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The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

The good young governor asserted
that he had only 600 jobs to give out,
but with the will he found the way
to give the 601st to Ada. Agnew
Welsh, former editor Of the Ada Rec
ord and staunch supporter of Willis,
has been given a job in the efficiency
bureau of the state civil service com
mission. Up home he told them his
job was to survey the state dnstitu-
tions and have a personal interview
with every civil service employe in
the state. This information is to be
tabulated and charted before election
time. 'Rah for Willis!
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Marriage Licenses

Lewis Warren Sargent, laborer,
and Cornelia Owen, both Of Freder-
icktown. Rev. Harley Chaplin.
Talbert Scott, machinist, and Ber-
tha Henry, both of Mt. Vernon. Rev.
J. A. Long.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Inventory Filed

In the estate of Helen M. Ball, the
executrix, Nellie q. Trenwith, has
filed an inventory and appraisement.
1t shows personal property of $225
and securities of $4,000, total Of
s2,425.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
For Allowance of Claim

For Allowance of Claim
Frank L. Beam, executor of Mel
vina Davis, has filed an application
for allowance of personal claim. The
application is founded on an open ac-
count. The net amount due is $959.7O
Hearing has been set for April "a.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

Comment in the Cleveland Plain
Dealer: "The governor charges the
president with reversing his policies
Which form does the governor ap-
prove? They must have been right
by the Willis standard-either before
they were reversed or afterward."
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Anatomical.

She sang softly leaning in the cradle
of his arm. her hands in his. their
hearts In each others hands.-Jack
LOndOn's Martin Eden."
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications. as they cannot Teaen
the diseased portion OF the ear Tnese t
10 only one way to cure catarrhal deaLheSs'
Catarrhal Deafness is caused by an m
famed condition OF the mucous lining OF
the Eustachian Tube When this tuIe 70
infiamed you have a rumbllng SOUND OF
Imperfect hearing. and when 1t Is entirely
closed Deafness is the result. Unless s the
restored TO its normal condition, hearing
will be destroyed forever Many cases OF
deafness are caused by catarrh wnlch 10
faces, Halls Catarrh Cure acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces OF the sys-
tenn. ,,-,,... ,o-
We will give One Hundred Dollars tor
anv case of Catarrhal Deafness that cannot
be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure. circulars
free. All Druggists 7bc. -
F. ]. CHENEY & co. Toledo o.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Scott-Henry
M arriaue

mdIIld8e
Mr.. Talbert Scott and Miss Bertha
Henry were married Tuesday after
noon at $3.50 o'clock by Rev. ]. A.
Long at his residence. They were at
tended by Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. White.
For the present, Mr.. and Mrs. Scott
will reside with the parents of the
bride, Mr.. and Mrs. Clement Henry,
905 West Chestnut street.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Final Account

Final ACCOUNT
William e. Newton, executor of AL
exander Newton, has presented a
first, final and distributive account,
showing $62990 received and paid
out.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Pleasantly
Surprised

SurpTIsed
Mrs. Harry Albaugh of West Bur
CESS street was pleasantly surprised
with handkerchief shower Tuesday
night by the ladies of Circle No. 1 of
the Vine street Church of Christ. The
evening was spent in social way,
after which dainty refreshments were
served.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Ewers Estate

An inventory and appraisement has
been filed by Cenith A. Blackburn, ex-
ecutrix of Mary E. Ewers, as follows:
Money $324.27, securities $13,5S3.44,
total $13,9O7.71.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

The Franklin county machine en-
dorsed the Willis-Burton-D -Daugherty
slate. In the language of the Colum-
bus Monitor of Geiger-Jones owner
ship, Three in row and away we
go!"
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Mullin Estate

Leah V. Mullin, executrix of George
w. Mullen, has filed a first, final and
distributive account. She received
$49354 and distributed the same.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
We SERVE

ITORS WHO DEAL WITH OUR
COMPANY.
We aim to give borrowers the best
terms and most privileges
2. It is possible for US to do.
3. We surround our deposits
4. With every possible safeguard.
5. Our desire is to serve both.
6. Our assets s1O,20O,OO0 Five per
cent paid on time deposits.
Z. The Buckeye State Building and
Loan Company, Rankin Building
22 West Gay street, Columbus, o.
Write or call for booklets.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24

Warren G.. Harding would be idea
as the Burton presentation orator a
Chicago. He could present anybody
Any who heard or read his George B
Cox difference and devotion" speecl
can vouch for this.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Deed Filed

David C. Allen to Walter l..
Dudgeon, 1864 acres in Howard
township, $6,50O.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Conveyed to Hospital

Sheriff Woolison conveyed Robert
Curran to the Columbus hospital
Wednesday morning.
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
Court Journal

Elmer A. Hall VS.. Lille A, Wilson
and others-Sale confirmed, deed and
distribution ordered
Barney Kern VS.. Joseph Levison-
Motion for new trial overruled.
o
Appeal Taken
An appeal to common pleas court
The Democratic banner. (Mt. Vernon, Ohio) 1898-192?, 1916-03-24
N~rsH6a&w
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The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
Locals

Mrs. X. p. Stewart is spending
a week at Wingate.
Miss Annie Perry returned
yesterday to her home at Win
gate, after spending some time
at the home of Mr.. r. Nj. King.
Miss Altha Graves, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. H. B. Graves left
Monday to enter school at Con-
cord, N. &.
The 5-months old child of Mr..
D. L. Crawley, of Ruby, died
last night, after an illness of a
few days with colitis. The body
will be buried at Hopewell to-
day.
A 1O-year-old son of Mr.. Mi
nor Sistar, of Tradesville, was
seriously hur, in a runaway one
day last week. He was on a
load of lumber when the lum.
Der slipped out and punched one
of the mules, causing them to
run. The boy was thrown out
and cash cut in his head. DR..
D. H. Funderburk was summon
ed and the boy is doing nicely.
]. D. Ingram, M. D., of McBee
has bought the Draft estate tim
Der in Lexington county, fine
lot of long leaf pine, and will
Immediately erect mills on the
premises for the purpose of
working the material into shing
les. The price is said to have
been upwards of $4,000. The
sellers were the Danville Lum-
Der & Manufacturing company
Of Danville, Va. The trapsac.
ton was handled thru the May
nard Raley Realty and Trust
company of Cheraw. Mr.. In
gram is we'll known in this Sec
ton.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
Marriage AS a Business PROPOSE
ton.

Marriage AS Business PROPOSE
ton.
Biblical Recorder.
On no other basis than pure
aud mutual love should the
marriage contract ever be enter
cd. That marriage is sometimes
regarded as a business PROPOSE.
ton is, however, too evident and
too common. And yet it is not
altogether from this point of
view that a practical business
man has TIE following to say in
the Woman's Home Companion
concerning a wife's market val
;le:
Unlike all other occupations,
The business OF being a wife is
tree from the law of competi-
ION. If l have poor stenogra-
l'her and Jones has a good one,
| discharge nv stenOgrapher and
lire Jones. But if my wife IS a
ickly, listless partner, Inefficient
ia her housekeeping, a constant
romplalner, while Jones wife is
Superbly efficient, cannot fire
my wife and employ Jones. |
must carry her thru life, a liabil.
ity rather than an asset. | am
not very patient with the sick,
complaining woman who goes
10 pieces under the first strain of
marriage, who forces her hus
band to abandon his ambition in
nid-life and become a trained
nurse. The girl who is allowed
10 go giggling thru her girlhood,
'lestroying her mechanism with
I'LL pickles and cream puffs, who
saddles herself and her ills upon
The shoulders of some honest,
ilardworking business man, that
:.irl gets far more sympathy in
lhe world than she is entitled to-"
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
Mt. Croghan Township

Mr.. G. D. Gulledge was elect
ed magistrate for Mt. Croghan
township over Mr.. w. r. Evans.
Mr.. G. H. Gulledge was elect
ed township commissioner for
Mt. Croghan township over w.
]. Rayfield.
7. D. Baker was elected cotton
weigher at Mt. Croghan over G.
G.. Burch.
]. w. Knight was elected
township commissioner in JEFF
ferson township over his oppo.
nent w. G. Sutton.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13

ty and at any time l can be of
any service to you along thi.
line will only be too glad o
slow my appreciation for your
support by serving you.
Again thanking you all for
your suffrage and for the consid-
Grafton given me, 1 am.
Your servant
ROBT. P. TURNER
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
r. p. Turner Thanks Voters

To the voters of Chesterfield
County:
take this method of thanking
you for the handsome vote given
me for the office of Superinten-
dent of Education.
am very much interested in
the schools of Chesterfield coun-
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
One Dollar a Bottle for Coca
Cola

Sanford express.
For being able to pull off a
clever trick and walk away with
his pocket full of spending
money a certain ooy who makes
his home in the town of Colon
should carry off the prize. The
other evening as Seaboard pass
enger train No. 4 pulled up to
the station this boy stepped
aboard with a basket filled with
pint bottles. Entering the smok,
er he walked down the aisle and
holding up a bottle said: Gentle
men, here is the stuff that will
cause you to forget all your cares
and SORROWS. Would you like
to purchase at 81 90 per bottle?"
Like magic hands shot out from
directions and as fast as the ven
der could hand out the bottles
the money was dropped into his
hands. AS the train whistle
sounded and the conductor sang
out. "all aboard" the boy STEP
ped off and upon taking an in.
ventory of his sales discovered
that he was $17.00 ito the good"
The seventeen passengers, who
had been relieved of their good
money, saw pleasant visions
ahead, but imagine their chagrin
when upon opening the bottles
they discovered that they had
purchased coca-cola. a drink that
some of the citizens of Sanford
have to have many times a day
to make life worth living. When
they discovered that they had
been duped the seventeen men
no doubt felt like backing them.
selves up against. kicking ma
chine and remaining there until
both were worn to a frazZle.
We predict that some day this
boy will "out-trick" the clever
est skin game manipulation that
ever followed a CIRCUS.
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
To Our Customers and
FRIENDS

Our MIR. Mungo who has been the Northern
Markets for some time bought of the most complete
line of Dry 6 ,ods have handled such as Dress
Goods for lady friends and Ready to wear clothing
for the Men and Boys. Also nice line Hats and CAPS
for Men and Boys and the little ones,
We are also opening up fall line Shoes which we
consider Complete in every detail, the kind we have
handled for about six years. In Grocery department
we can supply your wants and be satisfied.
We especially Call the attention of good Farmer
friends to the fact that supply you with Baggng
and Ties and will give you the Tip Top for your Cotton
and Cotton Seed.
Mske our Store your head quarters when in town.
Yours for Prompt Service
The Pageland journal. [volume] (Pageland, S.C.) 1911-1978, 1916-09-13
Thanks

| wish to thank the people of
Chesterfield county for the
splendid vote given me.
Sincerely yours,
]. Arthur Knight.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
NO OIL MIXTURES FOR
PHOENIX ROAD RACERS

"All but three of the sixteen con-
testants in the recent Douglas to
Phoenix road race took particular
pains to secure straight distilled, all
refinery gasoline, and the winners of
first, second and third places we're
among the wise thirteen" said D. G.
Hillman, district sales manager of
the Standard Oil company, yesterday,
while discussing the ever present
subject of pure gasoline.
"A racing driver is out to win. He
is wise to all the tricks that make
victory more certain, and he knows
that mixtures and doped gas are
unreliable, causing loss of power and
carburetor difficulties. They all spoke
Of these points before the race, and
know what kind of fuel they chose
because they filed with our Red
Crown gasoline.
1.-THE winner, G. L. Lord, driving a
Paige, was frank enough to give
most Of the credit for his victory to
the uniform power he obtained from
our gasoline"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
FAIL tn CONVICT IN
oregon LAND FRAUDS

Bull and Norman B. Cook, San Fran.
cisco attorneys, and A. ]. Peetz, Los
Angeles real estate man. The six
were tried jointly Their first trial
was completed last June, the jury
falling to agree; the second began
October 16, and was completed yes
terday.
The first indictments in the Ore.
gon land fraud cases were returned
in 1914, nine convictions following
Six others indicted by the federal
grand jury here July rs last are to
be tried after the first of the year.
The government alleges home seek
ers have been mulcted out of hun
dreds of dollars through fraudulent
location of settlers on railroad land
grants in oregon. One government
witness in the first case admitted
having profted to the extent OF
s125,O00.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
CRISIS IN BRITAIN

n EPORTS London agree that real crisis has in the
IN British ministry owing the faundng of the people Who'll
satisfied with the ministraons OF the Asqm
following Asquth blamed for every evil that has beaen
arms the front in the arid depths
Mesopoama The experience is the On side the
air filed with the eproaches of allies who listened to the
Establishments of the British leaders only to find they paving
abyma depths of extinction England has been willing
every other country do the fighting conentng herself with
putting funds for the purchase of British promises
redeemed They and hollow mockeries
might the English people revoted and
the revolt reflected the demand for greater aggression in
prosecuting hole The British people somebody with the
charge Of national affairs and from all appearances
they going supply the Some of the accusations
launched the Asq ministry summed by the following
from the correspondence of English subject addressed
the Atlantic Monthly: "The average Briher in his most
candid confidential mood confess good many national
ssha Persia and Morocco Engands hands weren't clean
that Boer crime that there plenty of things
be ashamed of Egypt India and lreand that alliance with
Russia has its embarrassing aspects and that England free
blame for conditions that brought the that of the
methods of carrying the have been what would
have chosen that the German people be- the MAN,
decent and that all Enghmen not angels We have done
wrong the past grant that aren perfect But that's
doing wrong now The writer goes that
until the allies release Serbia Belgium
but he adds that such REIMBURSEMENT by Germany would call for
restoration of her African possessions which Great Britain will
concede.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
DECORATIONS NOT NEW

KTOUTPIECES of the entente allies are making great ado
wi the system of
dealing with the problem has called forth the keenest criticism
away from the United States find
for the Of the Teuons the system
established and sanctioned in the Cripple Creek strike where the
raroaded of camp with bayonets proddng
them every step when they aered their towards
the cattle that had been sdetracked the district for the
greater dspong of representatives of
organized labor The Germans the depored Begans
for their labor after they reach point to which they assigned
promise them their old homes when the
xgeny calling for their employment In Colorado
the military authorities under General Sherman Bell did not indulge
these amenities They pursued their the most
fashion, regard for the feelings of the
men, their wives their families Strikers who known to
themselves every consideration for law and
order and identified with of the against
life property summoned from their homes from the
of wife and babies and down the to
panmen of blows and Then they herded in
Tman and orders for the train to start The destination
the wde almost boundless prares OF Kansas and
shelter the refugees This deportation with This
the caoused Of Colorado
requte people forget If bamabe for
taking Begans from their homes how much liable were the
Hessian CARRIED national guard uniforms and
carrying United States commissions under circumstances that out
ragged every of deceny The miners occupying
company houses the the coal districts but they were
freehodng citizens whom the closed and
to whose cutlery Justice turned deaf ear.
Nevada was the gamer by hardship the
bourne to which every one with
Of discovery of Goded followed by the
rich finds Of Bufrog country These by behavior
the lie the Oft repeated assertion that they were
outlaws dynamiters But that has nothing do with the
except establish the fact that deportation
existed long before the present
indulge historical retrospect he invited to
page of history from of the leading English authors
and England the first to resort this nhuma
system Kidding themselves of obnoxious settlers Read Parkmn
history your will bleed for the innocent
victims Of hearless form Of government The French govern
began by making the Acadans its tools and eed by mang
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
ASSESSMENT NOTICE
TONOPAH Gypsy QUEEN MINING
COMPANY

Location and principal place o. BUSH
ness. and location of works. runupah,
Nye county, Nevada.
Notice is hereby given that at a
meeting of the board of directors, held
on the 23d day of November, 1916, an
assessment (No. 100 of one and one
half 40 cents per share was levied
upon the capital stock of the corpora
ton, payable Immediately in United
States gold coin, to the secretary, at
the office of the company. room 265,
Russ building, San Francisco, Cali
fornia.
Any stock upon which this assess
ment shall remain unpaid on the eth
day of December. 1916. Will be delln-
quent and advertised for sale at public
auction, and unless payment is made
before, will be sold on Wednesday, the
31st day of January. 1917, to pay the
delinquent assessment, together with
the cost of advertising and expenses
of sale.
By order of the board of directors.
CHARLES d. OlNEY,
Secretary.
Office. Room 265, Russ Building, San
Francisco, California. N2I-D27
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
6 NILES GAINED
ATAWFUL COST

vances. The recent insignificant
gain of terrain cannot be measured
by kilometers. but by meters. OF
course through a big concentration
an attack can push back the defend
ers at isolated and narrowly limited
places such as the British did on the
Ancre in November Not one of their
objects, however, was attained. No
one, not even on the entente side,
believes any longer that the German
front can be broken.
"The great offensive. which has
cost the western powers 100000 to
100000 men, has been stifed in blood
and mud. The battle on the Somme,
which started with gigantic fresh
armies, with war machines and the
ammunition from two parts of the
world, will continue in history a.
| the heaviest entente defeat. 1t mean
Gallipoli on the continent"
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
Application No. 4193
Notice of Application for Permission To
Appropriate the Public Waters
of the State of Nevada

Notice is hereby given that on the
LIST day of September, 1916, in accord
ance with Section 3d. Chapter 40, of
the Statutes of 1913, one Ben cham
bers of Rhyolite, County of Nye, and
State of Nevada, made application to
the State Engineer of Nevada for
permission to appropriate the public
waters of the State of Nevada, Such
appropriation is to be made from
Grants Well Spring at point from
1855 feet to 1865 feet from permanent
Rock rs feet high, NE from Home
stake Mill. Approximately IN T. 70
s., Il. 46 e., NJ d. b. & NJ. Unsur-
veyed by means of pumps, and S-t0ths
of one cubic foot per second Is to be
conveyed to troughs and garden To-
Gated $50 feet North West Main Rock,
Approximately in n. IL s., Il. rs f..
NJ. ID. Il. 4 NJ, Unsurveyed by means
of pipes and bitches, and there used
for Irrigation, stock watering and
domestic purposes, from June until
october of each year. Water not to
be returned to stream.
(Signed): W. M. KEARNEY,
State Engineer.
Date of first publication, Dec. 8. 1916.
Date of last publication, Jan. g 1917.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
(By Associated PressD

(By Associated Press.)
BERLIN, Dec. (By wireless to
N. J).-"After five
months of the bloodiest of combats,'
says the Overseas News agency, "the
Somme offensive at no place has ad-
vanced beyond ten kilometers. This
success was attained in July south
of the Somme. Then the French con-
quered La Maisonette. Since this
time the offensive has ceased at this
place No further advance could be
made.
North of the Somme the advance
was slower but steadier. On July 10
fighting was going on about Con
tailmaison. After sanguinary battles
the British, assisted by the French
finally succeeded in September in
advancing as far as the French dur
ing the first days in July. The Ger
mans have halted all further ad
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04

Take home a quart bottle of deli
cious old port. 40 cents at the Tono-
pah Liquor company. Adv tt
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04
RED HILL MINING COMPANY
FLORENCE AMERICAN MINING co.
FLORENCE EXTENSION MINING co.

Shareholders of these companies
should Immediately communicate with
the undersigned regarding the matter
of company reorganization, enclosing
list of holdings.
A. H. HOWE. Secretary,
Goldfield Nevada
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 4.-The
second attempt of the United States
government to obtain the conviction
of six defendants in the so-called
Oregon land fraud cases came to an
end here last night with the dis
charge of the jury in the federal
court when it reported failure to
agree in three cases. Three verdicts
were reached late Saturday night.
w. d. De Garmo, Los Angeles real
estate man, was found guilty, the
formal charge being conspiracy to
use the mails to further a fraudulent
scheme. w. A. S. Nicholson, San
Francisco attorney, and Sidney L..
Sperry, Los Angeles real estate man.
were found not guilty.
The jury failed to establish the
guilt or innocence of Franklin p.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04

them its victims determined consultation OF
his council hem and to the number OF
they property and dispersed
British Thus wholesale expatriaon has always
severely allies undertake
stir up anmosty against the Germans they respectfully
requested look the of their history for
precedent
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1916-12-04

Date of first publication, Dec. 8. 1916.
Date of last publication. Jan. 2. 1917.