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The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
An Irresistible Petition,

And now, Lawd-uh," a bit ominous
ly proceeded square-headed Brother
Tarr, in his supplication, lin de con
volution dat am gwine to take place
soon's meet up VIZ Brudder Dingford
-sneaky scoun'rel wild side-whiskers
dats been up-slippin' an up-slidin'
round muh yaller wife-be nootral,
Lawd; OATS all axes-I'll do de rest!
Il has been, as you kin see for yo'-
ser by de church books, a pillah in
good an efficient stan'in' for 10 desc
many yeahs, an de tudder gentleman
am a puhsidin' eldah; so / hasn't de
brazen statuary, Lawd to AK yo' to
take muh side in de battle. But if yo'
KANT help, dess hang off an be moo
traL Git yo'se'f a comfable place in
de shade som'ers, an sed down, an
You see one O. de peartest fights yo'
ever had de pleasure O. witnessin'.
Amen!"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
FOR THE SKIN AND SCALP

Because of its delicate, emollient
sanative, antiseptic properties derived
from Cuticura Ointment, united with
the purest of cleansing ingredients
and most refreshing of flower odors,
Cuticura Soap is unrivaled for preserv.
ing. purifying and identifying the
skin, scalp, hair and hands, and. as
sisted by Cuticura Ointment, for dis.
polling itching. irritation and in.
fammation and preventing cloggine
OF the pores, the cause of many disfig-
uring facial eruptions. All who de-
light in clear skin, soft, white hands,
a clean. wholesome scalp and live,
glossy hair, will find that Cuticura
Soap and Cuticura Ointment realize
every expectation. Cuticura Rene
dies are sold throughout the world.
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, sole pro-
prietors, Boston, Mass. Send to them
for the latest Cuticura Book, an au-
thority on the best care of the skin,
scalp, hair and hands. 1t is mailed
free on request.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
A Consolation.

A young woman who had been in
the habit of spending her summers in
a hill village of Connecticut recently
encountered rural neighbor in city
store.
"How's your wife, Mr. Green?" In
quired the young woman graciously.
why, don't you know" said Mr..
Green, 81 lost her three months ago?"
oh said the shocked young wom-
an, Il didn't know. l beg your par
don, Mr. Green, for being so thought
less"
Well said the disconsolate wild.
over soothingly lit amt as bad as II
might have been. I've got good help"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
FaIloW this advice.

Quaker Oats is the best of all ioods
1t is also the cheapest. When sucl
men as Prof Fisher of Yale University
and Sir James Crichton Browne
LID, FRS. of London spend the
best part of their lives in studying
the great question of the nourishlng
and strengthening qualities of differ
ent foods, it is certain that their ad.
vice is absolutely safe to follow.
Professor Fisher found in his ex-
periments for testing the strength and
endurance of athletes that the meat
eaters were exhausted long before the
men who were fed on suct feJd as
Quaker Oats. The powers of endur.
ance of the non-meat eaters were
about eight times those of the meat
eaters.
Sir James Crichton Browne says
eat more oatmeal, eat plenty of it and
eat it frequently. SO
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
Fighting Disease in Greece.

Consul General George Horton has
made report from Athens on the
conspicuous work of Greek physicians
In combating the counhy's chief
scourges-malarial fever and tubercu.
losis. An annual average of 1000
persons die each year from the for.
mer, while in epidemic years, due to
excessive rains, the number exceeds
5000, which was the case in 1905. The
population of Greece is 2,433, SOC. The
people have been interested through
lectures, pamphlets, etc, to fight the
notwithstanding mosquito by draining
stagnant ponds and throwing petro-
leum on them. A tuberculosis con-
gress will be held at Athens next
year, to which will be invited not
only physicians. but all the mayors
and other prominent people of Greece.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
sEGERsTRoM PIANO MFG. CO.
so4 NiCoLLET MINNEAPoLI Is. MINNESOTA
May Make Converts Into sanatorja.

way WAKE SonVcntS into Sanatorld.
Efforts are being made in Bulgaria
to abolish the numerous monasteries
and converts of the Greek Catholic
church and to use their buildings and
revenues for the establishment and
maintenance of tuberculosis sanatoria
King Ferdinand has given 100000
francs for the erection of national
sanatorium. The death rate from tn.
berculosis in Bulgaria is very high,
being 81 for every 10000 living.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
The Cross In History.

The history of the Christian cross
would naturally begin with the cruel.
fixion, but there are traditions even
antedating this event In the HOLY
Land there are quaint and interesting
legends concerning the cross re.
ferring back to the days OF Abraham
and even OF Adam
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

iTVe.==aS,S;al HOULD your sweethear,
MAMMEl seem to fix her mind
INS@ rather upon her Easter
IENGXIyEI hat than upon the Easter
IMNsMII sermon. please do not
show your ignorance by
accusing her of vanity. She, no
doubt. has delved deep in old-time
lore and puts full faith in the ancient
belief that one must wear some ar.
ticle of dress for the first time on
Easter Sunday to insure good fortune
In love affairs through the year.
Also, young women with Easter hats
have been known to weep because of
rain on Easter Sunday. However,
the cause of this phenomenon has alb
solutely nothing to do with the effect
OF rain upon ribbons and feathers.
These maidens believe, no doubt. with
the good folk of Sussex that the
crops are sure to fail if 1t rains on
Easter Sunday, for rain on that day
portends rain for every day in the
following year
So you see there are good and suffi-
cient reasons for the annual fuss and
trouble over the Easter hat. AS an
outward and visible symbol of the in
ner Joyousness it is almost as Chris
uanity. OF course the connection be.
tween inner joyousness and a mon
strosity that looks like an old wooden
chopping bowl sprouting forth
small truck garden may not be APP
parent to all. We must leave that
point to the owners of the hats who,
PROF Munsterberg tells us, are not so
intellectual as men but are more
subtle in reasoning powers. It is to
be hoped that the professor knows
what this means.
After the Easter bonnet. the most
widely known Easter symbol is the
colored egg. The presence of the
egg in our Easter celebration has been
accounted for in variety of ways.
With its wonderful dormant germ of
life 1t is truly marvellous thing 1t
is found in every oriental cosmogony
and 1t is not at all surprising that the
early Christians adopted it as sa.
cred symbol, for it is a perfect and
apt emblem of the resurrection. At
first the eggs were colored only red
in allusion to the blood of the redemp.
ton.
This custom of coloring eggs is
older than Christianity, for it is
known to have been common among
all ancient people. The Parsees dis
tributed red eggs at their spring fes. |
tival. and among the Egyptians, Per
slams and Gauls the egg was the EN-.
olem of universal life. We find an
Aryan myth which typifies the spring
season by an egg painted red or gold.
The Persians, even to the present
lay. on a certain festival in March,
present one another with colored
Eggs. in memory of the two brothers
Who In ancient times broke together
wo eggs, one containing good and the
'ther evil spirits, thus mixing the
rood and evil in the world.
The Romans had a spring festival
Turing which they ran races on egg
shaped tracks and received eggs as
prizes. These games were in honor
If Castor and PolluI, the twin sons OF
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
Prove IL at Our Exnenea

housewives who have used the old
fashioned dyes only have the idea that
each each fabric requires a separate dive,
thousands of women who have used
Dyola Dyes know that Dyola will give
last brilliant color to either cotton,
wool, SILK or mixed goods. To prove il
we VIII send 10c package, any color
with color card and book of directions
absolutely free, to any woman who
VIII send her name and dealers name
TO Dyola, Burlington, VT.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
HAVE YOU TRIED THIS?
Simple Prescription Said to Work
Wonders for Rheumatism.

Simple Prescription Said to Work
Wonders for rheumatism.
This has been well known to the best
doctors for years and is now given to
the public. Get one ounce of syrup of
Sarsaparilla compound and one ounce
Toris compound. Then get half pint
OF good whiskey and put the other two
ingredients into It, Take a tablespoon
ful of this mixture before each meal
and at bed time. Shake the bottle
before using" Good effects are felt
the first day. Many of the worst cases
here have been cured by this. Any
druggist has these ingredients on hand
or will quickly get them from his
wholesale house.
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Desperate Remedy.

YES said the musician in a remt
niscent mood, my wife fell in love
with me and married me when | was
learning to play the cornet."
Are you sure" asked his friend,
that she married you because she
loved you, or to make you stop prac.
ticing on the cornet?"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

s mercury will surely destroy the sense OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except prescrp-
lions from reputable physicians the damage they
viii do Is ten fold 10 the good you can possibly de-
rive from them. Hairs Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by II. J. Cheney Co, Toledo o.. contains no mer-
curry and Is taken internally acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces OF the system. In
buying Hairs CatarTh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. II Is taken internally and made In Toledo
ONO, by Il. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials tree.
Sold by Druggists. Price. 7bc. per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pulls TOR constipation.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup.
norchlidren teething, softens the gums reducesir'
Illumination, allays pain, cures wind coll 2c botla
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

The crow is rational bird. He
doesn't make noise without caws
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

The difference between slender and
SKINNY women is matter of dollars
rather than sense.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

Second thoughts prevent a mar
from having lots of fun.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

Father Time was probably nursed
in the lapse of ages.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

PILES CURED IN q TOIA D.ys
PAIO OINTMENT S guaranteed to cure any CASE
O. ltchng Blind Bleeding or ProtrudipR Piles In
tto IA days or money refunded. Goo
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
WERE NO TROLLEY CARS THEN.

Abel Stringham-I tell you, my boy,
Shakespeare could never have written
a drama like yours.
Playwright-You are very compli-
mentary.
Abel Stringham-Not at all. Take,
for instance, that trolley car accident
in the third act.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
Placing Him,

Look at that old man with the egg
stain on his shirt front"
IT Is only the vulgar rich that are
fond OF such display"
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
XAlr9I

Do not be chary Of accepting gifts
lest thereby you encourage others to
be misery.
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24

PERRY DAVIS PAINKILIER
Mnen thoroughly rubbed In relieves strains and
sprdlns IN Joints or muscles from any cause All
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1910-03-24
Easter
Customs
Long
Celebrated
In Many
Lands
oooOOOOoOOOOOoOOOOoOOOOOOO

HOULD your sweetheart
seem to fix her mind
rather upon her Easter
hat than upon the Easter
sermon. please do not
show yOur ipnOrapca nv
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
CORPORATIONS PAYING UP
Less Than Half Million of Tax Assess
ments Unpaid.

Washington, July 17.-Treasury re-
turns show that to date there has
been paid taxes Of $26,445,699 of the
assessments originally made, aggre-
eating s27,267,927 on account of the
corporation tax.
OF the remaining sS22,0OO about
one-half has been abated by the
commissioner of internal revenue for
various reasons, or is in dispute.
The expectation is tha by the end
of the month the 100000 unpaid
Will be received. Already some of
the collectors have been Obliged to
impose penalties for failure to pay
the assessments by July II, this be-
ing due in some cases to ignorance
on the part of the corporations as to
the exact time within which the law
should be complied with. In some
quarters an impression has existed
that the assessments were not paw
able until the Supreme Court of the
United States passed on the constitu-
uonality of the statue.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
RUBBER VALUES JUMP.
Plantation Worth $15O,OOO Was Sold
For $SOO,OOO.

In reporting to this government on
opportunities in Malaysia for rubber
growing enterprises Consul General
James T. Dubois, at Singapore, cited
as follows an instance to show how
the investing public is sometimes
taken in the exploitation of the rub
ber industry there:
An estate was sold to promoters
for $15O,000. The syndicate got an
old planter, who knew the estate, to
put fiotation value on it. He named
$4,000. The promoters were not
satisfied. Another expert examined
and reported. His price was $780,
600. British and American gold was
pouring into the country and the
get-rich-quick spirit was born. An
other expert was called in. He was
told of the former valuations and
that were unsatisfactory. He valued
the estate at 100000. Just at this
time rubber took a big jump in the
London and New York markets, and
another expert was asked to report,
and he placed the f1otation price at
S75O,OOO, and the syndicate, in order
to have it in round numbers, made it
an even 100000 and fioated it at
this price. People fought for the
stock, the share issue was over-sup-
scribed and many of them imme-
diately sold at a good advance. All
this was done within a few months
without the slightest improvement on
the property, except the natural
growth of the few hundred acres Of
para plants which had recently been
planted"
Trained white supervisors on the
rubber estates are in demand, the
Consul-General reports, and there is
a scarcity of labor and consequent
high wages.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
OUR SUMMERTON LETTER.

Summerton, July 1S.-In the sud-
den death of Mr.. Millard ID. Wells at
his home in this place on Saturday
| morning, large family con-
nection as we'll as host of friends
have suffered a loss. Mr.. Wells was
found at his post of duty in the gro
cery department of the Summerton
Mercantile Company on Saturday
morning as usual. in apparently good
health and spirits, and with no warn
ing complaint was stricken at about
o'clock in the morning with apop-
lexy, becoming Immediately uncon-
scious and speechless and death fol-
lowing in few hours. MIR. Wells
was 54 years of age and had always
enjoyed more or less perfect health.
His kind and jovial manner had made
his large number of acquaintances
his friends. and his absence from
among us will be keenly felt. Mr..
Wells while always identified with
this community had made his resi-
dent home here only within the past
eight years, where he leaves a wife.
one daughter. Miss May. and three
sons, Frank, Ossie and Clifton Wells.
to mourn his death. The funeral SER
vices were conducted at st. Paul's
Methodist church a few miles from
town at IL o'clock on Sunday morn
ing and the interment took place
there. where other members Of his
family had been laid to rest. The
pall-bearers ewre Messrs. Gus, Ashby
and Henry Richbourg. Carlisle Rag
In. j. II. LeGrand and III. C. Carri-
gan.
Miss Bertha Davis in company with
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe f. Davis. of Davis
Station, leave on Wednesday for a
few weeks stay at Wrightsville
Beach. N. c.
Miss Mildred James leaves on
Thursday for a visit to relatives in
Denmark, S. G.
Misses Nell Plowden and Aileen
Howle, after a short visit to relatives
here have returned to their homes in
Manning
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
REMBERT.

Rembert. July 1S.-Misses Sarah A.
and Frances Mellette, of Jordan,
spent Sunday with Misses Hattie anO
Theresa Sanders.
Mr.. Vernon Dinkins paid a flying
visit to Mr.. Wallace Sanders Sunday
Mr.. Hudson James. of the II. S.
navy and Master Manigault James. Of
Darlington, are visiting relatives in
our community.
Cotton and young corn are growing
OF nicely.
Bush Jackson. one of the live boys
here. has a nice acre of prize corn.
Mr.. Charles Sanders prize acre OF
corn, IL reports be true. promises u
move the record up several notches.
This intensive farming will prove to
our people that IL is needles to plant
the world TO make a crop. Already
talk Is abroad to reduce acreage.
Let me again remind our farmers
TO cultivate their cotton late this year.
Have seen a lot OF fine corn. heard
OF other. all of which proves that
with sufficient fertilizer and judicious
culture, a corn crop is possible among
ns. wet or dry. 'Hagood."
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
Tell Ii TO Us.

great many people think that if
they telephone or tell a newpasper
man news item concerning them
selves or their family that he will
think they are forward and trying to
get their names in the paper. This
Is altogether a mistaken idea. News
paper men appreciate this little act
OF Kindness upon your part and more
SO because it comes direct 1t is very
little trouble to phone us antyhing
YOU may know in the way of a news
item and rest assured we won't think
you are Just trying to get your name
In the paper. newspaper is pub
lie property, and it is as much your
DUTY as any one to keep it interest
ing.-Rock Hill Record.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20

Fibre and Fabric notes that some
people are figuring out a shortage of
cotton for the season Of 191O--1l, and
this. too, despite expectations of a
l3,5OO,OOO bale crop. 1t then says:
"One thing is lost sight of. How
much finished cotton yarn is in stock
in the Siuth, in Philadelphia, New
York and Boston and in northern
mills? The supply Of yarn does not
dgure in the carry-over estimates of
cotton made at the close of the cot
ton year, but there is some in hand,
and 1t is no eXaggeration to say that
at the close Of cotton year We have
on hand in yarn the product Of more
than 100000 bales of cotton, and this
is reserve against stoppage of ma
chinery and a balance against any
hold-up of cotton for fancy prices.
The high-price mania is subsiding
very materially and cotton must come
out of the clouds the same as other
staples. Wool is getting down to a
reasonable figure, and within a few
weeks some more definite price basis
will be fixed and business will in
crease naturally. The development
Of a cotton substitute made from
American flax is progressing finely,
and some of the many processes are
sure to work out successfully. In
American flax we have an unlimited
supply of fiber, once a plan is devised
to work it commercially. Skeptics
Will make capital out Of the flax Alb
er and the processing of it, just as
they did over the cotton gin and
much of our labor saving cotton mill
equipment, but progress has not been
checked for all that, and within a
few years it is reasonable to suppose
that the bright minds at work on the
flax problem will accomplish some
thing commercially practical"
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
PRIZES FOR COTTON FARMERS
Cotton Seed OH Mill to Give Away
S175.

The Buckeye Cotton Oil Company
Of Augusta, Ga. has announced that
II will give three prizes. 500, $50 and
$25-to the cotton farmers from
whom 1t buys seed. the prizes to be
awarded To those who have the best
yields of cotton per acre. Those who
desire To compete for the prizes must
register on or before August 1st
The huckeyc viii be represented here
by seed buyer and will compete I'm
this territory for all the seed that the
farmers have to sell. Mr.. Leon Dove
VIII represent the Buckeye I'm this
city and further information can be
obtained from him
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20
TO PROBE MEAT TRUST.
Special Grand Jury Begins Work In
Judge Landis' Court.

Chicago, July 15.-A special Fed
eral grand jury was empaneled by
Judge K. M. Lands, in the United
States District Court, today to hear
evidence in regard to the alleged vio-
lations Of the Antitrust law by the
National Packing Company and sub
sidary meat companies. The jury
was cautioned by Judge Lands in his
charge to allow their actions to be
wholly free from the influence of the
often-heard argument that law en-
forcement will unsettle business.
You may safely assume" continu-
ed Judge Lands, that no legitimate
enterprise needs governmental ac-
quiescence in the commission of
crime. You will treat the statute to
which 1 have referred as being just
as much in force as are the laws
against stealing letters and counter
feiting coins"
The jury was also. told to follow
the trail until the real offenders
are located.
"If your investigation discloses the
use Of an alias do not indict a mere
alias, said the jurist, but follow the
trial whichever it may lead until you
have located, identified and pointed
out the real Offenders
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-07-20

The Southern Christian Advocate,
in it's last issue, calls the State a hard
taskmaster and says that the judges
are worked to death. We quote this.
THE State is everlasting this most
important branch of the public SER
vice. = We need more circuits
and more judges. 1t is a penny wise
and pound foolish policy that for
saving a few thousand a year would
run the risk of steadily undermining
public confidence in the promptness
law and would slowly sap by over
work the vital energies and efficiency
of the strongest and most efficient
and most important of our public Of
ficials."
Several years ago the writer Of this
article, when two judges seemed to be
unable for duty about half their time,
suggested that all candidates for a
judgeship be required to undergo q
pHNSlCdl examination. Inat WOul0
give us sound men to start with.
There Is not a judge in the State
who is engaged on the bench thirty
full weeks in the year. They have all
Of twenty for rest and reviewing
cases not decided on the bench.
If by mistake a man wit some
chronic disease is disqualified the
work, he ought to resign and get out
Of the way. There are fifty good
lawyers in the State perfectly willing
to take the places of the ten judges
now on the bench and run the risk of
being worked to death.
The bench is not a hospital for dis
cased lawyers, nor a Sanitarium for
judges who break down through the
violation Of the laws of health
Spartanburg Journal.