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The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
The First Thousand
Is Hard To Get

When a man gets 100000 saved VI
there are always opportunities for a
good investment. 1t is hard to place
much less thsn that. That is wh'
wealthy men who are self-made adviss
young men to begin early and save
the first thousand.
Until we went to war, it was hare
to get started toward that S1,o0O.O(
unless at least one dollar could be
put away at a time. Small change
was restless apd acrobatic and KEEP
Jumping out of our pockets into some
body else's.
Now, however, there is an easy wa!
TO get that first thousand. The an
swer is Thrift Stamps. They cos
only a quarter apiece and can he cor
/ verted into War Savings Stamps. Tn
Government of the United State
backs these War Savings Stamps wit
a guarantee of 4 per cent interes'
compounded quarterly. Save and SUI
ceed
Have you bought your Thrift STAN
today
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
DILEMMA OF SOLDIERS

All of the disabled soldiers in New
Oorleans would have been in awkward
financial straits, had it not been for
loan of $4,000 in cash provided for
them by the Gulf Division of the Red
Cross a few days ago. Government
checks, which were due the men or
the first of the month, did not arrive
because a recent Act of Congress in
creasing the allowance of disabled
men in training from $75 to $50 a
month, had tier up accounts in Wash
ington.
To get funds to tide the men over
conference was held at the Red
Cross Headquarters by Harry Hop
kins, director of civilian relief, gulf
division Red Cross; James Sibley. dis
trict officer of the federal board OF
vocational education and Lyle Saxon.
laison officer Of the Red Cross at the
Federal Board, at which the Red
Cross arranged loan of $4,000 from
the Gurf Division, which enabled the
men to live until the arrival of theil
checks. Many of the men were mar
lied and had children and would have
suffered had not the loan been made
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
Savings Campaign
Is Boon To Women

The average family in Te&as'
Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexf
60 is not wealthy enough for the
-lady of the house" to have all
the little conveniences she wants.
Through Thrift and War Savings
lamps, however, the Government
has provided way for inc
housewife to fit up her kitchen, paint
the house, furnish her spare room OF
embellish the parlor.
Those women who were so wise as
to begin saving Systematically carry
in 1918 have nice little sums invested
in War Savings Stamps by this time
Eleven War Savings Stamps, some OF
which cost as little as S4.12 apiece
will buy a first class kitchen cabinet
In many instances, the housewife
would not have saved anything u
speak of, had il not been for the wal
Savings Stamps.
Some of the banner Savings Socie
ties in the Eleventh District are II
women's clubs or church societies
Women are quick to grasp the oenht
from HABITS Of Thrift. Numerous re
ports have been received at Distric
Headquarters of the Savings ptv;5iol
at Dallas Of women who have starte'
in by putting quarters in Thru
Stamps and who have been ehable
to buy desired articles to brighten -,
their homes. AS soon as Tar SAY
ings Stamp is bought. IL Segins earnin
more money war Savings Stamp
are ready money. They are redeem
able with accrued interest at the pos
office on ten days notice. but the loni
err they are held. the more money the
make for their holders.
Have you bought your Thrift STAN
today?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
POLICE WILL TAKE
FIRST AID COURSE

Under the tutelage Of the Red
Cross, members Of the New Orleans
Police force will take a course in
first aid training in order to achieve
efficiency in handling all manner OF
injuries that may come under their
jurisdiction. DR.. Herman B. Gessner,
chairman of the first aid committee
of the local chapter, reports having
enlisted the aid of the police Off
Gals in the undertaking. Local ply
sicians will assist DR.. Gessner in the
course. The dates and hours when
the classes will be held will be de-
termined at a conference to be held
between DR.. Gessner, DR.. Bayou and
Superintendent Mooney.
Following the course of the local
police, the Red Cross will endeavor
TO interest the large industries EN-.
ploying many men and women in
first aid, thus making the movement
city-wide.
Aa a meeting of the local execu
tive committee, first aid committee
was organized with the following
members: DR.. Herman B. Gessenr
chairman; DR.. Ed. Moss, vice-presi
dent; DR.. Frank j. Chalaron; DR.
Maude Loeber, and DR.. ]. W. New
man.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30

the plants started before the cool
days begin. There is no other one
item which will do more to combat
the high cost of living than garden.
l have had demonstrators keep rec
ords which showed reduction of the
grocery bill to a third of what it had
been before starting the garden. With
continued and persistant predictions
of higher prices for canned goods
during the coming months, and the
smaller amount of home canning dom
this summer, the necessity of fall
garden is brought more strongly to
attention.
Elsewhere in this issue is given !;
list of vegetables which may be plant
ed. 1t is not so. necessary to hav
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
Farmers Find Easy
Method of Savina

Farmers who are making a habit
Of getting a few Thrift Stamps every
time they market anything from theii
farms are finding that they are able
to save regularly and that they dc
not miss the small amounts invested.
The average farmer in this section
of the country depends largely on his
money" crop. which he harvest
once a YEAR. Almost every one OF
them, however. grows something else
which he markets at odd times.
An occasional load of hay may =
taken into town and sold. The thrift,
farmer also plants peas, beans, okra
lettuce, beets or some OF the other
vegetables which thrive in the South
west and for which there is a ready
market. Butter and eggs form staple
articles to be marketed betwee.
seasons. BY buying just few Thr1n
Stamps each time the farm-wago.
makes a haul to town, the farmer O.
his wife is providing fund whici
they will be able to turn to good &C
count later on, for when these Thrift
Stamps are exchanged for War Saw
ings Stamps, they increase in value
automatically, and may always b.
turned into cash on ten days, writer
notice to the postmaster, although
the longer they are kept the more
they earn.
Have you bought your Thrift Stamp.
today!
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
TOWN COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Town He'll, Aug. 25, 1919.

Town He'll, Aug. 25, 1919.
At ten o'clock A. NJ, a special
meeting of the Village Council was
called.
Present: G. H. Ogbourne, Mayor,
and w. S. Craig, w. L. barrow, Al
dermen.
d. F. E. Helton, presenting EVIL
dence that there was hydrophobia
among the days in the Village, the
Council voted on the following action.
Resolved, That the Town Marshall
be and he is hereby instructed to
shoot all dogs found at large that
are not safely muzzled by II O'Clock
noon, August 26, 1919. The Clerk
is instructed to distribute immedi-
ately notices of this action.
The vote thereon was as follows
Yeas: w. S. Craig, W. l.. barrow
Nays: None.
The meeting adjourned.
G. H. OGBOURNE, Mayor.
E. A. BEERS, Clerk.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
MILKING CONTEST

BATON Rouge, La, Aug. 27.-Ihe
challenge to a milking contest made
bv Phanor Brazeale to Col. Frank r.
stubbs has come to the notice OF the
MANAGEMENT of the National Dairy
Show and they have issued a cordial
Invitation to the contestants to stage
the contest in Chicago during the
week of the Show, October. .6-l2.
They also offer to furnish COWS OF
National reknown as milk-producers
for the purpose. A large delegation
Of Louisiana dairy farmers, headed
nv Gov. R. G. Pleasant and c. H..
Staples, dairy husbandman OF the
State University, will be in Chica-
go at the time.
Professor Staples is in receipt OF
the following telegram from W. E.
Skinner, Manager of the Dairy Show:
"Chicago, August 27. C. H. Staples
Louisiana State University, Baton
Rouge, La. Hereunder is telegram
sent today to Col. Stubs and Mr.
Brazeale. we see by the press that
there is likely to be friendly milk
ing contest conducted between you
and another candidate for state hon
ors. Louisiana is sending a train
load of dairy people from her grea
state to the National Dairy Show
to be held in Chicago Octobed sixth
Ito Twelfth. Governor Pleasant is com
!, ing to tell the people of the Nortl
what great progress Louisiana is max
ing in dairying. Permit us to urg
' lou to pull off your milking contes
+ in our show. We will furnish COW
I of National renown for the match
l. We issue this invitation with tn
thought that nothing greater can hal
: pen to Louisiana than that she exter
! the dairy industry the length an
:. breadth of her state and this conte:
would bring National attention to tn
. progress of your State in agriculture
Hope you can secure them to con
TO the Dairy Show. W. E. Skinne
Manager National Dairy Show.
RED CROSS SOLVES
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
Who Is Best Man
r To Do Your Work?

The best way to have anything is
do it yourself. The best way to get
ahead in the world is-save regularly
and invest wisely. Your children
may he buying Thrift Stamps but the
nicke's and dimes and quarters they
are able to save won't buy home or
a ne. automobile or q new cultiva'
tor The money to do that viii not
be saved-unless you save it
rs easy enough to save If you do II
the w. S. S. way. Quarters planted
in Thrift Stamps grow into Wal
Savings Stamps and the interest
makes them grow like rain does
summer weed. Save for that happy
/ opportunity. If you're not in Va
Savings Society-get in one. Be will
| the crowd. Save.
Have you bought your Thrift Staml
| today?
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
500 Reward, 500

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages and
that is catarrh. Catarrh being greatly
Influenced by constitutional conditions
requires constitutional treatment. Halls
Catarrh Medicine Is taken internally and
acts thru the Blood on the Mucous Sur
faces Of the System thereby destroying
the foundation of the disease. giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing its
work. The proprietors have so much
faith In the curative power OF Halls
Catarrh Medicine that they offer One
Hundred Dollars for any case that II fails
to cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address r. ]. CHENEY q CO.. Toledo,
Ohio. Sold by I'll Druggists, &c.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30

such a arge amount of ground in the
garden. With present labor condi-
tions, a very much smaller area than
most people have been in the habit
of planting, will give better results.
If the ground is once gotten into
shape, it will be comparatively easy
to keep it that way.
REBECCA WHITAKER,
Parish Home Dem. Agt.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30

When the baby is suffering the
double affliction of hot weather and
bowel disorders, the remedy needed
is McGehee's Baby elixir. 1t reduces
the feverish condition, corrects the
stomach and checks .looseness Of the
bowels. Sold by the Tallulah Drug
Store.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
THE FALL GARDEN

If the fall garden has not yet been
planted it should be planted now.
Advantages should be taken of the
continued heat and moisture to get
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30

valids, I am naturally determined to dorsr
thing in my power to educate the Ame NJ
woman in the proper fitting OF eorsets. ns
learned physicians now recognize the m01.
corset as a hygienically healthtul gafaes
and one that is often the best means o. Pr
viding corrective support for many O0'4
ailments"
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30

have attained their unquestioned super. ority
by assisting nature to perfect expression.
Every Gossard is hygienically correct. Prop
erly fitted to the figure for which it was
designed it will give scientific support to
abdominal and back muscles, with no chance
of undue pressure at the waistline; the organs
of nutrition will be free from pressure; the
erect posture which is induced will encourage
deep breathing and the diaphragmatic mus
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
cord DELIVERY cM

I have a good Ford i.
in excellent shape for
bargain. Apply; = 8 n
At the Club c''S
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30

ALL women wish to be well; but allwomen
"A do not appreciate the vital importance
L Not correct corsetry as an essential to
good health. The well-known medical
authority, Alice S. Cutler, Md, warns us:
Gas a physician who knows that If it were
not for ill-ftting and the wrong kind OF
corsets we would have very few female in
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-08-30
GOSSARD CORSEIS
The OrginakUnsquaAea Front LSeing Corsas

cles become strong with use. A vofn,a
corseted will have the undeniable oeaul
health and that grace OF body, slas
sitting, or walking, which is best e'pi'
in the one word, style.
We unreservedly recommend Go;saIa .o ~~r
as the complete expression OF modern :; : mia
Our highly specialized corset service . =
tanned with full appreciation OF inc
needs of the modern, active woman'
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-16
Local Physicians
Reuise Scale of
Charges Upward

A revision in the prices Of medical
fees to correspond with fees charged
in other towns the size Of MARSHALL
town was decided upon by the mem
bers Of the Marshall County Medical
Society at their meeting held Wednes-
day evening at the Marshalltown Club.
A committee OF doctors recommended
changes and were authorized to make
the following revisions: A minimum
charge Of 81 for office calls; a charge
Of 50 for day calls and s. for night
calls, and a charge Of s25 for mater
nifty cases. For some calls the price
Is higher than 1t has been but there is
the case Of patients who are unable to
pay the full amount the doctors are to
give charity service instead Of taking
a smaller fee. ).
The members also decided at the
meeting to hold meetings the first
Tuesday In every month in the future
instead Of quarterly as before, for the
betterment Of their business and medi-
cal interests. The next meeting is to
be held Tuesday, Nov. 4.
Members OF the society who served
during the world war were the guests
at the meeting Wednesday evening and
gave talks on their experiences in the
service following banquet served at
$50 and tn business session. Twenty
seven members from the city and
county attended the meeting.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-16

ton in dime novels, and there is leg
end that Lloyd George was once dis
covered after a particularly hard cam
paign, immersed in a shilling shocker.
the British equivalent of the dime
novel OF the United States.
The dime novel wasted no space IN
character analysis, it had no depths
beneath the surface for those who care
to plumb them" and never pretended
to have any, and it Is eternally to its
credit that it never propounded sex
problem. The eternal triangle belongs
TO another and less wholesome depart
ment of literature. The dime novel
was filed with action, in which respect
it was not unlike the popular motion
picture of the present day. 1t never
was subtle, but neither for that matter
is the average American reader.
The d's1e novel, like the Sunday
school book OF the middle of the last
century, gave Us descriptions OF men
in action as they ought to be. rather
than as they probably were. Rollo and
Kit Carson, the heroes of Oliver Opuc
and of Beadle's Dime Library, had the
one thing in eommon-they always tri-
umphed over obstacles, succored the
unfortunate, saved beauty from the
clutches Of the beast and made right
triumph in the end. 90
The characters in the traditional
dime novel We're not much more un-
real than those of the modern novel.
Excluding those which dealt exclu-
siyely with crime. their atmosphere on
the whole was healthier than that OF
good many best sellers OF recent times.
Tho wild west type described life in
the open. Its characters fought fairly
or peida the penalties that all Of us
would wish to have visited on the
treacherous. Somehowrfor authors
did not hesitate to invoke mira cles In
their aid-the officer Of the law always
outwitted the forces of crime. The
consistent and observnnt reader OF the
dime novel could not escape the con-
clusion that the profession OF the
criminal was not paying one.
The novel Of the type described can
not be defended on literary grounds.
v-et the lesson that 1t teaches is that
Improvement in popular novel writing
in the past few years has been rather
in a technical than an ethical direc-
tion.-Portland Oregonian.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-16
SUM SMALLER THAN EXPECTED
BECAUSE OF NUMEROUS
oELlNouENTs. -
COUNTY TREASURER
DISTRIBUTES s2so,s7s
More Than Half Of Tax Money Coos
to Public Sehools-Stats Receives
S31,3s1; Schools, $16s,7o6, and In
eorporated Towns, $5s,6o6 city's
Share $4s,o05

County Treasurer S. NJ. Cause has
completed the distribution of tax mon
ey for the year. the amount being dis-
appointingly small because Of short
age, due to an unsual number OF
delinquents. Many taxpayers have
failed ITO make second payment
OF the 1918 taxes and as a re-
suit the amounts diverted to state,
school and corporation funds are not
az large as had been expected.
The sum distributed was se60,673,
and more than one-half of this goes to
the schools of Marshall county. The
distribution was as follows:
State, sSl,3sl; schools, sl6s,7oS; in
corporated towns, s59,6O6.
Citys Share $4,000.
The bulk OF the sum distributed to
incorporated towns Of the county, or
s4S, 0O5, goes TO the city Of Marshall
town. This amount is not as much as
had been anticipated by the city. but
1t will be increased as delinQuents
make payment.
More than one-third OF the school
money was paid TO the city schools,
which received s55,s5S.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-16
DIME NOVEL COMES BACK.
Demand for SheIf-Worn Volumes Pop
ular Generation ADO,

Demand for heIf-Worn Volumes Pop
uIar Generation Ago.
The dime novel, says a book news
review, Is returning to popular favor.
We gather that this Is true from the
statement made in another article that
publishers of the Nick Carter. Old
Sleuth and Deadwood Dick types OF
literature are finding unprecedented
sale for their shelfworn wares. We
had thought the popular taste improv-
ing; on reflection we are not sure that
we were altogether wrong. We fall
INTO error IL we suppose that the new
demand comes from the same source
as the old. There has been recently
perhaps as result of the war-a
doubling in numbers Of the reading
public" Some millions who never read
before In their lives are standing now
precisely where the readers Of Frank
Reade and his kind stood about a gem
Grafton ago. Meanwhile the others
have passed on to better things. Bet
t,er Inc lime novel than no i..ie al ali
for reading, If reading Is desirable.
The popular concert precedes the SYM
piony; rag time comes before classical
music, but inevitably stimulates de-
mand for the latter; the inadequate
sooner or later finds the place in which
1t belongs.
The dime novel deserves q chapter
which Il never has had-in the history
of English literature. It did one thing
which many authors Of better books
never were able to do lit built up q
great clientelo and IL held II until the
readers passed on to better things. Old
Sleuth and his publishers were keen
observers Of human natnra.s They fur
nished. plot in quantity ana thrills In
profusion and they employed Short
words and frankly wrote down" e
their public. But there were men Of
DFainD in the dime novel business, -. -. :
men Of conscience too. They gave the
reader his moneys worth. Colonel
Roosevelt u said to have found relaxa-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-16

American LsaIon-Lssion Of Honor.
While the American Legion Is being
formed into great democratic body
by the soldiers. sailors and marines OF
the American army and navy, the men
who use to employ them, when they
were plain citizens are also orgr MIXING
what Is known as the Legion Of Honor
These employers couldn't 30 and
fight themselves. but they emptied
their Offices stores and factories Of
their best employees. so that the war
might be speeded up and won -glori-
ously. While the youngsters were
away, these employers strained every
nerve to keep up their standards OF eff
fciency with the aid OF women work.
ers, older men, and rcdoubled efforts
on their own part. And now, as the
young fighters are coming back. they
ore finishing the job calamity by
opening the doors to the old jobs, often
with increased paw, always with a
handclasp and welcome home" that
Is the real thing.
To every business house that pledg-
es itself to take back all its former
employees who have been serving their
country. the war department issues an
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1919-10-16
TIMES REPUBLICAN, MARsHAILTowN IOWA. OCTOBER
Many Strange
Names Found in
U. S. Army Rolls

Paris Green helped win the war. 30
did Little klttie Karr and Dinner
Bell. All of them were In the army,
according to file cards in the bureau
OF war risk insurance, at Washington,
Green lives IN Huntington, w. Va, Lit
tie Kittie Karr makes his home In Nor
folk, Va. and Dinner Bell Page was
rung into the service from Urick. Mo.
Some others who appear in the bu-
reau's files are:
Asad Experience Wilson, OF Van
Hook. n. D.; Min Gosh. Of Chicago;
Green Horn, Of Statesboro. Ca; Velvet
Couch. Of Brinkley. Ark; viii Swindle,
of Center, Tex; Slaughter Bugg, OF
Oscar Tarbin. La; and Z. Plnribus
Brown, of Perry. Ga,
One Might ADD
There are also: Chocolate Candy
Clark, owen Money. Willie Darling,
Great Britton Turner Wiley Fox Hun
ter. Green Berry Anderson, Youstus
Horrible Riner, George Sleeps From;
House. Handsome Pleasant Ayres,
Green Hue jackson. Lloyd George Par
lament. Grief Grimes, Precious Eugene
Grant, Free Office Graves. Huckleberry
She'll. Isaac Didnot Butcher and Fine
German also are listed.
The broad jump record in names goes
to a resident of Salmon, Idaho, who
hurdles five before he reaches the tape
He is Harry, Adolph Thomas Richard
Eugene Bullock and the clerks in the
bureau are tempted to disturb Mr.. Bull
locks continuity by punctuating him.
Aloysius Takes Many Turns.
The clerks have found forty-nine
ways Of spelling Aloysius and eighteen
ways Of spelling Ignatz. There were
$4,000 Johnsons; $1,000 Smiths and Is.
500 Walkers in the service. Forty-sev-
en- thousand Williamses were with the
colors. There were fifty-one Jose
Rodriguez in the 374th infantry.
Abraham Lincolns, Georgo Washing
tons. Robert E. Lees and William Jen-
ningses were In the service by the