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Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
Important to all Women
Readers of this Paper

Thousands upon thousands of women
have kidney or bladder trouble and never
suspect it.
Women's complaints often prove to be
nothing else but kidney trouble, or the
result of kidney OF bladder disease.
If the kidneys are not in healthy con-
dition, they may cause the other organs
to become diseased.
You may suffer pain in the back, head
ache and loss of ambition.
Poor health makes you nervous irrita-
bic and may be respondent; it makes any
one so.
But hundreds of women claim that Dr.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, by restoring
health to the kidneys, proved to be just
the remedy needed to overcome such
conditions
Many send for sample bottle ia see
what Swamp-Root, the great kidney,
liver and bladder medicine, will do for
them. BY enclosing ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, you
may receive sample size bottle by Parcel
Post You can purchase medium and
large size bottles at all drug stores.-Adv.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
sunerstltlons.

The Woman's Press club gave a
party at an Indianapolis hotel, which
was followed by a playlet. The
woman who had charge Of tile prop
erty list, in her excitement, forgot that
a broom and dustpan were among the
articles needed. At the last moment
as the guests were arriving, she
rushed downstairs and started to enter
the elevator with the articles. The
middle-aged man in charge halted her
and said:
MADAM, you can't take that broom
up in this elevator"
She tried to explain that it was to
be used in q playlet and had been for
gotten, that she would tuck it away
in corner and It could not possibly
interfere with any ones comfort on
the trip up. mo" he replied you
can take the dustpan all right, but
woman, not for anything would take
broom In my elevator Why, don't
you know II is bad luck?"
She didn't know it, but she had IA
get out of the car and smilingly
walked up the nine floors
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

The following remarkable endorse
ment Of Tanlac was given recently by
Mrs. Alice Gresham Dodd, at the
Gresham Memorial Home, Gavin Park,
Evansville, Ind, which home was pre-
sented to her by the patriotic people
of Indiana, as evidence of their appre-
citation of the services rendered to his
country by her son, Corporal James
B. Gresham, the first American soldier
killed in France. Expressions of SYM
pathy were received by Mrs. Dodd
from all parts Of the United States,
and the newspapers Of the country
carried the story Of the first "war
mother"
The shock Of her sons death re-
suited in the serious breakdown of
Mrs. Dodd's health, but everyone win
learn with interest and pleasure that
she is now in splendid health again.
When seen at her home recently she
made the following statement, giving
the entire credit for her recovery to
the well-known medicine, Tanlac.
"After my dear boys death 1 had
q general breakdown in health" said
Mrs. Dodd. "At first it was just in
digestion. My food used to upset me
and had to diet myself very care
fully, which wasn't much hardship,
as lost all desire to eat. Then 1 had
an attack Of rheumatism, with severe
pains in my shoulders, back and arms.
Sometimes used to suffer a great
deal, and my joints would get all
swollen up and stiff. I was able to do
very little about the house, and at
times couldn't even cook a meal.
got very nervous and restless, and at
night would lay awake for hours, and
lost many a nights sleep as a conse-
quence.
"a friend Of mine had received a
great deal of help from Tanlae, and
it was she who advised me to try it.
I am so glad did for it proved the
best medicine have ever taken. It
soon gave me a good appetite and
seemed to settle my stomach so that
I was no longer troubled with indiges-
ton. don't know what it is to have
rheumatic pains now, the swelling and
stiffness has all gone out of my
joints and am able to do the work
of the house with the greatest ease.
My nerves are now steady and strong.
I sleep fine at night, and 1 feel better
in health than ever before in my life.
shall always be grateful for what
Tanlac has done for me, and shall
recommend it every chance get"
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
everywhere.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
WORLD HAS CHANGED LITTLE
Like Ponce de Leon, People Today
Are Apt 70 Believe What They
Want to Believe.

Ponce de Leon didn't originate the
idea Of q spring Of eternal youth. That.
was not In his mind when he sailed
for the new world. He sailed with
Columbus upon the Iatter's second trip.
and was appointed governor Of Porto
Rico, where he believed gold existed
in abundance. While exploring the Is
land he met an old savage, who told
him that not only was there gold to
be found in another country to the
northward, but also there existed in
the land spring whose waters
brought eternal youth. So the rest
less adVenturer set out upon his
search and discovered Florida.
All of which Is stated not because
the information Is new, but to call at
tentlOn to the fact that Ponce de Leon
believed the eternal youth proposition
because he wanted to, remarks writ
er in the Columbus Dispatch. All of
u.s. to this good day, do the same
thing. We believe that which we de-
sire to believe, whether it is good or
bad. We believe the scandals we hear
about others when we want to be-
lieve them-and we reject them if we
do not want to believe such things of
the persons connected with the scan
dal.
Further, we usually hear that which
we are DESTROYS of hearing. The willy
old savage wanted to get rid of Ponce
de Leon. He knew enough of human
nature and of Spanish nature to be
aware that gold-and youth-would
prove highly interesting to the invader.
That was what Ponce de Leon was ex-
pecting to hear-especially the story
of gold But the old savage, to make
the gold story all the stronger and to
lure the invader from the island all
the more surely, added the eternal
youth proposition to the story which
the explorer was expecting to hear
and thereby was he successful in rid
ding his island home of a troublesome
character.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
EVERYTHING WAS AL RIGHT
Judge Couldn't Be Spelling the Water
When He Didn't Use Any
Soap in the Bath.

A serious inconvenience. is caused
in Australia by the lack of spring
water. The trouble is partly over
come by the use of huge tin tanks in
which the rain is caught.
Naturally, toward the breaking up
of the dry season, water becomes very
precious.
A judge, on circuit, arriving at a
bush shanty, asked for bath. Such
a luxury was naturally refused, as
there was only little water left at
'the bottom of the tank reserved for
drinking purposes, says the author of
QUAINT Acquaintance"
When dinner was ready, as the judge
could not be found, the landlord went
ITO call him; whereqpon muffied
voice issued from the tank, where the
judge was bathing
The landlord, justly furious, rOundly
abused his guest.
''Do not excite yourself" the latter
observed, casually. II am not spelling
the water, for 1 am not using any
soapP'
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
SEES HIMSELF IN SPOTLIGHT
Bachelor Is Naturally Wondering II
That Is How the Ladies' Really
Regard Him.

A Terre Haute bachelor stopped at
a friends house the other night to
get him to accompany him to a COM
munity meeting. The friend was a
much married" man and his spouse
did not wish him to go to the lecture.
So she told her husband so.
They were in the next room and her
husband was afraid the bachelor
might hear her and he did not desire
for the other man to think that he
was SO henpecked. So he raised a
warning hand at his wife. But she
continued in voice louder than ever.
Il don't care if he does hear. If there's
anything that makes me tired it Is
some old bachelor going around clut-
tering up the EARTH"
The bachelor was startled. What
he wants to know now is whether or
not all women regard him in the same
light.-Indianapolis News.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
New Pumlce stone.

material noted by a commerce re-
port as promising increased future use
is "Koka Sekl,' a Japanese variety of
pumice stone. 1t ia found only in the
small group OF NiijIma islands (New
islands,, lying off the Idzu peninsula
about 80 miles south of Tokyo. 1t has
been used locally from ancient times
as a Building, material; but its great
tensile strength durability and resist
ance to temperature of 1900 degrees
Centigrade adapt it especially for boil
err and furnace construction, as we'll
as Innings for safes and refrigerator
insulation. 1t can be easily cut, takes
nails, and can be painted or plated
with metal
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
Hawk Make FataI Mistake.

The other day the family of B. p.
Malsbury of Imlaystown, N j.. heard
a crash of breaking glass and discov-
cred a bay window broken, and flop
ping helplessly about the floor, large
hawk.
Knocked to the floor, also. was a
freshly stuffed ringneck pheasant,
Which Russell Malsbury had shot dur
ing the cunning season and had just
brought home from the taxidermist as
a gift for his mother The stuffed
bird had been left in the bay window
while the family admired 1t. and the
hawk, probably sighting It from near.
by tree, had made a 100-yard swoop
for its intended prey, only to crash
through the unseen glass barrier and
lnjure itself fatally.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

required to pay production costs (feed,
1910 pounds of milk; labor, S06
pounds of milk; and other costs $40
pounds Of milk only 900 pounds of
milk remained for the profit and skill
Of the owner. For the high-produc-
ing group, however, 3,074 pounds Of
milk remained after the following de-
auctions had been made: For feed,
2,3O2 pounds of milk; labor, BOG
pounds of milk, and other costs 962
pounds of milk.
Here, then, were cows in the same
locality, in some cases standing side by
side, and all requiring about the same
labor; yet some were producing three
times as much profit as others, even
though they were charged with great
er quantities of feed and a large
amount of "other COSTS"
The figures adduced are significant
also in that they show that in milk
checks size is not always true meas
ure of real value; but that the per
cent of profit as determined by the
cows that are kept, plays an impor'
tant part.
The figures upon which this compar-
ison is based were actual records OF
production; feed, labor, and other
costs were obtained by monthly full
day visits on each of the farms for
period of two years. Careful rec
ords were made on these visits Of the
daily milk production of each COW,
feed consumed, labor required, over
head costs, ETC. Using these data,
the requirements for producing 100
pounds of milk were worked out. So
far as possible the requirements were
determined in terms Of pounds OF feed,
hours of labor, ETC., so that constantly
fluctuating prices would have no eff
feet on the value of the figures. Re-
suits may be interpreted at any time
by using prevailing prices.
The requirements for producing 100
hounds of milk, based on BAT cows,
with an average annual production OF
$3.50 pounds of 80 per cent milk, were
as follows:
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
Memorial FOrests7

Memorial, trees have been planted
by the hundreds in honor of the boys
who fought in the great war, and
hundreds will be planted yet in their
honor. says the American Forestry
Magazine. But why stop with the
planting of one tree in honor of eachi
Why not make it a half-acre, or even
more, for each, and bunch the plant.
ing TO make a forest? We can call II
whatever we may. a township, a mu.
nicipal county or a community for
est. letting 1t be distinctly understood
that IL Is to serve as a memorial for.
ever 10 those for whom planted.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
WATER OF MUCH IMPORTANCE
COW Should Have $50 Pounds Day
In Summer and About 100 Pounds
in Winter Season.

A COW viii drink $50 pounds Of water
a day at a temperature of go degrees
but If the water is ice cold she Will
not drink all she needs. She Will,
however, be chilled through and will
eat more to get warm. She ought TO
have in summer time at least $50
pounds Of water a day and in winter
time ab0Ut 100 pounds.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
CatarrhaI Deafness Cannot Be Cured

by local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion of the ear.
Catarrhal Deafness requires constitu-
tional treatment. HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE is a constitutional remedy.
famed condition of the mucous lining of
the Eustaehian Tube. When this tube Is
infiamed you have a rumbling sound or
imperfect hearing, and when It is entire
the Inflammation can be reduced, your
hearing may be destroyed forever.
HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE acts
through the blood on the mucous sur
faces OF the system, thus reducing the in-
lammation and restoring normal condi-
tons
Circulars free All Druggists.
F. ]. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
Erennh sal Restored

OF the 100000 acres of land in
France made unfit for cultivation by
the effects of battle from 1914 TO 1918,
only 2SGO00 acres will not be in a
condition to permit sowing during the
next season.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
Another NAV 70 put Il

"There are two sides to every Ques-
tion," argued Mrs Gabb.
"Yes," sneered Mr.. Gabb. "The
right side and your side. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

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 it's fruity
taste. Full directions on each bottle.
You must say California. ADV.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
PereY.Flaae.

Peggy-"My face is my fortune"
Percy-"You ought to wear a veil. II
isn't right to be continually flashing
your roll"
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
Now. chlIdren-.

Teacher (after lesson on snow)-As
we walk out on a cold winter day and
look around, what do we see on every
hand2
Pupil-Gloves From Life.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
HandIed Id. ooo Prlsoners.

. After travelling 10000 miles in the
BLACK Maria" and carrying nearly 90.
900 prisoners. London police ser.
geant has just retired.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

No man is so powerful that some
weak woman can't set her foot on
his neck.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

Civilization will almost reach it's
apex when every bedroom has its
bathroom.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

Some people form good resolutions,
others reform.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

A single application of Roman Eye Bal
sam on going to bed will prove its merit.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

A man you like never bores you.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

Overhead and other costs S0.555 O,4B
Credit for caives........- .Ozo OF 'uVS OF
one calf one calf
Credit for manure Qbs) sS2 6S
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

A man always has use for one more
pair Of suspenders.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

Real estate is worth what one can
get for it; so is a dog.
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

"'Tis distance lends enchantment
to the view" Campbell
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17

WANFED-CAPABLE REPRESENTATIVE
this district for high-grade article selling
direct to consumer $50 week for right man
q. b. WEST, 1bs W. goth St. New York
Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1921-02-17
MILK PRODUCTION PROBLEMS
Department Of Agriculture Has Been
Carrying on Interesting and In
struetlVe Studies.

prepared by the United States Depart
ment of Agriculture)
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11

money loaned him and if ~ busi-
ness We're extremely successful, he
might be able to pay back the loan in
a few years. That would depend on
his management
Where does Mr. Penney come in?
That is what hundreds of people ask
me. They forget that every man in
the Penney organization is interest.
ed in q string Of stores. even if he
is eliminated from certain groups at
the third round.
Il believe that without my plan Of
giving a man q start in the business
the success of our company woulc
have been comparatively small. You
see, when every man working for you
either is a manager or expects somC
day 10 bc given an interest in the
business. he is going TO work a lot
harder than If he is just hired to do
days work Thus. the financial
success Of the stores i'm which you
are directly interested is going to
be much greater because the men in
charge of those stores know that To-
get anywhere with their own fortunes
they must also work for your inter.
ests. | have watched other stores
where men Were not given an oppor-
tunity to share in the interests Of
the company ana they have made
much slower progress.
NO chain is stronger than its weak.
est link; in helping our men to
make "a success, in giving them equal
opportunity we help ourselves as
well. Forbes
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11

Mr. Penney dropped out Of the Ros-
well store, Clinton owning "A third
m the next rotation Sans dropped
out, and the next time Thompson.
In other words. the senior partner
drops out each time new store is
established. thereby making room for
the next fellow that must be given
an interest explained Mr. Penney.
III that were not so, it would be
impossible to give the new man a
start. If the oldest man kept re-
tanning his interest indefinitely, it
would mean that he would be pyra.
miding himself, while the new men
could secure only an infinijesimal in
terest"
The recital Of the development Of
the stores named above is the actual
history Of the early days Of the Pen
ney organization. But, Of course,
no member of the Penney organiza.
ton is limited to partnerships in
three stores. There are many who
own interests in dozen, or twenty.
thirty. or forty stores. 1t will be
seen that the stores did not produce
themselves IN straight line Of
succession one store might in the
course OF few years supply the
capital for four or five other stores.
These four or five stores in the next
few years might be able with their
profits to start. in the aggregate.
twenty or thirty more stores, depend
ing on how well they We're managed.
The great proportion Of men that
entered the Penney organization had
no money of their own" Mr.. Penney
said. when it came time to start
them out on their own hook, the
company leaned them the money for
thoir onc.third interest. Suppose "a
store started out with capital of
$4,000. II 1t should make $4,000 the
first year that would permit diyi-
dcnd to each of the three partners Of
s. 600 The man who had been ad-
vanccd $4,000 for a third interest
could then pay back part Of the
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11
ROOSEVELT WONDERS II
WIFE'S REMARK ON DRIVING
MULE Is Personal

New York, Sept. l0.-PeOple who
saw the race between mules driven
by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, wife
OF the assistant secretary OF the
navy and Mrs. j. GriswOld Webb,
at the Duchess county fair vest
erday, smiled today when they re-
called remarks made by MIR. Roose-
Welt ina the grand stand Just be-
fore the race
MY wife thinks she can drive
Il mule we'll" he said, II don't
know whether there is anything
personal in that"
Mrs. Webb won, but feature
was Mrs. ROOsevelt's great work
on the home stretch.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1921-09-11

to come with us at SlO0 per month.
He is making satisfactory progress,
and | look forward to the time when
ne will De one of the partners in the
business.
Il never promise a young man any
thing when he starts in with us.
We aim TO pay him enough to live in
fair degree Of comfort. / usually
prefer to underpay rather than over
pay man in our organzaton--so
far as salary is concerned. When a
man realizes that his future does not
lie in just his salary but in some
thing bigger he is willing to work
much harder than if he simply came
with MS because we paid little
more salary that John Jones down
the street.
1--WE start IA man in as salesman
behind the counter. Then, before Civ
ing him an interest, we learn to know
him and he learns to know us. II
he is made of the right stuff and
has character, the time will come
when he will be placed in charge of
store. as manager, usually an off
shoot of the store where he has been
working. Then the next time he
changes he gets an interest i'm his
first store. If he doesn't have the
money, we are only too glad to loan
it TO him. If he il big success i'm
that store, he can establish other
stores in which he has an interest.
rhan bfg t,afatia1 ng
accumulate.
Furthermore. it will be seen that
in our organization a man does not
run the same risk of failure that he
would if he had to start business on
his own account. There is no chance
Of his being closed out, since he
always has 'the backing Of the cor
poration We pay all the bills from
our New York office and keep all
the books here
Mr. Penney told me that he did not
know how many of the stores he has
an interest in-would not know with
out looking them up. Those who
know him best say that he does not
look upon money as anything parti-
cularly desirable i'm itself.
In spite of the business depression.
the Penney organization expects to do
bigger business this year than last.
Total sales Of the 3l3 stores last year
were $4,000, ,OOO--and the company
expects to pass the $50 600 mark
this year. In July its business for
the year was running about $4,000 600
greater than the year before.
eve took our big loss in December
and marked everything down" Mr..
Penney explained "The increase in
business which resulted enabled us
to get our money out Of the goods
and use it for buying at the lower
prices. We can now make more
frequent turn-overs; some Of our
stores turn their goods ten times in
year We are not borrowing a single
dollar today to carry on our business;
in order to keep out of debt we
long ago made il a rule that no store
could start another store i'm the chain
until it had the actual cash on hand"
A feature of the Penney organza-
tion recently established is the Edu-
cational Department which is in
charge of Or. Francis b. Short, one
time pastor Of a church which Mr..
Penney attended in Salt Lake City.
In addition to publishing a magazine.
this department has charge of a cor