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Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
SWAMP-ROOT FOR
KIDNEY AILMENTS

There is only one medicine that really
stands out pre-eminent as a medicine for
durable ailments of the kidneys, liver and
bladder.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root stands the
highest for the reason that it has proven
to be just the remedy needed in thousands
upon thousands of distressing cases.
Swamp-Root makes friends quickly be-
cause its mild and immediate effect is soon
realized in most cases. 1t is a gentle,
healing vegetable compound.
Start treatment at once. Sold at all
drug stores in bottles of two sizes, medi-
UNI and large.
However, if you wish to test this great
preparation send ten cents to DR.. Kilmer
4 Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a sample
bottle. When writing be sure and men
ton this paper-Adv.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25

Overlooking kills more chicks than
undertaking.
Little and often is good feeding
rule for newly Matched chicks.
Eggs of some fowls will keep In
Matching condition longer than others.
Ducklings should be ready for the
green duck market at from ten to
fourteen weeks of age.
This is the time of year when poul-
try quarters need to be made safe from
rats.
A good, well-regulated incubator will
hatch eggs with far more certainty and
do it more cheaply than can be done
with hens.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
FARM
POULTRY
PURPOSE OF A SMALL FLOCK
II Is Primarily for Eggs and Therefore
Fowls Should Be Fed With This
End In View.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The actual purpose Of keeping a
small flock of fowls is primarily for
egg production. Consequently they
should be fed with this end in view.
quantity of table scraps, vegetable
peelings and "1ef'overs" that can be
utilized by feeding to hens. Supple
mentary to such feed, however, a grain
and dry mash should be provided in
order to produce the best results. By
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
FIT
AT ANY AGE

1t isn't age, it's careless living that
puts men down and out" Keep your
internal organs in good condition and
you will always be physically fit.
The kidneys are the most over
worked organs in the human body.
When they break down under the
strain and the deadly uric acid ac-
cumulates and crystallizes look out!
These sharp crystals tear and scratch
the delicate urinary channels causing
excruciating pain and set up irrita-
tons which may cause premature de-
generation and often do turn into
deadly Bright's Disease.
One of the first warnings Of slug
gish kidney action is pain or stiffness
in the small Of the back, loss of appe-
lite, Indigestion or rheumatism.
Do not wait until the danger is upon
you. At the first indication of trouble
20 after the cause at once. Get trial
box of GOLD MEDAL HARLEM Oil
Capsules, imported direct from the
in Holland. They will give
almost immediate relief. If for any
cause they should not, your money will
be refunded. But be sure to get GOLD
MEDAL. None other is genuine. In
sealed boxes, three sizes.-Adv.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25

Don't suffer- A tiny bottle OF
Freezone costs but few cents at any
drug store. Apply few drops on the
corns, calluses and hard skin" on bot
tom Of feet, then lift them off,.
When Freezone removes corns from
the toes or calluses from the bottom Of
feet, the skin beneath is left pink and
healthy and never sore, tender or
irritated.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
cutIcura Soap for the Complexion.

Nothing better than Cuticura Soap
daily and Ointment now and then as
needed to make the complexion clear,
scalp clean and hands soft and white.
Add to this the fascinating, fragrant
Cuticura Talcum and you have the
Cuticura Toilet Trio.-Adv.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
Perfectly Willing.

"What sort of fellow is he?"
"Well, If you and he have had din
ner together and you insist upon pay
ing the check, he won't even give you
an argument"
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
No, Not ALWAYS.

"A woman is as young as she looks"
but not always as young as she
thinks she looks.-Boston Transcript.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25

We wonder if the Lord loves a
cheerful giver as well as the cheerful
giver loves himself.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25

In some of the villages in Siberia
few of the inhabitants can read or
Rrite.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
FAKE" ASPIRIN
WAS TALCUM
Therefore Insist Upon Gen.
uine "Bayer Tablets
of Aspirin"
B\
4 A
lGAYGEl
"

Millions of fraudulent Aspirin Tab
lets were sold by Brooklyn manufac-
turer which later proved to be COM
posed mainly Of Talcum Powder.
"Bayer Tablets Of Aspirin" the true,
genuine, American made and American
owned Tablets are marked with the
safety "Bayer Cross"
Ask for and then insist upon "Bayer
Tablets of Aspirin" and always buy
them in the original Bayer package
which contains proper directions and
dosage.
Aspirin is the trade mark Of Bayer
Manufacture of ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS OF
Ealicylicacid.
Crossville chronicle. [volume] (Crossville, Tenn.) 1894-current, 1919-06-25
The Reason.

II call this my war garden"
"Why so now?'
Because l feel it has only a fight
ing chance"
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27

p>asar. Aarch- 34.--IAs 8katsr Eny.
mems c0nmlttee Of the Nurthern Bap-
tist cosventfon announced today that
. gin Of e100-00e is In sight. provided
the conditions can b met By the end
q March A wealthy Baptist lay-
man has promised to give the $500 900
for the Minister'S and Missionaries
oenent fund. provided $500. Geo more
Is raised for that purpose this month
Al . special meeting Of the state
committee held to consider the prop.
osttion- II was resolved that Colorado
would undertake to secure $4,000 OF
the amount required Several OF
the churches. Including Boulder. Fort
Collins. Loveland and Slty Park. Den
yer. have designated large part OF
their offerings to the victory cam
paisn. for this SPECIFIC fund. and the
state committee confidently expect to
secure the $4,000 required from Colo
rado before the expiration Of the time
limit
Reports covering the victory cam
paign in the state indicate that Colo
rado has a good chance to 20 over the
top In the drive for the state ai,ot.
ment VI sSs.ooo (which includes the
$4,000 above mentioned). The com
mittee has definite pledges from
churches totailing nearly half of the
state allotment and churches are al
most daily reporting the raising Of
their local allotment Rallies. con
ferences and business mems lunch
cons are planned for localities whore
the churches have not yet raised thei.
aliotments- The time OF payment OF.
pledges has been extended to April 80
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
Tom Quinn Gets
A Good Taste
Of Trench Life

Tomm, Quinn. wayfarer OF the great
highway. travelling overland by ties
from Texas 10 Seattle. with a sshed
uled stop-oyer at Leadville to see q
sister. got good taste OF genuine
y trench life while sleeping in the track
I walkers dugout two miles up in the
Royal Gorge Tuesday night. Some
body threw stick OF dynamite down
the chimney INTO the fireplace where
Tom had built comfortable fire, and
the sudden and disastrous result
knocked the dugout to smithereens
and nearly sent Tom to kingdom
come
Tom- while counting the ties, had
reached the point of the dugout when
night overlook him. He skirmixhed
around for some fuel. built IRE and
settled down for a comfortable night
The Are was burning merrily about 10
O'Clock. when some one unknown
started the fireworks and did the mis-
chief by tossing the dynamite down
the little chimney.
The explosion knocked Quinn to the
ground tore gasa In his left cheek
and took a good sized chunk OF flesh
out OF his left breast, just above the
heart Without stopping to investi-
gate, Quinn ran. with blood flowing
freely. into town and fell exhausted
mt the D. & r. @. depot.
He was given attention by a physi-
clan who said that his wounds though
painful were not serious
County Commissioner @. v. Hod ain
and Chief OF Police skinner went to
the scene Of the raid this morning and
found things AS Quinn had stated
them. Several sticks OF dynamite
were found lying near
Quinn Is q man about 90 years old.
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Two Canon Boys
in Big Parade

Two Canon City boys. both members
OF the Twenty-scyen;h division.
United States army, were scheduled
TO take part IN the big parade Of
troops returned from overseas in New
York today They were Capt clyde
Bigss and Private w. j. Pierce. The
latter viii be remembered as having
spent the creator part OF his life in
the employ OF G. T.. Reeves. In fact,
was practically raised by him. Tho
Twenty-seven,h division Ii composed
principally of New York men. the ex-
ceptions being requirements from mill
itary commands recruited in other
states. The parade in New York to-
day is planned to be The most notable
and spectacular event OF It's kind that
has taken place in the metropolis since
the review and parade there or the
famous Seventh regiment ut the close
of the Civil War. moro than half a
century ago.
II Is believed that the Twenty-sev-
enth division win be mu.tered out OF
military service at Camp Dix. N. j..
within the next 10 dnys or two weeks.
and Capt. Riggs and Private Pierce
are expected 70 return 70 Canon City
sshoxtiy afterwards.
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Cameron Johnson
Taking Pictures

Cameron johnson. who so delight
fully entertained the peope OF this
community at the First Presbyterian
church last week with his splendid
Illustrated lectures on the missionary
NAMED over In Canon City for q few
days for the purpose Of taking pic
survs u xne scenie attractions Of the
surrounding scsatry. to - shown %
the stereopticon screen. BY means
Of these views Mr.. johnson viii sdser-
tise Canon City ana its tuvirons aur-
tng the coming spring and summer In
tour Of the Middle Westeru states.
Mr.. Johnson is an artist Of no mean
xbtSIty aud the pictures he win trks
and paint will masnihcenfy advertise
Canon City.
Today. in company with Howard
Cooper. he Is taking photographs in
tie Royal Gorge. and We feel sure that
the Gorge will give him just what he
II looking for. and we will appreciate
his telling the people back east just
what we have here In the matter OF
mountain scenery. so that they may
include Canon City In tteir Itinerary
of the West next summer. or the one
after.
Mr.. johnson viii go TO r orencs for
lectures next Sunday and fo- Monday
and Tuesday nights. From there he
will 20 to Denver to Ill an engage
ment. Later he viii deliver a series
of lectures In Nebraska. Kansas and
Iowa He will speak at the First
Presbyterian church here this eve
ming at the regular prayer me sting
service on "Five Missionary worisn
of Japan All Of those who were
privileged TO hear his lectures last
week are invited to be present at iiis
address this evening.
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w. E. Galley
Sells Interest

w. e. Galley has sold his interest
in The Galley-Stoci1ton Shoe Com
pany and viii retire from business in
Canon City His ranch and live stock
interests are taking up practica'y y all
of his time and he found it necessary
to give up the local business. Truman
Stockton will remain with the new
firm until such time as the business
of the old firm is closed up
E. A. Meyer. T. c. Hardy and Beech
Stewart have purchased the controll-
ing interest in The Gailey-S Stockton
Shoe Company and will continue to
do business as formerly at the old
stand. but starting Friday morning
a big stock-reducing sale will be
opened.
Coming at this season of the year
with much of the new spring styles on
the shelves the sale will be most op-
perfume indeed for those who want to
get good shoes at a big reduction
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27

comfy beds and the fine breskfa st
waiting the folks back home-at which
we could not be present Just as things
got too tough. out of the darkness
came Hello. boys. like some hot choc-
oIafe and piping fresh doughnutse p and
there stood the salvation Army lass'e
as though she had dropped from
Heavtn.-
That's One Reason Why We Must Help
Capt Handy tells this story by
way Of showing how the Salvation
Army didn't wait for fine weather to
serve the American soldiers and to
emphasize the reason why the people
a. home must get behind the Salvation
Army as il begins its drive to raise
$150.000 in Co orado for home service.
Among the soldiers who are banded
to help the army put It over are
Walter Fleck- NJ J. Grossman. r. L.
Shaw, Joe Carey. s. Wmbalf, Oscar
Kulien, William Miller. George
Knowlton. George viaene OF Sherwood.
Ore; Joe F. Maloney. v. F. Clousen.
Leonard c. Allen. o. L. Henderson,
Bryan swank. Charles NJ Walker,
Fiorence p EysoIdt. Rainerd New
lake and Harold Amundson.
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Notes from South
Canon High School

Miss Woodford was absent from
school las Thursday. Sc was threat
ened with influenza. but fortunately
escaped it.
Our weekly picture show given Fri
day morning consisted of scenes from
some OF the southern states. Among
these were cotton mills and other In
dustria1 scenes
A short ST. Patrick's day program
was given Monday morning. The bas-
ketbau team sang 'Wearin' OF the
Green" and responded to an encore
with ''Tipperary- Bertha Deweese
sang Come Back to Erin and Mrs
Lowell sang '.8Eokher McChree-.
Tuesday morning Cameron johnson
visited school and made a short ad-
dress He spoke on deciding what our
object in life is to be and not swerving
from the path
Clifford Ames and Harold Sprinkle.
who have been in England with base
hospital No. -. both gave us talks
They toll Of number Of places Of
hiseortc interest visited by them and
mentsnnoh the sacf that the streets OF
LnndaA do not rsn seraight- WINS they
were Glad they had the chance to 90
oserseaa they sre also giaA to - heek
~ n :
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
A. Cowie is Charged
With Embezzlement
and False Pretenscs

Archibald Cowie of Penrose was ar
raigred before Judge James L. Cooper
of the district court last Saturday aft
ernoon on the charges OF embezz e.
ment and obtaining money under false
pretenses- He pleaded not guilty in
both instances and was placed under
bond in the sum of $500 in each case
to await trial at the April term of
court His bondsmen in both cases
were J. c. Cuthbe-t. D. d. Bowman. F.
P. Jenkins. C. E. Oatman and William
T. Kerry. all OF Beaver Park
In the embezzIment case Cowie is
charged with padding the payrolls of
the Beaver Park Land and Water
1916. 1917 and 1918. from which he
is alleged in the complaint to have
falsely obtained from the company
between $500 and $500. He is accused
to have padded the payrolls by insert
ing the name of Tom Secul;ch and to
have drawn in his behalf various sums
of money varying from $50 to SIS.
which he appropriated to his own
use.
In the embezz.ement. or false pre-
lenses case. Cowie is charged with
having obtained from the company by
fraudulent means the sum of $905.63.
A somewhss remarkable coincidence
appears in connection with this sum
as the amount charged against Cowie
in the Information in the ernbezzie
ment case filed by the company here
on January 25. 1919. was for 1906
These cases are separate and distinct.
having no re 'ationship. one with the
other There are IL separate counts
in. the false pretenses case and the
information on which they are certi-
ned q contains 50 typewriter pages
To make copy of thS complaint for
the use Of the disarict attorney
cost $34.
The anidavits upon which the in
formations are founded were made
and sworn to by Alfred F. Dodd OF
Colorado Springs. auditor and account-
ant for the Beaver Park Land and
Water Company
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SCHOOL DISTRICTS
CONSIDER CONSOLIDATION

The taxpayers OF the Beaver Park
and Glendale school districts held a
meeting at Penrose Tuesday evening
to discuss plans for the consolidation
OF their respective school districts.
A merger of the two districts was ten-
tstively agreed upon some time ago.
and the meeting last evening was for
the purpose of confirming the prslim-
mary action taken at that time The
consolidation win mean the eventual
erection Of high school building at
Penrose
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
NO Peril TOO GREAT FOR IASSES
or SALVATION ARMY WITH YANKS|

Capt "BiH' Handy. son of Mr. ana
Mrs. H. F. Handy Of Denver. who is
mentioned by Frances Wayne OF the
Denver Post in the following article.
was born in Canon City. and spent
most Of his boyhood here. N F.
Handy. his father. was one of the pio-
neer merchants OF Canon City The
Handy family is well known by the
older residents here:
(7y Frances Wayne.)
Capt. ...Bili' Handy was sioughing
about in Flanders mud with the One
Hundred and Third field artillery.
when something happened that sur
prised. yet didn't surprise him.
Speaking Of Flsnder mud said
Capt Handy. reminds me of a GER
tain night that old man Dante would
have loved to stick his enemies in 1t
was muddier. colder. wetter than any
thing ever imagined. We hadn't
been asleep for almost three days
We were cod. hungry. wet to the
skin and were pushing up the heavies
with what enthusiasm we had under
such conditions II was past midnight
and there was no sign of reducing our
line OF miseries. OF course we were
thinking OF home and mother. the
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
Gil Dunlap Ellrolls
= Naval Reseryl

+ &S[l1 Wesf< . g s II q r ~ ~
navy in Denver during the past
week. and one enroiIed in the fless
naval rsserve. Two brothers. Robert
f. List and Eimer List OF Bucking.
ham. Colo. entered the service as ap-
prentice seamen. and were sent to
gefher to the naval training station at
San Francisco. Cal.
Thomas G. Walker enlisted as q
fireman and was sent to the ns sy-s
splendid training school for inachin-
lists at Charleston. s. Z.
Clifford L. Dunlap OF Canon City. a
chief commissary steward. enrolled in
the tiest naval reserve and thus viii,
be kept on the navy payroll while he
files and develops a Colorsdo claim,
at the same time not losing the ben.
efits of continuous service pay in the
navy.
Other eniistments were: Appren,
tice seamen-william N Ahrendt. Sa.
Ida; William Clyde Swanson. Den.
yer; Clarence R. Morrison. Boulder,
and Fred Rivale. Aguiiar. Colo: David
v. Wolfe. Tecumseh. Neo.
Firemen--Claude H. Pearson,
Meeker. Colo. and James r. Morris,
Decker. Mont.
seaman--Aloyius J. Monroe. Martin,
S. ID.
Hospital Ass-ss..ce-Dougla Ryan,
Burlington, Colo.
Mess Attendant-.willard J. Hun
nington. wa'senburg.
Ships Cook-James H. Short. Su-
garite, N NJ
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
REeEkAA PRESIDENT
VISITS COAL CREEK

Mrs. Emma ]. Beymer. president OF
the Rebekah state assembly. accom-
panied by Mesdames Emma Goodhead.
Alice Duckett and Mary Thompson
and Mrs. Sarah puckett. paid an Of
csal visit TO Evening Star Rebekah
lodge No. : at Coal Greek Monday
night. where the Coal Creek team ex-
emplified the work in faultless man
ner. After the lodge session dell
cions luncheon was served by the Coal
Creek Rebekahs-
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
" fsl6N1sa4sz
IN NEW voRk

W. c. Thomas. who for the greater
part of the past year has been in the
y. NJ c. A. transport service. tele-
graphed Mrs Thomas day or two
ago of his arrival in New York from
s. Nazaire. France. with 2.700 convai
escent soldiers, Mr.. Thomas has
made half dozen or more trips across
the Atlantic as a Y. NJ. C. A. secre-
tary on military transports. He ex-
poets to leave New York again for
the -other side on April l.
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Strickland Gillian
Makes Big Hit

As 4 humorist and lecturer Strick-
3and GtlliIan scored = triumph ~ r.
r. G. A. 8tex CopRss attenetten q ~
H<s1t lre<> ~ ~ Inooray 90
EnnlS 49, 15sz6pr
e0cs. and his coming had been looked
forward TO with the curiosity. specula-
ton and uncertainty incident in such
cases by Star Course patrons That
he moro than made good" is credit
able alike TO his skill as an entertainer.
to the excellence of his humor and to
the philosophical, interesting charac-
ter OF his DISCOURSE
Owing to the unfavorable weather
and the prevalence of the influenza
epidemic in the community the audi
large as usual, on such occasions only
about $50 or 400 people being present.
Most of the lecture course devotees.
however, were in their accustomed
places. Mr.. Gillian spoke for an
hour and three-Quarters. but he was
not in the least prosaic or tiresome.
The alertness Of the assemsiage to
what he said aud the applause il &C
corded him was convincing evidence
of its enjoyment and pleasure.
Mr.. Gillian is newspaper man. as
well as lecturer, and is writer
rather than as q public speaker. that
his reputation as a wit and humorist
has been established. He was for
merly editor of the Richmond (Ind
Palladium and later managing editor
of the Marion Qnd.) Morning News.
and w. S. Thompson. linotype opera
tor for The Daily Record. was asso-
ciated with him in connection with its
publication
1t was wn'e managing editor of
the paper in Richmond. Ind. that Mr.
Gillian made himself nationally IA
nous by his dialect poetic story of
-On Agin. On Asin. Gone Agin. Yours
Brannigan." and which has been
widely copied and familiar 10 lovers of
dialect humor.
Mr., Gillian is poet. as well as hui
morist. and his literary work is of the
same school as that of the late la
mented James Whitcomb Riley and
Eugene Field. whose friend and asso-
ciate he was. Mr.. Gillian Is now edi-
tor OF the humorous department of
the Baltimore American. and contri-
butes an original poem to it every day.
He is member OF that Hoosier group
of literati that has been so prominent
in American letters during the last
decade or more.
Mr.. Gillilan came here from Grand
Junction where he lectured before an
enthusiastic audience Monday night.
He will speak 1t Lamar this evening.
His letcure here Tuesday evening was
one Of the best Of recent Star Course
numbers,
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
MOOSE TO HAVE
ELECTION OF OFFICERS

The annual election of officers OF
Canon City lodge No. 29s. Loyal Order
OF Moose. will be held at Odd Fellows
hall this evening. and all members
are urged to be present Following
the election there will be a social
session" and smoker. enlivened by an
entertainment program Refresh
ments will be served and good time
is promised to all who attend.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1919-03-27
HUNTER EAMl.v TO
LEAVE FOR DENVER

F. +. Hunter and family will leave
Thursday morning for Denver by au-
tomobile to- make their future home
The goods wehe shipped the first OF
this week J.. l.. Bacon has rented
the Hunter home.
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CALLED TO DENVER
nv Wire'S ILLNESS

Undesshcrin E. f. McKinnon left
for Denver ON Rio Grande train No
Tuesday in response to mes-
sage received that morning inform
ing hip OF the serious illness OF his
vile In that city. Mrs McKinnon.
went to Denver few days axo fSr I
visit With feafives. and soon after
her arrival there was strieken down
~ illnsss.
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J. |. BACON RECOVERING
FROM INJURIES

]. l. Bacon of the Colorado Pack,
ing Corporation. who fell down the
freight elevator shaft in the fruit ship
ping room at the plant and fractured
this ribs some time ago, is recovering
nicely from his injury.