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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Naturally Indignant.

Lige, an old darky. was suing his
wife for a divorce, and stated in his al
legations that his wife had run on
with another negro and that she re-
fused to return and live with him.
A party meeting up with Lige re-
marked:
'Lige, 1 understand that you are
suing your wife for divorce?"
''Ya-as sir. boss; l done gone and
sued her"
We'll. Lige, upon what grounds are
you bringing your suit?"
Boss. it's list like dis: She bin
run'd of wild 'nudder niger bout TO
years and jist made up my mind to
quit her"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

through neglect or
overwork ! get run
down and my appe-
tite il poor and l
have that weak, lam
guild, always tired
feeling, l get q bot
tie of Lydia E. Pink
hams Vege ta bio
Compound, and it
builds me up. gives
me strength, and re-
stores me to perfect
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

health again. 1t is truly a great bless
ing to women, and l cannot speak too
highly of it. take pleasure in recon-
mending it to others. Mrs. ANNIE
CAMERON, RED, No. !, Swan Greek,
Michigan.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Hebron, Me-" Before taking your
remedies l was all run down, discour-
aged and had female weakness. took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash, and
find today that 1 am an entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do my
housework now, where before taking
your medicine it was dread. / try to
impress upon the minds of all ailing
women meet the benefits they can
derive from your medicines" = Mrs.
CHARLES Rowe, Kennebago, Maine.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia e. Pinkham Med
icine Co., (cOnfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter viii be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Mckinley Surgeon Die. at Theater.

New York-Dr Nelson w. Wilson,
a noted Buffalo physician, who attend
ed President Mckinley when he was
shot, collapsed during the first act of
Common Clay" at the Republic the
ater. He was dead by the time an
ambulance surgeon arrived.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
English Pounds World Grip Going

New York. = Foreign exchange
rates reached their most serious
stage Tuesday with an overnight
break of az cents in sterling, the
English pound selling in this market
at SASSY.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

The frankness with which a sey
enteen-year old girl says she's an Old
maid is only exceeding the frankness
with which she denies 1t ten years
later.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Safety First.

The cook left today. I'll have to
make the dinner myself"
Don't do it, dear. Let's go to a res
taurant. It's cheaper than paying a
doctors bill"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Ex.presIdent of Ecuador Dead.

Geneva.-Antonio Flores, former
president of Ecuador, is dead here
Sefior Flores was elected to the presi-
dency of Ecuador in 1883 and served
the term of four years.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Fine for EN-.

IT'S been great year for the pes
simists.'
In what way"
We've had rain almost every other
day."-Detroit Free Press.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
DAY
QfAll5t1S&
IN Work He found -
Salvation for Both 8
Cody and r1ind
&fRANK hSWeeT

ENNINGTON lit a ciga-
rette, took one puff, hes
itated, and threw it
away. He had forgot
ten the doctors quiet
ly spoken but incisive
words, and now remem-
bered them with a sud
den return of his old
dread of what might
come.
And yet. what odds?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

1t is always easier to blame the
man who gives us advice than to
blame our own judgment for acting
upon It,
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

Buck Kilby says heaven will sui
him all right if they'll let him trade
his harp for trombone.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

London.-The Russian armies along
the line of the upper Bug and the
Zlota Lipa are being withdrawn rap
idly and apparently without great
loss, as neither Vienna nor Berlin
claims any extensive captures of pris-
oners or booty in this region.
In the center of the line, due east
of Warsaw, the invaders continue to
make steady progress, while further
north they are advancing more slow
ly. The fall of Lipsk brings the at
tacking forces nearer Grodno, the last
big fortress on the front to be re-
tanned by the Russians.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
Threatened Strike in Wales Settled.

London.-The trouble in the South
Wales coal mining district. which
threatened to precipitate a serious
strike has been settled.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

The old topper frequently gets away
with more than he can carry.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

What does 1t avail a woman to have
troubles If she can't tell them?
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

The art of bluHing lies in knowing
when not to.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
WOMEN WHO ARE
ALWAYS TIRED
May Find Help in This
Letter.

Swan Greek, Mich.-"I cannot speak
too highly Of your medicine. When
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
SIX HUNDRED OFFICERS KILLED
Report British Losses in Dardeneiie'
$4,000 in a Month.

10000 IN Month.
Berlin-The British employed 49,
900 men In their attacks on Turkish
positions on Gallipoli peninsula, ac-
cording to a dispatch from CONSTANT
nople to the Frankfurter Zeitung. and
their losses were extremely heavy.
The correspondent estimates that
since Aug. the British losses have
been in excess of $4,000.
According to the correspondent, the
killed among the British troops in the
fighting of Aug. 2S and Aug. 30 in
cluded about 600 officers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04
He Understood.

tie Understood.
MY husband has deserted me and
] want a warrant" announced the
large lady.
What reason did he give for desert
ing your" asked the prosecutor.
Il don't want any lip from you.
want a warrant. don't know what
reason he had"
II think l understand his reason.
said the Official feebly, as he proceed
ed to draw up warrant.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1915-09-04

Be happy. Use Red Cross Bag Blue;
much better than liquid blue. Delights
the laundress. All grocers. Adv.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
What Is Diversifcaien?

One of the specialists of the department, who has been giv- ing attention to the diversified tion of crops in the South. re- gently defined diversification as follows:
 Few people understand what "diversification" means. l had a farmer say to me not long ago, Il want to diversity, to quit cot ton; what crop shall l change to?" 1 heard some time ago of a sugar planter in Louisiana who wanted to diversity. He quit sugar and planted 500 acres of tomatoes. Surely that is diver sifcation with a vengeance. Now, my friends, we have a got good thing in the South if we will only go to work and make the agriculture self-sup- porting. The departments plan is to foster the production of home gardens, to encourage thrift by teaching people to can fruit and vegetables for home use, as they do in every thrifty community. To have farmers grow their own corn, oats, peas, beans, potatoes, and some cane or sorghum for syrup, and to produce their own meat supply from a reasonable industry in poultry, hogs and cattle. Of course this would require some reduction of the cotton acreage unless more acres were taken up, but under this plan we would establish a live stock in dustry sufficient to utilize the waste products of the farm and to make productive it's waste land. On every farm there is waste land which could be made productive with live stock. This is a pure business proposition, but one which has been sadly neglected in all our southern territory.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
MAPLE GROVE

Rain, rain, rain, we are having too much rain to suit the farm CTS, but everybody is busy doing odd jobs about the farm while it is too wet to blow.
 Health is good only nearly every family has some whoop- ing cough, and it is going pretty hard with some of the kiddies.
 Our efficient, busy and jolly peddler, John Darr, has quit on account of small pOx at Ratcliff, and everybody in these parts seem to have no business there either. There was some talk of stopping our rural carrier. but he and nearly every one in Rat cliff were vaccinated and he still makes his regular routes.
 Prospects for wheat and oats are not very good, but gardens are fine and the early corn that happened to get a very good start looks promising. And cherries are ripe too, and the lad that swings his grubbiag hoe can change his song from goo goo eyes to cherry pies.
 A few have had new irish potatoes, and sweet potatoes are being set out by thousands and we are preparing to have some thing to eat, regardless of cotton for there is not so much cotton planted.
 Lots of pea nuts have been planted, but some complain of not getting stand, and tn e crows taking them.
 The housewives who are ac- customed to help tend the large cotton fields, are turning theil attention to poultry. and are having much good luck consider. ing the rainy weather.
 Pastures are fine, and milk and butter plentiful. Calves and yearlings, a very valuable asset, are thriving wonderfully. and along the highways l see crops of sun1owers growing where once grew an ugly thicket, and we are slowly but surely emerg. ing into good old summer time.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
Skating Rink To Open.

The opening of the skating rink being erected on the vacant lot southwest of the square has been delayed on account of rainy weather and storms, the tent be- ing blown down once.
 An effort was made to prevent the rink from operating in Ozark, but at the hearing before Judge Falconer at Fort Smith last Sat urday the petition for an injunc- tion was dismissed.
 The managers hope to have it in operation by Wednesday night.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
BERRY'S CHAPEL

Program for decoration to be held at Berry's Chapel on the 5th Sunday in May: Opening address, w. R. James.
 Song.
 Prayer, E. M. Goodwin. Concert by Little Girls. Song.
 Recitation, Emily McMillan. Recitation, Ethel Johnson. Song.
 Recitation, Della Childers. Recitation. Myrtle James. Defamation, Charley Staton. Song.
 Talk. Eld. Wright. Song.
 Talk, Eld. J. H. McMillan. Decoration of graves. Committee to decorate un- known graves: Maggie Hill, Ethel Johnson. Pearl Mcbride. Stella Childers. Benediction, Eld. J. H. Me Milan.
 Cornnittoa
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
Patriotic Graft

While war gossip goes on a Texas paper calls attention to a certain kind of graft and says there is graft and graft. but the worst of all is the patriotic graft. It is said that the hats supplied to the B, 900 men Can ada sent to the war dissolved in the first rain. That recalls very forcibly some of the swindles worked on this government in the way of shoddy clothing. And there was the embalmed beef incident; also the blowhole armor plate.
 The best of all excuses and causes are emploped by the grafters in their business of cheating their dupss. Patriot ism of some sort of useful public service is sometimes utilized to great advantage, enabling some sharper to sell paper hats or caps for wool or fur pieces, or spoiled food for fresh food. There are not wanting some who actually use religion in their business of slipping or soaring the money out of truthful people who de- serve a better fate. In many instances wars have presented to the great grafter the oppor- tunity of lifetime, enabling him to grow rich while others were losing all.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
MANITOU MOUNTAIN

Mrs. Garner came home re- gently for short stay at her summer home here, but has re- turned.
 Glad to see the rain come at last after dry spell. but we are getting too much of it, and hope it will let up now for awhile.
 John Blair, of Ft. Smith visit ed his sister, Mrs. Jemina Anderson, a few days about six weeks ago.
 Most every one is late with his farming this year owing to late spring.
 A nephew of ye scribe is com ing for an indefinite stay at his home here.
 Ye scribe was at church and Sunday school at the Oak Hill school house Sunday week, and enjoyed the singing very much.
 Glad to learn of the literary ct the Oak Hill school house every Saturday night this summer. Quite a source of amusement and fun to say nothing of the benefit for all who care to go.
 Ike Joshlius says that when ever he falls into a mud hole he always has a deep, strong yearn- ing ambition for something bet ter, and that he always takes a keen interest in getting out.
 Billy Spevins says that when he gets hung up on a barbed wire fence by the seat of his pants he never can concentrate his mind on anything.
 Let us endeavor to lead such good moral lives that we wouldn't be ashamed to look a full blooded Chester white hog square in the face.
 He who would reform others should first reform himself.
 When injurious things are told about any one it is the best course to so live that no one will believe them.
 Let us have faith that right makes right, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty ~ VI understand it.
 Simple Simon. - -s--------------
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
Postal Savings Bank

Every person in the United States ten years old or over may open an account in a postal sav- ings bank after July 1st, accord ing to an instructive leaflet on the Postal Savings System just issued by Postmaster General Burleson. This important exten- sive of the service will be made possible by permitting persons living in communities so sparsely settled as not to justify the designation of their local post offices as regular postal savings banks to open accounts by mail.
 Governor Cookery, Third As sistant Postmaster General, who has direct supervision of postal savings, was so impressed by appeals from all over the cOun- try to open postal savings ac- counts by mail that he took up the task some weeks ago of working out a feasible and safe method for meeting a demand well illustrated in a letter from a Saline County Missourian, who resides many miles from a postal savings bank.
 Having a few hundred dol lars saved from fifty years of hard and assiduous labor and skimping economy on the part of my wife and myself, we con- cluded to deposit it in the Pos- tai Savings Bank of -. We wrote to the postmaster at that place and received reply to the effect that none but patrons of that office could deposit in that office which is very disappoint- ing news to us. Our little farm IS not large enough to support us and land is so high that it is impossible for us to buy more with what little we have saved and we are so old that we can't labor much now and we would be co glad to lay by at least euongh to pnt us away in de- cency."
 Under the new plan adopted by the Postmaster General for opening accounts by mail an in- tending depositor. residing where there is no regularly designated postal savings bank, will apply to his local postmaster who will see that necessary identification data is prepared and forwarded to Q nearby pOstOffice authorized to accept deposits. The in tending depOsitor will then be given permission to fOrw ard his first and subsequent deposits by money order or registered mail direct to the postmaster at the banking point for which receipts
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
FAIR VIEW

Weather looks gloomy again this morning. Health good at this writing. Crops are looking very we'll.
 Rev. o. J. Forbus preached at this place Sunday at II o'clock and at night.
 Mrs. Robert Forbus and daughter, Ruth, spent Saturday night and Sunday with w. A, Hogan and family.
 Mrs. Theron Castleberry wis ited with her folks. Chas. De- shozo, Saturday night and Sun- day.
 Rev. Frank Carlisle and fam fly visited Tom Cargile Sunday. Miss Maggie Parker spent Saturday night with Miss Rosie BroOkey.
 Miss Parlee Hogan spent Sat urday night and Sunday with her sister, Mrs. Jesse Var brough, and attended church at the Chapel.
 There will be singing at this place Sunday night. Everybody invited to come.
 D..~ D,.l
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
Program For Decoration
 Belt Grave Yard.

Sunday, June 1st, at 2: p. m. Called together by singing. Prayer by T. L. Dickerson. Song No. Al, Among the Tombs.
 Talk by Jno. A. Floyd. Song No. 4, Why Does Mother Stay So Long?" Rec. by Miss Etidorpha Hans berry.
 Song No. 10, When We Gath CT Up There"
 Rec. by Gussie Whitson. Song No. 36, Mothers Prayer. Talk by Bro. J. H. Reeves. Song No. 36, We Shall Rise. Decoration of Graves. Committee to decorate un- known graves: Gladys Vaught, Docia Dickerson, Helen Crouch and Lois Gray.
 Parties interested please meet on Saturday before at two O clock and clean off the graves.
 Respectfully,
 Committee.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
It's Up To You

A paragraph is fitting around in the press to the effect that the future may be bright for some. but the road will always be dark for others
 Of course some pessimist wrote it, for pessimists always mill around in the shadows.
 As a matter of hard fact, this world is always just what we choose to make it.
 If you pull a long face and go out hunting for troubles, you will find them-in punches.
 If we saddle ourselves with a case of blues in the morning and hang onto it with a death grip all day, and take it to bed with us at night, we will probably find life's pathway shrouded in gloom.
 But it will be gloom of our own making, and we will be get ting only that which we sought.
 But how different is the other side?
 God inflicts us all with certain troubles, but he also gives us brains, and determination, and will power with which to rise above the petty perplexities and tribulatiOns of life.
 The bright side of existance is all around us. everywhere we turn, constantly knocking for ad- mission.
 It is yours for the taking.
 The man or woman who can not feel thankful for the pure air, and the bright sunshine, and three meals day. is something less than a normal human being. There is a screw loose somewhere.
 Even the animals of the earth and the birds of the air are not so degenerate in their class, for they seek always for the bright ness of life.
 And is our intelligence and our will power inferior to theirs. that we should live with an ache and die with a grunt?.
 Every trouble inflicted upon us is for our own ultimate good and they are infinitesimal when compared with the joys of a bright mind. clear conscience and a determination to reap to the fullest of life's blessings.
 If the road is dark to some, it is because they do not use the brains which God gave them in overcoming the obstacles which he in his wisdom has placed in their pathway. Our future is up to us to make or to mar, as we choose.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
or certificates will be issued. He may withdraw all ar any mart of

VI WI ShANSSSo HI M sSSoSo' AAS may withdraw all or any part of his postal savings by mail and on demand together with any interest that may be due him.
 The new leaflet points out that any person ten years old or over may open an account in his or her own name; that an account may be opened by a married woman free from any control or interference by her husband; i; that postoffice officials are for bidden to disclose to any person, except the depositor, the amount of any deposits; that withdraw als may be made without pre- vious notice; and that the gov ernment guarantees to repay all deposits on demand with accrued interest.
 The leaflet will soon be printed in twenty-two foreign languages for distribution thru local post offices. The foreign-born citizen has taken very kindly to postal savings, and literature in his own language will be of great assistance to him. In a recent article, Postmaster General Burleson commented on the foreign-born depositOr as follows:
 Upwards of five hundred thousand depositors now have accounts in the Postal Savings System and they represent every known occupation professional men, theatrical people, mechan- ics, laborers, fishermen, pack peddlers. etc. But the majority are wage-earners, and of this class the foreign-bOrn largely predominate. A census of de- positOrs taken by the Postoffice Department shows that approxi- mately 40 per cent of the de- positors are foreign born citizens and they own more than 30 per cent of the deposits splendid evidence of the confidence of our newly acquired citizens in the ability and good faith of their adopted country to fulfill its obligations.
 There is another reason which led immigrants, unfamiliar with our language and business methods, to turn the Govern ment to safeguard their humble savings and that reason is the disastrous experiences many of them have had by the failures of bogus private banks" officered by swindlers of their own tongue who have preyed mercilessly upon their loneliness and credul- ity."
 Postal savings receipts have broken all records the past year. During the eight months prior
The Spectator., 1915-05-25
No Tax On Mortgages

Circuit Clerk Waterfeld re- gently received instructions not to collect the revenue tax of twenty-five cents on mortgages as the officials had revoked all former rulings and ruled that neither real estate nor chattel mortgages should be taxed.
 This has been a source of worry to the circuit clerks, as the ruling has been changed several times and they are greatly relieved that the depart ment has finally decided the matter.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25

Let us forget that we are re- publicans, or democrats, or so- cialists, or what not. Our coun- try needs Americans.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25

to April lst there was a net gain in deposits of nineteen
 million dollars. as against a gain of eight million dollars for the same months the year before. Thousands of new accounts have been opened and the millions made up largely of hidden sav- ings have been turned back into the channels of trade just at a time when there was pressing demand for every dollar.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25

The Kansas board of health points out the relation between good roads and health, Good roads mean the removal of way side weeds and rank vegetable grOwths, where flies and many other annoying or disease bear ing insects find shelter. They mean good drainage. so that the stagnant pools, where the mala- rial mosquito breeds. are un- known. They mean, in their perfection, a hard. dry surface, where there is relatively little of the dust and dampness that are favorable to many forms of ser iOus illness.
The Spectator., 1915-05-25

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The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05

at such ideas. If egotism is to be
preached, let it be consistent and as
sert it's rights in all cases.
If it is right for the rich man to
Iuxuriate in life of leisure because
he has been able to get possession of
land or to exploit and take advantage
of others, then it must be conceded
to be the right of the poor man to
strike him dead and take possession
of his property as the spOils of vic
tory if he has the courage and the
strength to undertake and carry
through such an undertaking. This
is logical.
Our abstract aim is egotism, leach
one for himself" The only other al
tentative is aItrIism, or fellowship
and soIidarity-"One for all, and all
for one."-R. D. LindIey, 1855 Cot
tage Grove aV.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05
THE PUBLIC FORUM

TIE REASON.-Is see Frank Walsh
Of the Industrial commission says low
wages is the cause of a lot of trou-
BILE among working people. This re-
minds me of what Bernard Shaw
said a while ago: There is only one
ming the matter with the poor peo-
)le and that is poverty" Righto.
And there's no reason at all for pow
eTty except lack of money.-George
WhimpIerig.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1915-03-05
EGoTISM.

EGOTISM. - Your story of Mrs.
Chandler, the woman who shot her
self, reminds me of what Max Nor
dau said in his book, ''The Lies of
Civilization:
''Egotism is a merit in the rich, a
crime in the poor"
Fortunes are made in the name of
egotism, or indiVidualism; but they
are defended in the name of aItru-
ism, or human solidarity.
The rich man enjoys his dispropor-
tioRate share of life's blessing of
which he has made himself master by
unBlushing egotism; but when the
poor man helps himself to them with
some Of the rich mans egotism and
Unselfshness, he is arrested.
In the form of ursury and specu-
latiOn the INSCRIPTIONS furtherance
of self-interest is allowable, but it is
strictly forbidden when it takes the
form of robbery and theft. The
same principle applied in that the
former is a merit and in the later it
ia crime. Human reason. TevoIts