri i byte materially to the Raint finance of the corp Usu Uii House. Man May be in his chosen calling his personal j the Man who has i remains but the idea of one Man. N inner a Ous other men in the same just i capable of forming conclusions May have vastly different ideas on the same subject. Therefore if or. Sims letter was dictated by his own per Souil opinion rather than by weight of judgment it amounts to nothing. The average american was mighty proud of his Navy during the late War. The men of that Branch of the service had a big Job to perform and they did it Well As most the. Universal car anyone of. The soldiers transported to and from France will testify the germans too see de to entertain different opinions regarding efficiency of our sea forces than Admiral Sims j previous to 1916 experts would have had the j if the United states believe that our shores were feebly guarded by a few battered hulks undermanned by sonic sort of a Molly horde. When the War broke these charges of in off Cliency were shattered Over night. In an in credibly Short period of time a mighty array of fighting Craft equipped with sufficient ordinance and latest appliances of maritime warfare and fill by manned by trained Crews the personnel of which represented the first collection of Young manhood the world has Ever seen assembled were scouring the seven Sens literally Hunting for trouble which they Seldom encountered. In Addi Tion to carrying a trifle of Over soldiers across keeping Sta lanes open and protecting iome shores the Navy incidentally found the rime and actually spared spared mind Rou enough big guns and ammunition to say nothing of trained gun Crews Man several Railroad Bat Only a limited number of Ford cars there Are mighty Good reasons Why you should buy your Ford car now. But the biggest one is that there Are Only so Many Ford a specified limited to this territory. Those who buy their cars now will be Wise. They will have them to use whenever they wish. Don t put it Spring even next month is an uncertainty. We cannot take orders for Spring delivery. Even now we must have signed Bona fide orders before our monthly allotment is shipped us. So the Only Way for you to be sure of getting a Ford car is to order it now. Get your name on an order. It is your Protection. Again we Tell you the allotment for this territory is limited and you must buy now while deliveries Are possible. As Ever the demand for Ford cars is away in Advance of production. So it s first come first served. Spring summer autumn and Winter Are All the same to the Ford car. It is a valuable servant every Day of the year. Rain or Shine it is ready for your demands. Buy now and get prompt delivery you won t have to store it. You can use it buy now while the buying is possible. V main Street garage James quirk sons. Smethport Penna. Insist on genuine Ford parts the movement to elect a ticket of men who would give the country a strictly business administration is gaining strength every Day. Is no denying the fact that the country air plane stranded the cauda Sporl journal says on teries which Little h havoc on the Ling line in France. We remember our first glimpse of the Atlantic Battle flee tone memorable morning in september 1918, 48 hours from Liverpool when some 18 Snappy Sancy Little torpedo boats came hopping up Over the horizon from As Many different directions their Heli graphs working like lightning while straight ahead the squad Ron of dreadnoughts loomed majestically into View a captive balloon Riding High in the heavens from the deck of the flagship. No one who witnessed that stirring spectacle at the same time thanking his stars at a hazardous voyage nearly completed could find anything on the exterior surface of the fishing Armada but efficiency grim and deadly. This country has had entirely too much of popular military and naval heroes who Are too big for their jobs. Wood in the army and now Sims in the Navy. Both have violated rules of the rigid discipline of the system which they Are supposed to maintain complaining about the ideas of their superiors. If a subordinate of Wood or Sims should disa Gree with their superiors openly or should per to Mir form a Given order with Liiv Thimig but willingness and economic radius Tine. It is tune t to Appeal to the common sense rather than the and alacrity such Soldier or i prompt i Maltion of the voters. A successful business a the Slect Penally then is or both arms j mail would not hire a Man to head any depart of proscribe am they Wourl find ment of his business simply because that Man Pluie sympathy had a picturesque record. He would hire result getter the Friday lust the dwellers along this Val Ley Hoard the hum of an air plane propellor but the blinding Snow storm prevented any one seeing the visiting Bird. It Hus since been Learned that the piano was a mail Carrier on the new York Chicago route and that it on Page Hill in Hector town ship. The Byrd Man circled Low in thai neighbourhood and called to Folca saw to Tell him which direction Bellefonte was from there. He failed to get the information and landed on the first level Field to found on John Page s farm. He. Took the mall there needs a sound co Imort sense management at this per Iod a management similar to that which brings the wonderful efficiency of some of the big corporations. The question is How will such a ticket be brought before the people. These Lection of candidates at the National conventions of either great political parties is governed to no Little degree by popular hysteria. The romantic Side of our political system demands that a candidate for presidential honors on either great party must possess picturesque qualities in addition to his practical record of achievement which will Appeal favourably to the imaginative nature of the average voter. This is particularly dangerous at the present time. Even now booms Are being launched for Public heroes on the strength of Brilliant colourful careers in lines of activity which have nothing to do with managing a great nation through times fraught with great and walking to West Pike took train there. He had completely bag the lost his Way in the Snow storm and. Bewildered like a wild Goose in a storm came to . Whether the plane was damaged by the Landon for. We did not learn hut n expected to return tuesday and Fli out of the wilds of Potter county if the deep Snow did prevent i a City without newspapers. As a. Result of the acute shortage of nows print paper All the Dally papers of Winnipeg Man., have been compelled to suspend publication depriving readers of touch with the out Side world. Press dispatches after seven pointless Days stated that a pall of dreariness Hunt Over the City. People usually do miss the water when the Welt runs dry. At Lindholme 5 fancy Northern spy apples also apples for cooking at reasonable prices. Fine Supply of oranges. I per dozen. Don t forget your Jersey Cornflake coupons. We can save you Money on footwear. Come in and let us convince you. All kinds of fresh vegetables Salt fish Ham Bacon. Butter and eggs a specially at John a l1ndholm dealer in Pine groceries and provisions butter and eggs a specially Smethport Pennsylvania. Subscribe for Democrat. The Man was Blacl in Recor. C Best he Coull get whether the the students of a ack White red yellow or Green and openly expressed still Gen. Wood who himself id army regulations appeared j plates Lorg training Camp his dissatisfaction with and later grumbling obeyed an j i Sion at Organ i to i twin. J resist the anneal of his imaginative Side. 1 Here i no a question that one of the men who has Dis in f n every Man in both the army and a nov have is the night to openly complain of what he. Nins Ped the greatest executive ability in every Cri own opinion confers wrong with the service. Is during the past four years is Herbert Hoover j we have no doubt that Gen. Wood and Admir he has fed starving Europe a systematic Sims would object strenuously to that., Ner and has performed every super human feat which it was considered impossible to do. No Xii conies Chas. Schwab who performed a super republicans in Congress have met disaster j human task in carrying out the shipbuilding pro in attempts to make political capital out of Gram. Both of these men were entrusted with Public question. They find themselves Power and performed executive work greater bankrupt at the very moment they should have than the average ruler of a Large nation in Vith the people. J diary and finished their jobs without _ i Hoover today is one. Of the biggest men in Thoj j of native americans Many of them world. He has actually demonstrated thai he a big enough Man to handle any Job efficiently. Public office slander the president but the question is whether a Man of or. Hook other officers of the government How can or s calibre would be considered a popular Date by either great political party convention. Expected that the alien red w practice ill hold and it be refrain from buy now and save have that merchant tailored look. In a few weeks clothing will take an Advance in Price of from t a suit. Better anticipate v. Its now and save. To your Meas ure by the International tailors. And repair i863 fifty seven years of successful banking 1920 statement of the condition of Hamlin Bank Trust company at close of business december 31, 1919. Resources stocks and Reserve banking Cash and due from cleaning pressing ing. Leo j. Samson main St. Smethport liabilities capital.? surplus undivided the Bank that takes care of its Hamm Bank Trust co. Smethport a

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