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Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
CONSUMERS ARE
WORST SPECTATORS
CONTINUED from First Pagc.1

Sugar and salt are the principal
commodities in demand and the
wholesalers would like to know who
started the, crazy report that there
would be no more salt in a short
time.
Absolutely the only trouble with
the salt supply snapped one wor-
ried wholesaler is the labor and car
shortage. There's plenty of salt in
this land. We get the most from
New York state and Michigan and
these states are going up in smoke.
1t is perfectly astonishing what a
wild newspaper yarn can do. In the
last two weeks customers have been
buying a bushel of salt at a time
rather than the usual two or five
pound sack. 1t was the same with
flour when it went up to SIS a
barrel. Let her rip, now you hear
dozens exclaim. I'm fixed anyhow;
l have bought two barrels of flour
People Responsible
when the papers came out to
say that Germany produced As per
cent. of the worlds sugar I called
on a big refiner down in Philadel-
phia and saw one order for $4,000
barrels. When that was known the
market went up like a skyrocket.
That's what happens every time. The
people themselves are responsible.
Point is there is plenty of money
in the country at the present time.
Clerks and laborers and mechanics
have had raises in salary and they
are spending the surplus. The gov
ernment acquisitions, it is true. are
heavy, but not burdensome. Hun
dreds of telephone calls come in
here each day from frightened citi-
zens: rs it true that there won't
be any more sugar and salt" 1t is
ridiculous. Let the people buv
moderately as is their custom and
they will make the job easier for
the government"
1.-The food administrator is doing
everything possible to hold things
down and adjust affairs. Only re-
Gently they forbade the ombination
sales in stores whereby they would
sell sugar. only on condition that
several dollars worth of other goods
were purchased. The single excep-
ton is that Of sugar and cornmeal,
this for the reason that wheat is to
be conserved and the use of corn
meal encouraged"
Speaking of conservation, among
the number of restaurant men clam
oring for supplies, one told how he
was making pie crust in his Market
street restaurant out of rye flour
and cornmeal. This proprietor has
inaugurated the Wednesday meat
less day and this week he only had
one kick. True, meat was so ex-
cluded that the chef did not even
use meat in the soup. The com
palmer was U. S. Army sergeant
and because he kicked at there not
being any meat on the bill of fare
his superior officer was notified and
what he told the meat eating SER
geant will be quoted a long time
along Market street.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
You Can't Send Allumettes
to Soldier Boys in France

Washington. Nov. 23.-Allumettes
will be greatly in demand in France
this Christina slime.
What is an allumette? It's the
French word for match, and no
matches can be allowed in the Christ
mas boxes new moving by thousands
to the boys in France.
In enc Atlantic port an entire regi-
ment of the quartermaster corps is
now engaged removing them from
the Christmas packages from home.
1he tcys can't smoke without alum
cites
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

course would be not to contest the
computation but the election. He stat
ed to Mr.. Stranahan that the court
was merely acting now as a comput-
ing board and had no authority to
rule on any legal questions such as
had been raised but could pass on
them if the election was contested.
Must BE Tabulated
Mr.. Stranahan told the court he
had no objection to the soldiers vot-
ing. but did object to the application
of the law in this respect as he did
not believe the court could compute
a vote for which .theresis no legal
basis. He called attention to the i'm
portance of deciding the question as
it will have a bearing on the election
next year.
Judge Kunkel. however, said that
as a computing board the court was
bound to count any vote if taken and
least under color of law.
The only question which seems to
be raised now is whether a vote
taken in polling places outside the
state is legal. The candidates had
every opportunity to act to prevent
taking the soldier vote. 1t seems that
all of them took the chance, and now
those who are defeated are raising
objections. If proceedings had been
started in any district in the state it
would have stopped the whole thing
Instead all the candidates seemed
willing to take the chance. 1t is a lit
tie late now to raise objections. The
law doesn't favor one who sits by
letting an opportunity pass and then
brings an objection at the end. Action
could have been taken to restrain the
appointment of commissioners. High
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
METHODISTS GET
READY FOR DRIVE
[Continued from First Page.l

u
600 from the territory of the Gen.
tral pennsylvania conference, while
Williamsport-D Dickinson Seminary is
scheduled to- receive S250,000. and
the Board of Education of the
church is asking for $4,000. A for
more subscription by the conference
to Goucher College must also be
added to this. making total of
$45O,O00 to be raised by midnight of
December 20.
On the Harrisburg district the
campaign forces are getting into
good working order. The central Of
flee is located in this city at 400 .03
Trustee building. The Rev. Frank ID.
Empey is the assistant director of
the campaign. and is in charge of
the campaign forces over the con-
ference. With him are associated
the district superintendents and the
special workers.
DIR. SwartZ TO Direct
The Rev. DR.. Morris E. Swartz is
the superintendent of the Harrisburg
district. He was appointed to this
important position by the Few.
Bishop William f. Mcdowell at the
last session OF the conference.
The Rev. Clinton Dewitt Danner,
VI ANoiiSSot anu the. INtN. hdTlln "
Bush, of Iowa, have been chosen to
assist DR.. Swartz in the work over
the district for the remainder of
the big drive. These men have had
practical experience in other cam
paigns. and will take hold with The
local pastors and forces like vet
Grams.
Begins Monday
The intensive canvass for Harris
burg will begin next Monday. The
Rev. DR.. T.. A. Pyles is the chair
man of the Harrisburg subdistrict
and it is he who win be directly re-
sponsible for the campaign orders
and plans.
Director Empey- has been meeting
daily with the local leaders, and las
assisted them in perfecting their or
ganization. The working force is
patterned after the military estab-
lishment. w. S. Snyder is the gen.
eral-in-chiet. c. w. Burtnett Ind
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

er authorities interpreted the act and
proceeded under it and now objec-
tions are raised here"
In case the soldier vote should not
be included it is believed the official
vote for the city and the county may
change the returns for coroner as
verified, but unofficial returns give
DR.. Hartman a slight majority over
Jacob Eckinger, the Republican can
didate. Democrats also hope to cut
into {. w. Burtnett's lead of John K.
Royal in the city council fight.
Delay Objections
When court convened this after
noon, Mr.. Stranahan said that he un-
derstood the court to be sitting as a
computing body and that he would
file no objections at this time.
The court then proceeded to open
and to compute the soldier vote.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
Throw Away Your Sprays and Douches
- They Cannot Cure Your Catarrh

system at the same time. Rather
throw away your sprays forever, If
they are to interfere with the proper
treatment of your Catarrh.
S. S, S. is the most satisfactory
blood remedy known, and is purely
vegetable, containing only the eX-
tracts and juices of roots and herbs.
This great remedy has been in con-
slant use for more than fifty years
and has given splendid results In the
treatment of Catarrh. All druggists
sell it, but insist that they give you
the genuine S. S. S. There is moth
ing "Just'as Good"
You are invited to write to our
medical director, who will gladly
give you expert advice regarding
the treatment of your own case
without charge. Address Swift Spe-
ific Co, 22S-G Swift Laboratory, At
lanta, Ga.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

call it. but after all. such scientific
terms as toxins, bacilli, uric or stom-
ach acids, bacteria, etc, are only fam
cy names for common everyday inn
purities or poisons.
ITO make and keep the whole body
absolutely sound and healthy, the
mind clear and alert, eyes bright and
nerves steady as steel, simply drink
occasionally, before breakfast, glass
of hot saturated water, prepared by
adding level teaspoonful, or less, OF
the ordinary refined alkia saltrates,
which, being regular standard COM
pound, is obtainable at little cost from
any good druggist This produces a
pleasant tasting, tonic-aperient drink
which is not for a moment to be con-
fused with such things as common
kidney salts or salines and
similar patent medicines. 1t repro
duces in concentrated form, certain
essential medicinal constituents found
In the waters of wOrld-famOus min
eraI springs, and in my own case 1
have certainly found it far better than
visit to a Spa, but without the trou-
BILE, heavy EXPENSE and loss of time
that such a journey entails"
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
Hermit's Body Found
in Ashes of Shanty

Reading. Pa, Nov. 23.-The charred
corpse of Isaiah Hahn, 6S years old,
hermit laborer VINO lived alone in
an isolated shanty on the farm of a
brother. Samuel Hahn, was found
yesterday in the ruins of the shanty
by Elmer Brown, a hunter.
When the place burned down is un-
known, as Hahn, who worked for
various farmers, had not been seen
for several days. An overheated
ftove is supposed to have caused the
fire while Hahn slept.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
RIVERSIDE PROPERTY TO
BE ASSESSED 5000 600

City Assessor James G.. Thompson
stated to-day the total assessment of
all property in the Fourteenth ward,
recently annexed to the city, will
probably be about 100000. This in
cludes the property of the Harrisburg
Academy and several churches. 1t is
understood a petition will be made
on Tuesday to the Board of Revision
of Taxes to have the Academy ex-
onerated from taxation.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
Former Phila. Mayor
Dies in New Jersey
BY Associated Pysss

Philadelphia, Nov. William b.
Smith, mayor of Philadelphia from
home in Laurel Springs, n. j., near
here after a long illness. Death was
due to intestinal trouble.
During his incumbency Mr.. Smith
was known as the dandy mayor"
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland,
and was brought to this country
when he was seven years old. The
death of his son, State Senator Will
liam Wallace Smith in August is be-
lieved to have aggravated his condi-
lion. He was 73 years old.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

w. K. VanDyke are the major gem
erals.
Major General Burtnett has the
following captains in his divisione
e. /. Book. Professor f. E. Downes.
Irwin Y. Martin and A. L. Holler.
Major General VanDyke Is assist
ed by the following captains: J. T.
Olnlsted. Amos K. Morrison. ]. w.
Appleby and j. n. Peregoy.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
Science Shows the Way to the Proper
Treatment.

Science shows conclusively that
Catarrh cannot be permanently cured
by depending alone on local treat
ment with sprays. douches, .inhalers
and ointments.
Catarrh is not a local disease. 1t
is more than an inflammation of the
mem brances and air passages. When
you are all choked up so that you
can hardly breathe, your condition
has been brought about by millions
of tiny germs which have found
lodgment in your blood.
1t is only by cleansing your blood
of these disease germs and driving
them from your system that you can
get rid of your Catarrh.s S. S. 5.
drives the germs out of your blood
and acts as a tonic to your general
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
sHANERs WIN AWARD
OE GH4O EROM CITY

Mr.. and Mrs. Hugh Shaner were
awarded $34050 by jury in the suit
which they brought against the city
because of injuries which Mrs. Shaner
sustained when she fell at Sixth and
cumberland streets. The case was
heard before Judge Kunkel. In Court
room No. 2. before Judge McCarrell,
the suits brought -by Mr.. and Mrs.
Samuel S. Habbyshaw against Frank
b. Musser, Were being Heard.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

morning placed the grand total of
contributions from the county at s19,-
144.. OF this amount $17,929 came
from the adult work. and $1,215 from
the boys. The quota of the county was
io,OOO: and the goal has been exceed
ed by $4,144.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

told me that liver and kidney troubles,
stomach acidity, indigestion and dys-
pepsia, catarrh, backache, neuralgia,
rheumatism, gout, sciatica. mental or
physical lanquor, etc, all arise simply
from the accumulation of impurities
in the system. No one can doubt the
truth of-this, and it is equally obvious
that the one sure and only way to get
rid of the complaints quickly and
thoroughly is to clear the impurities
out. To do this you must stimulate
and entirely cleanse the organs of Ill
tration and elimination. thus imme-
diately purifying the blood and pre-
venting the absorption of further
poisons. The self-poisoning process is
the direct cause of many serious all
ments. Auto intoxication, the doctors
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

"Since joining
the army L have
often been ask ed
to explain the
the training meth
DDS which kept
me always in such
absolutely perfect
physical trim that
l was able to win
five consecutive
worlds champion
ship contests dur
ing one year.
NV doctor once
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
CUMBERLAND COUNTY is
LEADER IN Y. VI. c. a.

Cumberland county has swung into
line and is one Of the leaders in the
Y. M. C. A. War Fund campaign. Re-
ports to district headquarters this
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23

The refined alkia saltrates compound
referred to above is always kept sin
stoc.: locally by Keller Drug Store, c..
A. Gorgas, Clark's Medicine Store.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
How to Get Rid of
Serious Rheumatic Troubles
So They Don't Come Back
T''dHy tAzz~

The alconquerng little Welsh boxer worlds champion
weight and now physical instructor in army, tells
some valuable training camp secrets. Says liver .
and kidney disorders also
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
AMERICAN IN CASUALTY LIST

By Associated Press
Ottawa, Ont. Nov. 2S. = Among the
American names in to-day's casualty
list is that of p. b. Olds, Rochelle
Park. N. j.. who was killed in action.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1917-11-23
ASK COURT TO THROW
OUT SOLDIER VOTE

CONTINUED from First Page I
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23

Bend, says the Humphreys County
Democrat. When he was 5 years
old he weighed l55 pounds. At s
he weighed l72 pounds, at 12 2l5,
at Is he tipped the beam at 296,
but at 81 he dropped back to 240
Luther was reared as our average
river bottom boys, making first
rate plow boy and doing any and
all work just as other boys did, and
having about as good chance. He
has also been used to the usual
"hog and homiuy," for which that
favored spot has always been noted.
In the same vicinity there are sew
eral other fat folks, for instance,
James Wafford, who weighs about
$50 pounds.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23

many of our farmers will enlist in
this movement? Listen! Sweet
potatoes are worth $l.25 bushel
in ,Camden-2a cents pound
and everywhere else they are sell
ing at $1.50 and 50 per bushel. AS
soon as the local supply has been
disposed of they will be worth So in
Camden.
One more Thought may inter-
est you, or it may not. [ have the
address of a man who wishes to
make contracts for the product of
four hundred acres grown to sweet
potatoes. Does that catch you?
We meet at the chapel again next
Monday night to mature plans for
the future. Are you interested? :?
Do you want to join us? If so,
don't fail to attend the meeting
next Monday night.
[. n. BRIDGES
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23
GOOD RETURN
FROM SHEEP

Jackson, Tenn, February 16-
N. D. White, a progressive farmer
of this county, has done well the
past year in raising Shropshire
sheep. Mr.. White averaged 18
pounds of wool per sheep, which he
sold at 40 cents per pound, and he
sold lambs at SIS per head, thus
getting revenue of $3.50 per
head. This illustrates the won-
derful possibilities of stock raising.
Mr.. White owns valuable farm of
more than 600 acres in Madison
County.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23

preserving them and finding q
market 1t is easy to keep them if
if we will only prepare for it. The
thrifty, energetic farmer can easily
dig cellar or build a house that
will protect them during the winter.
This has been fully demonstrated
by some of our people year after
year, and yet 80 per cent of our
Benton County farmers are today
as potatoless as though it were an
absolute impossibility to grow and
keep them.
We, of the South, don't seem to
realize the advantages and posi-
bilities Of our soil and climate.
Sweet potatoes, along with many
other crops, can not be grown in
the North, where many of our
Southern crops are considered
delicacies, and we are told that
sweet potatoes often find ready
sale at 81 cents pound. 1t is not
my purpose to chide brother farm
ers, but we need to brush away the
cobwebs which obscure our vision
and get busy.
Through organization we expect
to reach the northern markets,
shipping in carload lots. How
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23

Two successful business men
give us their life notices. One is
original: "Plan your work thor
oughly, and then thoroughly work
out your plan" The other is a
quotation from Emerson: "The
chief want in life is someone who
shall make as do the best we can. "
Both are worth committing to mem
ory and applying to our own indi-
vidual needs. #
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23
PLANNING TO
GROW POTATOES

A Potato Growers Association
was organized at sCowell's Chapel
Monday evening, the 18th instant.
We think this is a step which
means progress and advancement
for our farmers. Growing sweet
potatoes is not in the experimental
stage, for it is demonstrated year
after year that our soil will pro-
duce enormous crop without the
use of fertilizer.
We hayaGailpres and short crops
of everything else in our county
except sweet potatoes, which can
always be depended on for yield
of 200 to 500 bushels per acre.
Recently the writer exchanged 10
bushels of potatoes for barrel of
-four. At first thought that looked
like a losing proposition, but the
fact is one of our little girls picked
up exactly 10 bushels on $50 yard
row last fall, so it is a fair exchange
at present prices.
Heretofore the troubles of the
potato growers have been twofold
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23
Fat BOy-Man.

Humphreys County can perhaps
boast the largest fat boy-man of
any county in Tennessee and pos
sibly any other State, in the person
of Luther Prewett of Duck River
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23

Subscriptions are taken at The
Chronicle Office for all the leading
American and foreign magazines
and periodicals at lowest rates.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1917-02-23
FOR SALE.

A fine full-blood Poland China
male pig; will weigh about 15O
pounds; good individual.
HARVEY H. DEVAULT,
Route 4, Camden, Tenn
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-28

Farmer Want Ads. One Cent . 1---
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-28
vASSAR COLLEGE

Vassar College, the pioneer Ameri- can institution for the higher educa- ton of women. was founded by Mat thew Vassar, a wealthy Poughkeepsie brewer, who was born In Tuddeham, England. 125 years ago this Sunday. 1t was woman, however, who ;Bug- gested the plain of the college to the p1ilanthropic brewer. Having accurn- ulated . fortune and being without children. Matthew vassar decided to devote the greater part of his wealth to the establishment of some public institution. It was at the suggestion of his niece. Mss Booth, a successful teacher of girls, that he was induced to found a college for young women, for which he gave $40S,000 in 1881, and other sums aggregating as much uorc before his death and by be- quests. When vassar was opened the institution was violently denounced by many women and by numerous cIergymen, who proved to their own satisfaction that a college for womr ~s was an insult to God! One prominent woman said: "Of one thing we may be sure-no refined Christian mother will ever send her daughter to vassar College! The mere fact that 1t is called a college for women Is enough to condemn ft!"
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-04-28
PALMER COX

America. with it's all too few native born authors can today be truly proud Of Palmer Cox, who, besides being gifted with unusual writing abilities, was m artist whose cleverness lives even today. He was born 77 years ago today In Granby, Quebec, Canada. His early works appeared in San Fran cisco dailies. he having taken up newspaper work following his grad uation from Granby College In 1878 he removed from the west to New York City where he first commenced illustrating his own works. the best known of which are perhaps those de- 1iehtful child d-stories. Brownie Books" This was long4a popular series containing child rhymes which were accompanied by humorous pie tures
 Through the imaginative mind of Palmer Cox, indeed the little brown ies which have made the recent fairy tale books 50 appealing tt the youth ful mind of the juvenile, first became popular. and their appeal will un- doubtedly survive the author by many centuries. Besides ''Br6wnie Books" Palmer Cox made his fani- liar throughout the literary and fc- ton world with such masterpieces as Hans von Peters Trip to Gotham in Pen and Pencil t18s7). How Co., lumbus Founded America (187S); That Stanley (1S7S); Queer People. Such As Goblins, Giants, Merry Men and Monarchs, and Their Kweer Kap-. CTS 1888): Comic Yarns in Prose, Verse and Picture 1889 and squibs. in Early Life Illustrated. Though he thought and wrote through the eyes of q child. he had no children, being bachelor, and living in West 23rd street, New York City.
 He Is a typical out-of-door man, be- ing particularly fond of farming and such sports as rifle target shooting, fishing and cycling. and an authority on all of them