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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

Quit worrying over lost opportuni-
ties and become alert to new ones.
You are going to have more chances
to make good '''
The old saying that opportunity
knocks but once at your door is a fall
lacy.
Don't be so pernickety that you i'm
meGiately begin to wonder if the quo
tation about opportunity" was cor
rectly quoted, and SO lose sight of the
lesson which it is sought to drive in.
From experience You know you have
had already more than one chance to
improve your present position.
Don't allow yourself to think the big
chance Is going to hunt you up.
Indeed, it will skip you a-fylng If
there Is disposition on your part to
be sought, and then coaxed, and then
implored.
Opportunity Is looking for some one
who Is ready and waiting to grab it.
Don't lose second in catching on
to opportunity amy more than you
want to lose IL beat of that wonderful
music by making false step in the
dance you enjoy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

The liver loses its activity at times
and needs help. HERBINE is an eff
fective liver stimulant. 1t also puri-
fies the bowels strengthens diges-
ton and restores strength, vigor and
cheerful spirits, Price SOC. Sold by
Wren Drug Co.--Adv
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
CARNEGIE LIBRARY BULLETIN

GAYLORD Bros. or Syracuse, New
York, lave issued an Emergency War
List Of books. The Carnegie Library
las the following titles from the list:
Noyes--Lord of Misrule.
Observation-Disclosures No. 10. s
Blendau-The Nurses Story.
Empey-Over the Top.
Turczynourcz-When the Prussians
Came to Poland.
Basheller-Keeping up with Lizzie.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
Cleaning Tea Kettle.

To make tea kettles wear twice as
long gather handful of pebbles (size
OF a Walnut, wash nicely anG put in.
tea kettle The rolling around of peb-
bles keeps the crust that forms loose,
and ii easily shakes out from time to.
time, thus saving the wear of the ket-
tie.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
IN A NUTSHELL

According to Josephus the walnut
tree was formerly common In Pales'
tine and grew lugurlantly around the
Sea- OF Tlberlus
The output Of manganese ore In this
country IN 1915 amounted to 27,000
tons, which was three times the pro.
duction In 1915.
A Kentucky man has written to a
Connecticut mayor please to find him
stepmothery "notntoo fat" for his
four daughters.
Vibration is almost entirely ellminat.
ed from q new reciprocating pump In
which cams are used instead of cranks
to drive the plstons.
Boston has tried successfully the ex.
pertinent Of having open-air moving
pictures, which is I'm advance in con.
serving the public health.
Although England's meat importa
tons are very heavy coming from Aus
traia and North and South America
60 per cent of the supply is grown at
home.
The production Of fuel briquettes IN
the United States last year exceeded
29J.0O0 tons and was the greatest on
record, being an increase of 50 per cent
from the year before.
The Goldfish has the reputation Of be-
ing the goat of the sea. 1t will eat
anything, and there are many records |
of 1t having performed some marvel
Gus feats Of swallowing.
FedoE L. -Foss, mining expert on the
Russian mission to the United States, |
has requested that firms making labor
saving machinery for use in mineral |
industries send catalogues and descHp-
tive literature to him.
All Of the European armies have
shoes without Innings, and the new
service Shoe of the United States is
made that way. 1t makes u better1
shoe more sanitary. more comfortable
and less likely TO cause bTisters.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
Bravery.

People glorify all sorts of bravery
except the bravery they might show
on behalf of their nearest neighbors.
George Eliot
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

Obstinacy IS will asserting itself
without being able to Justify itself.
1t is persistence without a reasonable
motive. 1t is the tenacity Of selflove
substituted for that of reason and corr
science.-Amiel
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

The days are ever divine. Tkey
come and 60 like muflled and yelled
figures; but they say nothing; and if
we do not use the gifts they bring they
carry them as silently away.-Emef-
son.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
HIT AND MISS

fs q .
Some folks find happy com
promise in building houses OF
rock on the sand.
A great deal of criticism of
kissing comes from those who
are seldom exposed to 1T.
In many instances 1t takes Il
heap sight more courage to let
go than it does to hang on.
We are charitable enough to
think that the man who found
bit of ground glass in his
breakfast food and blamed 1t on
the Kaiser was going little too
far with his Imagination.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

Old age Is the consummation of life,
just as of play from the fatigue OF
which We ought to escape, especially
when safety is super-added.-Acc
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

The old saying that opportunity
Knocks but once at your door is a fall
lacy.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
YOUR CHANCE

Quit worrying over lost opportuni-
ties and become alert to new ones.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

You are going to have more chances
to make good '''
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
AND BRING THE
PRESCRIPTION HERE

Where It will be filled by eompe-
tent registered pharmacists. Your
doctor knows where he would rather
have it so. He may not be willing
to say. but we know what he thinks.
He's told us.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

Born for very brief space Of time
we regard this life as an inn which we
are soon to quit that it may be ready
for the coming guest.-Seneca.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
HAVEN'T YOU CURED
THAT COLD YET?

Just been fooing along with It,
feeling rotten and saying the worlds
all wrong and that most people are
grouches. when the truth is it's that
bloomin' cold Come in here and get
a box OF our REXALL COLD TAB
LET'S. They'll only cost you a two
bits and my the number of colds
they have cured in Chickasha this
winter You wouldn't believe it if
we told you. so we just won't say.
And ii you've Got a Cough with
it Get il Before the Cough Gets You
-REXALL WHITE PINE AND TAR;
another two-bits.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
HANDS CHAPPED,
SKIN ROUGH?

Brownson's Carnation Cream will
make them just like they were when
you were a youngster CSC the bot
tie.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

The Goldfish has the reputation Of be-
ing the goat of the sea. 1t will eat
anything, and there are many records
of 1t having performed some marvel
GUS feats Of swallowing.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

According to Josephus the walnut
tree was formerly common In Pales
tine and grew lugurlantly around the
Sea- OF Tlberlus,
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
WITH TIE sAGEs

Pythagoras desired to be called not
wise, Ike those who preceded him,
but a lover of wisdom.-Quint3lan.
Put oil on the wound and 1t will
heal; be meek and the anger of thy
brother will ahate.-Parsee Bannerjee,
1898.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

The output of manganese ore In this
country IN 1915 amounted to 2700O
tons, which was three times the pro.
duction In 1915.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22
GEE! BUT THIS WATERS
HARD HERE!

when | first came back l thought
l never could become reconeiled to
such water said one of our friends
Il floated around in the tub all one
evening but couldn't get that after
bath refreshing feeling. Then i
thought of Brownson's Cocoanut and
/, CASTLE soap that makes this hard
watsSdsessldJ 8pought three cakes
-a1fef- --6fr-Desa4-itrsu made it real
bath THREE BIG CAKES s5e.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

INTENSE
TOILET WATER

Comes in Rose, Violet, Narcisisus
Trailing Arbutus. l-2 ounces to
the bottle. This is an ounce and
one-half more to the bottle than
any other dollar bottle contains, and
the quality is all there.
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

A Kentucky man has written to a
Connecticut mayor please to find him
d stepmother9 "notntoo fat" for his
four daughters
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-01-22

From experience You know you have
had already more than one chance to
improve your present position.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
QUITS $1,000 MONTH
] JOB TO join Marines
Capt coyle Re-enlsts and Goes 10
Port Royal.

Capt. william R. c6yie. u. q. NJ
O.. stationed formerly at the League
Island Navy Yard. Philadelphia, who
resigned from the service several
years ago to take a position as man
ager Of the Elk Horn Coal Company,
OF Bethlehem. Pa. at salary OF
$1,000 q month. yesterday created
a sensation at the main recruitine
station of the U. 8. Marine Corps,
4o7 Star building. by afixing hfs
signature to re-enlistment papers
for the duration of war.
Capt Coyle has had his rank re-
stored and will be sent to the main
training station Of the u. 8. Marine
Corps at Paris Island. Port Royal,
a. c., without delay, and hopes to
see active service in France In the
very near future.
Milton Darlington Moore, q young
student at Princeton College, and
q member Of one of the best known
families in Philadelphia. showed up
at the recruiting station accom-
companied by his young bride, and
celebrated his honeymoon by en-
listing in the Marine Corps for the
duration of war. The newiyweds
left for Paris Island yesterday.
Martin French, jr., the young son
Of Capt. Martin French. second in
command of the Washington Navy
Yard. likewise announced his inten-
tion Of joining the Marine Corps.
He probably will enlist before the
end Of this week.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16

method. which 10 none other than
capturing the food-devouring in
sect or worm and killing It This
may be done with q stick and tin
can. the insect OF worm being
knocked into the can with the aid
Of the stick. II one doesn't wish
to use his hand. and after the gar
den Is gone over the insects and
worms are burned. Don't bury
them, for most can come right up
again.
There are several kinds of pois-
ons which may be sprayed or dust
ed on plants to kill insect pests
They are poisonous. so keep from
children? These include, among
the most frequently used:
Paris green. which IL very rare
now and consequently very expen-
sive. This is mixed In q paste.
which is used in varying strengths
dependent on the insect to be con-
trolled and the plant Mix in . lit
tie quick lime to prevent burning
the leaves. Stir while spraying TO
keep the contents well mixed.
Poison!
Arsenate of lead, which. consider
ing the high price OF Paris green
Is 20 be advised. II does about the
same work. and can be applied In
stronger mixtures without injuring
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
DUPLEX RAZOR PLANT
WILL HELP RED CROSS
Employers 70 Run Factory Half
Day for Mercy Fund.


The employers Of the Durham
Duplex Razor Company Saturday
will run the plant four hours in the
afternoon. and the employers will
give their earnings to the Red
Cross. To each dollar earned by
the employees the company will add
dollar. In other words, double
time will be paid the employees and
all earnings turned over to the
fund. This Is as Mr.. Sheehan. the
president of the company. put II.
Conserving time, and turning 1t
to account"
The employees are glad Of the op-
portunity to work for the Red
Cross. and as the company can use
the output, nobobdy loses. and the
fund gains more money than IL
would be possible for the men and
women employed to give from their
regular earnings.
II this plan were adopted gener-
ally. the collection OF the Red Cross
funds would be easy.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16

the leaves. II may be bought st
drug stores. seed stores OF depart
ment stores. and the paste is mixed
with water 30 IL can be sprayed
upon the piants- Poisonl
White helleboro may be used
either as a spray OF dust The
powder is mixed with water. 4 o.
to gallons water: or. ], pound to
pounds air sIaked lime n 20 be
used as q dust II loses strength
rapidly and should be mixed frEsh
each time. Poison!
Tobacco may be used for some in
sects. either by busting the plants
with powder " soaking tobacco
stems in water and then sprayins
the leaves with the mixture Either
method is effective against plant
lice on garden vegetables. fruit
trees. berry bushes or grape vines.
Kerosene emulsion also kills plant
lice, and is made by mixing half
pound soap with 1 gallon of water
and gallon kerosene.
Tomorrow lesson viii handle th.
eut-werm fee.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
TAKE PART OF RENT
In SAVINGS STAMPS

p. Following along the. lines which
have prompted hundreds of, people to
reinvest their liberty bond coupons
in war savings stamps. the real es-
tate dealers Of Washington, at the
suggestion Of d. J. Callahan. are surg-
ing their clients TO specify q certain
amount each month to be deducted
from their rent money and to be sent
them in war savings and thrift
stamps.
The real estate dealers of the
city" says Director Callahan, ARE
very generally adopting this sugges-
tion. and am sure the results pro-
duced therefrom will be very graft
Tying"
One man reported to the committee
yesterday that he had complied with
such q request, asking that 10 per
cent Of the rent money which IL col
lected for him be sent in stamps.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16

and worms: and won't harm a sin
gle plant.
Then there is the hand-picking
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
SAY SOLDIERS Want
religion STRAIGHT
camouflase Is DEPRECATED by Y.
M. c. A. Workers.

An unusual conference was held at
the Washington Y. NJ. c. A. yester-
day afternoon when the religious
work secretaries of all camps in the
Washington district, army chaplains.
and, several Washington. clergymen
who have been addressing men at the
camps gathered to discuss what sort
Of religious message should be given
to the men in uniform.
Here is. what they decided:
Men want straight out and out
religious. message, frankly given.
frankly advertised.
"Our soldiers, sailors and marines
are men enough to take their religion
straight. We need no camoufiage
corps in our religious work."
This summing up IL that OF Rev. DR..
Paul r. Hickok, religious work direc-
tor. who called the conferences. II
was agreed that the message that the
church and its workers has for men
In the national service should do these
things:
stimulate personal character: de-
velop a sane optimism; make for a
strong purpose toward clean living.
and inspire men with an ideal Of
patriotic self-sacrifice."
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
Garden Lesson No. 6s.

Birds and toads are the garden
er's best aids in Kidding gardens
of insect pestsL They live on bugs
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16

Pay your Income Tax now and helm
to turn the German drive into a re-
treat
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
LOCAL TEMPERATUREs

Midnight. 50; . m. 81; = q. m. s.; Ga. n.
81; . m, s.; 10 . m. q; II noon. II; . p. m,
IS; .. N. n; p m, -; D. m. n; 10
D. m. q. Highest. IS; lowest, g. Relative
humidity. q m. rs; . .. m. Il; Q q m, 81
Houn OF sunshine. -; DIR cent Of possible
DEPARTURES.
Accumulated excess Of Temperature since Jan
uar l. lss. +sl; s1csss q tempsratus since
May !. lHs. Isl; sccumulatedd ezcess Of pre-
cipitaticu since Jsnuary /. Igs +8s: deficiency
Of precipitation since Nay I. Isis. -Nls.
rsmperaturs same date last yssr-Highest, Y;
lowest, 81
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
Estate Of Daish, Lawyer,
Goes to Widow, Alice M

John B. Daish, the well-known local
attorney and expert on commercial
law, who died May Il at the Homeo-
pathic Hospital, left all his property
to his widow. Alice NJ. Daish, accord
ing to his will filed yesterday with
Register Of Wills Tanner.
The will Is dated February q, 1918,
and names Mrs. Daish as executrix
OF the estate without bond. Its value
viii be known when the estate has
been probated.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
New Cancer Theory
By French Academy

Paris. May 1.-THE theory that
cancer is not of microbic origin but
is due TO the excessive elimination
Of certain substances normally con-
aimed in the blood IL suppoi ted by
a report Of the researches Of Prof.
Dubard, Just published by the hcad-
emy Of Medicine. Fl ld;ny that the
system Of cancerous subjects was
particularly poor in magnesia, Prof.
Dubard administered large doses OF
1t to patients operated on for can
Ger, and reports encouraging results
in a large number Of cases. ..
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
LOCAL MENTION.

Is lbs. white potatoes. 2sc. Karo
syrup. 13c, 39c ana 75c; A. ]. pan
cake or buckwheat flour, 11hc;
head rice. lie: pink salmon. 20c:
evap. peaches. 12hc: large prunes.
16c; macaroni or spaghetti. 12c;
large herring, SC; fat mackerel, 15c;
Valley sugar corn, 12hc;
navy beans, 15c; red kidney beans,
15c can: Wonder mixed tea, SOC;
Perfect Blend, 69c; pure pepper. 40c
926 Pa Ave. and all the J. T. D.
Pyles stores.
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
dn1l84 CYO\r'
Q,!41Ia1deno
THE HUNS IN YOUR GARDEN.

The insect american gardens and fields rob the
each OF food worth thousands of millions Of dollars
During Huns garden
brute Huns who fighting
Food this feed worms
red spiders and other insects
These Huns gardens be killed and
be made to prevent them from getting
plan of battle against the garden Huns has
by The Washington Had garden and outlined the
half dozen garden lessons printed in this
Read and for campaigns
garden
The Washington herald., 1918-05-16
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

District q Columbia and Maryland-Fsir.
SLIGHTLY warmer; Friday. fair. warmer; gentle
southeast to south winda
Vhginia-Fsif. slightly warmer IN interior
Fnday. fair. warmer; gentle 10 modersts east
and southeast winda. .
Upper Miehigan-Fair Thursday, warmer e.
cept in extreme south portion; Friday Prob
ably shOwen and cooler
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
FEDERAL CONTROL WIRE LINES
Telegraph and Telephone Lines to Bc
Taken Over July 81.

Washington, July 23.--President
Wilson's proclamation taking over
for the duration OF the war operation
Of telephone and telegraph lines was
issued late to-day. 1t did not include
radio systems and ocean cable lines.
Government operation and control
begins midnight July 81.
Supervision, control and operation
of the wire systems is placed under
the direction OF the postmaster gen
cral.
The Presidents procla nation pro-
vidCS that the postmaster general, if
he so selects, may administer the
lines through the owners, managers,
boards Of directors or receivers. 1t
provides further that until the post
master general directs otherwise the
present managcments shall continue.
The postmaster general in his dis
cretiOn may hereafter rclinQiuSh in
whole or in part to the owners any
telegraph or telephone system over
which he has assumed control.
Postmaster General Burles0n said
that operation and control of farm
crs' telephone lines will be interfcred
with only for the purpose OF facili-
tating their connection with longer
lines. No general policy, the post
master general said, has vet been
decided on.
Postmaster General BurleSon will
administer government control Of
telephone and telegraph wires
through a committee, Of which he
will be chairman. The members will
be First Assistant Postmaster Gene
raj John G. Rooms; VIM. II. Lamar,
solicitor Of the post office depart
ment, and David J. Lewis, former
; Congressman from Maryland, now a
member OF the tariff commission.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
TamnSsce SinssuIn Club.

For the convenience OF the Sing
sum Club members. Mrs. Hayne Jones
will meet them at Tamassee district
school for the district neighborhood
on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock; !;
at Cheohee church, for the Cheohee
district neighborhood, Thursday af-
ternoon at ) o'clock; at the indus
trial school, for that neighborhood,
Friday afternoon at o'clock, Of this
week. Patriotic songs will be sung
and plans discussed for an entertain
mcnt to be given later in the sum-
NOR
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
Bombs Failed to Fire.

Boston, July 22.--An investigation
was started to-day to determine why
bombs carried by naval aviators fail
ed to explode when dropped on or
about the German submarine which
attacked the tug Perth Amboy and
her barges off Cape Cod yesterday.
Experts at the headquarters of the
first naval district here said the
bombs were provided to the different
naval districts with explicit instruc-
tions that the mechanism must not
be ovcrhauled or any effort made to
improve it. 1t was reported that
some Of the bombs had failed in tests.
No further reports Of submarine es
were received to-day, although Il vigi-
liant watch was kept along the coast
By naval patrols, boats and hydro
airplaneS.
Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1918-07-24
GEN. WNI. McCOAIR DEAD.
Only Five General Officers Of COnfcd-
crate Army Living.

Goldonsyillc, Va, Ju:y 22.--The
death 1T his home here Yesterday Of
Brig. Gen. William NcComH leaves
only five surviving general officers OF
the Army Of the CoGfederacy. They
arc Gen. VIM. Il. Cox. o. Richmond; ;
Gen. Roger a. Pryor, Of New York; ;
Con. Marcus j. Wright, Of Washing
ton; Gen. Felix II. Robertson. Of
Waco. Texas, and Gen. T. McIvor
Law. OF Barlow, Fla.
Gen. McComb was native Of
Pennsylvania. He went to Montgom-
cry county. Tenn, about 1885, to en-
gage in experimenting the construct
tion OF a large Touring mill at Prices
Landing, on tho Cumberland river.
Al the beginning Of the Civil War
he enlisted as a private in one Of the
companies of the l4th Tennessee reg
imcnt. lie was promoted to licuten-
ant soon aftcrward, and was made
adiutant OF the regiment by Col W.
a. Forbes. This regiment was part
OF the brigade OF Gen. S. II. Ander-
son in the Cheat mountain campaign
in Northwest Virginia, and with the
rest OF Loring's division shared in the
hardShips OF Stonewall Jackson S
winter campaign in Bath, Hancock
and EOmney.
At the reorganization OF the rcgi-
ment at Yorktown, in the winter Of
1862, William McComb vas elected
major. As such he took Nart in the
Battle OF Seven Pines, where the bri-
gadc commander. Gen. lIatton, was
killed. Gen. James Archer was then
placed in command OF the brigade.
At the battle Of Cedar Run. Lieut..
Col Geo. lIarrell was mortally
wounded and AIcCOmb sllccpodcd him
In the second battle Of Manassas,
Col. Forbes was killed, and McComb
became colonel OF the llth Tcnnes-
SEQ, September 2, 1862. At the bat
tie Of Cha 0yG'ioraN He, Col. McComb
was wouni 7G, plld I'D not recover in
time to taho part IN the battle Of
Gettysburg.
On the doath or Cen. Archer, his
brigade was consolidated with that
Of Cen. Bn5U Rod johnson. Col. Nc
Comb was placed Ia command. re-
ceiving his commission as brigadier
general on Janunry 20, 1865.