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The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
COUNTY NEWS
LARGEST TAX IN COUNTY

The largest tax ever assessed against
any beneficiary of an estate in Lake
County is that of Mrs. Anna l.. Sears,
widow of Richard Sears. She is the
sole legatee of the $15,7O0, 1883 estate
left by her husband. The tax on this
amount is 1929, 1896. The tax goes
to the state.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
DO YOU KNOW

That you are liable to fine of $40 if
you leave horse unhitched in the public
road?
Or from So to SIS for depositing on
a public road any weeds, trash or gar
bage?
Or from So to $40 for throwing or
leaving on public road any bottles,
glass, or boards containing projecting
nail or any other substance likely to
cause punctures in tires?
Or from So to $50 for destroying or
defacing guide boards or other author
lied notices?
Or SIS for failure to turn to the right
to allow vehicle approaching from
either front or rear to pass?
Or 5000 for driving motor vehicle or
motor bicycle in race on the public
roads?
Or from So to $25 for driving your
own or another's carriage or automobile
on the public road when intoxicated?
Or from $40 to 500 for failure to dis
play white lights in front and red light
in rear of motor vehicles from sunset
to one hour before sunrise?
Nor must you, under penalty of $500
exceed the following table of speed
Closely built-up portion in cities, 10
miles per hour; inside residence portion
in cities, Is miles per hour; outside re-
sidence portion in cities, 20 miles per
hour; on any other public road, Is miles
per hour.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
News of the World
PREPARING FOR ACTION
SPRING WILL MARK BEGINNING OF WAR
ACTIVITIES PEACE TALK-ALLIES
HALTED IN DARDANELLES

HALTED In DARDANELLES.
When the spring flowers push through
the sod, then, it is confidently predicted,
hostilities will be pressed between the
warning countries to such an extent that
all the hideous, sanguinary conflicts
hitherto will appear as but child's play.
This is the outlook, according to all the
experts"
Yet these same experts and precise
prognosticators have proven a distinct
disappointment as regards the war.
They said the development of air.
craft would revolutionize warfare. It
has been almost negligible factor.
They said the high development of
explosives and huge machine guns had
eliminated hand to hand fighting. AS a
matter of record, much of the fighting
has been by soldiers separated by only
few hundred feet. Indeed, stories
were told of opposing regiments ex-
changing Christmas tokens, and few
hours later killing each other, the line
of separation only hundred yards. AL
lowing for all exaggeration, it still re-
mains true that much of the fighting has
been at close range.
They said the great naval battles
would be between the big dread noughts
and talked knowingly of their respective
strength. But almost all the cruisers
sunk have gone to the bottom through
the agencies of submarines.
They predicted the inability of lane
Notifications to Withstand the or
slaughtso of these same big dreadnoughts
Yet today the whole of the allied fleet i:
held at bay by the Turkish forts in the
Dardanelles.
Przemysl has been taken severa
times; Paris invaded; London bonn
barded; the British army routed; thu
French subdued; Russia pushed off th'
earth; the Germans taught their les
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03

son-Morris Packing Company on Pts
takee lake was totally destroyed by fire
last Wednesday morning. The fire left
a huge mountain of ice standing. The
estimated loss is 100000 to the COM
pany.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
WILL COOPERATE

Boat lines operating on the Great
Lakes are making plans to cooperate
with the government life-saving stations
in a new wireless system. The rate for
each wireless word is to be reduced from
So to 25 cents.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
HOLDS JOB FORTY YEARS

Thomas Strang, of Wadsworth, has
been postmaster of that village forty
years, lacking nine days. He left the
service this week. His father, Peter,
Strang, was one of the early settlers of
Warren township.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
Zion Literary Department
In Zion Home Auditorium
Thursday, April 9Th, 1915
At 500 p. m.

~
of Zion Literary Department will
held Home Auditorium Thursday April 8 1915 800
General The following will be
dered:
DUET Mrs. Thomas and Mrs Carnes
ESSAY ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. Miss Edna Mckinley
Florence
VIOLIN SOLO Don Keser
PAPER .................... Clarence Bayer
SOLO Miss Dorothy S. Clendinen
GRAFTON Apostle Eustace L.. Carey
Following program will deliver address,
with the and advantages of Zion Literary
opportunities all members of the Church who decide
@ become members of the department
membership of Zion Literary Department is divided into Active
MEMBERS Honorary members, and Life members
Active members dollar Monthly fifty
cents month for nine months.
Membership Honorary five dollars payable
quarterly.
membership hundred dollars.
The reading room will soon opened quickly possible
library will be started
who have enrolled members and others who
the meeting Thursday evening"
April 28th.
application forms for membership be had Thursday
Apostle Carey
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03

Report has it that the United States
government has received authoritative
information that Count Witte, ex-prem-
Ter of Russia, was in Berlin negotiating
a separate peace with Germany prior to
his sudden death fortnight ago.
The possible detachment of Russia
from France and Great Britain has been
the subject of much speculation lately.
The car and Witte, it is asserted,
were for peace with Germany. Grand
Duke Nicholas and his party stand for
a continuance of the war with the allies.
This latter is the military party, and,
it is said, if it's aims are thwarted there
will be danger of a revolution in the
great Slav empire and the overthrow of
the present emperor.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03

son; new heaven and brand new
earth made-all by the experts.
Therefore, we now spell expert with
a small e.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03
Conservation Of Young Children
The General Overseer will Consecrate
young children Lords Day, April 18th, at
$3.50 a. m.
General Enrolment Day Fer
ZION BIBLE SCHOOL

Lords Day, April 18th, at $3.50 a. M, win
be General Enrolment Day for Zion Bible
School. Let everybody arrange to be pres
emit, so the complete enrolment may be
made.
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03

WANTED:
We will offer liberal proposition to any
one who will undertake to raise two acres
of Celery on suitable land selected for the
purpose on the Lake Front. Apply at once.
W. HURD CLENDINEN,
General Manager
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03

ICE HOUSE BURNS
The 10000 ton ice house of the Mel
The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-04-03

Special Important meeting of Zion Literary Depart
in Zion Home Auditorium Thursday April 8h 1915 at
The General Overseer will preside The following WI
dered:
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

country knows more about subtle pol
sons than do. Have l not written
books on the suhject?" ironically.
And they will trace it back to you
In straight line" she warned. 81
will not have it,"
Il can 90 elsewhere" he replied
coldly.
You would leave me?"
The moment you cross my will"
emphatically.
1t became her turn to pace. Torn
between her love of the man and the
danger which stared her In the face.
she was for the time being distracted.
All the time he watched her with
malevolent curiosity, knowing that In
the end she would concur with his
evil plans.
Very WELL" she said finally. "But,
listen; we shall be found out. Never
doubt that. Your revenge will cost VI
both our lives. / feel It."
bah! The law will have no hand,
In my end. always carry . pellet;
and that ring Of yours would suflce Z
regiment She will not die. She win
merely become . kind Of paralytio:
the kind that can move a little but
not enough; always wheeled about IA
. chair. m bring In the peaches;
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railway HVeNlE :
Speed Of Fast Locomotives and
How It Is Attained.
BIG WHEELS A NECESSITY.

0vt Equally Important Are the steam
Valves, the oratss In the Firsbox and
the Ability TO Make Steam Rapidly.
othsr Vital Factors.
The average person thinks that the
bigger the locomotive and the greater
the diameter Of its driving wheels the
faster It will 60, and in the popular
mind these are the only reasons one
engine can run faster than another.
The locomotive, although one Of the
simplest and best known Of machines,
ombodies numerous devices not visible
10 the eye Of the casual observer
which are most vital elements In It's
eflciency and speed. For example,
much Of the power Of the big express
engine depends upon the steam valves
and the CRATES In the flrebOx quite as
much as 1t does upon the mere big
ness Of the driving wheels. At the
same time 1t II true that large wheels
In ordinary fast running are con-
venience and In the very highest
speeds a necessity. It becomes neces-
sary, Of course. to tighten the load as
the wheels are enlarged and increase
the speed, which introduces the Sec
end phase of the problem-the CRATES
and heating surface.
Fast engines, to continue their work
make steam very rapidly. To accom-
plish this the heat Of the fire must
come In. contact with the water at a
great many points. A large firebox
involves a crate Of large area to admit
air to the fire-a difncuit matter since
but a small distance separates the
wheels, the width Of the firebox being
thus limited, while the length must
come within the limit to which the
fireman can throw his coal
A third factor Is the counterbalance,
the solid filling fixed between the
spokes Of the driving wheels opposite
the connecting rods. This Is to balance
the weight Of the cranks, parallel rods
and connections and, In addition, the
force on the wheels Of the weight
Of the moving piston In the cylinder.
Lacking this balance the wheels would
roll too rapidly when the rods and con-
nections were moving downward and
too slowly when they were moving up
ward, thus causing jerky motion.
However, as the influence Of the
weight is varied by the centrifugal
force. which, in turn, IL greater or less
according as the speed IS high or low.
it happens that a CONFERENCE.-THE which
A suitable at speed or forty or fifty
miles an hour produces an injurious
..pound" on the rails ut seventy-fve
miles an hour.
II follows, therefore, that the weight
must be heavier than the rods and con-
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

Dralno Trles Another Weapon.
what 4 want now" said Braine,
@ he paced tie living room Of the
apSftment Of tne countess. SIS ~
yG6S6 I've been ttheckmated enough,
Olga: they're plying with us."
''That Il nothing new" she replied.
Struggling. AT the beginning I
warned you. l never liked this affair
after the flrst two or three failures
But you would have your way. You
wanted revenge 1t that early date:
but cannot see that you've gone for
ward. Has 1t ever occurred to you
that the organization may be getting
tired. too? They depend solely upon
your invention. and each time your
invention has resulted in touching
nothing but zero"
"Thanks!"
20. I'm not chiding you. rye failed.
too"
Are you turning against met" he
demanded bitterly.
do my actions point that wayf"
she countered. mo. But the more
view what has passed, the more dis
heartened I grow. It has been series
Of blind alleys, and all we have sue
ceeded In doing IL knocking our heads.
can see now that all our failures
are due to one mistake"
"And what the devil Is THAR" he
asked. irritably.
I'VE were ID too much Of hurry
at the beginning. Hargreave prepared
himself for quick action on your part"
"And II I had not acted quickly he
would have started successfully on one
of his world tours again, and that
would have been the last Of him, and
we should never have learned Of the
girls existence. So there's your argu-
ment."
Perhaps you are right. But for
all that we have not played the game
with any degree Of 1lnesse."
"Bah!" Braine lit q cigarette and
smoked nervously. 'I can't even get
rid Of that meddling reporter He has
been as much to blame for our fall
ures as either Jones or Hargreave.
admit that in his case I judged,
hastily. I believed him II be Just IN,
ordinary newspaper man, and he was
clever enough to lull my suspicious.
But I'm going to get him, Olga, even;
II have to resort to ordinary gum
man tricks. II there's any final reck-
oning. by the Lord Harry, he shan't
get chance In the witness stand"
"And begin to think that that lit
tie chit Of girl has been hoodwink-
ing me all along. BY the way, did
You find out what that letter said?''
she asked after q pause.
letter. What letter.
She sprang from her chair. DO You
mean to say that they have not told
you about that?" Ola became gfeat.
u o1cited.
'Gxnlain.s hA aain.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

i,ecuons because part or lB once -
to balance the piston and other parts
that slide horizontally and are uniI1s
fuenced by centrifugal force. Az the
speed increases the downward motion
Of the weight, as that part of tie
wheel rolls over to the 'front.' makes
the wheel with its load press down
upon the rail With 30 much more force
than Il does when the weight Il nov
ing upward on the other side that the
effect upon the rail Is as II 4 heavy
blow were delivered upon Il with =
hammer.
So to use an engine successfully at
the highest speed It is necessary to
make the counterweight lighter than
would be correct for moderate speeds.
The light weights are not necessarily
dangerous at the lower speed, but their
use would cause unnecessary wear and
tear on the engine and the track and
in some cases would even cause un-
pleasant jerks upon the passenger
cars. For this reason fast engines are
seldom built unless they can be used
In fast service all the time.
Properly proportioned valve open
ings are absolutely essential to a fast
engine. These admit the steam to the
opposite ends Of the cylinder alter
nately, as the connecting rod moves
first forward and then backward, and
In fast engine they must admit q
large volume Of steam very quickly.
The valves must be moved 80 as first
to open one passage and close the 9th
er and then as rapidly as possible close
the first and open the second.
1t will be noticed by even the most
casual observer that the opening to
let the steam out Of the cylinders into
the smokestack is several times as
large as that for admitting the Five"
steam. But even with this It requires
considerable amount of power to
force the steam out with sufficient
quickness. This must be done in the
fraction Of a second.
There are many engines that can get
steam into the cylinders quickly
enough and that are otherwise all
right for high speed. but which are
not so arranged to get rid of this
steam which has been used and Is
only In the way. It is this rapid e1-
pulsion Of the dead" steam that makes
the vigorous puffs at the top of the
chimney that seem to indicate that
the locomotive is doing a tremendous
amount Of work. 1t should be remem-
bered, however, that this noise is not
the result Of real work. but only of
this after operation. which engine
builders would avoid. There is a class
Of locomotives. those arranged on the
compound system" in which the puffs
are so faint that the engine would
seem to be doing nothing at ALL
Washington Star.
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method"
Poison? You shall not! You shall
not kill her!" vehemently.
Tender heartfelt"
mo. II must In the end 60 to
prison. % be It; but refuse to die In
the chair"
Very well. then. We shan't kill
her, but wen make her wish she was
dead. was only trying to see how
far you would go. The basket Of
peaches 10 IN the hallway. Every
peach 10 poisoned. No man In the.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no
throne; no gall. no glory; no cross. no
crown.
Husband-You spend altogether too
much money. Wife-Not at all! The
trouble is you don't make enough
Boston Transcript.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1915-04-15

Riches either serve or govern the
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16

Bankers Association told the big
Cotton States Conference of
Southern bankers in Galveston
For the first time in the history
of the South gentlemen the South
ern bankers have the financial
ability to market gradually this
crop. 1t would almost appear
as if the federal Reserve Act
had been drafted for the benefit
of Southern producers. Just be-
cause the reserve act dosent give
the farmers all the help they
need just because it dosent take
the place of The much needed
rural credits legislation is no
reason for denying or minimiz-
ing the great advantages it does
offer.
The Federal reserve system
does enable the banks in The
South where money is needed to
draw upon the great reserve in
other sections for making loans
on the cotton crop; or as Mr..
| w p (I. Harding of the FEEDER
al Reserve Board officially says
Banks have now ample fa-
cilities which they have never
before enjoyed for rediscount!ng
the notes taken against such
loans and it is for them more
than for any other agency to de-
ltermine the policy of the South
in regard to the marketing Of the
present cotton CROP
And President Woodrow vii,
son in a letter to Mr.. Harding
writes;
1T is evident from what you
tell me, that the country banks
with whom the farmer and other
producers directly deal can get
money at from four to four and
one half percent ! think that we
can confidently expect that the
banks in the cotton States and
in the agricultural regions gener-
ally will content themselves with
rate not more than one or two
per cent above the rate which
they themselves pay.nIt is up
to the banks to justify this faith
expressed by the head OF the Ma
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16
State of Mississippi,
Neshoba County

Neshoba County
In the Matter OF the Assignment OF
WIN. Dansby.
By virtue of authority vested in
me as assignee in the above styled
matter and under the provisions of a
decree of the Chancery Court render
ed in vacation on Aug. 2sth, 1915. /
will on the Doth day of September
1915, in front of the north door of the
court house in the town of Philadel-
phia, Miss, within legal hours offer
for sale and sell to the highest bid
der for cash the entire stock of goods
and merchandise remaining in my
hands Of the assets Of w. M. Dansby
including q stock Of jewelry, safe
typewriter and fixtures, invoicing
about $220000, also certain notes and
accounts belonging to the said estate
amounting to about $4,000
/ will make said sale as assignee
and will convey title as such.
Witness my signature this the Both
day Of Aug. 1916.
Jones Brantley,
Assignee.
p J
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16

WANTED Partner in 25O00
capacity sawmill. Small capital
required. Additional capital
and help in management Of mil
only reason for selling interest
in a paying proposition For
further particulars see.
w. N. Bozeman
2t Plattsburg r 2.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16
Whenever You Need General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as a
General Tonic because 1t contains the
well known tonic properties of QUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16

To Drive Out Malaria
And Build Up The System
Take the Old Standard GROVES
TASTELESS chill TONIC. Ycu know
what you are taking, as the formula Is
printed on every label, showing 1t is
Quinine and Iron in q tnsteless form.
The Quinine drives out malaria, the
Iron builds up the system. so cents
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16
REDUCED PRICES

On parasol covers at Hutchison's
shop. Call and see. Don't for
get do all kinds Of light repair
work.
The Neshoba Democrat. (Philadelphia, Miss.) 1881-current, 1915-09-16

ton.
And the crop can be warehous.
ed. Mr.. Harding points out that
even last fall the South had faci-
lities for storing 11,577 ,465 bales
and these facilities have been
greatly increased since then.