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The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
ARMY CANTEEN IN GERMANY.

Word comes that commanders of four German army corps have issued instructions doing away with orders requiring soldiers to drink beer on holidays. Heretofore the soldiers have received checks on holidays good for beer In future the checks will be good for coffee and soft drinks The commander at Strasburg, General von Der Imling, has ordered that the price of non-alcoholic drinks at can teens shall not exceed the price of beer At maneuvers neither wine nor beer are to be dispensed at outpost bivouacs. This doubtless is the begin ming of the end of the army canteen in Germany
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07

Let me send you a sack of "Queene Anne" f1our-guaranteed to give en- tire satisfaction or your money back. -J. M. Haltom-phone 192. Advt
 LIV-VER-LAX stimulates the Liv- CT. A harmless vegetable compound. Any child can take it safely. Ask Hesterly Drug Store. Advt-
 If you fail to get your paper this afternoon please let us know and we will send you one and see that you get it regularly,
 Jack Johnson, IT,, has this weeks Country Gentleman for sale.
 LIV-VER-LAX! Better than Calo- mel. No bad effects. Ask Hesterly Drug Store Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
Her Reply.

He had but recently ment an elder ly maiden lady in a nearby town. On his return home he wrote, asking her to marry him and requesting an an swer by telegraph. On receiving the letter the lady rushed to the tele- graph office.
 'How Much does it cost to send a telegram she demanded.
 Twenty-Five cents for ten words" answered the operator; and this was the telegram her suitor received:
 Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes; Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes. Yes,
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
Deceived.

Little Willie was left alone with sis ter's beau.
 "Mr. Chumpley," he presently said, "what is a popinjay?"
 Sisters beau wrinkled his forhead. "Wh-why, popinjay is a-a vain bird"
 Are you a bird MT. Chumpley?" Certainly not"
 That's funny. Ma said you was 8 popinjay, and pa said there was no doubt about your being jay, and sis ter said there was small hopes of your popin', an now you say you ain't a bird at all. That's y."-Cleve- land Plain Dealer
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
BETTER BUSINESS.


 Regarding the manner in which temperance affects the money prob lem, two men doing business in a dry town are quoted by the Ottumwa tla.) Courier. One. a banker, assert ed that deposits showed a steady n- crease which could be attributed only 10 the closing of saloons He said also that merchants wore finding it much easier to collect bills under a dry regime. The other, a manufcc- turcr. states that the checks with which the shops employees were paid now came back inGCrsed by grocers, butchers. clothing stores and other dealers in life's necessities. instead of by saloonkeepers. Experience had taught him, he said, that men spent much or most of their money where they cashed their checks.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07

w. L. Miller was a business visitor to Hope today.
 Cleveland Gam, of Little Rock, is a visitor to Prescott today.
 Miss Annie Hatley left this morning for Weatherford, Texas.
 Prof. Fred Galloway today opened the school at Smithton, Arkansas. Tom Meador returned this morning from Nashville where he spent yes terday with relatives and friends. Fresh Country Butter and Eggs kept on ice.-Douglas Brooks X Co.
 Advt. Get this weeks Saturday Evening Post from Jack Johnson, rJ.,-call PAP. Advt. I have secured Miss Lyda Griffin of Texarkana and would be glad to have you call and see our hats before buying elsewhere.-Mrs. T. G. Moody.
 Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
Complimentary.
Youths Companion.

Youths Companion.
 Gebhard von Bluecher, the famous Prussian General field marshal had as surgeon major of his army a man who was very homely but extremely pround and vain.
 One day Bluecher entered the sur geon's tent and found him standing be- fore looking glass arranging his toilet and admiring himself generally
 Doctor" said Bluecher, laughing q suppose that you are the luckiest man in the world"
 Flows that sir, may ask?"
 "Why, here you are quite in love with yourself, and you haven't a sin gle rival!"
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
FlVE-MlLE ZONE.

For years the National Woman's Christian Temperance union, through its department of work among soldiers and sailors. has urged legislation pro- viding for five-mile dry zone around naval training schools and stations. It Is most gratifying to know that Secre- tary of the Navy Daniels strongly ad. vocates such law in the state of Illi- nois and in other parts of the country.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07

The man who got my raincoat from the city hall had better return it or not wear it.-Leonard Hamby. Advt.
 Prescott Daily News. Is this a threat or merely sug- gestion ?-Arkansas Gazette.
 It might have been either or both. The coat was returned.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
PUBLIC NUISANCE.

A saloon Is nuisance. It's in- fluence for evil cannot be confined to the building in which 1t Is conducted any more than can odors of slaugh. ter house be confined to the block in which it is located.-William ]. Bryan.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07

LIV-VER-LAX relieves all ills @ the Liver Stomach. Get it from hss- terlv Druv Store AdN.
 Get the Saturday Evening Poa from Jack Johnson, Jr.
 Phone PAP and get Saturday Even ing Post.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the partnership, heretofore existing be- tween Carl Vickers and myself has been by mutual consent dissolved, and 1 will continue business at the old stand near the Post Office. 1 will appreciate the patronage of the pub lie.
 c. P Sampson. 3d-1wkly. Advt:.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
It's Sat"

Washington Herald.
 Texas and Kansas papers have been trying to decide whether hen sets or sits. And in the meantime an incu- bator has been doing the work
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
TEACHERS EXAMINATION

Notice is hereby given that 1 will hold regular quarterly examination for teachers in Prescott on Thursday and Friday, the 17th and 18th of Sep tember.-R D. Martin, County Exam iner.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
One Blessing of War.

New Orleans Star.
 The small toy in this country will hail the European war as great blessing if it makes the price of cas- tor oil prohibitive.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
Local News.

Only one more week until the gener- al election.
 If it is insurance, see Nevada Coun- ty Bank. Advt
 Weather-Generally fair Monday and Tuesday.
 Born-To Mr and Mrs. Tracy Ora ham, Friday boy. Fresh shipment of sanitary bread Douglas Brooks & Co. AdYt | ". T. Hart was down at Hope today seeing friends.
 Mrs. J. D. Wilson is spending this afternoon in Hope. Jack Johnson, Jr., wants t, sell you Saturday Evening Post. Contractor Sullivan, of Hope, was business visitor to Prescott this morn ing.
 Is your liver inactive? LIV-VER- LAX will wake it up. Hesterly Drug Store. Advt T. H. Duke, Jr., of Little Rock, is in the city today seeing relatives and friends.
 Fresh Fruits and Produce always kept in good shape.-Douglas Brooks X Co. Advt. For Rent-Good house on East Main Street. Good location. See D. B. Brown. Advt. Miss Lucy Mae Moore left Satur- day for a visit with relatives and friends in Little Rock.
 The Country Gentleman is for sale by Jack Johnson, Jr., phone PAP anI he will bring you one.
 Jno. M. Haltom spent yesterday up at Philadelphia visiting his daughter Mrs. E. J. Gattinger.
 Bayard Witt, the TeXarkana archi- tect, was here Saturday afternoon at tending to business.
 Delicious, Refreshing, Eureka Springs Ginger Ale. 25 cents per quart.-Hesterly Drug Store. Advt |
 l. A. Blakely, assistant cashier of hn Pn,nly NfD ma today attending to business affairs. |
 Miss Katherine Few is over at Will | ton, Arkansas, spending visit and is | the guest of her sister, Mrs. I. w. 1 Holmes.
 Mrs. George Clyburn, of Eldorado, Is in the city spending a visit. She | is guest at the home of Judge and | Mrs. J. M. Thomas.
 Lost-One Kid (small goat) Finder will please return to me and receive reward.-Jack Holland, Corner Main and Second Street Advt
 Duncan B. Brown and family are in Philadelphia spending visit with Mrs. Browns parents, Mr and Mrs. U. G. Kaufman.
 We write fire, Tightening and torna- do insurance, and represent some of | the very best companies to be had Nevada County Bank, Advt.
 Miss Annie Shell, after a short wis it in the city left this morning for a visit with relatives and friends over at Fort Towson, Oklahoma.
 Liquid Tar Soap-A fragrant con venient preparation for toilet use and ampooing-Price 25 cents per bottle.-Hesterly Drug Store. Advt.
 For Sale Cheap-"Far- Baby" jet black pony. Two years old, 45 inches high, very gentle.-Miss Florence Weisiger. Route 6, Prescott
 Advt.
 Sam E. Mum, democratic nominee for sheriff left this morning for the lower part of the county and will 1 spend the greater part of this week there furthering his candidacy.
 H. H. Allen came around this morn ing and had his name placed on our weekly list for The Nevada Tg,v-.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07

Get Saturday Evening Post from Jack Johnson. Jr..-Phone PAP. Advt.
The Prescott daily news., 1914-09-07
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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
IOWA ATTORNEY IN
BAD WITH COURTS

Washington, D. c., Jan. 21.-Legal
questions arising out of sales of liquor
to an Indian who looked like a white
man have placed the supreme court in
a quandary.
The offending saloon keepers selling
the liquor were convicted but because
of their mistake sought to have Willis
N Birdsall, an Iowa lawyer get elem.
ency from the federal court in north
ern Iowa. AS an outcome Birdsall was
indicted on a charge Of alleged pay
ment of brides to Thomas E. Brents
and Everett E. Van Vert, special Of,
ficers of the inner department for the
suppression of liquor traffic with the
Indians, and Brepts and Van Vert
were indicted on charges of accept
ances of the bribes. The Iowa court
quashed the indictments on the ground
that no act of congress conferred upon
the inner department any duty In re-
gard to the recommendation of elem
ency.
The validity Of the indictment was
argued in the court about a week ago.
The court today restored the cases to
the docket for reargument ostensibly
because it was divided four to four on
the legal questions involved.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
FATHER SEEKS DAUGHTER.

Cedar Rapids. Jan. 21.-Mrs. Minnie
Sweet, formerly secretary Of the Purity
Federation Of Iowa, has received a let
ter from Rev. J. e. Edwards, pastor Of
the Bethel United Brethren church of
Hastings, Nebr, asking that she rem
der whatever assistance possible in To-
eating Ada Van Metra, whose parents
live near Hastings.
The girl left her home three months
ago with chap named Frank Brani-
gan. She was last heard from through
a letter she wrote her parents from
Fonda, Iowa. in which she stated she
was employed as domestic in fam
ily at that place. The letter was writ
ten November 7, 1918. .--
The girl is described as being %
years of age. five feet five inches tall,
weight about 1875 pounds, rather light
complexion, auburn hair and blue eyes.
Any information which may assist in
locating the girl should be sent to Mrs.
Sweet or Rev. Edwards or to the girls
father J. ]. Van Metra. r. f. D., Hast
ings, Nebr.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
APPLES EXCLUDED IN
COLD STORAGE BILL.

Washington, D. c., Jan. 21.-Apples
are not intended to come under ban of
the bill to prohibit the interstate ship.
ment of food products kept in cold
storage two months or longer, accord
ing to a statement today by Repre-
sentative Mcclellan of Tennessee, who
framed the measure. The bill is to
come up for hearing on February 4.
and members of the committee and
Mcclellan have been flooded with .ele-
grams from apple growers and dealers
who thought the measure might affect
apples.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
WILL CONSTRUCT
|NTERURBAN LINE
CENTERVlLLE LIGHT e. TRACTION
co. BUYS OLD A. E. C. RAIL.
ROAD PROPERTY.

Centerville, Jan. 21.-An interurban
line from this city to Abba is now as
sured by the completion Tuesday night
of deal pending for some time past
between the Centerville Light & Trac
ton Co., and the Southern Iowa Trac
ton Co. The new management Of the
property will Immediately make it an
overhead trolly line. The material is
being ordered and the construction
work Is expected to be completed by
July /.
The deal is looked upon as the big,
gest thing to take place in this vicinity
for long time and will provide a
modern interurban line between Cen.
terville and Abba touching other towns
enroute.
The line taken over by the Center
vile Light & Traction Co., is the old
Abba & Centerville Railway Co., which
was operated by the M. & St. l.. rail.
road and owned by the Gen. F. M
Drake estate and Russell Sage. The
latters interests were purchased by
w. A. Boland of New York, and the
Drake estate interests fell to DR.. J. l..
Sawyers of Centerville, son-in-law of
General Drake.
The local company has taken hold of
this property with the intention of
making it motor line and two cleo.
trio passenger cars with one freight
and baggage car will be installed in
service on the new line. A franchise
will be sought at Moravia for lighting
that place.
When completed the company plans
to have connections made with the
Abba street railway for trackage to
the Burlington station in that city. The
line passes the Wabash depot and the
service will be direct from the square
in Centerville to the Burlington, Wab
ash and M. & st. l.. stations in Abba
1t is planned to have the cars reach
the Burlington depot in time to get the
mail from the fast mail train for Cen
terville and points intermediate.
The Centerville Light & Traction
Co., is owned jointly by Frank s.
Payne and D. G. Bradley. The Brad
legs are extensive bankers in south
ern Iowa. This company has oper
ated a seven mile interurban line be-
tween Centerville and Mystic.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
FOUR DEATHS IN
THE REESE FAMILY

Iowa City, Jan. 21.-Death, striking
the same home four times within a
week. has brought unusual sorrow to
Floyd Reese, formerly Of Linn county,
Iowa, now a resident Of Saskatchewan,
Canada. A message from there an
nounces the death Of his wife, following
the birth of little one; and the death
Of his little daughter who was i'll when
the mother was taken to a hospital. A
few days earlier, within a few hours,
Mr.. Reese's aged parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
David Reese died at Coggon, Ia. aged
90 and So, respectively They had cele-
year Just gone.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
WOMAN AND RELIGION.
The international Sunday School Les
son for January rs is "Serving Jesus.
Luke 1913; 9:57-62; 10: 38-42.
(Dy William T. Ellis.)

"The woman question" inescapably
Is one of today's living issues. Every
thoughtful person is bound to face it
suuarely, and to look into it deeply.
Whatever is merely superficial or in
cidental should be eliminated. Thus
the suffrage issue is not 1.-The woman
question Even the so-called "femln-
list movement" which skaters the old
conventions and finds other sphere for
woman than that of wife, mother, and
home-maker. is not sufficiently 1nclu-
sive. CONSIDERED dispassionately, the
distinctive place. the distinctive abill-
ties, and distinctive mission of women
must enter into any study OF the Wom-
an question" This may appropriate
" be done in connection with the pre-
sent Sunday School lesson. For here
we find the attention of millions or
persons the world around, simultan-
eously concentrated upon the New Tes-
lament stories that are sufficiently
general to open up the whole woman
question" AS we walk with Mary OF
Magdala, and Joanna, and Susanna,
who followed Jesus and ministered to
him of their substances; and as we sit
In the shadow Of the hopsitable Bethle-
hem home, where the tired Teacher
10 loved to resort, we may consider
what light the Bible sheds upon this
modern perplexity.
A Frank Word About Women.
Whatever the future may hold,
whether woman is to rule by ballot or
BY battle axe, or by ministry and in
spiration, there are certain truths
which may frankly be stated about
woman's place in the past.
Always her first field has been the
home and the children. She has been
potent in affecting the most intimate
and basic human conceptions. Hers
has been the shaping influence upon
life at its springs. She has made
"home" sweet word. The picture OF
the Bethany home where Jesus delight
ed to visit Is illuminative.
Always women have been more re-
ligious than men. At all times and un-
der all creeds they have been the de-
tenders of the faith and attendants
OF the altar fires of spirituality. This
continues during today both in the
Christian church and in pagan lands.
"If man is an incurable religious ami
NAL" then the female of the species
lis more religious than the male. No
symptom on the days horizon is more
alarming than the modern increase in
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HENRY co. PLANS
FOR GOOD ROADS

Mt. Pleasant, Jan. 20.-Hen1y coun
ty has adopted plan whereby all the
work done on the county roads will be
guaranteed through the medium OF
signed contracts which will be bind
ing upon the signers. This new plan
is the first step in The direction of Civ,
ing Henry county the best roads in
the state According to the plan con.
tracts will be drawn up whereby the
signer agrees to drag certain stretch
of road whenever necessary and when
ever he Is ordered so to do. For his
work he will receive thirty-fve cents
for each mile covered as opposed to
the old rate of twenty-five cents mile
but if in the opinion of the board OF
supervisors. the road is not cared for
as it should be he may be fined fifty
cents for every mile of road that is not
up to standard 1t will be necessary
for each man to ride his drag instead
of walking along behind it. All loose
stones and rubbish is to be kept re.
moved from the highway, and each
man is required to carry a shovel SO
that he may make any necessary minor
repairs upon the bridges and culverts
Henry county is the first county in
the state to adopt this system which
it is believed will be great improve
ment over the old plan. Formerly YER
bal contracts were made with the men
and there was no way Of holding them
to it. During the busy season Of the
year and this often conceded with the
time when the roads were in the
greatest need of repairs, it was almost
impossible to get the farmers to leave
important work at home, to work on
the roads. According to the new sys-
tenn the roads will be in good shape
the year round Only men will be al
lowed to sign the contracts, who are
in a position to fulfill them, or whose
work at home is not SO heavy as to
conflict with their labor on the high
ways.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
In The Religious World
(REvIEw SUNDAY SCHOOL LEssON)

, the number of women who give relig-
ion no place in their scheme of things
and who undertake to get along with
out its restraints and it's consultations.
Always woman has been an idealist.
That the claims of Jesus should be so
swiftly and deeply understood by wom-
en- Is significant. 1t is rare church
indeed that is not attended by more
| women than men. This also is true Of
concerts, lectures, art exhibitions, and
the higher classes of drama, and all
literary and ethical occasions. The
idealism of woman Is apparent on ev-
cry hand.
Always woman has been the hearten-
err o. men. Kipling makes one of his
| characters say There are just two
kinds of women in the world; those
| who put strength into men and those
who take it out of them" The friend
ship of Martha and Mary evidently
meant much to Jesus. This apparently
indirect exercise Of woman's power
may not satisfy some persons; but the
armorer's part in the battle is as real
Mas that of the warrior. Barrie's ex-
quisite sketch of Margaret Ogilvie'
recites how his mother declared that
she would be proud to be the mother
Of Robert Louis Stevenson, as for him
self. Barrie VOWS that all he is or has
done he over to his mother. The
world can i'll afford to lose that kind
of woman.
The Real Emancipation.
Here we come to a profound his
torical fact. Jesus Christ has been the
real emancipation of womanhood. In
his discipleship she has gone to new
ness of honor, to newness of service
and newness Of character. Through all
the centuries, since one little group of
| women were last at the cross and
first at the grave" women have been
the best friends of Jesus, even as he
has been the best friend of women
hood. -+
A new sense of sisterly solidarity
has developed in Christianity. We
might call this noble sex conscious
ness. The passion of Christian woman
for the welfare of the women of the
world is not often discussed in the
newspapers, but it is the broad stand
and most beautiful phase of the whole
woman question"
Women's Ideal Man.
In return for what he has done for
her. woman has lavished upon Christ
the intensity and fullness Of an un-
measured devotion. He has filled her
vision of an ideal man. His strength
and tenderness, his mastery and his
mini stry, have satisfied womans lof-
test aspirations The mothers who
have raised their sons by the Christ
standard, and have fired the hearts
Of those sons with the Christ-passion,
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have been the greatest servants of the
race. Is there anything that would
better serve these new times than
more of this spirit in the days woman
hood?
The company of women who follow.
ed Jesus, as we are told in this lesson,
were the fore-runners Of an innumer-
able host. 1t would exalt the thinking,
the living, or the characters of a null
titude of us who are talking loosely
about "the woman question" if we were
to get a clear vision of the type of
womanhood who in home and church
and Christian women's organizations
are modestly seeking to help the world
in the name of the Lord Jesus.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
u. S. Steel Employees Loyal

The employees of the U. S. Steel Corporation
approaching that wages have been steadily in
creased by the corporation, and being appre-
hensive Of what might happen in the event of
dissolution, are circulating a petition asking
the government to drop it's suit. 1t is said that
more than 10000 names have already been Sc
cured This may furnish the government with
the needed excuse to discontinue an action for
which there never was any popular demand, so
far as we have been able to make out. - En-
cheering and Mining Journal.
# you are looking for a job, read the Courier
Want Ads. One-half cent per word. =
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err and more difficult, the body turns
blue, the pulse fails and commissions set
in The commissions recur. frequently
during several hours, but complete re-
taxation usually ushers in the end.
Fortunately Inconsistencies devel-
OBS early, so that the victim does not
suffer the tOrtures Of one dying from
lockjaw. The average time required for
a scorpion sting to cause death is IL to
IA hours This is calculated to make
some American rattlesnakes ashamed
of Themselves.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-01-22
BUSINESS EXPERT
TAKES HIS OWN LIFE

New York, Jan. 21.-Stephen T. Will
1iams, known as the first business eff.
flciency expert and who reorganized
more than four hundred of the largest
business concerns in the country. com.
miited suicide last night at his home
here by shooting himself in the head.
Mr.. Williams was 60 years old. 1t
was understood that in recent years
he had suffered heavy financial losses
and had been i'll.