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The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18

l have one fullblood, registered Hol- stem male calf to sell, 5 months old II you want it call at once. J. H. Cox. Adv. 3Stf. So'''
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
The Store of the Christmas Spirit

the service O hesaesp Christmas showing rays
 important bears marx
 neachn for money
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18

Lost-Check book on Planters Bank
 Mena, between Hatfield and Smith. vile. Reward for return to Star of fee, or to B. F, Owens. Zafra, Ok Adv 51-3t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18

See Hiltebrand's Christmas display Adv. 293-4t 50-2t
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18

A Christmas Gift every week in the rear The Mena Star.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
GIFTS FOR CHILDREN

child useful gift this Christmas something that can months instead of things for play only gest-
 BATH ROBES BOOTHS, SWEATERS, FUR SETS, HOUSE SLIPPERS, COATS, DRESSES, HOSIERY BELTS GOWNS, SLIPPERS BLANKETS, HATS, SHOES
 BOX HANKFS, SCARF SETS, JACKETS, AND
 MANY OTHER PRACTICABLE GIFTS.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
NECKWEAR

Christmas is not complete without few scarfs for Gifts for Men, and we show a very nifty selection in open and square ends, in beautiful silks, at
 75c, $1, SIPS, $1.5O, S2
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
SILK HOSIERY

Fine quality Silk Hose should al- ways have appeal among gift shoppers. We have them in black, brown and white, in thread silk
 $1, $1.5O, $225, $3.5O a pair.
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
WAISTS

Gifts of waists are welcomed by all women be- cause of their practicabty and daintiness Here is most inviting assortment to choose from and priced at
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
HOUSE SLIPPERS

comfy pair of Slippers make desirable gift and is appreciated We show and display well assorted line law pink black blue old with trimmed Boudior, and priced at
 $2. S2.25 $3.00
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
FUR SETS

Fur Sets make Gift for Christmas that than appreci ated and right Vogue for ady We show the popular shapes and good quality Furs, in sets separate pieces, at
 $12.50 to $S5.00
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18

Soldier Suits Linen Hanfs Match Cases and other Gifts displayed in and windows
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18

We suggest few of the many appre- ciated and useful Christmas Gifts for Men and Boys
 Suits, House Slippers, Suspenders Overcoats, Collar Boxes, Garters Hosiery, Shirts, Sweaters, Caps, Hats Cuff Buttons, Belts, Tie Holders. Com, bination Sets, Pajamas, Night Shirts Match Cases, and many other Gifts
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
IVORY PIECES

Ivory Pieces make welcome Gifts for Christmas useful We a we'll assorted line of these goods. IVORY MANICURE SETS IVORY HAND MIRRORS
 75c b
 HAIR RECEIVERS, 85c POWDER PUFFS, 85c
The Mena weekly star., 1919-12-18
GLOVES

Few gifts enjoy the appreciation which is always accorded Gloves on Christmas morning The better grades are in brown, black and white with back stitching, at
 $2.50 and S2.98
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
TREMENDOUS JOB TO IN
CREASE OUR PRODUCTION

In this emergency we have tried TO
do our part We secured the country
for raw materials-our Traffic Man.
ager spent his days riding freight
cars in-we shipped raw materials in
carload lots by express and pleaded
with manufacturers 10 increase their
deliveries 10 us.
But il was a slow process. Some OF
our raw materials are produced only
in Japan supplies in this country
were low and shipments required
three months to come from the Far
East Then we had to recruit and
train skilled labor We brought our
statesmen into the factory and trained
them rs foremcn. We invented new
machinery and managed to install 1t
on Christmas Day, so as not to inter,
fere with our daily production.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
YOUR FRECKlES
Need Attention In March or Face
May Stay Covered.

Now IS the time to take special care
OF tho complexion II YOU wish TO look
well the rest of the year. The March
winds have q strong tendency TO
bring out freckles that may stay all
Summer unless removed Now Is the
time to use Othine--double strength
This preparation for the removal Of
frecklcs Is usually so successful that
it is sold by druggists under guaran.
tee to refund the money Il Il fails
Get an ounce OF Othine--double
strength, and even O few applications
should show n wonderful improve.
ment, some of the smaller freckles
even vanishing entirely.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
t43 JARS OF VAPoRuB EVERY
MINUTE DAY AND NIGHT

BY January LIST we had everything
ready. TO put on our night shift, and
since then our laboratory has been
running day and night. To feed our
automatic machines. which drop out
one hundred and forty-three Jars OF
VapoRub minute or one million and
eighty thousand weekly, has required
a, force of 500 people. Our Cafe De-
partment, created for the benefit of
these workers, served 1000 meals dur
ing the month OF January alone.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
NOVEMBER DEAL RE.lNsTATeD
THANKS OF THE PUBLIC DUE
DRUG TRADE DURING THE IN.
FLUENZA EPIDEMIC

The thanks of the American public
are certainly due the entire drug
trade - retail, wholesale and manu-
featuring for what they accom-.
plished during the recent influenza
epidemic. The war caused shortage
of physicians - nurses were almost
impossible to ohtain--the demand on
the drug trade was unexpected and
overwhelming, and to this demand
they responded nobly. Retail drug
gists kept open day and night and
slept where they dropped behind the
prescription counter. Wholesale drug
~gIsts~ called ythcf salesmen off the
road to help FIJI orders y hundreds
wired us to ship ANick's vapoRub by
the quickest roup. regardless OF ex-
pense. y
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
DRUGGISTS! V|CK'S VAPORUB
SHORTAGE OVERCOME At LAST

The Deal Scheduled For Last
November, Which Was Post
poned on Account of the In
fluenza. Epidemic, Is Now Re-
instatcd - Good During the
Month of March
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
OVER ONE MILLION JARS
OF VAPORUB PRODUCED
EACH WEEK

II is with pride that We announce
70 the drug trade that the shortage of
<Nick's VapoRub, which has lasted
since last October, is now overcome.
Since January LIST, we have been run
ming our laboratory twenty-three and
half hours out of every twenty-four.
Last week We shipped the last of our
back orders, and retail druggists,
therefore, are no longer requested TO
order in small quantities only.
NOVEMBER DEAL RE-lNsTATED
This deal, which we had expected
TO put ON last November and which
had to be postponed on account OF
the shortage of VapoRub, is re-instat
ed for the month. of March, This al
lows discount of 10 per cent on
shipments from jobbers stock OF
quantities of from to gross. Five
per cent OF this discount is allowed
by the jobber and 5 per cent by us.
We advise the retail druggists &c
), place their orders Immediately, SC
that the iobbers will be able to get
prompt shipments to them.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
-
Mems and Boys Clothing Department

S1.50 Mems Fleece-ned Shirts and Drawers S5c
S125 Mems Heavy Ribbed Shirts and Drawers 75c
$2.25 Mems Heavy Ribbed Union Suits. ....... $1.5O
SIPS Chldrens Union Suits, good heavy weight 79c
$l50 Mems Heavy Cotton Sweaters, roll collar. .S5c
SIPS Boys Heavy Sweaters, roll collar. .75c
81 90 Mems Work Shirts blue chambray ....,...7 9c
$l00 Mems Negligee Shirts
Mems $1,000 and $500 Mackinaws ......... $500
Mems $1,000 Mackinaws observation-disclosures $3.50
Mems $500 Mackinaws. $500
Mems $4,000 Overcoats Observation-Disclosures $4,000
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07
10 MILLION JARS OF vAPoRuB
DISTRIBUTED SINCE OCTOBER


An idea of the work we have ac-
complished this Fall may be given by
our production figures - 13,02S,976
jars of VapoRub manufactured and
distributed since last October one
jar for every two families in the Ell
tire United States.
During the influenza epidemic
Vick's VapoRub was used as an ex,
ternal application in connection with
the physicians treatment, and thou
sands Of people, unable to obtain 4
doctor, relied on Vick's almost ex
clusively.
Literally millions Of families all
over the country, from California tC
Maine, and from the Ia
Great Lakes to the (1<2IT
Gulf haves found (sSa1
Vfclcs VapoItub the M
ideal z remedy for rasSA
Group and cold trou. YEKJ Y ~
bles ng llsdh.\
oRuBlZz!z
3 i
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-03-07

Mems $500 Overcoats Observation-Disclosures $1,000
Mems $500 and $500 Overcoats. $1,000
Mems $500 Heavy Al-wool Lumberens Trousers 81. SO
Mems $3.50 Heavy All-woo Lumbermens Trousers 1895
Mems $500 and $3.50 Trousers ............... 1886
Mems $500 Work Trousers ........... 1925
Boys $3.50 overcoats Observation-Disclosures. $3.50
Special lot Boys overcoats values up $500. SOS
Mems $500 Black Cordgan Jackets .......... $500
Mems $4,000 Blue Serge Suits. ............. $3.50
Boys $1,000 Blue Serge Suits, all sizes $500
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Good Roads
Meeting Yesterday

The Greene County Good Roads
Association met here in the court
house Monday afternoon for the pur-
pose of considering the proposed paw
ed highway fro mBristol to Memphis
through this county. A committee
was appointed at this meeting to as
certain the approximate cost OF
Greene eounty's links Of this high.
way and to secure authority for the
county court to act. The committed
appointed consists Of DR.. w. E. Naff,
c. f. Cole, Prof /. C. Haynes, Judge
]. G. Park and Col. George c. Taylor
This committee is to report on their
findings to the association, at a meet.
ing to be held in this city on Tues.
day, December 18th.
1t is very important that this next
meeting be represented from all sec.
tions of the county. This is very
important matter to the citizens Of
Greene county, and II the effort to
secure the necessary appropriation
should fail Greene county would see
the mistake she has made in treating
the matter indifferently.
Remember the date Of next meet.
ing--Tuesday. December 18th
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Maude Moore
Found Guilty And
Sent to the Pen

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 9--"We
find the defendant, Maude Moore,
guilty of murder in the first degree,
.with mitigating circumstances, and
place her punishment at 81 years in
the state penitentiary.
With the pronouncement of this
verdict by the foreman of the jury in
criminal court here another chapter
was written in one Of the most sensa-
tional murder trials in the history of
Knox county. Miss Moore was
charged with the murder of Leroy
d. Harth, wealthy automobile dealer,
whom she shot and killed last Sep
tenber about eight miles down the
Kingston pike while on an automobile
ride.
Immediately after the verdict was
rendered bondsmen wha had signed
the $4,000 bond to secure Miss
Moore's release after the preliminary
hearing, surrendered her to the sher-
ia who took her TO the Knox eoun-
y jail where she was held. = 4,
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Vast Fortune Is
Paid In Pensions

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a record
breaking sum in pensions was paid by
the federal government during the
last fiscal year despite the fact that
the number of pensioners was the
smallest Of any year since 1890.
This was releaved by the annual re-
port yesterday of the commissioner
Of pensions, who said s222,129, ,292
was paid to 624,427 persons during
the year as compared with s179,835,-
32s to 646.S95 pensioners the year
before. The largest number Of per-
sons ever on the pension roll was $685.
446 in 1902 and they received a total
of s137 ,502,267
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09

ents in that country where they will
be able to sieze one western and two
Atlantic ports; that large number of
American soldiers were preparing to
take sides with them, and that they
proposed to establish capital of a
reformed government of the United
States in the state of Colorado; that
when such revolution was success
full the Mexicans rendering their as
sistance the border states which were
acquired by the United States under
the treaty Of 1848, would be returned
to Mexico"
Get Copies of Letters.
The three men referred to are the
same, the memorandum states, as
those mentioned by Carranza in let
ters of which the committee has Sc
cured copies. The first of these let
ters, dated June 4, ana addressed to
Manuel Aguierre Berlanga, Mexican
minister of Gobernacion, says:
"Senor Limo Cabello, bearer OF ..is
letter, is the person who, in company
with two friends, will bring to you
the manifestos and the plan which
they desire to put into practice in the
state of Texas.
"This plan being very favorable for
Mexico, please aid them in every way
and give the necessary instructions in
the frontier states.
81 remain your affectionate friend,
"v. CARRANZA."
The second letter dated August 19
and addressed to the same govern
ment official follows;
"The present letter will be deliver
ed to you by Mr. Juan N. Garcia and
the two friends from Texas who ac-
company him and, in accordance with
your conversation please give them
the guarantees they solicit as well as
the pecuniary assistance they NAV de-
sire.
"I remain your friend affection
ately,
"v. CARRANZA.."
Other information secured by the
Committee and which it regards rs re-
Liable, indicates treaty negotiations
between Mexico and Japaa. The doc
ument in possession Of the committee
states that one high official Of Mexico
would communicate to another high
official that "the treaty with Japan is
coming along" and that the write is
convinced of the "grea. advantages il
would bring Mexico for its national
integrity"
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Launching The Tennessee at The New York Navy Yard

Nr~TsseS~rs~$~re~rS>rNN NNS>S>S>s~N~N<SNN<~N4
tered aft on the quarterback, in
spected by an officer whose duty il
is to see that every sailor gets his
proper clothing and bedding. Each
individual Of the party is then hand
ed "Station Billet" which contains
his name, rate, station, where he will
sleep, where he will eat, etc. If the
new sailor belongs to the engineers
force he is assigned ~ a separate
part of the vessel, if he is of the deck
division he is also carried separately
and on different rolls in the office Of
the vessel.
The mans billet number may be
1914, this would mean that the man
belongs to the Fifth Division, third
section, fourteenth man. The first
number designates the division, the
second the section, and the last two
the actual number Of the man.
On the Station Billet will also be
found the mans station at fire quar-
ters, collision drills, abandon ship,
and general quarters.
All of this Is done in a remarkably
short time as the station billets are all
made out in advance. The man is re-
quired to wait but a little while be-
fore he is settled down to business.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Must Annuonce
Candidacy

PIERRE. S. D., Dec. 9.-President
Wilson and or-General Leonard
Wood endorsed as favored candidates
for President by the democratic and
republican conventions here Decem-
ber 2, must formally announce them
selves in the race before their names
can be placed upon the state primary
ballot, according TO statement issued
yesterday by J. W. Bryan. campaign
manager for Senator Miles Poindex-
ter, Of Washington.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Revolt I'm II. s. and Seizure of Border
Carranza and Radicals Plot

WASHINGTON, Dee. 9.---Evidence
that radicals in Mexico with the nowl-
edge and support of President Carran-
"a plotted to instigate revolution in
the United States and to sieze the
border states acquired by the Ameri-
can government in. 1S48 is contained
in the memorandum presented to Pres
ident Wilson by. Senator Fall, Of New
Mexico, chairman of the foreign rela-
tions committee Investigating the Mex
lean situation.
Plans for the proposed revolution
were obtained by the subcommittee
from the minutes of meeting last
October Is in Mexico City of Lodge
23, an organization of extreme agi-
tators and members of the Industrial
workers of the World. The Mexican
president is linked most directly with
the plot through correspondence in
which he recommended three men for
special consideration because Of their
connection with "the plan which they
desire to put into practice in the state
of Texas" These men, the commit
tee states, have been Identified as ac-
tive agents of lodge 20.
The memorandum which contains
an abstract of the evidence collected
by the committee was delivered to the
President~tg Senator Fall Friday
night and made public late yesterday.
The notes of the October Is meet
ing of the radical lodge declare "there
appeared three delegates, two Ameri-
cans and one Mexican, who had arriv-
ed from the United States and who
claimed that .'the society" would be
able at the beginning of the next No
vember (that is, November, 19l9) to
call general strike of all miners and
metal workers in the United States
thtat they have three million adher-
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
President May Declare Any
Move by Supporters Lodge
Resolution Unconstitutional

WASHINGTON, Dec 9.--(By United Press. Republican
leaders in the Senate believed today that President Wilson
would oppose any efforts to arrange pragram to compromise
reservations the peace treaty and would consider uncons
tona any attempt end the by the passage of the Lodge
resolution in the Senate the Tnkham resolution the House.
Republicans said they evidence of this attitude in the
Presidents letter to Senator Fall the Mexican situation,
wherein he denied that Congress had the constitutional right to
initiate relative tofforeign problems
Senator Lodge said the President went far in stating his
constitutional powers.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09


Men joining the Navy to serve on
board the great super-dreadnaught
Tennessee will be sent direct to the
Naval Training Station, Norfolk, Va,
and they should know what they will
do after leaving the Station.
Here follows detailed account of
the mans activities after he leaves
the Training Station and goes to the
ship. This procedure is characters
tic throughout the entire Navy, also.
The average civilian is not as well
acquainted with the Navy and Its or
der of routine as he should be, de-
spite the fact that the Navy gained
wide publicity during the war for the
gallant service rendered While
may laymen are familiar with the
course of instruction the navalman
receives at the training stations, they,
nevertheless, are not always well
versed on the mans shipboard habits.
After leaving the station the man
is assigned to vessel and generally
leaves in a draft for the designated
ship. He may 60 by train, boat or
Navy tug, according to the distance
and place.
The men arrive on board the ship
their future home. They are mus
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Congressional Action On Bill to Relieve
The Sugar Famine Is In Sight Today

WASHINGTON, Dec 9.-(By United Press )-Congresson-
al action the McNary b designed relieve the FAM
ne in sight today McNary will try to have Senate dispose
of the this week and hopes to House action before
the holiday recesses.
He says the Sugar Equalization Board not continued be-
yond the first of January scramble for sugar will and
Dealers freed of restrcn may the price to
twenty-five cents pound, some senators fear.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Resolution to
Discharge 10000
Clerks Introduced

WASHINGTON, Dec. "a resolu-
ton calling on executive departments
here to discharge 10000 clerks as
soon as possible was offered today by
Senator King, of Utah, democrat. The
purpose is to hasten the reduction Of
the great force of war workers.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Great Britain Willing to Rediscuss
Scapa Flow Sinking But Anxious to
Dispose Exchange Treaty Rati6cations

LONDON Dec. -(By United Press Credit for the att
ude finally adopted toward Germany in the councils
protocol given the British delegates here today The
French wished deliver harsh utmaum but the British OBJ
jected and finally left it to the cabinet
Great Britain willing rediscuss the Scapa sinking
it stated but anxious dispose of exchange racaons
the treaty that time may be devoted to other pressing
problems.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Several agents of Liquor Investigating
Squad Suspended Alleged Cases Of Graft

CHICAGO Dec. 9-(By United Press )--Severa agents of
the liquor investigating squad under direction of the depart
ment of suspended here today alleged of graft
Saoonkeepers charged that the agents faxed otherwise stole
liquor while pretending make Investigations and sold the
stuff to other dealers
Heads of the department believe it the work only of
takers but suspended the men, pending investigation.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
One Killed and Another Wounded
When Detectives Clash With Gunmen

NORFOLK, Va, Dec. 9.-(By United Press )One kill
ed and another wounded the result of fight between
ves and here today Yeggmen attempted to hold up
the vgnan Railway Power Co., of the accounting cash
ed in by conductors.
Three of the bandits arrested Frank West leader
the was killed The police given advance tip
the hold-up.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Hearings Against United Mine
Workers Continued to Next Tuesday
In View of Prospective Ending Strike

INDIANAPOLIS, Dec. o. (By United Press Hearings on
charges of contempt court filed against leaders of the United
Mine Workers continued today until next Tuesday view Of
the prospective ending of the strike.
The Federal grand jury investigating information charging
the violation of the Lever Act of mine operators and
opsponed yesterday and continued to December 18th
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Kentucky Miners
Back AT Work

ROANOKE, Va. Dec. 9.-Miners
of bituminous coal in the PinevilIe,
Kentucky, fields. have returned to
work ut their former wagea, pending
final settlement Of differences be-
tween miners and operators, accord
ing TO sdvices received here last night-
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Coal Production In Alabama Fields
Being Maintained Near Normal, Stated

BIRMINGHAM, Dec. 9-(By United Press. Alabama OPP
orators not concerned what may ranspe nd
annapolis conference Of mine chiefs they declared today
Production in the Alabama fields being maintained be-
tween eighty and ninety cent of the normal output they
state They won't be materially effected the result the
conference either way.
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
Twenty Three Hundred and Fourteen
Ships Now On Active Building Program

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9.(By United Press 1.-The Shipping
Board today announced that to December 5h total of sixteen
hundred and seventyeven vessels nine and quarter million
dead weight had been delivered the Emergency Fleet
Corporation The Board stated that wentyhree Hundred
fourteen ships on the active building program
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09
State Department Expected Today
MexieanRepl to Last American Note

WASHINGTON Dec 9.(By United Press. THE State De
parment expected to receive today the Mexican reply the
last American note requesting the release from the Pueba PEN
enary of Jenkins As he released without bail there
further for friction But the United States doesn't
agree to this view
The Greeneville daily sun. (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1918-1920, 1919-12-09

One Of the numerous superstitions
Of the Italian peasantry Is that rows
Of teeth hung around the neck Of lit
tie children viii assist them in teeth
ing.