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The Prescott daily news., 1917-06-29
TO INSURE ALL FIGHTERS

Washington, June 28.-0fficals of life insurance companies invited by Secretary McAdoo to confer with him Monday on plans to insure officers and men in the naval and military forces, have shown great enthusiasm in replying. The administration is determined that some form of insur- ance be given to all of Amerca's fighting men.
 It is believed the companies may be- given an opportunity to form a combination for war insurance with the cooperation or backing of the government. Rates for soldiers and sailors under present conditions, pri- vate insurance are generally regarded by officials as too heavy.
 What effect a general insurance program may have on the pension system is impossible to determine.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-06-29

The Prescott Home Guard will meet tonight for drill practice, also for the prupose of voting on the corporals who were appointed last night by Ad- jutant McRae. All members are re- quested to attend. The time is 7:3O.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-06-29

If you are thinking of joining the United States Navy, or if you would like some information on same, see Recruiting Officer Pitman it Guthrie Drug Store and he will be more than glad to furnish you with such. He IS always glad to be of service to any young man who is interested in the navy branch of the service.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-06-29
Report of the Condition of FIRST STATE BANK

Prescott, Nevada Co.,, Ark, at the close of business June 20th, 1917.
 RESOURCES Loans and Discounts. ....S 90,907.91 Loans on Real Estate. .... l,201.5 Overdrafts, Secured and Unsecured ............ 201.31 Bonds to Secure Postal Savings ......... 1,055.s0 Other Bonds and Securi- ties, including State Warrants, County and City Scrip ............ 345.S4 Furniture and Fixtures. i.593 .67 | Banking House ...... 100000 Cash Items ............ 15.00 | Cash and Due from Re- serve Banks ......... 51,025.77 Total .$156,3 6,346.S0
 LIABILITIES Capital Stock, Paid Up. ...S 5O,OO0. .OO Surplus Fund, Certified. 1,s09.so Savings Ac-
 counts ....$ S,047.S2 Postal Saw ings Dep... 721.00 Individual De- | posits includ ing Public
 Funds .... 74,s4s.12 Rue to Banks, not Reserve Agents ... 31062 | Demand Ger tificates of
 Deposit ... 2,135.41 Cashiers
 Checks .... 214.22 Total Amount
 of all Class
 es Deposits
 as A bove
 Shown .s100,537.20 O0,537. 20 Other Liabilities ...... 1000. .00 Iotal S156 ,3d6.S0 State Of Arkansas, County Of Ne vada, ss.
 We, c. A. Smith, President, and E. M. Sharp, Cashier of the above named Bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief.
 c. A. SMITH, President. F. M. SHARP, Cashier. Attest:
 w. B. WALLER
 c. F. CRESS,
 A. H. SMITH,
 Directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 29th day of June, 1917. My commission expires Jan. 19, 1921. HENRY HIT. tSEAL) Notary Public.
The Prescott daily news., 1917-06-29

Prescott, Nevada Co.,, Ark, at the close of business June 20th, 1917.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
A STACKER CONGRESS

Six weeks ago Congress declared
war. What it has done since. or
rather failed to do, is anything but
Creditable to itself or the country.
Many members have impeded the pas.
sage of bills with artificial debate;
they have resorted to all n Of
technicalities; they have burdened
good bills with bad riders and jokers,
and, in short, have blocked the wheels
Their excuse for their unpatriotic
action is this or that personal hobby
1t is to be hoped they are at least
sincere in this, and that their action
comes from lack of judgment and not
from lack of loyalty. The fact re-
/ mains, however, that some in support
of their personal views have consist
emily rendered service to the enemy
to a degree which strains the patience
of patriotic Americans. The convict
ion is certainly taking DOT that the
88-percent professional (more &C
curately, politician) contingent in the
two branches of Congress will event
ually have to be replaced with IS per
cent sound and successful business
men. The latter may not coun for
much on the stump, but when it
comes to saving wood are the real
thing. A good business man, for in
stance, would hesitate in these times
OF excessive taxes to vote a pork bill
of $27, 900 900 for rivers and harbore,
when on March /, 1917, there was
previous veal for the same purpose.
Yet this is precisely what Congress
IS trying to do, and then justifying
the startling precedent of a retro
active tax because, as n Of them
writes me, Uncle Sam needs the
money" As the Chicago Post says:
why not repeal the appropriation for
rivers and harbors, food control and
public buildings, all largely pork
bills. and without which the country
can easily get along a few years
more This country has admittedly
been long suffering and kind with its
politicians, but even a politician may
easily 90 too far-H. II Windsor in
the Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
BIG STONE THE FOURTH

Since the programs for the BIG
stone Chautauqua We're printed ar
engagements have been made for the
appearance of Lieutenant Nichols, OF
the London Artillery Co, who Will
speak on the evening of the Fourth
OF july. on "The Human Side OF
Trench Life" and will show a large
number of pictures. Lieutenant Mich.
OILS spent six months in the trenches
and was wounded at the second bat
tie of Ypres, his right arm being shat
tered, and amputated, He was in the
hospital seven months, and since lear-
ing it has been employed with various
branches of the service and lately in
America working on the munitions
contracts placed by the British gov
eminent.
Mr.. Nichols is an author, having
written several successful plays, and
his description of life in the trenches
is very illuminating, and brings to US
many a good story Of the every day
side OF the life. He has lectured in
the east with pronounced success and
we are very fortunate to get him for
July Fourth.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
SOME HAPPY JBES ABOUT THE BIG KANSAN

Star-"Nen like Murdock, COURAGEOUS.
disinterested, independent, really rep
~resenting the sentiment of the
try, are the coming leaders in Amer
lean politics Boston Herald Muir
docks language is lurid: his medium
of expression is formed to harmonic
with the colOr scheme OF his head;
but he is not only prophetic but posi-
tive New York World with his
insurgency Murdock has an omni-
present smile a smile as permanent
and as wholesome as that on the face
OF a happy baby"
Murdoch has a firm grip on affairs.
There Is meat To his remarks-and
sauCe lie particularly appeals to the
PLAN man He Is a nan Of essentials
not of theories. Murdoch has the
force, punch and point Of our high
tenSiOned Americanism, but his eye is
on fundamentals in men and affairs.
He is not restricted to a state. He Is
your Murdoch and whether you agree
with him at all points or not, you are,
as an American. proud of the basic
sincerity of the mainland of his un-
questioned influence for good in this
country
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

way of Liverpool and London to
Join the Norton Harjes section Of the
american Red Cross field ambulance
corps.
His adventures in the pursuit of
food, after reaching London. May %,
are chronicled in a letter to Henry
J. Lund, Bald Eagle lake, as follows:
when you get a meal over here you
can only get one slice Of bread or a
bun. All you can spend at one time ID
about 32 cents. | visited three res
t%aurants yesterday 100 before | was
satisfied.
"IIaircuts and shaves," he continues
are II cents for either, but butter is
80 cents a pound"
wye said he intended to leave June
/ for Paris by way of Havrc, his final
destination being n camp forty miles
outside the city, where he will re-
main for two weeks training. II
then will be drafted for service at the
front" he writes.
we get very little American news
in the English papers" he says, land
the only sporting world event l have
read Is concerning the death of Les
Darcy"
Yves address is Volunteer Vidian
b wye, care American Red Cross am
bulance, Rue Francois Premier, Paris,
France.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
WHITE

From the Leader:
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
SURPRISE THE STEENS

Monday evening about $50 OF liver
Steen's %neishbors and friends gather
ed for a surprise, it being the ~anniver-
sary OF the wedding OF that worthy
pair. The members of the Lutheran
church came early in a body, besides
the whole country side turned out.
The church choir gave several fine
selections, after which Rev. Benson
gay, ono of his short mastery
speeches. They received a beautiful
sil',r tea set, with tive fine silver
tra> as a remembrance of the occas-
ion with best wishes and congratula.
ton from all. \ fine supper was serN-
ed otter that america was sung. Ii
wa one OF the finest parties we ever
attended. We all felt il was good to
be there.
her came here in the early days
and has lived here nearly 40 years.
For many years he patched" but de
'iN'tl ~ NdH NOT llt me lol al Wutt'
man SO he took a mate and made a
We! good selection. In fact il was
tn Wisest thing our friend liver ever
did. and together with hard honest
work. careful management and indus
try they have become nearly wealthy
And what they got they a look
e1.ry man in the face and say they
goi 4 honest They are of our very
be- people, liked by everyone who
knows them, both in the city and
country.
They have three children, m boy
anu two girls, that they can feel
proud of, they are a credit to them
and to the community. INcr has been
OF great help to many Of the early
settlers, who remember him with .
kud feeling of friendship He is the
only one left in Dist. no l, of the
old pioneers. lvcr stuck it out and
made good ana now finds himself
owner of several quarters of valuable
land. We congratulate this good
couple and wish them happiness, luck
and contentmcnt to the end of their
Journey.
OLE ASLAkSON.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
LEAVE APPETITE HOME

Lads with vigorous American ap-
p%ctitcs, particularly when they have
been accustomed TO the bountiful fare
of a Minnesota home, have friendly
criticism of the amount of food one
= permitted TO eat in England these
days.
Vidian B. Wye, former member OF
the Pioneer Press sports staff, and
also former student at the Univer-
sity of Minnesota college of agricul
ture, took his st. Paul, U. S. A., an
petite across the water with him
when he left recently for Paris by
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
BEWARE POISON BEANS

Who are eating of the six carloads
of poisonous Burma beans which are
said to have been foisted upon the
people of the Middle West as a cheap
substitute for navy beans? This Ques.
ton is asked by DR.. n. f. Hansen,
horticultural expert at the South Da.
kota State college, who discovered A
week ago that imported beans which
are dangerously high in cyanogen con
tent-or prussic acid-were being sold
for food by innocent merchants. ON
June Is and Is the statement vas
made to Professor Hansen that six
carloads, or about a half million
pounds, recently have been received
from the orient by way of Japan and
Vancouver, b. c., and have been wide
ly sold through many states, and that
larger importations are planned for in
the near future.
These poisosous beans are SO dang
erous that the military authorities of
France, Germany and other European
countries forbid their importation. es-
pecially this year, according to a
statement received by Professor Han
sen from Prof. G.. NJ. Shoemaker Of
the L. s. department Of agriculture at
Washington. In fact, each shipment
into France and Germany must be
accompanied by a sworn statement
as to the amoun of %cyanogen content.
Some years the use of these beans
caused wholesale poisoning in India.
DR.. Hansen is out with a vigorous
protest against allowing the American
people being cheated in this manner,
and against the possibility of injury
to the staple food of the army and
navy. He asks for rigid prohibition
against importation to protect against
Gripping and possible ruin of the legi-
innate bean industry of the nation
which amounts to many millions of
dollars annually. These beans are
sold at wholesale much cheaper than
navy beans.
These Burma beans, although about
the size of a good sized navy, have q
faint %yellOwish tinge with many fine
lines or rays out from the eye like
spokes on a wheel. There are some
colored ones of light brown, dark
brown, notified and speckled, various
shades of brown and red brown. These
beans are also a form of small lima
from Burma but fatter and have the
same characteristic rays out from the
eye. They are equally poisonous, but
at least cannot masquerade for the
navy bean. We should guard against
these two beans and also ether dang
erous beans from the East indies such
as the Java, which is even more
dangerous.
The poisonous principle, according
to Mr.. V~iehoever, of the t. S. Bureau
of Chemistry, is called phaseolunatin,
a g~lucoside. that in the presence Of
certain engines in the intestinal
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

tract may release the cyanogen or
prussic acid as one Of the products.
There is The danger of having suffi-
cient %cyanogen released after eating
the beans TO cause illness, if not
death.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

Tuesday evening of this week a
meeting was called at the opera house
for the purpose of learning about the
duties of the National Red Cross So
ciety and organizing a branch society
in White. T~hirtysix responded to
the call and the first meeting of the
White Branch of the Red Cross was
called to order. The following Off
GERS were elected: Mrs. w. \. Bur-
CESS, chairman Mrs. r. ]. Aitcheson,
vice chairman; Mrs. VIM. Farrell,
secretary; w. A. Burgess, treasurer.
1t is certainly expected that many
more will do their duty and join.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21
VOlGA

From the Tribune:
Mrs. d. l.. Seaman was taken Ill
the latter part Of last week and has
been confined to her bed since shat
time. She expected to leave Monday
for Hot Springs to attend the annual
meeting of the Grand Chapter of the
Eastern Star, but has been unable to
go. Latcr-Wednesday morning her
condition was such that she was TAX
en- to the hospital.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

r J. Bum. the veterinarian who
located in this city about a month ago
has left here and returned to De Smet
where he will work for Dr.. Ruth.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

Grace CacGill, Of Bookings, visited
Mildred Brown and other friends q
few days the first Of the week.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1917-06-21

II a Register Want Ad Will not do II
lit can't be DONE"
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-04-26
i Would Spend Ny
Last Dollar for It.
Says Mrs. Harris
1--WE Found Out by Expert
ence that Tanlac's every
thing that's Claimed for
IT, She Says.

Il would spend my last dollar for
Tanlac," said Mrs. Kate Harris,
1905 Live Oak street, Dallas, Tex,
few days ago.
Yes, it's the truth, this medicine
has done wonders for me and I don't
know what would have become of
me II it hadn't been for Tanlac,'' she
continued. Il don't see how woman
could have been worse off than I was
and lived. | suffered torture with in
digestion and did everything [ could
think OF trying to get relief, but moth
Ing did me bit of good l had to
eat such light diet | didn't have
any strength and even that light food
would disagree with me and cause
terrible suffering. Sometimes I'd
get so blind and nauseated I could
hardly stand up. / was constantly
belching and finally my stomach got
so weak I couldn't hold water on it.
My head ached all the time and was
nervous as | could be and fell off in
weight until I was almost a shadow.
could hardly do any work around
the house / was SO weak, and I be-
came SO miserable I often thought I
was going to die.
Finally / decided to try Tanlac
after hearing SO much about the re-
lief it was bringing suffering people
and in a short time I began to see
Improvement. My stomach eased up
so I could eat once more and then,
when I started on good, substantial
food, 1 began to get better right
along. All my troubles have now
disappeared and I feel like new
woman. have gained several
pounds in weight and sleep like q
healthy baby. My nerves are as
steady as clock and I do all my
homework with ease. Tan1ac has
just put new life and strength into
my system and it's the one medicine
I've found to be everything that's
claimed for it. I'm always going to
keep some Of it in the house and
consider it a pleasure as we'll as my
duty to tell people what this medi-
cine has done for me-
Tanlac is sold by one regularly
established agency in every town.
Advt.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-04-26
"A YOUNG JEFF READER WRITES
INTERESTINGLY OF MIR.
CLARK'S LECTURE.

Dear Mr.. Watson: My father has
been subscriber for the Jefferso-
nian and the Watson Magazine for
many years, but I had never learned
how necessary it was to read them
until I heard Rev. w. Lloyd
Clark's wonderful address at Bow
don, not very long ago, on "PoIiti-
cal Romanism.
Mr.. Clark made six of the grandest
lectures I ever heard. I believe he
is doing more good than thousands
of preachers, and it seems to me that
our whole town and community have
been blessed and put to thinking of
the future, since Mr.. Clark made his
public address here.
l have read SO many books con-
tanning the stories of so many beauti-
full, free American Protestant girls
being flung into those convent dun
geons, and friend, if you want some
of the books to read for yourselves,
just write to William Lloyd Clark,
The Truth and Light Publishing
House, Milan, Illinois.
I wish that every true American
girl could read some of these stories
One Of the best books l ever read
was, "The Three Keys to He'll
Every girl should read this book,
especially the few pages containing
the assassination of William Black,
and the life Of his adopted daughter,
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THE JEFFERSONIAN

Miss Sadie Black. I have read the
full story Of Miss Sadie Black life,
and have three of her pictures.
Mr.. Watson, | trust that the Lord
shall be with you all who are work
ing In the defense of our nation. I
hope that some day you all will be
a help to those little helpless Pro
testant girls in those dungeons I'M
der the rules of the Roman Catholics.
Oh! just think that we have any
such people as the Catholics on our
free American soil But thank God
we have reformers and martyrs to
help us out, and we can do our part
by serving the Lord. Lord be with
us all, and help us who have escaped
the convent to try and do something
for our country and to free the help
less ones.
Yours truly to the end,
ANNIE HENDLEY.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1917-04-26

Write to Walkers Magazine
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j. Il. Duncan, MOultrie, Ca, will
receive subscriptions for The Jeffer-
sOnian and Watson's Magazine.
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The Five Dollar Prop
OsitiOn Still Holds
Good.

lowing propositions for those who
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PAGE SEVEN
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A wonderful relief froua,
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Tensas gazette., 1917-12-21
His Price Was Low.

While ashore in q port of one Of
the little island republics in the Carib-
bean a number of United States ma
rines attended bull fight that was
graced by the presence of his excel
lency the president of the republic
says the Saturday Evening Post. The
sea soldiers occupied box near the
presidential party and, to amuse them
selves while waiting for the show to
begin. threw pennies into a river that
flowed by the arena and watched ma
tive boys dive for them. The word
quickly passed that sOldadOs Ameri-
canos were pitching wealth into the
muddy waters aid soon hundreds Of
black shining faces were on the banks
of the river just outside the bull ring.
The marines enjoyed themselves huge
ly watching the little fellows dive, but
finally ran out of pennies and were
forced to raise the limit to quarters
and half dollars. One marine, more
reckless than the others, pitched a
big silver dollar, while score of black
boys dived for it. He was just about
to repeat the performance when an
excited native seated near by plucked
at his sleeve and whispered hoarsely ::
please don't do that, senor, you'll
have the president diving"