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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25

The Biggest Bargain Ever in White Silk Gloves.
silk gloves the is button length double ups
he LOus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
St.Louis Sale Bargains
In Boys Wear:

Boys SOC "Oli-
yer Twist" play
suits; also boys
two-piece W a g b
suits, worth SOC;
Take your pick
for sec each.
3 oys' W a s h
suits, a cleanup
OF styles OF all
sorts worth up to
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
st. Louis Sale
Knit Underwear.

Anlt U0d6fW66r. L331H
Ladies ''extra size" knit 49,
union suits, low neck, sleeve ~
less, lace knee: regular 2ecA
garments for 21o each. ~
Ladies' knit vests, sleeve = So
less, tapped neck, Sc each, 4
to customer for 1Sc.
Mems soc Poros-knit union
suits, all the wanted sizes,
for 300 each.
Boys Poros-knit union d n
suits, ages 8 to Ii, 80 each
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25

Flags every wanted kind sze and Pries, for Memoir
tai Day State Eneampmert- @. A. r. next week.
Red White and bunting sIae yard
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25

any bought THE week. Work
s0 b esns n e~es ssksa-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-25
Chine and Home Furnishings Dept.

Beautifully decorated thin china Japanese cups
saucers not 25o but 1919 each
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
True as Gospel

The who directs his patronage to mail order houses
while dependent upon of the community in which ne
lives continuing the system the man who expects
from horse and yet negects feed it. Every time ne Tor
draft outside he is splng drop OF COM
munity ebood Every time he drives from the railroad
station with supply of mail order goods he is tuggng at the
heart strings of his home town.
field drained of its harvests without recompense will soon
is with community If the proht 1t pro-
constantly away later will cease to be
profit producing center
The world living Each individual is indeot-
ed to the world instead for what he receives That debt pay
able in civic pride community in which he resides Like the
who honey from the bee duty bound to return an
equity 80 Is the man his business from town duty
bound to make just compensation.
The who stus the paunch of the maiorder business
not paying community debt He tearing down what his
brother man is trying to build up
Had the maorder spirit prevailed in the days OF Miles
Standis this great commonwealth could not have been made
possible today bohery cooperation that enabled the Pill
prms survive cooperation that built this nation 1t is
cooperation that committees Your town will be better
town when it has your cooperation.
The man who extends welcoming hand to Shiny arm OF
the catalogue octopus entangng the interests of citizen
of his town clutches of the monster He hamperng the
growth of the community and his citizenship standing at
low ebb
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
Paw Us a Visit

We want the farmers to come
to the Office and see us when they
come to town, and we have a two
fold object in extending this in.
vitation. We want to keep in
touch with each and every one of
you and we want you to tell us
the news of your respective
neighborhoods for publication in
the paper. Every one of you has
an item or two of which others
want to learn, and if each one of
you hands in the news when you
come to town you will all know
everything ofimpoFtancethrough
out the whole community. Come
and see as.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
Published Aug. 19, 1915.
Ordinance No. I45.

An ordinance levying taxes on
all the taxable property in the
city of Baxter Springs, Kansas,
for the year 1915.
Be it Ordained by the Mayor
and Councilmen of the City of
Baxter Springs, Kansas:
Section 1. That taxes are
hereby levied for the year 1915
on all the taxable property of the
said city for the purposes and>at
the rate per each one dollar of
valuation, following:
For a general fund 3 mills.
For a street, alley and bridge
fund / $40 mills.
For a cemetery fund 6-10 Of a
mill.
For a library fund 40 of a
mill.
For a railroad bond redemption
fund 6-10 of a mill.
For a sinking fund l mill.
For a water works bond re.
demption / mill.
For a bond interest fund 2 IL
mills.
And the City Clerk is hereby di-
rected to certify said levies to
the County Clerk of Cherokee
County, and State of Kansas, to
be collected as required by law.
Section ?. This Ordinance
shall take effect and be in force
from and after its publication in
the Baxter Springs News.
Passed by the Council and APP
proved by the Mayor this 18th
day of August, 1915.
NJ. D. Opperman, City Clerk.
A. B. Willard, Mayor.
l., M. D. opperman, city clerk, hereby
certify that the above is a true and Cor
rect copy of ordinance No. I4s. as the
same was passed by the city council at
meeting held Aug 10, 1915, and as the
same now appears on file in my Office.
(sRAL) M. D. OPPERMAN, City Clerk.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
"SaVed My Life
j. c. BONscr States
Resident Of Columbus Sings
Praises to Tanlac For Ben
efts He Derived.

II want to say to all sufferers, !"
said ]. C. Bowser, of Columbus,
Kan, retired, that Tanlac
saved my life. 1t is a wonder
full medicine"
Mr.. Bowser is an elderly gen.
tleman of highest integrity and
resides at 327 South Vermont
Street.
II had stomach and bladder
trouble for three years." he con-
tinued. ''Some days l would be
up and some days l would have
to lay down as I was hardly able
to be about. I could not rest at
nights and had pains in my stom-
ach and kidney region. / liter
ally was tired down and worn
out, unfit for any kind of activ-
ity. My appetite was such that
1 dreaded every meal, the food
now and then making me sick at
the stomach.
II tried almost everything OF
medicines, but got no relief.
After taking three bottles OF
Tanlac, 1 have been relieved en-
tirely of stomach and kidney
trouble. Taulac has made me
younger by many years in actual
feeling if not in actual count.
Tanlac is the greatest medicine
I ever have used"
Tanlac, the premier prepare
ton, referred to my Mr.. Bowser,
is obtainable in this city at M.
E. Reddy's.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
First Published August 10, 1881
Notice Of Final Settlement

The State of Kansas. Cherokee County, IS.
In the Probate Court in and for Said
County.
In the matter of the Estate of ]. S. Rich,
Deceased. Creditors and all other persons
interested In the aforesaid Estate, are
hereby notified that at the next regular
term of the Probate court, in and for said
county. to be begun and held at the Pro-
bate court room, in Columbus, county of
Cherokee, State aforesaid, on the first
Monday In the month of September A. D.,
1918 ] shall, on the 10th day of September
apply TO said Court for a full and final
settlement of said Estate. and ask the
Court for an order declaring who are the
legal heirs TO this Estate.
w. H. NAYLOR, Administrator of
J. S. Rich, Deceased.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
A MerCiIeSS Judge
One Who Shows No Favor.

A merciless Judge is Father
Time. Before him the weak and
the wanting 60 to the wall.
Only the truth can stand. For
years the following statement
from Baxter Springs resident
has withstood this sternest of all
tests.
P. Button, blacksmith, Mill
tary ST., Baxter Springs, gave
the following account of his ex-
perience in February 1907. He
said: II have been troubled off
and on for several years by kid
uey ailments. Sometimes, /
have had a constant, dull ache
across my kidneys and l have of
ten had to get up at night to
pass the kidney secretions.
Doan's Kidney Pills have given
me great relief. They are the
best kidney medicine ! have ever
used"
HASN'T SUFFERED SINCE.
On March 70, 1915, Mr.. But
ton said: Il haven't had to take
any kidney medicine since last
endorsed Doan's Kidney Pills.
l still think very highly of them"
Price SOC, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doan's Kidney Pills-the
same that Mr.. Button had.
Foster.Milburn Co., Props Buff
falo, N. Y.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
Recommends Chamberlain
Colo, Cholera and Diar-
rIf0ea Remedy

II never hesitate to recommend
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy" writes Sol
Williams, merchant, Jesse, Tenn.
II sell more of it than of any
other preparations of like charact-
er. / haVe used it myself and
found it gave me more relief than
anything else l have ever tried
for the same purpose" Obtain
able everywhere.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

On with the war, against the
town crouch.
Woman's love is like the sea-
you never touch bottom.
Uncle Sans hat is still on his
head. Hope it stays there.
The American flag is a great
flag. Let it feel the breeze.
President Wilson stands pat.
The kaiser stands pat. Some
pat!
Is your name inscribed in the
book of Men Who Have Made
Good?"
Uncle Sans gun may be slow
to fire, but it has a mighty long
reach.
When you speak a good word
for your town you speak two for
yourself.
Think before opening your
mouth. You will talk less and
say more.
And now the remnants of the
world are about ready to take
the plunge.
That Indianapolis automobile
race was a fash in the pan. No
one was killed.
Americans Fleeing From
Germany" says a headline. Get.
ting the habit.
The president AYERS that great
er days are ahead for this coun'
try. For the love of Mike, push
'em along!
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

There is only one place in this
community where the investment
of a dollar will bring you hum
bred per cent on your money. A
dollar invested in a subscription
to this paper will open the gate
to so many opportunities that the
returns will multiply until your
income is many times the outlay.
Take a whirl at a hundred per.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
Important Notice

Upon assuming charge of the
News we find that a large numb
er of subscription accounts are in
arrears. A very short time will
be given delinqueuts to square
up, after which the accounts will
be placed in the hands of an att
torney for adjustment.
Please do not make this move
necessary.
News PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
For a SpraIned Ankle.

If you get a bottle of Chamber
lain's Liuiment and observe the
directions given Herewith faith
fully, you will recover in much
less time than is usually required.
Obtainable everywhere.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
The Clerk Guaranteed IT.


"A customer came into my
store the other day and said to
one of my clerks, have you any
thing that will cure diarrhoea?'
and my clerk went and got him a
bottle of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
and said to him, if this does not
cure you, l will not charge you a
cent for it," So he took it home
and came back in a day or two
and said he was cured" writes ].
H. Berry & Co., Salt Creek, Va.
Obtainable everywhere.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
Dependency Due to L1di'
geSfi0n.

about three months ago when
l was suffering from indigestion
which caused headache and dizzy
spells and made me feel tired and
respondent, l began taking
chamberlain's Tablets" writes
Mrs. Geo. Hon, Macedou, N. Y.
''Tfis msdic'ru proved "a he ne
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

Mexico is creeping into the
headlines again.
Italy may execute a master
stroke by using her tenors to lull
the enemy to sleep on the eve of
battle.
As an evidence that the uplift
movement has struck Mexico,
Genera via e g opsF'is :
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

President Wilson is a human
man. He would fill the Mexican
stomach before administering a
drubbing.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

treatment relieved me greatly. /
used two bottles of Chamber
lain's Tablets and they rid me of
this trouble" 0btainable Every
where.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

The season of public sales is
right here, and we want to i'm
press on you the fact that this
Office is the place to get the best
bills. The News has built up an
enviable reputation on good sale
bills. And, too, if you have
your bills printed here you get a
notice of the sale in the News
free of charge. This is worth
more than the bills will cost you.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
[FIRsT PUBLISHED AUG. 5, 1915. ]
Notice Of AppOinEmsnf-h-
OOuEriX.
STATE OF KANSAS.

County Of Cherokee
IN THE AATTER OF THE ESTATE OF
JOHN w. MCKENZIE, late of Cherokee
County, Kansas.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN that on the
1ist dag Of July. A. d. 1915, the undersigned
uTRa. by the Probate Court Of CheroEee
County. Knnsss, duly appointed and quail
dfed as BzecutrlK Of the estate Of John w.
flcKenzie late q Cherokee County, de
rearcf An parties interested IN said
raInIe Wiii taxa notice and govern them
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
First Published August 70, 1915 J
Notice Of App0fnfm0nf-
Guardian.

State of Kansas, County Of Cherokee, 80
In the Matter of the Estate Of Percelia
Wright, feeble minded person. Of Chero-
kee county, Kansas.
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9TH
day OF August, A. ID. 1915 the uudersignrd
wns, by the Probate Court Of Cherokee
Kansas, duly appointed and quail
ifed as guardian Of the estate OF Percelia
Wright Of Cherokee county. All parh'o
Ga said estate viii take notice
and govern themselves accordingly.
CIR. R8IEe. runrdIen.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

The most popular gown in
high society is the one that costs
most and obscures least.
Of course we are just pining
for peace, but how in heck are
we going to get it?
The most exasperated woman
on earth is the one whose hus-
band refuses to quarrel.
An excellent way to avoid ex-
posing your ignorance is to re-
place it with horse sense.
Mr.. Wilson should back Mszi-
90 hp against he aulou1iie
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19

The dove of peace flies out of
sight.
If the United States must fight
let US flI our ammunition wagons
Win ous,hlne besides spread
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-08-19
Baxter Springs News.
Published Every Thursday by
News PUBLISHING COMPANY.
Chas. L. Smith, Manager.
Chas. L. Smith, Manager.

Entered at the postofflce at Bax-
ter Springs, as second class mail
matter.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25

TWO odd and attractive hats are
i shown here, one of them In two
views. Now that spring is near
these are about the last winter de,
signs. and the pretty baretta finished
with a tassel at the side cannot be
said TO belong to one season more
than another, for II is made of silk in
twine color piped with black and hay-
ing the oldest of tassels of silk fiber
which looks much like spun glass.
Many similar hats, including those
called "Tipperary" hats, are made OF
silk. They are the smallest OF tur-
bans. with very scant, soft crowns,
narrow ribbon sashes with hanging
ends and decorations of small flowers
and fruits made of silk. These, worn
with short godet wells. in coarse net
bound with ribbon, are harbingers Of
spring which appear before the ear
lest robin
The second turban shown is made
of panne velvet over round frame.
The velvet is managed so that one
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25

flooring no one challenged his advance
The yard and orchard we're quiet from
theig front fence TO the grisly stock
ade at the rear, and. wondering at
these things, the young man stood for
a moment looking about at the after
noon peace before he announced him
self.
Yet Samson had not come to the
stronghold OF his enemy for the pur-
pose Of assassination. There had been
another object in his mind-an utterly
mad idea. it is true, yet so bold OF
conception that It held a ghost Of
promise. He had meant to 90 into
Jesse Purvy's store and chat artlessly,
like some inquisitive "furriner.' He
would ask questions which by their
very impertinence might be forgiven
on tho score Of a strangers folly. But,
most Of all, he wanted to drop the cas-.
ual information, which he should as.
sumo to have heard on the train, that
Samson South was returning, and to
mark on the assassin leader, the effect
of the news. In his new code 1t was
necessary to give at least the rattlers
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25
(copyhsht. 1913. by W. J. Wax q COZ
CHAPTER xlll-continued.

Dear Samson: The war is on again
Tamarack Spicer killed Jim Asberry
and the Hollmans have killed Tama-
rack. Uncle Splcer is shot, but he
may get well. There is nobody to lead
the souths. am trying to hold them
down until hear from you. Don't
come II you don't want to--but the
gun is ready With love,
SALLY"
Slowly Samson South came to his
feet. His voice was in the deadleyel
pitch which Wilfred had once before
heard. His eyes were as clear and
hard as transparent flint
I'm sorry to be of trouble, George" p"
he said. quietly. But you must get
me to New York at once-by motor.
! must take train south tonight"
mo bad news, hope" suggested
Lescott
For an instant Samson forgot his
four years Of veneer. The century Of
prenatal barbarism broke out iercely.
He was seeing things far away-and
forgetting things near by. His eyes
blazed and his fingers twitched
Hell, MOI" he exclaimed. "The
wars on, and my hands are freed"
For an instant. as no one spoke. he
stood breathing heavily. then. wheel
ing, rushed toward the house as
though Just across its threshold lay
the fight into which he was aching
90 hurl himself.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25
Birds Fly From Battle.

One of the war correspondents has
noted the complete absence of birds
from the battlefelds OF northern
France and the consequent profusion
OF spiders and other cognate crawling
things. Birds always desert scenes of
heavy guntire; and, what is more. they
often do not return for many years.
All birds left the theater Of war in
South Africa, and 1t is only now-14
years later-that they are returning
Meanwhile South Africa has suffered
from a yexatious plague of ground in
sects-"tecks." as they call them over
there. 1t is not supposed that the
African birds left the country, but
that they merely retired to some re
mote and peaceful part Of the veldt
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25
CHAPTER XIV.

Samson stopped at his studio and
threw open an old closet where, from
a Uttered pile Of discarded background
dEaperies, canvases and stretchers, he
fshed out buried and dust-coyered
pair Of saddlebags They had long
lain there forgotten, but they held the
rusty clothes in which he had left
Misery
Samson had caught the fastest west.
bound express on the schedule. In
thirty-six hours he would be at Hixon.
There we're many things which his
brain must attack and digest in these
hours. He must arrange his plan Of
action TO It's minutest detail. because
he woulG have as little time for reAec-
ton, once he had reached his own
country, as a wildcat flung into q pack
at hounds.
From the railroad station to his
home he must make his way-most
probably fight his way-through thirty
miles OF hostile territory, where all
the trails we're watched And yet, for
ihe time, all that seemed too remotely
unreal to hold his thoughts.
he took out sally's letter. and read
II C--"S nara He read 1t mechanically
and as a piecs Of news that had
brought evil tidings Then, suddenly,
another aspect Of it struck him-an as
pect to which the shock OF its recep-
tion had until this tardy moment
blinded him. The letter was perfectly
grammatical and penned In a hand OF
copybook roundness and eyenness.
The address. the body OF the missive
cad the signature we're all in one chi.
Biography. She would not have intrust-
ed the writing Of this letter to anyone
else.
Sally had learned 10 write
Moreover. at the end wers the
words. with love" It was all plain
now. Sally had never repudiated him.
She was declaring herself true to her
mission and her love
Good Cod" groaned the man, in alb
tectly bitter self-contempt His hand
went involuntarily to his cropped head,
and dropped with a gesture Of self.
doubling. He looked down at his tan
shoes and silk socks He rolled back
his shirtsleeve and contemplated the
forearm that had once been as brown
and tough as leather II was now the
arm Of a city man, except for the burn
ing Of one outdoor week. He was
returning at the eleventh hour
stripped Of the faith Of his kinsmen
halfetripped Of his faith in himself
" he we're 10 realize the constructive
dreams Of which he had last night SC
confidently prattled to Adrienne, he
must lead his people from under the
blighting shadow of the feud.
He must reappear before his kins
men as much as possible the boy whC
had left them-not the fop with new
tangled affectations. His eyes fel
upon the saddlebags upon the floor o.
the Pullman and he smiled satirically
He would like to step from the traiI
ct HiXon and walk brazenly through
the town in those old clothes, chal
lenging every hostile glance. II the!
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-02-25
RISKS OF RED CROSS WORK
Doctors Who Operate on the Field
Under Fire Require Nerves
That Are Steady.

In the fighting area Red Cross work
ers are running greater risks than they
have ever done in past campaigns.
Those who succor the wounded do not
now wait until the end of battle be
sore they commence their humane
work. neither do they remain in safety
some distance at the rear The mum.
bers OF the wounded in modern battle
are too great for that, and assistance
must be given TO them on the battle
field itself, with shot and shell whis-
Ting around. Surgeons now make
their way along the trenches under
heavy fire, carrying small surgical
cases which contain a number Of abb
solutely necessary medicines These
include paln-killing drugs, such as
morphine. antiseptics and syringes. On
the wounded soldier himself first.aid
outfit can be found. as every military
man carries In his knapsack a little
packet of antiseptic gauze and roll
Of bandages. The surgeon makes his