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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02
8 MUST A RAIN.

Chicago. July 30.-The corn experts II
the city state there must be more rail
soon in the western corn belt or tn.
crops will suffer irreparable damage
The damage is estimated at from rs pc
cent to an al1nost total failure.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02
u, S, BALLOON DOWN.;
DESTROYED BY FIRE
second, Containing Only Four
Men, Lands Sunday in
Illinois.

Terre Haute, Ind. July 31.-A United
States army balloon. carrying eight off
tcers and men from ST. Louis. landed
on a farm five miles south Of this city
said the men with the balloon stated
they were compelled to Ian because
of rents in the bag. The bag was set
nfire and destroyed after landing. The
remainder Of the equipment was placed
In a farm wagon and started for this
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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02

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The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02
TROOPS TN
WACO CAUSE RIOTS

INF NJ aE
Waco, Tex. July so.-AIl the negro
soldiers Of the Twenty-fourth United
States infantry who took part in last
nights clashes with the local authori-S
ties have been accountedsf Six were
arrested not long after the disturbances
took place. Fourteen others who, es-
capped to the e%nvirons OF the city re-
ported at their camp this morning and
were placed under guard. There has
been no repetition OF the shooting.
NoRWEGlANs AT WASHINGTON.
washington. D.. c.. July 30.-The
Norwegian mission to the United
States, headed by Fridtjof Nansen,
called on Acting Secretary Polk. of the
state department today, and arranged
working agreement for the importation
Norway OF foodstuffs needed by,
that country. Dr. Nansen will be pre-
scented to President Wilson later.
The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1917-08-02
ANOTHER BALLOON LANDS.

Rantoul, III, July GA large balloon
containing four airmen from the gov
eminent balloon school at St Louis.
landed a few miles northwest of here
early Sunday morning. The balloon
left the field at st. Louis on Saturday
night at IL o'clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
ATTENTION woRTHYS.

Arsenal lodge No. 1886, Mystic
Workers of the World, will hold
special meeting Thursday night Tor
the election of officers at 4205 Eiev-
enth street, at the home Of c. x. Ross,
instead of 2S23 Fifth avenue.
FEE. HAYES. Sec.
C. X. ROSS. Project.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
RAILROAD PROBLEMS
TALKED AT MEETING

A general discussion OF various
problems before the railroads was
conducted at the weekly meeting Of
the Rock Island subcommittee Of the
American Railway associations spe-
cial committee of defense held Satur-
day afternoon in the assembly room
at the Rock Island station, Davenport.
Reconsignment of coal was again
considered, but no definite decisions
were reached-relative to the recon
signment question. A committee of
railroad men, with e. L. Golf, division
freight and passenger agent Of the
Rock Island as chairman, is study
I ing the various angles Of the ques-
/ tion and will make report at one OF
the future meetings.
The sentiment of the meeting was
that shippers are realizing more the
necessity OF cooperation in the hand
ling of freight to relieve Car short
age Report was made of one firm
which had arranged TO take the en-
ployes from one department to assist
in unloading Of cars when shipments
were received in order to hasten the
work and release the cars for further
service.
There. was good representation
of railroad men attending Frank T
Barry of Boston, Mass, with the Ston'
& Webster Engineering corporation
now handling a big contract at tht
Rock Island arsenal, was present.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
STRANGER FOUND
/ DEAD IN AN ALLEY
Body Of Man Is Discovered In Rear OF
Cross Country Buffet on Sec.
ond Avenue.
ARE no IDENTIFICATION MARKS
Death From Heart Trouble Is the
Opinion of Doctor Who Ex-
amines Corpse.

An unidentified man, believed to be
q stranger In the city, was found dead
Saturday afternoon sitting upright on
a box In the rear Of the Cross Country
saloon at 1908 Second avenue.
The man had been seen around the
city Saturday, but no one seemed to
know who he was or where he came
from. How he came to be in the rear
of the buffet, or why he was there, is
mystery, but he had been dead some
time when discovered.
Coroner John G. Miller was sum
moned and the body was taken to the
Knox undertaking parlors, where it ia
being held for Identification.
The man was apparently 60 years
old, five feet nine inches tall, an6
weighed $50 pounds. He was sandy
complexioned, somewhat bald, and
wore a mustache which was nearl,
gray. He had on a gray coat striped
with white, a pair Of yellow trousers
and tan shoes. No marks Of any
kind which might lead to his identifi
cation were found on the body, ant
all there was In his pockets were
piece OF soap and button hook. FL
wore a stiff hat with the initials B. Il
Fl. cut in the band.
Heart Attack Likely.
DR.. 4. n Mueller was called to ex
anime the body and his opinion wa
that death came from heart troubl
land natural causes only.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
ELKS' MEMORIAL
EXERCISES HELD
Many Members and Their Families At
tend the Ceremonies for De-
parted Brothers.
MEETING is HELD ANNUALLY
Father C. p. o'Nein and Judge n. A.
Larson Make the Addresses
for the Occasion.

More than two hundred Elks and
their families attended the ceremonies
for departed members held in the
room Of sorrow in the local orders
lodge yesterday afternoon
The services are held annually, not
only in this city but throughout the
country. The total of deaths mem
orialized in the Rock Island lodge
is 81.
The talks were made by Father c. P.
0'Neill of the Sacred Heart Catholic
church of this city and Judge Nels A.
Larson of Moline Judge Larson in his
talk compared the Elks with the pres
ent day war. He said in part:
ITO be a good Elk is to be a good
American citizen and the demonstra-
ton of the quality Of this citizenship
was as possible under the circum-
stances Of the life and death OF our
departed brothers as it is now upon
the war-torn battlefelds OF Europe
| They did their duty as We must dc
ours now. Most Of us hardly realize
| that our country and the principles fol-
which our forefathers fought to give
| this country birth are in greater
danger at the present time than they
have been In since the United States
! OF America commenced to exist
Our country has been in danger be
! fore. In 1912 its honors were attacked
and its position as an Independent
world power questioned During th
dark days prior 10 and during thu
/ Civil war the integrity Of the nation
was threatened. But never before sine
the origin of the modern republic f1a
the principles Of democracy and tn
universal brotherhood of man, with it
equality Of opportunity and specia
privileges for no one, been threatene
with absolute elimination from tn
world What a calamity 1t would b
after the struggle OF thousands c
years, and the expenditure OF million
of lives and billions of money, the an,
billions Of one man for a. seat IN tn
, sun, with his highly skilled and highl
drilled legions. at one blow should de-
stroy the results of ali this effor
should reduce free government to d.
tendency, free men TO slaves. univel
3 sal suffrage to absolute monarchy;
a. word put the world back Thousand
Of years in its struggles for the recoj
. milton Of the equality Of man. Or
who is willing that this should be is
lpacifist. For an ignorant pacifst
, have nothing hut pity. For a man I
education, who has been provided wi
+ the. power of reasoning, and the abili
: to acquire intelligence, who takes
o servile attitude Of a pacifist, I ha'
, nothing but scorn. The ignorant paC
fist should be taught. The edueat
n one shot.
: "Of equal. II not greater, danger
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

the nation Is the pro-German. He NAV
be of German, irish, Scandinavian or
other European extraction. ANY man
born in foreign land, having come to
this country as haven OF refuge from
oppression. or to seek the sustenauce
which he could not provide for him
self and family in the land of his birth.
having renowned under oath alleg-
lance to his former government and
promised life long attachment to this,
the land OF his adoption, having
profted and prospered under the pro-
lection of our free institution, who
does not willingly and cheerfully, &C
lively and aggressiveiy. openly and
publicly, support this country In time
of its greatest need is a traitor,-s per
iurer and an migrate. The proportion
1of these Is comparatively small, but
there should be none. The great ma.
iority are willingly sacrificing them.
selves and their accommodations as the,
did during the Civil and Spanish wars
| for the welfare Of their country"
Religion As Remedy.
Nothing is sweeter nor more tendei
than the effort TO keep alive the mem
cries of the departed" said Fathe
0Neill in referring to the custom o
the lodge in holding its annual cere
monies. I'VE strive to do this In var
ious ways Sometimes it is with
shaft of granite, but the better way i
perpetuate living memory anon
those who live after. Monuments ar
crushed and names obliterated, but liy
i ing recollection goes on forever. A
was said by the Judge. not all ar
heroes We do not all have a pIac
| in the sun. But we know that the win,
which may have its roots covered wit
, trash, gives out the most oderiferou
, perfume A saint is not one who doe
extraordinary things. but one who doe
} things in life we'll.
. 1.-THE turmoil of this earth is due I
? the fact that men have failed TO recog
J NIT what you have as foundation
your order, DO unto others as VIC
: would be done by The turmoil wi
| cease only when that religion is adop
ed. It cannot be religion of sociahi
e ity, nor a religion OF convenience. b
E it must be religion that is imhedd'
a in mems hearts"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
STOMACH UPSET?
Get at the Real Cause-Take Dr.
Edwards Olive Tablets

That's what thousands OF stomach
sufferers are doing now. instead .,
taking tonics, or trying to patsn up
poor digestion, they are attacking tle
real cause of the ailment -- closgeo nVes
and disordered bowels. a.
Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets arouse the
liver in a soothing, healing way: When
the liver and bowels are performing tnelI
natural functions. away goes mdigestioh
and stomach troubles.
II YOU have a bad taste IN your
mouth. tongue coated, appetite poor.
lazy, don't-care feeling. no amD,ron q
energy, troubled with undigested iooos'
you should take Olive Tablets, tine SUD-
stitute for calonel. -.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets are
purely vegetable compound mixed VIZ :n
olive oil. You will know them by inei!
olive color. They do the work WHOM
gripping, cramps or pain. .s
Take one or two at bedtime ior qu,cs
relief, so you can eat what you nke
,At,l0c and .25e per box. AL Wussassa
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

All the news all the time-The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

gymnasium, when Senator J. Hamiltna
Lewis viii speak
Arrangements have been made e.
have special street car a. the armory
at 7::3e. the time they will leave. Tho.
home guard company will JOIN tne
Spanish War Veterans and the Stponey
Bay camp and private section q me
seats have been reserved for all three
organizations
The Moline home guard will also At
tend the meeting. Neither company
has received its uniforms but VIII
unite and enter the hall in marching
oder -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

According to word received in Rock
Island, nine Rock Island arsenal men.
under command OF P. r. Miller. Z. S.
A., have arrived safely in France. The
men will be instructed in the making
Of big French guns and later return
to the United States to act as In
structors at the Rock Island arsenal.
Those in the party are: G. s. Chris
Jensen. A NJ. Leverich. Rock Island /.
NJ. w. johnson, s. G. Anderson. Mo-
line; Fl. v. Makeever. NJ. E. Stage. F
B. Stevens, A. c. The1eman and NJ. A.
Rumley. Davenport
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
SELECT AUDITOR TO
ASSIST COAL BOARD

IN order to find out detailed data
which win be Of service to the Rock
Island county fuel committee in its
work of determining the proper price
of coal. Fred Setterdahl. expert ae-
countant Of this city, has been APP
pointed auditor, For the body and will
examine the books Of q number Of
Rock Island and Moline dealers.
The committee is anxious TO Learn
for itself through independent inyes
tigation. just what the expense O
handling coal is, as well as the cos
Of delivery and other facts which viii
be of value in the important worl
which the board has to do.
All the news ali the time--The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03
HOME GUARD MAKES
FIRST APPEARANCE

Members of the Illinois Volunteer
Training company of this city will
make their initial public appearance
tonight before the audience at the pat
riotic mass meeting at the Aug,astana
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-12-03

Robert Gregg and John Miller. mem
bers Of the signal corps to which Mr.
Smith belonged and Richard Lift,
Sidney Steenburgh, Joe Kelley and
Maurice briggs, high school classmates
OF the deceased.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
if HAIR IS TURNING
GRAY, USE SAGE TEA
Here's Grandmother Recipe to
Darker and Beauty
Faded Hair.

That beautiful, even shade Of dark,
glossy hair can only be had by brewing
mixture of Sage Tea and Sulphur.
Your hair is your charm. It makes or
mars the face. When it fades, turns
gray or streaked, just an application or
two of Sage and Sulphur enhances it's
appearance a hundredfold
Don't bother to prepare the mixture;
you can get this famous old recipe i'm
proved by the addition of other ingredi-
ents for SO cents large bottle, all ready
for use. It is called Wyeth's Sage and
Sulphur Compound. This can always be
depended upon to bring back the natural
color and lustre of your hair.
Everybody uses "Wyeth's" Sage and
Sulphur Compound now because it dark
ems so naturally and evenly that nobody
can tell it has been applied. You simply
dampen a sponge or soft brush with it
and draw this through the hair, taking
one small strand at time; by morning
the gray hair has disappeared, and after
another application it becomes beauti
fully dark and appears glossy and lus
trous. This ready-to-use preparation il
delightful toilet requisite for those wht
desire dark hair and a youthful appear
ance. It is not intended for the cure
mitigation or prevention of disease.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
EVER SALIVATED BY
CALOMEL? HORRIBLE!
Calomel is quicksilver and acts like dy-
Mantle on your liver

Calomel loses you a day! You know
what calomel is. It IS mercury; quick
silver. Calomel is dangerous. It crash
es into sour bile like dynamite, cramp-
ing and sickening you. Calomel at
tacks the bones and should never be
put into your system.
When you feel bilious, sluggish, con
stipated and all knocked out and be-
ieve you need dose of dangerous cal
omel just remember that your druggist
sells for SO cents large bottle Of bod
sons Liver Tone, which is entirely
vegetable and pleasant to take and is
perfect substitute for calomel. It is
guaranteed to start your liver without
stirring you up inside, and can not sail
vate.
Don It take calomel! It makes you
sick the next day; it loses you a day IS
work. Dodson s Liver Tone straight
ems you right up and you feel great.
Give it to the children because it is
perfectly harmless and doesn't grippe
for sale by E. T. Whitehead Company
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
wORTHEN'S WONDER WORKERS
The Great Nerve and Brain Food

Highly recommended for Nervous
Debility. Nervous Prostitution, Prema-
ture Decline, Drainage, Lost Vigor, Re
productive Incapaeity, Paralysis and
Paralytic Tendencies, Decline Of
Strength, Premature Old Age. Loss Of
Ambition, Insomnia, Melancholy, Ner-
vous Dyspepsia, Kidney and Bladder
Trouble and Constipation.
These tablets will be found valuable
in the treatment Of the various De-
bilitating Diseases Of men and in the
most extreme cases of Nervous Pros
tration in women.
GUARANTEEING will send six
boxes Of Worthen s Wonder Workers
to you for $500 and guarantee them
to give satisfaction or return the mon
ey.
Price $1.OO box boxes, SIS.
Sent by mail on receipt of price.
THE WORTHEN WONDER WORKER
CO., Boston Mass.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
URIC ACID IN MEAT
CLOGS THE KIDNEYS
Take q glass Of Salts if your Back hu-tx
or Bladder bothers you-Drink
more water.

4 you must have your meat every dav
eat 1t, but flush your kidneys with salfs
occasionally, says noted authority who
Tells us that meat forms uric acid which
almost paralyzes the kidneys in their ef-
forts to expel it from the blood. Thev
become sluggish and weaken, then vol,
su11er with a dull misery in the kidney
region, sharp pains in the back or sick
headache, dizziness, your stomach sours.
tongue Is coated and when the weather
Is bad you have rheumatic twinges. The
urine gets cloudy, full of sediment. the
channels often get sore and irritated
obhgglng you to seek relief two or three
time during the night.
10 neutralize these Irritating acids tn
cleanse the kidneys and flush off tho
body's urinous waste get four ounces If
Jad Salts from any pharmacy here.
take q tablespoonful in glass Of
water before breakfast for a few DAVIS
and your kidneys will then act fine. This
famous salts Is made from the acid Of
grapes and lemon juice, combined with
!lthia, and has been used for generations
to flush and stimulate sluggish kidneys.
also to neutralize the acids in urine,
SO it no longer irritates, thus ENDING
bladder weakness.
Jad Salts is inexpensive; cannoe in.
9ure, and makes a delightful efervescent
Whitewater drink.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
SYNOPSIS.

Gloria, wintex at Palm Beach Gloria is
a ylvac1ous but willful young lady. Her
to fall in love with her. Lost in the ever
glades she is CAPTURED by, the Seminole
leaves school and meets Freneau at the
theater; he has forgotten Gloria. Later,
E Ereneau Pc, Persuades her to forgive him
tensely jealous. Freneau goes sleighing
with Gloria. 1t results in pneumonia for
G Gdor1;a Doctor Royce IS summoned. Ere
Pierpont Stafford. Lois threatens him with
dire punishment. Her husband, Gloria's
neau plans to have Mulry send Gloria a
bunch Of kilograms. Gloria sees from her
window an attack made upon Freneau.
Later, a telegram, followed by a letter,
comes from Freneau. She replies. but her
kilograms are returned. She sees the
supposed suicide Of Freneau reported in
the paper. Gloria swears to find the MUIR
derer of her lover. Royce tells what he
knows Of Freneau to Mr.: Stafford To
enveloping Gloria. She accuses them in
her mind Of conspiracy against her. Clio
ria gees ,, to Dayids country home She
insists on going to Palm Beach. Again
she sees Mulry there. He leaves for the
North She is recognized by her one
time captor, the young Indian chief. He
tells her that Royce and not Freneau was
her rescuer. Gloria attends night court
/ she sees Mulry there also the tramp who
attacked F'reneau. But Judge Freeman
releases him. She follows the tramp when
he leaves the court, and falls into the
hands of holdup men. She finds herself
in a low saloon dance, hall, and is Sc
lected by one of the patrons his part
and when he attempts a rescue calls dowr
q riot on their heads. The hall is raidet
and the crowd. including Gloria ant
Royce is arrested and taken before Judg,
Freeman.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
HOw'S This :?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case Of Cstarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Medicine
Halls Catarrh Medicine has been taken
by catarrh sufferers for the past thirty
five years, and has become known as the
most reliable remedy for Catarrh. Halls
Catarrh Medicine acts thru the Blood on
the Mucous surfaces, expel1ing the Poi
son from the Blood and healing the dis
eased portions.
After you have taken Halls Catarrh
Medicine for short time you will see a
great improvement in your general
health. Start taking Halls Catarrh Medi-
cine at once and get rid Of catarrh. Send
for testimonials, free. n
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by all Druggists. 75c.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
PUT. CREAM IN NOSE
AND sToP, cATARRH
Tells How To Open Clogged Nos
trils and End Head Colds.

You feel fine in a few moments. YOU
cold in head or catarrh will be gone
Your clogged nostrils will open. The all
passages of your head will clear and
you can breathe freely. No more dull
ness, headache; no hawking, snuf1ing
mucous discharges or dryness; no strug.
Cling for breath at night.
Tell your druggist you want a small
bottle of Ely's Cream Balm. Apply a
little of this fragrant, antiseptic cream
in your. nostrils, let it penetrate through
every air passage of the head; soothe
and sheal the swollen, infamed mucous
membrane, and relief comes instantly
It; is just what every cold and catarrt
sufferer needs. Don't 1stay stuffed-uE
and imiserable.e
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01
NOTICE

Having qualified as Administrator
of the estate Of S. B. Kitchin, deceased,
late of Halifax county, North Carolina,
this is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said de-
ceased to exhibit them to the under
signed at Scotland Neck, North Caro-
lima, on or before the 10th day Of April
1918, or this notice will be pleaded
in bar Of their recovery. All persons
indebted to said estate will please make
immediate payment.
This the 10 day Of April, 1917.
W. H. KITCHIN, Administrator.
estate of S. B. Kitchin, deceased.
A. PAUL KITCHIN, Attorney.
April l0-17-24 May /.
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01

WhatWOuld be more attractive
in the front yard than a growing
bed Of lettuce or onions, or toma-
toes or beets, or any one Of doz-
en- articles Of food? 1t would be
such symbol Of patriotism as
the world has never before seen
And the odd moments would do
II
The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1917-05-01

pont pushed him back and stalked
out in a towering fury. He ordered
the newspaper raiders off. They bonn
barded him with questions. He had
to take refuge in the house. He re-
turned to the dining room livid with
wrath. He ordered the servants out.
He Numbered at Gloria.
Nov you see what would have hap
pened if you had told the police about
your delirium !"
He stormed on. Gloria trying vainly
to break in. At last he was exhausted
and she spoke:
but, daddy, it was no delirium.