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The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
CHILD GETS SICK CROSS, FEVERlSH
 IF CONSTIPATED
California Syrup of Figs can't harm tender stom-
 ach or bowels.

A laxative today saves sick child tomorrow. Children simply will not take the time from play to empty their bowels. which become clogged up with waste, liver gets sluggish; stomach sour.
 Look at the tongue, mother! If coated, or your child is listless cross, feverisH, breath bad, restless doesn't eat heartily, full of cold or has sore throaN or any other chil- drens ailment. lgoye teaspoonful of California sSPdp of Figs" then don't worry, because it is perfectly harmless, and in few hours all this constipation poison, sour bile and fermenting waste will gently move out of the bowels, and you have well, playful child again. A thorough inside cleansing" is oftimes all that is necessary. Ii should be the first treatment giver in any sickness.
 Beware of counterfeit fig syrups Ask your druggist for 50-cent bot tie of California Syrup of Figs, which has full directions for babies children of all ages and for grown
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
THE WEEKLY SOL1PHONE, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1917
SAYS PARAG0ULD
 IS PROGRESSIVE

J. G. Russ, prominent business man of Clifton, Tenn, volunteered some remarks about Paragould yes terday that will no doubt be deep ly appreciated by citizens who possess civic pride. MT. Russ said
 "Paragould is, truly, an excep- tional city. l have never yet seen, in municipality of ten thousand inhabitants or less, an amount ot public enterprise comparable to that shown here. The city's streets are without doubt the equal of any tc be found anywhere, while cleanly kept front and back yards, careful 1y pruned shade trees and pretty flower beds show conclusively that the people of Paragould have a peculiar pride in the city's appear 'ance."
 MT. Russ returned to Clifton this morning, accompanied by his grand daughter. little Miss Martha Eliza beth Russ, daughter of Mrs. H. M Jackson, who will spend the sum- mer with Tennessee relatives.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
THIRTY-NINE KILLED IN INDIANA TORNADO; MUCH PROPERTY DESTROYED IN
 SOUTHERN END OF STATE
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Indianapolis March 24.-Thirty- mine persons are known to be dead and nearly one hundred and fifty were injured while property damages will amount to more than two million dollars as result of devastation occasoned by tornado which swept Southern Indiana yesterday. The storm spent it's fury at New Albany, where thirty persons killed one hundred hurt and half million dollars worth of property wrecked Here three hundred homes destroyed. One thou sand people are without shelter The devastated dis
 rct includes approximately one-third of the city. The cyclones track through New Albany is half mile wide and two miles long, Martial law is in effect while lief work is under way. New Albany hospitals are crowded to overfowng, while many of the injured being transferred to Louisville Ky It is believed that at least fifteen of those injured will de It is estimated
 that between ten and thirty have been buried in ruined buildings Two companies of state militia are aiding in the search for missing persons
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
GIRLS! BEAUTIFY
 YOUR HAIR AND
 STOP DANDRUFF
Hair becomes charming, wavy, lustrous and thick
 in few minutes.
Every bit of dandruff disappears and hair stops
 coming out.

For 25 cents you can save your hair. In less than ten minutes you can double it's beauty. Your hair becomes light, wavy, fluffy, abund- ant and appears as soft, lustrous and charming as young girls aft |er applying some Danderine. Also |try this-moisten a cloth with a little Danderine and carefully draw it through your hair, taking one small strand at time. This will cleanse the hair of dust, dirt or excessive oil, and in just a few moments you have doubled the beauty of your hair. A delightful surprise awaists those whose hair has been neglected or IS scraggy
 faded, dry, brittle or thin. Besides beautifying the hair, Danderine dis solves every particle of dandruff; cleanses, purifiesN and invigorates the scalp, forever stopping itching and falling hair, but what vii
 please you most will be after few weeks use, when you see new hail fine and downy at first-yes-
 but really new hair growing al
 over the scalp. If you care fol
 pretty, soft hair, and lots of it
 surely get 25-cent bottle o
 Knowltons Danderine from any
 drug store or toilet counter anc
 just try it. 'tf
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
CASCARETS KEEP BOWELS REGULAR
 AND CURE COLDS
No headache, sour stomach, bad cold or constipation by
 morning.
Get a 1O-cent box.

COldsCwhether in the head or any part of the body-are quickly over come by urging the liver to action and keeping the bowels free of poison. Take Cascarets tonight and you will wake up with a clear head and no doubt you lwill wonder what became of youS' cold. Cascarets work whf fle yqd sleep; they cleanse and regIlatE the stomach, remove the sour, ~undigested food and foul gases; take the excess bile from the liver mad carry off the constipated waste matter and poison from the bowels.
 Remember the quickest way to get rid of colds is one or two Cas- carets at night to cleanse the sys- tenn. Get a Decent box at any drug store. Don't forget the children They relish this Candy CathartiC and it is often all that is needed tc drive cold from their little sys- tens, *tf
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
IS KILLED WHILE
 STRETCHING WIRE

FOnSo Melton, young man re- siding on Bar Camp island, was se- verely injured two days ago and died slast night as a result of the accident Young Melton was en- gagged in stretching some barbed wire. The wire broke and in some manner Melton's head was caught between the stretcher and post He was rendered unconscious. That night he became delirious, the at tention of six men being necessary to keep him in bed. Young Melton was nephew of G. T. Washington of this city.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
TWO YEARS IN BED
 AND ROLLING CHAIR
Mrs. Wilson Says She Had Given Up All Hope Gains 25 Pounds on Tan lac and Is Now a We'll Woman.


 "For two years l spent all my time either in the hospital. in bed, or in rolling chair, and during that time I was given up to die,
 and l don't guess l would be here now if it hadn't been for Tanlac, said Mrs. E. o. Wilson. Mrs. Wilson lis we'll known in Atlanta, her hus- band having been employed by The |Constitution for a number of years. q was great sufferer from chronic indigestion, continued Mrs.
 Wilson, "and don't guess anybody ever had to go through with what II did. I was very weak and nerv-
 ous, and at times had those dread |ful smothering sensations to the point of fainting. l had dreadful
 headaches, severe pains in my back and over my kidneys, and my joints |ached all the time. For two years
 I had to live entirely on boiled milk, toast and soft boiled eggs,
 and ever that didn't digest well,
 and would sour on my stomach. l
 didn't know what it was to get a
 good nights sleep. 1 took one kind
 of medicine after another until our
 house was almost filled with empty bottles, but instead of improving
 II was getting worse all the time. Finally they took me to the hospital for treatment, and I lay there for
 five long months, but even that didn't make me well. It was talk ling nearly every cent of my hus- Fband's wages to pay my doctor and drug bills-our drug bill alone to $14 or $15 month, land one doctor bill amounted to tS1OSS.
 Tt looked like everything dad
 failed to help me, and l had about given up all hope when one day my husband brought bottle of
 Tanlic home with him and asked me to take it. He said he had been reading and hearing a lot of good
 things about it, and didn't see any reason why it shouldn't help me.
 was confined to my rolling Chair
 when I began taking it.
 Do I look like an invalid now? II certainly don't feel like one, and If have actually gained twenty-five E(25) pounds on eleven bottles oi [Tanlac, and feel as well as I ever did in my life.a,I can eat anything I want--such things as meat, tur- |nips. hard-boildd eggs don't hurt me a particle, aud sleep as gooo las I did when I was a girl in my teens. I can get about as well as anybody and just the other day
 walked down town, and I am run ming around the neighborhood call Ing on my friends nearly all the time now. I haven't pain about me. believe I am the happiest wo-
 man in-Atlanta, and l think l have Ia right to be. I think my recovery lis almost a miracle, and everybody Fin our neighborhood thinks the ksace."
 Tanlac is sold by Hardesty Lackey in Paragould; Marmaduke Pharmacy, Marmaduke. Ark, ant R. L. Hutcherson, Peach Orchard Ark. (advt.)
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
WALTER JOHNSON
 LOSES HIS CASH

Forrest City, March 23.-A dar- ing hold-up was staged here Thurs day night at 9:30 o'clock, when two strange white men relieved a timberman by the name of Walter Johnson of his roll, amounting to SIS.
 Johnson, it is said, had made a trade with the two men and had engaged them to assist him in raft ing timber on the St. Francis riv-
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

Coxey's army, made up of uneTn- ployed men under the leadership of Jacob S. Coxey, of Massillon, O., in March, 1894, marched to Washing ton, D. c. Coxey assumed the title of general and demanded that the government issue $500, 100000 of non-interest bearing bonds and dis tribute them among his followers. styled by him the Commonweal army. a Nki'
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
DAMAGE ACTION
 TO BE REHEARD
tBy United Pres. Associntions)

tBE CHIteu f'Tess NSSOc"tfO"I
 Little Rock, March 26.-The su- preme court today reversed and re- manded for new trial the case of MT. Bloodworth was for $10,000 dam Pub. Go. of Corning. The action of Bloodworth was for $1O,00O dam ages for alleged libel. The case of M. P. Huddleston against Craighead county was submitted. MT. Huddle- ston seeks to secure judgment for fees claimed to be due incident to services performed while he was prosecuting attorney, in cases where sentence was not given.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Trees 30 Feet in Diameter.

The thickest tree trunk is said to be that of adansonia digitata, called the baobob tree, native of Africa. The trunks are sometimes more than thirty feet in diameter and the tree never more than sixty feet high. Strictly tropical but grown in the extreme south of Florida.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Greek Athletics.

Illusions to the athletic games of the Greeks are abundant in St. Paul's epistles These contests were divided into two classes, the pancratium, consisting of boxing and wrestling; and the pentathlon. consisting of leaping, running, throwing the discs, hurling the spear and wrestling.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Whale Killing a Pastime.

Whale-killing is regular pas time down at Long Beach, Cal. John D. Loop killed big whale which yielded six tons of whale tender loin, delicacy very popular at the beach, and which tends to reduce the high cost of living.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
KAISER WILLIAM
 GETTING NERVOUS
German Emperor, Suffering From Strain of Overwork, Goes to Fa-
 nous Health Resort.

The Hague, March 23.-kalser William, one the verge or nervous breakdown, departed today for the famous health resort of Hamburg, according to private telegrams just received. He will receive the German chancellor there instead of at army headquarters.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Motor Exports Large.

Motor exports from the United States since the outbreak of the war until the end of last October amount to $226,703,617. Automobile trucks exported amounted to $112,- 2S5, 5,7459 passenger cars $76,672,- 133, and automobile parts (not in- cluding engines. and tires) $37,745,- 73O.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

For hOarseness, inflamed lungs or irritating coughs, BILLIARDS HOREHOUND SYRUP is a healing balm. It does its work quickly and thoroughly. Price s&5c, soc and $1.OO per bottles~ Sold by all drug gists. *tf
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

A pain in the side or back that catches you when you straighten up calls for a rubbing application of BILLIARDS SNOW IINIMENT. It relaxes the contracted muscles and permits ordinary bodily motion without suffering or inconvenience. Price 25c. soc and $1.00 per bottle. Sold by all druggists. *tf
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
King Solomon's Throne.

It is said by scholars that no word in biblical Hebrew denotes an elephant, yet the Hebrews were familiar with ivory, and the skilled workmen of Hiram, king of Tyre, fashionde the great ivory throne of Solomon and overlaid it with pure gold. I Kings, X, IS; II Chronicles, iv i
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

CT, giving one of them "piece of change to tide them over until morning, when one of the men whipped out a gun and ordered Johnson to cough up'' all the coin he had.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
California's Big Trees.

The most northern grove of big trees in California is five-acre tract in Placer county, containing six trees, on the middle fork of the American river, and many miles north of any other big trees.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
How to Clean Stoves.

A stove that is rubbed with a rag that has been soaked in paraf- fin instead of with ordinary black ing becomes bright and glossy. This shine will not rub off.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

Take HERBINE for indigestion. It relieves the pain in few min utes and foroes the~fermented mat ter which caases the misery into the bowels where it is expelled Price soc. Sold by all druggists.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Rand Gold Production.

Rand gold production in 1916 was 9,295,53S ounces, against g. 063,671 ounces in 1915, and S,37S,- 13S ounces in 1914. <
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Piles Cured in 6 to IA Days.

Your druggist will refund money if PAzO OINTMENT fails to cure any case of Itching, Blind. Bleeding or Protruding Piles in to IA days. The first application gives Ease and Rest. soc.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
Use ''e:';,ItI. ests kIirki dis et, VVuuu uuuAuuo VII
shrivels, Loosens and It's Gone!

"Just like taking the lid off-thats how easy you can lift corn off your toe after it has been treated with Hunt the wide world over and you'll find nothing so magic, simple and easy as "Gets.It." You folks who
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29
"Weather or Mo-

A man can't keep his heart in his work and on the altar of love at the same time.-Old Man Sage
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

have wrapped your toes in. bandages to look like bundles, who have used salves that turned your toes raw and sore, and used plasters that would shift. from their place and never "get" the corn. and who have dug and picked at your corns with knives and scissors and perhaps made them bleed-just quit these old and painful ways and try "Gets-lt" just once. You put or 3 drops on, and it dries at once. There's noth- ing to stick. You can put your shoe and stocking right on again. The pain is all gone. Then the corn dies a painless, shriveling death. 1t loosens from your to-. toe and off ao, It ing corn remedy in the world today. There's none other as good.
 "Gets-It" is sold by druggists everywhere, 25c a bottle. or sent on receipt of price by E. Lawrence & Co.,. Chicago, III.
 Sold in Paragould and recommend d as the worlds best corn remed, y K. c. Grizzard.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

ups plainly printed on the bottle. Look carefully and see that it is made by the California Fig Syrup (From Tuesdays Daily Press) Company. *tf
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

Drives Out Malaria, Builds Up System The Old Standard general strengthening tonic. GROVES TASTRLESS chill TONIC. drives out Maaria, ,enriches the blood and builds up the sys
 tenn. A true tonic. For adults and children. soc.
The weekly soliphone., 1917-03-29

spear and wrestling.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31
Produce and Prices

Jersey farm produce sold in Will
mington Jersey Market at the follow
ing prices: White potatoes, 1880
cents a basket: c~antaloupes. $3.50
cents; apples, $3.50 cents; egg plants
70 cents; peppers, 1920 cents; onions,
1890 cents; watermelons, $3.50 a
hundred. A few baskets of sweet DO
tatoes have been sem from Jersey.
This week S1.75 a basket was received
for large and 81 for small.
Harry Gibson,on the Weber farm.
at Courses Landing, sent two baskets
of large sweets which sold for So a
basket and two baskets of small for
81 each last week.
1t costs five cents a basket for
freight and ten per cent. for selling,
On Monday and Tuesday farmers
received from so to so cents a bas-
ket for can house tomatoese. On
Wednesday the price was 40.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31
NOODSTONN NHISPER|NGS.
Our Near Live Burg's Progress.
sive Doings

Miss Elsie Moore entertained a num-
Der Of ladies at fancy work on Thurs
day afternoon.
Miss Alice Haines was given a kitchen
shower on Friday evening in honor of
her approaching marriage.
Rev. Harold Thompson. of Picture
Rock. Pa. has accepted a call to the
Baptist Church and will take charge on
Sunday, Sept. 2nd.
Miss Minnie Rachor. of Bridgeton.
has been spending some time with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John DucheIl.
Mrs. Edward Bassett entertained a
number Of ladies at a porch party on
Monday afternoon.
Mrs. j. NJ. c. Richman spent Monday
with relatives in Bridgeton.
Miss Ellen Broadway spent a few DAYS
last week with friends at Pitman Grove.
Miss Elmira Lippincott has been
spending a few days with friends at
l'aulsboro.
Mrs. Sarah Peterson is spending a
week at Atlantic CITY.
Miss Mary Mears. Of Crown Ridge.
Is the guest of Mrs. Annie Lippincott
for a week.
Mr.. Daniel Cruise is spending some
time with relatives at Dorchester.
Miss Francis Vanlier has been visit
ing relatives at HaddonfieId.
Mrs. Rachel Holworth. of Vinelapd
IS visiting Mrs. Charlotte Bishop.
The Home Missionary Society Of the
Methodist Church met at the home of
Mrs. Joel Snellbaker, ON Wednesday af-
~ternoon.
A JOINT committee from the churches.
civic bodies. and fraternal societies met
IA the borough Hall on Thursday even
ing To arrange a suitable send-off for
our soldier boys when they leave to ioin
TIE coiors. A committee consisting of
Rev. George w. Yard, w. D. CLAYTON
Mayor d. q. HUMPHREYS, A. d.. Smell
baker. Frank b. Peterson. Judge 4. c.
N%addington. and W. s. Roberts. was
named to have charge of the matter.
Mrs Charles Jackson and children. of
Atlantic City. are visiting at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. LeGrand virgins.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elmer Davis and chill
dren, of Ardmore. Pa. are SPENDING
some time with Mr.. and Mrs. Allie Da-
Wis.
Mrs. Sarah Miller. of Newark. is visit
her son. f. W. Miller.
Miss Anna Bremen. of PHILADELPHIA.
Is visiting Miss Mabel virgins.
Miss Antonette Becker, of Philadel-
phla, teacher of Domestic Arts in Pitts
6urgh. who has been taking a course of
instruction for six weeks at Columbia
University. New York. is at the home of
her father. Mr.. Ernest Becker.
Miss Attic Flitcraft is spending some
time with friends at H~addonfeld.
The churches. civic league. Chamber
OF and lodges are Arranging
Tor an appropriate demonstration on
September l to show an appreciation of
me soldier boys who will leave for war
service.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31
PENCILIKGS
Interesting Items From Oldmans
Township

Mrs. VIM. Burk and daughter are
spending a few days in Atlantic City.
Howard Ellis who is a member Of the
National Guard. located in Trenton. was
home over Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Ellis entertained
over Sunday Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Ellis
and family. of Audubon.
Mrs. Avon Downs has returned from
a three weeks visit in Bridgeton.
William Cawley is able to return from
Hahnemann Hospital after a recent OPP
Grafton.
Mrs. Mary Shoemaker. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hubert Shoemaker. Of Philadelphia. and
Mr.. and Mrs. Milford Smith. off Cam
den, spent part of last week with Mr..
and Mrs. +. q. Sparks.
School reopens next Tuesday. Septem-
Der 1. with the following teachers: Prin-
cipal, Edna Shoemaker: assistants. Net
tie Pieken. Mrs. Mary Hertz. Helen
Swaverly, and Dora Green. Of Woods
town.
Rev. and Mrs. +. H. Cloud and daugh-
ters. Of Cape May Court House.. are
visiting among former parishioners.
Mrs. Matte Nichols. of Cold Springs.
spent last week with her parents. Mr..
and Mrs. George Jordan.
The class of 1917 of the Penns Grove
High School held their first reunion at
the home of Andrew Hendrickson. on
Tuesday evening.
Mrs. VI. Halderman. of Philadelphia.
is renewing acquaintance here.
Rev. and Mrs. d. n. johnson. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lee Sailor and daughter, and Mr..
and Mrs. John Hertz left on Thursday
Cor a 49,. 49,. IL. 80.
bury Park and points in North New Jer-
sey.
Hamilton Pedrick. Charles Freid and
John Green are each driving new tour
ing cars.
Frank Diver. of Philadelphia. visited
at T. p. Sweeten's during the week.
Miss Myrtle Bennett. Of Newark. spent
the week end with Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
Hertz.
Miss Helen Bausman. of Clifton Hts.
Pa. Is visiting Mr.. and Mrs. f. f. Kiliy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frelan Sparks enter
tanned IN Monday evening. Rev. and
Mrs. f. II. Cloud, Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
Smith. Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Hertz. Mr..
and Mrs. Albert Sailor and Mr.. and
Mrs. T. l. Holton.
Roland Whippey was painfully burned
ibout the arms n face during an ex-
plosion at the Penns Grove powder
works on Thursday Of last week.
Miss Helen Sweeten is visiting in
Bridgeton.
Miss Reba Foulk, of Chester. is visit
ing the home of her aunt. Mrs. William
Holeton.
Miss Nettie Picken has returned from
1 visit in Camden.
Rev. and Mrs. f. c. Hulse. of Thoro-
fare. are visiting DIR. and Mrs. II. T.
Johnson.
Miss NJ. Smith. of charlottesville. W.
Va. is visiting her sister. Mrs. ]. Shhltz
and Mrs. Charles Sparks.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31
Candidates Appearing

Who will be the candidates to fill
the offices to be elected at the ensu-
ing election is in the minds of those
interested in public affairs. The
terms of Simon Cunningham, Mayor,
and Councilman Henry J. Blohm and
William P. Denny expire.
j. Albert Fisher has announced
himself as a candidate for the Re-
publican nomination for Mayor.
Thomas E. Hunt is also spoken of
Mayor.
No one has been announced for the
Democratic nominations.
The terms of Charles L. Smith,
Freebooter for Upper Penns Neck
township, and Elwood Crispin, Com
~mitteeman, expire.
In Oldmans township the term of
Frank Deitrick, Committeeman, ex-
pires.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31

For the first time in thirtv-thtee wears
the Penns Grove Record was unable To
Issue its regular edition last week and had
TO send patt edition with home news un-
ly. The supply of PAPER was given to
tie express company on Tuesday even
ing and never arrived until Monday NOR
ming, hecanse the handlers 81 express
goods in New York, Philadelphia and
Camden were on a strike. In the express
car Monday WAS perisi,ahle goods decay
lug, and packages for different pieces IA
the State.
A shroud ordered to come by exnress
for Coroner Ashcraft did not arrive nntil
after the funeral last week. Another was
procured lay boat.
AT times like this workmen who refnse
to do their duty ave guilty OF treason.
The Penn's Grove record., 1917-08-31
Du Point Dividends

Holders of "du Pont common" "a
the common stock of f. |. da Point do
Nemonrs x c.. is knowa, will ~realiz. Is
per cent in dividends for the current vear
if the ionrth and tinal quarterly dividend
tor the year sqlais the other three tbe
third OF which had been declared at a
meeting of the directors. The first thr-a
have been identical. a each time.
In addition to declaring a quarterly
dividend on common stock OF Al, PAYABLE
september 10 10 stock of record August
81, the directors have also declared q
dividend of II PAYABLE October p tn
stock of record October 10.
The + dn Pont de Nemnnrs rowde,
Co declared II on preferred stock for
the past quarter PAYABLE November I 10
stock OF rec rl October 20. on common
u payable 'vemher | to stock of record
October 20.