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hand. He said that whisky had always been furnished before, and he was waiting for his.
 Guam, M. Miller saw one of the election judges stretched out under a table, dead drunk, while the other two election officials, also drunk, sat on the store counter, with the ballot box between them, telling each voter who he should vote for. All of the election officials were Mexican.
 In this latter town, in 1914, two of the election officials were Mexican, the other American. One of the Mex jeans got drunk and insisted that a Mexican voter couldn't vote unless as directed by himself. The voter got mad and started for his Winchester, whereupon the Mexican pulled a big six-gun. The deputy sheriff arrested both men and roped them to the op- posite rear wheels of lumber wag- on, leaving them to cuss each other out the rest of the day.
 At Penney's, recently, two or three other men were standing around kid ding L. c. Riley, who was trying to get the kind of garters-of course for his own use--that he wanted. Final ly Dewey Weber picked out a hand some pair of women's silk band gar,- ters, and told Riley that was the kind he ought to get. Just at that moment Bill Hicklin walked in. He saw those pretty garters and exclaimed: That's just the kind I would get, only I'd want to let everybody see lem, and it's too cold now to keep my coat off"
 Bill seemed much surprised and em- barassed when the others all laughed at him, and for once had nothing to retort, but beat it out of there withou: word.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12
A REG'LAR DOG

He was looking for a good canine companion, and had answered an ad- vertisement in the newspaper. The following conversation ensued:
 You advertise a sensible dog for sale 2"
 Yep"
 What do you mean by a sensible dog?
 "This pup has never had a ribbon around his neck and has never ridden in limousine since the day he was born. He's happy hearted, bone burying, cat chasing, 100 per cent dog"
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THE RURAL VERSION

The Visitor-Yes, they've found a lot of oil on the Smallweed farm. Smallweed's a lucky man. N
 The Native-An' he always was lucky. Folks hereabouts say he was born with a gold table knife in his mouth.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12

The Coconino Sun produces high grade printing at reasonable prices. A trial will convince you of the su- periority of our work.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12
IMBUED WITH MODERN SPIRIT

The Boss-So you want job, do you? What can you do?
 Applicant-Nothing particular; but then work is not so much an object as good wages.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12
THOSE CULTURAL SOUNDS

Operatic singing in German has been prohibited in New York. Local patriots are declaring exultantly that eating in German will be the next to go.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12
MORE DIFFICULTIES

If the bituminous miners strike it may be harder to get soft coal than it is to get hard drink.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12
DOWN TO FACTS

Personally we have decided to stop pretending to be rich. It's about to land us in the poorhouse.
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12

Forest Ranger Jesse Bushnell tells about sign he saw tackled to a tree on 8 homestead in Mund's Park. It read.
 "Tresposers will be persecuted to the full eckstent of fneen mongrel dawgs which aint never ben overly soshibul with strangers and dubbel barelt shotgun which aint loaded with no sofy pliers. Dam if 1 aint tired of this hel raisin on my proppity."
 A man walked into Kahl's drug store and asked for a certain lini- ment.
 "What do you want to use it for?" he was asked.
 My woman's got rheumatism" But that liniment you ask for is horse liniment."
 "Never mind. Gimme a bottle of it," said the man. "Nuthin's too good for my woman"
 "A large party called on Mir. and Mrs. Merle Beatty on Friday evening to pay their respects. Gust Moser made short address wishing the young couple long and prosperous journey through life and called their attention to the new and commodious school building and that it was up to them to help fill the school" ol."-Super- for, Mont, Independent.
 "To Whom It May Concern: l wish to state, to the good people of New Sharon that the report that is going around concerning me, l have not eloped with any man and should any one see fit to want to enquire about me I am in Kirksville, Mo-, with my son Kenneth Otto, and if any of your men are gone you may look some place elst for them, they are not here. Mildred Poss."-New Sharon, Iowa, Star.
 Jim Rupe, on whose Maine ranch the goats grow so thick and fast, has been trying for the last two years to train them to pick potato bugs. First he had to overcome an inherent dis like on the part of his nannies for anything so soft,. juicy and edible as potato bugs. He did this by depriv- ing them entirely of their regular ra- tions of cordwood, tin cans and rocks, confining them to softer foods, such as corn-cobs, pine-cones, etc. Later he gradually varied their diet to still softer food, such as old newspapers, feathers, rags and, so as not to make the change too sudden, an occasional old shoe. For the final step in their education, he contracted with Bill Williams for all the flies found sun ming themselves on that fellow ranch CTS hired men, feeding several wagon loads of the flies to the goats. Then, one evening after the goats had lasted all day, Rupe and his grandson turn ed them all out into the potato fields, going to bed happy over the fact that within few hours that first crop of bugs, which by then had become very numerous, would be converted into nice, refreshing goats milk.
 And the plan succeeded, splendidly, and way beyond even their most san gline expectations. For next morn ing when they went into the potato field to investigate, there was not bug to be seen. The mere fact that the goats had also eaten off all the potato tops did not disprove their
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house clean, knows the laws of health can make cranberry pie, hates. gos- sip and politics, does not mix with the w. c. T. U., is healthy and happy in fact is real wife. We congratulate the both of them in the consummation of a real marriage. e."-Havre, Mont. Democrat.
 Here are some more epitaffys, with out any taffy to lem:
 "Here lies Jane Kitches, when her
 breath was spent
 She kicked up her heels and away
 she went"
 Here lies the body of poor Charlie
 Lang,
 Who was killed by tree that fell
 slap bang"
 "Here lies MissArabella Young; Thank goodness, she's got to hold her
 tongue"
 Some have children and some have
 none,
 But here lies the mother of twenty
 one."
 Here lies, cut down like unripe fruit, The wife of Deacon Amos Chute. Anno Domino eighteen hundred and
 forty,
 She died from drinking too much cof-
 fec"
 Mike O'Brien, the Spring. Valley rancher, came across one of his farm hands, floater, one day last summer while the latter was lying under a tree, fast asleep, though he was sup posed to be working.
 Mike eyed the sprawled-out figure a moment, then said softly:
 "Slape on, me beauty, slape on. So long as ye slape ye got a job, but when you wake up ye're out O work. "
 One of the Topeka, Kans., papers in making up mixed an obituary and the description of a fire and made it read this way:
 "The pallbearers lowered the body to the grave and it was consigned to the flames; there were few if any re- grets, for the old wreck had been an eyesore to the town for years. Of course, there was individual loss, but it was fully covered by insurance.
 The widow thinks the editor wrote the obituary that way because the la mented partner of her joys and sor- rows owed him five years subscription.
 Supervisor E. G. Miller, of the Coco nino National forest, who used to do forest work in New Mexico, says cleo tion day in many of the towns in that state used to be very wild and woolly also very wet. At the presidential election of 1912, at Guam, local character known as Shorty" sat around for several hours, with an ex- pectant look on his face, and finally asked Miller why it was the govern ment didn't have jug of whisky on
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C H F E R r UL CHI RP s
(By "DEL.")

Mostly those intervals when idea along and is grabbed off
The Coconino sun., 1919-12-12

Joe Crawford tells this story: Two blacksmiths, working together, stuttered very badly. The first one put hot iron on the anvil and said
 Strike it qu-qu-qu-ick."
 "Wh-wh-wh-ere will I s-s-s-strike itf" asked the other.
 "Never mi-mi-mind, it's cold" was the answer.
 Judge Jones says that in his young- CT days club of young men to which he belonged decided just for the fun of the thing to fine any member that should be caught hurrying; also to give medal to the member whom, at the end of year, should be voted the laziest among them.
 A few weeks afterward, Mir. Jones himself was called upon to pay fine, it being reported that he had been seen, on horseback, going somewhere in a hurry. He got out of paying the fine by explaining that it was only the horse that was in hurry, and that he had been too lazy to stop the horse.
 s. s. Acker rises in class to say that he knows meaner man than any of those described in this colyum last week. The man he knows about took some letters to the postoffice and waited until the clerk wasn't looking and then slipped them into the box without any stamps on.
 You never saw me with more than 1 could carry" Ali Dickinson said to Ed Whipple the other day.
 "No," Ed said, musingly, "But I've seen you when l thought you ought to go twice after the load"
 Wid Raudebaugh says you all ought to get your life insured, so you'll have something to live on after you are dead.
 Miss Sidel is fine housekeeper, knows how to make real Heaven of home, can cook a good meal, keep
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-06-20

| Mrs. Mike Wheeler, who has beer
visiting her daughter, Mrs. ]. D
Garriss on Roswell street returned
to her home in Shelbyville, Tenn.
on last Wednesday.
Mr.. Blackmore and family are
housekeeping in a part of Mr.. N. J
Horns home, on Roswell street.
Misses Eleanor Wilcox, of Rome
Natalie Turner, of Covington, anc
Bess Walton, of Mississippi, are the
guests of Miss Glennis Hancock.
Surgeon Dykes, U. S. N, spent
the weekend with Lieutenant Com
mander Atkinson.
Frank Donnally, Jr., underwent ar
operation on his throat on Tuesday
but is resting well now.
Mr.. Charley Hedges came from
the University of Virginia on Wed.
nesday to spend his vacation with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. E.
Hedges.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. C. Carriker and
son, Jack, leave this week for Wis
it to DR.. and Mrs. ]. R. Jordan in
Macon.
Misses Mildred and Mary Lila
Irwin, of Buford, are he guests of
their cousin, Miss Sue Nichols.
The Parcel Post sale given by the
Y. P. NJ. S. of the Methodist church,
held at Mrs. Tilden Connor's on
Tuesday evening, was a great sue
cess financially, socially, and arts
tically. About $11 was realized.
Misses Frances Macarthur, Leila
Black and Emily Griggs, of Gaines
Vile, are the guests of Mrs. NJ. D..
Norton.
Mrs. Frank Hardeman had the mis-
fortune to lose her pocket book with
SIS and her gold watch in Atlanta
on Tuesday.
Among the young people attend
ing the Pan-Helenic dance in Atlanta
Tuesday evening were Misses Vir-
ginia Boston, George Anna Evans,
Augusta Cohen, and Katharine Du-
Pre-; Lawrence Brumby, Morgan and
Frank McNeel, Grip" Blair, Robert
WilIingham and Charley Gardner.
Miss Evelyn Jordan, Of Monticel-
10, visited Miss Virginia Boston the
first of the week.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-06-20
PERSONAL M@mt50m
Mrs. D. c. Cole, Society Editor, Phone $50
Observation-Disclosures

| Mr.. and Mrs. M. M. Sessions, Miss
es Lucille Sessions and Charlotte
Northcutt, and Archie Sessions motor
ed over to Athens for the weekend
Archie Sessions, who won the golC
medal for defamation in the Fresh
man Class at Tech, was on the Uni
versity Commencement program fol
speech Monday.
! Mrs. Carl Medford is visiting rel
atives in Americas.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. McCulloch, and
family who have been the guests OF
Mrs. Eliza McCulloch, return this
week to their home in Portland, Ore
gon.
Mrs. w. E. Benson, Miss Emma
May Rambo, and Miss Lucy Cole left
on Tuesday for Dawson where they
went to attend the Confederte Vet
Grams Reunion, Mrs. Benson as Spon-
sor to Georgia Division, Miss Cole
as her Maid Of Honor, and Miss Ram
DO as Sponsor to the North Georgia
Division.
Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hair and daugh-
ter, Eugenia, of GAINESVILLE, are the
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. E. P. Dobbs.
The Rev. and Mrs. w. T. Handy
spent several days last week with Mrs.
Lillian Gordon Watson, in Rome, and
attended the Sunday School Conven-
ton.
Miss Constance Cone, of Atlanta,
is the guest of Miss Charlotte Law.
Miss Harriet Maddox has returned
from a visit to Lavonia.
Lieutenant Gregory Graham, who
has been the guest of his uncle, Mr..
John M. Graham, left on Saturday
for his home in Winston-Salem, N. c.
Miss Lucy Malone of, Villa RIGA,
has been the guest of her cousin, Miss
Irene Malone this week.
Miss Gertrude Anderson, who grad
uated in May as a Social Worker
and Public Health Nurse, has accept
ed position for the summer in
Cleveland, Ohio.
Mr.. Tom Patton left on Tuesday
for Chicago, where he has accepted
position with Mr.. Tommy Tompkins
in the Railroad Office.
Mrs. George W. Malone, of Nash
vile; visited Mrs. /. c. Ferris last
week.
Miss Maud Foster, who has been at
the University of Pittsburg arrived
home this week to spend the sum-
mer vacation.
Miss Imogene Brown spent the
week with Miss Sara Patton en- route
to her home in Sumas, Wash, from
Newbern, S. c., where she has been
teaching.
George D. Anderson, Jr., has gone
on a ivsit to his cousin, W. D. An
derson, Jr., in Macon.
Mrs. E. S. Garrison is visiting her
brother, Mr.. Payne in Gainesville.
The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1919-06-20

Miss Mary Schilling left on Satur
day for visit to Miss Evelyn Love
lace in West Point.
Mrs. R. H. Hutcheson and children
have returned from visit to relatives
in Lancaster, S. c.
Mr.. Orrie Daniel of Bremen
visited his brother, Mr.. George Dan
iell, last week.
Mrs. Roland Lyon and children, Of
Atlanta, were the guests of Mis-:
1Louise Schilling last week.
Miss Juanita Brown, of Mississippi
who has come to be the District Sec
rotary of the Y. w. c. A., is with
Mrs. w. L. Benson.
Mr.. B. G. Brumby, Jr., spent the
weekend in Hartwell with his wife
who is visiting her mother, Mrs. Der,
tina Dodds.
Mrs. ]. J. Daniel reached home
Thursday from a two weeks visit to
Senea, S. C. Mr.. Daniel returned
home at the same time from bust
ness trip to New York and Philadel-
phia.
Miss Frances Wikle, who has been
spending two weeks at home with her
parents, DR.. and Mrs. C. A. Wikle,
left on Saturday for New York, where
she has accepted the position of diet
titan at Lenox Hill Hospital.
Miss Alice Anderson returned from
a delightful house-party given by Mr..
Scott, at Perdido Point, off the coast
of Alabama.
Miss Annie Watson is resting nice
w at the Baptist Tabernacle Hospi-
tai, in Atlanta, following an operation
on her throat.
Mrs. John Graham Sullivan, who
has been the much feted guest of her
mother, Mrs. W. A. Coursen, returned
on Friday with her little son, Went
worth. for her home in New York.
Miss Louise Walker has returned
to her home in Monroe, after spend
ing ten days as the guest of Miss
Cor Brown.
Miss Hooper Wikle who has been
spending her two weeks vcatlon at
home, has resumed her position at
the Fourth National Bank, Atlanta.
DR.. and Mrs. Mayes, Gober, Jr., OF
Newark, New Jersey, who have been
the guests of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. W. NJ. Gober, left on Saturday
for New York, taking Mrs. W. M.
Gober and Miss Lottie Gober with
them for a visit.
Mrs. Albert Dobbins and children
of Covington, are the guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. Alexander.
Mr.. P. W. Fleming, of Camilla,
Ga, who has just returned from the
service in Germany, visited his Sis
ter, Mrs. David Comfort, this week.
Mr.. Jasper Kile and family left
Friday for a weeks stay among rela-
tives and friends in Cleveland, Tenn.
Mrs. Mary Sauls, of this place,
who has been visiting relatives in
Atlanta, returned home Thursday.
Miss Stella Hayes left last Friday
to visit relatives near Cleveland,
Tenn.
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notice.!

I am prepared to
do all kinds Of auto
mobile trimming ard
painting, Give me a
call.
w. w. Watkins
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-20
FOREIGNERS GUARDED
AGAINST BOLSHEVIKI

TN task of guarding foreign born
Inen n women from sinister bolsheyik'
!. ". w. and radical influence is being
undertaken throughout the United
states by the national budget commit
zee N cooperation with the League Of
roreign Citizens, With the off
GERS 81 the league, the national budget
committee believes that the best way II
combat propaganda of the reds il
through presenting to the men and
women newly arrived on our shores an
Interpretation of the aspirations. tradi.
tions and ideals of America and its in
situations.
Fortnightly Budget clubs furnish the
medium through which the national
budget committee is approaching the
problem OF educating our immigrants TO
become sound, loyal citizens. with the
AID OF the League of Foreign born citi-
zehs, thousands of men and women,
representing " nationalities, are being
Budget club meetings are held semi
monthly. In addition to Interpreting
America and Its institutions for the for
eign-born, the speakers Of the national
budget committee are giving their audi.
ences the basic principles of economics
home life. The campaign begun in New
YORK City has been extended into Con-
necticut, Illinois and Pennsylvania and
shortly will be carried to every state OF
the Union.
In speaking of the campaign, Nathan
lei Phillips, founder and president Of
the League Of Foreign born Citizens,
said:
THE studies prepared and presented
by the national budget committee are
very well collated with the actual work
of the league, which is, to aid, encour-
age and instruct people Of foreign birth
to become citizens OF the United States
and to spread the message of America,
the land OF opportunities and reciprocal
obligations.
THE league has been markedly sue
cessful in pointing the way for a sym
pathetic movement on the part of the
native born to help the immigrant un-
derstand our institutions inc to cause
him to become, as soon as possible, an
effective and patriotic citizen.
THE national budget committee will
be a distinct help to us in this work
We want our foreign-born to become
sound and loyal citizens. They will be,
when they know and understand our
Institutions"
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-20
THIRD RED CROSS ROLL
COMES IN SLOWLY

NEW ORLEANS, Nov, 2o.-The fol
lowing telegram received at Gulf divts-
ton headquarters OF the American Red
Cross here today shows that In more
than making the 1919 quota Of mem
berships, Louisiana, Mississippi and
Alabama did only what was accom-
plished by other divisions throughout
the country;
Returns from the third Red Cross
call are reaching national headquarters
slowly. due mainly to the fact that a
great number Of chapters have ex-
pressed a desire to continue the am
paign In a. quiet way until II Is posi-
Bile to make a complete canvass.
"A number of the larger cities have
already sent In splendid reports. Gin
cinnati, with a Quota Of 10000 mem
hers, telegraphs that 107, 900 have been
obtained, and that the mark set will be
greatly exceeded. Fifteen counties OF
the Potomac division have already re-
ported larger enrollments than existed
during the war period. Worchester,
Mass, with a population OF 275, 900 now
has a Red Cross membership Of 70, 900
and Is still gaining. The southern d.
vision will surpass 1918 figures, From
ali sections comes the game cheering
news and we are confident that the
final report win Justify the splendid
work done in the Gulf division, which
we see safely over the top"
The message was signed by r. 9,
Munroe, general manager Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-20
AReal-Fruit Dessert For Six People

the origins of the war. Mr.. Giolittfs
defense Of his policy OF neutrality and
his criticism Of the lack Of foresight
displayed by those who negotiated the
treaty OF London, has provoked a We
htmert controversy between him and
Mr.. Salandra. who was prime minister
when Italy entered into the fray. This
polemic OF the two former premiers re-
sembles that between the pot and the
kettle. Mr., Giolitti repudiates the
charge OF want Of confidence In the
powers of the Italian army, and asks
why Mr.. Saiandra In May, 1915, went
through the farce of asking his opinion
as to whether Italy should go TO war,
when all the time she was bound to
do so by her secret treaty with the al
lies, Of which Mr.. Giolitti was kept in
ignorance.
These questions are mainly historical
In interest low, and the two parties
best prepared for the elections, the
tRoman) Catholic popular party and
the socia lists~-known colloqutally as the
Up. /. r." and the ''P, U, S." are de-
voting their main attention TO the fu-
ture. The so-called liberal party
a designation which includes a great
number OF shades of o~pinion-is both
divided and unprepared; while a new
organization, that Of the c~ombatants,'
the men who have actually done the
fighting, Is acting Independently Of all
parties and putting forth lists of its
own candidates in many constituencies
This Is a stgn that young Italy means
to have her say in the peace, after hay
ing borne the burden OF the war,
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-20
A O-DayT Test Supplied

We now send a To-Day Tube to anyone who asks. Thus
we are starting countless people toward cleaner, safer
teeth.
Pepsodent is based on pepsn, the digestant of albumin.
The film is albuminous matter. The object is to dissolve
the film, then to day by day combat il.
The way seems simple, but pepsin must be activated.
The usual method is an acid harmful to the teeth. Il Is
the invention OF a harmless activating method which makes
pepsin possible. That, with other Pepsodent ingredients,
IS doing now what was never done before.
Send the coupon for a To-Day Tube. Note how clean
the teeth feel after using. Mark the absence of the Shiny
film. See how teeth whiten as the fixed film disappears.
Read the book we send you. Learn the reason for these
things. Then judge for yourself If you want your teeth
kept in that way always. Cut out the coupon now.
The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-11-20
ITALY IS CLOSE
IN HER TAB UPON
COMING ELECTION
Political CONFUSION Going on
in Kingdom Means That in
Many Provinces New Faces
viii Appear in Congress.

ROME. Italy, Nov. 20.~-public atten-
tion In Italy Is now entirely %conccntrat-
ed upon the elections, which win be
held On Sunday. Several facts have
already emerged clearly out Of the mists
OF controversy. The first is the dlsa ~
pchrance Of many old and familiar fig
ures from political life. Thus Baron
Sidney Sonnino, the former minister OF
foreign affairs, who wRR responsible
for the Italian Greek Book Of May,
lalb, and was the Italian author and
chief custodian OF the famous secret
treaty Of London, has announced his
retirement In n dlgnified letter to- his
old constituents of San Casciano near
Florence, which he had represented
ever since he entered parliament In
1880.
Baron S%onnino's policy has been Sc
verely criticised by many Italiahs no
less than by many foreigners, and his
silence has not always been golden.
But about his high character there IL
only one opinion, and the withdrawal
Of this upright, II obstinate statesman,
who has been twice prime minister,
albeit for only 100 days each time. Is
generally lamented. History will prob
ably consider that Barren Sonnino's
greatest service to his country was not
his tenure Of the foreign office from
1914 to 1919, but his restoration Of
lldlhH finance WINE ne was lrlkpl \
finance minister between 1898 and
1896.
He has Enthusiastically refused to
defend his conduct Of foreign policy,
and has left public life with a potiti-
cal testament, In which he urges we'll
to-do Italians TO devote more attention
to public affairs and to subordinate
their personal impulses and private
interests to the general welfare. His
advice is sincere, for he has always
practiced what he preached,