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Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
Railways In Shakespeare's Time.

An American lady at Stratford on
Avon showed even more than the usu-
al American enthusiasm and fervor.
She had not recovered when she reach
ed the railway station, for she remark
ed to a friend as they walked on the
platform. "To think that it was from
this very platform the immortal bard
would depart whenever he journeyed
to town.
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
A BIC Shadow. .

We arc told that the smallest hair
throws shadow" And so it does. 1t
throws shadow over your appetite
when you find it in your food.-Ex-
change
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
A STRAIGHT Tip.

"Say," growled the first hobo, why
didn't yer go ter dat big house an git
handout?'
"Why, started ter" replied the 9TH
er, "but minister lookin' guy gimme
q tip not ter. He sez: Turn from yer
present path. Ye're goin' ter de dogs"
Philadelphia Press.
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
NEkOMA

Mr.. Stephen Mueller left for his
home at Albany Mimi, Friday.
Peter Hanson and Fannie Bell, of
Adams, visited at the c. Groth home
Tuesday.
Mrs G. Bredson entertained several
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28

Don't use harsh physics. The re-
action weakens the bowels, leads tc
chronic constipation. Get Doan' g
Regulets. They operate easily.
Twenty-Five cents at all stores.
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
c liz is EsiaI,.

:. WlS CUT foi a spin II nay new car
Yesterday
spin is right, old man saw you
when you skidded on the wet asphalt
and turned around three times before
You could get control of the car again.
st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
Sarcastic,

Major Mull-The doctor says he
thinks l am suffering from brain fag.
Miss Cynic-nather fatterer. isn't
he?-London Opinion
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28

GIRL WANTED--Girl wanted at once to do
general house work in a family of three.
Mrs. John Mahon, Langdon, N. D.
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28
WANT AMI COLUMN QUINN

LOST-On road between Dresden and Lang
don on Friday. Sept. Sth brown leather
sbe S for nder etnrn o
Scott, Langdon N. d.
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28

LADY WANIED-At once a lady representative
at LanGdon to sell high glade furs. Factory
to wwearer direct. thus saving heavy expenses
than by stores. Tim Small, Wahpeton D1O*
Courier Democrat., 1916-09-28

MEN Neutrality-suspicious. men desiring to
earn $4,000 or more per month. Every sales
man given special training. Unlimited op-
portunities Write immediately Power Lu.
blcatins CO., Detroit Mich. 10
Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
nOAN,S NEVER FAIL.

On March >. 1916. Mr. SpanEler
said: II can recommend DOan $
Kidney Pills to-day as highly as | did
in 1911 They help ne whenever
use them
Price soc. at all dealers Don t
simply ask for kidney remedy get
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same that
Mr. Spangler had. Foster Milhurn
Co.. Props. Buffalo. n. Y.
Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
Constitutional
Amendment

An Act Proposing an Amendment 90 Section
of Article %. oi tie Constitution ut the state of
Delaware. 900 Relation to Corporations
BIZ TT ENAtIEu hy the senate Hud House oi
Representatives OF the State OF Delaware iu tcr-
eru Assembly met uwo. thirds o. Hi The mem
hers elected 90 each House Coucurriug therein
section D. That Section of Article of the
constitution of the State Of Delaware be- ameudrd
hy striking ont all Of section of ,aid Article 20.
and inserting m lien thereof the following
section !. No corporation shall hereafter be
created. amended, renewed OF revived hy special
act but only hy or under general law. nor shall
any existing corporate charter be amended re-
newed. or revived by spectral act. but only by ur
under general law hut the foregoing provisions
shall not apply 90 mum cipal corporations banks
trust companies possessing banking power. or
corporations for charitable. penal. reiormatury
or educational purposes. sustained iu whole or
iu part hy the state. all Of which said last men
tened corporations shall be- created amended
renewed or revived only by special nct and shall
possess only those power. rights privileges and
franchises conferred by the special act creating
amending renewing " reyiviug them. and shall
NOT merge or consolidate with any ufhe- c1rpur
alton except upou the consent aud approval at
the General Assembly. twu-thiris of all hr mem
bers elected 90 each House thereof coucurriug
| therein. The General Assembly shall by general
| law provide tor the revocation or forfeiture of
| the charters OF all corporations for the abu>,.
| misuse or uou-use oi their corporate powers.
privileges ur iranchiscs ANY proceeding for
such revocation or forfeiture shall DE taken hv
| the Attorney General. A. may be- provided bv
| law. No general Incorporation law nor any
without the concurrence of twothiris Of all the
members elected % each House Of the General
Assembly. and with a reserved power OF amend
ment, revocation OF repeal by the General As
sembly with the concurrence Of two-thirls of all
| the members elected to each House thereof"
COLEN FERGUSON.
President of the Senate.
CHARLES u. GRANrLAND
speaker nf the House.
/ Approved March H. 1915:
Charles K. Miller
! Governor
| ]. Geo u. Hall. Secretary Of state Of the state
/ oi Delaware do hereby certify that the above
/ aud foregoing Is true aud correct copy of sen
| ate Bill No. 93 entitled An Act Proposing am
! Amendment 90 Section of Article o. of the Con.
stitution OF the state OF Delaware in Relation %
| Corpomtio rs. a. the same appears on the en-.
| rolled Bin filed in the Office of the Secretary of
| state and approved by the Governor March six.
| teeuth, A. ID. l9i1.whch said Rtll proposing such
Amendment 20 the Constitution oi this stat B.
| published Ia accordance with the requirements
| OF the Constitution of the state
| IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF I have
hereunto set my hand and official
| seal al Dover. this twenty seventh day
SEAL ot July. In the yea Of our lord one
thousand Nine Hundred and six
| teen.
GEO. II. HALL,
Secretary Of State.
Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
WOMEN'S COLLEGE OPENS
At NEWARK TOMORROW
MORE THAN 43 NEW STUDENTS
WILL MATRlCULATE FOR COURSE
Institution Starts It's Third Year With
Bright Prospects Change Made
N the Recitation Hall

AS nearly as the management Of the
Women's College OF Delaware al
Newark can estimate there will be
more than l3 new students at the col
lege this fall. and in addition there
are seven Young married women n
Newark who Will take the home
economies course The Women's Coll
lege will open tomorrow. Thursday
for It's third year Yesterday and to-
dav entrance examinations were held.
Dean Winfred j. Robinson is now at
the college taking charge Of registra-
tions. and all other members Of the
faculty returned before Tuesday.
Residence Hall has been entirely gone
over. the most noticeable feature Of
the summer cleaning being the retint
ing of the walls An innovation is
the installation Of more desks, so that
each girl may have her own desF and
her own reading lamp. In order to
accommodate the increasing number
Of students additional dormitOry room
/ has been arranged for. Dean Robin
son spent a goodly part of her sum
mer at the college and at study. She
spent a month doing research work at
the New York Botanical Gardens
and then took a trip to Nova Scotia
and Newfoundland and made hrief
visit at New Fame Vt. Miss Myrtle
V. Caudell, director u home econ
omics, spent the summer at her home
in Buffalo. :. Y: Miss Rich, depart
ment Of pedagogy STAYED at Horton
Vile. vs.: Miss Churchman. the
matron. spent the summer at New
port, her home; Miss Gertrude +.
Brady was at her home in Lowell,
Mass. and at Higgins. Mass. Mis-:
Alfredo Mosscorp. gymnasium instruc
tor. spent six weeks studying at Sar
gent School in Boston, and then wen
to her home in Rochester. y. Y
There will be three new instructor
this wear. and their services will
greatly facilitate and enrich the edu
cational advantages Of the college
Miss Harriet Winslow will he the in
structor in art. and she will come from
Monhegan Island. Paris. Maine wher
she has spent the summer. Miss Bet
Powell. assistant in home economies
comes from the University of Chicago
and Miss (. Annette Kinds. assistan
in zoology and botany. spent part O
the summer studying at Columbia.
Smyrna times., 1916-09-20
BURDENS LIFTED
From Smyrna Backs Relief
Proved by Lapse Of Time

Backache is a heavy burden;
Nervousness dizziness. headache.
Rheumatic pain; urinary ills;
All wear one out.
Oiten effects Of kidney weakness.
No use TO cure the symptoms,
Relief IS but temporary if the cause
remains.
Ii its the kidney-. cure the cause.
Doan- Kidney Pills sre for kidney
ills. Eead about your neiIabor' case.
Here's Smyrna testimony.
The kind that can be Investigated.
A. 4. Spangler. Smyrna. says /:
I'll suffered from lame back for
many wears. sometimes SO severe that
could hardly stoop over. had
headaches and dizzy spells. tried
many medicines and doctored, but it
was not until used Doan's Kidney
Pills, procured from the Clifton *
Jones Pharmacy, that ever got
benefits. Two boxes gave me fine re-
lief and am glad TO recommend
them. " Statement given June 10.
1911
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-25

Continued Tomorrow
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Mrs. Guy Toph left today for Tam
pa where she goes to be with Mr.
Toph, who went Monday to place him.
self under care of a specialist. He
was able to remain up until today, but
reports from him this morning were
to the effect that he has again taken
his bed, and Mrs. Toph went to remain
at his bedside until he is better. The
host of friends of this popular gentle
man greatly regret to learn that his
health remains so unsatisfactory, il
having been several months that he
has been confined to his home, and al
sincerely hope that he will soon begin
to improve.-Lakeland Telegram.
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and most of them were hailed by name
by the crowd and cheered as they slip
ped by the soldier and into the build
ing.
Jim stepped in and stripped The
surgeon looked him over, tapped him
and listened perfunctorily at his heart
and passed him on. "All right! Next"
Jim advanced to the table at the end
Of the room and signed the paper pre-
sented to him. Charlie Linton. an of
fcer. arose after Jim had signed and
drew him aside
.One of the secret service men phon-
ed me awhile ago, Ashby," Linton said
He told me something about what you
were doing last night. Good work II
was, rafting good work. He told me
could trust you: of course 1 knew
that anyway, I've detailed some of
our regular boys to watch for spies
among the recruits-and among our.
selves. / want you to watch too. You
are to get evidence so you can give
the firing squad a chance If there's
time. If there isn't time or it's In.
convenient TO bring charges, shoot the
man you catch, no matter who he is.
and shoot quick and straight If you
don't want him to get you first"
Jim nodded. Then I'm TO stay about
here?'
mo ones TO stay about here. We're
wanted In the east as quick as we can
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CHAPTER Vii.
States PLEDGE Troops.

T$ IL crowd was dense down the
block before the Office of one
M Of the local newspapers. Car.
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block before the Office of one
Of the local newspapers. Car,
penters had finished putting up
great bulletin board with platform
in front of it upon which a man from
the newspaper office was standing and
FASTING up a bulletin printed in huge
letters. Jim read the reply OF the gov
eFnor of the state to the secretary of
war:
THE state Of Illinois, which half a
century ago. supplied 100000 soldiers
70 the army of the Union, pledges its
full quota for the defense of the ma
ton in this emergency and invites fur
ther calls us the needs of the nation re
quire."
The bulletin continued: Similar as
surances have been sent by the gov
errors of New York Massachusetts.
New Jersey. ETC.
Regulars ordered to New York!
the next sheet proclaimed. Twenty
five thousand troops OH Mexican Dor
der entrain fer the north Other regu
lar troops. numbering 6.OOO. ordered
from army posts to eastern Seaboard.'
The cheering brought flush to Jim
face, but he added the totals Thirty
one thousand men,! That was the
American army of regulars to meet the
100000 veterans from over the sea
He edged from the crowd The re
cruiting station, he recalled, was dowr
among some old buildings just off the
| main business section. He searched
the fronts Of those buildings for the
| flag with the words Men wanted fol
| the army" But the flag was not there
nor could he find the brightly coloreG
Autographs of soldiers which had beer
| displayed beside the walk He wen
about the block looking for them be
fore boy named Rainey, whom jim
knew as a companion Of Mart Ware
came up and spoke to him.
| Looking for the recruiting Office, Mr.
Ashby?'
Som ~ The boys face was pale
but his eyes were bright with excite
ment. 81 thought it was down here
but 1t amt any more"
Jim could not enlist that morning Il
the national army, but he could joi
the state guard. There was compan
of one Of the regiments-the Third
/ Jim thought 1t @as-which had head
quarters In Elgin. He knew a coupl
Of men who drilled somewhere on
night week, and he had employed
the Ashby shops boy named Como
who had asked for two weeks vacs
ton In the summer to attend the Ell
campment of the regiment. Jim reco
lected that his father had discharge
Conner for taking the vacation. Tn
headquarters were easy enough to fine
Il crowd blocked the street before til
Office, a smaller crowd than before tn
newspaper Office, but this was all mad
up of men and boys, now all eheerin
and reckless and noisy. now suddenl
| silent and orderly. Some of these me
and boys were there to give then
| selves for service-the immediate ser1
| ice which was demanded-but the mos
were merely there to cheer others OF
| A man in khaki and wearing q can
paign hat sentineled the door and loOl
ed keenly at each man or boy VIII
| came forward to enter the building
Most of those who wished to pas
seemed to be known to the sentine
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solutions. They are so many letters
from home.
The people of Jacksonville seem to
be taking great interest in the camp.
Many people were out there Sunday.
The line of autoes facing the troops
when they formed in front of head
quarters was as long as the regiment,
and overlapped it on each flank. At
conservative estimate, there were
two thousand people present.
The Second Regiment Band Is
worthy of special praise. All are
gratifed by it's splendid music, and
thousands go out from Jacksonville
| just to hear it.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-25

Mr.. M. M. Little, past grand master
of the Independent Order of Odd Eel
lows, was her last week. He is also a
prominent Woodman. Mr.. Little
claims to be the Sunday school teacher
of the largest class of young men in
Florida. He was introduced to US by
Mr. Arthur Holmes, who is an active
Odd Fellow, secretary of the local
lodge.-Eustis Lake Region.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-25

Mr.. J. D. Rooney, of Ocala, sales
manager of the Florida Soft Phos-
phate and Lime company, and Mr.. w.
Fl. English, of Lakeland, travelling
representative of the same company
are in the city today looking after the
company's business. They were both
interesting visitors Of the News office
while here.-Arcadia News.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-09-25
THE HEART.
How 1t Acts In Every Day Life.

The human heart in healthy mar
weighs but eleven ounces. 1t beats
from long before birth until death, In
an average lifetime, about seven mil
lion times, allowing seventy beats to
the minute. Every twenty-four hours
this slight organ performs labor equiv
alent to lifting ton of material eighty
feet into the air. If the blood becomes
poor, and filled With poiso-s from dis
eased kidneys, he heart is not only
starved, but poisoned as well. 1t soon
becomes exhausted and unable to meet
any extraordinary demand which may be
made upon it. Supply pure blood; get
the kidneys to working; tone up the
feeble stomach DIR. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery purifes the blood,
relieves the kidneys and tones up the
alimentary canal. Give the heart the
food it needs and it will continue to work
till the natural end of life.
Pensacola, Flat was in very BAG
shape four years ago and from what | hac
read in regard to heart trouble, considered
my case quite serious, which would have
in time become fatal but for the strength
enins AMI sustaining good that received
from DR.. Pierces valuable Golden Medica.
Discover. My heart would palpitatc
very fast, and often things would grow
dark before my eyes and / would fall
and remain dead to the world for some
time. Afterward | would have to re
main on my back for long while, as
was toe weak and nervous to stand OF
my feet My health was in this stat.
for about two years A friend of my hus
bands from jacksonville advised him t.
give me tie Golden Medical Discovery
as il had been SO helpful to his wife
After tag six bottles | was made en-
tircly VIZ, and havc net had 81 attack O.
my oil rols1ia siA2e Ii. y. j. A
FoNTAIN3, 604 w. Romano St.
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The me lern Improvement IL pills
Doctor Fl cc's Pleasant Pellets. The
help E2t,.o, i2Az,,.-l ii f'Sating with
her
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Do you lad the unclassifed ads?
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-19

MURDER car anu EDCelNBu 4ZOU. men
there was hush money and Incl
dentals.
These are the latest quoted prices
for a first-class job of murder.
For a cheaper job the police have
Just called attention to the rates
quoted by a man, who, they say, of
fered two men $45 for their assis-
tance in the beating up of a railroad
Waterman and bonus of SIS for aid
in stabbing him.
But as this job was badly bOtched
the Baff range Of prices stands as the
rate for high-class murder in which
the purchasers stand a good chance
of escaping detection.
Greco's murder stable" is the
most CHASTITY bit Of scenery in the
Baff case. Police say it was owned
by Mrs. PasquareIli SpineIli, called
''the Hetty Green Of Little Italy"
whose pretty daughter was charged
with killing the head of the Frank
Monaco gang after an attempt to
blackmail her. The girl fed to Italy,
but was strangely murdered there.
lu6u Lie ulOIuCI Was hlllGu dL the
door of the stable. Two members Of
the Greco gang were slain there on
suspicion of treachery, and finally
Greco himself was killed within it's
dingy walls.
Meantime the New York police
have waged such relentless war on
the gangs that the price Of a plain or
fancy murder has scared from 81, 900
to $4,000, but it is still possible to ar
range with a regularly constituted
murder agent for the Staying of one
of your feIlowmen according to a
fixed scale of prices.
. zee -
COST OF GUNMAN MURDER
Go-between, who man.
ages staff of gunner. 81, 900
Gunman to do shooting. 100
Lookout 400
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-04-19

EllO[l COO f. VI hlELllNA NEEFS
UP WITH LIVING COST
New York, April 1e.-Keeping pace
with the high cost of living, the high
cost of living, the high cost of KILL
. ING has begun to soar!
New Workers pUrpesing the pur-
chase of murder find it 400 per cent
more expensive today than three
years ago!
These are revelations outstanding
from testimony in the first phase of
the Baff murder case here, a case
more sensational in it's showing up
of murder by contract than was the
Becker case, although it has attract
ed hardly tenth of the public inter
est aroused by the police lieutenant's
trial
Exactly $4,000 is what it cost sup
posedIy respectable business men to
buy the assassination, about a year
ago, of their business rival, Barnet
Baff, wealthy poultry dealer whose
operations were imperiIing their
profits.
Those skeptics who have thought
the professional gunman or Gotham
a myth exploited for the sake of the
movies, have seen their mistake dur
ing the trial of Giuseppe Arichiello,
charged with firing the shot that
killed Baff.
Carmine di Paola, called the "col-
lege boy gunman," testified against
ArichieIlo and revealed the method
by which a person may contract for
the killing of another without danger
to himself.
In the Baff case, Ippolito Greco,
known as the proprietor of the no.
torious murder stable" about |
which have clustered Is assassina-
lions in the last four years, was
charged with being the go-between
with whom higher-ups arranged for
killings.
Greco, according to testimony. had |
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
REPUBLICANS WILL
STICK IN NICHOLAS

get out the Republican vote for their
own candidate, qualified BY every
test of his record, while counties like
Harrison, Richie, Doddrtdge, Up8hur
and Lewis, roll up the Republican
majorities to offset what hopes Alder
son might rely upon in Gilmer, Call
houn and Webster, though Anderson
Is going to have hard Shedding in Gil
mer, II reports which reach this sec
tlon are any indication.
Good County Ticket.
Tho slogan in Nicholas Is "tho
straight ticket, from Hughes down to
the last man on the Republican coun-
ty ticket" The county Republican
ticket is ono made up of good men
throughout, and with Republicans
voting the straight ticket from
Hughes down, there Is little chance
for Democrats to carry any one Of
the county Offices. Republicans now
have the prosecuting attorney and
circuit clerk hero and elected the sur
veyor; no declined and the Democrats
filled the vacancy by appointing n
man from their own party. In short,
there is only one ambition in Nicho-
las Republication this year-to carry
the county for every man on the Re
publican ticket. Returns will show
that confidence was not q mere bluff,
Tho lumber and milling and agricul-
tural interests of Nicholas county
have been watching the Capitalization
OF the whole machinery Of the Demo
cratic party in tho Watson building
IN Fairmont, and are not particularly
keen to turn over the party. bag and
baggage, to one lone coal baron who
has boon lot moro interested In the
trend Of tho coal trade in Baltimore
than he has boon in the present and
the future OF Nicholas county forests,
logging camps and wood working
mills
The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-09-24
For Playground Recreation and
Urges Attendance upon the
Recreation Congress.

His Emtnence, james Cardinal Glib
oonB. one OF the oldest and best be-
loved OF all the priests OF the Cath
Ollie church, has written commencing
the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES movement
and urging attendance upon the Rec
reation Congress- to be held at Grand
RAPIDS, Mich. October to 6.
Cardinal Gibbons writes: 1--WE
feel that there Is need OF affording
better means Of recreation for chill
dren, especially those who live in
the crowded districts Of tho large
cidoS. We are happy to note what
big results are being brought about
oy the Playground and Recreation
Association OF America. We hope
that its work will meet with hearty
approval and cooperation, and that
tho needs Of the youth Of the country
In this respect will DO attended to,
not merely with an idea of placing
amusement in their way, but with
the Intention OF of properly develop
ing physical and moral powers SO that
the resultant will be citizen OF
whom the country may be proud"
The secretary of war, the Hon.
Newton D. Baker, has also signed
letters to o great many people
throughout the country earnestly
urging attendance upon the Recrea-
non Congress in October and ex-
planning that: "The war department
Is interested in building up Amerl-
can life, citizenship and the human
" useful powers appropriate to peace
even moro than war;
Secretary Baker quotes George ELI
OTIS saying: Important as 1t is to
organize and direct the industry of
the world, it Is more important to
organise and direct the leisure of the
world" The secretary also quotes
Maeterlinck: What use will human
ity make Of this leisure? On its em-