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The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

er more than SIS. The farmer is
not to be blamed for his attitude,
however shocking the thing may
seem to the city dweller. The
farmer will only get more heat at
less cost, but he will give the coal
profiteer a black eye at the same
time that he stimulates the market
value oil his own product. It lost
the armer more than SIS ton to
produce corn, and there<is no rea-
son why he should sell it at such a
price and be robbed for coal.
When the law of supply and de-
mand works always to the disad-
vantage Of the unorganized pro-
Queer little object lesson soch as
the middle west farmers are about
to give the consuming public in
the relative merits of corn and
coal as fuel will go step toward
remedying matters.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
.PERCHEO ON A
HIGH STOOL
IN AN OFFICE
Many a Brain Is Trying to Work
With Weak, Thin Blood
MORE RICH, RED BLOOD
NEEDED
Pepto-Mangan Gives You the
Health To Tackle Your Daily
Work With VigOr.

If you sit at your desk all day in
an office, whether you are perched
on high stool or seated in an up
holstered chair, your body is in
active. You can't get much fresh
air and outdoor exercise. Your
blood becomes poor. You look
pale and feel weak
The great tonic, Pepto-Mangan
is what you need for awhile. II
makes rich, red blood. 1t re-
stores your vital energy. Youl
color comes back.
When your hood is good, full OF
red corpuscles, you go about your
daily work with the optimism OF
good health.
Try Pepto-Mangan and notice
how you improve.
Pepto-Mangan is sold in both
liquid and tablet form. Take
either kind you prefer. Both have
the same medicinal value. But
be sure you get the genuine Pepto.
name, Guides Pepto-Mangan''
should be on the package. -Adver.
tisement.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

and financial relations. At q
dinner given by the Italians in
honor Of the Jugoslaw peace dele
gates at Santa Margherita on No
vember 18th, Immediately signing
the treaty between the two coun-
tries, toasts to the king of Italy
and Of Jugoslavia were exchanged
by Premiers Giolitti and V.snitch.
In an address the latter stated
that: "The delegates have accom-
plished a precious work for the
well-being of future generations
of Italians and Jugo slave and for
the interests of Europe.
big egg yield
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
BIG EGG YIELD

From small flock of hens i
now get 20 to 25 eggs per day
whereas before giving them Dr..
LeGear's Poultry Prescription, |
only received three or four It's
cost has been repaid to me over
and over" So writes Mrs. J. w.
Montgomery Tunnel Hill, Ga.
J You should increase your yield
now, while prices are high,
through DR.. LeGear's Poultry Pre-
scrirEion. 1t is a tonic which
builds up the hens strength and
vitality, and stimulates the egg
producing organs.
For % years DIR. LeGear has
been recognized as Americas fore
most Expert Poultry Breeders and
Veterinarians. Any time your
poultry or stock are ailing, it will
pay you to get the proper DR.. Lee
Gear Remedy from your dealer.
It must give satisfaction, or your
dealer will refund your money.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
DRINK HOT TEA
FOR A BAD GOLD

Get small package OF Hamburg
Breast Tea at any pharmacy. Take q
tablespoonful of the tea, put cup Of
boiling water upon 1t, pour through q
Sieve and drink q teacup full at any
time during the day or before retiring.
1t is the most effective way to break q
cold and cure grip. as It opens the
pores OF the skin, relieving congestion.
Also loosens the bowels, thus driving q
cold from the system.
Try it the next time you suffer from
q cold or the grip. It is Inexpensive
and entirely vegetable, therefore safe
and harmless.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
WORLDS Aviation FLIGHT.

Aeronautic authorities have been
busily engaged in formulating q fair
set of rules governing the coming
round-the-world flight. That avia-
tors will not be permitted to take adj
vantage Of the rotundity Of the earth
Is indicated by the condition that they
must make their flights between the
fifteenth and sixtieth parallels Of lati-
tude, and the prize will 60 to the flyer
who covers the longest distance. Avia-
tors will be allowed to start from any
point they choose, provided they re-
turn to the starting point. They will
have a year In which to complete
their flight Airplanes. dirigibles, and
free balloons are eligible for the race.
Scientific American.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
IS YOUR HEALTH
GRADUALLY SLIPPING?
Interesting Experience Of Texas Lady Who Declares That More
Women Knew About Cardui They Would Be Spared
Much Sickness and Worry

couldn't rest well at night and was ..
just lifeless.
81 heard of Cardui and after reading !
decided / had some female trouble that
was pulling me down. sent for Cardui
and began it. -.
''Ina very short while after ! began the
Cardui Home Treatment | saw an i'm
provement and it wasn't long until was
all right-good appetite, splendid rest,
and much stronger so that easily did my
house work.
"Later took bottle of Cardui as a
tonic. l can recommend Cardui and glad
ly do so, for If more women knew, it
would save great deal of worry and
sickness"
The enthusiastic praise Of thousands Of
other women who have found Cardui
helpful should convince you that it is
worth trying. All druggists sell it.
LIS
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
OPEN NOSTRlLS! END
A COLD OR cATARRH
How To Get Relief When Head
and Nose are Stuffed Up.

Count fifty! Your cold in head
or catarrh disappears. Your
clogged nostrils will open, the all
passages Of yuor head will clear
and you can breathe freely. No
more snuffling, hawking, mucous
discharge, dryness or headache no
struggling for breath at night.
Get a small bottle Of Ely's
Cream Balm from your druggist
and apply little Of this fra
grant, anteseptic cream in your
nostrils. It penetrates through
every air passage of the head,
soothing and healing the swollen
or inflaned mucous membrane,
giving you instant relief. Head
colds and catarh Yield like magic.
Don't stay stuffed-up and nriser-
able. Relief is sure.
advertisement
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
ache, but will cleanse, purify and
freshen the alimentary canal. :

ache, but will cleanse, purify and
freshen the alimentary canal. :
Ask your pharmacist for a
quarter pound of limestone phos-
phate. 1t is inexpensive, harm
less as sugar.
If you aren't feeling your best,
if tongue is coated or you wake
up with bad taste, foul breath or
have colds, indigestion, bilious
ness, constipation or sour, acid
stomach, begin the phosphated
hot water cure to rid your system
of toxins and poisons.
Results are quick and is claim
ed that those who continue to
fluh out the stomach, liver and
bowels every morning never have
any headache Or know miser-
able moment.
ADVERTISEMENT :
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

Italy and Jlgoslavia have set
tiled their differences amicably.
A provision of the treaty between
the two nations calls for confer
ence within two months from the
time the treaty became operative,
at which proposals will be submit
ted to the two governments for
promoting more cordial, economic
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
Trade Opportunities IN China.

According to a recent traveller IN
China. II that country had 100000
miles Of railroad andsa similar length
Of good roads, there would be opened
up . vast empire Of rich resources for
settlement and development. The CHI
nese people greatly prefer to extend
their own developments and relieve
their congested cities BY settling their
own country thnn By obtaining oppor.
tunities abroad.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
RUB BACkACHE AND
LuMBAG0 RIGHT OUT


When your back is sore and lame or
Mmbago, sciatica or rheumatism has
you stiffened up, don't suffer! Gel Z
85 cent? bottle Of cd. honest "Stl Jacobs
Oil" at any drug store, pour q little
IN your hand ard rub 4 right into
the pain Or ache, and by the time you
count fifty, the soreness and kmeness
is gone.
Don't stay uippledl This soothing,
penetrating oil needs to be used only
once. Il takes the ache and pain right
out 81 your back and ends tke misery.
Il is magical, yet absolutely hatmleae
nd doesn't burn Tie ekin.
Nothing eloe Gfops luunbogo, sciafica
"a lama baek sniesry = pgomptly
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

The demand of the British pub
lie for light on the battle of Jut-
land is imperative. The Britons
want to know how fleet of 100
German ships got away from a
British fleet of 140 ships. The
answer seemsm to be plain that
the right man was not in command
of the British fleet.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

IF those Pennsylvania coal
miners think the rest of the coun-
try is in need of rocks they might
take trip into New England IN
January, and then perhaps they
would send coal that will burn.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
all the world knows that running
for office has been his life work.

America First" was the Re-
publican slogan in the late cam
paign and with this battle cry they
organized all the alien hatred in
the country to rebuke the War
President.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

Middle west farmers will burn
their corn in preference to coal,
it is said It is not matter of
stubbornness, but of economy. 1t
is CLAIMED that 9 ton of unshelled
corn, worth in the market only
SIS, will give more heat than ton
cf soft coal, which costs the farm
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

When it comes to re-construc-
tion work in Russia there will not
be much of the old structure left,
and work may be begun at the bot
tom. Unless the country is soon
pacified, however, there will be
very little time left for rebuild
ing.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

In the original draft the German
peace terms were about as mild as
a Maine winter; but the diplomats
have since changed it to an Indian
summer. Still Germany is far
from satisfied, and France is in
dignant.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

1t is said that few Yale gradu-
ates are going into teaching. They
might succeed better as football
or baseball coaches, and in any
event the salary would be much
more gratifying.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

No doubt Brer Harding will re-
turn from his tarpon fishing trip
with number of good yarns for
the inaugural message.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

A Kansas City holdup man gave
his victim carfare. That fellow
is altogether too tender-hearted to
make a successful profiteer.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

We are warned to save our pen
MES, and we may as we'll do it; for
they will buy nothing but a post
card.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

There is sardonic humor in that
man Bryan. Running for Office
has interfered with my life work, ;"
he says with a straight face when
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25

Germany may have been whip
ped in the war but she won the
American election.
The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1920-11-25
ADVERTISING RATES.

ADVERTISING RATES.
Display advertising will be inserted In
as good position as possible for % cents
an inch.
Legal Notices will be inserted at the
legal rate of 2 cents a word for first in
sertion and cent a word for each SUBJ
sequent insertion. Count initials, each
figure and all authorizations as words.
For Sale, Lstray, Lost, Found. Etc,
Notices will be published for 2 cents u
word for first insertion and cent a word
for each subsequent insertion.
Obituaries Cards of Thanks, Etc, will
be printed for cent a word. If you have
matters of this kind for publication,
count the words carefully and send mon
~ to cover cost Of publication with your
copy. We havn't time to keep books on
these little accounts.
| Foreign Advertising Representative
| THE AMERICAN PRESS ASSOCIATION
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
The Man Nobody Knew

Good Lord That's the last thing in
the world I'd have but say
You must have been whirlwind
Why. man with a presence like yours
would hardly have to open his mouthl
You've got a sort of I'll be
hanged If know what to call 1t j..
but a kind of feeling. If you know
what / mean. Salesman Why. all
you need is an introduction and dot
ted liner
The young man laughed rather for
lornly and slipped his vichy.
Just at present 1 haven't ether
Harmon's gaze was unfaltering. and
his interest and admiration bounded
higher. Mechanically. in accordance
with his habits. he was striving to dis
cover how this new acquaintance
might be put to practical use. WAS
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
FARM
ANIMALS
KILL ALL HARMFUL ANIMALS
Annual Loss Wrought by Predatory
Wild Beasts and Rodents Mounts
Up Into Millions.

Live stock and wool valued at S20,-
100000 are lost annually through the
depredations of wild animals. The
value of farm produce and forage de-
stroyed each year by rodents is approx
imately s3O0,OOO.OOo. 1t is esti-
mated that the households Of this
country sustain an annual loss from
rats and mice of S200,00O,0OO.
These figures sum up certain of the
larger losses due TO destructive wild
life which the biological survey Of the
United States department of agricul-
ture is engaged in reducing as rapidly
as possible. A force of between 400
and 500 experienced hunters was EN-
ployed by this bureau during the past
year to kill predatory animals many
of which were infected with rabies;
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
BANK FAVORS BETTER SlRES
Concern at Fond du Lac, Wis, Urges
Its Patrons to Improve Quail
lty of Stock.

With the publication of four-page
farm news leafiet. of which a current
copy Is "Duroc Sale and Pig Club
Number" a bank at Fond du Lac,
WIS, is encouraging its patrons to i'm
prove their live stock. The editor of
the sheet has the unique title of bank
agriculturist" and his activities are
devoted largely to financing farmers
who wish TO acquire well-bred animals
or to become joint owners in valuable
sires
In letter to the United States de-
partment of agriculture the bank ag-
riculturist calls attention to the sup
port being given hog cholera control,
plg-club work, and other activities in
which the government is active. The
leGflet contains For Sale and Want
Column" relating especially to live
stock, gives current news among
breeders and contains discussions
ranging from the cure of cattle to the
handling of bees. An expressed pur-
pose of the banks activities is .to
make Fond du Lac county a land
Where milk and honey flows"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
RATION OF coTToNsEED MEAL
One Pound Per Day for Each 1,ooo
Pounds Live Weight Is Most
Satisfactory.

One pound of cottonseed meal per
day for each 1000 pounds live weight
is the most satisfactory quantity to
reed work animals, according to re-
cent experiments conducted by the Uni
Ted States department of agriculture.
A test in feeding cottonseed meal TO
work horses and mules at the govern
ment farm, Beltsville, Nd, was begun
IN 1918 and continued last year. When
tne meal was fed in large quantities
harmful effects were apparent. how
ever. Indicating that cottonseed meal.
IKE any other high-protein feed must
be FED with care to horses and mules
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
"LET 'EM MAKE ME- LOOK LIKE THA1p

Everyone knows about the Legion Etrangere-
famous Foreign Legion of the French army. WE'LL Rich
ard Morgan Of Syracuse, NJ Y, enlisted in the Foreign
Legion In the great under the Of Henry Hiiard
So you guess that the hero not in love with him
self or with life. The Hun sent him to the hospital with
a wounded knee and arm and face pretty much shot
away with shrapne The surgeons fixed up his knee and
his arm When they proposed to restore his features, he
lied and said he had no photograph Of himself And In his
rage against life he caught up picture postcard bearing
the radiant face of Christ and cried:
"Let 'em make me look like that! Or anything else,
either don't give d-nP
The French surgeons were Interested and did good
job. And presently "The Man Nobody Knew is back in
Syracuse, telling Of the death of Dick Morgan and selling
mining stock and falling deeper in love with Carol Durant,
the "ony gir Of his old life who had refused to marry
Dick Morgan, the failure.
Complications! Well, rather-especiaIIy when the
mining stock apparently turns out to be worthless and the
only man in the world who knows Hiards secret dies of
apopex and the hero finds out that the heroine did love
Dick Morgan. And Howorthy Hall handles these compi-
cations and these ea human characters and this Ameri
can community in the mastery way that makes him read
from one end of the country to the other these days.
Good reading!
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
CHAPTER u.

Nine o'clock on a night in June-not
A June evening. heavy-starred on vel.
vet, but furious June night, with
Stygian blackness looping overhead,
and Stygian water battering and boil
Ing against the hull plates. The ship
was dark as the night itself; blind
dark. without single ray to play the
traitor. On deck solitary venturer
Rugged the rail. and alphabetically
watched the waves tear past.
Out Of the warmth and cheer and
the vitiated atmosphere of the smok-
Ing room came Martin Harmon. big,
florid, exuberant. A heaving lift of
the deck sent him lurching sidewise !;
he saved his balance by struggling
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
By HOLWORTHY HALL

he burst out: well, there's nothing
to prevent :. Then they could make
me not look like 1t, If they wanted to
Isn't that soT
She regarded him in vast perplexity,
and thought Of summoning a surgeon,
for the man had begun to CULVER as
though from shell shock-which he
hadn't undergone.
why, 1 don't understand what you
mean," she said soothingly. But II
you'll Just be calm and"
The Individual gestured with fierce
impatience.
IF they can do what you say, and
make me look like any old thing they
choose to, then what in the devil are
they asking for photograph for?"
why. to go by" she said helplessly.
You want to look like your old self,
don't your
"No, 1 don'tI''
The nurse gasped. His tone had been
churlish. but the echo of 1t vaguely
suggested triumph and relief. His
symptoms had subsided could
it be that he actually was relieved :?
Dumfounded, she made another effort
to convince him.
But you want to look just as near
ly like"
Don't you suppose know what l
want7" he interrupted rudely.
But haven't you photograph, any
way, that 1 can"
mo. haven't" he snapped. 81
haven't" 1t was lie; the passport
photograph was in the lining of GER
tain wallet, and he had hid It there
for reasons of his own. But now that
one great danger was definitely past,
and a still further bulwark of protec-
tion offered, y the nurse spoke truth,
the Individual could afford to come
out from ambush. "And l don't want
to look the way / did before, and
what's more I never did But II your
doctors are half as smart as they
think they are let 'em make me look
like that Or anything else either
l don't give a d-nr
Shocked and Mortified. she was gaz-
Ing at picture postcard he had
snatched from under his pillow and
thrust upon her. 1t was reproduc-
ton Of religious painting by Rem
brandt. 1t was the radiant face Of the
Christ.
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
"l'Il show 'em WhetherB
! can make good or not!"

CTo Be CoNTINUED.)
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09

1 right, or was 1 wrongf Playing In
hard luck don't strengthen mans
courage much, even II he tries to blufr
himself into thinking it does. Cut out
the regret stuff; that's my advice, and
you can take it or leave it. Forget
all that tough luck you had over here,
and get busy figuring out how you're
going to cash in on all your expert
ence. Americas full of chances
you'll land something big in no time.
Can't help 1t If you try. Salesman
Son, you're carrying your best recon-
mendation right on top of your own
shoulders
The young man gave him back a wry
smile and finished his vichy.
II only hope 1t comes true" he said.
Harmon looked at him steadily, and
falling under the spell of those radiant
features stared and stared until he
came to himself and all at once
brought his fist down on the table, so
that the glasses rang again.
"Well, why shouldn't 1t? AS mat
ter of fact, why shouldn't itT'
The younger mans expression hadn't
changed. Meaning what?"
Meaning" said Harmon deliberate
ly, that the first thing I've got to do
when l get home is to hunt up a couple
of good statesmen myself. Are you
hunting for a good job. or aren't your
Aren't you little hasty?" The
young mans intonation was sardonic.
I've cleaned up most of my money"
said Harmon very slowly to the cell
ing. "by making quick decisions. I
make up my mind pretty fast. II you
can interest me on short notice you
can interest other people. Mind you,
we're just discussing this-sort Of
thinking out loud. No obligation on
either side. Doesn't do any harm to
talk about 1t, does it7"
'Then suppose" said the young man
placidly, 'you define your Idea of a
good job. I'm rather particular"
But you admit you're out OF luck.
and"
But you admit I'm a whirlwind."
The young man smiled with faint
amusement.
''I said you ought to be-with train
Ing"
The young mans mouth turned up-
ward at the corners.
go ahead and describe the Job"
well. my idea of a pretty sweet Job
Tor 4 man Of your age is-to start Of
course-about twenty week and
commissions"
"Yes1 What per cent commission r.
"Oh, eight to ten per cent"
The young man glanced at Harmon
and laughed quietly.
You're a broker. of course, but that
doesn't sound much like conservative
investment securities to me. What
is it-industrials7
Harmon grimaced.
Yes, I'm broker" He set down
his glass and fumbled for card.
There But I was thinking more
about stocks than bonds. Some new
Montana properties-copper and zinc
Metals are the big noise these days.
l guess you realize that, don't youf
Munition work"
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
LET Them Max. Me Look Like That"

LET Them Make Me Look Like That"
toward the rail. when suddenly the
slope was reversed, and he slipped
and slid to the barrier of safety,
clutched 1t, and found himself at arms
length from the lonely watcher, who
hadn't stirred. or even turned his
head.
"Helloi" said Harmon, his surprise
dnctured with easy familiarity. "Some
nightr"
"Yes, 1t Is" The tone of the re-
sponse was curt, so curt that Harmon
instinctively leaned forward to dis
cover what expression of countenance
went with It. The night was so black
that he might as well have tried to
penetrate curtain of solid fabric.
"Seen any U-boats yeti" he asked
humorously.
"Not yet" The taciturn one moved
a trifie away; man less skinned
and less dined and wined than Har-
mon would probably have taken the
hint and removed himself, but Har-
mons was an inquisltive disposition.
and he never attempted to curb it
he was the sort of travelling compan-
Ion who makes Christians reflect up
Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1920-07-09
BlACKLEG VACCINE IS FREE
department. Report Shows That $780,
s'5 Doses Were Distributed
During Last Year.

vaccine for immunizing cattle
against blackleg is still in great de-
mand. A report of the bureau of an
imai industry. United States depart
ment OF agriculture, shows that $685.
olo doses were distributed free TO
stock owners during the last fiscal
year. The vaccine sent out by the bu-
reau IS in the powdered form.