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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-06
freshments served.

TGSIliIltnlS served
Rev. NJ. H. Marley returned on
Monday from Cape Girardeau, where
he attended Conference. His many
friends in the community are pleased
TO know that he will continue to live
in Flat River
Miss Maggie Williams will be the
guest of homer at a shower to be-
given Friday by Mrs. Charley Barker
and Mrs. VIM. Campbell at the home
Of the former in Bonnie Terre.
Mr.. and Mrs. |. L. Page of Bonnie
Terre were in Flat River on Wednes-
day
Mr., and Mrs. c. w. Murrill were
DeSoto visitors on Sunday.
Try Sal Vermi Stock Remedies, at
Laakman's Drug Store.
Albert Toengas has been in St.
Louis several days this week. He has
resigned his position with the Doe
Run Lead Co, and will probably To-
cate in Colorado.
Mrs Carr Hartshorn and son, Fran
els, of Elvins were in Flat River on
Tuesday.
The Executive Committee of the
Lead Belt Woman's Club held a
meeting on Tuesday in their room in
the Science building. There was a
full attendances and much enthusl-
asm manifested. Mrs. F. L. Keith
is the new president for this year, and
this promises a successful year for
the club. On Friday, October 18th,
the club will hold its first regular
meeting. This will be reception to
new members and the teachers in our
public schools. There will also be
short program.
Mrs. Jonas Sheppard is spending
this week in Fredericktown the guest
of her mother.
VIM. Rinewald and Miss Goldia
Waugh were married on Saturday at
noon by DIR. S. W. Stophlet at his
house on Taylor avenue. These
young people are from Bonne Terre.
Their many friends will extend con-
gratulations and god wishes.
DR.. S. w. Stophlet called on
friends in Bonne Terre on Thursday,
Mrs Ruffner Lloyd of Pennington
was the guest of Mrs. DR.. Topping
on Wednesday.
Inc MISSOURI GuDllC Otil1tleS 20.
is pushing the work of wiring as rap
idly as possible, with view to being
ready for the completion of the sys-
TEN by January /. 1t is now certain
that a majority of the householders
will use the electric light at once
Street lights viii be placed at va
rious prominent points throughout
the city.
The lot purchased by the Y. NJ c.
A. committee for the new building
has been cleared and work will be-
gin in a short time.
The public schools are now in
good running order, under the eff
cient corps or teachers. Supt, White
is putting much energy into the work
and he and all the other new teachers
are cordially welcomed to Our COM
munty.
Mis- Emma Rogers, first primary
teacher in the North ward, has been
i'll with asthma. Her many friends
vii be glad to know that she is about
well and will soon resume her duties
at school. Miss Edith Ledbetter has
been an efficient substitute.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-06
DO YOU KNOW THAT

The constitution of the United States
doesn't mention health?
Procrastination in sanitary reform is
the thief of health?
A book on Exercise and Health" NAV
be had free for the asking from the
U. S. Public Health Service?
Not everybody can achieve greatness
but everybody can Feep clean?
If you sow hygienic habit you reap
health-reap health and you at
tain longevity?
Railway cars would be sanitary if it
weren't for the rAople in them?
Americas tvnhoid fever bill is more
than $27 1000 100000 year?
The full dinner pail is the enemy of
fri 7scrlcgis?
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-06

Mrs. Anderson of near Piedmont
arrived here last Saturday to spend a
week visiting her son and daughter
in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. David Ander-
SON
w. F. Hastings left Wednesday for
DeSoto to take charge of a large
mercantile establishment belonging to
his brother, with the purpose of clos
ing the business out preparatory to
moving same elsewhere. Mr. Hast
ings was formerly connected with
Reisch Hamilton in a merchandising
business in Taylortown.
The one-year-old child Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Henry Whitaker of this town,
who has been suffering from summer
complaint for some time, is much inn.
proved at this time.
Mr.. F. m. Horton received brand
new Patterson 6 cylinder auto We'd
nesday, which he purchased in St.
Louis recently.
DR.. J. H. Young, the specialist, has
been the attending physician at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry White
aker during the recent illness Of their
chIld.
Try Sal Vermi Stock Remedies, at
Laakman's Drug Store.
DR.. ]. H. English is yet suffering
from an infection of the index fin
ger of the left hand, which he con-
tracted two weeks ago while prepar-
ing body for burial. Ut
G. B. Gale is able to be on duty
1f h,,tk e
very poorly His many friends here
hope that he may regain full vigor
and robust health again in the near
future.
VIM. London, candidate for Treas
urer, was on our streets Wednesday
meeting the voters and pressing rec
ignition of his claims.
N. A. Zimmerman of Taylortown
who had undergone treatment at the
Barnes Hospital in ST. Louis, is back
home and able to be about business
again.
The Missouri Public Utilities Co.
and the Reynolds Electric Co., both
of this city, are rapidly wiring many
of the residences and business houses
here preparatory to the installation
of the new electric service.
The branch Office of the St Fran
co.'s Co. Motore Co. here has sew
erai orders on file for Ford cars for
delivery as soon as the Ford company
can furnish them This Detroit Co.
has force working in the factory at
full capacity day and night but can't
turn out the finished product fast
enough TO keen fine orders filed SAT-
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-06
SECOND CONSTITUTIONAL
AMENDMENT,

Proposed by Initiative Petition.
To empower the Legislature of
Missouri to create, by special law, a
State Land Bank with power to loan
money secured by deed of trust on
agricultural lands and to issue bonds,
and authorizing the appropriation of
One Million Dollars ($1, O0O,OOO) out
of the State Treasury for that pur-
pose, and to exempt the capital and
bonds of said bank from taxation,
and validating any Legislation hereto
fore enacted for such purposes.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1916-10-06
MISSOURI STATE LAND BANK
AMENDMENT TO THE CON-
STITUTION.

Proposed by legal voters by Initia-
tive petitions under the Initiative and
Referendum Provisions of the Con-
stitution, empowering the General
Assembly to enact special law Great
ing corporation to be known as the
Missouri State Land Bank with pow
ers to mobilize and liquidize farm
credits, to appropriate State moneys
as a loan in aid thereof, and exempt
ing from State, county and munich
pal taxes all of the assets of said
bank, also debenture bonds issued by
it, and providing for the validating
of any law enacted by the General
Assembly in accordance herewith.
Be it enacted by the people of the
State of Missouri that the Constitu-
ton be so amended as to provide as
follows:
Section 1. The General Assembly
is hereby empowered to enact a spe-
clal law to create corporation to be
known as the Missouri State Land
Bank, with power to make loans on
notes secured by deeds of trust or
mortgages upon agricultural lands,
anu W ioouS ueDSllJuTe JULIUS against
the same with all suitable and Incl
dental powers. And to enact other
special laws at the same session or at
any other sessions of the General AS
sembly to amend and improve the
said act, or to supply omissions or cor
rect errors or defects therein.
Section 2. The General Assembly
is hereby authorized and empowered
to enact a law or laws appropriating
as a loan out of the moneys of the
State Treasury, the sum of one mil
lion dollars as a working capital for
said corporation.
Section 3. The General Assembly
is hereby authorized and empowered
to enact law or laws exempting
from State, county and municipal
taxes the assets of said Missouri State
Land Bank and all debenture bonds
issued by it.
Section A. Any law heretofore en-
acted by the General Assembly in &C
cordance with the provisions of Sec
tons 1, 2, and hereof shall be
deemed valid from and after the adop-
ton hereof.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27
HILLES FRAMES ISSUE

Charles D. Hilles, chairman of the
republican national committee has
announced a set Of issues" which his
party is tentatively considering as the
foundation on which to build their
1916 opposition TO the democratic ad-
ADMINISTRATION. A contemplation of the
eleven bulwarks upon which democ-
racy is to be fought convinces one OF
the extremity'of the republicans.
Some of the issues" attract the at
tention because of their righteousness
For instance, number three specifies
the "wanton, unprecedented and I'M
measured extravaganza" of the demo
cratic party. At any other time than
the present. when the European war
has cut revenues to the bone and
forced recourse to war tax" TO exc
out expenses. charges of extraya-
gance might stick. but the American
voter does not need to be told how i'm,
possible it is to he extraVagant with
nothing in his pocket
The passage Of the seamens bill
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27

Another source Of ptomaines which
must be considered in the study OF
case of asthma is the septic focus.
A focus in the tonsils or teeth or gums
or elsewhere may be the underlying
source of poison which keeps up the
asthma.
Why does one individual suffer asth-
ma or hives from such poisoning, when
another individual escapes, though
similarly poisoned? Because in the
one case the internal secretions (from
ductless glands fail to detoxicate or
oxidize the poison. This is especially
interesting in view of the fact that
hypodermic injections of adrenalin, IA
principle obtained from the adrenal
gland Of Sheep often give prompt re-
lief to an attack Of asthma-the Sleeps
ductless gland contributing the miss
ing substance to the patients blood
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27
COMMENT ABOUT TAVENNER

to have some opposition up in the
Fourteenth district. The G. O. P. is
grooming Bert E. Pinkerton, editor of
the Monmouth Atlas, to run against
our good democratic friend in the dis
trict
1t is no particular disparagement of
Bert Pinkerton to say that he will have
to go some" Tavenner has done so
much for the nation already, and has
so vastly much more to do, that no
one else can handle, that the people of
the Fourteenth district, and the peo-
pie of Illinois, for that matter, wouldn't
trade him for anyone else now in con-
gress-especially at this time with his
'wartrust" fight just getting well un-
derway
Mr.. Pinkerton will probably be NOM
mated. Mr.. Tavenner will certainly
be nominated.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27
THE SINGLE TERM.

The talk about President Wilson be-
ing committed by the Baltimore plat
form to the one-term principle is not
taken seriously by the majority of
people. President Wilson is not COM
United to the one-term principle so far
as his candidacy is concerned, the res
oiution simply and plainly pledged the
democratic party and the candidate of
the convention to endeavor to have a
constitutional amendment enacted that
would make but one term for presi-
dent the law.
There were republicans in congress
who for fear of return of Roosevelt
would support such an amendment
resolution. Mr.. Bryan has preached
hone term for presidents for many
wears. He has always pledged himself
when running for the presidency to
mot seek second term. Mr.. Bryan
was given practically carte blanche in
Framing the Baltimore platform and
his paragraph was inserted by him
No delegate paid much attention it.
. To hear some of the opponents OF
Wilson talk now one might suppose
that the one-term principle was not
particularly a paragraph of the Balti-
more platform, but was a law of the
land. There is nothing done by the
convention of political party that
connot be undone by the next con-
YentiOn.
When the next democratic conven-
ton meets in St. Louis it will nom.
mate Woodrow Wilson. The next con-
Vention is the governing body of the
party, not the last convention. Presi.
dent Wilson will pledge himself tc
two terms, which principle is the I'M
written law of the land. The third
term was sought by Grant and Roose.
welt
Neither got very far with it.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27

secrets in the manufacture OF powder.
Government chemists and government
officers are continually experimenting
to improve the quality of powder, and
full information is furnished. the
Du Points
And the Du Points were at one time
they are not now-in an agreement
with a German frm-the United
Rheinisch Westphalian Gunpowder
Mills-to keep it informed of all i'm
provements in the processes of pow
der making
Here is the actual wording of the
contract:
Tenth. That any and every i'm
provement upon said processes of
either of them made by either of the
parties hereto at any time hereafter
shall forthwith be impaired to the
other of the parties hereto"
And even this is not all. The Du
Points agreed to keep the German con-
| Germ informed at all times of all pow
der furnished to the United States
! government, stating in detail its quail
! ity and characteristics, and even the
quality, making themselves, to all
practical ends, paid informers OF a
foreign government.
! Here is the exact language:
Thirteenth. That the parties of the
second part (the Du Ponts) will, as
soon as possible, inform the party OF
the first part (the German concern)
Of each and every contract for brown
powder or nitrate of ammonia powder
received by the parties Of the second
part from the parties, stating in detail
quantity, price, time of delivery, and
all of the requirements that the pow
der called for in such contract has to
| fulfill"
AS the German government main
tains strict supervision over German
military manufacturing concerns
there can be little doubt but that the
German government knew of every
pound of powder we purchased during
the life of this agreement, its exact
quality, and exactly the extent Of ouI
reserve supply.
| I quote the following from an article
by Charles johnson Post, in Harper's
Weekly for May 8, 1914:
do you recall the friction with
Germany in 1898 over the German
naval squadron in Manila Bay? A
German admiral brought on a situa,
ton that might have held momentous
consequences. And Germany knew tC
a pound what our powder reserves
were and what their qualities were"
ITO BE CONTINUED.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27

Mr. Hensley. Will the gentleman
yield?
The Speaker. Does the gentleman
from Illinois yield to the gentleman
from Missouri?
Mr.. Tavenner. Yes.
Mr.. Hensley. Is it not fact that
some of these munition concerns have
at their head or employed in some
capacity men who have been educated
at Annapolis or West Point?
Mr.. Tavenner. Yes; and some are
now on the pay roll of the govern
ment. If you want to get in touch
with the DUPONT Powder company
and the man who will answer that call
will be General Humphrey, man to-
day on the pay roll of the United
States government, receiving $4,000 a
year. and yet serving the Du Pont
powder trust. (Applause.) Who
Who" gives the address of this Du
Pont employee as War Department,
Washington, D. c."
Mr.. Miller of Delaware. Will the
gentleman yield?
Mr. Tavenner. I yield.
Mr. Miller of Delaware. This gen
tleman from Illinois has seen fit to
attack General Humphrey by name. /
only know him by sight and have seen
him but few times at that.
Mr.. Tavenner. Is the gentleman
from Delaware making a speech or
asking a question?
Mr.. Miller of Delaware I simply
want to task a question. Does the
gentleman think that it is fair to criti-
CHE a man who in the course of his
service has been retired by law by
reason of his age and yet is in the
position to make an additional sum
necessary for his support? Does the
( gentleman think he ought to criticize
| him?
/ Mr.. Tavenner. l not only think it is
fair to criticize him but | consider
that it is my duty. When l see man
on the pay roll of the government
serving those who have exploited and
betrayed the government, think it is
my duty to point them out and ask
the American people to look at them
tApplause)
Mr.. Miller of Delaware. l will take
the opportunity to contradict some oil
the misstatements which the gentle.
man has made.
Mr.. Tavenner. If you want to know
more about the Du Pont Powder com.
pany | will go little further.
The Du Points and the government
have been in the habit of exchanging
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27
HEA ETTHEHTAL]
THE POLITICAL OTHER SIDE,
William Brady,n.D.
The Nature of Asthma,

Difficult breathing may be caused
by various conditions. Uraemia from
kidney disease, and pulmonary en-
gorgement or congestion from a defec-
tive heart are two common causes of
difficult breathing. But genuine bron-
chial asthma, or spasmodic asthma, as
it is called, comes in paroXysms, usu-
ally at night, with intervals of freedom
from difficult breathing, One with
genuine asthma may have cough or
bronchial trouble chronically, but the
breathing is ordinarily easy in the alb
sence of seizure.
1t is we'll known that certain indi-
viduals suffer from hives or erythema
when exposed to certain irritants, such
as the eating of shellfish, riding after
horse, sometimes even touching a
cat or a caterpillar And the condi-
ton of hay fever is. known 70 be de-
pendent upon some specific pollen in
each case. Now asthma may be caused
by similar factors. Some specific pro-
TEN or ptomaine is certainly the d.
rect cause of the attack in many, il
not all cases Of true spasmodic asth-
ma, Hives, hay fever and true asthma
are all considered types Of 'anaphy-
lactic' reaction to a specific protein
poison.
What is the source of the poison or
ptomaine which precipitates an attack
of asthma?
Keen observers have long believed
that some form Of autointoxication of
intestinal organ is accountable for
certain cases Of asthma In recent
years number of laboratory workers
have determined by animal experiment
tation that certain ptomaines produc-
ed in the intestine by the putrefaction
of protein tby bacterial activity will
induce symptoms typical OF asthma
when injected into guinea-pigs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27

which has already paralyzed the Pa
cific shipping industry and will drive
American ships from the high seas
when peace is restored is no crux
upon which to hang an issue, because
Pacific shipping. instead of being par
alyZed is instead overburdened with
business and making such profits as it
never before knew and the danger that
American ships will be driven from the
high seas is minimized by the fact
that American shipping is at present
all but negligible. and that small guam
tity almost totally confined to inland
waters and not the high seas, condi-
ton resulting from republican neglect
through years of opportunity. Fur
thermore the obnoxious seamen's bill
was fostered and dragged through to
passage by no less republican than
Senator LaFollette.
After such a threat that American
shipping is 10 be driven from the high
seas by a republican senator's law
how absurd it is to cite the vicious
paternalistic and socialistic project of
a government-own and government
operated merchant marine" as a dem
ocratic stumbling block to the nations
progress Surely if American shipping
is to be wiped from the seas govern
ment competition will not be danger
GUS to it. And if it is threatened with
such fate what could be more logical
than for the government to succor it
in such fashion?
The high cost of living which was
inherited from the republican party,
and which is recognized as being be-
yond the power of legislation to con-
troll, is laid at the door of democracy
as a reason for returning the republi-
can party to power. In other words
because the republicans did nothing to
reduce the high cost of living and the
democrats did nothing the republicans
must be returned to office so they can
pick up the burden where they laid it
down and continue to do nothing. A
very logical reasoning.
| There are seven other issues all
equally founded and equally import
ant, upon which the democratic admin
istration is to be hanged. However
unless the democratic party proves a
more acquiescent victim than is at all
| likely some vital issues are likely to
be dragged out of the republican rec
ord for Accomplishment and ne
glect of opportunity that will make
Mr. Hilles' laboriously devised indict-
ment of demo cracy look like res.lu-
| ton of regard at a lodge meeting.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-01-27
THE INCOME TAX.

The opinion by Chief Justice White,
of the United States supreme court,
upholding the constitutionality of the
income tax, closes the litigation over
one of the most litigated government
tai theories in the history of the
country. For nearly half a century the
fight for and against federal income
tax has been somewhere in the courts.
The income tax imposed during the
Civil war and the years Immediately
following was not attacked with the
seriousness of later cases. 1t was not
until the Cleveland administration
placed an income tax in the Wilson
tariff act that the fight became SER
ious.
The contest over the validity of the
tax in 1894 and 1895 before the SUI
preme court was one of the most bit
ter ever fought out before that court
! One of the lawyers, James c. Carter
warned the court against setting up
its judgment to thwart the will of
! 60,000,000 people. Joseph H Choate
opposing, called upon the court to ex,
ercise its judicial power regardless OF
any popular or populistic propaganda
At first the court decided that the
tax was unconstitutional as to rents
1 from land because it was a direct tax
not apportioned according to popula.
ton, and was unconstitutional as to
interest on municipal bonds. Only
eight judges participated and they
were evenly divided as to the valid
| ity of other features Of the law. A re-
hearing was granted and Justice Jack.
son. then dying, took his place on the
bench to listen to the last arguments
| in his lifetime. Justice Jackson voted
to sustain the law. Justice Harlan
! created sensation by ANNOUNCING
! from the bench that another Justice
had changed his mind over night OF
the question, and the entire tax, botf
as to realty and as to income from
| personality, was set aside on til,
ground that it was a direct tax anC
not apportioned according to popula
ton, as was required by the consti
tuition of direct taxes.
An agitation for an amendment t.
the constitution then began. 1t came
to nothing until President Taft recon-
mended the enactment of an excis,
tax on corporations to be measured
by their income, and an amendment
to the constitution to permit the levy
ing of an income tax on all income
The amendment was submitted to the
states at once and was proclaimed a.
the 18th amendment to the constitu
ton on March /, 1913.
1t provided The congress shall
have power to levy and collect take,
on incomes from whatever source de
rived without apportionment amons
the several states and without regar,
to any census or enumeration"
Congress awaited itself of the frs
opportunity to exercise the new powe
by Incorporating into the tariff act
which became effective Oct. 3, 1913, tn.
present income tax.