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Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
New Device for Shower Bath

Frequent bathing is necessary
these torrid days and the children
should be kept as comfortable as
possible by the free use of water.
When the boy becomes uncomfort-
ably warm he seeks the water if
water is within his reach.
This is instinct. 1t is natures
way of preserving the body tenn
perature and the inability to salts
fly the desire often entails real
suffering.
Mayor Peters, Of Boston, has in
stalled a system of street shower
baths for the children's use which
is giving them great pleasure.
The device is simply a piece of
four-inch pipe seven feet long
which is attached to an ordinary
fire plug. The side toward the
street is punctured with holes
through which the water sprays.
About fifty children can enjoy
the invigorating sprinkle without
crowding. The expense is not
worth mentioning. Any plumber
could fashion one at small cost.
And what fun the boys and girls
have!
The costumes called into service
as bathing suits are assorted and
often were not intended for such
duty but what care the children
if the bathing suits are not in the
latest style.
The shrieks of laughter denote
their happiness and enjoyment OF
the wetting, and arouse in the OBJ
servers fond recollections of the
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
The Problems OF
HOME AND FAMILY
A Talk with our Wives, Mothers,
and Sisters
The First Golden Link

The weak mothers first great
blunder in the training Of her little
one was pointed out in the article
of last week. 1t makes of the
babe tyrant, and later a selfish
man or woman whom others des-
spise.
There is a mistake of stronger
parents that is as serious and that
deserves as careful thought if we
would start the child Alright in the
long, hard task Of adjusting itself
to others of its kind.
Even though we are truly care
full not to grant the unreasonable
demands of our little ones, Of
which there are many from the
very beginning, we are too often
unable to refuse kindly. That is,
instead of loving and sweet-tem-
pered frmness, we show impotence
and ill-temper when we find the
iufant stubbornly trying to have
its way. Indeed, we often match
anger with anger and obstinacy
with still greater obstinacy. In
stead of kindly correction, which
shows no sign of combativeness
and arouses none in the child, we
reveal by the harsh tone of our
voice, by the flash of our eye and
the scowl on our brow, by our
rough manner of handling, or per-
haps even by striking the little
one, the i'll spirit that is in us. Of
course, we should be above this
for it is the way of the lower ami
mails; but the fact remains that
we are not.
No matter how sorely we arc
tried, it is for us to correct kindly
If we can keep absolutely free
from the hot spirit of anger, which
even the babe IN the cradle seems
strangely able to sense, and keer
ourselves gentle, good-natured ane
serene as we break up the selfish
little habits that are trying to es
tablish themselves in the child''
life, then we have won our victory
for the conquest of the budding
mind is really a surprisingly easy
matter if we ourselves are led b,
our very best reason rather thai
by our lower Instincts,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
For Motoring or Travelling

A toy trunk is admirably suited
for use as a lunch box. The lower
part will hold lunch enough for
several meals, while the tray is
fine for small silver and napkins.
When you travel by car you can
also use doll hammock as re-
ceptacle for odds and ends for
gotten until the last minute. 1t
holds a lot and hangs overhead out
of the way.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
The Lust to Exterminate

Ever since the olden days when
the Romans made human torches
out OF Christian believers, the peo-
pie of Armenia, who embraced the
faith of Christ, have endured and
held out against unspeakable per-
secution.
They have been massacred with
out number, sent into exile, frozen
to death and driven into the des-
erts to starve by the hundreds of
thousands, Yet the race has not
been wiped out.
Now the turks have new plan.
They are taking the Armenian
girls into their harems. Thus the
race may be. reduced in numbers
or wiped out altogether. In two
cities alone, there are twenty-five
thousand girls held in this way
while the total is estimated at
more than sixty thousand.
Our minds fail to comprehend
what this means in the life of &
relatively small race or to picture
the horrors of life in the harems fol
these girls.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
I'D swimmin' hole of long ago.

old swimmin' hole of long ago.
Mayor Peters not only de-
veloped the idea but is having the
showers operated throughout the
city on -all hot days, much to the
delight Of the children.
In other municipalities, the city
fremen have been in the habit of
cooling off the young population
by rigging up sections Of hose at
vantage points.
Conveniences for bathing are not
always available but water is
within the reach of all and even a
sponge bath with bowl and sponge
or cloth is refreshing and invigor-
ating.
One of the mothers first duties
lis to see that her children have
frequent baths, not only in the in
terests of cleanliness but also to
preserve the equilibrium of the
temperature Of the body which
tends to health and vigor.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
Will the Courts Penalize Marriage?

Will the Courts Penalize Marriage?
The granting Of equal suffrage to
women has not destroyed preju-
dice against granting them equal
rights in the world of business.
An instance has come to light in
Clark county, Washington, where
women have had the vote for
years, where the men are still
making a desperate effort to stem
the tide against women entering
business life.
An order was issued by the COM
missioners that married women
should not be employed at The
court house.
The attorney general held that
the commissioners had no right to
say who should be employed by
the county officials. They then
made rule that married women
should receive only half the salary
paid to others.
There were two married women
on the list. The deputy superin-
tendent of schools, Mrs. G. F.
Bennett, whose salary was ST. 500
a year, was cut down to $500. and
Mrs. Julia Lee, who was getting
500 month, was also given but
', 5000 year. Mrs. Lee promptly
resigned but Mrs. Bennett, it is
said, will take her case to the SUI
preme court. 1t remains to be
seen whether the court will hold it
unconstitutional to penalize mar
riage.
While as at the present time
there are not enough jobs to go
iaround, it is easy to understand
the feeling that a married woman
should not work for pay if her hus-
band can support her, but if the
doctrine is compulsory and enacted
into law. the legislation should re.
quire that no paid position be open
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01

Salt will cleanse velvet. Rub it
into the materia; and then brush
out with a stiff brush.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
Our Expanding Horizon
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1t has long been clear that Amer
lean women must eventually
broaden their interests, which CEN
ter naturally upon the home circle
and local community affairs, to
take in the larger problems Of state
and nation.
That this change is already ia
king place in women's minds is in
dicated by the novel meeting now
being held at Williams College, in
Massachusetts,, whose president is
II. A. Garfield, son of the mar
tyred president of the United
States, James A. Garfield. The
meeting in question is held under
the auspices of this institution and
is devoted exclusively to the study
of our nations foreign relations
and problems. Attending it are
many of the foremost leaders from
foreign countries, who address the
audiences daily; and the striking
fact is that while the conference is
open to men and women alike, and
a considerable number of America S
prominent men are present, wo-
men still make up an overwhelm-
ing majority of the attendance and
show as deep an interest as do the
men in the problems that are be-
ing discussed.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
to any person who has other means

to any person who has other means
of support.
Every legislator would regard it
as monstrous injustice if such a
rule was applied to men, which
shows the unsoundness and .inius-
tice Of the principle.
The unreasonableness and lnjus-
tice of the men is made more APP
parent from the fact that the posi-
ton which Mrs. Lee had held was
given to man at a higher salary.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
DR.. L. J. OLDAKER,
Dentist.

Over P. M. Christensen's store.
Office Phone 80 Residence Phone
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
To Darn Tablecloths

Wnen you even q CaDleclOJn De-
fore hemming it, save the ends of
linen that are cut off, because these
Rawlings are the best threads to
use in darning napery.
Put about one-third part vinegar
in the water with which the cloth
is dampened when pressing an ar
ticle cleaned with gasoline. This
will remove the odor Of gasoline
and prevent circles from forming.
Peroxide will remove most stains
on white goods and will not injure
the fabric Dampen the material
in peroxide and put in the sun.
This may have to be repeated be
fore the stain is quite gone.
When preparing meats remem-
Der that fresh meat should be
started to cook in boiling water
while salt meats should be put in
cold water and allowed to get hot
with the water.
If the required amount Of sugar
is added to the cream that is TO be
whipped and allowed to stand for
fifteen or twenty minutes it will
whip more easily.
One tablespoonful of kerosene
oil poured down the drain trap Of
THE sink will keep it open.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1921-09-01
DR.. Carrie Brooks Wood
: Dentist :
Office Over First National Bank
Phone IL

Colored handkerchiefs are APP
pearing with renewed vigor. Their
designs are manifold and the tones
do not con6ne themselves to any
thing light.
If roast beef is put into hot
pan on the top Of a hot stove and
Drowned on all sides before it is
put into the oven, the juices will
not cook out.
Wash your new comb thorough
ly with soap and water before
using it and rub it we'll with olive
oil. This will make it less liable
to break.
If you boil eggs in salt water
and dip Immediately into cold
water when they are finished, they
will peel easily.
, 1921-10-11
Acts in five a

One ingredient in T4DecGea~ is pepsir. Another
~multiplios the ssar.i digcstass in the saliva to
digest starch dep tsas cling. The alkalinity Of
the saliva is multiplied also. I1at 70 neutralize the
acids which c3use 1r1s!t decay.
Two factors dlreo IN stack the film. One Of
them he<rs toe.il a,a ~ polished that film can
no. easy a1here.
With every appl!catioo, Pepsodent combats the
teeth's great enemies in new and efficient ways: To
millions It is bringing cleaner, SAFER, whittier teeth.
Send the coupe S@~ : lG.Day Lloe. Note how
clean the tee-s te- aF#e~ using. Mark the absence
of the viscous G.a. Zee h1Eg teeth whiten as the
flm-coats 6isa r.
This tcsl a @1a41. Make 1t now. Cut
, 1921-10-11
4 daily Cornbatant

Dental science has now found ways to daily
conbae It's fin. For five years the methods
hava beer carefully watched and proved. Now
leading dentists everywhere advise them.
These ruotAods are embedded in a denti-
frice called Pepsodent. Millions now know it
and employ it. Wherever Won look the re-
suits are seen in glistening teeth today,
, 1921-10-11
Publication.

NOTICE is hereby given that the sum
III of Frcs. 1858, As, income on the in
~ vested capital of His Royal Highness
Prince VaIdemar's Wedding Memorial
Fund for the benefit Of worthy INDECENT
persons in St. Croix, will be on hand for
distribution on the 22nd October, 1921.
Applications for participation in this
distribution, duly certified, should be
forwarded to the undersigned on or be-
fore October 18th, 1921.
Despatching Secretary's O1ioe, Chris
tiansted, St. Cfoix, September Gath.
C. E. RAPPOLEE,
Despatch5ng Secretary
, 1921-10-11
See how teeth gIisten then

This ten-day test costs nothing. To mil
lions it has brought a new era in teeth clean
ing. This is to urge that you try this method.
Then let your own teeth show you what it
means to you and yours.
, 1921-10-11
To fight The film

The object is to fight the film which causes
most tooth troubles. Film is that viscous
coat you feel. It clings to reeth. enters crew
do not end it. So, despite all care, tooth
troubles have been constantly increasing.
1t is the flm-coat that discolors, nos the
teeth. And nearly all teeth brushed in old
ways are coated more or less.
Film is the basis of tartar. It holds food
substance which ferments and forms acid, It
holds the acid in contact with the teeth to
cause decay.
Millions Of germs breed in it. They, with
tartar, are the chief cause Of pyorrhea. And
that disease has become alarming in extent.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
SPECIAL NOTICES.
, q

LoSt-On Church street between
residences Of Ralph Wilson and Hance
Crews. a cameo pin. Finder please
return to me at Palmetto Bank and
receive reward II. II. Simpson.
37-1t-pd
Cars Cheap-Used Fords. Maxwells,
Chcvrolets, Overlands, from 5000 up.
Cash or terms. Sumcrel Motor Co.
37-1t-pd
Buggies md Wagons Cheap--We are
two weeks a few buggies and wagons
at less than cost. II. Is. Surercl.
37-1t-pd
Lost--last Friday night in court
house. small black snapped purse with
and some receipts with my name on
them. Please return to Mrs Ina s.
Irby, Pluss street, Laurens, S. G.
37-lt-pd
For Trade-Wc dlave some new bug
giles and wagons which we will either
sell or trade. Will trado vehicles for
cars or cars for vehicles. Como along
with your trading goods. T. B. Sum
erel. 37t1t-pd
Seed Cotton -Beginnihg = Friday.
April 1st. we wdll buy seed cotton.
Bichcsberger Bros. on old depot lot.
37-2t
For Sale-Onc 1920 Ford roadster in
good conditions. Good tires. Write p.
lO Box 344. or phone 27S. Auto Bat
terry Service Station. 37-1t-pd
N0tice--All persons are forbidden
from hauling sand from my pasture
lor other lands on Gordon street. ]. l.,
Nabcrs. 37-1t-pd
Cars Painted-Comc to Sumerel
Motor Co. and have factory painter
make new car out Of your old one,
by painting It right. Sumerel Motor
Coz 37-1t-pd
Notice. have a nice lot of pure
Cleveland Big Boil cotton seed. These
were kept clean from any mixture and
offer them for $l00 per bushel
also have a lot OF Wannamakcr's 1919
seed that cost me $3.50 per bushel and
freight last spring. These are the
finest seed l ever saw. | made 1900
lbs. OF lint cotton on one acre. Any
one wanting any can get them for
$3.50 per bushel. See me or write me.
NJ. A. Sumcrel, Laurens, s. G.. Rute2.
37-1t-pd
Building Material me for all
kinds OF building material. Just re-
CelYcd SnlpmenL OF 'DlNCh' iiilo any
cement G.. II. Duckett 36-ot-pd,
For Marlboro Prolific seed
corn. Been planted one year, $500
per bushel. z. II. Tinsley. Laurens
Rt. 5. 36-lt-pd
Wantcd-To buy your chickens. Best
market prices paid Any quantity.
Armstrong; Market 35-5t-pd
For Salc-500 bushels Cleveland BIB
Boil Cotton Seed. First year from the
originator. 75c yer bushel. G. y. Ow-
ems. Clinton, s G. 3"-3t-c
Notice. have arranged to bei IN
Laurcns two days each month. II your
piano needs tuning leave order with
S. NJ. & e. H. wilkes & Go. 0. M
Tally. Plano Tuner ZS-u
Eggs For Sale Rhode Island Reds
(Reds that stay rcd). $500 for Is.
w. r. McCuen. Laurens. 28-tf
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30

RI don't remember telling searchers
the direction to take to find Smiley's s
body. / did tell the direction I had
seen hlrn going"
Bigham never answered the ques-
tion as to why he had kept the deed
until all the members Of the family
had dici before Offering 1t for record.
He denied that any erasures had been
made in the paper or any dates
changed. He denied writing any notes
to his wife and declared he was inno-
cent Of any crime.
Other witnesses for the defense to-
day offered testimony attempting to
show that Smiley Bigham was insane,
and that his father before him was
also crazy. THIS is one OF the points
the defcne is seeking to establish
One witness declared, and he was
substantiated by another witness, that
he heard a shot in the direction
Smiley Bigham had taken when he
went into the woods. The shot was
heard at o'clock that night.
Senator d. Gordon Baker, of the
firm Of Whiting and Baker, testified
tonight that his firm had advised
Smiley Bigham that the statue of
limitations had run out in the case
of the alleged postotiicc shortage Of
$500 referred to by Edmund Bigham
in his testimony and that he had moth
ing to fear from either criminal or
a civil proceeding in respect OF it.
This was as far back as last Octo-
Der said Senator Baker.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30

The root Of the railroad difficulty is
not in national agreements, but in the
inadequacics Of management" says
Jet Lauck, consulting economist
Why not let Jett run 'em?
His eyes "roved the room with the
expression OF appeal one sees on the
face Of hunted man with his captors
all around him" writes the worldly
wise correspondent OF the Columbia
Record in describing Bigham after the
jury had brought in a verdict Of guilty.
Very common scene, no doubt.
Surprising in brutality even the
murder of at least eleven negroes in
Jasper and Newton counties, Georgia.
In the Bigham case we have either a
case Of insanity or possibly sudden
heat and passion as mitigating circum-
stancds, but in the Georgia cases we
can see nothing more than prcde-
termiped and cold-blooded murder.
The srriousness Of the crimes are not
lessened by the fact that the victims
were negroes and no stones should be
left uhturned to bring the guilty par
ties to the electric chair.
This is wonderful country we have
here and even today, when all the
world is bound down by financial
troubles. we could be relatively free
from existing burdens. Unfortunately
we have lived beyond our resources
during a period Of prosperity and, fol-
lowing an unsound agricultural sys-
TEN, have tied ourselves up so tight
that itAis hard to see light ahead. With
these things in mind, it is difficult to
believa reports that farming opera
tions, Eith the exception Of the use OF
fertilizer, are planned along lines fol-
lowed in the past Farmers Of this
county, we are lead to believe, arc
preparing their lands for cotton In al
most the same proportions as in past
years. These reports may DO in error
and land apparently prepared for cot
ton may be prepared for other crops
but evidences Of radical. reduction in
cotton acreage and increase Of other
crops are lacking. The outlook for
cotton now makes the planting of q
large crop Of that product as very un-
wise and we believe that farmers un-
dertaking to plant large acreage
without looking out after other domes-
tic needs, are making a grave mistake.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
Bailey School Honor Roll

Seventh Grade-Mattie Benjamin,
Sarah Adair, Thomas Hamilton.
Sixth Grade-Mary Benjamin.
Fourth Gradc-Ada Benjamin. j. T.
Third drade- -Erskine XA4E. IS Joe e
Nelson.
Second Grade-Lou Ella Fuller, Will
lie Lee Fuller. Henry Nelson, Charlie
Richards, edwin Tcmpleton, Roy B.
Walker e.
First Grbde-Garrie starnes.s drace
starnes. Cbrric Richards, Roy Jerry,
Bernice Nelson. .r, &,
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
Meeting OF ". VI. T..

Attention is called TO the fact that
the quarterly meeting Of the Third Di-
vision Laurens W. NJ. e., will meet
with the Waterloo church, Saturday,
April End, 10:30 o'clock A full dele
CATION from all Baptist churches is
urged
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30
The Wednesday Club

The Wednesday club will beet this
afternoon at 1870 o'clock with Mrs. G.
Il. Squires.
Mrs. Geo. NJ. Wright, Sec.
The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1921-03-30

The root Of the railroad difficulty is
not in national agreements, but in the
inadequacics Of management says
Jet Lauck, consulting economist.
Why not let Jett run 'em?
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Notice is hereby given that bids will be
received for the construction work pro-
vtded for in the plans and specifications
now on hle In the office of the city clerk
OF Mt. Vernon. Indiana, for the improve
ment OF East Fifth street to an approx
mate length. including turns at intersec-
tions of $50 feet.
The common council of said city of Mt.
Vernon. Indiana, will meet at the council
chamber in said city the ID day of May,
1921 at 1880 o'clock for the purpose of
receiving bids on said work.
The plans and specifications include i'm
proving said street by grading and drain
Ing and constructing a concrete curb and
gutter along each side thereof and build
Ing a roadway thirty 500 feet wide in
Guiding gutter of either oil macadam,
macadam or gravel. That the estimate of
the city engineer oiled macadam is
s17 $500. The city of Mt. Vernon, In
diana will pay for the intersections and
the other parts to be paid by assessments
on the property benefited.
Each bidder will be required to file a
uoncollusion affidavit and a certified check
for as much as 21a 20 of the engineers es-
innate to insure the execution of the con-
tract. Said check to be payable to the
city clerk of Mt. Vernon, Indiana.
The city reserves the right to reject any
and all petitions l. W. DIXON,
City Clerk.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
Birth Rate Increases
During Hot Season

PARIS, April 1.-THE weather has
more to do with a nations birth rate
than almost any other factor, declares
DR.. A. Magelssen, noted Norwegian ply
sicians, in a leading article in the cur
rent number of paris Medical
Abnormally hot weather is certain to
increase the birth rate, says DR.. Magels-
sen, and he presents an Interesting mum
Der of weather and birth rate charts
collected during study lasting more
more than twenty years. Conversely, a
summer. following a mild winter, brings
fewer babies.
Some of the Norwegian doctors sta
tistics were gathere1-in France and the
United States. He points out that neither
New York nor Paris can be taken as cri-
terions because both cities have large
foreign populations not yet acclimated
and therefore not so directly affected BY
weather changes.
Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-04-14
LEGAL NOTICE.


NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Notice is hereby given that sealed BIDS
Will be received for the construction OF
what IS known as the Barter street sewer,
as shown by the plans and specifications
on fle In the Office OF the city clerk in
the city OF Mt. Vernon. Indiana. The com
mon council OF said city viii meet at the
council chamber In said city at 1880
O'Clock p M. on the "a day Of May, 1921,
at which time they will receive said bids
Said work consists of main sewer ap-
proximately three thousand and forty
6. O40) feet, nineteen hundred a. 5000 OF
which IS to be twenty-four ga inches and
the remainder eighteen t1S) inches. To this
main sewer in added arms or branches
bringing the total number of feet to
eight thousand and fifteen tS,ol5) or
Whereabouts. The size OF the tile in said
proposition is graded down to eight go
inches. All to be constructed OF vttrthed
tile with catch basins or intakes of a COM
bined sanitary and food sewer The esti-
mated cost of said work filed by the en-
giueer is $13,500.00.
Each bidder is to file noncollusion
affidavit and certified check for not less
than 2 We of the estimated cost to insure
the execution of the contract.
The city reserves the right to reject any
and all petitions. L. w. DIXON.
C1ar1r