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The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
SMALL bur IMPORTANT

Here's a man who can do man,
things with the little despised PENN
THE penny IS small,'' he agrees, an
then contends. but so are the multi
tude of the things in. lifef'
Penny Contest Editor: j have. a
little, red faced penny In my.
pocket Ny last purchase took 40
out OF so cents. and left this little
fellow to jingle away in my pocket
along with two or three more just
like film.
How rich they make me feel. for
they have the same cheering
ehink. schink that their yellow
uncles have.
Then think what a power each
zone has, He'll buy a great big
daily called The Call, filled with a
dollars worth of news and other
such He'll buy stamp that will
send many a note of cheer to a
distant friend, or he will pay for
candle that will rival star IN
brillianee when the electric cur
rent goes of.
Oh. but a penny, you say, Is
very small. But tbs true, my
friend. it's true. And so are the
multitude OF things in life which
make IL worth the while. And this
CHEEKY little fellow reminds us of
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
ONE -HALF BOTTLE OF THE
GREAT KIDNEY REMEDY
ACCOMPllSHES RESULTS

When sent for a sample, bottle of
Swamp Root 1 was in great distress
day and night. Before 1 received sam
pie by mail / went to our best doctor
tand he Is second to none in this
vicinity and told him how l felt He
put me up a bottle of medicine. l was
about week taking the medicine.
but was no better than when / be-
gan. / then began your sample bottle,
and before / got through with 1t | felt
change. The scalding sensation did
not bother only few times I'm the
middle of the day. 1 would not have
believed such small quantity would
have done so much. but before it was
gone learned that our druggist kept
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp Root and so got
a large bottle for oneSdolIar, but actu.
ally worth enc hundred dollars. l only
took one large tablespoonful three
times a day, and before I had taken
one-haif bottle I was all right, and
have been since. Gratefully yours,
GEORGE S. CHAMPLIN,
Asha#ay, r. r
State of Rhode Island,
County OF Washington
Personally appeared George S.
Champlin. to me well known, and
made oath that the foregoing state
ment by him subscribed is true
E. r. ALLEN, Notary Public
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Painter Loses Balance;
PIunges to Death

Losing his balance while working
on the roof of two story structure
at 1927 Laguna street, Ernest Plath.
a painter. plunged to his death at 9:10
o'clock this morning.
Plath fell a distance OF 35 feet.
striking his head on the cement side
walk The painter was putting up a
scaffold in. preparation for painting
-the building, and as he attempted to
fasten a hook on the edge Of the
roof he slipped over the end.
Plath was 35 years old and lived at
1928 Haight street.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
HAS PURCHASING POWER

One penny small as 1t seems. has
great purchasing power. this writer
maintains. fer with one cent copper
coin he can buy. a postcard showing
the glories Of California and send Ii
:eaSt, perhaps to win permanent res
fdent for the state. But greater still.
he claims, is the ability to purchase a
whole evenings entertainment and
profit. In the shape of a great daily
evening newspaper.
PENNY Contest Editor: Not
!. long since, while standing on one
of the streets Of San Francisco.
We heard one man address an
:sother in this fashion: Il have
. three pennies. VIII you give me
+ two more. 50 l can buy a sand
:.wich?v Two pennies. It set me
= to thinking. How much the little,
copper coins meant to this mani
Without them the other three
were useless. With them a gnaw-
.. ing hunger could be appeased.
: Money has a comparative value.
=. To, that man the oft despised
:; penny looked as big as a dollar.
+. Then, think Of the innumerable
;. company Of little folk for whom
=. the penny seems adapted. Who
- ss not able to go back in memory
to their penny days?" Just think
=; or the great burden lifted from
the parents heart when they are
!. able to satisfy the incessant
=: -:.clamoring Of the child for money
= with which TO buy candy or gum,
. .-by thrusting their hands in their
, :.pocEets or going to the mug on
the: mantle and bringing forth the
s..:coin Of smallest denomination. IL
serves the purposes OF the hour.
:: The uhsart Of the child is made
glad and the family is kept from
: bankruptcy. For one penny I
s,can" bug.a postcard showing the
glories OF California and sending
II. east. perchanee to win a per-.
.maneht resident Of the state. =
4. - For lone penny can purchase
-. a whole evening of profit and en-
: joyment in the shape OF that
greatest of modern educators. the
some cent daily newspaper.
II. Z. KLINE,
22Sl Dana street. Berkeley.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
PENNY .EIRsr stone

q Like the first stone in the founda-
ton OF q great building is the penny,
argues this writer, and it may be the
beginning of a great fortune. Her
arguments are sound and concise.
Penny Contest Editor: The first
penny earned by the sale of
: newspaper may be the foundation
-S.supon which viii be reared great
;fertune. The ambition created in
o.. tlfe breast Of the boy by his first
3 EARNED penny may never die. but
=; et'er prove an intense inspiration
e. for sttn greater achievements.
-: Like the first stone IN the foun-
cation Of great building. it may
be the beginning of a. great for
= :: tune born OF the inperishable
:: incentive of the first success. and
: from this great fortune may be
. erected homes for the widowed
mothers and homeless children.
. =: .sendow great schools of learning. r
span continents with railroads
and lift the burdens from the !.
shoulders. of millions of men.
women and children.
-. All large things are the result
. :. OF smaller things; from the acorn
e.. grows the mighty oak, raindrops
make rtvulets and rivulets make
= rivers and rivers make oceans;
% pennies make dollars and dollars
make millions, and. millions con- !.
.: troll the commerce of the world
;.and the commerce of the world
feeds. and clothes all humanity
@ Dollars are the life blood of +
commerce, and pennies are the red
corpgscles of commerce: little .
@.courtesies make large virtues:
million pennies will buy a million
2 sticks OF. candy that will make a.
million children happy. and
.:fnillion' pennies will buy million
newspapers that will help mil-
o.. lion .uler and women to forget for
a moment their cares. Pennies are
=. the first. lesson In frugality and
= " thrift. Save the penniest
VIRGINIA MORRIS.
2l57 san Jose avenue, Alameda.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
All This Within Year,
Says Wife's Complaint

Within a year after marriage,
Thomas Banford had inflicted several
different varieties of cruelty on his
wife, Agnes E. Banford, according to
suit for divorce filed today. She
charges her husband struck her, disio-
eating her fingers, for which he was
convicted of battery; that he gambled;
that he stayed away from home
nights. failed toe provide for her and
her child, called her names and tried
to strike her with tatchet. The
couple married at San Rafael June
"a, 1911.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
TENT SLEEPER IN
FIGHT WITH THUG

Abed in a tent at the rear of 2545
Harrington avenue, Oakland, Harvey
Hall, son of G. w. Hall. awoke at 1:45
this morning when disturbed by a
noise, sat up in bed and looked into
the muzzle of a revolver and the glare
of a fiashlight Instead of firing,
the intruder turned and fed and Hall
snatched pistol from under his pill
low and emptied 1t at the flying figure.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
RED MEN TO INITIATE

Modoc tribe No. 81, Improved Order
of Red Men. will adopt class of 100
palefaces Thursday night, when the
crack degree team will confer the
honors at their wigwam, 240 Golden
Gate avenue.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Oldest PostOffice in.
Contra Costa Closed

After being in operation since the
sixties. the postoffice at Pacheco, Con-
ira Costa county. has been discon-
tinued by the federal authorities. putt
ting out of business the Oldest office
in the county. Residents of the town.
will receive their mail by rural de.
livery from Martinez.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
AUDITOR REFUSES TO o. X.
j; SAN DIEGO FAIR BILLS

MARYSvILLE, Dec. County Aud
itor Fred Greedy notified the super
visors today that he will not o. X. the
claim of sT67 for a part of Yuba coun-
tys share in the exhibit at the San
Diego worlds fair in 1915. He con-
tends the tax was levied for the San
Francisco exposition.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Letter to
DIR. Kiimer & Co.,
Bin gisamtOn. N. Y.

Prove What Swamp-Root VIII Do for You
Send ten cents to Dr. Kilmer & Co,
Binghamton, N. Y.s for a sample size
bottle. 1t will convince any one. You
will also receive booklet of valuable
information. telling about the kidneys
and bladder. When writing, be sure
and mention The San Francisco Daily
call. Regular f1fty-cent and one
dollar size bottles for sale at all drug
stores sA-Advertisement
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
..what 400 IS . penny 2,

n nat good Is penny
g. How often you hear that expression
or better. how often you USED to hear
it. Since the advent Of The Call
an afternoon penny paper the cry
has been growing fainter and fainter.
The pennies are coming into their
own and The Call is helping them to
obtain their rights.
That is one of the reasons for the
z big penny contest in which The Cali
is going to give away prizes amount
ing to 500. Even the prizes are
TO be awarded in pennies to help the
good cause along.
oa That the cause has many adherents
can no longer be doubted. Judging
from the piles of letters that are COM
ing from every section of the state
all from contestants eager for the
coveted prizes.
But The Call wants more letters;
it wants one from every person. Make
theSn brief, not more than 25e words,
and tell what you think are the ad-
vantages of the penny.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
Calls Prize Contest Bringing In Scores of Bright Letters
But More Are Wanted

the worth of little things. Yes,
it's little, indeed, but.it's one of a
hundred which make dollar.
c N. BERTELS,
South San Francisco.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
coNTEMPT cosT LOVE


CONTEMPT COST LOVE
Here's a case where contempt for
the penny cost a young man his lady
love. This writer relates an Incl
dent in which the little copper coin
played a great part.
Penny Contest Editor-In re-
gard to pennies, l hope they have
come to stay l think IL man or
woman cant save the pennies
they are not capable of saving
the dollars It makes me think
of an incident which happened
when I was a little girl.
I knew a young man in medium
circumstances who called upon his
lady friend. who was more com
fortably situated than he. and
when he said good night" to her
one evening he happened to let a !.
penny fall out Of his pocket She
told him that he had dropped some !.
money and he said: "Oh. it's
only a penny"
Well" she replied. '.if you don't
know how to save a penny you
do not know how to save dollars"
So. the poor fellow lost the girl.
MRS. C. SENGLER,
1895 Grove street, Berkeley
X X X
PENNIES BOUGHT FEAST
Did you ever hear of pennies pro
viding a Thanksgiving dinner7 No
Well, here's an instance. This lady
tells of a case where the little coins
turned a gloomy feast day into g
bright and happy one:
Penny Contest Editor-You ask
US to write about what a penny
will do. 1t is often the founda-
tion of a fortune 1t saves the
dollars often. Once / had a
Thanksgiving dinner l called my
penny dinner. Everything was
going wrong in our home. and as
the day of Thanksgiving drew
near I saw no chance of having a
dinner, as father was out of
work. A few days before the
eventfal Thursday, l noticed an
advertisement of "specials"-so
and so at 13 cents-and so on
Then I thought OF my penny bag.
Looking ii UP L found that I had
in ii nearly 400 of the little cop
per coins. My husband had been
saving coins for years, and all the
pennies came my way. With these
pennies I bought a turkey Git was
20 cents pound at the time)
seven pound daisy, some currant
jelly. vegetables and fruit; pie, and
even invested in bottle of wine.
Our dinner was a success and II
taught me to appreciate the penny
at its true worth
PAULINE WALSH;
1920 Geary street.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
WEATHER FORECAST

For San Francisco-.Fair tonight
and Wednesday, light north wind !;
light frost in the valleys.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02
LADIES GUILD BAZAAR

The Ladies' guild of Howard Pres
byterian church will hold q bazaar
Friday afternoon and evening at Di-
visadero hall. 321 Divisadero street.
The San Francisco call., 1913-12-02

Here's a case where contempt Tor
the penny cost a young man his lady
love. This writer relates an Incl
dent in which the little copper coin
PLAYED a great mart
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
EVANGELIST HOLD
 STREET CONFERENCE
EFFORTS TO AWAKEN RELIGIUOS SPIRIT N ST. LOUIS DURING
 BIG COFERENCE.
Dr. Dargin Says There is a Need of
 Closer Union of All DenOmi. nations.

St. Louis, May 14.-nwenty-two evangelists attending the Southern Baptist Convention which opened at the Third aptist church this after noon and six singers conducted a series of street services at the prin- cipal corners of the downtown dis trict tonight. The evangelists were taken to the different corners in au- tomobiles and the singers were whisk- ed about from meeting to meeting to sing gospel songs.
 It was expected that much will be accomplished in the way of awakening in the city religious spirit that will aid in the work of reform to be dis cussed at the convention.
 According to D. Edwin Dargin, pre- sident of the conference, there is a need of closer union of all denomi- nations in church work and some means of bringing this about will be considered at the present meeting.
 The convention also will formulate plans for the celebration of the first centennial of the birth of Adoniram Judson, the first Baptist foreign mis- sionary. It is proposed to raise a fund of probably $1,O00,OOO to be known as the Judson fund for the benefit of the Baptist educational in- stitutions.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15

of Russell and the district should not be held responsible for additional ex- pense, over which the commissioners had no control The commissioners will inspect the books after they have been audited by the city committee and ascertain their correctness and it is most likely that MT. Deaver' s services will not be needed after to- day.
 The meeting was attended by Mayor Bloom, A. T. Lawrence, Clifton How ell, J. E. Boyce, F. B. Bloom, J. c. Chestnut, Isaac Dreyfus, J. A. Gle ment, R. c. Thompson, c. H. Trip lett, E. A. Sheppard, James Gould, W. l.. Dewoody, Charles Haycock, J. H. Watkins, Alex Perdue, w. B. San ders and Attorney T. M. Hooker and Irving Reinberger.
 It is most likely that J. E. Boyce will be made trustee for Russell, Ildl Ills pIOpcIly IHISuC Dc Iul HCu iA- to cash, to be used in settling with the bonding company and the city. He has been suggested by Russell and and is satisfactory, MT. Lawrence says to the bonding company. Russell will have his preliminary hearing before Magistrate J. A. Frazier this morning at 10 o'clock District Attorney T. G. Parham says he will prosecute him under the embezzlement charge to the full extent.
 Mayor Bloom and City Clerk Lee have already audited the books of four of the smaller districts and it is hoped that the work will be com- pleted before the end of the week. with the exception of the books of the Cemetery district, which will re- quire several days.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
IRON MOUNTAIN RESUMES
 ILLINOIS TRAIN SERVICE

Cairo, H., May 14.-Train service was resumed today on the Belmot branch of the Iron Mountain road, after suspension since March 29. This branch suffered more than the Cairo branch from the flood as the worst break in the levees ocured just above Crosno, from Henson to Belmot The track was washed from the dump in places and four miles of track between Crosno and Belmont, which is outside the levee, was en- tirely washed away.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
CHURCH CONTEST GROWS IN INTEREST Commissioners Lock Horns in Race For Moderator
 ship of Church.
D SCARE THE FIGHT IS BITTER
There is No Talk Whatever Vi Here- sey Trials and No More
 Will Be Held.

Atlanta, Ga, May 14.-A spectacular contest for the Moderatorship of the Presbyterian church, IT. s. A., will reach it's climax tomorrow afternoon, when the forces behind Dr. Maitland Alexander, of Pittsburgh, and Dr. S. s. Palmer, of Columbus, Ohio meet in the first test of strength. Dr. William McKibben, president of the Lane Theological Seminary of Cincinnati, has also been put forward, but pre- convention gossip has it that the final fight between Dr. Alexander and Dr. Palmer. The Alexand er-P Palmer con- test is really struggle between the progressiVes and the conservatives The progressives support Palmer and charge that in violation of precedent an organization has been effected in behalf of Dr. Palmer and that solci- tation has been made in his behalf It is stated that Dr. Palmer is radi- cal and that he is lined up with Union Seminary. pr. Palmers friends claim that while he is progressive he is not q radical. No radical can win the Moderatorship, according to commissioners who are already here. No untra- a-cCnservative can be elected, they also agree. The contest for 1 Moderator is in some respects be- tween the two great Presbyterian seminaries, Princeton and Union. Princeton is the most conservative of theological institutions and Union had adopted many of the modern tenden- cies and has on its staff many ad- vanced thinkers.
 It is claimed that Dr. Alexander is closely allied with Princeton and that Dr. Palmer represents the Union school of thought. Many of the com missioners assert if Dr. Palmer wins it will mean that the church endorses
 
 the admission of alleged unorthodoX candidates to the ministry.
 Strange to say while the progress sive-conservative contest is warm there is no talk of heresey trials. It is generally asserted that whatever the outcome there will be no more heresey trials in the church. Dr. Ro- bert M Russell, of Westminster Col. lege, New Wilmington, Pa, was to- night unanimously elected Moderator of the United Presbyterian Assembly. Dr. Russell succeeds Dr. Hug,. M Bell, of San Francisco. The retiring Moderator delivered the closing ser mon rf lis regime.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15

A man may toot his horn all he pleases. but people nowadays are not paying for noise. An empty wagon makes more sound than
 one that is carrying load. The goods I sell are mN silent part ners. This is the most effective kind of talk.
 E1SENKRAMER
 THE T-A.I.L.O.R Room 215 Citizens Bank Building
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15

crossing, adjoining the western limits of the city.
 MT. Haverty is we'll known in this city, having been member of the Rhodes-Haverty Furniture Company, formerly of this city
 He will be invited to attend the meeting of the Joint Park Committee May 27, and his proposition will then be heard in detail
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
MOTORCYCLIST RACES
 TO HIS DEATH IN CHICAGO

Chicago, May 14.-Leon Pitts, mem Der of a St. Louis motorcycle team, entered in the motorcycle races at Riverview Park, was killed tonight while speeding around the Caucer track. Hundreds who were watching the races saw the accident.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
RUSSELL ID HAVE ! HEARING TODAY |ccused Former Collector
 Will Be Arraigned in Mag \ istrate's Court.
)MMlSSIONERS MEET
eide Not to Employ Expert Ac. c0untant, Relying on City
 Officials Work,

It meeting held yesterday after Dn at the Chamber of Commerce. ended by Mayor Simon Bloom. the of the various city provement districts involved in the eged shortage of former City Col kor A. G. Russell, A. T. Lawrence, resentative of the American Surety hpany, which is on Russell's 5000 "a, and others interested in city Mrs, it was decided to have each Sroyement district take care of it's in the matter of adjusting it's fi- 3cial affairs with the city espec- i in the matter of checking the s of the accused former city of: El. ''' '' he meeting was presided over by ton Howell, one of the commits ters of the Cemetery Paving Dis ], the largest in the city and which traces all of the property of the be matter of employing w. H. yer. an expert accountant, to au- he books of the various districts discussed at length MT. Denver already been emplCged to do the but the matter of paying for his Ices at the rate of $15 a day was
 decided. MT. Lawrence. of the ing company, said that it would be necessary for the districts to by additiona1 auditors. that his lany only required a certified ment from Mayor Bloom and City
 Lee as to the shortage, and that
 be sufficient. If the claim is n to be correct his company was
 he said, in the sum of $1O,OOO. I'd not object, however, to the lct employing an auditor to fur the city with statement of theii age.
 city council at it's special lng Monday night appointed IT Bloom and City Clerk Lee to
 the former collectors books, at lame time inviting the districts represented at the investiga- and the accused official as we'll. Pr Bloom said that he would not
 y to the correctness of the ac- Is of the various districts, as re- Pd to him by the commissioners,
 he had personally audited the
 with City Clerk Lee. The work have to be done twice, it was n, and it was finally decided that udltor should be employed by commissioners of the various dis
 It would be an unnecessary nse on the part of the districts, Rs argued.
 tlment prevailed among the plssioners, however, that if any
 onal auditors were needed by
 ity the city should defray the
 se of their, work The city was
 responsible for the employment
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15

50 different patterns of Brass Beds, guaranteed not to tarnish. Spec ial prices this week. Prices $14.75 to $125.OO. KnOx.Walker. if
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1913-05-15
NEBRASKA AGAIN CYCLONE SWEPT Eleven Persons Killed and Many Injured at
 Seward.
Lusht0n, Neb., Completely Destroyed
 Wires Down All Over the States

I Omaha, Neb, May14-Nebraska was storm swept again this afternoon and many people were killed and in 1 jured in the cyclones tNhich are re- ported from different sections of the state
 At Seward, Neb.. il people are known to have been killed and p were wonded. It is believed daylight will show much greater death list in the town itself as well as in the country surrounding.
 'Staplehurst, small tolNn seven miles from Seward. is reported as having been wiped off the map. The death loss cannot be secured tonight as the tele. hone and telegraph wires in the place have failed.
 At McCool, many homes were des. troyed, but there were no deaths Omaha and South Omaha were swept by strong windstorm. Less than one dozen houses were wrecked but there were no deaths.
 Telegraph and telephone wires are down in every direction and reports are slcWly coming in of cyclones in other portions of the state.
 Lushton, Neb., a small town near Seward, is one of the places ". ort- ed as completely destroyed. The re- port cannot be confirmed as the wires in that town are down. This afternoon was hot and sutry all through the State and late in the afternoon wind clouds formed. They swept from southwestward to north west, carrying destruction with them.
 At Seward the clouds turned into typical wister, which swept th- rough the residential section. The number of houses destroyed in Seward cannot be ascertained tonight. Ele- ven bodies have been pulled from the ruins and 26 injured are being cared for.
 In Omaha thousands of citizens, re- membering the Eastern cyclone spent half an hour in basements, cellars and cyclone cellars. The Omaha Commercial Club tonight telegraphed offers of assistance to Seward and the governor has been called upon for state assistance and state militia: to. patrol the town until order is re- stored
 The bodies received at Seward at midnight and indentified are:
 Mrs. David Hoover, Mrs. William Hessinger, Mrs. Chris Masserman, Mrs D. l.. Wasserman, J. Schultz, Baby Schults, six years old, Mrs. Inlay, Mrs. Edmunds and Sam Grim.
 Unconfirmed reports are that cy- clones tonight visited Grafton, York, Waco, Ceresco and Agnew, in addi- tion to those mentioned above. Tele- graph wires are down to these towns and the reports cannot be confirmed,