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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

was at work In the stables, feeding,
rubbing down and Harvesting his
horses, while Allan and his father
walked to the engine, where they built
a fresh fire and made some minor re-
pairs. A little later Beuah came
down to the corral with her miIk-pails,
and the cows. comfortably chewing
where they rested on their warm
spots Of earth, rose slowly and
with evident great reluctance at her
approach. The Harris farm, like fifty
thousand others, rose from its brief
hush of rest and quiet to the sounds
and energies OF another day.
Breakfast, like the meal OF the night
before, was eaten hurriedly, and at
first without conversation, but at
length Harris paused long enough to
remark, "Riles is talkin' o goin'
West"
THE news might be worse" said
Beulah. Rifles, although a successful
farmer, had the reputation of being
grasping and hard to degree, even
in community where such quail
considered vices.
Harris paid no attention to his
daughters interruption. 1t was evil
dent, however, that his mention of
Rifles had a purpose behind 1t, and
presently he continued:
"Riles has been writin' 70 the de-
partment of the interior, and 1t seems
they're openin' lot Of land for home
steadin' away West, not far from the
Rocky mountains. Seems they have a
good climate there, and good soil, too"
II should think Mr.. Rifles would be
content with what he has," said Mary
Harris. "He has fine farm here, and
I'm sure both him and his wife have
worked hard enough to take it easier
now"
Hard work never killed nobody"
pursued the farmer. "Riles is good for
many a year yet, and free land amt
what 1t once was. Those homesteads'll
be worth twenty dollars an acre by the
time they're proved up"
Breakfast and Harris speech came
to an end simultaneously, and the sub
ject was dropped for the time. In
few minutes Jim had his team hitched
to the tank wagon In the yard. The
men jumped aboard and the wagon
ratified down the road to where the
engine and plows sat in the stubble-
field.
"What notions this fathers got
about Rifles, do you suppose, motherT"
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
after 7 YEARS
OF POOR HEALTH
TAKES HYP0-C0D
IN lust a Few Weeks This Gen.
tIeman of Seventy Feels
100 Per Cent Better.

MY husband, seventy years old, for
several years has been In very poor
health. He had something like bron-
ehial trouble. bad cough and for the
last year he just couldn't eat any
thing except light foods and had be-
come so nervous he just couldn't rest
ut night. The last few months he had
been confined to the house not able
to get out" declared a lady whose
name and address is given below.
"He had been treated by doctors and
taken hundreds of dollars worth OF
medicine and am glad to say he found
the right thing when he began taking
Earle's Hypo-Cod. He had been TAX
ing Hypo-Cod for about five weeks and
improved wonderfully; he goes out
now, can sleep good and eats anything
he wants and in every way he Is 1000
better. This tonic has done more for
him than all the other treatments
put together, including some cleo
trical treatments he took. We can't
praise Hpyo-Cod too high" continued
Mrs. John Grerson, S14 Il. Third ST.,
Flint, Mich.
Many people have found Earle's
Hypo-Cod ideal according to their
statements. 1t is so pleasant to taste
and agrees so nicely with the weak
ened stomach that even children like
II. There is nothing secret or magical
about II. The formula is on every
bottle. Read It at your druggists to-
night. Druggists, chemists and ex-
perts assert 1t is good and thousands
Of users recommend II to you. Give
II trial.
Earle's Hypo-Cod is sold here by all
druggists and the leading druggists In
all nearby towns.--Adv.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

tiv e, forgetting
that In doing SO
they deny all the
teachings of his
tory as well as
the experience OF
millions of men
and women OF
every age. They
are also very near
10 blasphemy, for
Of necessity they
must impute 10
God susceptibility
10 evil wit h ! n
Himself, as the
first chapter OF
the book OF Job
so clearly shows.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
"HUNGRY-HuNGRY."

Synopsis. -Dissatisfied because of
the seemingly barren outlook OF his
position as a school teacher in a
Canadian town. John Harris deter
mines to leave 1t, take UP land in
Manitoba and become a home
steader." Mary, the girl whom he
loves, declares she will accompany
him. They are married and set out
for the unknown country. They
select a homestead, build a home
and begin their life work of maxi
Ing the prairie fertile farm land.
Returning from selling his first
crop, Harris finds his wife despon-
dent almost to insanity from lone
Illness. and with the immediate eX-
pectation OF becoming a mother. A
son is born to them, to whom they
give the name of Allan. The story
now jumps forward twenty-five
years. Harris is prosperous and all
for getting rich. Mary is toil-worn
and saddened over the change in
her husband. Allan works with his
father. Beulah, the pretty daugh-
ter, Is rebellious at the shut-in
farm life. Jim Travers is an I'M
usual hired man.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

pound carried IN q
through the critical
period of the Change
Of Life in safety. ]
am over 60 and have
raised a family Of
eight children and
am in fine health.
M y daughter and
daughters-in la W
re c om m end your
V e e t a Bile Com
pound and ! still take
it occasionally my
tharfxy IN s1cn NM
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

Morse, Oklahoma.
Change of Life is one of the most
critical periods of woman's existence.
This good old-fashioned root and herb
remedy may be relied upon to overcome
the distressing symptoms which accom-
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remember that there is no other remedy
known to carry women so successfully
through this trying period as Lydia Z.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
If you want special advice write to
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co., .(con-
fidentiaD, Lynn, Mass. Your letter
will be opened, read and answered by .
woman and held in strict confidence.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
CHAPTER v.

Notwithstanding Harris late hours
he household was early astir the fol-
lowing morning. At Eve o'clock Jim
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
FROM FORTY-F|vE'
TO SIXTY
4 Word of Help to Women
of Middle Age From
Mrs. Raney.

Morse, Okla.-"When was 45 yearA
old Lydia +. Pinkham' s Vegetable Com.
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The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

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The Object of
Satan's Hatre |
By REV. B. B. SUTCLIFFE
Extension Department Moody
Bible Institute. Chicago.

TEXT-Your adversary. the devil
whom resist steadfast In the faith
Pet SIS. 8.
Is there personal devil? Many are
answering this question 1? the mega.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
But Jim smiled and said;
'No accident at all. | have
merely decided to 60 home
stealing"

CTo BE Continued
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02

A disobedient patient makes an I'M
feeling physician.-Syrus.
The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1920-12-02
Many School Children Are Sickh

FOR sALE--MIIK GOATS. zoo head o
fine Saanen Toggenberg and Nubian doe
cheap VANE WHITE, Ionia, Iowa.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
STATE PRESS EDITORIALS

thoughts and fill us, Heavenly Faith
er, at all times with mercy and love
and forgiveness. Keep hate out of
our heart and show us how to take
the sting out of what we write
Strengthen us with wisdom and faith
fulness.
Forgive us for the grief that any
word We wrote may have caused our
fellow-man, and make us big enough
to admit error, to right wrong and TO
do good unto them that perseCute
u.s." so that in all earnestness and
sincerity we may ask that our tres
passes be forgiven "as we forgive
those who trespass against u.s."
But at the same time fortify us, o
God to speak our convictions, to
stand out strongly for what con-
science tells us to stand out for, and
to help put down those things that
we know ought to be put down.
We pray Thee leave us not alone
in the midst of multitudinous jour
nalistic temptations which must
always test us; but deliver us, Our
Father, from everything that is evil.
Remind us constantly of the wide in
fluence of the printed page. and teach
us to say those things and to do those
deeds that will help rather than
hinder the hosts who watch our liv-
ing and read our writing and of nee
fol
Give us physical strength and
moral courage, increase our energy
and quicken our conception, and,
above all, o Lord, keep our great res
possibilities ever we'll before us, for
Christ's sake and to the honor and
glory of Thy Holy Name.-St. Aug
ustine Record.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

less than $500; just listen to this fe-
male expert on male attire, we say,
and learn how you can dress on "ap-
proXimately 500 year"
Miss Bessie Lee, who is head of the
visiting house association, says a man
in average circumstances" can dress
for approximately 500 a year, even
in these strenuous times. The whole
of her budget is amusing, but part
of it must move the male to hilarity.
Miss Lee allows two light shirts and
four colored ones, all at prices that
sounds like 1917 remnant sale,
eight pairs of socks, four collars
(count 'em, four) two 50-cent neck
ties, and pair of 94-cent gloves.
We fear the lady has had painfully
small experience with the practical
effect of the steam laundry on wear
ing apparel, that her data on the
average length of life of a pair of
socks is untrustworthy, and that she
has failed to observe studiously the
natural process of deterioration even
in a dollar tie, which is almost as
good as the 50-cent tie a few years
ago. If Miss Lee were to attempt to
clothe grown man according to her
she would be Obliged to
keep him in the kitchen, or in the
ragbag after the first four months.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
NATIONAL PRESS EDITORIALS

Confederate service in any capacity
was looked upon as anathema by
Northern politicians.
1t was not mere accident, nor any
reassertion of the rights Of the lost
cause, which sent so many eX-Con-
federates to Congress after the Fed
eral troops had been recalled from
the South. 1t was impossible for
Southern voters-after elimination
of the Negro Vote-to elect anyone
of any Importance who had not worn
the gray uniform or in some way had
served the Confederacy, since opin-
ion there was almost unanimous.
Hence it came about that a gener-
alton ago there were in the Senate
Morgan, Garland, WaIthall, Joe
Brown, "Cerro Gordo" Williams, La
mar, George, Gordon Vest, Cockerill,
Ransom, Vance, Butler, Hampton,
Harris, and Mahone-all of whom
had served the Confederacy and gen.
orally with great ability. In the
House were; stephens, Herbert,
Blount, Chalmers, Hooker, Reagan
Roger Q. Mills, Eppa Hunton and
many others who were true repre-
sentatives of their constituents -
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

a curious light is thrown on recent
immigration influences by figures
just made public for 1919. Both in
1918 and in 1919 the United States
received its largest accretion of i'm
migrants from Mexico English i'm
migrants ran second in each year.
1t is a new source of immigration.
The old streams have been temporar-
lily damned. A new element enters
our industrial problem which may
become important. In 1918 the
number of Mexicans entering was H.
6O2. For the last year the number
was increased to 28,884.
War in Europe is, of course, res
ponsible for cutting off the old
sources of immigration. Disturbed
conditions in Mexico plus the grow
ing labor shortage in the United
States, doubtless, expains the increas-
ing influx from below the Rio Grande.
Mexico remains a fine country to get
out of and the United States a fine
one to get into.-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
The Fault is In Us.

The Ocala Star is concerned over
the future of the larger and more
progressive part of the state" legis-
latively speaking, because $50 long
as the state capital is in Tallahassee,
west Florida is able to exert a dis
preportiOnate influence on public af-
fairs, and its influence is always a
drag on the larger and more pro-
greSsive part of the state"
Really, we think the Star over
estimates the influence of west Flor
ida; but granting that its influence
is some times cast pretty solidly
against the rest of the state, then we
have ourselves to blame if the thing
continues.
More counties in south Florida is
the remedy, and it is the remedy al
sc for many other ills the larger and
more progressive part "of Florida"
suffer with.
Several south Florida counties
should be cut up into perhaps half
a dozen. But they will never become
a part of the sisterhood of counties
unless the mother counties cease to
fight division Naturally the west
ern part of the state is going to be
jealous of increasing power in the
lower part of the state, and county
division being local" in nature, so
long as there is accord and agree
ment in the county to be divided, the
rest of the state cannot have grounds
for objection; but as soon as objec-
ton arises, other county delegations
IN the Legislature take the position
Of giving the mother" county peo-
pie the benefit of the doubt, and the
lew county is killed.
Let south Florida counties fight
heir division battles at home, at
he polls and prior to t'e elections,
10 that when they go to Tallahassee |
lext spring they can present solid
ront of unanimity in the demand for
lew county creation. Tampa Tri-
,une.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The St. Augustine Record gives
the following advice as to how mem
bers of any association may kill it if
they want to, and we refer it to our
readers as we'll worth reading and
considering: Don't come. If you
do come, come late. If too wet or
too dry. too hot or too cold, don't
think of coming. Kick if you are
not appointed on a committee, and If
you are appointed, never attend a
meeting. Find fault with the proceed
ings and work done by other memb-
ers. Hold back your dues or don't
pay them at all. Never bring a
friend whom you think might join
the association. Don't do anything
more than you can possibly help to
further the associations interests;
then, when a few take off their coats
and do things, howl that the associ-
alton is run by a clique"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The Tampa Tribune tells of a Mar
ion county farmer who produced 175
gallons of syrup on a quarter acre of
ground, which would be at the rate of
700 gallons to the acre, and the Tri-
bune estimates the profit on such
cane at 500 per acre and just be-
cause of that promotes the farmer
and Marion county to the head of the
class. John Hagan, of Punta Gorda,
raised cane that produced 700 gallons
(of syrup, the Tribune will please
note) to the acre and that acre
brought $1O50, and we still claim
that John should head the class.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The country, and no doubt a large
part of the civilized world, rejoices
in such evidence of President Will
sons recovery as is indicated by the
news from Washington. That the
President appears older and still
shows marked traces of his illness is
not surprising. He has passed
through most trying physical and
mental ordeal, but it is apparent that
he is rapidly regaining his strength.
That his wonderful intellCctU2!
powers are unimpared is abundantly
proved by his recent public docu-
ments. No one can read the Adri-
attic notes without conceding that
they show that firm grasp of funda-
mentals which has distinguished all
of Mr. Wilson's state papers, while
even the marked style is clearly re-
cOgniZable. All of which is extreme
ly gratifying to Americans. irrespec-
tive of party, who will welcome the
news that the head of the Nation is
able once more to take up the duties
of his high office.--Brooklyn Eagle.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
Plant Sugar Cane This Year.

Conditions indicate that before
the year 1920 comes to a close this
country will suffer from sugar
shortage and higher prices than at
any time since the beginning of the
war in 1914, says the state market
ing bureau. The worlds production
in 1919 shows a shortage of some two
million tons. Nothing is coming out
of Europe and England has cornered
a large part of the Cuban crop. Last
years consumption in this country
Appropriated about 100000 tons
or about so pounds per capita. The
visible supply this year is estimated
at 100000 tons, or about 67
pounds per capita, and this estimate
discards the natural increase in pop
ulation. Prob 'bition calls for more
sugar in soft drinks and the use OF
candy has enormously increased. be.
sides sugar entered last year, accord.
ing to estimates, into more than SOC
different manufactured products.
In Europe sugar is still on strict
rationing basis, and there is little
hope of the recent warning nations
being able to restore supply until
the Abandoned farms can be reseed
ed and the factories rebuilt, and thu
outlook for this is not favorable sine,
there is lack of money, material and
energy.
Farmers who are in position to dc
so should plant sugar cane this year
and help along with a supply OF
syrup.-Tampa Tribune.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The Tallahassee Daily Democrat,
which supported Governor Sid. Cats
in his contest for the governcrship in
1916, says that whether or not he
has made the state a good governor
is for each individual to decide, but
the Democrat is convinced of one
thing, no matter what have been his
accomplishments they are not sufi-
ciently great to substitute him for
Duncan U. Fletcher in the United
States Senate"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The strongest editorial plea for a
no-fence law we have seen appeared
in a recent issue of the Leesburg
Commercial and has been given wide
circulation by the state press. "If
bloodshed must come. let the onus
come upon the law breakers and not
upon either the honest cattle owner
or the owner of grove or farm"
says the Commercial. 1--WE demand
a no-fence law like all other civilized
countries have. Give us state
wide law If it can be done. Give us
a Lake county law If it can't. Give
us officers who will not quail or
quibble when fences are cut and
property destroyed, but will make an
honest effort to protect taxed pro-
perty and punish dastards who are
nothing more or less than burglars
in the night"
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
Increase I'm Marriages.

The marked increase in the numb
er of marriage licenses issued in New
York and other American cities since
January l may or may not be due
to the exercise of leap-year privileges
of proposal. At and rate, what was
once matter of jest has a more ser
ious aspect under the fuller emanci-
patton of women. If they vote and
contribute more and more to the
economic maintenance cf the home,
why should they not have freer
voice in establishing it?
But the fact OF great significance
is the increase of the marriage rate
not only here but in Europe since
the conclusion of the war. The con-
ditions here are said to be true also
of France and Germany; and could
there be better augury of the
worlds return to normal conditions?
These are not Stacker marriages,
but marriages entered into for the
creation of homes, with all the res
possibilities involved. They are the
best possible antidate for social un-
rest and an earnest Cf C0nyeTvatism
and stability. When young people,
in the face of : higher cost Of living
and while still under the influence OF
the sex freedom of war service, turn
to marriage in increasing numbers,
the fact is worth citing as against all
Tho fOrcpc that Tend TO digTu ut thp
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

Almighty and everlasting God,
who dost govern all things in heaven
and earth, mercifully hear the sup
plications of Thy servant, Watch
over us in the long hours of each
work day and impress us with the
thought that all labor ought to be in
Thy service and in the service of Thy
people. Help us to forget self and to
remember humanity, the whole
public and the good of the State.
Guide our pen with righteous
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

We read our exchanges pretty
thoroughly and so far have found but
two state papers that are against a
no-fence law. Generally speaking
the opinion OF the newspapers may
be taken as expressing the opinion
of the majority of their readers
There may have been time when
the cattle interests of the state were
greater than the agricultural inter
e9ts, but that dGy has passed and
those who would block pre- Sress by
preventing the enactment of no-fence
legislation haven't a leg to stand
upon.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

KipNng, Rider Haggard and other
British writers are reported to have
formed Liberty League" to COM
bat Bolshevism with it's own weapon,
propaganda.
It's an idea worth following by
writer's in this country. Literary
men lent their talents to the country
during the war, even if they could
not actually fight. They did much
to keep the morale of the Nation at
par. They can do as much in the
Bolshevist crisis-for a crisis it is.
The best way. to fight the devil is
with fire, and the surest way to sick
en- BOlshevist is to confront him
with contemporaries 1t is up to
the rest of the world to prove where
and how Bolshevism is wrong basical-
ly and every other way. The big
part of such job can be done by the
professional writer's. Britain is
aroused, and it is time this country
woke up.
No element Of fact, sarcasm or
ridicule should be withheld in the
disproVing of Bolshevism's lying
claims and in counteracting its in
sidious advances.-New York Tel
cgram.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

Editor Hetherington. of tie Lake
land Telegram, has shifted a part of
his editorial burdens onto the
shoulders of his son, w. NJ. Hether-
ington, announcing in a recent issue
of the Telegram that hereafter his
son would bear an equal share of the
responsibility of conducting the
paper.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

All over Florida unusual activity
is being displayed by the civic organ
izations tbs winter. Many of the
cities and towns are just beginning to
realize their wonderful possibilities
and advantages and the advisability
of telling the world about them.
Times-Union
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
A Rebel Brigadier."

Senator Bankhead was the last
surviving member of the body who
had served in the Confederate army,
and the fact was mentioned in obitu-
aries as one of sentimental interest
only. although older readers can re-
mem Der the time when a record of
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The best map of Florida ever
published has been received by the
Herald from Commissioner of Agri-
culture w. A. McRae. This map
shows the state in greater detail than
any other map we have seen and
without looping off the western or
southern part of the state.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18

The Wauchula Advocate says the
Arcadia politicians are doing their
"durndest" to divide the county di-
vision forces. Yes, we've noticed
their efforts, and they must be
little disappointed that we didn't
swallow one of their little schemes
as readily as they may have expected.
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
Have you registered?

Every supporter of county division
should be sure to register. There
is no use in shouting division, nomin-
ating division candidates and then
going to the polls without enough
votes to elect them. Register! And
be sure to VOTE!
The Punta Gorda herald., 1920-03-18
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