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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29
CORN TWO WEEKS
LATE; HAY LIGHT
County Crop Correspondent C. c. Camp.
bell Reports Fruit Crops VIII
Be Short.
MORE LAND N POTATOES NOW
Acreage in spds Is Five Per Cent
Greater Than Last Year-Peaches
3 Failure.

corn ia two weeks late, The hay
crop Will be light. All fruit crops viii
be short. Hard winter and heavy wind
storms are the cause"
The foregoing is the summary in
brief of the crop conditions IN Rock Is
land county, as reported by County
CROP Correspondent G. G. Campbell
Thirtieth street and Nineteenth ave-
nue., to the bureau Of crop estimates Of
the United States Department Of Agri-
culture
Mr.. Campbell reports that there is
10 per cent more land IN corn this
year than last, although the condition
of the crop is only so per cent of nor
NAL. There is 5 per cent more land IN
potatoes this year than last year, and
the condition of the spuds is 50 Der
cent Of normal, he declares in the re
port.
The condition of rains. fruit and
produce as compared with normal, is
appended. Winter wheat. 40 per cent
spring wheat, 50 per cent; oats IS per
cent. barley. 95 per cent; rye 80 per
cent. apples. rs per cent, hay, 70 per
cent. timothy SO per cent, clover. %
per cent, alfalfa, % per cent; pas
lures. SIS per cent. tomatoes, s. per
cent: cabbages, 95 per cent onions,
100 per cent; peaches, failure, grapes,
Is per cent; pears. IS per cent; and
berries, so per cent
List Of Prices.
Appended is a list of the average
prices Rock Island county farmers are
getting for their grain and produce, ae7
,tr,-C inc tn tine ran0Fr.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29

scence in the schools Of our sister city
and Frank Holm of Davenport.
county recorder OF Scott county, an
expert on canning. This demonstTa-
tjon viii be held at 8 o'clock t0mor-
row afternoon at the Manual Arts
building OF the high school The pub
lie is urged and invited TO come and
observe the latest methods OF canning
used hv these canning eXperts"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29
- 49, coNTINI-En.

The cases Of ". G. Helm. held on
a disorderly conduct charge and Phil
Taxman. who is charged with being
keeper Of a disorder1y house, we're
both continued this morning in 20
lice court until next Tuesday morning
at g O'Clock.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29

zone feature Of thts contest is the
dHnn. ing demonstration which VIII be
condn cted by Mrs. Kate NJ Gleason
from . Moline. teacher of domestic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29

Arrestfng suFragetg n front q the
White House: Miss Mabel Vernon
the most prominent martyr.
Militant s4fFragets desiring to
pose as martyrs have been rounded
up in front Of the White House and
taken 10 police headquarters. Thare
they have been compelled to give
their names, ages and occupations
and TO promise to appear in police
court with other alleged dj5turbers
Of the peace.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1917-06-29

A large part OF diplomacy consists
Of inability to say nothing at the right
time-PhiIadelphia Record.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

The life of AN average freight
car is 20 years.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
TENN. IS BONE DRY.

Tennessee viii be bone dry af-
ter March l. Friday Gov. Rv .
signed the bill MAXIM it uni aw-
ful for express companies to car
~ liquor into Tennessee, exec, I
that during the month OF
February any citizen can have
one gallon shipped in to taper
off OH. - After March LIST. il will
be unlawful to either ship liquor
in or out of the STATE, any com
mon carriers viii not be permit
ted to transport it for any pur-
pose.
1t will be remembered that a
few years ago, under the State
wide act, Memphis, ond probably
other cities, which had the sup
port of its police officers and
newspapers, ignored the law and
saloons ran wide open. This
brought on the celebrated bone
dry law-the best thing that ev-
er happened to the State.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
p. o. CLERK ss75 SHORT.

Following an Investigation by
Inspectors Cain and Maybrey
Wednesday night, which reveal
Ell discrepancies covering a pc
rod of three years and 10 the
amount of about 1919, Claude d.
wards, who for years has served
as boolxkeeper i'm the Charleston
postoffice, was arrested Thursday
morning, charged with misappro-
priation Of funds. lie made full
confession Thursday afternoon
before the Federal Commissioner
in Cape Girurdeau, and was re
leased ON a $1,000 bond signed
by Col. Paul b. Moore, of this
city Charleston Courier.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

j. Il. Lemon, of the Mayfield
Messenger, publishes daily quo
tations from the Bible at the top
of { editorial column ON the
front page of his paper and ON
the fourth and last page can be
found an advertisement direct
ing readers where they can buy
the ingredients with which TO
make your own liquor at home.
That a veritable coon trap, 1t
catches the sinner, g wine and
the saint comm, and covers the
whole ground from Dan to Ber-
sheba. Say, Jim, condensed
scripture and condensed whiskey
won t mix-Murray Ledger.
Listen Friends: Try some of
my Sugar Loaf Bread, Canned
Goods, String Beans, Corn, Lima
Beans, Beets, Peas, etc., at Bet
tersworth s.
School Baskets, Tablets, Ink,
Pens, Pencils, Crayon, at Betters-
worth s.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
LINGERING COUGHS
ARE DANGEROUS.

Get rid of that tickling cough
that keeps You awake at night
and drains your vitality and
energy. DIR. Kings New Discov-
cry is a pleasant balsam remedy,
antiseptic, laxative and promptly
effective. 1t sOothes the irritated
and kills the cold
germs; your cough is soon re-
lieved. Delay is dangerous-get
DR.. Kings New Discovery at
once. For nearly fifty years it
has been the favorite remedy for
grippe, Group, coughs and colds.
Get a bottle today at your drug
gist soc. Adv.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
OUT OF THE GLOOM.
Many A Gloomy Countenance In
Hickma Now Lighters with
Happiness.

"A bad back makes you gloomy.
Ian be happy with continual
tMekache.
The aches and pains of a bad
back
Are frequently due to weak
kidneys.
Doan 5 Kidney Pills are recon-
mended for weak kidneys.
So Hickman citizens testify.
Mrs. IL. q. Smith, ol3 Catlet
ST., Hickman, says: lover eight
years ago l suffered with AN at
tack of kidney trouble and back
ache. My kidneys were too FIRE
quent in action and the kidney
secretions were unnatural. i
was annoyed a lot with my back
and at one time when l was bent
over, a sharp, terrible pain eaugl t
me in the small of my back and
made me scream. 1t was some
time before / could straighten up
even slowly. l bought Doan s
Kidney Pills at Helm & Ellison S
Drug Store, and one box gave
me good results. / haven't had
to use any kidney medicine
sicce."
Price soc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy
get Doans Kidney Pills the
same that Mrs. Smith had
Foster-Milburn Co., Prop, Buffa'
10, N. Y. Advt-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

The national daylight saving
association recommends that all
clocks be run up an hour from
April to October, because there Is
more daylight in summer. 1t Is
bad enough for a man to get up
at . 30, without having an extra
hour added to his clock.
Mammals p. C. Flour, Pulled
Wheat, Puff Rice, Wheat Hearts,
Cream of Wheat, PettijOhns Food,
Rolled Oats, Kumbles Grits, Petit
john Beans, Flour, etc., at Bet
tersworth s.
Try LEMOLAC and be convinc-
ed that it is pleasant to take and
takes the place of Calomel.
Onions sold at from $50 to
$500 per bushel wholesale In
Cairo this week.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
CALOMEL SALIVATES
AND MAKES YOU SICK.
Acts like Dynamite On a Slug
gish Liver And You Lose A
Days Work.

There s no reason why a per-
son should take sickening, salivat
ing calomel when so cents buys
a large bottle of Dodson's Liver
Tone-a perfect substitute for cal
omel.
1t is a pleasant, vegetable IL
quid which will start your liver
just as surely as calomel, but it
doesn t make You sick and can
not salivate.
Children and grown folks can
take Dodson's Liver Tone be-
cause it is perfectly harmless.
Calomel is a harmless drug. II
is mercury and attacks your
bones. Take a dose Of nasty calo
sick and nauseated tomorrow
mel today and you will feel weak
Don't lose a days work. Take
spoonful of Dodson's Liver Tom
instead and you will wake uT
feeling great. No more bilious
ness, constipation, sluggishness
headache, coated tongue or sou,
stomach. Your druggist says il
you don't find Dodson's Liver
Tone acts better than horrible
calomel your money is waiting
for YOU Advt.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

Hickman Chapter No. 40, r
A. NJ, meets in stated convoca-
ton on the 3rd Monday night Of
each month. Visiting compan-
ions are extended q cordial wei
come.-W. G. Speer, II. p w.
+. Montgomery, Secy.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
To Cure a Cold in One Day

Take LAxATIvE BRoMo Quinine. It stopsthe
Cough and Headache and works off the Cold.
Druggists refund money il 1t fails to cure.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
ZERO WEATHER FRIDAY.

Friday was the coolest day ex-
perienced here in many years. In
the early hours of the morning,
the mercury erawled down 10
zero, according To all therOme-
ters, and many claim il was few
degrees below.
The usual number of bursted
pipes followed and the coal man
had a weekend rush of business.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
Due! =; la$@
NZsz D IS
u

Hickman Lodge No. 761, F. &
A. M. meets in regular communi-
cation on the second and fourth
Monday nights in each month.
Visiting brothers always welcom-
ed.-A. j. Walker, MasteT w.
+. Rennenberg, Secy., pro tenn.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
OyERWORKED MOTHER
Finds Health Ia Our Vinol

Collinsville. I'LL suffered from a
nervous breakdown and terrible head
aches and was tired all over, totally
worn out and discouraged, but as l had
a barge family had to work despite my
suffering. / saw Ninol advertised and
decided to try it, and within two weeks
l noticed decided Improvement, and
now 1 am q well woman-"-Mrs- Ana
BECKER.
We guarantee Vinol. our non secret
tonic, to strengthen and build up
weak, rundown, overworked mothers,
delicate children and feeble Did people
Helm & Ellison. druggists.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

According to the old ground
hog legend, we are to have six
week more of winter.
Paper on which the Courier il
printed jumped up $40 more on
the ton Feb. LIST.
Why don't you try LEMOLAC.
the pleasant substitute for Cal
|omeli
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
LAND FOR LANDLESS
THROUGH FORM LOAN ACT.

Il ne arm A@odn MT PRIV tQcS
cheaper money for land purchases.
The question has been asked /:
Will IL not make it easier for
some men 10 get credit to mono
police land, increase land values,
make it harder for the tenant
farmers and perpetuate and
broaden the tenant system
The answer says Mr.. Wilson, is.
''The privilege of borrowing is
denied to all men except actual
farmers.
Second, the size of the loan
is limited to $4,000, TO check the
tendency to large farms and land
monopoly"
Continuing, he says: 1.-The
Loan act gives to the rich no adj
ditional advantage in buying
land, but does give an added adj
vantage TO the landless. 1t exerts
its financial pressure and will al
ways do so in favor of actual
working farmer ownership, and "a
gainst absentee landlOrdiSm.
Further inquiry has come as to
now credit system, that lends
only 30 per cent of the value of
The land, enables a tenant to buy
farm if the tenant has not saw
ed the other 30 per cent.
Mr.. Wilson says: "The tenant
Who wants TO buy the land indi-
Gates what and he intends to
purchase when he joins the Farm
Loan Association.
Let us say that the farm he ex-
poets to buy viii cost him 50, 600.
lie can borrow $500 on it. He
must, therefore, raise this $2, 800
in addition, and he can give
second mortgage OF this land.
Men have little faith in a Sec
o1d mortgage ordinarily, because
the man who hole the first mort
gage may taae advantage of
bad season and sell the land and
buy it in.
There is EC danger of this
when the first mortgage is plac-
cd through the Farm Loan Asso-
citation 1t is not due in twelve
months, or twenty four months,
1t is not due for five years, or
twenty years. The annual pay
.nents are so small that there -
eareely any possibility of raE
who has land upon those terms
being sold out 10 settle the first
mortgage.
This gives To this farmer S cred.
TORS every assurance they can
have OF security for a seccn'i
mortgage on shorter time, and
he can trust to the profit from
The farm to reduce his second
mortgage.
This first mortgage, as Mr..
Wilson points out, is gradually
reduced every year by small pay
ments; but every payment that Is
made increases the security for
the second mortgage. Mr. Wilson
says that In some of the States,
second mortgage banks are al
ready being formed, by private III
dividuals, to lend money to land
less people of proper credit, who
want to buy farms and have not
the wherewithal.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

An exchange suggests that we
encourage the hens. If eggs at
nickle per is not sufficient en-
enlargement for the "old huz-
zy' to hump herself, she should
have her cackle pulled out and be
made to roost on the ground
duck TIE rest of her days.
Bring your chickens, turkeys.
eggs and butter TO the LaClede
Hotel. Will pay the highest
market price,. o. West. tie
Fresh bread daily 1t Moore's-
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08

Stone ; Cold Tablets only
25c bOx-will break up that
cold. Get a box today at the
tile kman Drug Co.
The people take LEMOLAC be-
cause LEMOLAC takes the place
of CalOmel.
The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1917-02-08
Whenever You Need a General Tonic
Take Groves

The Old Standard Groves Tasteless
General Tonic because it contains the
we'll known tonic properties fQUININE
and IRON. 1t acts on the Liver, Drives
out Malaria, Enriches the Blood and
Builds up the Whole System so cents.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-04
BULLETINS THAT WILL
HELP YOU PREPARE

The following Louisiana bulletins
and circulars are of timely value in
the statewide campaign for increased
food production, and copies may be
obtained free by addressing Extern
sion Division, Louisiana State Univer-
sity, Baton Rouge:
Bulletin 129-Cane Syrup Making.
Bulletin 141-Vegetable Culture in
North louisiana.
Bulletin 142-Diseases Of the Toma-
to in Louisiana.
Bulletin 143-Silos and Ensilage.
Bulletin 14S-Stock Feeding.
Bulletin 151-Cattle Feeding on the
Plantation and Farm.
Bulletin 152-Anthrax or Charlton.
Circular Reorganization Of Boys
Pig Clubs.
Circular 3-Breeds of Hogs. Best
Crops to Grow for Hogs.
Circular 4-Boys' and Girls Poultry
Clubs
Circular Live Stock Sanitation
on the Farm.
Circular 13-Ten Questions and An
swers on the Fundamentals OF Plant
ing and Cultivating Corn.
Circular 14--The Louisiana Farm
Flock.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-04
WHY arr THE CATTLE so Small AND
DEGENERATE ON OUR HILL farms?
Native Cattle Were Large HeaTe Use Of Smaller Sp
cialzed Dairy Bulls Brought About Decrease in Size and
Misunderstanding to Larger Types the
Remedy for This Condition.

rosa Of us who can look "
and much superior grade OF N
today however
scrubb of much inferior gaue anu c
O less money value than their predecessors
This time when we are WIS.,"
ing quality animals throughout the State as s TOT
Improvement female cattle that We must ook TO me
foundation for our mated with bulls OF the 0
The question for this degenefacy our
the of bulls OF the smaller
specialized dairy scrub males OF similar type
IN and weight OF the ohsprlhs' Win e'u ~
and depreciation in value ,. . - ~, nronor
sense of the term facilities and equipment to specialize
bronb
cattle Of more beefy type h ne can m @
buyer and make more out OF IMAM 1t Is poS
the small scrubby his pastures
may instead of gradually improving ana
grading cattle in size weight ana qua' oil ~
the wrong way oy the use
dinu1ve specimens a arg "
often seen on curl the present time
The Remedy for Condition.
the first place it should be
of the strictly dairy breeo or s
grading our native cattle toward pee
v the use of males especially breeding that of the
small of the majority OF cur a' ~
beef breeds to make the ns Cross. d incl , tia
calvng would result mating the "
as tendency toward beef production
Red Poll Devon whose smaller calves Vead not
probably
percenas OF nvns 1e md the females would Taa1 an excellent
with bulls might select After
would gradually especially
would bring dispose them
and the females for his breeding
of
grade bulls of dairy type for those that
will change
crease his
show prices for bulls All that is required under
breeding
satisfactory
pueed Grade scrub males lack prepoen and
do not the desirable qualities on their progeny
grading native cattle In the hill sections of the
would result the production of superior quality Of
beef cattle that would not only De but that any nn be
W H Dalrymple Louisiana State University
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-04
CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATIONS.
Opportunities to Qualify for Federal
Government Positions.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that distribu-
ton of application blanks for the I'M
skilled laborer examination, to fill po-
sitions in the various government Of
fees in New Orleans, was begun We'd
nesday, Aug. l. Fifty completed APP
plications will be received from men,
and twenty-five from women, and the
blanks must be called for and filed in
person. The receipt of applications
will close Aug. Is.
Other examinations are announced
as follows:
August 21-Production expert,
$500 per annum, office Of the Chief
Signal Officer, War Department,
Washington
Investigator in accounting and Of
flee management, $4,000 to $4,000,
Bureau of Efficiency, Washington.
August 22-Aid, 5000 to $72O, Blu
reau of Standards, Department Of
Commerce.
Aid, $1,000, Division Of Plants, Ma
tional Museum, Washington.
Bookbinder, so cents an hour, Gov
eminent Printing Office, Washington.
chronological Inspector, $l4OO to
s174O. Federal Horticultural Board,
Department of Agriculture, for duty
in Washington and in the field.
Junior gas chemist, $1,000 to $500,
Bureau of Mines, at Pittsburg, Pa.
Mechanical laboratory assistant,
$500 to $1,000, Bureau of Mines, for
duty at Pittsburg or elsewhere.
Scientific assistant in drug-plant in
vestigations, $1,000, Bureau of Plant
Industry, Department of Agriculture.
For the following positions no writ
ten examination is required, and ap-
plications will be received at any time
until further notice:
Inspector and assistant inspector Of
field artillery ammunition steel, $3.50
per day to $500 per annum, to fill
vacancies at various manufacturing
plants within the United States.
Assistant metallurgical chemist,
$1,000 to $500, to fill vacancies as
above mentioned.
Finger print classifer, $1,000, War
Department, for duty in Washington.
Fifty vacancies exist in this position.
Experienced shlpWrlghts are want
ed for the Philadelphia and New York
navy yards. The maximum pay at
the Philadelphia yard is $4.32 per
day. The government will refund
transportation expenses.
Examinations for the position of
stenographer and typewriter, men and
women, for service in Washington,
are held every Tuesday. The next ex-
animation for stenographer and type
writer for employment in New Orle-
ans will be held Aug. Fl.
Application blanks and, necessary
information concerning any of these
examinations may be secured from
the Civil Service Commission at
Washington, D. c., or from the Sec
rotary, Tenth Civil Service District,
Customhouse, New Orleans, La. Cir
culars descriptive of the examinations
and places to be filled may be seen at
the office of the Chief.
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-04
CLIP THIS AND PIN
ON NIiFE'S DRESSER
Cincinnati man tells how to shriveI
up corns or caiuses SO they
lift off with fingers.

Ouch ! ?! ?? This kind of rough
talk will be heard less here in town il
people troubled with corns will follow
the simple advice of this Cincinnati
authority, who claims that a few drops
of a drug called freezone when applied
to tender, aching corn or hardened cal
lus stops soreness at once, and soon the
corn OF callus dries up and lifts right
off without pain.
He says freezone dries Immediately
and never inflames or even irritates the
surrounding skin. A small bottle of
freezone will cost very little at any
drug store, but will positively remove
every hard or soft corn or callus from
ones feet Millions of American women
will welcome this announcement since
the inauguration of the high heels. If
your druggist doesn't have freezone tell
him to order small bottle for you.s
The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1917-08-04
SHERIFF'S SALE.
State of Louisiana-Parish of Ascen
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Judicial
District Court.
Adolphe Meter
VS.. No. 2493
Theonhile Gentil

nY VIRTUE OF and in obedience to
- an order of seizure and sale, is
sued by the above named court in the
above entitled and numbered cause,
and to me directed, / have seized and
taken into my possession, and will Of
fer for sale at public auction to the
last and highest bidder, according to
law, at the principal front door of the
courthouse of the parish of Ascension,
in the city of Donaldsonville, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1917,
at II o'clock a. M, the following de-
scribed property, towit:
The undivided one-fifth of a
certain lot of ground situated in
the town Of Donaldsonville, parish of
Ascension, in that part of said town
formerly known as Faubourg Lessard,
designated on the plan of said Fau-
bourg as lot number fifteen, forming
the corner of Lessard and Attakapas
now Nichols avenue, bounded by the
property formerly belonging to Fer
dinand Terrio on one side and in the
rear, measuring sixty feet front on
Lessard street by depth and front
on Attakapas street Of one hundred
and twenty feet, together with all of
the buildings and improvements there
on and thereunto belonging.
Another certain lot of ground stu
ated in the parish of Ascension, town
of Donaldsonville, in that part of said
town known as Faubourg Lessard,
designated on a plan of said town by
the lot number twenty-five, fronting
on Opelousas street, measuring fifty
two feet two inches by depth of one
hundred and seven feet six inches,
American measure, bounded on one
side by lot number twenty one, on the
other side by lot number twenty
three, and in the rear by lot twenty
four, when it measures ffty-seven
feet four inches; together with all of
the buildings thereon and thereunto
belonging. Being the same property
which the said Theophile Gentil in
herited from his late father, Doni-
nique Gentil, who died on the 18th
day of April, 1906, and his mother,
Eugene Guedry, surviving widow of
the said Dominique Gentil, who died
on the 18th day of January, 1908.
Terms and conditions Cash in
United States currency.
E. c.. HANSON,
Sheriff, Parish of Ascension.
Donaldsonville, La, June 27, 1917.