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The Delta independent., 1919-09-19
Gard Of Thanks.

We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks to our neighbors and friends
for their kindness during the illness
and death of our dear husband and
father. Also FOR the beautiful floral
offerings.
Mrs. Sadie Dark.
Mr.. and Mrs. owen Dark.
Ralph Dark SSc
The Delta independent., 1919-09-19

With the public, whose confidence strive
to deserve, shall continue to maintain the high
standard and the efforts to accommodate and please
that has characterized work.
Mr. AND Mrs. CLIFFORD p HoPsoN
Mortic;ans.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-19

Up 20 date the public has not been
informed how Henry Ford has decided
to spend the six cents he won from
the Chicago Tribune.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-19

The folks who kick on high cost o
travelling might take their next va
cation near home, where the scener
is considered very beautiful by pee
pie who live thousand miles away.
The Delta independent., 1919-09-19

Wholesalers are reducing prices, but
retailers are more suspicious Of news
paper reports than when prices were
going up. However. the fellows that
advertise can be depended upon to fol-
low Wholesale figures. They would
not care to announce prices that did
not follow the general market trend.
, 1919-12-18

back when Harold Bruce had come
home from the funeral Of his mother,
bringing with him a wistful-eyed, sad
faced mite of a girl.
Laura" he said to his wife, "this is
Rhoda Marsh, a poor orphan child
whom my mother adopted, who has
given her the tenderest care to the last
hour of her life and was a blessing to
her old age. She is left without O
home. Should we give her onef"
"We should. and we SHALL" came the
quick reply, as Mrs. Bruce gazed into
the earnest, longing eyes of the girl of
fourteen, and read there truth and in
nocence and a soulful appeal to all
that was maternal and sympathizing
in her nature.
1t proved to be a wise and fortuitous
choice. AS the children came along
Rhoda proved to them a true. and low
ing sister, nurse and friend.
Then came a test of the fidelity and
self-sacrifice of the girl just merging
into young womanhood. Both of the
children were taken down with a dan
gerous contagious malady. The house
was quarantined. Rhoda braved the
perils of infection. Day and night she
was the constant attendant of Don
and Eta. She found so sure a loving
place in the hearts Of those she had
benefited, that her eyes beamed with
Joy and happiness whenever she was
In their presence.
The physician who attended the
children was Albion Merritt. He had
entered the profession the protege of a
wealthy man, and had acquired a
clientele Of prominence and a large
income. 1t was when the little ones
were ~convalescent that he had come to
Mr. Bruce, who was a close personal
friend.
Bruce" he said, 81 cannot find
words to express my admiration and
respect, yes, and something deeper, for
that sweet little heroine, Rhoda, whose
studious are of the children, far more
than my mi%nistrations, is responsible
for their recovery"
YES" answered Mr.. Bruce with
geI,iine fervor in his tones, she is q
, 1919-12-18

ankind, to become my wife," and as
Rhoda extended her hand he covered
it with kisses and pressed it to his
happy, happy heart.
eff there was a mistletoe here I
would march you two promptly under
It'll" threatened Mrs. Bruce, immersed
in thrilling joy and gratitude.
"There shall be one before Christ
mas morning arrives" cried Doctor
Merritt in tones that rang out like a
cheer. "Come. Bruce, you and 1 on a
hunt for Santa Claus and the choicest
gifts he can bestow, Obi nowhere in
the world, and never to any others,
has there come a happier, merrier
Christmas than the one we shall cele-
bratel"
, 1919-12-18

and peace to al those who are dear to
her!" in a gently reverent tone con-
tinued Doctor Merritt, and with SUI
preme. satisfaction the young physician
viewed the five reunited ones in a
maze of embraces, kisses and tears.
Rhoda, clinging to Mrs. Bruce, hid her
face in modest confusion, as Doctor
Merritt recited her brave battle
against the elements in a great storm
upon a battered raft until she had
brought the children to safety.
But you, Doctor Merritt?" pro-
pounded Mrs. Bruce wonderingly-
how came you to be at Fair villa"
Il arrived there after the disaster"
was the reply. II a gone there Of a
specific mission, later executed, to ask
u peerless Rhoda, queen of all wom-
, 1919-12-18

cannot be used unless the curtain La
unbuttoned.
A circular hole, large enough for the
arm to be thrust through, can easily
be cut in the curtain and patched in
the ann shown in the Illustration.
This will prevent the rain from enter
ing the car but allow the driver to get
at the searchlight.-C. O. Spreen in
Popular Science Monthly.
, 1919-12-18
PREPARE TIRES FOR
LONG, HARD WINTER
Car Owners Should Take Few
Necessary Precautions.
Carefully Wash on Outside to Remove
All Harmful Substances, Wrap In
Paper or Carpet and Store
In Dry Place.

The skin Is thick on the belly of the
Goldfish and the fur is heavy on the
back of the squirrel, so prepare for a
long, hard winter.
Many motorists will soon put their
cars in the barn for the winter and
think no more of motor riding until
about the ides of March.
Many automobile tires will go into
storage with thousands of miles of
wear left in them, and car owners
should take the few precautions nee
essary to keep them from damage
while they are not In use.
Here are some recommendations
made by the service department Of a
large tire company to the motorist who
want to put his tires away and find
them in good shape next spring:
1. Wash tires carefully on outside
to remove oil and other harmful SUBJ
stances.
2. Remove tires from wheels and
wrap in paper or old carpet.
3. Store in a cool, dry place, away
from light. Heat, light and moisture
are enemies of rubber.
4. Cold has no bad effect on tires,
but they should be properly housed.
8. If tires are left on car, Jack up
car, debate the tires and wrap them
in v
6. Don't let car stand on tires all
winter. To do so means weakening
them in the parts that rest on the floor.
Care will make the tires last out the
full length of their guarantee, despite
climatic conditions.
, 1919-12-18
BoscHEE's SYRUP.

A cold is probably the most COM
mon of all disorders and when neglect
ed is apt to be most dangerous. Sta
tistics show that more than three
times as many people died from in
fuenza last year, as were killed in
the greatest war the world has ever
known. For the last fifty-three years
Boschee's Syrup has been used for
coughs, bronchitis, colds, throat ir-
ritation and especially lung troubles.
1t gives the patient a good nights
rest, free from coughing, with easy
expectoration in the morning. Made
in America and used in the homes of
thousands of families all over the
civilized world. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
, 1919-12-18
AWT@M@D0lE
@A20

Finesse IN driving In essential II
maximum pleasure. safety and comfort
are to be obtained from a car.
In order to get the best service from
your tires It VIII be necessary to keep
careful track of the number Of miles
run.
Clutch trouble IL n Of the com
monest complaints among car wner
The clutch throwout collar needs daily
fabrication.
II the owner should have occasion to
dismantle the springs ne should take
the opportunity 30 spread a lubricant
over the leaves.
An attachment invented In Europe
enables a person in any seat in an au-
tomobile to regulate its speed without
the knowledge Of the driver.
, 1919-12-18

VOL ISMD was alleviated by one
&@S<SNs light only in the room
~GaA where the mourning
denizens, Harold Bruce
and his wife, Laura, sat. They we're
awaiting the arrival of a taxicab or
dered in time to catch an evening train
for the South. Both were somber-
faced and wearied of mien. They had
not spoken for some time, for it was a
situation where words meant nothing.
The wife never lifted her tear-stained
eyes, the husband wore a set express
sion upon his face as though exerting
the utmost will power to repress the
poignant emotion which consumed him.
Without, joyous shouts echoed, the
sound of merry sleigh bells tinctured
the air with Christmas eve fervor, and
the contrast of this long-anticipated
holiday presentation with what they
had hoped and planned for, wrenched
their souls to the point of anguish.
Their lives desolated beyond repair,
poignant memories ever present, they
scarce dared to rest their glance upon
the portraits of two smiling, happy
faces looking down from a heavily
framed picture, for only that morning
they had received the terrible news
that the originals, their only chill
dren, Don, aged six, and Eta, two
years his Junior, had been victims,
with many others, of a disaster by
cyclone and flood that had devastated
the district where they had their win
ter home in Florida.
All they knew was that the pretty
bungalow and many others, with their
occupants, had been swept away, and
hundreds were said to have persisted,
and no word had been received as to
the fate of their two little ones, nor of
Rhoda Marsh, who had them in charge.
Rhoda Marsh had come into their
thoughts almost as frequently as little
Eta and her brother. Each recalled
that ii was q Christmas v four years
, 1919-12-18
HSaaSaS9ssaS1SaSsaaISG
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T- BY
EuY RALPH HAMILTON

Copyright. 1919. by Western Newspaper Union
, 1919-12-18

shades of the pretty
home were pulled down
and the gloom of dusk
was alleviated by one
light only in the room
where the mourning
denizens, Harold Bruce
, 1919-12-18
CIRCULAR HOLE IN CURTAIN
Handy In Operating searehIIght Dur
Ing Storm When Windshield Is
Filmed Over.

Driving through rain, snow or fog IL
dangerous business at night II the
storm curtains enclose the car. The
searchlight at the left of the driver
, 1919-12-18
Sleigh
bells
peal with
merry jingle,
church bells set

P<1i NVtuI
merry jingle,
church bells set
The air a~>tinsle. while
with these the door
bells mingle in ~syncopated
score. There's the sound of happy
greeting as acquainfances
are meeting there's the knell
Of Christmas fleeing as the clocks
strike 'er and ser: Johnnie 5 rumpet's
shriekins shrilly. Philips drum and
fife's not still: he makes attempt to drown
but lily sounds Of guns that outside roar.
There's the squeak Of Mollie's dolly. and the
'quawk Of Dollie' xpolly. and he screams Q
laughter jolly from this happy little
-four. But above all Christmas noises
made by little girls and boys is n that
better than al toys is; more good
cheer il holds
in
'Tis
the
sound
of mother pitchin' things
about out in the kitchen
as she calls (she knows
. we're iichin') Come to
dinnerI" through the door.
, 1919-12-18

The man who attends to his own af-
fairs has no time to laugh at the mis-
takes of others.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20

while working the women the
America and devote herself to
National Womans 1913 she was
But
downright fighting
politics she found it.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
WASHINGTON

Further reduction of the size of the
Army to be maintained for the next
fiscal year was tentatively agreed upon
by the House in deciding to base ap-
preparations upon an army Of 100000
men.
A resolution to have the Senate de-
clare it could not concur In the League
Of Nations provisions Of the peace
treaty as now drawn was introduced
by Senator Knox (Pa.) Republican, Of
the Foreign Relations Committee.
Major General Enoch Crowder, for
mer provost general, who returned to
Washington recently to supervise the
preparation Of legislation affecting the
modification Of the Army's court
martial procedure, will return to Cuba
within a fortnight to complete his
work there in connection with revision
Of the republics election laws.
Relaxation OF Federal laws to per
NIT immigration and naturalization OF
Japanese and Chinese was urged be-
fore the House immigration Commit
tee by DIR. Sidney L. Gulick.
Attorney General Palmer asked
Congress for special half million dol
lar appropriation to carry on the hunt
for anarchists, bomb-throwers and en-
emies OF law and order.
The influenza epidemic in Alaska is
reported well under control.
The Senate passed the bill amending
the Railroad Control Act SO as to re-
store the rate-making powers Of the
Interstate Commerce Commission.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
RED GROSS ON 4
PEACE FOOTING
Its First Task Will Be To
Fight Typhus Scourge
POLAND HAS MANY CASES
The Great Machine Built Up During
The War Will Not Be Allowed
To Disintesrate-couneiI
And Governors.

Paris.--Le Figaro publishes dis
patch from its correspondent at
Geneva stating that one of the first
tasks Of the newly formed League of
Red Cross Societies will be to help
in the alienation Of starvation in East
ern Europe and in reducing the typhus
scourge in those sections Of Poland
which are not at war. Both Of these
tasks are to be undertaken at the
request of and in cooperation with the
Supreme Economic Council. This an
nouncement was made by Lieutenant
General Sir David Henderson, who has
been appointed director general of the
new league, at the Geneva meeting.
In outlining the magnitude of this
initial act of mercy, which marks
the transition OF the Red Cross from
war footing to one of peace, as well
as the amalgamation of branches in
many countries to form worldwide
organization for health work, it was
stated that in part of Poland alone, in
which hostilities are not progressing,
no less than 100000 persons are down
with tvnhus
The f,rst suggestion that the ma
chine built up under the directing
influence of the Red Cross during the
war should not he allowed to disiYi.
taoroto with ,ba COMING Of naace was
100 ~ M uenrv nav;son of tho
Amar;oan Dad cross and mamber az
tha Great hanr;ng Arm of p Morgan
re ~ Maw vorr who ;s 70 he tho
bo;rwsn of tho hoard of governors
M Reeve ;s ~ wow, n co-onaration
.,,.h .he Yntarnotior., rornoiftaa at
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nata;,s 90 tho ors.n;.at;on ~ the
$780,. 80, ~ .,,,,,, =, r;zod &c follows
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
GARFIELD AND NATURAL RESOURCES

Harry A. Garfield. though retir-
ing from the dictatorship of the United
States fuel administration, remains in
the public eye by reason of his con-
nection with a possible program of
governmental activities in connection
with natural resources.
President Wilson is expected to
present to congress program which
will provide for government associa-
ton in the development of coal, oil and
gas resources. His plan is not one Of
outright government ownership, 1t is
said, but one which contemplates
supervision and direction which will
make impossible privately owned mo-
nopolies of these natural resources.
For some time Doctor Garfield has
been working out plan for the presi-
dent. The purpose, it Is understood,
would be to obtain more equitable
distribution Of these necessities of in
dustrial life and eliminate the capita
listic dictatorship which has heretofore
been in effect. Practically the greater
put .of this country is in the hands of
are likely to be gobbled up as fast as
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
Americans Killed in German
Occupied Area I &
GERMANS BECOME INsOLENT
Carries With Him 4s5,o Marks--
Suspected OF German sympathies
And Believed To Have Gone
Toward Berlin.


American soldiers and the German
civilians in the occupied region, which
has been increasing recently, has re-
suited in additional clashes during the
last few days, In one instance an
American was killed and in other en-
counters in various parts Of the occu-
pied zone several Americans were
wounded.
At Sd Army Headquarters Wednes-
day 1t was said that at least six Amer
leans had been killed by civilians since
the American troops reached the
Rhine. German officials say that SO
for as their records go the number
of Germans killed by Americans in
fights during the six months of occupa-
ton total no more than FIVE.
Incidentally the Germans admit that
they are keeping a record of the treat
ment of civilians by the Americans,
paying particular attention to encoun-
tiers where the civilians commended the
soldiers were to blame. In American
circles the German record is called
the Red book.
On the American side it is claimed
that fight in which Private Patrick
Sheridan, native of Ireland, who en-
listed in Chicago, was shot and killed
was brought about by party of Ger
mans who had been celebrating the
Whitsuntide holidays and who at
tackled some Americans in the streets
Of Fhrenbreitstein. Witnesses agreed
that Sheridan took no part in the fight,
but was an innocent bystander, struck
by German bullet. The German who
fred the fatal shot is being held for
trial by military commission.
In Arzbach soldiers and civilians
clashed Monday night, one American
being stabbed and a German sustain
ing fractured skull. In other villages
it was reported there had been fights
with an even number OF soldiers and
civilians injured.
The frequency of encounters has
caused General Liggett, the Third
Army commander, to order the mill
tary police to take measures for pre-
venting soldiers from attacking Ger
mans. Special measures also have
been ordered for dealing with Amer
leans caught maltreating civilians.
Reports also indicate that the Ger
mans, in instances, are insolept and
that they seize opportunities to way
lay soldiers. There have been a few
cases where a handful of Americans
left as rearguard in village after
the division departed for home have
been maltreated by Germans who
outnumbered them.
German Army and police authorities
in the unoccupied territory opposite
the Cohlenz bridgehead have been re-
Quested by American intelligence OH
GERS to keep lookout for an American
disbursing oficer who has disappeared
with $4,000 marks.
The money was intended to be paid
to the men of the 5th Field Artillery
Of the First Division, which holds the
outermost post of the bridgehead. In
telligence officers have reported to Sd
Army headquarters that the missing
oficer was suspected Of entertaining
German sympathies and that this had
led them to believe that he had gone
in the direction of Berlin. He is under
bond to the United States Government.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
MISS ALICE PAUL: JOAN OF ARC"

Alice Paul, national chairman Of
the National Woman's party, is called
by her friends "Joan Of Arc" In three
years she has raised more than $780,
600 and has formed national organi-
cation of $4,000 members.
This militant leader Of woman's
suffrage forces is a Quaker. At first
sight. in repose, she looks that part
more than the militant suffragist who,
for picketing the president, received
q sentence of seven months imprison-
ment. Her manners are quiet, her
voice low. She is apt to keep her
hands crossed on her lap. 1t is only
on close scrutiny that one perceives
her underlying firmness and ability to
fight to finish.
Miss Paul is graduate of Swarth-
more college and, after course in the
New York School of Philanthropy.
went to England to study labor prob
lens in the Universities Of London
and Birmingham. Her followers at the
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
HOUSES INFLUENCE ON WILSON

Statesmen and laymen have specu-
lated much upon the qualities pos
sessed by Col. Edward M. House which
give him an influence over President
Wilson not possessed by any other in
dividual-not even by any member of
his cabinet.
Every now and then something
comes from Paris that tends to throw
light on this mystery. For example,
1t is now said that the American
body of experts at the peace confer
ence is probably the most notable in
attendance and that Colonel House is
to be thanked for its organization.
1t is also said that Colonel Houses
great influence with the president is
unquestionably due, primarily, to the
fact that the president has found in
the colonel a complement for his own
mind.
The presidents mind runs to prin-
ciples-is inclined to shirk details.
Relying greatly upon the power Of his
eloquence, he is inclined to be content
line of attack on difficult problems is
by the president.
Colonel House never made a spe
NJ on1y nv fo0fc Ho
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
W4104 I55NWf1D
NOW
YORK: RED-HEADED PEACEMAkER

Sergt. Alvin G. York, Pail Mall,
Fentress county, Tenn, Three Hum
dred and Twenty-eighth infantry,
Eighty-second division (All-America),
has been proclaimed as ''the soldier
who his distinguished himself above
all men in the war in the achievement
of the greatest individual deed in his
tory" This deed is really little bat
tie in itself, but told as briefly as pos
sible it is this:
York, then corporal, October s,
1918, killed 20 Germans with his rife
and pistol; captured 132 prisoners, in
GLIDING major and three lieutenants;
put 35 machine guns out Of business,
and thereby broke up an entire bat
talon which was about to counter-at-
tack against the Americans on Hill 223
in the Argonne sector, near Chatel-
Chehefy.
Pail Mall is a mountain cross
roads with possibly 20 houses scattered
L u
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1919-06-20
BOMB SUSPECT ARRESTED.
German Held In Toledo At Request
OF U. S. OFFICIALS.

Toledo. Ohio.-In the arrest here Of
Paul Grottker, AZ years old. police
claim to have apprehended man sus-
pected of knowing something concern
ing the bombing Of homes of Govern
ment and city officials in Washington,
New York. Cleveland and other cities
a week ago.
Grottker was arrested shortly after
the police received letter from Unit
ed States officials at Washington ask
ing that he be taken into custody.