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Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-28
3-Grain Tablet Makes
Flesh.

Any one wishing to add to their weight
improve their color, and restore q normal
condition or the stomach and nerves
should adopt the wonderfully successful
treatment known to physicians and drug
gists as "3-Erain hypO- nuclane tablets
rections for home use. Red lips, pink
cheeks, and 10 to 30 pounds increase In
weight are not uncommon results from
several months usage Ask your well
stocked druggist for them.-Advertise
ment.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-28
Cause Untold Tor
ture as Warm
Weather APP
proaCheS.

Many cases Of eczema, letter. pimples.
scaly eruptions, and other evidences Of
a disordered skin very often lie dormant
during the winter season, but become ac-
tive as warm weather approaches, and
soon break out iDto almost iDtolcrable
torture.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-28
The After Effects
of Pneumonia

This is No. of series of advertisements prepared by
peten physician explaining how certain diseases which attack
the air Pasasges-such as Pneumonia, Influenza, Whoopng
these organs nfaned oongested state thus aordng
favorable foothod for invading germs And how Weeks Vapo
Rub may be of value in this condition.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-28

AS soon as you realize
that so-called skin diseases
originate in the blood, and
treat them accordingly,
you will be on the right
track to free yourself of
this annoying trouble.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-28

A million gallons of To-
cal treatment applied to
the surface of the skin,
will not eliminate the
germs of the disease from
the blood, and until they
are eliminated your skin
will never be free from the
itching and burning dis
comfort.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1920-04-28

FOUR HELD AS BANDITS.
ELKTON. Nd. April 2S-Four men
we're arrested yesterday as suspects in
connection with the Sandy Springs bank
robbery and the murder Of its vice presi-
dent
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Secretary of the Treasury Shows
How Americans Can Save
S22, 70O,oOo.00o.
CLEANED FROM TAX RETURNS
Carpets, Furs, Autos and Soap classed
With Gum, Candy and Rouge
$3.50, ooo, 900 Spent for Perfun-
cry and Cosmetics.

Weshington.-Cut out the chewing
gum. lay off the cigarettes, pull the
sweet tooth, drink only water, do with
out cosmetics, perfumes, cigars, toOac-
co, snuff, furs, carpets and such cloth
ing luxuries as silk shirts; wash your
face with yellow soap, ride the street
cars instead Of the autos and depend
upon your own cultivated or uncul-
tivated voice for music-and you VIII
save $50, 7OO,OOOOOO!
That, in effect, is the advice recently
handed out by Secretary of the Treas
ury Houston to the 100000 Amer
leans, In the course of an economy ar
ticle. His figures for expenditures up
on sO-called luxurieS are compiled
from federal tax returns and are prob
ably, for that reason, not very Tar
from the truth. Just how many per-
sons might agree with Secretary Hous-
ton concerning his definition of what
constitutes luxury-fOr instance car
pets, tobacco, automobiles and toilet
soaps-is predetermined. IT Is def
milton similar to that famous by
pothetical questlon-never answered.
when is a man drunk?" Likewise
the wartime puzzle of what is an es-
sential industry"
Here Are Our Luxury Expenditures.
However, the figures are interesting
from the standpoint of knowing ap-
proximately what the American peo'
pie do spend on things that they could
do without and still go on living. The
table of luxury" expenditures ar
ranged by Secretary Houston from the
reports from the present internal rev
enue system, federal tax returns, and
so on, follows:
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

have been specifically enumerated
here. nearly all could be greatly re-
duced in amount without infiicting suf-
fering or even inconvenience upon the
population.
1.-THE fact that the American public
Is spending such sums as these for the
purposes mentioned gives point to the
often repeated and often disregarded
Injunction to be guided by the policy
of thrift at least to a reasonable ex-
tent in both personal and business ex-
penditure," says the editorial. 1T also
throws a glarIng light upon the. cur
rent complaints concerning the cost of
living. If the nation can spend SD
7OO,OOO,O00 upon articles which in
large part are purely luxuries, 1t evil
IDENTIFY Is not suffering from a de-
pressed standard of living. While, on
the other hand, 1t is obviously making
things much harder for itself by draw
ing off the commodities, services and
capital used In the production of this
great volume of consumable goods
which otherwise would go to make
the necessaries of life more plentiful
and hence cheaper"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
SWIMS 600 FEET
TO WARN TRAIN

eight udSS anu Cost seven lives ana
did 100000 damage to the one road.
Several days after the flood the Sec
ton foreman was looked up by a news
paper man from the city. He found
him directing gang of labOrers re-
pairing the washout.
Williams related how it had been
raining through the previous week
and the April blizzard had left the
ground soaked, so that when the last
storm came on it ran off as If from
ducks back land old Hat creek start
ed on a rampage"
Decided to Swim.
81 kept watching the new bridge
over the creek all afternoon" VIII
liams told his visitor, land the water
kept comm up and comm up until it
reached the ties. Then / got worried
for fear that the bridge would go out,
and went back to town and reported
it to the operator. He told the dis
patcher at Alliance about 1t. The tele-
phone and telegraph wires runnin'
west had all gone down and we
couldn't get Edgemont or anyone west
of the creek. Jack WEIGH, the dis
patcher at Alliance, talked to me over
the railroad phone and asked me If ]
could get to the west end Of the bridge,
across the creek. and put out red
light and some stop signals so as to
hold the night passenger train, No. 30,
which was due at nine o'clock.
told him I'd try. and went back to the
bridge.
when I got there again the water
was clear over the top of the bridge
and it looked to me like one of the
steel spans had gone out. We tried to
phone the government farm on the
| other side to ask them 10 go out and
put out a red light, but their phone
was gone and we couldn't reach any
body.
"WelI, I just flggered the chance.
was probably against me gittfn' across
but it was only my life against 15(
passengers on No. AZ, and l figgeret
that the train would be running pretty
fast when they came up to the bridge
and they might be into it before they
saw it, so L walked up the creek {
half-mile, stripped off my clothes, tieC
my red lantern, red flag and torpedoe
to my back, and swan across.
Swan Back for Clothes.
There wasn't so many trees on
there, and she was only about 600 fee
wide, but the water was full of hail
stones and cold as h. 1t wa
rainin' to beat the band and dark a
bIazes. 1 sure felt good when I hi
that fence on the other side and dru
myself on the bank"
How did you get back to Ard
more?" Williams was asked, after h
had related how he placed the sig
mails.
well, l walked up to the govern
ment house, but when l got close t
the Office and saw the bright light
there, l remembered didn't have n
clothes on and l thought I'd make
. pretty lookin' sight Dustin In on 'eI
J like that, so / walked back up tn
stream and swum back"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
AND HE NEVER CAME BACK
Pursuing Swimmer Had No~tdea OF
Letting a Chance Like That Get
Away From Him.

There were mutinous murmurs
aboard a certain merchantmen when
word spread among the crew that the
ship would not, after all, put in at
Tahati, but merely drop the mail over
and go on. Tahati, being French soil.
is little island of liquor in mid-Pa-
cific, and the thirsty men aboard had
been lying awake nights thinking Of
the drinks that lay ahead.
The disappointment was too much
for one seaman, who, uttering a plain
tive cry, leaped into the sea and start
cd to swim for the visible shore. The
captain, much vexed and little cnvi-
Gus, ordered the best swimmer in the
crew to go after him and bring him
back before he reached land. An ex-
cited lookout kept all on deck posted
on the progress of the race.
"He's gaining! He's gainingl Two
hundred yards-a hundred yards-fif-
ty yards. In a dozen strokes he'll have
him. Five more strokes! A yard to
go. - Great guns"
"What is it? What is itr'
"Great guns, sir, he's passed him y
American Legion Weekly.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
GOT HIS SEATS, ALL RIGHT
Under the Circumstances, Many Will
Think 5ell-Rlnger Was Moderate
In His Demands.

One Of the annOyances Of the man.
ager of a show is the Stree list" In
small towns, and 1t is his duty to look
over the list when he arrives and do
the necessary cutting. Edward Ar
mold of "The Storm" company tells
Of a manager of his company in the
middle West, who found two seats
allotted to the ''bell-ringer," asked the
house manager why, and was intro
duced to the man. "Why two seats?'
ne said.
There's a curfew in this town." he
said. IL am the bell-ringer. If l get
the seats the bell gets couple of light
taps. If don't 1t rings an hour"
"Where is the beIl?"
"Next door," He got the seats
New York Post.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Section Foreman Braves Raging
Icy Waters to Save $50
Passengers.
SOUTH DAKOTA FLOOD HERO
After Setting the Danger Signals
Foreman Remembers His Negligee
and Swims Back Across 600
Feet of SwirIing Current.

Omaha.-In the recent South Da-
kota floods John Williams, a section
foreman, swan a swollen creek at
night in a hailstorm to warn a pas
senger train that a bridge had gone
out. He stripped himself and tied the
danger signals to his back. After ne
had set them he approached a nearby
house. then remembered his negligee
and swan back across the 600 feet OF
swirling current.
The passenger train, 1t developed
later, was stopped farther up the road
at a point where the railroad men had
little hope Of halting 1t. Williams her
oism, however, was not overlooked by
the railroad officials.
The bridge was the Burlington's
over Hat creek, near Ardmore, S. D.
The Hat creek flood tied up traffic for
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
sorrN be Spoke.

Hub-The preacher said this morn.
ing, you'll remember, that the finest
garment a woman can wear is the
mantle Of charity.
wife-Yes, and judging from the
fuss they make over the bills, it's about
the only garment some husbands want
their wives to wear.--Boston Tran
script.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

having kissed eighteen-year-old Fran
ces Heckler when she went into his
store to buy some candy kisses.
Magistrate Nolan fined Weiss 81,
which he paid. The magistrate. in fix
ing the amount Of the fine, said In
judicial aside to the clerk, "Kisses are
cheaper now since the boys came back
from the war"
Miss Heckler was in night court In
state bordering on Mysteries and
testified that she had gone back to
the counter at Weiss invitation to Sc
lect what she wanted when he put his
arm around her and kissed her Wig
orously upon the mouth.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
An Elaborate Responsibility.

Its a busy life" remarked the man
who was waving a palm leaf fan.
How have you been occupying your
selm?"
"Voting. It's everybody's duty to
vote. In addition to voting for state
county and town officers, voted in
the primaries, got elected as dele
gate and voted over and over in the
convention. OF course, I'm going tC
vote in the fall election, and l only
hope they'll let me round out my
record by putting me in the electora
college"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Prize Snake Yarn of Year
Comes From Brazil WiIdS

The Brazilian state of Mat
to Crosse has produced snake
story which takes first prize
right out of the hands of the
snakiest community of Indiana
or Arkansas.
A traveller was journeying by
mule-back along a jungle trail
when he came upon a saddle
horse without rider. The trav-
eler halted, shotgun in hand. to
investigate.
He heard a noise In the trop-
ical thicket and peering under
the foliage he saw a huge snake
of the species ophidio In the
throes of indigestion. The trav-
eler took advantage of the ILL.,
ness of the monster to kill 1t.
The snake was cut open and
within was found the owner of
the horse, fully attired In SON.
brero, boots, Spurs and rain
coat.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

johnson was found limp and uncon-
scious when the train reached the sta
ton. He was hurried by train and
automobile to the Cooper hosplta. at
Camden, where it was found he had
a fractured skull and serious injuries
Of the neck.
The train had slowed down at the
drawbridge near this city and John
son had opened the door. Apparently
he stuck his head out as the brakes
were applied. The sudden Jolt sprang
the automatic control and he was
caught. An expressman In an adjoin-
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
FARMERS ARE WORKING HARDER

And using their feet more than ever before:
For all these workers the frequent use OF
Aliens Foot=Ease, the antiseptic, healing
powder to be shaken into the shoes and
sprinkled in the foot-bath, increases their
efficiency and insures needed physical com
fort. 1t takes the Friction from the Shoe
freshens the feet, and prevents tired, ach
ing and blistered feet. Women everywhere
are constant users of Aliens Foot Ease
Don't get foot sore, get Aliens Foot=Ease
Slid nv dealers everywhere.-Adv.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Restitution After Years.

Cripple Greek, Col.-Michael W.
Evans disappeared from Cripple
Greek twelve years ago when alleged
discrepancies to the extent Of $500
were discovered In his accounts as
manager Of a local club. Recently
he sent lawyer to this city to return
the money missing when he fed
Evans is said to have accumulated
fortune in zinc mines near Joplin. No.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
REAL KISS IN CANDY STORE
Girl Is Given What She Asked For In
New York, but Owner
Is Fined.

New YOrk.-Joseph Weiss, thirty
FIVE and married, who runs a candy
store at 4S9 East One Hundred and
Sixty-ninth street, vas arraigned be-
fore Magistrate Nolan in night court
on a charge of disOrderly conduct in
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
SPEND BILLIONS
FOR LUXURlES
Dog Showering Her
Mother Love on Lambs

LouisviIIe.-L. S. Downs, re-
siding near Midway, has a dog
that has taken the custody Of
two baby lambs and is shower
ing all her mother love on the
wards. The CANNES puppies
were taken away from her,
whereupon she Immediately took
charge of the lambs and Is with
them almost constantly.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
cLAMPED IN CAR OF TRAIN
aaooacen,an Held In VIseIike Grip Of
Automatic Door as Train
Speeds On.

Atlantic City, N. with his head
wedged between the metal edge Of
an automatic door and the steel jamb
of a baggage car, John W. Johnson,
a baggage master on the West Jersey
A Seashore railroad. was held while
the train sped Eve miles to Pleasant
rille.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

The skin is fed from the blood, and
upon the condition of the blood de-
nends whether or not your skin VIII
be healthy and free from bOils' pim-
niles. scaly irritations, red eruptions
and other dishguring and unsightly dis
orders
The sensible treatment that win
show real results 10 q remedy that Will
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
E,MerN SlIn.d,

and mother"
"Why?"
"He's only nineteen and he insists
on getting married"
But what is there about that to
show superior parentage?"
"Don't you see? He's lived with
them for nineteen years and hasn't
even the slightest suspicion that mar
raige is filled with difficulties and re-
sponsibilities. He thinks it's all love
and roses"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Where is Relief From
Blazing Skin Diseases?

cleanse the blood thoroughly ana XIII
the germs that cause the trouble. AA
for this purpose no remedy ever
can approach the record OF s. 5. -
which cleanses the blood Of the d
ease germs, at the same time building
M the general health. S. 5. s. is an
excellent system-cleanser; 1t Is not
sold or recommended for Venereal
Diseases.
For valuable literature write to
Chief Medical Advise w swirl
Laboratory, Atlanta. 6"
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Making Costs Still Higher.
According to comment in an editori-
al in the New York Journal Of Com
merce, which prints Secretary Hous-
toms table of figures. "few persons
would deny that of those items which
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
The Plain Truth,

He (after the quarreD-Then what
did you marry me for?
She-Mother figured it up at the
time and said 1t was about $1,5OO,OOO,
I think.-Boston Evening Transcript
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Household Bills on His Mind.
Wife-I wish you wculd put up the
hammock, John.
John (absently)-How much do you
think could get on it?-Boston Eve
ming Transcript.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Italian manufacturers bave devel-
oped an abrasive method for making
corks that wastes only per cent Of
material as compared with 20 per cent
when they are cut.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

The occasional use of Roman Eye Balsam
at night will prevent and relieve tired eyes
watery eyes, and eye strain--Adv
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

Another Leap Year Condition.
"WIl you marry me?"
yes, If you will do the asking
father stunt. "-Browning's Magazine.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

ing car and the engine crew heard no
outcries.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17
Long Search

1t is as easy to buy experience as 1t
Is difficult to sell II.
The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1920-07-17

All Worn Out Women Should Take
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-07-09
DEMOCRATS DEADLOCK
ADJOURN TO MONDAY
After ~ Fruitless Ballots
Convention Takes Recess
Over Sunday.

San Francisco.-After % fruitless
ballots. the democratic national con.
vention gave up hopes OF selecting a
presidential nominee within the first
week OF its session and adjourned until
10 o'clock Monday morning.
Repeated attempts to adjourn were
defeated throughout the early Sat
urday night. but as midnight approach.
ed and II was about to become Sunday
the tradition that a democratic ma.
tional convention never works on a
Sunday, coupled with the fact that the
convention was tired. worn and fraz2l.
ed had its effect and the final motion
to adjourn was unopposed.
Cox in Lead.
When the convention stepped Cox
was leading with 430. McAdoo came
next with 372la Palmer was down
to 1861. The final ballots OF the
night were full OF McAdoo movement.
but 1t failed to make much Roadway.
Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-07-09

The big demonstrations came Will
the presentation CT Palmer, Cox and
McAdoo, although there was spon
tanoous outburst with the presentation
OF Governor Smith,
Ne Sleech fer McAdco.
DR. Burris jenkins OF Kansas CITY
who placed the exsecTetary OF the
treasury in nomination. made one oil
the shortest speeches on record when
he merely announced that he placed
Mr.. McAdoo in nomination, fully as
sured that If drafted for the service
of the nation" he would not refuse the
nomination.
Perhaps the most exciting scenes OF
the convention occurred when Senator
Glass, chairman OF the resolutions
committee. presented the platform and
the battle of the vets and drys got un-
der way. After the platform had been
read without making mention of a
prohibition plank, w. J. Bryan was
recognized to offer a bone-dry plank,
as a minority report.
w. Bourke Cochran or New York
offered a plank permitting for home
consumption the manufacture of cider.
light wines and beer.
L. L. Doheny OF California presented
a minority report on the Irish question,
proposing plank providing for the
recognition OF the Irish republic.
Bryan Lambasts Liquor.
Bryan. showing the oldtime fire OF
his oratory. lambasted the liquor in
terests in his regular fashion.
Beginning with an argument in sup
port of the eighteenth amendment, Mr..
Bryan soon got the convention to
cheering.
Every democratic state, he said, had
ratified the amendment and every one
recognized that the liquor traffic is
dead, never to be resurrected."
The only question is whether we
shall recognize II as dead" he contin.
ued. "0r allow it to lie out on the
ground uncovered Decency requires
that IA corpse be put out OF sight"
AS he worked into his speech the
Nebraskan mixed many Biblical refer
ences with his rounded rhetorical per
i0ds His full voice filled the hall, and
he got the galleries and some OF the
delegates going into longer and longer
bursts OF applause as he went on
Minnesota Woman Speaks.
Mrs Peter Olcsen OF Minnesota was
called by MIR. Bryan In support OF his
program. She said she spoke In the
name of the motherhood of America
in supporting the dry declaration.
In dramatic emotional appeal
which got the convention TO its feet,
Mrs. Olesen asked that God should
help her in the fight she was making
for II was for the sake OF her child
that she was fighting.