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The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02

tai will srerd s. 10 push forward and
complete the work OF reclamation TO
make YOUR state IN land values and
Dro, uct.veress one OF the strongest
and richest Of the Nation.
The swamp area Of Arkansas IS
smaller than that Of Louisiana, but
Arkansas has sent a committee OF
farmers and business men to Wash
ington. who have discussed the ques-
lion with the President. the Secre-
tary of Agriculture, Speaker Cannon
and their Congressman. LOUISIANA
also should send committee to
Washington.
There are 100000 acres OF
swamp lands in the United States,
s. 600 900 Of which are in the South
ern States-a greater acreage tAan
the States Of Tennessee and Ken
lucky. Let the Senators and Repre-
sentatives Of the Southern States CO.
onerate with the agricultural and bust,
ness interests Of the South, and We
will make farms faster than they ever
we're made in the history of the world
# must be inaugurated by the bust
ness and farming interests Of the
South through public sentiment and
co-oueratiCn at Washington"
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02

red-hot poker. The latter aperture
serves to fix the pipe. Finally, with
the other cork and bent tube form
a siphon. After the latter has been
primed and is once in operation it
will tend to empty the decanter, and
the vacuum formed will be immedi-
ately filled by the external air flowing
in through the pipe. 1t is then only
necessary to light the latter in order
to see it "smoke itself" TRANQUILITY as
long as any water remains in the de-
canter. This experiment is very in
teresting and may easily be per-
formed. American.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
The Power Behind the stage.

King Edward, it is rep2rted, de-
sired London player whose MAKE
I'D in a current drama was thought
offensivelv to suggest one of his ma
jesty's close friends to change the
outward aspect OF his characterized
ton. The actor declined on the score
that a change would endanger the
success of the play. Here was con-
fict which must have suggested TO
the king the limited prerogatlVe OF
royalty these days. In other times
it would have been "Of with his
head,"-New York Dramatic Mirror.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
Siberia.

Siberia is one of the largest and
most productive agricultural regions
on the face of the globe, the greater
part of the land being fertile and
capable of yielding abundant crops
and of sustaining large focks and
herds. Then, too, the mineral re-
sources have hardly been touched
Ohio State Journal.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02

tneSe allmeutS az
usually due d
trouble with I'd
kidneys. Doanl
Kidney Pills n
more the cause.
Mrs. Rudolf
Ruscke, "A VI.
son St, East But
falo. N. Y, say
For veri
years l had u
we're ache
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
A Disappointed Man.

Mr.. Halloran surveyed the ins1s
ance agent with a dark and hosuf
countenance. The fact that one e7T
was concealed by a somewhat grlHf
bandage did not add to the attrss
tiveness of his expression.
Haven't you made up your MIN
ret to insure with u.s." inquired %
agent. You told me l might cas
again in a few days
There was two Of you at me
get an accident insurance policy
said Mr.. Halloran. breathing heavIi
II told you and him both you mig
call in again, and he come first, %
befoor Yesterday, and l insured w
his company.
THAT very night I met up W
Barney Casey on the way homI
which was what l was expecting wy
happen" continued Mr.. Hallora1
raising himself by grasping the afu||
of his chair with two capable I
though SCARED hands, and wa1
we'd finished wild one another, / W
| like this!
"Yistherday morning sent for %
insurance chap and says l to ~
Look at me- I says. and istini1l
the damages and pay them
He squirmed right out o the da9
saying twas no accident Ia nao.
Now If meeting wild Barney CT
afther keeping out O his way tor
months, is no accident, I'm done
insurance companies, and the 5000
sou lave this house the betuI
twill pla7e me"-YCuth's Conn.,
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
Plea for Naturalness.

Follow the Irishman's advice to a
Door speaker-come out from behind
your nose and speak in your natural
voice. Be your own self on all &C.
casions. Don't strut about in borrow.
ed plumage, for sooner or later You
win be found out and unfeatherel
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02

Every
Picture
I ellis I
Story Is
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
The Self-Smoking Pipe.

After filling a decanter about two
thirds full pf water close it by means
of a cork provided with two aper-
lures. Through one of these pass a
short pipe stem, affix cork provided
with two apertures. The apertures
may be easily formed by means OF
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
WONIEN'S ILLS.

Many women who suffer with bact
ache, bearing-down pain, headachs
and nervousness do not know thG
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02
DAISY FLY KILLER e 2 ~. :. !,
Cut This Out

Cut This Out
And mail to the A, II Lewis Medic,
Co, St. Louis, Mo. and they viii send :
free 10 day treatment Of Natures r.
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matism, Constipation. Sick Hea1aa5
Liver, Kidney and Blood Diseases. \
bv all Druggists. Better than Pills /
Liver Ills. It's free to you. Write tod
No man should play practical j0l
unless he is a good loser.
The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1910-07-02

and was 80 dizzy I feared to go out
lost thirty pounds in weight and I'd
a whole year could not do my houRI
work. After doctoring and using da|
ferent remedies without help, DoaE'
Kidney Pills brought relief and final
q cure"
Remember the name-Doan 70
sale by all dealers. so cents a boz
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. n. Y.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
NO CONSPIRACY
HAD Been SHOWN
Grounds Upon Which Trial of
Knox County Supervisors
Was Stopped.
PROFITED BY LAND DEAL
Four Officials Divided Cash Paid
by County but State Fails to
Convict.

Galesburg, Ill, July SIN the circuit
court yesterday Judge Grier ordered a
jury to acquit Harvey J. Butt, S. Nc
Williams, Lou Robertson and c. w.
Morris, indicted on the charge of hav-
ing conspired criminaily to defraud the
county out of $4,000.
The judge held these two transac-
lions were not sufficient proof of con-
spiracy and that the defendants had
done nothing legally wrong. Morris
sold land for Knox county almshouse,
dividing a share of his profit with the
others, then members of the county
board.
Cashed the Checks.
Thus ends the investigation institu-
ted by the board of supervisors, at
whose instance the grand jury heard
the evidence and brought the indict-
ments One of the defendants, S. Nc
Williams, cashed the $S25 check sent
him. Lou Robertson cashed the check
for 1925 sent him by Morris. Harvey
Butt did not cash his, and out of his
revelation before the supervisors came
the proceedings, while Morris kept
1925, the remaining quarter of the 49,
500.
The announ cement that the cases had
come to an end caused surprise in ev-
cry quarter. for the fact of the ,ex-
change of checks was not denied, the
defense having put in no evidence.
Has Done Duty.
States Attorney Boutelle when inter-
viewed remarked: "All have to say is
that we presented all that we had that
bore on the transaction. We got in all
our evidence. despite objections, show
ing the whole transaction. That is all
l care to say about it.
THE bringing of these cases was not
my work. After Mr.. Butt made his
revelation to the board of supervisors,
that body appointed an investigating
committee and on their recommends
ton the grand jury was recalled.
have done my duty in the premises to
the best of my ability"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
ILLNESS CAUSES
SAMPSON SUICIDE
Widow Says Disease Contract
ed in Late War Made Him
Despondent.
APPLIES FOR A PENSION
Had Come Here to Investigate Prog.
ress of Petition and to Cele-
brate the Fourth.

The body of Samuel Sampson, who
was killed in the Burlington yards
here Tuesday, was shipped last even
ing to his home in Clinton, Iowa, for
burial. The widow, Mrs. Catherine
Sampson, arrived yesterday afternoon
and took charge of the remains. Mrs.
Sampson said her husband had been
working steadily at his trade as a car
penter until last Saturday night. OF
late his health had not been good and
this, she thinks, might have led him
to commit suicide. Sampson left his
home in Clinton last Saturday night,
stating he was going to Rock Island
to spend the Fourth with friends. He
also had a business mission here. He
had recently filed his application for
a pension for having served two years
in the Spanish-American war.
The deceased was born in Bergen,
Norway, Jan. l, 1874. When he was
parents and settled at Grand Mound,
Iowa. At the outbreak of the Spanish
American war he enlisted in a com
pany at Clinton. He served two years
and contracted a malady from which
he never fully recovered and which
had made him respondent at times.
Carried Life Insurance.
On his return from the war he went
to the home of his parents, working
at his trade, that of a carpenter. In
1902 he was united in marriage to
Miss Catherine Hesse of Grand
Mound, Iowa. Sampson was a mem
Der of Camp s, Spanish-American War
Veterans. His wife is the only sur
vivor. His life was insured for $1,000.
The funeral was held this afternoon
at 2 o'clock from the home in Clinton,
with interment in Springdale GENE
terry.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

service in restaurants. You are charg-
I'd in separate items for the use of
knife. fork. spoons. tablecloth and even
-FOUR napkin. For sugar 1t costs so
much, for cream SO much more. for a
droD of ketchup or dash of vinegar,
gor pepper and salt you pay so much
more. and there's even an individual
tax for the bread you eat with your
soup.
Without by so much as a nickel re-
ducing the prices fer food as they now
stand on the bill of fare. Regain says
he will institutesthis toll on his return
to America. You will have to pay %
cents for the privilege of sitting at a
table and having the usual accessories
spread on the cloth.
AS q prominent guest at New York
hotels and restaurants and, as she
says, "a regular gourmet thing" Miss
Marie DRESSER uttered loud cry when
she heard of Regan's plan.
"Give me the smelling salts and a
highbau." she gasped, 'and-well, you
needn't mind the smelling salts. Isn't
life enough OF a gamble without turn
ing our restaurants into jack pots
where it costs you a quarter to look
in? And you poor boys get the worst
of it.
1--WE girls can keep our bonnets
pinned on, but there's little highway
man at the door of every restaurant
looking for yours, and then it's a cou-
pie of dollars to make the head waiter
see an empty table, and it's a dollar
at least at the finish If you are going
to win a little, coy smile from Fran
co.'s, and-well, can see the finish all
right.
They'll be charging a dollar for a
flower vase on, your table and a dollar
apiece for every flower they put in 1t,
and it viii be dime to have a foot
stool, and gilt chairs will be extra, and
champagne with two pieces of ice in
the pail will be 50 and with five pieces
of ice SOLO. and the first thing you
know If you go into q hotel for a Swiss
cheese sandwich and a glass of beer
you'll have $1,000 bill hollering for
helpr'
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

a dispatch from Springfield. The
company manufactures gasoline en-
gines, and is preparing to enlarge its
Elant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

Cruel.
Maude-That girl is lifelong friend
of mine. Etbel-Dear me. And she
doesn't look day over forty.-Boston
TRANSCRIPT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
TARS OFF FOR A
CRUISE ON LAKE
Rock Island Militiamen Leave
Tonight for 10 Days
Outing.
So MEN IN THE COMMAND
Will Board Gunboat Nashville at
Chicago and Will Travel to
Detroit and Return.

The Eighth division of Illinois Naval
Reserves of this city leaves tonight for
Chicago to embark on the gun
boat Nashville for the annual cruise
which will last for 10 days this year.
The boat will make a trip around to
Detroit and back, which is by far the
best trip that the division has ever
enjoyed. Following is the complete
roster of the company, and with one or
two exceptions every man has signified
his intention of making the trip:
Lieutenant o. L. Smith, command
ing.
Ensign Carl Clough.
Chief Machinist F. J. Mayer.
Quartermaster George Dismer.
Quartermaster Albert Causby.
Bugler Fred Meyers.
Yeoman Harry Blocker.
Electrician F. l.. Clayton.
Electrician R. H. Clayton.
Gunner's Mate Pearl Martin.
Ordinary Seamen.
Charles Callahan, Rupert Cline,
Fred Dyce, Elmer Engman, W. H. En-
de-ton, Charles Gehrke, R. R. Hughes,
Homer Knapp, John Kehoe, NIoX
krohn, H. w. Lowell, R. s. Mulcahy
Ed Neither, Fred Neither, James Os-
born, Carl Pankow. ]. w. Roche, Ar
thuh Rhodeibaugh. Dick Sullivan,
Louis Simpson, H. A. Warnecke, Earl
Clark, Joseph Patton, w c. Bowman,
Silas Baker, Frank Morris, Thomas
Winn, r. W. Terrill, Ralph Martin,
Martin Volger, Ben Osterman, Ed Sal
yards, Harry Kurth, Ed Ward, Ed
Carrow, Charles Westphal, Morris
Cohn, P. j. Byrnes, Robert Hartz, E
+. Mufdt, Louis Tracy, Charles Han
sen, Siguard Lunde, William Collins,
George Guinther, Elmer Stamper
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
"COUVERT" TOLL IDEA :
Anglers, GOTHAM DINERS.
Separate Charge For Knife, Fork and
Bread Resented.

Might as well try effectively to toll
the curfew in New York as to collect
the CONVERT toll-that's the compo-
site opinion not only of hotel custom
ers, but of hotel men themselves, re
garding ]. B. Regans plan, quoted In
dispatches from Paris, TO make per-
sons dig deeper than ever before into
their pockets when eating in his hotel.
The4'couvert" toll is a gentle custom
in vogue on the continent of Europe
whereby nothing is thrown In" at
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
FRANCE SUFFERS
FROM HEAVY RAIN
Continuous Cold and Wet Weather
Affects Crops and Floods Are
Threatened.

Paris, July S.-The continuous
cold wet weather is beginning to
cause serious alarm. There has been
daily rain for six weeks and a re-
currence of floods are threatened.
Many streams are out of their banks.
The grape crop is suffering heavily
while the hay crop is almost de-
stroyed.
The loss in the champagne district
through unfavorable weather is So
100000.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
CAPITAL NOW A MILLION

Root & Van Dervoort Company Has
Increase Authorized.
An increase in capital of from
$25O,OOO to 100000 by. the Root
& Van Dervoort Engineering COM
pan! of East Moline is announced in
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
To Walker Weston.

Tribute to Edward Payson Weston, ths
famous transcontinentaI pedestrian
Saw. Weston.
TT vo,, amt the best on
Foot that hits the gfound
Then somebody ought to make a sound
That nroyes
He's got the medal moves
That Won haven't. But saw
NTobod,, c,p Dlav
Wis medals the wav
You can.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
CHAINED A WARSHIP.

An Incident of the War Between
Greece and Turkey.
1t was during the war between
Greece and Turkey in 1897 that the
inhabitants of Gala Krini-a large vii
age, since destroyed by the Turks, on
the shores of the gulf of Arta-awoke
one morning to find that a Hellenic
battleship had entered the gulf and
cast anchor off the shore. The sur
prise of the inhabitants of Gala Krini
was nothing compared with that Of a
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
AUTOIST is ARRESTED
III. F. VOlquardsen Runs Boy Down
in Davenport.

H. F. VOlquardsen, whose automo-
bile ran over Louis Mcmillan, II, at
Third and Harrison streets, Daven-
port, yesterday afternoon, was ar
rested today, and will be prosecuted.
The boy was seriously cut and bruis-
ed about the head. Volquardsen, af-
ter hitting the boy, did not stop his
machine. A bystander got the num-
Der of the machine, and reported it
to the police.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08

All the news az the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Fairly Warned.

mfr. Smith, spoke up the young
lawyer. Il come here as a representa-
tive of your neighbor. Tom Jones,
with the commission to collect a debt
due him"
Il congratulate you" answered Mr.
Smith. ION obtaining so permanent a
job at such an early stage in your ca
reer."-Success.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
AIIeaed Foraer pIsappears.

Sterling. ILL.,, July s.-Carl Hook, a
tailor, has disappeared from here.
Four warrants have been issued for
his arrest on charges of obtaining mon
ey on forged checks and bad personal
checks. 1t is alleged that he obtained
$500 on valueless notes.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Injured Man Identified.

Muscatine, Iowa, July S&(Special)
The man injured in the Rock Island
yards Wednesday night has been iden-
titled as Silas Erdt of Brighton, Iowa.
His condition is still serious.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-07-08
Seeking Inforuaf;er.

Miss Yankie-And what has Lord
Chichester done that you think so in
teresting: Lord Defendus- He won a
Derby. y know. Miss Yankie-How
lovely. On an election bet2
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
PRESIDENT TAFT
To Be PRESENT

Washington, Dec. 16.--President
Taft will address the greatest gather.
ing Of business men ever held I'm this
country on March TO- at Atlanta, Geo.
gia, where the Southern Commercial
Congress will be in session for three
days beginning March S, 1911. The
GoeTnors of the other fifteen South
ern States united with Governor
Brown of Georgia III extending this
invitation to President Taft, which
was delivered to him today through
the Executive Committee OF the South
ern Commercial Congress and a
Committee from Georgia.
The programme OF the three days
will be the most important in the
history of the commercial South. and
invitations Will he Issued TO the most
prominent men OF the nation to par.
| tc pate. In addition to the address
By tie President, who has chosen for
his subject, "a Greater Nation
through n Greater South" addresses
will be made by Ex.President Roose-
welt, Gov-Elect Woodrow Wilson of
New Jersey. Hon. r. V. Powderly,
Surgeon General Walton Wyman, the
Goevrnors of the Southern States, and
other distinguished men throughout
he entire country.
This vast rally is intended TO typify
in a vivid manner to the people of the
nation that the South, regarding f..
self as an integral portion Of our
great country, has set itself to the
task Of building still greater nation
through the growth and development
Of a still reater South.
D.n'p atraneementsI Of tho pro
gramme are now being completed by
the Executive Committee Of the South
ern Commercial Congress at Washing.
ton, who expect to announce the full
list OF speakers within q few days.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
YOUR CHANGE TO
BREAK INTO PRINT

Philadelphia, Dec. l6.-Mute, inglori
GUS Motions, whose inspired lines
hae been persistently rejected by
commercial and hard.hearted maya.
zine editors, are now to haze an op.
portunity to see their names in print.
Within n few weeks, n Philadelphia
philanthropist Will bring out the first
number of magazine which shall
contain only stories, poems and ar
:icles from the pens of those whose
work has failed to appreciate else.
where.
"At present" the promoter nalvely
announces, I'VE are not able TO pay
anything for the stories we will pub
fish, Elsewhere In the prospectus
of the new publication II Is indicated
that the aspirant to literary fame Ia
expected to get out among his friends
and hustle for subscriptions, and that,
too, without receiving any premiums,
prizes or gifts AS an inducement,
the author.canvasser may promise his
friends that they may have the priv
ilege ofsseeing at least one story or
poem in this magazine OF their own,
before their subscription expires" All
FOR $50 year.
Whether this plan will work out in
practice appears doubtful. If the
magazine prints twenty stories and
poems a month, that Will mean 240
such contributions In II year. II each
subscriber Is to break into print, the
Subscription list will haze to be con
fined to two or three hundred per-
sons, the annual income from which
would hardly appease the printer for
one issue.
Philanthropic persons haze for many
years been engaged i'm securing the
publication of the compositions oil
song writer's, and there are many pub.
fishing houses which, for from $500
up, will publish book for an nm
known author. So far as is known,
however the Philadelphia promoter IL
the first 10 come TO the relief oil
those whose literary itch" takes the
form of what may be called magazln.
tits.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
DETECTIVE SHOT
At PRINCETON

II. f. Howell, formerally on the
police force of Blueheld but now EN-.
ployed by the Baldwin-Felts detective
agency on the virginian railroad, was
shot in the hip last night at Prince.
ton while making a raid on a negro
dance where he was looking for Ju-
Illus Chandler, who once ran barber
shop on Raleigh street in Blueheld.
Chandler is accused of bootlegging
and 1t Is stated that he was in Blue.
field yesterday securing a supply Of
whiskey.
Chandler escaped but was fired upon
several times by the detective and II
us thought he was badly wounded.
Lee Chicago, a more or less improba-
BILE cognomen. was a colored bystan.
der and received bullet in the neck
from Detective Howell's gun.
Mr.. Howell was assisting Police
ONCE Lusk of Princeton in making
the raid.
Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-12-16
| kader Hudson Car
Arrives In Bluefield

property OF the winners without a
hitch of any kind on December "a
just in time for Christmas Offering
from this paper
The question now is: who will
VIM"
DIR. Thompson steps up $4,000 more
votes toward the grand prize. I'll
other contestants retaining the old
positions.
One week from tomorrow ami Tue
Vontest Judges ~ ensemble tho
Evening Leader business Office ard
there determine the three winncrs;
In the great subscription contest thcu
to be concluded. at which time
S1565 in prizes will pass from the
ownership of this paper into the
hands Of those who have been declar-
ed successful in the contest.
With only few days for actual
work. contestants should begin now
to close up the work OF their friends,
telling them that they should turn in
the receipt books placed in their
hands so that all subscriptions can
be assembled and turned into the
contest manager. If delay is allowed
in this one thing many thousand votes
may be lost on account of there not
reaching this office in time to give
the vote credit.
AS no other special offer will be
made to contestants. there is no rea-
sosn for withholding their subscrip-
tons until the last day. but there is
no objection to them doing so, If
they so prefer. But in placing checks
and subscriptions in a sealed enve-
lope and placing them In the locked
box, contestants must use every pre-
caution so that there will be no mis-
takes made which might cause the
contest manager to question any
check found therein, thereby losing
votes for the candidate. Typewriter
lists Cor plainly written lists) O,
new and old subscriptions must &C.
company each sealed envelope. Satur-
day afternoon Just before Christmas