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The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18
COUNTY NEWS.


A farm paper says lone reason why
there are not more good boys, Is be-
cause good fathers are so scarce. "
About right.
The Moscow Hotel is the new name
given the old Holmes Hotel by the new
manager Mrs. Matte Whitaker BarlOV.
An attractive sign hangs in front Of
the house containing the new name.
Esquires Pearce, Ross and Summers
and Sheriff Jordan were down this way
the past week and visited where the
work house gang is located repairing
the road, or making one, near Rossvllle.
Mr.. H. o. Harrison has accepted q
position as bookkeeper at the Bolivar
Asylum and will assume the duties about
August 25. Our people learn this news
with regret and we give this estimable
family up with much reluctance.
DR.. and Mrs. Musgrave have been
visiting relatives in Brownsville.
Mrs. L. Weinstein and child are visi-
ting relatives near Greenfield.
DIR. ]. M. Stevenson has large type
Polond-China SOW, II months old
weighing 45O pounds. Make pretty
good entrant in the Fayette County fair.
G. C. Gather. J. L. Crossett Jr.,
Johnnie Owen. Pratt Bobbitt Harry
Davis, Dave Hawkins, j. j. Burnett
ST., and Norman Burnett took in the
picnic Thursday at Holly Springs.
Mrs. ]. D. Crossett is visiting her
son in Jackson. Florida.
w. E. Robinson has returned from
a vacation spent with friends in
Kentucky.
Richard Ware who is with the State
troops, has recently been advanced to
a Corporal.
The many frienes of Mr.. John Ward
are pleased to know he is recovering
from recent severe illness.
d. j. Douglass was here from
Somerville Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. T. Bowling left Sun
day for Salisbury where they will visit
relatives before returning to their
home in Van Buren.
Things had passed along smoothly
at the board meeting Friday night held
in the Office of Mayor j. M. Stevenson.
and the meeting had just been adjourn
ed when all of a sudden and without
warning. DR.. F. L. Morris who had
been silent watcher during the pro-
ceedings Of the town fathers. quickly
arose from his seat and drawing pis-
tol from his hip pocket began to-but.
the pistol was glass and all joke.
Mesdames r. L. Wilson and ]. d.
Pearce spent the Sabbath with Mrs.
A. E. Furcon.
Mrs. Ola Sanders was a recent guest
of local relatives.
Boyd Burnett has the local agency
for the Dodge automobile. 1t is fine
car.
IL is expected that the proper officials
will have the weeds cut around the
town during the present week. The
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18

The above which appeared in the
Nashville Banner of Monday. August
IA, brought the details oil this very sad
occurrence, confirming telegram
which had been received here. Mr..
Litterer was the father of Mrs. Howard
M. Rhea of this city, and both Mr.. and
Mrs. Rhea were in Nashville at the
time of the accident. The sympathy
of host of SomerVille friends go out
to them in their sad bereavement.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18
Didn't Turn Over

Ross dead Quick Spray" kills bed
bugs. ants. fess, vegetable and plant
insects 30 dead, and does il 20 quickly,
that people exelsim. They didn't turn
over" II puts mosquitoes out Of busi-
ness Just ss quick.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18
Lu-Fes, AkId, Eftsctks Lsxstiss Q Liver Toale
Does Not eripe nof nlstmh tha Stnmach.

In addition to other properties, Lax -Fos
contains Csscsra in acceptable form, a
stimulating Laxative and Tonic. LAx-Fos
acts effectively and does not gripe nor
disturb stomach. At the same time, IL aids
digestion, arouses the liver and secretions
and restores the healthy functions. SOC.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18

work will be done by those desiring to
work out their street tax.
Rev. Lea occupied the pulpit at the
local Baptist church Sunday in the alb
sence of the pastor, Rev. Berkstresser.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18
IMTATIoNIs sINcEREsT FLATTERY

but like counterfeit money the imits-
tion has not the worth of the original.
Insist on LA Creole" Hair Dressing =
it's the original. Darkens your hair in
the natural way, but contains no dye
Price $1.0O. 9-l
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18

Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System
The Old Standard general Strengthening tonic,
GROVES TAsTRLEsS chill TONIC. drives out
Maisfia, ,enrches the blood, and builds the sys-
TEN. A trus tonic. For adults and chiidren. SOC.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18

"It was my purpose to be at worship
today, to hear DIR. Baskerville and to
say q few words to you myself: but |
think it hardly wise to attempt it. On
leaving home in June | hoped to return
my work within three or four
weeks; and while | did improve the
doctors thought it not safe for me to
attempt any taxing work 50 soon. and
they now advise that | withhold active
service during the extremely hot
veather.
In the meantime We viii try to keep
up satisfactory arrangements for you.
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18
A Note to the Methodist Con
gregation.

Rev. Mr.. Wilson returned home last
week. and purposed to attend services
at the Court House last Sunday, where
DE-. Baskerville preached, but be
thought it was not safe to be out In
the hot weather: He prepared the
following note. which was read by Mr..
C. W. Crawford at the morning ser
vices, with the last paragraph added;
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18
Mexico and the
Vanilla Bean.

Summer, the season of the
year when every housewife
takes pride in serving her own
made ice cream, cakes, desserts,
and other pastries. being near we
wonder how many of our readers
know that the Mexican Vanilla
Bean constitutes the most impor-
tant factor in the manufacture Of
Vanilla Extract. which adds so
much to the taste and flavor of
these delicacies.
The Vanilla plant is an orchid,
having roots in the air as we'll
as In the ground. 1t clings to
trees or frames twining around
1t as it grows, and favors most
a light, loose soil, we'll drained
with quilted sunshine and leaf
shade" a condition naturally
brought about by the foliage Of
the protecting trees.
The finest grade Vanilla Bean
is grown in Papantla, Mexico
about 375 miles North of Vera
Cruz. The average Vanilla Bean
is z to 81 inches in length and
! to II inches In thickness before
cured. 1t is very juicy. round.
contains thousands of little black
seeds and of green color; after
being thoroly cured it assumes a
brownish color. To bring out the
rich aromatic and delicious flavor
of Vanilla Beans the process of
manufacture employed takes from
two to three years from the time
the Bean is macerated or soaked
until the Extract is bottled.
Mr.. R. E. Buford, the Raw
leigh retailer in this locality kind
ly loaned US a Sample sent him
by his Company, which is one of
the original Of the first and only
carload shipment ever made in
the world. He informs US that
his company has had many re.
quests for these Samples from
College and High School profess
ors, principals and school teachers,
preachers and many Clubs and
societies all over the country who
use them in lectures and discus
sions.
Mr.. R. E Buford has consent
ed to loan all inter ested in this
subject his Sample for the pur-
pose of education. Women's
Clubs, who are interested in Ex-
tracts and Women Canvassers
would undoubtedly like to see
this fine Sample which is now on
Exhibition at this Office. adv-1t
The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1916-08-18

The 0ulaIns That Dess Not Affect The Resa
Because Of Its tonic and laxative effect LAXA.
TIVE BROMo DUMMIES better than ordinary
Quinine and does not cause nervousness nor
ringing In head. Remember the full name and
look for the signature Of Z. w. GROVE. 2Se.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
4 RETALIATION OF SNAKES
By Frederic J. Haskin

IF you see snake in the country
l this summer, do not smash its head
- with a rock unless you are sure that
1t is one of the poisonous species, of
which there are only three In America.
If you kill a water snake, you are de-
stroying a very harmless creature, and
If you kill a garter snake, you are
depriving the world of very useful
servant.
Government scientists have recently
devoted n good deal of attention to this
matter of fixing the blame among the
snakes. Most persons will kill the
harmless and useful Species while the
most venomous and deadly of the lot,
the rattler, has been given credit for
various qualities which he does not
possess.
The regard in which the rattlesnake
is held by man is one of the most
curious and ineXplicable things in the
relations between man and the lower
animals. Certain southwestern tribes
of Indians worship the rattlesnake,
dancing with it alive in their mouths
and allowing it to bite them. They
are also reputed to keep these snakes
in their houses of worship and to
feed them on human flesh. Whether
or not this is true, it is certain that
the rattlesnake inspires these savages
with awe. White men watch the Hopi
snake dance with amusement. And
yet at many a. corner drug store you
can see a spectacle which is very
nearly it's equal in barbaric quality
and motivated by much the same feel
ing of awe. In the store window is a
live rattiesnake. A crowd draws, fasci-
mated by the loathsome beauty of the
creature, and the knowledge of its
deadly power-the very qualities that
inspire the savage. Meantime a long
haired individual has appeared with a
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
THE PRIMARY ELECTIONS

THROUGHOUT Pennsylvania to-
morrow the voters of all parties
will choose their candidates,
decide the issues and express their
preferences for party leadership. Not
withstanding that the campaign lead
ing up to the primaries has been vigor-
ously waged and that some of the is
sues to be decided are of weighty inn
portance, all forecasters agree that the
vote is likely to be light. Thousands
of voters persist in the notion that the
primary elections are of minor i'm
portance and that it matters little one
way or the other whether they partici-
pate or not.
In any case this is a wrong view, and
especially is the indifference of the
people to be deplored at this time.
The primary elections of tomorrow of
fer the voter opportunity to express his
convictions and his opinions on ma
tional, State and local candidates and
platforms. After the primaries and
the national conventions, State and
local issues of very necessity must be
subordinated to the great and all-im-
portant national questions to be decid-
ed at the November elections. Party
organization control, local option and
a dozen other matters should be de-
cided at the polls tomorrow. Repub-
licans should vote at this time as they
feel on these subjects The primaries
must see an end of contests within the
Republican party. Every effort hereaf-
ter must be bent toward the great
duty of replacing the present danger
Gus influences at Washington with an
administration that will in all things
voice the sentiments and spirit of the
American people. To this task all
others must be secondary. The voters
will decide upon the issues and the
candidates tomorrow. There can be no
appeal at this crisis in the affairs of
the nation from the decision of the
primaries. That this is the dominant
thought is indicated in the attitude of
Republicans all over the country who
are urging the party leaders to har-
monte differences with q view to pre-
senting a united front in this years
epoch-making campaign.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
"BE KIND TO ANIMALS,

TINE Society For the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, an active
and effective branch of which
has been maintained in Harrisburg for
many years, has set apart the period
of May 15 to May 81 as BE Kind to
Animals Week" Next Sunday in many
churches notice will be taken of this
humane work.
We have so many weeks" and
days" for which special observance
is asked that if we followed them all
we would accomplish little else. But
this BE Kind to Animals" movement
has back of it so much good, so much
unselfshness, so much of the milk of
human kindness, that it especially
commends itself to all persons who
love their fellow-men and who have a
fondness for dumb animals.
He who is cruel to his dog, or his
horse, or his cat. is not to be trusted. 4.
If the opportunity offers he will be
cruel also to men, or women, or little
children.
Beside. the dumb animal is helpless.
IL is cast upon life in many instances
entirely dependent upon man for its
very existence; often as his servant
and helper.
Speak a word for the helpless
creatures among us and do not hesi-
tate to report any cases of cruelty that
may come under your observation to
the proper authorities for punishment.
Every week in the year ought TO be a
BE Kind to Animals" week,
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
THE COMPROMISE ARMY BILL

TIME compromise army bill agreed
upon by the House and Senate
conferees on Saturday is a much
better measure than that which the
House at first insisted upon. But it is
not nearly so effective a measure as
the Senate bill was. That is the high
est praise one may pass upon it.
As whole 1t is inadequate. The
preparedness program of the Demo-
cratic Congress, which the President
swung around the circle to defend. has
dwindled down to an actual regular
army fighting force Of $4,000 men,
although the paper value of the in
creased army is given as 206, 900. The
volunteer army feature has dis
appeared in its entirety.
President Wilson, IL he signs this
measure. as he undoubtedly will makes
himself impossible as a preparedness"
candidate and at the same time by his
bigger army and bigger navy decla-
rations and speeches has alienated
himself from the pacificist element.
His failure to put over the prepared
ness" program he advocated has weak
ened him tremendously before the
people. without gaining for him any
friends of those who have been op-
posed to increasing the national arma-
ment.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15

bottle of rattlesnake oil, which he
guarantees to cure deafness, or to re-
lieve corns by an application on the
outside of the shoe. Someone comes
forward for trial and receives drop
of the magical unguent on his sore
toe. Invariably he proclaims himself
cured and there is a rush for the
medicine. This particular scene was
witnessed on a busy corner in Wash
ington D. c.. a few months ago.
All Bosh!
Now as a matter of fact, rattle
snake oil has no more curative quality
than cottonseed OIL and not as much
as olive OIL 1t is the personality of
the rattlesnake-hiss sinuous, horrible
beauty, the mystery of his bite-that
sells the nostrum. Otherwise any other
oil would do as we'll.
OF course. rattlesnake oil never had
any scientific standing as a remedy;
but the venom of the reptile had, and
to some extent has vet. Not many
years ago the claim was made by repu-
table investigators that subcutaneous
injections of crotalin, or rattleSnake
venom, made an effective treatment
for epilepsy, lumbago. rheumatism,
and even tuberculosis. The idea gained
considerable credence; but probably
the first thorough test of the matter
was that recently made in the Phila-
delphia Hospital for Epileptics at Oak
bourne. just outside of Philadelphia.
The treatment was continued for a
number of months. but no cures were
effected. Two of the sick patients
seemed entirely unaffected by the
treatment, two grew worse. one de-
veloped such acute symptoms that the
treatment was discontinued, and one
died. The doctors in charge are not
CONTINUED on Page Ill
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
PULLING DOWN HIS FLAG

( TN view of the inconsistent economic
theories advocated by his paper, it
is not surprising that Josephus
Daniels, Secretary ofthe Navy, has taken
his name from the top of the editorial
page of the Raleigh, North Carolina,
News and Observer. Daniels has
edited that paper for many years. He
has always been a rank free trader.
He is opposed to the principle and
practice of a protective tariff which
encourages capital to invest in indus
trial enterprise for the employment of
labor in the United States. While he
was personally conducting his paper,
it maintained fairly consistent atti-
tude on this subject. During the 1912
campaign he was manager of the
Democratic publicity bureau, and as
consequence became Secretary of the
Navy. Since then some un-Democratic
doctrines have been creeping into his
paper and two weeks ago he took his
name from the top of the editorial
page. In a late issue of the paper a
staff writer, discussing a local indus
trial question, says:
Men with money do not put it in
to anything unless they are able to
see prospects that it will come back
and bring more with 1t. Such men
weigh the various factors that
count and when they have decided
on their course, il is because they
have the evidence.
All of which is exceedingly sound
Republican doctrine. Experience has
shown that men with money do not
put it into American factories or pro-
ductive industry of any other kind
when a Democratic tariff law invites
the foreign producer to come into our
market with the product of his cheap
labor and sell at a price which de-
stroys every prospect that the Ameri-
can investors money will ever come
back and bring more with it," Men
with capital to invest weigh all of the
various factors and among these is
that of foreign competition. If it is
a desirable thing to induce men to in
vest in enterprise in North Carolina,
in the territory in which Josephus
Daniels paper gets its patronage, then
it is also desirable to induce men to
invest in enterprise in every section of
the United States. Experience has
shown that nothing will help more in
this direction than tariff law built
on sound protective principles. The
staff writer's of Mr.. Daniels paper
know this. Mr.. Daniels himself is too
strong a partisan to acknowledge that
the fundamental policy of his party is
wrong.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
THE STATE FROM DAY TO-DAY

'Its smartness and youthful ap-
pearance makes its popularity univer-
SAL" Is the decision reached by skirt
makers in convention recently assem-
bled. Which means that grandma's
identity will continue to remain a
problem as we approach her from the
rear.
A Clearfield Lothario finds it scarcely
worth his while, when he presses a
heeting kiss upon the 24-year-old lips
of the wife OF a fellow workman and
is required to pay 500 and costs.
Mrs. Bumbaugh of this city, Will
play an important part in the musicale
to be given this evening at Millersburg
for the benefit of the Civic Club.
More than 100 students of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania will go on the
civilian cruise which is being arrang-
ed by the Navy Department as float
ingN Plattsburg." The popularity OF
naval training seems to be growing,
and it will soon compete with the mill
tary training camps If interest in the
proposed cruise continues to increase
proportionately.
The preparedness" of the soil for
the making of good gold courses has
DteH dppIeCldteu DN others Inan f1ar-
risburg scouts. The Country Club OF
Harrisburg purchased farm land on
which to lay out an 1S-hole course, and
we now read that 11s acres in Upper
Merton, near Gulf Mills has been pur-
chased by wealthy owners of the Main
Line to be used as an 1s-hole course by
the st. David's Golf Club.
The Pocono mountains have been en-
tertaining forest fires which were final
ly extinguished after damaging timber
land over an area of so square miles.
Guests at dinner party in the home
of Charles E. Roberts. of Sharon Hill.
were driven out of the house on the
double quick Saturday evening when
flames spread quickly through every
room. A very delectsble dinner was
sacrificed and the family sought shelter
over night among the neighbors.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
EDITORIAL COMMENT

Anyhow, the British have captured
Dublin.-springheld Republican.
Is Sir Roger the man who put the
ire in Ireland? - Pittsburgh Gazette
Times.
Is the orrect quotation blood and
iron" or Stone and Gore?-Wall Street
journal.
1t will be observed that a border
senator is always strong for prepared
ness.-Washington Post.
Wilson Lauds Lincoln.-Headline.
The campaign Is on at last.-Philadel-
phia North American.
At any rate, the Democratic donkey
ought to be able to give the country
stable overnment.-Florida Times
Union.
What Congress needs at this junction
is less jawbone and more backbone
Columbia State.
A lot of people in this country are
willing to do everything for Germany
except to go over and fight for her.
Boston Transcript.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
IN sCHUYLKILL COUNTY
CAYS the bulletin of the Pennsyl-
y vania State Brewers Association:

CAYS the bulletin of the Pennsyl-
y vania State Brewers Association:
Schuylkill county alone in Penn
sNlVania derives a revenue of $780,
600 year from liquor licenses, and
adding this to what the national
Government receives, brings the tax
revenue In Schuylkill. from alco-
holic manufacture and sale, to more
than 100000 per annum.
This is only very little part, of
course, of the money spent for booze"
in Schuylkill county in year. 1t is
only the comparatively small propor-
ton of their profits which the liquor
dealers pay for the privilege of con-
Quoting their business. This amount
in taxes would cost the merchants very
little, If divided equitably among them,
but If the entire sum now expended
for liquor in Schuylkill county were
divided among the merchants, as 1t
would be if it were spent for purposes
other than the purchase of liquor, it
would materially increase the business
and the profits of each one of them.
We have seldom seen a better business
argument for the abolition of the
liquor traffic.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
WELL KNOWN PEOPLE

The Rev. DR.. Stanley A. Hunter,
now pastor of one of the big Presby-
terrain churches in Pittsburgh, Is only
twenty-six and has been missionary
in India.
banker. speaking in Philadelphia, sac
thai the war will not be the burden ~,
European future generally supposed.
DIR. John A. Brashear. voted the
States most worthy citizen, had a tr6S
named for him at Pittsburgh.
George Writ, of the State Forestry
Department, was among the speakers
at the Amber horticultural meeting
Saturday.
"A. Merritt Taylor, Philadelphia
transit authority, has been making an
average of four speeches a day for the
last ten days.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15

William Jennings Bryan is manifestly
not in any doubt as to the balance of
trade between himself and President
Wilson. He reprints in the Commoner
an article from the Washington Star,
which says: MIR. Wilson's obligations
to Mr. Bryan are greater than Mr..
Bryan's to Mr.. Wilson, and they come
first. If Mr.. Bryan had not made Mr..
Wilson President. Mr.. Wilson could not
have made Mr.. Bryan Secretary of
State, and while Secretary OF State Mr..
Bryan performed all the functions for
which he had been chosen" If Presi-
dent Wilson reads the Commoner, as he
certainly should do. he now knows very
definitely what Mr.. Bryan thinks is a
proper statement of the debit and
credit account between these two emf
nent Democrats.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1916-05-15
CLEANUP WEEK

wv to Cuba it found Havana a
plague-ridden spot, with the
death rate high and health precautions
few.
When the army left Cuba. Havana
was one of the healthiest cities to be
found anywhere.
The Americans wrought no miracles
to accomplish this wonderful result.
They simply cleaned up the town
and made it impossible for fever
mosquitoes to breed.
In Harrisburg to-day the local
Health Board begins the semiannual
Clean-Up Week with the request that
all property owners and householders
cooperate to rid the city of iirt,
which is the typhoid fever flys favorite
breeding place.
"swatting the fly" is all very well.
But it would be much better II there
were no flies to swat" Now is the
time to prevent them from breeding