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Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
Boy Set Fire to Her Dress.

Moran. She leaves for work at five
O'Clock in the afternoon and the hus-
band returns at 80, so there is half
an hour in which there is no one at
home to care for the children.
Boys Father Near Collapse.
The coroner expected the usual ac'
cidental death verdict, but after the
mothers story the case was turned
over to the juvenile authorities for in
vestigatiOn.
Bobby's father, Samuel Scanlon, was
near collapse when he talked to report
ers.
He said he was certain Bobby didn't
know what he was doing.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25

CalOmel salivates! It's mercury.
CalomeI acts like dynamite on n slug
gish liver. When calomel comes into
contact with sour bile ii crashes into
IL, causing cramping and nausea.
If you feel bilious. headachy, con-
stipated and all knocked out, just go
to your druggist and get a bottle Of
Dodson's Liver Tone for a few cents,
which is harmless vegetable substi-
tute for dangerous calOmel. Take
spoonful and if ii doesn't start your
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
NEAR BRIDEGROOM
BEATEN BY MAID
Corners Man Who Refuses to GO
On With Ceremony and
SoundIy ThraShes Him.

McKeesport, Pa.-Deserted a few
minutes before the time for Ter we'd
ding TO Carl B. Swanson, % years old,
Of McKeesport, Pa. Miss Mahala Har-
rlson, 24-year-old telephone operator,
changed her wedding gown for a sport
suit, sent women relatives to Swan
sons home for him, and. at her own
home, administered a severe beating
to the luckless near-groom, using only
her fists.
Swanson, badly bruised and battered
and with both eyes blackened, went TO
bed to nurse his wounds, after he had
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
DODSON WARNS
CALOMEL USERS
You Cannot Grpe, Sicken, Saivae Yourself If You
Take "Dodson's Liver Tone" Instead

I liver and straighten you up better and
quicker than nasty calomel and with
out making you sick, you just go back
and get your money.
If you take calomel today you'll be
sick and nauseated tomorrow; be-
sides, 1t may salivate you, while If
you take DOdson's Liver Tone you will
wake up feeling great, full of ambi-
ton, and ready for work or play. It's
harmless, pleasant and safe to give
to children; they like it.-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
Then He Lighted a Match.

Philadelphia.--For several days, Cir
ardo Derusso Sartain street, neal
South street, mixed strange concoc'
lions in a barrel, police say. Then be
placed the barrel In front of his home
and lighted match to peer into Its
depths. A binding flash followed.
GIrardo, his wife, Molla, and eight.
year-old Michael Miglicca, were hurled
70 the pavement by the explosion and
severely burned. They were taken to
the Howard hospital.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
What They Needed.

Owning a car these days isn't the
happiest of things. At any rate, SO
the man told us. He was standing
where many cars passed. And he
dropped a card into each car. The card
read, 1--WE buy for immediate cash,
diamonds, jewelry and precious
stones" We asked why he distributed
the cards to automobile owners. BE
cause they need money to run their
cars. That's my experience. New
York Globe.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
BOY SETS FIRE
To GIRLS DRESS
FOur-Year-0Id, on Deathbed, Ac-
cuseS Her FNe-Year-0Id
Playmate.
WAS REFUSED CANDY
Boy First Applied Match to Girls Fin
ger and When She Persisted In
Her Refusal He Set Fire to
Clothes.

Chicago.-Can a five-year-old baby
commit a crime? In her deathbed
statement Dorothy Noble, four yearl
old, declared she was burned when
another baby, Robert ScanlOn, touched
a lighted match to her dress. Dorothy
died later in st. AIMS hospital.
Her sobbing mother told the story
at the inquest. MY baby told me
she was sitting on the back porch, !"
she said, ''when Bobby, a playmate,
came out and asked for some candy.
Dorothy had two pieces. She refused
to give him any.
Pulling out a box of matches he
had taken from his mothers apart
ment, he said, Then I'll burn YOU
"And he lighted the match and
touched it to Dorothy's fingers, she
told me.
Sets Fire to Child's Dress.
Bobby, you mustn't do that-it
hurts she told him.
HE asked her once more for the
candy and still she refused.
Then he said he would burn her
up and, lighting a match, set fire to
her dress, according to the story"
Neighbors ran to the childs assist.
ance, but she was badly burned be-
fore the flames could be smothered.
The parents of both children live at
423 North Lawndale avenue. Mrs.
Noble is employed nights at the plant
of the Regain Printing company, and
her husband is chauffeur for W.. f.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
Rlooded Rull Kills Another.

Tillamook, Ore.-Two blooded and
pedigreed bulls, one st. Mawes II,
Jersey, and the other an equally arls-
tocratic Guernsey, fought a battle on
the ranch of George Williams near
here. st. Mawes II died Of wounds In
flicted by the Guernsey. The Jer-
sey had been the aggressor.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
Speed Maniac Hits Two;
Caught as He Rams Tree

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. l come
there l gow shouted John
Beverot as his automobile
knocked down Arthur Little and
his wife, according to police.
All Little saw when he sat up
In the middle of the street was
a vanishing red light. Special
Policeman Buckson of the Penn
sylvania railroad saw the acct
dent and gave chase in an auto
mobile. After three-mile
drive he freed Beverot literally
and figuratively, near the Fifty
second street entrance to Fair
mount Park. Beverot smashed
his auto against tree.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
One Thing, Anyhow.

Teacher-Now, who can tell just
what is meant by the saying: "Ali men
are created equal?" We all know that
some of us are born with wealth and
many other advantages not shared by
all.
1--WE are all created with an equal
need for Clothes" suggested Johnny.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
THE BEST YET.

IF you have never used Vacher-Balm,
you don't know how quickly and pleas
antly cold in the head. or soreness
anywhere can be relieved by this harm
less remedy.
Ask your druggist, or send for free
sample, to e. w. Vacher, inc, New Or
leans, La.
Avoid limitations. Nothing is "just
as good."-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25

Catarrh is q local disease greatly infiu-
enced by constitutional conditions
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE is a
Tonic and Blood Purifier. BY cleansing
the blood and building up the System,
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE restores
normal conditions and allows Nature to
do it's work
All Druggists. Circulars free.
+, j. Cheney & Co, Toledo, Ohio.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
His Feelings Expressed.

II understand, Lucinda, that Bill
Is very fond of his wife"
"'Deed he am dat, Mis- Jones. He
les analyses her."
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25

The wise man never boasts of his
knowledge, but the man who thinks he
is wise does nothing else.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
"California Syrup of Figs"
Child's Best Laxative

Accept california" Syrup of Figs
only---look for the name California on
the package, then you are sure your
child is having the best and most harm
less physic for the little stomach, liver
and bowels. Children love its fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle.
You must say "CalifOrnia."-Adv.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25

Once in a great while a young man
gets busy and does things in spite OF
MS inherited wealth.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
Quite So.

Quite So.
"They say now that shoes are com
ing down." "rhat is very good
to be on foot"
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25

No discourse that is long can be
QuixOte.
Polk County news. [volume] (Benton, Tenn.) 191?-1983, 1920-11-25
Literal Depression.

"Are his spirits lOw?'
"Well, he has the deepest cellar ]
ever saw private stock put in"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

In this book the attempt is made to an- alyze the nature of what is happening; to view, in the light of the events of the war. the failures and defects of the indus trial policy of the nineteenth century, and to trace as far as may be in the mist of current events the pathway to our flu. ture safety.
 The main aim of the writer is to esti- mate what is and what is not possible in social reform. The Utopia of the Social ist he dismisses as a beautiful dream. im- possible of realization in the world in which we live. But he repudiates as equally impossible for the future the worn-out doctrine of every man for him self. The Syndicalist and the Bolshevik the writer designates as the man with the bomb threatening the disruption of so- ciety.
 The point of view taken leads toward the conclusion that the safety of the fu- ture lies in a progressive movement of so-
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

eial control. allevlating at H-ast the mi cry it cannot oblterare. and based upo the broad general principle of quality . opportunity and a fair start. The chi immediate Opportunities for social bette ment. as the writer sees them, lie in [ attempt to give every human being childhood adequate food clohting, educ tion. and opportunity. This will prove { beginning of many things.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
'CoNTACT WITH THE OTHER
 IArOI1I

By pr. James H. Hyslop; the Century
 Company publishers, New York city.
 Are you interested in these two questions:
 CD Do we die?
 t2) Can we talk to the dead?
 If so. then Contact With the Other World, the latest evidence as to com munication with the dead by Dr. James H. Hyslop. will be of tremen- dous interest to you
 This book appeals to the dearest hope of thousands of men and wom- en. Can I speak to my loved ones that have already gone2 Are they real ly dead?" Into these two questions are packed the age-long yearnings, not of a race. but of all mankind. Dr.. Hyslop, formerly professor of logic
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

al the fronts we held. but most of them sleep in the valley of the Aire boroering the Argonre Forest. The nattalions have sent their representa- tlVes to visit each wooden cross. The memorial services are over.
 These men we left in France died very young, but we have pondered the words of our chaplains. who told us that old age does rot consist of the number of our days or do gray hairs constitute understanding. We have had vision of generations of French children who will visit the heao- stones and memorize the names of ehose s who are forever the symbol of friendship between the two renuhI;cs
 The Division misses the old com- rades but marvels at the dignity of their destiny'
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

Eileen, who threatens to shoot him.
 Gr. Lansing. having failed in his mission, Payster Sproul. president of iho club, is given S10o,0O0 to negotiate a purchase. He meets O'Hara, whoi recognizes him as a man who had. wrecked his home vesrs before There, is fight and O'Hara is killed by s blow of the hoof Of Sprours fright, ened horse.
 sproul tells the club members that he has purchased the land and keeos the money to cover stock marginst Tn the meantime he rries to get hold Of the grants. which the head of the shining band tells him had been i'm O'Hara's possession and which have been hidden by Eileen.
 Sprouts wife takes Eileen to he club, where it Is huped she can be induced to part with the grants. Ihere she meets Dr. Lansing again.
 Finally, at a road house Sproul ot- tempts to take the grants from Eileen py Ioree Dr. Lansing and a number or others come on the scene and he is prevented. 'S
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

and ethics in Columbia University q Sincere man of scientific methods. who has for number of years given all his time to the investigation of the subject, has put into this book the latest wilderness as to the answers to the two questions and a number of related questions
 pr. Hyslop believes that it has been proved that people exist after death as streams of consciousness and that they can be communicated with The evidence and proof of those two beliefs constitute the main theme of this au- thoritative volume.
 But in the course of the book the entire fascinating history of mans en- deavor to communicate with the other world. the early beginnings of mes merism. spiritualism and the the like, the initial efforts of serious and pains taking scientists. such as William James and Sir Oliver Lodge, to prove or disprove communication with the dead, all these matters Dr. Hyslop also presents with moderation and scholar ly precision.
 Contact With the Other World" is the latest word on the most important subject in the world-do we die and can we come back?
  THE FARMER OF ROARING RUN' By Mary Dillon; the Century Company
 publishers, New York city
 "The Farmer of Roaring Run" is truly an American novel not only be- cause 1t is an outdoor story"-set in the wild woods and on the open farm lands among the hills of Vir- ginia, far from the hubbub of un- healthy crowded cities-but also be- cause it's story is as fresh and whole some as it's outdoor setting, because 1t is full of fun and adventure, and be- cause it is about many different types of interesting characters that are to be found only in the United States.
 Jock" Mcclure, a wealthy young philanthropist, owns large farm in Virginia that gives him the dignified title of "a gentleman farmer and provides a place to which he can send the boys he yrescues in the juvenile courts. It is very expensive luxury and when his manager dies he considers seriously selling the estate.
 The former managers young widow, an attractive, capable girl, applies for the position her husband held. "Jock" does not like the idea of a woman run ming his farm and the thought of her administration adding to the already large deficit. However. he is per suaded to give the widow a chance and agrees to give her control of the farm for one year. at the end of which
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
THE UNSOLvED RIDDLE OF s
 CIAL JT1STICE"

CIAL JUSTICE"
 By stephen Leacock The John Lane Company, Jublishers, New York City. All the world today is thinking of one and the same thing, the new social unrest As the echoes of the war die away, the sound of new conflict rises on the ear The industrial world is filled with agl- tation Everywhere there are strikes. In Europe whole countries are over whelmed in a social cataclysm.
 What does it all mean? Is the light in the sky the dawn of brighter day, or is it the lurid glare that precedes the eruption of the volcano?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

Accept California" Syrup of Figs on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless physic for the little stomach, liver and bowels. Children love it's fruitty taste. Full direc- tions on each bottle. You must say "California. ."-Adv.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09

THE DAYS THAT ARE NO MOREr Love. what golden days were ours Among the corn and cotton flowers. Under the trees so thick and cool
 And at the heron-haunted pool,
 And by the river deep and quick In Autumn when the nuts lay thick. What races OCT the prairie free What lingerings heath the vine-clad tree! What fishing on the mountain lake! What squirrel bunts in the cedar-brake! What gatherings by the pine fires blaze What pures, what Eden-tnted days! And what remains of days so fair? A Memory that is half prayer; A Love which owns immortal ties And lifts it's head above the skies; A Hope which gilds with heavenly light The darkest hours of earthly night
The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-05-09
'EUenasEUe 'RobertChambers Story At Trianon Wednesday

Robert W. Chambers great storyJ
 The shining Band.' has been made, .nto a big photoplay entitled Even AS. Eve, and this extraordinary attrac-, tioi will be presented at the Trianon theatre for four days. beginning We'd. nesday. The story revolves around tha doings of group of men and women who believe love sin ana, marriage not of this world. The pro auction is First National special.
 Eileen O'Hara lived far from civil5 'zation in cabin in the Adirondacks with her father a recluse. and the members of a weird group of fanatics. known as "The Shining Band" i
 Fecause of the beautiful trout, streams there came a band of cub, men who built club house and oyer-' ran the woods. Wal between the members of the band and the club, men was Immediately started. each trying to get rid of ne other.
 Young Dr. Lansing. who has been sirged by the flame Of love and be- come a cynic. is sent to negotiate with. O'Hara for the propcrty. He meets
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14

Every individual, firm or cor
poration paying to any one per-
son during the taxable year as
much as ST, 900 by way of salary,
wages, rents, royalties or com
pensation, must make return to
the Commissioner of Revenue on
the prescribed forms, showing
such payments.
Every farmer, every firm and
every individual engaged in
business should take an inven-
tory or the last day of the year,
if there is any probability that
their income may be large
enough to require the payment
of income tax.
As this inventory is the basis
on which the tax is computed,
it should be complete and accu.
rate. In the case Of farmers,
the inventory should include all
stock. grain, produce, imple'
ments, and every available arti-
Gle used in the conduct of the
farm.
In fixing values in the inven.
tory, merchants may use the
cost price or market price,
whichever is lower. All farmers
should place a true and accurate
value on every article in the in
ventory, for while the placing
of an incorrect value may be Of
benefit in one year, it is certain
to cause the payment of a larger
tax than necessary the next
year.
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14

to be a few:gweeks.sago. Rather
is their demeanor that of those
who, charged with an offense
against the public welfare, far
from clarifying in their act, re-
sort to the tactics of defense
Senator Knox denounced the
treaty as "harsh and scruel"-lo
the German people. Yet Mr..
Knox now propose that it be rati-
fled in every provision-and in
haste. Senator Lodge contends
that the treaty is dead, but he
shows signs chat either its ghosts
haunts him or that he Tears its
revivification at ally moment.
Senator Lenroot protests-too
much-that it was a bad treaty,
conspiracy against American
independence, but is careful to
claim no credit for destroying the
monstrous evil he describes to
his countrymen. On the contra
ry, he seeks to locate the blame
for its death upon Democratic
Senators.
If this treaty was harsh and
cruel;" if it was dangerous to
America; fit is deservingly dead
why do Republican Senators
mouthe excuses and defenses for
having saved their country from
the menace? Why not take
pride in their deeds? Why not
ask. as of right, the appreciation
lof the people? -Exchange.
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14
INCOME TAX.

Blanks must be filled out cor
KeGtiy by individuals and by all
Businesses.
as the end of the year ap-
pro aches, we believe that a few
hin : as TO the proper making
ar filing Of income tax returns
vii he Of service to our patrons
We offer these suggestions.
trusting that they may be of
beaeft and assistance to tax
PAYERS.
Remember: That every un-
married person who has an in
come of 81, 900 or more for the
year must make a return.
That every person who is mar
Fied. having an income of $1,000
or f,..e for the year must make
a return. This $1,000 may be
coJuposed of the earnings of the
family, that is, if a man and hi:
wife and minor children have az
inc me of $1,000 or more, eithrt
joint or separate returns mus
be made for the family.
That every partnership mus
tale a return regardless of tn,
amount of the partnership in
eoTne-although the partnership
mss1es less than $1,000, a return
must be made.
Every corporation must MAKE
q return. regardless of thu
apsunt of its income.
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14
They Fear Consequences.

Republican Senators who
participated in the killing of the
treaty of peace with Germany
are not comfortable in their minds
Most of them are obviously I'M
easy, not to say fearful. Their
speech and bearing are not those
of men who have lately perform
ed a patriotic duty such as they
pictured their defeat of the pact
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14

An attempt was made the 9th
err night to rob rhe bank at New
Haven. Entrance, TO the bank
was gained by bresking>out one
of the plate Eia~~ - indOws in
the front of the building. The
robbers were evidently frighten-
ed by the noise of the breaking
glass or some other cause, for
nothing whatever was taken
from the bank.
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14

If you are unable to make out
your own return and require the
assistance of a deputy collector
or an attorney, be sure to have
with you statement of all
amounts received for goods sold
and all amounts paid ont for pur-
chases of goods and other ex-
penses, and also your inventory
for January, 1919, and January
l, 1920
Do not wait until the last mo-
ment if you require assistance
in making out your return, as
deputy collectors and lawyers
have their hands full at this
time of the year and are unable
to give your return the necessa-
ry time and attention.
All returns must be at the
Collectors office by March IS,
1920. Do not put off making
your returns later than March
first.
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14

have remained on the west bank of
the Rhine prisoners Of war to begin,
when the peace conference directed
the restoration of those portions OF
Belgium and France which they had
80 barbarOusly devastated.
Army Allowed to Escape.
There would have been no dickerfng
for terms, no impudent notes, no out
rageous counter proposals to the mod
crate terms of the plenlpotentiaries of
outraged civilization. There would
have been no malicious flooding of
mines In the French coal country.
There would have been no sabotage IN
French and Belgian industrial dis
tricts. There would have been No
pirating of Industrial machinery or
wanton destruction of machinery that
could not be hurried into Germany to
give Kultur a commercial start on the
countries Kultur outraged. The dis
integrating German military machine
would have had no time in which tC
s PVT over the carefully planned scheme
Of giving Kulrur industrial victory in
spite of KuItur military defeat by con
,ertine lands already cruelty ravaged
~ Cg,".aD SaIdiery into Industrial anC
agricultural wastes.
For generations 10 come peasant
r.s.-.rrs - E.T~.v.j and France anC
1duslr'"i workers of Lille, Lens
. ga. .'1. ss'.5. Namur, Liege ant
The Adair County news., 1920-01-14

Blanks must be filed out cor
Fectiy by individuals and by all
Businesses.