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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10
Ec-zene Kills Eczema.

Let US prove it. Accept no substitute. Ii
your Druggist does not have it. write to
Ec-Zene Co., St. Paul. Mimi Adv.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10
A Stranger.

Tomorrow will be the first Sunday
of the year, and / propose to COM
mence the new year by going to
church" announced Mr. Gibbs, rever-
emily
You'd better take me with you"
calmly rejoined Mrs. Gibbs.
What for?"
You may need somebody to identify
you."-Judge.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10

the exposure, the little dog would not
recover; but it did get well at last.
The National Canine Defense league
has awarded a medal 10 Captain Rob
inson for his humane action.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10
Extreme Pacifism.

Soldiers in Europe are fighting
with gas bombs and liquid fire.
What are we coming tor
Il don't know, but SO long as there
are places in the world where man
may hide himself, know I'm not COM
ing to that"
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10

Too many men who exceed the speed
limit in trying to get there do nothing
after they arrive.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10
heat FLASHES,
DIZZY, NERVOUS
Mrs. Wynn Tells How Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound Helped Her
During Change of Life.

Richmond, Va. after taking
seven bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
chill Tonic is equally valuable as Gen.
eral Tonic because it contains the well
known tonic properties of QUININE and
IRON. Il acts on the Liver. Drives out
Malaria, Enriches the Blood and Builds
UP the Whole System. so cents
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10

Also the moon is better behaved
than the gas which gets lit every
night
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1916-02-10
asa |
Slow.

SLOW.
He-And may kiss your hand?
Shells that the way you've been
brought up?
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
Uncle 4buer,

The most embarrassing bald spot is
one which starts down at the back Of
the neck where the hat won't cover it.
The court decided that Mr.. and Mrs.
LATE Purdy, who have got into too
many wordy alterations, should talk
on their fingers in the deaf and dumb
language. Last Sunday morning Mrs,
Purdy talked so fast that she broke
three fingers. She has EN- in plaster
cast now and for the first time in his
life LATE can dc all the talkin'.
The woman who amt happy unless
she is miserable fills an important
place in this world after all, because
she makes lot of folks feel thankful
that they are better off than she is.
If all the fellers spent as much time
saving their money as they do saving
their cigar coupons there would be
lot more Pierpont Morgans in our
midst.
There are lots of people that amt
never a particle alarmed about the
future life when they are feelin' we'll.
Generally the "cryins need of the
hour is a nursin' bottle.
ROY X. MOULTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
Sidelights on the European War

character have done better. Only the
other day the mayor Of The Hague, Dr..
H. A. van Karnebeek, made an In
augural inspection of whole new
street of little dwelling houses, erect
ed by a cooperative building socieIy
with the object of providing cheap
homes for members of the police force
and municipal employees.
London-Ground has just been brok-
en- here for a huge new permanent ex-
hibition building to be known as the
palace of industry.
The building, located at Willesden
Green-about six miles distant from
the center of the city, will cover an
area of 100000 square feet, nearly four
times the size of any similar building
in London. 1t will be opened early ID
1917 with an exhibition known as the
Industries of the Empire Fair" whlcn
is planned to be the greatest traae
exhibition ever organized" The lar
will be under the cooperative auspices
of all the principal trade organizations
of the British Empire, and over three
thousand exhibitors representing sew
enty distinct lines Of business have ar
ready applied for space. The frontage
of the stalls will reach an aggregate
twelve miles in length. 1t is 10 10
solely a display Of British goods ~
foreign exhibits whatever being d.
lowed.
Berlin.-The officers sword, Wnose
usefulness had long since VANISHED ans
whose sole remaining function was "
trip its wearev up at inoppoFtuh3
times, is now to disappear olhc'ail. a.
the German front. The Emperor nss
just issued an order permitting oillceis
at the front, with the exception OF ths
commanders OF large detachments anu
staff officers, to wear short kniie U
| bayonet. The order approves cussoa.
which had already established i'sei'
with the tacit acquiescence Of the miit'
tary authorities.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
THE LYNCHTNG RECORD.

Three hundred and sixty-four days
of the year Tuskegee institute is
source of pride to the United States.
On one day each year it brings grief
and disgrace upon the nation, grief and
disgrace richly merited but none the
less unpalatable. For Tuskegee In
stitute has, Of late years, kept a record
Of the lynchings in the United States
and on the first of every year it makes
them public, to leaven the lump Of our
pride with little bitter salt.
The year just past has set a record
in many things in America. Peace,
prosperity. reyivifed industry, tremen-
dous crops and general happiness
have marked it. Of another showing
the people are not proud, for 1915 set
a record for mob murders. There
were 50 of these brutal killings in
1915, II more than in 1914.
In everything else that has been
done in America we can look the
whole world squarely in the face. but
when we are confronted with the fact
that lynching is on the increase in
stead of dying out then we must be
ashamed and drop cur eyes from pub
lie gaze
To make the grewsome record more
revolving four of the victims of mobs
in 1915 were later proved innocent of
the crimes for which they were killed,
and it does not detract from the hor-
ror to know that three Of the So in the
list were women.
The most prominent Of these kill
Ings, Of course, was that Of Leo NJ.
Frank, whose conviction in Georgia
was mockery OF the courts and whose
death was unaVenged by even so much
rs an official reprimand Of the men
: Who had his life and safety in charge.
So long as America permits lynch
law to usurp the functions of its
courts just that long will this nation
be unable TO CTiticise Europes offenses
against civilization. We must first
cast out the beam that is in our own
eye, We are not even permitted to
eriticise the execution Of Edith Cavell
"hlle there STANDS on the DOCKS against
us the failure to punish the sIayers OF
Leo NJ Frank
America is given much to idle talk
Ing. Kipling's description of the
Bandarlog, who carry stick all day,
meaning TO do much with it, and then
throw it away at nightfalI, having foY-
gotten what it was for. is very fitting
Of American reform. What Is needed
to wipe out lynching in this country
is concentrated and concerted effort
continued effort. Few mobs are 50
desperate or so determined they will
dare brave determined opposition or
face public opinion. Your mob mem
her is seeker after applause and con-
demnation quickly let's the whey out
OF his glee at killing
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
ORATORICAL DELUGE.

1t seems that the country is to be
inflicted with a season of innocuous
and futile wind-jamming in congress
before the grave and reverend sena-
tors and the august and omnipotenL
representatives will consent to settle
down to work. The debates, if they
may be dignifed with that designa-
ton, in most cases will be useless, and
none know it better than the debaters,
but several scores of statesmen ana
near-statesmen have personal views
to air, chiefly for home consumption
and the business of the nation will
have TO wait while the airing process
goes on.
1t is doubtfulsif there was ever d
time in the history of the United
States when prolonged oratory in the.
halls of congress was more out o.
place. With one of the largest and
most important calendars in its his
tory, congress should devote as little
time as possible to useless discus,
sion. But that is not the worst of it.,
In the extremely delicate state of gu.
foreign relations, grave harm may be
done by loose talking. Though the ses-
sion is young, already sentiments have
been given expression in both house
and senate which are extremely re.
grettasle in view of the world con
ditiOns existing
However fatuous the talk may ap-
pear, ana does appear, to the level.
headed majority OF American citizens,
it must not be forgotten that the off
cial position in our government OF
senators and members of the house,
give their words q certain weight
abroad. What may properly be SCI
down among American as merely a
little campaign oratory for the edifica
ton Of the orators constituents back
nome and the boosting OF his own pc,
litical game may appear TO the unin,
ltlated reader in London or Berlin, OF
other war capitals, as an expression
representative OF American thought
and, by reason Of its utterance in TIL
i6SISidtICS COuHCIIS uI the government
by member of the law-making body.
the careless statement uttered for the
passing applause Of constituents NAV
work incalCuable harm to the inter.
ests Of the whole American people.
There is no desire. OF course, to an
ply a gag on congress. Such proceed
/ ure would be as impossible as it il.
undesirable. But it might be well
hope that, for the good Of the coun,
try and from the broad standpoint OF
/ patriotism and national duty, membera
OF congress would use greater discre-
| ton in their language than they have
/ thus far seen fit to use. The interests
! OF the country, both here and abroad.
would he best served at this time i:
/ the members Of the Gath congress
would forget entirely for the time be.
ing that they are politicians and re.
member only that they are Americans
II they would do this they would get
along with a great deal less orators
and the important business before
them would get along with grea,
deal less delay and friction.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
OF THE NAVY SEEING
THE LIGHT.

When Mr.. Daniels, for many years
editor and publisher of the Raleigh
IN. c. News and Observer, was sworn
in as Secretary of the Navy and had
time to look about him, he found that
the peoples money was being wasted
by the payment of excessive prices
for armor and practically all articles
required for the navy. Throughout
his two years in the cabinet he has
been earnestly endeavoring to rescue
the public treasury from the patriots
for war, who year in and year out
have been helping themselves, SEEM
ingly at will, from the public crib. Sec
rotary Daniels has saved the govern
ment some 100000, which is but a
drop in the bucket to the amount he
could save if he could obtain govern
ment manufacture of everything.
In his first annual report for the
year 1918 Secretary Daniels asked for
an appropriation for an armor- plate
factory. l quote from that report:
Il desire to recommend the passage
at the earliest moment of q sufficient
appropriation to begin the cOnstruc-
ton Of a government armor plant to
relieve situation which, in my esti-
nation, is intolerable and at a total
variance with the principle of econ
omy in spending government money.
Only three firms in this country
can manufacture armor plate, and
these firms have put in bids for armor
plate seldom varying over few dol
lars, and in many instances being
identical to a cent. Asked for reasons
as to the uniformity Of these bids, two
Of the firms replied frankly that as the
contract would be divided amongst
them anyway. the only effect of com
petitive bids would be to reduce the
profits made by all of the three firms.
by manufacturing armor plate in
its own plant the government will be
able to keep for its own use any i'm
provements in the manufacture or
composition of it's armor that may be
developed. The last word has not
been said in armor and past history
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
Pointed Paragraphs.

All the good novelists are rich-in
imagination.
Some people know too much to be-
lieve anything.
Just the same, we enjoy the praise
of men whom we despise.
Many an outwardly handsome wo-
man is inwardly homely.
If you are in love don't go to a
bachelor or spinster for advice.
It is far better to be bent on econ
omy than broke on extravaganza.
Don't think because a woman is out
spoken that she can be out-talked
A girl never looks older than she is
unless she has her hair in curl papers.
It takes a woman chauffeur to steer
a baby carriage through a crowd.
The light comedian nearly always
weighs more than the heavy villain.
Naturally poets are born, but cooks
are better paid. There's a reason.
Somehow an engaged couple usually
think that all the insane people are
in asylums.
When husband and wife are both
Of one mind, it isn't difficult task to
figure out which originally owned the
mind.-Chicago News.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17

The Hague, observation-disclosures
pondence of the Associated Press.)-
War time conditions such as prevail
at present prove more clearly than
yards of academic discussion the prac-
teal value and usefulness OF the CO.
operative principle to the community"
according to G. J. D. c. Goedhart pres
ident of one of the greatest cooperative
societies in Holland Originally styled
"Eigen Hulp." (self help, this organ
ization, which was founded here in
.187S with a membership Of 315 and
the modest capital of s2,100, has now
close upon 10000 members and an an
nual turnover of about 81 900, 600. The
basic principle of the Self Help organ
ization was to enable the somewhat
scantily paid middle and lower class
officials of the Dutch civil and military
service to procure household neces-
carries at minimum prices; all net prof
it's realized being returned to the mem
bers in the shape Of dividends, which
in 1878 to nearly 100000 for the last
year. Membership is ensured by first
payment of u cents, which is the 10th
part Of share" and no member Is
allowed to hold more than 10 shares,
On this deposit money fixed inter-
est rate of per cent is paid.
OF late years the cooperative prin-
ciple has made enormous strides in
Holland, All over the country, coop
erative organizations have sprung up
The idea, originally intended for the
has been extended and made to apply
to widely diversified objects; TO agri-
cultural, dairy farming, building and
credit societies, until the formation OF
Union" became a necessity. The body
has an advisory board of experts in all
matters concerning cooperation.
Hollands chief wealth lies in hel
agricultural and dairying industries
and it is in these branches of produc,
tivity that cooperation has proved Of
the greatest benefit, especially 10 the
smaller farmer. The agricultural in.
stitution known as the Raffeisen banl
at Utrecht has accumulated servings
amounting to $2,400,000, and has ad,
vanced loans on mortgages to mem
bers of its $50 branches aggregatinE
| 81 100000. The Central Farmers Loar
bank at Eindhoven, in North Brabant
has 37S branches. a savings bank tota
of S2,200,000 and mortgage loan &C,
count Of Sl,2S0.000. These are big fig
ures for small country like Holland
The difficulties encountered by the
cooperative societies during the pres,
ent war have been many and varied
but the public spirit displayed by the
organizers of the various institutions
has succeeded in overcoming most, il
not all, of the trouble. The Putter-
shock Beet Sugar Cooperative society
for instance, which deals in over one
hundred thousand tons of heets an,
nually Jared badly last year owing Il
the embargo laid on expectation by the
| Dutch government. On the Other
! hand. undertakings Of purely soci
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
CHORDS AND
DLSCORDS
JAMES APPEAL TO CONGRESS.

i
We have inside information,
Said the w P. rs leader brave,
We have it straight from the shoulder
The belligerents will behave;
But we won't divulge our info
Till We girls are satisfied
The men of our great nation
Are for peace, the lady cried.
They must all lay down their guns. sirs,
And boiler, Girls, we're through"
Forget adequate preparedness;
Then they'll learn thing or two.
We will break the news real gently
OF the things that are in store
For the disciples of this country
Who help us end the war.
It's not going to be battle,
Nor Ford ship Oscar Zwei-
But then l mustn't tell you;
l crossed my heart and hoped t die
That I'd keep this tip locked tightly
In. this feminine breast of mine
And for woman to keep a secret
S greater than a mere man dyln'.
So, without further disclosing
This invaluable bit O news,
I'll break way and let you suffer-
Let you know the pangs O. blues.
You folk will then consider,
When you've thought it DER again,
Men and women will go forward
To get peace-ON EQUAL PLANE!
0. D. X.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17

pound. The law was amended in 1919
to provide that shipment would be
misbranded IF its package or Label
shall bear any statement design or
device regarding the curative or theras
peutic effect of such article or sub
stances contained therein, which il
false and fraudulent" In the course OF
the opinion Justice Hughes said:
That false and fraudulent represen~
tations may be made with respect to
the curative effect of substances is
obvious. 1t is said that the owner has
the right to give his views regarding
the effect of his drugs. But state 0,
mind 1t itself fact, and may be a
representations may be made about it;
and persons who make or deal in sub
stances or compositions alleged to be
curative are in a position TO have SUI
perior knowledge and may be held tC
good faith in their statements. 1t can
not be said, for example, that one who
should put inert or worthless com,
position in the channels Of trade, lab
eled or described in an accompanying
circular as cure for disease whel.
ne knows 1t is not, is beyond the reach
of the lawmaking powers.
Congress recognized that there
must be a wide field in which asser-
tons as to curative effect are in nc
sense honest expressions of opinion,
but constitute absolute falsehoods and
in the nature Of the case can be deem-
ed TO have been made with fraudulent
purpose. The amendment of 1912 ap-
plies to this field, and We have n1
doubt of its validity"
The decision marks a great advances
in the effectiveness of legislation OF
| this kind and will have far-reach-
| ing effects in field that has been I'M
scrupulously exploited
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
The Daily Story
A Queer Case of Suicide = BY William Brakeman.

given In the newspapers helped nj.
feature. for those hired by tho D.
sian government to arrest NE seoir.
an account Of how had been nv.
dered abandoned the pursuit. sendl,.
an account of my demise to Russia !.
/ could get off from the charges :.
having murdered myself my troub,..
would be ended But how could h..
to do this without telling the wha.
story and being taken to Russia as ~
self?
Not being able TO employ an attor,..
to defend me the court assigned -.
one. ] explained the situation To ht-
He believed my story and at once ,ook
a deep interest IN my case, remarkIr.
This is the prettiest problem | hays
met since I became lawyer" The.
he left me to think out plan TO clos,
me without giving away my true ebs,.
acter
There was one point In my favor
those who had been pursuing me NV
the Russian government had bee.
eliminated so long as was not known
to be their quarry, On this fact nv
counsel banked. The day after he latr
me a man came to my cell and asked
me to write a statement as to where
/ was at the time my murder was
committed I did SO, claiming to hsra
left the murdered man two days before
be died. but that couldn't exactly 70.
member where I had been for the nor.
few days.
My trial came off soon after this I
did not see my counsel in the mean.
while and wondered why be had NOT
visited me, fearing that he had failed
to hit upon a plan for my defense
When | was led into court, howeve.
he smiled at me, as much as to ssy.
Don't worry; it will come out all
right" He called the man to whom
I had given the statement and asked
him If he had seen NE write 1t. Then
bc tdilEu q NOAIaA w AO udu UelIlen0.
ed me and to whom | had sent h.
fling gift with a letter. This letter
had signed James Hawks.
your honor" said my counsel, "my
client has been accused Of killing him.
self, which is impossible. l ask for
quashing Of the indictment and that
he be set at liberty"
The judge took the matter under ad.
Visement. but my counsel. who feared
that delay would put the Russian gov.
ernments police on my track. argued
with him so strongly that he conclud.
ed to set me free. The lawyer at once
came to me- with the good news.
you get.' he said. land lose your.
self next time some other way"
I doubt If the Russian sleuths ever
heard of the denouement. for never
learned afterward that they resumed
their efforts to find me.
After this affair l settled in one place
under another name, married and pros.
pered.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
4 Gland That Influences Growth.

Can you tell me whether there is
any such thing as gland having con-
troll over the growth of the body? That
is. can growth be stimulated or in
creased by feeding a person some
gland or glandular extract?
Answer-The pineal gland. at the
base of the brain, exerts such an in
1uence. In animal experimentation
at any rate, the feeding of extracts of
plneal gland produces markedly
rapid growth, in young animals, par
tlcularly males. Whether such effects
are ever noted in human beings we are
unable to state. If the individual were
undeveloped because OF deficiency of
tineal gland function it would perhaps
be worth trying.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
Selected by Tavenner


To the Readers of The Argus:
The Argus has generously agreed to permit me 10
make regular contribution under this head to use Tue
space If it my am left free to make my
selection from where WILL whether it is timely or IN
timely; to search the highways and the byways loi
what may impress of interest and value to the
people.
assure my readers shall try to make the most OF
the opportunity To do must forget that party lines
exist and WILL Just wish it might be practical for
them not to exist and that the principal issue on cleo
ton day might be, not whether candidate belongs 10
this or that political party but whether he willing to
the of the people the few who exploit
them.
In other words, my idea is submit information or
thought that would give the world if l myself
edited newspaper, the only mission Of which was to
mankind to do this and nothing
When personally write the contribution, will sign
it. and when present the thought and work of others
will so indicate CLYDE H. TAVENNER.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-17
Cosmopolitan (wermwood,)

hlndly advise me whether oil OF
chenopodium american wormseed) is
considered a safe remedy for hook
worm infection and for other intes-
final parasites.
AnsWer-Safer than most vermi-
fuges, and said to be far more efficient.
The dose given is five drops in capsule
to child, 10 drops to an adult, early
IN the morning, after a light supper
ana no breakfast This is given each
morning for three days. Two hours
after the dose on the third morning
tablespoonful of castor oil should be
taken.